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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. : HQNDAY , FEBRUARY 13. 1888. BURIED FORTY FEET DEEP , ShutOut From the Outsldo World for Five Wooks. EXPERIENCE IN AN AVALANCHE. How It Peels to Mvc In a Cabin Unilor u.Snow Dntik ItcitoiiPd > y " Thaw A Strange Adventure , in the Mountains. Now York Sun ! I wns coming out of the mountains to the nortl of Vir ginia City with a lot of inlno'rs' mull Hiriippcd on my buck. There was no regular mall there then , but about once a month Bomo one tool ; the letters down anil returned with any mall found nt the postolllco. 1 was on snowshocs. The winter had been novero , und the snow was five or six feet deep on the level. The -7th of January'had been a very balmy day , with a warm HUH and wind , an\l on the morning of the 28lh I started. I had to inuko my way along the base of iv range known to us then as 131118 Thumb , and for this twelve miles there was only one settler. Ho wiu nn old bachelor , who had built , liinibelf a snug , stout cabin uiulor the eaves of the Thumb. Ho was a hunter , minor , pros- jioctor , taxidermist , naturalist , and I don't know what else. When I huil approached within pistol- Bhot of the hermit's eabin , I saw the mnn himself about a mile down the val ley. Ho was coming toward the house , but had a burden on his.shouldcr and was moving slowly. Therefore , us I reached thd cabin , i stood uttho door to wait for him , thinking ho might wish mo to tuko a letter or do tome er rand. Ho was still half a mile away when I heard a dull , heavy fall away up the mountains above my head. I know it was a mass of snow tumbling oil thu rooks , and that it was the seed of an avalanche. The bound had scarcely reached my cars when I wheeled to the door , lifted the latch , and the next in stant was inside. I was HOMO too soon. Almost every pound of snow on the mountain side 1000 feet high und a quar ter of a mile long was in motion for the baso. It came with a terrible roar , and a succession of crashes as rocks and trees were torn up , and I hold my breath for what was to happen. The house trembled and rocked , a thousand amply wagons seemed to rush over Iho roof and then all was midnight dark ness , and the stillness of the grave set tled down upon mo. Tlic house hud been buried under an _ avalanche. It was God's mercy that it had not been swept nwnv and torn log from log. There wiiionly a small lire on the hearth , and before I moved I struck u match to see my way. Aster looking about a bit I found a candle , and then I began , to investigate the sit uation. On opening the door I found the snow packed solidly in front. Going to the single window I found every ray tif light shut out. In the room was u bundle of rods about as largo as my linger and nine feet long. There were kix of them. I sei/.cd one and thrust it upward from the door , but it did not go through the drift. I lashed another to it , and yet the length was notsufticioiit. I lathed on a second , und now hail at least twenty-live clenr. feet nf polo to probe with , and I believed the upper end found daylight. In front of the cabin , and about two hundred feet away , was a great muss of rock rods long by about 60 feet high. This would stop the ava lanche , and it was more than likely that a solid mass of snow 40 rods long and 1M feet deep lay above mo. What had become of the hermit ? There was not one chance in u. thousand that he had escaped. The avalanche would block the trull for weeks , und ut the very best it would bo some days.be fore any one ut our camp would know that I was in the hut. If the hermit es caped ho would carry the news. If ho was buried under the snow , I might us well inuke up mind to remain a pris oner until spring. I wns in a bud box , and for the first half hour I quite lost my courage. Then , having every rea son to believe that I must bo a prisoner for may long days , I began to take an inventory of stock , us it were : There w.\s H good bed of skins und blankets , several cooking utensils , a table und sovomil rough stools , a clock , a doron or more books , about thirty candles , with tea , police , sugar , pork and Hour in quntltics .last mo several weeks. I could not have been bettor provided for hud I planned for the uvalancho tq como. There was a lean to at the back end of the hut , nnd I looked into this to Und it full of fuel. I felt much more hopeful after 1 had taken the inven tory , for I could not help but feel thai it would not bo long before I saw day light again. For several days after the accident the cabin sent forth suspicious sounds. The snow\vtis settling und packing ubovo it nnd rafters and logssnnppcd and cracked in n wny to keep mo on tnorns. If the weight on the roof proved too great I bhoultl be crushed or smothered the mo ment it fell in. It was after 3 o'clock In the afternoon before I felt safe. But very little snow had come down the chimney. I reasoned from this that it hud been covered by rooks or limbs. II such was the case and the lire refused tc burn I should bo hard pressed with plenty of raw provisions ut bund. 1 fell all the gravity of the situation us Ithrou on seine light wood and nuulo n. blaze. II was u hard light fur half an hour. Some of the smoke certainly found a .way U escape , but boino was driven buck. However < over , after a time the heat brought down a great deul of water so much that I could si'itrccly keep a Hume going and about 4 o'elook the cabin was t'lenr of smoke. While I could not foi an instant believe that the mouth of the chimney showed ubovo the snow I wat Milistluit that some way hud been opened r for the smoke to drive uway. I muy ex plain hero that n great mass of trcctop * lodged on the roof before the bulk ol that snow came , und these held the biiow up so that the smoke went bulling ubout in a hundred channels. I got myself homo supper , wound ur ftho clock , und slit down for a smoke ant : n think. The hermit hud two pipes tint ] n largo stock of tobacco , nnd , lonely as wns my situation , u feeling of gratitude to God for the comforts at baud was uppermost in my mind. I was now sat' Islled that I was buried deep under the enow , nnd that my rescue would bo i uiuttor of weeks. The llrst move wns U write out n statement of the accident und this I placed where it would bt preserved nnd found in cnso of mj death. Then I began n dnily journal and mapped out n programme to bo fol lowed. A week's imprisonment woult bo nothing , but after that it would node do to lot the mind dwell on the situn tion. You see , the horror of it wns tin Etillncss. The idea kept coming uj that I wns buried alive , and it was nt awful thing to think of. The hermit'i clock was an old-fushloncd one , with i loud tick-tack , ( tnd after the ctibin go . through bottling under the weight o lljo Anew , every tick bounded almost n loud us the'blow of a hummer. It wa HO wnrm that 1 needed-only the smallest fire , and when I wont to bed at 0 o'clock there was no need even of a single blanket for cover. I was up at ah early hour next morn ing , having slept like u log nil night , nml while eating breakfast was startled by sounds which I believed to bo the voice of u human being. I thought I could hear groans and moans nnd cries for help , nnd when I opened the door the sounds cuino to mo more distinctly. It might be that the hermit , cuught under the snow , had succeeded in tun nelling his way to a point from which I could rescue h'im by digging , and I had no sooner despatched my breakfast than I set about muklng me a shovel to dig with. I found a hatchet , und with this sharpened a board , and the snow I dii | * away from the doorway I heaped up In the fuel room. I hadn't ' been digging over half an hour when I mudo the dis covery that the llrst rush of the uvu- lunch'c hud brought down a great lot of small trees , buahi's und rocks , with here and there u large tree. T.lroy had been pulled up holter-bkcltor , but they held up the muss of snow K > that with a little dragging I could run a tunnel in almost any direction. Grout cure was neces sary , however , as the burden above was very heavy , and the displacement of u support 'might bring down a great weight of snow. After Iliad run the tunnel straight Out from the door about twenty feet. I turned to the right , mndo mv way under a lot of 'rubbish , and after going about thirty feet cnmo upon the body of an Indian. Hero the limbs and sticks made a sort of bower , under which ho lay , and 1 knew that It was his voice I had heard culling. There were no In- iiianB about us except hostiles , and just before the snow eamo they had killed two men belonging to our camp. We hud no fear of them after winter sot in , knowing that they stuck close to their villages. Here was a redskin , however , and in full war paint ; but I hud no sooner found him than I saw that ho was dead , though his body was still warm. Ho hud been mauled in a. terri ble manner , both legs being broken , his head all bloody from an injury , and his * lght arm doubled up under him as if H-okon. I could see the butt of his rillo sticking put of the snow , but when I lulled at it I found the barrel missing. It hud been wrenched oIT. I got his tomahawk and knife , however , together ivith powder-horn and bullet-pouch , and when I had pulled the body along and croiit beyond it , I caught sight of u moc casin in the snow and dirt. It took mo in' hour to unearth the body , which was that of a second warrior. The life had been crushed out of him in a second. The mass of rock which had comedown down with him had broken every bono in his body , and u grout shuro of his fuco had been giound off. His rillo I could not find , while both knife und tomahawk were broken. While search ing his cold and buttered bodv I found a buckskin bag containing about $ HO ( ) worth of smuH miggots of gold , und this gave mo a hint to overhaul the other. I also got from him a bag containing about $ -00 worth of dust and nuggets , nnd in th # search I found attached to his bolt u white man's scalp , which had not been elY the victim's head over t\vo days. They must have boon in ambush part way up the mountain , intent upon taking the hermit's scalp , nnd but for the avalanche they might have hud mine as well. The day hud gone by the time I hud overhauled the second Indian's body. Being at work , the hours had pabsed swiftly away , und I hud not given myself uny time to brood over the horrors of the situution. After supper I sat in front of the lire for awhile , then wrote up my daily journal , mid when I wont to bed I loft the door wide open. It seemed to mo that the air wus getting foul down there , and by opening , the door the room wus greatly purified. It was midnight , us 1 afterwards cnmo to know , und the lire was nil out , when some noise in the room startled mo. I sat up in bed , and wus soon convinced that some one or some living thing beside - side myself was present. I could bout1 a labored breathing , together with sounds us of bomo one pulling himself along the lloor , und I climbed over the foot of the bed and lighted the ciiAdle. Whnt was my amtizomont to find a third savugo in the cabin 1 Ho hud quite reached the side of the bed , and had I got out that way , us usual , ho would have nt least wounded mo. for ho hud his nuked knife in his hand , and was bent on murder. The hatchet was. at hand , but I did not need a weapon. The warrior hud boon dreadfully hurt , nnd , us investigation proved , hud been buried just beyond the other two. When I loft the bodies ho hud dug his way to my tunnel , and then pulled him self along to the door , intending to have my life us I slept. When bullied in this ho glared at mo with all the bate a hu man heart can betray. Ho was crushed at the hips , and none but a savage could have accomplished what ho did. I could have killed him at a shiglo blow , but the horrible work wns spared me. Death was already beside him , and as I stood nnd looked down upon him , candle in hand , ho uttered u faint wnrwhoop , and fell over dead. When I was sure that life had departed I drugged him into the tunnel nnd shut nnd burred the door , and so upset had my nerves be come by the ndventnro that I did not sleep again that night. In the morning I excavated n hole near where the two bodies lay , and pushed the three into it and packed snow over them. Then I begun running a tunnel for the lodge in front of the cabin , nnd hud gone iibou-l twenty feet when the second night cumo. Early in the third tiny I had to abandon this tun nel on uccount of a cave-in which nearly smothered mo. Than I turned to the right to como out down the vulloy , nnd I wus still ut this work when the llrst week closed. Early in the second week I wus stopped by n bunk of rocks und onrth , und when the second week closed I wus drifting a tunnel to the loft. It wns blower work than you would think for. The snow was packed very solid nnd all I dug out had to bo thrown be hind mo , and eventually carried oIT nnd scattered in some hole under the tree tops. Every few foot I mot with a big rock or the trunk of a tree , und it wus hard work to got around such obstruc tions. Again a cave-in would take place to hinder further progress for u day or two , and I finally cumo to the conclusion that I never could g.et out by tunnelling. I started in on the third week more to bo at work than from uny hope of cscupo. All that week I tunnelled to the right again , and at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon I broke into my own tunnoi. In other words , I hud do no us u man does when lost in the woods. I mndo u half elrolo and came buck on mybolf , while nil the time I felt sure I wus going straight ahead. The fourth week wns spent mostly in the house , was now becoming much weaker , and was ready to give up. It wns on the thirty-fifth night thnt the cabin began groaning ana croaking again , ana I know that the snow was bottling down around it. The noises continued all night , giving mo many a fright , and nt 7 o'clock next morning , when I opened thu door , I found my tunnel filled up. I wns lamenting this when I noticed thnt the tire was drawing hotter than usual , Going over to the firopluco I took look up the chimney , and saw the dark sky of heaven. At the umo moment three or four drops ol ruiu foil UPOU.IUJ fnce , and then I understood that a .gr/etit / thaw hud set in , and wus reducing thu snow nround mo. It wus three duya more , however , before I got daylight through the window and could force my wny out of the door. It hud been ruining for three days nnd nights , nnd the creek below was a yet very deep , and 1 WHS compelled to wait two days more before I could get uwuy , Thou the weather changed , to colder , and I got down to Viriridia City. It wus nearly a month Inter before wo could got nt the bodies I know were un der the snow. The hermit hud been caught in the edge of the rush , nnd killed by being dashed against the rocks. His body wns carried across the frozen creek to the edge of a thicket and such clothing ns .still clung it was in xhreds und tatters. They hud known of the avalanche both above and below , and had given mo un for lost. As near us the men could jutlgo the snow above mo win forty feet doon , und no ono hud uny idea that the cabin had been spnrcd. Tliut I came out of it alive was simply the luck which , strnngolyonough , saves a iiiun now and then from the open jaws of deulh. "It's only a question of time , " and a short time , too. as to when your rheu- nutlsm willyicld to Hood's Sursupurilliv. Try it. * NOBLEMAN INA DIME SHOW. VIccHltutlcsof the Son of n KtiKllsh Itnronet. Wichita Bcii''on : George Strathmoro Paxton is the eldest son of Major Sir George Paxton and Lady Paxton , his wife , whoso names , coat , of arms , and an- cestcstral connections for ngcs buck ulorn Burkc's peerage , the ultimatum on all matters pertaining to the nobility jf Great Britain. George was born , in 1800 , and being the oldest son , is heir to the baronetcy und the magnificent es- lates of the Paxton family , known us Chntsworth. in Derbyshire. This child , born with such a very massive silver spoon in his mouth , llrst saw the light in London. From the day of his birth ho wus sur rounded with every luxury that posi tion nnd wealth could command , being oven picked out for special distinction by her majesty , Queen Victoria , who sent him a silver mug , his mother hav ing been one of the Indies in waiting on the queen. As a child Gcorgo-was taken to Franco and Belgium , und his return to England wus bout to Harrow , ono of the schools where are educated many of the . scions of Brit ish nobility. Having gone through Iho iibuful course prescribed for students , more the study of gontlo- munly than of useful * qualifications. Gcorgn took up the study of architec ture , more us u pastime than anything else , und soon tired of it. Ho then turned his attention to the army , and uftor a few months' hard' work passed into the military academy of Sand hurst , und from there was gazetted as lieutenant of the Forty-seventh West moreland regiment of light Infantry. He remained in the service but a your und a half. The dull routine of the barracks proved unattractive to the youth thirsting for n life of adventure , 'and he soon throw up his commission und found himself in London again. Hero it wus that young Paxton first commenced his career on the stuge , a life ho hud always had n hunkering after , and ono his parents were strcn- uou.ily opposed to. Ho signed an en gagement with the well known thea trical manager , F. P. ChuUorton , to bo general utility man , ut 1 guinea ( $ -3) ) u week , at the Adclphl Theatre in London. After staying there a short time , Paxton joined a stock company at Nowcustlo- on-Tyno , with which ho played , us juve nile , for niiio months und then trans ferred his Services to the Chippendale comedy company , with which ho staid till ho reached his majority nnd cumo ' into-tho fortune -100.000'left him by his grandfather , the older Sir George Paxton. Muster of this large amount of money , young Paxton felt thnt bo could no longer remain in a subordinate position. Despite the urgent picas of his parent , ho would not sever his connection with the stugo , but formed a company and started through the provinces playing''A Wile's Peril , " the piece Mrs. Lungtry bus lately been playing in the eastern states. The ven ture proved wonderfully successful , and Paxton added to his already great riches. In a year he disbanded his companyund , joiningC'harlesMuthews. started on a tour of India in the wake of the prince of Wales. When Paxton loft England for India he wus engaged to be married to the daughter- a family ns ancient and wealthy ns his own , a girl rich in all nature s gifts except constancy. On his return ho found he hud been discarded , und that the girl ho had lavished all his love on and trusted wus about to marry her cousin. Alwyn Rostraino. The shock proved too much for Paxton , und for weeks he hovered between life und death with brain fovor. Constitution pulled him through , but life hold but little for him , and ho strove , in loading a lito of reckless dissipation , to drown his cares. For a year bin days know nothing but a wild succession of reck less acts und nn extravagant expendi ture of money in the vain search for relief - liof from the tormenting thought of the perfidy of the girl ho hud trusted , till ho ono day awoke to find himself on the verge of bankruptcy , his line fortune nil squundorcd. This wns four years ago , und having expended all his meiins , Puxton'E thoughts naturally reverted to his old stugo lifo us a means of existoncc. About that time our friend met John MoCulloch and George Knight , who in duced him to. como to America. Ho joined Knight's company nnd played in Baron ' 'Rudolph" for a season after ward , joining the Union Square com pany of Now York nnd Inter still drift ing into comio oparn. With Stotson's original company Puxton played , in "Princess Ida , " and then wont to Mc- Vickor's stock company in Chicago. Mr. Puxton's first trip was with the Casino opera company , in the plays ol which ho wus cust for nil the tenor parts. Theater-goers in Wichita will remember the company being hero lusf spring , whence it went to Council Grove , where C. W. Daniels , the man ager , skipped with all the avail able funds , and loft the company to manngo its own affairs. Disbandment - bandmont wus the conscquonco , and Puxton found his way back to Wichita , where ho joined the Emits & Young oporu company which went from hero to St. Louis and playoa there all through the summer. The under taking wus not phenofhonnlly success ful , und Paxton found himself stranded in Kansas City without money or friends. Ho said there through the summer eking out an existence by such odd jobs as turned up , and having , as ho says himself , "a very tough tiino. " From Kansas City Mr. Paxton tound his wny buck here , nnd is now presiding over the piuno nt the dime museum , young , strong und full of hope. Mr. Paxton has good reason fof hope that his trials are nearly ended. A few weeks ago his sister died , and ho has fallen heir to her money , which is in it self n fortune of $00,000 , nnd which will como to him iii duocourso. He will not give up the stage , however , but intends starting out\in two weeks , with a lot ol othqr comedians , to play through the west a musical comedy. .f : & . - ' - * - > 4 & > 4 v * * * Sketches of the lOcllng Rich Mon of Othdr liandB. SOME CURIOUS ROTHSCHILDS. "iT" A Duke Wild Una an Income of Fifty Dollar * Per Minute A Mar quis With iTtvo Mil- llonh a Year. Frank' G. Carpenter writes us follows in H recent nrtlclo : The Rothschilds are said to bo Uie richest family in the world. " They hnvo bunkH In the loud- ing Cnpltiils of Europe nnd kings nnd governments tire among thuir custom ers. The Paris branch of the banking firm is said to keep ti capital of $300- 000,000 nt Us command and hardly iv war is begun in Europe for which the funds arc not furnished by this family. Still five , generations ago the blood which now rules these millions was selling old clothes in the Jewish quarter of Frunk- fort-on-the-Maln , and when Madison was president the first Millionaire Rothschilds died leaving only $ -5,000,000. I once visited the home of the Roth schilds nt Frankfort , and looked at the little banking house where years ago Anslem Meyer Rothschild began to take articles on pawn and to shave notes for so much per cent , It is in the dirti est part of Frankfort , and has about the same surroundings as Five Points , N. Y. The street is dirty , its inhabitants are second-hand clothiers and it bears much the same aspect now as it did when the mother of all the Rothschilds gave birth to the financier who laid the foundation of this immense wealth. The Rothschilds own their old property here to-day and their bank still has u branch here. When Ansolm Rothschild died leav ing this * o,000,000 to his five sons , he made them promise to keep the fortune in the family and to carry on the busi ness together. They kept their oath , and it is this policy that has been the mainspring of their success. Through generations they huvo worked to gether , married together , and their millions have bred faster than their families. One of these boys stayed at Frunkford , another went to Paris and established a bank there , a third , Nathan , settled in London , a fourth settled in Vienna , and the llfth opened iv bank in Naples. All of them made money very rapidly , and Nathan , at London , made his millions breed faster than Australian rabbits. Ho went to the continent during the Napoleonic wars , and from the knowledge there gained speculated on the rise and fall of stock. He witnessed the battle of Wa terloo , and by 'relays ' of horses and a fishing smack reached London in ad vance of till other1 messengers. The telegraph was jlhon unknown , and his news was the first brought in. The news ho gave out wus thnt Napoleon had con quered , or at least this was the news that was spread ! all over London after his arrival. Stocks wont down like iv shot , and Nathan Was offered loads of thorn. Ho roftjsed to buy , but had his agents quietly purchasing all the time. " The next day"tho true news came , and stocks jumped ppwnrd. Nathan Roth schild made , itls , said , 85,000,000 by the deal. deal.The Rothschilds hold high social posi tions in the various countries of Europe1 They have nobles among them , and their money has bought them titles. They are a family of intellectual and artistic tastes , and , with all their wealth , they have been somewhat char itable. The idea prevails among the Israelites that it is their intention at some future time to buy Palestine and give it buck to the Jews , and they have already established hospitals at Jerusa lem. Some of them have been her o loners , and a Baron Rothschild owned Frvomn , one of the famous horse who have won the Derby. They believe in cnjoyintr their wealth , and liko'to have nice * things about them. One of the Frankfort barons not long ago paid $160,000 for a silver cup , which ho wished to us-o as a center piece of iv table service which ho was making up , and one of the Vienna Barons Rothschilds lias a stable which cost him $80,000. This stable has marble floors , encaustic tiles painted by distinguished artists , and its walls are frescoed with scenes done by well known painters , TJio rings , chains and fittings of the stable are silver , and one box stall for a favorite horse cost , it is said , $12,000. The income of the owner of this stable is about $ -5,000 a day. The biggest income of any single man in England is said to bo that of thoUuko of Westminster , who has miles of tene ment houses and many square miles of agricultural land. Ho is said to receive $50 a minute the year round , or $3.000 an hour , or $72,000 a day. Queen Victoria ulho has a nice income , and it is estima ted that she has received nearly $100- 000,000 since she ascended the throne. The dukes of Devonshire and Norfolk and the marquis of Bute have each refits amounting to $2,000,000 per year , and the duke of Portland , after extravagan cies like those of Mon to Christo , accumu lated $10,000,000 of unentailed property during his life. One of the richest men i n Cubawas Terry , who died lately leaving his baby and widow a fortune of $30,000.000. The richest Chinaman Is said to bo How Qua , of Canton , who is worth all the way from ? 50,000,000 upwards , and the Chi nese minister to tlir United States is worth millions. There is a young English Jew in Naples who has been attracting consid erable attention in Italy since the cholera plague. Ho is a millionaire and is adding to his wealth by the business which ho is carrying on In that city of the beautitul bay. Ho came to Naples a consumptive and ; during the cholera ho went about through the infected dis tricts doing all the good ho could both with his money ahd with his own per sonal strengthHo took the 8,000 men from liis iron mills' and had them help him , and ho joined with King Humbert and the Cardinal San Felice in their oyery effort to aid the sufferers. Ho told the cardihtil ho would become a Catholic if the Lord would cure his lungs , and oo onco'paid ' his attentions to the shrine of tl\o \ Virgin on Monte Ver- gino. Ho is ruucli loved in Naples and tno city is full pf stories about him. Ho still keeps up his charities and , like a number of our millionaires has men In vestigate such cases of destitution us are brought to him before giving. Speaking of rich Jews , wo all read not long ago of the death of Sir Moses Mon- tolloro. Ho left nearly $2,000,000 , and a great part of this went to charities , among which wore $76,000 to charitable institutions in Jerusalem and the Holy Lund. Kruppo has the largest private bust- ness in the world. His works nt Elsen cover 500 acres nrtd ho employs about 20,000 hands and 65,000 people derive their support from him , Ho owns more than 600 iron mines and his establish ment has some of the surroundings of Pullman village outside of Chicago. Ho has steamers kind railroads of his own , .and bis works comprise umoug other things' n chemical lubrutory , a printing press and forty miles of telegraph wire. By tno census of 1887 ho pays the high est Income tax in Prussia and his tax amounts to more that Jt7KH ; ( ) a yoar. This represents an income of more than $1.000,000 yearly and among the other big taxpayers in Prussia is the Baron Bllochroder. This baron pays more than $17,000 in taxes every year. Ho is n Jew batiKor and is n close ) friend of Bismarck. Ho is almost blind and his eyes look at you out of blue glares. Ho is us much toadied us a prince and the diplomats dine and court him. Homlghtbe called the Jay Could of Berlin , and ho stands next to Huron Rothschild , of Frankfort , the richest Jew in Russia. This Frankfort Roths child has a taxable income of about $ - - > 00,000 , and ho pays $20,000 a year of an income tax. Of course this does not represent anything like his net re ceipts , for Incomes lire ulwnj s underes timated when the are detached. Speaking of German millionaires re minds one of Millionaire Strousberg , who was also a Jew. Ho left Prussia early In life and made a fortune in Eng land. Ho came back to Germany and astonished the people by the vastness of his projects. Ho was for a time the rail road king of Germany , but Bismarck had plans which conflicted with his , and the Franco-Prussian war ruined him. Coal oil makes fortunes wherever it is .found , mid the two Noble brothers , of Russia , are bald to be worth $400,000,000. They are the Standard Oil ifton of Rus sia , and they control more petroleum than any oil company in the world. Olio of the most enterprising of the Russian millionaires died in 1880. Ho was the Alfred Kruppe of that country. He had rolling mills and mines , and he built guns and gunboats. Ho made a fortune during the Crimean warthough he was simply a naval olllcor at its be ginning , and before ho died ho owned 40,000 square miles of mineral lands , and among his works wore those at the mouth of the Nova , which employed 6,000 men , and which made more than $ J,000,000 ! worth of steel rails a .year. This millionaire's name was Nicoli Ivanovitch PutiloIT , and ho was the most enterprising manufacturer and capitalist Russia has had since the days of Pctor the Great. Nothing was too big for him , and he dealt in millions. Speaking of the rich men of "France , their name is legion , and the Roths childs leat the list. In Paris alone it is estimated that there are at least 8,000 persons who have incomes of not less than $10,1/0 ! ) a year each , and Iho mil lionaire bankers , merchants and nobles are many. The milliner , Worth , is worth a million , but ho is an English man with ti French wife. Ho makes his money out of line dresses , and his homo in the Parisian suburbs is as big as aNew Now York city block , and covers several acres. It is gorgeously furnished , and full of curiosities. Once a year Worth throws it open to his employes , and the fete lasts for a day and a night. Upon this day each of the ladies among his dressmakers is permitted to select a dress from Mr. Worth's stock , and it is made up for her according to her direc tions. Pasteur , the doctor , is not a poor man , and he is making a fortune off of mad dogs. Dr. Evans , the Ameri can dentist at the French capital , has taken nuggets of gold out of the pockets of his patients while ho has put atoms of the samonetal ) into their teeth. The eighth richest man in the world was an Italian , who died a year or so ago. It was the Prince Torlonio , who had an income of nearly $2,000 a day. The property was loft to his daughter and grandson , and it comprised some of the oldest estates of Italy. While in Gbnoa a few years ago I was told a story pf a poor man who had made a million in the corn trade there , and it is hnid that and of Torlan iu's ancestors began life as a pedlar. His father made a for tune in the war of Napoleon , and it is said that the prince did great good with his money. Ho had at one time the tobacco monopoly in Italy , and ho was a banker of wide influence. Ho gave balls at which the visitors were expected to tip the servants , and Torlonio s ene mies use'd to say that those tips were turned into the rich bunker's : treasury. However this may bo , it is haid that the prince was one of the most charitable of the rich men of Italy , and that he is still greatly mourned in Rome. "A bettor article it is impossible to got , sir ; I have tried them till and un hesitatingly pronounce Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup superior to any. ' ' Ex. The old story Trivial symptoms were neglected until rheumatism be came established , whereas all the suf fering could have been prevented by the prompt use of Salvation Oil. 2.5 cents. Separated for Thirty-Five Years. Now York World : A remarkable story of a husband and wife being re united after an ab once of thirty-live years comes from Brooklyn. Mr. and Mrs. William Martin were married in England in 183 ! ! . After the honeymoon the young husband told his wife he thought ho could do better in this coun try , ana ho bade her accompany him. At the time Mrs. Mai-tin was nursing an invalid uncle , and she told her young husband it was her duty to remain by his side until ho died. Mr. Martin kissed his wife and , bidding her farewell , took the steamer to America. A vctir or a year and a half later the uncle died. In the mean time u baby boy had arrived , and as soon as her uncle breathed his last the wife , with her boy , crossed the ocean in search of her husband. Ho had not written to her , but she believed she would succeed in finding him. When she reached these shores she found no trace of him. Months rolled into years , and Mrs. Mar tin were widow's weeds. She heard that her husband had died in a hospital at St. Louis. Fifteen years ago Mrs. Martin again got news of her husband to the effect that ho was alive. Not long after the receipt of this intelli gence she mot him for a prief period , and ho again started oil on his travels around the world , Mr. Martin never wrote to his disconsolate wife , and she concludkd ho was certainly dead. Her son , who has long since grown to man hood , and who has a family of his own , was told that his father had died many years ago. Mrs. Martin has resided for somd time at No. 210 Drlggs street. She occupied apartments on the third floor of the building. Throe weeks ago a tall , handsome , elderly gentleman entered her apartments , and she immediately recognized him as her long-lost hus- biuiU. There was an affectionate greet ing on both sides , but the husband did not remain with his wife. Ho lived with his son for u week , and then left us ho said , to go to England , where ho is to look after his share of an estate. Ho promised his wife and son that as soon as ho settled up his finances ho would return. Mrs. Martin was reticent when found by a World reporter last evening. All she would say was : "I have only mot my husband twice in thirty-five years , once many years ago , ana in Brooklyn a few weeks ago. I love him us dearly as ever , but I do not want to say anything about him. I don't want to say where ho was or what happened in these long years. I have no desire to publish the facts to the world. It is my own affair. God has cared for mo and ho will continue to. If my husband comes bade , nil right' , if .he remains uway well , all right. " Implements. _ CHURCHILL PARKER , Dealer in Agricnltnral Implements , Wagons , id IliiiKl . JCYIP * Ftrrrt.lictnccnDtunml Kill , Oiimlm , " & MET C-ALF CO. , AgricnltellinpleinGnts.Wagoiis.CarriaiGs . . HupiilOil'tc. Wholonle. Onmlm , Ncbri ki > . P A R L I N , ORENDORF & 7ifl ART INT" Wholi-'alo Denier * In Agricultural Implements , Wagons & Buggies wip _ Stroct , Onmlm. P. P. MAST & C0 Manufacturers of Buckeye Drills , Seeders , Cultlvntor , lliijr llnkos. Cider Mllln nnd I.utmn 1'ul- vi'rUcrs. Cur. HIM uml Nlrholns Mri-cU. WINON A IMPLEMENT Co7 -Whole nli > - Agricultural Implements , Wagons &Bnggies _ Corner lltli udNkholn _ Streets' . ' ( Ml V I v'lll \V 'II J. P. SEIBERLINQ .V CO. , ( Akron , Ohio. ) Harvesting Machinery and Binder Twine , W. K. Moail , .MttnitKor. luj U'uvcnvmrlii > ! . , Onmlm M OLINEMILBURN& STOOD ARDCo" Munufncturcni an ( Jobbers In Wagons Bnggies , Rakes , Plows Etc , Cur. Ptli nml I'nolllc Streets , Onnxlm , Nob. Artists' Materials. _ " ' A HOSPE" , Jr. , Artists' ' Materials , Pianos and Organs , lM31)iuigla ytrfpt.Oinnhi , Boots and Shoos. wTv. MORSE & co. , Jobbers of Boots and Shoes , 1411 KnrnamSt. , Oumhn.Noh. Manufactory , Hummer fetrctt , lloaton. KIRKENDALL , JONES & CO. , ( Successor * to llccil , JuU"i ! A Co. ) WholesaleMannfactiirersofBootsandShoes Agents for llnMon llubucr Shoe Co. 1KB , 1104 \ 1H llnrnuy fct. , UmuLu , Neuraakn. Booksollora and Stationers. , H. M , & S. W. JONES , Successor * to A. TvKcnyon & Co. , Wholcsnlo & Itctnll Booksellers and Stationers , Fine Wedding Stntlnnerjr. Commerdnl Stationery , sStreetOinuLia , .Neb. CoffOOBJ3plC08 , Etc. CLARKE COFFEE CO. , Oniabn Coffee and bplco Mill * . Teas , Coffees , Spices , Baking Powder , Flavoring Kxtrncls. Laundry lllun. Inks. Ktc. 1414- 1410 llarncy Street , Omalia , Xetimakn. Crockery and Glassware WL"WRIGHT. . Agent for tliu Manufacturers and Importers of Crockery , Glassware , Lamps , Chimneys , Ktc. .OBI co , 317 S. loth bt. , Onmlm , Nebraska. Commission and Storage- * ' ' ' D. A. HU'RLEY' Commission and JoMng , Butler , KKKP und Produce. CoiirMumm'iitH solicited. lli'tttltiuartors for Munewnro , licrry llnxt" * ami iirnpo u lti'tn. 1414 llmlKQ jstM Omalm. mUUt.L.U & HlLJDtiLL , Storage and Commission Merchants , Fpcclaltle * Duller , KKKI , riioeso , I'oultry , Oarac , OysterKtc. . , Ktc. 11.'Ninth nth j-trurt. WIEDEMAN & CO. . Produce Commission Merchants , Poultry , Duller , ( ianie. KrulK Kle. .1) ) youth 14th ht. . uiiiahu , Ncbnt.sku. CEO. SCHROEDER & CO. , ( Successor * to .McSbnne A Schrooder. ) Produce Commission and Cold Storage , Omuua , Nebraska. Coal , Coke andLlmo- _ OMAHA'cfoAL , "COKE & LllWiT Jobbers of Hard and Soft Coal , 210 South 13th Street , Onmbn , Nebraska. J. J. JOHNSON & CO. , Manufacturers of Illinois White Lime. And shippers of Coal , Toke , Cement , l'la ter , l-lme DraliiTllc. and Sewer 1'lpc. ODIce , I'axton Hotel , Kiirnatu St. , Omalm , Neb. Telephone till. NEBRASKA FUEL CO. , Shippers of Coal and Coke , ill Son 111 131 h St. . Omalm , Neb. Dry Goods and Notions. * " M. E SM ITH i ; CO ' Dry Goods , Furnishing Gcofls and Notions , 1103anil 1HM Dougla * , Cor. llth St.Omaha , Neb. KILPATRICK-KOCH DRYCOODSCo Importers and Jobbers in Dry GooflsNotions , Gents' Furnishing ( iooils. Corner llth and IlnJnej Ms. . Oiniiha. NVbraskH. FuirnUure. DEWEY & STONED Wholesale Dealers in Furniture , Kttrnaiii Street. Omaha. Nebraska. PAXTON. GALLACHER CO. , Wholesale Groceries and Provisions , 705.707,703 and 711H. 10th Bt ? Omaha , Neb. McCORD. BRADY & CO. , Wholesale Grocers , 12th and Leayenworth Streets , Ouiuba , Nebraska. D. M. STEELE & CO. , Wholesale Grocers , 1219,1221 and lag llarnoj Street , Omaha , Neb. ALLEN BROS. , Wholesale Grocers , 1114 and 1113 llarnoy Street. Omaha , Neb. Hardware. LEE , FRIED & CO. , Jobbers of Hardware and Nails , Tinware , Sheet Iron , Ktc. Agents for Howe Scales , and Miami 1'owdcrCo. . Omaha. Neb. HIMEBAUQH & TAYLOR , Builders' ' Hardware and Scale Repair Shop , Mechanics' Tools and Iluffalo Scales. 1405 Uouglai Street , Omaha , Nebrnrtia. RECTOR , WILHELMY & CO. , Wholesale Hardware , 10th and Ilarner Hts. , Omaha , Neb. Western Anenti I or Austin Ponder Co. , Jefferson Steel Nails , Fairbanks Standard Sralos. JHeayyHardwaro. W. J. BROATCH , Heavy Hardware , Iron and Steel , Bpflngi , Wa on Stork , Hardware , Lumber , Ktc. UOS _ pj ll lUrney Street , Omaha. _ JAMES A. EDNEY , Wholesale Iron and Steel , Wagon and Carriage Wood Block , Heary Hardware , Ktc. U17 and Ulit Ixjayepwortti at. , Omaha. Neb. Lumber. OMAHA LUMBER CO. , All Kinds of Building Material at Wholesale ISth Street and Union 1'aclflo Track , Omaha. LOUIS BRADFORD , Dealer in Lumber , Lath , Lime , Sash , Doors , Ktc. Yards-Corner : th and Douglas ; Coraei ttb. and Douglas. C. Dealer in All Kinds of Lumber , 13th and California Streets , Omaha Nebraska. FRED W. GRAY , Limber Lime Cement Etc Etc , , , , , , Corner Clh and Douglas gu. , OrnkUk. ' OMAMJOBBEBu'DMCTOBlf- ' Lumber. f. W. HARVEY LUMBER CO.T To Bealers Only , omce , 14(0 ( Kurnam Street Omah * _ JOHN A. WAKEFIELD , Wholesale Lumber , Etc , Imported and American IVrtkui , ! Cement Ptatl AccntlorMllitaukcK Utilmullr Cement anil Nullify \Vlilte l.lmo. CHAS. R. LEE , Dealer in Hardwood Lumber , Wood Carpets and Parquet Flooring. Mh anil DoimlM Uon Works. PAXTON & VIERLINO , Wrought and Cast Iron Building Work , KnRlni" , llra * Work , General Foundry , Machine ami lllacksmltli Work. Ofllen and Works , U. 1' lly. nml lUh Mrcet , Umnlm. OMAHA WIRE.V IRON WORKS Manufacturers of Wire and Iron Railings' Deik Halls , Wlndoir Uunnt * . Flonur Stand * , Wire M n , Kte. 121 .North Kth Street , Onml n. _ OMA H A S A"FE an cTl R Or > Tw OR KS , Man'frs ' of Fire & Burglar Proof Safes Vault * , Jail Work , Iron ami Wlrn Fcnclnx. Hl in. Ktc. I ) . Andrcon , 1'iop'r Cor. Illh nn < tJackson St , CHAM PION IRON and WRE | WORKS Iron and Wire Fences , Railings , Guards , ltd hirucns , for bank * , nftlre * . stores , residences , ete , Improved Awnlnev locksmith Machinery and _ HIiukMiiUh Works. 4ult-outh llth f 1. _ ' ; MEAGHER & LEACH , Fire and Burglar Proof Safes , Time Locks , ( Jeneral Agents for Dlebold Sato ft liek Co' . ' * Vault- * und Jail Work , 1115 Faruani street , Uiuaha. ' _ _ w. L. PA'RROTTE & co. , Wholesale Hats , Caps and Straw Goods , 1U7J llarncy Street , Omaha , Neb. _ _ Mllllnory and Nqjkms ' ' " " KOBERVELDER''CO. , Importers & Jobbers in Millinery & Notions an , 210 and 31-2 South llth Street. _ _ Notions. _ _ J. T. ROBTNSON NOTION CO. , Wholesale Notions and Furnishing Goods 4 < and 403 81 uth 10th St. , Omaha. _ _ VINYARfolTsCHNEmEWi Notions and Gent's ' Furnishing Goods , 11(6 ( llnrney Street. Omaln. JWJWW . . . _ . _ , . _ . _ CONSOLIDATED TANK LINE CO. , Wholsale Refined and Lubricating Oils , Axle Grease , Ktc. , Omalia. A. II. lllshnp , Manager _ > _ Ptipo r. _ CARPENTER PAPER CO. , Wholesale Paper Bealers , Carry n nice stock of Prlnllnii , Wrnpplim and Wrltlni 1'apcr. Special Hllf nllon nlven to ear Toad or.lern. _ Printers' Materials. _ ' ' ' ' ' WESTERN 'NEWSP'APE'R'UNION , Auxiliary Piiiilisbers , ' Dealer. In Ty e. { j Mflnt. . * ; Hupplle. . m } RubborJCoods. OM'AH A"R u B B i R co7T Manufacturers and Dealers in Rubber Goods 311 Clothing nnd leather llolllnn. luos Farnam Strtet. L'I\j..pJdmP8' ' \ EtCi A. L. STRANG CO. , Pumps , Pipes and Engines , CHUHCHILL PUMP CO. , Wholesale Pumps , Pipe , Fittings , Steam and Wntcr fiunplle * . Headquarter * for Mast , Hwst.VCo'uBoolii. 1111 Farnam St. , Omalm. U. S. WIND ENGINE & PUMP CO. , Steam aud Water Supplies , Bt- BROWNELL& CO. , Engines , Boilers and General Machinery , Coods. PHIL. STIMMEL'TC" Wholesale Farm , Field and Garden Seeds till and ill ! Jones Stri'U Onmlm. Storage , Forwarding A Commission ARMSTRONG. PETTIS & CO. , Storage , Forwarding and Commission , Branch hou'.u of the llenncy lliiKKr Co. HiiirKlcaal wholesale und retail. IU4 I UOan J 1112 liard Street , Omuha. Telcphonu Na.7.VI OMMA" MMACTOlrl EAGLE CORNICE WORKS. Manufacture Galvanized Iron and Cornice , John Kpeneter. Proprietor. Ml Dodge and 103 and 1(4 Nnrth liHh Street. Dm-ilm. Brewora. . _ . J.j * STORZ&TlLE R , Lager Beer Brewers , iai North KlKtbteonth Street. Onmha. Neti. Overalls- CANFIELD MANUFACTURING CO. . Manufacturers of Overalls , Jeans PaulsShirts , Ktc. lliHaml 1101 Uouglat Street , Oniahu , Neb. J8aahDoora , Etc. . A. DISBROV/V , C < Wholcnalo .Manurcturer ot i Sash. Doors , Blinds and Mouldings. Branch , Office , mil and Itard Stroota , Omalm , Neb. BOHN MANUFACTURING CO. Manufacturers of Sash , Doors , Blinds , Mouldings , Stair Work nnd Interior Hard WooJ Flu- Inn. N. IS. Comer nth HIP I U'uvenirorth Streetn , Omaha. Neb. OMAHA PLANING MILL CO. . Manafacturers of Moulding , Sash , Doors , And Hllndi.Turning , Ptalr-work , Hank nnd Onico lit- tlnu . aith and l'oiilitun | | Arcnnc. o Stacks , Bollors.Jitc * * " H . K. SAWYERr" Manufacturing Dealer in Smoke Stacks , Ilrltchlnus , Tanki and ( ieneral Holler Ilupalrlntf. I'M Doditu btrect , Omaha , Neb C. It. IMLUKII. K. P. ItlrilMAX. J. II. m.ANCIIAHD. PALMER , RICHMAN tc CO. . Live Stock Commission Merchants. Offlce-lloom 21.Opposite Kxelmnan Iliilldlnu , Union Stock Vardii , South Omuha , Neb. MoCOY BROS. , Live Stock Commission Merchants , Market fim > l liei1 trvu on uiipllcatlon. Htoekeri nnd leedeni furnlnlietlonuood ti-nm. llu'ercnco ; ( link' ha National llunkiiml South Ouiuha National , Union block Y.-rOi , houth Omaha. : i LORIMER.WESTERFIELD & MALEY Live Stock Commission , Itoom IS , Kxcbaniia llulldlnu. Union Block Vardi , Houlh Ouiaha , Neb. ALEXAN DER & FITCH , Commision Dealers in Live Sock , Ilooui Zl , OpKiMlo | Kschantru HiilldliiK , Union Block Yurdi , South Oinabu , Neb , UNION STdtK YARDS CO. , Of Omaha , Limited , , Job * f. Uojd , bunrrlule-QtlcnW