Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDA , APRIL 12. 1891.-TWENTY PAGES.
SOUTH OMAHA iAND COMPANY
NEW mo
. , .
LOTS SCbclSO and GS clSO. THIS PROPERTY LJEX © IMMEDIA.TEXLxY SOUTH OK
Which is conceded to be the ]
most beautiful natural park in
the West. The company have
expended over $50,000 unim-
provcments in the park , con
sisting of two lakes ( which are
fed by natural springs ) one of
which is over 1500 feet long ,
fountains , avenues , driveways ,
gravel walks , dancing pavilions ,
pleasure boats , rustic houses ,
&c.
Blocks 129 to 137 , between
aoth and 23rd streets , were
sold four years ago , and are
now built up with the finest
residences in the city. The lots
now offered for sale lie be
tween 2oth and i6th streets ,
ONLY 4 BLOCKS
FROM THE
Motor Line
on 24th street , from which
SIDEWALKS AND
WATER MAINS
have been extended to thi
> roperty.
SPRING LAKE PARK.
i i i i
THIS IS THE
LAST PIECE
fo the Land Company's prop
erty to be platted , and as it
is covered with
BEAUTIFUL
SHADE TREES
and slopes gently to the cast ,
is the finest piece of ground
platted by them.
Prices for Inside Lots
WILL BE FROM
$400 to $800
And for Corners,65x130
FROM
$700 to $1,200.
Terms , one-fifth cash , bal
ance six equal semi-annual
payments , 7 per cent interest.
SPROIALx KOTIOE. ED. JOHNSTON & CO. Agents
This Property Will Be Placed On Sale . .
,
TUESDAY , APRIL 14th , At 1 O'clock P. M.
When wo will hnvo our agents on the ground to show
the property. Get off-South Omaha motor . at I street , and . Cor. N.tand 24th Streets South Omaha.
go east four blocks. BD. JOHNSTON & CO. . . , .
RILLED FOR THIRTY CENTS.
frightful Orirao for Which John H. Smith
Easily Escaped a Life Sentence.
EX-COURT REPORTER'S ' REMINISCENCES.
Early Sliort-Ilniul legislation and the
Olil Method of Slaking Tran
scripts Recollections of
Lawyers.
"V JOHN T. 11KLU
The first bill providing for the use of short-
band writing in the courts of Nebraska was
a copy of ttio Iowa law , and was introduced
by Senator I. S. Ilascall of Douglas county nt
the legislative session of 1871. The importance -
tanco of the subject was not so well under
stood then as it is now and the bill was re
jected with great promptness , my recollection
being that Senator Hilton of Washington
county , father of Frank Hilton , the well
known newspaper man , was the only one who
Joined Senator Ilascall in voting fortho meas
ure.
ure.At
At the session of 1875 Senator J. C. Craw
ford of Cumlng county , introduced a bill to
the same effect with suitable provision fortho
payment of stenographers , but was able to
sccura its passage only by milking considera
ble concessions In that respect , the law as
passed providing n per diem pay of $5 and
a transcript fco of 10 cents per hundred
words , the reporter being employed and paid
by the county in nil criminal cases , und In the
trial of civil suits the litigants were at lib
erty to make use of his services or not , as
they choose , but in case ho was so employed
they were to foot the bill.
Two years later the law was amended so as
to provide a salary of $1,000 payable by the
state lu quarterly Installments , but In the
hurry and confusion of business , no provision
was made in the appropriation hill for the
court reporters , and for the next two years
they struggled alone as host they could with
out salaries. In 1871) ) another amendment to
the law was adopted and the salary fixed at
f l.HK ) , but the transcript fen was reduced teD
D cents.
My experience ns a law reporter In Nebraska -
braska dates back to the spring of 18TO when
I took the testimony and arguments In a mur-
ilcr trial at Fremont. The defendant John
II. Smith , who kept a small hotel
nt Fremont had become involved
In ii quarrel with ono George Gallon of West
Point , who had had his loam foil nt Smith's
barn and objected to the charge of 80 cents
irnido for hay furnished , prairie hay at that
tlmo being worth about &l a ton.
Gallon insisted upon carrying away the
hay the team had not wUon , whereupon Smith
ussaultcd him with the uccuyoko of a wagon ,
inflicting injuries from which death soon re
sulted.
The cose was tried before Judge L.
Crounso , stilt an honored cltizan of Nebraska.
who served most acceptably oa the bench for
many years , afterwards In the halls of con
gress , and was last week tendered the np-
IK > lntmcnt by President Harrison assistant
secretary of the treasury.
James \V. Savage of Omaha and 7 . Shedd
of Fremont appeared as counsel for the
prisoner , and W. H. Mungor of Fremont
assistant district attorney , K. F. Gray in the
prosecution.
The first witness called in the coso was
Dr. Alexander Dear , the democratic candi
date for lieutenant governor of Nebraska ,
who came to nonr being elected
lost fall. Smith was convicted of
murder m the second degree and
, sentenced to a term of ton years at Llncolu
but escaped from the county jail the follow
ing night under circumstances which led to
the general belief that bo had lingered in
confinement to that date oi.ly lu order that
bo might loam Just what view a court and
jury would tnko of his case. No clue to his
whereabouts was afterwards obtained b > the
authorities.
The reporting of this trial had boon done ,
prlmariaily , for the Omaha Herald at nn
agreed price of $3 per column , but at the
suggestion of Judge Crouusp a complete
transcript of the testi-nouy was made for use
in ca o Smith was captured and further pro
ceedings in the matter tukon , the judge stat
ing that ho would anprovo a reasonable bill
for the making of sucli transcript and that ho
thought It would bo paid by the county com
missioners. When completed the transcript
was fairly worth & 25 , but I made out a
bill for only ono-flfth that amount ,
lu my extreme ucslro that it should
be favorably considered , ns it would servo ns
a precedent. Knowing the amount of toit in
volved Judge Crounso Insisted that I was en
titled to more money , and I then Increased
the charge to $8 , the payment of which was
recommended by the judge , and turned the
bill and transcript over to the county com
missioners. As that was the last I ever
hoard of the matter I have always regretted
that tno bill hod not been made out for $ y. > ,
as It would have presented a moro symme
trical appearance mid I would have lost noth
ing financially thereby.
During the fall and winter following I re
ported several civil suits for John I Hodlck ,
esq. . and important criminal cases for the
local press.
Among the latter was the trial of Bernard
Doran. who , in July or Augurt preceding ,
had killed Constable Jerry McCheano , and at
the simo time so severely stabbed Colonel
Mnlcahoy and Pat Hockbud ( the
latter since known to fume us the "Rocky
Mountain Skipper" ) , that for several day i
their lives were despaired of.
The affair croatnd the greatest excitement
and the fact that , Doran was not lynched was
duo chiefly to the efforts of Prosecuting At
torney John C. Cowln , who addressed tbo
mob and promised a speedy and vigorous
prosecution of the coso. The ottlco and his
two assistants had gene to Dornn's room In
the night with a warrant for his arrest for
some violation of the law , each carrying a
bit of candle which was lighted after enter
ing the room. Doran was lying on u cot and
at nnco agreed to go with the party , but said
ho must first put on some clothes. Drawing
from beneath the cot a vallso ho produced ,
not additional clothing , hat a big kulfo with
which ho sprang upon bis visitors , knocking
the lights out and cutting and slashing right
and loft In the dark.
Tlio case was tried bcforo Judge George B.
Lake , Mr. Cowln prosecuting and Colonel
Savage and Charles II. Brown representing
the defendant. Doran was a handsome vouni ;
man about twenty ye.irs old , with smooth
face and clear blue eyes and It was dlfllcult to
bollovo him guilty of on act so cruel. Ills
attractive. Innocent appearance was made
much of by his counsel , and in making the
closing address to the jury on bohulf of the
defense Colonel Savngo wound up In this
manner :
"Gentleman of the jury , ray task is nearly
finished. This case will soon bo in your
hands , and whatever your verdict may bo ,
my r-onscloneo will bo clear these mild blue
eyes will never haunt mo In reproach , for I
know that my full duty has been most anx
iously performed. "
Taking his seat In the midst of nn linpres-
sivo sllenco ho was followed by Mr. Cowin ,
whoso first effort was to dissipate In the
minds of the jurors the effect of the oppos
ing counsel's closing words. Said ho :
"Gentlemen of the Jury : "Colonel Savage
ago tells you that whatever your verdict In
this case may bo , the mild blue eyes of tills
defendant will never haunt him with re
proach. To this , gentlemen , lot mo add that
if the mild blue eyes of this rod-handed
murderer over rest upon me again. In case ho
Is set free , God help my wife and baby I"
Doran wits found guilty and sentenced to
the penitentiary for a long term , but made
his escape the following Juno on the occasion
Of the sensational outbreak of prisoners the
night the hospital for the Insane was fired by
an incendiary , entirely destroying the build
ing and burning up several patients.
Doran was never recaptured. It is a cu
rious fact that the young ronn who reported
that murder casa for the Herald was himself
tried for murder in Mluncsota a faw years
later.
later.An
An nsrlcultural export , who has tried
both ways , snya it is better to hnvo a cow
glvo 300 pounds of butter for flvo yonra
and dlo on your linnds , thnn to glvo ZOO
pounds for ton years und then maUo 1,600
pounds of old cow boot.
THE FALSE AND THE TRUE ,
Tbo Farmers' Alliance and Its Mission for
Purification.
REFORMERS MUST NOT BE OFFICE SEEKERS
"It is Always Safe -Judge a Man by
tbo Work He Has Done , a
Friend by His
Counsel. "
Hols a wise man that knows his true
friends from tlio false. It is n degree of wis
dom that usually comes late in life. It is ns
a rule only after a comowhat bitter experi
ence tliat thoyoung man learns to distinguish
the genuine ring of true friendship , says the
Iowa Homestead , tie will never bo able to
do so until his own character gives out the
true ring. It Is not , however , merely sincere
ano honest friends that are to bo trusted in
times of great emergency. A sincere frlond
may not bo n sato adviser. Ho may mean
well but lack knowledge , sagacity , that indo-
11 liable thing which wo call rlpo judgment ,
the faculty of doing the right thing at the
right tlmo and avoid doing the wrong thing
at any time. The man who has learned
to select irom among his true friends safe
and judicious advisors and counsellors has
learned one of tiie most Important lessons in
HIo ana may ou saiui.v counteu 11 wise man.
Friends should bo judged , not merely bv
tbo ring of the metal , but by their fidelity i'n
the past. If thn advice they have given in
the past has proved wise , and it has comoout
all right ; if the danger * they have pointed
out and warned against have proved real and
the courses they have suggested have proved
wise and practical , then they are entitled to
renewed confldonco in the futuro.
"Thino own friend and thy father's friend
forsake not. "
The friend whoso solicitude for your wcl-
faro develops , after tno fashion of Jonah's
gourd , in n night , is always n legitimate ob
ject of suspicion. It is especially so if there
is some manifest personal advantage to bo
secured through your kind ofllces , whether
in the shape of pecuniary gain or political
preferment. For tills reason the rich , the
powerful and Influential have few friends In
whom they can trust , and as they advance In
lifo they learn to rely with conlldonco only
on these who have been the friends of their
youth.
What Is true of Individuals Is no less true
of organizations. The organization is only an
aggregation of men who carry into the organ
ization tholr wisdom and unwisdom , all their
frailties and follies in matters of reasoning
and judgment. Men attach themselves to
organizations not because of personal attach
ments , but because they uollovo In the prin
ciples and purposes for which the organ/- !
nt'on ' was formed. In the beginning few men
connect themselves with any organization
who do not believe in Its principles. As it
grows in power and Influence it attracts to it ,
whether it DO church , political party or farm
ers' nlllaneo , two classes of men , neither of
which are of any possible benefit , and both
a source of positive damage. The first is that
class who are nl\\ays desirous of belli ! ; found
in the majority , and bonce , without any fixed
convictions , aim to bo always on the winning
sldo. The second U that class who wish to
use every organization to which they belong
and they usually belong to many of them
for tholr own personal and political ad
vancement. Those , under the gulso of
friendship , nro the most dangerous ene
mies of any organization. Looking , con
sciously or unconsctouslv , nt all publio ques
tions from the standpoint of tholr own per
sonal and political interests , they are Incapa
ble of giving wUo or judicious counsel.
They are not capable , for this reason , of tak
ing the broad and comprehensive view of
public Questions that is demanded of any man
who is fit to bo trusted with the shaping of a
safe publio policy. If tholr counsel Is unheeded -
heeded they are disposed to toke It as a per
sonal affront , are ready to join the crowd of
disaffected , sere and soured men men that
have a grievance that hang around the
edges of all organizations. It is quite natural
for men of this c'ass ' to TJO In secret or open
opposition to the officers of the organization ,
and to all whoso counsel has been adopted In
preference to their own. This is human na
ture and its workings may bo socn m almost
every largo and well established church , po
litical party , corporation , alliance , or , in fact ,
any other form of organization that has been
long enough in existence or has attained
power and influence.
In every organization there is another
class of men who take a very narrow view of
Its alms and purposes. They are in the main
honest and sincere , but their minds nro so
constituted that thuy tuko hold of some
one feature of the organization which to them
becomes the main and exclusive foaturo.
They are zealous and even florco in their ad
vocacy of some distinctive principle of a
churchor some special feature of nn nlllaneo ,
which to them becomes the end of its ex
istence. In the alliance they are ant to re
gard some one evil as the source of all the
woes , real or imaginary , that affect the agri
cultural interest. There ure. In all con
science , enough of the real , without drawing
on the imagination for others. They adopt
some specific measure of reform and really
believe that If this wore adopted the Now
Jerusalem would como down in full view of
every farm house. With one It is prohibi
tion , with another it is railway reform , with
another it is free coinage , with still another
it is 2 per cent loans on land , with another
the sub-treasury scheme and still another
the crushing out of the "Big Four. " Still
another class honestly believes that if ofllcos
wcro filled wilt members of the alliance , and
especially with these \\lio hold tholr own pe
culiar views , the state or the nation would
bo reformed nt once. It is well that ovorv
measure , whether it bo practical or not ,
should have earnest advocates. The people
can bo safely trusted to sift out eventually
the true and practical from the false and im
practical. It is a great mistake , however ,
when the advocates of these special mcns-
uros , Impatient because their views nro not
adopted , begin to denounce all who do not
endorse them to the fullest extent as enemies
to the cause , and make zeal in advocating
some pot measure the test of fealty to the
cause itself. If an organization , snch for example -
ample us the Iowa farmers' alli
ance , which has impressed its
stamp on legislation us no other
nlllaneo in the United States has ,
and whoso measures nro taken as models in
other states , refuses to bo guided by the
counsels of mon who have never been identi
fied closely with any of her reform measures
the world should not bo surprised. Neither
should it bo surprised If these same men in
their Impatience should seek to establish a
rival organization wlj.ch they hope will ad
vance the schemes of the ambitious and the
solfUh , and endorse tho'theories of the mon
who think that If their pel schemes wore
adopted the mllloulum .would surely como.
The rank and file of , the Iowa alliance nro
wise enough to trust tlio friends whoso coun
sel bus proved wise and , practical In the past
and who have never .sought ofllco or prefer
ment as the price of thoiradvocacy of reform
measures.
Tlio man who would to a reformer must
not bo nn ofllco seeker. ' 'Tno ' moment , ho be
comes a candidate ho is' liable to the imputa
tion of advocating reforms because of the
personal advantage likely to accrue. Any or
ganization which seeks to reform the ab'usus
of the times , and Is g'u'ltloa and led by mon
who have been notcu ofllco seekers in the
post , Is Justly liable to1 suspicion. It is the
more liable to suspicion ; Jf thcso men have re
ceived , at the lianas dt 'tho nubile , repeated
indications of a want'df ' confidence in tholr
wisdom and ability. The friendship of this
class of men U always suspicious , und
especially so if with loud professions of
friendship for the cause there Is a scarcely
concealed enmity and hostility to these who
have boon trusted and successful loaders In
tbo past.
The public nro not sucli fools as they are
sometimes supposed to be. It Is always safe
to judge a man by the work bo has done , and
n frlond by the wisdom of post counsel. If
the policy of the mon who huvo guided the
Iowa alliance In time * post have led to reforms -
forms In railway management which nro re
garded as models In all states , east and west ;
If It has led to reduced prices for school books ,
to a great reform In agricultural education
and to reduced rates of Interest , these men
can bo safely trusted to formulate measures
for t > > o reduction of taxation of farm propertv ,
for the moro equitable distribution of public
burdens , and whatever other reform moos-
urcs in the state or nation the agricultural
interests may demand.
STORY OF A DOG TRAVELER ,
He Always Bides in an Engine with an
Engineer.
TEMPORARILY SOJOURNING AT FREMONT.
How tlio Doe Visits tlio Various Points
of Interest Through the AVcst
llccciit Trips Over the
Klkliorn System.
, Nob. , April 11. ISpocial to TUB
Bun. | "Bull" is the rough but expressive
name of a dog who Is making Fremont his
temporary homo. Just how ho got this name
and who gave It to him nobody kuows. It Is
an appropriate one , however , as there is a
strong , perhaps predominating , trace of the
bulldog in his makeup. Ho Is n llvor-colored
animal with u white ring around his rather
heavy neck and a white spot on his breast.
Tils jaws are Inclleed to bo a little broad and
heavy , indicating linn ness in his character
at the expense of alTociton. His parentage
was a mlsmatlng being , evidently , an un
happy combination of bulldog and pointer.
Ho is , in short , a plain , blunt fellow ,
who loves his friends , such affec
tion as ho has going out , not
to any human master but to locomo
tives and not , so as fur as discoverable to any
particular locomotive , but to locomotives In
general.
Bull has the appearance of being about ono
year old , and has doubtless lived as eventful
allfo and scon us much of the country In that
tlmo ns any other ciinlno in the country. Ho
is a great traveler a veritable tramp who
appears to have no other ambition except to
roam the country and see the sights. The
hum-drum life of a town or city
with an uneventful existence in the back
alloys , among other dogs of his caste , has no
charm for Bull. No pent up Utlca for him.
The boundless world is his , and ho Is busily
engaged taking it in. Like the wind , no ono
knowcth whence ho came und few know
whither ho gooth. About six weeks ajo ho
arrived in Fromont. Ho cnmo over from
Missouri Valley on a Fremont , Elkhorn &
Missouri Valley engine. Ho always travels
on nn engine. Ho stopped hero a few days
to "tnko in the town. " Ho made two or
three casual acquaintances , but formed
no warm friendships during the stop. A few
days later ho boarded another engine and
wont cast again. The next his Fremont ac
quaintances hoard of him was when ho reg
istered In St. Paul , Minn. , shortly after his
disappearance hero. The Pioneer Press noted
his arrival there , and It wus through that
means ho was known to bo at the Twin city.
Later ho doubled on his track and came
back to Fremont , stopped off over night and
next day loft over the Elkhorn road for a
trip to the Black Hills. His visit there
lasted several days , during which tlmo ho
traveled over the several scenic routes ot that
mountainous region and evidently enjoyed
the trip. Bull then returned to Missouri
Valley und ono day last week came over to
Fremont again OH the onglno of n regular
passenger train. Arriving hero ho changed
cars , or engines. From the thrco trains
which go out of Fremont over the Elkhorn
branches at 11 o'clock every forenoon , ho
picked out the ono he wanted to
take. Ho had been over the Black Hills
route. Ho had also taken a trip over the
Hastings lino. Ho passed by the engines on
these trains and hopped up the stops into the
cab of the nnglna on the Lincoln train. Ho
had not visited tbo capital city and the legis
lature , and that was where ho was bound
for. Kugono Nelson shared his seat with
bull. During the stop at Wnhoo the dog
made a short circle about the depot and
vicinity , but was in the cab again \ \ hen Con
ductor George Knight shouted "all abotrd , "
Arriving nt Lincoln Bull started home
with Engineer Nelson. When in u crowd of
men on the street bo got lost from Nelson ,
and the latter supposed that was the last ho
would sco of his canine fellow traveler. Ho
wus therefore surprised when he wont to the
round house to got his enclno out for the re
turn trip to find Bull sitting 011 his scat
watching the steam gauge. The dog had
gene to the round house and picked out the
proper engine from among all the rest and
taken possession of it. Ho wouldn't permit
the "wipo" to rub the engine off or
allow the fireman to got into the cab until
Nelson came. Ho felt that ho had rights
they were bound to respect. Coming homo
from Llt'coln ' on that trip Bull got off again
nt Wahoo for a brlofrun up town. When ho
came hick to the depot the tram had pulled
out and ho chased It down the track , all tone
no purpose. But on the very next freight
which followed there sat Bull on the seat in
the engine cab , with his head ojt of the
window.
The dog has not made any moro trips this
week. Ho has formed n sort of nttncbmontfor
Fremont and Is now amusing himself in as
sisting , part of the timo. to run an engine
In the switch yards. Ho is being taught to
ring the bell by taking the rope in bis mouth
and pulling It.
On the whole this dog traveler Is notn
very genial companion. Ho Is apt to regard
his rk'ht to a scat in the cab as taking pri
ority ever that of the engineer or llroman ,
and sometimes disputes with thorn. But
usually ho gets fair troatmout and thov enjoy
the novelty of his company. What his next
exploit will bo remains to bo scon , but It Is
certain that n dog of Bull's roving disposi
tion and penchant for seeing things will not
bo content to "iottlo down" and remain in
any ono place a great length of tlmo. Ho Is
a curiosity in his line and Is gaining a wldo
acquaintance among trainmen and others
along western lines of railways.
Count Herbert Bismarck says that the
English nro doing splendid work for civiliza
tion in Egypt.
Mr. Gladstone's now word , "Snrcast , "
which ho recently used in describing Boa-
consllold , is severely criticised In England.
Mrs. Agnes H. James announces herself as
a candidate for city treasurer of Hutchlnson ,
Ivan. Exactly. INO sooner is n woman eman
cipated than she wants to take charge ot the
raonoy.
Mrs. Leland Stanford gives $000,000 , a year
to charitable objects and keeps a number of
women employed in making pretty decora
tions for her Washington and California
homes.
Emma Abbott .was not ashamed to acknowl
edge a strong partiality for newspaper mon.
"Thoy nro always inquisitive , " she said ,
"sometimes impertinent , and often unfair ;
but never dull. "
Dr. Selyoo , the well Known college presi
dent , declares that nt the present nito of
progress tha women of the country will nt
the end of the present century bo better edu
cated than the men.
Ex-Senator Irigalls is said to find consola
tion for defeat In the reflection that Mrs.
Lo.iso , who did much to defeat film , is not a
strictly bonutltul woman , and that she has a
largo family of children to bother hor.
L. 7 . Loiter , who for several years has
been n tenant of Mr. Blaluo's big red bilok
house In Washington nt a yearly rental of
about 911,000. is going to build u magnificent
mansion of his own within u stone's throw
of it.
it.Dr.
Dr. Koch has boon honored In Bnrlln by
having his portrait displayed ever the en-
trinco ton now cafe called the "Jolly Bacil
lus. " lu order that the attractions shall not
bo too exclusively scientific , the place is
equipped with pretty waitrossos.
Private Kcllar of Company D , Eighteenth
Pennsylvania regiment , Is proving very useful -
ful ns un Information gatherer during the
present t rlko troubles In the coke regions.
Ho sneaks seven languages Hungarian ,
Austrian , Gorman , Polish , Slav , Italian and
English.
The queou regent of Spain Is suffering
from nervous prostration , the result of over
work and anxiety. Although her physicians
have advised her to leave Madrid for as a-
son she dares not quit the capital for fear
that during her absence some plot should
endanger the safety of her son's throne.
Key. J. W. Mendonhall wrltos to the Now
York Times : " 1'ho report that I claimed to
bo the author of 'The Breadwinners' is u
baseless absurdity. H Is duo to the Ivncutlon
of a brllllr.nt Chicago reporter. I only
claimed to know the name of the author , but.
as it was a literary secret , I could not rovool
it. The fiction should parish In a day. "
Miss Gabrlollo Grceloy is to bo married
this month to a clergyman and the St. Louis
Globo-Domocrat makes this suggestion ;
"Tno printers nro about to erect a handsome
statue to the memory of Mr. Grooluv , ana
why wouldn't It bo a good thing for the
editors of the country to unite In making up
a handsome marriage gift for Miss
Gabrlellol'
OF SUGAR.
The United States Consumer Moro
Than Any Other Country.
Indianapolis Journal : No two coun
tries on earth consume the quantity of
sugar that is disposed of in the United
States. The plonoors of Indiana used to
talk of "troo sugar" that is , sugar made
from tlio sap of the inaplo tree , and
"store , "or Now Orleans suartho ; ; latter ,
a very common article , bringing about
12J cunts n pound. Honey was the
chief source of swcoots to the an
cients and it lias not boon until
very modern times that sugar has boon
found in the homos of the poor. In tlio
time of Shakespeare it was a rare com
modity and Prince Hal spcalts of having
sugar clapped into his hand by a waiter
who wants to innko fair weather with
him. The Chinese , who claim every
thing , of course claim that sugar cano
originated in tholr kingdom , and they
called the julco "honey of canes. " About
the ninth century the cultivation of this
cano had extended to Persia. In the
tenth and eleventh centuries , in Europe ,
sugar cano was only In the pulaoos , and
castles of the nobles and used in medi
cine. Ttio discovery of America , which
bet the old world forward as nothing
that had previously happened ever did ,
distributed the cano ever a largo portion
tion of the globe. Santo Domingo , 15ra-
zil , Cuba , Mexico and other countries
began its cultivation , and in the mean
time it was taken to Africa and the In
dian archipelago.
The proparatloritf tlio purest varie
ties of sugar did not originate in tlio
countries probuclng that sweet. Tlio
art was first applied by the VonotianH
to crude sugar brought from Egypt. It
was practiced in Antwerp in the
sixteenth century and thence intro
duced into England. Tlio cano ap
pears to have been first cultivated in
this country about 1751 , near the site of
Now Orleans , by some Jesuits from Santo
Domingo , and in 1758 the first mill was
built , probably , for breaking cano and
manufacturing molasses. The manufac
ture of cano into sugar was not begun
before 17(11. ( Though Louisiana Is the
most favorable state In this country for
its cultivation , it Is too far north for the
perfect ripening of the plant , which In
homo portions Is sometimes killed by
frosts in the spring and alw > injured in
October and November. Cano IH alno
grown In Texas and to some extent in
Florida. _ _
Uriulc \ \ utcli GIIHO.
Talk about frogs In lumps of coal , said
a merchant to the Western .Icwolor ,
I've got a better story to toll you. A
Virginian friend of inino hailing from
Norfolk says that a short tlmo ago n
bride fell from a building being erected
on Market street , Norfolk , and was
splintered by Its fall lo the pavomont.
half of it being picked up was found to
contain the works and ciuo of what was
once evidently a fine watch. The only
way the watcli being baked with the
brick can bo accounted for is that someone
ono of the negro hands must have stolen
it , bccamo frightened , and worked it
into the brick in its first stage to avoid
being captured with it on him.
For years the editor of the BurllngUn
Junction. ( Mo. ) Post , has been subject to
cramp colic or fits of indigestion , which pros
trated him for several Hours and unfitted him
for business two or three days. For tbo past
year ho has boon using Cluimborhiln'H colic ,
cholera and diarrluca remedy whenever oc
casion required , and It has Invariably given
him prompt relief. 5 and 50 coat bottles foi
sale by druggists.