HE OMAfIA DAILY llRKt MOXIJTfY , DI3CRM1H3H 1 , 1S5) ) , 'J
idCOUNCIL BLUFFS NEWS.
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Oniro , 13 I'ttirlStreet ! . W. 1 lltnn , Malinger anil Lessee.
.Ml.NO It MU.NTION.
Floral designsJ. . U. McPhersen. Td. 211
The city council will hold n tpeclal meeting
this evening.
Gilbert Zrlivanger and Mary T. Tyardas
loth of this county , were married by Justice
Co-k Saturday.
Captain Oleson of Trinidad and Cripple
Crock , Colo. , now has charge of the Salvation
nrmy of this city.
Thomns Coyno of Sheridan , W > o. , and Ia
belUAV. . Urookw of Wymore , Neb. , were mar
rled by Justice Cook Saturday evening.
Tin Bile of Urn Omaha & St. Louis railway
In chcilUsJ ti take place January S7. by 1.
W. Iloss , at the Wabash depot , on fourth
flttCCt.
Clarence J , 3-year-old Eon of John It
Wright , died of scp.rljt fever Saturday nigh
and was burled yesterday nfternoon , the
funeral taking phco at Ma residence , 120
Stutstnan street.
The city marshal tins been notined by Dr
S. H. Towns , Inspector of contagious dls
CUSPS In Omaha , that 1 * . Carlln. an Omaha
bntbcr. has conr here after being qujrnn
lined In that city , before the time of ciunran
tlno had expired.
Wanted Capitalist to erect a warehouse
coiling $30.000 , Including ground. Can renl
earns on long time lease at 10 per cent on
amount Invested. Will loan $12,000 on the
property If desired. Lougce & Towle , 235
Pearl street.
MONEY to loan on Improved Iowa farms
Largo loans a specialty. Flio Insurance. I.
W. Tulleys , 102 Main St. , rooms 2 and 3.
Before the holidays > ou will probably nee ( '
some printing. You will want It done Just
right ; FO call on 1'rynr Uros. , prlnlers , al The
Be-j office , 12 Pearl street.
PH1ISO.VAI. 1 AHACilAIMIS.
Jatnen Fenlon of Colfax , a former reu'dont
of the city , spent Sunday In Council muffs.
Charles and William Crlsi-man , stock deal
ers from Oreen Hlver , Wyo. , were In th ? olt >
yenUrday , guests of V. I' . Fowler.
Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Montgomery of Missouri
Valley were In the city yesterday. Mrs
Montgomery will remain until Tuesday.
WMN It Hnril I.uclcr
Had management , or only forgetfulnees ? II
don't really make much difference which li
was. The pipe burst. The "cut off" would
not work.
They telephoned the New York Plumbing
company , 30 Pearl street , for a plumb r and
then watched the water run down their new
etalr carpet while they waited for him to get
there.
Ilurlliiurtoii It on to.
Christmas and New Year's holiday excur
sion rates to all points within n radius ol
200 miles from Council Bluffs' Dates of
sale December 24 , 25 r.nd 31. 1893 ; Januiry
1 1S9G. Good to return until January 2.
O. M. Drown , Ticket Agent , Council muffs.
In all sizes , pointed and pquare toe , calf
skin , at $2.00 , $2.50 and $3.00 a pair , at
Byers' Bhoo store , 112 Broadway.
\VI11 Not Call it
This evnlng occurs the regular meeting
of tlie school board. After th ? meeting held
In T. C. Daw-son's olllce , at which tlie excit
ing Incidents already publishes ! took place , 'n
connection wlfi the biibject of allowing the
nupervlsors of music and drawing to Instruct
the tachers In their respective brandies , It
was decided that the adjournment should be
subject to a call of President Moore for a
spiclal meeting , at which the mipervlHoru
should be present and tiy to declds whethei
cither of the directors was a liar , there being
apparently some difference of opinion upon
that Important point. When asked about It
last availing. President Moore stated that lit
did not Intend to call any meeting for that
purpose. It I believed that there 1ms been
enough change In the opinions of the members
of the board so that this action on his part
will bj almost entirely satisfactory , and the
matter will bo dropped.
JiiMt Hocelvcil.
A fancy line of children's shoos. Whal
Is more appropriate for a Christmas present
for llttlo folks ? Dyoru has them In all
colors. Prices very low.
You can make no mistake If you get your
Christmas presents nt the Durfee Furniture
company's , and It will bo useful , beautiful
nnd cheap. Look at the now novelties.
At Gout.
The largs and well assorted stock of
watches , diamonds and Jewelry for the next
SO days it C. B. JACQUEMIN & CO. .
J. K. McDermot , undertaker , dealer ' . : >
church goods. B42 Broadway. Telephone 203
Pnnliiiiril.
I. N. Flicklnger left last evening fo.TJcs. .
Moines to Interview Governor Jackso.i with
a view to securing- pinion for G.vrg ?
Feuerhakon , who Is now under ssi-.tunrc to a
term In the Fort Madison penltenfury for
cheating by false pretenses. This case has
attracted more than the usual amount of at
tention , owing to the fact that ofur F.Micr-
haken's conviction , he took an appeal to the
supreme court , and there It was allowed to
drop out of sight for about six or seven yc-ais.
Then It was resurrected , and atiuavlts from
Fome of the state's witnesses were presented
In which they swore tint ' : hey had 'estlued
falsely , having been told by one of the attor
neys for the prosecution that the only way
In which they could get free would lis by
sticking Feuerhakcn. These affidavits will be
laid before. ' the governor , and Feuerhaken s
attorney hopes to have lilrn pardoned.
A. a. Hartley of Magic. Pa. , writes : "I
feel It a duty of mine to Inform you and the
public that DeWHt's Witch Hazsl Salve cuml
me of a very bid case of eczema. It also
cured my boy of a running sore on his leg.
EvnitN I.nmnlry Co.
No B ° 0 Pearl street. Telephone 290. We
have all the latest improvements for laundry-
Ing. Wing point and turn down collars , and
for the saving of linen I" general.
Our Xmas picture frame's are selling fast.
They make fine holiday presents. Big line
of photo frames. H. L. Smith & Co.
Children's reefers ore the thins we r.re
making the drive , on Just now. They are
handsome nnd cheap , and the line Is un
broken. Melcalt Bros. _
Hnvo you seen the now gas beating stove *
at the company's office ? _
Ileduced prices on slightly used pianos a'
Ilourlclus' , the orchestral crown piano dealer ,
110 Stutsman street , near M. 13. church.
Stephan Bros , for plumbing and heating ;
also line line of gas fixtures.
Our prices nro right on everything. Met-
calf Bros. _
lliililii'il Wllfov'HValrliiuiiii. .
mt-y Victor Mafcon was employed by J. F. Wll-
* "
"N cox at his garden east of thf city until a few
dayn ago , when ho was discharged , Ik has
made his home at the. house of the watchman
for Wllcox ever since. Yesterday afternoon
11 lie tit 1 o'clcck he left the plac * and nothing
more has been ft en of him. About 4 o'clock
tlie watchman discovered that about 10 In
rastt had been stolen from a bureau draper
In his house. He reported the losu to the
police , but Maeon had already mad ? his exit
from town and could not bo found ,
German medlcattd baths make pure blood ,
Mrs , 8 , 13. Winder , 170 Graham avenue ,
Attend Davis' clearing sale of holiday good ;
Every well dressed man appreciates good
laundry \vorlc. That Isshy so many go to the
Laundry , 724 Uroadway , Telephone 157.
Tlio nt'W neckwear U very stylish. Met-
calf Bro . _
Eigln D. W. lUymond witch , $15 ; Well.
man' * . _
Dr. J. II. Cleaver his removed his office
to 600 Uroadway , upalalri.
i J-r-U 1S77 brandy ; purest , safest , belt.
n.ntiii'rnii.Ncis : ; III
C. II. Sliol.-n litilnlirrN In Iti-inliilN
cm re * of Ills Work In tinlllnlTN. .
C. H. Sliolen ot Portland , Ore. , was one o
the first * tcnoRr.iplurs In Council Illnfls , nni
he Is well rpinetntxrctl by attorneys am
others llvlnfi here fifteen or twenly years ago
Ho Is now making money by the quart rals
Ing prunes In the far west , but he sill
sticks to many ot his old traits , nnd one o
them Is his sympathy for txncll tollers. No
long ngo lie read a paper before the Iowa
State Stenographers' association at Cclur
Httpldg , which contains a number of Intercsl-
hit ; allusions to his work In Iowa , nnd par-
llculnrly In Council Illuffs. Ho said , In part
"As I Icok back upon the methods then In
vogue , I am less surprlsjtl at Ihe progress
thai has taken place In legal procedure than
that It should have b en transacted with so
much hardship and dullness then , because ol
the vast Improvements that have taken place
In It Is ihown the great advance In the com
mercial , Indtistrhl and social life of the pee
ple. Twenty ytars ngo 'traveling the district'
In Iowa was a veritable hnrds'ilp ; getting up
at unseasonable hours and riding on freight
trains In zero weather : landing before dny-
llght nt cold , Inhospitable Inns ; staging ovei
miles of the worst roads In conveyances
possessing a marvellous adaptation for creat-
Ilil ? discomfort ; the stuffy existence of itoys-
leal vegetation In Indifferent and cheerless
hotels , crowded to suffocation , two In n bed
and thrco bids In a room ; and then , not being
sufficiently punished by such nightmares as
these , we had lo nbldo by day In old r.im-
thackle buildings called by courtesy 'the court
bouie , ' with t'.itlr sawdust covered lloors and
big box stoves that In summer became the
reccptaclo for the product of the omnipres
ent tobacco chewcr and In winter gave forth
rctlhot heat , moistened by the steam of the
ancient product aforesaid. You who have
entered the stenographic ranks within the
Inn few years , who nnd brick houses , steam
'iieated. generously furnished with clean , com
modious , well ventilated court roofs nnd
onices , who llve > ut comfortable , hotels or
hornollko boarding houses nt reasonable
churges , and who trnvel to nnd fro nt rea
sonable hears on railroad trains , will nnd It
hard to put yourselves In the places of those
who pioneered the way for you nearly n
quarter of a century ago.
"With very few Interruptions I traveled
the Council Hinds district fourteen years , an
experience which I look back upon as af
fording some of the happiest years cf my
buslncso life. Toward the end of that time
however , gieat progrooj had been effected It
the" com forts of hotel llfo and our labors In
the court ro-m ; but more Important than
all , the business Itself bad become so firmly
established and won so high an appreciation
among judges nnd lawyers thai Increased
ccmpnsatlcn and the Incentive to more per
fect work gav ? a much-needed stimulus to
the profession and ndded greatly to the offi
cial distinction of the court reporter. With
Increase of business came Increase of ca
pacity for doing It. Fountain pens have
* aveu many miles or nnml travel , and tn *
typewriter has doubled , and In Instances
quadrupled , a man's capacity , while In ease
and rapidity of performance It has afforded
tlmo for out door recreation which has added
years of uyofulnssj and enjoyment to the
lives of an universally overworked profes
sion. * * *
"In the fall of 1S74 I removed to Council
niufts , where I remained as reporter of I hi
district court until I came to Portland. There
was a largs district. Including several rich
nd populous counties. Litigation wns In Its
hcydey. The grangers were fighting the
railroads and every ease resulted In heavy
damages and appeal. Tax title cases In the
newly settled counties yielded considerable
profit to both lawyers and reporters , ivhlle
murder rases , big and llttl ? . were thicker
than red ears at a husking bee. , It gives on ?
a wnse of weariness Just to Ihlntj.of making
transcripts In longhand In Important cases
llko those , bosldcH Joing the reporting day
after day of minor cases that often were
pushed through at railroad speed ; but we
had to go through : the actual drudgery of It
fcr four or five weary years thsreafter.
Mosler and I made our first experiments with
the typewriter In 1S77 , although It was not
until the spring of 1SS1 that I found It suffi
ciently perfeclcd to become a satisfactory
assistant In the labor of transcribing. How-
great this aid and what n blcsynl boon It
proved to be can only bo realized by those
who lolled so terribly and expended thsl-
strength so lavishly , to a degreee. Indeed ,
that cannot bs measured by comparison with
any other profession whatsoever. The mxt
Krcat advanc ? came when the nrmy of type
writers made It possible for the court re-
po.ter to sit In a restful position and rad
hlu notes to one or , If need \ > s , two swift
operators and turn out from twenty-five to
forty folios nn hour of well printed copy
manifold to suit th ? demands of Me busi
ness. Vet so great Is our faith In the me
chanical gsnlus of the century , so regnant
our demands for still greater reduction of
labor and conservation cf energy , as well as
the aspiration of the profession toward ever
better results , tint the enthusiast foretells
the tlmo when the phonograph end the klne-
loscopo shall unllo to reproduce every utter
ance and act of nil the actors In Important
trials. "
at Hunt Oinalin.
Last night two colored men got Into a row
at East Omaha nnd ono wao pretty badly cut
by a razor In the hands of the other. Police
went out and brought the cutter , Jack
Richardson by name , to the city Jail ,
Five Men CriiHliiMl to D.-atli.
KNOXVILLK , Tenn. . Dec. 15. News
teaclml Knoxvlllc today of nn awful dlyns-
ler which occurred nt Hlg Stone Gnp , Vn , ,
Saturday nt noon In which live white
luboierH lost their lives. The men wore
working- n cut and had stopped for din
ner , seating themselves under n ledso of
lock projecting from nn embankment. Sud
denly and without the slightest wnrnlng
a I a nro boulder broke loose and came down
upon them , causing1 Instnnt dniith to nil.
The names of on'.y two could be lenrned
George Ilnnlln of Rural notrcnt , Va , , nnd
George Helton of Lexington , Va.
W13ATIII2H
Kalr , 'Warmer ' wllli SonHierly AVInilH
fur .NVIiriiHUn.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15-For Nebraska
nnd Knnsns Fair ; warm , southerly winds
Monday ; followed by colder weather Tues
day morning , . .
For Missouri Generally fnlr ; wnim pouth-
t-ily winds Monday ; colder Tuesday.
For Iowa Fair weather nnd southerly
jvlndH Monday ! colder Tuesday.
For South Dakota Increasing cloudiness ;
light BUOWH ; wind shifting to north-
\\cslcily , with cold wnve.
Ioiil : llccnril.
OFFICI5 OF TUB WEATHRH HUHRAU ,
OMAHA , Doc. IB. Onvilm record of tem-
pcrnturo and rainfall -compared with the
cotrespomlinir day of past four years ;
* tt'Ji. 1831. 1S13. 1S92.
Maximum temperature. . . 43 43 39 34
Minimum tumperature. . . , 25 41 14 1C
Averatui tcmpcnituri' . . . . , , 35 15 M 25
Precipitation 0 47 12 0
Condition of tompornture nnd precipita
tion ut Onmhn for the day and since March
1. 1695 ;
Normal temperature 27
Kxcess for the day 8
Accumulated except * flnce Mnrch 1. . . . 251
Normal preclpltntton 03 Inch
Deficiency for the Uny M Inch
Total precipitation since March 1. 20.72 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 1049 Inches
IU > 1 - < H from Stiitluim ut K | i. in.
STUHHT ruis iv ( ) IAMO\V.
MiinlHiiiil Control of ( lie Com } nnt'cft
oil Trlnl In ( lie .Scottish fit ) .
Thohorpe % Is rapidly becoming extinct
In this country as a motive power for street
| railroads. He cannot compfte with the Inexpensive -
, expensive trolley. When the municipal gov-
1 ernment of Glnseow , therefore , undertook lo
run all the street cars In that city with
horses , says the San Francisco Hxamlner ,
It trial th ! experiment ut public tnanag-
mcn' of n business enterprise under the mosl
unfavorable possible conditions' . Not
only Is n horse-car system at a
dlssdvantago In , I'wlf as com
pared with nn electric or cable system ,
but It Is peculiarly unfitted for government
operation from th ? mlnu e attention to detail *
required In Innd the Impcs-lblllty of ghlng
It effective supervision In a large gincral
way , The brllltint success of the Glasgow
experiment urder such unpromising clrciim
stances Is full of encouragement for cltle
lhat wish to handle the transportation o
their peopl ? by electricity or cable.
All the street car lines of Glasgow wo :
tnkcn In chnrgo by municipality on Julj
t , 1S9I. The former lessees1 turned eve
nothing but the tracks , and these In ba <
condition. The city had to equip Itself com
pletely wllh horres , cars , stables , employes
and supplies , and while It unu doing this
an epidemic of Influenza struck the towt
and laid up 1,500 of the- new car horses a
once. The municipal government rcilucjt
fares , supplied I's men with uniforms , o\
cept trousers , established easier hours o
labor , overcame ) all the dlsad > antagC9 o
Inexp2rlnc ; , met the comptltlon of n system
of omnibuses E-tartcd In opposition by the olt
company and within eleven mouths was
cirrylng n arly 40 per cent more pnwngers
than the old corporation bad carried whet
It hnd a monopoly. Al'hotigh the advertise
ments , which hid brought In a larg ? n venue
for the corporation , were excluded from the
cars , the municipal service cleared $120,000
In eleven months above working expanses
Interest and maintenance , which enabled the
management to place over $33,000 In a re
serve fund for renewal of track ? , to wrlta of
$45,000 from the capital account for dcpre-
clatlcn , and to put over $41,000 Into the mu
nicipal treasury , as against a maximum o
$28,000 received In a y-sar from the old com
pany. In their first report to the- common
council the members of the committee tn
charge rema k that they "do not know tha
any other tramway under'aklng hag hitherto
been In a position to pay all Interest
working and general expenses ant
maintenance , and begin writing down Iheli
capital account within a year from sfartlng
operations. "
All this has been done with the chsapsst
fares In the world. A the very start 111 *
municipality adopted the principle of giving
half mile rides for 1 cent , and 39 per cen
of all the passengers carried during the first
eleven months traveled on 1-cont tickets
Soon the average rates were reduced stll
further. On July 1 1894 , the city govern
ment gave the people of Glasgow their
'
cho'lcsof 2C3 different rides , of which ninety-
two we-e nt 1 cent , sixty-eight at 2 cents
forty-eight at 3 cent , thirty-one at 4 cents
scvontcni at 5 ccn y and seven at C cents
each. When the new management began to
feel sure of Its ground It consolidated many
of the routes and abolished the higher fares ,
so that on May 31 , 1895 , there was not a
trip In the city that cost over 4 cents. The
scbcduU then stood : Ninety-one trips at 1
cent , fifty-two at 2 cents , thirty-one at 3
cents and eleven n' 4 cents.
TII12 Tni'KUIl.Vril 1I.VII1T.
1'coiilc it Mil a 1'iiNNloii for Si-ml I up :
I'orNoiiul Mi'HxiiKOM.
"All sorts of cranks In thc > world , " said
the girl In the telegraph office of a Brood-
way hotel to a reporter of the New York
Journal , "but I think the telegraph cranks
are the queerest. Against the rules of the
office to give away our business , you know ,
but a body can generalize.
"Do you know th re are lots of men who
have the telegraph habl * ? It Is like the cig
arette habit or the drink habit. 'When it
once fastens on a man It Is seldom he ever
breaks himself of 1 * 'till he's 'broke' himself.
That's a poor pun , but its trus.
"If It wasn't for the telegraph crank we
wouldn't begin to do the- business we do.
You'd be surprised to know the. money some
men dissipate In telegraphing on any and
oveiy excuse.
"All sorts of state secrets go o\-3r the
wires , and Important affairs are transacted
by telegraph every day , bssldcs the ui'jal
routines of deatha and weddings , and bus-1-
ness orders , and women starting on Journeys
notifying their friends to meet them at th ?
station. But the regular telegraph crank
comes Into the ho'el and rushes Into the
ofllco here and telegraphs to half a dozen cf
his friends : 'Arrival safely. '
"Next time , half an hour later , , he wires
them to address his mall to him here.
Shortly after that ho advises them that he
forgot to notify them that ne will leave
New York on Monday. After a while he
changes his mind and wires that he will
atny till Tuesday.
"Tho next moment he worries becaus he
has not heard from home , and wlrey them
to ask If anything Is the matter. He gsts
a letter by noon nnd wlrss again to say that
the letter came Mfely by the next mall and
he will answer by the afternoon post.
"Maybe you think I exaggerate , but I
don't. Why , In n week a tekgraph crank
will often give mo bis entire pedigree and
most of his family secrets.
"A lot of men do their love-making by
lelegraph , and n lot more do their Joking
with business friends In the same way. Any
amount cf chaff goes over the wire nt regu
lar tariff rates.
"Some men have a fad for sending wed
ding congratulations and death condolences
liy telegraph to grfat reople who probably
ncv-er heard of them. Egotism Is at the
bottom of mnst of this particular kind of
insanity. The man thinks It makes him Icok
important to rush Into a telegraph office
au noon as ho strikes the town and dash off
a message.
"Then EOmo men are nervous , nnd It some
how nets as a sedative to let off stam on a
Iclegraph blank , I hate a man who keeps
asking such questions as , 'Have you Mnt It ? '
'How leng will It take to get there ? ' 'How
teen will I get an anan-cr ? ' And men of
justness and common sense , who ought to
know tetter , ask these , saino questions over
and over again ,
"The way people write telegrams makes
nu > smile. I know a millionaire who will
work for nvo minutes to get what he 1ms lo
ray In ten wordo for a quarter. Hut usually
lecple write around Itoblu Hood's barn when
hey begin a telegram and use twice as many
words ay necessary. Women are the- worst
for that , but very few men or women seem to
understand the art cf brevity.
"Another funny thing Is that telegrams
usually written In a hurry and under stress
of great excitement ore literary curiosities
n the line of spelling. 'Funeral' Is one of
he words that Is a stumbling block to the
nourner. 'Until' Is another hoodo word.
You would bo surprised at the orthography
of the average American In a hurry. You
earn l 'n of things In a telegraph ofllc ? ,
mt you have to keep your mouth shut.
11V K.MI'I.OY.MKVr AOHNTS.
I.nlioriiiir Men Strainlcd nt
KIIIINIIN ( 'lly.
KANSAS CITY , Dec. IB. Thirteen Mlnne-
otu laboring men are strand d here as a re
sult of misrepresentations made to them by
a Mlnncaplols employment concern , which Is
odvertls'ng ' for men to go to Stlllwell , Ark. ,
o work on tlie Kanras City , Plttsburg &
Gulf railroad. Under representations that
hey w.re to receive employment on the roll-
road , the mem here- were Induced to pay $13
each for transportation from Minneapolis
to Kansas City , and In addition they were
; lven a ncte to a Kansas City employment
Irm which they were told would s nd them
on 10 Arkansas. Several of these men went
o Sllllwoll. There they were told that they
most \\4lk fifty miles to nnd tli ; promised
employirrnt , They areertalned , too , that the
coun ry was full of men who wanted work ,
and that there woulJ bo no work fcr them
El.culd they make the long Journ y on foot ,
Chief of Police Irwln of this city U In com-
nunlcatlon with the lllnnapolla authorities
o see If prosecution cannot be Instituted
against the Minneapolis concen.
( 'allfiiriiliijVrc > Mtlpr'H
CHICAGO , Die. 15.-Dan Mcl.eod , the
? ullfcrnla wrestler , has Isbiml a third clnil-
ense to "Farmer" Burns for the heavy-
velght champlomhlp of the world , and
any turn from $1,000 to 12,500 u side. McLeod
bays that If ho wing from Hume he will
give Bvni Lewis , whom Burns defeated , a
chance for the championship.
Plies of people tavo piles , but DeWItt'i
Vltch Hazel Salve will cure them.
MEMORIES OF DRY JflfTOCAS
No Nnmo During the War Conveyed Mora
Dread to Prisoners. .
i i >
YET THERE WERE N&- , , HORRORS
t litiiil t'niMl In Iniiirlmm
mill Homily .lumper *
I'rlKiincf Wliu Itnil ' an ' i\
triiorilliiury i ;
Probably no name during the war con
veyed more horror and dread to the average
prisoner , says the Philadelphia Times , than
that of Dry Tortugas , nnd the sentence to
this supposed dismal and barren spot was
thought to bo the most severe that could be
clven.
Curious to say , the Dry Tortugas was not
such a horror as It was pafnted , and nearly
all the criticisms and attacks made upon It
were from prisoners who. In ihe majority
of case , well deserved Ihelr sentence , there
being others" who weic unjustly' committed.
The Tortugas Is a nest or clustsr of six
or seven coral keys on the extreme outer
porilon of the Florida roof where the growIng -
Ing polyps seem to be reaching out In the
direction of Yucatan In the determination
during the centuries to make an Inland sea
of the Gulf of Mexico. The group consti
tutes a growing atoM , In the center of
which Is the famous prison a huge three-
tiered brick fort , occupying nearly the en
tire surface of the Island , literally rising
from the sen. The fort Is lialt a mile
around , covering about three acres , and Is
one cf the largeK forts of the kind In the
world , an elaborate structure costing several
millions and supposed to be the key to the
Gulf of Mexico.
In 18CO , as the writer ran down to the
Key In the yacht Nonpareil and we entered
thfl ontpp rlinnnnl nnil nasseri in liotwcpn
tha Keys It was by no means the forbidding
place It has l > en pictured. The Islands ,
green-capped with bay cedar , with pure
white sandy beaches , dotted the water here
nnd there , while ahead the grim walls of the
great fortress arose , Illum'ned In the rays
of a gorgeous tropical sunset that painted
the Key and water tints of deepest red.
The fort was begun long before th
war and built almost entirely by slave
labor , the slaves being hired by the govern
ment from their owners In Kuy West who ,
through their congressmen , saw that the ap
propriations were obtained to keep the fort
going nnd give the slaves employment. Sev
eral million dollars were expended In this
way , and by 1SCO the big fort was almost
completed a monument of folly , as the
utructure , being of Pensacola brick , could
soon have been hammered to pieces. At
this time the forl was allvo with slaves ; a
jolly , goo'd-imtured , happy lot under the
care of a government employer. One day I
heard shrieks coming from a large building ,
and going over found one of the elavea hung
up by tli3 thumbs so that his toes just
touched the ground , while the 'overseer was
lying on the blows with n cat''o' nine tails.
This was the corrective , but It was seldom
needed.
t
Inside the fort was a grove of coco-unit1 !
and much verdure , from which the Island
was called Garden Key , and We rpent many
Jellghtful days here. Suddenly came the
news of war , and the engineer department
was reinforced by a company , from the Fifth
artllleiy. At that time General Melgs , then
a captain , was In chargs without a RUII
The confcdsrates could have taken the fort
at any time , nnd we expected capture every
day. One day a flset appeared off shore
"
and"we all were much disturbed ; but it
turned out to bj a fleet of Spanish men-o -
war drilling. A year liter the Island was
made a military prison , and Trpm then on
was known as the Dry Tort'iisas. ,
The prlponrs deserters , bounty jumpers
and others cams on big Irqrisp rts , and as
they wcr ? marched from the ve'sssls were n
sight to behold ; long-halre'd ; ' covered with
filth , reminiscences of previous 'conditions cf (
servitude. They were- marched xip to ttie
parads and detailed to work according to
trades. As a rule they fared as well as the
laborers. As time went on they accumu
lated , and at one time there were over 2,000
prisoners In the fort wl'h ' a small reglmsnt
to guard them ; the Seventh New Hampshire ,
the Forty-seventh Pennsylvania , One Hun
dred and Twelfth New York and others tak
ing turns. Once there was a colornl regiment
there which created no llttlo trouble. The
troops , black an.d white , took their turn at
the cisterns , to draw water , and one day there
was a dispute. The writer was standing by.
It so happened. The white soldier claimed
to have arrived first , but a biirly negro dls-
putsd the claim , and In a moment there was
a fight above which rang the call of the
sentry for the corporal of theguard. . The
latter came on the double quick , and the
white man surrendered , but the negro defied
the guard , and wild with rage backed away ,
knocking the bayonets aside with his fist ;
then he seized the bayonet of a guard and
tried to wrench It away , the sentry putting
ths weapon Into him. By this time he had
backed against the sutler's"store , and the
corporal ordered the guard to ( Ire as he
hurled himself at them. One bullet cut a
deep furrow In his wool an eighth of an Inch
from the skull , and as In slzed the rifle an
other guard fired , the bullet passing through
the body and Into the paim of his hand , killIng -
Ing him jnBtantly. This created such feeling
between'the troops that the negro regiment
was ordered away.
Prisoners were continually attempting to
efcape. One old man who 1-od been tent there
for some minor crime lowered himself Into
the moat and trial to swim acre : and reach
a schooner that lay In the channel , but he was
found floating dead In the meat the following
morning. Three hours later a mall schooner
came In from Key West bearing among others
thin man's pardon ,
Ono of the most singular prisoners was em
ployed In the horpltal by the surgeon of the
irlpon , who made many efforts to reform the
man. Attention was attracted to him when
.ho guard had Etrung him up by the thumbs ,
Bulling his arms backward until his toss Just
ouchcd the ground. The surgeon , seeing that
the cord was cutting to the bone and that the
nan would not relent , Intsrfered and obtained
ils release. The prisoner was given a pod-
Jon In the hospital ; but ho was a constitu
tional thief and coon in trouble , and finally
was locltoJ up in a casemate after a dozen
escapes , In almost every Instano of which he
would walk Into the guard house and
give himself up. He was provided with a
waist band of Iron , a neck bind with long
sharp spikes , a ball and chain on each fcot ,
and as a special security he was chained to
ho floor by the waist bind. Despite this th ?
> rjoner | escaped. Ho filed off the neck and
waist bands , and lowered himself Into the
ditch , taking a bench to 'floj hU ball that he
could not get rid of. H - wam the ditch ,
mttreil the fgrt and mado-bU way to the
IOUEO of a man whom ho dlsUked , where he
rneoked In and destroyed Jilljtho propsrty ho
could lay his hands on , .punctured pictures
vlth holes , and finally escapingfrom the fort.
At night ho embark'd fpr 'an ' Island three
nlles away on a , ladder , having ( led his ball
and chain to It , lying flat'an"d'Using his anna
as paddlfs. With this mils croft this man
crossed the rough channel 'n the face of a
heavy sta and pcorci ot sharks , and was In
the act of stealing the lighthouse kcepsr'8
sail boat when ho was discovered nnd cap
tured ; n white flag on the summit of Lopper-
head light the following day announced the
capture. The prlsone- was chnln'd as before
and watcied | day anJ night , but he finally
csapd with three others and put tft sea one
stormy night In n snifibj sill bo-it. Cuba was
the nearept vantage ground , eighty miles
away , but h ? undoubtedly , with his com
panions , went to the bottom , as nothing was
ever heard of him afterward.
Not as a menace to the prisoners , but sim
ply as n zoological experiment , the writer
placed a largs man-eater shark In the moat ,
which almost e-urroumled the fort. We
MUght It on the reef after an exciting strug
gle during which the monster towed n large
boat for over a mile at a rapid rate. The
shark uas toweJ Into the moat through on
opening , then hauled by a large number of
men up over the breakwater , when the hook
was cut out and the shark toppled over Into
the moat , that was to be Its home for sl\
months or more. How much the creature
weighed It would bo dlfllcmt to say , but It
was between thirteen and fourteen feet In
length and exceedingly bulky.
The moment It was released It darted up
the ditch , then back again , stirring up the
mud and sand with Its powerful tall , finally
tiling down to a regular gait which It kept
up to the end , and so regular wes It that the
prisoners dubbed the shark the provost mar
shal , and so savage was Its appearance thr. '
It completely stopped all attempts at escape
In that direction , though If the truth were
told , the shark wns a most harmless sentinel ,
It swam up one side of the wall , then crossed
over and swam down the other , keeping this
up continually , often swimming with Its head
partly cut of water , canted upward In a
vicious manner , showing one eye and a sug
gestion of the big mouthful of teeth. The
man-eater ultimately died of starvation , as It
refured food from the very first ,
The complete history of the prison life of
the Dry Tortugus would reveal many singular
features of life. The writer remembers
one tall , fine looking man who avoided every
one and dally sat beneath n clump ot man
grove trees with his head In his hands , never
ceasing to bemoan his lot. Ho had been
sent there unjustly by n New Orleans Judge
Among ; the men were desperate character ?
of all kinds. One , for some fancied slight
stole the musket of a sentinel and was found
lying on a pile of stones waiting to shoot a
certain officer.
Every ship that came Into port was
watched , but prisoners would mvlm out nt
night nnd conceal themselves In the palls.
Ono crawled Into a big gun , while Dr. Mud3
connected with the assassination of Lincoln ,
was found ben.'ath a pile of coal by an ofllc'r
who thrust his sword Into It.
The conspirators , aj they were called ,
who were convicted of being Implicated In
the murder of the president , were , nearly
all sent to Tortugas. Dr. Mudd was ? made
hospital s'eward , and later was released for
scrvlcea when almost th ? entire post was
wiped out with yellow fever.
At ono time during the war , when there
was a large number of prisoners on the
Island , scurvy attacked the men , nnd to
rals ? funds for lemons , limes and other green
food , a theater was started by the sur
geon. In all probability a more Incon
gruous lot of actors were never osen on any
stage. The "Kerosrne Brothers" made a hit
2s athletes. Duilng the day they could be
seen dragging around the ball and clnln ,
followed by the guard , but at night they
ippcared on the s'nge tossing heavy balls
about while the sentry waited for them be
hind the scenes. The little theater , with Its
sta's and minor actors , recruited from among
the ranks of bounty Junipers , deserters and
others , was a signal success , and enough
money was raised to bring renewed heal b
and hope to many of ths wards of thenation. .
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TOIIACCO IS IIHAI/rilli'L't , .
it Authority Di'clnrcM flint KM
HHIIs Urnrflollil.
Patients' and convalescents will take com
fort In the answer given by Dr. Jankau to
the question , "May I smoke , doctor ? " an
answer quoted with approval by the London
Lancet. Dr. Jankau says that as a general
rule there Is no need to forbid the use of
tobacco In surgical cases , with the exception
of those Involving the eyes , the abdomen nnd
the bladder , and that most of the affections
where the use of tobacco Is Injurious are
just those which cause the patient to dislike
It ; In fact. In these the disinclination to
smoke Is one of the first signs that the man
Is unwell. With certain troubles , such as
those of the throat and pharynx , or cases of
peritonitis , tobacco should not be used , but
the doctor says that It Is by no means cer
tain that It has anything to do with the
cancer of the lips or tongue. He would al
low to habitual smokers luo or three mild
cigars , even In cases of organic affections
of the heart , but would exercise great caution
In nervous affections of that organ and with
nervous dyspepsia , where the use of ciga
rettes may lead to very serious consequences.
In pulmonary affections lu would encourag
smoking , experiments having taught us "the
prophylactic and even bactericidal action of
tobacco en the micro-organisms of the mouth
and those of carbuncle , of typhoid fever and
of pneumonia , and on the bacilli of tubercu
losis. " Moreover tobacco smoks disinfects
the mouth , soothes th ? genital nerves and
acts favorably en the central nervous sys
tem by Its slightly narcotic Influence. Above
all It distracts the patient's thoughts from
himself and his Illness , a matter of great
Importance In the treatment of consumption.
Ho would not forbid tobacco even where
there were slight hemorrhages. All smoking
by Invalids should cf course ba done under
the direction of the physician.
i > AUi\n IMIMICUIPRAT. .
I'rOIOHIMl INtnl > IlHlllllVIlt Of II
IIOIIMC Seven MIIen off Unite-run.
A difficult and costly piece of englncirlng
has bcn undertaken by the United States
government lu the projected establishment
of a great lighthouse In the open ocean off
Diamond Slical , s > 2vcn miles from the present
HatUras light , and bearing almost du : east.
This Is one of the most daring pchemes that
anny olllcers have dealt with since General
Casey , chief of engineers , successfully under
mined the great Washington mommunt and
placed there a solid foundation expected to
support that structure for agfs to come.
Surrounding this new plan , says the Wash
ington Times , there 13 foreboding of failure ,
and It is predlctsd this early that $1,000.000
Is to b ; sunk literally as will as metaphor
ically In the sei. If such a structure Is placed
there- and stands without damage the on
slaught of the foa for five years , according tea
a leading army engineer , this government will
have accomplished Its greatest triumph in
this branch of science.
The height of the focal plannbavo water
In the prospectus will be just 100 feet , and
th ; structure Is to stand In thirty-three feet
of water , and to be supported on dlvk plates
sunk to a depth of thirty feet In the sand
Tha diameter from center to center of vertical
members of the foundation serUs Is to be
sixty fest airj the height of the- floor cf the
It's a slow process ,
isually education , development , and
iwth. But it hasn't been so with
Pearline. Pearline's success has
jeen a wonder , from the start. All the
more so when you consider the
many poor imitations of it , which
claim to make washing1 easy.
These things tend to confuse
people , of course. They're
forced on the public by
peddlers , prizes , substi-
i tution , etc. No doubt
they're often thought to
be the same as Pearline.
We protest. Don't judge
Pearline by the company it has to keep. i
r \ r x su\r rvi \ > >
house above water forly-sfvcn ft t. The
main portion of the structure In 10 been
structed of forged steel rnemli.ra with prln
clpal joints and Connecticut formed of Meo
castings ,
A fpecl.il feature ot the design Is to mak- *
all cssenthl parts b < lr > w the water llnf r
mayrlvo dimensions , as well ns nil these parts
above thf water line which VIII be subject
to the action of wind ntul waus. The us *
of bolts , keys , screws and other small tec
lions or dlmn lens which would be rapldlj
weakened by corrosion will b ? avoided ac * far
as possible. Joints and connections arc to b'
made absolutely rigid to all possible strain *
and to be ai strong as the menibcrs them-
sches. This Is to be effec'ed ' by Joining ends
of mcmbTS to steel cast hubs by the usp of
tnnfylvo steel rings shrunk on In a manner
approximating lhat followed In "built-up"
gun construction ,
In the foundation series , bcsl.les the mas
sive members luc'ssary for the strength of
the tower when In place , there will be certain
other lie rods of lighter section , which are
adde-1 for greater security to stiffen the
framework whll > It Is llcm'c.l ' , and \\hll ? b In ;
placed nnd grounded on the shoal. It Is
propos'd by ths board to construct the screw-
pile structure In the harbor , and float It out
by steel cylindrical caissons calculated to
Give a draft of thirty fcot when al sfa. This
part of the light Is Urn to be mink probably
fifty feet dowt , in the bottom by hjdnuillcs
until a firm hold Is secured. It Is then pro *
posed to build up from the skeleton arrange
ment until the llghtkeepc-r's apartments haVn
bcrn completed , and the height secured for
the great lens , which Is to throw Its light
twenty-five milts In all directions. The work
Is to begin this winter and It Is proposed to
complete the light In two or three years.
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