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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1889)
u We have a nice line 01 the H. H. Babcock Btigg Go's work , made at Watertown. 3ST. Y. , that we offer at less than wholesale prices. For the purpose of reducing our stocla of fine work , we offer special \ prices for the next 30 days. If you fwant a good , buggy , cheap , it 1 will pay you to gVt our prices. MADE A COLONEL OUT OF HIM Mexico's Unique Method of Dealing With Bold Bandits. \ I * fcONVICTS IN SOLDIER GARB. tTlic Cltico < lo Mays Celebration and .ho GnlloiiH of I'nlliuo That tlio Patriots Drnnk Dlux us a Dictator. Illvcrs or Pulque. MKXICO CITV , May 8. [ Special Corrospomlonca of THIS BKE. ] It is TIOW three duya since the "Cinco do Tvlayo , " und moat everybody is sober by this time. The Cinco do Mivyo cele brates the victory lit Pnobla by General ZaragObO over the French under Mux- raillian , twenty-seven years ago. The flay is observed in pretty much the eamo style that the Fourth of July is celebrated , except that the Mexicans ihivo one additional factor not possessed Jf the states "pulque. " Of this bovorugo 127,000 pints are drunk daily in the City of Mexico , while on Cinco do Mayo It is snid the consumption was over 100,000 gallons ! Pulque is the juice or sap of the Bingnoy plant , fermented in a pip-skin vessel , and bold during its fermentation. When perfectly frobh , In the early morning , it tnstos like a superior brand of fresh upnlo elder ; a little later the milky taste begins to develop , and by 10 a. in. it is very like good buttermilk. By 8 o'clock it begins to sour , and at sundown nothing but the Mexican "loporo" ctin btomuoh it. It is used by nil classes : tourists , preachers , poona , mestizos nil drink it in abundance. Pulque is a sure cure for dyspepsia , 'tis euid , and once they taste it , one is astonished to see how many Americans develop casca of acute stomach troubles. Pulque does not take the place of beer as n beverage , since half a dozen immense breweries flourish in the re public despite high taxes , and notwith standing you have to pay twenty-live cents a bottle for the beverage thus it bayoud the reach of the poor nting upoon , " who cannot spend more than u "tluco three cents for fiis tipple. TIIK I'UIIQUICTUAIN is an odd sight as it draws into the St. Luguru station. Imagine a train of ton cars , rolling in at daylight , laden with pig-skins and bottles of pulque , fresh from the Holds , Before the sun gilds the top of Popocutupotl , that pulquu will be distributed by carriers into thousands of homos , and will be on snlo nt the hundreds of "pulquerins" throughout the city. The special trains Ly which the Now York newspapers roach their Sunday readers , is the only American institution comparable with the pulque train , and when it comes to eflloioncy of service it would bo difllcult to decide between the two. The Cinco Uo Mayo this year was ob- eon'cd with greater pomp than usual. The Alumuda and Zoeulo woh > docor- nted exquibitoly. President Diaz made the moat of his military stationed here , and although they are undersized and not at all well drilled , they presented an imposing apponrnuca because of their bright uniforms and gay cuparl- totiinjr , There wore L7.000 regular sol- fliers in line , besides the cauets froai Chanultepce the West Point of Mex ico. The son of President Diaz was with the cadets and attracted consider able attention. By the way , the military of Mexico is a uuiquo organization. The president of the republic , General Diaz , is cotn- mandor-in-chicf of the army. The next highest officers are generals of divis ions. For state reasons no one over gets beyond this rank. M.ost of the SOLDI1SUS AIM ! CONVICTS. When a man is convicted of a minor offense lie is clad in uniform , a gun is put in his hands , and he becomes , forth with , a soldioA When the term for which ho was sentenced hns expired , ho may remain , if ho wishes , ' in the'service. . In this event lie gets a stripe on his coat sleeve to distinguish him from thn others , and ho also receives 1-1 cents a day pay , in addition teTood nnd _ rations. While ho is n convict ho is still under guard of paid soldiers , who have orders to shoot him if ho attempts to escape. It is not nn uncommon sight to see two convict soldiers carrying water , each followed by a regular soldier with a gun full cocked. A story is told that illustrates the military service of Mexico most admir ably , and its truth is well vouched for. It appears that there lived in the moun tains near Guadulajara , a very famous bail it. Uo had committed so many crimes and had such a lawless gang ol rulllanu witli him , that a reward of $10- 000 was ottered for his head. In vain they tried to trap him , until iinnlly the pursuit was abandoned. Then the ban dit chief wrote a letter to the president otToring his services , and those of his men in the regular army. The upshot of it was that the leader received n full pardon. WAS MADH A COLONKL in the regular army , and his men wore put in the service at one dollar a day ouch ! "HI General Porflrio Diaz , " as the Mexican papers term him , president of Mexico , is one man in ton thousand. Ho is idolized by the conservatives and fiercely hated by the others , especially the peons. If over a man was a dicta tor , acting under thu title of president , Diaz is the man. His fidelity to the host interests of Mexico Is unques tioned. That ho is patriotic , honest and diplomatic are indisputable ) facts. But lie constantly reminds one of the French king who , being told that the interests of the state demanded certain concessions from him , exclaimed : "Tho statol I am the statol" That General Dinis ambitious his best friends do not deny , and it is not hard to believe that ho could SAKUhY JiCrAUl5 IIIMSKU" DICl'ATOH in the event ho finds re-election at the end of his present term at all diflicull , with safety. lie has the army at his back and the army holds down Mexico. Apropos of Mexican presidents , a gentleman ] K > lntod out , the other day , at Guauoiunta , a one-armed man , ap parently sixty odd years of ago. "That , " said he , ' 'is General Gonzulos , who * cleaned the republic out of $30,000,000 during the four years ho was presi dent. " I looked at the general with more than ordinary interest when my informant added : "If he did that with one arm what would he have boon cupa- ble of had ho possessed both his arms ? " President Diaz has kept his skirts sin gularly free from stain and the thieves and plunderers realize they have no sort of show with him. Some of his enemies , however , say that Diaz has made his father-in-law , Souor Ruble , minister of state , M > that a sort of "Jor- kins" arrangement can bo made with contractors ami others who always are ready to "fry fat" when necessary , Of course , the friends of Diaz deny their allegation , and s.iy that Snnor Kubio is at the head of affairs , because , beluga relative of the president , he can _ bo more implicitly trusted by that ollicial. And thus it goes : charges and counter charges , political intriguing all the time. It is fun , all thia dancingfor the ollico-holdors , but the trouble is the "real" 1-i poor peonworking for a - cr-.nts a day , has to pay the tiddler ; , . " There a the "ruo. And when Mexico has her next revolution , this is what it will spring from. CIIAHMM A. WirAs. : Iluoneo/Jil'uhum * fuX V. Met cut u- You bet you. now Parson , I hnowod him ; Bill Urijips was a follow to know , An' I toll you , if Heaven hns throwcd him .It's a-pluyin' it mighty low. It was ail very well , .vou a-stanclm' Excusln' liitn tlioro uv the bior. IJut I notlcod you frequent ti-huiiliu1 His memory one on tlio car. Yon said that ho died o-ropontiu' An' blubborin' over his sius , That's your wny o' roisrepresentin' Us outs to tlcklo the ins It's nil hypocritical drivel : Hill wasn't a feller to trim , An' ho didn't work on a swivel No "turn , sinner , turn , " for him. All the turnln' ho doiio was at furo , An' that ho done fa'r nr.d squar , An' of ho mus' dance the bolero Hot-footed , forever down thur. Thn'U bo plenty o1 pardons nurtakin' In that little jamboruo. * Who nro coin' to funerals a-makin1 Itcumrks which Is too dam free. Bill HrigRs wasn't nobody's liur , Ho could bust all the boy ? , Just the same. An' ho didn't need no hall tire To lound tUum up Into his guuio , His plan was to fjivo 'em u show , sir , To every chump n bquur' dual , That's nothin' to brngnbout , no sir , Nor nothin' to tnako linn squeal. Well , William l dona , an' I'll let vou Jest toll it the way thnt. you will ; Hut I'vo got n loose twenty to bet you You'll weaken at last wowe'n Hill. THE EMPIRE NIGHT-GOWN. The Daintiest Garment That Woman linn Yet Worn. The empire night-gown is about the daintiest , most visionary , intangible suggestion of n garment imaginable , sayb thn Now York Sun. It is made of the thinnest grabs linen over woven , and embroidered entirely by the deft fingers of skilled nocdlo-women. A touch of the ordinary machine work would bo sacrilege to the ethereal slum ber-gown , whoso ovury seam is not a Beam at all , but a tiny beading of em broidery set between two rolled edges of the material and fast ened by invisible stitches. It is drawn up into fine shirring about the low surplice neck , buck from which turns a full broad llounco , cut in deep joints and edged with real Val enciennes luce. Just below the ma terial is shirred by ribbons run under lace inserting into the short , full Josephine waist , the folds falling straight again to the feet , whore the numberless tiny tucks are run by hand. The Bloovos are full puffed affairs , ending in the broad rufllo just below the elbow. The chemise is of the same sheer , thin cloth , drawn up about the shoul ders into the full broad rulllo. with its deep points edged with luce , and the coreot cover is shaped by line tucks at the waist , the fullness above them fit ting the bust and gathered again into the broad rufllo which fulls buck from tlio nock. ur t r * HMTTP WAS11IIS , Tho.City Fathers Held a Council of War. LIKE A VERY DRAGON OF OLD. Ho Cnirlcil Oft" HorseCuttle anil Other I.ilvc Sfiic ! : , and seized Il.ibii4 Balmo The Shriek- iiifj Mother' * , 12yc . HlrwHim In His Cnvtv During the last twelve months it has been a matter of frequent complaint among the inhabitants of the districts cast and north of Arlma , that their do mestic animals of all kinds wore being lost in a btrangu , unexplained manner , usually at night , according to a writer in the Portof Spain , ( Trinidad ) Gazette. Scarcely a day seemed to iiass without a goat or a pig , a calf or a donkey be ing reported missing , and latterly oven larger animals some valuable mules and horses had gone to join the smaller domestic fry that had disap peared. Among the sufferers Mr. John Agostini , of Aripo , lost two mules within five days on his cocoa planta tion , and Mr. J. G. de Cannes , in visit ing some young cultivation of his in Tururo , hnd lost his horse which ho had left to graze for only half an hour , a distance of about a hundred yariis from where ho was talking with a con tractor. A strange feature of these depredations was thnt no trace of blood was over found at the spot visited , or in its neighborhood , to show sign of some struggle with a giant carmen or carni vorous beast , which the monster was at first supposed U > be. Besides no animal of the sivo required to carry off a horse was known to oxibt in the iblund. In many of the cases , however , it was noticed that the ground under the cocoa trees and the forest undergrowth showed signs of having been crushed , not trampled upon , hyUho body of some uiooth but gigantic Deast. The people began to watoh at 'illpht ' , no alarm as yet making knowiiiho passage of the monster on his ruidssavo the barking of dogs , u few of whiah hnd albo disap peared with dibinal howls. It was also notlcod that the tvaoes through the vegetation always slojipcd at streams , and seemed to vaniBhiaUogothor after that. J11 On Sunday mornifig ; the inhabitants of Ariinu wore1 throwninto ) consterna tion by the news thnU three children had disappeared in the Ward of Gaun- ape during the past week , and they wore supposed to have become tlio victims of the raiding mounter. Their names were given as M3ria Concopcion , Marc Antoine and 'Carmen Baptistri. The news was telegraphed to Port of Spain , and the warden was instructed by the governor to continue his efforts to track the monster , especially by col lecting nn armed posse and instituting energetic pursuit. Later in the afternoon news was brought from Aripo that two children , Paul and Hose Logrund , brother and eistor , hud been lost , one on Saturday and one on that very morning. In this instance the mother had boon the terror-stricken eye-witness of the car rying off of her little boy , aged throe years. It seems that while sitting in a state of semi-stupor , mourning the loss of herlittle daughter , Rose , five years oldwho had disappeared in the grounds round her hut Saturday at noon , with out any truces being found of her , she was startled by the screams of her child Paul , who was playing a few yards from her. Koted with horror , shcT then saw her cnild enveloped in the coils of the upper part of the body of a colossal snake , which elided away with its prey into the depths of the forest. A num ber of residents of the district , armed with guns , to whoso ranks new. accesborics were continually com ing , began to scour the country after the snake , among them Joseph Concepcinn and Paul Logrand , sr. , fathers of two child victims. The excitement in Aruna was raised to the highest pitch on Tuesday when news will brought that the grout ser pent had boon seen on the Arima heights , and that two children , Juan Castillo and Pablo Hernnndehatl been carried off by him. The report of the two occurrences stated that the snake had been distinctly scon on the two oc casions ; that , consequent tin the alarm given on the first occasion , the people wore on the qui vivo , and that a hunter , Emmanuel C'aldoron , had twice lired with shot into the beast as ho had half swallowed the crushed body of young Hernandez , but with the only effect of hastening his progress in the direction of the Morno Bleu or Blue Mountain. The warden thought the news serious enough to request , through the colon ial secretary , some assistance from Port of Spain , with rifles of greater pene trating power than the guns used by tlio majority of the pursuers. Accord ingly Sergeant Gibian was sent to Arima by the afternoon train with six policemen armed with Martini Henry rillos , and his excellency , the governor , added the consideration of these extraordinary occasions to the order of the day of the central agricul tural boardwhich hold its first mooting on Wednesday at noon , when the colonial nial secretary brought forward the question of the great snake , stating that he had obtained all available informa tion from the warden up to date. At 0 o'clock Thursday mornintr a motley cavalcade was seen issuing out of Arima in a northerly direction. They wore the warden and his party on their wuv to the Blue mountain , in the neighborhood of which searching par ties had located the snake the day be fore. He had been seen by one of the hunters to enter tlio Guachuro caves in the hill separated by a hollow from the mountain , and a cordon had gradually been formed round the hill to prevent his sallying out. Rev. Cure , of Arima , whom they mot on the way , further told them that ho hud heard the snake had tried to issue from the caves on the southern side , but had to beat a retreat in these dangerous recesses on being greeted with a volley. With the war den's albo the colonial party wore sec retary. Mr. McCurthySorgeant Gibian , thu armed police from town and guides from among tlio residents of Arlma heights. But other parties were also on the warpath and the parly received several additions on the way. Reaching the hidden waters of the Arima river , the party entered a cave in which was a pool. Presently the dogs become unruly and one of the men saw the waters move. With rilles cocked , all eyes wore now fixed upon the pool. The dogs now began to howl , and whether the noise roused the terrible occupant of the caves or ho otherwise- became aware of the existence of the party , the head of a monstrous snqko suddenly appeared on the surface of the pool , and two largo and lustrous eyes became fixed with a diabolical gleam on the intruders. An angry hiss , like the plunging of u red- hot beam into the pool , issued from the hideous head. A muttered signal , and a volley rang with reverberating echoes through the cuvo. Largo stones fell upon the jagged roof , and the startled guaohuros flow wildly in ull direction * , uttering their dismal screech. The huilla had not boon killed by the bul lets aimed at his head. With great rapidity ho seemed to uncoil his length from tlio depths of the pool , and with fully twonty-livo foot of his body raised and curved forward as if to dart at his assiulors , he boomed to bo emerging from the uool. A few whispered wordn notified half the party to aim at his liond and the other half at the central party of his body. The second volley produced the desired effect. The colossal sniike leaped wholly out of the pool , and with a few terrible convulsions , in which ho lashed the water und thn lloor of the cavern , ho same quivering to the ground , a third volley for a quietus in suring his certain death. This fact was then made sure of. and the caves wore soon invaded by the pursuers. "Tho monster was dragged out into the level and found to measure forty- seven feet , the thickest part of his body having a diameter of two and a half feet. In color ho was yellow in the upper part of his body , dark above , with dark rings encircling the body , between which semi-lunar gray disks served as spots to variegate the skin. Ho was opened by the machotas of some cocoa pruners , o nil or the direction of Mr. McCarthy. In him there wore found the half-digested body of a deer , and a number of forma pauporis forms , probably swallowed by him , with the body of Rome unknown and unfortunate cocoa contractor. By ( ! : ! l ( ) p. in. the joyful concourse , dragging the monster , reached Arlma , whore tlio necessary btops wore taken to preserve the carcass for display in the council hall of Port of Spain. The exciting - citing occurrences connected with this monster are still the subject of general discussion and gossip. The island has not for a long time been disturbed by tragic incidents of this extraordinary nature. \Vo have been favored in the matter with perusal of a dispatch from the American consul to his department at Washington , wherein ho refers to the occurrence ns an extraordinary event , beating creation in the snake fclory record , which joined to the monumental assurance of its editors , places the small island at the mouth of the Orinoco , wherein he represents the United States government , in the foremost line of the West Indies. Kunflower Hood For K.its. The dibcovory that sunflower seed is an irresistible bait for rats recalls the fact that it is likewise the favorite food of tlio English sparrow , when he can not get wheat. The Louisville Courier- Journal thinks that if both those nuis ances could bo suppressed by this means it would bo worth the government' ) * while to name a supplementary Arbor * Day for tbo planting of sunflowers , Tlic Illrtlipluoo of Koljort Hums. UU llnlcri O , Ingertotl. ThouRti Scotland boants a thousand names Of patriot , klnc and ixser , The noblest , grandest of them all Was loved and cradled horo. Hero lived the gcntla peasant prlnco , The loving cotter kln # , Compared with whom.tlio greatest lord Is but a titled thin ) ; I 'TU but a cot roofed In with straw , A hovel raado of cloy ; One door shuts out the snow and storm , One window greets the day. And yet I stand with In this room And hold all throne * In scorn , For here , beneath this lowly thatch , Lovo'9 sweetest bard was bora. VYUaln this hallowed hut I feel Like ono who clasps a shrjuo. When the glad lips at last liavo touched The something doomed divinol And here the world through all tbe years , As lone aa day returns , Tha tribute of its love and loan pay to Itobert Uuriul OKLAHOMA'S FIRST NEWSPAPER. Tlio Oittlirlo GotU | > , u Ulttlo Slicot "Wlilcli Acts Up to in Title. The salutatory of the Guthrie Getup , the first newspaper publibhod in Okla homa , breathes the air of the free and unfettered west. "Wo prance into the field at the head of the proccbsion. Praise Jehovah , all yo good people , and let the praises re sound to the measured stroke of our now job press. Ah , there's the rub ! If you do not give UH job work wo must go baolc to our wife's folk. This would place us in a wretched fix , for wo are not mar ried. This last statement , " adds tha editor facetiously , "is particularly di rected to single women who hold corner lots. " Then the policy of the paper is briefly outlined in vigorous language. "Slioufd any man even as much as kick his dog wo will give the public an accurate es timate of the motive power usod. Pafe- tors , free of charge , can look tit onr devil , and the W. C. T. U , in hereby ap proved. The correct weight of tha newly born will be given. " From a peculiar phase of the situation the "long felt want" paragraph is miss ing , but the editor -presages much for the future. "Our Washington hand press is in soak , und this accounts for the postage ) stamp si/.o of the present edition , as it had to bo printed on our new job press. The next issue oxpoctB to put on en larged und more dignilied punts , and then wo 11 make things hum until GuUi > rio is a manufacturing capital of 100,000 , people. " A auspicious and lugubrious note fol lows : "Funeral notices will be published at a discount of 00 per cent. " The rural loculetto column fairly teems with scintillating brilliancy. "Our streets are being laid out. Thank heaven this cannot bo said of our citizens. "Uncle Sam stopped the Rolling water at the little village of Oklahoma. Poor fellows ! They will now have to drinls beer. "A few lying pups are reporting stor ies of free llowing blood and numerous killings. The whelps know bettor. Tlioro hasn't boon a man killed in Guthrie rio Hiuco the 2id. ! "Tho first Sabbath in Oklahoma was n quiet and orderly ono. No real estate * business was done , the gambling games wore postponed until Monday morning' , and no one was killed. "Tho first fire in Cuthrlo was the burning of Marshal Jones' tent. The writer had a rlllo stock badly scorched , and this curiosity rollo is now for sale. All relics of the conflagration now on bale at the Getup office. "An excursion from Arkansas City , Sunday. That's proper , boys. "We have throe banks , but one is a sand bank. Hu ! Hat "Jonathan Bowers la the flrut sub scriber. Lord bless him. Come forward brethren. "Guthrio has no flics on her. "East Guthrie boasts the fullest claim- holder in the west. She halls from Chicago cage , sings like a lark , and will make it hot for jumpers. " Rhft WaMt't a 'On I or. A Florida gentleman dreamed a fovr nights since that an allgalor hud him. lie had often hoard that it you would gouge them In the eyes they would tura you loose. So ho proceeded to stick his thumb into the all gator's eyes , Uo awoke Instantly from tha screaming of pain from hU wife , when ho found that ho had almost nut both her eyes out. She claims ho dia it oti purpose and re fuses to become pacified. She is mod yot.
