THE OMAHA DAILY BKE : SUNDAY. DECEMBER 4. ISna-TWRNTY-KOUR PAOES.
SALVATION OF Till- - BUFFALO
Itt Lost IIopo is in the Herd Now Owued
in Omaha.
TAMING THE MONARCH OF THE PLAINS
Ailrpnturci of "IlufTnln" Jiinn * In Captur
ing Ullil AnlninU IlrrnklnR Thorn
to llio Yfiko-Ulntliln ? from
Ilullrtln Wool.
Five mtlos west from the city of Omaha ,
Nob. , crazing over a magnificent rolling
pralrln , may bo soon tboso aavs a herd of
strange loolniiR animals , A barbed wire
fence limits tholr wandarlti ! ? * nnd n group of
whooping cowboys , mounted on branded
ponlos , rounds thorn up moniltiE nnd night
Into a corral , where the curious nro por-
rallied to view thorn nt25 cents a vlow.
Tboy ore American hliou , curlosltloi oven
in this western city and on these hills whlohf
only a few years ago shook with the tread o
the ralRhty armies of their ancestors. What
macnlllcont munstors they nro and how
grandly they loom UD over tholr puny kin
dred on the neighboring bills , the domojtlo
cattle I
There are sixty In tho'hord. nnd Jumbo H
the monarch. Plalnsmon , who have slautrh-
torod hi * kinsmen by the hundred , say they
never saw a liner animal. Ho weighs 11,000
pounds ; his brown board no.uly swoops the
ground ; his strong , black horns nro almost
lost In n magnificent croit of silky Drown hair
nnd his shoulders nro level with the head of
a tall man. "Devilish Ulck , " ns ho is called ,
is nlmo't as flue n specimen , but there is n
vicious k-loam In his eye which
prevents n very close Inspection of
hi points. Four years ago ono ot the cow
boys camu a llttlo too near this tremendous
bruto. nnd ono sudden toss of ( ho massive
bead sent the cowboy to tno country where
there are not supposed to ba ba ffa loos.
ThUis the C. J. Jonoshordof huffnloos , ono
of the few melancholy 'remnants of tno mil
lions that once swarmed over the plains , and
almost the only hope of the perpetuation of
tbo apcclos.
The disgraceful story of the extermination
of the American bison has no'parallol fo the
history ot game slaughter.
l orty years npo it would bavo boon as
ouiy to number the loaves of the forest as to
calculate the strength of tno vast hosts
which swarmed over all the western plains
nd hills , from the MisMsslppl to the Pacific
nnd fiom Canaaa to the gulf. Ot nil the
quadrupeds which over Inhabited the earth ,
naturalists toll us , no ono species
over marshaled such innumerable
armies ns did the American bison.
As Into as 1ST1 it Is estimated that there
were in the great southern herd , which
covered the country south of tuo line of the
Union Pnclllo railway , between 3,000,000 and
4.000IX)0 ) hoad. In that year the railroads
penetrated the country und the systematic
laughter began.
The report of the Smithsonian Institution
plvos those figures for the "hunting" for the
throe following vcars :
In 1872 white hunters killed 1-I91,4S9
buffaloes nnd utilized the hides of 41)7,103. )
In 1873 the number slaughtered was 1.03-
053 and the number used was 754,329. In
1874 only 1.13,553 were killed nnd 120,807 were
used. 'Ol the gigantic nrny of 3,158.730
butchered by whlto men during those throe
years over half wcro left lying untouched
where they fell.
Today oven the bones whloh whitened the
plains for miles have disappeared ana there
Is not known to survive a single specimen in
u wild state.
In 1837 there was a herd of 200 under
povornmeut protection at Yoho'wstono parir.
There may bo a few thcro now , but none
have boon neon for a year or moro nnd they
ore supposed to huvo brcu killed off.
Besides the Omaha herd ibere are a few
others In captivity , some Isopt for brooding
purposes and others for exhibition. Mr.
Cbarlos Altnrd In the Fluthoad Indiau
reservation , Montana , has ttnrty-sovon hoad.
Buffalo Bill's wild west show numbers
among Us attractions a herd of thirteen
buffaloes subject to so many dangers
from disease and accident that very llttto
can bo hopud from It in the way of perpetu
ating the species. Mr. Cnnrlcs Goodnight of
Clarendon Tex. , has nine head. In the Phila
delphia Zooloeicnl " gardens there are cleht. In
Lincoln parti" , Chicugb , there are six head
and In half a dozen other places thcro nro
hold groups of two ana thrca and aovcrul
Blnglo animals.
\Vltb the Jones herd an earnest nnd intel
ligent effort Is being made to siwo the
apaclos from utter extinction , and the fact
that the unlmals may bo domesticated and
mnclo a source of proht has also been demon
strated.
Mr. Jones Is perfectly wnll qualified for
this taslc. Ho was In tbo center of distribu
tion of tbo great southern herd from ISGii
until their Html disappearance and wa * by
profession n buffalo hunter.Vhon the great
alaugbtcr began In 1871 ho wus employed by
his neighbors to shoot buffalo nt f > U coats a
bead , nnd they would follow him and Bocuro
the hides. Ills method was what is known
as "atlll hunting'1 nnd ho bus averaged from
thirty to forty head a day , TDn ono occasion
ho shot seventy-two head without shifting
Ills ground. Ho acknowledges that ho wns
frequently ashamed of his work , but with
the whole country out huntlni ; bo did not
foci Ilka mUHlng his shuro. In 1373 ho began
to rcnllzo that the wholesale slaughter was
beginning to make inroads upon what tbon
appeared nn incxhaustioio supply ot game ,
and made his llrst effort to preserve .tho
species. On the Solomon rtvor in western
ICansua bo captured seven calves which ho
Bubsequcutlv t.ola. IIo wont on expeditions
to tut ) last receding haunts of the animals
each year aftorwanls until 18S3 and tha herd
now nt Oinulni is a testimonial to his cour-
BKO , skill nnd plucic In the clinso. Kvory
ono of tlio adult anlinaln was run down ,
lassoed and tied with bis own hands.
Ills last aud greatest feat was la May ,
18 3.
3.There
There was known to bo at that tlmo u
small herd In the uninhabited "panbandlo"
of Texas which could not long oscapa the
rifle. With an elaborate "outflt" of men ,
horses , nnd camp equipage Mr. Jones started
from ( Sardon City , Kap. , to capture U. For
forty-two days nnd nights the party followed
tbo animals across the stalled plains until
they Jiad llnally lassoed or rounded up the
entire herd. Only buffalo hunters cau ronl-
Izo what such an achievement meant ) ,
From this herd "Uulf.ilo" Jones now se
cures thrco or four full blooded butTnlocnlvos
onch year and a number of half brccas
"catalo , " hoc Us thorn. Thu hybrid urod-
uct of the bnlTi\Io and Galloway cattloU n
magnificent iinlmal. Its lobo la nearly black ,
llnonml silky In texture and with a brilliant
luster churucterlstlo of thu Galloway cattln.
For enough of ono of these robes to m ike n
coot Ludy Foster , wlfo of Treasurer Foster
of Cunndu , once offered ftlr. Jones $300 , say
ing she preferred It to soul.
In hull breeds the domestic animal s coins
to predominate , und tlio casual observer
might not notice the lonir hair , the small
bump at the shoulders mid tha sllgut shut'cl-
uess about tint head , Thcso catnlo tum >
been bred back until they woro.only ono-
ulxteenth iionicstio , when oven bis trained
eye could see no rUITo'reuco from tUo full
blooded buffalo.
The profits of buffalo raising nro very con
siderable. The unlmal foods cheaply und
looks utter himself In all sorts of weather.
Ills robe alonn u worth the mice of two good
bullock * , In domestication his moat U equal
to any range hoof. Ono good animal will
yield each year fur sulllcient to make a
blanket. A taxidermist will civo from (100
to (500 for Ins uoud and U Mr. Jonoi * big
bull , Jumbo , wcro put on the inurkol ho
would bring 11.000.
What tbo possibilities of domestication
may bo Is yet to bo dolonmuod. The two
big bulls Of luo Omaha herd nro driven to n
cart hr the owner , and when It U considered
tout their agility la remaricublo fnrthoaizo
of tbo auimali , that their strength is
tremendous and that they have the speed
of the lU'orajjo horse thU moans something.
Tblt novel chariot luam , with porhnps the
whole herd , will form ono of the attractions
nt the World'x fair at Chicago ,
Mr. Jones is uioro than an adventurer or a
Buocuhuor. ( To has become an enthusiast
on thu vubjcct of buffaloes , and no man over
rode bobby more honestly or earnestly.
"When bo brgau rapturing thcso animals ho
kuow 110 moro of Uelr peculiarities tbaa
olhor plMnsmnn , but his nnoclAtlon with
the in hnn filled him with n love for the grout
h ecy brutoi and n teal for tholr miration
tbnt is quite snblltno In its way.
In beginning the work of subjugation
pitchforks were mod by men when
going nhoiit among the animal * ,
but the buffaloes were Intelligent enough to
comprehend tlio nature ot the sharp tine *
and when the pitchforks tvoro not to bo soon
they reinserted tbolr majesty. Mr. Jones
hit upon the dovlco of having short pieces of
gnsplpo pi UK cod nt either end with wood And
thcso plugs filled with sharp brads. Thosa
weapons wcro carried concealed , nnd when
the animals became dcmonstratlvo they were
jabbed Into the tough hides or hurled nt the
big humps with all the force possible. At
fim the burly follows received those attacks
with n pained nurprise , but In time they ap
parently concluded that those mysterious
prod * were n part of mnn and they had beNter
tor not provoke attack. At any rate , they
hare become quite docile under that treat
ment. Men go among thorn freely , separat
ing them or driving them about ns roadlly as
though they were so many cows.
In connection with hli work of domestica
tion , Mr. Jones has experimented with the
buffalo's fur nnd has succeeded In making u
cloth ns l\no \ ns lamb' * wool. Under
the long , coarie hair of the ani
mal Is n short fur ot tbo
softness oi swantdovvn. When the hair Is
shed in the summer the under fur either
falls off or Is plucked by hand. In tbo latter
case the animals nro tied , und the moro un
ruly nro thrown to the ground nnd tholr logs
fastened by ropoi to posts fore and nft.
Thcro nro ton to twelve pounds of furonnn
animal , enough to make a big brown blanket
as warm ns .111 old-time buffalo robe and as
light as n bodiproad. This cloth soils as
mgti ns $20 a yard , Mr. Jones wsars In
winter nr. overcoat , mudu ot It and trlmmod
wltn the glossy fur of the catalo , and under
clothing , Btockinro and other garments have
been woven of the sumo material. lie pre
sented ono ot the blankets to the prince of
Wales for use ns a lap robe , nnd has received
n grateful acknowledgment of the unique
gift.
In his several expeditions Mr. Jones captured
turod ISO buffnloot , eighty-two of which sur
vived. Full grown animals tnkcn wild Inva
riably died In captivity. Ho had no success
saving any over six months old. Many ani
mals , oven among the younger ones , died
apparently in tits of nngor. When they
found themselves prisoners they went Into
a fearful rage , stiffenedtheirllmba as though
in cramps , lay down nnd died. Others broke
tholr nocks In trying to escape.
On Ills llrst expedition Mr , Jones captured
eleven buffaloes , butsavcd only four. Ho wns
COO miles from n ranch having a cow , and ho
had to food the llttlo follows on condensed
milk , whloh did not ogroo with thorn. On
his third trip ho toolt cows with him to the
Binned plains of Texas aud out of thirty-
seven buffaloes saved thirty-two.
Most of the animals that survived were
from thrco weeks to four months old. The
buffalo calf Is of u tnwny color , resembling
the hues of the sand and the grass and the
shrubbery of the great plains. For the llrst
three weeks of lu llfo it is hidden bv Its
mother , and Its color blonds so closely with
its surroundings that wolves und other
enemies may pass within u roil of it without
discovering Its presence.
In addition to his own captures Mr. Jones
bought forty-two buffalnosln Manitoba , four
teen ot which succumbed on the Journey
south. lie bus raised seventeen
buffalo calves In captivity , six
of them dropped this year , and has every
prospect of continued success in that direc
tion. Ho has ton of these catalo , The buf
falo and the catalo , by the way , run to
gether , and the domestic cow suckles a full
blooded bison as calmly as though an infant
of Its oxvn species.
Mr. Jones has furnished buffaloes from his
herd to. parks all the way from the Golden
Gate on the Puoillo to Austin Corbln's roolf-
rlbbod estate in Vermont. Others bavo gone
to stir the curious interest of gazlnc holiday
crowds in Europo. Wild west shows nnd
rich individuals with private zoos to stock
have also drawn on this herd for tboir sup
plies.
Tbo oldest buffalo living Is supposed to boone
ono In n Paris zoological garden , which Is
known.to bo 29 years old. Jumbo , 1) ) years of
Bgo , Is the patriarch of the Nebraska herd.
Those animals brood readily in captivity ,
and this herd Is capable of an enormous In
crease if properly handled.
Some tlmo ago Mr. Jones made a generous
proposition to the Government , looking to the
regeneration of the raco. Ifo o ( Torod. if the
government would provide tbo land nnd pay
the hare expenses , to take his herd to Texas ,
watch thorn carefully and lot tlnm orcod for
twenty years without taking uny ol thorn
a war. A congressional committee mudo n
report favoring tbo setting asldo of the land ,
but omitted the necessary appropriation on
the pica that all of Uncle Sam's spare cash
was needed for draaging unknown croelts
nnd uiliqir fathomless wallows. Unfortu
nately Mr. Jones Is a poor man. Austin Cor-
bin aud cprtaln Englishmen nro scheming for
possession of the herd , and tnoro Is danger
that this , the buffalo's last hope ot salvation ,
may bo ruined.
THAININCJ DOOS FOB WAR.
1'hny Take to Aloasougor Service nnil Soon
l > nnrn lo Unto n I'ranuli Uniform.
Interesting experiments in training
war dogs are in progress on tbo Thorn-
polhofor and Brlx , Bays the Berlin cor-
roofiondont of the Now York Sun. The
work is done by noncommissioned olll-
cors , under the occasional supervision
of a nontenant. The system of training1
Is elaborate and dilllcult , and often
enough the results are utterly unsatis
factory. Hut a small percentage of the
dogs tried are auc'opted for military sor-
vioo , and of these accepted the majority
prove to bo failures In consequence of
the impossibility of suppressing their
natural tendency to baric whenever an
enemy approaches.
In the present work on the Tompol-
hofor Hold the do fl are taught to regard
black or blue trousers as Gorman , and
friendly , and rod trousers as hostile.
About half of the trainers wear French
uniforms , scold tlio dogs in French and
culT or whip them. The dogs nro taught
thus in a short time to distinguish be
tween French and Germans during day
light , and to give the alarm whenever n
French uniform comes fn sight. They
are taught to give the alarm whenever
anybody approaches at night , the dis
tinction between friend and fee then de
volving upon tlio nearest sentry.
Truinii'g dogs for messenger service )
has been found much easier than * trainIng -
Ing them for picket duty. The courlora
are selected invariably from the females ,
as they are quicker and leas likely to
loiter along the road. The first lesson
taught to such a couripr dog is that she
must hide upon the approach of a
human being , excepting , of course , her
spncial trainers and camp friends. A
sergeant at Tompolhofor Hold told a re
porter that hla ( log ; ) had learned al
ready to hide behind hedges or to
crouch out of sight in ditches whenever
anybody came along the rend , and then
lu continue tholr journey with renewed
ipced us soon aa the danger of detection
was by. The inobscngor dog wears n
light iron collar , with a small bag at-
Inched for the dispatches.
The greatest dilllculty , the sorgc.uit
Biild , had boon found in accustoming
the dogs to artillery. At the llnst dis
charge of cannon usually they bolt.
After having once boon accustomed to
the UBO of llroartny , however , ho 8'Ucl ,
the dogs tvoro the most courageous hol-
diora , and run about without quailing
in the thickest of the light The Gor
man spitz has been found most valuable
for the service on account of its intelli
gence and endurance , The bast color
for facilitating the concealment of the
messenger dog has been found to bo
gray , and therefore gray-hatred ( logs
are selected whenever practicable. A
good mini v Scotch collies have also boon
impressed into the service , and a few
St. Bernards. This latter variety is
employed exclusively by the Rgd Cross
Held service , and hence it is assorted
that in the next war there u 111 bo no
possibility that.any of thu wounded will
bo overlooked on the battlefield.
The ofllccra of the Voru County Agricul
tural society for tbo cnsuln ? year arot b.
A. Myers , president ; Jlr , D , E. ForUtnil ,
vlco-prcsidout ; U. Hie , necrotaryj I. N.
I'ursoua , Rfnorul suportntcudeut ; L , D.
' Stilson , assistant suucrlutendont ; John O.
Uouluiou , uinndial ; W. II. Header , trcajuror.
TONS OF BRIGHT RED ROSES
How the Fashionable Swolh Go Broke on
Oostly Flowers ,
THIS SEASON'S FASHIONABLE FLOWERS
White l lnk i VlolntJ nnit itoqoi llnro lloen
Selected lijr Horloty Loader *
it * tlio Correct Thing
Tlili Winter.
. ISM. )
"I wont to bo iiuiiRUp.1
When n dnpnor younR "blood" or on old
Gotlmra dandy oomoa Into n lloral oatnbllsh-
mcnt In Filth avenue somu brleht fall afternoon -
noon and uses the nbovo expression , nt the
same tltno wlnklnp the otnor eye , tlio trades-
limn knows thai the customer U In love , aud
that this Is perhaps the bOKlnnln ? of n lone ;
campaign , In which the principal scouo Is to
bo Cupid dallying amid the llowors.
May bo she's nn actress.
In that ease there will bo no limit to the
hangltiR-up mutter. Every swell ( jotham
llorl.it knows that his customers seldom nay
cash for the Itornl decoration to tholr love
affairs. There Is plenty of rislc In the busi
ness , but the nrolHi are so largo that the
tradesman take the rlski.
You would bo Burpnsotl at the number of
men in swell circle * who play "broke" to
their florist ,
"Chnso me > , ohaso mo. "
This Is what they say when the tradesman
presents a bill.
rimrori for tlio Ilnllot Olrl.
Thousands and thousands of dollars nro
spent yearly by the young dudes and the old
chnpplcs of Gotham on their favorlta no *
trosscs. Maybe Ubollv gees to the "Dlaolc
Crook" some night , and thorc , on sight , falls
\mdor the fascination of the chorm girl's
fatal boauty. She's n port llttlo thing In
pink tights. She has long , blohdo hair , flno
as spun pom. If you love her devotedly and
truly , ns Cholly does , you will roadlly bo-
llovo that the hair Is bur own. If you nro
cynical or dyspuptlo , you will have your
doubts about hoi * ago and her hair ; but
Cholly Is In nxpturoi all uvoaing , especially
whou the lima light Is Hashed , or when his
beauty Is enveloped in the alz-y and bo-
wlldormp rainbow tints of light through
nnrtt-colorod glass under the big calcium
reflector.
That night ho hangs around the stage on-
tr.inuo.
Next day ho ROOS to bis florist , tnkos that
worthy usldo und tolls him all about It.
"I think n SKW-dollar basket will do.1 Eh I"
Cholly nods.
"I will make you a basUot four foot high.
It will bo delivered over the footligrus
promptly at 9 o'clock. It will bo tlacoraiod
with very wide plait ana blue satin ribbon a
jard long. For a hundred extra I will put a
couple of aovos in the basket , concealed
amid the roses. The doves will have satin
rlobons tied to their foot. As the basket is
handed over the lights the attendant shakos
the souvenir aud out lly the aovos. Ah , old
fellow , what do you say to that , oh ? "
"Vor-ry well , hang mo up for-r two
hun'nod , don'tcborknow. "
Awfully Expensive 1'onlos.
This is about the way the average Gotham
heavyweight opens the fall season. Ho will
keep sending flowers woolc after weak , until
his fond ono takes flight to another town , or
until his eye is cntrancod by some now
boauty. If ho is maaly in love , ho will fol
low his darling o"ver mountains , rivers and
btntcs. It Is often done oy the giddy boys of
Now York.
They usually return wiser and tamer chap
plos , though. ,
It is a common thing for n swell Now York
florist to prepare n S.WO basket for some
actress. To order a $ H'J ( basket is a com
monplace.
A 300 basket usually consists of culled
roses , generally American Ruautlcs , of
rare size and swoetnois. Tlio flowers are
cut with tbo stocks and when placed in a
cold-tintod basket stand four foot high. The
olloring is trlckod out with great widths of
blue , gold , pin 1 : or yellow ribbon. In tbo
con tor of tlio bououot space Is loft for a satin
or lace box. The usual protojtations of
regard are wntton on scouted note paper.
Something is said about'"meet mo tonight. "
This is tbo opening of the romance.
Wo will louvo Cholly to follow the details.
llooklcsi Society Girls
There's a now fad this fall. It says that
the young society woman Is to spend her
pookot money buying her dear boy a button
tiolo bouquet. This may soerr. UKO n trivia
affair : but then tbo fashionable buttonhole
is something wtiojo cost is staggering , con
sidering nil things.
"Well , Muu-ua. what ar-ro you going to
buy mo today I"
This was his request ns they strolled , arm
In arm , past the swagger floral shop. The
darling- girl takes the hint at onco. She In
vites him in. She gravely gees UD to the
counter. She studios Ills clothes , his com
plexion , and his uano. She makes up her
mind what color will harmonize with his np
pcaranco.
Sue closes her eyes and considers pansies ,
violets , illy of the valley , roses , and \yhito
pinks. * *
She selects nt last n buttonhole of whlto
pinks. Tbo banquet Is of enormous size. It
U a coed thing that her escort has a strong
splno , else ho woula droop under the loud of
sweetness sno now Is pinning on his lapel.
It ts the fashionable bouquet for ohapplos.
U is as lame as u pinto. Tbo swell thing this
season is whlto pinks. The bouquut Is stun
nlng in size ana stunning In cost.
The swagger girl buys her chunnia a bouquet
quot every afternoon.
.Ml * * .Million's IO CH.
Llttlo Miss Million recolvos roses In Jan
uary.
They are rare American Beauties , Thev
cost. In Fifth uvonuo , $1.50 per rose. Tun
is SIS u dozen. Muyooshogots two dozen i
dav in a big bluo-and-gold box.
Cholly pays for those.
"There are hundreds of htph-rollors In
Gotham , " says tlio exclusive florist , "who
spend enough each season to Kcop n family
upend it on flowers for tbo giddy quoeii o"
the footlights aud upon tbolr lady Invoj.
"It is not uncommon to receive nn orde
from some young duao to deliver to his lady
fnond n bouquet each mornintr , say for i
month. Ho will plank down $160 with thi
ordor. For thin sum wo are to send Ilttl
Miss Million a bunoh of selected roses fo.
thirty mornings. There U to bo an air o
ronianco over the gift. It is to bo sent U
tlio house promptly at 1) ) o'cloctc ' each morn
ing. No uotoor name is to aceompuuy It.
Llttlo .Miss Million Is not to Know , you
know. Of course ho will call onch night am"
sea his flowers on the piano. Muybo , on
night , ho w.lII bo rowaraod by seeing he.
'
wear ono beautiful rose in bur' yellow hair ,
I mil sure thin is worth JIM to uny JOUIIR
chappio. "
"IJo women over do that sort of thing
leave money for llowors j1'
"Woll , I cannot say tbat they over do. "
Tills hi.l cm'n I'uvorltflH ,
The flowers that uro to i-ucelvo the sanction
of the "Inner 150" this fall and winter nave
now been solootod. Fnoy are whlto pinks ,
ih-jt , then vlolots , then roses.
Orchids will also have a call. Thnso are
very expensive ludood. Would you llKo to
spend a ? 2-blll for a single orchid , along
nbout December ? Maybe you would con-
older It ctioup. At anyrate , | thnt Is the
prlco.
Most fashionable pooplu wear tholr flowers
on baturduy , No ono Knotvs why this Is , It
is ono of tbo unique fucts about Gotham's
wealthy class , In tbo matter ot flowers , their
use and abuse.
Mora flowers are sold on Saturday after-
nooli than any other day ol the woolr.
Madam drlvos up In her carriage ; Mercury
runt from the shop to bor carriage door ;
what will It be today 1 yea , some whlto
pinks ; yea , wo will send thorn by iPosioiiKor
ntoncc ; throe largo basnets , at $50 apleco ;
very well ; oh , certainly , we will charge U
certainly , certainly ,
'ihon comes the younrr dude ; tbon the old
chappio ; thou the gray dandy ; then tbo
pert young thoroughbred clrl , with the tine
oyca and tno poacbes-und-cream complexion ,
who always spoalis of her gown as a "con
fection. "
Hour after hour the dazzling trade roll * In ,
As for thcswells , tboy are all "broke. "
llruakliiK tlio Itccoril ,
Not lone ago a Uotbara hlphroller bought
n our loud of American Huautlei nnd sent
them ovoto Boston in n refrigerator car.
They wa.fl Ooslgnod for Lillian * Kimell.
The ct.\H > l < i srod on nhoad. In duo season
ho was gen "down In front. " The piny
proRrouod , It was tlmo to bring forth the
llowors. Why this wavering ! Why this
suspense ! The dandy suddenly lost hcnrtl
IIo vita captivated by the charms of n now
beauty. Ho hastily went out In the lobby.
IIo changed his letters of n ( Tec ! Ion ] U was
not the darling Miss Lillian now. It was
lomo onn olsol It wan n young , ravishing
beauty In the cast. Ho hastily learned hjr ;
rmtno from tbo program I Then ho went
back nnd waited her next entrance.
What n saasation thosa flowers created 1
There wore. 10 It anpoars , tons of rich , ripe ,
rod roses , The audience was besldo Itself
with Joy. The blushing young woman to
whom tuny worn consigned tried In vain to
bo\r her acknowledgments , The fnlr Ltlltnn
was In the huffs I The darllagohnpplo In the
box , "dowu In front , " gnyly clapped his
hands. It was an occasion'tie.nr to bo for
gotten. It was a now experience In the
abuse of llowors.
And the baud played "God Save the
Quoou. "
riiMYeivt for rmicrnln.
There U no limit to thu money that may bo
paid for lloral decorations for a swell Gotham
funeral. Tha Into lamented Patrick S. Gil-
raoro's funeral was made memorable with
offerings whofo value * run up into the thou
sands , but It is swont to know , however ,
that many of theae llowors c.irnb from the
common people who loved him HO well In
llfo. General Grant's funeral was graced ,
swell florist ! ) say , with ranro flowers than
Now YorU ovor'saw before or since.
In Gotham the "llorul emblem" holds lull
sway in the matter of upproprlato tributes to
death.
In Gotham If you nro an athlete your
frloods will probably remember you with a
p lr of "floral boxing gloves" at your do-
inlso.
In Gotham If you dlo nt half past S your
friends will probably remember you with a
Stand "floral hall clooit , " the hands stopped
at half past 8.
In Gotham , If you die a loiter carrier , your
frlonds will probably rnmombor you with n
"floral lamp post and mall box , " with a let
ter to yourself on top of the box , addressed
with your uamo and the legend , "At Kent , In
Heaven. "
In Gotham , if you die a railroad man , your
friends will probably remember you with a
"floral train of cars , " engine ntd all.
In Gotham , if you are connected with the
Brooklyn bridge , and should chanca to dlo ,
your trlonds will probably romorobor you
with a "floral Brooklyn bridge , " may bo nine
foot long.
In Gotham , if you are to dlo a dude or a
chappio , your frlonds will probably remember -
bor you with a "floral swlggorotto case , "
bearing the words on the cover :
: "Cholly , Qono Up Higher. " i
JOllK IlUllEHT GllEUSBL.
SOVETllIXO
Omaha's bank cicarlngs have shown a
creator per cent of Increase during the past
year than have those of any other city.
Omaha's wholesale houses hnvu nearly
doubled tholr business within the past year.
Omaha's manufacturers are employing
moro than twice the number of men they
had on tholr payrolls last year.
Omaha has bad tower failures and smaller
losses than any city of its size on the conti
nent.
Omaha has tbo largoit smelting works in
the world.
Omaha Is the third pork packing oontor in
the world and tbo present fate of Increase in
the business being done will plaoe this city
in the second place within a tow months.
Omaha , according to tbo consul of 1S90 ,
had a population of 140,453. Tbo population
in 1SSO was 30,518.
Omaha has 18,130 pupils in the public and
Denominational schools.
Omaha has seventy , mile ! of paved streets.
There nro nearly 200 majouracturing estab
lishments In the city , hitting a capital in
vested , ot ? yonoooo. - *
There are 457 teachers employed in the
schools and colleges of tbo city.
There are 150 miles of graded streets in
Omahu.
There nro sixty public-school buitalngs in
Omaha.
Omaha has a coraplotoseworsystom , nearly
100 inlloj la all.
There are nine national , nine savings and
two state banks In Omaha , with a combined
capital of $41,000.000 and deposits averaging
$ .000,000.
There ore moro than 100 cuurchoi in
Omabn.
Omaha has as flno a water plant as there
is in the country. It was built at a cost of
$7,000,000 and has a capacity of 50,000,000
gallons dally ,
Omuha has ninety miles of oloctrio rail
ways.
Omaha has the largest distillery In the
world and throe of the largest breweries la
the United btatos.
Ujring 1891 the clearings wcro $331,123.-
95.
95.Tho
The actual real estate valuation is $2 , 0,000-
000 , while the assessment for taxation is
based on n ono-tontb valuation.
The postofllco receipts for tbo year were
82(51,538.29. ( This department gave dtnploy-
moot to forty-six clerks and sixty-six car
riers.
Omaha has the largest white lead works in
the world.
IN ADEN OF WILDCATS.
A Kentucky Survivor Slcrts With n Tcrrl-
ll ( ] Di'lltil.
It is seldom that a story inoro thrill
ing than that of the tropic dor.th of J.
C , Ciirnof who was killed by wildcats
after falling1 over n precipice in the
wilds of Kentucky , ia mot with outside
the covers of a dime novel-- . R. Bar-
bar , with J. C. Ciu-nor , left Argentina ,
Ky. , two wcoks ago to examine und hur-
voy n Inrgo tract of hind in Peru county.
On his return liomo Harbor rolutod "
most harrowing story of Garner falling'
down u proclpico and landing on a pro
jecting roolc , where he waa attacked by
two wildcats nnd clawed to piocca
Burbcr says : "Wo were traveling tip
Boar crook , nud reaching tlio top of the
mountain wo were walking along the
clilT overhanging what looked like a
bottomless gorge. The p ith was a nar
row ono , a perpendicular rook on ono
side and the dark precipice frowning
below on the other.
"Garner stumbled and fell 100 foot or
moro down the precipice to where a
rock jutted out and formed a platform.
I looked over and saw that the fall had
not killed him. I cailbd , but it was
some time before hoiuisworod. IIo snia
several ribs worebfpkon and one arm
smashed.
"Thoro was absolutely no ohnnco for
me to rcscuo him , so Iitpld him I would
go and obtain assistance. I was j m
about to start for the nimrest furinhouKO
to got a ladder and rpoa \ to rescue my
unfortunata companion when I heard u
quick , short yell of ngonycomo ' from the
rook bolow. I thought lor a minute ho
had fallen from the rock. I rushnu to
the edge of the m-ocipioo and looked
over , I saw a sight which froze thu
blood In my veins.'Thoro , crouching
over my wounded companion , wcro two
Hugo mountain wildead , The creatures
nrobauly had a dop tn a cave in tlio
rocks.
"Tholr rngo was something tornblo to
witness. Poor Garner had no weapon
and was utterly unable to defend him
self In any way. The creatures scratched
nnd bit him. Ho fought dosuoratoly
with ono arm and his legs to boat them
off , but-lt wns in vain , IIo was power
less. Through his frantic efforts for hit.
Hfo hla fate was delayed for a Tow min
utes. Suddenly the man and the wild
cats became engaged in a close struggle ,
in the midst ot which all tumbled over
tbo lofty cliff and were crushed to
death bolow. "
Barber returned homo with his reason
almost unsettled with the terrible sight.
Garner wus his cousin. -
Madeline Brohan , ono of the most
charming of the actresses of thu Fran-
, turns out to bo thu daughter of u
Scotchman named Browu ,
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JEWELER
UUll 11
STORE -FOR RENT.
: FIXTURES FOR SALE
HAVING fully made up my mind to go out of the jewelry bust-
ness , I-shall not allow anything to stand in my way looking to
ward a clean sweep. The stock of
WATCHES
GOLD or
IN
SILVER
DIAMOND
AND-
ALL JEWELRY
of whatsoever description must be gotten rid of before the first day of
January next-and I know of no more effective way than for you to
name
. - . *
With that object in view you can , between the hours of 2:30 : and 5 and
7 and 9 p. m , of any week day , pick out what you want and hand it to
the auctioneer who will offer it
"
r
AUCTION .
at once. The store is open all day from early morning till late at nigU ,
and those who prefer can make their purchases
T
PRIVATE -SALE.
LADIES' DAY
Monday.
At nil times ladies are welcome , but they are specially in-
vitcd to be present on Monday , when many interesting novel
ties will be shown.
No finer line of jewelry and all else that goes to make up a first-
class stock can be found , and when coupled with my extraordinary low
prices , you can not afford to miss my sale.
N. B.The
The genuineness of this sale is without question , owing1 to
circumstances over which I have no control. Convincing ' . * ,
evidence will be given , however , to those who call.
S. JONASEN ,
1311 Farnam Street. ,