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UMAHA UAJLLiY JBJUJS SUJMJAX. 21. ISLKJ-SIXTEJ PAGES. 1L JOLSTOI A MASTER MIND. If I II ' W.D. Howella Inises the Ireutar Sonata and Its Author. A WORLD LITERATURE IS COWING. . \nthor- * Thinking ; ami Etpr 5iiltij hcmHelten AUTce InVl lcly aip- aratetl Field * Jlonoy In ulnt. * Biz Chetsk Stories S > 'pt. 17. iSp lal to TIIK BBS. ] I met W. D. Hmvaffs the nmwltet. at Siratori th other day H ! ho * bi en pund- ln ? thu summer there and .it Lake G flCK . He JM omof th * barrf t roridni { wrttfr * of the . -In * and Uh Anthony Trollophe car ries hu work with htm. Every morninir h < ! tcla aside so much time for wriUntr and be turns out a < 'prtatin amonnt of wort daily H s.ir > ) he ttnib novel writing Uanl work and ho 'loii not thlnlt it pap him to pf nd tnors than thf > w fotir honn a day in , utwilc m- pr.iifjon. He a fd to write ranch more than thin and he him at tlm a worked "riiteen houn out jf thu r-v nty-four. H s In BOWen on a shorr icmil nov sl for H.irper's - and this , with hn editoriid Libors , his present work. EKirinff our conversation I asked Him ( or his opinion of the KLrwtzt-r Eonata. He replied ; "I think it la a ijrent wurlc. I * j * he offspringof a master tnlnd , ind I do ant think that thu critics an risht In their ipinion of it evil tendencies. The novel is trne to llle and you can extifet no ether endinif for jnehi man and such ave - man than that laid out hi i , for Posdnlchetf ind his : \i ] < s " "But > r Howells , do you not think that a book of this kind l harmful to younjf rsiiii- ' en It Is not the Iiind of a onolc , " ' replii-d Mr. Ho wells , ' 'tuat woiiltl , I thmit , attract the 70110 1 ; . It is more a book for men and women of mataru years and experience. I do not know hat it would b ! fit reiidlnif for yountf girla , but iti ; > ni3 to ma thuU 'heyount man who rciul it wiil iret from it a lesson hi the di rection of purity and pooit livini1 - Wh.it do yon thinlc of ilr. Tolstoi , Mr. Ho wells' " I.-uked. 'Haia undoubtedly .lirrnat man. " was the reply "And ia ill the zreofar for hia simple bravery and truth. Hf du what he thlnlts to be r.slit and hi1 in not ashtimed to follow out his cnnvictinns. I bi'lleve the world would b s better if we would be aa briva as Taluloi us. anil I think many of hw idea * air which th > i world lauffhs. are the nirht ones. I believe , for instance , in bin principle of woririnif > v1th hh hands a part of each < iay and I would that I could do it myself. I be lieve that if we could all do this If we could brinioiiCTclveH closer to a common level of humanity . in shor we could realize in its full the orotherhowi of man , we would be better workmen and better men. As for me. I owe much to Tolstoi , and his example haa. I think , done much for the world.1 MH. noWELL-i Off A 1VOHID LITEKATCT ! ! . The conversation turned to American lit r- ttareand Iiaked Mr. H.ow Ua whether ha thought we wers forming a distinct national ichool of writers. Ha replied , "l think not. I believe the tendency of the times in towards the formation of a world school In literature. The writers of all thu world have mow of a uniformity of thontrht .md expression today than they have ever had before. Wu iira flndUv c 'that the unity of the human mind la by no means entirely a action , and the means of communication of thought are such that thu brains of all thu world work mow together than they have ever done before. You find this m the similarity of the literary product ions of tac present all over thu woriiL A a. ivel written by one ot thu rviilistie school of writers of America today , has , perhaps , its counterpart In a realistic story written ; i,0W ( miles away in Spain or Germany. The Ger man develops and creates the aiaaa Idcaa as the American at the same time. The Span- lard tickles his fellovrs' stiles with the same aumoruua thought aa the Yankee , ami , Uka the YankLt1 , h a fellows double themselves up and mujifa-when they hear it. I don't know whether you catch rev idea , but I think thu spirit jf tno times bi Umdinj more and moro toward the direction of a world literaturu than toward that of national or race litera ture. " MOKBT I W D. Howellsls now employed exclusively by Harper's ' and he. gets , pnrh..ps , as largt : a salary aamy literary editor of the United States today. I w-aa tola sometime aip > that bu received na much as 1,000 fora short itory , nn l hia royalties must brim ? him hi a large income. There Is more money today in magazines and mazarine writing than ever before. The Century company ha already grown rich , and ita English circulation .dona ia worth a largo fortune. Soribnor'a Slajja- rino la making bigprodta. . and the Cosmupoh- tn Maijiuuie has jumped from bananprcy Into prosperity This masizine wua orijrf- nally started by Schllcht Field , a couplu of briirht yountf speculators , in Eochester , Jf Y They ran aa olHce-flle business In con nection with the mnixizine and were maltinu it pay , when they moved < lown to JTew Yiirk. Hera thev branched out in many directions , besan to lose money , ind threw good money after bad until they wurtj practically bank rupt. It was at this time that "Buck" Grant was taken into tha mai uine and It hail Another annrt. In tha meantime the business affairs of S 'hllcht J : Field got worse and worm and the mainzine was sold to J Brisbim Walker , ivho now o\vns it and has made It a rood property , ilr. Walker ia one of the Tinirht business litcrateurs of the day Ha is a man , I ot. pernups ion.y-jjve years 01 aira ana one hundred years of experience. Hals , I think , a graduate of either West PoiaC or Annapolis , ami hi ; went to CUln.i with Bur- UnKoaii ) < u a niw.il attache. After tha war hi ; took a notion that a groit deal of money waa to bu made la reiil estate , ami hu antici pated rhu in-eat real estate boom which has since struck the country. He made hia Urst . speculations at Charleston , W Va. , where ho ettli'd ami ran for connresa , nnd was , I am told , elected but i-aunted out. Hd thought at thia Ume Unit Charleston waa goto : ; to be the capital of AVi-st Virginia , and ho invested all hia money there , aail hu lost everything. Gathering up the di'bns of hia estate he moved to D > n ver and thora edital for , i time a. wct'ltly newspaper Hu bought it for .1 onir. trot It on the mud to malnnt ; money and olil it at n prodt. Ho took thu mono ; which he received andbeinin to buy land on the out skirts of Denver He bought ona llttla farm after another , at frum 5 to $ U ) ami til ) an acra until ho at lust hud about one thausanii acres , Ha owned these lands when the nnil estate bMin stniclt Denver. anil bo sold , I am told , a portion of hia lunu to a lymllcauj for { TiOO.OdO when the boom came. Ha held on to about suVHnty-tive acres nearer the city , and this in , an Of aver people lay , worth at least a h.ilf millUiu dol'un today. When ho tint bought the Cosmupoll- tan ho spent about t5OOt)0 ) in thu d t few weeks In advertiain and be hua been spend- injravur slnct * . Hu put the magazine ona flrm flnandaL hiiaia , bought hia aupplles for > cash anil rhurycil czuli for hia adverUsini ; , He hired thu beat bruas ho could anil to help him , and the result ; Is that thu miunuiQu now ells aa well aa thu oldest eatnbltabuil periou- Icnla. It hua now about eighty tliouaand cir culation , and It had only UI.iXH ) when. Ilr. Wallwr touk hold of it WQ years a o. It h now making- money notivithacumUntr that It haa sui-Umi-a w Murit Halit ud and EiUvurd .Everett Hold a.nontf Ita OCH OCTOOKXAHI-UC Some of tha oldeat men of thu countrv ara dolnjf their sham of literary wori. Governor Andrew 0. Curtin la writing hia "Kemlnia- cenccs of the War" at hia harau In Bellefonte and he tHlls me ha haa a pile of manuscript av bif aa a dictiouary Ha dictates hia atones to a very mpul typewriter , a younu lady whose critical literary judgment ho snys la food , and who can talru do\va thu mutter almost aa fust u ha can Uillt. Caaaiuu 1L Clar In , 1 im told , writing awu ? at the sufu of inity in obi Kentucky name , upon some Ad ditional memoirs af hia career , ana I met not Ion j &ga Hon. John tL Latroou of Baltimore Who , aatwiUutaadiiiit thnt ha ui aeurl ; alnet/ , la still < vntmjr , This mart la onfl at the most ! rpiaarkaniennncten m Jia _ sited States. H wia lorn Uurlnir Jefferson's Wmnlfltrv- tton , ami was a .wlet . at toe nuted Stuwa mtiiwrv aaiuumy when ifoartxs was prcal- limit , tviia minuted to th bnr ( taringtha o < hnmt tntlcm of John Qulncy Adams , anil wfeen Jackson wiw first elected he became MnniHil for the Bulrtmor & Ohio railroad anil WHmrml its ri at ofway < nrer tilt * mrmn- tuiiu. fit1 mis been one at thn counsel for thut rand ever since. He wis the inventor of th Lntrabi ; tov < or Baltimore b attr. which in known ill over the Cm ted States , intl bd hiu mi Wlshiil .about a domm world inclmltoi/ law boohs , infantry Uctdcs. hints tot traTei ta Europe , children > books and novel * . Xow at eiirhty-s w n he < noy ) a novel asvuil aa any rounir lover of uvmty , and his brilu Is nit < : limr ami tils eye .w bright aa It wiu xvhen he WOH a boy. I LlTTCX't { "W.OM1 " THBI'lf. It iviis John H. Lntrabevho noted .13 coun aul fbr thu Win.ms bnthan in their nilraml contracts with th Rnnriun Totrtmnunt , ami I h irrl th other diiy the itnry ( if how no wtu entrrursd by thum. H i wis in Rurops at the time tor hia hmUtb , when he net one of th Winuns' broth n md via iwlntl by aim to ( jo t Ruwiii. "tcm't o anil you can't afford tu piiy me wtxut it La worth. ' "But you mtiit jro.1' "wii t Wmiins. "W * tuve ijot to tniiite a bij contract mil we nutsil .1 ra.iu we can tnmt. We will pay you any price you want , \vb.atwillyiiu chir l" "I don't want to m. " answered Mr Laerobn. but If I dpxol will U.IVH to oiive $ < JIIMX > . " "All i fht , " will Mr Win.ins , and aa Governor rnrtin tclln the itory , he thereupon took out lischiitikbixik.iml wrote him out a uheulc for he imonnt. Tliu result was that Litrobi ; urcw tip thu c ntnut with the mvenmunt. , nd by tain sectiretl the . -ontrol of the roiul or twtjntvavyears. . It ivia aa enpTiHive businti.in , but they ramie millions out of If now TIIK CZAR ani.T i n.vii.aoAD. "Tae Winans brothers1 sui'l Governor Curtiu , "wHre .imontf thu dMS railrmul bulld- an of Rusdhi , md the story of their fortune making there reads like .1 ronunm ; . They tint came to th aotlre of this czivr from a contract which thuy took to build a briilire acrow this EiSvtir X vi. In building thb ) mlir they found th.it the Mrrent wad mticb % vUter than they asul inppiwed .mil thf river van dt.-flp r. and thu result was that they lost about UI.OIH ) and roubles on thu Ji > b. About this time the brill's waj compliiteti thu czar came down to iee It He vaa told that thi : American contractors had oat on it and hi ! Itnuw the amount of their 0-3. H * offered to rcunbunu them but they refustid , md a.iid that in their country men stood by their contracts , and that U they had roiide $ UHK ) ( ) instead of losing t.-xMMK ) roublei that they would have mud nothinir about it md thuy would hara consiiiureil It a fair business arrangement. Tliia reply pleaaed .he ciar very much. It showed him that the Wuuns were honest businesH men , and the manner m which they had miule the briil/a showed him that they were jrood civil ensri- neen. Hu then told thisin that hu wanted ihia road b\iilt. \ and a survey was m.ulu for the purpose. The surveyors laid out the road in i sort of a zlifzai ; line talcing In. the bluest cities .md the best wulet. This survey wis shown to th < ; Czar Nichol.u. He Looked at it and then said "Th.it is not what [ want. " and then tilnnji down a map of Rimia he laid a load pt-nril upon it , resting one end of the pencil on the city of Moscow and thu other on St. Petersburg. "There is where I want my ro.id to run. " said he , "it must be in a straight lim from cne city to the other and the railroiul will make other cities between its chief points. ' ' The \Vi- nans built the road and through Latrobe cot thb twenty-tlve yeara coutrai-t to ran it After twenty yinira were passed the Rus- ai.ins had learned all about the road .rail its machinery , and they wanted to take it out of the handa of f.ne foreitjni'n. I was minister Co Russia .it the time anil thu Wlnuna , hear ing of this disposition of the czar , came to me and aslten me what they should do. I re plied. "If thuczar wanta the road you nad better sell out to him and tbc a price on it when heoTen to buy. If you don't , he will taku it on some pretext or other , and the chances are you will have to take what they choose to givu. " A few dayi after this Wnans wjia'iunud to sell the road to the gov ernment. He axed his pricu at jy,000QOH and ( jntlt without a word. ' ' CHICKS ron iiiiLioss. Spealilni ? of this | [ ) , OnU check which , .the \Vlniuis boys gave Latrobu for his leifal acr vices reminds me of a story of Tay Gould which I nave never seen In print. It relates to thu purchase of the Mia-wuri Pacific rail road which Jay Gould bought of Garrison. The road was paying good dividends -and Garrison was not at all : inxious to sell. Jay Gould asked him what h would take for the property and his reply was , "Two and 01 half millioa dollars. " "Thatis too much , " said Gould , "and I can't ( rive it. " "Well , " returned Gnrriann , "you don't ' need to take it if you don't wint to , but I will tell you that the price will b three millions tomorrow. Gould laughed aad went awiy. Thu next duy he called ajain and offered to frivu the $ .i , . " > < ) U,00 < ) for the roail. "You can't have it , " replii-d Garrison , "the road ia now worth ] , OikOUl ) . "I won't ( five it said Gould. "I am not anxious to sell , ' replied Garrison , "and I don't ' cans whether you taka it nor , but by noon tomorrow thu pncu will bei'VlOO.OOO. " The result was that Gould waited over until the next day , and actually paid -Sl.jOO.OiX ) for the road. Thu largest cheek ever ifiven In this coun try was that iriven by Gould to Thnninx Allen for the Iron .Mountain. He paid f-i,0 < Mi > 00 for it , and he handed Allen a check for that amount open his acceptance of his offer. Allen looked at the paper that renresunted thb vast sum and suid , "isn't ' this a good deal of money for one man to have in" one banltf" "I don't know , " replied Gould , "perhaps it is , let me have thu check. " Allen then handed the check back to Gould , and he handed it over to his olUcu boy , saying , "Here boy , take this check to the b.mk and have the cashier certify to it. " And the boy went out and did it. A CHECK ron A um.ror. Rufus P. Eanney of Cleveland , one of tha most distinguished lawyers In this country , once told me of a check for a million dollars which was givm by John Rockefeller. It was drawn hi favor of Samuel Andrews , another coal oil millionaire , and was accepted by Andrews only because he was too proud to refuse it. Rockefeller and Andrews were poor younff men ha Cleveland toother twenty or thirty years aijo. In connection with Fbjjlerand others they organized the Stand ard Oil company , and at once beiran to make money and grow nch. Rockefeller In some way gnt the start of Andrews , and Andrews was very Jealous of bis jrow tnf power and wealth , He tried to outshine Rockefeller hi everything ne did , and wnun tiockefeller built a bi house in Cleveland Andrews put up a biififer one , brmifintf artiata from Italy to do thu dnu work hi 1C and makini ? one ot thu tinont residences west ( if tnu Alli'ihanle.i. Then Rockefeller bouifUt a country-seat near Cleveland and Andrews bought another , and so the strife went on. When Rockefeller was mudu president of the ; Stamlard Oil company Andrews became very Jealous , and in order to show his own importance he caaii > in one day and asked Rockefeller how matters were ifetuni ; alonif , ilr Rockefeller said everything was iroin off riirhe , and ilr. Aadraws ajlced for a loon at the books of the company "You can t set * tha books just now , " said Rockefeller , "but if you come in In a day or two I will have a statement madu out foryou.1 A few days later Sum Andrews came In again and aaked for the books. In reply he was handed a long sheet of paper covered with flirures which ha was told waa Umstatcmoiitaf tha condition of the Stand ard Oil company Ha looked at it and aa he did so his face got red and hia y 3 grew anpry. "This is not what I want , Mr. Rack- Waller , " said he , "I wsint to st > a thu books of tbtt company. If I can't see tha oooka I want to sell my stock. " "What will you take for your stock * " replied Mr. Roclrefeller. very coolly , reaching for his checkbooks " want Just f 1,00 ) ,0W ( hi cash , ' * said Andrews. "Ail niht , you shall have it , " replied thu prasident of tno Standard Oil compimy , and ha there- fora wvotu out a check for J 1,0)0,1)00 ) tor Mr. Andrews. Andrews had to take It or back down. He was ashamed to refuse and he had for thu next few months all he could do In trying to invest that $1,000.000. Ha put , I thlnlc. I5UU.OOO In government bonds and scat tered the rest hero and there. FK.UK G. Dr. Birrusy cured cuUrrh , Bttu bldj. S13L1GHT SliFB Some of the ttmj Brieht Things tha World's WTta ire Saying. IT WOULDN'T DO IN MILV/AUKEE. / 3fr. Dnwl ! Miet Favorite Hymn Had > "one of Symptoms Freeman Pltw- btirif Twin * One on th > s Sapcrtn- tendent-He W"as SarpriKetX. Terre Haute E.tprs : "G < } oil mara- inf , rnnliMn. ; ' ' said the publidher , layinif down hid boute. "Go jd moi-ainjr , " repUml the blue-eyd vbton who had drifted into hu o&ci > like a ray of tropic a m.hintf. . "I have a maniwrtpt of -iketoh. . . or story you may cJl : it. that I would tc Dleiuod to bU7 you look over .it your leisure. " Tb , n ahe Mil the manuscript on. the pubUHhtr's de-k , and the "Kreutaer ionatii ' for that wag the title of the book he hn4bvH n p ru intr jrathered up Ita aklrtd. turned up iu auw. anil al to the- other end of the / \ Poljilur. Station. Burdette : A local tnia swept thrautrh. the plwkHuit sUi.tioii.4 that help to make a jrarden of West Philadelphia , and slowed ap at Elin stntloo. "ELm ! " cried a bra iceman at tha front door. "El-lum : " shouted his coltesurue in the rear : and driftinir bmj' * from the ( or ward car iijirae the cell of 6hd naw bvalceman , Donald Cloni'ochetty : ' The Aul pjusenaei's looked wearily out at the new hou js dotting- the mi'iuio'.r. "I'd ; * ive lOctititi , " heiig-heil , "to know where we are. " But oaly the soft jrur 'le of tha coti- diwtor'j punch wheti npplinar through the oar like the taurtnur of the April streams at Overbrook was heard. Neither Touched aor Jlovcd. Ladies * Pictorial : Mrs. JTot'toa In quired ea rerly of Lord Punmure after the queen hiul pinned a. mednl on thu breast of brave bir Thomiui Troubridge , the CnmeKn hero : "Was the ( i'i touched ? ' ' "Biesij my soul , no ! " was the reply. "She had a bru s rtiilini before her and no one could touch her ! ' Mrs NVn-toa explained : "I mean , vriia hu moved. ? ' ' "Sloved ? " returned Lord Panmure , with willful itolidity , "she had no occa sion to move. " The Great Tariff Question. Chicago Herald : " ! tell you the af airs of thia country will never be run rij'ht until women take a , hand in "em. " iaido. newly m.irried cituen. "The other afternuoa a fellow sot me into a discu sbloa over the McKinley bill and I went home to supper feeliner hot. la the course of the eveninjr my wife remarked , very sweetly and insinuatingly : " " 'John , dear" " she said. 'I saw an only too lovely piece of jroods today , and I intend to order a dress of it tomorrow. " "I knew that meant a. ftfty at least. but E add aothinir for some time. I had an idea , though , and tinally I decided to risk it. " 'Ivbh that chap would stop boclier- in-r me with that McKialey biLL' I said. 'He worries the life out of me with it , " * O , pa.y it , John dear , pay it ! " said my wife. 'Dont let it worry you any lonjrer ! Ill wait till next month for my dresrf. Pay it. woa't you , dear ? "I promised to pay it the very next day. and I tell you narht here that untesa we have a woman at the helm pretty sooa the ship of state is bound for the rocks.3 An Ozarlc Romance. Chicaga Herald : "D'ye lak me , Sue ? " "Purty well , Jim7 "How much , d'ye reckon ? " "Oh , er "rood deaL' ' " But how much , now ? " "Oh , er lot. " "How'd ye lalcter " "Oh , Jim ! ' ' "How'd ye know what T war yoin * ter ' ' say ? "I know'd. ' ' "Whac ? " "You knowr. " "I was jfoin' ter awt ye ef y S go er ' ' ' ' ' dshin' s'evenin , . "Ye waan't nutheiv" "Yes , T war. " " Jim ? " "Hm ! " "Ye don't lak me. " "Yes I do , a lieapJ' "Xo , ye don't. " "I orter know. " " * ' How ? "Why. Sue , didn"tl jiataat yer ter jit ready an' j " ' "Ye said ye war jfoia' to ast me teio er flshin' . ' ' "Sue ? " "What. Jim1' "I didn't mean It. " "Then what did ye mean ? " "Oh , Sue , quit yer foolfn * an'go an' ast yer paw. ' ' Ic "VVas the oehcr Fellow'i. Jeweler's Weelcly : Paul Pry : I presume the portrait ' m your breast pin is your father's AIL-s Mitten : N"o ; It is a picturu of the drst young- man to whom I promised to be a sister. He Knew tn Staxu or the Market. Jewelers Weekly : Mrs. Spendthrift : Algernon , do vou know- that silver is up ? Her Husband : I ougnt to. E put ours up while you were ac the seaside. What She Said. Jewelers' Weelcly. Mr. Newman Willie , what did your slater say about the rinfr I save her ? Willie She thoid she wondered who wath fool enough to trutht you. for it. Hl Truth-TuIne-H Dimreilite : < t. iEunsay's Weekly : Liwyer Well , sir , we won the case , but It was a pretty nar row victory. Client Ves , I thought the other side hail us , until you showed that their prin cipal witness was a dsherman. Gave lllm.seir Away. Harper's Bazar : "But , Tom , dear , where ia the big1 trout you said you caujrht ? " "O , that oneJ Why yes , of course well , I took thnt trout , and it looked so good I cooked it and ate it on the spot , And speaking- eating- , Maude , I wish you'd hurry up thnt dirncr , I haven't had a mouthful all day. " And then Claude for the first time doubted her husband's veracity. He Arauereil the KeHf f earn. Chicago Inter-Ocean : "I hear that Rig-gins hail a narrow escape from lynch ing ia iluwaukee , " remarked ilrj Zeedtclc. "You don't tell me ! " replied Mrs. Keedick , much concerned. "What crime had ha committed ? " "I understand he insisted on using the English Not Hiu Style. Texas Slftinsfi : Lady Purchaser ( In lamp store ) I suppose you knuw that these tlM ) lamns arts fully aa satisfactory aa the ? iOO style. Is not that your ex perience U home ? A.w.nreLl , ! have npvaT osed the 190 ah . . . know Hjmn. Chkaijo later Ocean : Shattuek You must ha e made 3oma monej la Sujfar tnitit , Dtawiddio. EHnwlddlc "Wnat nnUE * yo think < ? Shuttmik You ara always humming- "The Sw et Boy Take Von * Choice. Chluatro Photo : Two * rival deal n hare their shups a One of them has pntnted upon flasa window over appramid of sau- "At drepcniie 1 pound ; to pwjy more late to bu robbce , " whil ! tthrt othar pute his siutaiitrsH into an otelli k and puinta ' aboTe'lt. "At alx encii a pound : to pay Use li to be poisoned. ' ' Correctetl HJs Ha. Lewl ton Journal : "WhiU are the four great lakes between OinmU and the Gulf of Mexico ? ' * afk l a , Lewiston mother of her younr : t.vhoe j otr- raphy she WIH : ooiininif. "Water , said the boy. The mother pondered a mo ment , and then looked into the geog raphy ; itriin and found her < > lf in rror. Sh should have asked , "Whicn are the four jreat hilces ? " ' Litclcy to G t * Eni Somarville Journal : "Didn't she re turn your love1' asked a , friend of a dis consolate yount man. "No , " was the diwonsolate younir man's reply , "but she returned my let ters yesterday , togethervtth all the presents that E had" given her. ' ' H.uin't An jot * the sympfomn. Chicatro TriTiune : Fair Entertainer ( to younfr operator ) What 3ide of the market is that the way to put it ? are you on this week. Mr. Brokaw ? " Young Operator ( at the other end of the sofalam. / . what they call a "bear/ " MisH ICaioney. Fair Entertainer Indifd ! You you don 'tact the least bit in the world like a bear , Mr. Bcolcir. Possibly ETOeptlnir triplets. Oiirtit/o / TrUnutt. Of all sad words there id none that be gins To en.ua.1 hi sadness this one word : ' Street & Smith's Good N"ewa : Rurul child E wish Aunty Brownstone didn't love us < j mucli. Mrs. Hayseed La sakesl Wnat a funny wish. Why ? Rural child 'Cause E af Iced her why- she didn't take us to the theatres , and parks , and parties , and operif , and stiu'li Dlaoea , w'en we visited her in th'city , an" she said it w.w 'cauw ihe loved u.s . o much she wad p-rfectiy contented to ait around home with us. Precocious Pittshnra : TwinH. Pittsbur ; , ' Dispatch : The father of twins reoently stiirted oa a journey. leaving his hor-taees to fortune behind with their mother. Four or five days after he had "tarted the t.vinH besrun to miss him. and one niirht after supper their mother overheard one day to the other : "I wi h dad would come home. " "Loil ! " siid the other het-o in kilts , "don't spi'alc of it. I'm about dead to sue him. ' ' Aad yet tive years have barely down over these .forward young sters heads. l It 3Ciift Have Bfiin Heavenly. Life : Annie What's the matter , limmy ; what are yur orjin. ' fer ? Jimmy Jle brudder's-dead. Boo-hoo ! Boo-'uool Annie Why , he died suddent , didn't he ? Jimmy Y"es ; hejW nt onto a picnic an"ent too much pic an1 sumwiehes , an. ' it kilt him. Boo-h < > l Eoo-hool - Annie Well , don't euy , Jimmy ; jua' _ think wet a lovely death he died ; pie an * samwiches , oh. One on the Superintendent. Buffalo Courier : Xot very many oundayi ag-o a South Side Sun day school was invited to participate hi a union service with another s heel a a few bloeka away , and formed in line with the superintendent as the head , and marched out of doors singinjr the superintendent's favorite hymn. "Hold the Fort'1 Bystanders stopped anil everyone looked on at the beautiful siyht of the proud superintendent marshaling shaling- his handnome cohorts of caroling children up the street. Their sinyinff charmed the hearer- * , too , but when they struck the = eeond stanaa , "St'o the mighty host advancing , Satan leodintr on' iomebody snickered and the superin tendent dropped buck to the rear to speak to the tutor of the infant class. A Boston GirlN Awful Plight. Philadelphia Times : En. the ex citement o the moment the two BoHtoa girls ruahed into the raffing surf , and the amount ofrarments they had manaped to ? et rid oC would have struck a ballat yirl dumb with envy. " 0 ! " ' suddenly cried MissBeaconatreet , "what have E done ? What will become of me ? E am so 03named that my blushes are bejrinainfr to heac the water about me. " "What la it ? " coldly remarked her companion , who don't like the idea of the other getting ahead of her when any modesty business was oingon. . " "What s got loose ? " "O , how can I ever live to tell it ? I've come In bathing without my spectacles. " HeVa * L.ticlcy. Light : NewVork Merchant I sent my hat around the ortiiie for the Grant monument fund ye.itecday. What did you ; jet ? E got my hat back. GooilReason * for Falling. New York "Weekly : Citizen ( looking up from the paper ) What do you think of this ? A plumber ia this city had failed. Wife I don't wonder. "We had a very mild winter , followed by a hot aum- mer. mer.What has the hot summer to do with It ? E presume he h id to ta'c ' ioe. Dr. Birney cures catarrh , Bee bldg- . Gartleld's Rep : t for Han coot. Ladiea Home Journa.U General Gur- neid came Into my studio upon my invitation one morning , wear- Ingaioft has and smoking an enormous cij vr. Ho tossied tha hat on a chair , and plaoing the cigar on the mantel said he was ready to begin operations. He was a very easy subject ; to photograph. He apantsome minutes in examining the pictures on the wall , until tinally ha carna to a portrait of General Hancock , that I had just dnishi-iL E snould have said before that Gardeld had not yet been elected presidant ; in foot at the time E mentioned , tha nomination bad not been made more that one week. He liked the picture of Hancock , and turning- ma in a nuniliar way , aiud that he would be plaased to have one for hia own study taale , for ha admired the man in many -ways. E placed one of Hancock'j pictures in tha nnckajQ of photographs that I sent to ilentor" and during1 the eumpuign. tha two pictures stood aide by side on the mantelpiece in Gurfield's home. Such was the tribute that a manly man paid to his opponent. Dr , Biraoy , notw uid throat , Bee bUj , THE DRMS D NEBRASKA Some of the Earlj lifltorCoiiaeate < l with tha Ezadua ot * the Harmons. HINTS RELATING TO RAILS AND TRAILS. In Search of a. Captured Girl > "e- in I SHI The Mobrira Coantrf 3torniun antl the Ponc.v Indiana. Xeb. , Sept. W 'Specialto Tan BBS. ! To TO baclc to the early .W- ) one hiio'o draw conslitarihly upon the ImauinuUve. Sut tha other da ? I mat Colonel WUIUm L. Woods of the land department \VLahinu'- - tou , The bad biH.'ii ht > n ) ; u < eiiriya \ l iii. He was only nlnete'n y ? ara old ami hiul taken .1 contract .it St. Louut to capture a white clrl atnonf tha Pontvi tntllinn ; , then located here , who liuit been previously spirited .iwtiy oy thu Morions. He secured his captive , rsturaintf in almost i lunhllne to BtHliivue avtsr a route that Otutih.i lon .iiro should have built a ml- rtmn ta Mionnin .mil the Dakous. It Is not ; nenliy known that some or tin ; pioneer iormons drat auttlet ! at the mouth of ihe Jflobnra rivur. oppoaite this town , but such la the faut , .ind Colunul Wooila' refer- enuu to thii old liiailniarUa hmiahea an tfxcuso tor this article. It SB not necessary to ga into detail .ibout this nimh-tnllud-of people Aay enL-yi-iope- diacani7iveth.it Iniuraiuuon. But at the louil history very Uttlc IB said. Tlio tt-giaU- tura of Illinois hnvtnif In 1S43 w- | voltml the charter given to the city ? of N'.mvoo. 111. , and the nciahbcr- infr settlcinunta having given the tnh.iinrunfa much annoyance , thu siiinta concludikl. after rttceivinu f.ivowble n pir . to nulte their fri- Uirt ; hoiiii ! in thu Unut biilt L.ike vaiii > > * CouatMiUL'utly. ui IsW. the lint emi i-.inta crosacil thu Mississippi . .milsettled on the Imnla of the iliasiHin and alonir the stn'iima tfowlntr therein. Th largest sfttlemi'iit was Kaneavillc , in the vicinity of Council Buiifa Alon ? thu Boycr. Littlu Sioux .ind boniiar nvers. andexvmlinif south into "Bethiom" antl Glenwooil. the settlemonu were .urge ana proirrejistv' } in their way. In Nebraska the auttlumenta commeni-t'il at Flonncu .uiit exWuilinl all alonifthu ilia&uun and ita nunicroiiB streams intervening and enUlnu at the month at thtf Xiobmra valley The * oncis : were then lumteil whcru Nio. briri now stanils. The Jlormou auttleincnt was where the PUIK.-U are now located , on the west buuif of thu Niolirarn. Hers they estab- liahed fama and opened up .1 beautiful piece of country. A .mut mill w.ia erected , anil only .i few years aixo one olthe bura w is found lyinir on thu dame i > f tliu nver. The trices of the old null-rice awJtill in existence , .mil' from my informant , who wis ia the country hi WO. I liiura that it th.it early tame there were mounila and siunn of fortiacations. Trouble huvinir arisen between the Poncas and Mormuns , tlie latter deil to their winter Huarters at Florencti in aooiit 1-4'J. ' The old fever hivvin atricli the country , EanesviUu wsia the ontflttinir point for the overland route , anil merchant ! from St. Louis mutti' it thmr huadciuarters. Heretofore tnesi1 Mor mons hud biMju of the poorer c-iaasea and were merely stationed 12 tne-Miaswuri v ill.--or thu purposes of butterinir thi-ir worldlvDnili . - tdun ana then push onto thu City ot Suincs. The ' 4'J fevur proved advanUiireous IL tiua re. The Omuhib huvmir become i with their Florence neighbors , the year > f lisfl. WIH : he scene of a tln.il exodus from 'ae Missouri river and Jfjbreult.i. Tbat year the Pl.itte valley was impassable by reason of exceisive nins. anil the route tiien taken was on the divide between tlie Niobraru and Elkhorn nvers. niwamir through the oreaeat town of Creitrhton in tnis eounty.cr < M9intr thu Verdiirris and following rlie diviiie to thu ' Minnu'eluduza river , up taat valley throned also.it the same i-ouatry tnat the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley nulroail now . This u tlie same trill that was talcen Eiisbes. Siuux City pilgrims for the Blaclc Hills In 1S70 , whose trunaportitiun wacous \vnre burned by the military , umlur orilers from General Shendun , aeur where Gordon is now located. History ia continually repi'atinir Itself , only these repetitions are m. the more protTussivu line. Over the very plums and valleys Col onel Woods p.isst'd forty-four years ago thu iron horse plows its proua way , the adVuucu fni.'irtis of civilization hannir talcen tliu e.isy jrmleii and moat direct fnutes. juat .is thu In dian ta-ails lead to nat r and-soinewaere Today thu same old trails through tlie oucu "Jlonnon oountry" are buinif stalled By other prospuctive railroads , and our wbitj itcnu rni'ira are the anbiccta of uresti- for the fiiturj weulth. It is dtrintTOthuc after seelnj these roots when but a boyCjlonul Wooiis stioiiiil as ua be with us eorabimntf them with nur < pi.c' m-l sand , byaoueap and chemical prnrcaa. as solid" rock ; is the o upon whu'tt TUBs : building stands , while it comes from 'Ue moulds liice polished marble. The f.un latiua of .UoL-aionisra piia-tfUi away , but tic : mi ii' proLie-iSof uivi'ntun and of noiii'st , r i. are living moTia'nent. iiuuumunts that f > 0.1 wu into the a < s I'arryins wth 'lii'm < iuil jn y Imows we only hope , prospenrv EP A. Fur Dr. " Birney , QOM ; anil throat. Bee bid ? _ B.ii BrIKS andC.etrr i IM > S ' pG n'lomon it rHVSfc ! at EDOYS , BOOK ELLEKriVND STVTIOVERS. V EBh .V D PRCVTER.S , lliJSuuth t lth Street. , E CO. , -JOBUEBS IN- les Electric Light Goods , Bells , An nunciators , Alarms , Etc. ( Illustrated Catalogue Free. ) 1614 Capital A Teniie , - . Omaha. 5ch OCAMSCEH ELECTRIC LIGHTING. Arc Lights and Motors. Small Eli'ctrlc C ! lit pi inra for storm , fac tories. hutflH , et . . i snwiilt < "orr suund- eiic * oliiiteil. ! H. H. li T Jl P HUE Y < nnmrr- incantli on-iiiltin j Fn .neer VM S. V Lifu BulldiiuM Trie Omah.a Medical and Surgical Institute of i.irtlllOSIf , v.X' - t'Ilii [ ML * 3tSrt v BS Snem. * . iillui.-m , : fi-r . Ut"t Ki4Mtlto : , * 0pant. ! nJ Icmmtii-i ' niuir i nttrnMt > t j" r ' > rii > r nit-niMllMi r > ur < ! fiirt nl-noii' Nlttl , fXlUI ) V.N ) r .VUNTV IT ! , * H lli' Md Kill I I uonnttail vitiMiilani'i * , a . .tmil' > ' > l u.um i .11 * r nt , V 11 ir Iranlit-i m n i r nilunin I Jr in. Travtm. ItiBFivt. ' urvjtiir" if Aii'iuiiio i"l r i n. " 11 ir ' tirr'i. Unn 'tun. lum.m .1 . jvv "i"r ! 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Aklilren Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute. Corner 9th and Haraey Streets. Omaha , > i3brftika. ) R. BAILEY , Graduate Dentist , Set of Teeth on Rubber FOR FIVE DOLLARS. A. perfect fit guaranteed. Te th extracted without pain or dantrert ami with , out anaesthetics. Gold and atlver allinjjs at lowest ratca. Bridjju and Crowu work. Teeth without platen. .All worlc warranted. Office Paxton Block , 16th and Farnam Streets Entrance Wth street elevator. Opun eveuinys until S o'oloclc. NO OUR.E1 ! XO F'A.Y" . Stree ; , Oaiatia , Have removed to 120" Doutrlaa St.ODiioaita Millard Hotel. Stove Repairs fet 1500 Different Stoves , Ranges and Furnaces. Attachment F'tbMl anil Oonnuotetl. Gasollno anil Gsi-i Stoves Hopn.rcd. Tul. 'Mi. BOOT CH1IG , Rroprletor , C. M. EATO.V. 3Iaau ur. ARE YOU BUILDING ? If so ca.l and examine OUP fine line of art goods , comprising LOGICS. KnoDs , Escutcneons and Hinges , in all finishes anddesignj HIMEBAUGH & TAYLOR , 14O3 Douglas St. , Omalaa. DEVVEY & STONE , FHirnitxtre Oompany. A. magniflcent display of everything useful and ornamental in trta furniture maker'sjart at reasonable prices. DRS. MERRILL i ilERRILL , -j * & " SPEPJACISTS IN ClironlK , Nrtrniu , ninml tail Sitratml Dlannnfli ami DtBt'uji'i jfthH Urn. ttar N < nn rhrt.it ami < 'Jii t. bpeci.il AiContton til OiMiiasni ofV < ) men and Chlliln-n. Tlio anmnr IIIITD had Ti-rtri < it mp"r'oni ' n In lh himinuiln of nrociKlrn an'l ' V 'T 7 irs. inil ire iraunu ihit mint inci' i tu : imi wiitulr Hr.gtn | i"cmlliij iu tliu oountrr L nl MunboiKt , f nroin r ) .lnlltT "imrnntirr'iiB-i. ' S ralnnl I i tt. Plirolral Ommr artmiiK ( piitn mills- plp * on tnnfjrw i rilon ' < i * irl ir. a llr iiin inir- ae < l , luukut iM > nit'liini ! , ilull , iinrttdir tujr itrbuil- DuaK , unil itnilD ilfn a auntun. safety , pitrmunenur anil iHwtllr [ ) ounxl. Bluoit .init Skill O STTiliil'-ii. i < tln < i aioit ilreaiitul In IU rmulta , eumplutulr eraUlcanii. Ciunitn-Crinary Snritery. Ganui ti ijiu-t. dysnllls. HyitMooln. V irirorelo anil ilfi'turt mtloallr anil niifeir i-ur l wunmtt pom or ami-nii'm rniin biminutii. All larnnl r > - turmlUi'A aaU uipmllmunLa u uiarrai < iuau ( uur rnraiitmL Ail Umt4l mp < * < -ntalT iinil pfrnnnuntlr mire t. Huiin , J * . in. till -t aa jumluri , IU Ull ij. X n. I'sraunn uniibluui nut immuy Iw tronlml at triHtr nomui ar urrtftpunilvni' * * . Mutliutoui .tail in- tmdii'iuxmt 'ifMtpre" . iniiiuluttua trou s nil t . : tnu nitaintii to nnur rupir 218 FUt.-enHi Sr. , Oppimlcn OpurtL Hoiiiii -or Lnluat PHHU.HBOI PIH ' Ulu Vranun nunwlr nut oil Uia inaiulniHl irMMiD unit aunt iupur > m i. n fruin wUuu * r uau . fruin.iui > munitruiiuoii. rb < u pill * > ljiiiilil not On takun ilur- au prfiunaaur Am. PdU.o. . lUirulir tMU . . 3p u- , our < 'lur < ti Ut. irinuiuu tf ihnniun .Ic Ntri" < mniil. DoiU'uit jamp , , cjmiUiu C. J. . Mulcluir * ) aUl Oioiuu. M.t * 111 * . u.iaucii UiuJa. ti , jH : uru DL J i. SpeciEillst , It miiirpuii l in tliu trnat. tumt i fall fnr.ua at I'll- ! V > -K UI > iKA.-iI.S.Ldiit.Uaa | dou.i. aTUICTUIUC. ar pain < n nuitiTtnx HID oUii.ltir. curoa n n-o mill ill DltfHfim * of lilt Illuiiil. Ili'nrt ujil Ui' r tf - main Ulni'imim oiirRiI TlUitml iimmiucnu or 'local tnuit- mi'nt. ' UUI > fmiB { ui l onlf Wrtt for circa. uili of tin * abOT ( > UtimiMfa , nnil uliuflnu many it thu mult mmurluililu aures. J- not , H E. Car 1 1 til mil Faraum Aia. , ancnnua 01 lUmr iirmit , Om U Nub NERVE m B8AIM TREATMENT , for RT5Tert Miintcu i/pranionH ( * * nintf > Ctlit uiun. n In JUBantty neil utdtntr to mlwm ! jji ( Ututb. Pnm&tnra CM A wairr , nni-ft . Luw * of Powaj Inuitt ier MX. Invnluntury uiwwK.antl dpvrrriouirrtKCi oauiw i tir r rtertju.i of ttiu brain , r-iii ) n ui . ' | l uot. orux fur etuti anlur tftf " tr ) > ZB . wUI rnu parrl l momr GOODMAN 1:0. : , 1110 Farn.ini Street. Oiiuha , Nab , TO WEAK S'lnVniuc Tnm Ui PIT -fit 'lUUifnl rmn.i'ar'r it-rny wiifcunit wai * * * , io t uunlit mi if Ltriit wan ; i v-uunuu > TIIIUM < [ iviurirnluin r. < full onirtilara ' ' u nui tu * FHEE i ( liursn.i tuicnillil mi'iliriu work shun < l on rr 4 tiT rvtrj miin < * h * > ft ( .tf , . .