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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , APRIL 28. 1839.-'SIXTEEN PAGES. 11
JIow a Noted Malay Rajah Llvoa
and Governs.
A STRONG ADMIRER OF AMERICA ,
Ills Government Conducted on Kn-
llKlitcncd I'rltiolploH Blnanporo
IVnnicn mid Tliclr Wonderful
K.-xr Iltncq In " > o Troplcn.
A in on c ttio Malays ,
| Coj > i/i fu/itfil / " * > I'M Frank O , ( Viriwn ( < r.1
Stsoti'OitE , Feb. S7. [ Special Correspon
dence of Tun BEE.1 Singapore Is Just eighty
miles north of the equator. Its cllm.Uo Is
thu snino the year round , JtA sun rises anil
nets nt tlio snnio hours each day the year
tnrouRli , anil Its flowers over bloom mid Its
tree * lira always green1. Now , nt tlio last of
February , I nm surrounded by the verdure
of tlio tropic * . Hints by tlio thousand * slug
in tha trees nnd the air Is tlmt of a hot ,
moist July. 'Jho natives In many cnies
wear nothing but waist cloths , nnd all Euro
peans arc dressed In whlto duck coats and
whlto pantaloons. They wear hats of pith
or cork , the rims of which arc as big around
as a dish nan and which rlvo in two stories
to protect the hcnd from the nun. I attended
church at tlio English cathedral last night ,
and listened to n service under forty great
putihahs or fans , which were pulled to mid
fro by men stationed on tlio outside of the
church. This cathedral had nn audience
uhoutono hundred and twenty feet long , and
It was , I Judge , sovcnty-llvo feet from the
floor to. Uio roof , 'Halow the colling there
was a net work of Iron rods , and to these ,
by ropes , wcro fastened these hugo fans ,
each of which was about four fcot wldo ana
eighteen feet long. They consisted ot strips
of wldo cotton cloth , weighted and hung
from black walnut poles , and it was
by ropes attached to thcso poles and
stretched over\pullej'B \ in the windows of the
chutch , that the natives outside kept them
going and cooled those engaged In devotion.
U.'hc dining tables in the hotels have these
punkah fans over them , and upon the steam
ers there tire punkahs in the cabin , which
nro pulled during the inculs. Some of the
wealthier European residents huvo servants
who do nothing but pull punkahs , and not a
few have fans over their beds , which are
kept going all night by manual labor. Just
in front of the hotel , and along the shore of
the sen , there Is a tennis and cricket ground
comprising suveral acres of lawn. Every
afternoon these European nabobs of the cast
may bo seen hero by the scores. Each
player has his servant with him , who runs
utter the balls and hands tlioui to him. N o
onq docs any more than ho can help , and the
business hours are from 10 to 5.
THi : 18IAXI ) OP SINfUl'OHE.
Singapore Is un Island fourteen miles wldo
muVtwcnty-soven miles long ? It lies ] usi
half way around the world from Now York
nnd It is the half way stutloi between thi
Pai'ifle and Indian ocoan. If you will take
your map of Asia and look up the straits bl
Molucca you will find thlshttlo Island. Lying
: it their entrance , Just north of Sumatra and
south of Indo-Ohiua , a littlu over to the lofl
you will see Ceylon , and further still thi
Oujf of Aden and the lied Sea. To tin
right and north nro China and Japan
Singapore is the center of the trade route :
going via Ceylon aad the Ilea sea to Europe
and all of the great ships trading with Chin ;
and Japan stop here. More than six thous
and fillips vjait thin port every year , and nl
of the great islands of this nlclnity sent
their freight hero for trans-shipment. It I
four days nnd bOO miles from hero to Hang
hole , the capital of Slam , TJioro are weokl ;
steamers to IJatavia ; the canital of Java , 50
miles to the south , and you can in two day
reach this great coffee island , which coir
prises u territory about eighty miles wide
nnd longer than the distance between Nnv
York city find Cleveland. Uornco Is another
ether great island at the eastward , and1 it 1
thirteen days from hero to Calcutta by wa ;
of Burnmh. The result is that the papula
tlon of Singapore Is made up of the native
of all thcso countries nnd you will find her
a mixture of yellows and bl acks , of Ilindo
turbans and Chinese pigtails ; of coTee-co (
orcd Malays and of pale , white Caucasslu n
Irom Europe. The costumes are us strung' '
as the skins , ana all the queer outfits c
southern Asia Jostle each other upon th
streets ana tramp upun one another's lice !
upon the highways.
VAISIKTIKS OP 1TMIXIXB IICAUTY.
The women of Singapore are of a doze
difteront typos , ranging from the rosj
cheeked English girl , in a suit made by Hei
fern orWortn , to the half naked beauty froi
Itoincn , whoHOsolo costume is a strin c
cloth about the waist , which reaches to he
knees and which Is fastened by a knot at th
pit of her stomach. 1 saw a ulauk womai
to-day who had holes in the lobes of cae
car as big nround us my thumb , and I note
that another woman used tier cars as bouqut
holders. Uolli of those women were Kline
and they came from southern India. The
ware straight , graceful , and by no mean
bad looking , but their chief dress conslstc
of jewelry. They had prcnt bracelets of gel
cm their wrists nnd ankles. Mhelr earn wer
riveted with gold and above these grci
ring-like lobes , littles gold nuts and boll
were put through the cars so that they wn
bound with pins of gold from lobo' to th
One of the muiOcns nad ciich of her nostril
riveted with these screw rings nnd a grca
ring of gold hanging down from the center o
the nose. Tno gold shone out all th
brighter against tlio blackness of th
Akin and tlio Jowalry was the inora prom
nent from the scantiness of their costume.
TlicBC were a single skirt fastened tight !
around the hips and thighs and coming loth
knees , and a sort of a scarf of cotton whlc
wan stretched around the shoulder and utuli
ono iirm and Hod in a knot at the side. Fou
yards of cloth would have made the whol
null and they were neither hats nor bonnet
1 noticed another of these women who hud
' largo pear-bhapud pearl fastened to a rlvc
and hanging down fiom one nostril ulmos
to her unpcr lip.
The Malay women , so far as I have sect
are not OB good looking as the Indian !
though this country was originally populate
by them and ( hero are more Malays thn
any other Asiatics except the Chinese , Tli
Malays live , as a rule , in the poorest of one
fctory ihatchcd huts and there is u Malay vl
lago within three miles of this village whlc
is passed on the way to the steamers. It is
IKK I'uni'HK OH roruitTT ANII nrRnrTio'
The Malays will not work , and they llv
llko Ravages. Slowly but surely the Chine :
uru crowding them out of their own countr ;
and there are now 6U,000 Chinamen hero I
Slngaporo , The population of the citv
litt.OOO , and the Chinese , the Indians and tl
Europeans do the business , Everywhere
go I find that John Chinaman is pushing h
way to the fiont.Vithln the past few ycai
the Chinese havu begun to cink'r.Ue , and tl
liordo that came to America had Its countc
jwrtB In these who wont to Australia , an
who are now pushing themselves into the vi
rlous countries and islands of the 1'aolli
They gain a foothold wherever they go , an
they make money whcro others starve. Oi
of the worst elements of tlieir emigration tl
United States has not yet foil , and tlmt
their inter-marriage with the women of tt
countries to which they go. Slam is alread
half Chinese , and thn Chinese are slow !
swallowing up the Siamese. It U the SUIT
here , end it Is tbu same everywhere. Thci
liovo already been lutrr-marrlagcs <
Chinese and Amoricsns , a-ia with tl
ability of the Chinamen to make mane
r-l there , I have no doubt that in case they ai
( freely admitted to tha United States M
' would In time have a cia s of squint oyc
Americans. The Chinese hero are rlol
They have largo estates on thu Island an
ono of the Uncut carriages I have seen I
Singapore was that of a Chinaman ,
A HOXOItEl , RUCK.
There are ulrcady a number of the o hal
Chtneso , imlf-Caurasslaiis In Asia , hut this
ctiui to Iho sins of Europeans rather tbn
Afttr.Ua fulhcn. Thcro are over two thou
jtnU whlto inec in Slnb'aooru and there ai
only about flvo hundred whlto women. These
are the figures of the last consul. The result ,
s the Kurasincs or the offspring of .Euro
pean fathers a\id Asiatic mothers. The name
w compounded from Europe and Asia. Thcso
people dress In European clothes and they
desplso the Asiatics. It is easy to tell them ,
however , by their features and the European
residents dcsplno them. Singapore is now
the prowrty | of England. It has a governor
sent out by the queen nnd It is practically u
free trndo colony. The difference between
it nnd thn native Asiatic states is seen in
magnificent roads , line buildings , goo , street
railroads , and nil the civilized accompani
ments. Comfort goes with the whlto man.
Ignorance and barbarism , and non-Im
provement of every kind seem seem to
bo associated with the yellow nnd the
black , England is slowly , but ouroly ,
swallowing up thcso countries of southern
Asia. She has the lion's sbnra already and
she Is nddpip to her possessions every jcnr.
Thcro is no doubt but that the change Is good
for the pcoplo nnd wherever you find an
Encllsh protectorate you find good courts ,
safety of property and Ufa , public improve
ments of all klnds'nnd a good school system.
England has already n strong hold upon
the Malay peninsula , but among the trlboH of
Malacca , which are not subject ( o bcr.is that
of Johore. Johoro is
lllOor.U THAN .IIASSACHUSBTTB ,
.ml it is governed by n sultan , xvlio Imsnbso-
ute power and who is ono of the few indo-
idndcnt. Malay rajahs still living. I made
n excursion to Johoro last week : visited the
anltal , and there mot this most noted Malay
uler. Leaving Singapore at sunrise ,
ur carriage was driven by a
rlalay coachman , " nnd wo bad
i gray-whiskered , bare-footed , East Indian
n n red gown and turban as n guide. Wo
ilrovo for miles on a road ns level as the floor
ind as well kept as a race track , through
plantations of cocoanuts and coffee. AVe first
passed great estates with beautiful grounds
nnd wtdo drives , and then on out Into the
jungle. The green cocoanuts hung by the
bushels In great bunches from the top of tall
palm trees , each of which Was from fifty to
one hundred fcot high , nnd with a trunk of
from six to twelve Inches in diameter. The
bark was grayish vrhita ana there were no
leaves until the very top , . upon which the
cocoauuts grew. Some of these groves had
ioiiBuiids of trees nnd they nil looked as
.liougJi they were drunken on their own
milk. They loaned in every direction nnd
.ops of some scorned to embrace
.hose of others in maudlin Jollity.
The coffco estates consisted of
green bushes about eight fret high
with many brunches , nnd the cof
fee grows close to the branch nnd the yellow
'ruit is the size of small damson plums ; each
jlum contains two seeds , surrounded by
pulp , and thcso seeds nro the colTce grains.
They are cultivated , and the estates showed
that they had been but lately ploughed.
This road across the Island of Singapore
was lined with Jungle , which was at times so
thick that , \ou could not ace moro than two
feet beyond the roadway , and when It Is ro-
mcnibcrcd that about three hundred people
are
KILLED EVr.UT TEAK HCIIC nv TIGERS ,
and that the lower part of the Malay penin
sula is the home of thn wild beast , it will be
Hccn that the possibilities wcro both numer
ous and unpleasant. Wo passed through a
number of Malay Chinese villages , and we
saw many black-skinned natives of Java with
nothing but breech-clouts upon them , work
ing upon tha roadway. Now and then
wo would meet a cart drawn by heavy
Indian bullocks with great humps of
fat nix inches high above their shoul
ders and with their black-skinned
driver in a turb.m sitting or st.imlfng upon
the heavy cart tongue. Thcso bullocks push
the cart along \yjth the front of thoit
shoulders. Their yokes do not come around
the neck as do those of our oxen and thci
cot over the ground three times ns last ,
They are the beasts of burden of this parl
of the world. They do nil the carting am ]
hauling nnd they arc among the most pic
turesque sights of tliis picturesque country ,
Their drivers are straight , lean , wiroy men ,
who scowl at you as you pass and who , will
all their black skins , have features as ntru
lar as the boat you will lind in your city. ]
snapped my camera upon ono of them as he
passed nnd the bl.ick-sidnned driver swore al
me in Hindostanec us I did so.
Half way across the island our drivei
stopped and changed the horses of our carriage
riago for a relav which had been sent or
ahead. Then the Malay Jehu whippet
up and wo rode on througl
more villages and mora Jungh
until wo came to the strait :
of Singapore , on the opposite sldo of whicl
was the main land and Johoro. A Chincsi
boat curried us across these nnd wo wcr <
landed al the
OF me SULTAN'S PALACE.
A beautiful lawn of many acres ( dopes b ;
half a dozen terraces to tha water's edge
Above this lies the palace , which is reuchei
bv winding drives , and away to the righ
shine the blue and yellow buildings of tin
city of Johoro , which the sultan has bull
within the hist few years for his capital , ant
which ho laid out in the original Jungle. Thi
paluce is a large gray and white , two-storj
building with wiilo porticos and m.iny lurgi
windows looking out upon the water. It is
perhaps , two hundred feet long and at leas
half that depth , faoldiors , in u costume hal
European , keep gu.ird in front of it , aiu
others in turbans march up and dowi
through its various corridors. Some o
these soldiers nro olivo-brown Malays
others urn us black ns ebon5' nnd tlio olllcoi
who received my letters and took them in t <
the sultan wan dressed in European clothe :
with a Malay surang or skirt shining ou
under his coat. After waiting a momon
the sultan himself appeared a tall , flut
looking , broad shouldered , light yellow mai
with gray hair , black eyes and mustache
Ho were u suit of white duck with laven
der skirt reaching to his Itnccs. and wltl
bracelets of solid gold rope as thick ns you
lincer around each of his wrists. Then
wcro diamond rings on his lingers and h
bud a seal brown plush turban cup on hi
head. Ho spoke English perfectly , shoal
hands with me cordially , and gave mo a sea
in an American rocking-chair in jils audicnc
chamber while ho took another foe himsul
at my sldo. Ho talked of the decadence o
the Malay pcoplo and snid that the Chines
made much butter wonccr.s. Ho needed then
for the development of his kingdom am
ho was glad to have their immigration.
Ho talked of his travels and tola ma hi
ncodcd only to visit America to complete hi
tour of tlio world. Ha had visited In Eng
land and had been so wall entertained tha
ho was always glad to give Europeans ;
welcome when they came to his kingdom
Ho hu.l visited China and Jap.in , and whili
In England bo had gonu ono day to Liver
pool to see a lady friend off for America. "
wont down to the ship , " s.ild he , "and I pu
mv friend on board. It was only seven day
to New York and had I remained I mlgh
bavo visited your country. I am very sorr ;
I did not do so , for
1 THINK AMUUIOA Ib OltlUT
and your pcoplo are a great nnd kind people
They give us thu telegraph , the oloctri
light , ana Jhey are at the front in invention
I like thorn and I have many friends ii
America.1 '
The conversation hero turned to Johor
ana his maJoRty told mo it was bo who hui
Introduced coftco into Singapore and that h
was anxious to SOD his own Kingdom bccom
ono vast plantation. "We have a colTr.o , '
said ho , "that will prow hero , and many lor
olgnors are buying estates. I bollav
in getting * all you can off o
the top ot tha ground rathe
than digging up the mineral wealth tt UP
under It. Thn whole Malay peninsula ha
tnlnoi of tin and Great Hritain took fror
this region nearly $8,000,000 worth of tli
ere last year. Wo ratso pepper here , COCOH
nuts , and gambler , a kind of leaf which 1
made into u tnnnlng mixture , and which w
ship to nil parts of the world , 1 have mucl
line timber In my kingdom nnd 1 send shl
loads of it to Calcutta , Australia nnd Eurcpe
The Rill tan then asked ma a qumllon o
two about d'cncrul Harrlsoand thonshowe
us his palaco. It contains many large room
all furnished in European style , and bun
with pointings in oil of thu royal family o
England , At tlio head of the stairs loadln
to the ball room there u a fine , fiill.lcngt
portrait of Gladstone , end the drawiu
room contains vouin Jlno pieces of fttutuarj
After ou hour's chat his majesty told ma tht
ha had an engagement to po In his yacl
about forty mile * up ono of his rb era to ho'
.sorno foreigners a coffee plantation , and h
pave in a a cordial Invitation to go with bin
Upon my asking to be excused no J 'd ' hevj
sorry he could not postpone the oppoln
incut , but usked ma to take tlllln with bli
at the paluce. and to accept the u e of h
carriage In driving about the capital.
Iln then called a servant and spoke to bli
In Malay. A fnw moments later u tlnu-lool
ing English gentleman of Hfty appeared , an
I was introduced to Data James Muldrun
who Is one of his majesty's Engllnh advlnoi
and overseem , Date U a title , aud it meat
a little more llmu nir dues lu England , utul
found the date a very pleasant companion.
With liveried coochtnan and footman wo
wcro driven , with n spanking team , through
the roads In ana about this little
tropical wty of Johore , and I had n
chnnco to learn considerable about the
kingdom. Wo visited a saw mill which
would do credit to the plno regions of Michi
gan , nnd which was steaming away cutting
great logs into boards on short notice. "Tho
sultan , " said the date , "is the most advanced
man of his race. Ho is administering his
OOVBIINMBNT ON El'KOPCAN rillNCirl.ES ,
Ho has a council of state , a department pf
public worus , of ; the treasury , of prisons , of
medicine nnd of immigration under him. Ho
has a postmaster general , n system of schools ,
of ) > ollco and a government printing office.
Ho believes In the development of his coun
try , ana his extensive travels and education ,
together with his natural ability , make him
a very good rulor. In religion ha Is u liberal
Mohammedan , but in everything otao ho Is a
European. Ho has u residence nt Singapore
as well as hero , and ho Is always travel
ing. "
After alone drive nnd a visit nt the data's ,
alter tlflln wowero taken to his majesty's
steam launch nnd thus rode in state across
the straits nnd thence In our cnrrrlago back
through the Jungle to Singapore.
TltAXK O. CAItl'KXTCU.
Iiove's Problem.
France * Itnwllnn ,
Why am I always glad when thou art near ,
Why seems the brcezo so soft , the sky so
clear ;
What is it makes my pulses leap , ana thrill
My swelling heart with joy so deep mid still ;
Why should the warm blood mount ana tint
my check
\.nd Hood my soul with ecstacy so sweet
Whenever thou art nuarl
iVhy am I always sad when thou art pone ,
, Vhy sobs the soughing winds llko these who
mourn ;
iVhy should nil nnturo look so gray and cold.
So dreary , cheerless , llko fair youth grown
old ;
Why should my eyes bo filled with tears un
shed.
tVhy should my heart Ho still , and cold , and
dead ,
Whenever tliou art gouoi
TWO HUNDRED GIRLS.
\ Kaunas Skolcton'H Fourth Mntrl-
inonlul Attempt.
Two hundred husbandlosa women , the
. .renter number of whom rositlo in New
York und its suburbs , have boon busy for
ton duys writings loving lotlora to , T. W.
Collcy , who for three weeks has boon
living at the residence of Richard Vuu-
scivor , No. 1,604 Vine street , und who
Is in senrcli of a wife , says a Phlla-
ilolphia special to the Now York .lour-
iitl : In case Mr. Colloy succeeds in
Ills efforts it will bo his fourth mnr-
lie is a skeleton fop , his weight being
only llfty pounds. In order to secure a
wife ho inserted an advertisement in aNew
Now York paper , representing himself
as a Pennsylvania farmer with a gold
nine.
Mr. CoiToy placed his ease in the
liauds of Superintendent Simpson , of
Castle Garden , and ho referred all ap
plicants to Air. Coffey in this city.
Up to last evening1 over 200 letters
trora women of all races , colors , nation-
ilities , creeds and sixes have been re
coivud.
Ono young women in Utica , N. Y. ,
wrote that she was Ubed to driving the
cows from Holds to the old rod barnand
milked them all.
She added that she could put the pigs
in clover in ten seconds.
A Diamond street girl of sixteen
tvroto , " ! am out of money,011 ! of friends ,
out of work , out of a husband ; for
heaven's Bake marry mo. "
Mary Warner , of Springfield , Mass. ,
said that she had been in the country
only tun days and could wait only ton
more for a husband.
Mr. CoiToy was seen last evening and
said : "I want a wife. I have been
married three times and am willing tc
to make a fourth venture. I want a
girl who'smiles. I have no farm , 'out ]
have money and that's what American
women want. "
Mr. CoiToy , who is thirty years old
says that nis homo is in FortScott.Kan ,
Mr. Coffey will leave for Now Yorli
to-night , where ho will endeavor tc
belect a bride from the 200 applicants.
Plants in Witchcraft.
Occasionally when the dairy inaic
churned for a long time without making :
butter , she would stir tlio cream with u
twig of mountain ash , and beat the cow
with another , thus breaking the witch"j
spell , says a writer in the Populai
Science Monthly. But , to prevent a&
cidcnts of this kind , it has long boor
customary in the northern counties tc
make the churn-staff of ash. For the
same rcabon herd boyn employ an ash
twig for driving cattle , and one maj
often see a mountain ash growing neat
a house. On the continent the tree ii
in equal refute , and in Norway and
Denmark rowan-branches are usually
put over stable doors to keep out
witches , a similar notion prevailing in
Germany. No tree , perhaps , holds
such a prominent place in witch-craft
as the mountain ash , its mystic p'owor
having rarely failed to render fruitlesi
the evil iniluonco of these enemies o
mankind.
To counteract the spell of the evil eye
from which many innocent porsom
were believed to suffer in the witchcraft
period , many llowors have been ir
requisition among the numerouscharrm
used. Thus the Russian maiden still
hang round the stem of the birch tree
red ribbon , the Brahmans gather rice
and in Italy rue is in demand. The
Scotch peasantry pluck twigs of the
ash , the Highland women the ground'
sol , and the Gorman folk wear the rad
ish. In early times tlio rlngwort wai
recommended by Apuloius , and later or
the lorn was regarded as a preservative
against this baneful inlluonco. The
Chinese put faith in the garlic ; and ir
short , every country has its own special
plants. It would seem too , that after i
witch was dead and burled , precaution
ary measures were taken to fustrato hoi
baneful influence. Thus , in Russia
aspen is laid on a witches gra'vo , the
dead sorceress being then provontoc
from riding abroad.
The use of Angostura Bitters excite :
the appetite and keeps the digcstivi
organs in order. Dr. J. G. B. Sieger
& Sons' solo manufacturers. At al
druggists.
How to Ueiimln
True Flag : Take frequent . -ecroaUon
Preserve the fcolingn and habits o
youth.
Keep free of intense excitement.
Keep n clear conscience nnd lead i
life void of olToiiBO.
Insist upon nn nbupdnnco of roguln
sleep.
Avoid excesses of nil kinds whotho
of work , pleasure , eating or drinking.
A man cannot keep young who give
up all the nctivo , health giving oxer
clscs of youth.
It IB the intense excitement , the ex
citement of social life , the ball roon
the theater and the vnrious forms c
social dissipation that make our Amor ]
can girls fad a so rapidly.
An Unirnllunt Kpiicucklan.
New York World : Police justice ( t
man from Kentucky who has offurc
bail for a friend ) Have you nn incun
brance on your farm ?
" .Yea.11
' 'What is itV"
" wife "
"My ,
Dizziness , nausea , drowsiness , di
tress after- outing , can bo cured nnd pr <
vented by taking Dr. J. II. McLean
Liver and Kiduoy Pillots ( little pills
A MOTHER CRDEltT MOCKED
*
"
- - *
She Receives a'ShWoton ' Dressed In
Her Lost , Boy's Clothes.
TURNING GRAY ( qEFORE HER TIME
A Ncbrnnka Woman's PatUctlu Ijcttcr
to a \ VyoiiilnfvSiicrlfr Still Hopes
Alter Bcar tilnR Vainly
Five tiling Ycnr * .
1 r.
Sent Her aUox , of notic- " .
HhorliT Martin , says the Cheyenne
Lender , hag received this remarkable
letter :
Nob. Sir : 1 take the
liberty of addressing you this letter for
information about n matter that con
cerns mo very much. About five years
ago I separated from my husband and
wont to Sidney , Nob. While onrouto
there my boy was lost or stolon. I have
every reason to believe that the latter
was the case , as I have lately heard that
ho was in Cheyenne and going to school
there.
"Soon after my boy'a disappearance 1
received a skeleton represented to bo
his remains , It was accompanied by
an unsigned communication which sot
forth that the body was that of my son ,
and had been found on the prairie near
Cheyenne. *
"Tho skeleton was clothed with the
suit worn by my boy when ho was
stolen from me , but the bonus were
much larger than could have boon
these of my son , who was but seven
years old. Hero is a description of the
boy :
"Ago , twelve , complexion , fair ; nyo.s ,
brown ; hair dark ; had a scar on the
forehead almost exactly between the
eyes and extending downward toward
the nose. His name is Albert Conly.
"I sincerely hope that you will do all
you can to discover whether ho is in
Cheyenne or not and thereby assist a
motiier in learning the falo of a lost
I'hild. The anxiety and worry is nearly
killing mo and I nm becoming old and
gray before my time. I will answer all
questions nnd give you all the informa
tion you desire if you will write mo. I
am , sir , yours very respectfully and in
hope. MUP. Lmiii CONIA" . "
There is n tain of ghastly romance and
intense human interest for you. Family
jars , separation , abduction , grave rob
bing and continued silent deceit to the
misery of an unprotected woman nil
enter into this strange story. Woven
into a crude letter by a loving and heart
sick but uneducated mother , thcso in
gredients make a wiord novel , rivaling
line from master pens. Who can imag
ine the agony of this distressed woman ,
robbed of the light' of her life. Who
can devise a pifnishnient sufficiently se
vere for the crllbl author of her misery
a hardened wretch who robs n grave
to add to the e up of bitterness of her
whom he has ostran'gcd by violation of
tlio holiostSof contracts.
Sheriff Martin hds acted nobly in the
matter. He has searched high and low
for the missing boy , and has made extensive -
tensive inquiries fpr the inhuman hus
band , but has gained no trace of either.
No reply has been received to an offi
cial letter of inquiry , but the failure to
answer is readily explained by the min-
uscript nriiited above. The penman
ship of the bb'dj1 of the narrative is
pretty bad , but thp signature of the
poor mother is simply an awkward
scrawl. She could not write the letter ,
but managed to sign it after a fashion ,
The letter is exceedingly ambiguous
and a finished plot must include
matter between the lines. To form a
connected story it is necessary to bur-
mise. Hero is a vast Hold for specula
tion. The people quarrelled presum
ably at Crawford. Mrs. Conly took her
boy and started for Sidney. Conly
know she loved the child. Ho also had
a fondness for the boy and determined
to recover him. To board the train ,
secure the child nnd leave nt
some station was not diffi
cult. The mother would bo frantic , but
she miibt be punished for leaving him.
In her great affection for her boy the
mother would search for him. She re
turns to Crawford , where aho has ac
quaintances. Now the cruel cunning
of the wicked and revengeful father
comes into play. Ho resolves to con
vince his wife that their son was dead ,
Ho will forcibly impress the fact upon
her mind , and she will cease searching.
A fiendish scheme is hatched. A skel
eton dressed in the boy's clothing shall
bo sent with the information that the
remains were found on the prairie near
Cheyenne. Walks are taken to the
cemetery in the day time and the rest
ing place of some mother's darling se
lected. At night the grave yard ie
stealthily approached. A desperate
companion has been enlisted and the
pair nervously dig , each blow scorning
many times louder than necessary ,
The pick strikes a box. A few
more shovelfuls of earth are
thrown out , the outside case removed ,
coffin opened and body thrust into a
sack. This is carried to some vacant
house or rondo/.ous selected for the oc
casion. A receptacle as much unlike n
collln as possible has boon secured. The
skeleton was thrust into the clothes ol
the living boy , the box sealed and the
terrible night's work completed. Next
day the box was bodily carried to the
express ofllco and billed to the anxious
mother.
Mrs. Conly's unimpassioncd recital is
a revelation of woman's character. How
she must have started back in horroi
after seeing the contents of the mys
terious box. Then she wept hysterically
and refused to be comforted. Recover
ing composure her mother instinct told
her that the skeleton was not that of hci
son nnd natural ncutcncss cnmo to the
rescue , and It was joy to learn that her
child was not dead.
While waiting further information
from Mrs. Conly , Sheriff Martin is
looking for the son nuU Conly.
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should be a gentleman of good ad
dress , natural business ability ,
steady application , and not over
forty years of age.
With a proper party , competent
to product : satisfactory results , with
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Applicant must state age , past
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with full list of references.
All communications will bt
regarded as confidential. Address :
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No. 5 Worth Street , New York.
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N. W. Cor. ! 3th & Dodjfo Sts.
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/ul treatment of every form of disease requlrlnt
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N w rottoratlv * treatment for Ion of Vital Power.
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Medlcinci or Instruments sent by mall or express
aiiurely packed , no marks to Indicate contcnti or
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Cpon Private , Special or Nervous Diseases , Imro-
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BY SMOKING
"Red Labei" Cigars ,
NEW ENGLAND
Furniture Gompany
718 and 720 N. 16th Street.
Are Sole Owners and Manufacturers of "THE
HOUSEKEEPER'S FRIEND. " .
A. Tnblo.
II , Flour Obest ,
t\ Meal ClliKt1
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linking < lor.
< ! . ' Topper.
II. Cinnamon ,
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M. 1'ln Tins , mko Cutters ItolV
lug 1'lns nnd ether muntlN ,
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II , Ton ntul Coffer.
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Special attention given to mailorders.
The ONLY Lawn or Garden Hose MADE which will stand
250 POUNDS PRESSURE.
to BEST , It will LAST tlic LONGEST
A lioio which will rte good work In most cltloa , will not Rlvo Hiitlsfivctlou In
Omixha , ( inac'ouut of the cxtromu high prossuro. Whllu ilcalcrH complain of
other hoio ualui : returned In Urge quantities boeauso It Is not slroni ; t-noiiKli to
Btanilthaprp aitro. A' it One Toot of the"FISH BRAND" h' ' 4 over failed.
Tor sttlo bj- nil dcalcM , or
OMAHA RUBBER Co. ,
1OO8 Farnam-st. , Omaha , Neb.
W liolesale or Retail.
The HUSSEY&DAY COMPANY
Sanitary Plumbing !
Steam and Hot Water Heating !
Gas and Electric Chandeliers !
Art Metal Work , Stable Fittings , Fountains , Vases , Etc ,
LARGEST STOCBt. FINEST SHOWROOMS WEST OP CHICAGO
O"\Vo make a specialty of repair work on Plumbing , GUB or Heating Appar
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always reasonable as iirat-class work will ullow. . a Twonty-flyo years' practi
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409-411 South I5th Street.
I'arliviilnrly aduplcd Tor tnr o Iu\viis or rough gnus.
"The Popular Mower , "
A Full Line of Regular Size Mowers.
EVERY MOWER WARRANTED.
1511 Dodge Street , West of Postoffice.
ETCHINGS , EMERSON ,
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ARTIST SUPPLIES , KIMBALL ,
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FRAMES , SHEET MUSIC.
1513 Douglas SI , Omaha , Nebraska ,
HIMEBAUGH & TAYLOR ,
Hardware and Cutlery ,
Mechanic ! * ' lools , Fiiic Jlronto Jiiilltlar. * ' Qootl9 anil Itit.'fulo Soului ,
1405 Douglas St. , Omaha.
DEWEY & STONE
Furniture Company
A ntognlflccnt tlinplan of everything unr.fnl and nfnainc.ntul In tlio fuml
tuve mttlcer'H art at reasonable prlcca.
BENTS' WITH
WITH '
LADIES'
No. 4'
. ' SPINAl SPINAL
BELT , APFLUNCE Ho , 4 APPIIANCI
ATTACHIB , BELT , ATTACHED.
Klcctro- lialvanlo Holt nml Burpcniory Ciu-o fho follow-
others of n nmoiu clmiaclcr : j'tliKiirau- ll'im of liny klnil ,
Kclatfca , 1'aralvsU , Knl- lepiy , ftpinal DlJca'ca , St. Vlu | > ' Ii
I'llcfl , Heart JH- cases , Lumbago , ( icncrul mid h'crv-
tlvcnees , Kidney Diseases Nervousness , Trembling Wasting jaok Vion. ot the Jlody ,
cauBeil / loin In * illscrctlon In Youth or ilairifd J.ue , KITTOUI J'roktnitlun , 1'enoriAl Weakness or
Kxliauetlon , Female Com. plalntR , In fact all iifrvouadl ci t < ! * > . . * iilMt.iM to Wale or 1A.nnlnV . m challenge tlio
World to produce a belt lliaUUU roinjpurottitli It , The cut rent ( H umlor tha jicrf act control of the wearer and
can bo made mild or Bu j > nw > ry , Ktrouiz lo < llit any complttlut ; thli cannot bo Oono with nny other belt. 'Jho
Suspensory for weakness of ineHlsconncctedillrcciljlotlie Buttery , the dlika nrc BO aclj'.isteiltliatbyjni-.aua of our appliances
o the Electricity . . . can bo carried to any part . . . . . . of ( lie liody r uhcieici ilifenio U located. 'JhU I * tlioTBteiit and
d . Granteiit.linpravement e\cr uifcde. In appljlnj ; Klectrlcly , to t,10 , Boily fnrtiiocureot dTscKioor inareinedlalaucct. Thin
- . . . - - JJrontMi' " 1SccAro'd1",1"110 ? Uody Belt has Junbcimpateutod Auctut 10th , ItiH T , Improvtd r-ebrumy lit.lfisj. Kvcry biiy . r of . ftbclt . .
wants the best , and tliU ho will find the Oxven to be. It differs from all others , ft Is n Battery Belt continuing jo Unlviinlo cells with 100 degrees of Mrcnglh , except our No , 4 Full Power
Qunranteo Belt , which Contptaa Tvrn Batteries nnd TwentyOn vi uio Cells , v\ all 200 degrera of Rtrenglh , has a Positive and Neuattvo current , ami tliu current ranTJU iecrkvd. .
Ihe Owen lleltU not a Cliuln , \ re r ltSplicrtror irpad . ofh-Sydoic-rlfitloli. U will cure all rompluiuU qnrn1)l0l > r Klwtricity or nanhmuc flattery. 'Jim Klcclrio current can bo Tented
ny any one before It U Bmillcd to the body , and la wom onlyfromnix to Inn hours day onil lflit. ; After rximlnlncTliFH belt you will buy no other , a It l light anil ea lly worn and cutioilorto i nllutlicra
now offeredlor Bale. Toil , w _ " Entire Confidence wo hacliour Elcntro.Jal\8nlp ( licit and Appliance , we wilt , et-nd our roll POWOP No. 4 licit complete to rgrporiil.lciiarllc *
en licit HS tlio Lett , bund C cents poktauo for our frcoilliiKiiated
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1- * wMov .v n. w BW ML.I.VWMfjcn MI. nil iimur. uHBuumiuii ut uu ur , ur uj inuu ucc. iivr laiomuiuon now 10 oumiii tnui ucn rco ua-pagi ) pumpuici.
The OWEN ELECTBIC BELT & APPLIANCE CO. . 306 North Broadway , St. Louie , Bid ,