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6 TFE OMAHA DAILY FWDAY , AUGUST 8 , 1890. THE OMAHA BEE COUNCIL BLUFFS. OFFICK , NO. 112 PEARL ST. Oellvpicil l > y I'arrlcr In any part of the City. II. W. TII.TON , - MANAUKH. nnMnr i Ofllcc' , No. 4:1. : Night Killtot , No. Z ) . MlXOlt JIKXTMit. N , V. P. Co. Council liluffs Lumber Co. . conl. IJuriiiK the absence of .luil/jo / Mccc ( ! nt Spirit Lake Justice Schurz will preside at the police court. .Another cnso of diphtheria wiis reported to thohcnltJi authorities yestcitltiy. The vic tim Is Blrtlo Heed , son of Brooks Heed , living on Scott street. This Is thu second ease reported during thu month. Vf D. Unperson , the Wabasti onf/lnccr , who wns hurt In tlio wreck nt Silver Creek that cost his llronian Ills life , writes to bit friends licro from Siirinitflchl , 111. , where bo is visltlnp , that , till Injuries hnvo proven much more serious thiui was feared nt lirst , It wjll tic u long time before liu will bo nblc to report for duty. llenry Coombs , the colored squatter , who Is endeavorit ! ) ; to hold a tract of land on CutOff - Off Island , wiw arrested Inal evening nt the Instance of the Kast Ouiabti laml company for trrsiiiss. | The In formation was Hied in Burnett's court , nnd was inudo to include nlno of ( . 'wombs' hired men. They guvo bonds for their appearance today. The plans fsr the new Methodist church ru-o on Jilo at the ollk'cs of ttio architects , F. M Kills it Co. . atul will remain there until the lUth Inst , for tlio Inspection of bidders , The trustees of the church are satisfied that they can secure a great many more bids than , they had before and will yet bo able to have the north wall of the lieu-structure faced with ernnlto nnd the coil not exceed the { 30,000 limit. P. L. Uaydcn nml Gcor o Uoyn. the Omaha photographer , urc arranging for the publica tion of a photojravciir album containing thirty-six views of the most prominent build- ilia's and points of Interest In Onirlm and South Onmha. The advance sheets of the work show It to bo a very fine production. Fifteen hundred copies will bo printed and sold on subscription and will bo ready for delivery about the first of November. When that is completed thov will net , out a similar publication for Council lllults. Hill Jeffries , tbohaclcman , occupied the at tention of .IinlKo Seliurz yesterday afternoon , mid when the Judge gave Iilm the usual part- ItiK advice it was to rustic around and llml fW ) and deposit it Jn this city treasury , to gether with the costs of a trial that lusted nearly all afternoon. On Wednesday nlht | Jeffries accompanied another hackmau named J. H. Smith , to the residence of Mrs. C. 1C , Hamilton , n woman who washes nnd sews for H living. The visit was made for the p > r- pose of Kctthitf some clotlies that .some of Smith's friends had loft there. The woman doubted the propriety of giving him the jar- incuts , and no begun to abuse her by apply * li > K the most offensive nnd vulgar language to her in the presence of her children , one of them n little ( jlrl. She ordered him to cease talking so or leave the house , but ho replied with still morn offensive language. The woman's temper was aroused tit the shame- ' fui'lnsults , mint she picked up a mallet and Bttempted to drive him from her house. Jeffries then took a bnnd hi the matter by striking the woman and knocking her down nnd kicking her on the arm and sldo. She showed the court some very ugly bruises which she received from the blows while de fending her home , and the highest line ilxcd by the law for such offenses was imposed , JeJTrics was defended by an attorney , who gave notice that ho would appeal the case to. the district court. The appeal bond wns fixed atjaoo. Notice to Coutrnut.'irH. Sealed proposals will bo received ut the office - fico of the nrchlteets 12-44 and , rooms - SJ15 Mcr- rium block , Council Bluffs , la. , until 2 p. tn. on the lllth day of .August , Ib'JO , lor the erf'ctlon nnd eomplction of the new First Methodist Episcopal church at Council Blults , according to the re vised pinna and specifications. Each bidder will state the amount ho will allow for the present building. ISiich bid shall bo aeeom- pauied by a tertliicd eheok for $ . " > 00 , us a guaranty thut the party receiving the award will enter into a contract and give satlsfne- tory bond. The committee reserves the right to reject nny or nil bids. By order of th committee. F. M. EI.I.IS &Co. , Architects. W. S. MATNI : , Chairman. C. W. Bitowx , Secretary. . Try Mnnnwii licacli , near Itotcl , enlarged , more sand , idee bottom , clean rooms. It Wan nil Important. 'Ji > clnlnii. "Judge Dcemer's decision In the paring In junction cnso wus one of the most important that has been delivered from thu Iowa bench for many years , " suid an attorney yesterday. "It involved the interests of all the largo cities of the state , and If it had been against us them would have been no more paving In Council Bluffs for the next twenty years , 01 any other public Inun-ovonients , and all the cities of the llrst class would have been in the sinio llx. 'llio attack was a subtle one , skill fully planned nml' executed , and reflects u good deal of credit upon the shrewdness of the attorneys who hail it In charge , and If It had been successful the precedent established would have been taken advantage of when ever any public improvement wus started Iu any of the eitics. It would hnvo been a ilUsa- greeablo and dangerous precedent , for ono man , with Influence ! and property enough to proeu.ru u little Indemnifying bond , could hnvo stuped the Improvements in every city In I own. "I look upon the decision ns coming from a broad , liberal , but yet acute judicial mind , capable of grasping every phase of any ques tion that may ho presented , and I think It Is simply moro evidence indicating that Judge Deoiner is rapidly develoiiing Into a ripeness that will lit him for the discharge of the du ties of the highest positions iu the Judiciary of this country. " Commercial men , New Pacific , Council lllulls , Is under management of W.Jones with uew sample rooms. Money at reduced rates loaned on chattel and real estate security by B. II , Shctife & Co , Dr. Bowers' ofllco moved to 20 N. Main. P. 0. Miller , the painter nml decorator , at homo to lib mends , 818 South Sixth street. If you wish to sell your property call on the Judd & Wells Co. , 0. B. Judd , president , 000 Broadway. The Now Hot -I , The contract wus closed yesterday whereby the now Grand hotel Is to bo furnished with three of the llnest elevators that money can buy. They nro to bo provided with the lat est safety devices und finished iu the most complete and workman lllto manner , malting it the largest and best elevator system In Iowa. The comfort , safety and convenience of the traveling public bus been carefully considered In making this contniot , as iu the other arrangements of this building. The question of iirlce was n secondary considera tion , the main purpose bclnir to secure ns de sirable mi equipment as nosslbln , and it Is be lieved that this will be obtained by the clos ing of this contract , J , C. IHxtiy , steam heating , sanitary en gineer , Ul'l Ufo bulldinir , OuuhiJOJ : ; Mor rium bloclt , Council HhiiTs. A UoNortcd lliibo. The attention of u police ofllcer wns at tracted by the wails of mi infant injtho vicin ity of the Northwestern house nt 0 o'clock last night , and upon investigating It found a little mlto of humanity wrai > i > cu up iu Its Bwnddling clothes mid lying on the veranda of that liostlery. Ho called the attention of thu Inmates to the fact that somebody was not taking very good cnro of her b.xby , but they proteated that there was no such nn npiionduRO to the hotel us n baby , An ex. nmlniitlou showed that the little stranger wus about two weeks old and had been aban doned there and evidently some tlmo before , They took the little ono and cared for it dur ing the night , It was a girl. \Voll \ paper at 3U cents per roll ; not rum- UU , ut C. L. GUlctto's ' , > I'wirl sU NEWS ABOUT THE BLUFFS , A Oity Official Talks Freely About Dishon ored Bail Bomb in the Police Court. ' THE IMPORTANCE OF A COURT DECREE , A Desperate fiululde The Knt 1'rls- oner IMorc Hones Illuiteil Out Another Deserted Italic NolL-H nnd I'ersoimln. "There nro hundreds of forfeited bonds In the hutids of the clerk of the superior court , thut would briny thousands of dollnrs Into the city treasury if their payment was eii- /orced , " suid a city oftldnl yesterday. "The city council 1ms been \vrMtllng with tlili suliject for a long time but no dcllnlto course has tjccn decided upon to secure the money that has been thus forfeited. It is otic of those tliltiRS which is everybody's business nml nobody takes any Interest in It. " 1 believe there Is no other court In the world , " ho continued , "where the obligations assumed by bondsmen tire treated with so little inturest ns In the superior nnd police courts of Council Ululls. The result Is , und it Is a bad one , too , Hint tlio obligation of a bond lias become to bo loolcod upon ns of no consoriucnco at all , und almost uny fello\v can induce almost any hum to go on his bond wlicm ho gets Into trouble. This is particu larly tlio cnso where appeals nro taken from tlio sentences of the police Judge. The cir cumstances in ull cases nro about the same. A fellow is arrested for an ti ravntcd as sault , for instance , tiiul the judge lines him $ . ' 5 or $ .10 and cojts. Ho has employed an attorney , und the attorney give's notice nt once that bo will appeal the ease to the dis trict court. Tlio appeal bond is fixed ut SilJJ orfllOS , nnd the cnso pot's up. Nobody pays nny further attention to it. No attorney or prosecuting witness appears in the district court to hold up the state's side , and niter druKL'in ? uloii n while It Is dismissed und stricken from tlio docket. The follow who 1ms been guilty of nn attroclous crime gets off without any punishment whatever except the few hour * hu may hnvo laid in the cooler between the tlmo of his arrest und Ills arraignment. " Take tlio case of Bill Jeffries who was fined $ . " 0 and costs today for nssault committed last night , for an Illustration. His attorney gave * notice of appeal and the court fixed tlio bond at WOO. It , is probable lie will rustic around nnd get tlio bond tilled by responsible parties , but tUo case will never bo followed up , nnd will bo dismissed for the lack of prosecution , the bondsmen will be relieved of their obliga tions by tbo dismissal and Jeffries will get no punishment whatever. There hnvo been a thousand similar cases to my knowledge. In fact I do not think tbo records of tlio court will show that there has ever been a single case that lias been followed up and prosecuted In tbo district court , at least I bavo never heard of u single caso. "I do not know whether it is so or not here , but on the surface there appears to 'be ' the same condition of things hero nnd the same practices prevailing as in a town where I used to live. There were n number of attor neys who made their living by pnieticinp in the police court , and they got all the business. When n man \r. arrested for a little petty crime , such as assault and battery or a drunk with unusually ornate trimmings , anil tbo po lice judge imposed a flue that was more than the fellow cared to pay , bis attorney would go to him nnd say , 'Here , you give mo about the amount of an ordinary ilno.say § 10 or 315 , and twill appeal vourraso and get your bond iilled , ami thut will 'bo the lost you will ever hear of it. ' Tlio fellow coughs up the inonoy , the case fails for lack of prosecution , and tlio attorney has got u double fee , court costs have boon piled upon the taxpayers , which are paid , and that is the lastof it. Mind , I do not say that wo have nny of the shyster class practicing before the police court hero ; in fact I don't think wo have. but the lirst part ol the comparison is absolutely just. Out of a tthousand cnscs which bavo been nppcaled to a higher court there ought to hnvo at least been ono followed up and prosecuted. " Turning to Dcuuty Marshal White , theofll- ccr asked : "How many cases that have been appealed from police court have been followed up and prosecuted in the district that Is , small cases , assault and battery ! " ' 'Never heard of one , " was the deputy's brusque response. It is difficult to fix tbo responsibility for these failures. The city attorney does not prosecute them , neither docs the county at torney. . Often the plaintiff employs nn attor ney to' prosecute them , whcli the cnso Is carried up , and after six'months have elapsed he doesn't care to bo put to any rnoro trouble , nnd ho drops out even if his attorney is nnx- lous to follow up his victory In the lower court. It Is estimated by the city clerk that there nro several thousand dollars which the city could recover from forfeited bonds iu crimi nal cases If the matter was taken up. Jinny of these bonds tire in cases of felony where the accused left the city immediately after ' getting bond accepted. Many of the 'bonds men are not worth the bond now , but there are plenty of cases where they are , and it would be n prolltublo field for some eaterpris- lug legal gleaner in tlio employ of the city. Mnndel & Klein are offering great bargains in every department. Wo show the best line of cook stoves and ranges in the city , from $10 to 10 , In tinware wo carry the best only und sold at bottom prices. Carpets , "Oh , my I" wo Just boat tbo worlJ , former price of carpets 115 cts. , now -10 cts. , and so on through the entire line. Wo show a largo line in novelties in our p.irlor poods depart ment. In bedroom suits wo pride ourselves of carrying tlio most complete assortment , choice of M ) styles. Hook cases , rockers and dining chairs of every description. Side boards , wardrobes .tint center tables go along with this unloading sale. . Oot prices else- wlicro nml compare Maudel & KleiuN 320 Broadway. J. G. 'Upton , real estate , ri7 Broadway. A good hose reel free with every 100 feet of boso purchased at Ulxby's. The Manhattan sporting headquarters , 413 Broadway. A Desperate Ijtiliilde. iJetiiilsof the desperate suicide of a Potta- wattamlo county man well known through- outtho western part ot the state have been received by Ids friends atValuut , this county. The unfortunate man was W , II. Nogloy , who owned the largo mill nnd eleva tor at that place , and also an elevator at Man ning and another at A.uilubon , besides having Interests In similar plants in nearly all the grain delivery points in western Iowa. Several oral months ago it became evident to his friends that Ills mind was falling , ami lib father came out from the old homo In Ohio to look after his interests. The mental condi tion of his son was such that ho found it nec essary to take him homo with him. This was done , and the young man was placed in n private asylum for treatment. Under tlio care of the physicians of the institution lie rapidly recovered his former mental vigor , and his friends were informed that ho was In u lit condition to bo discharged and advised Uts removal to his father's home. His father came to the institution to take him homo. Ho was apparently mentally and physically in Ids normal condition and extremely anx ious to return to his business liiIowa. | * When bo arrived at thu railway station to tuku the train for homo ho seemed to be In a very cheerful frame of initul , and wns walking backward and forward on the platform talk ing in im animated manner with his friends. A passenger tram was pulling out , and Neg- ley stood on the edge of the platform watch ing tbo fncos of the passengers through the windows of the coaches , Ho had thrust bis thumbs in the armholcs of his vest , nnd was standing bcsldo his father with his hcud thrown back facing the moving trjln. As tlio last coach was passing a sudden insane fronk seized him und lid sprang headlong from the platform and felt under the couch with hU head resting on tlio rail , A stVoud later the rear trucks of tlio coach Imd passed over his neck , completely beheading him , The spring from tbo pint- form beneath the moving train was so sud den that tbo horrified father could not have prevented the act , even II the mauuer ol liU son had indicated the do pcrata deslro that Imd seized tils brain. Mr. Nejrley wtu u very bright young busi ness nun , and few young men of his up1 , thirty-one , h.ivo made the business reputation mid acquired the foctuno bo hud , the _ . . . The clly council field a special session lust evening for the purpose of llxlng the location of the arc lights that they hnvo decided to place on street intersections to do nway with n large number of the gasoline burners , and to 11.up the contract and bond of M. A. Moore , to whom has been awarded the two miles of brick pavement. The early part of the session was consumed In the discussion of the light problem , The aldermen , us u committee of the whole , have spent several evenings of this week in riding nbout the city nnd noting the dark places , and deciding where the sixteen additional nrc lights should be placed. There was some little ullTorenco of opinion that hud not been settled when they mot , last evening. Aldcrmna Mike- soil had insult ) some rash promises to his constituents In Streetsvlllo , and wanted a largo number of- the lamps located there , birfc- Chairman Casper of the light committee , who has a geed deal to sny about the matter , and whoso Judgment has always proved to bo sound , objected and wus sustained by the other members , very much to the sorrow of Mihcsell. The locations agreed upon wcro nt the In- teracctlons of Bloomer nnd Madison streets , and nt the point whom the motor line makes the turn to enter Fulrnioutit park ; South Madison and 1'lutncr ; Seventh street nnd Willow avenue : Sixth avenue nnd Ninth street ; Main-and Worth streets ; Worth and Bluff streets ; I'errln nvcnuo and Frank street ; Broadway unit Twenty-sixth ; Fifth avenue and Twelfth ; Second avenue and Thirteenth ; Benton nnd Prospect streets. Two Hghta wore ordered located on Lower Broadway , at points to bo determined by the committee on lights. Alderman Casper moved that nil gasoline lumps within two blocks of any are Ilirhls bo discontinued , and tlio motion prevailed. It was decided to relocate u number of the gasoline lamps at points where the street In tersections wcro shadowed by trues and tall buildings. The suggestion of the interference of 'tho foliage of the trees brought a resolution from Alderman Uue.y requiring all property owners to properly trim their trees in front of their property on the streets or overhanging the sidewalks. The resolution wns passed after amending It to make it rend "incompliance with tlio ordinance regulating the trimming cf trees. " The city marshal was uireotod to notify all persons who had neglected to com ply with the ordinance , nnd if they failed , to uo the work and charge tlio costs to them. W. W. Cones was given the contract for building n plank bidcwalk on Twenty-third street nt 10'iJ ' cents per lineal foot. The cleetrio motor company was notified to put in full width crossings at Twenty-third , Twenty-fourth and Twcuty-sixrti streets. The mayor culled attention to the proposi tion of an eastern publishing house to bind In an elegant volume with gold edges nnd em bossed morocco covers the messages ana doc uments submitted to tlio council for a num ber of years past , and the annual reports of the heads of departments. The proposition was to bind fifty of the volumes for WO nnd let the mayor present them to the various city ofllccrs. A sample copy of their binding was submitted , but Alderman Wind blew up the bubble by vehemently protc.stlng that paper covers weno good enough for him and nil others who had any use for the volumes. Tlio contract and bond of Mr. Moore were called for , but that gentleman asked further tlmo to look over the contract that Imd been drawn up nnd asked that he bo given until 2 o'clock this afternoon. Ho hud his bond ready and was ready to commence tl o work of paving on Monday , but would like to have a liulo moro tlmo to lix up the contract. The council granted his request aiid adjourned until a o'clock this afternoon. Wo have customers for inside improved property , terms all cash. If you have u bar gain to offer call on 13. H. Sheafo As Co. at once. Tlio Knt IMnoner. Sheriff O'Neill has nn eye to outward ap pearance , and Is very ambitious to have his boarding house sustain as good a rep.utatlon as possible. Occasionally ho has a short tmo prisoner doing tbo outside chores , and working around the building. A very leun , lank , cadaverous sort of a prisoner was com plaining to the sheriff tbo other dny because ho thought tlioro was partiality shown. "Why don't you let mo do a little of that outside - side work once in a while , so that I qould get n breath of trcsh uiri You know I wouldn't mil nwny. " "Mun alive , haven't ' you even a little bit of sense I Do you think I would , let such n skeleton as you show up on the outsldol It would bo a give-away. Everybody would say 1 was not feeding the prisoners well. Now you see that fellow that is out there ndw. Hn's a fat ono. Ho must weigh nigh three hundred. That's the kind of samples to have for the passers-by to gaze on. Then a fello\vsays , 'They must feed the fellows pretty well there , ' nnd ho tries to got in. " It is whispered , that the sheriff has another little trick to keep up the reputation of bis bouso. When a visitor chances to comment upon the sickly or oinuclatod condition of n prisoner the sheriff will slyly remark , "Oh , he's a new coiner. Ho only came in yester day IIo'll boiill right in n few weeks , like that fnt fellow over there , " und then ho points to his favorite sample , Scott House , Council Bluffs , transients.00 ! per day. Tlio People of Argentine. Ail Argentine { jontlcman'a ambition is DO ublo to call himself nn esoattmcloro that is the owner of an taucias , or ranch. Moit of the cbtuncias in the Plato arc about throe square leiuuios in extent , but t hero uro some that roiiu.li a hundred loagucs and over , suys the Illustrated American. During the "boom"of. throe yours agotliccsUiiiciors spent inonoy right nnd left in importing cuttlo and horses , nnd in building iluu country houses upon their properties. The typical catuneia house is ono story high. The e.stanoiero und his family usually occupy a house by themselves , n Bopurato ono being do voted to the guests , a third to the kitchens , etc. , while a fourth Is occupied by the peons. The gauoho ( properly pronounced ga- oo-toho , but moro improperly culled gowtoho ) Is the cowboy of the Rival1 Plutto diHtrlot. Ilo is thedccemlcnt of the Spanish colonist and the Guurunl Indian woman , and belongs to u class so distinct that , were it not ho spolco a dlaloot of the suino language as the Spanish Americans do ho might ho taken to belong to a cUilcront race. 9 Fits , spasms , St. Vitus annco.'norvousness nnd hysteria nro soon cured by Ur , Miles' Nervine. Frco &nnipleas iitlvubu & Co. , 15tli and Douglas. Httu wns Accurate. The other day among the guests ol the Helena was a widow from Salt Lake. She stayed two days , and hud three meals the following dny. nays the Helena Independent. That evening she went to the olllco and inquired of the hand some clerk for her 1)111. The gontlo- nmnly olllelal looked ut the register and politely informed the lady that she had been tlioro two and thrco-fourths days , and her bill would bo so and so. As a. hotel day Is divided Into four parts , for three mouls and lodging this com- puratlon was entirely correct. The luily , however , thought nho was being fooled. She toolc u piece of paper and u pencil nnd began to figuring , und than with a look of triumph turned to the fcintllng clerk. Then she said : "I know you were wrong. I have been In this house exactly two iinJ seven-sixteenths days. ' ; It required ill' the powers of porsuuslor on the part of the clerk to explain to the lady and collect hU hill. Ask for Van llouteu's Cocoa. Take no other. 1002. Sixteenth nnd Farnain streets is the now Hock Island ticket olllco. Tick ets to all points east ut lowest rates. THE GENII'S ' OF BREF IIARTE , [ is Delicate Humor , Patios , Irony aud Ex- quislti ) WurJ Painting. % A PRODUCT OF THE NEW EMPIRE. The Dawn of Ills l-'ann Hit Knst nnd 1'i'otrac'ted lte ! ldoiie < 5 Abroad HIM IntltiRiiue cut Con- Iciiiiini'ai-y IjllorntiirC. At least twenty yours luivo passed hico an obscure writer , who enjoyed n oputatiou for elevornuss anil tusto upon lie Paclllo coast , invoke 0110 mornlnif to lucl himself a literary { jltint in the Htiinatloii of many , through the publi * ation of a single siketch of soiuo thirty * Ivo hundred words. Suldoin iiulood has mbllc rccogtiltioii boon so candid und onipleto. The Cullfornln mull , brlns- tig with it "Tlio Luok of Ho.itiny Cump"sooiucd to touch a symptitlmtio honl of humanity that diil not eoaso to ibruto until it reached London. The mlf'frifjlitonwl uutliorwas overwhelmed vith letters of consrntulallon timl rdera of eilltors for future "copy , " und ) uforo another year haii passed his fame mil grown too grout for tlio city of the Golden Gate , says a writer in the Now York Star. Lured by the llatterin-r H'calh of prntsoandtho echo of u re- IOWH that filled the npprocmtlvo cast , ho young litomteur laid aside his cdi- orlnl pun and jouruoyod toward the ris- ng sun of ills greatness. That journey was n triumphal pro- rress. At every town the trumpet of ) \uno was blown lioforo him , anil ho was nude the recipient of substantial hon ors. It was seen for onoo that Amuri- mis cherished u lively regard for the nakors of their literature. Crowned vith the chanlets of applauding multi- tides , the wrilor reached the metropol is ind took up his abode among us , but only or a brief interval. As if convinced that lie star of his success was over beckon- ng him eastward , ho soon left us for for- oifii shores. After a sojourn upon the continent , ho eventually settled in Lou- Ion. Iu that emporium of literature and art ho seems contented to romnln , and if vo may judj'o by the blazon of a ( rroat eputatlon that comes to us , as shown in ocial admiration , Haltering reviews und over increasing sales , the author is omi- iciitly wisein his choice. Wo live too fast on this side of tho- Atlantic to mtiko hours lasting. Thu idol of today becomes the plaything of tomor- ow , and in the dust mid turmoil of daily trugglo the bloom and fragrance of ichicvementsaro lost. It Is the older civ- lizations which 1m vo probed and realized he future that Hud time and leisure .o bo settled in their convictions. "Tlio icydiiy in their bood is tame , " and who soever quickens it into lifo again will ind his efforts requited. Certainly tlio writer who has been so fortunate as to uvakon the admiration of the old world is wise to live with the inhabitants and enjoy the rustle of his laurels. Wo cannot , therefore , in 11 professional sense , flnd fault with Bret Ilnrto for his eng sojourn abroul. ; "Were it , indeed , 'or no other reason , , the condition of the AmnHi'nii Ronvrlirht law is sulllciciit to justify his choice. Edgar Saltus has said iomowhoro that the apathy of the United States in its neglect of the rights of na tive writers is enough to ' 'make an author turn anarchist , " aud that , until justice is done , the government is 'guilty of nothing Ics3 Hum compound ing a felony , " n conclusion in which most of the novelists of our day will coincide. By living in London the American author is enabled to secure ut once the protection of both govern ments and to reap the emolu ments of a double sale. Bret Ilnrto has been shrewd enough to avail him self of this. And it is said that the in habitants of Albion regard him as a prodigy and never cease to wonder at the genius which can draw such pure and perfect pictures of virgin nature whtlo hemmed in by the briclc and mortar of that great city , which n cynic has de scribed as "an invocation to suleido writ instono. " It is the merit of Bret Ilurlo to have struck the keynote of the American Iliad and Odyssey. Ho Is the founder of u school. In him most of the later short- story writers and novel its of the .south have found their inspiration. It first oc curred to him to immortalize that "pic turesque passing civilization" of the frontier whoso escutcheon was a rod shirt and a derringer. The great suc cess of his masterly sketches awakened in other artistic minds the desire to por- potuuto1 their own environment. The result has been what is gener ally recognized ns the southern movement in American litcraturo , which has called forth Cable's ' 'Old Creole Days , " Gruddoek's ' 'Tennessee Mountain Stories , " Soely's "Lono Star Sketches , " Woolson's -Florida Tales , " the "Alabama Studios" of Edwards , and "Undo Itoinus" and tlio "Virginia Glimpses" of Amelia IVivos and Miss McClelland. lie who reads narrowly the works of this later coterie of American writers can readily discern how truly it is tinc tured with the veined humanity of the muster just as a careful critic may de tect In Ilarto's own writings his allegi ance to Dickens , Thackeray , Irving and Hawthorne ; for genius Jms ever its fol lowing , and in the line of the vast stim ulus lie has supplied to American obser vation and portraiture , is the mlt-sion ol this great author to ba regarded. Our civilization is constantly changing. With each year the natural char acteristics of our vast territory are receiving > ' 'the ' transforming leaven of foreign immigration. The day is nqt , far uwuy when wo shall attain a certain Inslplt : homogeneity without the prosenl quaint flavors of , locale and dialect. Truly , they who have embalmed foi prosperity those Flle"otiiig types of our race should inori'i ' , our appreciation tint ] gratitude , In success in literature two things at least are Indispensable : clearness of ob servation and felicity of expression. The great art of modern letters is that of suggestion. The novelist nowadays appeals to a public eo intelligent tint ! discerning that ho no longer need adopt the labored and 'didactic ' tone of an earlier century. Open any volume of Smollot or Fielding and you will bo ama/od nt the careful und painstaking detail with which these old-fashioned story tellers unfold their Impressions. They wrote In the Infancy of thoirtirtand for an audlenco which could well ondiiro their prollxitv. 1'eoplo are so well read inourprosont clay that they do not require im author to elaborate his Ideas. Quick to see and understand , If the cue Is given thom , they relish the originality of the thought. It Is the pregnant utterance , the pithy saying , that delights and en tertains. In all thcso requisites our au thor Is t n adopt. As an observer of the various phenomena of nature ho la un surpassed , and ho possesses an artistic perception , associated with n nubtlo irony , that is unrlv.-illml. No uuthoi can by a few mnstorly phrases present o Bcono more vividly to the reader Henceforth It becomes a background igalnst which the inrldonts of his story ire distinctly Bllhoultod. t do not know how I cnn more faith * ully show thin than by tifow well chosen excerpts from his works. Take , for ox- untile , his novel "Oabrlol Conroy , " which lias to dual with the fortunes nnd n'lviitian.s of u party of emigrants lost unld the the rigor of u Slornm winter. 110 opens the story with this wonderful ilcluru , " .Snow. Everywhere. As far as the eye could roach fifty mile ? , looking southward from the highest while peak , billing ravines and gulches , and drop ping from the walls of canons In white , shroud-like drifts , fashioning the divlil- tig ridge into the llkoncss of a mons trous grave , hiding the bases of giant linen , and completely covering r' < ) ung trees and larohoH , rim * nlng with porcelain the howl- Iko edges of still , eold lakes , and undu lating In motionless white billows to the edge of the distant horizon. Snow lay- ng every whore over the California Sier ras on the loth day of .March 1818 , nnd stilt falling. "It had been snowing for ton days , snowing in llnelv granulated powder , in lamp , spongy llalces ; Ln thin , feathery plumes ; snowing from the leaden sky steadily ; snowing llorcely , shaken out of purple-blaclc clouds in white , lloccit- cut tniuses , or dropping in long , level .ines like white lances from the tumbled ind broken heavens. Hut always si- .otitly ! The woods were so choked with .1 , the branches wcro so laden with It , t hud so permeated , llllod and possessed Lho sky ; it had so cushioned and mullled the ringing rocks and echoing hills , that 111 sound was deadened. The strongest Ljust , the llorcost gale awoke no sigh or complaint from the snow packed , rigid Hies of forest. There was no cracking of bough nor crackling of underbrush ; the overladen branches of pliioandllr yielded and gave way without a sound. The silence was vast , measureless eom- pleto. " Or take the following introduction to Ills "In the Ciirn.uinc7 Woods , " wherein ho presents to the reader the overawing sublimity of a mammoth forest the " homo of "tho hero and the heroine. "Tho sun was going down on the Car- quinuz woods. The few shafts of sun- .ight that had pierced their pillared gloom wore lost in unfathomable depths , or splintered their ineffectual lances on Lho enormous trunks of the redwoods. Lr n time the dull red of their vast columns and the dull-red of their cast off bark , which matted the ooholess aisles , still seemed to hold a faint glow of the dying day. But oven this soon passed. Light and color lied upward. The dark , interlaced trectops that hud all day made an impenetrable shade , broke into llro hero and there ; their lost spires glittered , faded and went utterly out. A weird twilight , that did notcomo from the outer world , but seemed born of the wood itself , slowly filled und possessed the aisles. The straight , tall , colossal trunks rose dimly into columns of upward smoke. The few fallen trees stretched their huge length into obscur ity , and scorned to bo on shadowy tres tles. The strange breath that iilled these mysterious vaults hadx neither ' coldness' nor moisture ; a dry , fragrant dust arose from the noisless foot that trod their bark-strewn lloor ; the aisles might have been tombs , the fallen trees enormous mummies , the silence the soli tude of a forgotten past. " Bret Ilarto has always been remark able for tlio grace and beauty of his in troductions. Ho has the eye nnd the touch of a master artist. When a scene has boon presented to the reader , upon the very threshold of a story , with the felicity ! have shown , It appeals to him throughout the book , and palpably ac companies the narrative like a melody or a fragrant perfume. It is the cant of the day to alToct to despise "line writing" ; to extol and eulo- gi/.o simplicity. I remember to have mot critics who wore accustomed to speak of these masterly periods of our author ns "purple patches with which Mr. Ilarto saw lit to embroider his other wise faultless stories. " It has always seemed to mo that this protest emanated from incompetence nnd mediocrity. It itj well for those' who Inck the cunning of this prose poet to decry a power which enables him to call up u bit of landscape or evoke a view of the sea with a clear ness of vision that makes the render fairly catch his breath. Who can lind it in his heart to quibble with an author- on the score of rhetoric who given us in burst burst of conscious poetry this pic ture of the dawn ? "It caino with-a hush in the storm ; .it came with blue openings in the broken up and tumbled heavens ; it came with stars that glistened first and then p.ilcd , and tit last" sank drowning In those deep cerulean lakes ; itcamo with those ceru lean hikes broadening into vaster sens , whoso shores expanded at last into ono illimitable ocean , cerulean no moro , but llcck'ed with crimson and opal dvcsit ; came with the lightly lifted misty cur tain of the day , torn and rent on crag and pine top , but always lifting , lifting. It came with the sparkle ot emerald in the grasses , and the Hash of diamonds in every spray , with a whisper in the awak ening woods , and voices in the traveled roads and trails. " Tlio "Episode of Fiddlotown" contains another exquisite description wherein this magician surprises us with this revo lution of u halcyon season , "And then , without warning , tlioro dropped from heaven n day so tender , so mystically soft , so dreamily beautiful , so throbbing and alive with the Huttor- ing of invisible wings , so replete and bounteously overflowing with an awak ening mid joyous resurrection not taught by man or limited by creed that they thought It lit to bring her out and lay her in that glorious sunshine that sprinkled like the droppings of n bridal torch the happy lintels and doors. And there she lay beautified and calm. " Exquisite as our author appears in thcbo descriptions of natural bconoryho has a certain vein of irony , which at times pervades his writing , in its own way no less delicious , In tills respect tlioro is no other writer who can approach preach him. Take this explanation from "Simpson's Bar" Mr. Jack Ham- llii speaking : " 'Ef I was asked to p'int out a party little village whore a retired sport ns didn't care for money could oxerciuo his- self frequent and lively , I'd say Simp son's liar ; but for a young man with u largo family depending upqn his exer tions , it don't pay. ' As Mr. Hamlin's family consisted mainly of female ti'lults , this remark is quoted rather to show the breadth of his humor than the exact extent of his responsibilities , " In the sumo story the "Old Man" has invited some friends to his house , and ho is fearful that his wife , a modern Xaii- tlppo , may resent It. A debate follows witness this droll paraphrase : "Uoforo ho could reply , Joe Ulmmick suggested , with great directness , that It was the old man's house , and that , invoking the DlJ vine Power , if the ca o wcro his own , no would invite whom ho pleased , oven If la so doing ho Imperiled his milvation. The powers of evil , ho further remarked , should contend against him vainly. All this delivered with a terseness nnd vigor lost In this necobsary translation. " The hero , during a visit to n distant frontier vlllngo , has a charactorlstio ad venture , Ilarto cannot mist giving the reader a hint of It , although it Is done at the expense of the pout Longfellow , in the following fanhlon : "But here ho was waylaid by beauty beauty opulent Iu chums , allluent in dress , porsunslvo In speech and Spanish lit accent ! Jn vain HIIO i-opeuled the In * , vltatlon la 'Kxeolsloihappllv scorned ! by all Alplno-ollmbing votit'i nnd ro- , teclod by this child of the .Sierras a ro- i lection ( tottonod In this" Instance by a ' laugh and his hwt gold coin. " I Colonel Stnrbotllo and his nephew , I Culpopper , have a similar oxporlenco with a certain "Dolores : " ' "Krom the convor.sitlon that oniued Cmpopner gathered that some insult had been put upon the hulv at a frontier ball which she had attended that even ing ; that the colonel , her o Hirt. had failed to resent It with the sanguinary completeness which cho desired. I re gret that , even in a liberal ago , I may not record the exact and even pictur esque language in which this wus con voyed to lior hearers. Enough that , at the close of a ( lory pororatlon , with feminine Inconsistency , she Hew at the gallant colonel and would hnvo visited nor delayed vengeance upon his luckless head but for the prompt interference of Culpoppor. Thwarted in this , she threw herself on the ground , and then into un- picturesque hysterics. Tlioro was a line moral lesson , not only In this grotesque performance of a sex which cannot afford to bo grotesque , but in the ludi crous concern with which It inspired the two men , Culnopper , to whom woman was moro or lews nngollc , was pained and sympathetic. The colonel , to whom she was moro or less improper , was ox- ccodlngly torrilled and embarrassed. " Granted that those two instances are not fair criteria , but U in perhaps this tendency to satirize the sex which \imlccs the average woman chary of the writ- lugs of llrot Ilnrto. The feminine nature shrinks instinctively from ridicule. Knowing her many wpnhnessca , she in- Irencheshursclf within herfrail fortress , preferring the flattery and hypocrisy of the arch enemy , man , and fearing 'the penetration of that ironical , but truehearted - hearted , udmlrer who pierces her 1'ro- lean disguise. Certain It is that the Dickens of the Pad He slope is most rel ished by his own sox. Only the gray- eyed Minorvas and those daughters of Kvo who have a dash of vitro ! in their blood , return without Hindiing Ills dis criminating security , but yield him the homage of intellectual admiration. It is an enchanted wand the Great Michigan wields. Ills is the empireof our laughter nnd our tears. And such is the rare quality of his genius that ho commands both in a breath. Hardly has the eyelid trembled with the burden of his pathos when some sudden fancy sots it dancing with delight. Joy , rose- Ifppcd and silver-trebled , strays even through his pages , hand in hand with her twin sister , sad-eyed and bweet- voiced borrows. In Holland , Mich. , C. J. Docsbury publishes the Mows und In its columns strongly recommends - mends Dr. Thomas' Electrical Oil for ccufjbs , colds , sore throut , catarrh nn < l usthimi. SUI'KUSTITIONSAIJOUT OA.IUS. People \Vlio Handle tlic Pasteboards Have Queer ItadM. "While I am awn re that iho number of superstitions is legion , says a writer In American Notes and'Queries , J send you a few curious ones pertaining to playing cards which may bo interesting , ! Most of these superstitions I have gathered from persons I have met , and , while boiiio of them "did not believe In foolish superstitons , " they would , never theless , at times when fortune was against thom , try , some little supersti tious act "just to see If It would mnko any dilVeronco in their luck. " One of the most common superstitions is that where u rard player who is not having ( rood luck gets u ] ) nnd solemnly walks around his chair throe times in order to propitiate fortune , or the player will call lor a now pack of cards. The partners in a game of cards who have the grain of the table running be tween thom are also supposed to bo helped thereby. This , I am told , is tin Irish superstition. If you are a card player , and not hav ing a table in your room , start to play cards on the bed , then be\ynro , for this is an act sure to bring misfortunes in numerable. Never throw a pack of cards at anyone ono , as the act will brlngall kinds of bad luck to the person struck. When you have a pack of cards which have seen their best days do not commit the imprudence of giving thom away. It is alto bad luck , The proper plan is to burn them , and preferably with pop per and salt. The belief that a largo number of people ple have in'the ellicacy of fortune tell ing by cards is too well known to dwell upon. TliCBO people , when a fortune teller is not convenient , will often pick out their own fortune by means of divers kinds of solitaire. Then there is thoold proverb : "Lucky at cards , unlucky at love. " The now oilic 3 of ttio great Rock Is land route , 1U02 , Sixteenth and Farnain street , Omaha , are the linostlu the city. Call and see thom. 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