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-ff THE OMAHA DAlTjY 1VEE : SUNDAY , OCTOBER 11 , 1800 10 THE BUTTERED SHIP. , How Admiral dc Htiylcr Captures n Pi rut i ! . Uj FRANCES IfV J JTi f * . JFP > w < . t.-S AO * Did you ever hear how De Ruytcr cap tured the pirate ship and saved his own vcisel , with a tub of butter ? It la a story that would do credit to the Ingenuity of ono of our own Yankee skippers , as well as the trick by which ho won a prlic and made a capture at sea yet never wasted a pound of powder. After all , now one comes to think of It , Mlchlcl Adrtanzoon do Ruytcr , the greatest of the Dutch naval heroes , very nearly re- somblcH xomo of our best men Qcorgo Washington , Andrew Jackson and Commodore dore/ Perry , for Instance. Like them , ho came of poor , honest parent * , made hla way by sheer grit , daring and truthful fearlessness and fought In defense of n re public , but unlike them , Do Kuytcr , In hla youth , was ftmotm for the extraordinary scrapes ho was continually falling Into. Not that he was really a bad boy , only very lazy , no mischievous he was turned out of every workshop where his father , n poor brewer , apprenticed him and so noisy nnd fun-loving he was continually In dis grace. Juxt for a lark he climbed Uic church steeple In his native town of Flushing , pretended to dance a hornpipe nrouitd the weather cock and came down by kicking holes In the slate shingles to form a sort of ladder. All his boy frlendi \\lio adored him for Ills good nature , lih straight forwardness , love of fair play and stout , ready fists , would have carried him nt omul the town on their shoulders In la on or of this doughty deed , lint his father and the dignified grown folks , looked upon the steeple prank with very much lei > s admiration. You may be sure a sound birching was administered , by way of reward , and then poor Mrs. De Kuy- ter had to consent to 11-year-old Mlchlcl's being bundled off , as a cabin boy , on a mer chant vessel bound for the African coast. This all happened In the year 1677 , andf no doubt , a good many otherwise klnd-hcartcd fells In Flushing rather hoped that hungry ADMIRAL DE RUYTER. savages and fierce utorms might indefinitely postpone Mlchlel's return to his native laud , GO peaceful did the docks and streets scorn after his departure. They were doomed to disappointment , however , for Mlchlcl Adrian- zoou did come back , no longer a cabin boy. but a llvo joung sailor , entirely satisfied with his now llfo on the broad dangerous lilgh seas. At 17 the cabin boy became junior officer and at 21 there was no more trusted , skillful young captain In the Dutch merchant marine. Oddly enough Captain De Huytcr didn't care very much for fighting , though in that day all the European nations were infested with pirates , pompous English merchantmen , Spanish frigates , ready to pounce on Dutch vessels , and French men-of-war looking out for fat prizes. Do Ruyter was busy making luonoy , perfecting himself In mathematics , drawing maps , and ho always prcfcried slip ping neatly through his enemy's elutches to provoking a quarrel. Once a big Spanish man-of-war did over haul his peaceful tiadlng ship and after put ting up the best fight possible De Ruyter was obliged to yield and was popped Into a black Spanish prison. Ho escaped , however , nnd RB a barefoot beggar walked all the way Iiomu to Flushing never again did he fall Into so sad u plight and when on his way homo from Ii eland with a cargo of butter ho saved his ship and won a prize by the fol lowing device : ' When half way home a pirate gave chase and not able to escape by aid of the wind , our bravo young captain was at n loss how to avoid capture. Ho neither had the men a great man-oNwaftejirlnR down upon them , the pirates ftsilc'hlSt'lias'o for the French coast , forsaking their prize to a vessel their guns could have blown Into the r.I- Not many years after this De Ruyter bc- came an admiral In the Dutch navy , and fearful even to read about were the bat tles he fought attaint Fionch. Swedes , Spanish and the British , In ono engage ment six vessels In turn were sunk under him and once he filled nil ttngland with fear by nailing straight up the Thames river , seizing ships and even threatening London. Never In a llfo , full of great vic tories and some great defeats , did his splen did courage or his fine patriotic determina tion to do the brst for Hrillaml desert him. At lust , In a great battle against the Trench , he received three terrible wounds and died , crjlng out cheerfully 'through the roar of cannonading. "Keep 'ci/urage. bojs , keep courage , that Is thft way1 to 'win the vic tory. " _ ' ' VHHTioAti WHITING. \Vlij It In .More SnUrifnHnry Tlinii the The style of writing ncm Known cs the vertical originated as a sjstem In Europe ; and , strange to say , It was the product of hygienic rather .than , pedagogical investi gation. Phj-slclans seeking the causes of the Increasing prevalence of defective sight and spinal troubles followed them to slopIng - Ing writing. Then ( followed experiments that led to the vertical system. It was found that business men , notci for their rapid and legible writing , hai been forced to acquire a hand very illl fertnt from that 'taught In schools. The held their pcna dfforontly | nnd assumet a position at their desks other than tba which they had been taught. A stud of the best specimens of these buslnes hands showed that the ivrltcrs had son back to the simple round , Roman-like characters actors , which nmnjn ( teachers claimed a natural to young children. These buslncs men sat Immediately In front of their desks their hands taking the most natural po sltlon. On thcso facts the system of ver tlcal writing was based , ! It has spread tlirtinjlh England and Can ada , and i Is rbqulml > ot all applicants fo positions under the British government From Canada. It came to the United State and Is now employed > to noinc degree in th public schools of many of the larger clttc of the northern , eastern and southern states In the Now York and Boston public school the privilege of choosing between sevcra text books and systems selected by the bean of commissioners { shallowed the prlnclpa of each school. As a result both the slop ing nnd vertical systems are taught In the public schools of these cities , though a majority of the principals and tcachcra after a fair trial favor the vertical. They claln that It Is the easiest to read , the easiest to write and the easlbstl to learn ; that It ad tnlt.s of the most hygienic position , the most natural movement and the greatest rapidity The position required Is with the body straight before the 'desk ' , afid the copy set squarely in front Of 1ho writer. Both hands rest on the desk and the pen Is held so that both points of tho'nib'are ' used. The move ment Is of the flngers'and ' not of the arm as In the oblique system. Hence It is as serted that the effort Is more natural am less fatiguing. It-teJnleo claimed that It Is helped by the studytlind practice of short hand and drawing , ( the position and manner of holding the pen being the same. A prominent teacher principal of a public school In New York City , which has a roputa tlon for the excellency of Its penmanship when Interviewed said : "Tho writing in my school was despicable and no amount of effort on the teachers part seemed to improve it materially. I visited other school questioned other teach ers , all with the same result , namely , that U took so long and naa so difficult to teach the average child to writ legibly. I no. tlccd that a child naturally makes round letters , and that the greatest fault teachers have to overcome ls the child's unwilling ness to keep the proper1 slant of their copj- book and the required position. I began to think of the vertical system and deter mined to try it In' some 'of the rooms. Ir three months' time there was such a marked Improvement that J .required the teachers of every room to adopt jit ! " I'UOFKSSIOXAli TATTOOING. Ancient CiiMtoiu rrnutlccilby Son- fiirliiK Ii-ii. When Julius Caesar landed in Britain , he found the virile Inhabitants of the Isle ON SLIPPERY DECKS. or guns with which to offer effective reslst- cnco , but a happy thought camu , Ordering up a barrel of butter he directed Ills sailors to take off shoos and stockings , grease down decks , companion way , ropes , etc , , open wide all port holes and then , their arms concealed about them , wait for the vvoist. When nearly cvury Inch of the ship had been liberally buttered ho obediently hove to , lu response to a cannon shot across hla bows , and meekly pretended his readiness to deliver up lives and cargo us gincefully as possible. So enchanted were the pirates with , their easy victory , and so greedily eager to seize the victims and stores , that coming along side of De Ruytcr's ship they crowded uoislly onto tbo deck. But consternation overtook them. The first man whose foot touched the Dutch phin slid , llko one on a toboggan , lioad foremost down the conipanlonway , There , as ho lay stunned , the cabin boy bound and sat on him. Two moio flow over the deck and shot out through the port holes Into the sea , while the remainder fillded abflut , helplessly butting Into the bulwarks , at every heave of the waves or dropped to their bocks , uuablo to get a foot hold ana rlso again. These who did remain - main crvct shook with horror , thinking the ship bowltched , nnd In a trice the pirates weio bound , their vessel taken In tow and chuckling with delight Do Ruyter sailed homo to report a complete victory. Once again the young captain over whelmed A pirate on tba English channel at less outlay than oven a tub ot butter. This tlmo , when a blj ; uevv ship was under Ills command , bo came up wllh a plrato Uw- In a handsome trading reisel Just captured. Though not anxious to tight. De Ruyter could not resist the temptation to make another line haul. With the same audacity that had had him to dance a hornpipe on the steepleha clapped on all salt , mustered his men and hoisted the colors ot a Dutch admiral. Thinking that nothing less thau clothed In llttlo besides iblne woad stains , and Britain's sea w'arrlo'Sjhavo | clung aiore or less ever slnco to tielr ) early ancestors' practice ot covering ( heir bodies with mys tic designs. Ill a little bj'-strcet at Portsmouth , Eng land , I recently came across a modest llttlo two-story dwelling , over the window of which was the strange device , "tattooing , " on a pioj acting sign , composing two sides of a triangle. Within , the tattooer was luvaltlng customer * . -l ' "Oh , yes , It Is a regular business , " ho said ; "it's all I've got to depend on for a living , at any rate. ' " Ho is a imyal pensioner , but the pension awaidcd to hlm'on leaving the navy wan not of a very munificent desdrlptlon , so ho had to bothlnk hlnlselt of wmothlUB which would bring in an honest penny ; The aUlst In tattooing , who Is a man of middle height , stoutly built , and as hairy as Ejau , showed us various Bam plea of his skill upon his own limbs. Every available spot upon his arms anil chest had been utilized ; In fact , he was a walking catalogue of his own pictures. His bendh was the window recess , a small space around It on the ground floor being curtalnofl. Aff for the purpose of his'profession. In''flfs' ' ( tnal | upace five or six feet square ho"crcl his art wltli only a dim light nndllfV Its' way throuch the small panes lu which re bung various pic tures and designs ! ' * . ' On the wlndow-15eiich'1lie the tools of his craft and a larg& ' 'volume of designs from his pencil. Most of the pictures are emble matic of Father Neptune and the briny ; but tha book abound ! with others , among which the various : ptaailectUni of bis cus- toinors can hardly fall to be suited. The queen of Kngland' ' acateU on a marine throuo amid tbo ample folds ot the Union Jack ; St. George killing the dragon accord- lug to the usual allegorical notion ; army nnd navy standing ti nd In hand ; visions of ballet loveliness seeu a'wajr from the foot lights ; the sailor tearfully taking farowel of ht lass ; these , and Items of a coml nature , too , can bo punctured Into the ski at charges varying according to the mag nltude ot the design and the amount ot labo Involved , The tools look , at first sight , Ilk an artist's paint-brushes , only much shorter Instead of camel's hair the brush Is mad of fine needles , seven In a row In the targes and t > fo In the finest. Ho has several o them , an Ink-pallet , nnd some bottles o Jndln Ink and pieces of vermllllon. Thcs constitute , with the designs , his stock-It trade. At ono tlmo a form ot burning wa used , a small quantity of gunpowder beln disposed with art on the spot where th design was traced , and carefully exploded. Business has not been brisk lately , he It formed us. He got customers from a classes , but ho relied chiefly upon blue Jackets and men of n similar station In life He had done work for people In moro ex altcd stations , but not often. He bad tat toocd ladles , but In their cases he was re strlctctl to tracing Initials on their fa ! wrists , or somctlmps he worked on n brace let. "Would you llko to see how it' done ? " asketl he. I expressed my preference to seeing I done rather than having It practiced o mjsclt. I held his arm tight so as t stretch the skin vvhllo he with his brus of needles , previously dipped In the In dlan Ink , rapidly traced a circle by prick Ing the skin. "Oh , no , there's not much of n sensa tlon , " he remarked ; "the needles do no go far In. " They went sufficiently far In however , to enable the brush to ban In the skin as he Illustrated the mode o procedure. One of the larger emblenmt pictures would have to be done on th victim's chtst , and In addition to payin INSTRUMENTS AND FIGURES FOR TAT TOO1NG. two dollars and a half for the work , tli client would have to sit still for six hour while the artist was at work. He sal he had learnt the art at sea. vvhert ; hi services used to be In great requlsltlo among his shipmates. Tattooing Is cv deutly not one ot the "overcrowded pro fesslons , " and the tattooer at Ports mouth knew of only two others in Eng land , or the world for that matter. of the YomiKTHti'ri. The following story Is related ot a P-ltts burg gentleman who Invited a number o Sunday school children to a treat In hi beautiful grounds. Not the least appre elated among the many good things vvcr the excellent strawberries and cream , o which there was a plentiful supply. Seeing how the children enjoyed these , th good man , wishing to Improve the occasion addressed them : "Well , boys , " he said. "I hope you hav thoroughly enjoyed j-our strawberries an cream ? " "Yes , sir , " was the. reply. In lusty chorus "But suppose , " ho continued , "that in stead of having been invited here you ha stolen over my garden wall and helped your selves when no one was looking , you woul' not have enjoyed them half so much , woul you ? " "No , sir , " replied the chorus. "And why not ? " queried their benefactor To this answer there was no linmedlat response , the bo > s being apparently shy o giving any reason. At length , however , little urchin , rather bolder than the rest piped out : " 'Causo wo shouldn't have had no crean with them ! " Robbie Murdcn , 9 years old , ot Kokomo Ind. , has built a toy train ; which operate on a circular track covering an aero o ground. The engine , in appearance nnd form , conforms to the modern railway loco motive , with whistle , bell and every neces sary attachment. The train Is propelled by the llttlo boy , who sits In the cab , with his feet on pedals similar to these used In propelling bicycles. The email amount o : power required to operate the train la sur prising , the little fellow c rying four pas sengers around the track with case. Robbie Is earning n good salary In the passenger : rafflc , charging a penny a trip. The depot Is provided with ticket offlce , waiting room and all modern conveniences. A little 4-year-old knelt to say her prayers the other evening. After Invoking a blessing on all the members of tbo family , she wound up by saying : "And bless Mr. Hickaworthy. Amen. " Then she rose up , but immediately knelt down again. "I don't ( mean Mr. Hitiksworthy that thinks no's so smart , Lord , but 11) ) e. poor aid Mr. Hicks worthy that's only got ono eye and always gives mo candy. Amen. " Bobby Mamma , do the streets of heaven flow with milk and honey ? Mother So the bible says. dear. Bobbj- And Is that why the angels have wings , 'cause the walking's so bad ? "Can any of you lell mo why Lazarus vas a beggar ? " asked the female teacher n a West Side Sunday school , "Why vyas . .azarus a beggar ? " she repeated , sternly. "Please ma'am , " replied a small boy whoso father was a merchant , "because ho didn't advertise. " u o .N > T Jioi > mu M 13. Chicago ItccorJ. My papa says he'u busy 'n I mustn't bodder htm. CaiiHB he's flxln' up vo door j'nrd fence to make It ullek and trim , N mnmmu'H got u caller 'u she snys : "Don't bqddor mo , " N what n llttlo boy's to do I can't Istz.ikly SCO. My sister hain't got homo from school , 'n baby is asleep , N If I stay tibout vo house I dusn't hardly peep. Varo Isn't nnj" place roun * hero for lone Dome little boy * As wants to pluy 'n have some fun 'n make u little noise , : guess I go to unclo's 'n see what I can find , Scrimps vo'll let mo make some noise , 'n maybe vey won't mind f I nx some llttla aucatlons 'bout lings vat puzzle me , I fink I'll 1st go over for a little while 'n see , O ! dearie me , yut shall I do ? I never see mien times ! Jnclo said ; "Don't bodder me" he's busy mukln' rhj'mesr- N auntie , she was busy , 'n she said ; "Varo , run away ; " Vnre ain't nobody anj-varo vat vnnts n boy todaj' , to ; vare hnln't no ono wants a boy , so I know vat I'll do. 'U Blip Into our pantry , get a piece o' plo dr two , N get some cakes nnd cookies 'n eat 1st all I can , 3o I can hurry up 'n grow to be a great big man. Her Prrueiiee of Mini ! . Chicago Tribune : "Yes , Harry and I went jut riding on a tandem last evening , and he gave mo such a fright I have hardly got over It even yet. " "How was thatT" "When we were going through an avenue f trees and there was nobody In sight be caned forward on his handle bars and eached his head around and kissed me ! " "Why , that was dangerous , wasn't It ? If ou had swerved ever so llttlo tbo machine vould have upset and thrown you both off , " " 1'es , but I didn't werve. " , LINCOLN AND HIS CALLERS An Hour with the President on One of His Reception Days. MEN AND WOMEN SEEKING FAVORS I'ntlonro , ( Joixlnluro mill Kliutllncxx tn Vlnlldrn Lincoln' * mill Ai < llriillrn to ( IticnllonrrN. M ' ( Copjrlcht , ISiC , Tlie 8. Is. "McCluro Company. ) I recollect as perhaps"fie ) most Interesting hour of my life one spent with President Lincoln In his office onnne , ( of his reception days. Captain James , quartermaster at Fortress Monroe , had been dismissed by Mr. Stanton , secretary of War1 , ' for a technical violation of the regulatlcn . Stanton refuel to hear any explanation laf defense and the president was appealed1 to. I asked If I could be of any service In Washington , and upon an afllrmttlvo ansxrcr I went at onco. I tried two days to get admittance , but found cabinet meetings or mcinbcrs of congress occupying all the time ) . , lly the third day the anteroom had become full of people waiting to see the president , men , women and boys , white and colored. I had by this tlmo made the acquaintance of the door keeper , who said to me that ho thought If I would wait a few minutes the whole crowd would be admitted ; for that was the custom of the president whenever a crowd llko that was there If there was no cabinet meeting nor anything of that kind. In a few minutes the door opened nnd the crowd poured In , men , women and bo > s , I did not count them , but there were surely 100. As soon as I entered the room I cast my eyes over it and saw n Beat , which If I could reach , would enable mo to sec and hear all that took place. I secured the coveted scat and saw and heard Mr. Lincoln decide their cases The presi dent patiently heard all they had to say and his goood nature , kindness and wisdom were so manifest that all could but admire the unerring Judgment and humanity with which they were all dismissed. I have regretted that I did not write out nt the time the cases ns dispcsed of , but I have a distinct recollection of the following COOLING A R13UEL , Ono woman , well dressed and dignified made application for a pass through the Ilneo to Richmond , and gave as a reason that her sister was very sick and she wished to go to her assistance. The president asked her If hcrsUter had any friends In Richmond. "Oh , yes , but she would like to be with me. " The president brought out the truth , that her home was In Richmond , and she had left , as wo thought we- could eee , because she thought herself safer In Baltimore The president saw , as vie all did , that she was Intensely rebel , and he said he guessed she would bo safer In Baltimore than in Richmond , and he had no doubt her aisle : would be caicd for ; but , he said , with that peculiar indication of being amused , that all who knew him will recall , "I don't know but I would be willing to compromise with jou. I don't know but I would be willing to give jou a. pass to Jilchmond It you will promise not to come 4iapk again. " With Indignation , not only in ( hcr face , but in every wrinkle of her ( Ifeea , she strode out of the . room. ) j * A joung lad presented "himself. "Well , my lad , what do you wish ? " Ho wanted to go to West Point. "How .old are you ? " On his answer the president ; said , laying his hand on the lad's shoulder , "Oh , they won't receive jou at West Point. You are not old enough. " The boy's countenance showed great disappointment. Mr. Lincoln asked him where he lived and vvhnt lie was doing. He gave his residence , and said he was flfer In a. certain regiment. "How long have jou been with the regiment ? " "Ever ulnco the war commenced. " The president said , grasp- ins the boy's hand , "go back to jour regi ment and do your duty , as I know you will , and when you are old enough come back hero and I will send jou to West Point. " That Eoerac-d to add several Inches to the lad's height , and he left with a proud step. A man presented himself with a package of papers as thick as his arm , which he > egan to open. "What can I do for you , " vas the greeting of Mr. Lincoln. The answer was that he wanted to get an appointment as paymaster In the army. "Oh. " said the president , "I have more paymasters than I lave any use for. I need money much more than I need paymasters. " After a Ittlo conversation he closed the Interview with , "I'll tell you what I would like to do. would like to trade some paymasters for some money. " PARDQNTIEFUSKO. A woman wanted her son pardoned. Ho had been court-martialed for carrying per cussion caps , camphor and such articles across the Potomac to the rebels , and ttn- enced to bo shot. Among other papers iresented by his mother was a letter. The ( resident commenced reading It aloud. A ; entleman seated by inside Bald to mo hat was his usual method ; he would read a paper In such cases aloud. Ho read the first page , and then turned to the signature , and said , "Why , this Is from Mr. , " naming a prominent citizen of Maryland. Yes , " was the response. A man standing by said , "That can't hi * so , for he Is dead. " Mr. Lincoln laid the letter on his knee , and with a very slight flash of humor on his face said , "Well , suppose ho Is dead ; wouldn't a letter from a dead man bo worth more han ono fromi a living one ? " After llsten- ns very patiently to thq plea of the mother and some friends , who had evidently brought ler along to help tliep , ho said to her : 'Now , madam , I do not think you are treat- ng me fairly. Your son has been tried by a sworn court , and convicted upon the testi mony of sworn witnesses of giving aid and comfort t tbo rebels by furnishing them vlth percussion caps and other things which hey must have and can't make , and has > een found guilty ; and now you ask me to set that verdict aside without any evidence at all , but Juet as a mailer of humanity and ( indness to you. I do not think that fair , and vvhllo I would like to gratify you I Euspect if I should do. so It would not bo two weeks before ho1 would be doing tbo Bamo thing again , and Ham not at all sure nit that Is just what you would llko to have him do * There were some dUlpjal persons In the room , but a largo part were his friends , .ml their expression phowed plainly that hey realized and recognised the klndllne&s and wisdom of Mr. Lincoln In the decision of all the cases. ' ' A MUTE INvTfcfllVJEW , Finally they all left1'but two' a young foman and myself , ' She beckoned roe orvvard , and I saw Jilio" , wanted the last banco at ( ho president. 1 shook my head ud she went forwarq.J'Upon bolng ad- rcttsod , Instead of replying oho produced a ablet and pencil and cmntnencod a conver- atUin with the president ln writing , prov- iK to be'a route. SltoWcupiud rooro ttau alt an hour , and whenjjsi'o ! ' left I arose and cnt forward and -was * imit with ; "Why , tr. Januey , have you bcSfi waiting here all his tlmo ? Why didn't you make yourself nown sooner ! " My reply was that I had walled for the purpose of hearing and seeIng - Ing him try all these cases , and said It had been the most Interesting hour of my llfo. Ho replied that It was sometimes tiresome to lilm , and frequently very trying , for ho had to refuse appeals which It would give him pleasure to grant It Justice would allow It , That girl , ho paid , hod no busi ness that brought her here , but she will live h ppler because she has met the presi dent ; and it is better at times to let a woman Imvp her way , and so let her talk. 'Ho said he heard everybody that wished to IK ? heard , and usually heard all they had to say. say.Ho asked mo If there was anything he could do for me , to which I replied there wns. and coirmencod a statemt-jit of the case of Captain James , omitting the name to see If he would remember the case. Heforo I had proceeded far he sild , "Why , that Is Captain James' case , Isn't It ? " I replied It was He said ho had ordered htm rein stated , and finally asked mo to go over to the War department to see how- the case stood , and let him know the next morning. I loft the room , but after closing the door opened It again without knocking , for which I apologized and found that the president had thrown his head back In his chair , and his barber who had evidently been watching his opportunity , had spread a towel over his breast , In order to shave him. I said I had forgotten tn ask him at what hour I should call. "Call at 9 o'clock. I'll ' bo here. " I went to the War department , and upon Inquiry wan told they did not under stand the president as having ordered Cap tain James reinstated , that they thought the case had been referred to A.r'stant Secretary Watson , but upon Inquiry , it was found , as I suspected , that Mr , Stanton had pigeon-holed It , no that his decision should not ho Interfered with. THE ORDER SUPREME. Nextmorning , I went to the white house nnd took a seat In the anteroom with n newspaper , in a. position that would enable mo to see the president when he came up the stairs. In n few minutes the president ranio up the stairs , and as ho turned to go tn his own room he looked over his shoul der nnd saw me , with "Come In , Mr. Jmi- ncy. " At that somewhat familiar salutatlos all ejes were turned on mo with wonder as to who I was that the president addressed so familiarly. When I reported what I had learned at the War department he took his pen and wrote an order reinstating Captain James and handed It to me and said to mo to take that over to the department and see If they would understand It. When the business was completed ho asked mo It I was a relative of Henry Jan- ney of Washington and said that not long after ho came there , as he was walking down Pennsjlvanla avenue one day , he re membered that ho needed a pair of boots , and seeing the name of Henry Janney over the door of a shoo store , he thought to him self , there is a Quaker and an honest man and he would go in and buy a pair of boots. Ho went in , and happened to meet Mr. Jan- noy and bad a long talk with him and found him to be a very Intelligent and sensible gentleman and he had met him several times slnco and he would say to me that among all the men of the city whom he had known since ho came there , there was no one In whose Judgment nnd Intelligence ho had more confidence than In Henry Jannej' . At the close of our Interview I thanked him for the kindness with which he had treated me , when he said to me : "It I can help j'ou In nny way don't hesitate to call LINCOLN'S BARKER HAD BEEN WATCHING HIS OPPORTUNITY. on me. I will bo glad to sco you at any time. " I took his order to the War depart mcnt , and upon handing it to Colonel Hurdle ho said promptly : "That shall bo attended to. " I bald : "Permit mo to ask , how sooi probably ? " "Ju L ns soon as the paper ; can bo made out. " That was Saturday. : went to Philadelphia on Sunday and on Mon day the first mall brought an order re Instating Captain JJines In his forme ; place. JOHN J. JANNEY. T.VKI3 IT r.ASV. Nixon Waterman. Don't you worry. Don't you hurry ; Take It easy when you can. Alters choppln' 'Ithout sfoppln' T' grind > er nx la a foolish plan. Don't keep mussln' Tlound and fussin' Over somijiliV Some 1 know ' 3 ? o nll-flrcd Worn and tired , Make the folio about 'cm so. Don't keep flghtln1 'Ithout slghtln' ; Tnko yer llmo and git ycr aim , JJon't forever Shoot and never 13ag ycr piopcr allure o' game. Don't j'on borrow Cnro and Borrow ; Make moie progress , so I flnd , Sometimes settln1 'Round a-lcltln' Thing ! ) BO 'bout ua they've a mlpd , Llka a feller 'At 's kinder mcller 'N casy-llko no time to sco Home Infernal Thing I'lenml- Ly distressln' him and mo. \ Cool llfil. Ill riorlda , where the heat at night Is almost 1s unbearable as In the day , It Is not unusual to ice the beds before retiring to rest. This Is done In a very simple waj A metal vessel or pot , much In the form of the ancient warming pan used by our grand fathers. Is filled with broken Ice , and , after standing until the Ice has completely cooled the vessel , It js placed between the sheets and moved to and fro over the surface of the sheets and pillows until they are quite cold. This coolncts of the bed clothes Is very soothing to the heated snd wearied body and Invariably Induces Immediate sleep. ' Clilctit.tcr'i Kncllih Diamond Ilnttid. 'ENNYROYAL PBLLS Orlflnul and Only ( Jviiulnt. Arc , always rtlUtlc. LftDlcm atk ruwlit lor r Mei rTnaliit Hit end fraud In 1 tad and CM milling' ' > m > r > l,4 with tint rtM * > Q. ToUo . _ nuelhir. Rfjuit rfnn , r0u. .utititu * V .lo l nd imUilKm , At JHU | liri. or > rod 4n In * l tpH for I'ftrtleuUri , mllmoaUl. ami * IUllcf rvr l'AtllraMffi I ( ( rr. t > r rt lunt Mall. Kl.UOOTrulnioiiUU Aan , VVijxr. Uf uffiiu. " ' 1' UadM. , I'A , CURE YOURSELF ! UM llz J far unrjturtl dlicharKM , luHmnuialloDt. IrrlUtloui or uln rutloiia or mucuu * ruriuLraiitx , raliilegt , mil nil Kent or or wnt lu pUla . . . . . . . . br ipren B I | I ] , lur il.io , or 3 boll In , I..TI. CirirQlAr ffnr nn rvjusit- OR MORPHINE HABIT PAIKKUU t MRMANdlTU CUXID PAINLES 'OPIUM ANTIDOTE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE REMEDY , Discovered In 1G68. "THERIAKI" Book Fret. Office 312 , 78 Monroe Street , rillfARfi HI P. 0. Onwir 603. UlltAUU , III. EXPERT CROOK MD. ROBBER Extraordinary Career of David Lewis , the Dashing Desperndo. TALES OF THE PENfS\T.VAJIA } | TERROR DnrlitK Oiiprntliiiin In tlip Ko } xdino mill A.IJi.Inlnk Sl ( < -MUlH Mlfo'x rnuiliifNi for liiu-f tU ts Him Into Troulilf. Tito Asters In S'cw York Imvo long been the object of the attcmpta of sharpers mid thieves to got at some of their property ami belongings. K\tr since the time when the original Jolin Jacob began to be kuown ns a millionaire fur merchant down to the period of the harpies * ho now flock nronuil lilt joung descendant of the same name , the family Has been marked out scores of times for blackmailers or plumlercrs , or adtcntur- ors on the seaich for thslrvonkrlosses. . One of the great eensntlons In New York In the days of the original Astor , relates the Phila delphia Bulletin , was the robbery of his wife by n celebrated Pennsylvania rogue , whom the Philadelphia authorities regarded for joars as the most desperado thief and high wayman In the state. Known as Lewis the robber David Lewis being his full name this man , when ho hardly more than passed beyond the years of his joulhas a ter ror throughout southern Pennsylvania ni a purse-lifter , marauder nnd counterfeiter , and to this day In some of the old towns of the Cumberland and the Junlata valley nro l > reser\cd talcs and traditions of his toirl- blo prowess. There may bo found near Caillslp n subterranean retreat known still as Lewis' cave , Into which ho made his escape when ho broke out from the bar racks In which General Jnmes Wilkinson had Imprisoned him after having commuted n death sentence condemnllip ; ' him to death Tor desertion from the army. nXPEHT IN CRIMINAL 'PRACTICES. Lewis was a dashing and handsome fellow of unqimllinB pluck , liked by women and having some of the external , ) bearing of a ' gentleman. He was able to'pass himself oft , to use the phrase of his day , as a "true dandy. " There was not a trick In the crim inal profession of which ho did not bellc\e himself to be a master. Ills robbery of Mrs. Astor In a Ilroadway bazaar of a reticule containing thousands of dqllnrs' worth of her finest French laces nnd elegant Jewelry was accomplished largely by the ease and grace with which he was nblo to move among the fashionable women In the empo rium without exciting suspicion. Ills career In New York wao the result of his flight from Carlisle , and It Is Interesting now to glance back upon It for n moment as an Illustration of the fact that the police of New York and Philadelphia In those good old days had to grapple w Ith crime and criminals not less formidable than those which are sometimes supposed to be products In this country of these latter days only. Louis was'one c-t the ruling spirits In a gang of thieves , counterfeiters and des peradoes of Now York and Philadelphia who had tholr headquarters In Pearl street They were regularly organized as an as sociation , governed by rules , rigidly en forced , for the collection , reception and division of spoils. According1 to Lewis' con fession a bank was not under-A stricter code or system of managements 'Tho ' rules of the band were written on parchment in blood drawn from the veins cf the mem bers as they knelt In a circle around a basin into which the ruddy drops of the fluid of llfo fell , nnd before which they pledged tholr fidelity to one another In a solemn oath. They had a president , n board of directors , a cashier and a teller , who acted precNelj as the managers of a financial Institution would in the administration of the stock on hand. Its conversion into cash , and Its allotment na dividends. These were declared once a week after n special committee had been appointed to examine the contents of the "vault" and make report to a general meeting of the company. It was the duty of each man to contribute everything he stole to the depository. and when Ixswis brought in the Astor finery nnd Jewelry there was much rejoicing. ' * HOW TUB TROU1JLE DEOAN. But the attraction of a beautiful piece of iaco was too much for Lewis * young wife to resist , and she appealed to him to present It to her. This came to the ears of the board of directors of the Pearl street bank. It was a gross violation of the rules of the con- corn. It was trntnmount ( o treason. "Con- crating good * " wan one of the highest crimes against the ostnlillshmrnl , and I/owls wax put on trial , found guilty , punltdird with an unmerciful beating and i rolwibly ox- polled. It wax at thl tlmr * when ho camp to Philadelphia nnd formed a daring plot against Stephen fllrard. The merchant , banker nnd tn'llloi.nlro ' wax then approach ing the height of hi * fame In commerce and finance. He wax the richest man In Philadelphia ; hp wnx at the head of the principal bank : thi wharves were lined with his ships , and the government Icaiud on him atut Astor and Jacob Barker the grandfather of Wharton llarker for loans as It docs In these Union on PIcrpont Mor gan and the liclmonts. Ills wife had IOUR been In nn Insane asylum. Lewis' nchcmo was , through the ronnhnnco of bis own spouse , to ontlco the magnate out of the city Into some quiet house , nnd then com pel him to sign a check for $25,000 as the priceof his freedom. It > senna that the Illness of Mrs. Lewis prevented the execu tion of this outrage , which , by the way , WAS only one of several nud.iclous pints thai scoundrels conceived agalnxt Glrard In the last thirty jenrs of his llfo , Lewis also meditated another great stroke agalnxt the United States bank , on Third direct , oppo- Rlto Dork. It was to ctitor the sewer on Hock street , and tunnel to the vaults , but was probably never attempted. A 1UJLLET ENDHI ) HIS CAIIKUII. In subsequent joara LewK the robber , re turned to his native heath In southern Pennsylvania , breaking banks , holding up travelersanml counterfeiting. At last the authorities of Somerset county miccocdcd in having him put In prison for ten ycartt , but It was not long before Governor FlmUay was Induced to pardon him , whereupon ho began a flesh career of criminal exploits , which Dually were halted for good In Center county. A sheriff's poise pursued him into a swamp , a bullet was tired Into hla shoulder and he died In the Jail at Hollo- fonte , when only 30 years of age , refusing to take the chance of saving hid llfo by an amputation of his arm. It was when in the llellcfonto Jail that his caiecr was associated with one of these pieces of tricky politics which seventy years ago were oven more common than they are today. James Duncan , a managing politi cian and shrewd lawjer of the time , was Interested In securing the defeat of Gov ernor Flmllay for rc-clcctlon. Ho induced Lewis lit his cell to dictate to him a con fession of his life. The episode of the pardon was so artfully and suggestively treated by Duncan an to convey to the reader the Impression that the governor wns responsible for Lewis' crimes after the par don. The confession of the outlaw , with Duncan's handiwork In It , was circulated In thousands of iiamphlcts In the counties which the outlaw had terrorized. It pro duced a reaction agalnxt Klndlay , and to it was ascribed the chief cause of his defeat at the election. At nny rate , the real author of the pamphlet was appointed auditor general by Joseph Holster when ho took the gubernatorial chair us n beneficiary of the trick In Lewis' name. This pamphlet is one of the rarest curiosities In the politi cal literature of the state. 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In granting this lady his roof , Gerald finds himself entangled in the most surprising chain of circumstances. He is abducted on Wall street , drugged , and carried near Biarritz , Going to Paris , he chances to see his abductor , and he finds that the refugee he has entertained is a great lady of Dalmatia , There follows a plot ' 'which Gerald embraces for the establish * ment of Beatrice Ramaga as Princess of Dalmatia. In success and failure is the theme of the story. * 1 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. i A STORY WORTH READING.