Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, August 25, 1889, Part II, Page 13, Image 13
THE * CMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , AUGUST 25 , ISSO.-SIXTEEN PAGES. A MODERN SLEEPY HOLLOW , A Noonday Visit to the Village of Bollovuo. A VERY ROMANTIC INCIDENT. A Letter Found In a Deserted Ilouso Tolls n Tnln oCHIn and 8or- row About tlio Village. Omnlini'a First Competitor , Nearly every ono 1ms roml Wash ington Jrvlng's pretty "Legend of Slcopy Hollow , and as they road It dronmt of droning boos , trickling : waters , sighing winds and sweet pas toral BOO n 03. Thora Is n spot near Omaha which forcibly recalls the tale to mind , run ! that spot IB Bollovuo. The little vll- lago down nour the rlllo ran go IB unlike the "Sloopy Hollow" described by Irv ing , only in Unit it IB located upon the hillsides rnthor tlmn in the valley. Landing from u B. & M , train ut a dolaptdatcd little station , ono looks around for a tiino ut a loss to lociitc the village , not n vcstigo of which can bo Boon. Across the track a farm houoo nostlcB among the trees and up hack of the depot an old blind horse bumps from tree to trco. A few soldiers from the range and two or thrco rustics from the village who , in pursuance to their regular custom have assembled at thot depot to BOO the train go by , have already faded away among the troos. The taciturn station ngont , after picking up the lean sack of mail thrown from the passing train , has retired - tired behind the wire screen that in closes his sanctuary. Spying a plank sidewalk loading up the hillside , the visitor follows it , and after n graded aa- ccnt of nearly a quarter of a railo , emerges upon the plateau. Three houses stand at the top of the hill , and all of thorn are "vacant. The first is small and tumblod-down , and so is the third , but the second is a dwelling o' Bomo protontions ns to size and eomoli- noss. The yards are all overgrown with woods , the window glass is broken , and the picture presented is ono of lonohncss and desolation. Ono can well imagine those old dwellings the residence of ghosts and all other tnuii- nor of spooks and uncanny things. Ono of the doors in the roar of ono of the houses is found open , and the visitor enters the duaty , mouldy place , but withdraws with more alacrity than with which he went In , alarmed by the whirr of numerous huts , disturbed by the intrusion from their morning sloop. But the doslro to investigate the do- Bortod manse is so strong that the instinctive - stinctivo repugnance to the uncleanly birds of the night are overcomeand the explorer ucain enters and moves across the Icitchon. The falling footsteps make n most gruesome racket and sounds "kinder scarey. " There is nothing muqli to ho seen upon the lower floor. There is a pile of rubbish in ono of the corners of ono of the front rooms , but in overturning this with a caaa nothing is revealed but a lot of cockroaches , a few of which run up the intruders trousers legs , considerably to his discomfort. Thcso , are removed by a some what laborious process , and the investigation continued. Mounting the ' dusticovorcd stairway , a small hall is reached , aud from this open throe doorways into as many different rooms. > In the first two entered nothing IE found , but in the third another heap o ! rubbish la discovered. Not wishing tope po through the cockroach experience again , the explorer first tied strings about the bottom of his trousers , and then boldly attacks the heap of trasl with his cane. Near the bottom u package - ago of old letters , receipts , bills , un ( ] the line is found. They arc common' ' place enough except ono letter , wtiicl ; has a sparkle of romance in it. Here It Is : NEW HAVES , Conn. , Monday , July 13 , 1871 Iny Dearest : Though you have cruel I' ' wronged me , my woman's heart , still throb for you , my dearest ono , and if you vvouu only return to mo , all would bo forgive i you , as it has boon me. At last , though m ; sin was awful , my dear old father am mother have taken mo to their arms am forgiven all and , oh , my darling , if yoi would only como back to mo and make the reparation that you can , wo may be happ ; once again. Wo cun move fur away fron this place and go whcro DO on knows us. and begin life all eve again. Ob , my precious ono , Hi ink of you all the time. I sit out undo the trees of the old home , and thinly am think of the happy iluvs you and I once , hai together before all this trouble came , an when aslcop at night I dream of. you nlway E AH I wrote.you In my lest , our babe I dead. H sleeps over in the old ccmotcri where you and 1 used to walk on Sundays but I don't prlevo for it so much now , be cause I know it is bettor for it to bo thnr tliuu to live always in shamo. I am not vor strong yet , and the old pain in uiy hen comet back every once in awhile , but tli dot-tor says that I will got well and bo stron again. Hut , darling , I don't want to live i you won't como back to me. Oh , como to mi my ono love , come back and take mo awa with you. . I beg you , on niy bonded knoci to come. I am BO tired now that I must sto ) 1 Khali wait for you. dear. I shall wait an .watcb the train every day until you com bauk to me. With all my love , LOUIHU. Poor girl ! Did she wait and wni . until the passion wrecked heart gro' ' sick and the frail body grow more fro ; and the tottering stops weaker still Did she watoh and wait , longingly , lo\ inglv , forgivingly , but in vain , until t last the heart strings broke and all he trouble was over , or did ho who hn wronged her so cruelly bring hannino ! to her wounded heart by returning I her again ? Which ? No use to appoi to the faded letter lying there It muto. Those who road those lines wl never know the end. It will die one < the unwritten romances of life. Leaving the house , the wayfnrc takes his way along the grass-grow road , passing other torn-down and dc sorted dwellings. It is noontitno and not a human bo in is to bo boon anywhere , A way up o the crest of the hill porches the colloe building and well out towards the pru rio is the largo square structure whic looks na though it might bo a publl school. Those are the only modern n | pouring buildings in the place. Up at the other end of a long , ran bling street , upon opposite sides of tl thoroughfare , uro two general ator representing the entire conunoroli interests of the village. Upt ono corner of the street stands the r mains of a ohalkstone building th board a strong resemblance to a villa ) calaboose. The entire street is tra ersed , and not n man , woman or chl eeon. Turning into a road loading t ward the west , an old church is disco orod. Klin and maple trees grow closely together in the church yardth their blending foliage totally obaeur the sky above. The place is dump ai productive of cold shivers. All tl blinds in thoohuroh windows uro close and the sacred edltlco looks as though had not boon used for years. Everything looks unused and decay in this almost deserted village. Out across the prairies a little way another church an old rod buildin with a pitched roof and peaked window frames , The window glass , however. Is all gene , and so uro the doors and powa. ttclurnlngtowardalho rlvor , a differ ent route is taken , anil a path followed which lends through a long , winding ravlncrank with follngo and suggestive of snakes and other things that creep and crawl. Traveling along this , U is not dilllcult to be- llovo" the stories about counterfeiters and their dons said to bo located in the vicinity , and when n little timorous "rabbit Jumps across the pathway it Is suflicicnt tq send such n cold chill tip the traveler's back , so cold that ho im mediately climbs the hlllsldo hack into the sunlight. There is a pretty view from the crest of the hill. The rlvor glistens in the sunlight ; the foliage is bright and green , and the brIghtKoldon rod tlccks the hillsides. Up hero , out of the chill and damp of the ravlno , everything is conducive to day dreams and rovory , and throwing himself upon the luxur ious grans , the thoroughly tired out ex plorer loses himself in luzy retrospec tion. tion.And And such is Bollovuol As lazy and sleepy us the "Slcopv Hollow" of Irv ing , and OB ono follows the winding roadways , the appearance of Jchabod Crnno and his giant charger would ho In perfect accord with the scone. Two 1-iovm ittra .S'fimi { JMfcr fit the Centura- I wonder if n cci tain lane So happily is faring < Vs when my that love , Ellen Jane , There too. : her dally airing. My lollipops I sh < tred wltU her , And , ikiintfast of misses , For every sweet , without doomr She paid mo oJT ia kisses. Mv latest love is Eleanor , The Juno is quite dorldod , And though I still divUo with her , My pay la undecided. Sometime * when sweats and flowera most rare I on her shrine am showering , Her smiles with sunshine illl the air , But ah ! too oft she's lowering. No matter how I strive and woo , No more for mo such blibs 13 To see her ui she used to do- Put up her mouth for kisses. Sweet Eleanor , thouch crown are wo , My love bring more of pain Than when your summers numbered three Aud you were Ellen Jane. AIUSlCAIj AM ) 1)11 ASIATIC. Miss Eames made her second debut at the Paris opera as Marguerite in "Faus t. " Tessi Butler bus been engaged by Jolm A. Steven * to play the comedy role in "Wife for Wife.11 Mr. G. H. Sothorn will reappear in the Ly ceum theatre ia "Lord Chutnley" on the "iOth of August. ' Mr. Charles Hawtry's next production in London will be a now comedy by Sydney Grundy. The fortunes of "bootless' Haby" are fol lowed with interest at the Madison Squuio theatre Now York. Moro than a dozen of the principal theaters in London are closed , and tne i > ramatic tide there is ut its lowest ebb. Miss Mary Anderson has Ukcn a largo liouio in Wetherby road , Lyndhurst Gar dens. Sn her favorite locality , Hauip- stcad. English opera has had a hearing in Lon don , the Italian season having closed. Wal lace's "MaritUnn" was chosen as the opening work. Our gifted comiutrlot , MUs Calhoun , is under an engagement to nut with M. Co- quolin aino in Paris and the French pro vinces. At Kroll's Garden , Berlin , recently , as there was DO contralto available to play Sic- bel in "Faust , " the part was intrusted to u baritone. In addition to M. Godard's ' "Danto" anJ M. Deffo's ' -Shylock , " the Pans opera Coin- iquo will this winter offer a revival of M. Joncioro's "Uimitri. " The Belgian baritone Blauwort has sung the purl of Gouracmanz in "Pa,1 sifal" with marked success. A report , however , that he did so in French Is denied. Kate Putnam is to close her Australian tour on September S3 and to sail a few da.rs later for San Francisco , where she Is booked to appear early in November. Leonora Bradley will not be In the cast of "The Lion aud the Lamb" after to-night , She will probably return to melodrama as it is in that class of play that she is seen at her best. best.Charles Charles Arnold will play his first Ameri can engagement in America at McVicker't theater , Chicago , daring the two weeks ol the exposition tbcro , beginning on Septeiu bcr8. The volume by Mr. Edwin Draw , shortly to bo published in London , will bo entitled "Harry Irving , On and Olt the Stage , " and will bo more comprehensive than was origin ally intended. Florence Beli , who won much favorable notice In the original "Ermmio" cast , Is tc again appear ut the Casino this season. Shi is cast for an important part m "Tho Druu Malor's Daughter. " Two concerts of Scandinavian muslo won piven recently at the Trocadero , In Paris , a which 120 Norwegian singers participated and m which compositions by Griog auc Svondson were heard. The violinist Herrmann is reported tohavi paid 21,000 marks for a collection of instru mcnts which included a Stradivuriua violii dated 1712 , a viola and un alto of Guuiicriu aud a 'cello of Guadagnlni. Mma. Patti will begin a concert tour ii London and the English provinces on Octo ber 10 , receiving 700 for each concert. Shi will make her reappearance in America 01 December U or 10 , at Chicago , with th Abbey comuany. It Is possible that the American peopl huvo not heard the lust ef the recent atterap to dethrone King Kulakaua of the Hawallai islands. Gilbert and Sullivan have boon ad t vised to make the outbreak the basis o the homo for Incurables at Fordham. Mi Strakosck was taken to tbo Fordham asylui Thursday afternoon. His sickness is dc scribed as paralysis by Dr. Todd. Thomas' "Nadeshda1 Mr. Goring opera will bo brought out in course of the comlu winter at Hamburg and Hrcslau. The ido of producing it at the Berlin opera has boo abandoned , although most likely ' Nudes ! da" will bo given later on at Kroit's tbeato in that city , Mrs. Ycamnns will innUo her first appeal once in Now York since she wont away to th far west at Daly's early In October. "Life , the pluy which Mr , Daly produced at th present Fifth Avenue theater when ho wn in managerial control of it , is tbo ono i which she will nlfc-ct her reappearance. Hattlo Dolaro , of comic opera fem ? , whos marriage to Mr. Uarnus of San Francisco , son of a milling millionaire , about n year ns caused considerable comumnt , wants put llcity given to her assertion that she obliged to return to the stage ia order to sti | port herself , and that she will never , uovo never bo reconciled to her husband. ' i- io > o . Hnir-IIenrtiMt. 38 " If I could love thee , Love , a little more , If thy fair love outlived the brief swei 3- rose Ite If in my golden flold were all thy store , ; e Aud all my jpy within thy garden close I heart bo full foe v- Then would pray my to vId Forever , and a little bit beyond. Ido o- If daffodil and primrose were not frail , ov - If snowdrop died not ere tbo dying day v3O If I were true as Daphnis In tbo tale , At If tbou couldst love as Juliet In the pla iv. Thou would I teach my heart to feel iv.U OS fond Forever , and a little bit beyond. But since I fear I am but wayward true , it And wayward false , fair Love , tin seem'st to bo Since I aouio day must sigh for soinothli And each day tbou for Life's monotony ritheo , tay era yet wo grow too fond , And let mo pass i THE ARMY TARGET PRACTICE , Not Many Years Ago There Was No Such Thlnff. HOW SHARPSHOOTERS ARE MADE The Origin of Shnrpshootlnc in the Army or the United States Ita Subsequent Development , Sliontlnc nt Ilnllseycs. For several weeks past the crack ol rifles , carbines and revolvers has dis turbed the usual Sabbath stillness of Uollovuo , and has awakened a thou sand echoes in the rtivinos that sur round the rillo range of the Depart ment of the Pintle. The infantrymen came first , then the cavalry , and now the distinguished marksmen of all departments are engaged - gaged in preliminary practice for a competition to begin Tuesday. Itallovtio range , in Its appointments , is ono of the 'cost in the service , but at the sumo time scores will not run so high hero , as the skirmish targets are elevated above the level of the earth , mnking it richochot shot , so often scored on other ranges , impossible. It has only been for nine years that the United States troops have hud the advantage of regular rlllo practico. Before the war , when the army was armed with mu/.zlo loading rillcs and ininnio balls , the old guard used to march out to a sort of rillo range and discharge their pieces at targets in or der to unload , being unable to draw Iho charge. This was nil the practice with a rillo they had in these days ono shot for each man when ho was relieved from guard. If the man hit the target at n hundred yards it was considered that the man had achieved a note worthy foal , and the incident was ro- hited and discu sed about camp for ilays. Major W. It. Henry , father of the genial Colonel Guy V. Henry , inspec tor of small arms practice for this department , in a collec tion of sketches of camp lifo , relates that once at a post on.tho Tlio Grande a man attempted to desert , but the guard tired and hit him at seventy yards. This was considered a wonderful shot , and was discussed throughout the imiiy. Now , if a. soldier could not achieve the same feat at fiOO yards ho would bo considered a "dub shot. ' The first book on rifle practice for the army was written , or rather translated from tlio French , by Captain Heath , of the Tenth in fan try' , some tiino previous to the war. This had but little olTect , however , and failed to bring about a general system of rille prnctico. Some years later Colonel Laidlpy , of the ord nance department , compiled a mnirinl , and at. the time was accused of Imvh.e ; purloined his ideas from a book written by Colonel Wingato , inspector of the New York state militia , written by him to govern the rillo practice of the citizen soldiery of that state. The Now York militia hud the benefit of training in the use of their weapons long prior to the regular army and had a most excellent rungp at Crecdinoor. As a result the troops of that state became very proficient in the Ube of the rillo , and it was principally duo to the excellent results obtained in New York that regular target practice was ordered for the army. In the regular army the ilrst par ticular interest in rillo practice was dis played in the Department of Dakota , ' tne'n commanded by General Terry. This olllccr was fortunate in having for hih inspector of small arms practice Captain Blunt , who took the greatest interest in improving the marksman ship of the troops , and who , encouraged by General Terry , compelled the sol diers in that department to practice regularly in the use of the rillo. Such good results wore obtained that the in terest awakened amongr the olllcers and men in the Department of Dakota spread throughout the service , and be came general. Soon there was great rivalry among the troops to excel in marksmanship and to load in the pub lished figured merit reports. From that tlmo rillo practice bocnmo compulsory throughout the army. Four years ago Captain Blunt was or dered to repair to Washington and prepare - pare a manual upon target shooting , which lie did , and as a result of his labors the army now has a most excel lent manual upon thissubject. Soon after this Capt'iin Blunt was made a lieutenant-colonel on General Sheridans bluff in recognition of the services ho had rendered in preparing this book and stimulating in the troops a desire to attain proficiency in tlio use of their arms. Lust vciir Colonel Blunt revised his first manual , malting buch changes as i three years' experience in its use would 1 dictate. The principal ohanpo made was In requiring additional points at individual skirmish liring , to raako the man a sharp shooter or marksman. This was n sensible change and resulted in in creasing the ollicioncy of the army in marksmanship. This was demonstrated by Iho fact that in the lust department competition at Bellevue the competit ors gained over 2,000 points over the same number of competitors of last year. The highest skirmish run in the com petition of 1888 , was 104 , this year one man made 1222. Last year 84 men out of CG competitors , attained an average of over 100 per cent , but thie year out of the same number of compel- titers , C4 men made higher than 100 in skirmish runs. At the last competi tors the lowest skirmish percent ot any man was 50 , but last year the percent ages ran as low as 21. Said Colonel Henry , who for four years haahudchurgeof the competition at Bellevue , to a reporter last Tuesday : ns ho glanced over the above quoted ligures , "all those points go to show the rapid progress and improvement In the use of the riilo , carbine and revolver , now taking place in the army. Those results attained , and shown by those figures , are beyond question. The range markers are in the pits undoi charge of an olllcor , and miring the firing do not know when any Individual man is shooting , but in the army , as ir all other trades and professions , there are a number of doubting Thomases , t class of men who uro too lazy or indifferent foront to exert themselves to excel ir anything- , and so spend their time scoff , t input the mon who have ambition t < perfect themselves in their culling Those men will scoff at and question tion reported scores of others , bu dcdplto those follows , the scores madi at this last competition show Doyond i doubt whatcan , bo done by zealous , am bilious ofilcers who can enthuse thoii troops with a doslro to excel.Vhll there are other duties required of a soldier II dior , ho may be perfect in them all am yet. if unable to properly use his arms no is of no benefit to the service in cas of active service. ' ' in During every year , at every post Ii the faervico , the troops are required t practice at target shooting daily fo two months , and recruits are given in Btructlons In sighting and the use n the rifle in the galleries , using reducoi BROWNING , KING & COMPANY The Largest Manufacturers and Retailers of . > .i in IIST THE ANNOUNCE to the public of Omaha and vicinity that THEIR FALL STOCK HAS ARRIVED. We will "be ready to offer for your inspection , the Finest and Most Perfect fitting1 line of Fall and "Winter EVER SHOWN IN THIS WESTERN COUNTRY. Favor us with a call and allow us to show you this really magnificent line of goods , even though you do not care to buy at present. To lovers of Fine Clothing OUTSIDE of Omaha , Do NOT FAIL WHEN IN THIS CITY TO VISIT OUR STORE , as you surely will be amply repaid for so doing. Our motto : "One Price and that the Lowest. " Company , Southwest Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts. Special -attention to Mail Orders. charges of four grains of powder instead of seventy. Speaking of charges , the troops now lomplaln that the cartridges now in use vro unnecessarily overcharged. Seventy jrains of powder will carry a nile , and that , is entirely un- locessnry. As n result ol" thus overcharge the rllle , carbine or pistol , as the case may be , has a recoil ) f 100 pounds , and < when the men uro iompolledto lie prone at 500 yards , they get the full benolltof the "kick. " Their shoulders become black and blue and lender , and when they lire their * piece , thereafter they instinctively lunch , thereby disarranging the arm. When lihey can Uho the "Toxus grip1' 'tis not so bad. To show how ignorant the ofllcors and men of the service wore in the use of the Springlleld rille , prior to the be ginning of regular practice , it is only necessary to state that in the first com- potitiou at Port Snolling , the men be gan firing at fifty yards. Now at tar get practice no shooting is done at loss than 200 yards. KKLiIOlOUS. Southern Methodists will tr.v to raise $300- 000 for missions this year. Ths order of the King's Daughters now numbers 07,000 , active members. Dr. Honulo Uoimr , the cmmont Scotch divine and the friend and bioRmphor of Mo- Choyno , died in Edinburg July 31st. Scranton has a Christian scleuco or faith cure society numbering llio members , which holds service every Sunday evening. The thirty-fourth annual convention of tch German Catholic Central Veroin will bo hold in Cleveland during the first three days of September. Thibet is the only country not yet opened to missions. Mr. and .Mrs. Turner , of the Chinu iuUud mission , have begun to work m Thibet from the Chinese side. The Cumberland Presbyterians propose to raise $50.000 for missions this year. This de nomination will make un effort to establish a school for colored people ut Howling Green , Ky. Ky.The The Gorman emperor has given 5,000 marks towards the erection of a Young Men's Christian association building in 13er- lin , ana Ulsiniirck is ouo of ttio trustees of the association. Lee You Chin , a ploasant-facod , gray- haired Chinaman , Is doing missionary worli among hu countrymen on the Pacific slopo. Ho is a Christian , and preaches oxtrcmuly well , but ho docs not seem to make mucli impression on the celestials of the west. The city of Guthrie , Oklahoma , was started April 22 , 1839 , and through the efforts of Mr. J. C. Sexton , a church of forty-six members was organized , with Jive elders , the last Sab bath of June. Sluco then three persons him united upon pi ofcsslon of faith , llnv. Mr , King has charge of the enterprise und holds religious services in a tent. 30x30 feet. To MiBtrjHH Itoso. Luulse C/miiIlcr.UoIoii / ; | ( tit the Centura. A rose by any ether immol Nay , ttmt could hardly boNo - No other name , my Flower of Juno , Could bo the uaino for ttico. Dear darling of the suinmor-tlmc , And love-child of the sua "Whether by thv sw'eiit breath beguiled , Or by thy thorns ulidonc. j < * I know thee for the Queen of Flowers , ' Ana toast thee by thy'naino ; Hero's to the sweet ] young loveliness That sots our Sarah D. Jloba t- tlie Centura , She atanda in the llubli.'of noon The year's triumphal queen , And river , and lone lagoon , And spreading lawis : between Lay tribute at her feet * And crown her hair with gold. Who dreams , mid rapture sweet , That the year is growing oldj llut the shorn fields glow like a cora reef , And the lorn acacia caftta Its loaf. Elcotrio Communication lorl'rlsonen Electric communication has been es tablished at the Shire Hull , Cholms ford , England , for the use of prisoner who are ill or who want to see tin police for other reasons. In each col there s the usual eloctrie button which on being pressed r'.ngs ' a bull ii the olllco. By an arrangement of dlac the ofllcer in charge can see from whlol r cell the cull comes , and undorncatl there is a cell to disconnect , if th prisoner is unruly aud keeps on ring ing. TAKING HOSTAGES OF CHANGE Mon Upon Whoaa Lives Heavy Prlcos Hav.3 Baan Sot. FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN ALL. I5loven Risks \Vlioso Families Would Gut This Amount If They Shonlil Die Lame Policy Holders in Omiitia. - Insnrlnc : Men's liives. Despite the fact that Dr. Brown- Sequard's newly discovered "elixir" of life , with its allcffod death-defying properties , promises to open the gates of immortality to mankind , it is a fact worthy of notice that the business of the many lifo insurance ) companies goes on just the same as it did before the wonderful compound was brought to public notice. It is possible that the magic mixture may bo of such a nature as to keep up a constant renewal of the worn-out tissues of the human body , but in case of accident , whore a break occurs , it will doubtless bo of littlp uso. Were the earth man's eternal abiding pluco there would bo no necessity for lifo insurance , but where gaunt disease with its bony hand stalks abroad , scat tering contagious microbes and dis tributing insidious bacteria it is per haps well to think of these who will bo loft behind and provide , if possible , for their comfort and welfare. It is much moro comfortable to die among the debris of a railroad accident or perish in a Hood when one's last thoughts are of a family whoso future will bo marred only by the thought that ono of the number is absent. Lifo insurance is very popular in the United States , and nearly'every man of prominence carries a greater or loss amount. Postmaster General Wana- maker is perhaps the heaviest insured man in the country , or oven tlio world , the aggregate being $1,125,000. Chaun- cv M. Dep6w carries SoOO,000 , while Cvrus YV. tfield is insured to the amount of $250,000. If Wanamakor , Dopow , Field , Edwin Kuth of Chicago W. H. Lnngworthy of Ohio , C H. Call of Mar- qnotto , George II. Anderson of Now York , Hamilton Diston , and John B. Stetson of Philadelphia , George K. An derson of Titusvillo , Pa. , and George Goodosham of Toronto , were to die about the same time , the combined events would cost the insurance com panies of the country the onormoussuin of $5,000,000. And this figure is but a fraction of the amounts roprosa'ntod in the many hundreds und even thousands of policies hold throughout the country. Life Insurance companies uro founded as u rule upon a strong financial basis , and the business is very carefully con ducted , Tlio exceptions cannot bo classed n ? insurance companies. There uro risks that can bo taken and others that cannot. For instance , a laborer without any estate could not got his lifo InBurcd'in an exclusive life com pany for $250GOOor oven $50,000. Why1/ Bocr.UBo the risk Is too groat. The ben eficiaries might become imbued with the Idea thai they could enjoy lifo hotter - tor wore lie in the land of shadows , and push him oil n bridge at midnight , or something of that sort. But a man worth $100,000 is not consldorcd a bad risk for $26,000 or oven more , as it is presumed that neither ho nor his rela tives would conspire to defraud an in surance company out of the face vuluo of the policy. Lifo insurance policies are tnkon out for various reasons. The first , of course , is the provision for one's iaraily. Mar ried men who have no estate , hut who carry good sized policies are frequent. Mon there uro who are in debt , and not wishing to sacrifice the welfare of their helm , insure to an amount Bulllciont to protect their property. Some men in sure , got a policy and negotiate loans upon it. These uro the more impor tant reasons. Nebraska is well represented in the line of policies. Outside of Omaha are many men carrying an amount equal tea a good sized fortune. Buffalo Bill's heirs would , in the event of the Elllol tower falling on him , receive the sum of $ - > U000. ; Banker Moshor , of Lincoln , carries a like amount. Gus Kochler , of Grand Island , loaves his handsome fish pond to pa.y the premium on his $ ' . ! 0OIl , ) ) documents. Ilonry Koonicr , of the same city , carries $30,000. In fact all over the state tire men carrying from $10,000 to $35,000 insurance. The following table will give the reader an idea of the amount of insur ance carried by the leading citizens of Omaha in the order named : William A. Paxton 5350.000 Edward Rose water 150,000 E.H.Sherwood 120,000 John A. McSnano 100,000 W. G. Albright 100,000 Herman Kountzo 100,000 H. T. Clarke 100.000 Edwara Nash 100.000 Prank Colpetzer 9.1,000 S. P. Morse 75,000 Meyer Hellmau 75,000 Andrew Uosewater 75,000 C. N. DoiU 70,000 O. M. Carter 50.000 W. H. Holcomb 50,000 John M. Thurston 50,000 James M. Wool worth 50.090 Erastus Bosson 50,000 Guy C. Barton 50.0M A. L. Straug 50,000 Max Mevor 50,000 S. D. Barkalow 50,000 Gco. A. Joslyn 45,000 F. W. Gray 40,000 L. P.Pruyn 40,000 C. F. Goodman 40,030 W. C. Seaman 40,000 A. P. Hopkins 35,000 G. M. Hitchcock 85,000 Joseph Garncan 85,000 In addition to the above there are about forty persons who carry insur ance in amounts varying from WO.OOO down to $10,000 , which makes a total of $8,150,000 in round numbers. A woll- luiown insurance atront estimates that of policies smaller than $10,000 there is a sulllciont number to bring the amount up to $4,000,000 , if not moro. f J3DUOAT10NA.U. Tlio Transvaal volksraad has appropriated $100,000 for the endowment of the lirst col lege of the republic. Prof. E. G. Coy , for fifteen years a mem ber of the faculty of Phillips A mlo vor acad emy. is to leave that school to become prin cipal of Phillip ? Exeter academy. Miss Kato Drexel , the wealthy young lady of Philadelphia who recently entered u can- vent of the Sisters of Mercy at Pittsburfr , has decided to build a college for tbo exclu sive use ot colored people. At a teachers' examination in an Ohio county ono 'of the candidates stilted in an swer to a iiucstiou that Chicago was situ ated In Wisconsin , fie didn't know the si/o of it , "hut reckoned 'twas about us big as Columbus. " Thcro are now 500 American schools In Turkey , all of which , except ono , uro open daily. An order was recently imulo by the Turkish government prohibiting any inter ference with the- schools , which hud bean Im peded and Interfered with by the local au thorities. St. Joseph's academy at Greenburp , Pa. , has adopted the phonograph In touching " . 'lo cution. It miignllles the dofucts of ennuncla- tion , and at a recent ton a pupil honestly tiled to repudiate us not his own a speech It had recorded. Ho could not baliuvo that he was so faulty. The holidays of the Paris board-school children are holidays Indeed , The munici pal council allots a considerable sum ol money to the school authorities for Bonding the most iloiervlni ; pupils on holiday tours. In former years tbo tours have boon to Rouen , Havre , Mont St. Michel , eta. This your , in order to enable more children to share in the treat , the tours will bo con lined to Vorsolllas , Foutnlnebloau and other en virons of Paris. There will be opened atTublequah , I. T. , on August 20 , a new female seminary , ol wbicli the Cherokee inhabitants are very proud. There have already been received 134 applications for admission from Chero- kea maidens , and but thirteen out of its IOC rooms remain to bo 11 lied. The building If of brick , three stories in height , of hand some architectural appearance , and cos 178,000. Whenever trouble arises In the churcl choir everybody simply takes his chants , The Christian sclentiitt should prococt against the Ulixiritcs for infringement of tin faith-cure rights. Some Salvation array people , arrested Ii Jauesvlllo , wcut to Jail stugia ? . They prob ably wanted to furnish a few bars thotn selves. Train up a child in the way ho should go , and when ho is old ho will not bo looking about for an elixir to patch hlmialf up with. Clergyman "How can wo roach tho'yonug men of the present day ! " F.Uhor of flva daughters ' 'What's the matter with the old- fashioned way of a boot ! " Rov. Primrose The tide w.xita for no man- my young friend. Mrrntt So they say. Still , when ono liut down on the sands. It seems to wait till he's asleep. Giovanni Morosini was recently asked by a Saratoga clcrgvumn if Jay Gould "keeps the Sabbath ? " "Of course ho duos. " answered Moroshn. "Ha keeps everything hu lays his hands ou. " The religious paper * are in a great stow becauao the llov. Dr.Villey , of Hollywood , Mich. , recently killed a burglar with u buns- starter. Sonio people sooin to think that because - cause a man U u minister ho ought to kill burglars witn a rosewood croquet mallet. Some devout person bus discovered a reference - orenco to the notable recent discovery in the thirty-ninth chapter of Job , where , after a man is HO reduced that "his bouos stick out" the application I * made , and "hU flash becomes - comes fresher than a child's , and ho returns to the days of his youth. " "Is your father coming to church this tnorninc , Henry I" asked the minister ofu small boy whom ho mot in the street. "I guess so , " replied Henry. "Somebody stele his fishing tackle last night , and I heard him tell ma at the breakfast table this morning that the fun for the dav was spoiled , and ha s'posed ho might at well go to church. " SlNCAJLiAVlTlKS. A goose with several links of a gold chain In its craw was killed utSun Lucas , Cal. , re cently. John K , Davis , of Cleveland , O. , has the smallest hand of any man in the country. Ho wears gloves which woulo.be too small for a girl of ten. The colored cianloss , Laura Wolford , who died at Lafayette , Ind. , Friday afternoon , "weighed 9M ( } pounds and measured tlirco yards around the waist. " A tree at.Tamosburg , N. J. , It Is assorted , produces thrcu kinds of apples und ono kind of pears. The apples ripen at different times , and ono crop follows another through the summer. The Homer ( Cal. ) Index says J. C. Thompson has discovered a spring of flow ing vinegar on his ranch , and will start u pickle factory. The fluid is equal to the best cider vinegar , A bird , snow white , and standing seven feat high , Is reported to have been shot ut Dundee , Ind. It weighs less than four pounds. For want of the proper name tbo pcoplo call It the "phantom boron. " A. M. Snow , a farmer near Athens , O. , forty-two years aao discovered , a land terra pin on tils farm which bore on Its under sur face tbo carved legend "A. H. , 177L" Ho has many times since run across the same crouturo , and yesterday again found it.bolnx able to certainly identify It by the Initials and data given. The Toxus & Pacltlc company sank a bored well some years ago near Eagle Flat station In Alabama , in order to obtain artesian water. The well was abandoned when It had been bored StX ) foot , but the tubing U still Intact in it. For twelve hours cachdny n furious gust of air rushes into the tubing , and the next twelve hours un equally strong gust rushes out. A strange animal that made Its first ap pearance last May is frightsiuui ; the people of Now Gloucester , Ma. Its sUe Is said to bo about that of a medium-sized Newfound land dog. It has shaggy gray hair. Almost every evening his screeching has been hoard. Sunday evening. August 11 , ho came sud denly upon a boy while getting the caws , The boy began to run , the animal following him. The boy succeeded In climbing u tree , und remained tbcro for about fifteen minutes , during which time tbo uiiirn.il remained under a trco. screeching continually , Tha boy described him as huvlngsllvur gruy Hair , with large eyes , and tcotli two or three Inches long , which c-umn up above his upper juw. Ills mouth is very largo , . . -.i III * Doilrc. Vbirence I'eltUr , A waft of Incenno mlnglod with thi breath Of roses ; dim light shining through u glass Of amber ; heavy swing * u sombre brass Old lantern , pouring on Elizabeth Soft candle-light through Joivollod cyos. I Who saith l This maiden Is not fair must ba-ulas ? With grievous envy illlod. Shall ono sur pass * I Mo In her heart , mayhap ? Thnn , welcome death I Her classic gown free from her shoulder falls , Her Pyctcho knot shows little curls astray ; I I gaze and listen , while her lingers teusu I Sweet inusta from cold keys , ana deep en thralls Mo a florco longing ; how can I allay This Irresistible duslro to- neo < ; u |