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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1895)
f " . ; . . . , . . . , . 'iiijifI""H' ' /1O'"r ! , . . . .i" o'1' " _ _ I' ' . ' ' "r T. . , . " , , . ' " ' ' - , ' . - ' - - - - - 1 - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TIlE OJfAIIA DAILY BEE : tIEDAY . SJP'rE1JEl 17. 189. 11 , I I \ ALL SIGNS FAIL - IN TillS AGE ; Wlnther Proverbs of the 00080 Bone Variety Rlddle by Sconce ! 0' - NOT EVEN A WET MOON lIFT - COI/OI JeJc' Alolt the ( ' % 'cnthcr IC'lull,1 Oi the le."l lT tc"lern : lcteurotClh'11 St tad ) -Slgn $3 ' lcl ShlUrrct , Supersttous anti proverbial lore about tht weather were cruelly rent In the Iconoclastic " ' " read to the \ IlltCSI on "Wcather l lacles" J , \ Royal Meteorological society at its recent un . nual meeting In London by thc ) president , IL Inwards , nll prlnte.1 ) . In th' lact number of ; the quarterly Journal of the oclty. In early limes , when the weather had to he ttudlel tram cloud , sly and sea , ami tram the behavior of animal and plants , men t , wee pardlnlble for doing what Is still often I n cause of error , foretelling what they most I wlhrd for and putting down ns a universal " . law whal was only a coincidence of Inde , . . penlent events. One class of prophecies . cou t I nects the weather wIth certain seasons of the year , particularly ( lays II the week , or ; \ the days of certain saints , whIch was a con- veulent way of fixing a date , and even with particular tles of the da ) We often hear - sl'ch ' sayings ns 1"lne on Friday , tine on . Sunllay , " or "Friday Is the best and the worst day of tiLe week , " and 11roverbs like - "Italu at even , fine at eleven. " When these , Rylngs come trite they arc faIthfully ro- . . memberel , , when they fall they are for- , . gotten. There Is no kind of foundation for goten. 11 such rules , which Air. Inwards calls "self- exploding " or for the belief that If It rains al St. Swithlu's day , July Hi , It will rain for forty days after. That date II very near a well known bad period fn set years as the terms "St. Iargaret's flood , " July 20. and , "Lam mas food ( , " August 1 , shows ; the fact that some heavy rAins began on July 1i was , ' enough to establish the "law , " which every t' one knows Is constantly broken. - Equally unfounded ore the scientific super- ttons , Ilresented ) under the shield of as- , Infallible rules for the J tronomy , which ba81 Infallhio I weather on the relative Position of the moon , & . sun and planets. These appeal to analogy , ! * r to reason and to common sense. The known 11' action of the sun and moon on ocean tides I : ( \ generally the starting Point of such theorle3 , , \ . and I Is clear to common sense that when I p the earth Is nearer to the sun or the moon 1 ; to the earth , or both sun and moon are pull. 1 I , lug together , theme ought to ho a tIde of . , % j ' atmosphere simIlar to the tide of ocean which . : these Inluences undoubtedly produce. lInt " the factl 110 not bear the theory out ; the atmospheric tides do not ebb and few [ , except t In an Infnitesimal degree. Again , the sun ; und moon move In Illanes that are at nn : anglo to each ether , so that at times their " , , attraction acts In widely diverging lines , at c ' others almost In the same plle. : hero Is a . clear case : When the angle Is greatest , when , , cear ! the moon Is "on her back , " there must be " ' atmospheric disturbances. Unfortunately the , storms do not come , and W'I ' must find , some r . other cause for our weather. Hardly a year . goes by \ Ihout a now moon theory to account - : ' ' . ; count for It. M. larguergues , as the result , ' ' , ' of twenty years of observations , has found i , that when the moon was furthest from the t. earth the barometer averaged 755 mliii. . meters , and when nearest , 75t millImeters , a . ) difference of only one millimeter. " J Some prophets have built thetr ! faith on cycles , prectng ! that weather changes would ! . c repeat thcmselvc when sun and moon got , : . back Into the same relative position , which I ( hey do In nineteen years , with an errcr ef ' , only nn hour and a half. Others advocate a . cycle of fifty-four years , but all the cycle systems - tems have broken down when teHe . and , as 10wn : t , far as we know , there Is no period within , which weather changes repeat themselves. There are plenty of other fallacies bout the moon , such , as that the full moon clears away ) ' 4 clouds : that you should sow beans cr cut ! 'trecs on the wane of the moon ; that I Is a : bat sign If the moon changes on Saturday or 'i' Sunday : that two full ( moon In a month wi 't brIng a fee ; tnt to see the Did moon In time ' , arms of time new brings on rain. M. Fiam. . marion says that "tbo mo n's Influence on the weather Is negligible. The heat coming from i would affect our temperature by twelve- , miionths of a degree , and the atmosphlde tides caused by I would only affect the - barometric pressure a few hundredths 'of an , Inch , far less than the changes always takng : , place from other causes " . The moon ali the weather V May change together : lut change of the moon Doca not change the weather. Even the halo round the moon Is dlscrell- He : II has been found by obervers that It Is . followed b ) flue weather as often as by ran , , About time sun there are many falacies , and evcr since the discovery that the spots on Its surlco appear with greater cr less frequency theorists In shoals have tried to prove that they rule our woather. I bas bem proved that the frequency of sun spots and the varIa- . tons of time magnetIc needle are intimately connected , and that the aurora appears and . dlsapPMrs In some Bart of'smpathy wIth the sun spot variations , but this Is as far as we can get for the present as these changM seem to have no definite relation to our weather . Mr. Scot has proved that there are no equt- npctal gnles. Coming down to earth , we find a long list of statements of the behavior of animals and plants having a supposed connection with the wealher E. J. L'wo has careful ) examined a number of wea known signs , and all seem to break down completely. lie took the sIgns of bats flying about In the evening , many I toads appearing at sunset , great quantities of snails. tsh rising to the surface bees busy , crowds of locusts , restless cttte , lanrals . ilice'and gnats troublesome , i clamorous , le\'and many insects , crows flocking and noisy , spIder ! webs , thicken the grass , spider hanging tram theIr , . webs In time evening , and ducks and geese making more noise than usual Calling a day fine when no rain was measure In the rain gauge he found In 361 observations of such signs that they were followed 213 times by fine weather and only 18 by rain. Even swallows flying low cannot be depended up' ; as cspeelsly In summer and autumn they 'mt- : most Invariably skim alo"g the ground. AII- . mals probably feel the danmpness or darkness V ! preceding wet weather , anti this makes them uneasy. but not more than : It affects man him- V V V self. Aa to cows scratching their ears and V goats uttering cries , the.y are no more true . ' as signs of rain than the adage which credits , Pigs with seeng : the wind. The leech Is boo . leved to be a weather prcphet and two books V llave bee written about its behavior. The ; author of anD devised an Instrument by which leeches could give audible storm warnings. I consisted of twelve 'botes ' of water , each I \ containing a leech and a metal tube to ! mal i h f for It to enter easily , but Into which I waul try to squeeze when a' thunder storm came I' : on , according to its nature In the tube was I piece of wlutjebone , atached to a chain ( rain , which hung a ball , which rang when time : whalebone was touchel\ Twelve leeches l were : used so as to make sure that at least one . . would do his daty. r . Plants are also usel as weather Indicators , and as th y act in sympathy with the damp. I Jet gloom and chilliness of the air , and I these are conditions that generally precede \ rain , their indications cannot be called alto- ; ' . gether fallacious. The pimpernel ant the , marigold close their petals before rain be. V cauae the air Is getting damper , and for the same reason the poplar and the maple show the under surface of their leaves. An artl. \ fclal lea of paper wi 0 he saml. 1 , bart , Ihln plll Cl Is used for the upper ride and thicker unslzed Paper for the lower , the leaf will curl up In sympathy with the condition - diton of the air. So will a slip of ordinary V photographic.papar. And the slackness that , , , moisture produces In plants apples to In. t . sects , lame of which . can fly only II the i . iunehine . ' In Isn attention was dIrected to a plant , 4 , the Abrus precaorlul , a beautiful shrub ot V " the mimes kind , which baa the property of being sensitive In a high degree , so that its , pinnate leaflets go through many curIous , movements and . It was claimed that the , . . form a gutdo.o unerring certainty to fore. I ; ; . show the coming weather. Even earthquakes ' laid to bo ' , WOtO predicted by this wonderful . - 3iant. I It closed its leaflets upward , afer : . ' the ' manner of a butterfly about to settW , r fair weather was shown : when the leaflets , remained flat. changeable and gloomy wealber , was Indicated ; while ( bender a various die. . " , , tancea was to b foretold by the curling of V the leaflets , and the nearer the thunder the greater the curl until when the pints of the 1n"t crotJ , , the tunler storm was ia. - dicated I being overhead. : Changes of wind , burrlcanes , and other phenomena wore to ims 8ho"n hy the various curious and IpaulUut movements ot the lenneta and stalks , Those movronto uu10ubteJIT took place , but tIme botAnl.te lt Kel "HI unable to find any connection between them and the w/ther , I And found the IOlt of them ( were clue to the agency of light and moisture. Al the meteorological ofce the movements were found to have nothing to 10 with either cyclones or urthquokos. Yet this penltvl plant had been made the subject of an lns. lieu Iatent. In limo country : large crop of hips , ha'vs and holy berries Is h"hl to bo a sign that I se\ol wInter I coming and that nature thus provides winter tool for time blr.h. . Dut It II not ! o. Neither Is It true : green Christmas luke a fat churchyard , lS Mr. Dine's statistics have hown. I 19 often Btatl that the noise of cannon will pro. duce rain and In Austrian Tyrol the church bels are rung to avert thunder ; but time noton Is I : falae ) 'ho experiments male In America to test whetber rain could be Irodlc(11 , b ; oxplodlng a large quantity of gunpowder In time all resulted In nothing but smoke and noh.e. ! Only a selection has here been male of the vast catalogue of r"lacles that have grown up about the weatlur. There are still Ifople , Mr. ( Inwards remark In can. cluslon , who believe that the saints' lays rule the weather , that . the sun puts oUt fire. amid that warm water freeze sconce than cold. cold.A r A ; 1i11d.IOS POl ( UJ.Oln BIIC.tH 'I'IInk J..rlt' ' or thC Anier- leji's Clip ( : ( PMtM hint Siiiii. Only mllonnlre3 may Illulgo In the ex- pensive sport of defending time homely , ewer shaped silver trophy won by the schooner yacht AmerIca In a race around time Isle of Wight , on August 22 , 1S51. The cup , In- trlnslcnly , b probably worth less than $250 , says the New York Sun. When I was won by the America It was called , a $ i00 cup. Snce ! the melorabe : day that Quem Victoria , accordIng to tradition , found 'out that there was "no second" In the origInal race for tIme precious e.mblem , Yanleo sportsmen have ex- Pended ( , the experts conjecture , somewhat lore than ,000,000 to retain It. The sn.l- cato that owned time America wasn't then known : a syndlcale , but an association of gentlemt.n ; but they were just as much of a s'nllcalo as the trIo of milonaires , W. K. Vanderbilt , ex.Commolore g. D. Morgan and C. Oliver Iseln , who are investing their thol- sands for glory alone In time Defender. I will be Imposslbloto dctermlne accurately the cst of the lalest lerreshot ! model until after the Internalonal races ; but Ils probable that $250,000 will have ben cxpended 01 the Defender before the ValkyrIe III. , victorious vanquished , returns to Scotland. I Is safe to say that a twIn-screw stcamsblll of the second class , or a feet of six 01' eight four- mlstml coasting schooners mIgh be built with the money that will be spent on the De. fonder. In acme respects the gallant shIp that won the trensure'l ' cup resemblell the sleek slcop that I , now getting In trIm to protect t 'he America was a keel yacht. In building asleep sloop without a cclorboJd , Icrreshof merely reverted to orgljl ! Yankee ! prlnclplcs The centerboard is I , In fact , a BritIsh l1en- lon , and was first used successfully In a Drltsh boat. When aUf ute med contem- porll ( across the sea charle Ul with imita. ton , the ) ' I ) In the face of hIstory of 'aeht- lug archItecture. I will be greater glory for Yankeelahd 10 beat John Bul with his own kind of a boat-originally the American style -than to beat him wih a centerhmo.mrd . What will be the limit of expnso In buiid. Ing future cup defenders or challengers ? Wil the tune como when $ IOOOOQO boats wilt compete off the Hook , or In' the English chanlel , for the yachting supremacy of the weld ? A comparison cit the costs of cup defenders In the last decade may suggest sUlgcsl answers to these questions. The Boston syn. dlcate that built the Puritan expended . I Is estimated , about ; 25,000 on her. The Iron sloop Prlscla , especialy constructed to bat. tie with the Puritan for the honor of meeting . Ing the chalonglnl' cnlt"r n'ml la , cost proh. ably $20,000. The sail areas of Purian and Prlsela were less b ) nearly [ , OOO square feet than the salt area 'of the Defender. The building at the Mayflower In 1886 In- valved an expenditure of not less than \olved $35 , - 000 by the Boston syndicate headed by General - eral I'miine. She met time Puritan and Pris- cilia and the " ' " cia nn : new "rule-'o-thumb" model , Ihl Elsvorthm's Atlantic , In tIme trial races. The Atlantic cost little less than the 1ay- fewer , and much money was used up In getting the Priscia and Puritan Into shape for the trials. I Is likely tht nearly $100- 00 was spent In 1886 b ) Yankee yacht own- ers before the Mayflower was elected to try conclusions with Lieutenant Henn's Galatea The synrlcate , of which General Paine was the chief member : palm about $15,000 10 build Ind ut In racIng shape the steel sloop Volunteer - unteer , the last of DesIgner Edward IJur- gess's creations. Only the Mayflower com- pte,1 with the Volunteer for tile distinction ot defending the "mug" against Mr. hell's cutter , the Timlstle. The cost of maintaining the Volunteer for the season was not less Ihan $10,000 : so the expense of protecting the cup In 1887 was $55,000. The quartet of aspirants for cup.defendlng glory 11 189 cost , I Is estimated , close upon $225,000. There wa ! expended all time Vigilant - lant alone about $125,000. The cost of building - tnK and maintaining the Colon , Jubilee and Pigrim , ranged , for each yacht , from $25,000 to $50,000. Nebo ) except members of the Defender syndicate ever may know definitely what an expensive plaything the big sloe : has been , and will be , until the cup Is saved or lost Taking Into consideration the money spent ) In equipping the VigIlant to male a pace for the Defender , time total cost of this year's international races to AmerIcan ) achlmen wi be nearly $250,000. This Is the way an export figures out the expense of constructing the Defcluler and preparing her for the fray : Chartering and fling out the Colonl as mining ship for time Defendor'm , cr"w. . $ t0,00C nultlng lllnlng the Detender. ' DetcntNa . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0,00 Four suits at sails . including talioons . . . 3.0 Extra expense In sending fittings Iy ex- . 0(1'ss (0 fnoiiiVlnte conslrucHon. . . . . . . . Towing pr8B . . taclltnte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 2,0 Docking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . 2.O Hp"r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,00) Wages tool and clothing ot sailors for tour months II $1,5 a month. . . . . . . : Oo Maintaining tender tor ia days at P > a day . . . . . tenter . . . . . . . . " . ta's . . . . . . . . . ! Go 10tl.e for crew ( ( 'or each member In winning and I2.0 In losing maccc ) esti- winning < . ant . . . . . . . . . . . . . IC' . . . . esl- . . . 5,0. ) ) Total . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ S0,2 : OIUYALlY " 'A1IO. The I > llint uf u Virginian " 'ho ' \'nl l'hUhL'c In Court. Virginia bas undergone many changes slnco tho-war , although some o the characteristics - terlslcs of tba anto-belum days still re- main. I Is unfortunale ' If true that the chivalrous Virginia gentleman , the typical "I . F. V. , " Is growing scarcer , says the LouIsville Post Seine Virginians profess 10 believe . however , that 10 one can be born on Virginia sot and not be chivalrous ali courteous. In Kentucky : an unfortunate merchant saw 'banllruptcy confronting him , ad , to save a portion of his property , he Invoke the name of his wife and the as. slstanee of his friend. The creditors instituted - tuted proceedings to recover certain property - orty , and In the course of the proceedings hIs ) frIend , a native of Virginia , was put 01 the stand. tilt went wel until the witness was subjected to a rigid cros-examlnalon by a lawyer , blmsel a native of VIrginia. The witness went blunierng along at such a rate that lila \ blunjerlnj } it I necessary to interfere and tel him that ho wa" not me. qulred to answer questions which would criminate himself. After the close of the case . which resulted disastrously to our accommodatng friend , fri Virginia , ho e : pressed great indignation for the humlatQu 10 which he had been subjected. "I was never In my life treated with so Ito courtesy - lew , " he said. "The'oppo lng counsel did not act at all like a gentleran ' , sir. I ez. pected entirely different treatment , espe. daily as I learned hI was tram VIrginia , and he knew I was ( room that state. No , sir , In the old days no Virginia gentleman : , sIr , would cause another Virginia gentleman the slightest embarrassment because of 1 paltry a matter , nor would he seek by set Inlerrogalorles to mle him contradict him. ulf No , air , I Is unpardonable . air , and all for the purpose of increasing the dividends or a few Yankee clents , whom he never saw I am convinced sir , that your lawyer never came from VIrginia at all all : ho must have come from West Virginia. " ' _ . _ lu'kl'n'l Arnlen Salve , The best salve In the world for cuts , bruises , sores , ulcers . salt rbeum , fever sores , letter , chapped hands , chilblain _ , corns , and all sin eruptions , and positively cures piles , or no pay required. I II guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded . & Price < 25 cal p\f box J'or uli bl Kuhn . , . . , - - - - " - - ' - TilE LORDLY - REDSIUN ( WON \ I A Rairoa ers ' Wise Decision in I Buffalo . Hunt Dispnte. NATIVISM IN A PICTURESQUE ATTITUDE , t Shut thnt lCIliel , limit the Indian Clnhnc,1 the l'rlze 1,1 lliiicliet the Jetrltna tn"llc'r ' 'lull'ccu. - "When I was ticket agent at Wallace , ICan , for the Jansa Pacific railroad , tWlnty.f\'o years ago , " said Electrlcan ! Iuclus T. Stan- Icy to a representatve of the New York Sun , "m ) duties were not EO much the Eel ng of tickets , for which there wasn't much dl manl , a to keel ) the comlJan notified whether the tracks were clear of buffaloes In that vicinity , and whether Indians were InelneJ or not to let the railroads remain fntact. DUlaloes were still roaming time Kan- stI ss prairies In vast herds , and on their pa- riodical migrations the ) necessarily croie the railroad. As they mo\el In bards of many thousands It ! took them several hours to pass Consequently It was quite necesmry to take them Into consideration as a factor Infuenclng trlc on the ralroai , for I would not bo well for a train to come unexpectedly upon 400 or 600 acres of buffaloes . A few buffaloes might be killed , hut that would not compensate for a wrecked train , and perhaps a good many dead or injured passengers "Then the Indians hadn't yet got over their aversion to railroads coming Into and through that country and Intefering with their hunting grounds , and had a cheerful way now and then of removing sections of track , which did not conduce to the Interests of travel emi the Kansas lacfc ! ralr01d. So the duties of a ticket agent at that time on that plonelr railroad were not particularly confined to tickets and their sale. "I had been there a month , I think , with. out any buffalo or Indians having made necessary - essary a cal on m ) duties regarding them , and I was getting impatient. I wasn't particularly - tcularl ) anxious 10 meet and have 10 do wlh Indians , as the telegraph operator at Walace and a track watchman had fled me up with storIes about the red man In that vicinity that were not calculated 10 malI a tenderfoot yearn ' for their presence , but I did want to see and kill a buffalo. One day time telegraph operator came In my part of the station and saimi : ' ' . . 'The track watchman tells mo thero'o more than a million buffaloes feeding al the prairIe not more than three miles from hero , and only a quarter of a mile or so from the tracle. Let's go down and shoo 'em away , and bag a few while they are going. ' "This was news that I hall been longing for , and In less than ten minutes after the oper- ator came In with It he and 1 and a track man bad mounted a hand car ali were spinning . nlng along toward the spot where time buffalo were reported to be feeding. The report hadn't been exaggerated much , except that time herd was a mile or more from the rai- r6ad. This was the trst herd of buffalo I had ever seen . I saw man ) a big one afterward - ward but never one that coulll compare In vastness with this mhht collection of bi- sons. Time prairie In that direction seemed literally fled with the bIg animals. They formed one black , unbroken undulating mass. that seemed bounded only b ) the horIzon , and stretched eastward and westward beyond the line of vision. The great herd wa aim the north side at time ralroal and was feeding towarl It Derailing our hand car and tak- lug our guns we proceeded cautousty across time prairie , hal creeping , half crawling , until wo hail succeeded In approaching 10 within a 11ulrter of a mile of the advance guard of the host. We then lay fat In the long grass amid spent some minutes In curious observa- , ton of the throng. "We noticed , so far as the movements of the herd coulll be definitely seen , that I was divIded Into detachments , each one of which wan composed of a bunch of rows and hal. grown calves , around whch : was a formldable.looklng cordon of sleek young splIce litmus , which had evldent won their places In the royal body guard by moro than one hard fought battle with contending rivals In advance of these guarded detachments ranged aim endless line of old bulls , Immense specimens of their kind , but sulen and tattered depoo'ed monarchs , servIng where they had once ruled , and plainly showing that they felt their degradation. Dy the inevitable . evitable and Inexorabl laws of bison government - evlable erment these 01,1 , bulls bad bee forced to abandon all participation II the direction or affairs , and were now simply doing duty as outposts to the usurping young bulls , watch. Ing Gilt for signs of danger , and keeping at a dIstance time packs of coyotes that hung about the herd on the outlook for a chance cow 10 run oft with some stray cal or exhausted cow."Tho _ plrlt of rebellion seemed [ still strong In many of these deposed bulls , and fre- quent one would turn and charge savagely on CiO guard of young bulls . and make a frantic effort to regain a place among them , only to be driven quckly ! and Igomlnosly ! back by the vigorous young leaders. The supplanted old bulls were a mangy and dis- reputable.loklng 1st. Their coats were ragged and their foretops matted and weedy. Their hors were broken or splintered , and , together with bleeding wounds In their shoulders - dora and sides , were vivid evidences of how fiercely the shaggy monster had fought to maintain their ascendancy. "As we lay 'Idden In the prairie grass watching the systematic arrangement ali conduct of the herd , In its divisions and sub- divisions amid line of outposts , our attention - lon was attractM by and by to the peculiar actions of various members of one of the bunches of buffaloes which were feeding nearest to us. A buffalo would given a sud- den jump , run several steps , slOll and look baclr , and then , giving its body a hearty Ihnktng , resume its feeding again , cnly to repeat its strange maneuvers a few seconds laler. Another and another buffalo woud : be alected In the same way , and one after an other they . . would finally totter and fail to the stretched at full leiigtim ground . where they lay ful " 'It seems to me ' I whispered , 'that rattle- sllkes must be getting In their lively work on these buffaloes. ' I' 'No , ' replied time trackman , who seemed to know somethIng about buffaloes , time prairie rattlesnake can't kill a buffalo . At least not as quick as these fellows are tumbling. 1 never saw anythIng like that before , and can't understand it' "To solve the mystery we concluded to fire Into that particular bunch , which would stlnpede I. and In turn stampede others , until the whole great herd would be speel- lug away over the plain. I had the privilege of the first shot. I crawled up to within 300 yards of the bunch. A magnificent spike buck stood within easy rang . broadside 10 me. I aimed at him and fired. le fail fel where he bad stood. His Immediate com- panlols fled. Time alarm spread along 'tho herd , and soon the body was thulderlng away to the northward , shaking time prairIe ' by their might tread. "Followe.I by my companions I rushed for- ward to my trophy. I put my foot on his massive neck , and felt all a conqueror's prIde , a I looked back at m ) companIons. They were standing stock still , ten feet behind I me , their eyes wide ali bulging , starIng at something beyond me , and their jaws drp. ping. I turned to see what had thus stopped them and put them under such a spell. In- stanty my eyes flew open as wide as theIr and my jaw fell just as for. I never ' knew where be could have come from , but there , at the other side o the buffalo I had shot , stood an Indian He was at least six feet and a half tall , and naked , except for a strip of buckskin around his loins. He carried a quiver of arrows at his back and had a tre mendous bow In his hand. His eyes flashed wickedly as he drew himself to his full height placed his foot on the buffalo , and , smiting hImself on the bare breast , exclaImed ! In . a haughty and imperative tone : " 'Mah boofalo.o.o" " ' "Defore the Indian had fnlshe making his positive claim to my trophy I became paIn- fully aware that he waa not alone , for not less than six other Indians , as , big and ugly I the first one , had appeared on the scene as quietly and mysteriously a ho had. I had no intention whattver of disputing the re thief's claim , and I knew that neither of my companions bat , I removed my fet at onca from the dead bull . which ) all the Indian I knew for resigning my right to the prize . The Indian faMed his aroma and lookEd , contemptuously , , .t us , and at last exclaimed : " ' ' 'TabacT' , "Wo Interpreted tbls rightly to mean that the Indian wanted a chow of tobacco. Shuul- tnoullf each one of our party produced I his plug mind , relchO It toward the avage . 10 took all tl ' ( rt the lliu/s , bit off I fcnerOUI chew ( rohd'one of them , and rut Ihel all away slfw11lre In his breechcloth. Then , with a \ttkM leer I , he waved one han.1 toward time , talroll\ We interpreted this to mean tmt110 was ordering us to quit time prairie , antI we did not hesitate , but went at once "Ths mystery of , the buralo bunch was now oxplalned. The'tnllans , hd been hiding on the edge . of lb ) herd , and were picking off the choicest ' 01 I the buffalos with th II noiseless anl l ally arrows Wo never looked back until , had : placel our hand car on time track ! ld were resd ) . to start for home. Then wc'tw the Indians squatted In , , an excited gru on the ground . " 'They RIO amblng for our tobacco , ' said the trackmen "I ha\'e often congratulated mel since then that I dhln't lose my scalp as well as my buffalo that day , and will ne\'e cease to wOlulrr why that vllln of a redskin per- mited 10 to go away with I , for lY hot stampeded that herd of buralD all spoiled for the Indians a big . and profitable , hunt. . " SlhJeot to Atncluc of Cholera , Iorhu" . \\1110 staying In time Delta ( Mississippi l3ottonis ) last summer , E. T. zloss , representing - sentng Ludlow Saylor WIre Co of St. Louis , suffered from malaria all became subject to attacks of cholera morbus. In every 1mm. stance when attacked he was rele\cd AS If by maGic , b ) using ChambArlaln's Colic , Cholera and DIarrhoea itenmedy. Ifs says : "I regard I Is the 'ne plus ultra' of m dl. cines " , . A NiV JIS : I\HCI SIOHY. 10"H , ' l'liit',1 the Ilrt of n l'rctty tHrl'H CUI.ln JOt/ . \ / . In Gothenburg , Sweden , lives an old woman who , when young amid comely I , passed much of her time with titled relatives In Homo aul Vlonna. Fifty-six years ago this fall shd visited Itome. In November she returned - turned to Gothenburg by way of Berln , whIch , although a tiny capital In those days , passed as one of the lent of central gu- rope. She knew nobody In Derln , but the relatives she hail . been with In Iome and a cousin In the university , who was Informed b ) letter that the yoUO woman was coming and ho must meet her and show her Ibo sIghts. . , "I arrived with m ) chaperon and maids , " wrote the old woman to a Gothenburg n W9 paper three weeks ago , "and was welcomed by m ) German cousin , ns I had cohle to cal blm. Ito was very hearty In his mnaner. He , was a tall , muscular young fellow , with a : big moustache and pecular , penetrating eyes. He seemed almost uncanny to me , yet was a delightful ompanlon. "J or three days the young man wag my constant companion. To bo sure ho could speak no Swedish but his French was per- fed. I never had such a devoted cavalier. I was proud enough of my German cousIn. Only too soon came the day when I must say good.b , to him In Berlin. " ' :1) cOlsln , ' he mid , as 110 shook my hand In parting , 'I have a word 10 say to you . I Is merely-wel , cousin , I am not your cousin at all . My frIend , who Is the real coush you sought , was so busy , prepar- log for hIs examination that he begged mete to act In hIs stead during your visit. :1) name Is Otto von Bismarck. ' "I hooked at him In dumb astonishment as the carriage was driven away. My adventure ' ) wa OI "Nearly forty years passed. " The obscure Bismarck had become a prlncl and had laid hl9 hands on the crowns and nations of Europe. I came to Berlin again and sent m ) card with a few written words to the prince. An hOlr later I receh'ed an invitation and went to the chancellor's pnlace The prince remembered me perfectly , and we soon were dcci p , n cs'versatioim. " ' 1 have you to thank , ' ho saId , 'for my ) only Iews of hherhln's _ art , galleries and mu- seums. Since we parted I have never found time to , Ilt the.1 again. . ' ' . FOR lLUX , vOun ns unr"rorl' $ A.l I'Imosplmne. Dr. \V. " ' . Williams , Wichita , Kan" , says : "Have used It In cases of mental exhaustion and nervousness , , wIth goo results. . " A SIGNAl , FOR . ' ' lll fllOAn . I I Coo"olnlol for , time I > er"ol Who ' 11rl. O'el .n the 011"1' . A C 1orlan who believes that hundreds of people are annual ) burled alive or killed while In a cataleptic state b ) the necessary mutilation of the embalmlug process , has Invented what he calls the "grave signal. " Every graveyard has its story of belies that have turned over In their collins. Men and women have lain In caskets for two days or three days , and everybody that came il said : "How calm , " "How placid , " "How natural. " And then they put him under , six feet of earth , or they put him away In part of the six feet , the rules of some cemeteries allowing three bodies to bo burled , one on top of the other , In a single plot , six b ) tbroe. Thus there Is a more or less strong belief that often people are burled alive . I was the constant occurrence of Incidents like thIs that let a Californian , Hubert Deveau by name , twelve years ago , to work . on a series of experiments. Ho tried many plans. Once he figured on an electric signal that would be set ringing by the slgJest movement of time Interred , and he got out a patent on it. There were to be straps affixed 10 the legs and over the forehead of the man In time coffin. Ills slightest movement would start the bell a.golng , and the sexton would come running , spade In hand , and within an hour the dear departed would walk Into the bosom of his fatally with the greeting , "Fooled you , didim't I ? " Mr. Deveau , however , thought long and hard abut this. Then It occurred to him that If a robust , healhy man were placed In a cofn 'vlh the hid screwed down and then placed In a grave with six feet of earth pled In he would be unable tOabreathe , and the electric appliances , so ready at hand , would bo useless. Mr. Deveau then retired to his ancestral estate near I reno , Cal. . and evolved what ho calls the "grave signal. " Time grave signal consists of a rod . Ihat runs down through a tube Into the coffin and rests upon the forehead of time interred . A series of rubber valves prevents the egress of vapor from time grave. At the slightest movement of the body In the cofn time rod flies up , all the valves are opened , air 10ws Into the prison and the unfortunate who thus wakes up In darkness and on the' under side of time earth waits patiently until some one strolling through the cemetery notices thai the little red bal signal on the top of the grave Is displayed , and thereupon sounds the alarm , _ _ _ . _ _ _ D.tNGHRS UF SLANG. Experience In JrCokl'n 5ho" , PerU .1 the ' \'urll "nnt. . " A new 1astrton of the dangerous confusion . fusion that often Is created by the prevo alence of slang Is furnished , says the Drcoklyn TImes , by , the following Incident : A professional rat catcher went to a fashIonable - Ionable club on T slay evening and at midnight . night he had bagged fifty rats . With the fifty living rats inn bag-for this professional scorns to kill any' rts on the premises-he left the fashionable club and started home. Then appeared all unknown policeman , who sal : alt . " "Whore are you gol\g ? " "None of your business , " answered the rat catcimer J "So that's your swag , " said the policeman , sarcastically tapping the bag with his club. "Nary swag , " said ' the rat catcher. "What bave you In' the bag , then 7" Here we core to the first crIsis of the story , for the reply was "Rats. " The police. . man then hunched the Irofesslonal for what he , perhaps renolabl , regarded as his Im- pertinence. Moreover ) he grabbed time bag anti thrust In his Inquiring official han . : Here comes the econd crisis of the story , for at least seven 'rats grabbed his hand The policeman yelled and shook off time rats and the other forty-three leaping tram the bag the street was soon full of rats. The per policeman , with rats to the rIght of him and rats to the left of hIm and rats In an indefinite vIsta before and behind hIm , fled Into the night This Is not the frt time that slang has indirectly created confusion In the world. The rat catcher bad no suspicion that the policeman would take his explanation amiss . This Is the trouble The slang that creates creaes disaster . generally Ule unwittingly. May the present picturesque . warning be heeded . Truuhh..t 'ivitht I'rrhodlenl . . . " t .ll I'rrlolC11 Dysentery Henry P. Silvers of Lucca , Jamaica , West India Island , says : "Slnco my recovery from nn attack of dysentery some ten lomo year ago , It comes on sUddenly at times and makes me very weak. A teaspoonful of ChamberlaIn' Colic . Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy taken In a little water gives me relief . I could get a dozen testimonials from people here who have ben cured bl this remedy. " . , . - , t. 1 I :3 : V , ' C' , t , , , VTSIT V.V. : : , , P This week will convince you that we are the only UP-TO-DATE . . ' . HOUSE FURNISHERS V Our styles are five years in advance of all competitors. , : , , Stylish , Substantial al1d Well Fil1isl1ed . Furniture . at Popular ' Pt4ices. , r , Our Carpet Department . . 'V ; The largest and best west of Chicago , ' V V ! Every novelty known to the trade is shown here We have many PRIVATE . 1 PATTERNS in all grades which cost no , ' . ' , , I . more than the old stock designs you saw , I several generations ago. V ! . , In Our Drapery . Department - ' I - W'e show the latest in Nottnghan1s , l' , I . - Fish Nets Tambour Muslin . Irish Point , Derby' Chenille and Ottoman , Curtains. ' I. ' We give you the Latest Styles at Popular - lar Prices in every department V V ' 'I 4'I ' 1 'S S , , : VV ' ' i' ' ' : I. : . : 'D , , S A A ' V L' ' . I21II2i3 ; FAIiWAM ST'S : j NOThING ' 10 T\'I IAm. Denthlct Scene of 1 Jluon"llner'lo Shut Nu 1..ar..tH. John Mulns , illicit distiller . who tiled , In Outlawry near Juncton City , union county , Ark. . time other dl ) ' , wits a typo ot his kind , ) on which account he may he worthy of pe- cla mention. The aVlr o moonshiner In this section , says n correspondent or the New York Sun , Is a clever fellow-suspicious , of course because or his calling , hut hospitable anI , : kInd , hearted J Is bred In him that ! It ts his right to transform grain into spirits without paying n lax 10 time goverimmuent. lie Is by nature a ! honest and Inw-abldlug lS the average citizen. What evil deeds are his out hle of unlawful distilling are but oplwdes ot his career , which he really dislke" to commit and for which his conscience Pricks hll\ to time last But Mulns was prick lie committed only one murder , but hs endIng - inc justies the belief that ho wds bo'i with a % veil developed moral tnlnl. He seemed to take pleasure In doing wrong and hal no thought at principle In conne lon with the liquor question , taking to the Ii- legal tralc simplY because I came easiest to hand. His parents were honest farming people. Coming into time world with IL deformed - formed fool , It was often remarked that he sought to blame all mankind for this accident - cident or his birth . as he would brook no allusion - lusion to it , howenr delicate. Ire hud little or no education , but was I genius In his protesslon. Ho was never arrested. Dc- teclh'o got after him , but he eluded them and led the country. Proof against him was meager and he was allowed to return. I watt an open secret that ho kept UII his old vocation . but he made 1 show of other busi- ness. Being a contractor In n small way , he hired a man named Jones to huld a house for him In Magnolia , Ark Mulns engaged cheap negro laborers 10 assist Jones and Jones discharged them. The two men hall a fight over the matter . and 1ullns was worsted They met next day In n store and while Jones and Muiiins' brother were at I fisticuffS , Mulns shot Jones with I pistol , I killing him. The murderer made his escape with little dllculy to his homo In the country , a densely wooded region. Here he lived for two years unmolested , ai- though the law was supposed to be In quest ( 1uest of him. lIla habitation was n cave in a dense thicket which he had floored and celed 1 and In which he made whllo corn whisky cor which he bout to time farmers , I has 1 brick chimney and Ireplace ; On the wall there still hrlgs g much worn pair ot the t"nant' trousers. Within , In n corner , tl a pair or his old shoes On the Inside there are also n gun rack and a coffee pot support In the chimney two bricks have hen left so Ihey could be speedily removed , making n halo trough which he could thrust his rile and lIre let all assailants. Ho vacated the place several months since and appeared near Junction City , Union county , 1 town on I new railway , which town also embraces 1 IJrt at Union partsh Louh'lana. JullJ here openly deled the othicers. They seemed loath to catch him. lie was a small man , of low stature , spare build , with swarthy complexion amid light brown eyes , amt walked with I slouching gait. Such a personal appearance , while not prepossesllng , need not inspire fear In a determined officer , but the oUtlaw was known as a dangerous man , quick and read ) ' with his pistol , which he always carried In a little gripsack In his Imand. So ho went his way and made wildcat whisk until a messenger came to town one unl era 1 doctor The doctor following time guide , went to a calin far from time roadside , down a hog path that led through a foreNt. Irre ho found n man lyIng on I dirty bed. Time patient's eyes were glassy anti his breath came hard and at long Interval" "Too hate , " the physIcian said and in the same momenl the man was deal -f imneu- monia consequent of long exposure ( and neglect . "I ha.l seen him 1 few times before " said the doctor , aferward , "but might not have recognized him , so changed wa he In death But I knew his tool-Ihero Is not another hike It hereabout. Besides , he left this , clinched In his right hand. " What the doctor - tor showed was timid note . : l\e got nothln' to take iiack I ain't sorry for nolhln' I ever done. So don't tell sorr tel n le and sa ) ' 1 died beggln' any man' panion . . JOHN MU LINS. Careless People , "It Is surprising , " said a merchant , "bow careless people are with shopping money They come Into my store for gods and after paying the bill with large money calmly walk off without their change. Others will take all their money out to count it , and go out of the store leaving a $0 bill on the counter which cannot possibly be returned to its owner again. Not long ago a man came In here and after paying a little bill left the store with his roil ut $ GO lying right on this counter hero where anybody could have picked It Ul } and made away with it. le came back later 1 white a a sheet and when I gave hIm every cent of th , money be was glad enough to give It all back a I roward. Most of the careless one are women : they talk a good deal to the men abut being careful of money , and of the need of carrying a pocketbook tight In the fat ; then they come down town with $30 or $40 on band , and after spending $10 of It drop $5 more In tle different stores and then complain to Limo police that they have , been robbed Another queer thing about it is that most of the careless people are those who can't afford to lose anything. " 'me - ' tmith uistknTmmii \ S 5' . - The money you paid last year for fuel that was wasted would go a good way toward buying Jewel Stoves and Ranges , -the kind that don'L waste. Fuel Isn't the only thing they save 5 -they spare your time and patience. Our trade mark is on S me every genuine Jewel , Ask your dealer for them. WM. LVLE DICKEY & CO. , Oiminlma , .A. C. RAYMER , South Omaha , S , . . - I ' - - G1t1E13' OF A MILIIOSAIItI'3. .1 % % 'folower Snemmds Ills Iiiys Near time Cimeket of Ills Iend. In a vault in the beautiful Greenwood cemetery , Long Island , there sits daily by tito side of the casket containing the remains - mains of lila beloved wife and surrounded by a strange collection of articles associated with tier daily life , an aged man who mns be. como known to numerous visitors to time cemetery as the "Man wimo lives in a tomb , " Since time body of his wife was deposited in the vault , two weeks ago , ime hmas spent all hits days beside her comn , and has declared he will continue to do so until ho is summoned - moned to join her. S' : r.Uc ! ! eXcitenient among time visitors to tIme graveyard Imas been caused by the bereaved husband's maui. festations of grief that time autimorities of limo cemetery have been forced to remonstrate with imlm. Still ime persists In exercising what tie considers his right to pass his time in time tomb. The Interior of the tomb affords ample cvi. dence of its occupancy by the living. At the farthem' end of time passage stands a quaint , ohd4ashioned dressing table and mirror , coy- . ered with various small articmea of feminine use , anti in front of this a chair , on wimieim time watcher sits beside the casket. Opposite is a shelf littered wIth an extraordinary collection - lection of objects , Including articles of clothing , china vases , witimered 'bunches of flowers , balls of yarn and pieces of unfinished kititting. On a simelt are imiled a woman's reticule , an old card rack , several worlthas- kets , some knives and spoonma and more Imiecea of unfinished knitting work , 1mm a corner is a broom and several feather dutor , The lonely watcher by time dead is Mr. heed , a wealthy , retired merchmmmnt of Brook- lyn. Ills wife tiled two years ago , and imer body was placed in the vault of item fatimor in the cemetery. Mr. Reed was not on good terms with 'bits fatlmer-in.law , who objected to lila frequent visits to time vault. The father-in-law diml recently. mind Mr. Reed then had a tomb built ott his own mlaims at a coat of $3,000 and imad tIme body removed to it two weeks ago. lie thmen filled the vault with mementos of his wife , Since the coin- imletion of time tonnb Mr. Ileeti. imas visited it regularly every morning , remnumining until time cloaiumg of the cemetery gates at 7 o'clock. He sits by the little dressIng table at the head of time body , and the cemetery authori. ties have been unable to dislodge him. Vhmiie it ltalum.'d , -It was near mldmmight of the fifth day 'out and all was peaceful aboard the ark , relates the Chicago Tribune. Wearied by his labors in feeding tlmo aqimals and navigating the vessel Noah was wrapped In a profound sleep anti his deep , regular snoring seemed to impart - part a rhmythmical cadence to time sotmnml of time rain timat boat incessantly upon the deck planks just above his imead. Suddenly there was a commotion among time animals. One of time tigers had succeeded In thmrummtimmg his paw through the galvanized iron wire partition that separated him ( remit the imyena anti lied dug his claws into that interesting creature's little. There arose a fierce outcry In which all time beasts of prey in that part of thu ark Joined omething to throw anmd raise the window , Time neighbors' ata are in the back yard again 1" "Japhot , " ho said , stirriog uneasily , "got and the noise roused Noah into partial con- aciousneas , . ; AirS S ( onII .5OciDt ' 'SOCCtit8IOflS. . .4 ' ' S 1rOt ; 'cnno1 a' 1bTheopero wmr . - ' ( , hIi' ; ' ) zwhiof V J THtIASH1OrIASLE PERFUME , Flowery , re1reshnc. deIcTe and ie.stin' , For heleby druists only , IMPERIALCflO'WN PERFUMERY CO. SAINT LOUIS , MEYER L311OTt1R5 DRUG CO.AGEflTS , At.SOTRV ( wEDDING 6ELL\'I'wo new' PEACH BLOW. j odor.s. , PQISER4 BLOOD ondmu7erTea i'flmflr7lhet tlarybpbulm.permnaaently cured In IS to 35 days. 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