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rn.tr > K > * / ' ! mr - n ll . "t ' - W" ' Ii. 12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY/MAY 20 , 188&-SIXTEEN PAGES. , THE OLDEST INIIABiTAE A. Tow of Him Scattered Ovoi Various States. NINETY YEARS A MINISTER. 't ' Kt i k 1 * ft. Man WIio Voted fbr Tliomns JcfTor sou First anil Graver Cleve land l-inst Ancccotos of Centenarians. A Grand O1A Man. Tlicro hna Just died near Spurlock- VillcV. . Vft. , says n dispatch to the Now York Herald , Thomas Eggleston nt Iho ndvnncod ngo of 111 years , tor months and twonty-thrco duys. Ho was born in the neighborhood Where ho died , and has not boon more than twenty-five miles from homo in uli that tlmo. Ho was a democrat of the Old school. Tie cast his first vote foi ThomaS Jefferson. Ho 1ms continued to put in a ballot for every succeeding democratic presidential candidate , hi' eluding President Cleveland. Thougl not a traveler , ho was a great reader ol political news , and know the pecullai circumstances of every campaign this country has seen. Up to the last few days of his life ho was in full possession of every faculty , except his hearing which in the last ton years had become , qulto defective. Medicine his system know not of till six years ago , when , tc protract his life a few more years , the physicians advised an occasional dose , His memory was a marvel , and nt creator treat was enjoyed by those whe know him than to hear him relate incidents cidonts of a century ago with the fresh ness displayed in a morning Herald Notes and other details wore easy foi him , and it seemed a pleasure to him t < toll how and when and whore cortuli political events transpired. Ho had outlived till his children and many of his grandchildren. Five generations - orations look back to him as thch ancestor , and during his last days several - oral hundred of his kinsfolk wore scon at his bedside. One peculiar habit ho had was always to lake a long smoke from ti largo pipe before retiring. Ho scouted the idea that tobacco shortened life and pointed to himself as a living .refutation of the falacy. "I know not r tluVi" said he "since I was sixteen year ; old that I have been without my pipe. ] fully believe that my life of nearly a century and ti quarter has boon prolonged - longed by it. " One Hundred. A Williamsport ( Pa. ) special to the Philadelphia Press says : On ono ol the finest farms in Canton township "Lycoming county , lives Adam Hart who will bo 100 years old Friday. His health is comparatively good for so old a person. Ho is undoubtedly the oldest citizen of the state. He was born in Northumberland county , this state , Maj 0 , 1788 , and continued to live there until 1839 , when ho removed to the farm Trtioro ho now resides , a distance ol only six miles over the dividing line in JLycoming chunty. Ho lives quietly , Surrounded by his children , grandchil dren and great grandchildren. The celebration of the centenary ol his life to-morrow will bo a grand af fair , and thousands of people will nay their rosoocts to the old man. Mr. 'Hart ' married Eleanor Pollock in 1810 , and husband and wife early in life con nected themselves with the Presbyter ian church at Warrior's Run , and tc this day he is still n consistent member. His wife died twenty years ago. Mr. Hart's mental faculties are sound ant lie attends to the management of his Jarm and his finances with the same precision and clearsightedness thai annrkod his early days. His reminis cences of early times are interesting and ha takes grent delight in recounting - } ing the thrilling adventures of hii youth. i Ho was a member of Captain Williati McGuiro's company which marched t < ' Black Rock near 'Buffalo , in October 1814 , and is the only survivor of the sixty-six men who composed that com pany. Ho IB a'ponsionor of the war ol 1812. Ho wan eleven years of ago whet tScorgo Washington diedundhasaclcai recollection of the event. A Kcmnrkublo Alan. Prof. Laurons Perseus Hiokok dice on April 0 in Amherst , Mass. Mr Hickok was born in Danbury , Conn ! December 29 , 1798. Ho graduated frort Union college in 1820 , nnddovotod him- Celt to theology. Ho was licansod te prouoh in 18212 , and was pastor succes sively at Newton. Kent and LltchHold , 'In 1830 ho was elected profosbor ol theology in the Western Reserve col lege , Ohio , and hold the position foi eight years. He became professor in rtuo Auburn Theological seminary ii 3811 , nud in 1852 removed to Schcnoc , * ady , N. Y. , to bo professor of inenta ! nnd moral science and vice president ol "Union college. Ho became full president dent in March , 18iiO , and resigned ir 1803 , removing to Arnhorst , Mass. lit Is the author of several important works on mental and moral questions Among his boat known treatises arc his "itational " " Psychology , "Kmpirica Psychology , " "System of Mora iSoiouco , " and "Logic of Reason. " I Offcrctl 1'rnycr at 1O-1. An Associated press dispatch froir ijndianupolis , Ind. , says : At the opening cession of the African general con ; eronce n prayer was otic-rod by the Ho v , l-Dadid Smith , of Xonia , O. , who is 10 ! jyoars old. He is the oldest Methodist lanluistor in the world , and doubtless the oldest preacher of any denomination , * Ho IK older than the African Mothodibl Episcopal church itself , which was or ganized in 1788. Ho was born in Mary land , March 10 , 1784 , and joined the church when ho was ten years old. He toegan preaching four years later , and has continued at it more or loss regu larly over since. Preaching the gospel for ninety years is something that has scarcely boon heard of. Mr. Smitli came alone from his homo in Xenia wnd Is the guest of Rev. J. W. Gaza- wjiy , the pastor of Bethel church , whert , the conference is being held. Ills fact does not bear testimony of his flvo-soort roars , but his body in a measure does , The lower portion of his limbs are more or loss dwarfed and bout , and ho moves about slowly , yet thoeo who are tie- qntiintod with him declare ho still re tains considerable ) vigor. Mr. Smith in a hhort address , said ho thanked God that ho had lived to see the churoli § row from eight traveling preachers tc ,800. f Killed at the A KO of 12O. A special to the St. Louis Globe fron Ban Marolal , N. M. , says : Poor olt "Clnco Ccutnvos , " the Socorro beggar un account of whom was printed in tin Globo-Democrat of Auril 10 , met will ti sad and tragie death in Socorro a fov days ago. She was killed byarallroni train. The accident happened In thli manner : A rock train was at work i few miles above Socorro , at a snml station called Clommow. From Socorri to Cloinmctw is ono steep grade do'wi the mountain side. The train , afte , being leaded with rock , started fron CloiumpvQt | Socorro , and after ruuninj v for a inilo or eo became unmanageable through the nlrbrnkos failing to work , It plunged down the mountain slilo nt r terrific speed , and , upon cntcrlnc Socorro encountered and run ovoi the unfortunate old lady wlic was walking down the rallroai track unconscious of the will. Tlu poor old lady was frightfully mangled scarcely enough of her remains boini ; gathered together to identify her. She was well kiown as the old woman wlu bogged about town for many years past and went by the name of "Clnco Con- tavos" among the Americans. " She wns said to bo about 120 years old , was slit hearty and active , nnd yesterday mornIng - Ing started off to gather herbs to mix r remedy for her aiclc grand-daughter when she met her sad fate. Aor hair was of snowy whiteness , hoi face was much wrinkled nnd she wai Bomowhat bowed by her great ago , Otherwise she bore her years well , and aa her general health was excellent there is no doubt that , but for the sat accident which terminated her life , she would have Hvod to even n greater age , She was burled two days after death , ! largo concourse of native people following - ing the remains to the grave. Smoked Tor US Years. Thomas Eggloston , aged 111 years , It months nnd 'M days , recently died nt Grlfllthsvillo , W. Va. He hud lived ir West Virginia for eighty years , boinj ! ono of the first white settlers in the mountain state. Ho outlived his wlfo his children and most of his grandchil dren. Hq never took a dose of medi cine until ho was 100-years old , and it was always his boast that ho hud novel been sick or had the headache or tooth' ' ache. Most of his life had been spent on a farm-though for the last few years ho lived in GrifHthsville. Ho retained his memory to the last. The old mar was fond of pointing to himself as an ex ample of a man thot tobacco could no' ' kill , as he had smoked the weed frorr the time ho was thirteen years old. Hud Pussod the Century Post. Pittsburg Commercial : At Browns- - ville , Pa. , Mrs. Hannn Minnie died re1 contly , aged 100 years and thirty days The record of her birth has been lost but Captain Woodward sayn Mrs. Min nie was chambermaid on the steamer Elk , when ho was a boy , running fron Brownsville to Texas. Captain Wood ward is now eighty. Early in life she was bound to Air. Kountzo , near Greens- burg , until she was of ago. She had one son who died in cany manhood. Her daughter , Hester , still lives ir Brownsville , and is sixty-livo years o : ago. Deceased had been a member o the A. M. E. church in Brownsville foi the past forty-five years. Mrs. Minnie was housekeeper for William Clark foi twelve years , and at his death he left her 35)0 ( ) , all of which she had at hei death , except $50. An Aged Tobopsaner. Royal Prcscott Hubbard , of Chamber lain , Dak. , is eiphty-threo years old , Ho is' descended on his mother's sidi from the Pro&cotts of the revolutionary period , at and the battle of Bunker Hii two brothers of his grandfather won killed. While living in Macon , Ga. , lit was criven fifteen minutes to leave tht city because ho was bitterly opposed tc slavery. This occurred before the war , Mr. Hubbard is in good health , and lasi winter enjoyed himself by taking a toboggan - boggan slide along with the young pee pie of Chamberlain. Ho has been t widower for soyen years , his wife hav ing been killed by falling down stairs A Venerable Ijady at Rest. Mrs. Elizabeth McLaughlin , of Win Chester , 111. , was the wifu of Daniel Me Laughlin , who is still well and active a ninety-one. His wife was two yean younger , having boon born October 19 1799 , near Portsmouth , O. , and whost maiden nams was Utt. The Last Survivor of Waterloo. Now York Post : Norman MacDon aid , of Big Bras Dor. Capo Breton , i dead , aged 110 years. Ho was the lust known survivor of Waterloo , having fought in that battle under Wcllmcrtoi when thirty-seven years of ago. Hi was born in the Isle of Harris. Scotland in 1778. After serving in the Britisl army in various parts of the world , h < emigrated to Nova Scotia , iu 1838 , whoi flfty-fivo years old. Ho was a man o great activity nnd up to two years ag < did considerable work on his littli farm. Entered Into Host at 05. A correspondent from Hopkinsvillo Ky. , writes to the St. Louis Globe tha Miss Temperance Ingram , died in tin ninety-fifth year of her age , huvinf boon born in Virginia in February,1703 Her parents'omigrated to Logan county Kansas , in 1805 , and in 1811 she unitec with the Methodist church under th < ministry of the famous preacher Rev Peter Cartwright. She frequontl' heard Bishop Asbury , the first Mothd dist bishop , preach. She was novoi married , but cliod at the homo of a ladj she hud adopted and raised. Married Sovoiity-Kivo Years Ago. Among the arrivals from the east las week nt Los Angeles , Ctil. , were Join T. Richmond and wife. The couph wore married seventy-five years ago The husband is now ninety-five and tin wife ninety-two years of ago. Botl ; served in the warof 1812Mr. Rlchmont as a soldier and his wlfo as a nurse. Th < couple wore born in Sterling , Ky. , nni have had fourteen children , the oldest a son of bovcnty-thrco , being still allvo Bridegroom 1KJ , Bride 87. A wedding occurred at Weslbun n few days ago which has created no lit tie nmuHcment nnd talk in the commu nity. Henry Green , n well-to-do colorot resident , ninety-throe years of ago after a prolonged courtship , was unitei to MM. Henry Tnnllor , also coloredwh ( is in her eighty-seventh year. Botl the parties have been married buforo. Served In Four Wars. A dispatch from Allyan , Kun. , to tin St. Louis Globe , says : The Cripplec Union Soldiers' association has an ok veteran , Andrew Franklin , who fough in four wars viz. : 1812 , Black Hawk Mexican and war of Rebellion. In tin was of 1812 Mr. Franklin was n incmboi of C 7 , United States cavalry , Ho wui wounded and captured lit the battle o Lundy'sLano. Ho was again woundot at Fort Stevens , July 15,1815. His do gcriptivo roll is not complete nnd there fore it can't bo learned what organiza tions ho served in since 1812. Ho is receiving coiving the munificent sum of $3 po : month pension from his generous gov eminent. Ho is now a resident of Bur lington , Kun. , and is ninety-nine your , of ago. Sick Twice in His lilje. Seadock Whnrton , who died In Soho- hariu Prairie , 111. , on the 8th inst. , was at the time of his death , the oldest mat iu Willinmbon county , having been bori near Indian River Inlet , Suasox county Del. , April 1,171)8. ) Ho removed to Gin cinnati , O. , in 1815 , when the old blocl houfio stood there , and was a morchan in that city thirty days. Ho caino t < Williamson county , 111. , in 18(50. A Ilemnrknblo Woman Dead at 101 Mrs. Margaret Marshall died a fev days ago in Allegheny county , Pa. Slu was born a little over 101 years ago ii County Tyrone , Ireland. Hoi.futhe was a Dlckson. ' That family was ver numerous Jn the north of. Ireland , an ! tbjo Dicksous were either doctor ? , law yors or nrtny officers. Margaret Dick- son's father wag prominent in the "United Irishmen" movement , and became came n high officer in tholr army. Mrs. Marshall belonged to a remarkable family. They were sixteen in number , the youngest of whom was Margaret. They wore nearly nil boys , every ono of whom was n giant , none being under six feet four Inches in height. Mar garet , who was born a short tlmo after her father's death , grow to bo a very largo woman. She was five feet ton inches in height nnd weighed nearly two hundred pounds. Until the day of her death she could rend a newspaper without glasses. The bible was her con stant companion , nnd she could repent connectedly nearly the whole of both old and now testaments. Three Old 1'ooplo of Illinois. An account of three old Illinois people ple was recently given in the Ohjcago Tribune. James McCormlok , who lives on a farm near Dnrrow , was born in 1783 , nnd is consequently 100 years old. Ho was sixteen years old when Wash ington died , and well remembers many important moves made by the first president. Ho fought in the battle of Tippoeanoo with William Henry Ilttrrl- Bon. His memory concerning inon nnd events in the early history of the coun try is excellent. In Union Grove township , Monroe county , lives Mrs , Phrebo Vontium , who is now 104 years old. . Mrs. . Vonnum's parents wore of the old Puritan stock. Her father was n major all through the revolutionary war , nnd drew n major's pension from the government up to the time of his death. Mrs. Vonnum well remembers the funeral of George Washington. Mrs. Jonathan Drake , of Rockford , Is ninety-six years old , and she has 148 living descendants. She Is n descend ant of Sir Francis Drake , the greatest of nil English sailors. She was the mother of fourteen children , has forty- eight grandchildren , and'is the head of n family of over eighty. She has seven great-great-grandchildren. Ono of her daughters was the mother of fourteen children. Ton of Mrs. Drake's children are now living. Eloped nt Seventy-six. At Nowborno , N. C. , Thursday , Jus tice Brinson was in his olllco when nn aged negro man and nn equally vener able woman stopped briskly in. They appeared to bo in haste , and the mail astonished Justice Brinson by rcejucst- ing that they bo married at once. Brin son looked nt the license , and found that the groom was Henry Chudwick , aged 70 , and the bride exactly the same ago. They had eloped from Jones county. The bride actually has a mother living , who objected to the match , hence it was necessarily a run away affair. Justice Brinson , who found it impossible to restrain his laughter , or that of two score of specta tors , soon made them man and wife. It is the most venerable eloping couple on record in North Carolina. Old Ago Notes. James Lovett , aged ninety-one years , died April 25 at East Pen field , N. Y. A peasant has just died in Austria- Hungary who was 142 years of ago. Ho loft n son aged 115 years and a grandson of 8-5. Uncle Peter Sarchett , of Brazil , Ind.- who resides with his daughter , Mrs. George Husher , celebrated his eighty- eighth birthday May 17. Admiral William Norton Taylor died ' April 11 , at Margate , Engla'hd , aged ninety. Ho entered the service as cadet as far back as 1815. Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Hulitt , of Land- isfleld , Mass. , have boon married seventy-one years. Both were born in 1791. Their marriage was solemnized in 1815. Mrs. Clara Hoyt. of Danbury , Conn. , who is in her'ninety-ninth year , walks to church , a distance of two miles. She has not used glasses for thirty years , and is very hearty for ono of her ad vanced age. General Abrain Daily , a ninety-two- year-old resident of Brooklyn , is to re ceive a pension of $ GOO a year from that city under authority of a bill that passed the Now York assembly. Ho is a vet eran of the war of 1812. Ex-Assombiyman James Yanoy died on May 1 , after a long illness , nt Epbru- tah , Fulton county , N. Y. , aged eighty- eight years. Ho leaves seven sons. The deceased represented Fulton county as its first member nfter the division of the county in 1838. Adnm Gotts , aged eighty , a well-to-do farmer living at Shickshinny , Penn. , recently committed suicide. Going to the Susquehanna river , ho tied a heavy stone to nis neck and , wading into the stream , ho lay down in three feet of water and deliberately drowned him self. . Mrs. Margarotta Sauorwald died in Baltimore , Md. , ngod ninety-two years. She was in good health until recently. About forty years ago she came to Baltimore from Hesse-Darmstadt , Ger many. Three sons , ono daughter , twonty-ono grandchildren and ton great grandchildren survive her. Mr. Paul Wild , ono of the original stall holders of Quincy market , Boston , and the first butcher to sell a piece of mutton in that institution , died at Quincy. Mass. , April 25. Ho was born in Braintreo , Mass. , March 23 , 1800 , and was married sixty-five years ago , his wife now surviving him. Mrs. Curry , aged eighty-seven years , lives between the villages of Farming- ton and Lnkovillo , in Dakota county , Minnesota. She has boon eighty years achristiun , being first a Presbyterian and later n Methodist. She was born in Virginia , nnd married Jumod Curry in Ohio in 1818. Ilor husband died in 18(51. ( Vines Hicks , of Roodhouso , 111. , who celebrated his oncy hundredth birthday last February , died last woolr. Ho was a votern of the war of 1812 and also of tbo Black Hawk war. During the for mer war he learned to sloop in his clothes and kept up the habit until his death. Ho never rode in a railroad train. Mrs. Ann Tunnoll died n few daysago , at the Homo for Aged and Infirm Col ored Persons , Philadelphia , Pa. , at the ago of ninety years. Her father , it is said , owned considerable property in Philadelphia during his Hfotimo. None of her children uro living , but a largo number of descendants to the fourth generation survive her. Thomas Condroywho is nearly eighty five yours of ago and lives in Philadel phiaPa.was at the central police station May 5charged before Magistrate Smith with being an hauitual drunkard , He has been married twice , and takes great pride in the fact that ho is the father of twenty-one children. Ho was given a chance to take the pledge , and agreed to "keep it as long as ho could. " Mr. Samuel Gorsllno , of Coshocton , Pa. , who died last month aged ninety , was attended by his wifoand two daugh ters , Mrs. Duffy of Kansas , and Mrs. Hoffman , of Ohio. Ho was buried April 22. His wife , whoso age was elghty-nino and the two daughters , on taking euro of him contracted fatal colds nnd on Wednesday , Thursday and Friday of last week one of the two devoted - voted nurses passed away in regular succession. West Virginia's "oldest mini" is dead. The distinction mis uccOrdod Thomas Fffgleston , of GriftUhvilte , who wt re ported to have bmnmlmost 112 yoara of ngo. The gonorM * Jtapresaion that to bacco shortens onl'siMta doesn't seem to hnvo been berne out in his case , as , ac cording to "his own stntomont , " ho used the wood since boyhood , while medicine in any form wns unknown to his stomach ach until five years njro , when ho used nt onic to give him strength. W. W. WllmottfntrVld man who ap peared on the streets of Montgomery , < Ua. , n few days ngp begging for enough to buy n railroad"ticket to Mobile , has had n romantic history. Mnny years ago ho invented a ? mnchino for crimp ing shoes , nnd soon acquired a fortune. In 1870 ho lost a wager of $75,000 that ho had on Tlldon's election to the presi dency , nnd since tbon ono misfortune has crowded closely on the heels of an other until ho ha ? lost his en tire for tune and his health as well. J. Cam Bradshaw , who wns perhaps the oldest man in the county , being about 88 years old , died nt his homo , ncnr Big Springs , in Wilson County , Tcnn. , May 1. Ho was rldingon horseback - back a week ago last Monday , when ho felt a swimming in the bend and started to got off his horse , when ho fell , and one foot hung In the stirrup nnd the horse dragged him seine yards , causing injuries from which ho never rallied , though ho was conscious aftorwnrds. The historian , Jolmiin Michael Ton Solti , died recently in Munich nt the ago of nlnoty-ono. Ho became lecturer of history in the University of Munich in 1820 , but lost his position in 1835 at the instance of the archbishop of Mu nich. Ho was reinstated ns full professor ser in 1849 , and remained ono of the or naments of the university until his re tirement in 1870. Ho became director of the State Archives of Bavaria in 1808. His historical writings cover n wide range of subjects. PRPPEUBIIN'T DHOPS. A woman can drlvo n bargain , wo know , With lots of assurance ami gall , But when aha cornea down to a lien or a nail , Why , she simply can't drive them at all. The birds nro singing in the trees , And all the world is glucl ; The roses blusli In every breeze Oh whcro's your liver pad ? Who uses but n pair of bellows Whene'er ho blows Into a gun , Will never Jolu the ranks of fellows Who use their mouths and miss much fun. When lovely womun buys a polly. Which she designs shall talk and pray , How shocked is she nnd melancholy To find the parrot swears all day. Englishmen often write about Queen Vic toria , oven if she is not a subject. Figures don't Ho , but they have been known to make men lie or go to Canada. Many n crack pitcher has been spoiled by n cracked pitcher of the "growler" % 'aricty. There Is every reason to believe that the key to Ignatius Donnelly's cryptogram is brass. The person who has the least mind Is the ono most anxious to give you a piece of it , as a rule. . Strawberry boxes are soiling nt 20 cents a quart. If you return the iberries you got o rebate. , Mrs. Emily C. Oallpghor , of Sioux Rapids , has applied for n divorce , i Lot her go , Gal lagher. , A spirit trust wasformed in New York yes terday , but Ann O'Delia DissDo Bar was not admitted. Dr. Mary Walker spoilt jtho flrst money re ceived from her increased pension in buying a trousers stretcher. Why are mosquitoes ! tho1 most religious oJ insects ] Because they flrat sing over you and then prey on you. Wife George , do 'the'Amoridan Indians always travel in smglofllel Husband 1 never saw hut one , ami Im.did. The Topsy of an ' 'tjnclo ' Tom's Cabin" troupe died recently and bequeathed hot body to the doctors. Autopsy 1 There are rumors of a Panslavist uprising in Russia. The cooks must bo on a strike. They are certainly pan-slavists. A correspondent asks the burial place ol Ham. There Is a town in Indiana called Sandwich. Perhaps this is the place. "Does cigarette smoking affect thobrainl" Can't say , Albert ; there have never beer any experiments with that combination. A man may bo truthful Iu everything else , but ho always played a better game of bil liards several years ago than ho docs now. Teacher Sammy , wnv do you wrlto your name S. Smith , Marcher ! Sammy Why , 'cause pa writes his J. Smith , Junior. I was born in March. Wo have breweries , wineries nnd cream- cries , and why can't wo have slaveries , paintcrlcs , oysterles and lots of other good things as well ! President Eliot , of Harvard , doesn't bo- Hove in women's lecturing to young men. The youue : men will have to come to it sooner or later , howover. In some places the performance by a troupe of female minstrels and the adjournment ol the city council for the lack of a quorum la culled a "coincidence. " Oscar Wilde declares" that no married man can become a dude. It is also true that the average dude ilnds considerable difficulty in becoming a married man. Sometimes It almost spems as if the reason the church steeple points heavenward so per sistently is because It Is trying to distract attention from the debt beneath it. A youthful applicant for graduation , on be ing asked the other day , "What does history teach } " answered , "That the United States has never been whipped aud never will bo. " It Is said that Tennyson sometimes spends hours on u single lino. Wo can rattle off u single line in Urn twinkling of an eye ; it is the second line that exhausts our poetic gen ius. ius.Tho The Detroit Free Press says that every cir cus in the country tins to renew its stock ol scrpants each year. That's where thu man with the dolirum trcmciis has the bulgu on the circuses. "If it were customary in this country to confer titles upon men who rank In litera ture , what would I ba ! " usked n conceited journalist of his senior. "Huron of Ideas , " was the terse reply. Some of the southern states want a postal rule prohibiting a colored man from calling nt the postonico over six times a day , The present overugo is nine , with a disposition to go two or thrco bettor. "Ono thing , Maria , " said the turrod-and- feathered gentleman , as his wife was pluck ing him. after the festivities , "the tar ain't no special use ; but there's 'most a dollar's wortli of feathers on BIG. " _ Visitor ( who oxnocts to sjtny to dinner ) Do you think , really , tlifit it is a bad omen when there nro thirteen at Jtho table ! Mrs. Hrown ( landlady ) Yds , 'If there's only victuals enough for twelve. A sign on the store of a Toccao , Ga. , mer chants reads ; "Lamps' litfed , razors honed , fresh oystersVienna , broad'and ' tombstones. " On nn emergency ho would probably write n spring poem or build a tariff bill. "Another big wash ; out on our line ! " exclaimed - claimed the railroad employe's industrious helpmeet , pointing to the string of whitened clothes which stretched from their back window to n house ncr9jssthe way. First IJurglar ulH. thc * Jig is up. No cracking that bank to-nur\t ! \ , Second Burg lar Wot's thu matteruotoctives ; onto u l First Hurclar No ; I saw the pretldent and cashier buyin' ticKets for Montreal this mornlu.1 A North Carolina bank has boon wrecked by the president and cashior. It must have been u pretty solid institution to romilro thu efforts of two inon to break It. Ordinarily a cashier can clean thing ! ) out without any as sistance from outsider * . Woman ( to tramp ) And if I give you n nice jilato of hash you promibo to saw some wood ! Tramp Ycs'iii. Woman ( doubtfully ) I don't know whether I can put confidence In you or not. Trauip ( reproachfully ) You ought to , ma'am ; I have confidence enough in you to oat the hash. It U rumored that ladles of good manners no longer kiss each other in public , For years past wo have I olt that the time would come when the woman who achbd to kiss one of her BOX would beckon her out behind the corn cribuud pull n bag over , the head.1 of both , and rotr the dnte i Uei . TflE INDIAN AND HIS RATIONS An interesting Letter Prom the Sioux Reservation. THE BI-MONTHLY BUTCHERINGS. The Fonrtli of July oftlio Dusky Abor igine Lively ScenesntIho Store A ! > Among the Cltlcn * , Their Squn\vs and Pnpitoqscs. PlKUUK , Dnk. , May 17. { Special Cor respondence ot the BKK. ] nation dny , which comes upon the IIrat nnd third Momlny of ench monthycnr in nndycnt out , hns moro slgnlficnnco with the Sioux Indians , than the Fourth of July with the young hopeful of the American continent , nnd if ono hns n doslro to see the American savage in all of his ignor- nnco , innocence , and unadorned beauty nnd primitive Indinncss , nil ho bus todc isto , visit ono of the many ngonclosunon ono of these occasions. Cheyenne agency , situated upon the west bank of the Missouri , thirty-five inllos nbovo this city , whore 3,000 ol Uncle.Sam's wnrds partnko nt the gov ernment larder , is no exception to the general rules that apply to Indian ngon- cics , nnd ian point whore'innny ideas can bo learned regarding Indian life as it exists in this any nnd ngo of the world. The dny opens up early in the morn ing , nnd nil is life , stir nnd bustle , u spirit of got to the front for once Bocnu to bo the nil absorbing thought of the copper colored native of the plnins , The tall , stately and solemn chiefs , witlj their glossy raven locks , wound with otter fur and ornamented with caglo feathers , gather in groupj or stoically and majestically stalk in front of the agent's .olllco , waiting for the opening of the doors of the store house , whllo hundreds of squaws , clad in still dirtier garments of bright colored calico nnd gay blankets , branded , U. S. I. D. , squnt upon the ground nnd sorooch like n bevy of brown patridgos , as they wait for the business portion tion of the day. The young scions of the tribe arc not idle , but with bows , arrows and nn unerring aim arc popping nwny at about everything that is visible to the naked oyo. The Indian is not n politician in the literal transla tion of the term , but in the gathering can bo scon objects Hint lend one to think that they have their political preferences , and this idea is moro forci bly impressed upon the mind of the by stander as ho counts the dozens of "Blaino" and "Cleveland" tiles , that looked nt from n standpoint of present condition , may hnvo done radiant ser vice in many n ward caucus. Now nnd then n genuine Mikado fan appears , being borne by a daughter of the tribe , all of which ndds a kind of hatch pot elegance to the motley as sembly. One of the most interesting features of the day is when the doors of the store house uro thrown open and the issue begins. Going into the largo building , which is occupied for this purpose , you find the agent , Dr. Charles E. McCbcs- noy , and his chlof clerk , Douglas P. Carlin , assisted by n number of under clerks and interpreters , all busyporing over large rolls of papers , containing the name of every Indian on the agency over the ngo of eighteen years , nnd if the head of n family , the number of persons that his family contains. Every article that goes out of this ware house is charged upon the agency books to the Indian who receives it.and hisnatue is chocked as ho receives his semi monthly allowance. AH is now in read iness for the beginning of the issue , and the ball opens by the clerk , calling the names from the roll , and aq an Indian responds to the roll call , he wnllzos to the front nnd is given a ticketof "tough check , " upon which is written his name and the names of the members of his family , dependent ( V ) upon him for sup port. This ticKet passes him into the warehouse where the agency goods nro stored. Hero the best of order prevails - vails , as n number of Indian policemen are ranged about the room , their duty being to keep order , and allow only a limited number to en tor at ono time.'As soon as the authorized head of thu family enters this warehouse , his ticket is taken up by the clerk , who calls to an assistant the name of the Indian and the number of rations to which ho is entitled , the number of rations corresponding with the number of persons in his family. The rations , consisting of Hour , bacon , sugar , colTco , rice nnd" salt , are trundled out and bundled into a hack , to bo carried nwny by the squaw , who , under her burden , patiently trudges away to camp to await the coming of her la/.y liege lord and master , for in this respect the Indian has his helpmeet under more thorough subjection than his white brother , mak ing her chop the wood , build the fires , bring the water and do about all the , vork about the promises. Very fre quently tbo Indian will attempt to mislead - load the agent bv " claiming moro mem bers in his "family than there really arc , but in this ho is usually detected and there after is the butt of ridicule and is guyed ' by the whole tribe. And again , an 'In dian will have the most positive and convincing evidence of an increase in his family , the evidence being in the form of n papoose , born since the hibt ration day. When this occurs , as it frequently does , the now arrival is promptly listed upon the books of the agency and , thereafter comes iu for its regular share of rations at the govern ment crib. This feature of the cuso has a tendency to wtitnululo Iho Indian to marry and go into the occupation of raising a family , for the reason that while the little ono cannot cat as much Hour , bacon and beef as an adult , it can draw the same with most surprising regularity. So far nothing hns happened to mar the monotony of the day , but the wild bloody and exciting exercises - cisos nro to conio. Upon the banks of a small , muddy nnd quiet creek , about forty rods from the agency build ings , is located the Klaughtur-houEu and stockade , which nro enclosed by a high fence , built of strong plunks , inside of which nro some sovonty-llvo head of tall , lank , long-horned Texas steers , just from the range and of the wildest typo. These animals nro to bo killed to furnish beef for the Indlnns during the next two weeks , or until another ration day rolls nround. The hour for the slnughter hns arrived nnd n general stampede of Indians undbright blankets Htnrt from the ngonoy buildings , in order to get n good position upon the top of the stockade and witness the ani mals die. The crowd , as It moves along , resembles the movements of an army in some rcspoots , although order in the ranks is a minus nnd unknown quantity. The top of the stockade iu soon covered with red faces and nakoilncbd of tiio same hue , the laces anxiously watching for the beginning of the bloody fun. This bcono resembles a well regulated Mexican bull light , only inttead of car rying the bright , keen blades , the hereof of the ring is armed with a Winchester repeating rlllo. The exciting hour hns arrived ! The bteors nro driven into ono corner of the stockade , the report of the ride rings out upon the nlr and R steer bites the duit , the .ball potiotrntod some vital part. JloporU ) now follow thick nnd fast , and M ono rifle la emptied another is handed to the marksman nnd the bloody work goes on until nil of the animals nro stretched lifeless about the nronn. Right hero ono has a most excel lent opportunity to witness the flkill of the ladinn ns n butcher. Knoh carcass is nt once surrounded by from four to six Iiidinns.who with sharp knives in less ttmo than it takes to write it , hnvo the skin of thonnnnal off , the entrails out and everything ready to turn the moat over to the agonl'a as sistant , who makes the apportionment upon the same basis as ho distributed the articles from the warehouse. Of the beef nothing Is allowed to waste or spoil. Each Indian comes in for his share of raw liver , which is not counted on his provision account ; whllo the in testines , both long and short , great and small nro cut into pieces about three feet in length , stripped of their contents by pnsslng through the lingers , nftor which with great gusto nnd evidently much satisfaction they pass into the c.ust iron stomach of Indian humixnlty. This closes the order of exercises nnd the wagons , ponies and dogs are packed and the cavalcade prepares for the inarch to the rude homos , scattered along the stream. that How through the great Sioux reservation , there to ro- innin in idleness until the time arrives for making preparations for another trip to the ngoncy. A visit to Cheyenne agency would bo but half mndo if ono did not call nt the mission school , which is situated a few miles above the ngoncy buildings. Here Mr. J. P. Kinnov , Jr. . nnd his estimable wife , assisted by the Misses Wood , Cnvaller nnd Wrolon , who are dovotlng their timo. energies nnd the bust dnys of their -lives to the advance ment of the youth of the red race. The school is under the control of the Episcopal church , and moro directly under the control of Bishop Ilnro. Here from ono to two hundred voungln- dinns , the number ranging nccoruing to the seasons of the year , attend school , whore they arc taught to read and write , the rudiments of music , to sow , cook and do all kinds of housework. The boys' school is separate from the girls' school , and bore the little rod kids are taught lo read and write and initiated in the art of farming. These schools arc doing much good , both in the way of teaching the younger gener ation knowledge , and the older genera tion the usefulness of the same. The schools and the instructors arc looked upon with much pleasure by the adult Indians and are very popiuar. A Charge na Is n Glinrco. Judge Jonah Joles , recently delivered the following charge to the jury , says the Chicago America , in the case of Ellin Church for stealing : "Jury , you kin po out. and don't show your ugly mugs hero till you Hud a ver dict if you can't get ono of your own , got the ono tbo last jury used. " The jury retired , and after an absence of fifteen minutes , returned with n ver dict of "Suicide in the ninth degree and fourth verse. " Then Judge Jonah Joles pronounced the following sentence : "Elira Church stund up and face the music. You are found guilty of suicide for stealing. Now this court sentences you.to pay a fine of two shillings , to shave your head with n baggnnott , in the barracks , and if you try to cave in any of the heads of the jury , you'll catch thunder , thnt'soll. Your fate will bo a warning to others , and in conclusion may the Lord have mercy on your soul. Sheriff , get a pint of rod eye ; I'm awful thirsty. " IU IVlli Every Lady Visiting the 99 CENT STORE 1209 Farnam St. Monday , will bo presented with n handsome riowored Splash Mat , Free. Head and rolled over the bargains we offer for that day and all next week. CROCKERY. 'Tlati'S , 3c , Be , Re , 7c. Cups and saucera , ; ! 5c per set. Hotel I'latera , 05c. Hotel UuKvrs , iuic dozen , I'luttors. Oc. c , c , li'c to 4'ic. 1'luo line of Decorated. Wnro In open stock. TINWARE. Apple Corel's , r > c. Stow I'uns , lUc , He. He to ! V > c. Urass Match B.ifus. f.c to 2 > c. Tea ICettlc.H , copper bottom , 4Dc. I'lo Tins , ; ic. Dish I'nns , lOc , He , Iflc to 4fc. Cotfeti I'otw , lOu. r > o , lilc , &c. Sto.imorn. " > c. ! Kc , nud up. dratura , fie , lOc. Hrollera. rc , lUc. l&c. Deep Cake I'nns , r.c , lOc. l-'ryiiig Pans , lilc , l.lc to IKc. A full line of Tlmuiro nt our low and popular imi" ' GLASSWARE. rrcnmors , lOc , I3c , 15e , Bugai'fi , Illo , 1-c , l.io , HutterH , lUc. lie. lie , ( lohlotH , fie , Kc , lilc. Tumblers. Be , lie , luc. Banco Dishes , -c. ; ! c , &o , J.ampa , | Uc , > c. U7o , 4\ic \ , 74c , to M.U5. 1'upixirtiund KaltH , fie to5o. . J/oklng ( Jlussos. r.c. to lt > r > . ( 'onipleto line of line Decorated Claxswure , In Tilinlnors , Water Has , Jugs , Vincgui'd . , no , HARDWARE , CUTTJtltV. Pots Bad Irons , ? l.fi" net. Htoel KnlvuMiiud KnrkH. ( We. set. Kino Ktiu l Knlve-i nnd I'orks , We. Carving Knives nnd I'orkH , We. Mincing Knives , lUc. Jllrd Cngo Sorliigs , fio. 'J'ea TrayH.fiu , 10c , to WO. l-'Iour I'ot Ilruckot , Co , JOc , and a Thousand Other articles. WOODENWARE. Cell OB Mills , 2oc , : i7c , 48o to b' c. "and U Hoop 1'ulls , Kc , Idu to 43c. Tubi , : KH ; , 4uc , r/ic , & .c. Wash Hoards , lOc , ) ! > c , 21 > c. Novelty Wrlmjers , tl.un. Ironing lloanU , Zic. U7c , 41c , to 11.44. Clothex 1.1 nos , lilc. 15 < % i.c. IlrooiuH. luc , S-'c , uoc. Htep Ladders. 7c. fc , to H.IM. 1'lctuio Frames madu to order at H loss than otherrt ast. Children's Carriages. A ! arg assortment to telutt from ut button irltes , DO NOT PURCHASE n article In our line until you liaro seen unr stork uul prices. WH ran and will buvo you fiam j to Ji on v.hat others uslr. H. HARDY & OO. 1209 Farnam St. MR , JEFF REYNOLDS , Tba Mining Prospector From Famous Black Hill ? , lie Discounts nn Old Trapper * Story of DntiKer An Indian Crippled for Jjlfc Uotti Storloj In Detail , A few nlohts since , while the rain was pourlna flown thick nnd fast , notubto srotip of men it ] In ono corner of the ofllco of ono of our prom. Inent liotcli. They hail met by chance anil wort renewing old noiuftlntnncca anil tolllngtholr ox. Durloncai ot narrow escape * In the vroatorn wllils. The group consisted of nn old ' 7H tlmt 1 set ott on Know-shoos , nccompantoa by nn tmllnn , to a small lake in northern part of Dakota , to futcli some flsli caugnt tha previous nutuinn , which lay frozen in a lot ? cal > tu on tha shore of the lake nome ton intles off. Wo took a train of < logs nnd rnlcitlatod to ratilrn bgforo dark. Wo had proceeded about * lx tvllet. when the Indian who wns In advanca , pauaod nnd appeared to see some footprints In the snow , otter a moment's icrutlur. ho rosa and laid. that a bear had passed not long before , anj could not bo far off , and ho wanted to follow it. I told him to follow , and I would bring the do s In his track , as the boar was going in tha direc tion ot the lake. The Indian started nwaywltn his mm , nnd was soon lost In the woods. For a quarter of an hour 1 plodded on , occasionally stopping to listen for some Round from the In dian. At last 1 hoard the discharge of his gun , nnd Immediately atter heard a second illsclmrgo. Then nil became silent , and I concluded that ho had killed the bear , nnd that I would noon coino up and llml him skinning It. Just than however , 1 was sturtlod by n llorco crowl , nnd. seizing my rllle. I ruilied forward. A loud roar from the bear as ho saw mo coming cuused mo to look up , ami ai I did , mysmm-shoa cauKhtatsoruuthl f > , and I pitched forward , accidentally discharging my rule ns I fell. I sprang to my feet ngaln , iiurf , wltn my rlllo cluhbed , 1 wnltrd for the coming of hii bcarshtp , who had left the poor Indian almost rtond and was rushing to moot mo. As ho reared himself on his hind legs for a friendly ombriico , my eyoi fell on on the Ind Inn's nxo. that had been dropped In the struggle. Holzliu ; It 1 brought it down with nil my strengthen on the grlzzloy'fl head , ho foil on mo nnd together wo rolled down the hill. Upon ex tricating myself I found that the blow from the axn had killed his bearahlp , nnd that I was uninjured , but the poor Indian was terribly torn nnd today hobbles nround the fort cutting drewood or uome such thtnu. " "Ves , that wns a narrow iMcnpe , " inld ono of the mining pro.spectoi-8 , n Mr. Reynolds , who lies prospected extensively through Colorado and the Black Hills , and is the owner of sovurixl gold and tin claims In the Illack Hills , "but It Is nut a circumstance to n narrow escape 1 had not long ngo. " About ono year ngo I noticed tin * my tmsc wns dwelling nnd getting itulto red , nnd n llttlo pimple formed on the sldo of my nose , but didn't crow much larger , until ono dny It broke , then n llttlo xcab formed over It : It bothered mo nnd I ptcKod It oir , when a larger one came , this I picked olT , nnd n larger sere was under It : this commenced to spread , until the whole cud oC my nose was a raw aoro. I commenced to get scared , then , nnd looked nround for Bomo doctor. I went to several doctors 1 n t Ii o Ulnck Hills. Soma dldu't knmv what it was and tola me It was a can cer. I had seen some of the ad. vurtlsomuntH 1 n the Omaha pa. pera of lr. He- Coy's cures , and I made up my mind I would po and ECO him. I got In OmahathoHOthoj March , and wont up to his otllce. Ilo examined my nose carefully nnd pronounced nri-onr. innATMEsr. thndlboaso Lupus and said It would take very active treatment to prevent it < spreading more. 1 told him to go ahead on It If there was liny hopes. Ho mauu several applications of a chemical , aud nttet such treatment , the here place grew liss until It was heated , but It hud destroyed a part of my iiohL' , and the doctor miggcstcd taking n ploca out of ray check and putting It on my nose. I consented , and ho - took a piece out of my rght rhi'ck.lmt kept Dim pud of It attached to the ckla to koc-p It allvo , them he made the llcsh mound thu scar luw iigaln.iuul set the piece In It and Htltched It to the sides , U heuled theio with the ox- rupt Ion of onu llttlo plnro , but I wns Butlslleil with it as It was , and didn't. ask for any moro. I niivu read about Huch diseases , and have talked about It to others , nnd the general ctmclu- Hlons 1ms been that It was Incurable Arrp.n TIIEA.TMKNT. now you see luiw narrow my escape vms , and It It had gone 'til now , I believe It would havu eaten way out In'o my cheeks. I cannot speak too highly of the succosxful way In which the doc tor treated me , and ot what I hour of tha opinion of hU other patients hla success Is general , Mr , Jon Reynolds , now resides at Menlo , la. , nnu will willingly and cheerfully coroborau the above statement , Can Catnrrh bo Cured. The tiast ago might bo called a superstitious une. The presmit can moro properly b called iiiioiiK the ImiHHhlhlUthm have now becomu everyday posslbllitlus. It would bu HUperlluoiiH to enumerate them. But havu wo reached the utmost limit ? Have we ? I'hyslrlaiiswhorlalm to make certain ullments the human body U subject to n special study and claim to lie able lo sure such UI > UUBOH , uro pronounced by other self-BatlHlled practitioners ns presumptuous : but docs tluilr saying HO make It HO ? Tnu man who coin the ncanut to overcoming thu uoemlug Impossibilities of others N now till the rage , and well docs ho or they do-fcrvo thotmccnus thny have labored so hard touttalu. Dr. J. Crt-nap McCoy or Ills associates do not maku claims to anything marvelous i , mtrh ns raising the dead nnd giving t hem lie w life ; neither Co they claim toglvuKlght to the blind ; but by their now and scientific method of treating catarrh they havn cured nnd do rurn cat an h , as well HS bronchial nml throat trouble * . They make catarrh u ujmclally because It Is ono of the most prevalent mid troublesome diseases tlmt the penplo of thU rlimutn nru heir to. Slnco Dr. MrCov and Ills associates have located In this city they hare treated witti success hundreds of purwons whom other physicians have told their dUiune was classed among the Incurables. Oo they not pub lish from wouk to Vieuk Iu the dally paper * ten. llmonialn from nonio of their manjr grateful pat louts , giving la each tuie the full naiim und address or thn person making the Htuto- nient , that the doubting and skeptical may call and Interview the said people prior to viMtlim the lloctor'H otllceH for consultation. Thu pcoplo advertised as cured arn ) > y no mean * olisi-iiro or unknown , but in the majority of n.iso.i uro citi zens well known by the biHliifij pnopSe und community at large , und It will moro than repay any 0110 sulrlng from cnturrlml utrurtlonitu visit I how whoso statements aiii publltOiod , or consult with the doctor or his lusoriatos at hU nllltfo. DOCTOR J , GRESAP Ni'GOY ' , Late of Bollcyue Ilosnilal , Now York , Mac Offices No. ulOnnd 311 ItAMfiRimi.DINO. . OMAHA. NT. U Where nil rurtiblo rates are treated will , uuc- : e . Mudlcul dlscisr : trratuil skillfully. Cousmnp- : lou , llrlght's dlmmso , ly iiei > .sla. jhcumutl ( ui , mi ) nil NHHVOUH D1SKAHIW. All illseaxt-s rw- to tlu Kcxea H specialty. C ATA It t II H i'lIUKI ) . UuNMjn.TATION ut oflli-e or by mail ( I. Many ill ca4es are treated successfully by Dr. UcCoy through the malls , and Ic U hiis pnssl'jlo for thoiw unubk- : inakB tha Jour- : oy to obtain nuiccssful hosj.ltal treatment al heir home * . tlllico toursli to 11 a.m. ; a to 4 f. m.t T to u , U. SUNDAY HOURS FlioM A , M. TO I I'.M Corr vooJenco reoulvo ; > rouipt btteutkic. Koletl r answered unloj * uccownonltsil \ > f I : * B ( ( Iu oUinjj , ' AdJicu all mall to Dr. J. 0. McCoy , Hui 110 and 811 lUuiKobulMtup , Ouialu , K U ,