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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1896)
THE OMAHA DAHjT BEE : MO2 DjUY , JTJIiY 8S7 , 1800. II OUNCIL BLUFF'S DEPARTMENT MI.VUIl 3IKVT10X. | ) iir good her e and one peed frwh cow Isnto cheap , Inquire at IOC Main street. | hu my council will endeavor to settle vcxc.l Iiroadway paving ) > robt < m at tbc < al ince HIR this evening. Fhs Qrntiil hotel , Council Bluffs. High Jrs In every respect. Hates , $2.50 per day | d upward. 13. P. Clarice , proprietor. The Misses Kflthcrlnc and Nina I'cmbcr- of \ \ cbstor City , who have been visiting ili * sister , Mrs. Osborne , have returned line. There- were rn.iny people In Falrmount rk yi'Bterday afternoon and last evening. ft not so many as on th : pr vlous Sunday. he Odd Fellows band lurntnlie-d tie music. icpaty Jailer Frank Peterson Ies > t bis ar while doing patrol duty Saturday night. | p star 'was made ot sold , surrounded by Jllvcr circle. It bore the Initial * "F. P. " defective pin was the oaupe of It being J Manager Wilght ot the Electric Light limrany has notified the tire and lights " uiinlttce of the council that work on tin Ighth street tower , which was blown down list spring will be commenced OB soon as lie material necessary for Its reconstruction lin be ntnt here. The light company's last lionlli bills , which were held up as nn liJuccment to linden work on the tower , be ordered paid by the council tonight JA very pleasant and profitable mooting las lii-lil In the rooms of the Young Men's Ihrlstlan association In spite of the heated Iftrrnoon. The address was given by Iluv. Ilex Sutherland , pastor of the Second Pros- l/terlan church. The secretary pro tern las a treat In store for 100 boys between lie ages of 12 and 15 years. They are In- lltcd to call at the rooms of the Young lien's Chtlfllan association and ask for a lekct ot admission , which will entitle thrm l > enjoy Fe-clng the "Wheel ot Life. " The llckcts arc free. There was almost a panic on the City ol 3malm coming over from Manhattan licatl list night. A nasty squall came up and the o.it was drifting badly. The engineer losi its huad for n moment , but Pilot Vlr Jen- . . ! came to the rescue and gave the engi neer one of Moore & Ellis' "Sultana" cigars lhc engineer recovered his nerve , put 01 : flhc steam , and the frightened passengers were soon landed. It Is understood thai the Manhattan Beach company will Issue at ; lonler prohibiting Its employes from smoking linvthlng but "Sultana" cigars hereafter. Manager Munro's feminine band , whose fweot music has delighted many thousands of people who have visited Manawa durlnc khe present season and last year , concluded pbclr last engagement of six weeks and Icfl yesterday for Colorado , where they have lIrcult : that will require several weeks t ( > ovcr. They go first to Colorado Springs Jhen to Cripple Creek , and from there U Denver. It Is possible that the Manaw-t Inanagers will be able to secure the bane lor another brief engagement on Its re turn from the west. It has been the bes Ittractlon Manawa has had during the twi Icasons. and will always be sure of a warn ( vclcomc when It returns. C. D. Vlavl Co. . female remedy. Mcdlca konsultatlon free Wednesdays. Health bool [ furnished. Annex Grand hotel. Wanted to buy or rent A slx-rootr nodern cottage. Address "D" Lock box 654 | clty. See the Hill family at Lake Manawa thh | wcek. I'oor In on ii. IIlKh Ijoiicwomr. A good slze-1 Indian with a good sized jag and abundant means of recuperating II Kvhen It began to lose Its proportions was | enc , of the street sights yesterday. Pooi Lo'g jug was too heavy for his native dig- Itfty and he occasionally covered a larg ( Tart of the street pavement -with his form Imd at Intervals emitted yells that wouli liave won prizes 'ct a sculp dance. A police Inan came along : and helped htm to wall ro the station. When he observed the gratec Ivindows he realized that he was a prisoner Jle summoned all the prideof the plains tc its aid In resisting the loquacity of th < station loungers , and steadfastly refused tc luttcr a word or make a sign that would In- ( dlcate bis name or his native heath. Tb < I Intermittent yells be sent forth on th [ street had a termination that sounded some. [ thing like Oregon Short Line , and the desl < Isergcant concluded that must be his name land he was duly booked "Oregon Sheri L.lne ; drunk and disorderly. " When searchei bottle of clear alcohol , bearing the labe at an Otnaha druggist , was found In hli osscsslon. His wampum consisted o : iileven copper cents. Go to Manawa and camp during the heatec 'term ' and keep cool. Wall paper cleaned , new process , wltl patent right , at Miller's. IDS Main street. Special grounds for private picnic partle | at Grand Plaza. Hoftraayr's Fancy Patent flour makes th | best and most bread. Ask your grocer for It DlMtrlcl Court \oto . In the district court on Saturday J. W I Squire sued W , A. Mynster , executor of thi I estate of Maria Mynster , to foreclose i ( mortgage given October 15 , 1892. Judgmcn ,1s asked for $2,000 and additional costs am taxes psld since then. A receiver Is askei for. for.Tho Council Blutls Savings bank brough suit ( rgalnst William and Emily V. Prcstoi on "eight notes amounting to JS.9S5. given b ; Sackttt & Preston In the fall of 1S95. J foreclosure on the mortgage given as secur Ity Is asfced. Arguments in tbc suit of the Citizens bank of Omaha against C. F. Johnson am others were completed In the district court Tbo parties are each given ten days li which to file their briefs and replies. An Inventory was filed ot the estate o Mary J , Hammer , showing that the real es tate was valued at J3.350 , and the bills re cclvable at J700. Removal Our office is now located li rooms 45 , 46 and 47 Baldwin block , come Broadway and Pearl streets. Take elevate on Pearl street. E. H. Shcafe & Co. You ought to see the two little HU children In their songs and dances If yoi want to see something cute. Tti rmtri-t the llilull Animal * . A few years ago Council 131 lifts had ai active humane society , but U has not beei doing much for a good while now , Hecentl complaints have been made which sbo\ that theru 1 * urgent need of the reorgaul zatlon ot the society. A well posted horse man , who has been giving the matter som attention , asserts that there are fifty case now which den-ami the attention of sue a society. He says that horses are belli shamefully abused , are being starved an says ho can show twenty teams at worl on the streets every day that are not fl to bo allowed to be driven. During the hot weather remember t ecnd your wilted linen to the Eagle laundrj Clean , crisp , snow white ; work and prom ) rervlcc Is wliat you get at the "Eagle.1 724 Broadway. _ Trains run every b lt hour to Lake Man aw ou Sundays. The annual discount tale of the Durfe Furniture company will last from July 1 to August 1. Ever ) ' article In stock Is In elude In tne sale ; S3C-S3S Broadway. For lllo > r ! < > The local bicycle dealers are planning t give a serin of bicycle matinees either a the Driving park or the Field club grouud during next month. H 1 > proposed to give three or four meet at which prizes will be * offered that wll attract some of the hot riders from Omaha Bloux City and other towns within 10 inl.en of Council Bluffs. A meeting wll be held tome day this week to perfect plan for the series of matinees. Let all of your troubles upward go in th smoke of "General Joe. " Peregoy & Moon sole agents , Council Blutfc , la. Grand Plaza , at Lake Manawa , has th finest beach for bathing In the iretteri country. _ For rent furnished roomi , 820 Sccou mveaue. Venerable Pastor of the Pint Pros ! , } r.mi Oburch Leaves the Pulpit , TOUCHING ADIEU TO THE CONGREGATION i'cnfif JCnrnt-pt l.itlmr ltilcn < -il nitil tlic I'nln tit 1'iirllnu Softciivil by Iliu ltc > ( r Nirc ( fur 1'nntor unit People. Itcv. Stephen Phelps , D. 1) . . nu'achod his l sermon jestcrrtny mot nine as pcs- ( or of the Pirn Presbyterian church of this city. Thcie wan n largo congregation , and l > 0th the minister and the members were visibly affected by the leavctaklng. The mltilrtcr found an upprupilate text In the leu vetso of the lent chapter ot H Corinthians. The subject was the Chris tian benediction. The tctmoa was a per sonal talk on the part of the E'ay-h5lro ' < l pastor to the con ri-cntlon over which he lias presided for so many yctirp. It wns full ot personal Incident and allusion. A portion of It was a leview of the work he bad done during the nluo and one-bait yearn ho nerved the congregation us puntor. He announced that , including the- sermon he was preaching , be had preached 1,500 ser mons to the congregation. He itlludcd to the coincident that the Hist hcitnon he preached r.s a candidate tor the ministry and the first he prouchcd alter bis ordina tion by the presbytery , vcrc preached In that pttlplt. Hevlewlni ; his woik nud the causes that made It necessary for him to terminate his labors as the church's pastor , lie said he had felt for it long time that thi-io were antagonistic elements In the congiegatlon that he could not overcome or harmonize and disaffection thut he could nut remove. Though the jeaii , > of his ministry had been uniformly pleasant and his work productive ot results , he knew that he had not satisfied the requirements of all. He had been asked to deliver lectures In the pulpit , or preach sermons that would be popular as literary efforts , but be had firmly said no , that his mission was to preach JCSUB Christ , end Him crucified. Every sermon he bad preached from that pulpit had been deliv ered with an eye single to that purpose. He might have been more popular If he had acted upon the requests and complied with the suggestions , but he said he would rather lay down his life than surrender his Ideal of the minister's duty. The white-haired pastor was deeply af fected as he delivered his farewell words and announced that , according to the or ders of the presbytery , the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church was vacant. TearE were visible upon his cheeks and were glis tening In the eyes of many people In the congregation as he uttered his farewell words and pronouned the benediction , which he said were the same words he bad used In dismissing them more than 1,000 times in the years past. It Is probable that Dr. Phelps will not accept any of the many offers he has had to become the pastor of churches In other cities , but will devote his life and talents to the work of building up the Presbyterian seminary in Omaha. The Council Bluffs presbytery has guaranteed J1.500 of his sal ary each year if ho accepts the position , and the amount he will receive from the institu tion In addition to this will make his salary fully equal to the amount he was receiving as pastor of the church. The work , too , will be lighter and more in line with hU great learning and attainments. The people of Council Bluffs will regret .to see him leave , and will hope that arrangement ! will be made by which he will still con tinue to make his home in this city. YACHTING AT LAKU MANAWA. Suniliiy IlrrcxfH 1'ropfl Mimy IMrnmirc Craft AoroB * Uif I.iikf. A largo portion of yesterday afforded ex cellent sailing weather on Lake Manawa , and the waters were covered with all kinds of craft during the day and the evening. Few people realize the extent and value of Manawa's fleet , and none except those who have taken the trouble to count the craft have any approximate idea of the number of the boats. There Is no body of water In the state that has ny finer boats. Among the sail boats is the beautiful and staunch little yacht. Psyche owned by J. C. White of Omaha ; Sea Gull , by W. H. Uare W. F. Sieden- of Council Bluffs : Lottie , by topf. Council Bluffs : Carrie , owned in part nership by several Omaha parties ; Myrtona owned by Ned Everett and George Mayne , Council Bluffs. Among the sloop-rigged craft , Dr Despecher of Omaha , and one ol the pioneer sailors on the lake , has a boal that shows Its heels to all comers In all kinds of weather , and Judge McGee and Dr. Jennings have cat-boats that carry a breadth of sail that sends them through the water at good speed. The boat club has thirty flrot-class boats , and two members of the club , Ned Everett and Julius P. Zlmerll , have each a private boat. The R.owlns association has six four-oared shells , two doubles and one four-oared gig. Colonel Reed has twenty-five livery boats that are first-class. There are three passenger steamers , the City of Omaha , with' a carryIng - Ing capacity of 300 , the screw-propellei Liberty , the side-wheeler. Rescue , and the naphtha launch , Irene , owned by Omaha men. There are perhaps fifty other boats on the south and west side of the lake. Every one laughs when the Hills appeal in the pavilllon at Grand Plara. Mc-liolM HrMlKui. Mr. George B. Nichols Is no longer mana grr of attractions at Lake Manawa. Mr. Nichols took charge ot th'e arouse ment feature of the Manawa resort at tin beginning of the season and has been verj successful In securing & list of attraction ! that have thoroughly pleased the people Some time ago he made a contract wltl the diving horses combination , which waite to have opened a week's engagement at Man awa on Wednesday. The show was a bit one and was expected to do an Immens < business. Saturday Mr , Nichols received In formation that the combination could no keep Its engagement In this city , owing ti an accident to the horses at Minneapolis The Manawa date was accordingly can celled , but the horses will appear at Omaha commencing on August 4. It ( it-ems that Colonel Reed and the othe managers at Manawa were incensed at tb < cancellation of the Manawa date for the at traction , while the Omaha Jate was kept and they protested with Mr , Nichols agatns the apparent discrimination , Mr. Nlcholi explained the situation as unavoidable 01 bis part , but Colonel Rerd had his daude up and the result was that Mr , Nichols de cllned to further serve the company as man ager. He asserts that he has been puttlni In hit own money to boom this attractloi and not even getting the co-operation c the owners of the place. No arrangement have yet been made to fill his place. There , were large crowds at Manawa am Manhattan beach yesterday and last even Ing. _ The train service to Lake Manawa Is ab solutely perfect this season. No detentlo : at cither end of the line. HniiiUtfr Cluli'k Mnllurr. There was nof a very large attendance a the Driving park Saturday afternoon to wit ness the niatlnee given by the Gentleman1 ! Roadster club. Although no admission fee : were charged anywhere but few took ad vantage of the opportunity to witness with out co t some flue racing. The first event , a one-mile mixed race best two out of three beats , was won b ; Lawrence Hoist In two straight In 2:49 : am S:41. : Bert Leonard took second money an < A. A. Stanley third. J. J. Crow and C , E Jeffries alee started. The recond race was a one-half mill mixed , with Oscar Youukerman. M. E Weatherbee. John Pusoy , J. J. Crow and F Messmore as starters. Younlimnau . , woe the first heat In 1 :27 : J. J Crow won tb < next two heats 111 1 25 U each. Younkermai took second money and Pusry third. A iytcUl race , one-half mile , heats , be. txvet-n A. Murr.Uy of Omaha , A. A. Slamcy cr.il L. C. IHBlcy.ts won by Murphy In two beats , ttic time being 1:1 : ? and 1:13. Itostey took urrond and Stamey third In both hi at * . A pretty exhibition mile was trotted by F. GrlfTiR' mare. Alice Brown , driven by Malt William * . The time was 2:1C. : Davtr , drup.fi , paints and glass. Tel. 2S9. The celebrated International trio ot Tyrolean Warblers will be at Manawa next week. Pt'TS I.ITUH.VTI Hi : OX AVHCnLS. Olicriitlon of tinTrnvrlltiK I.llirnrj- Iiiiv of lonn. DES MOINBS , July 20. ( Special. ) The new traveling llberary law , passed by the last general assembly. Is making more trouble Just now than any other enactment of that assembly. The Impression has gone abroad that the law makes the state library a huge circulat ing affair , for the benefit of the whole state ; but It does nothing of the kind. The law provides that in connection with the state library there shall be a traveling library. The bill carried with It an ap propriation of fl.OOO to buy books for this traveling library. Any regularly organized public library may become an awoclate library , entitled to the use of these books. In towns where there are no libraries , as Foclatlons of twenty-five or more members may by petition secure the privileges. When any library or organization Is admitted to the association , it Is entitled to the use of books from the collection belonging to the circulating library. These will be sent out for stated periods , the local library ! taking all responsibility for them while In Its possession. The regulations arc In charge of the board of trustees of the state library , consisting of the governor , secretary - rotary of state , and supreme Judges. They huvo not be n completed , but It will be provided that on associate library may have probably 100 books at a time , for not to exceed six months , and probably three months will be made the limit. The local library must pay the expense of transporta tion. tion.The The r.0.000 volumes In the state library arc now open for the uses of the associate libraries. The question that troubles the trustees Is how to make $4,000 buy enough books to be of any real value. Nearly every village nowadays has a little library , and can supply Its own literature. H will be impossible , with all the money that can be expected In many years , to go Into special ties or make a really useful library for research or study ; and the trustees Fee nothing to come out of the law except a good deal of trouble for them and dissatis faction for the associations. It Is ex pected the new books will be bought in September , and the circulating begun at once. STARTLING .SLICIHII AT 1IAULAN. Lemuel .T. StiinU-y. n Yunni ; Muxlclnii , CnLilly KIllH IllniNfir. HARLAN , la. , July 26. ( Special. ) This community was startled by a terrible trag edy which occurred this morning shortly after midnight. Lemuel J. Stanley walked Into the restaurant of C. E. Crosiar , and , picking up a 38-callber revolver , placed the weapon to his head and pulled the trigger. He died at 7 o'clock this morning. There appears to be no cause tor the act , but he had been despondent for some time and had threatened his life several times. He was well connected socially and possessed rare musical ability. He was 24 years old. Alger McConnclI , a young lad , was acci dentally shot last night by his companion , who was fooling with a revolver. The bul let broke his Jaw and he Is In a precarious condition. HEAVY RAIN FLOODS SIOL'X CITV , Doiritimiir .liiioimtN AlmuMt to 11 ClitiiillinrHt DoliiKT Much UiitunKt * . SIOUX CITY , July 20. ( Special Telegram. ) A rain storm amounting almost to a cloud burst struck this city at 6:30 : p. m. Streets in the lower part ot town were flooded , many blocks of paving washed out and con siderable 'minor damage done by the heavy wind accompanying the storm. Railways suffered considerably from the washing out of their tracks and standing grain In the vicinity was beaten to the ground by the downpour. The damage to the crops will be heavy but cannot as yet be accurately estimated. Y. M * . C. A. for Slonx Cltr. SIOUX CITY , la. , July 2C. ( Special Tele gram. ) A local organization of the Younp Women's Christian association was formed here this afternoon. A start is made with a membership of between 300 and 400. The organization will at once arrange for rooms In the business district , and Is already con templating the erection of a permanent building. Mrs. Jonathan Brown , a well known worker in women's societies , was elected president , and a general secretary will be employed to look after the work Ir the same manner as In the Young Men's Christian association. The national commit tee of the organization In Chicago will be Immediately communicated with for sugges tions and advice. A | > I > inlH HIM Cumto thr I't-opli- . SIOUX CITY. July 26. ( Special Telegram. ] A call having been issued for a special election to fill out the unexplred term ol Haakron H. Johnson , the Sioux City alder man recently removed from office on tb charge of corruption , Johnson has formal ! } announced bis candidacy for re-election. The council would be glad to exclude him b ) legal proceedings , but as he bas never beei convicted before a Jury of the charges against him it is powerless to do so. Traveling Mli I'lrulc. WATERLOO , la. , July 20. ( Special Tele gram. ) The traveling men of this part o the state held their annual picnic at Cedai Rapids park yesterday. Nearly 200 of thi knights ot the grip and their friends wen in attendance. The day was spent ii athletic eports , feasting , etc. Arrt-Ktril on n WOIIIIIII'H CEDAR RAPIDS , la. , July 26. ( Specia Telegram. ) Clark Buckston , wanted a Montlcello for participation in a number o robberies , was arrested here this morning A woman who was arrested here a weel ago , who bad been trifled with by Buckston is said to have given up Important testl mony. _ \VfHtt-rii I'atoiilH t ; run I i-il. WASHINGTON , July 26. ( Special. ) Pat cnts have been issued as follows : Nebraska William S. Wltten , South Omaha , feei holding bin ; Gaylor C. Wooster , Rule , seal beam , South Dakota Levl A , Ilalgbt , Tyndall windmill. Iowa George F , Anderson , Mafsballtown heater and heating drum ; Edward A Hlnrtchs and E. P , Berals , Davenport , doll George P. Kistner , Low Moor , disk cul tlvator ; Henry Straw. Garner , engravers block ; Edwin J. Strong , Plover , wagon bed lifter ; Ruben O. Stutsman , corn popper Minor W , Taylor , Waterloo , railway cro $ Ing gate and signal ; R , J. Vanderbccl Sheldon , Wblflletree coupling ; Jehlel F Wynkoop , Mutcctlne , rubber cap for axl nuts. _ _ Drill IIH of tinIny. . NEW YORK , July 26. Edward A. Eckert superintendent L ! exchange of tne Metropol Itan Telegraph and Telephone company died today at Asbury Park , N. J. , aged 4 Ho was a brother of Thomas J , Eckert president of the Western Union Telegrapl company. HURON , S. D. , July 26. ( Special. ) Allei II. RUdon , stricken with paralysis two weeki eince , died Friday evening at bis homi here , aged 03 years. Mr. Rledon had beci a resident of this place since ISSO , was promt cent In political and Ms tonic circles am r.ell knonn throughout South Dakota am Minnesota , i-'oii itKsri.'rs OK i\ciissis r r Ilortiforil'H AtId l'li u | > liute. Dr. R , H Pepper , Huntlngton , W. Va. , says"In nervous prottratlon from ex- ctssci. I find U j > ar excellence , " DAHTOTENGlAXDailNI Pome in Bhyme and Some Not , but All of Them Familiar. ) QUEER SURVIVALS OF OLD SUREflSTITIONS llitw l.ornl Wrntlirr I'roilietcetilrc | I'miic Cn * . lion mill Illril tov.v I'eciillnr ( ivnturrn .V IIIK nn Ulil JliiKlf. Is western Massachusetts a land of silent folk ? It Is there that Mr. Clifford Johnson ound the sayings contained In his pleasing and pretty volume , "What They Say In New England , " but Essex and Norfolk , Suffolk , Middlesex , Plymouth , Barnstable and Nantucket - tucket could cap nearly all his sayings with * out exhausting their treasure of popular proverbs. To begin , like an Indifferent talker , with the weather , says the Boston Herald , Mr. Johnson docs not seem to know that all well-conducted "storms. " which means "rains , " "clear off" at 9 o'clock In the morning , at noon , or at 3 o'clock , or at sunset , at midnight or at sunrise. Persistent repetition of this theory often gains the old est Inhabitant the fame of being weather wise , for only a very Ingenious storm can "clear off" at a point sufficiently removed from all these points that Its departure can not to be assigned to one of them. "Six weeks after you hear the first katydid look for a frost , " says Mr. Johnson. "The cricket never sings before the first day ol August , and always sings then , " says New Hampshire. Western Massachusetts uses the "Rainbow In the Morning" rhyme , and the sailor's "Hod In the morning , " but seems unaware of the correct version of the lands man's complete rhyme : Evening red nnd morning gray Set the traveler on his way ; Hut e-veninc pray nnd morning red Will bring down ruin upon his head. In fact , they do not seem very fastldlouE as to rhythm In Berkshire. They say : If the rooster crows when he goes to bed , He will get up with n wet henil. Nearer the Atlantic they sing : "When he gets up he'll wet his head. " but they arc no more accurate than their transconncctl- cut brethren about the subjunctive of the first verse. These rhymes are of English derivation and adapted to the English seasons , are In use In one form or another all over Massa chusetts , but the rhythmical eastern versions run thus : Miick'rel sky , Not long dry ; April phowers Bring forth Mny flower ? . If Cnndlcmas day be fair and bright. Winter \vll ! have another flight ; But If Candlemas day bring clouds ant rain , Winter has pone , not to come again. Candlemas day ! Half of your corn And half of your hny. When the wind Is In the-east. Then the sap will run .the.least ; When the wind Is In the 'wysf. Then the snp will run the best , says Mr. Johnson. This is a landsman's theft from the fish. Ing towne , where they sing ihe old Engllsl stave : sr > i When the wind Is In the north. Wise men will not ventuneforth ; When the wind Is In th ca t , 'TIs fit for neither man nor beast. When the wind Is In the south. It blows the bait In the fishers' mouth ; When the wind Is in the west. Then 'tis at the very best. Sparks on the bottom ai' tbTe teakettle mean cold weather to the Benrure maid ol west Massachusetts ; they moaiwsparks ol another kind to the cherry-checked maidens of Plymouth. "So long as the dog stai reigns It will be dry weather. " say the In land dwellers. "So long It fclll be muggy , ' say those living on the coasjt. an $ with both the reign of the dog star begins-June 25 , li spite of all the almanacs in Christendom. "If the cat come and sit on the hearth with Its back to the north , It Is a sign ol cold weather , " Is the circumstantial rule 01 the west. "Coin * to be cold ; cat's turnec her tall to the fire , " says the east , mosi earnestly seeking for n sign. When the fire sparkles and snaps In the west the } expect wind ; the eastern "wa'nut log sends sparks out toward the pootlest. " They are refined and reverential in Berk shire , and say "Grandpa long-legs , " but ir the east they call him "Daddy long-legs , ' and drop things on one of bis Jegs to fine out whether or not It is true that he will go away and leave it. In the days before II was discovered that these "things oughi not to be so , " and the Boston small boj was whipped in school , be used to put i horsehair in bis hand and confidently ex. pect rattan or ruler to fly away In frag ments ; in the western counties the boys used to spit in their hands , and even aftci many trials kept their faith that the ferule would break In two at the first blow. Mr. Johnson gives some rhymes under UK head of "Fortune Telling , " but he omits the utterly humiliating. Black eye ! Pick a pie ! Run In the house and tell a He. Properly sung , that doggerel will send th ( proudest ot small brunettes to her mothci crying. "I don't care. " which IB properlj Interpreted by her blonde tormentors. Wher she comes forth again they will probablj Inform her that "Black betrays you , " anc her mother will tell her that the saying arises from the painful visibility of a hol < in a black stocking or a Mack frock , bu it seems more like a reminiscence ot th ( Guelph and Ghlbelllne quarrels. Great head. Little wit. Is a withering comment occAsionally fiuni at boys whose fond parents fancy their p pearance Websterlan , but it is not safe ti use this indiscriminately. The boy who I properly Instructed by his father may re Join : Small head. None of It , and cover his assailant with confusion. J small mouth Indicates stinginess ; a larg mouth , greediness ; thin lips , evil temper and thick lips , stupidity , so that nobody cat be regarded as entirely happy. Among the "odds" belonging to no par ttcular class Mr. Johnson puts : Just so many stitches as you take on you Just so many lies ! you'll have told abou you. Mend your clothes upon your back , Of poverty you'll have no lacU , Say the wise women of Essex. See a pin and pick It up , All the day you'll have good luck ; See a pin and let it Jay , Bad luck you will huv < ? riH ( day. The Byronlc IndlffcrencorU ) the prope form of "lie" is common cnoiigh In proverb and does not affect their value , but It shoul bo noted that no truly Jwliul person pick up a pin lying with its point toward bin lest he should have "pointed luck. " H walks to the head of It and grasps It judl clously , J i'vs Sing before you mi t. Cry before you ifJt'CP. IB the metrical form of oniw'of Mr. Johnson' proverbs. > r.a ) ' In Boston schools chlldredYieacb one an oth that eating bread crnsv'wlll make th hair curl ; In the west thej/jfay / ' If you t-at the crumbs 'twill make you wls < If leave ' -v'llj you the crunt You're sure to bust. ' < * n Sneezing between noon-and ) 1 o'clock Ir , dlcates the coming of a ; ( stronger. If an ) body says , "My nose Hcj ) * , Vie is told the the sign Is , "See a stranvrkU8 , fool , or b In danger , " Uarlng men.rejplu. "Come hen then. " To take a second portion upon th plate before the first Is eaten indicates the "somebody U coming hungry. " To see cluster of bubbles In ode's coffee mean that money is coming , and also that a uton approaches. To upset a tea cup mean that a ktranger Is coming. If a dropped for stand erect In the floor , It means that stranger Is coming. According to Mr , Johnson's authorltlei the baby who does not fall down stair before It is a year old will be a fool , and I will know nothing unless it falls out of be three times before it Is a year old , Ther are still Boston nurf > es who insist that baby must be carried upstairs before I is carried downstairs , lest It should go daw hill all Its life , and there are nurees vvb deform children's hands by tearing off thel nails because cutting them will make thel owner thievish , Thiity-two ways of banishing warts ar known In the west , but flot that still prae tlced by Middlesex boys , who beat a pin t redness and fiercely dig U Into the cente t the wart to the admiration ot their ls- crs. Other remedies may bo more efflca- IOUK , but no other Is so bewitching to Iris , who. poor thing * ! dare essay no rera- dy moro heroic than dipping a cent In Inegar and rubbing It on the wart. The department ot "Tricks and Catches" acks the favorite "Mrs. White's Parly , " which Is thus conducted : First Girl ( the best reader In her class ) : Coin' to Mrs. White's party tonight ? Second Girl ( the best grammarian ) : Naw , ain't. First Girl ! Ev'rybody's Invited , Second Girl : I ain't. First Girl : Oh , you'll go. Second Girl : I won't , then. First Girl : You will , too. Won't you go o Mrs. White's party when you go to bed ? x > r , 1 thought everybody knew that. ( Entire Iscomflture of the second girl. ) Another catch Is , "Can you sing the song f the lamb ? " The questioned one , scan- allzed If pious , otherwise perfectly Indlf- crent , responds , "No , " "Want to hear me Ing It ? " " 1 don't care. " "Ba-a-a-a-a ! " Ono to begin , Two to show , Three to make ready And four to go , says the book. One to make ready. Two to prepare. Throe to go slnmbangl Hlghtt Down ! There. s the Boston version. There ar many "Puddcn tame" dialogues , > ut one , omitted by Mr. Johnson , and brief as first love , runs thus : "What's your name ? " "Pudden tame. " "A pretty llttlo ilgger name. " After this come slaps. In lerkshlrc they say : Paddy Wacker , chew tnbacker. If he dies. It Is no matter. The Button boy , oblivious of abolition tra dition , sings : Nigger , nigger , chew tobnckcr. If you die. It Is no matter. The proper April fool rhyme , to be re peated to n boy who attempts a premature or a tardy observance of the day , Is : April fool day xtlll Is e-omlng. And you're the biggest fool a-running. April fool day's gone and past , And you're the biggest fool at last. Th name rhymes , one of the affections of childhood , survive both In the west nnd n the cast. Among others , Mr. Johnson gives these : Joe. Joe , Uroke his toe Riding on a buffalo. 3nm. Sam , The dirty man , Washed his face In a frying pan. Combed his hair -with the back of n chair. And danced with the toothache In the air. The cast substitutes : Sam , Sam , Ate a clam. Thomases are pursued by the Mother Goose calumny about the piper's son , who stole a pig , and in remote villages of the cape they still lacerate the souls of small Johns with Diddle , dlddl ? , dumpling- , My son John ! Went to bed with his breeches on ! One Blocking oft. One stocking on ! Diddle , diddle , dumpling , Sly son John ! Little Jane Went down the lane. Anne , Anne Stole a pan. Mary , Mary , Quite contrary , are still heard , and sometimes a rhyme Is forced as thus : Ella , Ella ! Rick , stick , Stella ! Both boys and girls arc victims of Georpry-porgy , Pudding nnd pie ; but girlish Ingenuity has never reached the pitch of feminizing the following lines of the story. Mr. Johnson quotes : Bean porldge hot. Bean porridge cold ; Bean porrldpe best When nine days old. In the English version , he says , it is pease porridge or pease pudding ; "but New Englanders are not acquainted 'with those dishes. " The New Englander of colonial ancestry who docs not know'pease porridge by the name of "pe"a soup" is an oddity , for split peas baked In more or less'water , with or without pork , In short , treated ex actly like beans , were perfectly familiar to the fathers , and are no strangers to the sons. As for "pease porridge , " all New Englanders know It from the Mother Goose , story of the man in the moon who Came down too soon To inquire the way to Norwich ; He came from the f = outh And burnt his mouth With eatlne cold pease porridge. But neither bean porridge nor pease porridge ridge , as sung by Mr. Johnson , will fit the gestures to which the rhyme Is sung. Properly that rhyme runs : Pease porridge hot. Pease porridge cold ! Pease porridge in the pot Nine days old. Shoe the horse , Shoe the mare. But Jet the little colt go bare. Is the eastern version ot one of Mr. John son's rhymes , but sometimes "hobby colt'1 is substituted fur "little colt. " In Boston one of Mr. Johnson's Jingles is still repeated In its original form , and is accompanied by gestures not altogether easy. These are Its verses : There's a meeting house And there's the steeple ; Open the door and let yourself In And there is all the people ; There's the minister going' upstairs. And there he Is n saying his prayers. "At the first line the hands are set to gether , the fingers Interlocked and bent In side the ralms ; at tlie second the forefingers point upward , and the tips of the two thumbs are set together edgewise ; the thumbs part when the door opens , and the knuckels are turned downward , so that the fingers , as "the people , " may point upward. The minister "goes upstairs" as the fingers of the right hand , held palm downward , are Interlaced with the fingers of the left hand , held palm upward ; then a rapid twist brings the two hands to the reverse of the "meet- Ing house" position , and the thumb of the left hand , free from the entanglement of the others , bows , as "the minister saying hU prayers. " + Among the fortune-telling schemes omitted by Mr. Johnson is that of writing out the names of a man and woman , cancelling theli similar letters and counting the others wltl : the words , "Friendship , love , Indifference hate. " A bird , pictured , embroidered , 01 forming a part of the pattern In figured stuff , files away with good luck. Cats brlns disease ; dogs take them away. If a cat carries off a milk tooth Its owner will Imvt a cat tooth , for pussy makes restitution Ever } ' stitch sewn on Sunday must be taker out with the nose In In the place vlsltei by Tomllnson , of Berkeley square. Everj Christmas leaf or berry found In the house on candlemas day means a death. Thli pleco of knowledge was found only In EpU copallan families , until the newspapers be HAVE YOU TRIED THE ; eneral Joe OUR NEW ID-CENT HAVANA CIGAR ? 112,500 SOLD THE FIRST MONTH. Each Cigar Stamped "Gen. Joj" to protect you from imitation * . PEREGOY & MOORE , Sole Agents , COUNCIL BLUFFS , IA. gan to print long articles on Christmas ob servances. Now It Is almost fin article ot faith with many. These are only a frw sayings of New Eng land. Mr. Johnson's group Is large , but since he has railed attention to the matter It will probably be doubled In few years , for "them tbtt bcz , oilers Kits. " SAM : OK THI : MIRTIIURN IMCII.-IC. i : . W. Winter , tliu New President , Illdi tit tlie I'roiu-rly. WEST SWU1UOR , WIS. . July :6.-Rpcclal Master Alfred E. Carey yesterday morning at Superior , WIs. . sold the entire line of the Northern Pacific Railroad company. Its bonds , stocks , leases and branch lines , under the decree of Judge Jenkins of the United States federal court. The sale was In- trrrupted by but twp formal notifications , and was bid In by Edwin W. Winter for the Northern Pacific , as reorganized on behalf of th"t corporation. The prominent railroad officials and representatives of the bond holders arrived this morning on a special train. In the party were Edwin W. Winter , president of the reorganized Xorthcn Pa cific , Charles II. Coster of New York , of the firm of J. Plerpout Morgan & Co. , the re organization managers ; Ed Adams ot New York , chairman of the reorganization com mittee ; Special Master Carey , who conducted the sale ; Francis L. Stetson and Dr. Mnra- wetz of New York , counsel for thu reor ganization managers ; William NcUon Crorn. well ot New York , counsel for the icorganlza- tlon committee ; Herbert L. Turner of New- York. counsel for the Farmers Loan & Trust company , complainants of the fore closure suits : Silas W. Pettlt of Philadelphia. counsel for the old Northern Pacific com pany ; General Manager Kendrlck , Secretary George W. Gardiner and Land Commissioner William Phillips of the Northern Pacific , and Receiver MIchey of St. Paul. Special Master Carey announced that the sale was ready to proceed when General Counsel Grover for the Great Northern en tered a formal notice to preserve his rights. He notified prospective purchasers that they would be held liable lor the leaee 01 me. St. Paul and Manitoba tracks which the Northern Pacific uses bctv.-cen St. Paul and Minneapolis , and for the carrying out ot that contract . After him Charles Clattln of this city gave notice that the purchasers would be held subject to the contract made with the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber com pany by which the latter purchases S.000.000 acres of land In Pierce county , Washington , and has the right to have its lumber trans ported to Tacoma. Special Master Carey then read the decree of sale. He offered for Fale the first parcel , consisting of the main line from Lake Su perior to Portland , Ore. , and all the ap purtenances and property. He also Included In the first parcel all property to which the reverse had acquired title and asked for bids. bids.Edwin Edwin W. Winter for the Northern Pacific railroad bid the least amount that could be offered , JIO.000,000. Master Carey asked If anybody else In the crowd desired to bid on the road , and receiving no response , sold It to Mr. Winter for the Northern Pacific railroad , and re ceived the receipt of the Farmers' Loan and Trust company showing that the bonds necessary to bind the sale were In Its pos session , The second parcel , containing the stocks and bonds of branch lines held under the consolidated mortgage , were then offered and as before , Edwin 'W. Winter bid for the Northern Pacific railroad and offered $2.000,000 , at which It was sold. The third parcel , containing contracts ot branch lines and releas.es , vis offered anJ $500,000 bid by Mr. Winter , who got It with out opposition. At noon , at the door of the county court house , was then offered the company's Ihiids In the state of Wisconsin in three parciisi. The first contained thirty-one atenled sections In township 43 , range 15 , west , and President Winter bid $100 for one sec tion , with the option of taking the re mainder. He got it and exercised his op tion , depositing the certificate of the guar antee. All patented lands In Wisconsin. not Included In the first sale , were offered and sold tc the Northern Pacific railroad's representative for $1.000. In the final parcel were all lands In Wis consin granted the Northern Pacific rail road by act of congress to aid it in build ing and equipping Its lines , to which the road Is entitled to patents , but upon which they have not been Issued. Winter's bid of $500,000 was the largest offer and the sale was closed. The special train proceeded from here west and the special master expects to turn the road over to the purchasers on Sep tember 1. _ ILLINOIS CU.VTHAIAS HXTI3NSION. tf Cliexniieukc , Ohio At KontlMveNtem Itciml IN IlniiKliI In. LOUISVILLE , Ky. , July 26. By order of the court , the Chesapeake , Ohio & Southwest ern railway was sold yesterday under the hammer. The upset price of $1,500,000 was bid by General Manager J. T. Harshan of the Illinois Central. The road will become o part of the latter system. It Is 492 miles In length. COIIKII ! Iliiiiiiiionil'N Il , WASHINGTON , July 26. No answer hae as jet been received by the State depart ment from Edward P. T. Hammond , United States consul at Buda Pesth , who has been asked to resign. State department officials ; decline to discuss the published statements that charges have been filed against the consul , but merely say that his resignation has been asked for because "He was not acceptable to the Austrian government. " Friends have Intervened In Mr. Hammond's behalf , but the department recognizes the right of a foreign government to Insist on the withdrawal of officials who may be ob noxious to them. The highest claim for other tobaccos is "Just as good as Durham. " Every old smoker knows there is none just as good as You will find one coupon inside each two ounce bagand two cou- jHiis inside each four ounce bag of IlbcUvt-H's Durham. Iluy a bag of this cele brated tobacco and read the coupon which gives u list W of valuable presents and how to tet them. Volt-run * of Hie I.nliWiir Hi-tiu-iii- ln-ri-il It ) tlir Cc-ni-riil ( ! IM crnnu-iit. WASHINGTON. July M.-Speclal.-l'cn- slon grunted : I sucof July T , were : No- brasUa Oilglmil'-Joseph Alklrc , Edgar , Clay ; John L > . Viincourt , Ulxon. IMxon ; Jcwrih M. Welch , Gr.ifton. Flllmore- . OilRlnnl wMowf , etc- Mliuitot Henry Fothrn , Havlil City , Butler ; Julia A Forbes itloconsoil ) . David City , Itutlfr. lo\vn OrlKlnal Henry Fallen. Fort Dodge. Webster : Thoman J. WMU , Mlle , Wnrren ; Jo fph Thorn. Rockwell City. Calhoun ; Charles Wllcon MoMannmy. MapU'ton , Monroe ; Nicholas * Stahl , Anlhon. Woodbury - bury ; Daniel A. BtK'klmlttr , Lewi * , Ont-s ; Max Fromnn. Hughes , llimlln Restora tion and Increase 1-Mwaid llllihotil. K - tcrvlllo Knimct. Ini-reafe Franels M. Clear , Lovllla. Monioe. RHpsmo Jncknoiv Pulpgrovp , Clinton. Clinton. Original widow Catherine Elizabeth Myers , Kddy- vlllp. Wapello. Houth Dakota Original James Morrison , DiSmith. . Klngs-bury. Original widow Agnes A. Southwlck. Aberdeen. Brown. Colorado Ordinal William F. Dohcrty. Idaho Springs' , Clear Creek ; Lewln U. Ruf- fletix , Denver , Anipiiliin' . Oilglnal widow Nettle R. Kay , South Denver , Arnpriliop. Montana Original Seaver Slmonsen , Ab- starokeiCarbon. . Issue of July S wore : Nebraska Original Wlllluni . MOHK , Wllbor , Saline ; James M. Powern , Falrbury. Jefferson. Increas < c Philander G. WooilwortV. Wnhoo , Saumlers. Iowa Original Samuel H. Drapw ( de ceased ) Ovla , Wayne ; Isaac Meyers , l i- conii. Warren ; Joel W. Wltiner , Dea Molnpn , Polk. Increase Alfred C. Webb , Mount Ayr , Illnggolil ; Thomns Honnlngs , West Union , Fayette : Alferd N. Yox. lllcli- lanil. KeoUuk O.-talnn ! widows , i-tc. Kittle K. Roll. Iiullanola. Warn-n. Mex ican war widow. Rebecca J. MeKee , Mus- ciitlne. Muscatlne. Colorado OrlnlmU Ezra Rorkphlre , Berkeley , Arapahoe ; Frederick Flerbaum , Amethyst. Mineral. Re-storatlon niul In crease Freemnn Thomtin. Denver , Arapa- hoe. Original widow Alice M. Putterxon , Fort Collins. Larimer. South Dakota Original John Hogun , Fort Pierre , Stanley. Issue of July P. were : Nebraska : Original William T. Woody. Lornnx , Cusiter ; James Hawkins , Hny Springs. Shrrldnn ; Jo. Iah D. Fyc. Aurora. Hamilton ; Chambers U. Beach , Lincoln , Lancaster. Restoration anil additional Benjamin W. Powers ( deceased ) , Ponea , Dlxon. Original widow Martha A. Jnphct. York , York. Iowa : Original Thomas R. Nott , Suth erland , O'Rrlen ; Jacob C. Hlllj-er , Prlmghnr. O'ilrlen ; Thomas A. Popejoy. Mondamln , Harrison ; Henry Richardson. Modale , Harrison risen ; Francis * A. Ross. Westchester , Wash ington. Increase Philip K. Romans , Vll- Hsca. Montgomery ; Martin Strllller , Rock- fortl , Floyd ; Michael Tlerney , Camanche , Clinton ; Martin V. B. Butler , Swan. Marlon. Original widows , etc Julia May- Held , Mineral Ridge , lioone ; Charlotte. Lut- ley. Clinton , Clinton ; Sarah E. Wlnkler. Woodward , Dallas. Colorado : Original ( special , July 13) ) John S. Stanger , Denver. Arapahoe ; Dlclc Ranson. Longmont. Boulder. Restoration and relstsiue Aaron Yarnell ( deceased ) . Burlington. Kit Carson. Montana : Oriclnal James Boyil. Poplar Creek. Valley ; William J. Sparks , Kallspe.ll , Flathead. South Dakota : Original John A. Collins" . Custer , Custer ; Beth L. Berry. Pnrker , -42 Turner ; John T. McGarrnugh , SiouxFalls. . Mlnhe-haha. Restoration ami reissue Wil liam Phillips. Flunilreau. Moody. Increase James F. Lapham , Bercsfonl , Union. Wyoming : Original Joseph Ford , Cas per. Natrona. Issue of July 10 , were : Nebraska : Restoration nnd reissue Eamuel Pettlt ( deceased ) . Guide Rock , Webster. Increase Jacob S. Klff. Moomaw. Sheridan. Original widow Susan J. For- nof , Fulrbiiry , Jefferson. Iowa : Original Nicholas Pass , Carroll , Carroll ; William Bachelor , Correctlonvllle , Woodlmry. Increase Benjamin F. Brad ley , Numa , Appanoose : Xorval W. McKay. Wapello , Louisa ; William H. Clark , Marathon , Iluena. Original widows , eta- Jennie C. Bedsworth , Mount Pleasant , Henry ; Mary E. Bench. Charles City. Floyd. Colorado : Original-Oscar F. Settle. Eck- ley , Yuma. Original widows , do. Emma A. Young- . Denver , Arapahoe : Elizabeth Hrown ( deceased ) , Colorado Springs , El Paso. Montana : Orlslnal Charles C. LIndley , Elllston , Dceriodge. Tool ; lira inly for SiNEW - NEW YORK , July 2C. Joseph Dwycr , who says he Is a Roman Catholic clergyman and lives In Denver , Colo. , Is In the Insane pavilion at Bellevue hospital. He was dls- ctarged yesterday in a police court , where he was charged with creating a disturbance while Intoxicated. He pleaded that he took ft glass of brandy too much , to cure him o seasickness , he having Just returned from Ireland. After his discharge ho created a disturbance ; and fought three policemen be fore being overpowered. LADIES WSTfi RED FACES And oily , greasy complexions , or Eubject to ras-ties , pimples , blackheads , yellow or mothy * kln , 111 IKJ cratitied to learn that the imreku sweetest , ami most effectiui skin imrlfic * aad bcautifier jet compounded Is CUTICURA / SOAP - It Is so because It strikes at the caiut of most coinplexional dlsllguratlons\lz. ; the donatd Jrritatetl , InJIamtd. or Onrirorttd 1'ouK. Sueccstion : After cycling , coif , tennU. rldlnjr , or aililctlre. a bath vvlili CUTICCJIA t-oir U mott ootbluK , cooling , i.nJ ufn.hlni : . presenting ejiafliit ; . redm u.uiid rouvbnrtf of tlie tllii , rboth. leg Inflammation , uml when follonrd t > y ccctlo coIutlngirahC'LTiCL'UA ( ointment ) , pro'H-.l.cne. flclal In -llc\iDK tlrc-J , larnr. or attained mutclef. Bold ihrourhout the worlj. Pile * . CI-TICTIU. "c. | * 0 IV SV.I lc ! r > LTI T. iftr. Tnl II , I'umt i n Cum. C < n.r-Sole 1'roM. IJ."l-n , * f " How tu Obtain a llilluint Ct/uplczwo , " THE BEST 15 SET ( F TEETH M.\I > Iwcmic ciu.uiA.vrrcisn. DR. MUDGE , 519 ERNMIf mm mm Council Bluffs , Iowa. CAPITAL , . . . sioo.ooo \\'K SOLICIT YOUIl IJUSIM2SS. ' XVIJ IlUtilillS YOUU COLLUCTIOXB. O.M2 OK THIS OI.IiUST liA.VKS J.V JOU'AV 0 IMill CI-\T . * AIU ON TIME UKI'OSITa. CALL AMD ! > EB US Ott WHITE.