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TUB OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 20 , 1897. Louise's Last Tantrum And the Way Luella Cured Her. By GERTRUDE SMITH. Vs.\iU TOT .uiiWi tw-OV3 WtU.tbw B * > ta StlMl Wlut iwaiArtlflw.U * * tfe&uwu Ju * ( CopytlBM , 1S9T. J > r B. 8. McClure Company , ) I. "You in't oxncct your cousin to make any difference between you two. Now atop pull- Inc. I ay , Loulie , stop pulling. " LcuUc , hidden away in her Rial sunbonnet , was ttio exact reproduction of Uiclla In ttralght lines of pkik calico. As her mother spoke the sunbonnet ( ell ciway from her round face , nnil , opening her mouth , nho wreamcd ehrllly , shaking from htQiI to font. "Now , Loulno , you know what happens ulicn you Imvo lantrumR. Are you going to tavo one ? " For answer Loulao fitlffcined rigidly. Her toco beramo the color of soapstonc , nnd stio fell forward Into the deep grass. "Sho'e In onol Run for pa , Luclla ! " Luella strolled leisurely out of the yard And crossed to the bit ; red larn on the other fclda of the road. " 1'a , Loulue la In a tantrum , " she sail calmly. Her father Eat on the barn flor husking corn. Ho sprang up and ran past her toward the house. Luela ! sat do\ui In the barn door , and looked out of her pink mmbonnct acres. * t'.ic Warm October fields and frowned. "ThRt's how Louise always Rets what she wants , " she thoURht. 'They'll 'tend her , and ma will say , 'Luella , your sister ain't to strong ns you. lci't > ou think you might give In and let her go to town this once ? ' And pi will cay 'Yea , Luella , supposing jour slater was to die In one of these spells , how bad you'd feel. ' And Loulso will trcmblo and quiver her lips , and I'll give in , llko 1 always do. If she wcnn't so proud of 'iiavlnQ ' them , I wouldn't mind. Now I'll go back oaJ BCO If It won't hapjcri Just as 1 say. " Luclh walked slowly bick Into -the yard , drawing large potato out of the soft earth wild the hoe. "There U , tos , something * ho mailer of mo ! " cried Louise , stamping her foot. "I've always been delicate and you know HI" "You can go to town If you -want to In my placn to make up for my telling. " eald Luella. "I feel too glck to go to town. I ecu hardly stand up I" "Well , then , go to the house and lie around nil day and [ a cud ma will think you are tick and that I don't know. " "You say that so you can go to town. " "No , I dori't ; but If you go lhoy'11 know you're putting co. If you stay they'll 'feel sorry and think how mean I was to hit you. " Loutio walked tlowly bock to the bouse and lay down on the old settee under the pine trees In the corner of the yard. II. After awhllo her mother blew the horn for dinner and her father passed near her and entered the kitchen door without speak ing to her , Loulso was not really a deceptive child. She had always been humored and all her little aches and allincnta paid attention to and she had only very recently begun to icjllzo that her tantrums were something over which ebo might have control. U Is hard to glvo up an Idea of any Im portance and Louise's tantrums had given her dlctlnctlfin In her own homo and In all the neighborhood about. Loulso thought of course Luella would be sent out to coax her to come In to dinner. She was very hungry , but she had deter mined to re-fuso to cat. They were Imtng tried chicken and she could smell It. Never In the ten years of her life had Loulso been treatedlike this. Oftin. her father had conic out to the old settee ami' carried her In when she had not LOUDLLA HAD ROLLED IIEIl OVER AND OVER. and her mother was sprinkling water In her facp. "You haven't any feeing , Luella Brock- way , " her mother 'began. "You saunter ab3ut , and don't think to do a'lining ' for your " k sister. "That's what you aways say , " repled Lu- cllawith her ucual daring. "Every time uho has onu you turn on me. " , -whcTo Louise still lay , seemingly uncon- eclous. HOT father was chafing her hands "I never saw her co long coming to , " said her folJicr , looking up with an anxious face. "Run and get another dlppcc o ; iwater , Lu- ' . " ' - - olla. ' "I know a quicker way that that to get her out , " replied Luella. "I don't care It I do tell. " "What 'way do you knowj * Luella ? " don't stand there and say fthat you know and not do a thing. " Luella threw her suubonnot on the ground. _ Loulso squirmed and showed signs of comj j ing to. Dut before she had tlmo to recover Lu ella had rolled her over and over three times , and ended > by giving her a uharp slap on each.cheek. "Stop that , Luella Drockway ! stop that ! " cried ! Louise , clutching at her sUtcr's arm and drawing1 herself Into a sitting po sition , and then , looking from her mother to her father , she ibegan I'M cry. "Of course I'd come to If uho slaps ino In the face llko that ! " she sobbed. Mr. Drockway turned and walked away to the barn without a word. Mrs. Drockway , after standing a moment In open-eyed amaze ment , exclaimed : , "Loulso Brockway , do you mom to tell me you were letting en ? Luella , was she letting on ? " " 'No , not exactly. She's dene It so Ions eho thinks she can't iielp It , so she doera't try , " answered Luella. "You get right straight up and go and dig the potatoes for dinner ! . Luella , don't you help her. " She caught her youngest daughter to her foot and pushed her toward the hoe and pall that stood by "the kitchen door. Loulso took them and walked away quite firmly for ono who had been so recently unconscious. "How did you find out you could bring her 'AND LOUISE NESTLED HER HEAD AGAINST HIM. to that way , Luella ? I don't see how you over flared , " tuld Mrs. Brockway. "One * when you and pa were gone to town I got exclteed when she was In one- and did It before I thought , " "Sha'a always had 'em since she was a baby , She couldn't have been letting on " tbo mother , meditatively. "I don't believe Mie'll have cne In a hurry again now you and pa know a new way to i bring her out , " said Luella , "She coaxed mo not to tell , but I dlta't.carc ; she jut * ban 'em to get paid attention to. " "Well , you are the coo that is going to town with your cousin this afternoon , that'i cottled , so go rlg'nt upttalrs and get ready. " "Louisa wasn't -asked to go , anyway , 1 woj pinching her la fun , to make her say ulio wasn't asked , when she got angry , " "The Idea ! A great girl. 12 years old , plocu- Ingt , I must say I don'l , know what you two will couio tot" [ Mrs. Brockway went Into the bouo ant i closed the door behind her. Luella went out to the pctato field and , going up softly be hind hrr sleter , oiuy.H her hoe out of her band. "You go on to the house a'.id. lie dona cnc I'll .dig Uie potatoes , " she ealJ , "Ain't you mean , Luelia Brockway , making pa and ma think I could help It ? You know I couldn't and you saU you wouldn't tell ! " " 'U len't anything to tell. Perhaps all they know U that making you angry will bring you out,1' "They think there Is nothing the matter n ta-lth me ! " nobbed Lculve. "Well , there uln't , I don't believe. You've t got used to thinking there Is so you'll your own way , " aiiawcred Luclla , calm/ ! , JLl felt half as 111 ns she did today. Or her mother had come to the door and said- "Come , poor little sick Louise , come In to dinner. " _ And before Luelli had found out that making her a second time angry would bring her out of a tantrum she had been kinder than anyone else. The frlcid chicken-choked Luella and she begged her father to let her go out and bring her sister Into dlnnerv She was very lender-hearted and she felt almost as though she had done wrong to make light of her sister's weakness. "You sit still -and don't you or mother speak a word to her for twenty-four hours , " eald her father. "Loulso Is going to have the best lesson she's evcr'had In her life. " Luella had never beard her father's gen tle voice so stern. Louise , outpoiTtho old settle , heard him , too , for he had spoken very , loudly and the door was open. He had Intended she should hear. | ) And then.In . her little heart a wicked de termination'came. . She would never , never stir from that settle mull her father believed she was sick and was sorry for being so cruel. Just then Johnny Urockway , her cousin drove Into the yard In a light spring wagon. Loulso dldjjio ral e her head or open her oyes. "Hello , , are you sick again , Louise ? " he called , cheerfully. Loulso did not answer. HP sprang out'o ! the wagon and came to the side of the oh settle. "Sick ? " he asked again. Loulso shut her eyes tighter. "Your face Is awful red ! " said Johnny "Did you have another spell ? I'll call Aunt Kato. " "Johnny Brockway , don't you call ma ! ' eild Loulso. "Whawln 'I thoUEhtf'you was sick1 ! H-s came back to the settle again. "You want to go to town with Lucl'.a am me ? " he asked , , , , Loulso gave a gasp and closed her eyer again. Johnny darted to the blue pump that stood near and hastily pumped a dipper of water and- was back at her side. Ho sprinkled1 a handful of water In her face. L'd"uTfe ! gasped" and' tried to tell him to stop , but Johnny , becoming more alarmed emptied the entire dipper of water over her and hurried to the kitchen door. "Oh , Ai'eit Kate , Louise Is In. a spell ! ' he cried : "You sit down , Johnny , " said Mr. Brock way , rising from the table , and he went to the door. "Loulso , you get up and go up to you room and undrcsa youEolf and go to bed and etay there till I come up to talk to you. " " And1 what was Johnny's amazement to see Louise rlso , dripping from the ducking ho had given : her , cross the yard , and go b > him through the kitchen and up the stairs. Johnny had lest faith In her , too , and hc\ would tell her , aunt aud uncle and all the .boys and girls in the neighborhood ! Truly , exhausted , Louise crept lei to bed and s'.ept away the long afternoon. - III. "Johnny and Luella went to town am bought etrlped pink and' ' white candy am gumdrops , ard watched the express train coroo In from the east. And then they drov hnmft nt n crrpnt snend. for Johnnv was n accomplished horseman. Ills driving was th terror of his father and mother , AVhcn they reached homo Luella hid som cookies In her pocket , and with all of he candy stele up to Louise's room. "I'll coax pa to forgive you In the morn Ing , " she said , sitting down on the * edg of the bed , "Ma will be coming up wit something for you by and by , and I will b up tomorrow , " "I don't want to get up , " walled Louise munchlag her candy. "You think It Is fui to have mo sent to bed while you go o to town with Johnny , having 4 good time. " "I don't see why you -\\unt folks to b eorry for you , anyway , and petting you a iie ! time. You don't have half aa muc Tun as It you acted well. " "You know I can't help It , " said Loulso "At school It always seems as though yo Just llko to droop around and huve louche nnd ever } body make a fuss over ) ou , You'r always teacher's pet , because you tell he you are delicate. " "It Isn't true ! It Isn't true ! " said Louise "Yes It U. Pa says sick people Just thin of themselves all the time. You know he disagreeable grandma was. " "I don't think of myself all the tlmo , wish you'd go down Btulrs and not sit iher and scold all night. " "You watch , next week at school , " con tinued Luclla. "You'll moke the new teacher know Inside of two days that you have spells wlieu things don't go right. " "Go away ! " screamed Louise , beating the bed. bed.Luella Luella deliberately cat on her elster'a feet and held tbem still , laughing. "do < xn , have a tantrum , It iou want to , " the said. "I don't w nt to hare one , " said Louise , and hid her bead under the bed clothes. LuoUa dived under after her and hugged and kissed her. "I'm * mean old thing , tout I love you just the same * . Loutac. " the Mid. The next morning Mr. Brockway wenl ur > to Louise's room and stayed for a long time , and what was Luclla's surprise to ecc them comedown hand In hand end KO out to the old snltlo under the pine trees. And there they oat and dalkcd , and her , father's arm was around Lou I BO and Loulso nestled her head against htm. Luclla watched them enviously from the window. She had never dared In any way ) to express lier love for her father na mother. AVTion Louise was 9 ycira old she had spent a winter with her grandmother In n distant city. The children she had met there were not llko the country children she had known. Lue\a \ ! had listened with wonder and leas ing to Louise's account of the love ixH-ents and children showed each otho > In tho'dlty. "I'm not gslng to bo afraid of ma and pa any morc'she tad announced In conclusion , "You Just wait and see. " Her father and mother after the first sur prised acceptance of Louise's caresses came to. bellcne that &ho loved them more than Luella , aud often told LuMla so when she was naughty. "Now , she's Just coaxing pa to bollcvo she uas not to blame , " Luella thought , taking another peep out of the window. And then Lucla | dreimcd a diy dream often dreamed before she was sitting on her father's knee out on the old settle , nnd ho was calling her pet names , Just as lie did Loulec. She looked out of the window again and the Cay dream ended. Louise was crying and her father's face was very stem. After a. few minutes Loulso came Into the room and said : "Pa wants you to come out. where he Is. " And Loulso stayed In the house and nlshed setting the table and LucKa went out o the old settle. "I'vo been talking to Louise , and she mlorstoodvhy she \yas | r.iiilsr.icd. cad I've laflo her ECO that she has been working on ir reelings to get TOoro than her--share f attention. You have been th'.nklns ; that e care more for L iiKe than we do for you , avcn't you , diuglitc.- ? " Luell-i'B eyes fillet ! with tears. "Yes , sir , " le answered timidly ; , . " ! have. " Her father put Mi arm around her. "Well. e don't , " he said , simply ; "we've never been 10 kliiid of i/arents to show what we feel , nd I'm afraid our thinking Louise was deli- ate has ruado her , take lur own , way with s. " Luella nestled her head against .ilm. -"You're the elder , but you've got a per- ect right to your share of the uettlng. " Luella Jumped up and threw her arms round his neck. " * "I love you Just as muli as Lau'sc docs , ut 1'vq been af.ald to ahow It , " she'eald , "Dear old pussy cat , -of course you do ! " aid her father. I.IVIXG DKAIJ MAX. tufTiilo Ctt > - Olllvliil Scut Into it Trance liy fiInner A'lr. "Say , don't ever .breatho It , to anybody ) ecause , If you did , my icputatlonoula be blasted tut I had en experinece the other day that has almost frlgntpr.pn sic tt rath , .ind I havent | got o\er"lt yet. It ho ir-ide me afraicl of'myijJff. It mikes mi ce' like a man who. has escaped some awful doom , and the cold shadow of that peril still chills rr.e. " A 'well known onJ popular official at the city hall was the speaker , relates the Bu- ale Express. He looked around him to ECC f any one else \\ss within hearlnc distance. ncpped a few cold beadc'Irom his forehead ind ctntlnued. "You know , a few 'nights ' ago I had a 'rlend up here from Pcacsylvanla. He was n Buffalo on business , and as I knew -h'm very well he came In to see me. On tilt night he went away I accompanied him M the station. When we reached the station we found > vo had quite a few mijutcc ? t3 spare before the train left , tud my friend proposed that we go out and "get a drink. Now , I am not a drinking man. You know lhat. It's a good many jears since I haw touched a drop of liquor. All my friends know that to be so .But when , my friend csked roe to go out andi have a dr'nk wUV. film I said nothing about my temperance liablts , but went with" him , becau.'e I sup posed he vanted a drink * himself , ' 'and 1 would not have been courteous or , com.'Ider- ate If I had Interposed my personal pref erence , or made a display of my virtue. "We stepped across 'from ' the station to : cafe. My friend ordered some whisky , and I naked for ginger ale. My .stomach wasn't , feeling ej.actly right at the time , and after the bartender hadi poured out my drink i asket $ him to put a little ginger In It. 1 watched him whlle heias doing-it In ordci to let him knpw whoa he had poured In er.oueh Then I' drank It. * " "Wcl ! wo stood there about fifteen minutes and dining that time we had threedrinks. . I swear that each time I took pln ir ue and never touched anything stronger. Kor that matter I had not had'nnytHittg'to drink" be fore that , neither have I had anything In toxicating since. When I had seen my friend on hoard his train and Isft the station I was feeling all right , just as I am now. I remember leaving the station to return home In the full possession of my senses. My 1u-ad was as clear as a bell ; I felt , as I bomctlmss do , the pxuHa'lon , tht uconie.s with , the knowledge of perfect health. In fact , I felt perfectly normal. I remember starting up Exchange street on a 'brl.sk ' walk , but after that my memory Is a'perfect blank. My censes must have left me as completely as If I had been sandbagged. I do hot even re member'having ' had a dream , not , the slight est recollection of anything tlm took place after that. So far as my recollection goes , nnd tint , after all. Is the only proof of life , I was perfectly dead , bodily , mind ancT'soul , "I awoke next' mpr.nlqg ip my rooin. Hon 1 < 'ineio 1 do not know. Strive as I might I could not penetrate Into that period of my existence covering the Interim be tween the tlmo I left the station and the time at which I awoke. It was like think ing of the awful cxpanslvencEs of the uni verse the moro I thought the. more bewil dered I became , until Iwas _ forced to give It up for fear of bscomlng In&inc. My head felt queer , but not the way a man's head docs on the morning after a debauch , and I was frightened. "When I went downstairs to breakfast the landlady loofiied at ms rather peculiarly , and I asked what the trouble was. ffhcn sha told me I had come homo the night before , gene to my room and raved llko a mau'ao for hours. She said I had addressed Jurlss , said the most ridiculous things , and tramped around my room like an Insane prisoner In his solitary cell. "I didn't lese any tlmo calling on my physician. I told him the whole story. Ho thought It over for awhile and then naked mo If I had lost any of my valuables on the night before. I told him I hod thought of knockout drops myself , but that the fact that I hnil nnf hpmi rnhhnrl rondn mn Kaltn them could bo nothing In that theory. "Ho asked me If the bartender who served mo might not have made a mistake and given mo chloral Instead of ginger. I told him I could almost swear ho had used the right bottle. " 'Well , ' said the doctor , 'It Is a peculiar case. Only ono similar cose has ever come under my personal notice , but I have heard of others , I'll tell you about the ono I came In contact with. A certain member of the Buffalo club , a very prominent buslnesa man , went to the club bouse one night. Ho drank , but Is not In the habit of drinking to excess. In fact , I doubt it he , ever was In that con dition Which could properly be called Intox ication , " 'On the particular night I speak of ho was at the club early and bis friends could sea that ho was In the but of health , per fectly sober and In good humor. After a tlmo ho sat down to chat with his friends and In a few minutes afterward they had a drink. The man I speak of took whisky. That was all the liquor bo drank. " 'Within fifteen minutes aficr that he was a raving trmnlac. Then he fell Into a coma tose condition and his friends , becoming greitly alarmed and fearing that bo might die- , carried him to a coach and went home with him.ftcr ho reached home be began to rave again , I was called , " 'Tho ir.an was all right the next day , but , llko you , ho had no recollection of what took place otter he had become 111 at the club. ' ' "I asked the doctor how he accounted for such a thing and he replied that be was not sure of his ability to account for it- but waa ol the oplnlou that there are times la a JOBBERS RND Of OtyPWR. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEM ENT. f ininger & L letcalf Co. DUALKHS IN Agricultural Implements and CarrUEM. Cor. < th anaPaclVi , ( Bt . P Jobbers of Farm Machinery. Wteont and Bugstcn - Cor. th nnd Jont * . ART GOODS Picture Moldings. o Mirrors , Frames. Backing nnd Artists' Material ; . BOJKBINDlWG , ETC iNTixui.vn itiKtK. nt\'ntt\o , . Eleventh nna Hcmanl Bts. 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Reared In a quiet town In Iowa , she knew little of the outside world until Eho formed tbo acquaintance of a couple who owned balloona and made as- consloni ) , , Oneday whlloat Council Bluffs the man broke his back and Alfrlda was offered a place to do "team asceuslons" with the wife. She was ntH afraid , and from the first made successful asccnslono. Her first "ilatcfi" wore at Bloomington , III. , and there Oier fearlesa work attracted the nttcotlca of Milton For a man of Peorla , 111. , one of the great aeronauts of the northwest. 'Ho ' In duced Alfrlda to come to I'eorla , und for four years the made ascensions all over the north west. At Sylvan park. In I'eorla , her a ccn- plons were made nearly every Sunday after noon , and tiio citizens became familiar with Mme , Adalr's balloon floating over tbo city. These were the palmy days of the aeronaut , when , for each ascension , from > 300 to J500 was paid. Exciting Incidents were not went- Ing In her career. One day as ( her balloon waa leaving Uie ground a luckless I'corla printer among the spectators became en tangled In the ropeu and iMme. Udalr dlstlci- gulthcd herself by keeping him In place and not allowing him to disentangle blmcelf while In midair , It wau while In Peorla that she met Jim TYPE FOUNDRIES. G Type Foundry Superior Copper Mixed Tjrp * ti thi b t on th rarrkct. ELEcrnoTTrn FOUNDIIT. lilt Howaril Btrot. GROCERIES . MoGord-BraeSy Go. _ ' wtfff&rjf V13th 13th nnd Leiivemvorth St. Staple and Fancy Groceries , it A AND corrct ROVSUR ; , etc. sy@r & Raapke , W1IOLKSM.B FINE GROCERIES > Teas , Spices , Tolmccr and Clftar * . 1403-1107 Ilarnty Bireel > -and IMPOIITKUS. GAS CUPFCB UOASTUUS AMI ) JouniXG Gitoonns. Telephone 2S2. HARNESS-SADDLERY Totlicrs of Leather , iniWfcrj/ Hardware , ICte , Wo solicit your orders 1315 Howard St. HARDWARE. Wholesale Hardware , Omaha. Wholesale Hardware. nicyclea and Spoitlnv Goods. liUO-Ul-SS Har- uey itroet. LIQUORS. WHOLESALE LIQUORS. Proprietor * of AMERICAN riQAH AN.D GLASS WAllE CO. 2H-21G South l h St. East India Bitters Golden Shenf Pure Hye anfl- Bourbon Whiskey. Willow Springs Distillery" - Il r 4 Co. , 1112 Harney Street. J Wholesale Liqnor Merchants , ' 1001 Purnam Street- 'iley ' Brothsrs , Wholesale Liquors and Cigars. Ills Farnuui tUroot- WHOLESALE Wines , Liquors'and Cigart. 111-415 & UU > Street Baum. hotel clerk at the Peorla hou.e , a famous old hostelry , Jim was among tbo most ardent of bor admirers each Sunday at the park. In the summer of 1891 ono or Pain's spectacular show was given at Peorla and Mme. Adalr was engaged to give an exhibition during the pyrotechnic dlsp ay In the park. One hot night in August , while the show was in progress , n toiiiado swept across I'eorla lake , nearby. On the lake at the tlmo wes the Krapkle Ko som. ia big Illinois Tlver excursion boat , with sev eral hundred people aboard. The boat wa-j overturned , and a dozen or moro people wcro drowned. Scores of people floated Into the -willows and hung there until rescued or until they released their hold and dropped exhausted Into the water , Kirst among the rescuers of the sufferers of the Franklo FoJ. som disaster -was Mme. Adalr and Jim Baum , then her acknowledged lover. In her room on Franklin avenue she stl 11 prMervcs a atrip of wood from the Kranklo * f > pilot Ihouso. To these who know It the story of a woman's borol ra. Baum and the madam were married. Al most Immediately Baum stopped working and "managed" his wife on her moneymaking - making tours. A year ago an abscess de veloped In Mrs. Baum's side. It was re moved by a St. Louis physician , but she did not grow well and ' > on f'1. , ? ? she made no ascensions , but , did her high- wire bicycle act. Ileccntly sht has been unable to work , and she declares that a week ago Ibcp hubband deserted her , Mon day , while she and her sister were away from her room , her husband returned and took her bicycle and trapeze bars. BrokeM In health and overcome by melancholia , the woman sought to endi her life. In this she iwas unsuccessful. Despite her swollen HJH aud the tracts or suffering lu bur face , ibo LUMBER hlcago Lumber Do. WHOLESALE JL.UM.BER . . . 814 South 14th St. LUMBER. , W1IOLCSALB AND n CTAIT LUMBER OfTlc * anil Tar < 3 > . . , . . , < . .nth nnd California Sin. , eij. fl. Hoagiand Wholesale Lumbcrt Lime. , Etc , Oth mid Douglas Sts. OYSTERS. KING COLE OYSTERS , CELERY AND I'OULTUY. 1015 Hovard St. OILS-PAINTS Co. MANUPAcruncng Air Floated M ncral Paint And P lnt < of All ICInrtF rutty , Eto. 1015 and 1017 Jonei St , Z. A. Mnffot , 1st Vice Pres. I , . J. Drake. Don Mer . . . .O/Z..V. . . . Gnro.lnc , Turpentine , Axle Grcnsc. ntc. Omaha llranch nnil Ancnctes , John 11. Uuth Mgr. PAPEK-WOOD2NWARE. Printing Paper , Wrapping Paper , Stationeryt Corner 12th and Howard ttreeu. > ibel ! Paper and W@cf@aiware Co. Wrapping Paper , Stationery , Woodenware. 1107 Harnev Street STEAM-WATER SUPPLIES. 1014-1016 Douclan Street. Manufacturers and jobbers of Slenni. Oa nl Water Supplies of All Kinds. 1108-1110 Harnev St. Bteam Pumps , Engines and Boilers , Pips Wind Mills , Stcnm and Plumbing Material , Bdtine , Hose , Ktc. TOYS AND FANCY GOODS. Hardy & Co. 'loys , Dolls , Albums and FANCY ( JOODB. flouia FurnlrhlnGB , CMUren' * Carrtacts , Eto. U19 Karnum BireiL YEAST-BAKING POWDER. n 0 Manufacturers' celebrated "On Time and German Baking Powder. Satisfaction guaranteed. 430 f to 4321 North 'Iwenly-eight Street. IB still a comely woman. Yet few of < ho thousands who have seen her would now recognize In her the Mme. Adalr whoso feats of daring 'they had admired. MUM ! I'll ) ' Duty < l Dji'il HUlllM. NKW YOHK , UPO , 28 , The protest of Steiirn & Bplngarn of Now York City ngnlnut the nHHCHanu-nt of 05 per cent nil valorem duty on iin Importation of dyc-d , of birds hiii been overruled by tha board of United States General umiriilsert * In nn opinion urltten by Colonel Wilkinson. The merchundlHu In thU cnso constated of the dyed skins of birds , with the head , wings nnd plumage attached. In a pre violin decUlon iho general tvaprnlMcni have hold that fUcli tfklni * not dyud . * ere exempt from duty an bird skins pri-purrd for * preservation , but not further advanced In. manufacture. That doclilon was accepted. by thu ( rovi'rnmunt. Dyed skins , however , were not Included In the olanHltlcatlon , nnd. they hnvu been the subject of yurloua claims on the part of Importt-ra claiming- frco itdmltvlon to "birds and land or water fowl " The prcisnnt cose was decided In ac cordance with previous llndlngH and judicial alllrinallon , _ J. A. 1'crkir.o of Antiquity , u. , was for thirty years needlessly tortured by physi cians for tin ) cure or eczema. He wag. ( juickly cured by uMng DeWltt's Witch Hazel Slve , the famous hrallng salve for pile * anil ekln dlsreres. of Kulnl Klrrx. SCOTTLALK , I'a , , Dec. 28. THe fnrm , house of Jacob Stryi-r In Salt Llclc township - ship , Knyetto county , wan destioyed by flro last night and Jacob Htrytr and hla wife cremated. Their son Jacob narrowly cscaixMl ami WH.H bndly burned. Uurlr.ir the past forty-clK'nt ' hours eight persona huve been burned to death In Fayelt * county , \ \ \
