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THE OMAHA DALLY BJSE , MONDAY , OCTOBER 27. 181)0 ) , B
THE BATTLE OF THE GUN ,
From Victor lingo's " 0.1 : " They
heard n nolso unllko anything usually
heard. This cry nnd the nolso cnmo from
Inside the vessel. Ono or tlio cnrronudw
of the battery , a twenty-four pounder ,
had become douched.
Tills , perhnps , Is the most { orinldalito
f oc-enn events. Nothing more terrible
tim'n tills can happen to n war vessel , at
ben ntid under full Hull.
A cuniion which breaks its moorings
becomes abruptly some Indescribable ,
supernatural beast.
It Is a inndiino which transforms itself
into a monster.
This muss run ? on Its wheels , like bil
liard balls , Inclines with the rolling ,
plunge with the pitchingyoes , comes ,
stops , seems to meditate , resumes Its
course , shoots from one end of the ship
o the other HUe an arrow shot from a
bow , whirls , steals n way .ovudcs , prances ,
strike ? , breaks , kills , uxtcrtnlnatca.
It is a ram which capriciously assails
n wall.
Add this the rain Is of Iron , the wall
is of wood.
This furious bulk hus the leaps of a
pantlior , the weight of the elephant , the
ngility of the mou-otho pertinacity of the
nxo , the uncxtcctudnc&a of the surge , the
rapidity of lightning * the silence of the
It wulyln full ten thousand pounds ,
nnd it rebounds like a child's rubber
ball.
Its whirlings are suddenly cut at rltrht
angles.
What if. to be done ?
IJow fehnll nn end be put to this ?
A tempest eciiftcs , a cyclone passes , a
wind goes down , a broiton mast is re
placed , a leak is stopped , a fire put out ;
but what Miall bo done with this monster
cannon this enormous brute of bronze ?
How try to secure it ?
You ran reason with n bulldog , aston
ish n bull , fascinate a boa , frighten a
tiger , soften n lion ; no resource with
mi'h a monster as a loose cannon.
You cannot kill it ; It is dead ; and nt
the same tltno it lives \vlthasinister
life which comes from the infinite.
Jt is moved by tlio ship , which is
moved by the sen , which Is moved by
the wind.
This exterminator is a plaything.
The horrible cannon struggles , ad
vances , retreats , strikes to the right ,
strikes to the left , llees , passes , repatscs ,
disconcerts expectation , grinds obsta
cles and crushes men like tiles.
The caiTonadc , hurled by the pitch
ing , made havoc In the group of men ,
crushing four at the first blow ; then re
ceding and brought back by the rolling ,
It out a lifth unfortunate rnun in two ,
and dashed against the larboard side u
niece of the battery which H dismounted.
Thence came the cry of distress which
had been heard. All the men rushed
toward the ladder. The battery was
emptied in the twinkling of an oyo.
The captain and lieutenant , although
both intrepid men , had halted at the
head of the ladder , and , dumb , pale ,
he.sltatinglooked down Into the lower
deck.
Sonic ono suddenly pushed them to
one aide and descended.
It was an old man , a passenger.
Once nt the foot of the ladder ho stood
still. Hither and thither along the
lowe" deck came , the cannon. Ono might
have thought it the living chariot of the
Apocalypse.
The four wheels passed and repassed
over thu dead men , cutting , carving and
Mashing them , and of the live corpses
made twenty fragments which rolled
across the battery ; the lifeless heads
scorned to cry out ; streams of blood
wreathed on the floor following the roll
ing of the ship. The coiling , damaged in
several places , commenced to opt > n a lit
tle.
tle.All
All the vessel was filled with a mon
strous noise.
The captain presently regained his
presence of mind and caused to bo thrown
into the lower deck all that could allay
nnd fetter the course ol the cannoli
innttrOiiseH. hammocks , spare sails , rolls
of cordage , bugs of equlpinents.nnd bales
of cotintortlt nsslgnnts , of which the corvette -
votto had a full cargo.
Hut of what avail these rags ?
Xobody daring to go down nnd pluco
thorn properly In u fo\v \ minutes they
wore lint.
There was jiiht sea enough to nmko
the accident ns complotons po > siblo.
A tempest would have boon desirable.
It might have thrown the cannon un-
Mde down , nnd , once the four wheels
were in the air its fury would have been
stayed and it would have been mastered.
As it was the havoc increased.
There \vero dialings and even frac-
Unvs in the masts , which , joined into
the frame of the keel , go through tlio
floors of vessels nnd are like great round
pillars.
Under the convulsive Wows of the can
non the foremast had cracked , the main-
inapt itself was cut.
The battery was disjointed.
Ten pieces out of the thirty were hors
do I'ointmt.
The broaches In the sides multiplied
and the corvette commenced to take In
water.
The old passenger who had gene down
to the lower deck seemed n man of stone
nt the bottom of the ladder , lie cast a
cverolook on the devastation.
Ho did not stir.
It scorned impossible to take a stop in
tbo battery.
They must perish , or cut short the
disaster ; something must bo dono. 13ut
wluitV
What n combatant that carronado
was !
That frightful maniac must bo stopped.
That lightning must bo avortod.
That thunder-bolt must bo conquered.
"Doyouholiovo In God , Chevalier ? "
"Yes. No. Somotlmes. "
"In the tcmpestV"
"Yes. And in moments like these. "
"In reality God only can rid us of this
trouble. ' '
All were hushed nnd powerless , leav
ing the carronado to do its horrible
Morlc.
Outside the billows beating the vessel
answered the fearful blows of the
cannon.
It was like two hammers alternating.
All of n midden , in that kind of un-
nppwichablo circuit wherein the cs-
ca | > ed cannon bounded , a man appeared ,
with an iron bar in his hand.
It was the author of the catastrophe ,
the chief gunner , guilty of negligence
nnd the euu&o of the accident , the master
of the earronnde.
Having done the harm ho wished to
repair it.
Ho had grasped the handspike In ono
and. tome gimtncklo with n slip-knot
in the other , mid jumped down upon the
lower dock.
Then a wild exploit commenced !
A Titanic s-pectnclel
Tlio combat of the gunner with the
fim !
The butilo of matter nnd Intelligence !
The duel of thounimato and the iuani-
mnte ,
The mnn had posted himself in n
corner.
With his bur and rope in his two fifcts ,
leaning against ono of the riders , btuud-
Ing firmly on his logs , which seemed
like two pillars of steel , livid , calm ,
tragic , as though rooted to the floor , ho
waited.
He was waiting for the cannon to pass
near him.
The gunner know hU piece , and it
Fcoincd 10 him that it surely must know
him ,
Ho had lived for some time with it.
How many times he had thrust his
hand in Its jaws !
It was his tinned monster.
llo commenced talking to It as ho
would to his dog.
"Come , " said he.
Ho loved it may be.
Ho seemed Jo wish that It would come
toward him.
LJiit to como toward him would bo to
come upon him.
And then ho wns > lost.
How to avoid the rush ?
That was the question.
All looked upon the scono. terrified.
Not a breast breathed freely , except ,
perhaps , that of the old man who alone
was on the lower deck with the two
combatants , n sinister wltnu. s.
Ho might himself bo crushed by the
piece.
Hi stirred not.
Under them the blinded sea directed
the combat.
At the moment when , adopting this
dreadful hand-to-hand encounter , the
gunner challenged the cannon , a chance
rolling ot the sea kept it Immovable as
if stupelicd. "Como then ! " said the
man.
It seemed to listen.
Suddenly It jumped toward him.
The man escaped the shock.
The struggle began.
Struggle unheard oil
The fragile wrestling with the Invul
nerable !
The monster of Mesh attacking the
brazen beast !
On ntm . ; Mit fiirpr * nn tlin nMmn n
All this was passing in a shadoiv. It
was like the indistinct vision of a prod-
'gyA '
A soul ! a strange thing !
One would have thought the cannon
had ono also.
lint it was a soul of hate and rngo.
The sightless thing seemed to have
eyes.
"The monster appeared to watch the
man.
man.There was one would have thotig lit s
at least cunning , human cunning1 , in
this muss.
It also chose its moment.
It was a kind of gigantic insect of
iron , having , or seeming to have , the
will of a demon.
At times , this colossal grasshopper
would strike the low ceiling of the bat-
lory , then fall back on its four wheels
like a tiger on its four paws , and com
mence again to dart upon the man.
He , supple , agile , adroit , writhed like
an adder in guarding against all these
lightning movements.
He avoided encounters , but the fierce
blows ho shunned were received by the
unresisting vessel , and continued to de
molish it.
An end of broken chain had re
mained hanging to the uaaronado. Ono
end of it was fastened to the carriage.
The other , free , turned desperately
around the cannon and exaggerated all
its shocks.
The fhniii , multiplying the blows of
the ram by its angry lashings , caused a
terrible whirl around the camion , an
iron whip in a fist of brass and compli
cated the awful combat.
Yet the man struggled.
At tjmes , even to the watchers , it
seemed it was the man who attacked the
cannon.
With eyes fixed on the mighty gun
watching its every move , ho crouched
along the side , holding bar nnd rope.
Bulttio cannon seemed to understand ,
and , us though divining n snare. HeU.
The man , formidable , pursued It.
Such things cannot last long.
The cannon seemed to say at once
"Cornel there must be a end to thisl"
Then it stopped.
The approach of the denouement was
felt.
felt.Tho
The cannon , as in suspense , seemed to
have , or did have , because to till it was
like a living thing , a ferocious premedi
tation.
Suddenly , it precipitated Itself on the
gunner.
The gunner drew to ono side , let it
pass , and called to It , laughingly "Try
again. "
The cannon , as though furious nt the
taunt , broke a carronado to larboard.
Then , sel/.ed again by the invisible
sling which hold it , it bounded to star
board toward the gunner , who escaped.
Three carroaadcs sank down under
the pressure of the cannon ; then , as
though Wind and knowing no longer
what it was doing , it turned its back to
the man. rolled backward and forward ,
nut the stem out of order , and made a
breach in the wall of the prow.
The man had taken refuge at the foot
of the ladder , a few stops from the old
man who was present.
The gunner held his handspike at
rest.
rest.Tho
The cannon seemed to penceivo him ,
And without taking the trouble to turn
around , fell back on the ninn with the
promptness of an axo-stroke.
The man if driven against thoside was
lost.
lost.All
All the crew gave a cry.
But the old passenger , till then im
movable , sprang forward , more rapidly
than till those wild rapidities.
Ho had seized a bale of false assignats ,
and , at the rhk of being crushed , he had
succeeded in throwing it between the
wheels of the earronade.
This decisive and perilous movement
could not have been executed with more
promptness and precision by n man ac
customed by long experience to the man
oeuvres of sea gunnery.
The bale had the olTect of a plug.
A pebble stops u bulk ; a branch of a
tree diverts the fall of an avalanche.
The earronade stumbled.
The gunner In his turn , taking advan
tage of this terrible juncture , plunged
his Iron bar between the spokes of ono of
the hind wheels.
The cannon stopped.
It leaned forward.
The man using his bar as a lover , made
it rock.
The heavy mass turned over , with the
noise of a boll tumbling down , and the
man , rushing headlong , trickling with
sweat , by u quick well-guided movement
attached the slip-knot of the gun-tackle
to the bronze neck of the conquered
monster.
It was finished !
The man had vanquished ! '
The ant Mibdufd I no mastodon !
The pigmy had made a prisoner of the
thunderbolt !
Diphtheria.
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TliU city for years buvk has been subject to'
diphtheria. Since this discovery ( two years
a o ) there hui never been a case developed.
Every family wltU children in tnis city has a
bottle In thu house , and wherever auy symp
toiin iipjiour this remedy Is used. > ot ono
MtiK'lo case has even- been los . under tbii
treatment. U\eg \ & Co. have thousands of tes
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IIIK of tlie wondorlul cures it has made. Any
citizen of thU city , Alma , Hlckman , Wilder.
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OF INTEREST TO THE FA1UIER ,
Directions for Building a Cheap and Con *
fortable Poultry House.
HOW TO KEEP STOCK COMFORTABLE ,
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Points lii Itcunrd to Sheep I'ccdlnj ;
A Cheap Poultry Hume ApplyIng -
Ing Jlniiure The
V.ituc of Hoots.
I have inspected poultry houses that
have cost all the way from SI to tl.oOO ,
and I am ready to say that it does not
necessarily follow because you have a
flno poultry house that you have the
finest of poultry , pays Dr. Robinson In
the American Poultry Journal , or that
they will do bolter than In cheaper
houses ; nor is the opposite always true.
But I did not start out to write a disser
tation upoa rich men's or poor men's
poultry houses , but to tell about a poul
try house that I am building , nnd which
I propose to cover and weatherboard
with straw.
I first cut four posts seven
feet long ; two of them have forks at the
top. These I planted in the ground two
feet deep. In diameter , I suppose they
would measure eight inches. I then cut
four more posts like the olios just da-
scribed and placed them two feet in the
ground also. You will readily tee that
one lot of posts stood three and a half
feet above ground nnd the other set live.
T planted the first four In a row , extend-
in L north nnd south , nnd iilacod them
ten feet apart. The other four I placed
in a parallel to the one first mentioned ;
and ten feet from It as well as ten feet
apart. You can readily see that I have
a beginning' fora poultry house 10xl0 !
feet , which will accommodate seventy-
five fowls in the manner I pro
po = o to house and care for
them. On the tops of these posts
and in the forks I shall place two long
poles , each extending the long way of
the building ; crosswise , from one polo to
the other , I shall put shorter poles ,
which I have already cut and dragged
up to the place I expect to use them.
So much for the "running gears" ot a
cheap house. In a short time I shall
begin to weather-board it , This I shall
do by stacking along the west Mo and
north end , the chat ! ' that comes from
fifteen acres of Alaska clover , to be
threshed In a week or so. Tills will
hardly make enough to stack along the
sides and top it out properly , to I will
finish it when I thresh my wheat n few
weeks later.
This , you see. will bo a very warm
house , so far as the west and north sides
a > 'e concerned. The cast side will be
boarded up inside and outside the posts ,
and between the two layers of boards
'
there will bo clover chaff 'packed. This
will make , it sultlciently warm on the
cast side , nnd the soutli end will bo left
open. If the winter grows very cold it
will be an easy matter to board up the
south end and make a door in it.
This gives a very comfortable place
for fowls in the severest weather , and
there can bo no doubt about their laying
If proper food be given them. Moru or
less straw will always accumulate on the
ground , and hero is where they will
have to scratch for the grain that is
thrown into the straw.
Keep ttio Stock Comfortable.
Tn handling stock of all kinds ex
tremes should be avoided. They should
not sutler from excessive heat during
the winter. Stock th.it are comfortable
ot all seasons will thrive better and keep
in better health , says the Nebraska
Farmer. During the summer shade or
or shelter is necessary us a protection
against heat. In the winter shelter is
necessary as a protection against cold.
But they must not bo confined in close ,
badly ventilated filthy quarters.
Warmth may bo supplied in this way
and yet the stock be far from comfort
able. Good light , pure air and comfort
able bedding are important Items in
keeping stock comfortable as well us
avoiding heat and cold.
What is wanted with stock of all kinds
is a steady , healthy growth , receiving
the greatest gain at the lowest cost , and
having the stock comfortable is an im
portant iteinin securing this. Less feed
will bo required and better health can
be maintained if care is taken , not only
to keep the stock warm in winter , butte
to arrange so that thu quarters will bo
light , clean and sullidently ventilated
to keep the air pure. Many of the
things that will add to the comfort of
the block both winter nnd summer cost
lint litllo labor or money , yet they will
add to the health and thrift of the
stock. As with much other farm work ,
the befit results can l > o secured by plan
ning ahead , and in many cases a little
work now will add much to the comfort
of the stock later on.
Making the stock comfortable lessens
the feed necessary to keep ip a good.
thrifty condition , and much that will
add to their comfort can be given at a
less cost than to feed , Feed regular ,
water and salt regularly , give plenty of
bedding , give exercise whenever the
weather will admit. Make the quarters
light and convenient. Give a variotv of
food as far us possible. That will aid in
keeping the stock comfortable and add
nothing to the cost of keeping.
I'uiiitH in Sheep l
There is a science in fattening sheep
for best results which Fcems to bo not
understood or else Ignored , says a writer
in the Stockman and Farmer.
In the first place , instead of leeding
four or live months , seventy-five days Is
.sufficient. They will take on all the
flesh in the latter time that it is possible
for mature thoep to do.
Feeding < hcen four or live months Is
on a par with feeding fowl * a month to
fatten them , when half the time Is all
that lsnecos.sary. Feeders pot into this
rut because wethers can bo bought
cheaper in the fall ; and then they
have a crop of wool in spring
as well as it carcass of mutton.
They forgot that the wool is worth
just as much on the sheep's back as it Is
oil , and good salesmen usually get the
value of it too. And then mutton will
bring more in the siiring than any other
time. This used to bo the ease more
than His now ; but grantinj * all these
claims , just as much in gained by not
commencing grain feeding until sixty or
seventy-live days before selling. There
is a waste of nearly half the ( 'rain when
sheep are fed live months , aa In the case
of fowls that are fed a month. It must
bo remembered that a ninety or ono
hundred-pound wether cannot bo made
t o gain more than twelve to twenty
pounds , no matter how long fed. NHMUl
Sheep feeders would do batter to stop
out of tills rutand feed younger animals.
The following well authenticated data
ought to bo convincing : Sheep of the
ngoofooven to ten months for each 100
] Munds of digcbtlblo material consumed
made a gain ofour teen pounds live
weight ; those ten to thirteen months of
age made a gain of twelve and a half
pounds ; those from thirteen to eighteen
gained ten and seven-tenths pounds , nnd
those from one and one-half to two yearn
old made again of five imcLfout-tcnths
pounds. It Is seen that. Jills far more
profitable to feed sheep of from seven to
twelvemonths of ago that are older.
Lambs arc of quicker sale nny time of
the year than older ulicbp 'and ' always
bring bettor prices , weight , for weight.
Lambs cnn be fed urofltably nil winter ,
and sheep not. Wethers will be elimi
nated from the sheoti trade cro long.
There is tnoro profit in ewe ? and lambs.
If sheep feeders will try a bunch o ( lambs
and a bunch of tnaturo wethers next
winter , keeping strict bltt separate ac
counts of all outgoes and incomes , they
will abandon wotlier feeding in the fu
ture and feed lambs Instead.
Applying Manure.
Generally manure should be applied
and worked into the surface. The nat
ural course of all manure is downward ,
and the objection to applying manure In
the fall nnd plowing it under is that the
rain and snow during the winter have a
natural tendency to carry the more
valuable portions still deeper In the soil ,
ays the Farm , Field nnd Stockman. Of
course it makes some difference \vhnt
kind of crap Is grown , as the roots of
some plants reach down Into the toll
while others grow near the surface.
An application of manure is not
usually solely intended for ono crop , the
effect will generally be ftlt by several
crops , and when the manure is fresh It
Is often the cut-o that the second crop
will derive mor6 benefit than the first.
Generally with cultivated land the
better plan of applying manure Is after
plowing , whether In the spring or fall ,
and with a harrow or cultivator work
well Into the soil as soon as possible alter
the application is given. The soluble
portion of the manure is then taken up
by the soil near 'the Mirfncc. The ne
cessary working o ( the soil preparatory
to seeding in planting aids very mate
rially to Incorporate It well with the soil
and the plants derive more or less ben-
nllt.
Apply manure on plowed land and let
it lie , as is often necessary to do , during
the winter , and the valuable portions
will bo largely soaked into the toil.
Apply manure to unplowed land and
turn it under and the soluble parts will
bo out of the reach of the roots of that
clnH of plants whoso roots grow near
the surface.
So that the best results from applica
tion arc not always pos.-iblo by plowing
under , and if left on the surface of unplowed -
plowed land there will bo more or less
waste during the winter of the bolublo
portions ,
"With a little planning plowed land
can always be ready for an application
of manure whenever there is time to
haul it out.
The Fccdiiis Value < > r flouts.
"While considering the influence of
root crops as green foods , it will bo con
venient , says J. W. Sanborn in Western
Ivcsouroes , to review the pressure of en
thusiasts for the last two years upon the
American farmer to nuYu root crops be
cause they are the "sheet anchor' ' of
LJritish agriculture. Britain has a
better country to grow root crops in ,
cheap labor and has nut the corn crop.
The root crop is tticro used as a tillage
and cleaning crop for the bencllcont in
fluence of these factors on the succeed
ing barley crop so profitable for sale to
her breweries. The ease of corn culture
will forbid root crops nn a largo
scale here , while cm-rent rates for
labor and land remain. It is not at all
likely that they will ever fill a great
place in our agriculture. If it is decided
that we mutt have green food in the
winter , then in corn ensilage I believe
that we have a eheapoii HHirce. Hoots
are costly to seed , require baeknching
finger-work in weeding1 , require ton-
ping , are So to 92 per cent water ( more
of it than in corn ensilage ) , have to be
cut for USOL. kept from frost , hoisted out
of the collar and then the cut pieces
again taken from the floor to the stall of
each cow. All this while only some
eight pounds to ten pounds of water arc
handled for each pound of food. Tbo
cost of handling the water very nearly
oats up the value of the food material
The western farmer , surrounded by
cheap foods and foods running to waste ,
is not ready for them. The breeder of
high-priced animals may use them and
profitably.as they plump up an animal
through water and palatablenes , and
nive it a healthy look. But the aotual
extra gain recorded does not justify
their growth in the west where land is
cheap and the corn crop big.
A Disease Uiiicoouutulily I'revnlont.
The prevalence of ailments attributable to
miasmatic poison in the ulr thut people
breathe , and the water they dritiVc , isvcll
nigh unaecountalile. Not alone in iHJstllentlal
swamps , bailly drained suburban district , ami
marshes exposed to the s > un's ray * by ttio
receding tide , is the scourge of humanity
found. Even in irreat eitic , healthfully
located , skillfully sewered , well Ipgkeil afu-r
in every respect in a sanitary way , wo tind
malaria. Its iimeuco is often inexplicable ,
bat its attacks are aUvays preventable. The
protector is Hosteller's Stomach IHttora.
The eradlcator bears the hamo name a name
known to thousands throughout our broaJ
laail and clsewhero as a synonym of relief ,
prevention and euro of thu insidious disor
ders in its abominable phases chills and
fever , bilious remittent , dumb atruo and ague
c.ike , as well as others , Xor is the Dtttcrs
less effective for indigestion , kidney com
plaint , biliousness and rheumatism.
Marie II iskirUofr'N Mntlior.
The mother of Marie Ih-.skirtscff ,
whoso grief is morbid , spends much of
her time in the cimetery of Paris , near
to which she has placed the monument
erected to her memory. The tomb of
the young artiste is more like a home
than a grave. In a little chapel open to
view are the girl's rocking chair , writ
ing table and favorite books ; on the
wall are inscribed in letters of yold the
su jects of her paintings. The only
picture is a lifo si-/o portrait of the de
ceased , hung' above a flower-covered
bier , before which n lantern burns day
and night.
Deafness on the Dcercimc In K
LOMIOX , Oct. 2t ) . The recent introduction
in Kncland of the sound dlwi , invented byll.
A. Wales of Bridgeport , 'L'onn. ' , bids fair to
perceptibly decrease deufness throughout the
British Isles. _ _ _ '
The Count < le Paris' Itreord.
The military sorvh-ta f > f the Count 'of
1'arisin America is recorded thus in the
books of the Loyal Legion of the Uniti-d I
States : "Louis Philippe D'Orleaus ,
Comte do Paris , Captain and aide-de- 1
camp United .States volunteers { serving
at his own request without pay or allow
ances ) , September 24 , , ljr ! l ; resigned and
honorably discharged July lo , lfi 2.
Klecled November Id , l&SO. "
Asa family medicine Aver' a pltls excel all
others. Tney nro suited to every ace and ,
being supir-coatcd , are eaiy to take. Though
searching and thorough in effivt , they arc
ndld ami pleasant in action , and their USD is
attended with no injurious results.
Is to Ue Clieaptr.
A process for the production of artifi
cial musk has been patented In Oer-
many. In the process as described hy
Nature , pure butyltoluol is treated with
n mixture of Bulphuric and nitric ncld ,
and the nitric compound is purified by
crystallization from alcohol , the yellow
ish white crystals smelling strongly like
musk. Curiously , a 1 per cent alcoholic
solution has not the smell o ( mtutr.
Only after dilution with water does this
como out and the dilution may bo carried
fur before- the smell ia lost. "With ono
in 5,000 it la t > tlll quite distinct.
Van Houten's Cocoa Pure , soluble , ceo
uorclcal ,
HANKS.
They K.\l tc < i Two Tlionsniul l"c r
Ilcforctho Christian On.
The origin of banks Is not accurately
known , but they are of great antiquity ,
fnys the St. Louis Republic. They ex
isted In Chlnn , Babylon , Greece , Home ,
and In the cities of many other ancient
nations long before the opening of the
Christian era.
The oldest bank note o ( which wchnvo
any record , the one of which "Notes for
the Curious" has already given a de
scription , was issued in China so far
back as 2G97 years U. C. The first of
this early Chinese paper was Issued by
the treasury , just as notes of today are
Issued , but it was not lone until the en
tire business was turned over to the
banking Institutions , which wore c.vcn
then under government Insiiectloa nnd
control. The popular name for this Hr t
of known bank notes was "Hying" or
"convenient money/ ' The form of this
note was similar tothooofthe present
time. They bore the name of the banlc ,
number of the note , value , place of issue ,
date and signature of the proper bank
olliclnls. A specimen of this note , Issued
In the year 139U H. C. , Is now In the
Asiatic museum at St. Petersburg , Rus
sia. It Is printed in blue ink oa paper
made from libre of the leaves of the mul
berry tree.
In the Metropolitan museum of art ,
New York , there are Uabylonish tablets
of banking transactions dating back to
the reign of Nebuchadnezzar. The
earliest of these tablets belongs to the
year 13. C , G01. On it are the memo
randa of loans made in silver by a cer
tain banker , Kudurru , as follows : " 1
mina to Uelucmif , o shekels to Nabu-
basa-Naps-ati , o shekels to Nurguldann :
total , 8 mina ? , o shekels of silver. "
Assuming tliatthe value of the Babylon
ish talent was equal to $ 2,031.25 the
"niina1' was worth about S.T1.25.
The earlle.t known banking house of
Babylon wan that of Egbi & Co. , a hou c
that seems to have acted as abort of
imperial banking institution from the
time of Sennacherib ( about 700 15. C. }
down to the reign of Darius , who became
king in o21 U. C.the life of the concern
having been traced through live genera
tions of the Kgbis. Many of the records
of this house , on clay tablets , found In
an earthen jar at Hillah , near Habylon ,
may be HJOU in the British museum.
The earliest records of European banks
now in existence are those of the Bank
of Venice , founded A. 1) . 1171. The
Bank of Barcelona was founded In 1401 ;
Hank of Geneva In 1407 ; Bank of Amster
dam in HiOi ) , and the great Bank of Kng
land in 1004.
A Tilc Triiiu Kniituclcy.
Deputy Sheriff J. AV. Lamb of Legan
county , brings n i-trange tale from Itud
Oak Vhuroli neighborhood in Logan
county , says a Ru ell'He ' , Ky. , special
to the St. Louis Hypnotic. The peop'e
there are greatly agitated and many of
the more superstitious fear it portends
evil. In the front yard ot John Lyno
are three maple trees of fair size. Two
weeks ago , and at a time when there
hud been no rain fora fortnight , water
in streams began to run from the tip of
each limb. The water has soaked the
ground thoroughly , and enough falls to
wet a man who will stand under the
trees through and through in five min
utes. The water falls at night the same
as in the day. A heavy mist continually
hangs about the trees no matter how
warm the sun may shine. There arc
other trees in thesamo yard only a lew
feet from these weeping maplesbut they
ur i unaffected. Many believe that the
phenomenal ! portends evil to the family
of Mr. Lyne , but that gentleman only
laughs at the prediction.
Prof. Ryland , president of Bethel college
lego in this city , and Prof. Punua of the
same Institution , have both visited the
place , and say they are unable to ac
count for the strange occurrence , except
by a theory that'a super-abundant and
sibnormallv late How of sap has some
thing to do with it.
-
Private Secretaries imtl Stciiogri pliers
There is a wLdo difference between the
private secretary and the stenographer ,
says the New York Sun. Many of the
private secretaries of the business men
in Newyork open the mail of their chiefs ,
read and answer nine-tenths of the
letters without even mentioning them at
headquarters , and get ritl of all tbo
countless small matters of'the co
lossal work which so ollcn'routers in
ono man in this busy ago without any
reference to headquarters' . Those sso-
ret-irlcs have their own htenogrnphers
and are seldom able to write shorthand
themselves. They are mo.i of af
fairs , conildunt'.al clerks , pirsonal repre
sentatives and private siHrotnrios rolled
in one. There are some nnn who
are to constituted that they , insist
upon carrying all the details of their
business , including the ru-ldn : wear
and tear , in their own hands ,
Such men require the services of expert
accurate and indefatigable stenograph
ers. Probably Kra&tus AVim in has ouo
of the llneM , specimens of this particular
genus in New York. He is a sturdy
young man , quick of movement , \vido
awake and accurate. lie follows Mr.
\ \ iman around in his shii't sleeves , and
with a nolo book in his hand. Whenever
Mr. Wimnn tinds it ncco"ary to dictate
lie runs out a batch of lutturs , and the
stenographer immediately works them
out with an assistant in a very small
time on thu typewriter.
AValtotH Dlviiln Tips.
The table waiters in some of the res
taurants and hotels of this city have
adopted a custom which has been in
vogue for a long time among their con-
fores in Paris , which astounded a Now
Yorker who was made aware of it while
atone of the re.-ftauranis in Paris not
long ago. says the New York Sun. The
elegantly drested waiter who brought
him the dainty viands told the New
Yorker that the waiters there put into
ono nox till the fees which they procure
each day from their L-ustomers , and that
the sum total In this treasury is ovenlv
divided among them at night. "Hut1
the Now Yorker asked , "can you always
tritht all your con feres that they will deal
fnirly In this busino's and deposit all the
fees they procure ? ' ' " \\'o \ trust in eacli
other's honor. " was the reply , "and wo
have never had any misunderstanding
on the subject. "
Sloeplessuess , nervous prostration' , nervous
dyspepsia , Uullnass. lilue. * , cureJ by Dr.
Miles' Nervine. S.imple } free at Kuhu , t
Co.'t , lath and IiuUi.
I'repai-c-il His Own ( Jravi'Htunn.
Larry Finlan , a nutivoof Ireland , and
for iiioro than forty years u resident of
thi town and at one time an employe in
the United States armory , died at liar-
jK-r's Ferry , " \V. Va. , thu other dav. Ho
was beventy-sovon years old. The de-
TWO IMPERIAL DOJl' ORS.
Sir Morrcll Ma < * konilo and l'rnfes or Koch ,
tint hlglifst authorities In Europu or the
world , unhesitatingly recommend b'txlen Min
eral I'astlllt-ft ( Tro-liei ) for all Throat , Lung
ami Cuturrliul UUeuscH. Dr. Kr.-li 8ilUA :
couch for which I trlud many othur mcdli-ini'S ,
which huil not thu sll litfst clfect. soon lju-
cuiiiu butter and IKH now entirely disap
peared.1' U you uro biiirurln ; from a Cough
u Cold. Asthma , Hroni-liliil Cnturrli , or any
Throat trurblv , the tiotK-n Mineral Trocles
will positively relieve where n It elo falls.
Hosuroto obtain the Kcmilno ImiMJiU'tl urtl-
clo , which inutit liavu the signature ami rcc-
oiumemlatloa ol Sir Morrcll Muukenrle with
each box , None other arc f cuuluc.
ceased about fifteen years npo conceived
the ngvcl Idea ol numn hls tombstone ,
and procured a plcco of jlate three by
five feet , cut the apex In the form of h
cross , chiseled Ills iinmo , nlaeo of birth ,
nnd thinking ho would dlo Voforo the
year 1SK ! ) cut the figures 1SS on the face
el the stone ; but notdylntr before that
time ho canceled the last flguro and sub
stituted 0 and sent the stone to his lot in
the Catholic cemetery.
f-yriip ol' KlR * .
Produced from the laxative and nutritious
Juleo of Callfornl.i UKJ , combined with the
tnctili'liml virtues of plinU known to bo most
bonclicinl to the Imiiian system , acts gently
on the kldneyx , liver and bowels , effectually
cleansing the system , dispelling colds and
licadachos , nnd curing habitual constipation ,
Tlio Mnnclinorinn I.nrlc.
\nion the trophins broucht homo by
the French army from an eastern expe
dition was a specimen of a very rare
bird. Tills is the celebrated Chinese , or
rather Maiichoorlnn lark , llo Is a
larger bird than his Kin-open n congener ;
his notes are more brilliant and his nat
ural roiHirtory , If the expression may bo
used , is more extensive ? . But the most
noticcablo feature is his wonderful
promptness and skill of mimicry , Imi
tating mojt natural sounds which ho
hears the notes and sonars of other
bird : ? , the cawing1 of crows , the crowing
of cocks , tlio braying of the donkov and
oven the barking of dog : ! . The Chinese
turn this faculty to some account , and
train the lark lo sinj , ' many airs.
Tickets at lowest rates and superior
accommodations via the great Rock
Island route. Ticliot olllce , 1002-Slx-
tccnth and Iftirnam streets , Omaha.
Cli5 ( ! nt Omaha nt fionic mid nliroadioiiM
rtmcmlitr thai thdcntaininuilty * n/rcvMiaHoii
are KrMaiUctobtr 31 , and SuuiM.Yorem | -
Itr 1.
1.A
A clear skin
Bull ? , pimples , blotch on the skin ,
eruptions , etc. , o\ldenc < s the fact that
the blood is not in good condition.
These symptons result from the effort
of nature to throw off the impurities ,
In which she should tuslstud by
Swift's Specific
Tills -\vill remedy the disturbance , and
brlns speedy and permanent relief by
forcing out the poison , and Kill build
up the system from the first dose.
iJnok on Blood and Skin Diseasesfree
S-wlft t-Dccillo Co. . Atlanta. Qa
Physicians , Surgeons and Specialists ,
DOUOLiAS STB.EJST
OMA.HA ,
The mo t vrldeljr and fnvnrabt ; know * np tIn -
In the United Srntus. Their lonz ex
perience , remirkablo skill nnd unlvenal suc
cess In the treatment and curt of Norrom ,
Chrnnlo and Surgical Dlsenicf. ontltla them
eminent physician ! to the full confidence of
the ft filleted everyirherp. Tlier cuarantne :
A CERTAIN A.M > 1'OSITIVE OUIIB for
theawful ulfecth of early vlco and th numer
ous evlli that follow In fti train ,
1'KIVATE. 1ILOOI ) AND HlilN DISEASES
ipefililT. completely and iiormanenllr cured.
NKKVbua tlGUIUTY AND SEXUAL. DIS-
OtlKIt3 ! yield roiulliy tothulr aklllful treat-
S. FISTULA AND REOTAL ULCEKS
guaranteed cured without pala or detention
from builnusi ,
HYDKOOELE AND VAIUOOCELE perran-
nently and uccusgfully cured In ererjr case.
SVtMULlrt. GOrVOUUIIBA. ObEET , Sper-
nmtorrhna , Seminal Weakness , Io t. Manhood.
NlKht Emissions , lleauyi'd Kurultlet , Pcnmla
( YVikneii and all doltcate UUordori peculiar
to either sex positively curod. nit well mail
functional dtiorclen taut result f mm youth
ful follies or thu excess of miiture year * .
* sTI TfTUIl ? < Oiiiiranleod permanently
JllA.1 1 U1\L. eiirml , romoMil con ploto.
without cutting , canstloor dilatation. Corel
Kffected at homo by patient without a mo
ment's pain or annnyancp.
TO YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED Mtll.
SI1P1I niRIJTIw awful effects of
OUKL , UKU oarr | vlco which IninsiB
organic weakness , destroying both mind and
bddy. with all Its dreaded ills , permanenty
cured.
IWs UPTT's-vA'ldrce ' ' * those wliohaTetm-
JJIXO. UC.11O pilro.l tueminlves by 1m-
proper InduljencH and solitary h blls , vhlub
ruin both mind and boilj. unfitting them for
builneM , studr ormarrlncei.
MAHRIEU MEN or those enlcrlnz on that
happy life , aware of physical debility , qulokly
nislited ,
OUB SUOOB3S
Is based nponfaoti Klnt Piaotleal oiperl-
enc * . ti cond-Erory cate 1 * specially atudled ,
thus lUrtlni right. Tl > lrd-M dleli ) < are
prep&red In our laboratory exactly to suit
each caie , thui ofTectlnicureswlthout Injury.
Drs. Betts & Betts ,
H09 DOUGLAS STRFET , - OMAHA. NF.B.
mid suiii iiisu
Comer 9th and Hamey Street ? , Omahi.
FOK THE TREATMENT OF ALL
Chronic Diseases and Deformities.
DR. A. T. MCLAUGHLIN , President
Founded by Dr. J , W. ItcMenamy ,
FOR" MEN ONLY
MAfir PIIP ! ! FnrLQST orKAIMNC MAN.
.llnlill LUUfr lltiui ) ! Ucm'rul mill NBlt-
VOl'S DEIIIMTV. Weak IKS * of Ho ly and
MlncJi KlToctsof Krrori or Htopite * Intllil DI
Voune , llobust. Noble MANHOOD fully ro-
Morc'il We Ktiumilco every caor money
refunded , implo c < ir i'i uvo days' trcnt.
innt. . It ; full cnurv. < \ .Sfcuraly teultid from
obborvallun. L'ouk Kenieily Co. . Omaha , Neb
ORlce , gt.lulrlIoto'Cor.rith ! : inl (
" \Ve Oflerlof Sili ,
Fourthausind tons choice llaloil Iluv , ! ' , 0
ll. can , Smns'oN Bldluz. hitou or Iliirnluk
stations , on U. .M , .V SI I1. 11 U. , In lots to xult
mirrhasert prU-04 rosuluto I Ijy tu ! nurkot
L'ulland ace us.
STRANGE BROS , ,
BIOUX CITV , IOWA ,
Omaha Jobbers ,
AlltNtV
.
„ itOSPK , Jr. ,
Artists' ' Materials , Pianos ami Organs ,
IJU DouuU.i Htcoi , Unmlii. Neb.
Coal. Cok p , , 10 . { v.
_ _
OMAHA COAL , COKE AND LIME CO. ,
Jobbers of Hard and Soft CoU.
8. K. OT. ItUluml IKwuln ! Strc cti , Onuha. 3tt > .
NE1UIASKA FUKLCO. ,
Shippers ol Coal and Coke ,
ill South tSlh Strcft , Oiiiilm. Mcti.
Dry (7 ( < oilM unit IS'nttun * .
W.'E. SMITH jc 66" ,
Dry Goods , Furnishing ( looils and Notions
Corntr llthnml llo nnltrr > eH.
' '
KILFATKICIC-KOCH DUY'oOObs CO. ,
Importers and Jobbers in Dry Goods ,
GcoU' KurnlstilnitO wJ . Ornor Illh iiul llirncy
Slrvots , Umiha , Ncti.
I-'iirnltiire.
DEWEV & STONE ,
Wholesale Dealers in Furniture ,
Knrmm Street. Omslm , Xfbri < k .
CHAHLKS SHIVHKICK ,
Furniture.
Otmhr. rs'cbrnsl * .
McCORD , BHA.DY.Sc CO ,
Wholesale Grocers ,
llthnml t.ontcnworlh Street1' , Omaha , Xt'lir kn.
G.U' . DOUGLAS k CO. ,
Dealers in Hardwood Lumber ,
Yiril ISDN. lUhSt..Umnli .
JOHN A. WAICEFI'ELD ,
\VliolesalcLiiniber \ , Etc. , Etc.
Imported ninl American IMrtlnml Cemont. Stat
itKontfur Mllwrnnleo llilraullc Cement , itul
Qulncj White I .Imp.
CHAS. H , LEE ,
Dealer in Hardwood Lumber.
Wool cariiuts nml twninet flooring Vtli unit I
Slrruts. Omatn , Nebraska.
F11EDV. . GREV ,
Lumber , Lime , Cement , Etc , , Etc.
Corner Mil nnd DoiuU.i Slrcntn.Onmtii.
IMIIlliiory mid Notions.
I. OBEKFELDER & CO. ,
Importers and Johbcrs In Millinery ,
SOS.'IO and 212Sjuth llth street.
Notions :
J. T. HOBINSON NOTION CO. ,
Wholesale Notions and Furnishing Goods ,
1124 Hnrncr Ptreot , Omaha ,
OIN.
CONSOLIDATED TAKE LINE CO. ,
Wholesale Refined and Lubricating Oils ,
A.\lcgroa5eoto. , Ornnha. A. II. UlMiop , Mnnnticr.
Paper.
CARPENTER PAPER CO. ,
Wholesale Paper Dealers.
Cnrry a nloo itook ot printing , wrapping find wrltlnf
pipcr Spcuttiluttuntlon Klten tocuril luper.
Safes , lite.
A. . L. DEANE & CO. ,
General Agent ) for
Halls' Safes ,
SUntl 523 South lOtll ft. . Omaha.
Toys , Kto.
ii. SARDV-&CC ,
JoMier * of
Toys , Dolls , Albnms , Fancy Goods ,
House Kuml < lilnBoo ( ! l , Chlldreir Cnrrhik'CS. ISO
Knrnam street , Omaha , t'cti.
"Wntor Su pi > lles.
TJ. S. AVINU ENGINE le PUMP CO. ,
Steam and Water Supplies ,
Ilalllilnjr xliul mills. DIB unit MM ones at. , Oiuahi.
U. K. Ito.ia , .Actlnif Mnnncer.
Iron Works.
PAXTON & VIERLINQ IRON WOHKS ,
Wrought and Cast Iron Building Work ,
KiiKlni'H. tirnd work , Rencr.-tl foundry , mnclilno mil
blncksinltti work. OiUcunnil % Torka , U 1 * .
Itr ami lUli l ! ( [ , Unmlia.
Ornate Manufacturers.
Hoots nnd Shoes.
KIRICKNDALL , JONES fc CO. ,
Wholesale Manufacturers of Boots& Shots
AKCiils for HoMon Uiiltlw Shoo Co. , 1103 , 1101 nnilllOO
llnrney httovt. Uunlni , Neb.
ItrBiyoi'S.
'
STORZ & : ILER ,
Lager liter Brewers ,
U'il "North 15th Strovl , Oniahn , Neb.
Cornice.
EAGLE CORNICE WORKS ,
Manufacturers of Galvanized Iron Cornice
Tcupn nnJ mt't.nllcMkyllilit-v John Kpcnctcr.
proprietor. IM ( nnl llOHuuth lOtli lret > t.
DEAN , ARMSTRONG to CO. ,
Wholesale Cigars.
( X.Wlh Street " 1101101" lt3D.
Sa IV-s.
OMAHA SAFE iSc IRON WORKS ,
Manf'rs of Fire and Burglar Proof Safes ,
VnulU , Jull wort , Iron nliutters nJ rlto < > xi"ii s.
(1 ( , Anilrceii.prop'r. Cor. lull uiKlJackion Hti.
SaHli , Doors , I 1lu.
M. A. DI3BROW & CO. ,
\Vliolesnlcni.iiMificturer of
Sash , Doors , Blinds and Mouldings ,
c.ntlmn.l . Ixurditroet , Ontha , .Neb. .
Sou tli Q xii
UNION STOCK YARDS CO. ,
Of South Omaha , Limited.
NEBRASKA
National Bani
U. 8. DEPOSITORY , OMAHA , NER
Capitol. . . . - $ /OOOOO
Surplus Jan. 1st , 18OO - 67.8OO
OBlcetund t > lr otor-IJtnrr W. Tnt i , lreilden
14WU9. IKxKl.Tlco-Pmldtni ; J m i M. H T II , '
V , Moril.JoboB. Colllat. U. U. Cuililnf , J. H.
Fttrlok , VT. U.I. iluiliei. ciiblnr.
THE IRON
Cctatr lilb nj r rmm Bti ,
A Otneral Ilaaklnz lluilneu Triostcteil.
JOSEPH GILLOTTS
STEEL PENS.
GOLD MEDAL , PARl ) CXPOSITION , 1889.
THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS.