Nebraska Newspapers

    12 THE OMAITA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , DECEMBER 28 , 1897.
A NEW YEAR'S STORY.
Uy ANNIB WE3TON WHITNEY.
i.
"Well , I'rlscllla Walnrlght , this Is the
first time in thirty years that > ou have
been able to sit down on New Year's d y nnd
meditate. Is your work on cirth done.
I wonder , or la 'th's ' only a breathing
space.
"You are not an old woman yet , tout tnc.ro
decs not stem to too any one today who
really needa ) ou ; any one to thank the Lord
that you ate nflvc. It looks as thojgh he
had flnlshcJ with you here. At any rate It
rwould 'bo well for you < : o hive your house In
order and bo ready for r.ny summons that
may come. "
Any one \vho did not know that It was
MUs Walnwright herself who apoko might
have wondered to wham the matronly
woman In gray , sitting In the tall , high-
back rocking chair-wag speaking , for there
wad no sign of any other living being and
no sounJ but i.ho loud ticking of the tall
clock In the hall , the simo clock that had
'noted * ' the passage of tlmo for a long
line of puritan ancestors.
A loud ring on the front door boll made
Mlsj Prlacllla start ; not that she was nerv
ous , but she had scut her falthUil maid of
nil v.ork ho.tic for a week's holiday , nnd
had K > fully cxpectL-.l to spend this day , at
least , alone , that she was startled.
"Package , ma'am , pk-Jso sign , " said the
rxprcaiman when she opened the door.
Miss I'r.scllla adjusted her spectacles as
ho spoke , remembering a telegram received
a few days before tolling her "that a legacy
loft hfr 'by her brother who had Juat died
would too sent to her by express.
"Ilelgh-O , " she salJ , looking up. "Where
did you come from ? " Iho Individual ad
dressed was a half grown colored girl standIng -
Ing close to the expressman ,
"Sho's the express , " ! > nld the man.
"She ! The cujnta. Whal kind of a Joke
do jou call th-l , Peter Snow ? " ami Miss
I'rlscllla looked at him severely over the
top of her specticlcs , ,
"Ill's no Joke , Mis * Walnwright. The girl
has como to us duly conilgnsd to you. There
Is a letter that goes with her that wll
probably explain. "
Miss I'rlscllla had only to glance at the
outside o ( the letter to understand whit It
all meanti This child' , a slave , was the IPS-
ncy , Years before , when the and her brother
had parted In1 'inger ' , he going couth to be
come a elave owner , she had tolil htm she
would rather do ! than own a slave. Thin
was his revenge. * "
"Seo hero , Peter fnow , this Is an ex
press package 1 refuse to receive , " she
cald , taking off her glasses and turnlcy
to go Into the house. "TakP It back where
It wme from. "
"Ono moment , M'so Walnnright , please1
said the man , "just give me your signature
to show that the goods wore delivered all
right and then you can do whst you cheese
with them. You can't return- the child to
day , for thlq Is the mly delivery and the
ofllce Is closed. It Is a hollt'ay , you ksow. "
"Can't help It , Peter Scow. I won't re
ceive a pMvc , so there ! '
"Well , there ain't no one else to fcilco
her and I know. Miss Walnwright , you
are too good a woman to let a human
tolcg stty out In the- cold and starve , slave
or no slav. "
The word "starve" caused the girl to say
quickly , "I'm hos-gry : I'm hongry. "
A curious tumult of feelings surged within
M'cs .Frlpcllla's breast before a way out
of the dlfilculty eecmcd to dawn- upon her ,
when she hastily wrote her name on the
express book and turned away a slav
owner.
NOW Miss Prlscllla had been born lei Bos-
tea , .qnQ qf a large family , aad had.Inhered
many flno old puritan traits and Ideas , and
> with them she had- very decided opinion oj
her own. When she ww quite yourjg an
urtcle had left her his largo fortune , 'aril
laier , wueu ner inner uieu tnu n wao lounu
that his fortune had dUjppcarcd , she con
stituted herself the head of the family , and
devoted her ir.oey ana' her life to the care
and education of her brothers a U sis
ters. They were all married and settled
now.
now.Tho
The lest ore had left her at Christmas ,
when she- had had a large gathering 'n the
old Maryland homo that had belonged to
ono branch of her mother's family. She
had moved here come years before on ac-
ccuct of the delicate health of ore of her
brothers , an3 now cae h d decided to spend
the rest of her dajs here.
Though she mourned and grieved over the
brot'acr who had EO departed from the tra
ditions of his forefathers as to become a
slave owner , she had felt more charitably
toward him tula year than bcrjre , and had
invited him to complete the family t.arly dur
ing the holidays. Ho had pleaded Illness cs
on excuse , and now death had come between
them eind separated them for all time.
They Mad both been unforgiving , bjt If this
was his revenge he had at least out It within
ter power to free the poor slave.
Hurrying Into the house and Into the room
where slip had been initialing , she de
tcrmlpcd ( o flee herself rrom her own un
comfortable coEltlon as ooon as possible.
"Child , " she cald , putting a hind ca t'Jc
Url'shoulder , end emphasizing her remarks
with ihn forojlngcr of the other hand. " *
wish yqu understand that you are free now ,
as fie < < as air. You sre no longer a slave. I
won't own one. "
With a spring like that of a young tigress ,
the girl reloaded herself , end standing de
fiantly before her coinpaulcn , cried with
( lathing eyes and a generous display of Ivory
teeth :
t "I won't , I won't , I won't bo free none. "
Then becoming more excited and stainolag
her foot on the ground , she continued , "Ain't
never been no fice nlggc-rs In do fam'bly ,
and I won't bi one , none. I'm hongry. "
With a gasp Mlsa Walnwright sank Into a
cfcalr , ami after drawing coo hand across
lier eyes and plmfitng herself to sc If flho
were awake , she let both hands fall helplcviu
Into her lap as iho sat motionless and stared
at the girl before her.
II.
iMias Waawrlght | was well known as a
woman In whet o house man or brast might
ba euro of welcome and good diecr , but to
day the Idea of hunger , for t'je ' first tlmo
In her life , did not seem to appeal to her.
"Child. " she said , at lat-t. "tako off that
hat and let me look at you. "
The child obeyed , and an expression of
, ' horror escaped Alias I'rlscllla , for It teemed
as though the girl's hair hail been iicld dawn
„ by sprVg.1 t.at all Hew up at once when
the hat wau .removed.
Such a head ! The face was a small pirt
of it now. It was ono great , buthy mass of
black , kinky hair , with ctio lock tightly
twisted and bound round and round with
avdlto cctton cofd. The lock hung down on
ono Bids of the forehead.
"Qooikiefs , gracious ! " cried iMIss Waln
wright. "What a Cie'Jdl That hair must
como off at coce. "
"Shan't como off ncne , " said the child av-
agoly. I'll kick. "
"Wo'll sco about that , " was Bllsa Wain-
yrlglU'8 reply. "N'ow. tell mo your name. "
"Axlo , " was the willen answer.
"What ? " and with a vigorous forward
movement of the head , Miss Wolnwrlsdt
eyed the girl sternly ,
lAalo , " ' repeated the girl.
"How did you como by such a heatfienlsh
name as that ? "
"Mammy cay do namca all dme give out
out when mo an' do nex' child como an * dey
done name mo Axle an1 him Grease. I'm
bongry , "
Thl tlmo the appeal was not lost on > Mtsa
I'rloclIU , hut the persistent demand , for "con
brado an'bseon" In place of alt the good
things offered completely distracted her
The glrl'B appctlto wau satlfitled In time
however , and then Miss Walawright under
took to tolvo this strange problem tha
hid come to her.
"Child , " ino said site could not bring her
elf to call her by the outlandlih
tit me lie hid given , "Tell mo no\
what you 'mean ' by saying that yo
do not wpnt to be free , Surely you
lo not Ilk * being a slave. " Such a tlilc
WM b y6c < l Mlf ) I'rUcIlla's power of con
rcplloo.
"You tlnka T want ter be po' backer , low
< own fr e nlKgerT lAvt , Mlas 'Cilia1' MU
'rfsclll * had told her to wit her Mlw Prla-
cilia and that was as near as she could get
o It "dcm Is inftV es bad e po' white
rash. "
"Whal do you menn by poor white- trash ? "
naked Miss PrUcl.la curiously.
"Dcm wlto folks wets too poor ter own
a nigger , " safd tbo girl , contemptuous.- .
"Atd what backer "
arc iioor * ?
"Dcy'tj frco h'ggera , and dem what can't
socato wld Ue quality wlte folko. My ola
granny , Maum Dllscy , she cay dat otir fambly
Icy allcrs 'longs tyr do top quality. When
she no mo' big As.tno she gib to roe ob her
marstcr's young ladles ter wait on an' teflfi
Mammy she bring up fiat wiy too. Dej
crcta do young mioxis fcr de balls , an' go
lontr tsr wilt on dem when dey ga way
ind dey gels de s Ik ac' satin drc.ises dey
missus done get tired ob , en' de rlbbonu
an' all dem tings , free nigger can't 'sod-
ate wld quality , wlte fo.ks llko dat. Maum
DlVey aho ca'yT at her marster's body serv-
int an' all - < lcnlvof stand behind de > oun&
ladles' clu.rs tcr fjvalt on dem while dty
cats , dey alUpWanJed tcr marry her , but
she done took' de coachman what sit u ; >
high on du tbp oil dc carriage , wld do sh'nln' '
buckles' on he khees , an' drive dc fam'b'.y
wld four horses Btcad o' one. 0031 ain't
never 'soclaled w3 ! no freeniggers. . Catch
mo boln' a frees nigger. Ileck'n' I kin wait
on > ou an' git your allk tn' oatln drcrncu
an' tings same's" granny done. "
Miss Prlscllla smiled at the thought of her
sober gowns and laces on the girl bsfcre
her , who , us slit , described the coachman ,
had personated him as he sat on the box
hcudllng the reins and driving four-ln-hand.
At tha eamo time , she had been struck by
the girl's neglected appearance and . de-
tei mined lo go uo stairs and hunt among her
old trunks to find something neat and clean
to put on her. Leaving her to wash the
dishes she had used , she went first toier own
room , where she opened tne letter that had
como 'with her strange legacy.
To her surprise , she found that It" was not
as she aiopcaed. In a revengeful spirit that
her brother had sent tier the girl.- The letter
was lull of kind feeling and gratitude to her
for past kindnesses , with 8 request that she
do ono thing more. Being Impressed with the
feelkig that the time was coming when
slavery would bo-abollshel. her brother said
.ie could not help wondering what would be
the best and the wisest thing to do for the
coloreJ people then.
He tad wanted to make sjmo experlmenta
among hla own negroes , but felt that his
time on earth was short. cud as he had long
wondered what would be the result If treated
from her standpoint , ho had ventured to
send her a girl on whom she could eiiierl-
mcnt. She might free her or not , as she
chcso , all that he asked 'was that she would
keep her under hoc eye and have her brought
up and educated according to her Ideas of the
fitness of things.
Ho would not llvef to aeo the result , but It
might enable her to help others moro In
telligently when the proper time came.
"Sho Is a fair specimen of Intelligence , "
ho "wrote , "but cu perfect limb , and you will
have youf bauds full at first. "
How long Miss I'rlscllla might have sat
nd pondered over 'the letter It Is Impossible
o siy , for her noughts were quickly dlasl-
pated toy sounds 'below ' that caut-ed her to
esccnd the * stairs moro rapidly than usual.
Again she pinched herself to see if she
Nero really awake , for to her horror , she
aw a suggestive Jle of feathsrs on the
cltchcn floor , while ner pet hen , her beauty ,
icr pride , was tn Axlo's hands , .shorn of all
he beautiful feathers from Its neck and
lead. It was the rebellion of the hen that
roused her.
"Child , " nho said excitedly , "what are
you doing ? How dare you ? "
Axle looked ilp surprised , and seeing Mies
? rsclll's ! look answered In a contemptuous
ous tone :
"Dat ono mean , onery , crowln' hen. "
"Sho'a the handsomest hen I have ; let
her go. "
I ain't burnt off the T > ln feathers yet , "
< U1 Axle , still clinging to 1ier captive.
"Tho pin feathers , ilo you mean to say
that you would 'burn ' off the pin feathers of a
live hen ? WhcMold you to touch her , any
how ? "
throw " hortclt on "the flcor , face down , ted
kicked" .
U vita n Icng , hard struggle , but Mien Trls-
clllo wnii not ono to etvo In when she once
made up her mind to do a thing , ind in tlmo
she had the catlifactlon of seeing before her
a clcscly crapped head In place of the woolly
mass , a contrast that almost made her laugh
outrljjit , but the child certainly looked less
like A wild animal than aho tvid dtno.
Hut If she had gained one po'.nt , Axle
had gained one , too , carefully turning all
Iho discarded half ad not cxpMlnlox till
afterward that It wsa done to prevent the
birds from gett'ng It "tcr build dey ncsteto
Wld , 'case cxu I gntnc hab de hcatVicho
loan'n dcm neste& last ; dec some ono
gwlnc git me ob It an' plug It up la > ci
tree oomers nn' kunjure me. "
They were a llttlo late , a matter of some
annoyrnce to Mlrs PrlsclV.a , who objected
to having sttcntlon called to her companion ,
but her Interest In the service scon olii-en
her to forget her surroundings. At list ttm
olcj familiar m'c3loary hjmn wts given
out !
From Greenland's * Icj' mountains ,
Krom Indln'B coral strand ,
Where Afrlc'H sunny fountain *
Roll down their &oldcn sand ;
From many an ancient .river , ,
Prom many n palmy plain ,
They call in to deliver
Their land from error's chain.
As she fling , tear. ? sprtng to Mas ! I'rl , >
cllta'fl ejcs , for the hymn carried her back
to her old New England homtf where , as n
girl , she had sung the same words on a
cltnlUr occadon. Some of the opinion she
litld bid charged since then since morn-
Ug.
Ug.JU
JU the end of the first vcrsd she wan re-
calle.'i to ccasclsUEiirjs of h6V present sur
roundings by the sound of lou'u snorln ? .
She was too careful of. the prorinetlco to
turn her head nc < l loflk 'labout Wcr for the
cu'.prlt , but her eyes Jcuniled olj 'the pewo
within their ecttlcd vlslcih , as aho wondered
who could have so far wondered from the
speaker and hwords. ! .
r i -
.1 /
CHILD "WHAT TE YOU DOINQt
"Granny ; she makes mo do dat to all do
crowln' licriB , * cau c ef ycr don't norno ono
gwlno dlo In le liouno tiro. "
"Now child , " said JIlw I'rlacllla , "you
must forget all tuh foolbilinura an that.
If the Good Ixjrvl mcani UH to dlo , Ifo'll
tilte Ua whutlitT the liens crow or not.
Take her to the door and let tier go , anil
don't ever do such a thing again , not II
all the hena I have ihusln tocrow / , "
III.
Mlsa Prlscllla had planned to attend illvlno
service that night , not In tier OHO church
but In a neighboring cue , where u. rerlca al
mcotUiggas being held In die lnlereiit or
foreign missionsTlili incctlnu hid imrtlcu-
larly appciletl to her , being on the subject
of mlsKlcim In Africa ,
To no now meant to take this strange , un
trained child with her ; flio could not leave
bur behind , cipeclully islnce tiio Incident 'of
the hen.
"Child , " rtio ld , wien preparing 10 rc-
move the great -mcp of kinky , black hair ,
"whatever made you wor that funny llttlo
( ) ueuo all tied up. over your forehead ? "
"Dat'n fur ilo toofuchc ; what do you ply.
'Tor the loofache ; what do ) ou mtcuT"
"Oranny. aho'ftf ufn'when I were a little
tins , an' hab do toofacho on dat Dido my
hacken' die toy iong'a I keep dat dere I
uln't gwlno bib np toofacbe dat side nohow ,
an' I ain't. "
The poop woman wa at her wits' end.
She had brought up any number of children ,
but nothing of this kind hod ever come to her
before. She tried gentleneia , pcreuaulon
and kindness , but all seemed to fall. When
ttao wanted to cut ; o < Uo hair the child
Wlth the second , vcn3 of the hymn ohi
ojjaln. ' forgot herself , only to bo , recalled
when Itas over by the snoring , which
scuncert eveci louder than before. This tinio
she did turn her head In the dlrcctlcu of
the &aund , meeting the eyes of others turned
ID her direction , but she failed to sec the
sleeper and with a look of annoyance Jo'.ned
once more In' the sltfilag.
Suddenly the thought of the child came
to her , and looking down she found that
she wcj the offender. Instantly she sat
do n herself. Intending to wakea her care
fully , or to cbago her position and ) stop { .ho
snoring.
But Just as the singing cssed and the
congregation stood with towed heads wait
ing for the benediction-the girl roused anil
looking at Miss Priscllla said' ' In a loua
voice.
"I ain't raid nothln' , an' I ain't gwlne tor ,
nuther. "
It wzfl with a s'lgh of relief that she
reached homo and felt that she could dls-
> ri of the child for the eight and alt down
> y herself and th'nk It all out.
Taking Axle to a small room In which
was a little bc i with spofcess white cov
erings , eho gave her some night clothro
: o put on , telling her they had belonged
: o "a llttlo girl she had loved very dearly ,
but who had died. She .left her then' to
? et ready for bed , tolling her she would bs
back In tlmo to hear her eay- her prayers
ind put out the light.
When she did return ( hero WE6 no child
to to seen. The night , clothes were where
she- had left them , but the llttlo bed wai
bare of white counterpane , blankets and
sheets , which all ocemcd to have been , hur
riedly tucked under the bed. t
With < v gaty Miss Prlscllla proceeded to
gather up fao covers from the floor , when , lo
her surprise , they resisted.- her efforts , and
upon examination she found tbqt ihe child
as rolled up In them and was under the bed
aalcc < ) .
"Child , " she raid , endly , "why did you not
put on the clothes I left for you to sleco
In ? "
"Lar , Miss Cilia , I ain't uster sleepln * In
no dado people's clothes , * ' was the iadlgr.ant
reply , "an * I ain't gwlno ter , nuther. Yer's
bound ter sec dey harnt , granny cays. "
lfis Prlscllla eat ; down uilddenly and gave
another of the gasps tl.at had seemed to
como so often since mornlng. ,
"Why did you get undnMno bcAilo sleep ? '
she a.iUeJ. ii j < U
"Case dat ting. " shcfafyhte'd'.W. lho > llttli
feather bed that v.aa ono of fh4"prl(3ea ( o
Miss Prlscilla'g heart , "jt Jcs.'yrjgglo round
mo Bainc'H ef I'n en a nest ux suakes. Lor
Kakt'B. Miss Prlscllla.Icetln' more an * I'd
yelled llko a house afire. "
Midnight found Miss I'rlscllla again in he
sitting room , her feet on the old braes fcmlc
that guaidcd the open fire , her brother's let
ter In her lap.
MlKB Prlscllla sighed as she thought of 1
now , and oo the old clock In tbo hall struck
the midnight hour sha looked steadily at th
brass dogs an she .said aloud :
"It wan only a breathing apace after all
Prlncllla Watnwrlght , only a breathing twee
The new year has brought you work yoi
never dreamed or , and ihero are lessons t
bo learned and unlearned before you know ,
all , as you thought you did. You are Ilia
too many ooople and nations , too Prlsclllo.
Walnwright , attempting to eolvo the weighty
problems of the world without understanding
the simplest of their equations , "
Mlnliiur ComiMiiilcN Kill I.
POUT TOWNSI3ND , Wush. , Deo. 27.-Uy
the steamer City of Topeka , whch | has iir-
rlved from Junen , It U letirncd tliut thu
Newell Gold Mining company nnd llerncrH
Day Mining nnd Milling t-onipnny huvu
pjHscKl Into the Imndr of recijlvfr. Thu
receiver l I ! lCapsell of Juncali , fornifrly
of Seattle. Thornim I , Ncsvell was prurldent
nii'l manager of the oompanle > H , whlt'h hnvo
been In cporatlon nine * ikss , and which em
braced moro property thun any one corpora
tion In Alaska. Ilei > ldea the Newell mine-
and Hcrner bay mine , the company owns
largo Interests on Uougluu Iflruul and ICO
acres of pluccr mlne In tlit" Kllvor lla *
bavin. Thet lieu vie At HtockhoUlvrii In tnn
company are eastern men , No eellmatu of
liabilities nnd nssotH bna been inudo yet.
Forty-eight thousand dollnru la bullion from
the Treadwcll Mining company 'Aits brotmht
down by the Topcka and transferred for
Ban Francisco ,
A neglected cold ofteh t.eniilaaten-'lii con
sumption. Take Dr. llulfy. Cough Syrup In
time and forestall the dreadful disease.
DO YJ KNOW n AT YOU DRINK
Think Ton Doj the Ohanccs Ar
You Are Off ,
\\i \ \ RcAL STUFF IS MIGHTY RARE
IUKIIM I.liiiiiirn I'unliril Over Hie Hnr *
Ciiiiiilcrft-K l.nliclH , Coi-U and
A recent raid oiifa Chicago foundry nnd
.he capture cf bogjis liquors and a vast
liiantlty o. ' couatrtfeltcd labels , tradomarlts ,
: orks and bottles confirms the charges of
: ho Chicago Tribune that genuine .liquor Is
i tare article onjChlcagobats. . And Chicago
cage Is not a1onobyany means.
There arc thousands of men , relates the
Tribune , who woiluUfeol llttlo short of In-
cultcd It It were Intimated that they could
not dlscrlmlnntoi'beti\vcen good liquor and
bad ; yt't a majorlt > 'tof these men have for
years been dlnlUnRcounterfelt ; liquor , payIng -
Ing therefor tho4 > rcp ! of the genuine and at
the same time abusing their stomachs In a
way that Is pitiful. I It makes precious little
difference what bra : > d of wlno or liquor you
call for. If It Is ono that has gained a repu
tation the chances are that > ou will be of
fered a countetfclt of the original , whether
" bo of domestic or foreign manufacture.
Chicago Is the headquarters In this coun-
tiy for the preparing of t'ese noxl-.UB com
pounds for the mirkot and for the counter
feiting of labels , trademarks , corks , soa.s ,
wrappers and bottles which contain and are
attached to the genuine goods. Over 100
Importers have banded themselves together
recently In an organization kn-.wn as the
Wine and Spirit Traders' Society of the
United States , and through Chicago attorneys
ttls atooclatlon Is just now 'engaged In the
woik of raiding the places In this city whore
the spurious goods ate put up , seizing the
goods and arresting the proprietors. About
hp only' class of drinkers who escape the
Ubstltutlon of goals Is the army of beer
di Inkers. Cordials , btandles , whistles , gins ,
bitters and champagnes are counterfeited
with almost equal Impartiality.
MONASTIC CORDIAL COUNTERFEITED.
There lo a famous me watery In Europe
where certain cordial is prepared. The rev-
mica from the talc of the liquor form the
euppcrt of the order. It spwks well for the
oo put of the reverend fo'hors. ' when It is
knoftti that so many people drink It thot It
took something like 36,000 bottles cf coun
terfeits of the cordial to help on' the supply
of the genuine In Chicago las' year.
Tliero la a celebrated foreign brand known
by certain astronomical slp-is which nlno
men out of ten call for when they whli to put
down ECinc'thlng even more powerful than
whisky or whenr they wish I'o give an addi
tional strength and flavor to the after-dinner
cup cf coffee' . A man runs just one chunce
In five of getting "Mill' " V Articular kind , even
though ho called for It and gets It oilof a
ganUIno bottle with on apparently genuine
label < ittached. There were 40,000 bottles of
counterfeits of this brand' f liquor scld over
bat's In Chicago last year. Comparatively few-
drink brandy , a flwl which , whca appreci
ated. will show quickly trat the great ina-
JorV.y of Chicago brandy drinkers lafit jear
pallia fancy price for something they did not
get. For be It uniert'iood ' tLat \ > : < s. drinking
ir.i-ii pays for what 'the ' label calls for and
not for what Is within the bottle Uself.
GIN DRINKERS FAVORITE VICTIMS.
There are three or four brands of gin
which are favorites with the drinking rort
of the community. The boldness with which
the lob'ete and .bottles o | these BJ.'ns ' are
coTinterTefted aud sold In Chicago surpasses
that displayed In the pushing of other rpiir-
lous liquors. Tfae labels of these gins arc
largo And highly colored and seem to Invite
by their very coloring and Illustration care
ful and closD Inspactlon. Sir Joscoh piuston
Is 'a London , England , printer , ye If one
coUld believe- the evidence ot'hls eyes la vast
deal of Sir Joseph's printing is done. In Chicago
cage , for his nitne appears attauhed to thous-
anda of gin bottle i-aoeis wiucn wore luniuu
eft from ! > WesttSIdfe. press. Taking # e ordi
nary saloonkeeper's ! figures as a basis o
computation , timt cno quart of liquor Is
equivalent to fifteenidrinks. there were about
1.500,000 drinks'sold In Chicago last yeor
for 15 cents each for foreign made gin which
were in reality a vicious but attractively
labeled -compound i.iut up not many blocks
rram the main branch of the Chicago river.
There are fouri brcuds of "Irish" whlskj
put to here In Chicago. Many people whet
the winter eets In iapace orefer a hot Irlsl
to almost any otherccompound known to the
p-atcrnlty of the j"barkecp. " The only
things genuine about the compound In tw
cases out of teu'-are the bit of leraeu peel
the sugar , nnd the 'hot ' water , and , even th
latter might not be above- suspicion were I
not for the fact that It has been boiled , i
These Irish manufacturers have been great
sufferers at the hands of the unncntfulous
counterfeiters.
- - HUMBUG IN CHAMPAGNK.
'There rro two famous brands of champagne
made abroad whlchf are counterfeited to to
extent that should make every cliibman look
closely to 1iio next bottle that ho breaks with
i Ji'lend ' , to see I'l-at ho Is not paying $3.50
: or something which at a fair figure may be
vorth 75 cents. The bitters which are dcehed
n Ho the migar In 'the ' bottom of .ttoo glass
as the foundation for a champagne cocktail
arc widely counterfeited. In one place raided
ast week by the representatives of some for
eign bitters firms .over 1.000 bottles of ono
brand were found , TOo 'bottles themselves
had originally held the genuine liquor. They
had been purchased eecond-htrjd , I'Cicn filled
with a cheap grade of bitters , w-hlle about
o > uh : was wrapped an1 Imitation of the for
eign maker's paper covering.
In etiother place , all ready to have Hielr
.abels attao'-cd. were found .119 bottles of
foreign make which had Just been filled with
Uio spurious compound. One label found In
.he place was an Invitation of the original
.abcl which once had "been " upon the bottle.
All these counterfeits wore curried away and
with them a great quantity of bottled ab
sinthe , each glass receptacle 'having blown In
Us neck the monogram of a famous French
liquor firm. Abito'lio l Insidious trough
wien It Is genuine. This concoction appeared
to bo llttlo fbort of villainous.
AMERICAN DRINKS NOT EXEMPT.
It must not be suppose ? for an Instant that
the man who sticks to American drlnka
escapes scot ifrce from' ' the hands , or rather
the drinks , of the counterfeiters. There are
plenty of American liquors which have won
reputations for themselves , and which , as
a result , have lo suffer. There are a mini'
her of noted1 branit ? of whisky distilled In
this icomtry which are particular favorite *
with drinking men. lo a Chicago bottling
establishment the other day there were
found hundrcdi or facsimile labels and cork
strips of ono of the o'.dest and beat known
of the liquor products of "Old Kentuck. "
This whisky , when bottled , has a conspicu
ous label , and the counterfeiters have not
attempted merely an Imitation , but they
have produced the original label hoth In
j aper and In legend. The name of the firm
of dlstlller.3.which produces the genuine
gooda is uted boldly , and the lultlaln of the
head of the firm appear above the cap-
lo on the cork. It Is estimated by Mr ,
Cliarlton , one of the attorneys who have ibeen
lending tin * raids on the places where the
counterfeit Kosds are put up , that C.OOO bet
tles' of > vhliky fraudulently bearing the.
name of the Kentucky distiller are now be
hind bars In thwolty of Chicago.
Altogether recently thorp have been eight
Chicago boUlloKJij'Ucca raided for the pur-
pore of wrlzliiK fraudulent liquors and- coun
terfeit stimpd , labcU , and bottles. Up to
within comparatively ebort time , the
method of gottliigi at offenders lias been
through the tedloucproccss of civil aulls for
Injunctions acdi'damages. ' Now , however ,
search warrratsoiro sworn out , raids are
\ntie \ , end criminal proceedings follow
against tliu mou'Conducting ' the places.
PROMINENT FIU/MS / INVOLVED.
SOIIHI of Ilio cttabllshmrnta wnlcli the ot-
touit'tr with tliHr following of plllcera wenl
tdrough w-ero um : : thii largest In I'lio wet
th' t nru devoted' to the bottling and the sale
of liquors. Not'tin * hoe | of the buslncis
truiuucted byitliesu'Tieoplu U Illegal. They
buy wultky , bo'lfi' It and , put their own
jiamcvi on if aa itiiHtlera. They put Up al
klndg of vylres nOit llquorn f.cid iha entering
wedKo or fraud U where they begin by i
eyntcui of eradatloos lo ( ) prcarh th sctua !
countcrftltliK of the labels atrlether murks
of celebrated foreign inul clomen Ic makers.
A < first there will be < x bottle , B.iy , of kum-
mcl. Thl will betir a stamp , made from
paper llko that uttJ by noted foreign dis
tiller. The arrangement of the words on the
Ubcla anil Its general appe.ir&cico would de-
echo the casual observer , but a clwo In-
pea'lcn shown tf t the nnmo of the Ameri
can bottler appears. Itio thing Is an Imlta-
tlcn. but not n direct counterfeit. The In
tention , however , Is to deceive. Tlie next
step ta the use of a label with < ihc name of
the foreign bottler or ranker chcoged a lit
tle , the label In other rcipccts being almot't
the eamo. Thus Johnson might bo turned
ln > 'o Jchas cod the real address cf the firm
cCiingcd only ? far i-a the number of the
street pops. Now , tn Iml'atlcn so close as
ttilo Is an Infraction of the law , but Hn moil
InrUnces the bottlcro of tdo fraudulent stuff
put Inbclti m.tdo In Imitation of ihoso flrniB
which Jo not happen to be represented
among the men v > ho ore fighting the frauds.
ThtouKh t' ' ID course of Imitations iJio actual
counterfeit Is Civilly reached ,
IJIG MONI3V IN IT.
There la so much money In the sale of
counterfeit foreign goads for the genuine
that Kie risk Is one Avhlih many ntc.Ti ready
enough to take. There Is an average differ
ence of JC a case In the price between that
aUl by the saloonkeeper tor the genuine and
jit which lie Rives for the fraudulent liquor.
Vhcn the bottler completes the fraud In
very particular by using a genuine bottle
vlilcli ho has purchased from a junkman , and
counterfeit label , cork , * and capsule .ic
harges more than where the battled and
abcl designs are merely Imitations.
In thijt matter of wrappers for some of ths
mt.tles ft foreign goods the counterfeltera
go | | uo. minute dctalte. Tlie wrapper for a
: crjaln cordial which Is largely cold Is n
jlnpl ct , ahe'ct , ot the finest soft paper. On
his jWrappec.ni > pcar pictures of two battles
of the liquor' flanking descrlpthr.s in five
aiiRiiagcs of the methods employed In put-
Ing up the drink. Hundreds of these coun-
erfelt wrappers were seized In Chicago
vlthln. a week , and on them the detailed de-
orlptlon appears in the five languages ,
\hllo above arc the seals of the producing
Irm. No oq but an expert could tell that
hp wrapper was not genuine.
It Is amusing to read some of the Inscrlp
Ions on the labels which appear on the
lotttcs of these bogus gocds , Ono label of
one of the best known brand of bitters ,
\hlrh nearly everybody likes In certain pop
ular kinds of cocktails , bears this on Us
ace : 'To prevent fraud sco thai the cap
ule on this bottle bears * 6n Its side a fae <
Imlle of the label as well as our tradematk
on the top. " Then follows the name of the
original firm. A bottle of the genuine con-
octlon Is worth $1.60 at retail. The stuff
heso 'Chicago counterfeiters put up and
ther Chicago frauds sell to unsuspecting
rlnkltiR customers Is sold to saloonkeepers
or 40 cents nnd Is worth leas than nothing ,
auEo It Is villainously Injurious. Yet it
ias Hs place In barrooms frequented by
people who are \vllllng to pay for good stuff
indho flatter themscilves Into the belief
bat they always get -what they want.
UiUMOn IN THE 'BUSINESS. '
The dPdlor In fraud * 'is ' .1 bit humorous
\hen at Wie top of a bogus label of a famous
American whisky firm he puts It thus : "Kx-
ra cauUon ; cryone refilling this bottle wl h-
out destroying the labels ly criminally liable
Hid on detection will bo prosecuted to the
'ull ' cxtonit of the law. "
Wbpn the p.ropnrln'ors of a celebrated old
g'n remodeled their label some years ago they
directed a shot at the'City of Hamburg , as
'ollowtr "All future s hlpmcntp will Ivur thi'
'ollow'og elguetiTo cm each label , which It
: s hoped may frustrate the shameful piracy
carrlpd on at Hamburg. " In view of cun aln
facts which have come to light In Chicago
within a week the firm might with uai
add another 'Incnrlptlon which \vouU fire
verbal shot at ' "shameful piracy" In on
American city. Large numbera of bottles
bearing the label from which the foregoing
qiui'atlco was made were found In a North
s'Oo ' arug company' rocm last week. Bot-
tka , oips , corks und lobcls were eo like the
gsuulno that nothing but the enicll of the
liquor showed whore the fraud lay.
There are on'.y two wajs that a drinking
raau may secure immunity from deception.
Ono is to become a ilotal abstainer and the
other Is to purchase t whole ibottle of his
favorite boveruge at the place where ho la
accustomed to drink and take to ati expert
for examination. Of course there ore places
ocorop of them , perhaps where nothing bu.
the "real old stuff" Is put over the bar. You
may bo doing your drjnklng in one of the.ie
places , but there are four chances out of five
that you are not. Whisky sour at 10 cents a
glass , with no pretense rthat It Is auj thing
but home-made stuff , is far better for the
purse Tnd the stomach than | y the villainous
compound that bears ithe tOolcn name of a
foreign maker and cxaais the price which he
asks for his honest goods.
GEO. W. DUDLEY ,
'A Prominent St. Louis Business Man
Cured of Astlimn , a Case of Tea
Years' Standing , by Dr. Cliar-
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St. Louis , Mo. , April 13 , 1SJ
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