Nebraska Newspapers

    12 THE OMAITA : DAILY insis : WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 20 , isns.
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"SITTING DHURNA"
STORY.
Y GKRALD IWENAN.
"Silting dhuicna" Is ft Hlmloostfltieo ex
pression wi'h a peculiar meaning
WhPn i native Hindoo Is owed innnoj 01
anthing of value b > a neighbor tic prefers ,
Inftrad of golni ? to the expense of a Ian stilt
lo force tile ilcbtor to j\y by "sitting ilhur-
fla " In other words lie takiw enough pro-
vl lens to last him tor a wick and calml }
cneMirtJ * on his neighbor's doc < rtci ( or OF
ti'ur to tltp door ns ho can convonlpnti } RCI
At first the other man Ignores tils pies-
ctiro , lii.t b > and by It begins lo bo a posi
tive nulnince I2ver > b d ) passing b } arcs
the creditor "nlttlng dhurna , " with his bag
of food by his Hide , nnil roallres Hint tie
owner of the house Is In his debt. T.io
debtor cannot ro In or out without belnR
tcnftonted b > Hie retributive figure pat
ting In front of Iiln house In the native
rwllons if Indian cities a man has the right
< o eat , drink and ( If ho chooses ) sleep In the
street , and the police , If there aie anj , do
not attempt to niako loitcrcra ' move' on "
Bo It Isnewlldp to "sit dhurnn" Juat na long
ns ftio can stund It
Now ono of the now earners to the elation
of Uamnugijar. In Cppor llcngal , was a
young clvlllnti named Ik-Hew , nn Irh'Jtmn
cs his name would show , and pcimhr \ > y
j-tJKT > n of bis kindly nature.
Hollow was hugely fond of children : aiul
it TV as not Ions bt'orr be came to bo looked
Lnon as a sort cf all-Hie--jar-round Santa
Clftun among the while } oungiters of Unin-
nuggar. Indeed Colonel Dowries' little
daughter gravely alluded to him as IUM
"other blrfday " This miir/li la told In ihr-
arms He awoke as I clicked open the
gate , ami 1 paw hla blR ejrs starlni ; at me
In the moonlight. 'Too bid , ' I reflected ,
'keeping mcr6 bablrs out at this time of
night' When I went Inside I woke up
mv butler , , , ami tojd him that If the child
belonged to him he ought to be ashamed
o. ' himself ,
"To my surprise the man declared that
neither kith for kin of his was the brown
urchin at the Rate Moreover , * ie added
( hat none of the servants knew anthlug
| about him 'For three daju sahib , ho lias
j been slttlni ? there , ' continued the khansa-
mah , nor any word will lie give to 113 of the
i bungalow. Hut each day befcro the noon
I hour a womaVi comes and refills his rite
I bowl I firmly believed that m > servant
| wac not telling the truth ( a habit wo white
r people arc far too prone to ascribe to na
tives ) , and , being quite tired , went to bel.
| "Next day I slept very late and after
breakfast sauntered out to report myself
olllclally to my superior As I climbed Into
the siddle the Htt1 brown bay WHS looking
straight Into my u > es He had ntujcd all
nlRiit by the compound gate Upon my
word , It began to look tyiln and uncomfort-
i able. I am a Celt , } ou know , and Just a
trifle superstitious. The brown child haunt
ing my gatepost worried me , and 1 rode out
b } the back wa ) to avoid him
1 "Two hours later , as I came clattering
along , whom should I see but the native
woman that my brother had Bpokcn of She
was evldeotl ) pleading with the little boy
at the pate and he was shaking his head
petulant ! ) lor answer Then the woman
took a Jar from her shoulder and poured
something ilcc I suppose Into the child s
Low I During the operation I rode through
'O bAIIIll"1 lin OHSI3UVSD. "I THANK THCC' ' "
third person , ah Ilellcw is a modest votir'i
and heslt'ites to dwell it | on his own good
qualities Ilul ItUlcw ma > bo allowed tu
tell the rem of t'.ie stoij in his own vvaj
1 riteio was a baza ir , salil llellow , "given
li > the wunion of tht > stitlon fet elttlltnblu
ptrpeaes I Notjbodj went there and cverj-
l)3dj liotight exttuvagantl } An ) ou have ob-
binc.l 1 like children aw full } , and when I
wc'it Into tint l > izaar and b.iw the big dls-
P ty ol lo > s , I the ight 1 would like to hc'ii
\leiio bomcf my llttlo file udi I ) } binln , !
up the holc collect ! u.
"It took cve > ry mint I Ind upsn me nt
I'm time , ind I eamc In for a goal deal < > (
Joking You Kno1. 1. w the fellows clinff
Wanted to know If I WITU goli' to stir'
a to-hhop , and all tint i > _ rt of tlitni ; Hut
I se'tit utonnil foi a bullock-cart , and had
1l-o tntlro nlock of lojs curie 1 out , to- be
taken to my quartet ; . , , that I could d
trlbu/tc / them at mv leUnro At the hn/.a.it
door thcio was a crowd of native's , old an 1
joung watching the biatonal of the go i
I hcaul man ) exclamations of wonder and
onv } an theto > s were lojded Into the curt
Certain ! } they v\ere fine tojs ns tojs to and
had ( me1 fiim Calcutta , perhaps even troai
Swlt/i rliud to grace our bazaar At las
they wore all In the' eatt , and carcfullj
( overt-d with elicetlng to preserve them
from the sun 1 give the ward , ind n.vaj
movCHl th bulloek-iirt
"Just then there ro o from itho crowi , a
piercing jell , followed bj the wild walls of
a lustj-lnngcd muni ! lx > ) In deepest gtlef
J steppe 1 out to Invcstlgite and found that
the maker of the > upr ir was a coffee-colored
iiie-hlii of U or 10 A 'babel ' of voices nn-
liwpral my ( itiestlon as to what was the
matter , Unit after a tlmo I managed 10
gather tint the little fello * In qumtlon
litd togetlter with the ) test of the crowd , beui
VNiiUhlag the packing of mj to > s and that ,
very miturallj hi * soul had > earned to
pofcsrus one When the etrt in vcv ] off with
all Its glories veillel from night our voiws ;
friend bt-t up n roat of distress , and w.n
ttlll bonioanlng hi. * fate when I appcarr 1
" Tell Iho child not to cry , ' I \clalmcd
In my bct-tl vctnactilar , 'tho buiiitlful things
) iave > gene ana > In the cart hut the tahll
"vvlll ghe him money to console him'
"Hut When I put inj hand In no pocket
! " > ' thebannr ! ind wooed away all m > c.mh
I must Invo slionn m > i dlsiomlltiiro , for Iho
free-colored child howlc.l louder than
ru-r
' 4 liato to hear iJilld crj , v\hlt < > or
M uk PII 1 wont ic > v.ndt > this ono and bjde
Mm like a pukltlu bo ) to drj his ojos The
t-alilb will gl\o jou a toy Just < w Ixautiful
a any In the WT < n' I casuallj romarke > l
ImiiHMllately ho stopped hi * ( lsp'a ( > of griel
nnd made mo a very neat otla.tm
"O imhlb1' he observed , 'I thank thee
My f tl > i Is Mo'imni < l np'i tj'niMmi'ili
to the Capliiln Hi on no , fcahlb , nnrl a good
man '
" 'Vfiv well. O KOII of the < klmnam.jh , ' I
mid. 'joui toj slutll hi- given > ou '
"And indi-ed , I Ind e-vcr } lutfiillon thai
It should , but when I mounted m > luck au 1
lodti home , tlie-ro was n telegram hendlng mete
to Oiissa on urgent buslneta e > ' . stito In
Iho r.\c Itt'iiu'tit i mu.it admit that I forgot
ol | about the offspring of Hiouno's khanaa-
ni ah
\t Orlnsn I met several ver } big hlgnlss
upon whom I biicceoded In making a good
Impretibioii llefore < mv departuru all the
to\B I Ind bougbt had been sent to the
children of in > aciiialntanr | < > M } butler hail
undertaken this wmk , iind vor ) naturall ) It
liail navor oci-uried to him that , among the
re'clplenth of glttH the child of another but
ler would be > Ilkelj to figure
"When I dhmounteil at mj own door , after
tins trip lo OrUsa , thoru was a little brown
bo > slttlnt ; Just outside' the compound , w'th
a bowl of ilco In his hands At the tlmo
I paid little or no attention to him hut
siibse-iiuently when nvli'nlng thrsn enc'iits I
remembered Imvlns bc-c-n vague ! ) ccitueiotm
, of his prcse'iice There vvero a number of
[ Utters and cards which had accumulated
In my al'senco ' , and It was Into when 1 saun
tered out. bound for the club an 1 dlnm r
In the road I ne.ulj Btumbled over the Iden-
I1 c.i | little brown boj 'Somu of the serv
ants' chlldrrn , ' I muttered , and went
gnimbllngly on my way
"rrlends at the club were mighty gUit to
rco me * , and I had lotn and lots of news
ti > hear and trH .Midnight was ttnklrg
when I loft. As I turned Into my com-
jiound there eat thu llttlo blown tie } lound
-rilth aa frtiiiit ) rice tovl In hla
the gate , but I felt that bO's eyes boring
into ni ) back ns I went Into the bungalow.
"All diy long I was busy prepatln re
ports , nnd answering letters Ironing had
como before I had looked out of the window
\\ttb the bo ) gone9 No , there he hat , still
waiting under the shade of the gntepobt.
' 'It h Just some practical joKe' I mur
mured 'Now , that I think of it they v\eie
trlcig to frighten me with some Oriental
ghost stories at the club that night I'm
just going to dlno at home , go to bed and
Ignore- the mystic blown boy altogether '
' Hut w hen 1 arobo next day and saw the
brown boy stll sitting to his olel position I
could stand 15 no longer Down the path I
went ami out at the gate , my riding crop in
my hand
; " 'Look here , ' I said , 'what do you want
i at my gate for five nights past' What is
I your littlegame' Are you In seaich of
alma"
"Ot course I spoke In the vernacular , and
the- brown boy , hearing mo are e to his
feet. I noticed that ho arose -very pain
fully , and no wonder , seeing that ho had
| been sitting In such a cramped position for
clays His salaam was also awkward , but
ho insweied bravely enough
" 'Sahib , ' sas ho , 'I have be-on waiting
for these beautiful toy that the sahib owes
'
me
" 'Tho toy that I owe you ? ' I cried
" 'Yea , In truth,1 was his answer. 'I am
1 the M > n of Mahomet HaUsh , Khansamali to
1 the Captain Urowno sahib. And the sahib
piomlsed me a toy as beautiful as any In
his wagcxi '
"Thei , It all Hashed upon mo The little-
fellow hail simply adopted the native method
of collevtlng his just debts Ho bail been
'sitting ( Ultima ' as the ) call It , at my gates
until such time as I saw lit to remember in )
obligations
' Needless to say , I gave by cieditor as
I llne > n toy ns I could procure , and ever since
. ho has been making himself useful about
the place Hut ho has never had to sit
ilhunia' again.
Attorni ) Tom Hcvlinio ; . of SlouClt > ha ,
a good ser : } unent an t\p ° rlccice of ludge
Kesor of Omaha , who recent } held .1 few
sess'om of court In Judge ivans Nobraski
< ll tilct while the latter Jurist was ill re
lates the Sioux Cltj rnbi ire
Iho narrator ro aus that the case on dial
was ono In which fie pla.tiff who wad . \
woman siughl to rccovei $5 000 dairigfn foi
alleged II elous statements niiido cciiecrnlng
hoi thancter In the picsencs of henielf and
others Thepalntiff nas on the strnd and
was beliiK iross-examlned b > counsel for de-
fuiliO
" \\lll > ou iloiso btato just wl.u thede
fendant fald ixincer. . ! np } 0ii which jou con-
tldered ao Injurious to sour character ? " she
won askeM
"I would rather not repeat his words , as
the } neie &o vulgar , " was the rcpl } .
"I shall ( Mslst on knowing Just what ni }
e lent IB accimcd of si } 'rig ' } otn honor , " said
the ittoine } . addiesjlag the court.
"Hut.1 suggested the witness , "hla state
ment was of such a character that It was
not fit for the ears of any decent man "
" \\ell. " IntcrpolatPiI the counsel for the
dcffidant , "If that IK the who jou ma )
whUner It to the jiHge '
Judeo Ke } r sympalhltcd with Judge
iinn nud Immrdlatt'ly tee-graphed him lo
recover fremi liln Illnws Just ao soon as pos
sible
Salvation Oil Is .1 certain cure for headache ,
toothache , inraclie etc. Onl ) 25 CMUS
\I-M Strll.i-s < in lliinl.fr rriU
VIOTOniA , H. C. Jan. L'3Tliesteamer
Cltv of Toptikt iinlMil from . \lufka ycs-
terdu ) . Uililglup about fort ) passeng'e r ,
two of whom r i : n Hcri ) of Seittle
mil Otoiee Ilinack of Colorado Spilnas
having Just rr-utrned from the Canadian
gold Melds They It ft on Oecember 13
bringing ncwn of now strikes hiving be'i-n
in i dcon Hunker creek , the last nt the be
ginning of December , when pans ranulni ;
fton * JW tp J7.M weietakm out .Mr
llerrv went In to buy claims for n firm of
English c.ipltallHtfi and 1ms micceedeJ la
securing t-onui good propel ties
Wo are anxious to do a little good In this
world and can think of no plcasanter or bet
ter way to do It than by recommending Ono
Minute Couch Cure as a prcvonteitlvo of pneu
monia , consumption and other eorlous juug
troubles that follow ufglccted oodit ]
SOME JI.DKRS HhROINES
Tie So-Oalled Heroic Ago Not a Thing
of the tost.
BiAVt WOMN AND BRAVE DEEDS
IN Mint } of Unfit NottiicliMN IIM 111
ll > K < irio OiiturliCollccdnn
oT 'I rue Morlcn of IVml-
ii I n i * Lou rime.
Wo hc-nr a great deal said about the "He
roic Age , " as though It were a thing ot the
past , and as though there ' , were no horois or
hcioltUB nowadays. We are often rc-nluded
bj the spread-eagle oratorj of some of our
public spcal.ora of the fatnoas Mother of
the Gracchi , who , In sending her sons forth
to battle , told them , "Return with jour
shields or on them ! Jusl as though there
were no heroic mothers at the present time
Now , the Interesting fact remains , as W S
Gilbert would say , that there are Just as
many heroic men and women , who perform
deeds of brilliant liciolstn , as there have
cvci been at anj period of the world s his
tor ) 'there arc countless noble women all
over our own land * tuday who are not sur
passed In heroism by the Mother of the
Gracchi or any other woman ot ancient
times To support this statement , six a
writer In the St. Louis Globo-Dc-mociat , 1
have collected from many sources a number
01 true storks about some of our modem
hcrolncn with whose names and personality
we iiro all more or ICES familiar
Of all modern Heroines there Is none of
whom America has greater reason to be
proud than Kate Shelley , who , on July 6 ,
ISS1 , when only 1C joars of age , saved tbe
lives of a whole tram full of people by an
act ot the most daring braverj She resided
with he : parents on a llttlo farm near Dcono ,
the county scat of Iloone county , Iowa , on
a little streim known as Money ereck About
dark on the day I have named a wind and
rain storm of unparalleled sove-rltv burst
o\ei Kate bhello } s home The Ucs Molnca
liver rcao slfiet and ever ) ereek was over
Its banks In less than an hour The window
of this brave gill's mom commanded a view
of the Hone ) Creek railroad bridge PeelIng -
Ing out Into the daikntss she b.iu. by the
aid of the billllant llr.bla-s of lightning whlrh
Illuminated the scene , that houses , biriif
fences , lumber and everthljg portable
within icach of the Hood hid been eanled
aw a ) , while' the wind swept with feirtul and
cvei-lnc-icasing v clock ) and the waters con-
tinucd ciitckl | ) and utead.ly to use
1 hrough the -ickne 1 s and Jjtcrm she saw a
locomotive headlight advinclni ; swlftlj In the
direction ot the bi.dge , which the flood lad
borne awaj A second later and the1 1 ght
sudrteiil ) dropped down out of t'lght , and
though Iho roaring of the wl-.d and the
waters rendered it Impobbiblc for her to hear
the frightful crrsh It mubt have made , c.iip
knew that i train of cain had p.ungcl Into
the ubjss f
TO THI : iuscun
Throwing an old waterproof about her
shou clcrs and hastll ) lighting j lantcin , ol.e
ventuiel foilh Into the atoim The" Howl
was far above all roails and path\vajs to the
water D edge , and she booi roill/ed that It
would be Impccd ble to reach the wreck
She must trj some other plan A steep
lock ) bluft levl up to the track She bc ante
to Kacend it With her cloihes , torn to rags
and her flesh lacerated by the thick growth
of bushes , she at laH reached the rji s >
There was still a snail portion of the bridge.
eft On hei hands und knecu ehe cravvied
out on the rema'iaing ties to the last one
a"d , h'ldlng on with one hand for hot life
bhe leane'd out over the water as far as she
could , anil , waving her lantern , cricj out ct
the top of her voiee Prom the gulf below
ihere eamo In arawer the' fa nt accents of
the engineer , who told her It was a freight
train that had gone over , and that , though
badly injured he had sivod himself ftom
uroucing b ) crawling up on some broken
Umbel s He believed that all of the train
! > < nds had perished , and advised hci to pro-
eced at once to the ncniist elation , warn
he approaching express train of Its danger
and return with help for him.
lietraelng her SIHH , the joung heroine
ttos soo-i hastening a eng the track with
all the speed she could make agiinst the
howling tempest toward Alolngona a small
'tallon aLeut one mile frrm Honej creclc
To reach tint point she lad to crocs the
high trc. tie bridge over the DEB MoincS
n\er , a dlstanee of o\er 500 feet Her trem
bling foot had scarcely taken Its llrst step
upon this structure when a sudden and ap-
tilling bur&t of thunder lightning , wind
and rain ncarlj threw her ovci into the
water , and at the Bame time extinguished
her lintern Motchen won d have been power-
1(5" ) to lellght it in such a hurricane evcu
if she had hid them , and she was now
unable to fee even a hand o length before
her , except when a vlvH flash of lightning
levcaled the raging wattrs beneath her or
the dark outlines of the snajtng bridge to
ttliich the cluing Throwing awn ) the Ian
torn , the- dauntless Amerlcin girl agal i
dropped on her hands and Knees and thus
inadrh ° r way through the darkness and
storm from tie to tie over the perilous tres.
t c Heachlng firm ground again , she soon
covered thr short remaining dlu'tanco to the
s'-atloa , bicathlcsfily told he- story ; and then
fell In a de-id faint at the station agents
ftet
Succor was hastily dispatched to the suf
fering engineer In Honey curk Telegrams
went lllnR up and down the line , notify ins
thn lalhoad officials that the bridge was
pone Just one minute after the brave glil
had fainted , and while she still lay uncon
scious , the express train came lushing In
When the passengeis leained of the awful
accident from which they had been saved
h ) the Indomitable courage of one fragile-
girl , loving hinds aook her up tcnderlv ,
chafed the torn and bleeding limbs , laved
the pillld face and soon called her back to
life again
When the fame of bravo Kato Shelley's
exploit spread throughout her native atalo
men and women of all classes united to do
tier horoi. Several subscriptions were
started for her benefit , and If mone > Is ever
adoiuato recompense for such heilolsm she
las been well rewarded for her bravo con
duct The legislature voted that a medil
should bu given her to commemorate her
during act and appointed a special com
mittee to present It.
HHItOINnS JN INDIA.
British occui atlon ° f In'li has developed
a number of modern heroines We are- all
'amlllai with Jetrlo llrown. the famous
lornlnc of the sieges of hucknow , whobo re-
narkablo story has bucn made Into a thrlll-
, ni { pla ) , Irn which Agnes IlobtrtBon fMrs
Ulon lloucleault No 1) ) gained her brightest
aurels A worthy wiiccebsor to Jpsslo
Ptown Is Mrs Prank St Clalr Grlmwood ,
who was with her husband then the Drltlah
rosldPivt at Manlpur India , during the
: errlbo ! Insurrection of the natives In 1S91
Mairlcd at 18 nha was but 21 ) e"r ) of ago
when the Insunectlon broke out It had
been piovlously arranged that she was t-1
return to England for < i uhort visit to her )
relatives , but when danger threatened , this
iravo twentieth century heroine positively
cfitsed to leave her husband's side , though
10 earnestly entreated her to do so When
! io natives undo their attack upon the
tsldene ) . Mrs Grlmwood stood by her
lusband's side , rifle. In band and aided him
n shooting down lite would-ho murdorcrs
\t length she was badly wouned in the right
arm. and beliiB therefore uiable to ban lie
tei gun an ) longer , bite devotee ] herself to
nlnliterlng to the wounded In the resident' )
wht'u the bullets flew thick and fast around
ief When her hustunl was killed , and to
cvacuatu the resldi-ne ) was the only
chane-e of escape faho was compelled to go so
turrledly with Colonil Ilittcher and the other
mnhnra thai she had not tlmo 13 take
ler Jewelry or any otlur articlee of valuo.
lor oven a change of clothing She eou'd
lot evin stop for a hat and e'scapod with
Uolutel ) nothing but the clothes she wore
Jhc did not cve'n ha MI time to change her
boss but was obliged to start In the vet )
bin ones which women use enl ) for housn
veai In India She uas obliged to trail fl
for ten da ) without removir. ; her clothes
nud long before reaching Hrltlsh territory
lict stockings and chocs wcro completely
rtorn out and she wua compelleJ to walk
liarefooted
Her clolhea were coiled and torn and tiho
ivas obliged to throw uuay crcrth'ciir ' that
ilio could iO-Blbly do without All day long
Hid far Into the night she wait tolling along
UtU tbat llttlo l > aud p ; refugees , trjlng to
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CHICORY
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Qrowers nnd manufacturers of all forms of
Chicory Ounlm-rremont-O'NcI ! .
get farther and fariMer away from the ter-
rlblo natives When walking In the Jungle
she obtained a little relief , but in the open ,
with the sun pouring down upon her unpro
tected head , lier sufferings were dreadful
Tor the first day and a half she ami her
paity had nothing to cat but roots and leaves
Sometimes the ) could obtain a llttlo food
from a village of friendly native * For
tunately , she Itnew the country well and
acted as guide to the olllccrs and men , thU
girlish , grlpf-fitnckcn widow widowed enl )
three years after she hid bcra made a bride
being tiio only woman In the party Her
only prlvac ) was a rttdo curtain which the
officers made anil behind which she slept at
night on a bed formed of the men's coats
During all those awl'ul ten dus Colonel
Hutcher wan em-pared to devote the last two
cartridges the party p-fcsctfod to taking the
llfo of Mrs Grlmwoad and himself If at nn }
moment caiituro nhould seem Inevitable , t'.ils
bravo woman having trade him pledge his
word as c"i olllcer nnd u gentlen.in that he
would kill her rather than lot her fall Into
the handb of the natives This In Ident has
been uaed In the popular play , "Tho Girl I
Left Ilehlnd Me "
Uiltlsli territory was readied at last and
when I'.ils modern heroine arrived at her
girlhood homo In Hngland she was llonUe-d
and feted as few women have ever been , even
Queen VletoTla distinguishing her by tbo
most gratlflng marks of royal recognition
and favor
A WESTCRN PRODUCT
Ono of the most remarkable of modern
heroines Is Mies Cntlila .M Westover who ,
during the reign of Street Commissioner
lleattlo In New York some Iho or * > lx years
ago was his private tccretar } Her father
was a geologist and expert miner and as
bint was his constant companion from her
earliest vcars she learned to ride long be
fore she could talk and almcat before ) she
tmo had ridden with her father all through
lie had ridden with hetr father nil through
the western mountains and mining regions
from Mexico to theK Canada line as the com
panion of bis prcupuctlng excursions During
t lie-so childhood years she became an PM > < Tt
rlllo and pistol shat and learned to COIIVCTSP
In the Spanish lanR mgo just as lluently as
In English
When 7 years of ago she shot dead on
Indian who had his tomahawk uplifted to
bruin a white oman. Again , when her
father's camp waa surrounded by hostile
Indians , eshu g-allctprd out ui on her pony ,
get safely away amid u shower of bullets
and arrows and ( brought relief She Ac
quired the calls of all the birds and ani
mals In that region , and they would come
to her like domestic animals rrom her
earliest years she leemed to have a sin
gular power of attracting and controlling
animals of everyf kind , a power which she
still possesses to a wonderful degree No
c-owboy that ever rode the plains could stick
tighter to tbo back of. tbo wildest horse ,
CR3CKERY AND GLASSWARE
r anil Jobber
Crockery. Chin' ,
Oliver Plated Ware , Looking masses. Chan
deliers , Lamps , Chimneys Cutlery , Etc.
1110 r A it.N A vi sr.
CHEAMEHY bUPPLInS
Creamerv Alarhincry
and Supplies
Bolters , Engines , Keeil Cookers , Wood PuU
leys1 , Shafting , Ueltlns Mutter Pack-
aces of all kinds.
W7-909 Jones St. - - - - - -
DRY GOODS.
I
Importer * and Jobbers of
Dry Goods , Fumtshing Goods
AND NO'I IONS.
DRUGS.
902-906 Jackson Si.
J. 0. niCHAHDSON , PrcBt.
C. * ' . WCLLUR , V I'rcBt.
ie fflercer
\
M'f'rs iJunttarl I'll trniic.'ntloal 'rourn / -
ttont l > ) ieetal Jormulnr t'rr/iiDxil ( < >
Order 'ifiitl t > 'latiittujue.
lAboratorr , 1112 Huw.ird Bt , Omaha.
E. Brtice & Co.
Druggists and Stationers ,
"Queen Flee" Spiclnltles.
Cls rs , Wlmu nnJ llrandles ,
Corner 10th and Hurncy Street * .
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
Company
Flccti fc 11 Supplies.
ik ctilc Mining HolK and Gas I.i htlim
C W lOUN'STON Mfcr. 1510 ] Io\-nnl fat
Siappfy Oo
WHOLESALD AND IIKTA1L
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
1104 Farnam St.
FR UITHPR 0 D UCE
Q ranch & f55
WHOI.K-iALE
Commission Merchants.
8 W Corner irth nncl Howard StB
Membam of the Nation il LeuRUe of CunmU-
elon M rchanti > of tl United Stutes ,
JOIiliCKS
Fruit and Vegetables
BPnCIALTlCS Strn\vberrp | , Arples. Onnrea ,
L mon , Cntnberrieg , Potatoes 1017 Howard Bt
FuRNiiURu
Furniture Draperies
1115-1117 Farnum Strett.
ride harder , shoot Htralnhtpr or lasso i
wild stter with greater accuracy am
dexterity
Hut tint only rtoos Miss vVrstuver possess
all tluso pliyblcnl accompllblimcnts She Is
u woinkrfullj" bright girl mentally as well
Without the uld of UacherH she flttc'd lu-r-
self to enter the Stnto university of Colorado
rado , where she subsequently graduated with
high ItonorM pacing for her tuition by the
proceeds of a small herd of tattle which
while she was tittsj with her studies , was
taken cant of for her hy the gallant cow
boys of roloni'lo , every ono of whom would
liovo died for her If necepsary After hn
gtaduatlon she taught athool Ui Dcincr for
a time , devoting especlnj attention to the
truantx nnd bad bojw of the btrccts Her
wonderful magnetic power over the lower
anltnala was quito as forceful when applle > d
to the almost equally untamed children of
the Denver slums
She obtained her appointment as secre
tary to the Btrc'et commissioner of Now
York simply by passing the beet examina
tion for the- place , which is awarded by law
I In accordance with the rules of the civil
i service The salary WOH $1 500 a year Klf-
| teen hundred Italian laborers wcro then
, cmplocd In the street cleaning departuictiit ,
1 and In order that she mliht talk to them
In their own language .Mlt > \Vcsto\cr took
up her residence- an Italian family nnd
made them flno her 1 cent for ovcry Dn-
glluli word she spoke The first dny htr
lines amounted to $ - 60 , but In a fou weeks <
she had completely muHtered the- Italian
language * This modern lierolno can now
not ( inly speak English Spanlbh aud Italian
with the * utmost lluencj but shu can ulbo
Blng like a bird , and has several standing
offers to go on the operatic stugu ua a
prinia donna.
HANDY WITH Hnil KlSfS.
A modern heroine , who , u few years ago ,
made all the residents of the American col
ony In Ilcilln proud of the fact that ihu Is
an American , Is Mrs Ilattle Stewart , the
famous female boxer anil athlete With
her husband the happened to bo hi a Ilcr-
lin beer garden ono evc-nlng , when n party
of boisterous Gentian ctudtiits , who had
taken possession of the place and had drunli
just enough to make them quarrelsome ,
wcro dlecuiisliig J recent duel and loudly
declaring Hint ticrmans aru the bravcgt
people , on tarth , that no other nation cull
cope with them , that all other people aru
coward : ) , and that the Germans ought to
challenge and kill all the < ov\anlly fori Ign
tourists who venture Into their country
Their attention wag teen attracted to Mix
Stewart and her husband whom they Im
mediately recognized tin Amerlcanb
Crowding about the table where the Strw-
arts wcro fitting the ringleader of the
pang leaned forward and blew a puff of
tobacco smoke dlrcctl ) Into Mrs cStewart's
face Her hustxmd sprang to tils feet to
tbo Intuit to his wlfu , but tlic Utter
GROCER
cCord-Brady Go.
lIHli and Lo ivemv orth St.
Slavic and Fancy Groceries
ICA AND con tt Rcnsuits. etc.
eyer & Raapke ,
FINE GROCERIES
Teas. Sp'ce ' > , Tdbarct ( int < Clr r .
1K3-IW7 Harney Btrtel-
iallaglier Go
IMPOUTHHS.
GAS COKKIS13 HOASTKUS
AMU J0111U.VO OltpOCUS.
TeUphono 81.
HARNESS-SADDLERY
S
' ti'fn
IUIUTRV1 , SAI > lT.Hi l.\l ) COI.ZAItH
ofidcn of I tattirr , AinMfcrHanliraif , Kl < %
\\o--ollclt jour orders 1315 How ird bt ,
HARDWARE.
Wholesale Hardware ,
Oni.ilia.
Wholesale Hardware.
Illoyclea and bpoi tlnn ( toodn I21U > Ul-23 liar-
ncy btiect.
LIQUORS.
\\IIOU-AU :
LIUORS.
Propilctora of AM' IlllN PtQAIl AND
\V Alt < . to
214 IK boutll HID bt
tor's
East India Bitters
Goldtn Sheaf Pure Hyp anJ Uourbon Whltkcy.
\ \ ItlOR Sprlnga DUtillery. Her & Co. , 111J
Ilarnci Street-
U ! i
Liquor il/rrc/tants ,
1001 I'lrnniu btrcot.
Wholesale
Liquors and Cigars ,
I11H rarnaiu
Wines , Liquors and Cigars.
4U 415 S. Uth Street
laid her hand upon his arm and told him
to bit down and keep ciiict | at the hifno
line remarking "Never mind , dear , I want
, ou to second im < in a dut-l that will last
Juat tvn teeoiids "
The students complete ! ) deceived by Mrs
Stc'uait's action ind her Milling face , ex
claimed "Cowtrlly Amcrlctins' ' Cowardly
Amerlcaiiii1 They are afraid to rehcnt an
Insult Wli ) do they not light ? het us
ha\o a duel , a duel' '
Then Mrs Stenait an mi and said very
plc xantl ) and with her most winning
smile , " ( lontlemon , } ou want n duel You
Khali have It. As the challenged party , I
have the choice of ncapuns , and I chouse
the ones natmo gave me With them I will
shou jou how Americans fight duels at
home "
As the lust worJ-i loft hoi lips her right
and left flstf * shot out like catapults , and
'wo st'identH ' 1 , } sprawling on the ground.
"Him tii the door , " she wait ] to her hus
band , "anil If any one tries to pass you
cither wi ) knock him clown "
Then she turned her attention to the re
maining students Illff1 biff' bang' went
Mrs Stewart's lists , and donn went a stu
dent at every blow Hcforo the- ten seconds
nllotte-d by the American hero no for her
duel with German stu 'cntH hud expired
there was < \ wild rush for the door Then
Mr Stewart took a hand In the fun , and
ono minute aftei Mrs Stewart had struck
her flrat blon the llttlu garden contained
only three people the bartender , too badly
scared to move , nnd the American lierolno
and her husband siting placidly ot thu
table , and calmly calling for 'Vncl beer ! "
si : v DI M' ,
OlM'llll I'OKN Illlll * ! < Kllll Of rillC
I'nrlIcIrK. < > r I'cMvili-r
People laughed at the iiian who eald that
Iho Hsh ho had hooked 'kicked up ruth a
dust In the waiter" IVrhap * they will laugh
at the heading of this article , but there
will Lo " oc dust , ' novcrthflefls
Wo have heard of wateripout/f , of ehow-
crs of Hsh of nalt rain and many other
curlosltR-i which present themsclvrH In the
utmoxiilirji ? relates the I.os Angeles 'Him. ! ,
but to assert that there Is uch a thing an
t > ru duM ih to irtiiiKCpnd all icasonublo
I. uiuiu Tito cvl liiKi ! . however , In favor of
its existence U exceedingly poneiful indiii
putable , In fact -and tills Is the tory told
by ( ie-wltiiefis.
They say that In certain parts of the
world notably about the Capo do Verde
IslandM , there are consUntly mot at sou ,
toveral liuncficdii of miles away /lorn land ,
thick , ) cllowlsh-red tot * not unlike London
fogr. In November ThcAo fogs obscuru the
atmosphere ) und are very Injurious to navi
gation , but they have not the baleful odor
of their London protqtjpca , nor do they
effect the breaking Itf tbo sarao way.
While ialllDB tbrouftb them it ii found
LUMBER
G hlcago Lumber Oo.
WHOLESALE
DUMBER . , ,
814 South 1-lth St.
L. I IHMBBVrtCS b3t'f > >
pd aim Bio ? si EBiOS
I 1 = r = iS = -
PLANING MILL ,
Manufacturers of eloom , tnsh , Mlinl rlllci >
otoro nnd rulixin IIMU < n I > tltiuti8 furnltlu/ /
on iiri > kliul of ml I work
lei. IIQ Mill Sfth nnd Pnvpnport St
OYSTERS.
id Goc ! & Go ,
rAcicnns
KING COLE OYSTERS ,
Y AND rOULTHV.
1015 Uovnnl St.
OILS-PAINTS
Paint Co.
MAKUrACrUUCll9
Air Floated Mineral Paint
And Pnlnt of VII Klnd Putty. Eto.
1015 and 1017 Jonci St.
J A MufCct 1st Vice I'res I * J Drake , ( Jen Msr
Onro.Ine Turiirnilne Axle Grosne Ptc
Omnlin llrnncli nnd Vcen < Mei Jelin I ! Until M
PAPEK-WOODENWARE.
Pi i nil us ? Paper ,
fipinv Paper , Sfalionery ,
Corner llh end Uovrard itrteti.
Wrapping Paper , S.ationery ,
Woodcniuarc.
1107 Hunier Street
STEAM-WATER SUPPLIES
lOl.l-IOK ) Dnuulas Strcot.
Manufactures and jobbcra of Steam , Gas
/
Water Supplies of All Kinds ,
HOD
ttoS-iiroHarnev St.
Steam Pumps , Knglnea nnd Boilers , Pipe ,
Wind Mills , Steam und Plumbing
Matcilal. U'-ltlny , Hose , Etc ,
TOYS AN 3 FANCY GOODS.
Joys , Dolls , Album' ; and
FANCY GOODS
ttouie Kurnlrlilnku cnlUren's Carriage , Kta.
1319 Kuniara Qiretu
"FYPE
rsaf Western
>
* *
Superior Copper Mlncil Typo U th belt un *
tbe mrrlict
iL.irji : aoTVPu rou.vDnr.
11H llci arcl Street.
tliat the Bhlj ) , eals ! mil rlgbinn .up coveieil
with , i lint Impilpt ilc- lewder vvhlch J.tlla
us dry mln and CCIVUIH the ( surface on uhhii
It fall.s somutimeK to thu depth of two Inches.
In coloi It Is of a bright brlclceliM hue ,
sometimes of a light yellow , and It feels bo-
Iv con thu teUh Ilko line gilt , ouch as might
bo blown Into the mouth on a windy da ) In
March
No place IK free from Its prewenco IU
HIIC-IH-.S giving It
ponor to penetrate c-vei-
whc-rc. 'Hif Bi\t whlln the dust in-Jailing ,
looks as tliougli It had been peppered and
IB discolored fen BOIIIO distance ) down Home
times the dust comes In a nhowcr and pas cs
off iiulii ( Tin 'oh'H are notlilng but viut
cjuantltli.3 of the diiHt .suspended In the air
It Is not oiil > In HID vicinity of Cu)0 , ) , !
Verde tltut this wonderful dust Is seen In
\Iedlarranom. . on the northern pa Iof
Africa , and In the mlcldlo of the Atlantic
It has been leportod It IB Invailubly the
name In kind mid
appearance , and 0x11111-
Inntlnu , , , ltr ( | nlciciopo has pnwol thn
Identity of , * ay , Capo do Vij.cle sea dcU
wl U Mcdl'c rianean sra dint All this 13
very remmkablo-di t falling In clouds no
and within home hundreds of miles notli-
In , ' vlHlhlii
which could possibly account fop
the curious iihrimmnnoii
Sand spouts thereat a In sandy desert , ,
and thciwcrs of sand taken originally from
* ° " tllo"rrl0' " ' " ' H ft ! .a .
ma k ' , , , ' ' tr ° '
TP " " ° llll"'rt ' " ' '
wh PI , i ,
in V " " . " ) < lratt'1' ' "l Hio vvJU ,
so far from being boisterous 01 disposed to
Play whirlwind prankH. Is light nml ' Meaclv
Uowlng H > , | , M along ( ll'a cnllj , nv'J'LoU u
dust ' H , , ! 'i'llt\eJ. ; by scll"tlfl0 Amcilca "ion ere that In tlio all
probability closely connected with the ' nho.
nomcnon of si a dust
There ) are three lltiio things which do
work than , , Iiy Otlu ( Ihreo lUtlo t ! IIIKB
IP
ntcdt hey uro tlu-nnt , the bcc an lo\VU i
j t lo Harl ) H'sers the last bolng lie fniiiou.
llttlo pills for stotroch and | | y"r trouble
i. | , | , , .
An American negro recently died In an
Au.tnilun mining Httlomcnt. n \ , , ?
man much .suemul by , !
In Mcrnoiy of Ulack Sam ,
Name Unknown ,
A WHIT 1C MAN AU , OViilt.
TO Cl UK ( 01,11 IN OM5 UAV
Take Uxatlvo Hromo iJulHlna Tabloti , All
druggists refund tbo mouoy If It fallo to euro ,
25c. Th aeuulne has L. IJ , Q. on oacl ,