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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1896)
THE OMATTA DAILY SATURDAY , DlJHTBMlUfJK 2(5. ( 18W5 , 11 STORIES OF THE "BLACK ART" Amusing Exparioncoi and Tricks Played by Hsrraann tha Grant. HOW til SOAKED THE SULTAN'S WATCH Tlio Pa m mm Hhodllitrr Triple Si fully Worked on Slurilortnm . \rnlii.v llnloli of Inli'ri'M- Thc public Hook of hartntos tMtature hn boon Impoverished by the death of the fa- mom * ne-eromaneer , Alexander Herrmann 7ho nnglUh-fipcaklng > - ° rd ! kaovaud ad mired him , and lavished fortune * upon him for the enjoyment ho RJVO. A prlnco of onteitnlncrx , socially as * "u a * on the stage , ho was beloved by thousands > ouu end old , who had been at various limes charnif 1 and mjstifled by ha ! art. Among his Intlmntos , Herrmann wa& no less entertaining than on Iho stago. The Innum rable tricks with whleh ho mjfiti- lied the- public were often played upon his friends They served the dual purpose elI I erpc'tralliiR n practlral joltc and Intensi fying public Interest In his mystic busi ness Countless BtoikH nro related of bio otp.iH nrts. some of which were con- It Unite I b > the wl/ard hlmiiclf. Hen n.inn was a terror to waiters. A fa- Mjrito plcasintry vvas to keep the waiter running after t-alt or pepper He would draw ih waiter's otttiillon to the fact that \van no Ral' ' on the table Tito ccllai would le brought nnd llcirmnnn would pick It up and shako out the pepper , look nngry and Insist on Kilt Hcforo the waiter -.vug through ho would have the table cov- ied with pt-pper boxes that had held salt whrn the waiter brought them He moved In a mysterious way to per form bis liberal acts Of n Christina : ovc he dfllghlexl to walk through the poor quar- teis , nulling drewscd turkeys fiom his vest pocket and giving them to poor women. Ho has disposed of piles of stuff In a Rliort walk getting It from porKets that had not bulKoJ. but that apparently had no bottom It u related that once llcrimann waa a putst on boarrtj a ship at a South American port lie scared the Chinese waiter * nearly to de-alb by pulling bottles , glasses and gold ploc PS out of the mouth of ono of them . 1 Inaily he pltked the waiter up and shook / him 'Ihero was a rattle an of thousind1 ? or ' cold pi --s Some time afterward thu Chl- nainnn was Killed and cut open by bis com panlons , who had hoped to enrich lliem- In the New York Stock exchange he took rggs out 6f the brokers' pockets ami changed them Into llvo pigeons and chick- cn.s He transformed bags of wheat and corn Into eoal nnd grew a bitnna tree in Ills wilk hat fiom which the men picked ripe banana * . Sometimes his tricks were very pleasant. Ho bought some oranges f i \ oman on a Cincinnati street , cut thorn open nnd found gold pieces , which ho honestly Insisted upon giving to their owner Hut the woman could not bo prevailed - vailed on to sell any more of her fruit and cut them all open In the hope of finding some mm e gold pieces In Chinatown. San I'ranelseo. ho performed a elmlMr trien with eggs bought o a Mongolian The lat ter seeing gold drop from the broken eggs took the balance of his stock Indoors and prospected for gold on bin own account THICKS AT WHITECHAPRb Once about three years ago , the wizard Whiteehapel club of was a guest at tbo Chicago that rendc/vous for Chicago no- hcmlnns so well remembered for Us strange doings On the night In question aenor - able Japanese archbishop vvas also present. In the course of the evening Herrmann nicked up a deck of cards and asked someone ono to select ono of the pasteboards This ivas done and proved to bo the seven spot of clubs This was shown to the apcctators. but not to the magician. The card was re placed In the deck , which v as shullled , and then benttercd about the room. "Now , gentlemen. " said Herrmann , "If unlace the arch ono of you will Kindly bishop's shoe you will find thcro the card which was drawn from the pack" After a brief protest by the kind-faced and gentle old man bo unlaced the shoe nnd thero. to the amazement of nil , was found the seven spot of clubs The look of wonder on the face of the old Japanese prelate afforded the wi/ard much pleasure' On anothei occasion , during a UBlt to this same club. Herrmann took two packs of cards , and. putting them together , an nounced that he Intended throwing ono of them In such an accurate manner that It would stltk under tbo woodwork lining the upper celling The sp.ue Into which tbo , thin curd must bo thrown was almost In- f' MMble and the distance from where Hcrr- f1 maim stood was perhaps twenty feet After ' exhausting every card In the two packs but ono be glanced slyly about him. and then , liy n eiulck deft movement , lodged the card In the little crack , where It lemalncd until the tilth went out of existence Ono of liki favorite nnd most dltllenlt trlc-ks waH the palming of billlird balls Often- tlner when visiting his ncwspapci friends ho would scoop up three or four of the Ivory balls , and by n clink of the tonpuo c.iuue them to dliippnir IhU trick , done with coins o ; small aitlcles , was \eiy common , but when done with bll'iatd tiallu ninn/cd all who sivv It Such tricks aa nulling live rhlckciu , rabbits nnd guinea , piga out of the | iockel3 of Ills friends wtro of common oc- eurrome with him So. too was the one of picking $ .0 gold pieces from the hat binds and shoo tora of his acquaintances , evci' while chatting sochlly on the streets. A MI'AI. PHI ! A li'IlIKNIl. nemenyl the great llungaihn violinist wan an Intimate filcnd of Ilprniiann , mil the laltir often had much good-mtuitd fun at the pxpmse of the polebratcd fiddler At St I'aul Herrmann drooped In on Hemcnvl just as HIP latter was a'jout to partake of hli mini Ighl luiii'h of llmburger cheese , pumper nickel and apolllnarla water "Had your luncheon ytt ? " at > kcd the nu- glclau of his friend "No just going to order It " "Well never mind doing so I've got ovciy- thlng all ready for you. " and without more ado the magician pulled a largo and odoious chHo from the coat-tall pocket of the vlo- llnlat. a chunk of pumpernickel bread fiom Itciucnyl'H breast pocket and a bottle of npolllnarls from beneath lib chair Hemcnyl fell to and wen heaitlly enjoying the joke , ai vvoll as the repast , when he- was visited by the proprietor of the restaurant , who stated that the other guests objected to the hercu lean olor emitted by the rbocae "Oh. well , wo ean fix that all right , " sail Herrmann and by a quick movement he ab- utracted from the tall po"ket of the proprie tor's ciitinay enat a laigi > bottle of cologne , which lu uncoikcd. and placed on the table 'Iho room waa as flagrant as a flower garden within a feu moments Onoe in the City of Mexico , ho came upon n friend di Inking a decoction uf sherry and gg"Here , toke the mother of tint egg along with the dilnk. " said the magician , who procured from uonu- unknown legion a live chicken , which perched on the drinker's shoulder "How do you do thosp things' " was asked by a witness of the trick "IV > you tarry those chicken * acouud with you ? " "I do not carry them about me. as you can nee , " answered Herrmann , unbuttoning bin coat and rolling up his sleeves "Vou are thi ) ontvi who do the carrying. See here , " end , picking up his friend's hat from nn adjacent chair , ho shook out a rabbit , which scampered away. Scores of ouch trlcka could bo told of the dead man. -s Tim SHOOTINO THICK x Less thnii a year ago ono of the appar ently most Inexplicable of Herrmann's dco llisions vvas thus descrlhod by a San Fran- clsto newspaper After a performance In that city : "Just how a man can stand twonty- llvo feet In front of six Krag-Jorgensen rifles and let half a dozen crack shots blaze away at htm and be suffer no Injury Is omethlng that I'tof. Herrmann could ex plain , for ho docs It. No explanation , how- _ Xvver , U forthcoming. The spectator simply Ufa the professor furo what looks like cer tain death , and then mnllliiKly present to the gaze ilx bullem that , according to all laws of moi'hinlcul force If the laws are not mysteriously befooled ought to have gene clean through him. A iiud | of picked men uudur command of Servant 1'atteraun , con- of Private Hakr , Mrt'arthy , Wile * , Henry. Rhllnoy ami YAClili , marched out Upon ( ho stage. Tlujr had been seemed by perniifsUn of General lMrf > thp , who Ind * t llrrt t ) r for lo the nutter to ( ! i ornl Miles , uud they io shnrpahootcni. Herrmann went nlou the line , examining en-h gun , and then retired to the barkgrcmnJ , where h * ic- malriirf , HerReatit ritturso' look n common cblnn pl.ilo and every RolJIcr took ono cart * rl'lge from his belt and dropped It on the rKiilth n clink The s rgi-itu bc'.dlng the plain bolurn him , went among Uio opfc- tatois. and General romytlu1 , 1'olico Com- inlculoncr ( ! un t , Alt Slouvlcr and others sr- lo'.tlng a bullet nplecc , marked It ami dropped It back oil thr plftic. Next thr sor- gNir.t.cnl buck to his r.Mii , still holding the Plato In front of him and In plain tight of c.cry'aody. K.ich sharpsbcoter reatb'-d out , took a cartiliigo b-tuc : i hi * thumb and flngci and loaded hU rllio at the word of command The squid marched out on a Uinpoiary platfmm creeled In front of the sUiKO and twenty nvo fci > t away I'very movement wns nude with mllltniy purlklon rind dignity. Keiuhlnx the tomporaiy pl.tf- form , thu eoldlcis about fncod. foim'ng ' In Iwo lanks , thosu In front kneeling llorr- minti came forward to tbo ctnttr of the ftagp. 1'erhaps he looked a Hull ) nervous He held In his hands a fragile disrpil pinto It vvas In the petition of a brenst plate , held Uoja to the body. Ho nodded thill ail wan In readiness There were the quick word * of the sergeant , a roAr Ilko the loir of a cannon Hnrrmann leaned backward , brac ing hlmaelf as If stemming a flerco wind Hr-toverlng hlm eif , ho brent M the desspit plate to the horizontal On this iilut ? were six bulletf : Tlic ) wcro hot. too hot to hi'iidle , but the men who had mair.ed six bullets while Hcnmann was at the trw of the Rtagc examined them eag rly In enrh ease the mark was iml-tcly roco iilppd " When Herrmann til"d that 'rn I : In Havana the flpecta'ois tlicuglit l.I.-i bullet- Pioof condition a ii'dertlnn on their soldiery , anil suige' > tcil u ir.oclute foi him , and bo had a nnnovv en-ape. Tlio shootlni ; tiick w.is performed In New Yoik last summer foi the benefit of the Her ald's free K-o fun I , and Mldlern ) from Cov- ? trnui u fcland cliil the Mhootlng It excited much wond-Tinrnt and discussion but only ont satlhfactoiy cxplanttlon was given as to the manner In whkh the trick vvas per formed. The plates u .ed to show the genuine bullets also cotice'iled blank cartridges By to.Rhlm ; a spring the real exchanged placed ultii the blanlvH , which , of coitrso , were u.sod by 11 c soldlcia. Iho pinto which Herrmann held as a sort of a shield contained the hot hulletn coniealcd , and after the firing , were clc.f : ly sprung to the exposed surface of the plate. THI : HITHR HITTIN. Soni" of his murvolous adventures were de tailed by tbo famous necromancer In the North American Ilex lew , a few yearn ago "I paid a vl-lt to the Paris bourse , " ho wrote , ' before the asphaltum pavement had been I'Ut down around the square upon which that Kicat monp'ary institution stands The square vvas then paved with a regular block pavement , vvMeh , owing to the great travel , vvas frequently oul of repair While Inside the edifice I had eeen the stock brokers and heard them howl In their frenzy of specula tion , and my mind had wandcre-d off In alto- gethci a different direction aftei I got out and stood on the bioad granltei stalra of the temple of Alimmon with a few of the stock brokers frlc'idrf of mlno , who bid gttheicd around mo and asked me to "do something " A gang of woil.men stood directly before Hi. and one of the stockbrokers sild , "Whv don't you play n trick on them' " I thought I would f walked down the broad stain ? among the pivots and extracted from under one > of the cobblestones a 10l-franc ) gold coin ivhlch Is about Iho sl/e of one of our double eagles Instead of being amazed , the ptver rlinply looked at mo and said , 'moltlo , ' meanIng - Ing half There was a law , at least at that time In Prince , that the finder should have half of anything found I , naturally , did not want to give up half , mid I thought It would be a good thing to find another coin , o as it least to show the follow that It was a tilck , and straightway I put my hand down again and brought out a fivc-frinc piece Iho paver looked at mo again , his face wreathed in smilen this time , and nncc more he said , "half , " which would be 52'4 ' francs , rather i good diy'a innings Well as I did not seem willing to glvo up half , as he wanted , he began to talk loud I then changed my tactics , explaining to him that It was a trlilc ; and to Illustrate It I picked up a five-centime com of the relgu of Louis Philippe ( an old pocket piece I happened to have with me ) , but oven this failed to satisfy the workman , and hU wild gesticulations and loud talk having collected more than 500 or COO people around us. I thought It beat to -ompromlso with him Hut no , ho would 1'ntcn to no compromise ; ho hung to hh rights tenaciously , and I was compelled to give him half , not nlono of the * 100-franc tlcco , but of the five franc piece as well , and Oien ho InsUlod upon half of the tcn-bou piece. "It takes either a stupid fool or an ex ceedingly clever man to get ahead of a pics- tldlsltutor , and of the two I am Inclined to believe tint the fool la fur moio dangerous. unroiti : TUB SULTAN "In ISC1 , when this country was engaged In Its great conflict , I happened to be In Constantinople , and the sultan offeted me the sum of $5.000 In good Turkish gold , which I finally n.atle up my mind to accept "Toward evening a gorgeously uniformed escort came to my hotel and I was driven to ono of the great palacca overlooking the Cioldon Horn It was April , and ono of those lovely evenings that one sees in the Orient , as one looks across the beiutlful waters that divide Huropc from Asia. "Ono of the chamberlains entered and gave mo to understand lu French thst I vvas to appear before his august sovereign He led the way to a magnificent hill gloriously decorated with all the emblems of Oriental ism , and I was shown to a raised platform covered with red carpets and hung around with damask draperies The room vas one of those open rooma that arc so well known In Turkey. In which there are no doora , but great big clicular arches on all aides over with silken curtains. plitform was , mturally , to look for my audience , but only one person sat in the middle of the room an elderly , portly gen tleman , with a nicely dimmed black beard and a red tcr I at once recognized his august majesty , the sultan of the Ottoman empire , and he In return , with a twinkle of his coal black , brilliant eye , gave mo n sign of recognition , which I supposed was a nlgnal for mo to proceed. Tro'ii every arch and opening in the walls , however , came faint w'sperlnga , which Intuitively told mo that while my audience In the front con- n'.stcd of one only , there were a number concealed behind every bit of silk and every pillar I afterward found that I had appeared before over COO persons , Including tbo entire harem , and I did not like It "I went through a number of experiment ! ) , which seemed to please the sultan very mu h lie paid ss much attention to me and was as anxious as a small boy , and I could see In the twinkle of hh eye that he was trying to fathom the mystery of my black art Ho failed hov.evcr. and before I left Stambonl I was commanded to appear before him on hU pretty yacht , which usually takes him every pleasant evening from Constantinople to the opposite shore of Asia On thb magnificent pleasure ves- fel I also had nn experience "During the passage vo became moro fa miliar , and I was brought Into close contact with the sultan and noticed that he had a most magnificent watch , which ha consulted and handled as if It wcro the apple of his eye This of course , vvas n good thing for me , for as I was performing before him personally It was not etiquette to take any thing from Iho audience I thircfoio asked him to taka out his watch and show it to me , which ho did I then said ' \VI1I your Imperil ! majesty allow mo to throw the watch ovciboardHo laughed at first , but n second afterward hU brow darkened and ho looked just a little bit as If hf were offended with mo for making the request. 'If. ' said I , 'I do not return the watch to you exactly as you glvo It to mo you ean put mo In Irons for the rest of my life If you want to' The peculiar angry look that for a second had passed over his face van ished , ami while all of his nttcndinls stated at mo and expected the sultan to have me arrcntod at once , ho seemed to taku It seri ously , and I liuve no doubt that If I had not returned the watch I would have been put In Irons. The sultan , howovoi. was a bravo man , and. after looking me straight In the cyo with a piercing glance for a second , handed the watch to mo and I Instantly throw It Into the rippling waves of the lloj- potus , The yacht careened o\cr , for every Individual , from the cabin bay an the fore castle to the sultan himself astern , rushed to the side and looked overboard after the watch. I felt that If anything went wrong with thU trl.k I certainly should be put In Irons , hut I cnllnd for a ( Idling line nnd , In- te\id of showing my anxiety , proceeded at oti'-o to do n little Doblng , vvhllo every ono looked at Me , not si much with Astonishment lu with pure disbelief In my ability to re * cover tha watrh , which was not only ono of ( ho things In the world the sultan liked , but was worth a great deal mnro than any watch I m > elf had overseen My fishing , however happened to bo prosperous , for In a few min utes I drew up a little shiner and la titled him lafely on deck I brought It before the sul- tau , took out ray pockctknlfe , ripped open tbo ilt'li and piesentcd the watch to his ma- J"st > In , of course , exactly the same condi tion as It was whtn ho handed It to me Turks , us a rule , are not very demonstrative , ntiil t found In after life that to make a Turk laugh heartily Is Impossible. They smile , look please 1 and with their daintily pointed nnils pick their beards , but on this occa sion ovoiy Turk , from the sultan and his li'ut-ljilooled ' pashas to the sailors In the forocartltf sent up one howl of delight that lloaied or : the beautiful Golden Horn and fiom the hills of Asia Vou may how I did this and I was very much with myself , for the whole enter tainment was n great success. ouuiuiu TO UAVK : "An t said before , I vvas n very young mini thoii , and my heart really beat with joy when I woke up the next morning ami found that Constantinople spoke of noth ing but 'Herrmann , the Great. ' In every kiosk , on every street , and lu every bazaar fiero was nothing talked of but the wizard mid thu wntch , and I vvas just thinking that I owned not nlono Turkey , but all of Asia Mluoi , whuu I was awakened rather abruptly to the icallty of the situation. After having breakfasted , feeling very much satisfied with myself 1 looked over the balcony and saw th'it I wan the observed of all observers The attendant Informed me that his Imperial inajc sty had deigned to send n message to me 1 nt once , In a grand and eloquent inan- noi , Instiucted the slave to admit his majes ty's dispatch bearer. I stood In the middle of tbo room , expecting he would salaam to the greatest man on earth nt about that time. Well , he entered and he salaamed , and put a bag loaded with 5,000 plastics befoio my feet , and over Ills head he handed mo an envelope on the outside of which were numerous hieroglyphics , which , of course , I did not understand I toro open the envelope quickly , nnd Imagined that some new honors had been showered upon me. To tell the truth , I had an Idea that I would be made a commander of the Med- Jldlo. The message that met my eyes , In pure rrench , vvas , "You are advised to leave Constantinople Instantly" That was all , nothing mot o and nothing less. I had be fore been In Mohammedan countries , and know to n nicely what It miant. I looked at the slave and dismissed him , not iiulto as grandly as I received him , nnd looked out of Urn window , where I saw an English steamer pulling the blackest kind of black smoke from Its funnel I Know It belonged to a. line of English boats which passes south of Greece , and went cither to Suez or Alexandria , It mattered not to me which I made up my mind that I would catch that steamer If I bad to leave my baggage be hind , and I did I had done too much , and , alas ! bad became dangeious. AMONG THi : AHAHS. "The life of the picstldlgateur Is not. how ever , wholly devoted to sovereigns , and there are some Incidents In his history tint ate lather unpleasant One of these hippcned soon after I left Constantinople "I had mapped out a tour of northern Africa and landed In Algeria Thcie were no railroads thcro then , and I had to travel , as I did lu India and South America , on horseback After appearing successfully In some of the towns neir the coast I started boldly for the Interior , and In a short time encountered a tribe of Arabs , who made me a prisoner , and. In splto of all my gestic ulations and attempted explanations , tied mo to a tree with the evident Intention of putting me to death It was a situation In which I hope never to be placed again , but I was young and full of spirit , and 1 thought the best thing for mo would be to do some thing that would so attract their attention as to cause them to postpone , oven for a lit tle while , their rifle practice. "Algeria being In the possession of Prance some one of the tribe , I fancied , would know enough rrench to understand me 1 had for some tlmo bcfoic been practicing o trick which consisted In having a gun leveled and filed at me and catching the ball , and by some great luck I bad a few of the bul lets with me. "I began to laugh , cs loud as I could. In the maniitr my jouinallstlc friends called Mcphlstophcllan , and loudly proclaimed that my life vvas charmed , and that not ono of the assembled Ataba' bullets could reach me A few of the old gray beards went aside to talk the matter over , and as I was tied up there I could not help thinking that the Arab Is ono of the most Intensely arla- tocratlo races In the wet Id. They stood befoio mo In flowing white gowns magnifi cent , haughty , athletic men , and as 1 watched them I felt that this race looked the same us In the days of Abraham I had. however , but a few minutes to think , for four stalwart young fellows were told off to kill me Ono fired , and I laughed even louder than I had before and spat out the bullet on the ground Then the others fired , and each bullet aimed at me fell from my lips as did the first Then came the reaction that usually follows In cases like this with semi-savage races They thought me a god They gathered together all the things they had taken from me They brought cool milk and dates newly picked and showed mo all the courtesies for which the Arabs are s > o justly celebrated , and when the sun had sunk down over the sand mounds they escorted me to another town clexscr to civilisation , nnd made me a picscnt of the handsomest Arabic gun now In my posses slon " There Is no better proof of the excellence of Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup than that It Is recommended by leading physicians Tin : IIOM\M'I : or A CKMII : . Trial n tutfiiilllal | of Marie Ilurlierl In Not V ork. The cai > e of Marie Htrborl , concluded last week In the Ne.v York courts , wna ono of the romances of criminal jurisprudence , rays the Detroit l"reo Press On her first trial the defendant was convicted and sentenced to death In the electric clnlr. On tl.o nec-- end trial just concluded she waa acquitted. The homlctdo for which tlio woman was tried W.1U committed In April , 1S05. iiv victim vvas or had been the lover of tl.o woman and had promised to marry her. but finally bro'to his prcmU ? , and notwithstand ing her repeated kollcltatlons rttuivd to marry her On the djy of the homicide ohe mudo a Ust appeal to him. ami on being met \.ith tlio cuitcmptuoiis declaration that 'only hogo marry" she drew lily head back aril cut hla tin oat with a razor which she had con cealed In her Imid She wns an Ign runt Italian girl , with comparatively few frlenJs. nnd though her unfortunate condition crojtuJ H goad dual of sympathy ! for her among her country wcmen and others the casa wan clear against her. After a trial 010 waii convicted as already ftjted and ccntencod to cluuh This wan In July , 1S93 The Idea of execut ing a woman for muiJer seemed to cicato a Ki-ol deal of feeling ; Petitions poured In to the f-cveinor of New 'ic.rk for pardon or rea- pltc , and after a gojd deal of hesitation he accede.l to ono of the latter and poetromJ the execution rrlunds took up the cato and a II nil of liwycrs came forward to clef ml her free of charge A new trial vvas secured last May and last month the now trial be gin It c-ccupled seventeen diyg and re- ojlt < d , as already said. In the glrl'n acquittal Tccr-nlrally the dcfcnro wai < that the pris oner wr " of unsound mind an epileptic r : the prychlcal typo. Practically the jury ac quitted her because they believed that silo had been driven to the murderouo act by the conduct of the young man In the case. Such at leaut Is the unavoidable conclusion from the facts In the cose There was no pretense of any attempt to hold the girl after acquittal an u dancorouu person , which she certainly | j If there Is any ojtiiul basis for thu Insanity plea , She wau Elmply dlichnrgcd and turned loot * ) upon the community , although plio is still presumably an epileptic of the psychloil typo. IIo.v dangerous such a person Is we cannot say , but If one cf the manifestations of the allllctlon U homicide under circum stances of cartful premeditation no matter how great the provocation there muM bo considerable danger In permitting mich a per son to go at large. The other theory lg rcully the moro com fortable one. If the Jury merely used the Insanity plea as a pretext and acquitted thu girl hecnuM ) tlioy bullovod that under the cir cumstances cho served the ynunt ; man right for refuting so contemptuously to carry out Over $411,000,000 Paid to Policy Holders 1 in Fifty-three Years ! ii wJ * U i RICHARD A. McCURDY , President , , Who will pay that mortgage on your home if you die before It's lifted ? A life insurance policy v/ill do it , and the cost to you is only the annual "premium paid to the company. It is like pay ing a little extra interest on your mortgage to insure its re lease if you die. The resources of the Mutual Life of New York exceed the combined capital of all the na tional banks of New York City , Chicago , Boston , Philadelphia , St. Louis , Cincinnati and Balti more. A duty delayed is a duty shirked. Let a man convinced of responsibility secure adequate protection and at once. INSURE NOW & # IN THE MUTUAL LIFE. A Policy of Insurance in the Mutual Life is the quickest Asset vou can leve. lilo promise to marry her their action Is at Icoft Intelligible It Is open , however , to criticism because It Imposes a penalty which tliu laws do not Impose. Itcfuiul to carry out a promise to marry under anj clrcum- stanceo may bo a nrave UTcnso Refusal ac companied by encTlnu and contemptuous re marks Is undoubtedly far more reprehensible The lawmaker ? ha\o not , how over , as jet decided that In cither tasa the act merits tha punishment of death SL the hands of the t'late Tlio Jury In the Barberl case o\ldenMy think It docs at the hamlo of an Individual ; and the question arlscs whether a Jurj Is justified In establishing a doctrine so far In ndvinco of the criminal laws of the state. The question Is , Indeed , whether the Jur > oiiRht to be IntruutoJ with the mikitiRof laws at all. It Is not a new question. Hut It Is a very Interesting one and may at some time Lecomo a prcMiiR ono If there are many such cases as that which lias lust been terminated In New York. Neuralgia Is the prajer of the nerves for pure blood Hood's Sarsaparllla Is the Ono True Ulood Purlfler and none builder. TUSSI.H WITH V WII.DCVT. Hob .Siiiiilw' ItiUlle- for Life In IIio him ft of n 111 in- . Deb Sands , boss of the Iluzrard mine at Oakdale , lies at home suffering from wounds and biulses received in a fight with a wild cat , relates the Cleveland Plain Dealer That ho is all\c seems a little short of mliaculous , for during his tussle with the beast both fell Into n lOIMoot alrahaft Ho left home I'rlday morning to hunt quail , and as he did not return his wife ga\o the alarm and a searching party was foimcd. Crouds of twenty-live each went In dirreiont directions , afttr agreeing to meet nt the Huzzard alrslnft at 1 o'clock The men had hunted all night , when Tom \\'irt hald he thought be heard a noise in the oliaftr and , going to the opening , lie peered down into the dark hole. Ilo hcird a ln\\ moan coming fioin ihe bottom of the shaft , 100 feet be-low. The men could uot go down Into the shaft , as theru was no ladder , so they ran to the mouth of the mine , one mile away. When the crowd nr- rl\cd at the mine Tom \Vlrt and Jatit Thomas burst In the door by means of a log. log.Ten men now volunteered to enter the mire , and go to the foot of the alislir.fl This waa a very dangerous thing to < ! o , at. thcro was not a lamp In the crowd. The men stumbled along through thu main cnti'j In the darkness and had to stop several times to fight back hugo rats which lUo In thn mines. After wading through water up to their knees they at lost cimo to the foot of the shaft and found the mine boss Ijlng on the ground Hundreds of rats that were waitIng - Ing their thanco to devour him ran nway a , the rescuing party approached The un fortunate man was now lifted from the ground and laid on a wide bo.inl , which was pulled from a cat The partj started tow.dd the opening of the mine when Jack" Thomas Ktumhlcd o\er an object on the ground. Thoinis htooped down , and to his ourprho found what he thought to be a hog. but after u moment's examination the animal was founJ to bo a wildcat V. hen the party reached the opening the mlno boss waa found to bo In it terrible condition His face was terribly cut , hU dothc ? nearly torn from his body and hr was very weak fiom less of blood On the way homo ho told tlio men of hh svwful adventure Ho ald that ho luil hunted all day without much micccss , and nn Ills way home stopped at the mlno to BCO If everything was all right. He thru started over the hill to-.vaid the nlrtluf , end reached It about 7 o'clock In the even ing. ing.It It was very dark , and ho was standing clasp to the mouth of the shaft trying to think of nemo plan to cover up the hole and still have It servo Its purpose All at oncea rustling of the branches overhead aioused him , and suddenly a huge animal dropped on his back anil began to tear at lib face and body. Ho grappled v.lth the bccst , and a terrible battle ensued As the mine boss dropped tils gun at the first attack , the animal had the best of the fight , and In a obort time man and bcaat were on the ground and every minute thej rolled nearer to the opening. At last both fell over the brnk and were hurled down ward to the bottom of the shaft. They struck the ground , with the wildcat under neath , which saved the inuu'a life. Tlio bosa will recover from his terrible wounds , although the scarg will stay for life. IS THE COMPANY IN TWO GENERATIONS 1843-1896 The Mutual Life Insurance Co. , of New York , has paid $246,000,000 to its living members. Has been the benefactor of women nitd children to the extent of $105,000,000. Has paid its members in all era managers ) FOR IOWA , enid NEBRASKA , FIRST NATIONAL DANK BIHLD1HG , SIXIIIANDLOCUSTSTHEETS , OMAHA. DES MCOINES. Wanted in JSvei-y County. H. S. WINSTON , Special Representative. Omaha. IMA TI HM'Na OlIli-liilH of I In1'iiils r.vposllloii Cnn- MhltT n " \ < > t < > I Iilrll. What will bo the clowning wonder of the Paris expedition of 1900 remains yet to be seen Certainly there will bo a remarkable collection of scientific marvels from which to make the selection. Trench Invcntois and scientists are nnd on the t > ubjcct and from them and from other sources come number less suggestions and plans , some of them most wildly Imaginative Out of the many suggeatlors , however , several have been found worthy of consideration. The late t and meat remarkable of these Is a i evolving pilice The palace , or tower , Is of tiemendous height , and. If the plans as thev now stand arc cairlrd to completion , will rival the Ulflol tower , the Ferris wheel and all the other mechanical wonders which have graced mod ern exocsltlons Hcsldca being a marvel from the point of view of mechanical con- stiuctlon , the tower will be arranged for an exhibition of the latest and highest develop ments of electrical science This scheme Is now under consideration by the men In charge of the preparations for the exposition and it Is believed that It will be accepted as the great wonder of the big Parisian show. It Is the augqcstlon of M Charles Uexlc. The revolving tower Is to be , of course of steel H will reach a height of 115 motets , or SC2 feet The designer thought , when be fixed this height that ho was planning a taller structure than any in the United States I'crlmr-a ho was when bo projected It , but already New York Is putting up an office building twenty feet higher As pro jected , the exposition structuie will have twenty-four storlevi The new St Piul build ing , on the old Herald site , has Ji-st that many , and the building refened to above v ill have thirty when completed Hut the Parisians will doubtless meet the \merirjii competition l > v the addition of b.ilf a do/en or moro stories As planned , the revolving tower will be divided transversely Into four ginnd dlvlaloii'i The two lovvcr will have five llooro each the third six floors and tlio fourth eight floors All with the exception of the five impci galleries , will be opened to the public , each with , i gorgeous , almost miglcal , display of the grandest nnd mcst sti iking ac complishments of electrical science applied to pleasure The grc.it feature , however , will be the revolution of the whole fairy-like strut tuie It Is to bo pivoted upon ,1 central column and driven slowly round and round by an enoi- mous hydraulic engine The vlaitor , there fore , when wcalled with the gllttnlng scenes within , has orly to seat himself on the balconies and enjoy the lovely panorama of the exposition the city and the surrounding country The plan li to slowly rotate the building once every hour , biinglng every portion tion of the lovely panoramic vlow succes sively before the eye" ) of the observer Hcsldes the electrical wonders in profusion In every co.-nei of this magical tower , there will be rcstauiants , cafes , dancing pavllloni , thcaterc concert halla and shown of every description It Is planned that the vliltor will be able to find therein means to gratify every human dcMro for latlonal and peimla- slble pleasu e The whole will bo placed In n maiveloin setting All the columns , capitals , stituc-a anil ornaments of every debcrlptlon arc to beef of coloicd gbiss , the various pieces held together by a delicate Iron framework. This will make a surprisingly beautiful setting by day , while at night the effect will be dnizllng beyond description aa electric lights hidden In profusion behind the col- I orcd glass adornmenU and even elustercd within the translucent pillars will trans form the scene Into one of startling bril liance. So much for the pilace of science nnd pleasure to the visitor within It Hut that Is not half of Its utility as a practical won der. It will be a source of unending suisa- tlon to the whole exposition and to a lare neighboring part of Paris as well III vajt and fantatslc proportions will divide honorj with the IJIffel tower by day , vvhllo at night It will bo a thing of startling and wide spread beauty. This IH Ki bo brought about by n colonial system of electric lighting In colors that lia.i not an coutU In the world The entire building In nit Its fantastic outlines , will bo net against the dark sky In llnc of fire. In numerable Incandescent lamps will be re quited for the display , and V.OOO arc lamps of great power will he used to accentuate the points and corners of the fiery construc tion At the striking of the hour , by a chime of sixty-four bells , accompanied by a huge steam organ , a procession of tl'anlc figure * ) will move from a door In the clock tower anil encircle the aerial balcony. The figures will allcgorlcally represent ballooning , atcaui , lallway.s , telegraph } , and photograph } At night they will be icmltred magnificent by rlcdrir Illumination Ami high above all , on the extreme mini mlt of the building , a coek will crow at cich hour And aitcb a bird' Ho Is to be sixteen feet high and of all the colors of the rainbow Ho will clap his wings wildly ns ho screams his shrill Joy In tones of steam that can be heird for miles , nnd at night ; he will glow like a creature of fairy land with Ihe brilliance of 1,200 Incan descent lamps It Is the general opinion In Paris that this building will be cho rn as the crown Ing wonder of the exposition of 1900 Many other suggestions far more fltaitllug have been made , but none that combines such practical features with probabilities of so great a financial return and popularity so enduring _ You cannot deny facts , and It Is a fact tli.it Salvation Oil Is the gieatest pnln euro " "o A iiirrrmi MJIV voitic. ( lint lln\i > llrinilop ( < < l In till * ll ( > t l1llllllH. | Upon the road which New York has been treading this half-scoie years , says the Century Magazine , there Is at last no turnIng - Ing back The streets evacuated by the trucks have been occupied by the children , the truckman's with the rest , for the want of better playgrounds , and the truckman has abindoncd the fight , and where they crowd thickest , playgrounds of their own are being fitted up for them In mhool and park. "Hereafter no school house Khali be constructed In the City cf Now Yoik with out an open playground attached to or used In connection with the same , " say a one of the briefest , but most beneficent laws ever enacted by the people of the state of New York. It Is all there Is of it , but Itt amis for a good deal. No child ef New York , poor or rich , shall hereafter be despoiled of his birthright , i thanco to play , and as for the streets , does any one Imagine that New Yorkers will ever be pommlcd to barter away their clean and noht'lcss pavements and pure air fur the w hilling dust clouds , the summer stene.he ? and the winter sloughs of old , seasoned with no matter what mess of political pot tage' If so , he Is grievously mistaken. Colonel Waring has shown us that the stice.s of New York can bo cleaned , nnd any future city government , no matter ho-/ eurriipt or despotic , will have to reckon with him And light well the enemy knows It , he may not refrain fiom picking our pockets in future , but he will at least have to do It with duo regard to the decencies of life. Mulberry Ilend Is gone , and In Its place have tome glass and flowers and hun- ohlne Acra9 the How cry , where 324,000 human beings were shown to llvo out of sUht and reach of a green fi' \ . four of the- most crowded blocks have been tcl/cd for demolition , to make room for the two rmal ! parks demanded by the Tenement House commission Hone1 Alley , redolent of filth and squalor and wrctthctlncFj is to go and the children of that teeming neigh borhood are to have a veritable little Coney Inland , with sandhills and nhclls , estab lished at their very dcors Who tan doubt the Influence It will have upon young lives heretofore framed In gutters ? 1 question whcthei thu greatest wrong done the children of the poor In the past has not bctn the aeuthttlc i.turvatlon of their lives lather than thu physical Injury Against thu latter , provision liai been made by stringent tenen cnt IIOUM ) law , by the vlgoious warfare upon child labor , by the extension of the law's protection to stores as to factories , ami by the restriction of the sw cat-shop evil In the park to bo laid out by i ho Schlff fountain , In the shadow * of Iho Hebrew Institute ono of the nohltnt of iharltiis n great public bath IH to rise upon the fclto of the prcbcnt rookeries , harbinger of others to come All about new school houses are going up , on a plan cf Uiuctural pel fiction and architectural ex cellence at which earlier fcchool boards would have stood auhast Thu first battle for thu schools has been fought and won , and though there bo campaigning ahead without Hint on that scare , the day la In night when every child who asks uhall find a Biat provided foi him In the public Fuhool , and when that scandal of the age. Ihe mixIng - Ing of truant * nnd thieves In a jail , bhall have finally ceased , even as U U now for bidden by law. Sudden Changes of Weather cause- Throat Diseases. There l no moro effectual remedy for Coughs. Colds , vie. , than Hrown'a Hronchlal Troches. Bold only In boxen , Prlco 25 cent * . RICH ? How much will your admin istrator have to sacrifice your estate to force quick assets ? An Installment Policy for $ J 00,000 will leave your family $5,000 yearly income for 20 years , in any event , and if your stated beneficiary is then living he or she will be paid $5,000 yearly during life , A 5 pr cent Debenture for $100,000 will leave your wife $5,000 yearly income cither for 20 years or until her death ii prior thereto ; then $100,000 will be paid in one sum. A possible return of $200,000. Ill 15 $1.500,12,500 $ , , MO a ff 1011 lOf 1 Ol The true business man acla oromptly. Get our rates at once , Oije TTlaoUsaijtl for ( Trade ltark.1 ACCIDENT TICKETS. Jl disunity Coiiipnii ) ui .N \ n 'l . g-ivis THREE MONTHS' inuurnnco , for $1.00 , ( o men nr between IS niU 10 tiara uf like .u.iilnst fan ! blriet AcUcls-nta a [ uot. ol un illcjclen , Housu , \VUKCIIS , 11 ore ? turn. Itnllru.iil turn HlcvnteJ , Ilrl < lte. Tiullci unit Cnble cnrit Mcunmtilvs. Eteiunbonti nnd Ptiain r-rrlon JIOO COO ileponltoil with the Inpurnncc Prnnrtnunt ( if the Hint * of New York for Iho frcurlly of th Insured. Tor Snlcby Chas.Kuuf ma tin , 1303 Uouglaa Street. Til. W * Omuha Vnb. nit uAiM.v < ; oMti : > III all In IIIMMItlllllMlt llP llll llll'll"l > of ( III * pillllMII III' llll < I'll "Mil-Ill ll'Dllf f H I Will iilut | riiiuinnl mill x.Kiil ) inn \\lnllnr Ihu IUIIH ui ion in , ill mil il inlii i ni nn nli ihnlli unilt. HIM U ( if lutrh uliiHfn * tultuiailof Kulin .V lit. I. > tli A liitunltu * P U * OinnliH Nilt. GOLDEN SPECIFIC CO . Crop's. Cincinnati , 0. C ) -U rite rot llirlr n ik ou ll n > lu II M1 null-J ( rro SI IM'lt hill ill-I'M Al Ollleo of I , ( 'lurlu-\ndrtp tn Iliirlvvart Compiny Dinah i. NLI ! , Iji e U , jvji , Niitlti IM In rt liy glvi n to tha slue klieildu" of the l.ee CliilKi'-Aiulrrescn lliinlvviuc comp.uu that the aiinu.il met tint : of tlm HtorMiolch I-H of tlit > e-onii | inj will Im In 111 nt tinolllie.s of the H lid euiiiiuiiy , Nns. 121 ! ) , 1J21 anil U.'l Hartley utree t in Hie tity of Oman i. In the state of NtbniHltn. on Tuefdn , January 1. , A I ) JKI7 , at 1 o'eloi Ic li in , for thu purpose of tlculm ; a boaid of dl I on ol.4 foi the eomiiny | , to Hi'ive diu- liih' tini nulling > cai , and to trans u t HIK li other business as mnv lin nri'scnted at rnieh meelliiB ( Seal ) II .1 MJIJ. Attest I'n Mdi nt W. M. OLAHS , Secretary. Diel.'d.'t oliIei-H' Medina Dillon Ulc. Milnr C'iiiiiiiiii | > ( if Oniiiliii. Notice IH hereby ulven that the annual im e'tlng of tlic Htoek.ioldi rs of tin Union IJ'cvator eonipiny of Omaha , for the pur- poxe of ulcetltiK Hovcn illrietorfc and mich other liiihliitNH : IH may piopcil } eo.mliffoio tin muting will li- held at tin ollht of tlio ( Uncial Solleltor Union I'.iclllo huldlnn' ! , Omaha , N < li , upon .Monday , trtc 4th d.iy of .lannirj. 1S07 , between thu liuum of 1U o'clock a m , and U o'elo < U p in The clodt tranift r booliH v.lll bo clo d ten (10) ( days before tno date of the nicot- Itifc' AUXANOiit MILLAR. Mi erctury. 1'OHton , Mans. , December 7 , 1S9C DllUJJt UNION LAND COMPANY. Notleo IH beieliy given that tlio minimi meeting of tbo Htoi Mmldtrt ) of the Union l.ind eomp.iny for tbo dec. lion of llvn cll- teeloit ) and tinti , urn u lion of xiieh othiT IIH may lawfully eomo liofoie thn Will In 111 Id at tile olllee ( if the nolle Hen , Union 1'ailllc Imllilliii ; , Omaha Nehranka , upon Monday tlio lllli da ) of Januaiy , If'Jl , at 10 o' < lei li n m AKi.XANDiil : MIl.I.AIt Hieretary. lloston , Mans , December 7 , IS'HI D 2 d22t Notice of Irrliciiflnii Iliinil Sale. Tint illieetorH of the Mldillo Loup Val ley Irrigation dlxtrlct Invlto HCMIC | | pio- iioi.cIs for 5IWOCO ( In pirt or whole ) of lionchi of H.ild ell-Uriel up to 2 p. in. of Jan- limy V . 1V)7 ) Address , CHAHLi.S : NICOI.AI Secretary. Sariiiit , Nub. DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY All Druggists. Ladles Who Value A refined complexion must use I'nzionl's I'ovr tier. It produces u soil and hemutlfulnkln.