TITTtJ OMATTA DAIIiY BEE : STTNDAY. OCTOBER 14. 18J > 4.
ONCLE SAM'S ' GREAT STAFF
A Mighty Corps of Eeporters Scattered
Throughout the "World.
EXTENT AND VALUE OF THEIR WORK
Ontllnn ol the Untie * or Consular Agents ,
Marina llojpltol Correspondent * nntt
Crop nnil WeHther Itoportir * A
Mammoth I'ublUliliiff Ilnuto.
( Copyrighted. 1501. )
WASHINGTON , Oct. 11. Undo Sam Is the
greatest news-gatherer we know. All ot the
agencies of the newspapers of this country
put together are hardly as great as the corps
of men ho retains to send him Information
of current events. Some of this Information
hs publishes In the shape of public docu
ments which few people ever rend. Some
of It he preserves In tlio files ot hta de
partments at Washington for the use ot his
executive officers. ,
The big government news machine has
correspondents who ara reporters ; It has
dltor In the different departnvents , and
Orover Cleveland is their editor-in-chief ; and
It has sub-editors who read copy and use the
l > lue pencil on It. The news service covers
. very wide range much wider than that
of the average newspaper. Tor though the
covornment does not follow the record of
deaths and marriages or the chronicle of
local crlmo , It has often a far moro accurate
And rapid service on some great foreign war.
like tha Chinese-Japanese conflict or the re
cent DrnzllUn trouble , than any of the great
newspapers can obtain , , no matter how great
Iholr expenditure of money. In matters of
this kind the. government service should be
far ahead of the newspaper service , for
treaty obligations require the transmission
of government messages by cable when com
mercial messages can be declined. Out It U
prelty hard for the government , even with
nil the apparent advantages on Us side , to
get ahead of the enterprising American news
paper.
CONSULAR COMMERCIAL REPORTS.
The transmission of , newt by cable during
tame such emergency as now exists In Asia
ii not tha only news duty of the American
consuls' and commercial agents or the mln-
litcrs pr ambassadors of the United States
at foreign capitals. The bureau ot statistics
ot the State department Issues at monthly In
tervals small volumes of reports sent In by
our diplomatic representatives ; some of them
volunteered and some sent In response to In
quiries of the department. This news feature
of the consular service ha : become of great
commercial Importance to tlu < United States ,
ituch trade was being lost by American ex
porters , particularly In South and Central
America , through the negligence ot shippers
In packing goods. Goods which -were to bo
carried long distances on mules or horses
were packed In boxes when they should have
teen put In sacks. The matter was brought
to the attention ot the chlel of the bureau
of statistics and straightway he sent a circu
lar to the American consuls all over the
world asking how goods should be packed
for shipment to the countries In which they
vrora stationed. Today you can obtain from
the State department a complete manual on
this subject , and there la no good reason
why a dollar's worth of trade should bo lost
ta American exporters because ot bad pack-
Ing. Al another time some ono called the
attention of the bureau to the fact that the
export business In American flour was fall
ing off. Out went another circular and back
came tin elaborate set of reports from north ,
past , west and south , telling just what kind
of flour was eaten by the people of every
part of the world , whether they eat Ameri
can flour , and If not , why not. The American
miller could not send a drummer around the
world -with any expectation ot obtaining one-
half ot this valuable Information. And so
It goes. Is there trouble with the Introduc
tion of American kerosene Into China ? Our
consul at ono of the chief Chinese ports
writes to tell the Stale department and
through , the department the American manu
facturer and exporter that the local preju
dice against American goods Is partly re-
eponslble , and that In part the responsibility
lies -with the Chlnn > officers -who are In
terested In other oils or who hare not been
sufficiently "Insulted. " .The American people
are disturbed by local labor troubles. Ameri
can ministers and consuls send to the State
department for publication Information about
the way foreign nations legislate to settle
questions arising between employer and cm-
ployed. The American public Is wrought up
over the trolley question. Along .comes the
consul general at Frankfort with the Informa
tion that a German Inventor has possibly
solved the question of an Independent motor
for street curs , and that a model Is building
In England to bo sent to this , country in Oc
tober next. There Is not a topic -which could
possibly Interest the people of the United
States relating to any mercantile , manufac
turing or social question with which the
American consul Is not prepared to grapple.
He lumps from "Coal Mining in Saxony" to
"Onion Cultivation In Egypt. " and from a
description of the Brussels public pawn ofllce I
to an essay on the sausage casing Industry
ot Russia. Of course , In handling those re
ports thcro Is a judicious exercise of the edi
tor's pencil. Not all of the consular repre
sentatives of the United States are trained
M writers , nnd not all ot them are so well
versed In diplomacy that'they can be trusted
ta express an opinion without making them
selves offensive to the people among whom
they are sojourning.
The Newspaper reader will remember the
unpleasant case of Nicholas Smith , who
provoked the people of n Canadian town to
ntone his dwelling by making criticisms In
Ills reports of the sanllury condition of the
place. Mr. Smith Is now" serving his country
In another Held. Thu Smith report wan
puhllBhed In the bulletins of the Maritime
if-Eplt.il service , and th.it statement opens
lip n view of another branch of Uncle Sam's
news Industry.
PUBLIC HEALTH IN FOREIGN LANDS.
The consuls of the United States are re
quired to send In at regular intervals re
ports of the condition ol public health in 1
the towns or cities where they are stationed.
Thes reports and the reports sent by certain
medical correspondents who represent the
hospital er\lcc abroad fire published by the
aurgron general In a weekly bulletin. This
bulletin Is ono of the most valuable news
publications of the government. Not all of
the Information published In it comes by
wall. Where the United States Is threat
ened with cholera or nny other contagious
Disease the surgeon receives reports by wire ,
usually through the State department and Its
representatives.
THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Nest ta the news service of the State de
partment the Agricultural department has
the most elaborate and complete system of
news gathering and distribution. For the
crop report alone the services of nearly 6,000
correspondents are called Into requliltlon
directly or Indirectly , There are about 2,600
correspondent * who report to the department
r direct.
There U almost nn equal number reporting
to the state agents of { he department who
joakiup state estimates and forward them
to the statistician for comparison. These
correspondents are Juit as eurely news
gatherers KB are the correspondents of city
papers In the rural districts. They receive
DO comp-iiBallon. Their only reward Is a
.copy 'of each of the department bulletins.
As a rule these correspondents are farmers.
Some oC them , though , are country doctori.
11 of the reports of these correspondents
wo "edited" by the statistician bsforc they
are made public. They are compared for
possible error or false daUnicnt ; and the
crop estimate made public * every month Is
the expression ot the Individual Judgment of
the statistician , based enall of the irports
rtcelvwt from 5,000 sourcis. Tlie work of
UmsB cornippndenta It a valuable *
tint two >
extnj > ldjrcs of the Aprl'iilliiml department
Mine lima IRQ esubll > bfj a h > ir aii In Chicago l-
cage for the 'collection and dlatuilnnllcm lot
the came information wblcb tha department
illatrlbute * . And thin fcirtau has eucc ? ded
to forecasting the government crop report > | I
very accurately. Another Important naws \ .
eatluTlni ; and njwa distributing branch of
Uu Agricultural dejuuteitui U lie
bureau. At ISO stations In different parti ot
the United State * observer * and msiitant
observers nro employed not only to take
scientific observations and keep statistics ,
but to send to tha chief of the bureau at
Washington by telegraph tha news of tha
condition of the weather all over the country ,
The chief editor to handle thes ? reports Is
the forecaster , who lakes nil of the dis
patches , nml marking "highs" and "lows"
ami other like indications of ethereal condi
tions on a mop , figures out for the entire
country just the kind of weather to which
each section Is entitled. Sometimes a sec
tion doc's not ict ; Its deserts , but that Is an
act of providence for which the forecaster
Is not responsible. This forecast work has
been ot Immense value to farmers , and It
bns often warned seamen of Impending
disaster , The weather report Is one ot the
most valuable and Interesting of the news
publications of the government.
In addition to tlie crop report correspond
ents and the weather observers , the Agrl
cultural department has special agents at
many points sending In news ot the condi
tion of cattle and other Information per
taining to subjects which are within the
jurisdiction of Secretary Morton. And the
editors In the different bureaus which handle
these reports are not the only "blue pen-
cllera" In the department. The secretary of
agriculture has a regular editor , known
racially by that title , whose duty It In to
oxamlna and pass on publications to be Is
sued by the department. Jlr. Rusk es
tablished this responsible ofllce and ap
pointed George W. Hills to fill It , and Mr.
Hills remains the official editor of the Agri
cultural department today.
NAVy DEPARTMENT'S NEtt'S BUREAU.
One ot the most Important of the news
bureaus of the government Is attached to
the Navy department. It Is of compara
tively recent establishment. It is known as
the Naval Intelligence Hureau. Its duty Is
to gather together from all parts of tlio
world Information about foreign navies and
foreign coast defences When Japan and
China began hostilities Secretary Herbert
could have sent to the naval intelligence
bureau , and on a few minutes' notice could
have had a full description of the navies
of both the belligerents and an admirable
description of the sea coast along which
the fight Is being waged. There Is not a
war vessel In the world which the naval
Intelligence bureau can not describe. This
Information comes from the news corre-
opondents of the Navy department , who are
In part the officers of our own war vessels
and In part our representatives In naval
matters at the great capitals of the world.
We have naval secretaries attached to all
of our principal legations. Resides , the
Navy department sometimes sends naval offl-
cera abroad on a , special mission toj gather
Information. Sometimes this Information Is
published , lika the admirable book on Euro
pean dockyards , written by Naval Con
structor Hlchborn , and sometimes it Is kept
far the exclusive use of tha bureau of In
telligence.
The Treasury department , of course , Is
constantly at work through Its customs offi
cers and other agents gathering statistics of
commerce. These are published from time
to tlmo by the bureau of statistics. The
Indian office of the Interior department re
ceives from Its agents not only current news
of tha condition of the Indians , but stories
of the origin of their tribal customs and
other matters uhlch makes a page of the
Indian commissioner's report most Interest
ing reading. The bureau of ethnology Is
busily engaged In collecting news ot the
primitive American. The geological survey
tells the country from time to time all
about Its production of gold and precious
stones ; about the development of Irrigation
and dozens ot other things \\hlch would be
considered "good news" in many newspaper
offices. Wo tend representatives abroad to
report on the Panama canal , the Nicaragua
canal , the International geographical con
gress , the International monetary conference ,
the International marine conference. In
fact , the field of news gathering covered by
the agents of our government Is so wide
that no newspaper , however enterprising ,
could hope to fill It.
'
Turi > our of COVIIT.
When the court on an extremely western
circuit was convened and the business was
about to begin It was discovered that there
were neither pens. Ink nor paper for -he- use
of the bench or the bar , relates the Detroit
Tree Press.
"How is this , Mr. Clerk7" Inquired the
Judge.
"There Is no money allowed for it by the
county , sir , and wo can't get the articles
without money. "
The judge made several remaks not at all
complimentary to the county.
"I've been In a good many courts , " -put In
a pompous and pedantic lawyer from the
cast temporarily to try a case , "but this Is
the worst I ever saw. "
The Judge jumped him on the spot.
"You arc fined $10 for contempt , sir , " he
'
thundered. "Hand thp fine'to the clerk , sir. "
Mr. Lawyer kicked , but he had to hand
over the money or go to Jail , and the judge
wouldn't have It any other way.
"Mr. Clerk , " said the Judge , when the fine
had been handed him , "go out and get all the
pens , Ink and paper necessary for the use of
this court and give the gentleman back his
change , " and the clerk did as he was ordered
and tlie- visiting attorney maintained a dis
creet silence.
A certain justice of the peace having ar
rived , previous to a trial , at a conclusion
upon a question of law highly satisfactory to
himself , refused to entertain an argument
by the opposing counsel.
"If your honor pleases. " the counsel re-
plied. "I should ilka to cite a few authorties !
upon the point. "
Hero ho was sharply Interrupted by the
justice , who stated :
"The court knows the law , and Is thor
oughly advised in the premises , and has
given Its opinion , and that settles It. "
"It was not , " continued the counsel , "with
an Idea of convincing your honor that you
are wrong , but I should like to show you
what a tool Dlackstone was. "
They sat on the piazza discussing the reve
lations 1 a certain law case and rolling out
with great relish the unpleasant things each
side- had said of the other. The young law
yer who was explaining things to them was
for the time being a hero.
"Well , Is Mr. Blank In Jail ? " Inquired one
of the girls.
"Oh , no ! " answered the lawyer , hastily ;
"this Is a civil suit , you know. "
"Civil ! " exclaimed the girl scornfully. "I
may be very stupid. Mr. Kent , but I'm not
so silly as to believe that a casewhere people
talk about one another 03 they do In this
is civil ! Mighty uncivil , I call It. "
Justice Denman , who died recently In
London , had on one occasion to review a great
mass ot evidence In a damige suit. Follow
ing this came longvwindrd addresses by the
opposing lawyers. Justice Denman summed
up by turning to the jury and saying ; "How
much ? " In less than a inlnuto came the re
ply : "Five pounds , , " and the case was over.
First Lawyer What are you going to do
now that your client has confessed ?
Second Lawyer Put In a. plea , of Insanity.
A man who will make a confession when he
has mu to defend him must surely be Insane.
Widow Well , Mr. Brief , have you read
the will ? Brief Yes. but I ' . , . any
thing out of It , Heirs Let us hare It pat
ented. A will that a lawyer can't make
anything out ot Is a. blessing.
A Ileil Ba rbenonienon.
A singular phenomenon occur * on the bor
ders of the Red sea at a place called Nakous ,
where tha Intermittent underground sounds
have been hoard for an unknown number of
centuries. It I ? situated at about half a
mile' * dlttance from the other shore , whence
& long reach o ( sand ascends rapidly to a
height nf almost 300 feet , This reach Is
eighty feet wide and resembles an amphi
theater , bring railed In by low rocks. The
soundi coming.up from the ground at tbU
place recur at Intervals of about an hour.
They at First ruembla a low murmur , but
before long tjiors Is heard a laud knocking ,
tomewhftt IIUs ( th ? rtroVes ot a ball , and
which , at the end Of flv nilnutts * becomes
10 strong ae to agitate , tha sane. The ex-
piauatlon of this turlous phenomenon by
the Arabs U that thew * lf a' convent under
tun ground , and these ar < Mb&oundi of thi
bill which lli nioulp ftagfwr praywi. So
they call U Ndkout. which means a bell.
The * Arabs affirm that tlia noln so frightens
their cjiueli whtu they bear. It as to render
them furious Scientists attribute the
found i to Buppreised volcanic action proba-
bly to the bubbling ot L'Rs cr vapor * under-
a inn.
Brooklyn Life.
Diamonds , emeralds , pearls ,
Silken things , ttntln and Icae :
Jove , how ray cranium whirls !
It Is queer I'm forgetting her face.
Thin morning I met her In pink ,
This evening her ball dress was Rrcen ;
In the afternoon , pray let me think ,
O , her dresa had a silvery sheen ,
And It's nlso the name with her gloves.
And her liats , mid her shoes , and Lord
knows.
One's n dlllldcnt chap when one lovei
It may be the same with her hose.
So. nowonder my cranium whirls ,
And 1 groan nt my singular plight !
I linve to make love to ten Klrl.s
All In one. from each morning till night.
Tfl ! ' I MPT
THE LOST
lly W. L. Atilen
"I was speaking the other day , " said the
Jericho station-master , "of railroad ghosts-
trains anil engines nnd such and you didn't
seem to believe that thcro ara any such
things. Now just to show you that I was
telling the truth I'll tell you about the ghost
of an engine that I saw myself , and that
lots of other men on this road have Been.
Just wall until that train starts along , and
\vo have this yer station to ourselves as
usual. "
A way train had stopped nt the station ,
nnd as the station-master spoke there sud
denly fell out of the door of the baggage
car a man curiously complicated with a
bicycle. The man , who was the baggage mas
ter ot the train , had managed to put his
foot through the spokes of one ot the wheels
of the bicycle , and man and machine \\ero
writhing on the platform , tile one cursing
loudly nnd the other giving forth the crack
ling1 sound ot snapping steel rods.
"There , " said the station master , "That's
what happens twice out of every three times
that a man tries to handle one ot those ma
chines. Seems to me that they were- In
vented just to make things miserable for
the trainmen , I tried to wheel one along
the platform ono day , and before I knew
what was the matter the blamed thine had
thrown mo ami was trying to break my
legs and gouge my eyes out. They're Just
like a coyote. You take a coyote
by the back ot the neck and hold htm out
at arm's length , and he'll manage to
blto a plcco out of the calf of your leg , or
some other place that's mebbo ten feet away
from his mouth. I never yet saw a baggage -
gage master that could smash a bicycle
without hurting himself worse than the ma
chine. It ought to be made- Illegal to send
bicycles by rail , and that's a fact. "
The baggage master finally extricated him
self from the bicycle , and withdrew Into his
car to repair damages. The train whistled
and went on Its way and the station master ,
Ifthat Isn't what U the matter with her , ho
liu been stole. ' 1
" 'How's n man going to steal a locomo
tive ? ' say i U 'Da you cal'lato that some
chicken stenler got Into the engine house at
night nd carried the Fanny oft under his
coal T
" 'No , I don't,1 nays Grldlcy , 'but rnebbs
some or those chaps of the Montana Southern
road has got tired ol hearing Us brag about
tha Fanny and has coma up hero anil carried
her off. '
" 'Carried her oft In n bag or a wheel
barrow J' ' says I , for I thought Grldley was
talkingnonsensp. .
" 'Didn't you over hear how Tom Sharpe
him thnt una suprlntendent of the Con
federate r.illioail during the war came to
Harper's Ferry on * .night . with about 400
yoke of oxen and dragged n dozen locomo
tives belonging to } kho Baltimore Si Ohio
road across the cdunrry till he struck a
Virginia rnllrovl ? "Wnat's been done once
can be done ngatn > ' ,
"There was no use talking with Grldlcy
about the thing anil s"o " I let him have his
own Ideas. As far Vi I was concerned I
didn't Imvo any Ideas hat2vcr on the
subject. I didn't ' 'believe ' that the engine
was n ghost , for I Md made too many trips
on her not to bo stlra that she wns good
honest steel and brass. And I didn't be-
llevo thnt she had been hauled across the
country by ox teams , , for-In that case her
tracks would Imvo been left on the road , and
there weren't no track visible anywhere. The
thing just seemed 'to ma to be a big
mystery , and when a thing's a mystery the
less you think about It the better. However ,
I couldn't help thinking about this thing ,
for the whole roall 'talked of nothing else
for the next week. It even got into the
Chicago newspapers , where , of course , every
body thought It was only a reporter's lie.
The superintendent spoke to me about It
himself , for I happened to meet him down
at Tiberius Center when he wns on the
search for tha Fanny , and I could BCD thnt
It wns his belief that she had been stolen ;
I told him fair and square that It nas a
mystery , and thnt he would have to wait
till he got to a better world before ho would
find out the truth about It.
"Grldley wouldn't take another engine.
Ho said that unless he found the Fanny he
would never touch a lever again , and aa he
had nothing .particular to do ho started In
to make up lost tlmo In drinking whisky. I
dldnt ) see him for pretty nearly two months ,
and they told me that he was iono ; on n
hunt for the Fanny and probably wouldn't
ever return. Dut one day who should come
to my boarding house here In Jericho but
Qrldley , looking thin and ragged and dirty.
However , he was sober enough , though he
was moro excited than I had ever known
him to be , engineers being men that very
seldom ever allow anything to excite them.
" 'I've found the Fanny , ' says ho In a sort
of whisper.
" Well ! I want to know ! ' says I , for I
was mightily astonished.
" 'It was the Montana Southern that stole
THE ENGINE WAS GONE.
seating himself by my side , proceeded with
his story :
"About ten years ago we had an engine
on this road that you would just have ad
mired , to see , She \as the 'Fanny Ellsler'
that was her name , being named after one
of the queens of France , or some other place.
Nowadays we don't think that sixty miles
an hour Is any very great speed , but in those
days the Fanny , as we called her for short ,
was the only cnglno In this part of the
country that could do her mile In sixty
seconds , Naturally the road was proud of
her , and the men bragged of her continually ,
especially when they met any of the men
.hat . worked on the Montana Southern road
Jiat was considered by some to be a sort
ot rival of our road , though it was a poor ,
lialf bankrupt concern.
"The engineer of the Fanny was an old
fellow by the name of Grldley He was
allowed ta be the best engineer on the road
at that time. He used to bo able to do
anything with that englno , and he was the
only man who could manage her. There
was always something queer about the
Fanny. She had a trick of getting tired ,
or oC letting on that she was tired , and
refusing to work. Sho'd bo going along at
her usual gait , and all ot -sudden she
would slow down and pretty near quit mak
ing steam. No engineer except Grldley
could manage her when she got these fits
on. Other men that tried to run her found
that the only thing they could do was to
wait until she got good and ready to move
on. But Grldley , he would just polish up
her brasses a bit , whistling some cheerful
tune % nd now and then saying Bometbinc
pleasant to her , and all of a sudden she
would hump herself and travel along as
If there had never been anything the matter.
After the superintendent got to know the
Fanny pretty well he would never allow
anybody except Grldley to take her out of
the yard. Ho used to run her the length of
the road twlco a day , except Sundays , and
when ho was taking a holiday , You sec
he was a. very peculiar man , was this hycr
Grldley. Ho never drank a drop while he
was at work , and as a general thing he
would keep perfectly sober for six or eight
months. Then his mother , or his wife or
his sister would dlo and he would ask for
three days' leave to go to the funeral and
settle up tbo estate. The superintendent
know ns well as Grldley did what was the
matter , but he would always give him his
three days , and Grtdley would go away and
get drunk enough to satisfy him for the
next six months. He and I were great
friends , and many'a the ride I've taken with
him on his engine , just to keep him company ,
when I had a couple of spare hours , and I
had a good many ot them at that time ,
owing to not having any permanent berth
on the road , and just keeping myself ready
to fill In whenever there might happen to be
a vacancy.
"One morning Grldley comes to me lookIng -
Ing about as seared us ever I saw a man
look. 'What's the matter ? ' says I , begin
ning to fear that BO me serious accident had
happened on the road.
" 'The Fanny Is lost/ says he ,
" 'What do you mean ? ' says I , 'Has your
mother been dying again T If that's the
case I'm'lorry , for she died last tlmo only
six weeks ago. '
" 'I went Into the engine house at Spar-
tanivllle this morning. ' says ho , speaking
slow and dazed like , 'and the Fanny wasn't
there. You know she goes Into the engine
house every night at 7:30. and last night I
put her In aa usual , andstopped , while the
fireman banked' th * flres. When we left
there was nobody In tha pUc , and , as you
know , nobody ever goes near It during the
night. This morning at 6lf ; > I went down
to bring her out and ihe wasn't there. The
fireman had been about five minutes ahead
of me and he was as much astonished as I
was. Wel.1 , we easy enough , found that Bhe
wasn't anywhere In Spartansvlllo and then
we Inquired after her by telegraph. There
wasn't a blosied itatlon on. the road that
had seen hide or hafr of her. The superin
tendent has ( tarled on a special from Athens-
vine and U going the whole length of the
road to see It there is any signs of her
having been taken out and ditched , but he'l
never find her'
41 'What on earth do. you cal'late lias bi-
oorae ol liBrf fcald L
" 'There wra always something queer nbou
that engineeays Grldley. 'You know whn
queer ways she had , EUCU as you never knew
any other engine to have. It'n my belle
that either she wasn't a genuine engine a
all , but just the ghost ol one , , and that.she' *
gt > no back to where she cane from , cr else ,
her , ' said he. 'SheVsy30" ' " at West Sara-
gossa , not ten milclT/ioin here. I saw her
there yesterday myself ; They've lacquered
her brass work black , and they've- given her
a new smokestack , and they've changed her
name to the "Pocahoutas , " and her own
builder wouldn't Icrtow her. But I knew her
just as "soon as I heird her puff. She's haulIng -
Ing the express on the Southern road , and
she lays up at WestSaragossa at night , and
I want you to corao down with me tonight
and we'll steal her. ' .
" 'Why don't you tojl the superintendent ,
and let him put In a claim for her ? ' I asked.
' 'Because ho couldn't never prove that she
Is the Fanny. ThotSouthern road owns the
judge before whom the case would be tried ,
and they'd have a hundred witnesses to swear
that she wasn't the Fanny. No , sir , she has
got to bo stole , and I know now Just how to
get her on to our track. '
" 'How's that1 says' ' I.
" 'Don't ' ' you remember , ' saya Grldley ,
that down the road about seventy miles from
here the Southern track runs parallel to ours
for a spell , and only about twenty yards away ?
When the Fanny was stole she was taken to
this hyer place , and the'rails were untolltcd
and led across to the Southern track. It's
easy enough to do , and we'll do thp same. I
want you to come along , because you know a
fireman's duties middling well , and I won't
trust any of our firemen on a job of this
kind. '
"Well , I said 1 would go , and we took a
horse and buggy and drove over to West
Saragassa , that afternoon good and early , seas
as to see how the land lay , When night came
on we went out of town a bit and stayed In
the woods till about 1 o'clock , and then we
crept down ta the englno housa and uhoved
the Fanny out by potting our backs to her ,
and when we had got her on the main track
wo climbed aboard and let- her run down the
grade , which Is middling Bleep just out ot the
village , while I worked at the fires and got
them to going good and bright.
"We had about sixty-five miles to run , and
Grldley said that according to the time table
there was no train that would be In our way
unless It might be a wild cat. That's Just
what I cal'lated there would be , and the Idea
ot running full speed along a strange track Into
the dead of night didn't suit me as well as
some things might , 'We ' got tbo Fanny up teat
about forty-nve miles an hour , which .was
pretty good considering- that I wasn't ' by any
means a first-class fireman. Long before we
got to a station Grldley would turn on the .
whistle and keep it screeching loud enough I i
to wake the dead. I shut my eyes every time
we came near a station , for I expected that
something would be. m the way. or that a
switch would be turned wrong , or that some
thing would happen tq smash Grldley and me
for good and all. J3ut everybody at the sta
tions thought that we went a speclil and had
BOOM l , ALONG.
1J Q I
everything made clqa . ( or UB as soon as they
heard the whistle. - , : n
"We had been runpine about half an hour
when al | of a suddoji Grldley sings out
'brakes , qulclcer'n lightning and reverse the
engine. ' We came ( p a bait , and Grldley
lays to me : 'Therft was a tramp lying
asleep with Jiis h a < J ion the trick. We've
cut htm Into a thousand pieces , ' The man
was trembling , anil I becan to undentand
that the drink bad. bten telling on him. 'JLet
ber gojuy he In inothir minute. 'What's
dona can't ' bo helped ' So in a few minutes
rnoro wa were booming along again , old Grid-
ley leaning out , straining his eyes ahead , and
keeping his hand on the lever. Presently he
sings out 'brakes' again , and brings the eu-
gine up with a Jump. 'Another tramp , '
says he. 'What In all creation do they mean
by sleeping on tha track In Uiti way. ' Then
I saw that Grldlcy had the horrors , and I
WAS mighty corry I had ever agreed to coino
with him ,
The same thing happened flvo minutes
later. Says Grldley , 'tho whole blessed track
Is covered with tramps. 1 can see seven
ahead of us now. ' With that ho c cmcd to
get into A sudden rage , and turns on his
whistle , and says to me , Til stop no more for
them fellows. They ore doing It on purpose
to hinder us , so that we can get caught. '
Then he pulled her wide open , nnd we swung
the fires roaring , and the thistle
Its level best ,
"Grldley kept looking out ahead and mut
tering. 'There's more of 'cm , ' said he , with
out turning to look at me. 'There's mor
than I can count. Women , too. They're '
lying every one straight across the track.
There ! I felt her Jump when she struck that
fellow ! Come here. Harry ! and take this
lever for a minute while I take a drink.
This hyer slaughter Is moro than 1 can
sUiml. '
"I told Grldley to take his drink and make | I
sure that it was n big one , for I saw that he
had got the triangles pretty bad. and hoped
that whisky might pull him through till we
should get quit of the Southern road. It
- '
'
didn't do him any good , however , unless -'I U
was to make him moro reckless than he was |
before. He Insisted on my shoveling all the
coal Into the furnace that she would burn ,
and before long wo wcro going a good sixty
mlloi or more.
"Now , Just before wo got to the place
where the two roads run parallel there was a
siding that had been built to reach a gravel
pit. The siding begun at a little station
called PcVIn , nnd was , as I should judge , |
about two miles long. The Montana South
ern folks had taken the alarm by this time ,
and a dispatch had gone to every station
on the road warning them that n runaway
locomotive was coming , and telling them to
stop her the best way they could. The sta
tion master at Pckln got hta order just be
fore we hove In sight , and he thought of the
old Elding. He got toork and turned the
rusty old switch that had been spiked down ,
and when wo came along wo shot on to the
side track , and nway wo went for the gravel
pit.
"Tho track was mighty rough anil I begged
Grldley to slow her down , for I thought every
inlnuto that wo should be off the track. But
ho would rot listen to me. That there
massacre of the tramps that ho thought he
had made excited him more and more , and
now ho had taken to singing and shouting at
the top ot his lungs. The Fanny was a
swaying from side to side , and Jumping al
most clear of the rails when she struck a
particularly rough place , and I don't mind
saying that I Just went to saying my prayers
with every Inch of pressure I could put
' on
'em.
'em."It
"It had been a cloudy night , but as I was
praying for all I was worth tlio moon came
out , and I saw that just ahead of us the track
oaino to an end , and thcro was a deep hol
low ot Eonio sort. I made up my mind that
I had had enouch of that kind of railroad
ing. Yelling to Orldley to Jump , t put the
brake hard on and -
wt-nt off Into a ditch on
the left hand side of the road , it was mid
dling full of briars , but the bottom was of
the softest kind of mud , and I didn't sustain
no mortal Injury worth speaking of. Before
I could pick myself up and get on my legs
the engine- was gone. I got down to the edge
of the gravel pit ns soon as I could , but there
wasn't the least sign either ot tlio Fanny or
of Grldley. The bottom ot the gravel pit
was covered with water , but what was worse ,
as I afterwards found out , there was a big
quicksand there which had been the reason
why the gravel pit was abandoned. The
Kanny Ellsler went down into ( hat quick
sand , and for aught I know she had kept
sinking ever since , with Grldlcy's skeleton
standing In the cab with his hand on the
lover.
"Well , I came home and told ( he whole
story to the superintendent , and he , knowing
about the qulckcaml , knew there was no use
In searching tor the engine , So he told me
to. keep quiet about the thing , so as not to
give the Montana Southern people any satis
faction , which -accordingly I did , but after &
while tliQ thlng'.gpfto bo known somehow or
other , as things always will , no matter what
you may do. "
"Much obliged to- you for the story , " said
I , "but ' you promised mo a ghost story , and I
don't exactly see where the ghost comes In. "
"I haven't gat to that yet , " replied the
station master. "A year afterwards I was
dqwn in the neighborhood of Pekln , and as I
was driving along In a buggy pretty late at
night I &aw an engine come flying down tbo
old siding and plump Into the gravel pit.
Leastways I saw It disappear Just a it
reached the Jumplng-off place. If that wasn't
the ghost of the Fanny I'd like to know what
It was. Moreover the boys along the South
ern road told me that tlmo and time again
they had seen that same engine- come hust
ling along at sixty miles an hour and disap
pear Into the quicksand. Now , If that wasn't
a ghost , what was It ? "
"I won't undertake to say , " said I , "only If
there hadn't been another line parallel to the
old siding , and If that line hadn't been In
regular useby ordinary healthy trains and
engines , I might feel a little- more sure than
I do now that you was a ghost , and not a '
special engine on the Montana Southern
road. "
XOTKS.
It Is stated that the famous Irish Count of
Monte Crlsto , James O'Neill , has made
about { 250,000 out of Dumas' melodrama In
ten years.
Charlei. II. Hoyt has commenced work
upon a now play , to be called "A Summer
Girl , " In which his handsome wife. Caroline
Mlskel , is to star next reason.
Alexander Salvlnl has himself adapted a
romantic Italian drama which he calls "The
Student of Salamanca. " The piece Is In four
acts , and Its scenes arc laid In Spain. Sal
vlnl will produce It cirly In his tour this
season.
"It was on September 2B , 1827 , at the Wal
nut Street theater , Philadelphia , " cays Mrs.
John Drew , "as the little duke of York , In
Shakespeare's play of 'Klchard HI , ' and
with Junlus Brutus Booth , the great 'elder
Booth , ' father ot the late Edwin Booth , as
the crook-back tyrant , that I began my stage
career , and as that was sixty-seven years
ago , anil as I have been continuously before
the footlights ever since , I may Justly say
that T have had a longer stage career than
any of my contemporaries. Though so many
years haveTiassed , I remember my first per
formance as well ns though it bad taken
place last night. The performance of the
elder Booth as Klchard made a most powerful
Impression upon me. Hls dramatic force
and magnetism were like a giant whirlwind ,
sweeping all before it. I have never seen
any one else In that part who seemed to
completely realize it as he did. It almost
seemed as though It had been written for
him. "
SEE HAS WHEELS.
A Woman Desert * liar Ilimliand for Her
lllr/ole.
This letter appeared In a divorce case In
Philadelphia recently :
"My Dear Mat : "You must not think too
hard of your Helen for seeking other pastures
and 0lds that are moro Inviting. I am. a
blcyclom&nlar. At one time you said that
you had bleychlorosls , It must have * been
contagious. I. am Infatuated , heart , &oul ,
mind ancT body , with my wheel ; more so.'ilf" ]
the sad truth , must be told , than I over was
with you. I get more comfort and satlr.ffic-
tloii from my wheel than f could derive from
being tied apmt by your side. My wheel is
young and frisky and we are morn congenial
companions than you and I could be. Ho as
you please In the matter ot divorce , but you
can never divorce me from my wheel. Farewell -
well forever. HELEN , "
Acting on this letter from Ills , wife , Mutblai
L. La Freua ol 3304 Paschal atenue tiled a
bill for diirorce in common plcxa court No , 1.
The La Prenes were mirrled In YonXers
nearly flve years esq and moved to Philadel
phia to Ifvq. Both went bicycle mad and
look mnnr excursion , together. La Freui
fell III , and Ills doctor said he had "blcyclo-
rosls" and forbade him to rliln any more.
HU wire could not resist , however , and he
went on many llttje wheeling trips , au < l at
last. over , a ? ar go , took one to Altoout ,
from whlci jih * never returned , Instead , I' *
sent the letter In which lif lojij tiov much
mortf slia loved her vrh ] tlian her husband.
Cook's Imperial , World's fair "highest :
award , excellent champagne ; good ffervti- | 1 I
tnee , agreeabla bouquet , drlicioui flavor. " 1 1
ir yjKLI. UUT.MK.1 ,
OMAHA , Oct. 12. To tlio Editor ot Thl
Bee : Borne years ngo I found mytflf , upon
the close of nn autumn Jar. walking along
the rustic streets ot I'lttsneM , tn tie | old
Bay State , the only knowledge ot which 1
had was of Its holding somewhere within
Its boundaries the summer homo of "The
Autocrat ot the Breakfast Table , " nnd It
was really a dcstro to obtain a glimpse ol
the poet's liomo Ufa which led in to the
town. I felt that I should bo made wclI
come , as for years I hail been a great ad-
mlrer of his writings , and was familiar ,
too , with his looks , having seen hint many
times sculling tip nnd down the shallow
and winding course ot the Charles near Cam-
brldgeport ,
Kvory Now England tourist , upon visiting
this struggling , grass-grown Ilcrkshlre town ,
Instinctively feels they are not strangers In
a strange land , but remember the author ol
"Old Ironsides" as their especial , patriotic
friend.
Foremost among the objects pointed out
to , ma was the handsome public library , built
fHo grnnlto , a gift to the town from Ir.
Holnios , and well stored with literary treas
ures , selected under the personal care of tlio
donor , ) of the building. Tills library Is the
loving pride of cvory reshlvnt of Plttsfleld.
Among the people of this favored Massa
chusetts ! village which would be considered
a 1 fair sized city In the vest so great Is the
1 love and admiration for the doctor that ho
was alwnj'8 consulted upon every Important
political or domestic question which arose
amongst his "tuwnsfolks , " as ho was pleased
to call his neighbors.
It wns with extreme regret that I learned
of the poet's return to Iloston a few days be
fore my arrival In Plttsfled. !
The week I .spent in this stately old vil
lage enabled me to pass many pleasant hours
In the Holmes library. It seemed nppropos
to ro-read the Autocrat papers amid such
harmonious surroundings "within walls
bulldod by his hands. "
from the people ot this typical New Eng
land town , nestled as It Is along the loss
tugged western slope of the Berkslilru hills ,
the biographer of Dr. Holmes may obtain
much Information of the generous heart which
beat In touch with the poor , of acts which
will ever gild his memory among the people
ho loved In the old hills of western Massa
chusetts. E. 13.
'I ho t.n't Iour.
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
i .HIT him one * before.
As he passed ty the door ;
Ami iiK.iln
The paVement stone * resound
Ao IIP lotteia o'er tlio crouml
With Ills cane.
They uny that In his prime.
Uiu the pruning knife ut time
Cut him down.
Not n better man was found
lly the crier on IHi rour.U
Through Hie town ,
Hut now IIP walks tlio * trc ts ,
ADI ! he Inokt at nil lie meets
H.nl nnd wan :
And he shallow Ills feeble head.
That It BFtnns ns If liu tald ,
"They nro jrone. "
The mo ay mnrklc lest
On the lips that he has pressed
In their hluom ;
And tlie inmei he 1ovei to hear ,
Have l > en car\ed ( or many a. 5 car.
On tlio tomb.
My Rranilmnnuna has raid
1'oor nlil lnJy ! she la dead
That he hnil a Roman nose.
And lila cheek wu like a rose
In the snow.
Hut now his nose Is thin.
And It icsts upon liU cliln ,
1'lku a staff :
And n crook la In Ills back ,
And n melancholy crack
In his laugti.
I know It la a sin
For me to nit and grin
At him here ;
Hut the old three-cornered hat ,
And thp breeches , and all that ,
Are BO queer !
And It I riiouia live to be
The Iat leaf upon the tree
In the spring.
Let them emlle. aa I do now ,
At the old , forsaken bough
Where I cllnc.
Tlio One-IIoM Miuy ,
OMAHA , Oot. 10. To the Editor of The
Bee : Kindly , publish the poem , "Ono HOBS
Shay , " by Oliver Wendell Holmes , * and
oblige. N.
TUB "WONDERFUI. ONB-HOS3 SHAY.
Have you heard ot the wonderful onohass Bhny ,
That was built In such a logical way
It ran n hunilreil ye.irs to n tiny.
And then , ot a. sudden , It nh , but stay ,
I'll tell you what happened without delay ;
Scaring the ponton Into fltn ,
1'YlKUItnlng people out of their wits
Huvo > vu ever heaiil or thnt , I eay7
Scventwn hundrnl anil nfty-flve ,
Oportrlus Secumlua wa then alive
Snuffy ohl ilrone from the Uerman hive.
That was the jear when I.lslwn to n
Haw the uo.rtli upon und ffulp licr down.
And Unuldock'H nrniy wws done BO brown ,
Left without a scalp to Hi crown.
It wan on the terrlblit earthquake day
That the deacon finished the one-hos * shay.
Now. In bulldlnp of clmluea , I tell you what.
There Is alwajs , aomouhero. a. weakest spot-
In hub. llto , felloe. In xpring or thill.
In panel or crosabur , or floor , or alii.
In acrcw , holt , thorouchbrnce lurking ( till ;
Find It somewhere you muat and will.
Above or below , or within or without.
And that's tlio reason , beyond a doubt ,
A chaise breaks down , but doesn't wear out.
Rut the deacon swore ( as deacoiu do.
With nn " 1 dew \utn" or an "I tell jeou. " )
lie would build nn ahny to beat the taown
N' Ins kvounty 'n lUl the kentry ruoun' ;
It should be to built that It couldn * break
daown i
"Fur , " said the flcacon. ' "t' mtehty plain
Thut the weakea * place mus * Man * the strain ,
'N' the uay t' 1IK U , uz I maintain , It only jest
To make that place uz strong uz tlie real , "
So the deacon Inquired of the village folk
-\Vhero he could find the strongest oak.
That couldn't be upllt , nor bent , nor broke
That naa for spoken , and floor , and aUUr
Hii sent for lanccwood to mike the tlillla :
Tlio crossbars were ash. from the Htralghteat
tieen ;
The pnneU of wlilto wood , that cuts Ilko cheese ,
liut lu l like Iron for thlnns Ilka those ;
The hubs from IORS from the "aettler'a cllum , "
Lant of Ita timber , the } ' couldn't sell 'cm ;
Never an ax had seen Ihi-lr chips.
And thewedjre flew from bel een their llpi.
Their blunt ends frizzled like celery tlpa ;
Step and prop-Iron , bolt and crew ,
Hprlngr , tire , axle and linchpin , too ,
Steel of the finest , bright and blue ;
TtiorouRhbroce bison-skin , thick and wlda ;
Boot , top , dasher , from taugU old hide ,
Found In the pit where the tanner died.
That was Ihu way he put her through. "
"mere ! " old the deacon , "naovr she'll den I"
Do ! I tell you. 1 rather EU
She woa a. wonder and nothing- less I
Colts Krew horses , beards turned trray.
Deacon and deacnnrsi dropped away , .
Children And grandchildren where wcr * theyT
Ilut there lood the stout old out-horse shmy ,
Aa frcah UH on Lisbon's earthquake day I
Itunnfng- _ u unl , much the eame.
TWrly and forty at last arrive ;
And then came llfty nnd ( Kty-Hve.
Little of all we vnlua hero
Waken on tha morn ol its hundiedth jo r
"Without both fc-dlnc and looking queer.
In fact , tbere'i nothing thai kec-pi Its youth : ,
Kt > far as I know , but 41 tiee and truth.
( Tula Is a moral that runs at la-rge ; ' .
Take It , you're welcome. No extra charge. )
First of'Kovembct the earthquake day
Tiere | ve tracci of BCD In 1114 onc-licxis shay ,
A general of mllJ decay.
Hut nothing local , n ons may say.
There couldn't bo for the duacon'a art
IIul made ,11 to very like In every part
That there wasn't a chance for ona to start.
for the wheels were Juit an it rene as the
thlllB.
And llio door was Juit ai strong as the sills ,
And Ino panels just as utronr as the floor.
And tht whlpple-tree n llher less nor more ,
And the b.ick crossbar a * atronjr n ( he fort ,
And ( prlnir. nnd nxl , and hub encore.
And yet , ti a whole. It | s pait a doubt ,
In aiuthtr hi/ur It will be wain outl
Klnrt ot Komnlwr , ' .Ifty.flval
TliU mornloir tlia pai on. take * K drive.
Mov , imall boys , git' out of trie way !
Ilwe cointi tho/nondrrful fcn"-ho y shay.
'
JJrivn pr'a'rdHullcd , -neckeU bay !
"lluddupr * < .ild the purson. Off went they ,
Tim pinion wm vcrklnz Ms Buiidiy text-
Had cot to fifthly- and stopped perplexed
At vliat lh - > lQ s was ropifnr next ,
All at once. lh jioraa stood tjl ) , ,
ci > \ > rIK \ m * ro'.ttfu ! * on th * hill.
Flr t a'jililv'iTi ' and thra a ttuiU.
Tta ncriKtlUnr ilelde4lr Ilk * ft "Pllf >
Atd th i > a n w liiiog uuun rocU ,
AliiUf put nine by th tiiMl'n'-hount clack"
Just the hour 'of the earthquake shock !
What do you lUtnk the parson f und ,
Whtn he s rol up. . and stwcd arounOt
Thi poor ol4 chali * In a , litap or mound.
Ai II K bad togtu t Ihs will Ud arwuull
Tou - , of course. If you're not . dune * ,
I tow It trcnl to rlec all at one * .
All at once , nnd nothing nrst ,
J\i t iw bubble * do Mtlien they
Knit of the wonderful one-hoai
I tlu Is logic. Tliafo nil t say.
llr. Helm ' Lint room.
Dr , Holmes' last poem , rc d o'n ' tbo occa
sion ot the Authors' breakfast , February 23 ,
1SS3 , Is as follows :
Teacher of teachers , yours the tiult ,
Noblest that noble minds can n k.
IllRh up lonla'n marmoruufl mount ,
To watch , to Kiinnl the luicrdl fount
That feed * the storm tx-low ,
I To iruldp the hurrying flood that fill *
' A tiiounAiid Rllvery rlppllm ; rills ,
In ever widening flow.
Itlch ! N the Imi-ve't from thp fields
That 1 > nunteoii4 mture kindly yields ,
Ilut fnlrer cnmtln enrich tinKoll ,
1'lowed ill-op by ( nought * nml nmrtetl toll ,
tn lenmliiR'K brond ilontnln.
And \ wliero the leiivi's. the llo\\erii , the fruit * ,
Without jour uaterlDc nt the roots ,
To llll iMCh branching plain.
Welcome the nulhor'd firmest frlcniln.
Your \olro. the mircKl Ood' * deed , lend * ,
( if you the Rrowlntr mind demands
Tlio patient , care the KuliHiiR hand *
ThnniRh nil the mlsti nf morn
Ton knowliiR uelt the fntiire'n need ,
V ur prescient wisdom sows tha need.
To flic the jcars unborn ,
What U known aa tlio Female Senior Event
IIIK School ot New York city was opened on
Monday ivllli an attendance of over l.OOt
women.
Dr. Charles E. Slocum , n promlaont Motho *
odisl of Defiance. 0. , lias given (50,000 ( to th
Olilo Wesleyan university for n new library
building.
A press dispatch from \Vntcrtown. N. Y. ,
states that tlio estate of Thomas S. Clarkson
of roUdntnlio wa an owner of sandstone
quarries , Rives $150,000 with which to
establish nml maintain n technical school for
civil and electrical engineers , mechanical
drr.wtng , etc. , nt 1'otsdam.
The students of Princeton Imvo , by unani
mous vote , abolished tlio practice ) of hazing ,
which lias becomu KO common ns to have lost
the humor which once afforded some kind ot
an excuse for hazing of a harmless kind.
Princeton thereby takes a distinguished
place among American colleges , for hazing
is "a custom more honored In the breach
than In tha observance. "
In his annual address to tha students of
Cornell on September 27 , the first day of thi
college year , President Schurninn said tha ]
the number of students registered showed
no falling off from lust ymr'a figures , not
withstanding the financial troubles and th *
increased entrance requirements In the tech
nical courses. In 1592 the number waa
1.220 , In 1S93 It was about 1,300 , nnd In
1894 It wns 1,303. In 1S92 and 1S ! > J about
250 undcrgraduato students registered after
the president's opening address. These
figures are for undergraduates alone , ni
graduates and special * did not register till
later.
The degrees of bachelor of medicine nnd ol
master In surgery have this year , for the
first time tn the history of the Scottish uni
versities , been conferred on women. Ono ol
these young women , who ranked third 1n A
class of sixty-ono members , stood first in
her class of zoology , practical chemistry ,
anatomy , history , physiology , surgery , mcdl >
cine , pathology and midwifery. Her clinical
work was done In the lioynl Hospital fof
Sick Children , and In the I toy a 1 Infirmary.
The other young woman who received a
degree , nnd who has done excellent work
during her seven years' college course , will
act as medical assistant'to her father , who
Is a Glasgow phyBlcl.in.
The will of Sirs. Charles Lux of San
FrancUcovlilcli has just been admitted to
probate , sets asldo nearly J.1,000.000 for a
manual training school. One-third ot her
estate Is given outright for "the promotion
of schools for manual training. Industrial
training and for teaching trades to young
people of both sexes In the state ot Cali
fornia , and particularly In the city and
county of San Francisco It being my desire
to assist In furnishing facilities for the edu
cation of young children from the time they
Icavo the klndeigarten schools nnd whllo
they are still quite young In what Is known ,
as 'manual training , ' and In all kinds of
training looking to the acquisition of use
ful trades by and through which habits ot
Industry will be acquired and practical knowl
edge ol those things which are useful tn
earning a living may bo acquired , and 1
hereby give to my said trustees the fullrat
discretion In the expenditure of fold net In
come , eo that the
greatest good may bo ac <
complishcd , and to that end they may , l (
they think best , use such portion of said Inr
coma from tlmo to time ns they deem ox
pcdlent In connection with the public school *
In aid of the ends aforementioned. "
Jir TIIK JflltKHIDK ,
Prank I * . Slanton In Atlanta Constitution ,
Pile on the logs ! the bright names start
And up tlie roaring chimney race ;
How grateful wlwulil wo be , sweetheart ,
For Just tills little fireplace !
I said today that I was poor-
Ami poor In some things I may be ;
But here's a shelter ; who needs moro ?
And your bright eyes to beam for mo !
No sculptured busts , no palntlng rare
Adorn the mantel nnd the shelf ;
A sweet face frameil In golden Imlr
la all a picture of yourself !
We have no Idle dreams of fame ,
And all our worldly wnnts are few ;
What care I for a laureled name ,
When I've the sweetest name In you ?
Lean , golden licod , upon my breaat
In wealth of wondrous beauty which
Hath crowned my life nnd mnde mo blest ,
And kiss me , dear , anil make me rich !
NATURAL
AS NATURE
And sometimes a great deal prettier. Tan maf
have the color of hair you most admire. If you !
own Is Bray , or spoiled by bleaching and In
jurious dyes , use
IMPERIAL
HAIR REGENERATOR-
It Is hair tonic and coloring of perfect cleanli
ness , nhlch comes In several shades. One appli
cation will last for months. It Is absolutely In } *
possible to detect Its uso. Oaths will not affect
It. Bend for frea booklet.
ini-KKIAT. UI1K3UOAL .Hl'd. CO.
292 Fifth Avenue , N. Y.
SOLD BY SHERMAN & MC OONNELL ,
1513 IloJfff Street , - Omaha , Jfebraiko
IMPORTANT
TO
Clothing Buyers
The diMth of .MU. STKAUSS dissolves our
firm on December 1st , therefore our
STOCK OF GOODS
HAS TO BB WSl'OSED OP
AT ONCE
The same consist * of the bcit nod most pop
ular style * la all arados ,
H1ADE UP FOR THIS SEASON.
It will bo offered at figure * which will at-
tract
Close Buyers nnd Effect Quick Snlci
Terms nud discounts as usual ,
STRAUSSTlIlFl
Market and ( toiucy St. , Chicago ,
DEN A
A HEW L-W : CUFF