* JL4 O TI1E OMAHA DAILY UEIS : IF I ? I DAY , JANTJAKY 14 , 1808.
10IIN CIIINAHAS'S ' MEDICINES
Wonderful Nostrcms Used by the Celestials
to Placate Gods of Sickness.
DOPE FROM THE WITCH31 CAULDRON
lS\or > - One Illx Oviii Ilorlor nml K cry
Slor : . | | | ( Mltlt DriiKH
I'nuHU'CH or Cut' " M nr mill
Tenfriuii JIrai'il .
Wy experience among the Ctilncso bos
brought mo In contact with the strangest
medical njBtcm In the world. If any local
county medical society were to look Into the
methods pursued by tbo Chlticso pbjMclans
In the United States there would bo found
material enough to keep that society occupied
to the law courts for jcars.
11 Is o fact not generally known that nearly
every Chinese mercantile store ki thU coun
try his attached to It a Chinese doctor and a
pharmaceutical department. In China everyone
ono chooses tils own ocufatlon , and inly per-
eon may assume the tMe of physician with
out having given previous evidence of his
professional competency. There are no \
in oil I Ml colleges , and no examination tents
exist la worry the minis of the would-bo
lirnctltloncrs. And neither arc diplomas asked
for or granted. Any quick or the most IKOO-
tant bumpkin may become a practicing ph ) l-
clan , and by his success or tion-suceess In
the proftwlon Jio elands or falls. This 1111-
llu.ltccl liberty of selecting un occupation has
resulted In making the Chinese medical pro
fession enormous , and when the Chinese
eturt ajbuslnets a Chinese doctor Is aluaja
clultR application of tnoxcs , cupping , Innoc-
ulatiui , pnraceaterls of ttio eye and bleeding.
Surgical operation * rachlrfly confined to re
moving a tooth , pricking fores and humo.-s
nlii ) needles , or trying to reduce dislocations'
and reunite fractures by ptffsurc of bandag
ing. Sometimes tliey cxSButo more difficult
{ YUM , as the operation for a hnrelln utid In
sertion of fnlse tef > th. t'ndcr ordinary cir
cumstances they make shift with poultices
In this live cat's liver Is specially populai
while fractures are treated by extension.
Poultices made of many strange or disgusting
substances are applied to Injutcd parts. In
ono case a man who , having Injured his Irla
by a fall , was ordered by bis ( iliilclaa to cut
a chicken In halves , laying a portion on the
eye .is n cataplasm and eating the other r.s
an Internal cure Vivisection Is < arely at
tempted , but leeches and .curving are em
ployed to remove the blood from a particular
( pot. Kneading of the muscles ( massage ) ,
which Is raid to hove been In use 2,000 years
before Christ , Is likewise practiced. The
Chinese also claim to have been able for
thousands of jcars to produce anacthosla by
means of the preparation , mago.
STIIANQK MEDICINES.
The Chinese despise our science and pre
fer to snallow down mighty mixtures fear
fully and wonderfully brewed , which for over
so many hundred years have been mentioned
as Infallible remedies. The Chinese pharma
cology consists of forty octavo volumes , and
contains remedies from the vegetable and
animal kingdoms almost exclusively , and Is
very copious. It Includes ( ! 50 different kinds
of leaves , about 350 vegetable medicines ,
fifty mineral and seventy-eight animal. The
use of acids and reagents Is unknown , foi )
they Imply more knowledge of chemistry
than the Chinese possess. Their medicines
aio ni ranged under six heads tonics , os-
tilngents , resolvents , purgatives , alterna
tives of poisonous humors and of the blood.
Among many herbal mcdlcl.ics , which un
doubtedly are more or les-i tonics , wo find
that the eamo qualities are ascribed to sta
lactite , fresh tops of stag horns , dried red
CHINESE DOCTOR SHAVING UHINOC KHOS HORN FOR MEDICAL PURVOSHS.
Included as ono of the partners , and ho nets
na physician and apotnccury for the firm.
In China Chinese apothecaries , before they
can carry on ( heir buslr.us-s , must pasa < )
examination and must exhibit a diploma
from the examination board. Medical study
consists In mechanically learning the old
Ch'nrse medical works , aiil , when possible ,
the Inherited knowledge of remedies all In
accordance with the Chinese maxim , "The
older the belter. "
When a physician lias been unsuccessful ,
he retires with the common Chinese udasc
hat "There Is medicine for sickness , but
none for fate. " Sometimes on Invalid will
go to a doctor < md ask for how much ho will
cure him , and how Boon tiie cure can bo
performed. Ho statca > the diagnosis of hh
case , the pulse Is examine ! and every o her
Symplon Investigated , when a bargain 1 < 3
Etuick and u portion of the price paid. The
patlci-t then receives tlio aultablo medicines ,
In qi'-intl y and variety bct'cr fitted for a
horse than a man , for thu doctor reasons out
ttiat out of a great number it is more likely
thu some will prove elllcaclous , utvl the
moro he go s paid for the moro he ought ' .o
adn-inlstcr. A decoction of a kettleful of
elnipks l drank down by the sick man , end
ho glvss up both working and eating ; If , how-
eve. ' , at the expIratUa , of the time specified
ho la net cured , he scolds tote phju'lclan for
an Igmiuut cbar'.tan ' who chiats him out ot
his mcoey , and eeeks another , with whom he
makes a similar bargain , and with probably
similar results. Tfco visits anJ examination
uro vcrj reasonable In price and vary In
nmcunt from 16 cents to $1. The fee io
wrapped up in red paper and Is called
"golden Hianks. " The prescription * fur-
wished are remarkably large.
CONCERNING SPOTS.
The pathology ( shang-han ) of the Chinese
Is very Incomplete. All diseases , especially
epidemic dlsecscs , are ascribed to spirits
end w'nds , and cold and warm humors , etc. ,
are acalgncd In accordance with tbelr benign
or malign character to Yo ( the good princi
ple ) , or Yu ( the evil principle ) . To Yo be-
lonqs acnto Inliamrr.atOry fever , to Yu , hectic
fever , etc. There are , according to Chlneae
pathology , 10,000 varieties of fevcro. They
imagine thcro Is a distinct and sepaiatc
pulae In everj j > irt of the body. They
"play upon" the pulses as I ? done In playIng -
Ing the piano , \\hcro wo feel It. In this
practice the changes of the- moon and the
season of the jear are considered. The
performance often lasts several hours In the
"heavenly spot" the upper part of the oiro.
tld artery , or on the "earthly spot , " near
the cnklo , or the "human spot , " at the wr.st ,
\\lth three lingers sometimes on the right
arm , somctlmcv ? on the left , now higher up ,
now loner down , now on one side , again
on both sldoi , etc. The three fingers used
are the Index , the middle and the llttlo lin
ger. Dcyuso , the Imdox finger , Indicates
the spirits of the liver ; Quan , the middle
finger , the splcrn , and Sbiker , the llttlo
finger. Indicating the heart , In diseases of
thu hiurt , the left pulse Is Investigated , In
those of the liver the right. Bach speck
of thu tongue and uvery discoloration of tlio
organ points to special diseases arid Uiccra.
Thus , o red tongue Indicates warmth of the
heart and the south ; a white tousue the
lungs and the west , etc.
Anatomy and phjslology occupy the low
est grade In Chinese- medical science. la
their vencratlcci ot the dead dissection of
the * human body U , of course , excluded , and
they never practice ( imputation. They as-
euma elx chief prgans ID which the "mois
ture" 1s located , viz. , the heart , liver , two
kldncja , aplucn and lungs ; six ethers In
which Is the- seat of "warmth , " viz. , the
en oil and largo Intestine , the gall bladder ,
the Blomach and the urinary uppiratui.
Thi1y do not know the distinction between
arteries and \ons ! , and call the heart "tho
husband" and the "tho "
luigs wife. The
Chinese enumerate. 305 bones , Including
.eight for the male and six for the female
cranium , twelve ribs In men end fourteen
In women. The circulation , according to
their Ideas , flows outward from the lungs
flvo times la twenty-tour hours and term ! *
natcfl In tha liver. The bllo Is the special
eeat of courage ; the lungs give origin to
the \oleo ; the spleen Is the seat , of reason ,
aud , with the heart , furnUhcA Idea * ; the
liver Is the granary of the soul , whllo the
stomach Is thu rtnt'ng place ot the mind ,
etc , Chinese phrenologists look for the
principal characteristics of a man In his
forehead , and for a woman ) In the back part
of the cranium ,
THEM IDEA OP SUnOBRY ,
Thcro Is a distinction between ohjalclaus
and burgeons , and It Is moro aliatcily defined
than with us. Every man Is expected to stick
to his auu brand ) ot the profession. The
Burgeon * are extremely Ignorant , are assigned
to Infurlcc service and receive little pay , BO
that their shops are poor. Chine-so aurgury
( wac-ka ) embraces the practice of acupun-
chcre , which Is regarded as a universal rem
edy , aud lias for Us object tbo quickening of
the "vital t ) lrlts. " U Is practiced by twist
ing or driving a needle Inserted Into the body
end Ui the fleet < case U culled ncdachlbarl , In
the last udBchlbarl. Hy this operation u free
paciago Is BUI posed to bo tuado for the
"winds. " Utaldca this , Clilucae surgery in-
spotted llrards , silkworm moths , blaok and
white lead , tortoise shell and dog's meat.
IJy the Bomo stietch of the imagination
the bones and teeth of dragons , oyster ( shells ,
j loadstone , talc and gold and slher leaf are
'
regarded as astrlnge-nts ; while verdigris , cal
careous spar , catechu peails , heir's gall ,
I sKcvlnps of rhlnocerous horns and turtle
i shell are used as purgatives. Elepant's skin
and , with a certain consistence , Ivory Sav
ings , are considered antidotes to poison.
The genulno ginseng root and' ' the edible
ncsla df the swallow arc considered veritable
]
table panaceas , and are specially prized by
the Chinese as aphrodisiacs. In fact , gin
seng , which useiV to bo sold for eight times
Its weight In sliver , stands at the head oi !
I all remedies. Tea , in various modes of
' preparation Is much valued as a medicine ,
' mid different parts of rare animals are In1
eluded In the list with the reputation of
I properties as.multifarious and inconsistent
]
, 1 as the pill ? of a quack. Almost every unl-
mal supplies a distinct specific , particularly
' its blood and its liver. In debility the ex
tract of tiger's bloo.l Is prescribed. Among
the agents employed are many strange and
repulsive substances , as srakes , Includtnc
rattlesnakes , lizards , bear's gall , dried
snlPers , " " bflgS , " "toa'ds , claws , cars , tongues
hearts , livers of numerous animals , dragon
1 bcne , cotton , ivory , musk , rhubarb , gentian
I camphor , forsll bones , rhinoceros or harts-
J I horn shavings , silk worm , asbestos , moths ,
/ chinese seeds leaves In large doses furgl
and Innumerable other things , calomel , vcr-
million , red precipitate , minium , arsenic ,
I 1 plumbago , mercury and sulnhate of copper
I OKI among the metallic medicines used hy
I physicians * Then , of course , exorcism by
j plnsiclans ( In epidemics , with dragon , ban
ners In front burning scraps of colored
naner Inscribed with formulae of Incanta
tion , firecrackers , etc. ) , and similar super
stitious observances , are not wanting.
noozn FROM SCORPIONS.
Among the most highly reputed drugs and
medicines are the larvae of grasshcupers , for
Instance , dried and roasted , prescribed for
headaches ; deled fowls' gizzards for Indiges
tion ; thq Insldo of a stag's liorn and rattle
snake tea for rheumatism and bronchitis ; a
rlutlnous decoction of donkey's skin has n
great reputation for pulmonary diseases ,
while a powder prepared from the skin of the
plcpbrnt Is recommended for rheumatic naltih
One of the stlmplants Is a tincture of scor
pions , and fee tonic purposes the best , though
very costly medicine , Is the gelatinous decoc
tion of tigers' bones. For a general antidote
In many cafces the bear's gall is much ad
mired. A number of live leads In a Jar half-
fllled with flour , and when the Hour Is moist
ened with the saliva which these creatures
emit , Is dried and kept as powder. The es
pecial use to which thti preparation Is put Is
to take It as snuff , It produces snet'zlng , end
In that way It Is regaedcd as Invaluable In re
storing persons suffering from fainting fits ,
convulsions or h > stories.
J , THOMAS SCIIARF ,
Ex-U. S. Chinese laroector.
ci : Hiccoitn.sviin : .
St'iiHiitloniil novclnpiuciit In Cli
I'ullCC IllVONtlKflllllll.
CHICAGO , Jan. 13. Charges of a sensa
tional character were made against the civil
tervlco commissioners ofllco before the In
vestigating committee today. It was charged
by Atto-noy 13. R. nil's that snmo ono , dur
ing the night following the last day of the
appearance of President Ktaus and his as
sociates ibuforo the committee , altered and
falsified the records of the Civil Service comm -
m lesion so that they would not thow the
names of twenty-eight men which are said
to have been added to thu eligible police
list , without authority of law , Attorney
IJUss asked tint the Civil Service commission
ibo subpoenaed to appear and bring itho
records ot the office relating to the twenty-
eight men In question and ateo that Sec
retary and Chief ) Examiner John M , Glenn bo
ordered to como t > cfore the committee as a
wltrrss.
Senator Ilerry plated that ho propose * ) to
have a rigid Investigation Into tbo charges
and that In till probability Major Harrison ,
Chief of Police Klploy and others would be
claled upon , John II , Hamlln of the Civil
Service Reform league has also been
subpoenaed ,
ftlli > ] HITur ( > iii > pH Over tteeelfer ,
PHORNIX , Ariz. , Jan. 13. An amicable
settlement has been made today between
the warring elements concerned In the forf-
closurc HiiltH InstltuUii iiiailnst the Arizona
Ciinul company by n Chlcaco trust com-
p.iny , and no opposition unn offered to
the appointment of J. C , Hall to be re
ceiver. The application hod been mode
to the court tor permission to issue JJ1.1WO
In receivers' certificates for the puiposc of
liquidating outstanding maintenance claims.
For Coughs and Throat Disorders use
Brarvn'8 Dronchlal Troehpu , "Havo never
chanced my mind respecting them , except I
Ihlcik butter of that which I began by think
ing well of. Rev. Henry Ward IJeccbcr ,
Sold only la boxei.
nii'nfP'iA r < ntT r > irpn if i nn
BIGGEST GUN EVM MADE
A Hugo Coast Dofcmler Being Ooostrtiotod
at Watervllct Arsona' .
WILL FIRE A TIKEE-QUARTER-TON SHOT
Anil 'Sonil It n ll ( nnco of TTAI-HO
to ( Inaril Xeir York llnrlior
at Homer hliiml ,
The United States government Is1 now hav
ing constructed at the Watorvllct arsenal a
monster gun , which , with seventeen others
like It , will bo us el as a part of the defense
of New York. Six of these monsters , says
the Xew York Herald , will be mounted on
turrets on Homer shoal. The Watervllet gua
will fire a shot of 1,800 pounds a distance of
twelve miles.
The four essentials of coast defense are ,
first , the fleet , consisting of battle ships ,
cruisers , torpedo auxiliaries and rams ; second
end , harbor defense craft ; third , fortifica
tions , and , fourth , submarine mines. Of
course the vital defense Is the licet , for ,
lacking this , an enemy's ships can blockade
the ports , and , without firing a shot or enter
ing the range of the largest gun In a fixed
emplacement , Inflict direct and Indirect dam
age so great that submission can be forced.
Hut It Is nlwrfys within the possibilities
that a fleet may be dispersed , defeated or
driven to the Inner water of Its seaports , and
as a rallying point and final stand fortifica
tions must be furnished.
The lesson has been tal'ght over and over
again In the course of many years , until tbo
gtratest military authorities In the world are
practically agreed that however great serv
ice a fleet may render In the destruction of
an enemy's squadron , a country Is not given
the full measure of defense unless all the
elements are provided.
AMERICA'S HIGGH3T GUN.
The defense of the harbor of New York
! a considered by the War department as de
Serving the earliest consideration , and for
this reason the ordnance and engineer de-
pirtnunts are pushing work on all the guns
and emplacements intended for the defense
of the metropo > ls , which are now under con.
tract. The attention ot the chief of ord
nance Is i/uttcul.irly directed at the present
time to hurrjlng to completion the great
slxlueu-lnch breech-leading gun now under
construction at Watervllet Arsenal.
ThU will be- the largest gun yet built by
the United Stt'tes ' and will be the first of
eighteen similar guara which It Ls proposed
shall In time constitute a rart of the de
fenses of New York.
It has not been deemed expedient to give
the data of this gun , but. here Is what a
ijomcwhat similar gun in England ulll Jo :
TnH piece Is > i breech-loading steel rifle ,
1G.25 In caliber ; 524 Inches , of forty-three
feet eight Inches In total length. It tires a
shot weighing l.SOO pounds , nearly three-
quarters of a ton , with a charge of 7CO
pounds , "thioe-bovenths " of a ton At a dis
tance of 2,000 jards the projectile will per
forate thirty Inches of Iron , end U the muz
zle thirty-sex en Inches of iron. Its muzzle *
energy is nearly 55,000 foot tons ; that Is.
Us power applied to a hoisting machine
would lift 5,500 tons ten feet , or 350 tors
100 feet. It bis been calculated that if Trin
ity church spire ? were to fall the energy do-
\cloped on striking would .be . only about
one-blf , the energy developed by this piece
and If It were moored afloat , of which there
Is umall chance , Its energy would be sufll-
c'cnt to lift a 11,000 ton battle ship , like the
Indiana or Massachusetts , ten fec't ' in the air.
A gun of larger caliber has never yet been
successfully .constructed by any nation ; and
when it is remembered that the ordnance experts -
ports of the United States are generally be
lieved to understand 'he strength of ma-
'tcrhils ' and the capabilities of ordnance bet
ter than the experts of uny other nation ,
some notion of the power of thla type of gun
may be obtained.
Tne contract for the forglngs of this first
tc&i gun wcs made with the Dcthlehem Iron
company just a year ago , under the provi
sions of the fcrtlflc.tlcn act of Junj G , 180G.
The necessity of using nickel steel for the
larger forglngs lion delayed the delivery of
materials somewhat , and the progress of con
struction b.s therefore aci. been as sat'sfac-
tory as the ordnance officials have desired.
The forglngs iiava been arriving at Water-
vliot , however , for some weeks pjst , and It Is1
thought ( hat the parts will be all assembled
and the gun ready for'costing at the proving
grounds at Sandy Hook within elgtit mwitto
if no unforeseen delays occur.
A great deal of secrecy has Icag been main
tained by the Ordinance and Engineer de
partments at Washington as to where thla
first gun was Intended to be set up. It Is nov.
known , however , that both of these depart
ments approve of the prcoosltlwi of Reprc-
centatlve Fischer ot Now York to mount six
guns of this typo In turrets on Homer shoal.
UcnreEentatlve Fischer Intends. Immediately
at'.er the holiday recotu , to go before the
hou.se subcommittee on fortifications to urge
that provisions for his plan be Included ' . ' .
the appropriation bill to -considered by this
congress.
congress.THD
THD HOMER SHOAL , SITE.
The Homer shoal lies within the area ot
the lower bay , to the eastward ot the Swash
channel , so generally employed by vessel *
drawing about eighteen feet of water. It IB
well known to fishermen , and the beacon
which marks it Is more easily recognized bj
Its familiar name of the Monument thun b\
official title.
Calculations of the Coast survey show that
there are thirty-five acres Included In the line
of Homer shoal , marking a depth of six feet
or less , and owing to the abundance of ma
terial at hand this could bo tilled up to about
three or four feet above high tide at com
paratively email expense. Mr. 'Fischer ' pro
poses to place there turrets , carrying two
slxtccn-lnch guns each , on this thlrty-flvo
acre artificial Island.
The turrets which are proposed will bo
probably of Rio Gruson type , of turtle back
shape , largely used by both the French and
Germans along the Franco-German frontier ,
at Spczzla , Italy , and other points In Europe.
They'will bo built on massive foundations of
concrete , Inside which will bo subterra
nean chambers to include the machinery for
working the guns and turrets.
The exterior of the bases of the turrets will
bo protected by envbankments of stone and
earth , leaving nothing exposed but the turtle
back tops. An underground magazine will bo
located at a suitable place on the shoal , pro
tected by armor and earthworks BO as to bo
safe from direct flro or plunging shots from
the mortars.
A COMPLETE PROTECTION.
The advantages of ateel 'turrets of thla t > po
In ouch u location are complete protection ,
limited only by the thickness of the armor
and the tlzo of the pert. The curvature Is
unfavorable to penetration , and I'l presents a
very small target. It has tlio advantage of
all around fire. Two guns are combined In
ono protection , especially overhead from
shp.pnel anJ splinters. The canning tower
affords a wide Hold of view for aiming pur
poses , The cost of each of those guns Is
estimated at $100,000 , each carriage $35,000 ,
and each 'lurret fully as much oa ono of the
guns.
Probably no ship will over be built tnat will
bo able to withstand the flro of slxteen-lnch
guns at a n.ngo of four or five miles , and a
vctuel could not enter New York harbor with
out passing In direct range of the gucs of too
shoal , It lu proposed to place the guns BO
that they may command the cast cbsnnsl ,
Gednoy's channel or the south channel , All
great battleships of a foreign navy would
have to para the shcal either by the Swaah
channel or Uio main channel , their den.ruc
tion being almost Inevitable by cither route.
The powers of the new guns are yet to be
tea'oil , but It Is estimated by ofllcera of the
ordnance department that the Impact of a
shot from ono of them"on ah armored ship
of tbo size of thQ Paris a ( j instance of flvu
miles would bo equal to the conclusion of
tiiat rhIP go'.ng a't ' full speed with another
of 10,000 tons olng at the tame rate. It
U also estimated that a shot at BUM a dis
tance would penotra' u twentj oak vessels
chained together. Guns of this type abroad
have caused a breach twenty foot deep In
eolld masonry , The limit of range ot the
sunn Is about twelve tulles.
Prosperity conies quickest to the mau
whoso liver Is In good condition. DoWltt'a
Llttlo Early Risers are famous little pills
( or constipation , biliousness , tndjgtttloa and
all stomach and liver troubles.
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IXTO MATIiniOXV.
Tinllnir OlrlH Am Fonil uf llnllH nnd
fii f iiiKll ril l Soon.
To one redeeming feature of Doer social
Ufa 1 fear I have done scant justice , sayii
the Johanncbburg correrpondcnt of the Lon
don Telegraph. They are Inveterate danccii'
Once upon a time there wcro strictly ortho
dox dorpera who regarded this gay dlver-
uion as wlckt'J , as they did everything else ,
that gives charm and brightness to life ,
but they are worsted. A correspondent
whom I know at Krugcrbdorp , describing
the gay doings there , says : "There may be
occasions which Krugcradorplans have
never jet cclebratM with a ball , but out.
aide ot funerals they would bo hard to find.
Where two or thieo are gathered together
with a piano there la sure to bo a dance , "
This tallies with what I learned of social
matters In the Free State , A gloomy ortho
doxy Is relieved by the poetry of motion ,
The > young men of Uloomfontoln told mo
that they , had often , thieo or four Invitations
a week to dances. U would seem that they
dance themselves Into matrimony at Km- 1
gemJorp , for the correspondent wiltcs : '
"All our alnglo girls are engaged ; or
rather , there Is only ono unengaged dancing
girl In the dorp , and she has refused num
berless offers out of sheer KOCH ! nature and
regard for the crowd of "men who have
conscientious scruple ? about dancing with
engaged glrU. Wo are absolutely out ot
fllnglo young women just now , and are
thankful for the good ofllcca of such a
philanthropic ) committee as that of Fil-
day's function , for they specially Invited
some charming 'unattached' from Johan
nesburg to nialio up the balance. " The
dorpera may thank their stare that they
have a reserve of beauty at Johannesburg
a precarious reserve , for , If a small access
o' cc.niiicu sensu should happen to Oem
Paul , marriages ulll bo as tulck hero as
leaves In Vallombroaa.
In Duliuayo things arc not nearly so
happy for the poor men. Tbo Chronicle of
that rising city records the receipt of a lit
tle book , entitled , "How to Make a Dress , "
and confcj'sea that "no member of the edi
torial staff being a married man , " and as
they have as yet no women jourualUtn In
the corps , they are at a losu how to review
the brochure. Owelo , too , announces , with
a flourish of trumpets , ita first wedding.
But Mr. Street , the ibrldegrpom , had to
bring his 'bride ' , Mies Macdonald , all the
way from Edinburgh. Fervently J hope that
the Importation of brides will proceed mer
rily. There U absolute free trade so far ; It
has not yet occurred , oven to the Volksraad ,
to levy & tax on beauty. At church on Sun-
CREAMERY SUPPLIES
The Sharpies Company
Creamery Machinery
nml Supplies.
Boilers , Engines , Keetl Cookers , Wood Pul
leys , Shafting , Belting. Butur Pack
ages ot all kinds.
007-909 Jones St. - - - - -
DRY GOODS.
Importers and Jobbers of
Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods
AND NOTIONS.
DRUGS.
'icHiardsoai ' EBrug Co.
902-906 Jackson St.
J. 0. niCHAHDSON , Prcst.
C. P. WJ2LLER , V. Prtet.
P" "
P"I
31'frt Standard J'hann < ioeuHeal Praiuiro-
tloiil. Special Formulae i'rcjiarril to
Oriln : ttenilfor Ciifnfof/ur.
Uiboratorr. 1112 Howard St. , Omaha.
E. Bruce & Co.
. . . . _ _ . .
I _ T , , _ „ . , - , ,
Druggists and Sialioners ,
"QUcen Bee" Specialties ,
Cigars , Wlr.ni and Urr.ndlcs ,
Corner 10th and Hurney Street * .
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
Electrical Supplies.
Eloctilc Mining Hells nnd Gas Lighting
G. V > : JOHNSTON. Mer. 1510 Hov.ard St.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
IS04 Furnara St.
FRUIT-PRODUCE.
WHOLESALE
Commission Merchants.
8 , W. Corner ICth nnd Howard Stn.
Membetu ot the National League of Commis
sion Merchants ot tha United Statca.
JOHDER3
Fruit and Vegetables
SPECIALTIES Strawberries , Ar/ples , Oranges ,
Lemons. Cranberries , Potatoes. 1017 Howard SL
FURNITURE
Hewey & Stone
u Furnifi
I i ' WHOLESALE
Furniture Draperies
1115-1117 Farnam4 Streit.
GROCEHIES.
el
aumy
13th and Lcavcnworth St.
Staple and Fancy Groceries
A m corrce ROISTERS , Etc.
FINE GROCERIES
Tea , Spices , Tobaccc ani * Cigar * ,
K03-H07 Harney Ssteet-
day last the banns wcro proclaimed tor the
mcoml time ot a Johannesburg man * and a
splnKer "now on the high seas , " so that
his damsel will find everything ready on
her landing. Opinions differ a'oout ' the
quality of the dancing ; ns a rule It la not
Eovorcly aesthetic , and an Irreverent critic
eald It was a monotonous "dump , dump ,
dump. "
I care not If It was Jump , Jump , Jump ,
ao there ibo enough of It ; the quality will
Improve. It Is a pity this silly damp-Joy
government shoulj have proposed an addi
tional tax of 2 on every Imported pUno.
At present itlio tax lo 9 per cent , so that a
40 Instrument eosls 3 12 shillings duty ,
and "tho now tariff will make this 5 12 still ,
lings which IP'absurd. The favorite Instru
ment of tbo Doers Is th.it sweet thing , the
concertina , which , of course , goes imtaxed.
Over the veldt the dulcet sounds of this
Instrument remind some people of the
bagplpo In the Highlands. It Is a soothing
agent very. Distance Icmln enchantment ,
and I prefer It about two miles off. Apropos
of the Dutch dancing girls I iiced say llt-
tie , except that In matter of grace nnd de-
poptnient the service of Terp'schoro ' will
do thorn no harm. Meet of them are strong
and many good looking , and If only they
would not drink coffee a dozen times a day
their complexions would decidedly more
attractive than usually they aro.
TO CVttK COJ.lt IX OM'2 IIAY
Take Laxatno Dromo Quinine Tablet * , All
druggists refund the money If It falls to cure.
25c. The genulno has L , I ) Q. on uaih tablet.
MKUT1VCJS IX 1,0 \ IHV.
Krotn Ally Slopcr.
" Can't auy whether wo'vo boon In
troduced , you know ; but It ain't our
fault If wo umko a mistake In this fog ,
la It 1 "
GROCER.E3.
Haxton and
\ Gallagher Go
1 iMt'oirrnits.
OAS COFFEE IIOASTUUS
' AMU JUDlllNQ GUOCEIIS.
Ttltphonetsi. .
HARNESS-SADDLERY
J
JU'/V *
Joblirrt of Leather , . .SadrfrtjHanlteart , JJffl.
Wo ollclt your orders 1315 Howard St
HARDWARE.
eefer & Wiiiielmy Bo
Wholesale Hardware ,
Omaha.
ee-SSiark
Wholesale Hardware.
Dlcyclcs and Sporting Goods. 1310 21-23 Har-
ncy Btioet.
LIQUORS.
s © & Go
LIQUORS.
Proprietors of AMIMUCAN TldAIl AND GLASS
WAHU CO.
2J4-21G South 14th St.
Vier's
East India Bitters
Golden Sheaf Pure Kye and Dourbon.-'Whlskey.
Willow SprltiEB DUtlllery , Her & Co. , 1111
Hnrney Street.
rJGk&Herberlz ,
Wholesale
Liquor Merchants
1001 Varnniu Street-
Wholesale
Liquors and Cigars ,
Ills F.inmrii Stroet-
WHOLESALE
Wtucs , Liquors and Cigars *
113-415 a 15th Street.
LUMBER
WHOLESALE
DUMBER . . .
814 South 14th St.
PLANING MILL ,
Manufacturers of doors , snsli. blinds , office ,
rlnre and paloon llxtu on. listlrmtcs furnlflied
on nny kind of ml'l worlt
Tel. 1173. Mill 2Stli nnd Da\cnport Sts.
OYSTER3.
PACKERS.
KING COLE OYSTERS ,
CELERY AND POULTRY.
1019 Hovnrd St.
UY U. S. MAIL , TO IIUAVHX.
I.IUIc iiHl : < - Wimtcil SlnnipH lo S.-n.l
CliriHtiiiau l'rchcii < n lo Ilrotlic-r.
Two pennies dropped on the ledge of the
brass-barred window of the New York post-
ollicc. Tha postal clerk looked up. Ho wan
nut of sorts. Two holidays In succession had
been too much for him. A little golden
head appeared , Just topping the ledge.
" \Vell ? " snapped the clerk ,
litluil just opened his window In the post-
office , and eight hours of the hardest kind of
work were In eight , The llttlo girl , who had
been first In the line , hesitated a moment.
Then she plucked up courage.
"Please , mister , " she began , "I want a
stamp for this to send It to my llttla
brother. "
In her hands she held up n package done
up In brown paper and roughly tied with
a bit of coarse twine. It was almost falling
if part In her tiny hands. She held It out to
the clerk , who took It with the name grace
that ho had been taking thousands of pack
ages during the holidays.
Hu looked at the address to see whether It
was foreign or domestic. Then ho looked
hack at the child. There was a queer look
In his eyes tlmt had not been there before.
1'oblolllco clerks see many strange packages
end any quantity of them addressed to
"Santa Glaus. " Rut this ono was not for
Santa Claun , U read :
'
; Robert iMcNnughton , :
: Heaven. :
For a moment the clerk hesitated. Tlio llt
tlo ono took It for a refusal to accept tha
parcel because she had not paid enough for
the postage. Quickly the tiny hands fumbled
at a llttlo purse where two moro pennies were
In kroplng. ThcEo were on the window ledge
In a moment with thp other two.
"Why , my child , " said the clerk , who had
babies of his own at homo , "I "
"Oh , please , " broke In the llttlo ono , "It's
for my llttlo brother In heaven. Hn died last
week and perhaps ho Is no strange In heaven
that fled has forgotten how to glvo him any
Chilstmcs present. And he'd bo so disap
pointed , "
Tears wcro In the clerk's eyes by thin time
ho was thinking of the llttlo Ilaxeri-halrea
ono of his own at , home. Tears wcro In the
child's eyes , too , and the llttlo lip was quiv
ering.
"Oh , sir , lt' all right , " she Insisted. "This
la ray very own to glvo away. Santa Glaus
brought It to mo on Christmas. My papa
doesn't know and my mamma doesn't know.
They cried on Christinas 'causo llobblo had
OILS-PAINTS
afional Oil
and Paint Co ,
MANUFACTUn&tlS
Air Floated Mineral Paint
And Taint * of All KlmH Puttr. Eta ,
1C1S and 101T Jonti St.
J. A. Model , 1st Vice rrtfu L , . J. Dnkr , Qcn Mn
4 GA/JL * O
Clmollnc , Turpentine , Axle Orensp. Ktc.
Qmnlm Ilrnncli nrul Agencies , John I ) , llulli Mcr.
PAPEK-WOODSNWARE.
Printing Paper ,
ing Paper , Stationcry
Corner llth and Howard itrttti.
Wrapping Paper , Stationery ,
Woodcntvarc.
1107 Harnev Street
STEA.I-WATE : . SUPPLIES
ran ® '
IOI.I-UH6 Douulas .Street.
Mnnufnctureifl and jobbers ot Slenni , Oas ani
Water Supplies of All Kinds.
iroS-irio Harnev St.
Steam Pumps , Engines and Boilers , Tips ,
Wind Mills , Strum and Plumbing
Material , Ucltlnc. Hose , lite.
TOYS AND FANCY GOODS.
Joys , Dolls , Albums and
FANCY GOODS.
flomo i-urnlihlngs. Children's Carriage ) , Eta.
1319 Furnam Street
TYPE FOUNDRIES.
'real Western
Superior Copper Mixed Type If the bett on
til * mrrl.ct.
ELECTnoTvrn FOU.VDHY.
11U IIowa.nl Strcot.
* rf > r
To be sure there
are others , but
well there's only
one newspaper
and that is the
Omaha Daily Bee.
gene to live with tlic angels , nut I want to
Bond something to Hobble till myfeoH. "
The little ono WIIB dying now. Her uoba
came font and deep. Her poor little heart
was on the point of breaking.
"Hobulo went nwoy to God last week ! "
she sobbed , "and llttlo Elsie has no ono left
to jilay with ! "
The clerk blew his ncso very hard and
then ho explained that the mall did not go
where her llttlo brother WOH si ) happy with
the anccls. It wasn't bucauno shu didn't
have enough pennies to pay for It , It wns
becaiibo thu ntcain cars'couldn't go there.
Hoas as tender as ho could be , and ono
woman In black who had coma on the line
that was kept standing there bucaima of tha
llttlo OIIG'B. pleading began to weep.
So thu clerk handed back the package to
the child and she turned away with it-am
of bitter disappointment In her eyes.
"llobblo will lavu : no Chrltmnaa ! " she
sobbed.
Just then the cover came off her precious
package. It hold a llttlo white lamb , tied
with a pink ribbon.
"Ulmmo ten twos , " chirped a volco , and
the clerk turned back to the routine of hli
worJi.
It U cany to catch a cold and Just as cosy
to get rid of It If you comrnunco early to
use One Mlnuto Cough Cure. It cures
coughs , colds , bronchitis , pneumonia and all
throat and lung troubles. It Is pleasant to
take , eafu to uvo aim Hiiro to cure.
Sft AsliliKrtcliniii Vrnllct.
CHICAGO , Jan , 13. Tho'blg verdict given
Bnglnei-r Fred It. Kctchurn against the Chi-
cugo & Northwestern railroad for nllcgcd
blacklisting WIIB today Hot aside by Judge
Illchard W. Clifford. A new trl-il Is
grunted. Hy the verdict Kctchuni hud IHOII
uwarded f-l/KW cliuimiu-H. The C.IBO was an
outgrowth of the- Helix ntrlku.
TliQ ground upon which the court KCIH
nbldo the verdict nnd grantH a new trl.il la
that of an Impiop r Instruction given to the
jury In the plulntllt'H behalf. The court Hid !
In giving his decision that the reviewing
court would mod nothing moro than a mcru
Inspection of no vi-rdlut to net It uilde.
Cli'cliinil liifi-ci ( > ili > H for \Vorilcn ,
BACH A.M UNTO , Cal. . Jan. 13.-Kx-I're l-
dent Clovehind Imn tnudu a ticcotid appeal
to Oovrrnor liudd for clemenuy In the casa
of Halter I ) , Warden , convicted of murder
In connection with train wrecking In tha
great railroad Htrlko of 1K9I.
Arnold's Hromo Celery cures
10c , 25o and COc. All drueglsti.