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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1888)
1C THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SU NDMT GOTO HE11 21 , 18SS.-STXTEEN PAGES. Its interest receipts alone since organization have paid For conservative and wise management , financial all death claims and left a balance of nearly $80,000. ' This strength , careful selection of risks , liberality to the assured has been the result of skill and prudence in investment , com and large dividends to policy holders , the National Life of bined with careful medical selection of sound healthy risks , Vermontjhas no superior in the world. the most important points in a well-managed Life Insurance . Company. Insure with the National Life of Vermont THE SAFEST ! THE CHEAPEST ! .THE STRONGEST ! THE BEST ! INSTALMENT BOND POLICY Combines Savings Bank and Insurance , Issued only by the The National Life Insurance Company of Vermont Facts for an Insurer to Consider. Advantages of the Instalment Bond. An ordinary Life Insurance Policy provides an estate for your dependants after your death. An Instalment Bond Policy is free from the claims of creditors , provides for death and also for one's advancing years. The National Instalment'Bond ' Policy otters both advantages combined in one , and at a much reduced cost. This Bond Policy is superior to ordi nary Life Insurance , because jou need not "die to win. " Su pcrior to ordinary Kndowmeiit In surance , because much less expensive. Superior to "Tontine" ' Insurance : 1st , Because the results are not esti mated , but fixed in a poMtivo contract. 2d. Because there is no forfeiture of payments on discontinuance of the policy , a cash value being guaranteed. It is absolutely free from Technicalities , and the simplest form of Insurance Contract in Use. Safe as a Government "Rnnd. G-ood as Gold. tfHX'N'GHiit ofJOOO with all surplus shall be paid should death occur within twentu SEVOXD 'J'hat the bond shall be. paid up In twenty Hears , that it shall participate In the pro/Its of the compa ny durini/ the twentu ijeurs , and that it shall then mature , and the $1OOO paid to the purchaser withal1 the surplus accrued. Till 111) That theixtsh ruluc guaranteed on manjln of bond shall ba paid to purch-ttor at anil time he desires to discontinue. FOUltTll--Thc bond policies are as safe and the returns larycrthun a United States ( lorernmcnt Bond. Thu National Life write no speculative plnns of insurnnce. This Instalment Bond Policy is very populnr with business men , each option OP settlement being guaranteed.No ( Estimates. ) For rntes nnd other information regarding their Instalment Bonds and Life Rate Endowment , address M , L , BOEDER & BRO. , Managers Western Department , Rooms 401 , 402 and 403 Paxton Building , cor , Sixteenth and Farnam Streets , Omaha , Neb , DIVIDENDS Its large dividend returns reducing the cost PATRONS. These include men of the highest financial of insurance below that of any other company. Since its organization and professional standing , men of national reputation for their ganization , hundred of policies taken out in the National are shrewd , sound business judgment , and whose patronage and not only self sustaining , but the assured are receiving an annual endorsement is in itself a strong , convincing argument in favor nual income upon them. List of policy holders mailed in application excellence. of . vor us plication , whose policies are more than paid by the dividends.1 LEGENDS OF THE ELKI10RN , The Pathway to the Hills of Other Days. CHANGES WROUGHT BY YEARS. TOWIIH AI ( i nt ; the llonil , the Country anil the IiOKpnilft AVlileli Survive the Knrly Warn AMIOIIJ ; Ilio liulinns. Tlic Klkliotii Valley. P TIIK Elkhorn valley , Years ago , the words meant the trail that led to the rich hunting ' grounds of the Sioux , the pathway to the hid den treasures of the Black Hills , and , as of ten happenedtho road , to the death place of many a hardy uioncor , \\lio fought single- .handed to win from the i the land's that even now ho re fuses to bin-render to the nation. Tor- rlblo talcs could bo told by the grassy Slopes and wooded ravines if they hail power toh'pcah ; but , like the sea , they cannot , aim they guard many a secret oi the dead that is bettor unrovealod. Hut now , times are changed. The in vestor and speculator have taken the plnco of the prospector in the same rtad fcnrch for gold , herds of cattle roam where bullalo feed , farmers sit nt onso where the pioner died in torture , the iron horsu has supplanted the can vas- covorcdpvairio schooner , but the valley iSbtill there and is still the pathway to onb of the richest mineral and agricul tural countries in the world. What has been lo s to tholoverof ronnuico is gain to the practical business man of to-day , nnd a trip up the valley will always re pay those iu search of wealth , health , or pleasure. Leaving the Webster street depot of the r'romont , Klkhorii & Missouri Val ley railroad , the suburban trains that cluster around Omaha are soon loft behind - hind , nnd the stretches of farming land that lie between them grow wider and wider until they form ono continuous tract broken only by well-developed tree claims and nomo-liko looking farm houses. Near Scribnor is mot the river that gives the valley its name , and cross.cu the track for the lirst time , and thcii crosses and rccrossos it , until at last , its headwaters are lost among the sand hills , that are lirst boon near Long Pino. Its waters are stocked with a liner variety o game tlsh than any of its neigh bors , and old-timers still tell how years ago a Union Pneilic train was chartered to convoy choice living speci mens of tish from the Atlantic to the Pacific slope , there to stock the rivers of California. All wont well until the bridge near Klkhorn was rcoched , when , through some unforsccn circumstance , the bridge collapsed , the cars were thrown into the river and their finny prisoners released from duriuico vile , happy In tnoir rfcturn to their . imtlvo element after the tedious journey over mini. Whether the collapse was duo to an an- cidont or design has novorbeen loarneu but the old settlers shako their heads knowingly when telling the story and FAy it was provldentlnl. Leaving Bcribner the farms grow larger nnU larger , ns the cycr-proft'nt v > u : fviic- ing is almost invisible from the train , but it is not until Norfolk and O'Neill vro passed that the lirst glimpse of a prairie as pictured years ago is obtained. L-'ar as the eye can reach the undulat ing plains btroteh out until they are lost to sight behind the clouds that seem to stoop down mil meet thorn. And yet , the view lees not become wearisome. Sections , lialf facetious and quarter sections of cultivated land give a dillorent color ing to the verdure that clothes it , and bright patches of prarie ( lowers leave to the imagination what it must have boon before the hand of man had loft its imprint. But there is one thing be yond man's controland the grandeur of a prarie storm can only bo imagined by those who have scon it , or witnessed a storm at sea. Such a storm swept over the prairies in August last. The morn ing was warm and bright , but shortly after noon there came an undolinablo change. The sun still shone but its rays threw an altered light , and brought the nrnirio ( lowers into brighter relief , \\hilo it cast a darker shadow where shadows foil. Away towards the horizon the waver- in f glimmer that curtained the mooting place of sky and plain , became moro tangible , and a thin , black line framed the landscape. ( Iradimlly it grow broader and higher anil as it overlapped the bright blue sky , the birds How hurriedly from before it , and such cattle as were in sight drew closer together for protection. ( ilists of wind that shook ' the train followed each other at intervals thut grew shorter and shorter , and the frame of black was once and awhile illumined with Hashes of summer lightning , which , as they ciuno nearer , throw heavy bunks of sulphurous-looking clouds into bold roliof. Still , there was no rain , and the thunder of the train was all that broke the stillness. For nearly two hours the clouds maintained , the same slow approach , and loft the spectator to run fancy free and imagine the outstretched lingers of some great ghoul to bo slowly closing in to crush him. So strong did the fooling become that the moro nervous passengers drew back and stiuddorcd at each succeeding gust , while others clustered round windows and gazed , fascinated , at the coming storm. At last u came. One huge cloud shot out from the approaching preaching bank , and for n moment JKiised in mid-air. Fleecy clouds , that looked ghastly by contrast , hung round it like fringes on n funeral palltill with a crash that outweighed the roar of the train , it coined to bo rent in two with ono streak of lire that turned the entire - tire cloud into gold. From that on , and for nearly an hour it was ono continuous rumble , broken occa sionally with a sharper cra h , and accompanied by the patter of the rain that fell in torrents. Both shoot and forked lightning played continu ously anil while the former turned the clouds from blackness into light the latter - tor seemed toTend thorn in fragments and stand out in lines of tire for seconds ends at a timo. At last it passed away , and the dickering ( lames that illumined the southern liori/.on seemed like the volloy-liring of a retreating armybut so great was the expanse of prairie that they wore never entirely lost sight of , but again grew moro and moro vivid until eighty miles further west the storm again crossed the track moving northward with diminish ing force. Slowly as it apjwarcd to niovo , it iitul in five short hours traversed the half of a. circle not less tluin ono hundred miles in diameter , which would give it a rate qf upwards of thirty , miles an hour. The \'i\lago \ of Long Pine was nearly in thu cciH.or oi thin.circle , and is noted v\ ; - ; ; TIM : NATIONAL Lin : is the only eonv pany , which , isMiing a bond policy , guai unices n cas-h return if you wish to discontinue. Business men appreciate the advant ages of this new form of insurance , and arc largely investing in it , because thu animal deposit is practically saved , u bile it secure'- needed insurance during a designated period and in n , good , safe , paying investment. Kvery man who de sires to protect his family and himself , should buy one of these Instalment Bonds while ho is in good health as this company -elects its rislts with great care , but when they issue an Instalment Bond Policy it is incontestable and as good as gold. The Instalment Bonds are issued from one to twenty thousand and run from ror being the dividing line between central and mountain time. It is hero ; hat passengers going we t will Hud their wtiti.'hos an hour fast , and those coining east an hour slow , but they are illowcd thirty minutes to refresh and nake corrections. Ton years ago Long Pine was a frontier town , and it was icar hero that , a few years ago , the ong-sulYoring cowboys lynched Kid Wade , the chief of a gang of here thieves who made their home in the neighboring sand hills. Trees were scarce at the timetind a railroad ' 'whis tle post" eight feet high was made do duty for a gallows with a bridle rein for a hiiller , and uhile Kit was strangling there , his father met his death a mile ir two away , where his boots protrud ing from a shallow grave in the sand was the only tombstone he over got. Now the village is a thorough-going business place , and possesses sev eral natural attractions , among them seven very largo natural springs. Four of them are sufllcient in volume to supply the entire village , and one many tunes larger , with all the water necessary for lire and domestic purposes , and they have accordingly been utilized for that purpose. The others arc situated in Long Pine gulch , which lias already been extensively ad- vortUed as the meeting ground of the C'hatauqua society. Passing west from Long Pine , traces of the curlj-day trav eling commence to appear , and more than one well-doliiied trail marks out the path followed by the California em igrant of years gone by. Kvon yet they are often UMM ! by the settlers , and only last summer the troops from Fort Nio- brara followed one for three days , which , though not u-ed now , stretches north ward across the plains as hard and solid as though it were paved. Valentino is the next stopping place for the sight-seer , for it is the gate to the Uosobud agency of the great Sioux reservation. Four miles from it is Fort Xiobrara , where a regiment of United Htatos infantry is kept constantly on the watch for any at tempted outbreak on the part of their dusky neighbors. Next in order comes Ohadron , lit" miles further west than Valentino. It is a lively , progressive town , that depends on the energy of its citi/ens to bring it to the front. Sur rounded by a good fanmnir country , it has bright prospects ahead , and it also has several natural attractions for the tourist. Near Crawford , the bultes that are so often mot with in the west ern country , lirst begin to crop out from the prairie , and stand like outposts of the hills that lie further west. Box Butte , C'ollin Bntte and Crow Butte , are all familiar to the residents , and around each the traditions of the Indian still linger. The latter , by an almost imper ceptible rUe from the plain , reaches an altitude of some two hundred feet and then ends abruptly in an almost per pendicular descent to the plains below. No human being could scale the face of the dill , and yet this was a battle ground of long ago. A fatal feud had long existed be tween the Sioux and the Crow Indians , but fortune favored the former until they had driven their enemies up the slope to the edge of the precipice. Then with one wild charge they closed in on them till the lust Crow in the band was forced over the edge and ended the battle and his life on the crumbling boulders below. Once again , the Sioux surrounded a remnant of the tribe , and once more they forced them to the same death trap. It was growing dark when they had reached the spot , and they camped for the night so that none pf their enemies could escape them , as might happen if they charged them 111 the darkness. Establishing a cordon of sentinels around the doomed foe , ten to twenty years , payable annually , tomi-annually or quarterly. For in stance : Von buy a $1.000 ' 0-year In stalment Hond Policy payable bemi- nnmmUy. This bond of $1,000 increased by prollts becomes payable to you at the end of the 20 years , or your heirs will rocoho the $1,000 cash at once incase of death , or you can withdraw any year without loss , thus combining a savings bank and insurance that is exempt from creditors , tax and reverses. In case of death your heirs receive the full amount of the bond. If you live you receive the full amount of the bond with interest. It protects against ad\ersity in busi ness. It is nn investment and protection combined. they spent the night in feasting , awaiting the carnage of the morn. And it is hero the Indian romancer weaves in one of the simple love stories characteristic of the people , and with out which no legend would be complete. Many moons before Laughing Kyes , the young and beautiful daughter of the Sioux chief , had wandered from her father's cam ) ) only to bo captured by a baud of roving Crows. No council was necessary to decide her fate , and she was luirried away to the hunting grounds of her captors , where they could at leisure wreak vengeance on her for the wrongs inllictcil by her tribe. Cupid willed it otherwise , how ever , and before three days of the jour ney had been completed , Owashna , a rising young chief , was smitten with her charms. Knowing that ho alone would bo powerless to save her. ho rode ahead of the band , and reaching the village of his people before them , ho induced .an ancient squaw to adopt her in the place of a child she had lost-dur ing an incursion of the Sioux some years before. Although disappointed in their victim , the Crows could not dispute the justness of the exchange , and ere long all had forgotten it save Owashna and his rescued Laugh ing Kyes. She had learned the story , and in her ease gratitude turned tote to love , as slio listened to the stories of ho lover's achiovemnt. When not on the warpath he spent his time in the chase , and daily brought the product to the tepee of her adopted mother. Then ho claimed her for his bride , and it was while she was accompanying him on the annual hulTulo hunt that a few of them became separated and were so surrounded by the Sioux. Then whiln the braves were gloomily await ing the dawn , in which they decided to sell their lives dearly , her woman's wit was busy devising the means of escape for herself and the one she loved. Knowing that no mercy would bo shown him , sbe quietly killed her favorite pony , and not until she appeared be fore her lord laden down with the blood-stained hide did she divulge her plan. It was to cut the hide into strips , and knotting them together , form a rope down which they could escape. It required but a few moments for the re maining horse-5 to be dispatched , but once more she steupcd forward and , insisted upon only one rope being used. Her request was granted , and one after another the entire party reached the bottom in safety , and she alone remained above. Then , placing a knife between her teeth , she com menced the perilous descent , stopping for a moment when about two-thirds of the way down. Hero she drew the ' knife s'wiftly across the rope , nearly severing it , and with it prayer to the Great Spirit , continued her doubly dan gerous descent. The result was as she had exjiectcd , and for which she had risked her life. Knowing that many of her former kinsmen would doubles follow the small baud of foot-sore Crows , she knew they would take the same means to descend the clilT , and unable to remove the rope , she weak ened it whore tho-e on it would have no means of escape. Kurly next morn ing tliii Sioux discovered their enemies had out-goneraled them , and a short search revealed the tell-tale rope. Kaeli was anxious to be lirsl In pursuit , but after seeing that the rope was se curely fastened , the place of honor was given to the bravest warriors , who , one after Another , followed their chief. All "wont well until they passed the place where the rope had been cut , when the com bined weight of two or more of them caused it to snapand they were hurled to .death. Others were on tie ) wa.v.do\ui , but were doomed' , for .being uimble to It guarantees that a certain amount of motley , with interest , will bo accu mulated within a specified time. The instalments paid arc like depos its in a savings bank , and are returned to the bondholder at his option. The bond matures at a specified time or previous at death , for its face value , and guarantees a definite sum in cash each year. The bond is not hampered by any con ditions or restrictions , and its cash val ue cannot be impaired or jeopardized. The bond affords the very best secur ity , and is negotiable the same as any other bond or stock. UMiit : THIS BOXl ) YOU "PAY AS YOU no ; STOP AVITIIOTT Loss ; STOP WITH PltOI'lT , OK CONTIXfK I'Olt GltKATKU PitoriTs. " ascend the greasy rope they hung sus pended between earth and sky , until worn out nature could no longer stand the strain , and they too fell and died. Tlic survivors clustered around the edge above them listening to their deatli songs , until the last voice was silent , and then they returned to their teuees too appalled by the catastrophe to make an immediate pursuit. Owashua and Laughing Eyes thus escaped , and evidently lived and died happily , for they are heard of no more in the legends of the nation , but the Butte that brought them into promi nence stands as of yore , and is one of attractions to sight-seers at Crawford. SAM E. PKTTIOUKU' . MUSICAIj AM > DIIAMA.TIC. Franz Kuintncl intends returning to Amer ica. Patti Hosa plays in London during the hoi- idajs. Sophia Monte , a Brooklyn girl , inailc a successful debut in Berlin in concert lust week. Dockstadcr hns n boy tenor who will bo called the boy I'.Uti. lie promises to elec trify Now York. Bill Xyo and Jnmei Witcomb Rllcy will begin thuir lecturing tour in I'oughltccpsie , N. Y. , on November 1'J. Miss Anderson is playing In "Tho Winter's Tulo" in Liverpool. Slio sails for Now York on tiio Umbriu Oct. IS , to till her American engagement with Mr. Abbey. Ella Hussoll , the American prinia do mm , who is croditud with an enviable artistic success abroad , has returned homo for a short visit prior to her re-appearance in Lon don witti the Hoyal Italian opera company at Covent garden , I'auliiio Lucca says she will close her career on the singe with her coming Ameri can tour. Several otliordtslliiyiilsliod artists habitually retire with nn American tour as a leading feature of their periodical with drawals. Ollenliach's "Blue-Beard" was revived at the Pans Varieties a , few nights ago , with .leanno Cirauicr , the favorite burlesque act ress oC thu French dandies , in the roll through which Schneider kicked and wrig gled a score of years ago. Among twenty competitors for the great Memlolssohn nnzo at the royal academy of music in Berlin are two Americans , mm of them Miss CJeraldino Morgan , of New York , who carried it oT ( once before. The other competitor is Miss Beel , u pupil of Cahfor nia. nia.Miss F.innio Aymar Matthews has brought suit ngmnst U.inlul Frohman , David Belnsco and Henry U. Ue Mille , of the Lyceum theater - ater , Now York , to recover fc.VMWU damages on the dun-go that "The Wife" is a plagiarism of the original play by herself called "Wash ington Life. " Henry Irvimr has applied for dates for the fall of 'b'.i. Bo writes that ho will play the smaller cities it subscriptions are largo enough to warrant his so doing. Bo will present "Macbeth" and his entire Lyceum company. Nmka is in Berlin , on her way to Moscow , She says she will letura to Paris and make her deliut at the opera comiquo in January. Her real name IR Miss Nicholson , of Mary land , and Now Yorkers in Berlin iTinembor her as La petite Louise Marguerite in ininm- tmv in the Patti troup a few years ago. The directors of the Ni-w York ( Jormnn Conservatory of music intends to rcorgutmo it with a view of placing it on' a level with the leading establishments of its kind in Ku- rope. This conservatory , like similar ones in this country , lias up to the present made u spooialty of teaching music. Bcncelnrth lectures will bo delivered regularly on the languages , history , literature , aesthetics , etc. lr. Frederic Mintz. who is ono of the origi nators of the new plan , wlll naii.igo It. l'IYui < UMj ; llu ) I'oor. Puck : "You charge this gentleman with defrauding you of a means of llvli- lllMl.1V" "Vis , yov Honor. I writ him for a ehnr-ae-ler , an' ho sint tieh a wan to lh' mon e/ lied hoired me thet lie dis charged mo oirXh'shpot. " "What Wore the falsehoods this gen tleman wrote about youV" "Bcdad , an' ho toold th' trool , but The National's is the simplest form of policy in existence. This company , now in active business for forty yours , has alway been in the advance in lib eral dealings with its policy holders. The National is the only company in the country issuing the Incontestable Instalment Bond Policy. This Bond can be purchased by cither annual , semi-annual or quarterly in stalments. If the purchaser at any time discon tinues his instalments , the company will redeem the bond for the stipulated sum expressed on its face. Should you be unable to pay the instalments com ing due. the company will advance the amount desired and continue the Bond in force. phwat koind av a char-ac-ter is thot to bo afther giviu' a mon thet's wor-r- rukedfor him a-goiu' on tin yareV 1 would n' hov took th' tlirouble to write him for a ehar-ac-ter , bcgobs , cf I'd wanted him to put doon th' trool. " Our Mens' Cus tom Made SHOE , Perfect Fillers. Wo have and can show the CiKXTLE- MKN of Omaha , the llnestlino of Mens' HAND SEWED , CUSTOM MADE Shoes ever shown in the city. rmci : , $5.00 to $9.00 no better goods made. MENS' ' CALF SEWED SHOES , tZf ) For Mons' Calf Shoo in Button - tJVy ton , Lace and Congress ; "good dress shoe. " dO CfFor Mens' Calf Seamless , tpO.WW . ,11 , styles , bettor than any advertised ' 'so-called J.1.00 shoe. In this priced shoo wo have uii styica nnd with the same stock as in our $ .3.00 Hand Sewed Shoe. siions From $1.5O to $2.5O , Good litters and o.xcelcnt wearers. Ladies' Fine Shoes THE MARTHA WASHINGTON SHOE. Hnndb'owed in Turns and Welts ; n&k to sen this nlioo. Our warm lined Shoes and Slippers are now onun and ready for your inspec tion at prices lower than the LOWKST for the same quality of goods. THOMPSON , BELDEN & CO. , 1319 Farnam Street. Wo arc making a SPECIAL ofTorl on Seal Plush Sacqucs this season. Qua stock was never larger , nor our priceij ever lower , and the quality never bol tor than this fall. Head the following quotations and investigate for yourself : No. ! ! ! ( ) " Seal Plush Saequc , 40 inches long with four genuine acal loop1 * , lined with brown quilted Mitin , si/es from ill to 41 , at $ ii < ) .00. No. 1301 Seal Plush Sncquo , 40 inches long , with four genuine seal loops , lined with brown quilted satin , blv.cs from III to U , atSlH.OO. No. 1301 ! Seal Plush Sncquo , 40 inches long with four genuine al loops , lined with brown quilted .satin , bines from ill to It , at $28.60. No. 1303 Seal Plush Sacquo , 40 inches long , with four genuine seal loops , lined with ( Ino brown quilted satin , at $3l.r ! > 0 ; si/cs ,11 to 4 1. No. 130.- > Seal Plush Sacquo , full 43 inches long , lined with the very finest brown quilted satin , with four genuine seal loops , at $37. SO ; si/os from 31 to 4J. No. 130(1 ( Seal Plush Sacquo , full 43 inches long , with four genuine teal loops , lined with tie ! very linest brown quilted satin , and nmdo of the very ( Incbt plush , at Sl .M ) ; bi/.os from 3t to 44. The foregoing Sacqiies are all niado of plush manufnulurod by Lister , the most celebrated manufacturer of plus-lien in the world. We gunranloo thut the $110.00 quality is as good as you can buy olbuwhoro at i .5.00 ; the &W.OO quality is as good as others get $30.00 for ; thu $ L'(5.50 ( as good as others got $33.00 for ; the $32.60 as good a ot'.iors ' got $37./ij / ( for ; the $37.60 as good as others gel 8 16.00 for , and the Mi,60 ! quality cannot bo matched in this city for $60.00. Our f'loak Department is on tha Bcconrt lloor , and wo invite jou to examine ino these Sacques , whether you wish to purchubo or not. Wo show goodb with pleasure. Take elevator. 1319 Farnam Street ,