Nebraska Newspapers

    12 THE OMA1TA DAILY HEW frKTDAT. DECEMBER 10. 1897.
TRAINING ARMY OFFICERS
British and American Systems Contrasted
by an Officer of the Formsri
V/EST / POINT , WOOLWICH AND SANDHURST
fThc D moprncy of tlic One iinil the
ArlMoprncy of Hie Other *
Urcnlcr l.llicrty Knjoyril In
thellrllliiU AciuU'iiilrH.
Tlio essential difference that exists be
tween the respective methods of Uncle- Sum
and John Hull for the education of their
embryo officers It one ot money. England
demands that her oidets pay and pay
heavily , too , for their training , whcrcao the
United States Is content to pay her military
pupils as welt ao educate thorn. Tliero Is
but little similarity In the two systems ,
though the result achieved Is the tame. As
everybody knows , nomination by one's state
ecnator and a plain school education Is mifll-
clent to admit the young American , thirsting
for glory , within the portals ot West Point.
But admission to the Hoyal Military acad
emy , Woolwich , whcro England trains her
would-ho "sappers" and "gunners , " Is ft
very different matter. There are two mili
tary colleges In England , the Hoyal Military
college , Sandhurst , and the Royal Military
academy , above mentioned. At Sandhurst
the cadcto are trained for the cavalry and
Infantry branches of the service , while at
Woolwich , known popularly na the "shop , "
commissions arc given only for the artillery
Tlio distinctive feature of both Woolwich
Mid Sandhurst Is the great attention devoted
to sports nirJ athletics. Intercolleg'ato con-
tesU occur annually at foot ball , cricket and
athletics , and In the rcajcctlvo seasons of
the two great national games matches are
made with a largo number ot other clubs , anil
( ho teams always got leave from studies and
drills for the day ot the match If necessary.
It they play away from home the Institution
pays their traveling expenses and It they
l > ! ay at homo a goxl luncheon U always
forthcoming for thp occasion. In fact , a cadet
who Is never seen joining In the games Is
always In disfavor with the authorities , while
an athlete lu prcnortlonately liked.
Liberty of action off parade and the
amount of "leave" given la another point
wherein the military schools ot the t n
countries differ greatly. In England the.
cadet off pa i a do Is free to dreis himself
In cricket flannels and -iniuie hlicsclf as he
ecca lit , blng In no way bound by any rtrlci
rules of decorum such rs prevail at Wesi
. Point. The young Engllthmrn Is supposec
( and with good caute ) to have had all the
"noteonse" knocked out of htm at hb public
, school , and to be therefore tit to associate
with hla follow cadets according to the
'schoolboy's code of honor , "
Leave of absence Is given to all whose
parents consent to tbo arrangement every
Saturday from 12 noon till Sunday night a
11 p. m. Most of the > oung fellows having
friend * or relatUcs lu London , 11 la a nice
-relaxation after tbo week's work to assume
'pViln clothes" again ngd forget that there
are aucb things as parade or punlihmen
drills , Three months * vacation are given lu
the year , one at Christmas and two In mid
cummer. * o that considering everything the
cadet's llto Is a fairly happy ono , as he Is
willing to acknowledge when * ho b < i left the
' 'shop" aome years behind ulm.
ID conclusion' It nay bo aafcly eald tba
tte'American and English systems are both
quMly good , la their , w jr , but o lth r ID
suited lo the othcT country. The. nncleot
proverb ot ono man's meat being another
man's polaon explains the pltuatlon fully ,
for while Woolwich and Sandhurst are BS-
flentlally arWtocratlo Ir.Btltutlonn. West Point
Is truly democratic , II. SCALLAN ,
Lieutenant Itoyal Artillery.
WHY Tin : r.imon vLnn.
HOTT ( he llnirmiiiijr iif Itlvnl PuliIUIi-
orn 'Wan ' Ilnpliireil.
Stove Jennings , who recently passed
throush Kansas- City on his \vny to Port
Arthur , used to run a little country meekly
up In a Nebraska town , anil he known nil
nbout the vicissitudes of rural newspaper-
Oem , afllrmH the Kansas City Times.
"About one-third of these little shooto , "
snld he , "w ro established for buplness purposes -
poses ; another third -wore ret on foot to
boom the Interests ot tromo cnndldnto for
olllce , nnd the re-mnlnder nre printed for fun.
You s'-e , the expense of getting them out
Is very little. Your patent Inslilen cost you
nbout 9 cents n quire , considerably loss tlinn
n. half ctfnt n sheet , nnd nil you have to del
Is to et up enough typo lo print ono side of
the pnpcr. A peed mnny of the editors don t
even do this" , but fill ti'p ' with dead ads , pot
metal plates nnd stereotyped clts.thnt ) . may
or may not hiivc 11 relovoncy to the subject
matter In which they appear ,
"Tho thrco ot four columns of netas nnd
editorial are set by some girl or boy of the
village -who Is learning'the printer's trade
nnd who r\lll work for little or nothingnnd ,
n < the office l usually the borne of the
editor , you can readily nee thnt the cost of
Issuing the Jonp-svlllo Investigator Is , of
fcay the leant , nominal.
"So the editorsinnRto their space nnd their
time In various ways. I remember once
I there wni a movement on foot In Clnv
county to hold a special election tooto > I
bondt lo give a bonus to a railroad that hnd
surveyed a right of way through Jonesvllle.
The contract for printing the advertisement ,
which wiaa to linear In live con ocnl'vt
littles , win awarded to both the Investi
gator and the Heglslcr , the opposition
sheet.
"The Investigator received the copy and
cot up the ad a column , nnd n half of long-
primer. Then the Hcglster editor called to
get the copy ready for his printers.
" 'There's no use. ' Ud I , 'Alth 'Journal-
KOYM. niLTKY | / t Dt lY.
ENGLISH AND AMEHICAN MILITARY ACADEMIES COMPARED.
and engineers the latter being those most
successful In the competitive examaatlors. !
LIMITED TO THE WELL-TO-DO.
Entrance to thceo establishments Is ob
tained only through a severe competitive ex
amination , held under civil service rulc.i ,
and tho' usual medical Inspection. Dut
when the struggling student has at length
overcome all dlfllcultlcs , his father must
face a yearly 'bill of $100 , unless he himself
lioldo or held a commission In. . the army.
The slzo of this sum , even though It be only
( or two years , the full course. Is sufficient
to debar all but scions of ell-to-do families.
Thla qualification ot means Is very neces
sary , as the young officer carraot expect to
llvo on hLj pay. which Is only $ COO a year
for some considerable time.
Once within the gates the studies and
drllla aio very similar to those of our In
stitution , but the Boclul and recreative sjs-
toms differ considerably. At Woolwich and
Sandhurst the men of different "terms" have
no common Intercourse , and of late years it
has become Intensely bid "form" for ono
term to Interfere with another at all. Dut
not many years ago the yeraecutlon of the
"snookers , " or "pieces , " as they are called
in America , was so great that It finally led tea
a revolution. The etory IB rather jimuslng , as
the unfortunate snookers , to shw their dis
approval of their treatment , went to un
prccedentrd lengths. Marching In a body
out of the academy ( I am speaking of the
'Woolwich cadets ) to Blackbeath , where a
fair was being liehl , three miles away , they
Utterly Ignored the orders ot their odlccra ,
and en being threatened with police inter
ference , declared that they would Immediately
tet frco an entire menagerie of wild animals ,
which was ono oftho features of the fair , if
a policeman dared to show his helmet near
them. Needless to eay , these young dare
devils effectually cowed the- local Dogbcrrys.
"When the fair was over the cadets returned
and were all placed In arrest on bread and
water , of which ordinance the only notice they
tcok wan to seize all the bread they could
lay hands on , load the old "Waterloo" ' can
nons -with the loaveo and deliberately turn
them on the fTOvernor's house , the windows
of which suffered ccnsldcrablo damage.
Thus \\ns the backbone of a most per
nicious system of persecutln broken , and now
all Is quiet In the "shop , " save for the occa
sional "toschlng" cr "ragging" of an ob
jectionable man by his fellow termers.
"Tocchlnc" Is a form ot amusement which
consists ot forcibly Immersing the victim In a
cold water bath , and Is generally 0:0fined to
winter , while "ragging" a man lst to con-
tlnvally Irritate , annoy and inconvenience him
by petty Insults , such as making "hay" of
Ills room or concealing his accoutrements.
Istlc courtesy , ' 'of your setting that thing
up.After we've gonp to press Friday , just
send tlio boy over with a galley anil get the
type. You're perfectly welcome to It. '
"Tills seemed satisfactory , nnd so tor the
next llvei weeks thnt column and it half ot
long primer , typographical errors nnd nil ,
was used Interchangeably by the Investi
gator and the Reclster. It appeared In the
Investigator Fridays nnd In the Ileralster
Saturdays , and In all that time I verily be
lieve It was read only by the printer who
set It up.
"On Saturday afternoon of the fifth week
the Register devil brought the type back
for the. . last tlmo. I thought lie seemed un
commonly cheerful as he accosted my np-
prcntlco nnd leered nt me from a counte
nance frescoed with parti-colored Inks , but
dismissed the subject , picked up a handful
of- the long primer and began distributing
It In the case.
"Six. o'clock came and my devil went
lomc , I remained to throw In my case.
"About un hour later Ed Hilton , a mnn-
about-town and a warm friend of the In-
cstlg-ator , entered the ollice In a , hlg'hly
excited state.
" 'Buy , you better hide , ' said he ; 'Krlel
un gone after his gun ! '
"Krlel was the editor of the Keslster.
" 'Why , what's entln' of him ? ' I asked ,
uslnsr an Idiom , ot the locality.
" 'That type you changed on him. ' said
'He's made lilm
UHon. mud because you
call himself a Jlmber-Jawed hycnu. In Ills
own paper. '
" ? till I didn't understand , nnd I rcmalnec
n the dark until Hilton pulled n copy of
ho Register from his rocket and pointed to
bo advertisement of the tueclal election.
"Can you believe It ! It was literally pep
pered -with Irreverent Interpolations. Long
cdious descriptions of land tracts were
> rlghtened upwith bursts of pungent slan.-r
n which Editor Krlel , with ) .Momlerful Eclf-
nbnegatlon , wns made to call himself sev
eral kinds ot. a jlbborlng Idiot.
" 'The editor of this ipapcr escaped from
he lunatU ) neylum. Better watch him. ' read
ono parugr.iph , the spelling ot which I rend.
ly recognize 1 an that ot my devil.
"Tho outcome of It all was I took a nlghl
rnln and dropped down the road nbout
twenty-live miles tQ the home of a relative
vhcre I remained until It AVUH time to begin
work on the next Uoek's Issue , nnd In the
ncantlmo Krlfl's ' Ire had cooled down some
what , nut ho never mas able > to collect his
fees for -publication of that ad. "
J , A. Pcrltlru of Antiquity , O. , was for
hlrty ycar needlessly tortured by physi
cians for the cure ot eczema. He was
lUlckly cured by uclng DeWltt'e Witch Haze
Salve , the famous bra ling calve /or / piles am
skin dial-aces.
A.IIISTOH1O SIIOII.
A \Vnr Ill-lie Hint Ix t He
ItroiiKht Kourlli for GlinrKy'M Sal < r.
The great fair In aid of the sanitary
commission , which wns held In this city
In 1SC4 , relates the Philadelphia Ledger ,
IB still quite vividly remembered by many
Phllade-lphlans. Perhaps the department
best recalled Is that which was devoted to
toyn , nnd which was presided over by Mrs.
Dr. Wllllum II. Kurnesu.
In the toy department th * most con
spicuous feature was n gigantic shoe ,
Illustrating the dearly beloved nursery
rhyme'
'There was nn old woman who lived In
a shoe ,
She hud so many children she didn't know
what to do. "
Not only was the shoo there , hut the
ancient and prollllo Inhabitant IIH well ,
who , In a most unmaternnl manntr , dls-
posed of her family to all or any who
would bid for them , the only discrepancy
being thnt she did know what to do with
her children and the original old ilarno did
" Thr meiiUcnl shoo Is again about to
nppeiu'jeforr the public ( for over thirty
yearn It I.us been stored nwny In a dv.ity
pnrrt-t ) , wild It appears In nn t-qually worthy
cause , namely , to aid the Jefferson .Mater
nal liO'T''al at the- bazaar to bo held for
that Institution at the Stratford on Decem
ber 9 nnd 10 ,
War relics nre.gradually becoming scarcer ,
nnd ono that Is associated with childhood
and haroy t lines In the dark days will bo
doubly IntercR'liig ,
Mrs. 13. D. Ollks > ple , wtio was postmistress
at the sanitary fair , will preside over thu
shoo and Its Inhabitants \vlth us much on-
tliu.slunn us she showed nfull generation
ago. And , after all , the "old Moinun who
had BO many children rhe didn't know what
to do" In n llttlng symbol for a Maternity
hofi'ltal which U compelled to hold u ba-
jcaar for the purpose of ralflnir money to
enable- to extend Us fp iere of uscfulnets ,
no that It may know what tt > do with Its
many children.
It la easy to eaten a cold and just as oiey
to get rid of It If you commence early to
VBO Ono Mlnuto Cough Cure. It cures
coughs , colJi , bronchltli , pneumonia anil all
throat and lung trouble ! . It Is pleaiaut to
Uke , cao to uie and * ure to curt.
NURSERIES FOR FOOD FISH
The Red Eggs of the rarnon ! and How They
Are Taken mra Of.
MILLIONS HATCHED IN PJB.IC AQUAR.U'.IS .
liiHtrtiotlvo De-trill * of the Mctho ln
Piii-HUril lu tin * I'lHli MirNorlcH of
I lie ( ] ( > v v rum 111 ( ( Sri-oil 111 I'HH
uf Siilinoii Kry.
"Tho nursing and rearing of little fish la
far more dlfllcult thaa the aurslng and rearIng -
Ing of llttlo human beings. Yet every year
tbo agents of the United State .Fish couitnKi-
&kn watch over the births and tend with
care the early days of whole -millions ot
these finny foster children. "
DP. Tarrelon' L , Hean , United S.tates flsh
commissioner * find director ot th'o Now Yc\lc
aquarium , was the speaker The learned
'doctor's whole life has been devoted to the
rearing of floh , "To such an extent have I
been Identified with pisciculture , " ho de
clares , "that I find myself at Intervals look
ing upon the eating ot fish as a species of
cannibalism.
"The ecopo of the fish nurseries as con
ducted by the government of Uncle ? Sam , "
continued Dr. Dean , "Is varied and exten
sive , but the salmon family Is the moat use
ful and popular among the so-called 'food
fishes. '
"To begin with , the parent salmon arc
captured la aelnc nets , as they como awarm-
Ing up the rlvcw to spawn.
"Tho eggs arc ot a deep red salmrn color ,
and heavier than , water. Their slzo varies
from four-slxtccnlhs to five-sixteenths of an
Inch , and 3,700 eggs will just nil a quart
measure. Think of that ! Fish enough to
feed an army conduce ! at this stage of their
exlu'tcuce ' In two pint bottles. It Is a curious
reflection , Is It not ?
"Tho eggs arc deposited In pans , and the
milt poured over them. After three minutes
a little water h added , and presently the
CSKS begin to separate. Henceforward each
rjibrvo million begins Us Individual eareer
Insldo a tiny red shell , transparent , like
tinted class.
"When the eggs separate they are washed
clean , removed to the hatching house , nnd
there placed In cunningly constructed troughs.
It Is safe to say that DO oer cent of the eg < js
lave , at this stage , a llvo organism Just
awakened within them.
THE PROCESS OF HATCHING.
"The hatching troughs are not quite seven
Inches dettf , nnd arc divided Into compart
ments , each ot which holds a little basket
or tray ot woven wire , nbout twelve Inches
wide acid twenty-four Inches long. The
meshes ot the wire are not wide enough'to
permit the eggs to fall thr.ough , but the lit
tle salmon fry , when released from their
shells , can easily wriggle their little bodies
through the nrotectlng screen , and Into the
\\iUcr-fllled troughs below. A constant eup-
ply ot pure running water is kept up ; and
his , by a simple device , Is made to rise gon-
ly through the baskets , permeating and
nolstenlng the eggs without any fear of
ircoVage. The entire arrangement is roofed
vlth canvas saturated In csplmltum varnish
and thus rendered sunlight proof , for too
uuch light is bad for llttlo unborn salmon
.ablcfl.
"Each basket projects about an Inch OVCT
lie surface of the water , and two full gal-
ons of the rci eggs go to a .basket. Thus
30,000 esgs are poured Into the hatching tray
at a time Close'packing docs not hurt them ,
as the water flowing softly between the
shells forms a cushion as soft as the elder-
low n pillow of a human -child. The water
s kept at about 54 degrees Fahrenheit , and
n this temperature the salmon fry take
about thirty-flve days to hatch out.
TRAKISTORTINQ THE EGGS.
"Tho dead eggs , known by their white
ness , are cautiously picked out ; and then
t T > fi r nrrtc nf i f r folmva utttli lm nlrl t _ _ t
. iw wusu wi. tfwn , iwta , tv nil luu UJU uj. J.J11"
ircoccpes , begin watching through the tratis-
Tarent shells for the first part of the salmon
to assume form and shape I. e. , the spinal
column or ( backbone.
"Very gradually the spine appears a faint
shaded line at first , then a sharply defined
black stroke , tapering to a point. Presently
at the tblckfr en'l of the stroke a protuber
ance begins to form. This U the head of
the flsh. If haste Js called for the eggs
ir.ay be taken out of the baskets and shipped
at this stage ; but the United litates agents
picfer not to Invite risk to their diminutive
charges by needless hurry. So they wait
patiently until the eye spot a queer little
silvery dot In the dusky head can be dis
tinctly seen with the naked eye. After that
the egg Is quite hardy enough for ship
ment.
"When the red eggs are being packed ,
prior to their Journey to the planting
grounds that Is to say , to the various
streams where they are to bo set at liberty ,
after the shells ait ! broken the shipping
boxes used are of stout pine. Between alter
nating layers of moss and mosquito netting
the eggs are deposited , and , hay , Is stuffed all
around the Insldo of the box to guard against
changes of Jemperaturc. Thus human inge
nuity contrives a means of sending the
future salmon many thousands of miles over-
laud , without damugo or danger.
"Finally after thirty-five days the grand
climax of hatching tlmo arrives , and hordes
ot the llttlo creatures break out of shell at
once. The utmost vigilance must now be
exercised. So vast are the quantities of
biokcn shells that they clog up the guard
screens at the outlets ' of the troughs , stop
ping the flow of wa'ter , and leaving the fry
liable to suffocation. The tiny wrigglers are
appallingly tender , too , and tbo slightest
bruise or Injury may Injure them for life.
The watchers keep them gently stirred up
vdth long straws , Just as policemen make
cuilous crowds "move on" when they show
slgra of obstructing trafllc.
"Steadily the llttlo salmo'n grow ; and > "ln
a little while the yolk-sac having almost
disappeared , they are able to buoy themselves -
selves up In the water. Then the time for
feeding them begins.
LITTLE GLUTTONS.
"Siilmon fry are fearfully and wonderfully
greedy. They eat six full meals a day , with
Itnumcrublo light luncheons In between. The
earlier -their fefdlng begins every morning ,
and the longer 'It Is continued Into the
night , the butter for the flsh. Two hours
utter food tlmo they are again ravenously
hungry , and 'they-grow much faster when fed
constantly. Inlecd , It riiuct bo confessed
with sorrow , when food Is not plentiful
cncugh , tbo small gluttons will furiously
bite each other.
"As regurds the size of the flsh babies.
they grow to a len&ih of two and one-
half Inches from when ' .hey begin to feed In
February until the wlddlo of May , when
they are liberated In Uio various rivers.
"When the fry are let looosp on the spawn
ing grounds , nnd even while they are In tbs
troughs , their natural enemies are leglcn.
Among them are ( he mink , the mole , ths
star-nosed mole the common rat , the muskrat -
rat , the kingfisher , the great horned owl , the
blue heron , the tundplpcr , the flshlnwk and
the frog , At Craig brook , Mo , there cro
traps for the predatory mink. The mo'e
burrow a through even the stoutest embank
ment , and the rat takes fry and even eggs
from the troughs. Frogs , too , hop Into the
troughs and devour the fry If they are not
caught In time. Hut In spite of th'ee foes
the little flsh appear to enjay UicmfehM
very much In tto earliest s ages ot Iliel-
existence.
"Onco at liberty , the flsh In tlnctlvely
turr.a his HOBO In the dl'eotlon of the current
tin el begins Ills progress towi.rds tbo sea. Ho
Is a fry no longer , " '
i.lfr I'ullcy ISvor Written.
NEW YORK , Dec. 9. The largest llfo In-
fluranco policy ever Issued was written In
this city , calling for Jl.COO.OOO Insurance upon
the llfo of Georco W. Vandcrbllt. The
policy is what 1s known as a twenty pay
ment llfo contract , and provides for a
premium of $30CCO 11 year. After Mr. Van-
dcrblit has puld that sum yearly for twenty
years the payments ceimo and the principal
becomes due at his diath , The next largest
policy ever written la t-ald to have betn for
100,0(0 (1500,000) ( ) , entered Into by an English
company , which reinsured much of the risk
In otlur concerns. The latest transaction
of tin American company Is said to have
taken place a few years ago , when IjOO.OOO
of Insurance was Issued upon the lives of
llvo members of the same family.
Take adrlcet Stop coughing at once by the
Immediate use ot Dr. Hull's Couch Syrup.
Quo bottle will euro you.
JOBBERS FIND
OF OMFWR.
V V
AGRICUiVrUBAK IMPLEMENT.
I ifiiinger &
* - letealf
Co.
WHOLESALE DEALERS IK
Agricultural Implements *
Duffgles and Canlat i. Cor. lib and PactlVt Bt * .
& Martin Co
Jobbers of Farm Machinery.
Wacom and Dugclea > Cor. ( th and Jonei.
ART GOODS
Picture Moldings.
Mirrors , Frames , Backlnc nnd Artists'
Materials.
BOOKBINDING , ETC
iKTixa AXU noon uixmsa ,
tle\enth nnJ Howard Sts.
BOOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS ,
M'frs | Jobbers of Foot Wear
WKSIEIIN AonNisron
The Joaoph Bonigau Rubber Co.
Rubbers and.Mackintoshes.
Omnliu , Neb.
Boots , Shoes- and Rubbers
Salesrooms 1102-1104-1106 Harney Street.
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T.'IIOUESAUB
RUBBER. GOODS
Owner of Chief Brand Macklntoahtr
Boots , Shoes , Rubbers ,
AT WHOLESALE.
Omco and Salesroora 1119-S1-23 Howard St.
W
Wholesale Shoe Manufacturers
Western Agents Goodyear Glove Rubberi.
1114 Harney Street.
BAGS
Importers and Manufacturers
BAGS
-rS Son/h nth Street
BAKING POWDER EXTRACTS.
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SYRUPS ,
Uclasnes , Sorghum , etc , . Preserves and Jellies.
Alio tin cnns and Japanned warn.
CHICORY
? T ' 1m n <
/ p
Growers and manufacturers of all fornii of
Chicory Omnlia-Fremont-O'N'eU.
THE OAULSIIAD CUIIE.
' ' t Follow ! ! ' tin *
CourNi * of'I'roniiii > | M >
Allllcleil.
A writer In Harper's Bazar says , In de
scribing the Carlsbad'euro : "At C wo were
to rise , drink three glasses of water , per
ambulating fifteen minutes between each
two glosses , afterwards walk for an hour ,
then finally breakfast , on eggs , hani and tea.
For mo. every other day a masseuse , alter
nating with a mud bath.-Massage Is familiar
to most people , but the Idea of bathing In
mud Is an apralltas one. On the first occa
sion It Is repugnant ; on tlio second , pleas
ant ; on the third , blissful. After that one
craves mud. Tha bather Is ushered Into a
room containing a deep white-tiled tub sunk
In the Door , At tha side of this Is the space
reserved for the peat1 bath when It shall be
bi ought. The floor of > balf the room Is a few
Ir-chea higher than the other , and has a
table , sofa , looklnK'Klass , a clothes rack and
a rug for the fceti lleforo the patient un
dresses one of the doo-ii opens there Is a
sounJ like thunder , and a bathtub about
three feet deep , full of warm black mud of
the consUtescy of porridge. Is rolled In by a
brawny bare-armed man In a blue Jean
blouse. Ho stirs the dark mais with fearless
hard , and ire-assures the lady 'by telling her
that it contains no animal life. When the
Empress Eugenie was In Carlsbad she In
sisted on her physician performing this serv
ice In case of eels 'being ' In the bath I The
pca't IB brought to the establishment dry ,
and , havln-g > bccli carefully screened , It Is
heated by steam to the prescribed tempera
ture ( about 28 to 30 Iteaumur ) and mixed
with ETrui'el water. It required some oxer-
else of will power to plunge a hand or a
foot Into the seething mass. It does suggest
earthworms , and the bubbling appears like
the movement caused by unpleasant slimy
creatures. The -beginner may , If she can ,
practice a little mental science and "make
believe" that the stuff Is pink a warm pulp
of rose leaves. ( I confess that I prayed for
courage and then put In a tentative foot. )
Once la the eueatloa U physically pleasant.
J 1) ) 3 C E1Y AND GLASS WARE.
M.H , Bliss ,
Jmj > or ( r mid iTobbtr
Crockery * China , Glassware ,
Oliver Plated Ware , Looking Glasses. Chan ,
dellcrs , Lamps , Chimneys , Cutlery , Etc.
1410 FAIINAM ST.
CREAMERY SUPPLIES
The Sharptas Company
Creamery Machinery
and Supplies.
Boiler ? , Engines , Feed Cookers , Wood Pul
leys , Shafting. Deltlnff. Hulter Pack
ages of all kinds.
807-909 Jones St. - - - - - -
COAL.
S
omco 1605 Parnnm Street.
SHERIDAN COAL.
C. N. Dlctz , President. Oou'.d Dlctz. See. S. Tres.
DRY GOODS.
Importers anil Jobbers of
Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods
AND NOTIONS.
DRUGS.
902-906 Jackson St.
J. 0. RICHARDSON , Prest.
C. P. WELt.E'F. . . V. Preat.
erei
H'fr * Standard J'/tarmriceiitlcal Prepara
tions , tipcclal formulae Prepared to
Order Iff nil for Catalogue.
laboratory , lilt Honard St. , Omaha.
, E. Bruce 6c Co.
Druggists and Stationers ,
"Queen Bee" Specialties
Cigars , Wlneu anil Brandies ,
Corner 10th and Ilurncy Street ! .
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
Electrical Supplies.
Electiic MlninK Bolls ami Gas Llghtim.
G. W. JOHNSTON. MET. 1510 Howard St.
WHOLESALE ) AND HETAII ,
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
1104 Farnara St.
FRUIT-PRODUCE.
,
WHOLESALE
Commission Merchants.
S. W. Corner irth and Howard Sts.
Mcmccin cf the National League of
Blon Merchants of the United States.
&
Fruit and Vegetables
SPECIALTIES Stranberrlcs , Apple. , Orange *
Lemons , Cranberries , Potatoes. 1017 Howard Bt
FURNITURE
WHOLESALE
Furniture Draperies
1115-1117 Farnam Btiect.
The mud bears ono up llko a water bed.
A delicious soft warm poultice embraces the
whole body. If India rubber g'.ovcs are worn ,
or the ten llttlo thimbles sold for the purpose - i
pose , the -nails - are protected. After fifteen
minutes the female attendant returns gen
erally a pleasant chatting woman and
sluices each llrr.i ) with warm water as It Is
withdrawn from the slough , The peat never ,
sticks , but falls away , leaving no trace , and
afterwards the skin Is llko satin. The last |
movement Is the step from the mud Into
the clean white tub.licro the bather ro-
malas about five minutes , when she emerges
once more clean , to bo enveloped In a warm '
sheet. I
"Ono should rest after this process , but It
Is not always easy to do so , as ono gener
ally has to hurry away to dinner or back
to lodgings. The 'bath ' costs about 60 cents ,
not Including the over-necessary pour-
holre. "
TO Cl Hi : COLD I.V OM3 DAY
Toke Laxathe Ilromo Quinine Tablets , All
druggists refund tiio money If It falls to cure.
2Sc. Tbo genuine has L. I ) . Q. on each tablet.
M5\V YOHK AXII I.OXIIO.V.
Tim Pnrnier LeuiU with l-'lrenii-n , lic-
Liilti-r ultli Polli-eiiK-ii.
Tie Lpndon Looil Government Journal ,
In making tonio statistical comparisons
between New York and London says
that Greater London Is double the
slzo of Greater New York an3
ban double the population. It has more
th-ir.twlco us many policemen , but only
half as many firemen , a fact which can be
easily accounted for when the character of
the buildings of New York Is remembered.
We have four times as many scholars In our
public schools , but only 25 per cent
more tcachew , which scorns to show that
big classes as wo see-them In London schools ,
are not approved In Now York. Wo have
more public libraries , but not BO many as
wo ought to nave considering the difference
la population , There are la Londoa only
TYPE FOUNDRIES.
G reaf Western
Type Foundry
Superior Copper Mixed TJ-JW It th * bitt on
h * mrrket.
CTnOTYl'E FOUNDRY.
1114 Howard Street.
GROCERIES.
McOord-Bratiy . Go.
m. MM MW-
13th nnd Lcuvcnworth St.
Staple and Fancy Groceries
irA AVI ) corrct ROVSURJ , etc.
Meyer
9
WIIOLUSALB
FINE GROCERIES
I Teas , Spices , Tobacco and Cigar * .
< 1103-HOT Harney Street-
GAS COFPRK HOASTHIIS
AM ) JUUHINQ GHOCnitS.
Telephone 2S2.
HARNESS-SADDLERY
31'rrs
Jl.tItNE < i'i , H.IDDLI S AXD COLLARS
i of Leather , Sitilillcru Harilteatef
Wo solicit your orders 1315 Howard St.
HARDWARE.
Wholesale Hardware ,
Omaha.
Wholesale Hardware.
Bicycles and Sporting Goods. 121Q-U1-23 Har
ney streut.
LIQUORS.
& 0 ®
LIQUORS.
Proprietors of AMERICAN CIGAR AND GLASS
WAUB CO.
214-21G South Hth St.
's EagJs
East India Bitters
Golden Sheaf Pure Rye and Bourbon Whiskey.
Willow Springs DUtlllery , Her & Co. , 1112
Harney Street.
Wholesale
Liquor Merchants ,
1001 Kurnniu Street-
'iley ' Brothers ,
Wholesale
Liquors and Cigars ,
1118 Farnutu Street-
WHOLESALE
Wines , Liquors and Cigars.
4U-41S 8. 15th Street
half as many hospitals as ca.a bp found In
Now Yorlt , and coniXderlng the extraordinary
number of accidents In that city compared
with thcao In London the hospitals appear
to bo needed.
The New Yorlor can boast of pojoeBalng
nine more cemeteries than c-va bo found in
London and ho puts the rellgloun en'.orpi'Iae '
of Londca to the blush by provldbg u
church or chapel for every 3,000 peisono ,
while we only provide one for every 4,000 ,
The municipal debt hangs heavier around
his nccK , the London debt being about
35 per cent lighter for each rate
payer. "Orga-alzed clurlty" relieves one
faml.y out-of every 200 , but In Louden cno
family In every forty-live Is maintained by
the ratepajcrs , AH regards crime , particu
larly that com'oig u-dcr ( he head of houeo-
brcaldng and burgUry , we are better off
than New York , probably 'because wo ars
better policed , both as regards numbers and
character , If crlmca In London under
these heads were In the amo proportion as
thcae In New York , we should have 2,000
Instances every year , whereas wo only ha\o
about 100 more than New York.
KAHTJUIU.UCK UKSTOKKII SI'KKCII.
TIllil'H till' U'ny II l.0iln III till' CIIHU
nf u Montana ( Jlrl.
ICartluiuake.s as thi-raiicutlc agenclea tnay
yet form the fimjcct of uzlentlllc InveMlcii-
tlon. Last uvek'H disturbance In Helena ,
rotates the Independent , iaa rc ponslblo for
Bom queer things and the strangest of them
all , per.iaps , huppunvd In the homo of Mr.
Marden ut < 08 Hrt-c-kt-n-
and Mrn. Chark-H W.
rlge street , whc-ro It brought tmecch to their
daugliter , 13va J ! on tuna iliirdt-n , who had
bi-cn silent ten yearn. .
While the eurtfi < iuiiko elicited only a word
from the unfortunate young woman , It waa
the sweetest round that had fallen upon her
mother's earj for many a day and renewed
the liopo that Hpeech was noon to ixt ru-
storcd lo her daughter.
Jllaa Marden wua born In Helena 87 years
nco. Bho wna a bright llttlo girl and gave
promUso of becoming a happy , useful woman ,
b'ho went to a public sciiool for a tlna- , but
LUMBER
hlcago Luitiber Do.
WHOLESALE
DUMBER . . .
814 South 14th St.
LUMBER.
WHOLESALE AND
LUMBER
Omc * and T&rdt. . , , , ,13th nnd California Sti.
feo. ft. Hoagland
Wholesale Lumber .
Lime , Etc.
Dth nnd Douglas Sts.
OYSTERS.
sd EG ! © & Co ,
PACKERS.
KING COLE OYSTERS ,
CIU.CUY AND POULTRY.
1010 HoM.inl St.
OILS-PAINTS
Co.
UANt.'KACTUIlEnS
Air Floated M naral Paint
Ana 1'alnts of Mi Klmls Putty , Elo.
1016 anil 101T Jone SL
Standard OU 80.
o = = = = . - -
: . A. Moffct. 1st Vice Pres. L. J. Drake. Ocn Mer
Gnro.lne , Turpentine. Axle fircnsp , 1'tc
Omaha Itrnnch nnd ACTiiclcr , John II. Hutli Mgr.
PAPEK-WOODJiNWARE.
Paper Eo. _
Printing Paper ,
Wrapping Paper , Stationery *
Corner 12th and ItowarJ itrccts.
Paper
Wrapping Paper , Stationery ,
Woodenware.
1107 llarncv Street
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
ftmaha Sel
\j
Publishers , Manufacturers nnd Jobbera ,
The largest Supply House In the West.
Corner llth and Hurney Streets.
STEAW-WATE3 SUPPLIES.
iti
< *
101.1'IOIC Douclni Street.
Manufacturers and jobbers ot Blcnni. Gas enl
Water Supplies of AH Kinds.
B a
iroS-n 10 Harney St.
Steam Pumps , Engines nnd Boilers , Pipe ,
Wind Mills , Steam and Plumbing
Material. U--llinff , Hose , Etc.
TOYS AND FANCY GOODS.
Hardy & Co.
'loyst Dolts , Albums and
FANCY GOODS.
floum rumtrhlngB , Children's Carriagei , Eta.
131 } Farnam Btreit
YEAST-BAKING POWDER.
Manufacturers' celebrated "On Tlmo Yvast"
and German Making Powder , Satisfaction
guaranteed.
Iniwr Nnrth.
Twenty-eight Street
left It to tnkn n conrno In n Helena lunlnc..f )
collci u. Until i-he Mil ? . 10 years old Him wild
an ( inlclc to Ic.-ini as any or her nclioolniatn.
Hut then came a caliimHy which wrecked
her life. She became Horloiisly 111 and a
doctor wi' called In. who , It l snld , giivu
her drugH that throw her Into convulsions.
Boon afterward she lu-camu paralyzed unit
ono year nftcr her flr ) t attack nho scemc-il
to lotto the power nf KIKJPIJII , The paralysis
of thu body loft her In time , but PMC. would
not pjieak. I'"nr ten years Hhc IKIK sjxikcn
hut thtco timt-h until the i-urthqua'.to slioolc
her Into mmnentiirv HoiiFlblllty.
Mrx. .Marden lie'lovc.s ' she IIUKnoticed - a
change for tto better In her daughter's con
dition fined ( hut morning , Tlio tinfortiimila
young -woman bus fakcn snmu Interest In
thu life nbout her slncn then and her mother
Ix iiwiiitlntr the tlmo when she will u aln be
gin to talk.
"I don't knoiAwhether It wan tha earth
quakes or not , " suld .Mrs. Mardon on evenIng -
Ing uccnlly. "Samothlng made Ktta talk ,
for I heard her. Wo were ii'Aakenud by the
i-iirtlKiunko , which , you kna , camu nt 2tO :
oVlock In HIP mornlritf. I did not know
what It was and at first thought Unit rnmc-
thlinr hail hnppenc-d to IJttn. I Jumped up ;
and ran to her nnd said ; 'O Kttn , what In
lh matter ? ' To my furyrlso nho rolled :
'What'It wns only ti word , but It Bounded
oueet to mo.
"Slnco then I think that littu has shown ,
moiu Interest In ( hlngn. At any rate uho lit
Improved. "
t'n I u lie Invllntlon Curd.
SAN FnANCISCO , Dee , 9 , A Blab of
quartz , with veins of gold prominently showIng -
Ing , will convoy California's Invitation to
President McKlnlcy to attend tbo voldon.
jublleii of the discovery of gold. Chairman
Parsons of the executive oornmlttto htm
promised to secure a nultnblu plcco of thu
precious rock nnd will have engraved on It.t
face the Tncutugn vvhluh mill bid thn priut-
dent coino to California to receive th *
miners' welcome ,
Arnold'i iJromo Celery cures
We , 26 ana CO ; . All druggUti.