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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , MARCH 9 , 1890. TWENTT-FOUR PAGES. 21 ORATORS IN THE SENATE , Very Fovf Really Eloquent Mon In tbo Millionaires' Olub. SHAVES TWICE AND BATHES. How Ingnllfl Enters iho Henntorlnl IlltiR Kdiniinda the Autocrat Joint Slicrmnii's Fir t Spnocli Kvnrts * IJOIIR Sentence * . Money Tnlk * . by franltO. Carpenter. WASIIINSTOH , March 0. | Speclal to TUB BBB.J Orntory is dying out In congress' You can count on your fingers the great npccchcs which have been delivered in the Ronato thlssjsalon and thn Millionaires' ' club runs moro to gossip nnd story than to states manlike eloquence. There aro.two men In the body who can make a good nftcrdlnnor speech to every one who can acquit himself with honor upon the floor , and tbo Clays. Wobstcrs and Calbouns nf the present uro numbered. Tbo fastest speaker in tha sen ate is Bcctr. Ho wilts bis short collar as ho talks and ho pours out tha dictionary nt the ralo nf 225 words par minute. Ho speaks without manuscript nnd thinks on his feet , It seems to rest him to talk and that Dig brown grizzly gray head of til * Is packed full of . fact and Ilguro which bo hurls at the opposite sides of the chamber In n sort of ilodgo-hammor way. General Joe Hawley Is a fast speaker. His voice is full and clear and ho not infre quently utters n ocntonco that sticks to tha gray matter of your brain nnd is worth rop- itition. George of Mississippi Is the slow est speaker In the sonata. His tongue goes by clockwork and no pendulum over moved slower. Ha pays no attention to the grace * of oratory aud when he carao to congress ho promised his constituents that ha would not wear a dress suit or rida in a carriage. The same old snuff-colored clothes which fit ns though they had been cut by ono of the old mammies of his plantation inclose Ills fat frame when ho addresses the scnato that form his everyday costume , and ho puts his whole force into his constitutional arguments which nro weighty and strong. Senator Inealis B1IAVE9 HIS FACE TWICB before ho comes to the BCtiato to make a great speech. Ho has his hair carefully combed , takes a Turkish bath and looks ns lie rises to speak us though ho had popped out of n banabox. His Prince Albert coat ia buttoned tight around his interrogation point of n frame , his rod necktie Is of the freshest and ho has n half-Inch of red silk handkerchief sticking outside of the loft breast pookut of bin coat. A pair of gold spectacles attached to n long gold chiiln are Heated ncross his aristocratic nose , ana thcsq ftpcctuclcs nro made In a curious sliapo. Out of tha lower halves of each glass n half moon 1ms been cut nnd a different quality of glass inserted therein. The top of the glasses are for farsightedness nnd wcru especially made for Ingalls to got u glance at the dcni ocrnts nnd the galleries nnd the half-moons nro for ncnrslghtedncsi In order to cnablo him to road his manuscript notes. Ingatls has the reputation for boiug n good im promptu speaker. Ideas drop from his tongue faster than thu pearls and diamonds from the mouth of the good little girl in tha fairy tule , nnd ho has gotten the credit of boln ? made up of pure and unadulterated brain. This is In n moasnro true and in a measure not. Hu has n wonderful vitality of intel lect and ho is n wonderful savor of the In tellectual pennies. Ho is In a constant state of preparation for speeches , nnd everything ho rciulH. hears or thinks is laid away in ono of the thousand pigeon-holes of that little head , at such an angle that It will slide out nnd down upon his tongue ut n second's no- tlco. Ho has a wonderful faculty of memory In that whenever ho writes out a sen tence or n fact the pan that prints ' the words upon the paper makes nn indelible impression on bis brain. Ho never forgets such fiontnncos and when bo sues a peed thing hf puts it down. Ho Is a nervous man upon the door nnd hi worries considerably over hit ) speeches. I am told thnt ho did not sloop at till the night before bis last great Hpccch , nnd though bo pretends to have the skin of u hog ho I us tender us a two-year- old child. He is a man of wonderful ability nnd of the most high-strung and sensitive temperament. ft. . U UA whoso heels uro ready to fly In the faces of his brother senators nt the slightest provo cation and who is never so happy as when ho Is kicking his enemies. Ho has tha great est power of invcctlvo over possessed by o United States senator and his culture is so oxtonslvo thut ho is nblo to say a cutting Mac In a thousand differ- ut ways and to make each one moro bitter than the last. Ho reminds mo of John Randolph of Hoanoko , and his head is shaped like that of tha preut Virginian. Ho is much greater than Randolph , and back of nis invoutlvo bo is full , of ideas wlilch tend to the good'of his party nnd his country , though his own spcaahes often act somou-lmt In the shape of a boomerang upon himself. Thu most deliberate speaker In tbo sanato is Edmunds. Ho speaks without notes , never revises his manuscript , and now and then Is ns bitter its Ingulls. With a fuco like a putrmrah und a board and bald head so saintly that ho Is taken for tbo model of Father Jerome , ho likes nothing bettor tban n slight thrust at his brother senators , und hu is nna of the kickers of iho senate. IIo Is strong on constitutional points , und no has an amendment to offer to everything under the sun. Ono of his brother senators the other iliiy tiald hu would bet a (100 thut if thu matter could bo proven It would bo found that when Edmunds as a baby on his mother's kuoo was FIHST TAUOIIT THE LOUD'S J-IUTEU ha objected , lumped down ana offered an amendment to it. The trouble with Ed munds' Intellect Is that It is too big for this world. Ho crusps matters In detail rather than In whole , and ns ona senator describes it ho looks ut thu hoavans thrcugh n gooso- < ] Ulll mid never sous moro than that which conies within his range. What bo does ice ha sees wouuorfully well and the old story of the senator who said Edmunds could see a blue botllo fly on a barn door four miles awuy without seeing either the door or the barn , struck the Vermont statesman to u T. Edmunds speaks wall on stimulants. A llttlo rare old bourbon mattes his tongue moro regular und his clear blue eye mare cold and cruel. Ho has n good voice nud his rungo of knowledge is wondorful. Ho H of J. all senntora the nearest approximation to . iniro Intellect and his oxtieriencn added to > , bin brains have made him the autocrat of thn sonata. Doth the republicans and the democrats uro afraid of him and ho knows it and likes it. Another Intellectual giant who Is not hero this session la Joe Drown of Georgia. Brown looks lllco a country parson who has been retired after long service in the church and has turu-jd book agent. Ho has a lone patriarchal beard , a yellowish buld head from the sides of which long Iron gray curls full down and wrap themselves around Ills oars. His black brouduloth clothes , mudo of dimblo thickness for warmth , hang on his big thin angular frniuo nff though thny cninu from a second-hand , clothier and his red uudvrshirt forms a bracelet around his thin wrist ns ho solemnly gestures in straight up-and-down lines. Ills forehead I . is bl h and full. His big sunken eyes are r hidden by gold spectacles unit the upper lip nbovu his Urge mouth Is clpsoly sbavnu. As ho sucalm tlio long beaut on his chin mows up nnd clown Illin that of a bllly-gont when ho Is chnwiiig his cud , und you think of u patent straw-cutter with a heavy tall of liulr fastened to thu lower end. The words como out by machinery und they uro carved into vocal blocU * wl'.h the slowness aud the articulation of u funeral oration or a Judge's Bontenfo. There uro ideas behind the words however , mid Itrown is ona ol * tha great speakers of coug ess. He is tha richest man in the south , and , starting with n capi tal of A HULL AND .A HULL , ho has uiado himself a millionaire nnd a statesman. Oorpo Vest Is a great speaker. Ha is a Heater from tha word so aud bo bauuchci Ills shoulders nud pokes out his bead as ho walks around the chamber ready to engage In dlscimlon with anyone who knock * the chip off his shoulders. Ho mnkos ono think of iho bad man of Hitter Crcok , nnd ho Is a bad man to tackle. IIo Is nn eloquent tnlkcr nnd his llorco mustache of sandy white fairly quivers with emotion when ho raises Ills shoulders and shakos his pudgy llitlo forofincor at his antagonist. Ho has a shrill voice and ho talks fluently. Ho In a Woll-rciid man and In the running fire of debate - bate ho Is the Inpalls ; of the democratic sldo of the chamber. I think ho Is tbo best sponKor among the democrats , nnd lie Is by all odds the best spnnkcr from the south. Senator Morgan Is fully as learned but ho Is terribly prosy , and tbo galleries are usually cleared when ha takes the floor. Morgan is a tall , roiMaccd man with a silvery mus tache. Ha writes out his speeches nnd the manuscript which makes ono of them will weigh as much as a f 1 bible. Ho docs not ROsturo much as ho talks and ho never sits down under less tban four columns. The rnpnbllcnn who comes nearest him Is lilalr of Now Hampshire , who crying out that tbo newspapers won't print what ho utters. Senator ulalr is a character. Ho Is a sandy-haired grandmother of a man with an oya as blue ns the nklcs wtilch float over the Hay of Naples and with hair which was once that bright rod which Titian loved to paint. Ago lias turned his locks to n dirty brown and his sandy brush heap Is now mixed gray. Ha tears the air as ho talks and ho works hard enough to make tilmsolf a great reputation. Ho Is connected with ull tbo cranks and isms pf the tlmo and tburo Is no moral scheme so wild that ho is not a part of It. It.HE HE BATS , SLEEPS AND DRINKS his educational bill and bo talks It upon ovor.v possible occasion. IIo has a wonderful porsovoraaca and you might as well try to chop down a tree with an azo handle as to change him. Joe Blackburn Is a great speaker. Beau tiful flowers sprout spontaneously from the end of his tongue , nnd ho is ono of the most popular men with the gallonors. Ho Is ono of the readiest man in the sonata , and though bis speeches are sometimes light , ho is al ways listened to. Ono of his strongest points Is the Btato of Kentucky , which , ho says , has the prettiest girls , the bravest men , the best winsKy and the fastest horses under huavcn , and about which he can reel oft poetic effusions of soulful eloquence by the yard. Blackburn can raako a speech with as llttlo preparation , perhaps , ai any other mau In the senate , ana there uro a number of sen ators who have the reputation of making great impromptu speeches who never rlso to their feet without davs of preparation. Ono of these is Senator Hoar of Massachusetts. To see his child-Ilka , bland , blue oycs shin ing out through a pair of gold spectacles , white with ono hand in his pantaloons pocket nnd a bunch of keys in the other , ho easily talks out his ideas m the best of Anglo-Saxon , you would suppose that speeches flowed from him with the greatest of ease and that the wise words lie utters wore the sparks strucic by the occasion from the Now England flint rook of his brain. You would not suppose ho had set .on these ideas for weeks and had ono by ono hatched them into words. You would not Iniiigino that he had trained the chickens of his Intellect into perfect Bhauo by continuous rehearsing nnd the brushing of the feathers this way and that , nor would you Imagine that a man of his years would rise before day to go over his , orations to the senate. Not long au-o Mr. Hoar delivered a great speech which was reported as a wonderful dorful extemporaneous effort. Ho. was liv ing ut the time in rooms on Now York avenue - nuo aod Mrs. Hoar hud I think pone home to Massachusetts. A couple of Washington clerks in changing their residence came to the house ut which" tno senator was rooming. They told the lady that they wanted a quiet place and asked her whether she had any objectionable or noisy boarders. She re plied that she had not , nnd that she would ulvu them a nice back room on the second floor adjoining that of ono , of the most Buholurly , pious and prim of the United States senators. Ono of the clerks xva.i net very well and ho was making the change in order that ho might rest bolter than at his last boarding place. They liked the outlook , took tbo room and moved in their belong ings. Tbo next day just as tbo sun had begun to paint the bronze checks of the God dess of Liberty on the dome of the cnpltol they hoard 11 stamping and roaring in the next room. The half-sick clerk turned over and asked -'What is iU" His companion woke up aud said It sounded like a cross be tween sawing wood and stump-speaking , and the two luy and listened. At the end of an hour they got desperate , for the hubbub still wont on , and then the half-sick clerk crawled from his bed , got on a chair aud loolcnd over the transom. There before a long pier glass , in the light attlro of SPEfTACl.n3IOnT , < JOWX AND SLIPPERS , the crcat Massachusetts senator pranced ur nnd down and pounded the ulr as ho talked of the beauties of education. His nightie flapped about hta fat. round calves ns ho thundered out "Mr. Presidontl" nnd his blue eyes oeuniod magnanimously into his own as ho looked into the glass and stretched out hi * hand , saying , "My colloneuos will agree , " etc. , etc. It was senator Hoar in the throes of his great impromptu speech. Such preparation , however , Is not uncom mon among our statesmen and Ben : Perloy Pooro ouco told mo that when Martin Van Uureu's ottocta wora sold at auction tbo car pet in front of tbo glass in his bed-room was found worn threadbare by his walking up nnd down in front of the mirror in rehears ing Ilia speeches. Senator Sherman prepares his speeches by reading wall up on the subject beforehand , getting his notes in shapo.und then dictating them to his stenographer. Ho has good scrap-books , and the volumes of scraps in his library cover moro than n generation of public lifo. His first speech in congress was delivered moro than thirty-live years ago , and ho told uio once that ho was frightened when ho . ' .rose to make It. Ho was In the lower house , nnd there was nn old follow sitting besiao him writing during tbo ses sion at which ho spoke. There were n num ber of now congressmen who made their llret speeches on this day. This old member was n kind of misanthrope , and as every new member ended his speech ho would mutter out loud enoush for Sherman to hoar , "Anotner dead cock In the pit. G d d-m him. " "At last , " said Shermnn , "it cnmo my turn nnd I spoke. AR I sat down 1 siil'd to the old member , ' 'Well , sir , hero Is un- ether dcud cock in the pit. " "Oh , " said ho kindly , "I hope that it won't bo so bad as that with you. " It was not bad , for Shor- uinn's speech made a hit and ho Boon got a pluco upon the floor. Ho has spoken prob ably n thousand times stnco then nnd ho can inako a spucch Impromptu. Ho is careful , however. In revising his manuscript for the press and ho takes considerable pride In his public speeches. Sherman Is u line looking man upon the floor. " Ho gosturcs in pump- handle motions "mill nas u strong enough voice to roacli every part of the gallery. Senator Voorhoes writes out most of his Important speeches. Ho uses liiriro sheets of printing paper all of the same glzo nnd neatly cut , and ho jots down his thoughts with u pencil. Senator Cull also uses print ing paper , and he writes out the speeches ho inulics when ho is not angry. Call's bond is a terrible scrawl , and the covornmout print ers tell mo they are wearing their eyes oul on his bun tracks. Ho Is rather a violent talker , and his face ifruws red and 1m blue oycs Hush whoa ho Imagined himself or his into to bo assaulted. Hu Is directly the opposite - posito of Chandler , who is hia beto noir In the Bonnte. Chandler Is blonder , narrow shouldered and nervous. His tight llttlo form in like that of a professor , and his criiy eyes look out of gold glasses. Ho has long white hands , wears a 1'rlncu Albert coit ( nnd Is n fairly good talker though not at blonuont ono. 'J liu louif sentences of So an tor Evarts are noted , anil It Is romnrkublo that tbo galleries will sit for hours and practice tbu Intellect ual feat of KUKnsa TIUCK otr THEM. I talked with Senator Kvarts once about this mutter and ho re fur rod mo to the Greek um Latin classics for the suntoncud of the great orators of the past and told mo that Cicero used long sentences. I ahull not forgot ono ruuiark that ho mudo. Ho referred to his long public career and said ho thought that ttiu man who could remain bo fora iho pcoplo for moro than n generation and have nothing moro charged against him than that ho put ut extra word or two into his sentences ncec not lie uwnko troubling himself about sucl criticisms. KvarU might bo called an Intel Icctunl speaker , Ho does not saw tbu air nor tear hU hair , and ha rolls out 400 word without u period with ns much ease us though ho was a boy on the street and was lngln "Uown Went MoQInty. " Ho has thu biggest head la thu senate. It will , think , measure a foot from forehead to crown , nnd his homely , kindly old faro h wrinkled and sourrod with the thoughts o seventy odd years. Ho knows us much u ajr man ia tha ouato aud his heart Is , I aia old , as big as his head. Ha has a good nose or specs nnd his feature * nil told resemble hose vf the eagle. Ho Is taller than you woul-t think , but his fraino Is para nnd 'lo ' would not weigh moro ban 120 pouti'ls. Ho dresses In plain black , vcars nn old-fashioned limp collar and when loriscK to epoait you are Impressed with his lower. Ho has a wonderful strcneth of train and ho Is ono of the strong statesmen as well ns ono of the strongest lawyers of the United States. A number of the senators NEvnrt MAKE si'BnciiF. ! * . Senator Payne , though ho Is said to bo an able lawyer , ling not made nn oratorical effort slnco no came into the chamber. Don Cameron never speaks , and ho confines hit remarks to the cloak rooms.puttlng his work n upon the cummlttoog. George Hearst ias made no speeches , nnd wo have yet to tear anything eloquent from Matt Hansom , .hough bo has been long in the sonata , Reagan used to speak a great deal In the louso. Ho talks but llttlo in the senate. Spoonor is nn eloquent talker and ho docs well notwithstanding his size. Vance makes a very good speech. Ho is a politician from the word go and his orations plcaso hU constitu ents. Wolcott is said to bo an orator , but ho is too young in the senate to venture a great effort. The same Is true with all the now senators. When Turplo of Indiana was elected It was said that ho would set the J'otomnoon flro. Ho has been in the senate for several yours nnd the waters remain un- Icnlted. Wo expected the same from Daniel of Virginia , but bo served his term in the house and carao to the senate and the coun try still waits. Daniel is n pleasant talker but not a great orator. His words nro flow ery out his ideas nro fow. Cushman 1C. Davis makes a fair speech. He looks like Hen Butler nnd brings the ex perience of a lifo nt the bar to tbo sonata. Dawes of Massacnusctts tears the air as ho talks nnd Plumb of Kansas needs nbout ton square feet of space to talk in. Butler of South Carolina stands as erect and as ernco- ful on his onu buman log ns other men do upon two and ho uses good Inmniago.Vudo Hampton talks little. Frank Hlscock weighs n ton when ha takes the floor nnd you would think ha owned bis party and the president. Jones of Nevada , goes wild upon silver , and Stewart follows suit. Standfprd reads his speecnos with his hundred-million- dollar-tongue , and Muudcrson now and then rises into eloquence. Kugono Halo and George Gray are both good speakers. Fryo is a good all-round talker , nnd Randall Lee Gibson can mnko as Una a classical effort as any man in the sonata.FlUNK FlUNK G. CAltPENTEn , SALT LiAKK CITY NOTES. A ItCKUlnr Million jpollnr "Weekly Ag- fjrofjnto in itonl Estate. SALT LAKE Crrr , March 0. [ Special to Tna BBE.I Too cold nnd snow do not geom to interfere with the nctlvlty of the rca estate market. The recorded sales on Sat- uday , March 1 , amounted to $292,501. It is safe to say that a million dollars per wool : is now our regular flguro , < nnd as values are rising the amounts may increase. Our daily papers strongly appeal to'brick- makora and contractors to bo on hand with material nnd buildings on time. As it is , bricklayers and atouemasons will bo out of employment for some weeks owing to the lack of material. Great interest is felt in the fate of the proposed government building for which congress is expected to appropriate nt least $100,000. The matter is being attended to by n committee under the leadership of the governor of the territory. Hope in thu near future of the much talkoa-of aud much needed union passenger station or grand central depot is revived in tbo conference to bo held between General Manager D. C. Dodge of the Rio Grande Western , nnd "Vice-President Holcombo of tbo Union Pacific. If the city council will grant certain privileges ns to rights of entrance , the scheme is to secure the ten- aero square northwest of Iho corner of Third South and Third West streets , upon which to erect a great union depot with a view to complete accommodations for many years to come. The Tribune claims the authentic news that an agent of the famous London syndi cate baa been hero negotiating for the our- chasa of our throe browcries. Had the brewers mimed a ilguro n little below * 1,000,000 the transfer would doubtless have been effected. Instead of that they named a fancy price and would not consider any other offer. This the agent declined and loft in dibgust. Among the many now structures already building or under contract to bo built , or for which plans are being drafted , wo nota the following : The Brooks Arcade , corner Third nnil Kr.nt Htrnnts. Nnrth TT. corner $ 500,000 East Side hotel , Third South nnd State streets , northeast cornor. . . 850,000 Ontario hotel. West Tcmplo and Pierport streets 530,000 Chamber of Commerce 70,000 Ward 14 schoolSecond West street , near Second South 30,000 Hooper block , east of Doseret Na tional bank 40,000 City nnd county building , State nnd First South streets 200,000 Now Windsor hotel , First South street , near West Tompio 50,000 Denver Syndicate bbck on Com mercial street 45,000 Taylor Terrace , Wos'i Temple , near Fifth South 65.000 Deaf and dumb asylum . ' . 40,000 Kelsey & Glllespio's now six-story ofllco building , West Tompio street i 100,000 J. J. Daly's residence 75,000 , The Dooley building , West Second south , near West Temple 05,000 Tribune building on West Temple , near Second South 100,000 Commercial National bank , corner Commercial street and Second South 150,000 Crane build inMam . street 20,000 McKimmln's stable , Third South , near Cliff- house 50,000 Now Auorbaoh building , Mam street , eight stories 150,000 Zlon's Bank building , corner Main nnd East Brighton streets 125,000 New laundry building , Sixth east , between Fourth and Fifth streets 27,000 New Summer hotel , near Thir teenth East and Fourth South. . . 80,000 Totnl 12,655,000 But this list is far from being complete , as it scnrcoly mentions any of tbo many now residences which will bo built as soon as tbo material can bo procured. Judging from the numerous excursion par ties passing through Salt Lake City , ono might infer that the tourist season had nl ready not in , The Now England grocers' as sociation , sixty-six strong , among them nine teen ladles , spout n few days here , nnd some of tha party invested freely In real estate. C. A , EaoitiiT. Clinrcc for llniilum fJrnlii Now. NOHTIIVILLK , S. D , , March 0 , To the Edi tor of Tim line : Slncothoarlclo from South Dakota's high ofllcers were circulated stat ing thnt only two counties were in need the Chicago & North western railroad has stopped hauling goods free ns before , nnd now chnrgo half rates. ThU is very hard on the settlers. For Instance , n carload of corn arrived nt this station a few days ago from aomu point In Nebraska. The freight was $130. The committee appealed to the railroad company , who reduced it to J30. Tha corn was then unloaded and enough sold at 25 cents a bushel to pay tbu freight The balnncu only was kept for the poor. Such n case , of course , takes a great part of tha help from where It was intended to go. I have made no Inquiries ns so how much of the state is uffcctcd by the draught , but I know Splnk , Fuullr , Edmonds and Brown counties oro. Brown county. 1 understand , is ublo financially to luka care of bur poor. An unlimited number of farm * era in this vicinity Is without food for their horses , or seed grain , or inonoy to buy either , nnd crops can't go in on that basts. I guess there is no danger of anyone starving or froezlnir through want. 1 expect seed grain will bo sent in. The settlers can only got It by paying a big prlco for It and mort gaging the crop , but the horses can't work without frrnln. \ great deal of timely old has been oeut In. A SUIHCKIIIKH. Mamma ( to Tommy } I am sorry you am your sUtor quarrelled ouor that orange , one that James bad to Interfere. Whoso part did ho take ! Touitny Wboaa parti Ho took thu whole orango. REVIVED UNDER TIE KNIFE Wlerd RomnnoQHn the Lifo of n Physfolfin. A HANGMAN'S BUNGLING WORK "HI 111 It BnYoil the lilljoor nn Innocent Man nntl GnvoIr. , , I'corj n Friend Wlion rlonds Wore NcedcdfTAIoat , Mot in n Dlssootlni ; Itooni. That "truth la stranger than fiction" was never moro clearly Illustrated than in the lifo of George Williams , who died in Asplnwall proninct , Nomnha county , Nob.a few years ago. Williams and Dr. Peory , who also sloops in a churchyard in Lafayette precinct - cinct of the same county , were thrown together under peculiar as well as startLing - Ling circumstances. On a cold December night way back in the sixties , Dr. Poory sat nlono in his office on ono of the princinal streets of Chicago. IIo had just graduated from an eastern medical school and hung out his shingle. Ho was then young , not moro than /our-and-twonty years of ago , with a pleasant , good-looking face , and as yet unrnarnod. Although apparently reading a work on matoria modica , which ho hold in his hand , its contents did not enchain his attention , for every moment or two ho would raise his eyes and glance ndr- vously at alow-ticking clock sitting on a mantel. Finally the gonfj sounded twelve. - Midnight , " ho exclaimed , jumping up. "Tho men nro fully an hour behind time. What can detain thorn ? " The words had hardly passed his lips tvhon a low rap was heard at the door. Dr. Pcory arose , laid down his book , opened the door and admitted two men who carried between them something long and heavywhich was concealed in a canvas bag. The men followed the doctor into his private room , who pulled aside a cur tain disclosing i long , narrow table , upon which they immcdiatolv placed their burden. Without uttering a word the men immediately drew oil the can vas bag , and a human Jorm , rigid and half naked , lay upon the table. "The follow said to the last that ho was innocent , " exclaimed one. "In- docd , ho took the most sacred of oaths that ho was innocent , and died like a man. " A moment latorith'o' two body bearers bade the young medico good night and wont out into the cold' Poery , having locked and bolted the door after them.returned to the room , pulled the curtains back to the walls and stood looking atrtho form buforo him with folded nrps. The body before . [ him was that of a man probably thirty-Sears of ago , well formed and with inline-featured face that oven death . could not rob of. its manly beauty ; but a dull blue circle stained the skin of his nock whore the noose of the hangman had pressed and tightened ; and yet the eyes , closed and unswollen. pave ttj. the faco"of the apparent - ' parent dead the app'ourance of calm re pose. - ; ' " Some eight month's before a dark murder had been committed in the great city on the lakes. For this crime a roan met a murderers fate and now lay upon Dr. Peorys table. Poor and friendless he entered upon his trial for life and as in all such cases in cities his body in death found its way to the dis secting room. The doctor stood silently looking at the corpse a few moments , then turned upon his heel , wont to his "chest" and drew forth his instruments. Securing a light he set it upon the table , and ti finr * If nf.rl _ mn in rr * > tinrtckaan t * * * fitnn rvn monts opfined his scalpel. With the first prentle touch of the knife upon the cold body the physician started back. Great beads of perspiration started from his brow nnd face. But he did not lose his self-possession. Ho gazed at the body earnestly. A shiver seemingly passed through the body upon tho'tablo and the eyelids trembled as though they would open. ' Peory comprehended the truth. His "stiff" was not dead. Ho immediately sot to work to revive the man whom the world believed had died upon the scaffold that morning. His efforts were soon rewarded ; for within twenty minutes a living , breath ing human being sat upright upon that long table eagerly sipping the brandy that Poory hold to his lips. "A live man , " said ho in a husky voice , ns ho gazed about him. "Thank God. I was not buried alive. " Peory shuddered ! "You will not give mo up to the cruel law ngain'r1 You will not have mo lakon back to prison. My Godl Will you not bo merciful1" ! "You were found guilty of murder in the first dogroo. You were brought to tbo scaffold today and by a most clmnsv mistake cut down before lifo had loft your body. In giving you up to justice from which you have escaped for the time I but perform an imperative duty. " "Aa I am a living mun , ns there is a heaven above , I am nn innocent man. I never committed the deed of which 1 um accused never , novorl I was tried and convicted upon circumstantial evi dence nnd murder does not rest upon my soul. O , you will not give rad up , " pleaded Williams. "Don't lot them icill rae in earnest. Give me my freedom. Allow me to l ; ave the place aro.oi . man nnd the mercy you show nn upfortunato aud in nocent man , this night , shall over ro- innin as sacred a secret with mo us it may with you. You may live to blosa the hour that you opened your honrt in mercy to rae ; for if the old saving , 'murder will out , ' wasovor , a prophetic ono it will provo to be BO in my case. I say again , I am nn 'innocent ' 'man , nnd the day will surely'fc6mo ' that will es tablish ray innoconro beyond any ques tion of a doubt. " j Something in the look and tone of the unfortunate man convinced Peory that , after all , ho might bo a victim of oir- oitmstantml evidence , and ho replied : "I will bo merciful. I do not know why it is but somehow I a\'n \ ' forced to believe the declaration thilt'you ' are an inno cent man. I have aicold suit of clothes here ; arise nnd dross yourself and lot daylight hour find you'as far from here as possible. And roraombor faithfully the belief I have in you , nnd never abuse the mercy I have lolt impelled to show to you. " Aa the clock struck the hour of 2 , Williams , whom the doctor had provid ed with a small Bum of money and wrapped up almost to the eyes , passed out from warmth and aholtor Into the coldness of the 8ilei > t street. Thus Poory nnd Williams parted. Twelve years passed away rapidly. In the meantime Peory married nnd pros pered. Lovely children were born to him. Ilia practice had boon lucratlvu , und ho had gathered together a com fortable property. In un idle moment , however , like thousands of others , he wne > sctzad with the mnnin to speculate nnd Io t Ins nil , Sickness and death invaded his homo , nnd in n short time ho was almost re duced lo want. Hut , with recruited health , ho gath ered together rt few dollars , and Bought n homo in what wns then called the great wosf. Ho located at Peru , where ho again commenced tlio practice of his profession , nnd aided by a helpmate in every sonsoof thowordagnln started upon the prosperous rond. Two or tnroo months after locating his now liomo Poory was called to Brownvlllo to see a patient. Imagine his surprise when on entering the sick room ho cnmo face to face with Will iams , the man who lay on his dissecting table in the city of Chicago.and thought to bo dead , twelve long years boforo. Kocognltions were mutual. The cir cumstances under which they separated would not lot Father Tlmo efface a sin gle feature from the memory of cither. The two mon talked over the past , nnd each again wont his way. But they mot frequently during tno nftor vcara and became bosom friends. Williams had prospered greatly and ho proved of great assistance to Poory in building a lucrative practice in his western homo. Ho was a "pioneer,1' well known and loved by all who know him. His recom mendation was parchment for Dr. Poory all over Nomaha county in those days. Now comes another singular chapter in the history of the lives of those two mon. Something over n year after Poory located at Peru , Williams entered - torod his house suddenly ana calmly handed him a copy of the Nebraska City News , and pointed to the following par agraph under the caption of "A Dying Man's Confession : " "Hiram Powers , a man from forty-llvo to fifty years of ago , passed away lastovening at the Farmer's house , nnd shortly before his demise made a startling confession. In this confession ho declared himself a murderer - doror ; said that ho nlono was the man who committed the dark deed Bomo twelve years ago in the city of Chicago , for which n young man by the iiamo of George Williams suffered death upon the scaffold , sent there by what then scorned to bo the strongest kind of .cir cumstantial evidence. " Thus the principal of a terrible trag edy , Into wh'ich two innocent and honest men were drawn , cast his lot within "a stone's throw" of the man whom ho had wilfully consigned to a felon's tomb.- But his confession lifted every doubt that may have lingered in Peory's mind. As stated , Powers died in the old Farmers' house , a hostelry then Kept by a man by the mime of La Boo nnd sub sequently by Thomas Wyinond , two men well known throughout Otoo county , and especially the latter. THE TRAGEDY OF A HI9S. John O. Pround in the American Musician : I was just about to leave my ollico on Fourteenth street , ono bitter cold winter's night , some seven years ago , and had buttoned my overcoat tight up to my chin. As I stopped into the street , a dirty , ragged , peculiar-looking little girl with largo , black eyes , carao up to mo and said : "Do you know where Mister Pruin is ? " "I think I am the person you want , " said I. With this she put a dirty , crumpled note into my hand. I opened it. The writer bogs Mr. Friend , if he has any charity for those In the profession , who nro in sore distress , to accompany the child who brines this note. That was all. No name ; no address. I looked down at the child ; re-road the note. "Do you know anything about this , " said I , as she stood shivering. ' I think it's about father , sir , " and then she caught hold of tbo skirt of my coat and looked up at mo with her big eyes. "I think he's dyin' , sir. OhI . 'siour , venez done ! " The big eyes filled with tears. I told her to lead the way. She took my hand with all the confi dence of a child. We trod along together. On the street I mot some friends. They looked at the child , then at mo and laughed. O We walked on till we reached Avenue - enuo A. Wo entered a dirty alloy-way ; passed through a dark entrance and up two flights of rickety stairs. The child kicked the door twice. A voice within said "on roz ! " I opened the door ; entered. The air was thick and oppressive with the fumes of some herbs thnt were cook ing on the top'of a little stove. Presently , by the light of a dingy kerosene lamp , I made out a flashily- dressed young woman with a dissi pated face , aslcop on a chair , near the stovo. In ono corner a barrel organ. In another corner a bed dingy. On the bed , a form. The child wont , up to the bodtouchod the figure and said : "Via lo M'siour. mon pore. " The tiguro moved. "Mario ! " "Oui , mon pore ! " "Stirzo lire ! " The noise pho made startled the sleeping woman , who jumped up with : "Why , dear me ! I've boon dream ing ! Excuse mo , sir , but you are Mr. Friend1 ! " ' "I am"said I. ' "Well , sir , I live in tills house room below , &ir ; sent that message to you , sir , because couldn't think of anybody , else , sir. My sistershe's in the chorus up at tbo Casino , sir ; takes your paper , sir. G HOBS the old man tliero is in a pretty bud way , sir. Heard him say as how ho wanted to see somebody who could talk French understand himsir. Knew ho'd bin in the show businessaud so sent for you , sir. Hope no olTonso , sir ; and now , if you please , you'll ex cuse mo , sir. " And witli that she ran out. 1 turned to the bud. The Ilguro had raised itself on both hands nnd was staring at mo. The eyes Boomed starling out of the head. Shaggy eyebrows ! grizzled mous- -tnohol matted hair ! The man looked sixty and not yet thirty-five. * Ho was evidently dying. "Vcnoz monsieur ! Come here , saro ! " I approached. Ho clutched my arm and turned me so thnt the light fell upon my faco. He aeomod aa if searching my Inmost soul. As ho pulled mo into the broken chair by Ilia side ho gasped : "I 'avobut a short tlmo to live grace aDieu ! " "Lot mo run for a doctor ! " I rose to go. "Noul non ! nonl I may die while you are gouo ; zen no ono would know what to do wiz zat Jootle one ; believe me , Earo. I know zo best. I nek zat girl , who you sue ; nho's 'vo bin ver' good to mo , saro zat Nolllo , I ask her to get seine ona. " The effort seemed to exhaust him , ' nnd ho lay fcilont for sorno moments. Then ho began ! "I know not who you nro , itnro ; but It ocs 7.0 dying , Monslour , who ask you to do zls for huomV" "Ero ! " are some paper Ho took Bonio papers nnd a package from under his pillow. . "Xcy will provo all I say ! Zero is 7.0 nddrcss in Paris where you shall send zo child when you 'ixvo sell what I 'avol ' Marie ? " I looked round , The child wns aslcop on the floor worn out. "Pauvro petite ! Poor lootlo one- she oca bettor sol "Monsieur , npproohoz votts como nearer ; I am vor' weak llston. "Vonco I vaa grand artist. Zo world 'avo hear of my namo. I vas honor , I vns rich. I 'avo n wife , young , beauti ful as nn angel. Ah , Marie ! Marie inn , feinmo ! "Wo were ver' happy , snro. "Zon zat Icotlo ono come. "My wlfo 'nd many admirer , but I always belief she cos truo. "One day , oh , Mon Dloul Mon Dlou I can no moro. Ono day. Monster , I como 'omo she is gone , ooxi : ! "I search partout everywhere. "I cannot llnd her ; I got crar.oo ! "Zon I hear zat she is gone gene wlz my brother ! "Malodiclont Monsieur wlz my own brother. "I follow zoin for two year. "At last I llnd zotn both. "Vcn I see zo ohlld-tiny lootlo one. She cry 'papa. ' and throw her arms around my noclc. "I take her quick , an' fly far , far , away. "My heart la break I can sing no moro. "Enfln ! I como to 7.1s country win my lootlo Mario. "I lose my money ; I got voi1' poor. "A fron' who 'avo know mo in Paris get mo nn engagement to sing in zo opera 'ore. "Veil , I sing under a false name. My voice , ruin by zo criof , zo misoro I 'avo suffer , crack , and some ono begin to 'iss zen some moro , an' I am 'isd off zo stage ! J , who 'avo been great artist ! "Sucre nom do Dioul zoy 'iss mo off zo stngol zoy 'isa j ( i off zo stage ! "I lose my engagement. "Zo manager say ho vor' sorry ho cannot help cot ! "I got sick ! I sell ovoryzing. "I buy zat organ. I go in zo street at night , sing. Some zoy laugh nt mo , an' some who hear my crack' voice , zo tear como in zo eye. I play much 'Lo Par- late d'amor , because my Marie she like zat. ' Ho fell back on the bed. Suddenly ho rose and clutched my hand. "Swear to mo zat you send my lottlo ono to Franco , to zat address , horln ? "Charles , mon froro who rob mo of my Marie , Charles ! " Hero he rose right up in the bed and uttered a most frightful curse. I tried to seethe him as best T could. , Gradually ho got calmer. IIo seemed undergoing a fearful i n tornal struggle. Poresontly his face changed. A beautiful expression of peace came over it. I sat silent for a long time. From the street came the noise of children playing. Far off I could hear the strains of a barrel organ. Presently ho opened his eyes. I bent over him. "You 'avo bin vor' good to corno , saro vou know what ? You vou shall write to Charles , to Charles , mon frero , who rob mo of horl You shall write to Marie my Marie ! nn' tell zom you hoar mo , you ? Toll zom zat zat Pierre forgive zom forg " As the old man's effects scarcely real ized $10,1 raised a little subscription to bury him , and send the child to the given address in Paris. Hero are some of the items of that subscription that I still remember : McK. Newspaper re porter , who wrote something about the story. The good fellow is no more. Ho was known to many as McKoover of the Telegram. Jim Bartender at the cornor. Anew now froolt for the little girl and $1. Nellie The young woman who had sent for me , asi. I-TOCOCUB , UH j. iuuuu out afterward , of her only decent dress. p. B. "Paddy" Brennnn.a police man. Proceeds of a 10 cent collodion at the station houso" and elsewhere , $3.20. Tommy The Italian fruitman nt the corner of the avenue , a bag of apples and nuts. Mrs. . A fashionable society lady , generally regarded as haughty , proud and cold. I told her the story. She gave mo $50 , nnd made me promise on my honor that I would never mention her namo. I'EPl'RRMINT OKOt'3. Whan a runaway match has lost its brimstone - stone it will not go. Sword swallowers oujiht to try saws awhilo. They would bo more toothsome. Those follows who dote on their Rirls some times find matrimony a powerful antidote. Durlnpf the present high water bayou oys ters appear to bo keeping closely in their llttlo bods. A man usually has a case of "big head" after H hilarious night , but ho does not feel very proua of it. Tim widow who wears the loudest mourn ing veil h generally the one who cuts across lots to find another husband. Some people are never so happy us when they are mnltlnK other nooplo fool bad. Such pcoplo are generally happy , too. A soft answer turnath away wrath , and it Is a soft tan , sir , by the school ma'nin that turneth away the wrath of the castigated pupil. There nro different way * of observing Lent. One family In town observes it by pulling the curtain down before they cut for deal. deal.A A South Carolina colored man preaches in his oleep. Thu general rule.lt will be remem bered , among the clergy Is to preach in other folks' sleep. Woman 1& proverbially curious , but the girl who gets n love letter with ono of the now stamp * on iho envelope never tttops to looic at the stamp. Miserly says If the telegraph companies charge their wires as they do their custom- oru ho doesn't wonder thut It gives a man u shook to touch ono. IIo Has you father ever said ranytblug-to indicate bow ho likes mo ! Shu Ha hax. And I think that ho prefers you ronsted , judging from hla conversation. MTU. Marietta Bones Is an ardent prohibi tionist. Thut is to any , Bhu bulitjvo * in pro hibiting the "ardent.1 Or , In other words , she is u dry Hones politically speaking. An oxchanpo says : "Truo happiness con sist * in pursuing Koinetlilng , not In catching it. " Thu small boy endorses tain sentiment at least ho doeeu't approve of catching it , Near-Sighted Old Gentleman Can .voi tell mo what that Inscription is on that board over there ) Uosldont Sure , Ol'tn in the same boat , sorl 'Twos mighty llttlo school * in' Ol had when Ol was a bye uiesolf. Stranger Tine monument you'vo got there , sir. Citizen Yes ; that' * in memory of my pot gumo-cook. Stranger Who' * the llttlo stone for ? Citizen I ain't dead sure , but I bcllovo ono of my wives occupies that locality. Bummer Couldn't yor Kltnmo the prlco of a drluk , bossl I'm chilled through. " 1'ur- rott ( stiflly ) No ; not ono cent of my mondy goes for liquor 1 Bummer Crod , oh I Lot1 * go together then to do saloon whore yor have suoh a pull as that. Note * from Toxin. SAK ANTONIO , Tex. , March a. [ Special toTiiK Bun. ) from San Antonio toLunodo , Toe. , on the Rio Orande 151 tnltas by the In ternational St , Grout Northern railroad , the country i mululy level and gently undulat- ng. The neil U mostly n roduMtti lonm , fr < able nod largely covered with mosqtilte and chnpparftl and In the river bottom * a big growth of cactus. The mosquito is vMuablo for fuel nnd fencing , on the upland * it u nuhy like a pencil orchard and in the low- ands makes a tree from ono to two foot in dlamotor. It Is excellent for tlos , pavomouU nnd fenoo stookados , ns It will outlast oven rod cedar nnd I * very solid and roiorn- jlcs mahogany In color. When the top root s cut nndor ground It does not sprout again * It costs from J2 to (3 per nero to grub me- quite out. Chnppnrnl Is moro dlfllcuU to hntullo. n It sprouts ngitln. Poach nud pcnr tree * are In bloom , Corn ; * planted nnd gardens mndo nnd In * om early vegetable * nro visible. The main crop I * cotton which , on tbo fertile soils , yield * otio-lialf bnlo per ncro , end with thorough work , moro. L.nst year wn * very fnvorabla In Texas nnd the recent soaking rain * give good uromUo for IStX ) . I took n three dny * ' liursoback rlda In Frio and Atancosn coua tio.i , llfty miles southwest of San Antonio , The countrv is mostly occupied by cuttla * mon. In twontv miles cast of I'eanall tha county tent of Frlo county. On the weil border of Atascosn county I found quite number of settlements on the rngonlor and the I'cdlllo creeks. I measured n now shool on a grnpo vine already eighteen Inches loner. Mosquito trees were In loaf nnd farmer * Imrd nt work on corn nnd cotton fields. Land unimproved ranges from fS to f3 per ncro. If pcoplo from the north como It would bo well to do so In companies so ns to buy out cattle much of from tt.OOO to llHX ( ) ncros nnd dlvldo it , Very line white and yellow bncfc nro mndo nt from W to W per thousand. Th cnttlomoii , It would seem , will > uvo to glvn plnco to farmers In this rogkm. Corn U 50 cants n bushel and potatoes 2 to ! l couts a pound. An Absolute Cure. The OHIGINAI.AHtKTINE OINTMENT Is only put up In Inrao two-ounoo tin boxot , and Is au absolute euro for nil sores , burn * , wounds , chapped hands and nil skin erup tions. Will positively euro all kinds of piles. Ask for the OKlGINAh AJJIETINB OINT MENT. Sold bj Goodman Drug company at B3 cents par bor bv mall 30 oonti. Wlilalcy OrlniiH it Homo to Mfc * . A horao drawing some sort of a vohl ole foil in front of the Old Colony rail road station on Knoolnnd street , last evening , and appeared to bo deadsays the Boston Post. An officer wont after assistance to haul the carcass away. Before fore ho returned some one suggested giving the animal a drink of whisky lo BOO wnothor it would revive him. The suggestion waa adopted , and nbout n quart of whisky was poured down tl\o horse's throat. In a lew minutes ho getup up apparently as well as over. Wo wish to say TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS , that wo are innK- king extensive repairs and changed in our store , giving ourselves moro roomwhich our increasing business demands. The work is being push ed as fast ns possible , and in a few days wo will bo able to open and display our spring goods , which are constantly arriving , but which the dirt nnd dust of repairing compolls us to keep under cover. BEST IN THE WORLD. BEST IN THE WORLD Guaranteed to UHO Less Fuel Than Any Other. EXAMINE THEM. . LYLE DICKEY Si CO. , TeL 027. 1103 Douglas rfrjat , Omnho. LUUHINE OGEAN STEAMERS Passage to and troitt Great Britain nnd all parts ol Europe. Montreal-Liverpool route , by Iho waters ol St. Lawrence , thortestolall. Uluguowto lloeton , to I'Mlnilolnliln. Liverpool to anil from IJaltimore. Thirty Kteamern. C-IMB oxcelilor. Accommodations unuurpapcil. / . V/rokljr sailing * . AM'AIV & tO. ! . OU.Vo t.AB'tB. C.J. SunJoll , ll.ntr , IU ; LaBftlloHt. , CIUCUL'O , IlL COLLAR , The Well Known SpcclnlUl , U iiu > urnnMUl ( In tti Imminent of all formnof I'lil. VATK UIHKAHKM ami tJIrlclura.ncuroKUi iitnluuil. Im. palviiey , Ixi3 > ill MauUouJttud Amulllu.i. Stcrrllur or ltnrreni.s lj oltilolr curwr bent ] ( or llwkn.-1'U * Ufa ttocrut , " lot Man or Wouiiin , uuon ID ceult IttnmpM. Ncrroui Kenmla IHiuiuti. cured quk'klr and Dornniiniuljr. Trvntmeat br oorreipon lent * , rumps ( orreplr. Coniultatlanfrne. Olllcod. K. Co * 13th ana Jiciion Sn U , Oiuutiit Nob.
