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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1896)
For the past three months manufacturers have been tumbling- over each other in their eagerness to sell us. Concessions almost unbelievable were made for our ever-ready spot cash offers. Never before have our dollars'bought so cheaply. Never before have we been able to benefit our customers with SUCH EXTREME LOW" PRICES. $85,000 WORTH OF BARGAINS WAITING FOR YOU. A AVnrilrittii : for . t.T.1 A JJI.BO mackltiK CiiMf . Illlv A flll.no IlooIeiiHi > . ? 1,7. A I ? I.I. I.CTnne Scat Otiillr. . . . 7o A I2I ) Fol.lli.K HIM ! . I- ! ) ! A - ' " > < Cunt II lick . ) ) ( A I ? . " ( 'Million r < l . ( fU.ll.- A IH nitoiiMlnn Tnhle . $ : i.7. A tflO Hull Idifk . 9I.HU A ( Hl.nO UlRll Chair . 70o A lj < l II Kitchen Cull I net . . U. . A 1- Center Table . H7o Aljtl Mimlo Cabinet . tl.t > r A ! ? ll IMcturc . $1.1.- A 910 I.iullrH' DeNk . Ijll.ir A Ijlll Onyx Stiiuil . IJII.1B A tir IleclliiK' Cliulr . $7.U.- A f.'l.no Ilncker . Ijll.tin Aifl.zr Wall 1'oeUet . ( iic A 9:1 : Nereen . 91 .an A Seoretary . . Ijlia.ritl A 9.Chita1 * crii . ? .a.in : A 7rc Sliiini Hnlilcr . Kte A92r ; licit Ilixiiit Suite , three . If ! ! . ' , _ : ! Thl * Iieantlfnl Sideboard , sollil oak , plate mir ror , north any where 91-.j this fur So Kreut lire tlie liurKaliiHvc have Ncuurcil that In 11111113C.IINCK ivt > ' will Hell the HnoHt iniikeN of Ciiriietfl at ICHM than factory niiil tvholeHalu jobliliiK pi-lcfH. Hen lit If ill ColorliiKK IIiiinlnoiuc Half AVciol Incrnlii , worth r,5c SKio All AVool Ingrain , tvorlh 7."c. ! ! Taiiextry HriiNNclH , i\orth DOu. Klc Veli-ctH , worth II.15 Hlc ? IoiiietteN | , worth ijll.in : ( CtUc Oil Cloth , worth Klu. . . 17c ivnrth Hr > c r > c. f ; , worth 'u llu Never In the lilntory of nny ro- tnll Inee Curtain hoiiNe IIIIN there heen oolleeleil toietlicr Hiieh a. variety of Luce CnrtaliiH mill Ciir- tnlii .UnterliilN. Tno inontliK' hard tolling anil M-iirelilnn IIIIIOIIK the unimifnc- turei-H anil liiiiiortem anil close , Nhrewil IinyliiK' for viiHh IIIIH ivlven nit the cream of the market. ( Jciiiiliic Henl lli-UNHoI.s Inee Ciir- tuliiH for the. Maine price you would imy for A'otlliiKliiiin Cur- tlllllH. llriiMNeln I.iice CurtiiliiN , n-l In. wide , HH yardx IOIIKTnorth 97. ( a iinlr , for . tt.IO 1S niul i l HriiHNcU CnrtaliiM for . Ijtl.OO tl ( > nnd Jli ! HriiHNelN CnrtnliiN Tor ) IUaiul jjll-t llriiNMclN CurtiiliiN if 14 anil Jjtltl llriiNNelH Ciirtaliih ' r . i > | ( | ( l and ( jtlH llriiNNclx CiirlaliiH f i- . l ! j < Itt anil i ? l HriiNNelM CnrtaliiH for . Igll Ijfiin and VST llriiKNelN CnrtaliiH Wlilto IrlNh 1'oliit Ineu Cnr- taliiM , urood iiiialtty niul worth flu a iialr , for Jjit.nU fH IrlHh 1'oliitM for , ljti.r ! ( ) l7.no Ii-Uli l'ii I HIM for yil.Tn ijllll IrUh I'oliilM for $ nno JI'J IrlHh I'oliitH for yu.oo 1JII5 IrlNh I'olntH for $ T.no i O Irlnh I'olntu for Japanese s A BIG SNAP. If I ( . ( ( ( > HIIRN for , ijUi.TB 915.OO HIIHN for. . . . . . . . . . . . 9l.tl ( 91H.IIO lliiKM fur ! , ' , .r.O 9UO.O ( HilK" for 90.U5 Tliekc lire the UlBKVNt of this ule. 375,000 WORTH A Kiiariinleed fotir-hole Cook Stove , Kriinil linker , Hinooth cnntliiKN , mirth reKiilar 17Oil for A tour-hole IlmiKe worth ! ? : tr..o ( > t ? i d. A four-hole Stove and UCH- crvolr , worth ijtU I.OO. . .l ll. A Great Variety of The. 1'erfeetlon , ivorth 91:1.00 : 9(1.50 ( The .Splendidnorth 91B. ijtH.OO The SIilKIf , worth 91 ! . . . . 92.t > . - .IiiHt the tiling for theNe. enrlj- fall < lavH. Think ItN a lltlli- early for Coal Heating Sloven f Note Our I'ciiliiNiilar llnnc llurn- < T. worth ) > l , . ( ll ( , for. . . JU.50 Our Corn I Ham- Humor , wo ltil ! ? : ! ( > . ( l ( > , for . ijtl .no Our Hxtntr Onk Stovi-M lire of national fume Keep tire over iilKht thin vtu Kiiarniiti'o. An I IS.OO ICMtate Oak for > ? ! > . ( > ( > A Ijtl..OU Corn Uak for . . . JpT.r.O in reply to the qucs- 211 asked us daily : "Can I buy goods on your Easy Payment Plan and get the same prices as if I paid cash ? " Our answer is , "You Can. " Moreover , we stand behind every assertion in this advertisement and absolutely guaran tee the savings as indi cated , Our Easy Terms worth $1.00 $ week , $4.00 $ month. $20 worth-l.25 week , $5.00 month. $30 $ wor h-l,60 week , $6.00 month. $00 $ worth-$2.QQ week , f 8.00 month. $70 $ worth-$2.25 week , $9.00 month. $100 worth-$2.50 week , $10.00 $ month. $200 wor h-$3.50 $ week , $15.00 month. Special Inducements to Folks Housekeeping GOOD QUALITIES ARE ALLIED TO LOW PRICES IN THIS SALE. AM ) ( ) nr Crockery Department him readied IIIIIIICIIMC iiroiiortlons. ThlH vieek we are offcrlim- beniitlfiil Dinner Set , 1OU iileceN , Kiiiiraiiteed In every rcHpect , III four illlTereiit decoration * , worth lj17.K ( > , for A pretty tcii-plcec Toilet Set , III < liTcrciit colorH , worth .SC.OO , for Thin heaiitlfiil I'arlor Suit , In live itleccM , iipholHtercd 1 tnpcN- try , worth aiiytvliere lr > ( > .OO , thin week , s tTOroggp - * S3sb ALSO THIS COUOH UiiholMtereil III French tapestry , north 91O.OO ) thlH week , OTTS GREAT SALE OF IRON BEDS , AVe Kolil more Iron HeilH IiiHt vieek tlmii ever liefore In any four A IfT.r.O Iron lleil .for . $ : I.1H A t ll.ll ( ( ( Iron lleil for . > fl.7 > A l in.OO Iron lleil for . IjtS.r.O Anil hiinilreilN of other NtyleM at tin : Hume iiroiinrtlon of low lirlucN. KITCHEN WARE DEPT , 9I.OO Iiiililli StoveN. . . . . . . . . . l.Tc ( iein I'niiM . . . . 7u lilo : iiiart 3111k I'niiM - luBe Be I'le Tin * - ° Ma Sanee I itiin l > u ; tOc I'ri > NtrvliiK ICettli'H. . . . , , 3-1" SOa fi iiinrl I'nililliiK I'niiM. , . Du 91.OO net 'Mi- . 1'ott'M ' IroiiH. , Clio IT.e. Jlread I'ann llu line Oven 1'aiiH. , . . . . , , , , . . , , llu Irf WE * W Pays HAVE toTrade Trade THOUSANDS at "The OF People's" HOMES. 'MENviio ' \ mm THE CABLES Their Wonderful QnTJ in Sending and Ho- coiving Mossagcs. OCEAN AND LAND 'SYSTEMS COMPARED Inillvliliinllly of-.the Opcrnlnr Slio III UN AVnVliiK MnoN How u Ilrenk In th Calile In Lo cated null Memletl. Thomao A. ICdlson , xvho In his time has been one ot the fastest telegraphers In the world , admits thnt he Is totally unable to receive a cable message from across the Atlantic ocean. "While the ordinary Morse land dispatch Is represented by makes nnd breaks of the current , " he said recently , "the cable message Is represented by a wav ing lino. This line runs up and down un equally. U Is the length or value of tlio curves that enables the operator to detect the message. I have often watched the operators at work and I think U Is wonder ful that they arc able to select the message at all , The line as It runs up and down Is crossed and rccrosscd by other lines com ing from earth currents and the thousand and one sources from which a stray current gets In. It Is simply Impossible for mete to pick out the real message. Yet these fellows do It every time and with compara tive ease. " Now * not only Is this complimentary to the skill of the cable operators , but It calls at tention to a department of the public service and a class of workers ot which most per sons know little or nothing. The cable station Is after all the most wonderful Insti tution In the whole telegraphic system. The method of Its operation Is totally differ ent from that of the land telegraph ofllcc. The quantities nre less exact ; a greater men tal force Is required ot the operator. More over , the mechanism of the system Is more picturesque. There Is more human Interest In transmitting characters 3,000 miles under the sea and eventually setting them down In black and white , than there Is In clicking a series of dots and dashes over a land wire. For this Is what cabling across the ocean amounts to. When the operator In the New York cable station gives an Impulse to his key , he knows that he Is practically writing with an elongated pen which reaches out undisturbed through miles of alternate tempest and calmiaml sets down on a strip of paper letteraiund words which have all 'the ' peculiarities tot his own chlrography. ( 'Nor Is this at jail "overdrawn. . Operators at each end of the line' recognize each other by the characteristic'shapes of the curved lines which they cause to be traced on the long strips of paper at the receiver's desk. STOCK JOBBING BY CABLE. It Is a common event nowadays for arbi trage brokers on the New York Cotton ex change to send a cablegram to the Liver pool Cotton exchange ordering a sale of "future" cotton , have the sale made and receive a receipt announcing the conclu sion of the transaction In two minutes from the time the first message- ' was handed to the clerk. The significance of this will be realized when It Is pointed out that there is a class of brokers who depend for busi ness solely on tlio half-minute or so of telegraphic tlmo which exists between hero and Europe. If cotton Is quoted at the same prlco on the New York and Liverpool or other exchanges , but should subsequently drop half a point , arbitrage brokers with connections abroad are sure to cahlo their agents to sell out before the otllclal change In the quotation Is sent across the sea. The aim Is to save the difference In prlco between the two quotations , Many brokers make all their profits in this way and the tendency of It has been to quicken the busi ness methods of the exchanges. So much has this become the fact that a delay of one-halt mluuto in the sending of a cable gram Is euro to cause loud and threatening protest from the brokers. One firm , In fact. Instituted a suit for damages against a leading cable company because of a de lay of ten minutes in sending a cipher dis patch across the ocean. The suit was eventually withdrawn , but the Incident serves to show at what a break-neck pace business is now done in our exchanges qulto a contrast to the relays of couriers which \vcro used to carry the news of the battle of Waterloo to Ilothschllds. DESCRIPTION OF APPARATUS. The reason a waving line printed on a strip of paper Is used In cabling Instead of the Morse code of .Mots and dashes is be cause of the peculiar construction of the cable Itself and of a certain eccentricity of the electric current/when it is acting under long distances ofwater. . Electricity Inva riably seeks to escape from its conductors to the earth. Mother earth will , In fact , absorb It all If given the chalice. The cable Is , therefore , Insulated , but this desire to rvturn to earth Is stronger than the re sisting power of the insulation ; therefore , whllo the latter holds the current partially Intact , the gutta percha or other covering of the cable is tilled with Innumerable stray lateral currents , all seeking to escape to the surrounding water , With such a state of affairs it would be simply Impos sible to operate a succession ol makes anJ breaks In the current , the residual currents would , If short , fill up the gaps. The dim- culty Is overcome by operating two keys on the sounder instead of one , as In ordi nary telegraphy , One key la attached to the positive polo of the battery ; the other key Is attached to the negative pole. Thus by depressing either key an Impulse Is created in different directions over the line. As a short cut to brevity it may be said that the polarity of'tho current changes constantly and the current travels In either direction , backward or forward , at the wilt of the operator. This Is reduced to n practical basis Is an Ingenious manner. On the receiver's desk In the cable sta tion will bo found a largo double magnet. Suspended between the poles of this magnet Is a small elongated cell of wire. This cell hangs suspended In the air by means of a delicate fibrous thread. The current from the cable Is made to pass around the cell , which , as It Is hanging between the poles of the magnet , will turn backward or for ward In rcnponso to the particular key de pressed by the operator at the other end of the1" line ; for It Is the pe culiarity ot an electrified cell of wire to so net when siispsn.lcd between magnetic poles. Connected to one end of the cell of wire Is another thread of fibrous material , This thread runs to n fine glass tube , nhlrh Is not larger than 100th of an Inch In diameter. Ink Hews through this small tube. As the tubeIs movable It Is obvious that the action of the cell of wlro moving backward and forward will also cause the Ink tube to move backward and forward. At least the cell pulls the tube In one direction and n small spring returns It to Its place. The end ot the tube rests lightly on a long strl [ > of paper , which Is kept moving along con stantly by an ordinary clockwork mechan ism. Thus It will be seen that the dc- 'prcsslon of the transmitting kejs results In \\nvlng line on paper at the other end of the cable system. MAKING TUB LINES. The Ink tube or siphon Is so small that great difficulty Is experienced In Inducing the Ink to flow from It. The desired object la finally gained by means of electricity. A static current is sent through the Ink In the tuba and Is made to pass through the strip of paper to the negative polo of the battery beneath , Static electricity , as It has a great olcctrcmotlvo force , will easily pass through paper , therefore there Is a con- tlnu.il succession of sparks flowing through and carrying the small column of Ink along with It as far as the surface of the paper where It Is deposited In a waving line. This Is the line which Edison cannot read , but which Is as plain as day to the ordinary cable operators. The latter sit and watch this tape all day long. It travels slowly In front of them a distance of three feet or more before It runs off.tho end of the table Into a basket. The words are gen erally unintelligible to the operator , for It Is seldom that other than cipher dispatches are sent over the wire. When no current or message Is passing , the sensitive cell of wire attached to the siphon remains at rest and a straight line is Iraced down the center of the paper ; for of course the tape keeps moving along con stantly , message or not. This line Is known as the zcio line and all variations from It determine what the man at the other end of the line Is saying. Sometimes , however , earth cui rents leak through to the core of the cable and scnjl the siphon careening backward and forward In alarming man ner. Then if a message comes through at t4iOM same time 'thewild actions of the siphon become unintelligible Indeed. In such a case the operator Is compelled to study the form of the line made by tho.earth . current , and then to note the difference be tween It and the true message. In short , he makes bis earth current line his zero mark and determines his message accordingly. TELEPHONING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. It Is In this connection that wo must look for the true reason why we are unable to tclcphono across the Atlantic. It Is this electrification of the gutta percha that pre vents it. There is no real Insulating sub stance. Some- substances Insulate more than others , but all nre subject to electri fication. When an electric impulse is sent across the ocean the whole of the cable , covering and all , must be electrified before the current flows through and operates the receiving device. It is what Is known as the tail end of the charge that really car ries the message. This Interferes with the sound wave. In telegraphing there are only ten or twelve sound waves a second. In telephoning there are two or three thou sand in the same time. It Is obviously Im possible then to telephone across the seas under existing circumstances. One of the peculiar phenomenons of cab ling Is the ability of ono operator to recog nize the "handwriting" of the operator at the other end of the line , far away In Englander or Franco. It Is a fact , nevertheless , thnt | t Is done , and many strange friendships are formed between men who have never seen each other and who may never have becli ten miles away from their respective homes thousands of miles apart. There Is an old story of a man who refused to hc- llcvo In a telegram sent to a friend because It "was not in his handwriting. " This could not apply to cable operators. As soon as the GABLE OPERATOR RECEIVING MESSAGE. siphon begins to make Its waving line on the tape the operator , or rather the recorder of the same , knows who Is at the other end of the , wlre. The "writing" of different operatoiu is as recognizable at a distance of 3,000 miles as It would be If they were nearer at hand , The peculiarities of the man are detected on the tape , and without any attempt at slang a man Is known by his curves. Some operators "write a plain hand , " others send a message that Is equiva lent to what In ordinary llfo would be called very bad manuscript. If an operator gets Into a rage and violently bangs his keys the fact Is known to the men at the other end of the line , and ho Is prudently laughed at , In another hemisphere. In the old days , long distance fights used often to occur , but talk on any private matter lietxvcen opera tors U now strictly prohibited by the various cable companies , HOW A BREAK IS LOCATED. Sometimes a cable will break at the bottom tom ot the sea , or BOIUO other fault will prevent messages being seat through. Al though the Hue extends through miles of drift and over leagues of ocean bed the sys tem has been reduced to such a nicety that the location of the fault la only a matter of a llttlo calculation. It Is generally located as follows : It is known that the resistance which the wlro offers to the current aver ages a epeciUed quantity to the mile. Wica a break or & fault occurs the resistance ol the cable Is measured In the cable station , This can bo readily done because the circuit wilt generally complete Itself through the ( arlli. When the resistance has been measured , It Is easy to find out where the break U by dividing the whole amount by the average resistance per mile. It may then bo found that the break Is two , throe , four , or five hundred miles off shore , ns the case may happen to he. A cable repairing steamer with A full corps ot electricians on board Immediately starts for the spot where the break Is supposed to bo. This Is nn easy matter , for when cables nro laid the latitude nnd longitude of the cable laying ship Is taken as each mile of the cable Is paid out. If the break , as determined by the resistance. Is say , GOO miles oft shore , the captain of the repair boat directs his vessel to the particular Junction of latitude and longitude which was encountered when the 500-mllo mark of the cable nns first laid. Having arrived at what ho conceives to be the proper vicinity ho steers his Vessel Into n course nt right angles to the course held by the cable. Ho then throws nn Iron o\erboarcl , and proceeds to grapple for the cable. A LONG PULL. Ho knows nlien he has caught the cable by the difference In the pull from the pull which is felt when a rock Is struck. A rock when rnught by the man will finally let go with a Jerk , but the cable , when caught , will exert a Icng , steady and obstinate pull as It Is hauled to the surface. Tliero Is also n patent grappling Iron which cuts through the cable covering and electrically rings n bell. Having picked up the cable , the chief electrician , on board the boat , cuts through the covering. If It has not already been cut through by the grappling Iron , and attaching a transmitter to the core sends a signal through the cable. If ho gets an answer from this end of the line ho knows , of course , that the break must bo beyond him or vlco versa. If the answer comes from the European end. As be now knows In which dlicctlon from the vessel the break must be , he proceeds to measure the re- T h i 3 z s a , A.t f ant i c. CABLE ALPHABET. slatanco of the "broken" end In oriler to see exactly at what Its distance Is from the vessel. If It Is not far , say four or five miles , the captain of the vessel proceeds to under-run the cahlo until the dellquent spot Is rcachecl. whcn It is an easy matter to repair the break , or to put In a new section of cable. If the break Is found to be number of miles away , the part which has been picked uj : Is attached to a buoy and the vessel &teams away to what further observation has deter mined to be the required spot. The cable Is picked upi again and a signal Is sent through. If the answer Is from Europe Instead of from this end of the line , It fo ! lows that the break must bo somewhere between the two parts of the cable which have been picked up. The precise spot can then bo easily determined and repairs can be made. Sometimes the work Is very ex peditious , but In stormy seasons ot the year it has often been a month , before the break has been found. It has also happened that in grappling for a cable the repair boat has picked up by mistake the cable of another company. This has happened three or four times , but the courtesy of the cable com panies to each other has always excused It. CABLES OV THE WOULD. No Atlantic cable runs directly to Now York City at the present time , ilost of the transatlantic lines land In the neighborhood of Nova Scotia or Newfoundland. The mes sages are retransmitted by a coast line cable to the metropolis. The Interval of tlino re quired In the retransmission Is not ono second , for Hie operators read the messages letter by letter as they arrive and send them over the coast cables Instantly. The now French cable to bo laid next year will , however , have Its terminus directly In Now York City. It Is expected that the competi tion thus engendered will greatly enhance the general service. The coming congres sional agitation over the Installation of a Pacific cable will also icvlve Interest lu a scheme which must quicken the general process of civilization. The Japanese com mercial awakening will certainly receive a further Impetus when this cable Is laid. Tlio whole cast , In fact , will bo benefited and Incidentally our foreign commerce will receive a distinct boom In the very direction where It needs It badly. There are already over 1,000 cables lying under the sea niid the various water courses of the world , They aggregate over ono and one-quarter millions of miles of cable line , A large fleet of steamers and an army of men are kept busy laying and repairing them , so that al together the cable Industry Is a largo busi ness In Itself , even aside from the message ! ) which arc sent over the wires. THKOUOIU3 WATKIIS. UKI.IClOli.S. Dr. Walsh , archbishop of Dublin , Is re gaining his hi'ulth ' by riding a bicycle. Illshop H. S. Foster ( Mothodlut ) Is to preach the opening tsurmon at the centennial conference of the African Methodlfit Epis copal church , which will bo held In Now York , beginning October 1 , The Hev. Dr. John Mathews , pastor of the Centenary Methodist Episcopal churrh of St. Louis , will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary } ( his ordination on the 30th of the present nontli. BUhop Curtis ( Human C.ithollc ) who ro- : ontly resigned the Kco ot Wilmington , Del , , will soon go to Baltimore to fill an lin- icrtant ofllro under Cardinal Gibbons. It Is announced that a Vatican dccrcn has jccn Issued excommunicating the Gallclan Jhriatlan socialist agitator , Father Stojal- > ffakl , for disobedience of previous orders mil admonitions respecting hla political ac- Ivlty. 'Hie faithful nro warned against loldlng any communication with him. Mrs. Elizabeth II. Colt , who In JSCO on > ctcd as a memorial for her dccc-atcd husband the Church of the Good .Shepherd In Hartford , Conn. , at a cost of $200,000 , has recently irected a handsome parltih boute In connec tion with that church ah a memorial for lier son , Caldwell Hart Cult , who died In 1S94. No expense has be-on spared to make the building beautiful nit \vcll UH complete In all Its details. Ono of the promising signs In the unl- wslty circles in Germany Is the growth if organisation , alining lit a development } f personal piety and Ititerebt In the practi cal work of the church. The latest move ment In tlild direction has boon the found ing of a "students' association for mission work , " represented nt nil universities , closely nkln to the Interteniliniry alliance In Amur- lea. Dr. S. A. Steel , the editor of the Kpworlh IJra , of the McthodUt Episcopal church , iouth , vai H'eently put on trial by the book comnilttio for "mUrumluct and Ini'lIIclency , Frivolity of splilt , vulgarity of style , mis representation , " etc. , and for teaching that "tho use of tubacio IB H uln. " The charges tvcro sustained , hut Dr. Steel was continued In his oilieron his piomlso to do better In ho futiiiv. Bishop Doano ( Episcopal ) of Albany , de- ilres to have It known that the "Prayer lor the Country , " authorl/ed for u i > In thu Jlocttfo of Now York by Bishop Potter , was 'Issued by the authorities of the flv llucctio of the state of New Yorlc , by the several ecclesiastical authorities thereof. " ; t may to lidded that the prayer Is taken substantially from the original report of lie joint commission of the KpUcopal church m Liturgical enrichment , known commonly is the "ilook Annexed , " wth | ceitalo modi- Icatlous by the libhops of Albany and Loot : lilaud. > BULL FIGHT ON THE PLAINS Lively Contest Between an Old Buffalo anil Two Daring Sioux , THRILLING INCIDENT OF BYGONE DAYS Mnrtolnnn Ability of ( he IiuUitn * l'2x ' i-lti'N the Admiration of tlir Slii-c- tutiirN V llnttlp to the Heath. ( Cop ) right. U0 . by the S , 8. McClurc Co. ) "I \\ns on the plains In tlio * COs. " said th short man draining his glass of ordinary. Ho illil not look over 30 , but lie must hnva been more than 40 , for the talcs ho told carried so much of the color of the country that one found It dUUcuU to disbelieve them. Ho was an ox-member of the Colorado legislature , and had come to Washington to work for the passage of a bill Intended to relieve railway employes , and was now Rented with a party of friends at one of tha email tables In the House restaurant , Llka many westerners. his life had been varied niul Interesting. lie had boon a cowboy , nil cnglncmnn , a. railway postal clerk ami polltlc.tn. The Spanish gentleman had just Ilnlshed an Interesting account of a bull light which had taken place nt llarcelona , In which , by some accident , the bull had the best of it. "I saw a bull light on the plains once , " said the short man , laying his tools down , "right out In the open , with nothing to hldo behind , 'nowhero to stand , but on , and nowhere to fall but oft , ' as the deceased bard of St. Joe would say. "It wna while wo were locating the line of the Union 1'nclflc simply driving across the country and making obscrvntious. A couple of Sioux fell In with our party and \voro riding along looking for a chance to steal something , when wo came suddenly upon a small band of buffaloes , The roar ; nard , a sturdy old bull , was feeding along n a sag , between the Band hilts , and , thn wind blowing from him to us , prevented htm from scenting our party until ( he two Indians dashed by cutting him oft from tha main herd. Lowering his head the great brute bounded away up the llttlo hill , nt the top of which the two Sioux sat waiting to receive htm. Kadi of tilt , Indians carried a rllle , but to our surprise ihey were left hanging at the saddles. The. bull made straight for one of the horses , but just as ho seemed about to collide the broncho IE sprang to one sldo and an arrow from the , Indian's bow was driven deep Into the back of the bull. Wo expected the animal to bolt now , but he was enraged and scorned to escape. Turning , he came straight for the other Sioux , only to plow the air close alarmingly closi. to the agile horse , who carried his rider safely to the rear. The first Indian had by this time fixed another arrow , and , when the charge was made. planted it deep behind the bull's left shoul der. The fight had by. this time become so exciting that our driver , forgetting tha danger , had driven up with a hundred yards of the scene of the battle. Having bounded by one of the Indians , carrying another arrow away with him , the Infuriated animal caught sight of our wagon and drove straight for us. It was like standing on the track In front of a locomotive , and every man of us , realizing the great danger , was seized with a fear that almost froze our blood. The driver was so filled with terror that ho made no attempt to avoid a collision , which , from the moment the bull passed the Indian , seemed Inevitable. On he came , snorting like a snow plow and looking ns formidable. and not one of us had presence of mind enough to reach for a rifle. Wo were too badly scared to move , but not so with the Sioux. Seeing our danger , the brave follows turned their horses and came galloping past the bull , one on cither side , and as they passed htm each drove an arrow Into the mad brute. These now wounds seemed only to increase his rage , , and on he eamo , touring toward us , but before they reached our wagon the Indians whirled their horses'ana with arrows drawn stood between us and the approaching buffalo" The horses had barely tlino to turn before the billl wna upon them. Ono of the bronchos sprang away , his rider emitting a wild yell as ho sent another arrow Into the bleeding buffalo The other Indian was not so fortunate. Ilia hcrse failed to clear and one of thn bull's . horns caught In his Mdo Just behind the girth and plowed n great , red furrow clean back to his flank. In tin. face of this great ilanger at the very door of death I toolc time to observe the actions of the wounded horse. For n moment ho stood perfectly still , and then a shudder went over him , and with a cry that was half a lioan ho sank trembling to the earth. "Tho buffalo appeared to appreciate tha advantage of this thrust and at once turned and charged the unhoisrd Sioux. Tlin In dian might have ended the fight by taking up his rifle , but ho did not. Standing erect nt the sldo of the dead horse ho faced tha rapidly advancing foe and sent an arrow deep under the shoulder blade. As tha arrow left 'the string the Indian dropped beside the body of the horse and the buffalo passed over him without doing any damage. Now the mounted Sioux claimed the attcnr tlon of the wounded bull , and again tha Sioux on foot. Iy this tlino the buffalo fairly bristled with arrows and resembled i lingo porcupine. AVe could son that tha iinlmal was getting groggy , as they say ot liruo fighters , but his sand seemed never tn leave him. With a roar that would send [ i chill down your splncv with blood spurtIng - Ing from his nostrils ho would drive like a luurlcane nt hl tormentors who , with tha DxcepUon noted , groined to avoid him by Jbont the breadth of two bairn. When they tmil fought flvo minutes the earth for tha space of fifty feet nliout resembled a plowed Held. The one living horse was flcckrd with the froth of battle , and like the buffalo showed unmistakable Bgim | Of exhaustion. s the action of the bull grow slower the lioisclrss Sioux fought farther fiom cover. f\t times ho would Bland forth In the very 'arc of his furious adversary and after ills- 'barging his arrow leap to nno ldo , wlillo : ho 'shaggy monster , ' as tlin descriptive writer would nay , brushed by. " \\'P were surprised nt the beginning of hn fight to bee thn Indians using their bows slowing their rifles to remain at Inn saddle , nit our Kiirpileo was still greater now , when he mounted Sioux turned his horse nboilt i ml left the field , leaving hln companion to Ight It out single-handed. Thn hull seemed o take new courage , finding but ono of hla sHallants. and fora tlmii fought desperately. if , . ? S.ul1dcn 1B | stopped , fRdiiB the Indian. Vlth his fiont feet apart h appeared to fst. perhaps to collect his fast falling trcngth. HP was nn object now to cxolto > nn H pity , and , although It may seem un- hrlHllnn , I ulmott wished ho could win , fern n those days Micro wore nearly HH many ndluns as buffaloes , und they were Infinitely nero dangerous. "An arrow had destroyed ono of the bnll'ii yes , blood was rushing from his mouth and loslills nnil Irlrkllng fiwn a score of wounds long hla spine. Ills Ufa blnod was ebbing way , and now , aeulng his tormentor Mandlng icforc him , hn made a last deuperale effort o reach him. With a mighty rear the deeding biuto bounded forward nnd It coined to us that ho had regained all his i , . est HtrciiKlh , fo,1 ho went with the speed V nd force of nn cxprers train , The daring iloux drew another arrow and lot It drive. nto the buffalo , mndo a fr Int of dodging to ho right and then leaping fur to the left ly another arrow an the bafllcd bull ivnl by. "The buffalo was ty this tlino acquainted , , 'lth the. Sioux's tilclm and the moment ha tassed Hie Indian whirled and came dark at its udvtrnary with renewed vigor. The ilouxsurprlbed perhaps by the smMtiniCM f.thn charge , leaped back. Mumbled and learly fell backward over the body of hla eail horse , Before be could regain his fret ho animal was upon him , It eeenied that n another moment the Indian would bo nsntd high in thn > ilr , but the new lease f llfo the bull had was out nnd In that loment , In which wo had looked to ECO Im triumph , the L'reat beait utnnibled and ell In a heap at Ibo Sioux's feet. " CV WA11MAN. The prince of Naples , very ftort , lihi , very ulckly , In Rolot to iiarry th < ) rlncci * ot Montenegro' , tall , athletic , robust , I'autlful. Ily this combination the Italian oyal family hopes , not without reason , jq III ) further etava off the icuubllc. C'ouk'a Imperial Extra Dry Cbatnpagnt iiuulil bo in every household. It uro and naturally fermented ,