Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUffPAY , JUNE 10. 1888.-SIXTEBN
SIDEWALK PAYING.
Pertinent Remarks Concerning the
City's ' Sidewalks ,
Xlio Old Plnnk Sidewalk Mnit Go-
One of the Pavers MnkCH a IMnln
Btntcmont of Knot * Tor
fubllcfttlon.
A stroll about the liuxlncsi part ot the city
nliows every day nn tnrrei\sca nctlvltr among
the pavers , lnnlmo.it any direction can be seen
now sidewalks , among which the granolithic
pavement aeems to predominate. In another
inonth Omntia will bo second to nona In street
and Mdewnlk paving. It IN a Milled fact the old
plank sldownllc must go , in every few cities can
they bo found except In the lumber countries.
The writer of thli article , whlln .in-oiling oliout
the city recently , had hl.i attention attracted ton
gam ; ot men wfio M ore laying n granolithic tide-
walk on ono of our prominent Htrcets and stopped
to watch the oparntlon , which U quite Interest
ing , and when llnlshed innVesafl nno a nldewalk
ns can bo found anywhere , \\hllo watching
the paving process the writer made the ac-
qunlntanco of one of the men , to whom the
writer U Indebted for ( ho following narrative
which Is wholly true , and can be Bubstnntlntecl.
Tlio gentleman In question ts Mr. John 1'rleii ,
of No. 121.1 Cnss street , ha works at present for
the Van Oourt and Ilenctllct 1'uvlnq company.
Mr. Fried , has llrod In Nebraska for over seven
yearn and for nearly four yours he has lived In
Omnhii. for thrco years hu has worked for the
Oumlm IliubVlro rnmi > nnyhavlug recuntlyJeU
their employ , to wort for the PHVIIIR company.
Mr. Krlounays : "For more than live years I
have been a terrible suirorer.niy bend seemed to
be aching constantly , especially between the
eyes , and my none would stop up , llrst on one
side , then on the other , often both nostrils. Then
I began to notice singular noises In my cats-
roaring or buzzing fouudH they appeared to tun
to bo , und Homutlmes sounds like whistling and
hammering. About this tlinn my thioat "No be
gan to give mo a great deal of 1 rouble. I would
always bo hawking and bemmlnu and trying to
clear my throat , often raising little hard lumps ,
nometlmus of a greenish , at other tluus of u yel
lowish color.
1 would often have pulus in the chest , ex
tending to the right nliouldcr blade. When
drawing a long breath I could hearn kind of
xvhcezlng nolso In my chost. And sometimes It
Would seem to 1110 as It I was .Teathlng through
a sponge I Bcomed to bo able to hear tliu nlr
passing through. I began to four tnnt I wns
going into consumption. 1 nas more llrmly
convinced of this when , before long , 1 com
menced to cougli u kind of hollow cough. Tim
nliarp pains ifl my chest would extend around
to the email of my back.
"Try to prevent It as 1 might , I was forever
catching f resli cold. 1 never was without them.
Mucus would run from my nose , mid qulto fre
quently my nose would bleed. At my woik I
have to stoop over quite f reiiuently. uud w lieu I
did so I would become dizzy and everything
Boomed to swim before uiy oyos. A ! night my
sloop did not refresh mo at all , und In the morn
ing would feel ns tired and languid as when I
wont to bed ,
"My stomach was alTected. too. I would sit
down to the table with what seemed u good ap
petite , but after a mouthful or two my appetite
Would loaro me. Everything would seim to
Hour on my otouiacb. There would be almost
constant belching , a disagreeable , bitter taste In
the mouth , and ut lust 1 cot so 1 didn't care to
loakat food.
I lost llesh and strength rapidly and was al
ways feeling tired ; had no ambition. Kvory step
Itook and whatever work I might do was done
vrltn an effort , and after working a whllo or
walking a block or two my head would perspire
and my limbs would ache as If 1 had done some
very heavy work.
I had heard considerable talk about the success
of lr. McCoy In such cases und rend several of
the testimonials publlshud In the dally papers
and concluded I woulu try him. It was with
mnall holies , however , for I had tried uoven dif
ferent physicians and tried about u barrel of
patent medicines and was about discouraged. I
\lHttedhlsolUcelnHamgeblock and consulted
him. After a careful examination he told me I
had catarrh and that ho could tieat me suc
cessfully for It. 1 was Impressed U 1th the Idea
that h knew hi * business and started treatment
uud I hare not been n bit sorry that I did , for
bo lias mady a nmv man of me. 1 Imve. no moio
of the symptoms I told you of , and In short , I
feel better today than I have forllvo long years ,
and I owe It nil to the skill und success of Dr.
McCoy , and do not , hesitate nt all to ra-oimuend
him to anyone \\lio is sulTortug from catarrh.
Mr. Fried , whoso poitralt graces the column
above , resides at No. 1-f ) Cass street , and In
M Illlng to corroborate this statement to anyone
doubting It.
TWENTY-ONE QUESTIONS.
A Few BymplomH of Disease That
May Provo Serioiw to You.
Do you hnvo frequent ills of mental depres
sion ?
Do you expcrlonco ringing or buzzing noises
Iu your cant ?
Io ) you foul us though you must sullocuto
whinnying down ?
Are you troubled with a hacking cough nnd
general debility ?
Are your eyes generally weak and wiitcry and
f roquently litllained ?
Does your voice Imve a husk , thick sound nnd
a nasal Hort of twang ?
Is your breath frequently offensive from borne
unuccouutiible cause ?
lluviiynuivdull , oppressive headache , geuer-
ally located over the eyes ?
Do you hiiY to liawk und rough frequently In
the eiroit to clear your throat ?
Are you losing j our t > eir of nme.ll and Is your
BPime of tnsto becoming dulled ?
Does your nose always fceUtopped up , forc
ing you to lirt'iitho ihioiiKh your mouth ?
Do you frequently leel dizzy , particularly
wlion stooping to pick anything elf the Hour ?
_ Joes ) ovi-ry ilttlu draft of air anil every alight
change of tuinperuuiro give you a cold ?
Am you uuiioyed by u constant deslro to hnwk
and spit out nil endless quantity of phlegmi1
Io you rlso from bed as tired nnd wealcus you
were the night before nail feel atj thuiigh you
wanted to llothoiH foiovor ?
IH your tlnoat lllled wllhjihleKin In the morn-
Ing. w hlch cnu only be dls < nursed after violent
coughing and hawking and oplttlng ?
Do you occasionally wnko from a troubled
Bleep with btnrt and feel us if you had Just
escaped a horrlhln death by choking ?
11 uve. you lost all Interest In your railing or
bustiiuftt or former pleasures , all ambition gone ,
nud do you fool incllirerent whether to-morrow
Unas you nllve or dead'
Are you troubled with a dUrlmrgn from the
JiiNiil Into the throat , sometimes watery and ox-
reiulve. Mimettmcs mucus , thick , Btfcklnij o
whatever It touches , M > mctlmei bloody , and
nearly always mitrld und olToiisivolr
Tliu nlmvii iiro mime on lie ninny bymptoms of
catari h and the heglnnlni : of lung troulilen. Not
ouu c-uso In a hundird will have ull of them , but
every one aireetfil will have u few or many of
them. The gieator or more Hinloua your syinp.
tomn , the more iliumorouH your rondltlou , Thti
classof dUease Is treated very successfully by
Dr. lr ( > > y or Ills Hssoclatos. The miiny cubes re
ported Ilinniuh the columns of thedally iiapeis
proves thts.und eathiitutement mibilslieil la sub-
f taut lally tliu name us gU en by the patient cured.
Dr. McCoy uud his us-ocliite tibii no secret nos
trums , but cure dlsoaxo by their aklllfiil combl-
uatlou of the best known remedies , applied iu
the most approved manner , and by using the
latest and must highly recommended appliances
known to tuo profesidim. They thua produce re-
milts tlmt iiicnt for themselves Iu tlie miiny pa
tients cured , und WtY asBiuo our readeis thitt
these eminent phyMclans hu\o achieved u htio-
i-ess iu curing disease which fewer no other doc
tor * can duplicate.
DOCTOR
. J. CRESAP McCOY ,
Late of Bclleyuc Hospital Now YorK ,
HAS OFFICE
No , 31O nnd Oil RaniRO Building ,
Corner I'Uttenth and llarney sin , , Omaha , Nub. ,
\Yhere all curable cases are treated
Medical diseases treated skillfully. Consump
tion , llvlpht'atllsetibeDysphnaia , Khuumutlbin ,
und nil N KUVOUB ldlSA6i.S. ! : All diseases m < -
rullar to the sexes u specialty. DATA It ft 1C
1 CONSULTATION at olltce or by mail , II.
Olllce- hours -Utolla.m , toip , m. , 7 to 8 p.
iu , . Sunday olllce hourx from 'J a. m. . to 1 p. m.
Con enuondonco receives prompt attention.
Jlanydbensas n treated successfully by Dr.
McOny through the malls , and U Utlius posiiblo
for those unable to make a Jouruer to obtain
HUCUl'BJFlHi HOSl'lTAh TUKATMBNT AT
Til Kill IIOMKH.
No letters auvr r d unless accompanied by 4o
All r.iall should I * addrotted to Dr. J. Cmiap
MeCcy , Itooras 31 J fliul Ull. lUtutfs building ,
Uuiahu. Kfb.
SLIPPING OVER THE BRINK ,
StorloD .of People Who Have
Hoaohod the Limit.
A FAMILY OF CENTENARIANS.
An A ceil Georgian Not Tired of IJT- !
Ingnt lUO-Dlctl nt 1 Oil-Lived
111) Years Old
ARC Notes.
Old ARC and AIsoliol.
From tlio Nlnctconth Century ! Tho.
records of centenarians prove tlmt
many do well ns total abstainers , but
tlmt many also do well wlio take alco
hol in some form or other , niul for the
feeble typo of constitution which is
never destined to such length of days
certain moderate amount of alcohol
stimulant is , perhaps , one , of the
greatest blessings they enjoy.
Of centenarians , who corUvlnly were
not abstainers , the following instances
may bo mentioned : Cardinal do Salin ,
archl > lshoi > of Seville , died in his 1 10th
cnr in 1785 , with every faculty except
his hearing unimpaired. lie imputed
Ills green old age to a sober , studious
life , regular exercise , and a good con
science , as well as a pint of the best
sherry at each meal , except in very cold
weather , when ho allowed hlmsolf a
third more. Mauklin , the actor , who
lived 107 years , two inonth'sanU ten days ,
up to forty lived , his biographer
states , very irregularly , drantl hard ,
sat ui > late nt night , and took violent
oxerciBO. Subsequent to that period ho
proceeded by rule. Ho drank tea , porter
ter , wino , punch , and ate fish. llcsh ,
fowl , etc. , until he was seventy , but ho
never drank to excess. His usual quantity
was seven or eight glasses of wine. Ho
was always moderate at his meals , never
abstemious. At 70 ho gave up tea be
cause it disagreed with him , and his
drink with 1m meals for the last forty
years of his life was white wino and
water made very sweet.
Philip Lnroquo , who "wont to bed in
toxicated at least two nights every
week till ho was 100 years old , " and
Thomas Whittington , who lived to 107
and was a "habitual drunkard , ' 'are two
further instances. Whittingtoii drank
nothing but gin , of which compound ,
until within a fortnight of his death , he
took from a. pint to a pint and a half
daily. _
AVoudcrful longevity in California.
On the subject of longevity some ro-
murliaklo facts are given in Hubert
Howe Bancroft's "California Pastoral. "
The mission records show the dale and
approximate nee at which the Indian
neophytes were baptised , and , there
fore , the statements given may bo ac
cepted as good historical evidence.
Many of the natives reached the ago of
eighty or ninety , while not a few of
them numbered their years at over 100.
Indeed , Father Martinoof San Mi
guel , wrote that there wore at that mis
sion several Indian women of more than
_ 00 years of ago. At Los Ancelcs , An
tonio Valdes died in 1850 at the
go of ninety-two , and in 1858 Guiula-
lupo Romero at the ago of 115. An
Indian woman , Maria Ignacia , reached
the ago of ninety-six , another Indian
reached 102 , while a third died at 137 ,
having danced at a fundnngo a short
time before his decease. Maria Mnr-
coliniL Dominquoz died in 1SG-3 at the
ago of 107.Vhon the Jesuits were ex
pelled from Mexico , in 18G7 , Ursula
Madriuga was twelve years old. lie
died at Monterey in 1850. Justiano
Roxas , an Indian , who died at Santa
Cruz in 1875 , was baptized at that mis
sion in 1702 ; in the entry of his baptism
t is noted by the oillciating priest
.hat he was then at least forty years of
igo , thus making him 123 at the time of
his death. Eulula Perez , who died in
1878 , claimed to be 1-10 years old , but did
not seem so or present any satisfactory
proof to sustain the claim ; a careful ex
amination of the facts seems to prove
that she was not born before 17GO.
An Aced Pensioner.
Congressman O'Donnoll of Michigan
is quite elated over a pension case , says
the Washington ( D. C. ) Capitol , which
is remarkable in its way. Three years
ago John Batcholdor , who resides in
Mr. O'Donnoll's district applied for a
pension. His case was hung up in the
pension olllce , and the prospects were
not bright. Two weeks ago the friends
of Batcholdor wrote to Mr. O'Donnoll
and called his attention to the fact that
the claimant is upward of 103 .years of
age , and that 'Ins claim must bo ad
justed ut once if ho was to derive bcnc-
llt from his allowance. Batcholdor
claimed a pension as the dependent
father of a young man killed at Pitts-
burg landing. Thcro was borne Haw in
the evidence , but Mr. O'Donnoll soon
hccured the necessary nflldavlts. The
i-aso was put through. Batcholdor is on
the rolls at last , and is the oldest man
drawing a pension.
An A rd Georgian.
Those who have boon residing in
Bainbridge for the last forty or fifty
years are familiar with the bent form
of an aged negro man , who indus
triously but laboriously crept about
the cily , wiys the Mason , On. , Tele
graph. HIH name was Gcorgo McGlll ,
and ho was a former Blnvo of Colonel
Daniel McGill , an enthusiastic agricul
turist and one of our most prominent
legal lights. Colonel McGill says
George , who died last week , was about
throe-fourths Indian , and possessed
many characteristics of the red man ;
while ho was notoriously cruel to ani
mals , liu was remarkably kind and gentle -
tlo with children , often getting up by
dnylight , or even at midnight , to ap
pease their cries with a mcbS of "big
liominy , " pot or peas.
A Family ofCentonariniiH.
Talk of longevity ! Here is n well
authenticated little story of a family of
centenarians in Hungary , oil paintings
of govern ! members of which are now in
the possession of a family at Aix-la-
Clmpollo. At the back of the lifo-nizo
picture of the old gentleman there is an
inscription in quaint old-fabhioncd
Gorman to this effect : "Janos Robin at
the ago of 172 years Grneci Ritus ; has
Iwsoii married 1 7 years , was born and
lives at Szodorn , his children , two sons
and two daughtero , are still alive ; the
youngest of them is 110 years old , and
has two great-grandchildren , of whom
ono is thirty-live and the other twonty-
bovea years old. " The inscription ul
the back of the old lady's picture is
"Sara , his lawful wife , ugo 10S , born at
Szodoru. " And this happy family ac
tually emigrated from the scene of his
long labors as a tiller of the soil , and
ended his days , if the old chronicles
are right , in some corner of Silesia.
Not Tired of Ijlvint * at ISO.
There wtia a rojtort going the rounds
of the papers u few days ugo that Sylvia
Duhois , probably as old as any person
now living , was dead , A Now York
Tribune reporter , hearing novoral con
tradictory reports about the mutter
went to her homo on Sourlund moun
tains , about ton miles from Flemington
N. J. The road leading to her houbo
( which wus-bullt for her by the Presby
terian church ot Flemingtpn ) is u mere
briillu path , and the bctmery in the
.neighborhood U ua rugged and wild as
f it were in the midst of the Rocky
mountains , instead of within n few
nlles of the finest cultivated land In the
state of Now Jersey. Her youngest
daughter , who lives with her , came to
he door , and in answer to a question
oplled that her mother was in. The ,
louse , which is n small structure , is
dlainly but comfortably furnished.
Seated by the steve in the one room of
, he second story was Sylvia herself. She
s a colored woman about five foot nine
nchcs in height , and weighs about ono
lundrcd and fifty pounds. She claims
0 have been born in mi old tavern near
Jock Mills , on Sourlnnd mountain ,
hlnrch 6 , 1708. Her parents were slaves ,
ler mother the property of Richard
Jomplon , and her father was owned by
ohn Balrd. She was sold when about
two years old to Michael Dubois , and
stayed with him until about twonty-flvo
year old , when ho set her free. She was
\t thattlmolivlngatGreatBond. Penn. ,
vlth her master , and when she got her
emancipation papers she started on foot
hrough the woods , with her baby ,
1 bout one year and six months old , in
ICT arms , for New Brunswick , N. J.
There she found her mother , and
tvod with her several years. From
sfow Brunswick she went to Princeton
o work for Victor Tulano. She was
there when Paul Tnlano , who aftor-
vard became distinguished ns a philan
thropist , was born. After a long while-
she visited her grandfather , Harry
Uompton , or , as ho was bettor known ,
Tarry Putnam , who had boon General
Rufus Putnam's body servant and aftor"-
vard the noted colored flfor of the Con
tinental army. At this time ho was
iving at and keeping the old sporting
lotel on Sourland mountain , which was
mown as Putt's tavern , a most disrepu
table dive , where pme tights , dog lights
ind cock fights were almost of daily oc
currence.
At Compton's death Sylvia inherited
ho property and continued to "run"
he hotel In the same way her grand-
athor had until a few years ago , when
some one set fire to it and it was burned
a the ground with all its contents.
Since that time she has lived at her
ircsont home with her youngest daugh-
or , whom she rails her "baby Lizzie. "
'Baby Lizzie" is now eighty-six years
old , and Is upright and hearty. At the
close of the Interview Sylvia was asked
f she was not tired of living , and re-
) licd : "No , I ain't ; I'd like to live nn-
) thor hundred years yet , and I don't
enow but I will , too ; my tooth are good ,
ind if I can get enough to cat , I don't
{ now why I should die ; there's no use in
dying you ain't good for anything
nfter you arc dead. "
Died at 1O2.
Mrs. Fnnnio Massey died hero re
cently at the ripe ago of 102 years , says
a dispatch from Parkcrsburg . Va.
She was born a slave in old Virginia ,
jut was freed some years before the
> roclamution of emancipation. For the
wist sixty years she has boon blind ,
; nused by being put to work too soon
after the birth of her daughter , now
ilxty years old. The two have been liv
ing near each other for many years , but
the "old mummy" remembered her
daughter only as a child of two weeks
old , having not been able to see her
sinco. The old woman had the full use
all her other powers up to the time of
lior death. She remembered distinctly
.ill the prominent men of the llrst part
of the century , having belonged to per
sons in Virginia whoso homos wore fre
quent visiting places for the early states
men of Virginia. At almost the same
hour Mrs. Mossey died Mrs. Pey
ton , nearly as old , and alfao a former
slave , was being buried.
liivod 11O lcar.4.
A notable death , that of Grandma
Mary Barnoman. occurred in our midst
recently , says a dispatch from Ames , la.
Her relatives claim her to have been
119 years old last March , having been
born in Sussex county. Del. , in 170 ! ) .
Up to within two weeks of her death she
would sit in her chair most of the day
and rest peacefully at night. It has
only been about two years since she re
turned from visiting her eldest son in
Indiana , now nearly ninety years of ago.
For many years previous to that time
most of the diiv would bo occupied either
with some kind of needle-work or her
bible. She had boon for over eighty
years a member of the M. E. churoh.
She always seemed pleased to have her
friends call upon her , and until the lust
two years was at times quite talkative.
She seemed to remember distinctly in
cidents of the revolution and having
scon the red. coats and General Wash
ington.
Old Ago Notes.
But newspaper reports say that :
The senior admiral of the British
navy , Sir Provo Wallis , is 100 years old.
Mrs. Jane Bruce , who completed the
100th year of her life in April last , died
at Hartlepool , England , on May 13.
Jaeko Martin , a French-Canadian ,
died at Kecsoville , N. Y. , Tuesday
night of old ago , being 102 years old.
A peasant has just died in Austria-
Hungary who WIIH 1J2 years of ago. Ho
loft a faon aged 115 years and u grandson
of eighty-five.
Thomas Bowman , known us "Uncle
Tom , " the oldest man in Culberland
county , Pennsylvania , died recently at
Mount Holly , aged 10'J ' years.
Rosolto Washington , of Louisville ,
claims to bo 121 years old. She says
her mother was half Indian and her
father u native of Guinea.
Mrs. Annstasia Parsells of Pumrnpo ,
N. J. . has just celebrated her 102d
birthday. She witncbsnd the funerals
of Generals Washington and Grant.
Charles Clondonning , near Bakers-
town , Alloghnny county , Pennsylvania ,
has just celebrated his 100th birthday
in the midst of his live children and all
their living descendants.
Mrs. Betsey Avorill , of Now Preston ,
Connecticut , rcmombors all her birth
days since she was live years old , and ,
as bho lias reached the discreet ago of
10"i , has justaccnturyupon her memory.
Dr. Agnew says that no man has lived
to bo 10(1 ( years old since biblical days ,
and that all such reports como from ig
norance or mihtakcH. Out of twenty
cases ho investigated not one proved to
be authentic.
Mrs. Margaret Burnett of Rod Oak ,
Ja. , died recently in her 100th year ,
She was born March 18 , 1780. Until the
stroke of paralysis which came a few
days ago , Bho was in full possession of
her faculties and had never boon sick.
The death of Mrs. Phoebe Travis ,
frequently mentioned as the oldest per
son in Now York state , took place at the
residence of her daughter , on Travis
creek , Steubon county , May 15. Her
ago was 104 years and 6 months.
An inveterate tobacco user in Wesl
Virginia , 111 yenra of ago , who smoked
a pipe every day slnco ho was sixteen
years old , has just died , and this sad
event should teach American youths
that nicotine will kill the strongest
man if ho only uses it long enough.
There was a very enjoyable event re
cently at Wllliamsport , Pa. It was the
celebration of the venerable Adam
Hart's 100th birthday. Children , grand
children and great-grandchildren , together
ther- with u largo number of frionda
made the occasion ono never to bo for
gotten.
Perhaps the oldest negro in Alabama
is Uncle Nero Kooncu , who belonged iu
.gluvcry times to .the KoOuco family , .in
Henry oounty Ho was in town a few
'
dayss'incopndupon being interviewed ,
stated that < ha > was 103 years old , had
JQOII married nine times , was the father
of 117 children and hud been preaching
olghty-six years. Ho still has good use
of. himselfand ( about as active as ahoy.
His last wife is living , and is sixty-
seven youra old.
Norman MaoDonold , of Big Bras Dor ,
3npo Breton , is dead , aged 110 years.
Ho was the last known survivor of
Waterloo , having fought in that battle
under Wellington , when thirty-seven
years of ago. Ho was born In the Isle
of Harris , Scotland , in 1773. After
serving in the British army in various
Kirts of the world , ho emigrated to
S'ova Scotia in 1823 when lifty-livo years
old.
Charles Crawford , who lives near
[ 'airfield , Benton county , Mo. , was born
in Baltimore on February 20 , 1788 , and
s now in his 101st year. His third wife
died last February , ngcd soventy-thrce.
Recently ho rode a spirited horse from
ils home , which is ten miles south of
Warsaw , to this plnco , ate a hearty
Hnnor , sat for his picture , chatted with
ils many friends , and , as evening ap-
> roachcd , mounted his liorso and rode
ill on a cantor as easily as a man of
sixty.
Fntnotis Painters' Nloknnm cs.
Perhaps no class of men haVe been
so frequently known by their niclc-
namcs , says the Chambers Journal fern
n their case the designations deserve
10 bettor name as the disciples of art ,
especially the Italian painters. It may
o that the bohcmlanism of the craft ,
ts uncouvontionulity and freedom from
ceremony , lends Itself especially to this
iractico. Certain it is that many of
hobo who know something of the
mmes nt any rate by which' celebrated
artists are usually' known , would find
their powers of recognition taxed to the
itmost were they to see a catalogue of
some famous gallery , the Louvre , for
sxamplo , where the painters nr.o all dcs-
gnsited by their real names and where ,
nstead of the familiar Raphael and Ti
tian , they must look for Santl and Vo-
colll , and in place of Porugino and Cor-
rcggio , they llnd Vanurnl and Allogrl.
rhoso may servo as specimens of too
easily multiplied classes of designa-
, ions : the ono to which we might add
Michael Angelo and many others of
esscr repute , showing the ex
clusive use of the chris-
, iun name long after surnames
itid become customary ; the other , in
cluding names no less famous than Da
tfinci and Veronese besides a minor ,
lost , instances of local appellations.
Jlnudo Lorraine , the gre.it landscape !
winter , may bo taken as an example "of
) iio of the many artists who combine
, hcso two somewhat commomplace
sources of uncon volitional nomenclature.
Others inherit their names in a some
what , different manner from what is
ubunl. Thus throe names high in ar-
istic fameiroveal to us the profession
of the fathgrs pf the most celebrated
bearers. { The brothers of. Pollinnolo ,
workers in , metal as well as painters ,
were , it is generally assorted , so called
rom their father's profession of "poul
terer , " whfch'tliis word signifies. In
view of this cli'cjumstanco. perhaps , wo
may imagine Uint the familiarly with
victims displayed in the paternal shop
liad something-ito do with the excel
lence of the quail modeled by Autonio
on the bron/o gate of Florentine Bap
tistry , of which VuHsari says "it wants
nothing of life but to try. " Another
family trade , which would seem tel
l > remise equally little in regard to art ,
uve to Andrea Vunnucchi , whose per
fect execution gained for him in his
own day the title of "the faultless , " the
appellation of del Sarto ( of the tailor. )
Tintoretto , again , is the diminutive ap
plied in childhood to the son of Robusti ,
a Venetian dyer ( tintore. )
A modern Dick Tun > i' > .
The lone highway robber mu = t have
escaped from the clutches of Uncle Sam
as the United States mail and thirteen
of her brave citizeiib were relived of
their valuables by a single robber while
on their way from here to San Angelo
yesterday morn ing , says the Dallas
( Tox. ) News of May 18. As there were
too many passenger for the stage an
extra hack was sent with it.
When the stage reached a point not
far beyond the Nicholas pasture , about
noon yesterday , the stage driver was
ordered to halt , which ho did , and re
mained at a stand until the hack drove
up , which was about one hundred yards
behind , whereupon the passengers were
ordered to dismount , which order was
promptly obeyed , and standing up in
a line , the robber , after placing caps
over the heads of all of them , quickly
and uninterruptedly relieved them and
the mail pouches of their valuable con
tents.
After this was done he hold them for
nearly four hours , waiting for the other
stage going from hero , but on account
of the bad and muddy roads it failed to
make its appearance. The robber per
mitted them to depart on their way ,
giving each enough money to buy a
meal at Willow Waterhole Station.
Also a cortlilcuto written on a drum
mer's card , in words as follows :
I hereby certify that all of you arc
honest and bravo gentlemen , but that
you are not armed and prepared to defend -
fond yourselves. STAOK Koniiicii.
During the performance the bold rpl > -
bor asked the stage driver what had become -
como of that smooth-faced fellow who
drove the stage lust fall when ho robbed
it , and for which offense Mr. Nowson
was so unfortunately convicted by the
United States district court at Waco.
Ho also said : "Thoy havon't got mo
yet. I am a dandy , ain't IV"
The robber and his norse were com
pletely masked , so It was Impoisiblo to
recognize him or the color of hifl horse ,
but Mr. Ellis , the stage driver , who also
drove ono of the stages that was robbed
last fall , says that , judging from the
stature , pistol and voice , ho feels confi
dent that he it ? the sumo man. The rob
ber took money only. Ono of the pus
Hungers saved $01) ) by secreting it in his
mouth , where ho had to hold it for four
hours. The flherill and throe rungord
loft Rulllngor this morning to see if it
iu possible to'acconiplish anything by
pursuing the jobbers tracks , which , on
account of tho.abundanco of the recent
rains in this section and the muddy con
dition of the soil , ought to bo very dis
tinct and easyito follow.
A Horsd Rnco to Help n Ohuroli.
Macoy Bros , , the well-known horso-
trainera -liverymen of Vnrsnilles ,
says the Louisville Courier-Journal ,
have a yearlirrg by Mobsenger Chief ,
dam Cuckoo , that they are willing to
wager any amount from 810 to $100 can
boat any yeurling in Woodford county
on the truck , and owing to the strictly
religious community they make the fol
lowing novel proposition : Touny church
member owning a yearling , who is opposed -
posed to hotting , they make the propo
sition that if thoirC'uckoo yearling wins
the race the loser is to come to the
church attended by Mr. Mncoy on the
Sunday following the race ana deposit
the specified amount in the contribution
box. Should the Cuckoo yearling bo
beaten Mr. Mncoy pledges himself to do
the sarao for their church.
Smoke Seltlonborg'fc Figaro and get
the best 5-cqnt cigar in llm world. Max
Meyer & Co. whoicaulo.depot.
Burlington Burliifnn
The Burlington takes the lead.
It was in advance of all lines in developing : Nebraska.
It was in advance of all lines in establishing dining-car
service between Missouri river points and Chicago.
It was in advance of all lines in giving the people of
Omaha and the West a fast mail service.
It was in advance of all'linos in running Its trains from
the East into Omaha proper.
It was in advance of all lines in reducing the time of
passenger trains between Omaha and Chicago.
It was in advance , and is the only line by which you can
leave Omaha in the morning and arrive in Denver the
evening of the same day.
It has been progressive in the past.
It will lead in the future.
' Travel and ship via the Burlington.
Ticket Office , 1223 Farnam Street. Telephone JC7
Depot on Tenth Street. -
Builingw
Route0
TO GET OO1 >
\ii Omalm Mtlkumn Says Pay n Good
Price.
OHAKA , Juno 10. To the Editor of
L'liu Bii : : : What a fuss about ; i little
nilk ! The long article in Sun Jay's
3BK might lend ono to tliinlc that a tor-
uido Is coming which will sweep away
every cow and milkman in the county
that could not provo up a record of
milky whiteness , if we did not know
that all that is needed to produce a
> ; inic in any line of business is a smart
reporter and the novcr-laoldng "toati-
nonials. " The old saying is male true
igain always go away to find out the
lews at home. Ono of the aggrieved ,
who claims to "always milk his own
cows , " says : ' 'We always supposed it
to be a fixed fact that milkmen's milk is
adulterated , " and adds the unqualified
assertion , with not a shadow of evi
dence , "the milk is adulterated. "
When a man talks like that there is lit
tle use to heed what ho bays , and when
you sift out this element , and a few oth
ers who are positively sure that every
devil in hades is or was at seine time a
milkman , the balance can be reasoned
with.
The writer of this desires to "testify"
that ho has sold milk for twenty-live
years , fully half of that time here in
Omaha ; that during all that time not a
drop of his own production has ho
passed to a customer that he would not
iiimsolf drink if need be. Will our ox-
commission man say as much of IUH
eggs , chickens , fruit , etc. , sold to
Omaha people during his business
years ? No one line of industry includes
all the honesty or excludes all the dis-
honcstv.
I am not particularly proud of the
motley conglomeration of humanity en
gaged in supplying this town with that
infantile necessity , milk , yet exhibit B
shows by analysis that at least one
dealer is honest enough to sell above
the standard , and out of the hundred or
more there may bo another , possibly
ton , twenty or fifty more who are just
as square as a "commission" or any
other man.
People mostly gut what they pay for ,
and their expectations should bo on an
oven piano with their outlay. One
would hardly expect to bland before a
15-i'ont lunch counter and get tlio en
tertainment of the Pax ton.
Cheap things if vociferously demanded
will generally come nt homebody's
hands , but ought the vouifurant to
complain if they aroehdap all through.
Modern soiMoty under our magnificent
electric light system largely fashions
its own members.
Few people , and they are year by
year growing fewer , possess the moral
stamina or social position to line out a
course of action and grimly follow it in
the face of all obstacles. The mass
have their actions controlled as are
thuir thoughts by the to thorn unresist
ing course of events , honest if they can
bo. and anyway honest us they can be.
Everybody seeks to got the very bast
things at the very lowest price , and in
the surambltj for "business" ho who
can fashion a cheap thing into the sem
blance of a j'ostly one , and miiko a suc
cess of it , is counted smart by the sumo
crowd who would send him to the gal
lows or prison ( Dr. Wood ) if caught at
it.
it.To
To sell milk cheaply , and Uioroby
please customers is the front end of this
wail from people who have unwittingly ,
maybe , tolled It on. The mural dilTer-
ouco between seller and buyer is mi
croscopic , and a change of places
would hardly alter the situation.
Tills may lie best shown by facts with
which all are familiar. Three or four
years ago some of our ' 'host citizens"
formed an association with president ,
vice president , secretary , inanugror ,
etc. , and all the corporate paraphron-
alia for such things made and provided ,
to remedy this ovll of costly and vile
milk. With a great flourish of trum-
uots a contra ! plllco was established ,
suggesting an indolllnito number o (
branches- , wagons were built and num
bered , and it WAS given out that the
town was henceforth to be supplied with
delicious cream and butter , sweet and
wholusomo milk , and all so cheap.
The lucky holder of a share ( price
825) ) was to have his pure , sweet and
wholesome milk carefully delivered at a
his door , nt the rate of twonty-two and
half quarts for $1 the public ; were in
vited to join , and retire in short order
the deceitful milkman , and \vlmt \ is the
result ?
Tjielr secretary tolls th story akira ,
ekim , skim ull the timo. Has any
milkman ever treated them worso-than
they treated thomt > olros ?
This could not be objected .to If only
themselves were involved ; but thev
sold this ' -vile btulT , " this ' slush , '
to others not in the ring , and of course
under the fraudulent representation of
uoiiuiuo goods. Send 'nm to prison , Dr.
Woods , it is a clear case , and the first
one proven.
Now about sick cows and poisoned
milk. My experience is that about the
first thing a sick cow does is to stop
giving milk entirely. It is a provision
of nature to protect her offspring. Sci
entists and theorists may find it ditTor-
cntbutldo not. As the animal re
covers and the functions resume their
normal action the milk returns , but
then it is neither sick nor poisoned. As
to eating poisoned weeds , etc. , I never
to my knowledge hud an animal
poisoned in that or any other way in
my life and I have owned first and last
thousands of them. Dairy cows to pro
duce milk in regular quantities must be
fed o daintiness , and then their own
tastes and instincts are the all hulllcient
guard. Should one accidentally eat a
little unwholesome food it would bo ex
creted , not secreted in the milk. Tlio
trouble is not with the cows , but is in
cident to all large towns , or as we like
to flatter ourselves , to cities of the met
ropolitan class. Milk brought from
long distances is ( lilHcult to handle and
should be run in on special early trains
at 4:150 : a. m. instead of 10:30 : as' is now
done. When we reach 2-50,000 very
likely the roads will make this change ,
when this trouble will end to give
place to some other. Troubles never
end. While you are running to the
ground one piece of villainy another is
being hatched.
ITow to regulate this matter is not an
easy thing. It is certainly to the in
terest of every honest dealer as well as
the consumer , to have nothing but pure ,
wholesome , carefully handled milk
sold. A license and registration at a
low cost , so as not to bo burdensome to
small dealers ; a milk inspector supplied
with the best obtainable instruments ,
and arrangements by which his sam
ples could bo analjved ; the withholding
a license on second conviction , would
seem to bo a good starter.
The chief protection is in dealing , as
you would in any other line , with reputable -
utablo persons , and if you have no con
fidence in anybody you must out and
try using the inspector and analyzer
till your confidence is established.
Don't hold your dealer responsible for
a careless cook , or for violent changes
in the weather. Mill : is a perishable
commodityand there is a mountain of
dilVcronco between00 = and 80 ° in pre
serving milk.
Use bright tin or earthen warn of a
size sullleient to hold the milk in as
compact a body as possible , and small
quantities never can bo kept too close tea
a generous chunk of ice wnon tlio tlior-
momotor registers above 80 ° . With
sufficient care tliero need bo no trouble
in keeping twelve or oven twenty-four
hours.
There is hardly a dealer of any ex
perience who has not time and again
rucoivod both Icicles and compliments
from the same can of milk. It shows
the difference in people.
Strange as it may seem not ono dealer
In ton knows to any certainty the cost of
his mill ; . IIu fixes his price by his
competitors and too many make up de
ficiencies in "ways that are dark. "
Tlmt consumers may know soiiVJthing
of the cost of producing milk the year
through I give below both production
and expenses for the twelve months
ending May 31 , 18S8 :
Oost of
1-Ved , : i50 cr
Uioor 1,154 ! ( tt
Inuiiluntul Mi U3
Tuxes , interest , tiisurujicc , depre
ciation of stock , etc i.eoo oo
Total W47IJ 05
Amount of milk produced , .Vi.aiS quarts
Making a cost at homo of .Mle per
quart , which at sixteen quarts for $1
leaves O.Hlc , or ninety four hundredths
of one cunt pur quart for delivering.
.Seven cents per quart is as low as good
milk cun hu retailed and jiiitiuu done
all around. MILKMAN.
A Kea Phenomena.
The Anchor Line Aiiuhorin , just ar
rived from Now York after a quick
run , says the Glasgow ( Scotland ) Chron
icle , reports as follows ! About 850
miles of the American const , und on
the borders of the gulf stroum , the ves
sel passed through a phcnonuna which ,
although frequent on a small hcalu , are
extremely rare on such maximum
grandeur of scale us that which en
raptured the obc.ervor.son the Anchoria.
After the vessel had been running
twenty-four bourn hi a dense fog , the
water around suddenly became so lumi
nous that the mllo- long shoals of small
fish dart ing around the vessel seeking
refuge -from the sharks. and other
devouring onumjes , gave the sea the ap
pearance of a vast cauldron of boiling
jewels , while the furrows of foatn ( rom
the great ship's bows rolled in such
bhr/.ing masses of light violet flames 03
rendered the smallest thread in this
ship's rigging as clearly visible as a
bright sunshine , and enveloped the
vessel in such a mass of dazzling light
violet-colored glare that the engines
had to bo slowed a few hours until a
storm of wind , bursting out from the
northwest , cleared oil the fog and broke
the whole visible surface of the ocean
into flying crests of llame-liko. foam of
such brilliancy that the whole ocean
seemed ablaze with the fleeting ,
flashing flame , the whole horizon line
having the appearance of an immense
bolt of light-bluo fire. In short , the
whole phenomenon was such an ono an
is rarely scon , the oldest and widest
traveled seaman and olucors never
having seen anything at all to compare II
with it. This beautiful pyrotechnic dis
play of nature lasted from 11 p. in. until
: ! : : ! ( ) | > . m. , until lost in the eclipsing
light of dawn.
1319 Farnam St-
No.ra.1 whlto India I.lnen Hnlt , trimmed with
heavy embioldery : special value at Jl-.ttJ.
Wo keep constantly on hand thw moat coin-
pletti Block of Ladles' Heady made dreiutes , con.
Hlhtlng of the follow Ing , Ladles' whlto and colored -
ored Wrappers. Ladles' whlto Suits , Ladles'
Hntern Hults , both Trench and American :
Ladles' half und all Wool Suits , and Ladles'
black uud colored ttllk Hulls. Hull department
on second Hour , Tulco eluvatar. Jlall orders
tilled.
Kpuclal Value In liluck Hiitln 1'arasols. trimmed -
\vlthHpanisli Iaio < l'i Inclit.ii wide , natural
w oed btli ks , linings black and colors , ut - ' , tiM
andi''J : BUe.'JO inches.
p ciul Value in Illack Hatln Parasols , very
heavy sutln , trimmed with beautiful UpanUfi
Lacoli Inches wide und lined with extra quality
of Sunset fllk In ull shades and they all liuvo
natural wood hundlns , atl.2fi , M , X > and 1.1.
liluck Lare Covered 1'arasols at tlA and fJ.
We maku H special mention of jllack Hatln
I'nruvils covered with Illack All 811k K.icurUl
Lace and lined w ith very handsome Buruet bilk ,
blzii * ) Incliea.iit i.'i/iil.
Illack .Morlo Silk I'urusolu trimmed with Illack
Spanish CulpureLucofi Inches wide , lined with
Illack Bilk and they all have Illack handles , at
1'n'rasols covered with Hint Lace , H-oll lined
and we know they are cheap ut the following
prices : IM ) , * J , * . ( , K.75,14 and * . ' > .
Novelties In I'uraboU at from tt.OQ to 7W.
We claim that we run save you from Si to CO per
cent on fancy I'arusols.
.Smith A : Aucelfs I'AKT 1ILACK IIOBIHItV for
[ jidles1. Children's und Men's wear are giving en
tire Butisfaction , our only trouble is to get them
fast enough , They ore the only Vegetable Dyed
lllu < k Hosiery Iu the world uud the process does
not Inlurn the fabric In the. leant , wlilch cannot
be Mild of any other fust black , for they are
mineral dyed , ( live them a trial und you v.Ill
wear no other kind.
We never deviate from our stlctly ono price ,
cash system , whlch Is a Kiiaranteu that you will
get the lowest prices tlmt Ills po&slblu to make
on llrst das * goods. We huvu no Hush in our
stock.
Thompsoii , Beta & Co ,
.1319 Farnam St.
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