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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1890)
THE OMAHA DAIM BEE : JlfftNDAY , SEPTEMBER 3 , 1890. THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER , How a Very Bad Case of Suspicion and Jeal ousy \7as Completely Oared , JOE MUUIATTON OH THE DRUMMER , Traveling Men's lny lit the Crcstoii Jllim Ornss 1'alnco A Notaltlo liiuovntlon SulioincH Tlmt Don't AVork. Tlio worst case of suspicion mid Jealousy In the west has just boon curoJ , the patient being the wife of 5 well known traveling man. She had noticed that her husband had never bronchi his grip home with Win , hut nlwnj-s Icf t It nt tbo store when ho came In from n trip , nnil In her jealousy she imagined It to he filled with love letters , appointments of meetings with fair ones , etc. A few days since , -while her husband was on a trip through Dakota she went down to the store and approaching the porter , said : "John , you HUe to niuko a dollar honestly when vou can , don't you I" " 0 , ycs'm. " "You know whcro my husband keeps his grip , don't you I" "Yes'tri ; ho throws It down In a corner of the ofllco nnd leaves It there. " "Well , look hero , John : ho will bo In on the Union I'aclilc tomorrow morning , and If at the llrat opportunity you slip his grip out of the house nnd bring it to mo I'll give you a dollar. You can bring it back again In half nn hour. " The porter consented and two days later presented himself at the drummer's resi dence with the Blip In his hand. Ho ex plained tliut he had not before had an opportunity to carry it away , nnd him a scat In the rurlor the woman carried the prize to the bedroom , and with fcct teeth nnd pale fnco opened it. The ilrst thing she encountered was a well- worn Docket bible , thumbed and showing the marks of much handling. Then she dug out a soiled shirt , some unehaito souks , eomb , hair brush , nnd thcn/oho found a letter folded within an cnvcl > fo , This she opened eagerly mid read as f ( flows : FAIUIO , D , T. , Sept. 1 , lS39.-Mr. William , Dour Sir : Your monthly assessment of 50 cents for the support of the Young Men's Christian association ( bible fund ) Is now due , nnd the earnest Interest you have taken hi the work assures mo you will promptly remit the amount. You will bo pleased to le.irn that the good cause progresses rapidly , as you predicted It would In your address deliv ered hero it few weeks since. Yours , A. W. EmvAitns , secretary. This drove much of the hard , stony look from her face , but she continued her search. Hho flshod out three or four tracts , n bottle of pop. n Francis Murphy temperance badge , n bottle of Dr. Burepop's corn destroyer , and beneath all , In the bottom of the grip , a let ter , scaled , stamped and ready for the mail , addressed to "Aliss Georgio Cray , St. Paul , Minn. " The suncrscrlption was In her husband's well known handwriting , aud again thu stony look cumo Into her oycs. "Oh , the wretch 1" she cried In her anpuish. "My suspicions nrojtoo well founded I Georgio Gray 1 Oh , this Is too much , too much 1" and she tfnvo way to n Hood of tears , When she calmed herself she tore the letter open nnd read as follows : Sr. Ru-i , Minn. , Sept. 19. Miss Gray : Your note asking mo to meet you In Hlco park Saturday evening was handed mo by a district messenger boy this morning. In reply , permit tno to say that you have mis taken tlio man. You may not bo aware that 1 am a married man , and am blessed with tno love and confidence of the greatest little wife In America. Hathor than betray that con fidence or dishonor that love I would suffer 10,000 deaths. In my eyes there arc but one womim in the world and she it is who greets mo with a pleasant smllo and a wifely kiss every time 1 como from a trip. WILLIAM . Then she laid down on the bed and sobbed for nwhllo and then closed the grip , took it to the porter nnd asked him to return it to the store and say nothing of what had occurred. As he entered the store the drummer stopped from behind n. ntlo of goods nnd asked : "Did she go through it , .Tolml" "Guess so. She took It Into another room nn' was gone half an hour before she brought It back.1' "How dllc she nctl" "Well , she was siniliu' awfully , but looked teary all around the ovos. She gimme an other dollar an' said this would bo n u.ippy world If nil men were like her husband. " "That's business. John. Hero's the V 1 promised you nnd now let's go across the street and take something. When you come back dump that stuff and put my things back in the grip , for I go out tomorrow morning. I'll ' never forcct vou. John , for mittlmr mo on to this , " nnd they slipped out und dis appeared behind the green hhado of a con venient saloon. _ Jon Mullinttoii'H Drummer , Joe Mullmtton has been writing about the drummer , and this Is what ho says ; The Uu.ivcm declare the glory of God , and the drummer drummcth where ho soourncth. ] Day unto day ho uttercth speech and night unto night ho drlnkotb beer nnd other very harmless beverages. There Is no line ho cannot sell , nnd day unto day ho uttoroth knowledge. Ho goes Into all the dark places of earth nnd is the greatest enllghtenor and clvllizcr on the face of the earth. Ho has no place to lay his head , like the Son of God. Ho gooth about like a roar ing liar seeking what ho can devour. Ho works harder mentally nnd physically than a , preacher and catches trains nt all hours of the day nnd nUht. Yet ho never eels a vacation to go to Kuropo or Afghanis tan or Kamchatka as does a preacher annu ally. ally.Tho drummer Is a modern invention , yet God gave sutnn n big surprise when IIo in vented 1dm. You take and put a stale sand wich and n glass of bcor lu tlio cylinder of n drummer and his wonderful mechanism will pulsate and vibrato for many many long Lours. Ho will tell lies , sell goods , catch trains , makolovo to the girls nnd all that sort of thing , you knonr. O , I tell you It is all really very remarkable , nnd the quicker you newspaper men got n move on you , and got on to all these solemn facts , the better it will bo for you all nnd for the rising generation. And now with my love and blessing to all the liars in good and regular standing In ICansas City , I subscribe myself , yours , truthfully , A Xotnblo Innovation. QGcorgo Mitchell nnd Messrs. Shlnn nnd Urynnt , representing respectively the W. A. Page soap company , the Farrel syrup com pany nnd the Gate Ulty hat company , ar rived nt Bonanza , Thursday , from Buffalo In the Interoatu of their firms , located at Omaha , Nob. , says the Big Horn County ( Wyo. ) Hustler , The enterprising llrms have long been nllvo to the lact that there were profit able business Holds to bo worked lu the northern part of this state , but this is the first time that they have turned their atten tion to the Dig Horn baslti. Their represen tatives arc a genial , enterprising trio , who liavo made a favorably Impression on nil whom they hnvo mot , anil they feel very much oncourngod with their Ilrst visit to this section , and hope la tlmo to establish profitable busl- Iness relations for their linns with the mer chants of the basin. Omaha Is nn enterpris ing city full of live , enterprising business men who do not Intend toallowtho merchants cast of the Missouri rlvtn1 to take nny trade nway from Wyoming that legitimately be longs to thorn by right of location and com mercial comity. The opinion has often been expressed by basin merchants that they would much prefer to trade nearer homo If the opportunity was afforded them to do so. The firms mentioned above evidently Intend to afford the opportunity , and the Hustler Is pleased to loam from their representatives that It Is being appreciated. Wo hope to see our merchants patronize homo concerns , knowing that the results nro sure to bo of mutual benefit to both. TravflllnR Moil nt Crostoii. Thursday was a. big day for the traveling roou at Crostou. Twonty-ilvo thousand people passed through the blue grass palnco door , It was traveling wen's day , and moro than a thousand of them visited the palace nml witnessed the races. Visitor * In largo numbers from llllncK Indiana , Ohio nnd other eastern iitntei cnmo In on every train , \y \ coming from IndlnnnpolU ixlono. The thrco largo amphitheaters overflowed , and the cntlro race track was surrounded. HulinniOH Don't ' Work. A group of traveling men occupied the soft cushions nt the Murray hotel ono day last week , nnd n representative of the press was sandwiched In among them. They were exchanging stories picked up on the road , nnd ono incident recalled several fables bearing upon the subject of adver tising. A Cincinnati man told of nn enterprising undertaker In his town who tries nil sorts of dodges. Ho made nn Innovation in the busi ness by resorting to a prize-package scheme. With every Ilrst class funeral ho throw In n typo-written report of the oniclatlngmln- Istor's sermon. The other undertakers stood ngbastntthls. About n month afterwards ho went to sevcrnl druggists nnd offered to furnish them labels for their morphine and poison bottles If they would allow him to stamp his ndvor- thenient on them. When the respectable undertakers heard of the attempt of the curly bird they made It so hot for him that ho left the city. Another IJoyuntt. A peculiar matter has cotno tollghtrelatlng to the action of certain roads which have pro hibited conductors of passenger trains from collecting tickets nnd provided special collect ors for the work. It appears that the Travelers' Protective association has de clared n boycott against such roads. The members of the association declare they will not tr.ivcl ever such roads so long us It Is posslblo for thorn to get to their destination over any other. They do- elaro that the roads , In taking the action tlioy hnvo , have In effect branded every con ductor In tliolr service as u thief , ana they will not patronize roads that treat their em ployes In such a manner The traveling men ( V * < M rultwr\it till 1 * 111 t riwiu t ml lit Min tiltltfilT * I * IP * * \ \,1 | rvi * ilUlltlllJ lit IfULl'O kVH ill til V UlOUbVil I fj- cause the action of the roads that have adopted the system Is largely based on the allegation that conductors have been detected in allowing traveling men to travel for llttlo or nothing by only tearing it few miles out of their mileage books when they wore traveling the cntlro extent of the road. SoJollrilLTM 111 lillieolll. The following Is n list of the commercial travelers who stopped In Lincoln over Sun day : At the Opclt James W. Sorgont , St. .Too ; M. C. Bennett , Chicago ; Ucorco A. Doug lass , Ann Arbor. Mich. ; , f. Smith , Chicago ; B. M. Fitch , Kansas City , Mo. ; W. II. James , Sandwich , 111. ; George DeycUo , Chicago cage ; W. L. Kwlng nnd wife , Wcstfleld , Muss. ; C. W. Gillcspio , DoKnlb , III. ; T. G. Cusaek , Ht. Louis ; L , . 0. Stulz , Kansas City ; K. K. Watzke , Chicago ; J. A. Strobbart , Oinnhii ; P. M. Curtis , Chicago ; Gconjo D. Anderson , Topeka ; J. M. Murdock , Chicago ; C. E. Loudon , Chicago. At the Capital W. H. Ashworth , Omaha ; D. B. Puller , St. Joseph ; J. E. McCracken , Omaha ; W. 10. Woollev , Chicago ; Bon C. Kurz , St. Louls , : C. C. Blovlns , Chicago ; J. C. Barclay , Omaha ; O. H. Johnson , St. Louis ; Charles Lane , Omaha ; J. S. Hooker , New York ; C. A. McCnrgcr , Akron , O. ; A. M. Hawkins , Indianapolis ; T. S. Uoninan , Omaha ; II. C. Alleman , * Now York ; L. Spoakmnn , Kansas City : C. M. Whitney , Milwaukee , W. C. Drescher , Chicago ; M. G. D.wis , Columbus , O. ; C. G. Wallott , St. Louis ; II. O , Spencer , Chicago. At the Windsor J. B. Uobson , Frank C. Jnekbon , Chicago ; W. II. Brevoort , Denver ; J. D. M. Lobdell , Now York ; H. Crandnll , E. II. Kaiser , Chicago ; It. K. Cooper , St. Joseph ; C. E. Held , Council Bluffs ; T. W. Morgan , Knows City ; F. Strong. George H. Savage , Omaha ; II. L. Uocktleld , J. B. Ostrandor. .T. P. Cooper , L. M. Bennett , I. P. "Wallace , Chicago ; John Bmcrbrink , York , Pa. ; A. P. Hough , Jackson , Mich. ; C. K. Prahman , Chicago ; B. I. Wagner , New York ; Carl Ulhorn , August Hotho , Chicago ; W. A. Cockrell and ivifo , St. Loui.s ; W. A. GriflUh , Grcensburg , Pa. . ; P. L. Bush , Omaha ; Court K. BurnellV. \ . F. Perkins , Chicago. After diphtheria , scarlet fever , pncnmonla , or nny other severe illness , there is no better tonic than Hood's ' saraaparllla. Jtostou vn Dakota. There were three passengers in the Dcadwood blago ; n long-legged cowboy , u bespectacled nnd highly refined old nmid from Uoston , nnd u , man who had nothing1 to do but liaton , Hays the Chicago cage Herald. "Yor needn't toll mo anything about Injuns , " continued the cowboy , replying to u remark of the old maid's. "I've lived with 'em nn' seen 'cm. Thoy'ro treacherous , filthy crittors. I'vo hud their bullets an' their urrors into mo , tin' I toll yor there ain't ' no good Injuns but ndoad Injun. ' "Havo you over read Helen Hunt's 'RomoliiV " mildly naked the old maid. "Helen limited what ? " replied the cow- hey , with n heavy accent on the what. " 'Romola , ' 'Roinoln , * ' a book written by dear Helen Hunt. Iltxvo you ever read it ? " "No'I have never rornl Romnn , nn' if it's anything about Injuns I don't want tor read it. I know how you eastern folks fool erbout 'em. " D After this there was a silence for some time. Finally the Bostoninn discovered a hillside covered with yellow flowers , She guzeil at thorn admiringly for a mo ment , then turning to the conttiur , said : "You nro acquainted I suppose , sir , with tlio flora nnd fauna of this region ? " "With the who ? " "Tlio lloninnd fauna. " The cowboy turned to the \vlruln wnnd , with a sudden and emphatic motion of Ills head and lips , sent u yellow ] ot ot tobacco juice nearly to the straggling fence ut the Btdo of the road. Ho then deliberately crossed his long legs , pulled his slouch hnt low down ever his oycs , and sank back into a corner of the car. Although the Boston dame addressed him several times afterward , ho did not speak another word all the way into Doadwood. _ _ Sleeplessness , nervous prostration , nervous dvspopsia , dullness , blues , cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. Samples free nt Kuhn & Co.'s , 18th and Doujflas. Ills Knowledge the Principal Tiling. A Brooklyn manufacturer paid iv bill without n murmur tlio other day , simply on account of tlio wav it was worded. His engineer found that the hot water pump would not work and sent for u ma- ohintht. The latter bothered with it n htvlf a day and said it must como apart. This mount n stoppage in the factory for a long tlmo. It was suggested thut n neighboring engineer ho sent for , ns ho was a sort of genius in tlio matter of machinery. IIo came and after studying the pump a while ho took a hummer and game it thrco shorn raps ever the valvo. "I reckon sho'll go now , " ho quietly said , and putting on steam "sho" did go. "Tlio next day , " says the manufacturer , "I received a bill from him for $2.5 60. Tno price nmiv/.od mo , but when I had examined the items I drew n chock at onco. The bill road this way : 'Messrs. Blank & Co. , dr. to John Smith. For fixing pump , 50 cents ; f or knowing how , $2o. ' Had ho charged mo $25,60 for fixing the pump I should have considered it exorbitant. But 50 cents was reasonable , und I recognized the vnluo of the knowledge ; BO I paid nnd said nothing. " A Costly Sllvor Service , The people of San Francisco have pro- Rented to the now cruiser of that name a $7,500 silver sorvlco that is said to bo the handsomest thine of the kind owned in America. The The pleasant effect and the perfect safety with which ladles may use the liquid fruit laxative , Syrup of Fig * , under nil conditions maUo It their favorite rumoJy. It Is pleasing to the eye und to the taste , gentle , yet effect ual In acting on the klducy llveraudbowcls. JiA MA IMA. Tlio Society of Tlmt tfntno Not In IJdntcnuc , Prof. Ltiicl Rovorsl , the editor of the Itnlo-Ainorlcano , ridicules the charges which nro mudo tignltist the Malla , thu Italian soclotv whoso naino is always linked with Italian outrages in this country , B ya the Now York Star. Speaking about that society , which ho says wns founded to right the political wrongs of the Sicilians , ho said : "The society was organized in 1820 in Naples , during the reign of Ferdinand II. The people's rights were trampled upon by the Itnllan government , under wuoso dominion the city then wns , nnd oven tlio privilege of free speech was denied them. An inquisition was estab lished which pried into family matters , and a careless word spoken In tlio pri vacy of the family clrclo of ton exposed tlio speaker to tlio dangers of a prison life. K a family was suspected 01 hav ing arms in its homo , tlio government did not hcsltato to sonrch that homo , and if weapons were found the mnlo members of the family were cnst into prison on the chnrgo that they were conspiring against the government. Things grow so bad that n number of the lending citl/.ons conceived and car ried out the idea of forming n secret society whoao motive was patriotic and wlioso solo aim was to protect their rights against this sort of thing. They started with a small number of men but their ranks were soon filled with mom- bora of the best clas,3 of Hocioty. Their laws were stringent ami the members bound together by an oath to stick to one another. They aimed to protect only their own members against themselves - solves "Matins. " They existed for some time before the authorities found out that there was a counter power running ngainst them among the pcoplo whom they sought to crush , but they never could Und out who the members or tlio loaders of the movement wore. Tlio men who carried out the government's unjust decrees boon began to fear this unknown power , when several of their members were found dead lieforo their orders were carried out. The society's vongcanco also included its own mem bers nnd whenever one of the brother hood was found to bo faithless to his outh the sentence of death was passed upon him lu the society s secret councils nnd carried out by ono of the members delegated for that purpose. The man who was to die was warned of his fate , but was always uniiblo to avoid it. There were few violators of their oath. The society soon became a power , after repeated unsuccessful attempts of the government to cixb it , for forr hud seized the oflh'inlH that they might soon bo uiiincd as the next victims in the order's secret tribunals. At this time almost every man in Naples , and also n number o ( those in the gov ernment service , w.is n 'Mafia , ' but it could not bo provedalthough hun dreds were arrested and tortured to mako.thcin dlvulgo their secret. These schemes failed , however. What mndo the society so dreaded was the fact that the ollicinls whoso acts hud becomp un- bcamblo were killed in broad daylight , nnd frequently in the most crowded thoroughfares , though always without the capture of the culprit. The mem bers who were in the boi-vico of the gov ernment kojt their brethren informed of the king's movements. A revolution followed all this and Ferdinand's power was curbed , nnd the 'Miitia'as an organ ization , ceased after an exibtonco of several years. Their oaths wore dis solved and the brotherhood was scatter ed. That wns the end of the 'Mafias , ' and they do not exist today. The so- called 'Matins' in this country , those who nro said to have boon implicated in thu murder of the Italians in front of the Cooper Union some time njroor those who nro now being hunted in Boston for threatening the lives of two policemen , were of the lowest cln&s , who landed in this country before thu immigration laws restricting them were put upon the statute books. Of coui-so it is easy to say it is 'La , Mafia' that does all those things , as the authorities know that that society's doings were never found out , and they can excuse themselves by that plea. I again assort that the 'Mafia' has long since ceased to oxi&t. The men who commit these outrages wo call 'Mafloal , ' men who resemble the gangs of this city , buch as the Ttattlo Gang , otc. They will rob to keep themselves alive , and take a life to do so. The true 'Matia , ' the political society , is no moro. In its place there are scattered bands of 'Mnllosi , ' despised by all true , honest and peace-loving Italians. " * 3 HAUVI3ST KXOUUS10NS SOUTHS. Via the AVnlmsli Uoiilo. On September ! ) , 23 and October 14 the "Wabash will sell round trip tickets to points in Texas , Arkansas. Tennessee , Mississippi , Louisiana , Alabama , Geor gia and Florida , nt Half Faro , good for 30 days. Remember the Wabash is the quickest route South and Southeast , declining Chair and Pullman DufTot Sleeping Cars on all trains. Only 15 hours to St. Louis , 821 " " Clmttnnoogn , 10 " " Now Orleans , 101 u " Now York , with corresponding fast time to all points South and East. For tickets and full information in regard to routes , also for a copy of the Southern Iloniosookors' Guide , call nt the Wabash Ticket OHico , 1502 Farnnm street , Otnnlm , or write G. N , Clayton , Northwestern Passenger Agent , Omaha , Nob. " Mount Adiun'H lee Caves , Away up. 4,000 foot the Columbia river , at tlio base of Mount Adams , whoso symmetrical cone-like peak is covered with porpotunl snow , lies a beautiful little lake surrounded by broad meadows nnd fed by a stream of purest water , taking its rise in the snow Holds ton or twelve miles away , says the Snoknno F.ills Review. The caves nro within a few miles of Trout Lake , for so this mountain gem like hundreds ol others in this wonderful country of lakes , is called , for tlio reason that trout-Illlcd basins are so common that the discoverer , averse to taxing his brain for an original name lias been lit to dub his find with his first thought. As yet only six largo cnvos have been discovered ; but as the whole country gives forth u hollow , re verberating sound to the heel tap of the hobnailed mountain bhoo of the visitor it is highly probable there are many more , Ono of these ice caves , the largest one is used by the farmers ns a cold storage wnro-liouso for butter and milk , nni certainly answers the purpose admirably The entrance is like into a cistern , ant the adventurer lowers himself into the chilly atmosphere by means of n rope The Interior of the cave is composed o ono largo apartment about eighty fee square. The cave is walled with ice around , above and below ; with huge icicles of stalactite nnd stalagmite forma lions obstructing n complete view as wol ns forming obstacles to exploration , bu affording the most gorgeous pictures h the light of a flaming pitch torch. The clloct is simpily imliscrlbablo but at the same tlmo most fascinating olpcoinlly when seen on a hot Augus day. The hugo pendants of puro. tran slucent ice relied and scintillate the ruddy glow ol the torch in a bewilder ing mn/.o of color and a thousand rays of llgnt. The air is n clear dry cold , oven on the hottest day. There is no dampness or moisture ; the ice is not melting , but is hard and cold nnd dry < as in midwinter. A few moments in the cave and one's very blood la ohllloiln , , fact which is as yet , no doubt , tlio cnuso of n thorough exploration of tlio1 cave never having boon made. There ftre , perhaps , other nnd adjoining ciiVorns. which very probable open out from tno main runirt- incut and form an Icelandic labyrinth. OAN YOU 1 > O. IT , 1SU1SON ? You Would Iloeomo the Saint or ( ho Spinster AVorlil. Now York Suni "Yes , truly. She lias a man she folds up nnd puts away. Ho is lovely. " "I can't believe it. I see her every where with such a , distinguished chap holds himself like a boluiei' and looks like n lord. " "Of course. He's made of wood , That's vliy lie's so stllf. Then his expression ever changes. That's why ho looks so ristocratlc. " "Where on earth did she got him ? " "Uought him. She's rich , you know , mil could have bought lots of live ones , jut you can't got rid of thorn when you viuitto , and seldom have them when you cod them , Now , when she requires tin scort she whisks this follow out of his iox , unfolds and screws him togotlior , ml , prostol a man ! " "JJut doesn't she die of dullness ? Who alks to her ? " IIo docs. If she pulls the string ho onvorses beautifully. There are a sot if con vocation intcrchmigublo cylinders. 'hero is ono of small talk , one on baso- nill , ono on religion. They wore talked nto by Ward McAllister , Johnny Ward nd Talmago. Later on Hho can got thors oinbraclng all subjects , but really ho seldom needs to use nny bi' the mall-talk cylinder. < ? "How jollyl When she wants to talk , vhnt then ? ' * "Old she Hliuts him ofT. There is n ' ' 'no'and ho pcclnl stop/for 'yes' nnd , icvcr angcilior by disagreeing , for she irossos tnolUttonaiid has a negative or illlmmtiv/ just us she wishes. Her o in per isnlly ; perfect since she's had lim , for no's her constant companion uid never rullles her. " "Dear mot How I wish I had ono ! " "My dear , you nro only ono of many nilllons who are stilling that wish , but Kitionco : they will soon bo ready for ialo. I hoar there have been largo irtlcrs from hotel keepers all ever tlio Jnited States , nnd Massachusetts and Connecticut alone have bid for 60,000 to start on. " "What a blessing to womankind ! Only ancy the poor old maids , the unnttruct- vo widows , tlio elderly females who will > o benefited. Think of the hosts of .hem . without father , brother , husband or beau. They must either btuy at homo , employ messenger boys , or put up with some makeshift of a follow obtained at jrcat trouble and some risk. A woman an't bo housed nil the lime and she dis- ikes going about like a parcel , and the nakeshift is fauro to bore her that's vhoro the risk comes in. In this way ; ou can pick out a man , short or long , at or thin , light or dark suit your own complexion nnd style , nnd have him changed as your fancy dictates. After a , imo you forgot he's not alive. IIo looks so nice and is always on hand , yet so easily disposed of. "At first I did fancy I should tire of lis conversation , but it was just like tha ) , ho real man used"ami I was ns much in terested as over before. Some women will feel sensitive , as having ono is n tactit acknowledgement you can't got iho other side. Still they tire intlma- , ing them so clevorely that it is dillicult to toll which is the patented nan. Uless your heaat , don't fancy they will sup plant tlio Ilosh and blood fellows ! That's not the idea at all. iThoy are only sub stitutes for those who can't the others. "Therf 's a pile of coin in the cuter- prise , and the man who owns , ho plant has a big fortune nssurred. Toll all the women you know about it. It's too good to belivo , but it's truo. I shall write out this conversation for some editor , and if he's not a bigger wooden-head than the subject of the article ho'll publish it. " Doware of frauds. Bo sure vou got the gcnuino Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil. It euros eoltts , croup , asthma , deafness and rheuma tism. tism.A A neat looking cottage standing nt the corner of Napoleon nvonuo and Laurel street in this city has boon an object of great curiosity during the past few days on account of the queer pranks played by alleged supernatural visitors , says aNew Now Orleans dispatch to the New York Star. The house is a substantial one , largo and roomy , surrounded by nmplo grounds. In the yard nro a great many fig and orange trees which are nowladon with lueious fruit. Mrs. Godame , a widow and her family of several chil- dton , one of whom is a man of age , live in the house. These people are devout church-goers nnd are not superstitious. They have boon living in the house for five years , but nothing extraordinary was notired until ono day thiswcok when chairs bo- began dancing around the rooms , pic tures on the walls reversed themselves , sheets hopped from the beds and other articles of household goods acted in so strange a manner that the widow and her children were nearly frightened out of thalr wits. Since that time these cxtraordnary manifestations take plnco every morning and evening. Father ICcnnoy was called in to blebs the house. While the priest was engaged in his holy mission his hat wns lifted from his head by the invisible prank players , The residents of the house toll some strange stories of the mysterious hap penings , "Whllo frying a steak one morning the servant girl vyas called from the kitchen into an adjoining room. Returning - turning a minute later , she was horror- struck to find a lighted tallow candle stuck in the moat. In nnothor room a cradle containing an infant was upset , nnd the babe thrown upon the floor. Two plaster of pads ornaments jumped from ono room to another. Once they were securely curoly tied to a bedpost , but twine would not hold thoni. Tlio members of the family wore very much excited over' the occurrence , and , while they believe the are all the doings of mischievously Inclined persons , they cannot help fooling that the house maybe bo bewitched. The place has boon thor oughly searched , but-to no avail. Neigh bors give the family the highest recom mendations for truthfulness , and declare that none of them would resort to ttick- orv- orvTho m The only radical euro for rheumatism Is to eliminate from the Wood the ncld that causes the disease. This is thoroughly effected by the persevering use of Aycr's Sarsaparilln. Persist until cured. il'ho ' process may bo slow , but the result U sure. A Tiny nu > j That Ltlcca Tobacco. Tobacco sellers nro troubled just now by the visitation of n tiny brown bug that booms to bo a confirmed tobacco chewer and something of n connoisseur of tlio weed also , says the Cincinnati Commercial Gazotto. The bug is about the size of a seed of flax , and is almost the color of tobacco. It bores Us way into cigars and cats largo holes in the filler. It burrows its way through packages of smokincr tobacco nnd , lives on the fullness thereof. I Ono or two obsorvnnt dealers , John C. Davis for one , has noticed that the bug will bore into cigars made pf Havana tobacco and packages of smok ing tobacco in which there is a Havana mixture. Tlio oITocts of of the work ol the bug are very destructive , for they ruin a cigar by making a hole in the wrapper , nnd nil smokers know that n cipnr with n tiny hole or two nny where in the wrapper , except near the inouth end , ruins the draught of rx cigar. It is the first tlmo the bug has ever boon noticed , in Cincinnati nt least. Iloadaclio , neuralpm , dizziness , nervous ness , spaiiiB , slooplossncjs , cured by Dr. MlloV Nervine. Samples free ut Ivulm ft Co.'s , 15tU and Dougln * . in Fiction. "I am literally wnllowlng In fiction just now , " said a young Chestnut street merchant to n reporter for tlio Phila delphia Inquirer. "My family nro out of town and I am taking advantage oj the opportunity to ronduptho standards , Lot mo see what I have on hand nt pres ent , for the tables , chairs , and even the floor of my Bitting room are absolutely flooded with the works of the great nov elists. I huvo all of Dickens' novels , all Sir Walter Scott's , all Charles Kendo's all Thackeray's , some of Lover's , some of Cooper's , some of Clark Russell's , ii'l ' of lUder Haggard's , nnd well , others lee numerous to mention. All my copies nro , however , what are known as 'cheap libraries , " and I picked them up Bllll cheaper nt second mind. I don't think the whole lot cost me quite $5 , bo I shall get my acquaintance with the standards at a wonderful bargain. There 's no ex cuse fora live American not being well up in the great romancers , believe mo. " For sick headache1 , fcmnlo troubles , neu ralgic pains in the head tuko Dr. J. H. Mc Lean's ' Llttlo Liver nnd ICidnoy 1'lllots. 25 cents a vial. Au Old Sworil. A magnificent sword of the fifteenth century is shortly to bo placed In the Louvre museum in Paris. It is orna mented with graceful designs from the hand of the grout swordinnker , Hercules do Po.siiro. who diil thu wiirlc fni * t.lin LJargras , the Ganzagas and the house of Esto , arn is thought to have belonged to Francisco do Cianazago , who com manded the Italian army crushed by Charles VIII. in 1403. With your name nnd address , mailed to the Swift Bnedflc Co. , Atlanta , Ga. , is necessary to obtain an interesting treat ise on the blood and the diseases incident ioit. Skin Eruption C5ured. Ono oJmj1 customers , a highly rctpectol end Influential citizen , but who Is now absent from the city , lias used Swift's Specific with czcc'lcst result. IIu says It cured him of n tkln cmptioa that he bad been tormented \Hh for thirty years , and iuul resisted the curutlvu qualltlcd of miny other medicccs. ! ItojiEivr CLKOO , InMs4 > ' ' ' " ' . Drs.Betls&Betts Physicians , Surgeons and Specialists , 14O9 DOTJGlAAS STRE.E1T OMAHA , NEB. The most widely and favorably known spec ialists In the Unltnd Stntes. Their lonsox- perlenco , romnrkublexktll nnd universal suc- COKS In ths treatment and cure of Nervous , Chronlo and Surgical Diseases , entitle these eminent physicians to the full confidence of the afflicted every where. They K uamntoo : A OERl'AIN AND POSITIVE OUKE for the awful effects of onrly vice nnd the numer ous evils that follow In Hi train , PIUVATi : , 11LOOD AND HKIN DISEASES Bpoedlly , completely nntl iiorinnnontly curnd. NEKVOUS 1)EUIUTV AND SEXUAL IHH- OUDEUSyloldroadlly to their skillful troat- mont. PILES , FISTULA AND nEOTAL ULCERS guaranteed cured without pain or dutuntlou from ImslneTi. HYimOUELE AMD VA3UCOOKLK perma nently ntul Buccossfiilly cured In tivory case. SYPHILIS. OONOICitllRA. GLEET , Spur- atorrhoa , Seminal Woaknnss , LoatMnnhnod , l ht Emissions. Decayed Faculties , Female WeuUnosi nnd all dultcato disorders peculiar to rlthor tax positively cured , ns well a\i all function * ! disordon thut result from youth ful foil I us or tlin o.xccss of mature ycnra. TIi'IPTI Ill < Giuriinteoil porniano ntl y O 1 Iviv l UlxL. ourcil. r nunnl complete , without cutting , caustic nr dilatation. Ouros ntTeoted nt homo hy pitlcut without a mo ment's pMn or nnnoyaneo. TO YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED MbN. AQITPR PlIPi ; The awful offootj of OUuC VjUlXli early vlco which brinss orpnnlo weakness. doitroyhiK hotli mind nnd body , with all Its dreaded ills , pormanenty cured. DW TIRTT Afldrcsi tlioso wliohavelm- UlVij. DljllO paired thowsolvoa by Im proper lndiilg nco nnd solitary habits , which ruin both mind nnd body , unflttlng thorn for business , study or marriage. MAKKICU MEN or these cntnrlns on that happy life , awaroof physical debility , quloklj usslstccl. OTJB BTJCOB5S IB based upon faoti. First Praotloul oxnorl- ence. tiecond Every case Is specially studied , thus starting right. Thlrd-Medlclnei art prepared In our laboratory exactly to suit each case , thus cffectlngcureiwlthout Injury , Drs. Betts & Betts , U09 DOUGLAS STREET. OMAHA. NE& PRINCIPAL POINTS EAST , WEST , NORTH and SOUTH 1302 Farnam Stroot. HARRY P. DEUEL , City PaEsoriRor end Ticket Primary , Sewndary or It rtiarr yermaneiitlj cured InSOtotd d ja. > \o cUmlnflto fttl i3L * > n from lli /item , o tint there con nercr U ft rt turn or the dli. t o In liny form. l' rtlc can UiluaU-Unt home , ( for . * n < l undrr tl thoBuniOirtrg < x 1/f mslf DUB .n tame fuaran ff C 1 } u Hi B B I I tt to , ( Imt vrlth tlio j > hopr * V. V LvMj S ( B > fer to com hero , wllT ! ! ) I J IHH LlQj9conl c * , ' u * ' ' euro thrin r * ' " refund all nonry anil par entire exprnio of comtcz , railroad f ir and told billi. V < rballcnR * tbo world for a cato can not cure , llrntlon tbli jinr < r. A'Ureti. COOK JlXlUKIir CO. , Oniu/io , fftbrafka. Have you used APT. * $ THE GREAT LIVER and STOMACH REMEDY Ctiros nil tlmimlcrH of tlio Slouxnch , Ijlvcr , nimol * , ICiilnoji , Illiul ! or. Nerv- oim DlHRiurw. IIOSM < > ! ' Appntltc , Uiuulnuhr , Conn tiput Ion , Co-atlvunpai , Imtlccs- tlon , ltlllou ncBH , Tevor , I'llos , Klc. , ami rentiers tliosyHiuiii less Ilixblo lo eoti- trnut ( lUtmHo. HADWAV'S ril.LS nro n ouic for tills coniitUlnt. Thny tunoup tlio Intcriiul secretions to licnltliy action , restore fit roiicth to tliestoinacii. nnd ennbU- toliprfonn It" function * . , Ptlcu'jrxMxbox. Sola by all ilriiRgMa , ormixllcil by \ \ ACO. . . ir.'Wsmeu Street , Now i orlc , on ri'i'ol jt of price , _ AMUSEMENTS. BOYl ) A1I.VYN1IS , M Messrs. Iloyd A : Ilaynos vould respect fully limcmtfor tlio oiitMilngof t He sotiion at tliolr lioii'-o thu W Wliloli Isunquostlo'iiibly t1i MnrK 'M and 'it comic npcr.i or lu America , ARTISTS"gn IN Tim FOLLOW I NO IfKl'ETOIUR Monday. M'ednpidiiy Matinee and Ifrldny. . "Tlie JlrlKunJs" Tuesday Ironing and Saturday Matltic-o. . . "Nanou" Wednesday . . "Tlio Queen's Luoo llaiulKurelilpf" Thursday . "Krmlnle" Saturday . "Dorothy" Seats are Now on Sale at Regu lar Prices. WILL LAWLnU , MANAGE ! ! . CORNER 11TH AND FARNAM STS , OMAHA. AcNclson , Sotilmttc. Grotesque Slack Who 1'orfurnmj. CONTOUTIOXIST. Ono Dime AclmlLs Lo All. OPEN TO THE WORLD. OIAHA CM RACES , IN CONNECTION WITH THE Douglas County Fair. OMAHA , ITEB. , Septembar 2nd to 4th , 1890 , Tuesday , September Und. TrottlriR VouU of 18S8 , mile heats , best 2ln a . iKOO TrotlltiK-2.r : > OoItisi , mile- heats , best a in 5. : iO ) UuimliiK-1 inllo dsibli . 1UU "Wednesday , September iird. Trotting 1'oalsof 13S7 , inllo lioats , heat 3 lnf > . * 2.V > Trottlns-2rtj : class , mile heats , beitll In 5. . 'M TrottlnSnoliiR.4 : : , mllohoats. besta iu5. 4UO KuimliiK mile anil repeat . 100 Thursday , September . Trotting Foals of 1SSO , inllo heats , host 3 In 5 . S2T 1 Trotting 3Wplass : : , nulu heat's ' , be'stll ln.1. : KV ) Itiinnlnx VS inllo and repeat . 10) L'ncliiK 2- : . " > class , inllo hu.itM. host 3 In r . . . 1M3 Kntrlei clo o August 89. All purses four moneys , SO , 23.13 and 10 per cent. Entrance foolU per cunt of puma. Kiinulng rac n to bo Kovomcclby the Amprlc.ui raolnj ? rules , en tries therolii to uloiu at 0 o'clock on the ovun > liisproi-odlnstho lace , unless otherwise nn- nomiL'cil , Dnnlol II. Wheeler. President. Otnqhn , Nob. D.T. Mount , Siipcrliiti'mlGiit , Om.iha , Null. John ll'tuiuur , becrutary , I'M Farmim street , Oinahu , Neb. THE GREAT STATE REUNION -or- Old Soldiers and Sailors GRAND ISLAND , September 1st to Gtli , 15,000 , OLD VETS IN CAMP. 2,000 TENTS PITCHED. A REA.LISTIC ARMY SCENE. A battalion of U. B , Regular Infantry , Battery "F" 2nd U. B. Artillery -will dill ! , dross parade and mount guard everyday , as in War times. Oicat nnvul battle , participated In hy war ships : iml slioro batteries , Thursduy ovonliiR. Great sluuii Inittlo Friday , participated In by regular artillery nnd Infantry and the veterans. 20 bunds on the ground. Band contest for prizes 1'rlduy. Pnradoof veterans , regulars , etc. , Wednes day. llrllllant camp fires every night with notable - blo speakers. The Great Occasion in Nebraska. Grnnd Island's latch strings are out ! See the Sugar 1'iilaco and Nebraska's great now Industry , boot sugar maUlnjr , at Grand Island. KallroaOs carry for ono faro round trip. I IllcCllsthcarinowKvlrcd I Itadlng remedy ( or nil ilia I unnatural dlichnrRtm anil I prlvatoillHOniesrf men , A I certain run far Hit ili-hllV- 1 tntlnj weakness iiecullar to wumrn. _ . . _ . , . _ . . - , I prucrlljeltanclfcel ( o IHTHtEvwjC-ilWif.ilCo In recoinmtMiOln ? It to lOmiHTI.oHKB u" " "Te"'r" ' v. . . A. JO ? 1. STOSER , H O. tCUu lu. BO In tiy It I'UlCli UDNITO OUARHI. Untlcr I lie MM inurement of the Meiican Inter-rational Darting Co. , Conccsslonarlcj. Incorporated By tlio S'.ato ol Chihuahua , Mexico ice , for Charitable Purposes. GHAN.D will tnlto plnco In pnbllo nt the city of Juarez ( for- rucrlr i'Jso UolNortoi Mexico. Wednesday , Sept. 241)1 ) , 1890 LKH , twlh Kuntlouicn of UUti tlumlln ; . CAPITAL PRIZE , 860,000. Only 60,000 , Tickets ! Only 60,000 Tickets ! r WHOLE TICKETS $4 , HALF TICKETS $2 , QUARTER TICKETS , $1. I Prize of $60.000 . $60.000 ll'rlzoof 10,000 . 10,00) ) 1 Prlzo of 6.tX 3Prlzo3of 1,000 unch I01'rl7U8of SlUencli Wl'ilzouof lUleach 100 Prizes of M oai'li . 250 Pi-iics of iM each . 7t .Approximation J'rl/cs. Y JOOPrlzcsof ewonrli . 8 15,01 JiMPrizcsof aieuch . H.O , liWl'rlzeaof 85 ouch . S,500 , | Trriiilii.il 1'rl/oi. twrrormiutils to $10,0001'rizcol' JlOoacli. 6,1150 1914 Prizes amounting to 125,970 Wo , the unJi'rdiinrd , hereby cfitlfy thnt tlio llancoNucldiml oiMf.xlio.ln Cliltimliim bus oiulo- poilt from thoMcilciiiilnteriiulloiinllJiiiiMnK Co. , tlio necBsiirr fuiuli t" pimrnnn'o tlin piDiiiPiit of nil prlicn ilrawn Inthn Uriiu I.ntrrlit .luiirt'z. \\a ( urtbirci'tllfy tlintwovlll Buiiervlte nil the nrrnncrmuntii , nnclm | > < T OII nmiiHiio nnd control nil thodravlMRR ot thin Lottery , Mini thnt the Miran urn conductm with liuiiGiifulrueu , and lu toad lulth toward" nil parties. JOHM S. PflOSBY , ComtnURloner. ( H.MII.O AnntlRM.EB , . Supervisor for tlio Oovcrnincnt. I If nnrtlcVct drawlnc rrl70h sent to the unJor- ' ! giio'lH mm vnluti "III Ijo collcctevlandrciulttea t tu the owiiur ttioreuf , free of rhnrui. Ki nAiiH. Ilitovftorf. Prei.El r so Katlunal Hank , Kl l' oTex AOKXTS AVANTE1I , tN For dab ntc or nny ether Information , write to the uri'lerBlznccl ' , untliiu' yinirnddrofs clearly , wltn. Blato , Countr , Street nnil Number. Mure rapid de- llrerynlll linitBHiired br yourouclonluK in envel ope boarlne your full uailroa . _ / llKXIC.lN iNTKUNATIOXAT * IlANKlHO CO. , City of Juarez , Moilco. 3VOTICE. ' Pond remittances for tlckcti hy ordinary letter , containing .MnnejOnler , ISKUOI ! by nil wipresscora- 1 pinlci , Novr York ISrrlmtiBO , Imnk rtmft ur postal noto. ArtclrcsH nil ri'uUtero'l letter ) t MEXIOAN INTEllNATIONAD 11ANIC1VO CO. City of Juarer , Muiloo , via Kl 1'aso.Tcx. ! SKJIIN AKY for YOUNG UDIES. Cnriiurof 10th und WorthlngtoiiSlR. , OMAHA , - NEB. IIISHOP WOHTIIINGTON , Vimron. TunHEV. UOniiUT DOIIEUTYS.T.I ) . Uncroru THE 27TH YEAR BEGINS WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 17TH , 139D. rorc.itiilostioatul particulars apply to the Uoctor. INSTITUTE OF OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS , ILL. Thh InMlliito. situated In OIKI of thnmost beautiful suburbs ot Chicago , offer * to VDIIIIR Ladlui , ovnry Advnntii n for olit.ilnlnK it tlioroiiKh nnd mufulcdm'uttou. Stitdluii will lo KWtnied Hnpt , " , IbOO. 1'or particulars uU > ' ' ' U BMorcniil'nrlKnearChloBKO ) . cLMbchoolforOlrlsnnd Viinnyl.artlci. KOI S57catHlOBUoaOrtrcuO.THAYI.il. J.t. . n , , Horiuiirirlt.JII.or7JilOllJonbtr. ( . , 111. rOR YOUNC LADIE , * > Mml l .111.1 Atl Do partinrnt It 'hrbl urjerilckt Anierl < an l'tir ilti Icxclierll heautirul fruiiiKlt w liult lin/s. li'it-,1 ly lint w l r. Addicts K T W . . COLUMUIAMO , FEMALE ACADEMY intula , art. li. KIIUl.i.iui > , I'llncliMU.Ju.-kinnvlUr , llu * Vrr-W YOItKMIWTAUV AOABDIY. IN Col. O. J.VrI IH , U.S. , A.M. Cornwall , N. Y. " ILLINOIS MILITARY ACADEMY. " 'VIKJ1S" " 'Clrculirof IIENUV J. 8TISVKN8. A. U , 1'rln. Moilla , I'a , Mllltarr AmUuinj , . Uruvku ll ll , irlrli. UrcuUri fret We Offer for Sale. Pour thousand ton * choice llttloil Ilur , I < \ 0 , It. curs , btrun o'H Slclluir , Lutoii or HoriUcU itutlnnsoii O. M. < V St. I1. U. H. , In lots to HUH titirchat-cri prices rcRtilato.l hy thu innrkot L'ullnnUsi'O in. STRANGE BROS , , SIOUX OITV , IOWA , TO WEAE < AM EN' flunrrliu { from llincifi-cuof yunthfuli'rron , varlf ttcny. wontliu wi'aknt-M , lust IHUIIIUH | , etc. , I will ' nil n talunlitu tri'ntlM ( M-alrl ) ixnuulnlnit full T > utlculari fi/r homo run' , FIU'K of c linit" . X ' " -Medical wiirk t ( hovi < l | H > nml tr oif lnaa vha i It ni < rriMi unit UeMlltuUil. jlililrc