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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , MAY 3 , 1891-TWENTY PAGES , 19 THE FRUITS OF OLD ACE , Ohata on Longevity wich Tiva Septuagenar ian American Citizens. HOW FOUR SCORE MAY BE REACHED. I"\prcl o nml \Viituhworil4 of WouliMIo ; j l.lverionln of WIs- cloni rrom'AKCil .Men. / Sflbji / r > rili' ' > O. WAIHIVOTOV , April 80. [ Special Corro- ppondr-m'c to THE BKE.J In no city of the United States will you llnd so many cncr- polio olil voung mon as In Washington. Oc togenarians and scptunRcnarlans Hourlsh hero like the flowers thathloom In the sprint , nnd in most of thorn , the blossoms of their old age are more beautiful and moro fragrant than worn these of their youth. \ \ lu'ro will you llnd a Happier or a sweeter life than that of Dr. Scott , the president's father in-law , who at ninety-one ba full IKJS- ipssion of his mental faculties and who takes Ills walks with all the cnthusi.wtn and vigor of n younp man of thirty. Tnlto Senator Merrill , who ever four score , U ono of tliHianl working members of con fess , nnd who , long nftcr ho had passed his throe scon- and ten , found tlmo to wrlto n booli riult-uliiig the vanities of his fellows. Senator 1'ayno has reached tour score. Senator r.vatt-s passed his sevctitieth mlle pi H umi ttioro nro a score nnd moro of our front rn 'n wl.o nio leading nctivo lives be- tupoii sovi-nty and ciph'v. It is now nearly n year since I began to collect , opinions from those men ns to longevity , and how younc mon bj following a certain course might rpich a ptnlltablo und n Imupv old ago. hnvo Intel viewed them ns to their habits ; cs to their usu or abuse of intoxicants , ns to vhther they ate or drank to otce s and as to the thousand and ono other things which go towards , the destruction or the urosorva lion of life. I llnd that e.ich man has lib own theories and that their views uro as wldo apart as the poles. MKNATilll IIKSItr II. I'ATNE O.V OLD A Ono of the oldest young men In public life Is Hof : itor Henry II. Ia > no. Ho wus born In New York htuto In 1H10 , during the lirst year of Madison's presidency. Ho was well edu cated Jiid graduated when Andrew Jackson was closing his llrst term , and ho began the prtii-fico of law nt Cleveland two jcars later , lie vi-.1 toil Washington city Just after his prnili a ion and ho talks very Interestingly about I'losldont Jack-on nnd his visit. In IsM ho was a candidate frr the United / Htati s sen ito and came near being elected at Hint tune , when Htnjamln W.tdo was chosen. i II s now over eighty vcars of ago , is In per fect hi-nltn and , though ho lives nt least n ife miltin d tt half from th cipltol ho has made It n ni.ictii-o to walk out to the senate at least fe once a d.iy during his term. When the W uthi'r is plaitmit ho often walks oil nnd bai-li , nil his hrn : t is a i young as his boly. Ho can luiiijh like a boy nni ho cnjojs the K locictv of young men. _ yp" " my asking as to the secret of his health and spirits at this advanced age , ho ta'd : "I attribute my gooJ health and long years to a good constitution nnd to the fact that I control my appetite and am temperate In both eating and dunking. I tnko exercise regu larly , chfelly walking , have but little ' ( to . do with the doctors nnd 1 think t nm the bettor for It. About forty-four | r-o.ir-i ago , when I was thtrly-flvo years of igo , I was forced to leave oft my prnctico at ilio bar on account of hemorrhage of the lungs. I Had something to do with doctors it that lime , but have not had much to do Mth them sinco. " "How about your diet , Mr. Payne ! " "I oat everything that nitreos with mo and Jrlnk whut I line , but not to excess. 1 do aot use tobacco , but I don't believe that long | Ifo depends on its use or non-uso. The main X thing Is toinpOr.mco In work ns well as In eatIng - Ing and drinking. 1 believe many men nro rilled by overwork and worry. Sam Randall died fiom overwork. Ilo had u splendid physique but ho broke It down In working on & tariff bill nnd by labeling hero all summer. I don't bellcvo that activity hurts any ono , but overwork does. Then I don't lot things worrv mo I like llfo and believe that It Is worth the living. I keep myself young by having young men about mo and keeping in the swim I don't know about Adam , but I hnvo little faith in the story of McthuscUh mil the other scriptural chartcturs who are lupposcil to have lived ten times as long ns mon llvo now. There is no reason why thov ihould hnvu uonu .so , nnd the statement is hardlv prob.ible. " "What advice , Senator Payne , would you jlvo n young man who \ \ Ishes to roach four icoroI" "I haully know , " snld the senator. "I would urge him to bo temperate , to study himself , eat what nerees with him and re- rriiln from that which disagrees , tnko life ns easy as possible and not wonv or overwork. I would ndviso him to take regular exerclso nd to ttcop his eyes on the bright rather than on the dark sldoof things. The restrain ing ol his appetites and the temperate use of ill of his faculties will enable him to llvo onger , though lifo Is after all largely a matter - tor of constitution. " i nvriimnu STVTISM\X : WHO % \ \vrs TO smmv. Kx-Sonator Thomas L. ( Jllngman Is about \\\o \ years younger than Senator t'ayno. Ho 's ' us bright ns a dollar and ns nctlvo as n roungsao'r. Ho has not been in public llfo nuch since the close of the war , nut ho was Mo ; of the most noted of our statesmen in Ihodujsof Tyler , I'olk , Filmore , Taylor , Pierce and Ilui-hannn , nnd ho had ono of the ( unions duels of history \vlth William L. i'nncey of Alabama on account of n speech nliii-h ho made concerning Henry ( lay. Ho nas a nu-mbor of congress , of the united Stute-i sotnto , a governor of North Carolina ind n brigadier general In the confederate irmy. Ho Is n delightful conversationalist ind ho considers himself still lu his prime. Said ho : "I will bo seventy-eight years old In n few weeks and I nm In perfect mental and phjslcnt health. I walk about three miles svery day and think 1 have boon growing ( roiinirer uuruu' the last three years. I tliul that my nails grow faster and tougher aud thu gtowth of my hair has increased. I think that the Ira prove men t or my health since ls < i has been largely due to tie use of an evtract of tobacco which I have invented which stimulates the perspiratory and other organs and opens up the whole system. I am i bachelor , but I have wanted to got married ill my lifo and llrst foil In love at llvo. I have wanted to marry sluco then nnd I want to marry now moro than over , but I can't iffnrd It. " MOIiKllVTE EVTIXO AM ) DI1IVK1XO. "At. to my habits , I have been temperate til mv life , I do not eat morn than half the tinount of tno ornlniry man and I did not drink a drop of spirits \mtiU\vai forty -eight , At this tlmo I tried a mint Julep and thought It holpcd me , and slnco then I have taucu OHIO spirits Ju t before my meals or nome wtiio with my meals. As to my meals I eat breakfast at S o'clock andcontlnomyself to n Ug cup of coffee , a piece of meat and lomo s-talo bread , I am a great biead cater , but I do not Ilka underdone bUculU , and tvhon wo IMVO warm biscuits at my boarding UOUJP , 1 send thorn back and have them its cooiced. The \uint biscuit means , you know , reeked mice. I am fona of cakes for brt'iiktr.st , and my broaklnst for yoara at Wlllard's hotel con- listed of buCKWhcnt cakes nnd coffee. At dinner I cat one meat , ono vecctablo and a light .lessor ! , I am vary fond of soup uml can malm it take the plnco of meat and do so wl.un It Is KOCK ! , 1 like ox tall , niovk turtla anil nmlllraUwney. 1 don't think much of con.Hommo , but I am fond of oysters. When I sit down to the table I look over the bill of faro and decide what Is bast for me and cat that and nothing olio. 1 never use black pepper , but think a little rod popper dos one DO burin " 1 How about ileop , senator ! " " 1 tlecp about live hours every ulgnt and itn troubled somfwbnt with Insomnia. .1 sually go to bed nt eleven nnd rlso nt dawn. As soon as I get out of l 'd I tnko a cold bath and If my breakfast wa then roadv I would at tt. Ai It Is not I roll nround In the bed > ml read the paper until the breakfast bell lugs I have never smoked , chewed or nulfed and I can't say whether or not these hnblta nro Injurious. What Is one man's drink Is niiotbcr man's poison. As to nd- vlco I would give younc men I would say bo ' .ompornto In habits , use no spirituous liquor. } before you nro fifty nnd drink no wlnos ex cept nt meals. Keep thu Joints well oiled with exercise , marry as soon us you can after wenty years o'f ape , don't overwork nnd don't worry nnd If you have a decent con- sclcnco nnd a fair constitution , there Is no reason why vou should not reach fourscore. " A sri'iu MI : cot nr JCSTK F. Justice MeArthtir Is ono of the retired Jus- ICCM of the United States supreme court of thudlstnctof | Washington. Ho has led nn active und hard working llfo , and now nt seventy-seven IIP does not look as old as many ii man of m. Hols lull , erect and line look- in ? . There nro but few wrinkles in his handsome - some face , und his linir , though gray , is thick amlsilkv. He has a wonderfully clenr com plexion , nnd his blue eyes are bright nnd full of llfo II" Is a line tnhtor , a good liver and ho enjoys society ns much ns when he wns twenty venrioiinirnr. . I met him at Sara toga nnd asked him his loeipe for longevity. " 1 am , " said ho , "naturally of a strong con stitution , and I attribute my almost pel feet ph ) steal nnd mrnl.il condition largely to n very good set of digestive organs. I can cat mix-thing and drink anything , and am one of thu few men of whom It may DO said that they do not know that they have a stomach. I have been so throughout my lito , nnd I attribute my con tinuing in this condition in that such excesses as I have committed In the past I have ill- \vajs made up for by rest and bathing. If I nm up late at night , I ttiko pains to sleep late the next morning , nnd If I am at a big dinner , I sou that my pores are thoroughly open the next day , so that nny deleterious matters that I nu > have taken Into m.v sjs- tem may ipass iiuav. 1 don't believe in asceticism , nor in the mortification of the flesh by rigid rules of diet , by limiting the appetite and denving one's self that good maj u > mo. I believe that man should take as much pleasure out of life as ho can con sistently with his work ns ho goes along. The dcslro for enjoyment is natural nnd It should bo gratified ns much as hunger and thirst. The verv fact that it oxisLs is an ei i- denco that nature intended It to be giatilled. Hut of course every man must bo a law unto himself in such matter- ) , und that which suits ono may not suit another ' ' HOT Alii I1ATI1S. " Vou wore sneaking of bathing , Justice McArthur. \ \ hat kind of bathing do you mean ! " "I nm a great believer In hot air baths , " re plied the Justico. "I Keep myself In good condition by ono of these every week. 1 think the Turkish baths are good , but my fnvonto bath is the alcohol hot air bath , which I take regularly when 1 am at homo When I nm away I take the hot water bath , making the water red hot and soaking mj self in it until the perspira tion flows freely out of every pore of mv sum. 1 don't bellcvo in the use of much soap in bathing , nnd think that the pores of the skin are not helped by the alkali that Is tnl < cn Into them. Our skin is , > ou know , made up of thousands of little pores througa which n large pait of the \\asto of the system is car ried off. These pores roll' > To everv natt of the budy , stomach , liver , kidneys and every portion of the system. Each pore has a littla oil duct In it to piotcct U from injury and to keep It in good condition. It Is a delicate picco of machinery , nnd I c'o ' not believe this oil .should bo 3cour0J out with soau , nor should the skin bo scratcbeJ and roughened with n flesh brush. " THE AICOItOL IHTIT. "Of what nature Is yonr nlcohol bath ! " "It is a bath of the vapor of alcohol. I tnko it in my bxth room nnd do it by putting per- Imps a gill of nlcahoi in an iron cup. I light thl-t nnd place it under a chair , then , having undressed , I seat myself over it and throw a largo lUnkot over mo and around the chair , making a hot air chamber of myself In a snort time I begin to uer- spire , and the perspiration runs out of my pores in strenrns , washing out my skin and making mo perfectly clean. When the alcohol is burnt out , I throw oil the blanket and Jump Into my bath tub which Is filled with water at a blood heat. After n short stav there I rub off m.\ self with a crash towel and then complete ttio drving with n softer ono. I then lie down fora few minutes and when I got up I am a new man. Such a bath makes you feel that you have never been clean bofoio. It revives your whole system and the alcohol nets ns a tonic. You get nnlj the good qualities in tbo alcohol , the burning having precipitated the Injurious ones and thesn going into your system through the pores us vapor act upon you as a tonic. Some people rub their skin with the raw nlcohol , but I do not udviso this nor do I think it beneficial. " "As to marriage , " said Justice McArthur , "I decidedly think it tends to the length of days , nnd 1 would advise every young man to get married. Man needs association. It is in the couroe of nature , and it seems to mo that I have never known when I was not married. As to smoking , the abuse of to bacco is , I think , injurious , but I do not think it hints mo to sinoko in moderation. I smoke two cigars a day and enjoy them. " 'How about exercise1" The only exercise I take , " replied Justice McArthur , "Is walking 1 walk about three miles a day when in Washington , and I nm verv fond of it. I usually see the bright side of tilings , and In looking back at tbo difficul ties I have surmounted hi my lifo. I am surprised at my confidence in myself. I believe In work and not worry , nnd I think that any young man who will use the cri terion of common sense In his lifo , enjoy It as much as ho can , treat himself as ho would a good machine and conform to nature nnd na ture's , laws has a good chance of many days. TWO SIU'TUIOKVAIUAN COVOIIUS > SMKN\ The two oldest men in congress nro Gen eral Vandevor of California and Go. oral N. t' HanKs of Massachusetts. lioth ara snv- ernl vcnrs past their tbree-scoro and ten. Both are perfectly erect and both possess the highest degree of physical and mental vigor. Both have led lives of hardship. Both have served In the war , and both starting out as poor boys hnvo made themselves famous. General Vandover Is , I Judge , six feet high. Ilo was born In .Mary land in IblT , was a brigadier general In the Union army and was a member of congress when James Uuelmnnn was president of the United States. Now at sovcnty-threo ho Is again In congress nnd ns I chatted with him today about thu secrets of loi'goUtj ' ho walked \ \ itu a step moro springing than inmo ni.d his only sign of ago wns In the white strands of his sandy beard. Said ho : "I cunnot say that my vigor nt tUroo score and ten Is duo to any fixed hobbles of dlot or exercise. I have been a hard worker all my llfo and I have been ordli.nrily temperate. I am ruthor cnruful ns to my eatii.g and I load n regular life. I married nt thirty aud I belifvo that marriage conduces to length of years. You asi ; mo what ndvUo I would give to young men who wish to live long. I ran only say that they should bo temperate in eating , drinking nnd work , and that they should bo content to take thn days as they come anil not worry about the future. 'I believe that exercise in tl.o open air Is good and I thlnk o\ cry j ouug nun ought to got married. ( IKNFItU , X. P. BANKS. General Banks Is the strnightcst man In Washington. He Is about sovonty-tlve , and ho has led a llfo full of hardships. Ho worked lu a cottjn factory when ho was a boy , \\cnt on the lecture platform before he wai of ago anil wns in congress over half a century ago. Ho was elected speaker in ono of the most noted spcaia'rship contests of our history , nnd ho wus ouo of the roughest lighters and of the most vigorous among the union gener als of the late war. During the war ho was in constant exposure , but be came out of It comp.irativoly a strong man and wont again Into congress. Ho has been In congress a number of times since then , aud > ou will now find no more pleasant companion nor philosophic ) itutcsnian than he. Ho attri butes his i-otl health largely to a moderaUJ care of himself nnd to a good constitution. Ho believes that the mind has a great In- lliienco on the body , thinks that marriage Is conducive to longevity and sees no reason why ho should not llvo In good health for years n come , FIUXK G. C.OU'K.NTKK. " i i Arc You Tniubluil With ' Ort'cnxlvo 1'Y.il ? I Send for particulars bow to cure them In twenty-four hours with a harmless remedy that has been used su < ve sfullv over twenty years Odoricura company , 1137 vine itreot Cincinnati , O. Do you know about Hnlrjou Heights ? Crury i Crury can tell you , HIS LIFE WORK UNFINISHED Who Will Write the Sequel to "The Con flict , Love or Money ? " THE AUTHOR AND HIS PECULIARITIES. Ho\v the tmto "I'ntlicr" Murtln'a Story Alter ti Continuation of Many Yours Clones llcully \ \ Itliout an Kiullnt ; . "Tho Conflict , Lovoor Money , " Is ended , and jot It had no end. The author U dead , the tale survives him , but their lives no lumun being who muy furnish a sequel. "Tho Coiilltct , Love or Money , " U the iiatno of a ttot-y. Its flrst chapters wcro given to the public lu the columns of the North Xebnukn Argus when the author was the editor of th.it watchful sheet. The author wus the late "rather'1 Martin , thu term father1' being applied to him affectionately by brother editors because of his patriarchal appcnranco and the length of time ho had spent In the armv of the scribes. The Argus WMS published In Dakota City. It made its appearance weakly. In It , eyerv ween , appeared n chapter of the tale. When the tlrst installment was precipitated upon the people , but few now living can recall. When n paper apiwaredlthcut n chapter nobody will daio to mention. It is tlrmlv be lieved that from the day the llrst contribu tion made Its appearance , there was an unln- teruptea How of the romance until tno dnj thu editor-author retired from the sheet. The last chapter lies before the writer. It is headed as the t'llst. The tale must therefore have commenced eight jean oifo Imagine an author holding the attention of his readers upon ono .subject while others weio running dry upon a dozen subjects. Imagine a sot of characters jostling ling about for nearly a third of a century without becoming tired of ono another and managing to escape the attention o ( their strange creator And vet such Is the work , such tno creation of "Father" Martin who early last week , at the advanced ago of sev enty-live , fell into everlasting sloop at his homo In South Sioux Ulty. Had it not boon for this tale , seemingly of woe , the fame of Father Martin had never transcended the limits of Dakota county. Had It not been for this tale the readers of the Argus would doubtless - loss have been treated to n greater variety of local happenings than generally found their way into its columns. Had it not been for this storv , who knows , the patriarch of seventy-live might have attained his full live score and been gathered to his fathers with the honor simply of a man proud ot his pro fession and deserving well of the friends who survived him. Whether rain foil , snow tilled the SKJ or piercing blasts went win-tiling by , the story never failed. Now joys were born into hundreds of rural homos and to some of them sorrow came and loft after causing tears of bereavement to How , but never failed the story. The hero got into trouble , the heroine became involved in the toils but they never relinquished the dear , sweet hold which they or the story had ucon life. When the author's descriptive powers seemed to diminish and when it was thought the ovortasKcd w riter would lind relief In a return to his narrative , ho would astound his readers by the creation of new and most com plex charaters. In ono of those moods , so disappointing to the studious reader , the author attracted at tention to himself by bringing into being a character whom ho named John D. Howe. It is said that many of Dickons' characters were caricatures. Those who read the description , however , of tulb leading personage lu the plot and who were able to appreciate the analysis of the motives whlcti actuated him , rco.li/cd that ho was not merely n creation of the fancy , but a man whom ono may eipect to liud in certain circles ot polite soclnly. Another character which was boldly drawn was that of Marshal Blorbower. Ho was not destined to long remain among the char acters of the story. His was but a transitory glory. Lut such as it was , made a lasting im pression upon the readers. In the crowded avenue * of Washington , nt a gatheiingof eminent pisciculturists from all parts of the country , "Father" Martin drew a picture of a man named W. L. May. On his scarf ho planted a fish of diamonds and In his pockets bo placed a treatise on the best manner of catching minnows without a hook. Ilo had in-acceded with n short sj'nopsls of this valu able cssav when the thread of his story was lost and the heroine suddenlj' ao- peared upon the scono. What pisciculture has lost by this sudden Irruption may only be Imagined. As n novelist Father Mart in did not belong to the French school. Neither did ho lollow in the pathway of Scott orBulwcr or Cooper If bo belonged' any class it was to thit of the drudges who , after long years of devotion to the prosaic recording of facts for the dally papers , enter the realm of fiction only to llnd that the poesy and fancy with which they mav have been gifted in youth have vanished because of coldness and neglect. Father Martin was scarcely a poet Neither was he a painter. Ho was not a historian , neither was ho a sensationalist. Ho wrote as the reporter writes , detailing occurrences as the reader desires them , in the simplest of language and with but little striving after eftcct. In this manner tons of copy roiled from his pen In this manner a book of three times the size of the bible was given to the public. Whether or not them now lives a n.an who read its every line or who could hope to give oven n slraplo synopsis of the plot , is something which may not now bo determined. Ho that as It tnay , the old gen tleman wrote to point a moral , and It Is to bo sincerely hoped that ho dropped his pen with the satisfaction that ho bad attained the height of his ambition. About two "Father" Martin years ago ro- tlrod from his beloved Argus , and then again entered the domain of matrimony Ho was succeeded as editor by Judpo VVilbur. tie bad fondly hoped that ho would be able to complete his story where ho had begun it , but the judge was not wiliui' . Ihls is why the story remained unfinished. It came to a close as nbruptlj' as did the life ot its veteran author and will doubtless llvo long in the memory of these who know o' its great an tiquity , and knew also and respected its pe culiar author Tur Bii. herewith presents the last chapter - tor of this great romance just as it appeared in the Argus , hut the closing parenthetical admonition ( to bo continued ) tins no sigiuti- canco unless the well known author has re sumed his labors In the realms of tbo super- tyil.THE THE CONFL1CT-LOVK OK MONEY. THE rollONBIl'4 DOIVH. CHAlTEIlCCCCXCXl . The Jury summoned by the coroner having boon duly sworn , the watchman and , Tay as witnesses now had the oath administered to them. The coroner then askou the watchman the following questions : "Wero you the first ono ono who cnmo Into the room after the pistol was ilred ! " "I was.'i "Tell the jury what you saw upon entering uoio. " "I saw the deceased lying u | > on the floor with a revolver tlrmlj- grasped In his hand. " "Did jou hear the report of the. pistol I'1 "IdlJ" "fo ! on and state the fuels In the case. " "Wnll , I was slowly p'li-Ing back and forth in the hall ami was onlj- ten or twelve feet nwaj' from the door of this room when I heard a loud report as of n plitol. 1 know from the direction ot the sound that It came from this room , No 4 , ' , and on trIng tbo door found It locked. "I then at once entered nnd ascertained that the deceased had shot himself fatally " jj"Could any burglar have ilred that shot and got out ot the room without your knoul deol'1 ' No-it would have been Impossible , for I was but a few feet from the door and the hall was well lighted. " "Are you sure that no person entered thU room before you i-aino Into it I" "I am sure. " "Who wa the second penoo to enter I" " .Mr. Jny Carlisle " "After you got In hero how long wnt It before - fore Mr. CarlUIo made his appearance ! " "A very brief time. " "Was It llvo minutes I" "I should judge U was about throe min- UtOi.1' "What did ho do after ho came hero ! " "Ilo stood viewing the corpse and then bum Into Umr . " "Yoy c u stop osldo , Mr , Carlisle- you will take the witness chnlr. Did you hoar the re- jwrt of tbo pistol which caused the watchman to tome Inl" "I did. " "How lone was It before you got here ! " "Not exceeding three minutes for I did not stop to put on ray coat. " . "Do you believe the deceased had dcllbor- atelv made up his mind to commit suicidal" "fdo. " "State to the Jury your reasons for that bo- "His letter addressed to mo discloses the fact that ho had planned the manner of his death , nnd I hnvo heard him say that ho would never have another attack of tuanla-a- potu. " "At the time ho said ho would never have another attack of delirium troincus did you- think ho contomnlatcd suicide1 ) "Not Immediately. I supposed that ho would bo able to break off the habit of drink ing whisky and thus escape another attack- but If ho failed In his effort to reform that suicide would surely follow. " "What was his state of mind when you last talked with him ! " "Ho seemed to bo very nervous anrt loomy. 1 know that ho preferred death rather than ll\o the llfo of a drunkard. " 'Did ho appoint you his executor ! " 'Madid. " 'Did ho have much property I" 'Ho bequeathed ? MOQo to his two sisters nnd I now have lu my possession Jl,37'.i of his money. " "You may now retire , Mr. Carlisle. " The doctor then stepped forward and the oath was administered to him. "You may state to the jur > what you know of this melancholy affair.1 "I was summoned bore as the hotel physi cian. U'hen 1 viewed the body I found 'life oxtini-t. On examination , I found a wound upon the right tomK | > ral region. Upon closer scrutiny , I found the orifice to bo thirty-eight hundrouths of nn Inch in diatnotor. "Heforo examination with the probe , I found the wound to bo nn oritlco pcttotratlng the scalp and the underlving thin luvor of muscles and passing through the right tem poral bane of the skull nna entering the brain. "By the use of a probe , I found the open ing to extend slightly upward and to the loft. 1 could not follow the course of the onlico through the brain accurately to any great depth , because the soft tissue of the brain will readily permit a probe to pass lu any direction uith very little forco. "I did not , by probing , discover any for eign substance in the brain I then Vi' the usual operation , removed the coveilug of the brain and found a leaden ball lodged against the skull on the left side of the head directly opposite to the oritlco llrst found aud about an inch higher up. "I hero present you with the ball found. I give it as my opinion that this leaden ball was the cause of the death of the young man over whoso body you are now holding an inquest. " ( To l > c Conifmuvi , ) But the story never was continued. Do Witt's Little Uarly Kisors ; best little pills for dyspepsia , sour stomach , bad breath. TIVAS U1KKKHHXT TIIUN. of n Uozcn Years In Uinalui Newspaper Work. "In these days I. W. Minor was the local staff of the Kepubliean , Will L. Yisscher of the Herald , and Al. Korunson of Tun UKK , " said a newspaper man of n later generation who was an ollico boy In the days referred to. "Tins IlBh was an afternoon paper and Sorcnson had the Held to himself and himself to the tlelu. "Miner and Vlsscheruscd to work the field together and swap news In McNamaia's place about 11 o'clock every night , nftcr which thuy engaged in social amusements until all danger of scooping each other was passed. They both made good papers in this way , and as no person thought of taking both the Hor- uld nnd Republican they got on nicely. "Vlsscher fell In love This might be looked upon as a joke bj- these who remem ber the author of 'Black Mammy' back in IbTo or thereabouts. The other lact is still moro astonishing , however , for ills affection was rcciprocatfd and the homeliest man in Omaha with the reddest nose In A mcrica married u charming young lady In the most conventional stylo. The bridal tour was short and sweet and the young couple set tled down to housekeeping just as If nothing remarkable bad happened and Mrs. Vlsscher did tbo cooking and housework. "In a few weeks Vlsschor began to look dyspeptic and sad. He had sworn , off on late suppers , beer , pretzels and stimulating con diments. The shock was great of course , but this did not satisfactorily account for the waillngsenso of wou which warned Its way into his occasional verses and took the edge off his local Jones. In explanation Visscher is alleged to have explained the situation in about these words : 'You sco my wife has a rich old man and she never had to soil her Illy white hands in dishwater or blister her face over a red hot cooking stove. I never kept house either and some wav wo don't make out us well as wo might nt it. Now I help her all I can and wo are about as sweet over each other as over , but our meals don't get to the right place and plague take the luck I haint feeling good. Now what do > ou reckon wo had for break fast this- morning ) Nothing under beuvou but ham and ice cream. Ugh ! ' "As he grunted , his friend backed oft be hind the counter and exploded with laughter , while Visscher nibbled at the rye bread and coriander seed and gazed upon himself In the plate glass minor more in sorrow than in an ger. "After awhllo Vlsschor went awaj' . Ho drifted about a good deal , did line work In certain lines and was always genial but usu ally unlucky. The last I heard of him he wns running a daily ut Fairhaveu , Wash. , and on the high road to prosperity. I hope ho is doIng - Ing well , for witn all his faults ho is ono of the best hearted men on earth and n humorist who ought by this tlmo to bo famous. Viss cher writes fair vorso-i , spicy paiagraphs and laughable anecdotes. Ills three stanzas There's a Good Many Holes In a Skimmer,1 were written hero and dedicated to Hurrj' P Deuol , the well known ticket agent. "A few years after \ isscher left Omaha and the Herald Sam Donnelly came out from Binghainton , N. Y. , and took the city page of that paper. It is no discredit to other re porters to say that ho wns the most tireless nowigathorcr that Omaha had ever seen up to that pcrioa. He wus a tall , lean , rather awkward looking j-oung man with a sandy complexion. Ho had never done any metropolitan newspaper work , Dut ho had the divine gift of knowing nn item at sight ahd grasping its value on tbo spot. Ho made a record of scoops m Omaha that made Miner stutter and boren- son swear They were a tnllu indifferent to the imported reporter when ho came and chuckled to themselves as they thought of the tiresome , rocky road which so many other eastern Journalists had followed in sorrow nnd tribulation to an early resignation. Ho had not been in the city moro than ten days , however , until ho had paralyzed both the other papers nnd ho never got through paralj/mg them. The writer remembers how the Republican reporters from Miner to Ed wards lay awake nights onaccount of Donnel ly's tlrcadful faculty for scooping competitors. His presence and work braced up all the newspapers in the city. I'oor fellow , ho afterward went to Now York and took n place on the New York bun and was killed by a fulling ladder in a burning building. Ills place on tbo Herald was taken by S. F. Woodbridge , who is now the city editor of the World-Hera'd. Wood bridge has seen the city grow from about _ > r > , UOO people to HO.iXK ) , and through all 1 hu . .hiiiiiTo hnu tn > M tn ht nrnfo lrm nnrl remained in the i-ity. Ho loft the Herald when the Evening World was started , to go back to it when the consolidation occurred. Ho Is now the oldest newspaper roiiorter In the city in continuous service. Ilo works just as hard and as faithfully keeps up his details now with half a do/on reporters under him as when ho did all the reporting , read his own proofs nnd held the 'ad' copy for errors in the old ollico next to the Grand Central hotel. If ho were not so modest u competitor the writer \\ouldsay some verv complimentary things aoout himallot which would bo deserved. "As the city grew and ( ho newspapers en larged the force of reporters Increased. There has boon an army of them and it hinlly seems possible tbijt twelve years ago three men covered the entire field for thu three pajicrs. The editor-in-chief of each paper wns the managing editor. The fore man edited the telegraph. The city cultor did the drama , the couru , thu railways , the society , the churches , everything , and wrotu special articles for Sunaay. Every man read his own proofs ilnd the city editor'marked up the 'ad' galleys besides. Now there are hut two daiij- newspapers , Uu.t the editorial and local foreo of each numbers ever twenty men. " Get prices on Halcyon noiflits of Crary ft Crnry. THIS ELEGANT 8-DAY CLOCK , HitlMiour strike , cntlicdrnl gun ? , onlj $7.GO ; north $20. lO'h nnd Fiirtmm St9. , Omilm. Astonishing Bargains FOR THIS WEEK. Sptxco will permit us to mont on only a few , bat BVBBYT ING QOE3 In p oport 01. PI ira 4 f PI tTh Httr * I This Beautiful S-Day Glook , HalMioui'btrlkc , ciillii'lnil ITKIII- , only . ' Murlh $ li ! " " Homls/imp real l < rnn7P nrmmnnt " Inches hlzh wnrth < i free with evil rlort , BIG OUT ON Sterling Silver and Quadruple Plated Ware ! 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