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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1897)
THE OMAHA DAILY It 131-3 J/VNUAKY , 1HOT. I COUNCIL BLUFFS. MI.NOIl MtJVriON. Clarlt & Wctzrl. I. 0. 0. P. blk. , art par loraShe She was nlonc. Suddenly n beam nf llclit shot ihiounh the dniVness. It vvns the re flection of Clnrcnro's shirt bosom , frrshly Itumdcrul , from the "UnRlc. " 724 llroadvvny. C. 11 Vlnvl Co. , female remedy. Medical consultation frco Wciliicsilnys. Urnlth boolt furnished. 309 M err In in bloc1 ( . N. Y. Plumbing company. Tol. 250. Trnei-y CIIHIII | Illn .MoiM'jOnlrr. . Jnmes Traccy , the tramp who has been carrying an International postal money or lcr around for a jcar calling for 3. Is In trouble agalit. In an c\ll hour ho listened to the tempter and caRhcd his order. He haa bcon staying around town elncc lili arrest and dlmnlssnl early In the \\cck living on the proceeds of his story that ho could not Ret his order cashed until the next day He had succeeded In avoiding the police and had no rcnson to regret the hospitality o' "nunell lIluffB people. He got bin order c 1 Sat urday afternoon nwl received from i ostmns- tur Dowrnan $ H.G1 In good American money. Now his order li gone , one-half of the pro ceeds dissipated and he li In the hands of the police walling to meet Judg > > McQee this morning. He spent $3 of the amount be tween the tlmo ho received his money and 2 o'clock this morning. It enabled htm to purchase an extensive Jag and mnko friends with a number of other hohoes , two of whom were arrcsttd with him. Traccy realized the awful mlitako he had mndo In destroying tils means of getting a livelihood and was Inconsolable all day jcaterday. I.oc'itl riiNtnllliM * HiiNltiPHH. roatofllco Inspector Meteor completed his work Saturday evening chrcMiiK up the Council UlttfTB postolllco In hln rcpoit ho will compliment Postmaster Ilow'man for the careful and cfliulent manner In which ho has illNchatgul his duties iluilng the year. The report uli&vs Ilccelpls foi the jcnr ending Hrc-rnbei SI , ISM. . Money order bumncs. * $333.11757 I'ostnl aeeount SS.OIOOS Total receipts $121.77701 KOI * the jenr cndlnc December 31. ItSi ! : Moncv orilfrs business I'll 870 ft ! Postal account 91,014 II Total HVsno77 ) An Incienm * of 20,11.1 12 MOIK-V orders pild In ISO ! Jl&O.'rtl 2ri Money orders p-ild In 1 'Jl ICj.BOOZ'i Expenditures In lkrnj : Clerks nnd iticsseiiKeis $ 8SC,9 S3 Kreu delivery servlrc 12,31i ( 77 Hnllwny postal rlmks' salaries . . . 21.H77I Telephonic ncrvlfo HI 00 I'ostmivHterH' pnlary 3,10000 I.nliurcTM Want oil. > Wo have for sale or lent several desira ble fruit , gialn , vegetable and stock farms near Council muffs for 1S&7. Day & Hess , Itcntal Acents A few dnjs more remain of our great re moval sain Durfeo Pmnlturo company. KnVrlN of tlir Slorm. The. nnovv storm played havoc with street tniflic In Council IJIutTs all day yesterday and last night. The motor company had a hard stiuggle to keep Its lli3s ! open , but succeeded In maintaining servlre all day At 4 o'clock jcsterday morning the two sweep- cm were put on with double motors nnd kept running until nlglit Iho seivlce was continual up to the nsml time , though some long delays wcro necessary when home of the heaviest drifts were experienced The UEiial HIM of lodgprg at the city jail was considerably Incrc-ns-il last night be cause of the storm Not a icuett | was re fused and before 9 o'clock the jail was comfortably crowded. Overseer of the Poor Huntlngton said yesterday that the sudden cold wave would causa much suffering among the poorer classes. Many were In Illy constructed houses , and oven though It was Sunday demands had been made upon him for assistance. Ho anticipated a good sized boom at his ofllco this morning. Fuel and clothing , ho said , were what "moat of the people who applied for help needed. Ilnriltii'M To 11 inVlnx. . The second raatoh shoot with 300 live birds on a side between the teams captained by Dr. S. II. West and W. D Martin took place at the club grounds Saturday aftcinoan and re sulted In \lctory for Dr. West's team. Each man shot nt fifty birds The score , considering the conditions , Is a remarkable one. Charles Matthal was the rcferco and ficoro keeper. The following Is the score : Dr. West's team : \Vest 21221 2122 11221 20221 22212 21121 11222 11211 121 11222 1C 0. n. Handlctt 2021 * 12212 2110 21021 12211 21112 22222 21201 12220 2021 11 Harry Ilardln 2J21 22021 ' 002 MHO 12222 18202 11112 12222 2120 * 22202 38 W. D. Hardln'a team 'Hardln 21221 12122 2121 12211 11111 12111 21111 * 1111 2112 2101 IB F. V. KlnKsbury 11111 21111 1210 * 10011 21111 11021 12111 2110 11111 12110 12 A. Hereshclm 2221 12221 21222 20112 21211 1212 11112 21111 12112 12212 47 West's team , 125 ; Hardln's team , 134. Fell out of bounds. Hoffmayr's fancy patent flour makes the best and most bread Ask your grocer for It. Ily sending forty Domestic soap wrappers to L. llolton Co. , DCS Molncs , la , you will get six slhcr teaspoons free. Funeral of J , I' . .Mii < lii-Non. Tha funeral of James 1 * . Matheson oc curred yesterday aftcinoon from the rcsl- donco on Ha t Broadway , and a great many pt-oplo braved the storm to pay their lobt respects to his memory. Dr. I'hclps came over from Omaha to conduct the services. The sovlces were very Impressive. Members of the choir of the 1'lrst Presbyterian church were present and conducted the mus ical portion of the exercises The dead man had selected the hymns ho desired to have sung. The opening one was "Hock of Ages" nnd the closing "Nearer My God to Thee. " The Moral olTerlugs wcro beautiful and abundant. The casket was hidden with the floral pieces. One. deedgn furnished by the city council was a largo wheel. There wcro numerous crowns and plllons of fragrant blossoms. At thn conclusion of the religious Horvlces the Odd Fellows assumed charge and escorted the cortege to Walnut Hill cem etery , and ho was laid In the grave by the expressive ceremonial of the order. Death of M. S. llennor. M. S. Ucnner died at his homo on Vaughan avenue yesterday morning after an Illness of nearly one year from dropsy of the heart. Mr. Ilenncr Is well known In the city an oneof the pioneer cigar makers. Ho was born In Philadelphia March 25 , 1S53. Ho came to Counc'll Illuffs In 1S74 and at once. engaged In the manufacture of cigars. Ho followed the business constantly until last summer , when falling health and financial oinbarra&mncnts compelled him to relinquish It. Ho leaves a wlfo and four children , Mabel , Myrtle , Lena and Milton Mr. Ilen ncr was a charter member of Council camp No. 14 , Woodmen of the World , and was In good standing at the tlmo of his death. The funeral will occur from the residence on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The body will bo burled In Walnut Hill cemetery. < iiMii-rnl Doilno In ( he City. Genera ! flranvlllo M. Dodge arrived In the city last evening from Now York. The fam ily carriage was at ( ha depot to meet him and ho was at once driven to his old home. Ills coming has been awaited with much Interest , especially by the- old Midlers For yuars ho has contributed. $100 for a Christ mas entertainment for the children of the voterens and the affair has been postponed this year In order tliitt ho might bo present. This will bo his first visit to the city during the holidays for BOIUO yearn , Milk liiNi Tl r'H IU > | iorl , City Milk Inspector Flemmlng will make his report to the council at the meeting to night , It will show ( hat the milk furnished by the dalrlra during December stood trots required by law with , a good margin on the eafo side , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Fine livery for parties and dances. Ofidcn Livery , 1C8 Broadway. Telephone 63. MENACES TO LIFE AND LIMB Un.us.id nnd Abandoned Wells Threaten the Unsuspecting Passerby. HOLES THAT YAWN BZNEATH THE STREET Se\eral I'onNllile Heath Triim | Ktiomi tn I\IM ! . \IIIIIK llrniuluay anil SiiipiiNeil | to He \VllltlllU iiHlMVll : TO. The readers of The Ileo will remember the account ot the old well under the sidewalk In front of the Western house on East Broad way Into which a woman came near being precipitated a tow days ago by reason of the rotting of Iho board walk covering It. At that time It was stated that another old well was known to be situated a short dlatanco further up the street In front of the old Tanners' house It now develops that there are quite a number of long disused wells In various places In the city under the streets and sidewalks tint have never been filled up. It Is possible for a bricklayer to arch a well ov > r with brickwork jo that there would be ' no djnger of caving in' , provided the well was walled up with brick from the bottom. A number are BO provided for , although there are at least two other wells besides Iho two mentioned above that are only protected with flimsy board coverings. 0 v Is on Knat Hioadway , In fiont ot a vacant lot , altnoot directly acioss the stiect from the residence , of Henry Ic Long , and not morn than two blocks from the Western house. Years ago It was partially arched ovci , , ind .1 pump ret In the aperture. When the pump was removed , the hole was loft open toteomc time , nnd then some ono set a plerc of boird about a foot squaie In the opening. This pquarc piece of wood In the sidewalk has be come about covered with accumulated dirt , and the existence of the well is hidden to the unsuspecting wayfarer Another old well Is situated near the curbstone In ft out of the btlck livery barn on Scott street A plank platform was placed over It , but It In not fas tened down securely , for It has beim seen lying several feet away finm the well , leav ing the yawning chasm exposed It Is said that the old city well , founcily ucd as a water bupply for the flre department , and situated In the middle ot Broadway , In front of the Methodist church , has never been filled up , but even If this Is true , there would be little danger , as It was properly walled up and encased at the top with round Iron castings. IMIOTIIST Afiii.-v.sr I ICION SHOOTS. Woman AVrltex ImllKrnaiitly of the Sunday I'rnetlee at the I'lirk. COUNCIL HLUFTS , Jan. 3 To the Editor of The Hce : If I were a man I would prob ably have a charge of disturbing the peace lodged against me , but I am only a woman and unable to get Into action the Indigna tion that has been swelling my heart all afternoon. Hut I never wanted to be a man so bid In all my life , a great big man , with the strength and skill of Corbett. If I had boon mi < h a man for a few mlnutea thla afternoon several gentlemen of Council Bluffs and Omaha would have had occasion to recollect this cold and stormy Sabbath day. I have two children , a gill and boy The boy Is S and the girl Is C years old When the snow came today they were wild with delight. They pleaded to be permitted to get out their sleds and coast on the hillsides , and I compromised with them by consenting to take them out driving In the cutter. We drove down Broadway and over the big bridge Into Omaha. Returning wo watched the snow bcln whirled and driven by the winds across the river. While passing the cast end of the bridge we heard the banging ot gunn. The sound wen borne down by the north winds and came so sharply that our horse was frightened , and If ho had not been u good , honest animal he would have tan away and perhaps In jured us. We drove on a little further and two shots came almost simultaneously. We all looked In lliat direction and saw two pigeons In the air. Ono was falling to the earth straight downward , Its white feathers mingling with the flying snow The other came directly toward us , carried by the wind. It fell with great force In our laps. Its white plumage was covered with blood , and Us blood flowed out and stained the snow' that covered our warm lap robes Tbo expression of fright and anguish In the eyes of the poor bird was al most human. "O , mamma , mamma. It's some little boy's pet pigeon , and those men have shot It" The blue eyes of the boy were filled with team and the little heirt was swelling with Indignation. The little girl shrunk closer tome mo weeping. " 0 , mamma , darling , how can these men bo so wicked and cruel ? Why did they kill that innocent little bird ? " "I know , " said the boy , as ho arose In the sleigh and throw aside the robes. "It's a lot of men over there- and they're having a pigeon shoot. They hire wicked boys to steal the pigeons and then keep them 'In a box until they get ready to throw them Into the air and shoot them. " While ho was speaking the guns wcio flred again and wo saw two moro Innocent birds slaughtered Our horse seemed to bo sharing our Imllcnatlon and ho quickly took us away from the vicinity of the slaughter pen. pen.Tho The little boy tenderly held the wounded bird In his hands while ( ho little girl si lently stroked Its blood-stained plumage It nestled down in his mlttencd hands. The look of fright was gene from Its eyes , but the expression ot terrible pain was Intcnsl- flcd When wo examined It at homo we found that ono little leg had been shot away and the other was broken at the thigh , and tliero were other shot wounds In Its body The children Insisted on calling In our fam ily physician and he has done what ho could to save the life of the llttlo bird 1 have learned that these "pigeon shoots" are held every Sunday afternoon and that several hundred birds are slaughtered each tlmo , In violation of the laws of the state- as well as the laws of God and humanity. I learn , too , that not moro than 3 per cent of the llttlo captives get away without being killed or wounded. The tow meet a merciful death , but the many escape desperately wounded to perish In prolonged agony. Whcro are the officers of the Humane soci ety and what are the police doing that they will not stop men who retort to such bloody cruelties and call It sport ? As I vvrlto my little girl returns from min istering to the wounded bird. Her eyes are swimming In tears ns she asks In a tone that has almost a menacn In It : "Mamma , can't men find some other -way to try and be happy on Sunday without killing llttlo birds Just for the fun of It ? Won't God punish these men for murdering the Innocent llttlo birds ? " A COUNCIL HLUKFS MOTHER. CI.OAK SAM : roit O.Mviiic. . i\ery ( larinent In Our Mnulc at 11 lleilueeil I'rlee. Tor this week wo offer our entire stock of ladles' , mlhscs and children's capes and jack ets at COST PUICB. This means garments that sold from $1500 to $20.00 , at $10 00 to $13 50. $14.00 and $1500 garments at $10.00 ; $10.00 to $12.50 at $8.C9 ; $7.52 to $900 at $550 and $ C 00 ; $5,00 and $ G SO garments at 4.50 , UNDERWEAR. A special bargain In underwear this week. 25 dozen ladles' Jersey ribbed , union emits , heavy fleece lined , worth 89c , at 45c each. Ladteu' Florence union suits , worth $ I. 5 , at 75c each. Ladles' heavy ribbed underwear , -fleece lined , at 19c each ; 3Sc n suit. Men's heavy wood and fleece llnqd under wear , reduced from 75o and $1.00 , to G2V&C each ; $1.25 a suit. 2 cases heavy outing flannel , the Sc grade , at Cs yard , BOSTON STORE. Council Bluffs. STRICTLY CASH AND ONE PRICE. I'rru Nllt emarr. Hy sending forty Domestic soup wrappers lo L. Iloltcn & Co , , Dru Molncs , la. , you will cot six illvcr teaspoons tree. i MJW i > isT irr.it man AT miuiKni : I.OUK anil InlrrrNtliiK Sexxliiii to Con vene at that I'taee. CHEOKERE , la. , Jin. 3. The appointment of Hon. William Hutchltaon of Ounge City by Governor Drake lo auccccd Judge I < atli ! on the district bench , has given general oat- I'ficilon , and Iho new Judge will preside over his fltat term of court at Cherokee , which will convene tomorrowTbo term will be n long and Interesting one , aa there ate several Important cascn to came up , among which Is that of Rev Mr. Benedict of Larra- bee , for the shooting ot Harry Mcwhlrter , a druggist at that plt.cc , some time ago This case hcs been looked forward to with much Interest ci public sentiment has changed considerably since the tragedy , U Is now claimed that there are geol church mem bers who will go on the stand and testify that the preacher ran about town In search of a revolver , and the he shot Mevvhlrtcr on sight , and that he was not assaulted by the druggUt , as was at first suppcscd. The Meth odist conference haa taken Benedict's charge from him , and , though ho may be acquitted at his coming trial , It Is not likely that he will ever fill the pulpit again as an ordained Methodist mlnUter. Treannrer SiiirneMN a Way of Hln Own CRCSTON , In , Jan. 3. ( Special ) At a special meeting of the city council , held Sat urday morning , a resolution was passed ask ing the county trcrsuror to receipt for $1,400 ealoon tax money , due under the mulct law , which sum was to be placed In the hands of the county clerk to be held until the district court decides garnishment caee recently Instituted by Attorney Bull , and which has given the city olllolals no end of grief. The treasurer refused , but submitted a plan of his own , which makes him safe. He h the proper person to receive the saloon money. He agrees to turn over to the clerk , by whom all disputed money la held accoidlng to law , $1,100 , providing the council by resolution orders him to do so The treasurer think ? this the proper and safest way. The council will acquiesce. Oppose it MaiiuriietnrerN' Illll. CRESTON , la , Jan. 3. ( Special ) Union coanty temperance people are circulating petitions to bo presented to Representative Lauder , asking him to use his Influence to prevent the passage of a manufacturem' bill at the coming special session ot the Icglala- ture , should such a measure bo presented The petition has received the endorsement of the ministerial alliance. The official boards of the various churches have been asked to sign the petition , and the church as an organic body will also bo appealed to. Churehex Coinhlne to Plulit Sin. CRESTON , la , Jan. 3 ( Special. ) Con certed action has been taken by several of the churches In the matter of holding re vival meetings. This month flvo of the churches will hold special services at the same tlmo Eminent clergymen from abroad will atalat In the meetings and the local ministers expect to wage a vigorous warfare against sin. I'ree Silver Journal SiiNpeiiilN. JEFPERSON , la. , Jan 3. ( Special Tele gram. ) The Carroll Dally Sentinel , a demo cratic free silver paper , has suspended pub lication , owing to lack of support. SHAhli WC MHAStJItU 1IY TUXSf rropoHci ! Chun ( ic In the Itletrle .Sjxtrm. The movement In favor of the adoption of the metric system of weights and measures has progre'srcd so far In England that the government Is reported to have drafted a bill to bo submitted to Parlia ment at the opening of the next session. In our congress , says the Household , a bill for the' same purpos-c was favorably reported to the house of representatives at the last session , but It did not reach a vote. Possibly the knowledge of what Is being done In England may accelerate action In this country. Both hero and In England the move ment will bo discouraged by these who are averse to changing standards which have been so long familiar ; but the con venience of the decimal method of nota tion , and the fact that the metric system Is already In use In half of the civilized world , are strong arguments In favor of the Innovation. Another argument , of which a good deal Is made In the report of the committee of the house of representatives , Is the con fusion at present cxlttlnp In the several states as to the meaning of different weights and measures. Tor example. If a man buys a bushel of potatoes In Ohio , ho receives sixty pounds ; In the state of Wash ington , ho gets only fifty pounds. A bushel of salt In Virginia means fifty- pounds ; In Colorado It Is eighty pounds. A bushel nf apples In Maine means forty- four. In Wisconsin fifty-seven pounds. A curious statute In Vermont directs that In measuring certain commodities "ono buphcl and three-quarters of a pock shall bo deemed a bushel. " There arc confusing differences also In the measurement ot liquids A gallon of milk In Now York contains two hundred and thirty-one cubic inches ; In Minnesota two hundred and eighty-two A barrel of oil or elder means ten gallons more In some states than In others. On a single bushel or barrel these dif ferences are not so Important , especially when buyer and seller know what Is meant. Hut In largo transactions the dif ference amounts to a good deal , and It would bo much better , on every account , that a bushel or barrel or gallon should mean everywhere the same thing. There being plainly a need of uniformity , and the prospect of achieving It through the concurrent action of ail the state legislatures being remote , the metric system offers a good basjs of adjustment which has the further advantage of being In accord with the practice of many other nations. The bill before congress does not provide for an abrupt change. If It were to become law , the metric system would bo adopted by the national departments July 1 , 1898 , and by the nation at largo January 1 , 1901. HOXIM ; UP A STnAMSinp. I'urtalile VI-NHI-IN for ITxe In South American Wnlern. The task of building a steamship , setting It up. and then shipping It to South Ameilca In boxes , such as was performed at Nixon's shipyard , In Ellzabcthport , was novel In shipping experiences In this country , relates the New York Sun. Portable houses have been common for many years. Portable steamers have been not 'uncommon In this country. They have been set up on many lakes , especially In the west , where there has been no facility for building such craft. The two vessels that ply on Devil's lake. In North Dakota , are Instances of that , for they were brought from the banks ot the Missis sippi even in the days when the hostile Sioux tanged through North Dakota. Such vessels have usually been stowed away on monster trucks. They have usually been of wood. The ono that Mr , Nixon sent to the United States of Colombia , to ply on tbo Magdalena river , had to bo put In boxes , big and llttlo. Altogether there were sometlilnt ; like 200 of these boxes. They filled three lighters nnd wcro loaded from the lighters to a tramp steamship. The name of the portable steamer WFH the Maria Hanabergh. Of course It was a small affair , but It was built with as much care as a larger vessel. It was built on ways , as It It were to bo launched hero Every pinto and beam was put In place , all the woodwork was fitted , tno engine and every part of the craft was made to fit Just as if the boat vsas to ply In these water" The rivets , however , were not put In , The vessel was painted blue on one side of the Interior and white on the other sldo of the Interior. This was to facilitate the erection of the vessel on the Magdalena river. Every plate , bolt and frame * was marked to cor- reepond with the plans , and then the llttlo craft was taken apart , and th's and that part packed away In boxes. The hollers , of course , needed no boxes , but each piece of the ma chinery and each part of the hull was stowed away without difficulty , Mr , Nixon will send ono of his assistants to the destination of the vessel to superin tend her erection. She will bo put together on ways and launched precisely as she would have been launched had ohe remained In th IK rountry. It Is simply a question of riveting the hull together , and of fastening the partn of the cngino together , and then the veissel will bo complete. It Is Interesting to know that Mr. Nixon had foreign competition In securing the contract for the vetoicl , He underbid three foreign shipyards as to price and also guaranteed to deliver the vcnsc ! quicker than any iitlier bidder. Ho built the craft la almost exactly sixty days. ALTITUDE OF ( rf LUXURIES High Prices of Mnny Articles tfnnfibckd by 1 "r AS STATIONARY AS A PdSTGE / STAMP Tlu Drain Conflm-il to Vfiolt of Wealthier CliiNfleVlL.llotcl ItiiteN , HlKh WliiWitml ' " ' It Is a common but erroneous belief thai everything , with the possible exception ot lostagc stamps , Is much cheaper than "be fore , the panic , " writes a New York cor respondent of the Chicago Tribune. The truth Is that , although there has been a prolonged and wearisome decline In the price of labor , land , grain , bond" , stocks , manufactures , and In the general cost of liv ing , until I * would seem as If the lowest possible strata had been reached , there are plenty of things which today cost Just as much , and In many cases even more , than ever , fortunately they are nearly all In directions that affect only the wealthier classes , and there ought to be solid con solation to those gentle souls who feel that each additional dollar squeezed out of a rich man Is somehow a deserved and meritorious extortion to knrw that about every luxury- Is nulto as expensive today as In the post. Living at a strictly first-class hotel In any- city Is as costly. If not more so than a few years ago Four nnd a halt to five dollars a day and upwards Is the unflinching Individual rate on the American plan , and that merely moina a single room for one person , or $9 to $10 a day for two A bath adds from $1 to $2.50 a day more. IHqh-chua hotels on the Curopcan plan charge $2 a day for the meanest of their apartments , without board , and the avenge rate Is $4 A suite of good rooms at the Waldorf costs an average of $6 for each apartment , and there are several other houses In New York charging about the same. Kutopcan hotels In Chicago , Phila delphia , Iloston and other large cities shade these figures some , but not materially , and the trend Is steadily , upward Permanent guests fare some better , but two people well quartered for the season at any high- class hotel , either on the American or fiuropcan systems , are obliged to pay from $ GO to $100 a week for a good suite of two or three rooms with bath. HCSTAUUANT PUICES GOING UPWARD. Strlttlr first-class restaurants , whether connected with hotels or not , obtain pi Ices that would bo amusing were It not for ( hell positive sublimity. Tenderloin steaks , broiled spring chicken and canvaa-back ducks have l""n Im-Miu'li. Ml stup'cs at these places , whereby the observer for years Ins been able to mtsiuro the rate for every thing else upon , the menu. Only It baa been a barometer that has never gone but one way , and that upwards. Some years ago It was thought the limit had been reached when a nicely plucked "broiler" cost $1 at Delmonlco's and a fewoth6r places At present $1 GO for a whole chicken and 75 cents for half Is a common price , although as high as $2 Is charged for the former and $1 for the latter In eomo'places ' A tender loin Is now unattainable at any' swell restau rant-for less than $1 , while the dainty canvasback vas-back has worked Its way up from $1 to a minimum" standard price Of $2 , and even $2 50 and $4 50 , the latter1 a Waldorf quota- lion. Tenapln can crawl , and they' have done so In an upward "direction ore the menu of every swell restaurant In the coun try until they are not obtainable "Mary land style , " so-called , or In any other fashion for less than $2,50 a > portion , and they are rarely real terrapin at that. Every thing olsj on the menus ilias had a proportionate tionate elevation at thocrack places , and there Is not an Item which has not soared oven during the hardest of the hard tlmca A gentleman told with a , whimsically drawn face receutly that while , nt breakfast that morning at a hotel on the European plan ha had read In his paper a paragraph about potatoes selling somewhere for 8 cents it peck , ho having Just ordered two baked tubers for 40 centa. WINES HOLD TO THE OLD SCHEDULES Thcro Is ne depreciation whatever In the price of wines. Champagne has been a standard for years at $1.75 to $2 for pints and $3.60 to $4 50 for quarts , according to the nerve and style of the hotelkceper who purveys them for his guests. Any good Im ported claret Is $3 a quart and upward Ilhlno wires are about the same , with a stereotyped charge of $ S to | 12 for mythical Stelnbcrgcr Cabinet and Johannlsborger Good whisky is $2 and $250 a bottle , ana brandy $3 to $12. A nrat-cless seat In any leading theater Is $1.50 , with from CO cents to $1 added If there Is a really great attraction , like Henry Irving , for Instance The regular $160 seat Is also augmented In value from 20 to 30 per cent If bought at a hotel news stand or of speculators Private boxes cost from $10 to $25 , according to location theater , and city. As for operas , nobody over expects to spend lets than $10 and upward for two scats In any desirable part of the house. SOME HIGH PRICES ON CLOTHES. The best tailors have not come dawn In their prices Ten dollar : ) for a vest , $18 for trouecrs , $40 to $45 for a sack coat , $50 to $60 for a ci-tcvvay. $75 for a Prince Albert and $90 to $100 for a fine overcoat were flush time rates and are still obtained , while the fancy hatter still gats $5 for a derby and $8 for a silk tile. Cloth , labor , rent and all other turns have come downi to the owc-ll tailor , but not his prices to his customero Excellent ready-made clothing Is obtainable at a fifth of what the high-grade sartorial artist charger , but all men are not physically adaptable to even the flno variety In sizes of the ready-made dealer , while a good many are so mentally misshapen that only a $100 dress suit will (11 ( cither their flgurc or their fancy. Anyway , the swell tailors liavo the assurance to charge the same old ridiculous prices , and , as they only need a few auch customers a year , are enabled to both live and thrive. To travel In first-class style costs more and more each year. There haa been no re duction In railway passenger rates of any kind anywhere , v.htlc the advent of limited , vcstlbuled and other specially ccstly trains has largely Increased the cxpcnso of travel to these whoso needs or whims demand the best of everything Thirty dollars Is the least for which one person cau go from Chicago cage to New York and have all the con veniences of the best trains. Indeed , the dining car meals and tips to waiters , porters ters , etc. , lot alone the "excess baggage" charge , cost considerably above that figure. WHAT OCEAN TRA.VUL COSTS. It Is not now possible to get any decent sort of accommodations far the six or seven days of an ocean \oyago for less than $100. vvhlle the best of cabins , carrying not more than two or three people,1 'riln ' from $400 to $800 each. Many a man ilow pays a steam ship company from $1,000 to" $1,500 for the voyage to Europe and relu'ril Just for him self and wife. ' I Carriage hire the best Is as expensive as over. A drive In Central park , New- York , with a pair of horse's ' Is $ C and to Riverside park $10. In QhlcaWo a two hours' drive In the parks umqun 'to $5 and up wards. One dollar an hcnlr for a cheap coupe , $1.50 for a good brougham , $2 for a landau , and $3 for a " ( heater Job" were ante-panic prices and are' atlll maintained Horses arc cheaper , and , bo Is labor * feed and even good carriageharness ) , ctc. , but the liveryman's prices aremore Inclined to c-dgo upwards than to drop. Good domestic "help" , of every sort Is as expensive as ever. Cooks , chambermaids , butlers , coachmen , parlor and lady's maids , and all other competent assistance seem rcronely outside the laws of trade and labor depression. Their wages are certainly no lower , and In most caeca higher , than a few- years ago. INSURANCE RATES DO NOT VARY. Life and fire Insurance knows no practical change. The former , of course , cannot vary , as a man's chance * for dying In hard tlmeo are no less than In scanoim of pros perlty. It might have been supposed , how ever , that perfection In building and I in proved private and municipal Ideas for pre venting and extinguishing conflagrations would have cut down fire Insurance rates , but they haven't. The woman of means Is compelled to pay an much to her modiste or milliner ati over. No sort of an Imported gown la obtainable for Irf-a than $100 , and this minimum prltu applied only to the simpler street and driv ing drtMfs The Imported dlnrcr nnd re ception dress , or gown for thr name puipmp made here from Paris model * , begins " \i $10 and ends anywhere under $ fti ) ) . An for the milliner who serves wealth , ctutomein only there seems to be no limit up to $10 for a single hat which she limy not obtain ; SIS to $25 Is her average exaction All lint- furs are exceedingly expensive , nnd with the possible exception of seal and Hu lmi sible , are charged for wholly accoidlng to their vogue. The fur sneered at ns "com mon" one season may be declared the only- thing fit for a woman to wear the next , nnd boss at $20. small shoulder capra at $ CO larger ones at $100 , and circulars and sacques any where up to $1,000 are some of the things the patient rich woman Is obliged lo wear and pay for. The foregoing arc really but a few- ex amples of the * fact tint "every thing good" costs as much AS It ever did Any man or woman of means will bear witness to the unhappy truth that no matter how much depreciation there may have been In prices generally , every blessed thing that he or she "must have" maintains an altitude of expense which It never leaves , unless pos sibly to soar to n still higher perch. WOOD HfTeot of Hie Ultalr > < if \ < MV IMmlo- The new methods of producing Illustrations by various photographic "processes , " saya the Baltimore Pun , are excellent In many re spects and are preferable perhaps to all the old methods when cheapness rather than quality Is Insisted Upon. Very fine effects arc secuicd , In fact , by "process work " To the great majority of people the pictures In the better class of magazines are perfectly satis factory , being vastly superior to the cheap wood cuts which they displace. Hut "as a , flno art" wood engraving , according to Mr. | | W 1) . Gaidrcr as quoted by the Popular Science Monthly atlll holds the field and has an aipurcd future It Is , he holds , "far and away" superior to any process "In Its marvelous versatility of technique which enables the engraver to translate noi only the value , but the very Individual touch of each aitlat from whoso picture he may be engraving All processed dependant upon photoginphy arc bound to go wrong 1m the I | rendering of "values , " since photography- has not yet been bi ought to such n state of perfection as to master the dlfllcultlcs of exact color translation In fact , photogra phy la utterly Inadequate to the mcst simple wash drawings In black and white" Wood engraving In a n.cchanlcal way has had Its day. but as .1 reproductive fine art It la held to bo unapproachable "It has not been touched , " says Mr. Gardner , with enthusi asm , "and never will bo touched by any process yet Invented " The shortcomings of the photograph arc conceded and the "process cngrav ing" must necessarily share Its defects There Is much difference , of course , between a good photo graph and a bid one almost as much as between a good wood cut and a bad one. Hut of the best photographic portrait , ono often hears the remark made "A fine pic ture , but not a bit like him' " A dozen different photographs of the same person may present a half doen different , faces , each very unlike the other. Where colors are to be reproduced the results are still more false , owing to the fact that the sev eral colors act upon the sensitive Him with widely different degrees ot Intensity More over , the perspective sometimes goes wrong , with the result that neither In values nor , lines Is the photograph to be trusted An I artist's hand may correct some of Its defi ciencies , but to the educated eye many btlll remain. "Nothing , " says Mr Gardner , "docs or ever can compare with the work done thiough the sensitive medium of the cyo and hand of man In fact , I consider wood I engraving far better than any or all the re | productive arts , as It stands quite alone In Its v.ondcrful adaptability , for any variety of texture ono likes can be produced on the boxwood block. This can not be said for cither etching , mezzotint , steel or copper , great as the masters have been who have worked upon one or the other of these ma terials. " Each ot these materials has Its merits , but wood Is best. "The crowning advantage , " rays the writer , "Is that the engraver Is enabled to work In both black and will to lino. Nothing Is out of the range of Imitation. " The skillful artist can render differences In texture. Flesh , silk , satin , wood , steel , glasa , marble , furs , atmos pheric effects and foliage of nil kinds all these the wood engraver can faithfully rep resent. What Is of like Importance , he can render the difference between oil and water colors. New- and cheap processes have not therefore , displaced the artistic engraver , though It may have taken work from the less skillful. This Is what might have been expected In view of the failure of photog raphy to oust the better class of portrait painters No mechanical process can equal the working of the human hand guided by genius. Till the camera can feel and think. as well as sec. It must remain Inferior to man In the production of first-class works of art. _ sun c\Mij OUT AIIHAD. V Man Should lie Careful When He HeKliiM ( < > ArKiie. ullll lilt Wife. Grigson has a habit of waiting until they go to bed to tell his \\lfo the gossip he has picked up during the day , relates the Wash ington Star. Ho reads four or flvo papers , ads and all , between supper and bed time and his wife knows the fruttlcssncss and danger of attempting to pick any talk out of him while this news-absorbing process \ irolnz on By the time Grlgsan , with his hand on the gas key , has made a survey of the room between the light and the bed , and Mills tlis coverings over him , ho appears to his wlfo to bo , Just getting livened up for the day and wants to talk , whllo she Is sleepy and wants to slumber. She always makes a brave effort to keep awake , however , and to mumble an occasional "M-mh , " and "Yes , " and "Well , " at the proper times When the story Is especially long and drawn out. lion ever , she cannot help , for the life of her , dropping off completely to sleep When she does this she unvaryingly rouses herself when she hears her husband mut ter , "niamed If I don't believe that woman Is sound asleep , " and says "Go on , I am listening. " "I'll bet 30 cents that you don't remember a word I said to you In bed last night , " said Grigson to his wlfo tbo other morning at breakfast. "Indeed , I do remember everything you said , " she replied , but It could he seen that she was doing some hard thinking as she said It. "for Instance , " went on Grigson , "I sup pose you recall that I said Thompson Is drinking hard , and " "Yes , " chimed In Mrs. Grigson , "and that ho Is liable to lose his position If ho don't stoa and " "Now I've got you , " exclaimed Grlgson , triumphantly , throwing down his napkin for Grigson Is notorious among his wife's women friends as a mean old thing "I've got you pat. I didn't even mention Thomp son's name last night and I don't suppose ho ever took half a dozen drinks In his life So you were clearly asleep all the tlmo and that's all there Is about It. " Hut Mis. Grigson didn't bat an eyebrow. "Tom , " she said , after a minute , "don't you think some goad doctor could euro you of your habit of saying such strange things when you are asleep and dreaming ? " Grlgsan looked at his wlfo In silence "Minnie , " ho said , solemnly , "I glvo you up What's the use of your belonging to all these church societies , anyhow ? " \ III V WfVl'P I < l I TTIM\O Mt\T MISNlirSOlA JIAllhRS Startling Revelations Mndo by State * Auditor Dunn. FORFEITURE OP LANDS TO STATE Ornoriil Slinking I'll ' In Mineral ( 'nii- lM n ml Itiillrtmil l.ntiil 'I'lllen UN I InItettitt of Illn IttA extluitllonx. ST. PAUL , Minn , Jan. 3 The biennial re port of State Auditor Robert C. Dunn to the Minnesota teglshtmc was given to the priss tonight , and contains some startling flguix's and recommendations , drawn from a rigid Interpretation of the law and a careful ex amination of the records ot his olllce , which Includes the land dcpirtmcnt. The general land department business shows that grants of land to rallroid com panies by congress and by the state , within the limits ot the state of Minnesota , to aid In the construction nf the 3 200 miles of line , have amounted to over 20,000,000 acies The total area of the state Is about 40000,000 acres A reasonable vnluitlon of these rail- reid lands U $101.000.000. or about $12.000 per mile. Of these lands the eompinles have already received over 10,000,000 acres , and under the swamp land act from the state they have received over 2,000,000 additionJl He caIN particular attention to the giant originally made to the LittleFa I to railway and now owned by the Northetn Pacific con sisting ot 300000 acres It was given to old In the construction of that railroad , from Its eastern terminus to the western boundary of the stale Tor uncompleted poitlnra of the line the land should revert to the state The line was only built to Mori Is. altogether eighty seven and a half inHe.i , and the auditor holds that the giant docd not attach to the twenty-two and a half miles from there to the t'tate line , making a difference of 130.000 ncrea In the grant An the com pany has already received 710,000 acres , whlth h In c\ccca of whit thev earned , the legislature Is iskcd to take proper action to tccover th fie lands , which are valued at not ! e u than $5 per acre. The audltoi & conclusions and recommenda tions regarding mineral lamia , however , arc most startling Ho iceommcmla that the leglalatuio direct that action bo begun In the courts looking to the records of lam's al ready conveyed to the Uiituth S. Iron Range rallioad , amounting to 200,000 acres , and that the remaining portion. 403 OCO ncres , be de- clai'ed forfeited These lands , conservatively- valued , are woith $3,000000 , being located exclusively In St LonU , Lake and Cook counties , which comprise the mineral and timber portions of the state He then calln attention to the constitutional provUlon that all state lands must be sold at public auc tion An the timber has been cleared off , It has been similarly dlapcscd of , and the auditor now raises the question whether the mineral Is not also a part of the realty and should , therefore , be d'arcred ? of in like manner. The Rockefellers and the Minnesota seta lion company hold 90 per cent of the mining contract. ? on state lands , nnd these were all recured at pilvato sale , o that It Ii'rt contention bo approved , there would be a gcncml shaking up in mineral con tracts The land where the rich mountain Iron Is located was selected In 1SS3 by the then state auditor for Indemnity school land In 1SSS the same official , apparently through an error or overnight , executed a rellnqulnh- mcnt back to the government This land U valued at not less than $12,000.000 The state auditor takes the ground that possibly the state still holds title to these lands under the original selection , and that the rclln- qutahmcnt was null and void , becaiae the auditor hud no power to execute such rclln- qulshmcnt , that power remaining with the governor. I.MUI n ami : . .V Trolley .loiii-uej Thruiiuh Ihe Severn of I'nrlN. The main sevvors of Paris are periodically cleared by means of scrapers carried on boats or cart' , writes a Paris correspondent. These conveyances are also used for convey ing visitors through the largo sewers under the Hue do Rlvoli and the Boulevards Scbastopol and Do Moleshcrbcs. These ex peditions take place fourteen times a year , In spring and autumn , nnd about 8,400 visitors are admitted yearly. Until 1891 these cars and boats wcro drawn by men , but the labor and cxpcnso were found to be so excessive that now the traction Is done entirely by electric motors , taking current from accumulator batteries on the boats or cars. The "Genie Civil , " which de scribes and Illustrates the plant , cayi those main sewers are In section very similar to an ordinary tunnel , but In the floor Is formed the rectangular channel for the sewage , whllo round the roof arc fixed the water and compressed air mains , the tele graph and telephone wires , ctc. Ihc sewer under the Boulevard den Malc- sherhes Is the largest. It Is 18 feet -I'l- l-ichcs wide , 10 feet high from floor to roof and the sewage channel In the floor Is 3 feet nu Inches deep and 9 feet 10 Inches wide Ltoat.s are used In this channel. The other sewers are smaller , the channels In them being only 3 feet 11 Inches wide , and from .1 feet 11 Inches to C feet 7 inches deep In these cars arc run , tbo flanged wheels of the cars running on the edges of the1 channel , which are protected by angle-bars , and form the rails. The approximate weight of a train of flvb cars with 100 passcngorn on board Is about 7 tons twelve hundred weight , and this travels at the rate of three and three fourths miles per hour The accumulator battery consists of twenty- eight elements and weighs fourteen hundred weight , and Its capacity la 100 ampere-hours with a moan discharge of twenty-live am pcres ut fifty or sixty volts The motor , which Is Herles-uonnd , develops two horse power and runs at 1,000 revolutions per minute , this speed being reduced to eighty by means of a pinion and wheel and chain gearing to the driving axle the wheels being 15)4 inches In diameter on the tread The boats are towed by means of a chain sunk In the sewage channel , which Is brought to the surface and passes around a pulley driven by means of a double re duction gear from the motor. The chain , by means of guide pulleys , makes three- quarters of a turn around the driving pul ley , this pulley being a magnetic one , mag netized by means of two cells , ono on each side of It , on the axlo. Each passenger train consists of six boats , In the first of which Is carried the accumulator later battery and a toning apparatus , while In the last boat , which Is smaller , there Is another towing apparatus. The battery consists of sixty elements , giving an out put of sixty amperes for two and one-half hours , at from ninety-eight to 125 volte ; It Is divided Into two parts , which can be connected In series or parallel , as required The motors run at GSO revolutions per minute , but this npccd Is reduced by means ot the gearing , so that ( ho boats travel nt about ono and one-half miles per hour. The power required for this Is from about two horse-power to flvo and one-half horee- poucr , according ax the boats arc traveling with or against the current. The total length of the hewers open In this way to the public Is about two miles , and they ore lighted partly by lamps on the footpaths or by oil lamps on the boats. Old age comes early to the clothes that are dragged up and clown over the wash board. It's ruinous. v _ Nothing else uses them up so thoroughly and | idsj ) so quickly. This wear and tear , that tells so on your pocket , ought to be stopped. Get some Pearl- ine use it just as directed no soap with it and see how much longer the clothes last , and how much easier and quicker the work is. Pearline saves the rubbing. Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you "ihisisasiooclat"or " ' " ' ; "the tameas I'earllne. IT'S It "Rn r 1rPALSC Pearline is never peddled , and If your JLJcH K. croccr tends you tomcthliiL' in place of Pearline , bo lumcU itnJ ttlmt , 13 MM US VVLU , New Yoik. A HUNDRED YEARS , 'Alii 1'i'oplo lie Stronurr nnd I.lro I , tinner nl Ttuit 'I' I nn > f A well known scientist nn.vK Hint In a hundred > rnrs fiom now tllsonsn vvlll bo utmost unknown , lx cause people will Imvo lonrncd how to tnko rnro of themselves nnd mcdlcnl < < rlcnco will hnvc mndo nneh wonderful ndvnnc-emcnt. Thin KtRtemcnt nmy be true , but It I-S nlio true Hint If people were only to tnko udviiiitaKO of the Kront dNc'ovcrUa of science even lit the present tlmo they mlKht BO throiiKli Ufo- without over hnvlnp n dny's nines * . Mnny people have realized thh fnct nnd many have discovered n way to keep stronu ami will the whole > e r round. Here li nn opinion on the subject which shows how they imumpo to do It : MP . Kiln I'Vddrrmnnn IM W. Tayetto street , naltlmoro. Md . saya : "Somo tlmo nRo I suffered from terrible slnkliiR spells and headaches an the remit of a run down system and extreme ncrvoul < iie' M * I ob tained no relief until n friend r-ersuadort me to try Itirt > ' - pure mall whiskey. Aftrd imlnp It n short tlmo I became fully reitorul to health " Science has proved that for ImlldliifT up a run down system nothlni ; vompires with n reliable stimulant preferably pure whls- Uev. Kvcry person who has ever tried Duffy's pure limit vvhlsUov llndi that It Is unequaled for promoting health ThereIK nothliiK llko It for making slekly proplo stroiiK and vlKoroui. Thousands have tci- tllled to the wonderful benent derived from taking It l.-OH INTHRNAIi AND HXTEIIXAI. USE. cunns AND rnivcNT8 Coliln , GoiiKlm , Sore Ilii-out , liiltncnzn. llronvliltln , IMicuiiiiinln , SncllliiK if ( lie Joint" , liiimtinKo , Iu- flunintlon. Illicit mitt 11111iMirululn , FroMliHi'H , Clillblnlni , llrailaclifi , Tiiotlmclio , ANlliinn , IHKPIOtll.T lUlUATimO. CUHES Till'OHST 1'AINS In from one Is Inenty mlnutra NOT ONI ) HOUIl after rpail- Ini ; this mt\crtlsemcnt ncttl nn > one HUI'TIIK WITH PAIN ItiulvMD'N llenily Hfllef IN u Sure Cure for dory 1'nln , SiirnliiH , Hrnlnc-i , 1'nliiH In tlic lliu-U , Client or I.lmliH. It n tin * III'Mt mid In ( lie oiil > I'AI.N HivliiV That tnntantly s'ops the most cxcrullatlnr rains , nllajs Inflammation nnl cures congestion ) , whether of the I.unts. Stomach , llouela or other Elands ur organs , by onu application A hutC to a teaipoonful in half a tumbler of water will In n row mlmitc euro Crnmpf , KpaMn * . Sleeplessness , Sick Headache. Diarrhea. Dytcntery , Colic , flatulency and all Internal Thcro la not n remedial agent In the norlj that will cure Kcver ami ARUC and ull other Malarlout. Unions and other fevers , aided by UAUWAA'S rililA. K'l < iuukly ns HAU- WAY'S 1IIJA1JY UUMISr. BOo per bottle. hold by Sea.rles . & Searles , srcci'-usis IN Neivous , Clironio and Private Diseases. SEXUALLY. 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DYEING AND CLEVNINK Clothing , Dress ) ? ail Hoasiiall OMAHA OFKICB-1U1 Faroam. T l. U2L COUNCIL IILUFKS Worlu nd Onice. Cor. A v * nue A anil 2th St. Ttl. MO. Council Bluffs , Iowa. CAPITAL. . . . $100,000) ) \VU faULlCIT YOUll IJUSIMJSn. I \vii uutiiitu voun coiLi : < ; Tio\fl. ' ONK OKTIIK OLUUbT IIA.Mt.S IV IOWA. 0 I-ICH CKNT PAID ON TIMIC IMSl' OALIAMD BBB tin OU WHITE. THE BEE I'RIXT3 DAILY THK MOST COMPLETB SPORTING NKWS. TIII3 SI'ORTINO DB I'ARTMHNT OP TIII3 OMAHA SUNDATC UUU IS UNEXCELLED.
