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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.- SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 30. 1888.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
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v | The Burlington takes the Uad.
It was in advance of all lines in developing Nebraska * '
'T IIt was in advance of all lines in establishing dining-car
service between Missouri river points and Chicago.
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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 lines in running its trains from
the East into Omaha propar.
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
feave 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 Farnarn Street. Telephone 250.
Depot on Tenth Street.
Burlington ,
Route Route *
C.B.8"Q.R.R. C.B.&Q.R.R.
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PAID UP CAPITAL , $30OOOOSURPLUS $40.000.
AMERICAN LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY , *
S AVINCS BANK
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UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK BUILDING. V
B | 0 Interest on deposits , compounded soml-annually *
5 " Savings Certificates with Interest coupons attached.
DEBENTURE BONDS In Denominations of 32OO , 830O , S5OO ,
ol and SIOOO , based upon First Mortgaeo Real Estate Securities
6 deposited with , and bonds certified by the Union Trust Company
1 of Now York. Drafts drawn on the principal cities of Europe.
A. C. POWELL. , CASHIER.
DIRECTORS ; =
0. M. CARTER , Pros. D. D. COOLEY , V.-Prcs. PHILIP POTTER , Sec.
J. J. BROWN. ALV1N SAUNDERS. C. S. MONTGOMERY.I. . FRED ROGERS.
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DEWEY & STONE ,
FURNITURE.
A magnificent display of everything useful and
ornamental in the furniture maker's art ,
at reasonable prices.
BANK OFOMAHA.
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Capital , . . . $100,000
OOl South Thirteenth Street.
General Banking jndjayings Business ,
CIIAHLER lliiKASTED , President.
C. 1 > . NF.KDHAM , Vice President.
FUANK V. WAsscitMAN , Cashier.
For the benefit of Depositors the Savings De
partment will bo open on Saturday nights from
etoSo'clocK.
6-Per - Cent on Savings and Time Deposits.
LOMBARD
INVESTMENT CO.
Boston. Mass. ; Kansas City , Mo.
Capital & So plus , $1,500,000 $ , ,
This company has opened an Omahn olllco nnd
Js prepared to furnish money promptly on 1m-
proveu city and farm property.
No applications sent away for approval.
Loans closed nnd paid for without delay.
JOHN \V. (11SII , Manager.
809 South 13th Street First National Hunk.
W. D. SlKMi. I've * . W.D.Mc u > , Jr..V-I'res
, W.N.MeUANin.isn.Sec
INVESTMENT CO.
INCORPORATED.
Capital , - $100,000
Loans Made on Real Estate.
No commlsslous. Money on hand.
314 : South 15th Street , Omaha , Xeb.
; UUANCII OFFICE.
JOHN M. SHAW & CO ,
COMMISSION ,
drain , Provisions , Stocks and Bonds ,
Maraln Transactions a Specialty.
JOHNSON It CHRISTIAN , Managers.
' 15 BOA.KD OK THA.UE , - OMAHA.
Members of the Chlcaeo Hoard of Trade. 1'rlv-
ate Wires to Chicago and New York.
PROF. BYRON FIELD.
TOPEKA , KANSAS.
Wehtren poHlTOcarn for ITCHING ,
III.INU or IlLEiDiNn I'n.ES. lly Itt
uiothouMncUof cainnf lone itund-
I i InuhmvB ttcn curoJ. Ho ilrunii li our
Jaltb In III curatlte powon that we
will mall OD taiapla box niEl to ny
I i uff rer. N. 1J. 'I'nU IJ no bumbugt
I ruu actually tccolie a box frte by re *
turn mnU , ( nut a lot of clrculard , and
one nppMrulInn will < xJD lrci you of
III worth. AddruM Tlia W. Ulllard Co. , llullalu , M. V ,
" the Oaialja lit o.
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F. F. F.
Fochtor's Famous
FAIR.CON.
tVThla IB a perfectly barmlcu
herb remedy and doti not ton-\ \
tain anu luparo/fetid , nfi ( ate oA
illitr or other polionout tub-
t'.awe. $ | , OOO REWARD
if thli la untrue.
Unlen the root * of the hair be
entirely dried up , which occur *
rery rarely and probably not
over ftvo time * in a hundred
It urclj producenewgrowtli !
Just Think of This !
Mr. r chur M p rfKU
HIJ I. 1W M 111. .lot. iu (
ukfa from \Hn\ttn\tb \ , .tavi.
II. tboreuftjj ftu m < l tb. rtuif
fowaluK til. sw. Ill cf Ltli t&d
Uirlwa 11 Ib. rtnlb
FAIKICON No. 1 and 8 ,
pilco 1. per bottle each , 1. for
bead , entirely or partially bald.
FAIUH'O.V Jfo. B , price 7B
oenU per battle is Invaluable oa
a HAIRDUESSEB. Itwlllio-
new the growth of hair that la
falling out , keep it imooth and
fflooay and remove alldandruiT.
FA1IUCON Is for ialo by all
drucflBta or will bo aent by the
{ manufacturers on receipt , of
price. Bend for hiitory of the
Mr.rKtu.rfwi > remedy and testimonials from
IwT. ml b. ipp .mi .fur those who have used It.
C , . Uldoo.il , voaJrful w.tk. IVCut this out and lend to
soroo bald headed friend.
FEOHTEE HEMEDY CO. , NEW HAVEN , CT.
Trade ( uppllod by E. Ilowltt It Co. , New Haven , CUTer
Tor Sale by J. A. VULU3U , Omaha.
THE COMMERCIAL
HOTEL
Corner Dearborn and Lake Streets ,
CHICAGO.
This house has Just been thoroughly refitted
nt a cost of over * lftxX ( ) , making It fnr better
thnn any hotel of the. Kama jirlco In the west
Elevator , ulvrtrlo lights , bath roauid , and ull
modern luiprorcmunts.
Rates , $2 and $2.BO Per Day.
Including meals. Centrally located ; accessible
to all railway utatluns. theaters and business
liousuj. Street < urn to all points of the city.
Special rates to lirofcssloual people.
State Line.
r , Belfast , Dublin anil Liverpool
From New York Every Tuesdav ,
Cabin passage fJ. > and KO , according to location
of state room. ixcitrtloii : * & > to tw.
Steerage to and from Kuroi o at Lowest Itatcs.
AUSTIN IJALDWIN 4 : CO. . Oen'l Agents.
6.1 . llroauway , New York.
JOHN IlLKQEN , Oen'l Western Agent ,
101 nandolph St. , Chicago.
HAUUY E. MOOHK8. Agent , Omaha.
Reduced Cabin Rates to Glasgow Ex-
hibitlon.
The Only Pormnnont Ouro For
Dyspepsia , Sick Headache Etc. ,
ZS
Price OOo Uur t all Druggist * .
Who is WEAK , NERVOUS. DKBILITA-
TED.wholnhlsFOLLYondlGNURANCC
bos TRIFLED away his VIGOK ofllOOY ,
dralni upon the FOUNTAINS of LIFE.
HEAI A4111E. BAOKACIIE , Drcndfu !
Draimn. WEAHMENN of Memory , IIANII-
rUI.lWr.KS In SOCIETY. PIMPI.ES upon
the FACE , and all the EFFECT ! * lending to
KAHI.Y OECAY and perhaps CONNVMP-
SZOIf or INNANIT Y. Should consult at once
the CELEBRATED Dr. Clarke , Eotabllshed
' 061. r.r. Clarke ha.i made NERVOUS HE-
JjILITT. CHRONIC and all Diseases of
the UEITITO URINARY Orftnni a I.lfo
SMldy. It make * NO dlCerence WHAT you
tare taken or WHO has failed to cure you.
WFEW ALEN suffering from diseases pecu.
liar to their i&c can consult with the asiuranco
of speedy reliat and cure. Bend 2 cents postage
for works on your dlsCwtcs.
490cnd 4 cent ! postage for Celebrated
Worbn on Cbrodle , NerToua and Hell-
ea"e Diseases. Consultation , pereonul.'y or by
Vttter , free. Consult the old octor.
Vbonsianda enrod. ORtcea and pnrlora
prlTato. * S-Thoso contemplating Marriage
oend for Dr. Clnrke'si celebrated guide
Hale and Female , each lie. , both 26c.
( stamps ) . Before confiding your case , consult
Dr. CLARKE. A friendly letter or call may
tare future sufferingand shame , and add golden
yean to life. 9-Book Life' * ( Secret ) Er.
rorj , " 50c. ( stamps ) . Medicine and writings
Bent everywhere , secure from exposure.
Hour * , 8 to 8 : Sundays , 9 to 12. Addreii ,
P. D. GLABJSE , M. D.
186 60. Olarfe 8& CHICAGO. ILt.
O M AH A
MEDICAL I SURGICAL INSTITUTE ,
N. W. Cor. 13th A Dodge Sts
BR..A.OH2S ,
APPLIANCES FOR DEFORMITIES AND TRUSSES.
Jlest racllltles , apparatus and remedies for sut
iessful treatment of every form of disease r'iuii
ing Medical or Surgical Treatment.
FIFTY ROOMS FOR PATIENTS.
Doard and attendance ; bet hospital nccoiniu. .
nations in the west.
WRITE FOR CIXCCIARS on Deformities nut'
Ilrncej , Trusses , Club Feet , Curvature of tin
Surgical Operations.
Diseases of Woman a Speolahy.
IloOK OH DIBBAGES or WOMEN FnrE.
ONLY EELIADLE HEDIOAL IN3S1TU1K
HAUINQ A SPECIALTY Or
PR5VATE DflSEASES ,
All Dlood DisecScs successfully treated. Syph
ilitic 1'olson removed from the system without
mercury. New restorative treatment for loss u !
Vital 1'ower. Tetsous unable to visit us may be
treated at home by correspondence. All commu
mentions confidential. Medicinesor instruments
sent by mail or express , securely packed , no
marks to indicate contents or * ender. One per-
penal interview preferred. Call and consult us ot
feud history of your case , and we will send iu
ulain wrapper , our
BOOK TO MEN , FREE ;
Upon Private. Special or Nervous Diseases , Ira
lotency , Syphilis. Gleet and Varicocile , uith
{ jiettlon list. Address
Omaha iftdlcal and Hurgleal Inititutcot
DR. tWcMENAMY ,
Cor. 13th ana Ooda * Sit. . OKAHA.NEB.
The 'LUDLOW SHOE' '
Iliia.obtnlncd a reputation wherever in
troduced for "CouuECi STYLK , " "Puu-
FKCT FIT , " "COMFOUT AND DUIIAIJIL-
ITY. " They huvo no superiors in Hand
Turns , Hand Welts , Goodyear Wojts ,
and Machine Sewed. Liidies , ask for the
"LuiH.ow" SIIOK. Try them , and you
will buy no other ,
MODERN RHYffiS'OF THE RAIL ,
Interesting1 Nowa nnd Notes of Rall-
rocul AfTilni. '
THOUSANDS OF YEARS SAVED.
Some Vclcrnn Switchmen More Than
a Mile n M lntttc A Historic Ioco-
motive Kallroad Hupcrlntcntl-
cnts Conscience Stricken.
Some Veteran Switchmen.
Among the veterans who gathered nt
the recent Swltchmens' convention nt
St. Louis , says the Globo-Domocrnt ,
were many notable men in the assocln-
tion. Ono wits John T. Kenny , of Chicago
cage , the olilcst switchman in America.
Ho IH sixty years of ago , anil has been
continuously employed as n switchman
for forty-six years. "Undo John's"
head is as bald as n billiard ball. He
began switching curs at FiermontHock-
land county , N. Y. , for the New
York & Erie railroad , the old broad
gauge , Ho 1ms never been employed
any where but in Picrmont nnd Chicago.
Ho has worked for many years in the
Chicago yards of the Grand Trunk. Mr.
Kenny is the father of nine sons nnd
four daughters , nnd has eight grand
children. Throe of his sons nro cm-
ployed nt switching nt Chicago , nnd
"Unclo John" says ho is us spry' as any
of them. Air. Kenny has never boon in
jured in the smallest particular. Ho has
never been discharged , and bus never
neon "laid olT" for oven n day. At the
time that ho began switching the capacity -
pacity of the freight cars was from eight
to ton tons. Now they nro expected to
carry from 40,000 to 80,000 pound. In
those carlv days thcro were no steel
rails , but instead there was n light iron
rail connected with iron chairs nnd
wooden straps. The heavy rail now in
iibo weighs llfty-llvo pounds to the
foot. In many of the yards the switching
iVtis done by horse-power. There were
no trntlic arrangements between the
railroad companies , nnd when the end
of the road was reached the freight was
transferred to the next company nnd
was thcnco forwarded to the end of that
lino. Now cars travel from the Atlan
tic to the Paciiic , and there is nobreak-
ing of bulk. Mr. Kenny has boon con
nected with the Switchmen's Associa
tion since its organization , under Presi
dent Ed. Jennings. Ho attributes his
immunity from accident to the fact that
ho has always led a tempornto life.
"Thcro is n great deal in n man always
having his wits nbout him , " said ho.
Another of the old-timers is Mr.
George P. Andrews , of Ottumwa , In.
Ho is a tall man with long flowing
beard , nearly white , nnd looks a great
dcnl like the picture of John Brown , of
Harper's Ferry fame. He is fifty-three
years of age nnd is fUHivo nnd sinewy.
Ho hns worked for1 Iho Chicago , Bur
lington & Quincy railroad for twenty-
nine years , and has'bdon a switchman
for thirty-live years.-1 At the commence
ment of his horvico' the portion of the
road on which ho laboi'cd was known as
the Northern Cross , and afterwards
as the Quincy & Chicago. It was finally
incorporated with the great C. , B. & Q.
system. Mr. Androw&is a' striker on
the "Q" and is nowjout-of employment.
Like Mr. Kenny hc > has never been in
jured , i
Another of the qld-timers is 11. M.
Shackolford , in chiuipro of the night
force of the Chicago , , ' > Rock Island &
Paciiic railroad n DCS Moines , In.
Ho has uccn a 8W.vtcb.man siivco 1851 ,
oxccp nearly five years ho spent in
the army.
Frank Wells , n switchman in the
Chicago yards of the Chicago & Atlan
tic railway , in lifly-five years old and
has railroaded twonty-fivo years.
Colonel John B. Joyce , of Carondo-
Ict a switchman natively engaged in
the yards of the Iron Mountain rail
way , is fifty years of ngo , and has been
engaged in business nearly all his life.
Colonel Joyce enjoys considerable pol
itical prominence.
John Downey has been employed in
the Chicago yards of the Pittsburg ,
Fort Wayne < fc Chicago railway for
twenty-five years. He was long treas
urer of the order , and is universally
respected by his associates.
More Thnn n Mile n Minute.
A Pittsburg dispatch to the Chicago
Tribune , Sept. 22 , says : For some time
thcro has been considerable rivalry be
tween the fast trains _ on the Erie &
Pittsburg nnd the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie roads that arrive in the city about
1 o'clock in the afternoon , nnd numer
ous trials of speed have taken place be
tween them. To-day both trains loft
Wampum at the same moment. At
thispoint'tho two roads run side by side
only the Denver river separating them.
Both engineers did all they could to get
the most out of their iron steeds , but
the race was nock and nock. The pas
sengers became imbued with the excite
ment of the occasion and crowded the
windows and platforms. Hero n pecu
liar thintr occurred. The passengers
of the Erie & Pittsburg train were
waving handkerchiefs and among them
were n number of Harrison nnd Mor
ton emblems , while on the Pittbburg &
Lake Erie train several red bandanas
were floating to the breeze. Just as
Beaver Falls came in sight the Erie &
Pittsburg engineer lot the throttle on
his engine come wide open and suc
ceeded in drawing into Beaver Falls
nbout a train's length ahead with the
starry handkerchiefs Haunting defiantly
in the faces ot the rod bandana men.
The time made for the run of twelve
miles was ton ana one-half minutes.
A Historic Locomotive.
An Atlanta , Ga. , special to the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat says that the old
"General , " the famous engine which
was captured on Aiiujl 12 , 1802 , at Big
Shanty , by a ban T of federal raiders ,
has been loaned to the Grand Army of
the Republic. Thai General" loft this
morning for Colunlms , O. Governor
Brown kindly consofctad for the engine
to bo carried thcro to bo run out on n
track in the cmnpigg , ground to bo seen
by nil of the Inds id ( mug.
The capture of ( this engine by the
raiders , the race she' run , her recapture -
turo by Captain W C\ . Fuller , then con
ductor on the Wostorn. & Atlantic rail
road , is a part of thu history of the war
of ' ( II. As is romoirftxlLtid by those who
are familiar with Urn , thrilling and dar
ing incident , the obfccr ana intentions
of the expedition wSriilto destroy the
many bridges on Uie-jAVestorn & At
lantic railway. This was to have boon
done by taking the up passenger train
at the time referred to , from the train
men while they were nt breakfast at
Big Shanty , run on through to Chntt-
anooga , burning the bridges and de
stroying the telegraph in their rear.
There is no doubt but that the plans
of the daring raiders would have been
carried out and all of the bridges burned
on the old state road on that memorable -
able 12th day of April.1802 , had not the
raiders been pursued so vigorously by
Captain William A. Fuller , who , as
stated , was the conductor , and Mr. A.
Murphy , who happened to bo along that
morning.
The story of the pursuit for miles on
foot , on hand car and on engines has
often been" told , but is always interest
ing. Captain Fuller has been urrjed
by the men in blue to be present next
ASTONISHING
The amountof business we have done within the last month
"
I We have without exaggeration the largest , finest and most complete -
plete house furnishing establishment in the city. The public will
please remember we do not advertise one fact and then do an
other. All our promises are actual truths , and a personal call will
convince you that we have the largest ; newest and best assorted
stock , at lower prices and easier terms than any other credit housej
in the city.
NOTE OUR PRICES.
BED ROOM SUITS 818.OO COOKING STOVES 1O.OO
BEDSTEADS 2.6O HEATING STOVES 4.OO
DOUBLE MATTRESSES 2.6O RATTAN ROCKER 4.OO
DOUBLE SPRINGS 2.0O LACE CURTAINS l.OO
KITCHEN TABLES 1.6O WINDOW SHADES , 7 foot 76o
KITCHEN SAFES 3.5O INGRAIN , per yard 26o
j CENTER TABLES 1.6O CHAIRS 46o
NOTE OUR TERMS.
o that everybody can buy whether they ha vc the ready cash or not. We will
sell all these goods on Time Payments without extra charge or interest
Read our Terms ,
$1O worth of gcods for $1 per week or $4 per month.
$25 worth of goods for $1.5O per week or $6 per month.
$5O worth of goods for $2 per week or $8 per month.
$75 worth of goods for $2.5O per week or $10 per month ,
$1OO worth of goods for $3 per week or $12 per month.
Peoples' Mammoth Installment House
WT613-615 N. 16th St. , bet. California and Webster.
Open evenings until 9 o'clock. Telephone No. 727.
week in Columbus , O. , at the reunion ot
the G. A. R. Ho will there meet all
the survivors of the raid and the regi
ments from which they were detailed.
Tlioy want to see the man who outran
an engine in 1802 and defeated the raid
ers by recapturing the engine , the
"General , " together with the entire
expedition. Captain Fuller leaves At
lanta by the Western & Atlantic rail
way , on Sunday , September 9 , and will
bo absent about one week. It is said
that JolT Cain , of the old "General , "
will accompany her on her visit to Ohio.
Ilnilroiul Superintendents.
Globe Democrat : The Association of
North American Railroad Superintend
ents convened at the Southern , Septem
ber 2 , with J. B. Morford , superintend
ent of the Canada Southern nnd Michi
gan Midland divisions , in the chair.
The attendance was not so largo as an
ticipated , owing to the fact , as one of
the visiting members expressed it , that
the busy fall season was just opening ,
nnd the superintendents had all they
could very well attend to in looking
after the interests of their respective
lines and systems. The summer season
would bo far more convenient for the
meetings of the association , and some
of the members manifested a decided
preference for a change , in order to se
cure a larger attendance at the meet
ings. The association is not restricted
to any particular state or territory , but
includes the United States and Canada ,
and , under favorable circumstances ,
should have an attendance of 200 mem
bers at its meetings , which nro held
twice a year in April and September.
While the attendance was not so largo
at yesterday's meeting , it included re
presentatives from some very import
ant systems.
The object of the association is for
the advancement of social relations and
aiscussion of topics relating to the
maintenance of railroads , machinery
and transportation. Committees nro
appointed at dilTorcnt meetings to take
inventions and improvements in the
different branches of the services and
submit reports on them and these re
ports are discussed at subsequent meet
ings. The chairmen of several impor
tant committees were absent at yester
day's meeting and the session was con
sequently shortened by onoday.
The committee on transportation ,
through Robert Bice , chairman , made
a report which occupied the attention
of the association throughout the day ,
the discussion bringing out a number of
points of interests.
At the conclusion of the days session
the association adjourned to moot in
Now York in April next.
In the Arctic Circle.
An important engineering enterprise
now in progress is a railroad in the Arc-
tie circle. The Swedish and Norwegian
railroad now building from Lulea , on
the Gulf of Bothnia , to Loffodon , on the
North Sea , is partly situated within the
Arctic circle , and is some 1,200 miles
further north than any railroad in Can
ada. An interesting meteorological
fact stated in relation to this work is
that the snowfall is found to bo actually
less thnn in some more southern i lati
tudes , while the darkness of the long
winter nights has boon partly compen
sated by tlio light of the aurora. The
object i'n view in constructing this line
is to tap the enormous deposits of iron
ore in the Gollivara mountains , the ap
proximate exhaustion of the ere in the
Bllboa district rendering very desirable
a now Hold of non-phosphoric ere suit
able for steel rail making.
A Now Switch.
In Oakland , Cal. , and other places ,
compressed nir is now successfully used
for operating switches having no inter
locking apparatus. The system is , in
fact , very extensively used on several
of our principal railways. It takes up
less space than mechanical locking ma
chinery , aud the labor oJ working it is
very light. The ground connections
can be buried out of the way , and can
bo led out from the tower in any way
most convenient.
Conscience Htrlokon ,
Denver News : In the heavy mail
that reached the oillco of Freight Agent
Kcolor of the Union Pacific , was a
modest-looking envelope bearing a
special delivery stamp and containing
$0.54 in currency and postage sfamps.
The anonymous writer , in a typo-writer
note , bogged Mr. Kooler to accept the
amount as a sum duo the railway for a
ride once stolen by the writer pvor the
South Park division of the Union Pii-
cille. Keelor scanned the brief note
carefully , smiled incredulously , and di
rected that the $0.51 bo credited to the
' 'conscience fund" and kept as a lasting
curiosity , since this is the first and only
instance upon record when anyone whoever
over beat a railroad repented of the sin
and made restitution. Frank Temple
suggobts that it would boa pious scheme
to forward the money and accompany
ing note to the national mubotim as one
of the rarest curiosities on earth to-day.
When Mr. C' . S. Stebbins was general
ticket agent of the Union Paciiic such
contributions were occasionally re
ceived.
Something Now.
A device that will enable the engi
neer , from his cab , to switch his loco
motive at pleasure , while the conduc
tor in the caboose or rear car closes the
switch again , has boon invented and
seems to meet practical demands. The
contrivance is operated in connection
with the "central throw" switch , and
consists in a "shoe" which is dropped
from the forward and rear trucks. This
strikes a crank which is overthrown
and the switch closest or opened as the
case may bo. A switch loft open care
lessly may thus bo closed by the loco
motive while at high speed , or a train
sidetracked quickly in case of
danger.
Waiting For Them.
Professor Thurston says that the
world is awaiting the appearance of
throe inventors greater than any who
have gone before. The first is ho who
will show us how , by the combustion of
fuel , directly to produce the electric
current ; the second is the man who
will tench us to reproduce the beautiful
light of the glow-worm and the fire-
ily , n light without heat , the production
of which means the utilization of ener
gy without a waste still more serious
than the thermodynamic waste ; while
the third is the inventor who is to give
us the first successful air-ship.
The Nawly-Mnilo Widow.
Boston Post : It is said that some of
the chief railroads in the country cm-
ploy special persons to inform the be
reaved family when nn _ employe has
been killed. Considering that every
year n small army of men meet their
death on the track , the statement is not
incredible. An old railroad man nt
Reading , who has discharged this pain
ful olllco , gives the following among
other experiences : "It was ojily a few
days ago that I wont to n homo and
found the wife chatting and laughing
with a neighbor's wife while she was at
work among her rosebushes and ( low
ers. She hadn't boon married very
long. I first asked whether her hus
band was at homo. She blared at mo ,
became white as n piece of chalk , then
shrieked nnd fell among the plants. I
helped to carry her into the house.
"He's dead ; my hu&band is dead. I
know ho has boon killed ! ' 'Who told
you ? ' I asked , when she revived. 'No
one. I only thought so. Is it truoj" It
was easy , then , to finish my errand. I
once called on a woman to toll her her
husband had been killed by striking
against an overhead bridge. This was
three years ago , near Philadelphia. The
wife curled up her lip and replied : 'If
he's boon killed , heaven has revenged
n.o. Ho abused mo long enough. He'll
atniso no more women now.1 That was
the easiest job in my line I over had.
Five minutes later the woman was in
hysterics. "
Six Snnko Stories.
A farmer in Ash ton , Miss. , recently
ran across alive-foot gopher snake which
was pure white in color.
A horned snake eighteen inches long ,
with a horn one and a quarter inches ,
was killed last week in Roclcwood ,
Tonn.
Mr. Meclino of Pittsburg caught.while
fishing at Atlantic City the other day , a
snake of very curiousshapo , strongly ro-
borabling the fabled jubborweok. Ho
will preserve it in alcohol for the curi
ous future generations.
Mr. Jordan , the section boss , nnd his
hands , while cutting the bushes from
the right of woy near Oconoo , Ga. ,
killed sixty-seven moccasins. Mr. Jor
dan struck nt the sixty-eighth and cut off
his tail , remarking that it was not n
good day for snakes.
Mrs. M. 13. Shultls , of Readout , N.
Y. , while picking some berries recently
heard her little dog , which had fol
lowed her , yelp and bark piteously.
Rushing to the spot Mrs. Shultis was
horrified to 11 ml a largo hlacksnako
wound tightly around the dog's body.
With great difficulty Mrs. Shultis killed
the reptile , but the little dog remained
prostrate with fear for several hours.
The afternoon of the same day Mrs.
Shultis killed another snake of tliobamo
variety.
A man in Oakdalo , L. I. , had an ex
perience with snakes the other day
which will last him the rest of his nut"
urul life. While engaged in gathering
wood in the woods ho heard a rattle ,
and discovered just in front of him ,
ready to spring , a largo rattlesnake.
He happened to have a slick iu his hand ,
and ho struck the reptile , and , us ho
supposed , killed it. The he heard an
other ralllo , and behold at his right an
other snnko ready for notion , while a y.
raltlo on his left revealed still anolhor. .
Ho hit each of them , and while ho wna
healing them to be sure they were dead , y.I3
ho heard a rattle behind 'him. Tha -I3
fourth biiako was soon killed. Hoi put -
the four snakes in his wagon and drove Hi
out of the woods. As ho got oil the
vehicle at the club house ho was justin
time lo see Iho lirbt snake ho had hit *
coiling up ready for a spring. Ho killed
it. Two of thorn had nine rattles each ,
nud the largest one had ten.
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An AbaolittciCnro.
The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINTMENT
is only put up in largo two ounce tin boxes ,
uud is un absolute euro for old sores , burns ,
wounds , chapped Immls , aud nil sldn erup
tions. Will positively euro nil kinds of piles.
Ask for the ORIGINAL AU1ET1NE OINT
MENT. Sold by Goodman Drug Co. , at 3
cents per box by mail 30 cents.
It Is tiincto putthe\ \
boys into thclt- Fall
Suits. We can fit
them wlthfjoodstut1- ,
tly clothes for school
anil play , ami with
a haiuliotne sultfor\ \
"Sunilaji best. "
Children's Stilts Iti
two pieces for thc\ \
small boys , ana\ \
three pieces for the ]
biygcr brother.
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. ,
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SPECIALIST ,
In the treatment of Digr.ASU1) of the i ,
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OlIUANtf ,
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under his form ot treatment.
The doctor's thuory Is that no dlncnao should
be regarded ns incurable until the diseased
oigaiils destroyed fusterthan It can bo repaired.
From his years of experience In IIOHI-ITAI , and
PIUVATE I'u.umcK , tne doctor la classed among
the LUAUIMI HPKCIAI.IHTB.
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