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 ! P11"11" " WPP" K : < lnr niwlilnrcrn n r Sk'n ' tint Illimil tint nl jun'i'ii ' nwmunni DlS-Cl-ilW
( IV \ \ "MKM Kmi'UitT Do M it Il iw . < if w uniiit fr t rt'u naf * ntt\r \ iuMi > t tl.riii.jiii lnp.u * ngiit.
forT'imi'O tnrtnit < ntittii , nttiit it-li-tir pritit 1)11 ) ! | > U tihi MnlUttl Inituuui nMiiu * 'iiwm.'r ne
PIUV irK DISK.V.1HH. til 1l < iml iUmV "i nii-rBiifiuly tmiuwl. 'vylilitlapulmm m i * l frnni inn ytiant
f'Uiniit mnrrnrr XHT Ui'iuir-iUTfl r iun nt fur Um nf 'tal pi Tar. Pirtli < umliln t > Uit n raw On
triMihxtit homo 'lyoorrt'luimitem'n. l.t n imuiiriicatliin' "nnHliineaU Mo'llt'iu ' ) ir m lrinnttitti * unt ar
3t.illor xpn" iMMirfly 3iu-lct ? < t. no Tlir1' mlii'iui tiimmn ir < ivl r Onti i ) r oiiil IIHTT'IMTprn'irrml.
Cill inJ in < nlt IIH ir icml amtnrv ifrour urn. nil " " < Till innil In olnln rniin r inr UOOI { TO MH
FIlKSupuii PriviM ipmilal Jr Hurvuiu Ula isi's , taiJolaiior. Irpllitli ' .lout , mil V.irlwi.ttift 'TttJi > iuu < l.jix
lit. 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 * >
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