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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1890)
fk , WON WITH PRAYER AND SONG nfLx'Tlion the Youn Wretch Fled With * Her Cash Box \ HE CORRALLED HIS BREED I \ 8 lhc Unl | iin Nmitlnle of * fllR Cliarlo7 { nml Mnottitso Nanoo Ijovoit an f AnnroliMt I'iKir Unplil 1 Hnn Amuck I.ltfln Itiiinnncrn , Archibald Cum tilings is wnntcd In | iliicltoiisavW At about , the hour when ! l'ostollleo Caslilor Lounsbcrry was at- J tomptlnp to usphV-xiuta himsolt in his line raMldani'to on Main street , Cum mliiKH was quietly departing from the fiishionublo boltnlint ? house of Mrs ' vr .Tohti Piiton , 153 State street , with a tin Ikls contuhiltii1,101) ) , says a Now Yorlt dispatch to the Globo-Doinoorut. Miss LouIho Moore owned the iiox and coitonU Sholsuslstnr of tho'lato IIqIciiii 1' . Fair , and has tin Inootiio of $111,000 u your , which she Invests in woftlorn Rcuiirilios usfast us It coinos in , c.xucptiiiK the comparatively small sum whti'ii alio expends to maintain and ulotho herself Mhi Moore Is very douf unci oxcooulnj ly oxcontrlc , hut youiifj Cuinmin s , to the surprise - priso of everybody munajod to KOtinlo her uood Ki' uusHo came Htt jT from the west and represented himself * " ui the son of a l'rosbyterittn minister Ho , however , attoiidod the l lrst M. . 13. church , and ho was vorv punctual in i his devotion s. At the Paten boarditifj f house ho road his bible morning , noon and night Miss iUooro , on this nc- ' count , took it great Interest in him , and ho In return read the bible and roli- - ijlous newspapers to ' nor , sang psalms . tmd hymns for her , and was accounted j an oxcoeillngly correct young man IIo also hocamo very frlondly with Mrs Kiucaid , Mrs Pulon's widowed daughter - \ tor , with whom ho was often scon on the street and at church Doing fre quently In Miss Moore's company , Uummlngs had ample opportunity to know where she ltopt her cash , and , | being an early riser , frequently taking 1 long walks before the breakfast bell rang , had no dilllculty in step ping out with the old lady's tin box , which he had roinoved from her room on the previous evening IIo left town by the Susquehanna railroad to Pator- 6on , but the olllcer intrusted with the warrant for his arrest came back with out his prisoner Mrs Fair , Mrs Mooro'a sister , lost $10,000 m u mining stocK transaction a few years ugo , and it is feared that the western invest ments of Miss Moore are dubious She bald she could not bolicvo Cummings meant to rob her , as ho was so pious Only two weeks ago ho asked her if she had any Idea of getting married , She J Is about slxty-livo , Cumnilngs nbout C , > wonty-four. There wore in the tin j box , us a part of the $4,400 , two Ghesa- • peiko' : & Ohio coupon bonds , Nos 4,7113 bx ! * and 5,011 , for $1,000 each A gentleman from Chicago was wait in the Fort Way no station in Allogtiany last evening , says the Pittsburg Dis patch , to board the limited for the city which expects to got the worlds fair His numois L. A. Karsomannnd he had slopped in Alleghany to visit friondsou his way homo from Philadelphia , where ho had attended a wedding around which a halo of romance had cast its in teresting charm A fascinating young lady from Phila delphia , named Joannctto Hill , wii3 spending the summer just passed at Charlotte , N. Y. , on Lake Ontario , and before she hud boon there many weeks • Bho became an udept at handling a sail , and frequently wont out on the lake for exercise and recreation There was a young man from Cincin nati summering at the same place , who was known as .1. C. Cum mings , who also enjoyed himself on the lake during the after Mfc noons IIo was of a very retiring ills H VK position , and although a young man of ' excellent qualities ho made few friends Ono afternoon toward the hitter part • of August Miss Hill wont down to the beach and started out for a sail Mr * . Cummings was of the sumo mind , and i abmt the sumo time started out on the lake a few hundred foot behind the boat in which Miss Hill was sailing They had not gone fur before a squall was soon coming up the lake , and in a few moments the wind had struck her boat Hoforo she was able to right it the sails and ropes had become tan gled Cummings saw the predicament ' she wlis in and instantly , stcorcd his boat toward hors with the hops of as sisting her , but just as ho was about to run up alongside of the ono in which she was standing the skiff veered around and lie struck itamiaship Miss Hill was knocked into the lake Cum mings gallantly jumped to her rescue and the boats Moated away from them " * Ho grasped her around the waist jind 6truck out for the shore ' • " • * . „ , Ho had not gone far before Miss Hill informed her preserver that she could swim This was a surprising statoinont , but Cummings told her to place her hands on his shoulders and ho would try to roach the beach The water was very shallow opposite thut part of the beach towards which they wore drift ing , and when they reached the socoud bar they wore able to stand on the sand and rest n fowmoinouts In the meantime durknoss had spread its fuco ever the wators.but the electric lights on the shore illuminated the crowds which were promenading nlong the fitters edge Mr Cummings and Miss Hill sturtod . touatd the shore again and soon ronched the flrst pier Rising again they madb the last trip , and before a week had passed Cupid had clasped their hands and the two hearts hud vowed to beat as ono ' Plots for stories have not all boon used , as some people assort , " remnrkod r \V. A. Jennings of Wyoming in the • Colonnade to a Philadelphia Press man "A friend of mine , " ho continued , who lives out In the cattio country of the Dig Horn basin was a witness in 1885 to one of tht , most remarkable weddings of which I have ever heard At that time a fpw settlers had gathered in nud formed the nucleus of what is now a prosperous farming region , but the sway of the cowboy was un disputed The drst woddlng In that section on Owl crook wus that of Hlg Charley and Mootutso Nance , a native sagebrush hello , The ' brice mil groom came Bovonty-llve miles on horsobaok to the squires , and in i vimlly the same fashion AVhon wit lm i lew miles of the squires home the ittOijthut ofttciul , surrounded by hull a dj on cowboys , Then the bride got icstlve and nervous , declaring that > she wouldn't ' marry any man on enrth r JJut the judge , the cowboys , and the groom were equal to the occasion At v. a short distance stood a corral J'Take her ever to the corral , boys , and put her i , said his honor t she made a wild break for the hills , hut her days of freedom wnro ever She wns quickly run down nnd amid it volley of fomlnfno sagebrush eloquence the de lighted boys started on a _ lope for the corral Punching this , Nanco leaped from her bronk nnd started like n scared door for some adjacent brush ; hut it wac no go However , she fought vigorously and his honor ordorcd , Hobble her , boys ' The hoys were in ecstasies A pair of rawhldo hobbles were stripped from a cayuso's nock , and tholr twist adjusted about the sturdy ankles of the struggling brldo She wnstakon into the corral and his honor ; mounting the fence , bade the groom take his place by her side and catch on to her band Thi * done , his honor as sumed the look of dignified importance called for by the occasion and said : " 'Ulg Charllo and Metutso Nanco you como inter this corral single I now prono.inco you a couple Ulg Charllo , unhobblo your wlfo ' Hut this Big Charllo found it dlllt- cult to do , and it wns not until ono of the cowboys hud gently cast his lariat over the notvly made wlfo that the hus band was able to turn the lady loose Then the justlco called his boys to gether , and saying , Como on , boys : wo hain't got no business hero now , led them away Ono of the boys looked bank and the happy couple were busy unpacking their camping outfit , and the honeymoon had evidently botrun ' ' Socialists In Now York havu boon informed - formed thut tholr confrere , Uruno Huinsdorf , until recently a typosottorin the employment of the Now YorKer Zoltung , lias boon banished from the city of Loipslg , where ho wont on a visit to his wife's parents Lclnslg is under military ruto and all the socialists and anarchists making their homo in that city are under pollco survolllanco , says the Now York Her ald Hoinsdorf's record as an anarch istic agitator hud preceded him and the Gorman authorities took immediate stops to get rid of him , although his voyage had not boon undertaken for propaganda purposes , lleinsdorf lived witli his wife in Stockton street , Brook lyn , and the latter some three weeks ago attempted suicide by drowning She is a nutivo of Loipslg , where she is sild to iiavo excellent lamiiy connec tions , and the anarchist took her abroad to place her under the care of her par en ts The story of Rolnsdorf's marrlagn is not without romance When a con demned anarchist and a fugitive from justice in Germany a few years ago the woman who afterwards hocamo his wife under the laws of the state of Now York took a deep interest In him She was at that time an unsophisticated young girl living with her parents She re garded Holnsdorf as a hero , and finally cast aside the warnings of relatives and friends and followed the man of her choice to u foraign land , with poverty and privation Her dream of happi ness wus short The shallowness of her husbands political pretenses soon became - came apparent , and she brooded ever her fate until her mind became shat tered , and in a lltof melancholy attomp - ted her own life The doctors said the only way to save her was to restore her to her rarcntsand former surroundings Roinsdorf at lnstagroed to this , and his recent banishment from Lioiiizlg and enforced separation from his wlfo will probably bavo the result of aiding his wlfo'6 recovery Roinsdorf is a brother of the Reins dorf who wasboheaded in Germany for his complicity in the plan to blow up the Nicdcrwald monument A most remarkable courtship hasjust ended with the marriage of Frank Whitman , a young man of Nuplos , On tario county , and Miss Myrtio Lyon of the same place , suysa Cununduiuua dis patch to the Now York Sun Whitman and Miss Lyon had boon betrothed for some time , but their marriage had boon strenuously opposed by Whitman's pa rents , who had ether and more ambi tious designs for their sons alliance Young Whitman became of ago a short time ago , and he then determined to end the ngony at once Tloarrauged to marry Miss Lyon last Thursday night , but while on the way to the par sons house with his Intended by . his side , ho wus surprised by some men , who suddenly emerged from the thicket at the roadside and stepped his horse They took Whitman from the carriage , transferred him to one of their own and drove rapidly to auothor town , while the girl was taken homo Each was urged to give the ether up and was as sured that their efforts to marry would prove futile , because Whitman's family would Jeavo no titono unturned to prevent - vent It They both vowed , however , that they would remain true , and it was not long before they hadanother scheme on foot to outwit their enemies They arranged to moot at a ministers house , and they reached there in safety Without delay they joined hands and Btood up to be made husband and wife , but just ns the doimnlo wus about to begin the coromouy an ollicor burst into the room and arrested young Whitman "on a warrant faworn out by his mother The warrant wus issued on a trivial charge trumped up for the occasion , but the young man was com polled to go and leave his disappointed betrothed in tours Ho was balled promptly by friends next morning , and arranged to ; to u party that night with a young fo who wn a mutual friend of the levers , while a young man started with Miss Lyon On the road somewhere an oxchnngo of partners took place , nnd Whitman and Miss Lyon are supposed to have repaired immediately to a min lstor's residence At any rnto , they havoirt shown up since , nnd the natural inference iB that they have at last suc ceeded in circumventing their enemies schemes A Caracas , N. Y , , lnttor says : "Ths appointment by President Paul of General - oral Alojandre Ybarra to be commander of the local forces illustrates the fickle ness of Venezuelan politics , and also re calls a hit of romance worthy of the days of chivalry When Judge Russell of Massachusetts was the United States diplomatic agent here , Guzman Blanco was in the zenith of his power and melded the people to his will with a hand of iron He was absolute dictator with powers as great as those of Pompoy or Ctesar When this modern Jove frowned , dread lilled the air When ho spoke , all hooded well his words , Ybarra was a general in the army at the tlmo a gallant man , and a gentle man The bounty nud gruco of Judge Russoll's daughter captlvatod his warm hut warlike heart , and the proud Ven ezuelan was led captive by a light hoortod Amorlcan girl , with no care or trouble to vex her But care and trouble came all too soon Ybarra and Mies Russell were engaged , but the contom- plntod union did not plcnso Guzman And then ono of Judge Russoll's reports was published and the contents so augorod the dictator that ho or- duied Ybarra to break the engagement This Ybarra ref - f used to do , and ho was ottered the al ternatives of expatriation or wealth and honors in Caracas Overcome with indignant rage Ybarra broke his sword across his knee , and hurried from the of the man now bo hateful to lis eyes By the act ho chose banish ment from his native laud , and , indeed , ho wus fortunate to escape with his life , as Guzman wus so wroth that ho would probably have caused the assassination of Ybarra , for Guzmun did not hesitate at such trifles an u mans lifo However , by the intervention of Ybnrr.Vs roln- tlvcs , some of whom wore connected by marringo witliGucmun , he was allowed to leave the country with his bride The young couple had n hard tlmo of it , and the proud Venezuelan was com pelled to lecture , and ho also prepared a handbook of the English and Span ish lnngungcs Two months ago Ybarra rotiirncd to Caracas , and soon after ills arrival the many statues of the Illustrious Amor lcan , ' as Guzman delighted to call him self were torn down by proconcortcd nrrangoment , nnd Guzman deprived of his position as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Franco And now Ybarra is appointed to an important position by President Rojas Paul , who wns placed In the executtvo chair by Guzman himself , nnd who now recalls Guzmnn from his post It is whispered that Ybarra is soon to bo tnado secretary of war ft Mean while Guzman is in Italy and many pcoplo in Caracas would give n good round sum to know what the grizzled warrior con templates next During his dictator ship ho succeeded in acquiring a vast amount of property , and ho is qulto well able , if ho chooses , to lit out a ves sel and return to his native land In that case a bloody revolution would bo inaugurated An amusing phase of such a contingency would bo the alarm ing hnsto with which mnny of the antl- Guzmanitcs would lloo to the mountains for a change of air ' But I hardly think that such an event will occur Guzman Is now too old , his health too precarious to venturoupon the seas Uko another Nnpoloon returning from Elba No doubt ho would like to revenge him self , but while the spirit may bo willing the llesh must bo too wonlc " The lifo of a still handsome woman , Susan Konncdy , alias Hamilton , came to nn end lute on Friday night , in her ill-kept rooms on the llrst iloor of the Hat house at 312 West Forty-ninth street , says a Now York dispatch to the St Louis Globc-Domocrat. She died from hemorrhage before Bridget Kelly , her aged ser.\aut , could summon a phy sician The case was reported to the coroners ollicn yesterday Investiga tion showed that the woman , who in an old lottcr written to her by an admirer in Pittsburg , wus alluded to as the beautiful hello of Allegheny City , " died alone , with but 0 cents in her house She must have boon very handsome In her younger days , She was a brunette , and her features nro still regular and line Her hair was heavy and black The old woman who acted ns her maid of all work said that she was forty-nino yours old , a native of Pittsburg , Pa.and had lived for many yours in Now York , under the various names of Kennedy , Hamilton , Freligh , Winston and Mont gomery The woman's family moved in respectable but humble nircles In Pitts burg , and she has a brother still living there Her remarkable beauty led to her downfall Among her few olTects were letters showing that her father died in 1888 , and that a contest wns be ing made ever His will , her brother dis puting her right to certain property The old servant said that a print doulor from Now Jersey had latterly been supporting her mistress Ho knew thut she hud been Buffering lrom hemorrhage , and late on Friday night he called at the house When ho wns informed that she was dead he turned away impatiently , without even look ing at the body , and left the house , although the servant called after him thut there was not money enough in the house to give the woman a d cent burial An undertaker has taken charge of the body , and will hold it for some days in the hope thut friends will come forward to bury it If they dent it will bo interred in potters field Flora Mays was to have boon mar ried at her fathers residence nonr Randolph , Ala.t4 o'clock yesterday afternoon , to William Morriweat.hor , a rich farmer , says a Birmingham ( Ala ) • dispatch to the Now York Sun Merrl- weather is forty-live and a widower Miss Mays is nineteen The match was urrunged by the girls parents , much ngainst her will She was in love with a young man named Gooreo Church Morriweather had arrived at the Mays residence , and the guests were all assembled in the parlor awaiting the aopenranco of the brldo , when Church arrived Miss Mays saw him coming , and in her bridal dross ran to the gate to moot him The young lovers leaped into Morriweathor's ear riaao , which was standing at the gate , drove to Centrovillo and were married They were hotly pursued , but Morri- woathor'a horses were the fnstest in that section , and the young levers were man nnd wife half au hour before the pursuing party arrived at Centro villo Uncertainty may attend business ventures and enterprises ; but it never attends ibe prompt administration of Dr Bulls Cougn Syrup Price 'J5 cents "My Bore ran In the night , and my soul rufused to bo comforted " Poor fellow I of course It did Pity bo couldn'tgct Salvation Oil Only 25 cts " AMERICA LEADS THE WORLD In die Art or Making Pianos ns Wolf ns In Watches In ono thing besides railroads , nnd grain it can bo safely claimed , without thouppoaranco ot spread-eagleismthat America leads the world It is in the art of piano making , says the Chicago Herald This is a fact that no sane per son , uruitloctod by locnl prejudices would attempt to deny In the details of workmanship , and in improvements alfoeting tone , quality , durability and artistic dovolopomcnt , America has progressed , while England , FrancoGor- uinuy and Italy have remained almost where they were llfty years ago This is a curious , fact , for these countries are supposed bo to preeminently musicul further advanced in this art than America , which , it is claimed , is still struggling with the rudlmonts ; and it scoiiis natuarl thut manufacturers in the four countries first named should bo the ones to oring so important a musical instrument as the piano to its highest point nt devel opment Englishmen , Frenchmen , Ger mans und Italians will often enough show talent when transplanted to this country , and here , stimulated by our kecnor business spirit , they have been largely instrumental in giving the American piuuo its present exalted po sition At homo they would probably have been stilled by the popular preju dice , which is strongly opposed to in terfering with methods which have been in vogue for years Wore it not for this apathy abroad to peroolve the advantages of now und advnncod ideas , nnd wore it not for the chcupnoss of the labor employed and the materials used in foreign factories , which enables the makers to greatly undersoil American pianos , this country would long * ago have run the foreign piano out of its own Held , It took the Swiss a long tlmo to recognize - nizo the wonderful superiority iu point of exactness audahenpnessof the Amer ican watch work done by machinery , and it was only when they were threat ened with a total loss of the onorraous watch trade , which they had virtually controlled for many years , that they gave up their todloua hand work ana substituted machinery Pears Is the bett and purett soaperer-made. AMAZONIAN MEDICAL MAIDENS They to Baltic ! " < r n Trot > t > i' After I ho Mnnnnr of Mcii * In order to keep paeo Vfith the pro gressive spirit of the liiuus , the two higher classes ot the women's medical coUego hare Indulged In aregulnr : college - logo light ii.j The dispute nroso Thursdnv ever the ownership ot a beautiful green cushion which a dignilled senior captured from a loss dtgnilicd junior and intended to use for bur own speclnl comfort , says a Philadelphia dispatch totho ; New York Herald At 3 o'clock on . ' uiht eventful day this young lndy entered the louturo room carrying on her shoulder the cushion Arriving tit her place she throw it upon the bench , and , sitting upon It , snld to her companions , "Oh , myl but that Is comfortable A. few minutes lutor the inombors of the junior class assembled in their do * partmont and the possessor of the cush ion missed her comfortable seat She informed her classmates of what had hapuonod and with ono voice they snld , "Wo will have that cushion " The owner ot the cushion , foltowod by her comrades , walked up to the sonlor and demanded her property On receiving a negative answer to her re quest the plucky junior grabbed the cushion and pulloil it from under the senior In nn instant there was a rogu ; lar tuc of wnr The members of each class came to the assistance of their comrades Each division held on to the cushion , pulling and wrestling , und finally they came to blows The room was one animated mob of young and comely women strug gling for supremacy and possession of the coveted trophy When the janitor entered , whether intentionally or not ho engaged in the Btrifo and soon became thoroughly mixed up in the fight It wns hard to toll which faction was the strongest The wildest oxcltomont pro vailed when the profussor , accompanied by some gentlemen entered the loeturo room The professor shouted for order , but without avail He then took a hand In the light nnd captured ttio cushion , which ho here otr in triumph to his dosif As soon as ho could make him self honrd the lecturer ndmiuistorcd n short reproof to the angry maidens and flnnlly succcodod in restoring order Tired and tattered , the young lndios then proceeded to their usual places , leaving on the lloor severallocksof hair and other evidences of the battle When quiet had been completely re stored the owner of the much-covotod cushion quietly stepped down to the desk of the professor and returned to her place with the prize which she , not ilgurnlivoly but literally , sat upoft InfVrnal Ingenuity could pcarcely devise moro excruciating tor tures than those of which you sco the evil dences In the faoo of a rheumatic or neur.il- gic sufferer The ngonics ' are the cense q ' uenco of not cbeckinK a rheumatic or nou- rulKlc attack at the outset Ilostottcr's Stomach LMttors have boon found by skil ful medical practitioners to possess not only remedial , but defensive oflleacy , where tnoso diseases exists , or a tendency to them is ex hibited , Surely this puissant but safe bo tanic medicine , bearing , ) too , such high specific sanction , is belter than the poisons often employed , but more uosafo , not only In continuunce , but in isolated doses The blood is depurated thoroughly from the rheumatic virus , and the nOrvos , slightly lm- purged upon , saved from ultimata and dire ful throes by this benign.saying medicine , which likewise exhibits marked cillcacy for malaria , kidney complaints dyspepsia , con stipation und liver complaint How Statu Ituiiivnys Iny Victoria is an Australian colony with the size and populatfom of Kansas in 1880 , or an area of 87,000 square miles and a population of 1,000,000. But instead of letting corporations build the railroads and giving land away to get thorn to do this , Victoria has kept its land and built its own rail roads , says the Philadelphia Press The result is that this thriving little community of about 1,000,000 souls , or the population of Philadelphia , had last your an Income of $41,000,000 , and of this Bum $10,600,00 wnj In the shape of profits on the state railroads Seven pears ago thoincomo from the railroads was only $0,000,000 ; in 1880-8 it was $12,265,000 , and for the year just closed it bus gene up to nearly double the in come of seven years ago , and as no ono can build roads but the state , and the state U an enterprising builder and a good manager the prollts on the rail roads will in time pay ull the expenses of the government In addition , Vic toria owns not only the postodlee , us the people do here , but all the express busi ness and all the telegraph business , and the profit on those for this wise , thrifty little state last year was $2,110,000. Victoria has a heavy debt of $105- 595,000 , but as all but $5,500,000 was in curred for railroads and waterworks , which pay a heavy profit , taxpayers feel tolerably happy over it , and the re maining fraction wont into school buildings , which pay a profit in their way , too As all the horse car lines are owned by the pcoplo also , the cities In Victoria got moro and moro prollt from thorn the bigger they got , and the taxpayer again lluds that It pays to own these moans of communication , oven if ho hns to run in debt for them The natural result is that the surplus laBtyear was $4,400,000 , the revenue outrunning ostlmatos by this amount California , the Liand of Discoveries Why will you lay awalto all night , cough Ing , when that most vlTcctivo and agreeable California remedy , Santa Able , will rIve you Immcdlato relief } SANTA ABIE is the only guaranteed euro for consumption , asthma aad all bronchial complaints Hold only In largo bottles , at II , Three for 13.50. The Goodman Drue Co will uo nloased to aupnly you , aud guarantee relief when used ns directed CALIPOUNIA CAT-U-OUHE hover falls to rollovo catarrh or cola in the head Six months treatment , II By mail tl 10. j ! Pour SleopleusYears Afi Athens , Gn , special says : Four years without stooping a wink That sounds preposterous , but it is exaclly the case of an old nogr # now living in Athens , Charley Harden iB his name , and the snows of ugo bavo ' sottlcd down upon him In slnvoyy times ho be longed to John Whlto.who lived atthat tlmo in this county ( Jhnrloy was soon on the streets yosturOny talking to several - eral of his friends niid' iolllng thorn of his curious condition 4' 'J' For four years , " said ho , "I have not slept a wink I hoilr- continually a buzzing Bound , and it seems as If several persons were talking tome nil the time At night I lie in mybdd with my eyes wldo open , and if I drfMo 'ep povor close them , aud always heir the tulking It is an awful thing to bo talked to for four years , and through the long nights to have to listen to this nonsense " Charley has tried doctors for his Bleoplcssnoss and bus found no remedy , nnd has given up all hope of ever Bleep ing again Ho , as a matter of necessity , Bleeps , but his eyes never close , aud till his mental faculties remain ever awake Ills case is a curious ono In I'ralNB nrsuiulilc It is , perhaps , on no sliiglo point tha the Anglo-Suxnn and the Mongolia stand so distinctly at antipodes as o" their views of suicide , says the Jfort'1 ' China Gazette The ono looks at it wit1 horror , the other with complacency Chinese books extol the taking of one'8 lifo from true patriotism , as when the covornor ot Kinngsu porlshod by his own hai.d nt the capture ot the city by the Talplngs , and from senti ment , ns when tin the death ot nn unseen lever n damsel follows be hind on the long pilgrimage The most frequent motlvo is revenge ; Taoism tenches practically that spirit msij- light with spirit As every squnro has its opium shop the remedy Is nonr at hand , when a wlfo is chastised by her llcgo , for instance Monte Carlo is not a cir cumstatico toSoochow , There are no statistics , but from coneral observation It iimy safely bo put down that , com pared with England and America.whoso papers wo road , the proportion ot sui cides is 100 to ono , or perhaps much greater than this With tholr many good traits of charnotor , this fcaturo ot Chinese society is frightful , and all foreign oign rosldents might use tholr Inllu- enco to produce a healthier sentiment Keep your blood puroand you will not have rhounnttsin Hoods Snrsuparilln puriflos the blood , and tones the whole system A DUEL TO THE DEATH Bavngo Flirht Ilatwron n Ilnttlcsnnko nml n Ccntlpcili- . Ugh ! What Is It ? Take it awayl' ' The trightoncd speaker was ono of several - oral employes ot Pierce & Co , engaged in handling hurdwaro in the basement ot the lirm's establishment on Broad way , saysnn Oakland Special to the San Francisco Exumlnor Ho had almost placed his hand upon the object that iiad startled him ' 'Looic outl It'sacontlpodo , nndabig one , too , " cried ono of his companions "It must have got into ono of the pack ages from bananas or ether goods shipped at a southern port while the hardware was on board the vessel on Its way from the east " This was ample warning to prevent cureless meddling with the centipede , but the hardware men determined to capture him , aud after a little olTort the many-logged curio was scooped up on a shovel nnd curried upstnlrs But oven then they did not know what to do with their nrlzo Iu the drug store adjoining was a monster ratllesnako , kept as a curiosity in a box in the show window Lets put him in with thorattlorand start u Zoo , " said ono of the group , and the suggestion wus received with ap proval The ccntlpodo was carried in und dumped into the box with the rat tlesnake An omnious rattle and quiv ering of the body of the snnko showed that bo resented the intrusion , and the centipede , apparently realizing his dan ger , made frantic otforts to escape by crawling around the edges of the box The rattler glared with fury upon the venomous crawler , and attempted sev eral times to cell nnd strike the in truder ; but the space ot the box was too limited , and , utter sovcrnl vain ell ort3 , which all the time ware accompanied by an angry rattling , the snnko , gliding forward w'th ' darting tongue , gradually closed up on his enemy , and the centi pede was soon writhing in its last ago nies nies.But it was not vanquished without re taliation The many Iocs ot the ccntl podo had boon dointr their deadly work and wl.en the snake moved away from his victim he himself bognn lb show signs of distress Ho tossed about from ono side ot his box to the ether , rolled ever , celled nnd uncoiled his scaly length and in every way except by cries betrayed his agony to the group of in terested spectators In about an hour the body of the snake bocran to swell rapidly His struggles became gradually weaker and in two hours from the tlmo the tight commenced his snakeship rolled over and died The poison of the centipede had done its fatal work The body of the snnko was swollen to twice its natural size The rattlesnake and the centipede lay dead together In the box , and thus ended this strange duel to the death Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething , softens the gums and allays all pain 25 cents a bottle PEOPLE LIVING ON A CRUST The Unpleasant I'rpdioanient of In- linliliiinlN of < lup in Tokio journals report that the vol cano Shiranesan , which rises from the shores ot Lake Chuzonji , near Nikko , broke out in eruption early on Decem ber 5. It was observed by the local people on the evening of the 4th that the water of the streams which have their sources near the mountain was much discolored and gave forth an unpleasant sinoll About ; mid night the sound of thunder peals was hoard tb a distance ot seven miles from the volcano , the noises con tinuing during the whole night The watchman at the hot springs at the foot ot the mountain was so alarmed by the phenomenon that ho Hod to the noarosf hamlet , where ho reported that the springs were throwing up jots ot muddy water to a hoighth of several foot Twenty-four hours afterwards the country folks became aware that the mountain , wns in active eruption , throwing out ilro and ashes , the latter ot which spread over the country to a conBidorablo extent , reaching as far as Imaichl The eruption took uluco from the orator formed in Juno , 1872 , when the Volcano became active for a tlmo , Shiranesan wns in eruption in Juno , 1872. The height is nbout 8,500 feet The orator is irroguhir , and contains noprossions ( illod with water At the dorth end there is a pond of a remarkable blo green color At Kumamoto , the scouoof the recent disastrous oarthqunuo , while u well digger was excavating for water at a depth of about elghteon fathoms , the haso foil through and ho was only saved from a descent , how far it is not known , by a rope which connected him with the top of the pit Examination has shown that a very largo cavity , depth and width unknown , oxtsts , and this wns probnbly caused by a recent earth quake The people of Kumamoto are veritably living on a crust About midnight on December 0 the inhabitants of Mlvasakl-ken were nlartnod by rumbling noises proceeding from the son and mountain in the direc tion of the southwest Inqu'rlos ' elicited the fact that the rumbling was caused by uu eruption of Mount Kirislii- mn No damage was caused by the fire , etc , emitted from the mountain Pozzonl's ( Complexion Powder Is univer sally known and everywhere esteemed as the only powder that will Improve the complex ion , eradicaio tan , freckles , and all skin dis eases * * Cat Kater * in Vrnio \ The cows of Nonlco pass thotr lives in dark stables and nro almost the only an 1 nulls in the town Bays a letter from voulco It Is true that both dogs aud cats are to bo fouud if you know whereto to look for them These latter are sometimes to be seen peering through the gratings ot the ( lump , collar-like groundrfloor rooms in the narrow lanes , where they look as if they are suffering Imprisonment under the inquisition , so dejected uu air they have , The cat is much iu favor with the lower classes here for more purposes than one , as wo learned from a Vene tian frioud IIo said that in the winter - tor ho finds it difficult to keep a cat about his place , for it is euro to bo stolen by his poorir neighbors to eke ' out tholr stock of food And no wonder , " ho nridid . "tor J can assure that if kopl in snow for two or three day * nftcr being killed , cat , limitos a very palatable dish " | The dogs are almost exclusively to bo found on the great Intcon-sallcd boats thut bring cargoes of wood from the ; Alps to Cadoro und charcoal from Istria ( and Dalmatrla These dogs nro taken ; on shore so rarolv that , should ono bo I Been running through the streets of Venice , it would be thought mud , and treated accordingly Stllon' Nervonnl : ( Liver Ilfln An Important discovery They net on the liver , stomach nud bowels through the nerves A now principle They speedily euro bllllousness , bad taste , torpid liver , piles nnd constipation , Spiendld for men , women nnd children Smallest , inlldost , surest SO doses for S.1 cents Samples free at Kuhn & Co 's , lStli and Douglas A BOILING EIFFEt TOWIR A ( Jcj-sor in Iceland Mntlc to Spout l > V Ariltloinl Menu * . The fnmoUB Strokr geyser wns not the largest of the Iceland geysers , but was a curious and amusing one , ns it could bo made to eject water by nrtlllcial means This was done by filling up Its mouth with 8odsuntil there was no hole left by which the stonm could cscnpo , when it vomited the whole mass with a gigantic spout On the occasion of our correspon dents visit , says au ICnghsh paper , the emetic had to bo repeated ( our times , and at last two hours elapsed before these olfects were rewarded The party had nearly dlspalred of the erup tion ever taking place , when there was a sudden start among the guides , who were standing by the edge ot the orator , and sbriok from them , "Ho conical Thou a huge column of boiling water ascended straight In the air to a holght of seventy feet , the spray being ojoctcd to a considerably distance The erup tion was accompanied by a rumbling nolso aud a hissing sound as the shafts of water ascended The visitors stood and watched the olfect a few foot distant from this boil ing column , fooling the rumbling under tholr feet , and hb the wind blow the steam hack it foil iu condensed drops , like rain ; but wonderful to relate , al though so lately boiling , it was now quitu cold This great fountnlu display continued for a quarter of an hour Then , grad ually subsiding , the column of wntorgot smaller aud smaller , until nothing but steam issued from its mouth If , wns fully un hour before it quite subsided Rheumatism , BEING duo to the presence ot urlo acid in the blood , is must effectually cured by the use of Ayers Saisapa- rllla Be sure you got Ayers and uo other , nnd take it till the poisonous acid is thoroughly expelled from the system Wo challenge attention to this testimony : About two years ago nftcr suffering for nearly two years from rheumatic gout , being able to walk only with great discomfort , nnd having tried vaiious remedies , Including mineral waters , without relief , I saw by nn advertise ment In a Chicago paper that a man had been relieved of this distressing com plaint , ufter long suffering , by taking Ayer'e Sarsaparllla I then decided to make a trial of this medicine , and took it regularly for eight months , and nm pleased to state that it has effected a complete cure I have since had no return turn of the discaso " Mrs K , Irving Dodge , 110 West 125th st , Now York Ono year ago I was taken 111 with inflammatory rheumatism , being con fined to my house six months I came out of the sickness very much debili tated , with no appetite , anil my system disordered In every wnv I commenced using Ayers Sarsaparllla nnd begnn to improve at once , gaining in strength and soon recovering my usnnl health I cannot s y too much in praise of this well-known medicine " Mrs L. A. Stark , Nashua , N. II Ayers ' Sarsaparilla , * ° vnErAnup bt Dr J. C. Ayer & Co , Lowell , Mass trice $1 ; slx 'toUlci , | 5. Worth $5 bottle SCHROEDER & DEAN , GRAIN , ProvisionsMStocks Basement First National Bank , : ior South litlli Street Oinalia OMAHA MaMCTlJM Boots and Shoos KIHKESDALL , JOSES ACO. . , Successors to ll od , Jones A Co Wholesale Manufacturers ofBootsS Shoes Agent ) for tlniion Ilubber Bhoe Co . 1103. Il9l anil 1103 llarney Street , Otuaba , Nebraska Browora SIVRZ A ILEIt , lapr Beer Brewers 1M1 Worth Klghfsmtu Street , Qmane , Nebraska , Cornloo EAQLE OOIJNIOE WOIiKS , Manufacturer * ofGalyanlzeuto Cornice Window-caps and tnetallle ikjrllBbts Jobs Bpaneter , proprietor IU ) and lljHouth iota street , Btoam Fitting , Pump TEto CLARK SrEAM llEATlXU CO , Pumps , Pipes and Engines , Steam , water , railway and mlnlnit supplies , etc , taj.KBand Ittl Farnam street , Omaba U. S. 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Wholesale roanufaoturert it Sa'h , Doors , Blinds and Mouldings , Branch ulOcc , ita aad Hard streets Oaiaba , Hob EOUTH MAHA UNION STOCK YARD CO , or South Omaha Limited OMAHA JOURS' ' D1CTJY , Agricultural Implomonte LINtXaUlCS : METCAI.F CO , Agricult'l ' Implements , Wagons , CarriagC3 llUB le < . eto Wholesslo , Omaha Nebiaska iiouNE , MtutuiixA yrolY Anb co Mannrarturcrs ami Jobber * In Wagons , Baggies , Rikcj , Plows , Eta Cor.Pth and l'nctltc streets , Omaha , Artlata' WntorTnla i -d. UOSPE , Jr , Artists ' Materials , Pianos and Organs 1113 Douglas street Omaha , Nebraska OoolB nnd Shooa W. V. MOItSE A CO , Joohers of Boots and Shoe : , 101 , IKn , 1105 Douglas street , Omaha Mamitaclorr , Bummer street , lloslnn ' - I Mines and Shippers ( f Hard and Soft Coa's r i 1 Irst Natlr.nal llnnlc llnl'.Mn ' , Qninlm , ? . • ' ' . UMAItA COAL , CO/CB . * LIME CO , Johhers of Hard and Soft Coal aw Boulh 13th etreeU Omaha , Nebraska , ' NEUHASKA FUEL CO , Shippers of Coal and Coke til South 13th street , Omaha , Nebraska , Commlaslon end Stor KO n IIWDELL , JJ/BUK/TiV Storage and Commission Merchants , Specialties llutu > r. eggs , rbeeso itnultrr , team . 111J llowaid street , Omaha , Neb , s Clgar3. _ DEAN , ARMSTRONG A CO , Wholesale Cigars tOJKorth CtU StrootOmsha , Neb Hello HOT Pry Cooda ontl Motions M. E. SMITH ACO. . , Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods aud Notions 1102and 1IM Douglas , cor , llth street , Omaha , Neb , KILPATIIWK KOCH fVtY abe ' DS CO , Importers & Jobbers in Dry Good ? , Notions Qents'Furnishing ( loots , Corner llth and Uarnoy streets Omaha , Nubrnska I = 3 Furnlluro- _ _ „ _ _ DEWEY AbTONE , Wholesale Dealers in Furniture remain street Omaha , Nebraska " CHARLES SHIVERWK , Furniture Omaha , Nebraska ' ! Crocorlos , . , . „ „ n MeCORD ilRAD Y& CO , Wholesale Grocers Utb and I avenwcrtli streets , Omaha Nebraska Hardware wj miuATcn , Jcayy Hardware , Iron and Steel Springs , wagnr stock , hnrnware , lumber , eto 1301 Ull llorncj structOnulm HIMEOA UalT&TA YLOR Builders ' Hardware and Scale Repair Shop Mechanics Tools and Buffalo Rentes 1105 Douglat street , Omaha , Nib Lumber , Etc " JOHN A. WAKKFIELD , Wholesale Lumber , Etc Imported and American Tortlaml Cement State agent tor Milwaukee Hydraulic Cement and Ouli or White Ilnie CHAS R. LEE , Dealer in Hardwocd Lumber Woo6 CftrpaU nnd nam net Mooring Otb and l > Juglu • treeu , Oaialia , Nebraska OMAHA LUMBER CO % ' AU Kinds of Building Material at Wholesale Utb street and Union I'aclQc traok , Omaha ' LOUIS lrRADFOTtD , . Dealer in Lumber , Lath , Lime , Sash Doors , tto Yards Corner 7th and Douglas QtAot Corner 10th and I > ouglas " FHED W.QHAT , LamliBr , Lime , Cement , Etc , Etc Cornet ttb and Dous/las / streets , rfmaba c. nTdietz " Dealer in All Kidqs of Lumber , IStb and California streets , Omaha , Nebraska Mljllnqry qncf Notions • J. ORERFELDER A CO , Importers & Jobbers in Millinery & Notions S03,110 and 212 South llth street Notions ' J. T. ROOINSON NOTION CO , Wholesale Notions and Furnishing Goods 1121 Harney street , Onialia Oils CONSOLIDATED TANK LINE CO , Wholesale Reflned and Lubricating Oils Axle Qreaao , etc Omaha A. II Dlsbop , Manager t ' , : Paper . - . .t.- - . CARPENTEirPAPER CO , Wholesale Paper Dealers , Crr7 a nice stock of printing , wrapplnff and wrltlna paper Special attention given to card paper r , i Safes Mo A. X. DEANE A CO . General Agents for Halls ' Safes PI ami 323 South 10th Bt . 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