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THE OMAHA DAILY BEF , J.1OSDAY , UGTJST 25 , 1890. HIE VICTIM OF BHSCLERS , Views of an Export Electricanon the Execu tion of Kcmmler , \ HOW IT FEELS TO BE ELECTROCUTED , 'J'lio Demand for InsuHtcd Trolley \VlrcH Oddities ol'n Clilnoso Iclu- Bniiti | Ullloa .VnUtfiH * I'Jl CurH Tlio OMAHA , AuBtiitS1) ) . To the Killtor of Tin : HBII : At this tltno when the whole civilized world Is cngAgcd In the illu-usslon of tlut lutest scientific achievement In tlio field of electricity the loKiillzuil ktllmu of murderer ICoinwler , tlioMOIVH of un olcctrlclunvlio linn oirperlemvil tlio effect of a 1VK ( ) volt cur rent , BUflcivtl tin ; agony of tlio lo.tt om'l lay puruly/cd for months , may not bo unlntcrint- Intr. In tills iiitrtlciilur case the newspapers haw lost sight of the iirlticlpiil factor In thu taking o ( hunmitllfc by electricity not hmv many volts pivssurc , but what ciuantlty Is necessary to do this work , and whnt pressure Is roiinlrcd to force u Klveii iiusiutlty through n Kiven reslstiuico. AliifKOHlzoInduction cell mny given , vol- tu > ; oiiway up In tlio thousands mul lw tnla'ii with Iintmnity , simply hccniisa the cuiutlty { ; Is soHiiiall , tli.it ItU inc.iiialjlo of beliiuiiioa.s- urcil. Klectrli'huH , I think , will iigroo with 1110 in suiting that one tunpcre or the unit of quantity , when driven through the vital parti will produce Instant death , and our problem now deals with tlio pressure sufllclcnt to send this current through driven resistance such us a boJy. An tlio laws tfovornliig electricity nro Just tw infalllbluiiH the Imvsof astronomy , ! ! becomes npp.u-eiit Unit this problem can bollgarcdotit to u iiiathoinatic.il nicety. That pressure inc.isurcJ in volu will cijual the resistance mt'asureilln ohms Is a well known law. To illuiitiiito : Had Keiumlcr's body nwasiired ! iWK ) ohms resistancejmt Jr > ix ) volts of pres sure would have been i-cqulreil to have foivctl one iiiiiiero tlirouxh It. In his case no well- defined effort wns iiiudo to dctcrmino his rc- hlstniife , and as aconswiuenco the man hiv- liiKehaivo of ttio execution worked in the dark , with no knowledge whatever of the voltaic necessary , tindns u result a sickening sijlit ( followed , which will loiiu bo rcinoin- lor.id by ihwo unfortiiiiato enough to liavo witnessed it. lidison suys ttieavciiteo ro- Histnncoof iho human body under conditions corrusixmd'.ni , ' to ICeinmlcr's will average uhout : tHK ( ) olinis , and when all connections are electrically perfect about lhl)0 ) ohms , and ho also claims that these results will not vary 5 per cent timlor the saiuo conditions. As e.uisticpotash which destroys all oily matter , is nccossurv to make a perfect electrical connection with a body , ills mani festly evident that this cuso will' come under the former Illustration , and that rot less than ! I'J ( ) ' ( ) volts would bo necessary to force n cur rent known to bo deadly through the body of KcmmliT. It Inn been known for some time that the dynamos used were condemned ones and In capable of maintaining a high voltage. "War- don Ounston wits given warning of this but neglected to prollt l > y it. It was said that when the lirst current was sent through the condemned man the volt meter registered only Mil ) anil dropped even below that , and if this bo so there is no known rule to uearoul the statement that ho died instantly , and even had the generators given a voltage of 3,0H ) this , under favorable conditions , would not have been any lee much. I have seen it pub lished that ICeinmlcr spent some time In pre paring hi.s liair before the execution and con- bUlering the character of the man it , la pro- Hiiinnblo that bo used largo qualities of oil , which uelng one of lie bo.t insulators would Invo increased his resistance and consequently required * quired a larger voltage to have done the work. Only a small space on his head was cut ( not shavcdj. about one-third us largo as the electrode , which must have made an im- jicrfect contact , thus mutoriiilly lessening the chances of li'Miint uuil painless dissolution. Again , it is admitted that the dynamos worked Imperfectly nnd that something was materially wrong with the entire plant on thu morning of the fatal event , but Instead of postponing the occasion until the defects coulu. ho remedied , the unfortunate murderer was dragged to the chair and a scene ensued that no one but these who were present , nnd who were twoni to secresy In compliance with the lu\v , will over know how cruel and inhuman It must have been. In interviews published In New York a wcok.beforo this re sult was predicted by prominent scientist , and while no intelligent man will claim that under favorable conditions human life cannot bo taken Instantly and painlessly by electricity ' tricity , yet in tills case the e'urrent was Inadequate , and as the doctors dis agree there can be but little doubt tliat the punishment that Ifcmmlor received miring uiu iirsi twenty seconus ou nt to IMVO atoned for Ills awf Jl crime , ami whoa the second application of u high voltage us nlleged , win applied , the electrolytic action produced by the ilrst current , together with tbu hair and hnlr oil , must have caused such n burning of the llcsh that tliero can ho no wonder that ono iniin fainted at the nomblo sight. As to tlio Hum's feeling , I must leluto my own experience. In Mnrch , IbMl , while following my profession in New York , I wits engaged In pulling In some lights In n. build ing.Vo eoiineetoil oalo \Vc3tingliou.so nltonmtlng system , which inaliituins u high potential on Its street iiiiilns and converts the street current by inc.ms of transformer * into currents of comparative liurinlessiiess. Owing to gross carelessness on my part 1 stood ono afternoon loaning up against n steam pijie , and the eiul of avlro wo were fastening to tlio wall , was ilnnlv grasped in my Imnd. Hy a misunderstanding imo of the moil connected the house wires di rectly Into the street circuit , anil having n ground through my body , I niituriill received the full current of over one thousand volts. The Ilrst sensation was a singing in my curs and my head felt us though some torn- , lileix > wcrwas crushing nnd grinding it us ono noes an OL'g shell. All motion wns gone , ; . , and for the few seconds of time that 1 was ' < conscious of anything I can remember thut I cndure/d excruciating ugouy. As soon us the currentstopped 1 folltinconclous ami rcnr.ilncd bo for thlily-four hours. Upon beginning to recover my senses the real horror com menced. Kvery muselo was strained to its highest tension , ever atom of lleUi felt like DUO'S foot asleep , only u thousand limes worse , and then it win my prayer to die. following this e.inio a long n.Tioil of sick ness In which I remained pamlwed for live months. My Imnd , which had been burned to the bone , was built up and saved but the scar remains on my linn yet , n constant reminder of my nwfnl suffering , unit when I consider my own cxH.'rli'iici | > , together with the fact Unit * * " " Keiiiinler win secretly buried in the dead of thu night and no ono allowed to view his re mains oxtvpt these sworn to secrecy , I cannot hl'lp concluding thut the rules governing I'loctiiclty remained Infallible in this case nnd that the poor man wns not only tortured during the tlrst application of the current , but 1 honestly believe tuo spectators wit nessed a sight thut they nro too cowardly to reveal. Electricity properly applied is n * humane method of taking life , but In thlscuso \ > t wus to tuo advantage of a certain powerful electrical company to Imvo the experiment full , and from the standpoint of an electri cian , failure it was , and u crvlug disgrace on these who were Implicated In the sicken ing affair , II. Q , SI.OITM. Insitlalnil Tnill ; y Wln-s. Hcecnt accidents with broken trolley wires nnd particularly the accident which killed IV IVV two lior > cs on Tremont street , In Doston , V show that some safer means must bo dovi > cd for carrying lightning throucli crowded city streets , says the Somcrvlllo Journal. When thoelectrio system wus Ilrst Introduced In t the Ilostoa street car service , theuxports lo- dared that thn current In the trailer wlroi was weak , and that It was not dangerous to llfo. Tlio succession ot accidents which has followed > lace then lias convince ! the public Unit the current Is not weak , ami that there is constant and Imminent danger to 11 founder S present conditions. The power that will maUo two horses to- pother drop dead In their tracks Is certainly strong enough to destroy human life. If the charged wlro that fell on Tromont street hail - & . 'truck a ninii Instead of a horse , some ofllcial attention would have been paid to the acci dent , I'mil some such fatality occurs the authorities may not fool called upon to uotlco that tbo strcot railway company Is sending /ovurauttkcd wlreuuug abevo lud beads of thousands of people , n ) xnver that will kill If tha suspended wires fall. It Is nomense to say that the remedy for evil * .s to stop the use of electricity as. a mo tive power for street railway c.irs. Elect no caw are ulre.nlv a necessity , nnd the public would be unwilling to give them up. Xew 1 Inventions bring new danger * , and the only ! thing to do h to accept them , nnd to devise | means for obviating them to the greatest posI I slblo extent. In the case of the trolley wires ' It "coins as If insulation were the needed reni- \ ccly. If tlio trolley wlreshad been liisjlatcd. ( the truanlvlre thut foil on Tromont strfet would Moth live been charged with electricity nnd the accident would have been less serious thnn It was. KiTeetlvo insulation would timko the \\-lroi safe , and the company might use as strong power us It chose. 'Pho objection Is , from the company's point of view , that to Insulate the trolley wlrei will cost asinall fortune ami that the e.ipenso should not bo Incurred unless It Is required. That It is required , from the point of view of the public , the accidents that have been re ported clearly show. No matin- what It costs , the wires must bo mailu safe. Light ning on u naked who is out of place In city streets. A Oilnpse 'IVlotfrupli Ollioo , As usunl In nil ofltelally conducted enter prises In China ( and the Chinese government acknowledges no union of capitalists for largo enterprise : } apart Irom oftlclul inumigeinent ) , little encouragement Is given to the general public. In the case of the telegraph , the charges aiv hiuluivcr.iglni ; about one shilling n word , more or les , according to distance , snvHtho ( Juiu'lcrly Kevlow. This tariff ii , with u tin if ty people like the Chiiiwe , qnito prohibitive as iar as social messages arc con cerned ; and faf buslnosi purposes its use Is cotitined to the few wealthy merchants In the larger towns , nnd by them it is used very sparingly. In the 1ms Important plaew It Is not upon to t'.ia ' public at nil , alihouzh the nnedfiil stations nnd operators are to bo found th.'re. At-one such station , In the town of Shin-tan in Hupch , wo once tried to send a messiiiru. Alter nuu-h Imiuiry wo at last found our way to tno Tit'iipao cliU " dispiiteh olllce " , or "liiftitnlng , and were shown to an old out- nf-tlic-wav two-storied Clilnoso dwelling house. Climbing uii an laconvenloiitly steep ladder \vo reached the upper story , xvhlcli consisted of a roomy loft , with a rickety loose plank Iloor and no ceiling beneath the unccmontod illo roof. The npirtnient had every appearance of having not been swept or garnUlmd since the day it wan constructed. As our eves gradually grew accustomed to the dim light admitted Unouuh the .small paper windows , we peiviveJ in ono corner a curtained trestle bedstead oilluinlnutcil by u diminutive opium smoker's lump , in another corner a telegraphic signaling Instrument with a silk cover to protect U from the dirt , and a couple of the usual stiff-backed wooden Chinese chairs. A few clothes-trunks and a tumble-down wardrobe completed the fund tu re. As wo entered a man of thirty , hand somely dressed in silk , arose from the bed and welcomed us to a seat. He received m with great effusion and , to our surprls seemed highly pleased to see his haunt in vaded by u barbarian. A lad of eighteen or less , iilsb gay ly dressed in Mlk , produced the hospitable t'eii , nnd conversation commenced. The manager could not accept my message without a card from the taotai , or governor , who resided forty miles distant , and with which ho advised mo to provide iny clf on a future occasion. The l.ul. . who turned out to bo an operator traim'd in Shanghai , had merely to report on the condition of the wires , which ho did dally by telegraphing to the next statiun the English worJs "all right. " The rest of the English lie once knew ho appeared to have forgotten. As to the elder mini , the mun.iger , a sociable Hob- Chow man , hn talked of himself as nil exile among savages with no society , no occupa tion , and no uniusonvntH. Ho thoroughly enjoyed a visit from ono who came from the civilUuti'jn of Shanghai , and seemed deeply to rejrrot our departure. He particularly la mented Ids hard lot , in that having bought li.U'll ) English words of a native to.iehor of English in Slr.mglrd , at a cast of $2 per hun dred , ( t-o ho expressed himself , ) ho had now only use for 2 words , and hud almost entirely forgotten the remaining 1,1'JS. Noiseless Klcutrlu Cir.- : < . .Among the many things that Mr. Harold P. llrown , the electrical engineer , did while hero was to experiment with a uoiselesb elec tric street car motor for the consolidated lines , and the results were highly successful , says the Louisville. Courier-Journal. For the past few nights people who stay up late saw running on Green street an open electric car that wai almost noiseless in its movements. The motor was of the Bolding make , and , instead of gearing to transmit pawer , heavy nnd stout manilla rope ? are used. Tfto car is stopped by applying the brake , allowing the motor to run continuously while the trucks are standing .still.Vhcn the brakes arc eased up the car starts again. Ily this now method all noise from gearing is done away with , and no current has to bo turned on , as the motor is already running. Its momentum Is obtained at the stirt , and it is said that tlio use of the current is more economical. Mr. Urown has returned to New York highly elated with his exporimouts. It is not known whether the new motors will be adopted hero or not. To Control thn Phonograph. By papers Hied with the soeretiry of state in Albany there Ir.is been recorded an amalga mation of various corporations which for the llwt time lifts the phonograph above the plane ofn mure tov and places it among the useful invention , like Its progenitor , the telephone - phone , says a New York dispatch to the Chicago Tribune. Tlio various branch coin- panics operating It have been combined in ono corporation , called the IS'ow Y'orj < Phonograph graph company , whoso president Is John P. llaines , the successor of Henry Borgh , as tlio head ol the concern. Mr. H-alncs has been bmdly at work of late buying up the various patents connected with this invention , over which tliero has been more or less dispute nnd legal controversy. There are already SuO of these machined la use in various oftlces in this city. The I.HiHos Delimited. The pleasant effect and the perfect safety with which ladies may use the liquid fruit laxative , Syrup of Fifs , under all conditions make It their favorite remedy. It Is pleasing to the eye and to the taste , gentle , yet olTect- ualjn acting on the kldnoys.llver and bowels. CJIINUSU UAIIAVAVS. IMaiiy DiniciiltlcH tu he Overcome in Building Them , Two strong forces of opposition lonj ; prevented the Introduction of railroads into C'hinn , These wore : 1. The Bupor- Htltious prejudices of the people ; and , 2. The zoaloim competition of the many persons engaged in the carrying trade , ' .says tlio Chicago 'Inter-Ocean. The em pire Is travelled in all directions bj numerous roads. None of these nvo paved and all uro badly kept , hut a vasl interim ! tnulo Is carried on , pnrtly ovei them nnd partly by menus of an extended system of cannls 'and the ninny nttvljn- | blo rivers oftho umpire. Tninsporta- tlon overlnnd has been largely accomp lished for centuries by means of wlieol- barrows , and u largo force wus of course iioccfHiry for the removal of goods and products by the prlmltlvo convoyiuico. These earriora niitui'ullv strove hard to prevent tin innovation destined , as they wiw , to rob them of their employment ; nml , iitilod by the suporatitlous fears o : the people , they wore for si loiifj time successful. The 11 ret attempt to Introduce railways into the country was by tlio'constriietioii in 1S70 of a nhort ifno from Shanghai to Woonsunfj , n dis tuucoof twelve miles. Tlio concession permitting the building of this ruihvaj was only obtained from the irovernmeni with great dllllculty through the foreign ministers at Poking. It was opened foi trullle Juno , 1870. The following yoiu the government purchased the ruilwaj and immediately tore. It up. About 1SSL iv railway for the conveyance of cou' ' from the mines at Kniplng to llokon , on the 1'otung rivor. was built , and was subsequently oxtemlod to deep wutor 01 the I'ctang. In 1888 this line was eon tinned from the Putting via Taku to- the larger city of Tientsin ; the entire line making a length of about eighty-six mlli-H. This line was oponeil for trntlle to Tientsin in October , 1888 , after bcinj , Inspoctoil nnd approved. A few weolci later an imperial dec re o was issuct ordering tlio extension of tlio line from Tientsin along tlio Polho river , twelve to the towu of Tuujrchow ; but sud tlunly , on nccount of the ti-onj { oljjco- lions of the conservutivo twrty at court , this order was ivscinueil. Hut in August , 1880. the onmeror orilcroil the construction of u line across the northwest iii'ovltiee from Peking to Hun- how on the Viunrtso river. Ho ordered the Viceroys LI Hung Chang and Cluing ( . 'Ititnug , nnd governors of thu provinces through which the railroad was to pass , to take charge of the construction. Very soon lifter this onlui' wns promul gated u very wiorcd tuinplo in I'cWiig , : ho Tien Tun. or Altar of Heaven , was turned , and thin calamity was attributed jy many tmparctitlous person.to ) the In troduction of the iMllroads. Indeed , the conservative party mmfo Mich a strenu ous effort to u-e the destruction of the temple nsiin nrgument ngnlnst the railroad - road jirojei't , that it came to be { jcnor- ally suspected thill some of them hud caused the lire for the direct purpose of liiyiuj ; the blame on tlio foreign innova tion. " It was thought for u llmo that the emperor's order for the building of u road to Hankow could nuver bo carried out. Hut thai ruler sent , word to n largo number of the high ollluials of the em pire , governors of province * and others , asking thorn to report upon the plan of railroad building' . Finding that these were , with scarce an exception , in favor of the new ro.ulnbelieving that they would add greatly to the pro-iperlty of the empire , the emperor issued another proclamation ordering thut work should bo immediately begun on the now road. Van Ilouton's ' Cocoa Delicious , made in stautty. SIITIXC ; He Itfiiomliiloiirily Find IVym tlio Hattie - tie in Whieh Ciistrr AVas Killed. Hitting Hull was not the Inspiration of the great victory , von by the Hloit.x , Up to this time he had no real claims as it war chief. Eleven days before the light there wnn a "biin-dimeo. " His own l > ? ople have since told us these particu lars , and the best story-toller iiinong them was thut bright-faced squaw of Tntonka-lio-gle-.slm Spotted Horn Bull who accompanied the party on their eastern trip. She Is own cousin to Sitting Hull , and knows whorcjof she speaks. The chief liiul a trauco and vision , writes Uiiptnin Clmrles ICing in Harper's Magazine. Solemnly ho as sured his people , that within a few days they would bo altuuUcd by a vast force of white soldiers , but that the Sioux should triumph over them ; and when the Crows and Crook's command ap peared on the 17th it was a partial re demption of his promise. \Vnry feouts saw Heno's column turn ing backdown the Rosebud after discov ering thu trail , and nothing , they judged , would come from that quurfor. All around Crook's camp on Goose Creek the indications were that the "Gray Fox1' was simply waiting for more soldiers before - fore he would again venture forth. Sit ting Bull had no thought ot a now at- tank for days to come , when , early on the morning of the S" > th , two Cheyenne Indians who had started eastward nt dawn came dashing back to the blulfs , and waving their blanket , signalled. "Whito soldiers heaps coming quick , " Instantly all was uproar and confusion- OI course women and childrer. had to bo hurried nwuy , tlio great herds of ponies gathered In , nnd the warriors u s bomblcd to meet the coming foo. Kven as the chiefs were hastening to the council lodge tliero cnrne a crash of rapid volleys from the south. It was Keno's attack an attack from a now and utterly unexpected quarter and tills , with the news 1.1ml Long Hair was thunde-lng down the ravine across the stream , was too much for Sitting Bull. Hurriedly gathering his household about him , ho lubhod his pony to the top of his speed , and lied westward for safety. Miles ho galloped before ho dare stop for breath. Behind him ho could hear the roar of buttonnd ! on ho would have sped but for tlio sud den discovery thut one of his twin chil dren was missing. Turning , ho was sur prised to find the firing dying awaysoon ceasing altogether. In half an hour more ho managed to get back to camp , where the missing child was found , but the battle had been won without him. Without him the Blaekfcet and Un- capapas had repelled Rene nnd penned him on the builTs. Without him the OguhilliiH' , Brides , nnd Choyennes had turned back Custer's daring assaultthen rushed forth and completed the death- riimi iiriiu 111 * > iiiun \vii3jivm. . Again hud Crn/.y Horse been foremost in the fray , riding In and braining the bewildered soldiers with his heavy war club. Fully hud his vision been renli'/.cd , but Sitting Bull was not thoro. For a long time it was claimed for him by certain sycophantic followers that from the council lodge ho directed tlio battle ; but It would not do. When the old sinner was finally starved out of her majesty's territory , and canio in to nc- ccpt the terms accorded him , oven his own people could not keep straight faces when questioned us to the cnuso of the odd names given these twins "The- Ono-Thul-AVns-Tuketi" nnd "The-Ono- Tlmt-\Viis-Lcfl. " Finally it all leaked out , and now "none so poor us to do him reverence.1' ' Of course it wns bis role to assume nil the airs of a conqueror , to bo insolent and defiant to the "High Joint commis sion , " sent the following winter to bog him to uomo home and bo good ; but the claims of Tatonkn-o-Yotanka to the leadership in the greatest vic tory his people ever won nro mere vaporlngs , to bo classed with tlio boastings of dozens of chiefs who were scattered over the northern reservations during the next few years. Rnin-in-thc-Face u ed to brag by the hour that ho killed Custor with his own hand , but the other Indians laughed ul him. Gall , of the Unciipapas , Spottet Englo , Kill Eagle , Liuno Deer , Lone , Wolf , and all the varitles of Bears niul Bulls wore probably leading spirits ii tlio battle , but the man who moro thnn all others seems to luivo won the nd- mirution of his follows for fekill and dat ing throughout that stirring campaign , and especially on that bloody day , is ho who so soon after inot his death in a des peruto ellort to escape from Crook's , guards , the warrior Cra/.y Ilorso. K Discovery. The discovery by the inhabitants of n local itv hitherto unvisited by the pcstilen neourgo of fever and aue , that It exists ii their very midst , is dceideJly startling. Sucl discoveries nro made every season , in ever' part of tlio Union , Subsequently , when It i ascertained , as It invariably Is at such times through the valuable experience of some OIK who bin been benclltted and cured , that Hos tetter's Stomach IHtters Is a thoroughly cfll caclous rrudlcator of the malarial poison , am n means of fortifying the system against It. i feeling of more security nnd traiujullltv reigns throughout the whole neighborhood Ucsulci the febrile forms of malarial dUoa.se dumb ague , and ague cultc are removed bj the potent nition of the Bitters , to which science also plvos Its sanction as remedy for rheumatism , dyspepsia , consttpa tlon , liver complaint , debility , kidimey troubles , and all diseases Impairing the 01 fans of digestion and assimilation. O. V M. HY. IJjill Kxcuralon to the Seashore. The Ohio & Mississippi railway wil soil tickets from St. Louis to Old 1'oin C'omfort and return for excursion leuv ing September / > and 0 , nt the low rate ol i2iliO , good for return until Snptom bor 30. For further Information cull a O , & M. ticket olllco , or apply to A. J Lyttlo , general western passenger agent 1W Broadway , St. Louis , ilo. v n.vrrtjiVITMIUU : tmx TU is.vt u The I'll htl'til K ] terleiii < Mfta ( Ionium Aeronaut Inn KroHll'THp. Tliv(5ormtui ( aeronaut \Vo\IT \ recently mil u most terrible experience during u rip in a balloon from the grounds of the Cologne exhibition of thu art 01 war. n comp'iny with 1'otor Suliinitz nnd n iiiinufiicturer named Dopunotioi * ho tnrted in the balloon Stollwerlc at 1 ) Vlo 'k on a cloudy aflernoan , says the "N'ew York Sun. Tlio balloon lle'w one nllo nlmoit straight upward into the lilckof a storm.Vollf , fcirful of the strong wind and hail around him , de cided to niiiko a landing as soon us posal * ble. ble."There was nothing but woods and woods under us , ' ' he s.itd , subsetiuehtlv. 'Tho balloon dorr-ntled with violent apidlty. I llnally discovered a little clearing on a steep mountain side and : irepircd to anchor. Tlio balloon do- ended moro slowly , and the people who Imd observed us hurried together under neath to help us hind. 1 drew the veil- Hint or a little further open and motioned to Sclimltto yet out. Doponlu-uor ilightcd , and nil was wvll , when sud denly a whirlwind struck us. A terrible jerk sends me on my kick la the car. I jump up to 11 ml all things swimming down. down below me , and two men clinging help lessly to the cdgo of the car. I catch tlio nearest one , a peasant who tried to assist in the landing. Too Intel Ills strength is gone ; ho lots go , nnd I hear with horrible dlstiiiclin-ss the mil filed thud of his body on the ground. "Mv heart sickens , but I rally to save my friend Schmttx , who still sticks to the car's side. Already the clouds arc sinking beneath us. Wo arc at least two miles above the earth. I try to raise Sobmitz into the car , but ho luus sunk so fur down from the edge that I can hardly grasp his wrists , and he is too weak to make an oll'ort for himself. Doth of us ijrojin our . despair , for nil seems over. Slowly and painfully I raise him n little , Pet my teeth In Iho back of his coat , and en deavor to bind him fust with the storm line. A few moments drag by in hope and despair , and I llnally succeeded in fastening tlio rope under his arms and in tying him so to the car. There is-no safety in Hie de vice , however , for were Sclunlti ! to loose consciousness for an instant his body ' would relax nnd ho would slip away. 'I call to him , 'Spread out your arms ! Spread out your arms ! ' I hoar his body mo\o In response to my admonition , but his voice is lost to me. "All this has occupied twenty-live minutes nnd wo Imvo in the meantime been slipping upward. Kvorything now depends on our making a quick landing. I draw onon the valve and wo begin fall ing. Wo plunge into n great storm. The balloon spins around in circles , and sways about like a drunken man. lluin , hail , thunder , and lightning swoop o vei ns. The balloon reels so that I must lie on my face to remain in the cur. " Toterl Peter ! ' I called to my friend. 'Hold fasti Only hold fasti' ' "No response.'for ho cannot hear mo. The agitation of the balloon has loosened ened the rope and ho bus sagged buck again , down the side of the car , so I can see only his linger tips on tlicl cdgo. I creep to tlio side of the car , sei/.o his right wrist with my left band , and with my right Imnd and teeth I tug at the valve" . ' 'I cannot hold out longer'comes in n weak voice from Sahmltz. 'I am slip ping away. ' " 'Ono minute , only ono minute moro , ' I cry back , 'and wo will'hoi there. ' "Tho nearer wo come to the ground , however , the moro violent becomes the oscillation of the balloon. Finally wo slip over a house , a barn , and drop like a shot to tbo ground. " 'Lot go1 shouted to Schmitz , nnd jump away from the anchor. ' "Ho obeys and the baleen , 105 pounds lighter , soars upward. I pull at the valve with all my strength till the anchor catches a small tree. But the tree gives away , and with the rebound the cur springs up to the balloon , and for n moment I hung on almost by my teeth. The anchor catches again in a tree. Again u jerk , a crack , a rebound , and I am to sed about like a ball. Once moro the anchor catches. I Iind myself just above the top of a dense old cedar. Head Ilrst I dive into the branches nnd full from bougli to bough till I reach the ground , The anchor rattles near me. Another tree ureuus. ana the balloon sails oil to the northeast. "I had landed nenr C'live. In nn hour I had. the whole neighborhood out looking for Sclimitx. IIo was not to bo found. 'Dead'I thought as I limped painfully along between two peasants in the direction of the Ovorath railway station. Presently a group of men and ( voinon hurried toward us from a side &trcot. Three of them wore half carry ing u num. I hastened to thorn us rap idly us I could , and had Suhmitz in my arms. "Today my head Is dense and weighty. Every bone in my body aches and pulsate * . I cannot sloop and I Imvo no peace , sineo I can get no news of the poor peasant who fell a sacrillce to his willingness to help mo. " OAT. Tlic Strange Story ol'the Ghost of a Ilrooklyn Kclliic , "Doc" is n line , big , sleek-coated cat who lives in the "always-open" drug store near the city hull , Brooklyn , anil who is always admired by customers , says the Xew York Times. Whore lie came from Is a mystery to the clerks in the store. In fact , the cut is regarded with some nwo because of the peculiar innnner of his appearance. Several years ago there wns u cat in tlio drug store , also called the "Doctor , ' , with line markings of a multeso pattern. A good-disponitionct ] animal , ho hud many friends , and \va-xcd fat us time went by. Ono night , however , there happened to bo a show lit , the old Brook lyn theater , in which a troupe of large dogs starred. The theater was juSt across the waj from the drug store and ono of the dogs happened to drop in to the apothecary's shop. The Siberian Hilrtodhound spfoi spied "Doc" and made "for him. Thu cat wns caught unawares IfMiind some boxes Game to the end , howftvor , lie whacked the bloodhound across thu ear with his nnw. Tlio big brute then seized the "Doctor , " gave him ono shake , am "Doc.'s" last hour had coino. To make his death puinloss n big -doso of prussh acid was given nnd the remains con bigncd to : in ash barruh Two weeks afterward in walked the present fellno representative of the store with exactly the same markings , the snmo size , and of the sumo sex us hi predecessor. The cut startled the dork. "Why , 'Doe'whorodld youcomo from ? " ho bald , whereupon the big cat jumped to his'sh lildur and purred in the bnrno bas-s voice of the old "Doctor. " This cat has nmmlncd in the storu over since , and the dorks are still In doubt us to whether it Is the old cat or n now one. These are no signs of a surgi cal operation , it Is true , but the animal is olhorwNo the exact imago of the orig inal "Doctor. " Tlio same habits are ob- feorved and there nro other tigns that would point to hid being n resurrected cat. cat.Now Now the "Doctor" is fat and lazy , IIo allows no other cats on the corner. Pro- clsoly nt liI)0 ; ) n. m , ho ascends the ele vated railroad steps and jumps from the station over onto the roof of the store , win-ro ho remains till daybreak. What lie does there no one knows. No inlco 3i' rnls over enter the store , and tlio "Doctor" does not got miii'li live food. He Is very fond of soda water nnd somo- ; lmesuttempts to turn on the faucets in : ho fountain with his pnw. IIo sloop * In i corner under the prescription counter ind IHCS n line , soft pongo for u pillow , lie has been known in a til of curiosity o taste liquid drug * , but they seoin to Imvo no ellect on htm. no.\ ( } DUA.VCII Sl'OlU'S. Men tt'ho Win or Ijoso u Fortune In a SI nullM lit , There is either not so much money In the country or the Is'ow York brokers ire inoi-r cautious and thrifty with tlmlr ibundiint cash thnn they wore ten years tgo. tgo.There There nro no WoorlsliolTcrs this your lo lese $ -10.000 during n midnight seiuico iiotwcen a chlokon sandwich nnd n but- llo of Hoodoror , says a Long IJranch let- lor to the Philadelphia Times. Youny Work , a Wall st'root man , no longer lays $100 on the nee nnd "piiraleos1' his bet waiting till his * . - > 00 gels to bo in fout turns of the high card either S0.40Q or nothing usually the hitter. Quite as many people come on racing , days but thousands now come on racing dnysin the noon train , botand loose their money , one in twenty , mnybo , winning , and then go homo the sumo day. .lolm Duly , the famous 'gambler , manages to hold his own with hi ? guide , counsellor nnd friend , William II. Ilustoed , manager , who is a nephew of 'Glorious Dick Hustoed " still " , a "roun der" at eighty yenrs of ago , a halo and well-preserved Now York . -lawyer , who was made a .hulge in Ahu-ama lit war limes by Abraham Lincoln. Daly him self Is one of the most gcntl'jimiii'ly men who over shullled "keords. " Ho admits there is not the mones in roulette and faro Iho o used to bo. While Kd Marks of Philadelphia scorns to bo the responsible ninn In tlio miiiingonicnt of 1'hll Daly's great gam bling pagoda , one of the "lesser lights Is Ohurloy Walsh , a contomporurv of Tweed , Connelly nnd Ingct-soll. Walsh Is the man who during war times was on the right side of Wall street as u broker and who once lost $50,000 in a single night with Johh Morrlssey at his big game in Twenty-fourth street , New York. Walsh , who is n man of sixty-eight , has been a lifetime friend of Phil Duly. Ho says : "A gambler , like a policb- inun , lias no happy lot. 1 reckon you think wo have mndu $11(0,000 ( since July 4 , Well , you nro mistaken. July lie lust we were 870,000 lo < or , and on August 4 wo had reduced the amount to 8oU,000 and wo may get even before wo close our game , September ! > . I5ut from this you readily perceive there is not 'million in it. ' Later on I will toll you how 'I'hllndelnhin Fred , ' as Fred Ksiier is called , won $10,000 in a single bet that Musterlode would beat Santiago this t > en on nt Saratoga. And 'Philadelphia Fred' picked up Ills 91- 000 , and ho stands to win us much more on his hoive Legacy. " But the inont innrvollously. lucky man of tbo season is Frank Snyder of New York , who is interested now' with John Daly's game ut the Long Branch club. Snyder is a bright young Now Yorker , who is called the senator. IIo lost $10,000 on the horses lust year , lie came here . .Tidy1 with $15 in his pocket , and at his tlrst race , by playing the Held iigninst the favorite , ho won $ U" > 0. From thut hour everything lie touched turned to gold. No single hoivo ho not on lost nnd the odds ho got wore simply treinondousand John Daly told mo tonight that Frank Snyder was now a capitalist worth $100- 000 , which he bud won since tbo racing season began , "and , " continued D.ilv. "it will bo a very cute nnd a reasonably wise man who who will got any of Frame Snydor's capital away from him , for I regard him us the brainiest us well us the luckiest man on the turf in America. " Wo do not hear of the losers , but only of the great winners. The fortunes Ihut uro lost hero in a season would build Ciirurd colleges , but the gamblers , like Tennyson's brook , go on forever , and when one falls out by the wnysido there is some foolish scion of a lucky million aire ready to take his place. "Crackers" Oiilu't Suit Him. Ono cannot think of the neighborhood of Lynchburg , writes a Washington 1'ost correspondent , without the familiar mental picture of "Olo Gin'rul Jubler * ' A. Early , stooped in shoulders , looking worn and weathor-stained , with hands clasped behind him , walking up and down before the door of the National hotel , where ho makes his homo. Be tween here and Now Orleans ho has lived for the past several years , nnd , though some hard things have been said about him , there are those ut Lynch burg who can 1(511 ( you of noble traits and deeds in behalf of friends and relatives. They will also tell you of a story which , perhaps , is not familiar in print , to this effect : It wus up at somewhere during the late "unpleasantness , " where it Is charged the general fed his troops on crackers nnd water for breakfast , water and cr.ickors for dinner and no supper at all. And ono day ho rodu along hi front of tlio troops drawn up in review when the word "cracknrs" wus heard to go along the line at his hools. At every salute cnmo the echo of that malicious "crackers1 ! The general heard it , nnd it was too much for him. Wheeling suddenly around in his saildlo ho cocked his pistol , and pointing it at the troops , said in a voice keyed to the scream of a hawk thus the story goes : "Now , look u-henr , when Gen'ral Lee rides by , you salute Cion'rul Lee , but il Geii'riil Early rides by. ou say 'crack ers ! ' Now , the lirst d n follow wlir ' ' I'm ' kilt'in ! " wiys'crackers' n goin' to Old Teciims jli'w Independence. Gen , Sherman's independence , as il lustrated by tin Incident up in Boston during the recent Grand Army exorcises is thus discussed in the Boston Globe by Mr. George Alfred Towiisend : "At the close of the procession at > o'clock I suu Gon. .Sherman exercising his Jneksoninn prerogative of snorting about something on the stairsteps at tbo Yendomo. Vice President Morton and two military men were desiring him to do something or go some where. 'This thing , ' wild Tecumhoh was to begin at 10 and end at 3. It's ! > . I won't go. ' There never was a prcsidonl who could suy that. Had Lincoln beet able to say It ho might have ovndoi Booth at the theater. Andrew Jauksoi must needs goto inaugurate the still un finished monument to Washington's mother , nnd a young man nt the whar , in Virginia , feeling thut ho hnd goi Jnckron in tlio right jurisdiction , wenl nlonrd the steamboat and pulled his noso. But General Shorinnn hus beei illustrating the beauty of Independence on the retired list for many i year by saying 'I won't' to i degrco which rendered Andrew Jack son a pulpy muss. There was u mouth ful of plcturosquonoss In seeing the mat who swung out and nmivhed to the sei with nothing but a pocket-map to share his secret say to the boverclgn peoplt nnd the sovereign few , 'I wont go. ' Ho could have jumped down ut least twontj throats from whore ho btood , so wide I open were the jaws ol the spectators. Ill IIIB way Shornum 1ms kept his hair nodonitclv dark nnd his deep bluu eye * ire still full of small lightnings. " Itroom Hotel , OKilcn , tlluli , Opened on about August 15 under new niuiagctni'iit. The hou o will bo partly ofurnlshod , refitted and thoroughly enovutod and will bo run ns u Ilrst class lotel In every respect. Free bus from ill trains. Tickets nt lowest rates and superior npcdiumodatlons via the great Kock sland route. Ticket olllce , 10012 Six- couth and Kariuim streets , Omnha. niseiIM.IM ; THU PAHTOII. lev. Ai-ney to Account lor Ills Sport- In i : I'roollvltli-N. Rev. J. U. Arnoy , the Methodist pur- son located nl Snranar , who recently : ave a little "boss trot" of his own , vliich nt tract ed widespread interest rota the fact that the meeting was con- tuoU'd under clwlcnl auspices , Is very liiblo to bo trotted out on tlio carpel nt ho Methodist conference to be held In Muskegon In September , to explain his conduct , saysu Grand Itaplds , Mich.dls- 1:1 : tch to Iho I'likngoIIornld. The races .hut ho gave in Julv were intended o bo simply a ( jutel neighborhood affair or the pui'iXNO of testing the relative iierlt of some of the horses In the leighborhood , but the novelty of the thing mndo it a national nll'alr. No rumbling wns allowed on the grounds : .he prizes offered wore merely nominal , ha bent of order wus maintained and ho surplus funds arising from the ml- nisslon foes and iho sale of refresh- ucnts under Iho uuspicos of the ladles > f his church wore applied to the church lebl. lebl.But But a horse trot is contrary to the .rndlllons of the Methodist church , and the recent meeting has met with the se verest disapproval of the high authori ties in the church , and Mr. Arney will bo disciplined. The bishop uborod with him in vain before Lho meeting , the presiding elders ilended with him to no purpose , nnd the jrethrcn generally remonstrated at the course ho wns taking , but all to no pur- ) oso. The rneYis came according to .ho programme , and the church consid ered itself scandalized. It is expected .hat Mr. Arnoy will bo given a chance .o ' forever renounce his fondness for the lorso or leave the pulpit , and if il comes to this ixsue it is thought by those who ire well acquainted with the narson that It will not take him long to decide , mil that ho wjll slick to his horses , llib congregation is very fond of its pastor , mil will buck him through thick and thin through Iho coming contest. They want him returned to thuin for another roar , and will do everything possible to Dring about that end. AMUSEMENTS. I , t HAVNUS , MaimKers. Monday and Tirulay , August 25 and 26 THE TALK OF ALL AMERICA , The Bijou Theatre , New York , Company , I n the l-'arce I'onifdy PUCVUHS , the CITY DIRECTORY. The Greatest Coiiuviny of Comedians Ever Organized. A I/uiih ; from SUirt to 1'lnlsli. Dime Kcn Mu-ec. WILL LAWhEll. JI.VNAGKU. CORNER 11TH AND FARNAM STREETS. Grand Reopening Saturday , August 23d. 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Manufacturers of ( ialvani/cd / Iron Cornice Window rn | > nml im'tnll nkyiinhn .tnlin Ki-cnolcr , UMnn.l imsoulti U'lli Mn'ot ArllslH * A. HOSl'E , r , Artists' Materials , Pianos and Organs , 1.U.1 Doilk'lm Street. Oin.ilm. Ncti Coiil , Cokt' , Kto. Jobbers of Hard and Soft Coal , 8 , K. Cor. IGtlinml 1 Mi ; tin SUei'ls. Oinnhn. Neb. NEBRASKA FUEL CO. , Shippers of Coal and CoKc , - ill South I'll ) Stro.-t. Oiimlin. Nob. DEAN , ARMSTRONG & CO. , Wholesale Cigars , 403 N inth Street "Ih'lK.I" ll.TO. Dry OoinlH iind Notion * . " " " M. E. SMITH is CO. , Dry Gelds , Furnishing Goods and Notions Corner llthnml Ilowiml Slrci't KILPATUIClC-ltdCH DHY GOODS CO. , " importers and Jobbers In "Dry Goods , Gents' 1'urulililnunonili. Corner llth ami llaruur Hlrei't ! " , Uinulin , Nub. 1'iii'iilliirc. DEWKV k STONE , Wholesale Dealers in Furniture , Kiirnum Stict't. Onmlin , Nubruska. "CUAULES SU VKHICKJ Furniture. Omiilm , Nebrn kn. 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Curry n nice ilockoJ printing , vrrnpplni.'tmil writing paper. Hpeclul attunttun Klvun to cnul impur. Bufcs , Kio. A. L. DEANS Ic CO. , Ccncral Agents for Halls' ' Safes , ! J1 and ri : Smith lOlh St. , Omaha. Toyo , KSO. H. HARDY to CO. , Jobber * of Dolls Albums Goods Toys , , , Fancy , Uouio I'urnlslilnB ( Jootls. ChllJron'a Cnrrlnccs. 1209 Karimm slrcut , Oimitui , N'ob. AVater .Supplies. U. S. WIND ENGINE Jt PUMP CO. , Steam and Water Supplies , Ilalllilanlnrt mills. 1)18 ) nrvl ( rM Jo lies > t. , Ointihn. ( I. I Unas , ActlUL' Muniiuur. Iron Works. PAXTON f VIEULINQ IRON WORKS , Wrought and Cast Iron liuilding Work , Knulncx , hrinH work , ucuiTiil foundry nmrhlnu and Llurkumlth nork. OMIco nnd works , U. 1' . lly. and 17lh struct , Oiunlm. OMAHA. SAFE te IRON WORKS , i Jlanl'rs ' of Pirc and Burglar Proof Safes , Vaults , jnll trork , I run nliullura ami Mm i cnC9. | ) U. Aiidrccn.iirop'r. Cor.Iltli , DOOI-N , K ( < : . M. A. DISUHOW k CO. , Wbolenalo manufacturers of Sash , Doors , Blinds and Mouldings , Ilrnncli olllco. ISlli nnd liard ilxccti , Omnlia , Nob. Sout.li. O no. a. IT. a.j UNION STOCK YARDS CO. , Of South Omaha , Limited , COM M ELR OT A Lx National Bank Capital , - $4OOOOO Surplus , 44.OOO and Director * K. M. Mor prnan. ( I , M. llttcliiock , Jnnppli linrnr.'in. Jr. . A. llo'iry. K. M. Andcrinn , Wllllnm I ) . Mnul , vlcc-itpiMcat | L II. WllllriMH. A. I' , llnpklrn. prrilili > iii A. MIIUlJ cuililtr ; K. II. llrrunt , nislUnnlca-hlcr NEBRASKA National Bank U. S. DErOSITOHY , OMAHA , NEB. Capital. - - - - $4OOOOO Surptus Jan. 1st , 180O - B7.DOO OfllcPr ml Directors -Henry \ \ ' Vaton. Prctldonti 1-cwliS , llcert , Vlco-1'rioldonl ; JnmotW Uavnuv ; V .Mono.Johns , Colllnt , U , I' . I'uililnj , J , N. l | > I'atrlck , W U. B. llUKlion.cailiki. TIIL'1 IRON BANK. Corner Ulu and Karnaru 8t . fi General UimWuc Business Transacted.