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T THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WUSD ESDAY , FEBRUARY 0 , 1808 , I & $ TOWSE AND TOMMY. | v TIM : STORY ot' A I'AuriNo AND A MUKTING , t Mo/ * * Sh * sjU ItV I'K.l.VCKS t SO/I.VKIMKK. 5 ? I. It was four years since the night Tommy Baldwin's father had brought "Towee" home In his pocket n tiny , brlght-eed puppy nut ) hot him down triumphantly on the floor of tin- cluttered tenement room where they lived , telling him to "Go tcr do hey " Towse. with wonderful discrimination , waddled un steadily nnd with many llttlo whining grunt.s straight Into Tomm > 's nrras. Btretrhcd out longingly to receive him , anil Baldwin sah ! "Well , them's yor master , dorg. Tommy , he's jorn , lad , " and he and his wife laughed at I lui boy's del I gilt. And Towse grew a'nd waxed stronger nnd morn beautiful every day , and ho was the Joy and pride of Tommj's heart and the envy of every other child In the tenement. Thor oughbred to the backbone was TOWBO , having only ono llnw on the whole of his glossy tlver- coiorud llttlo body a white star on his brtaRt , and this It was that had caused his presentation to Tommy's father. Tour ) eirs ! A great ileal can happen In that time , and a great deal did happen to Toinni ) Baldwin. Ilia hard-working , Kind- hcartcd father was blown Into eternity In an explosion at the factoiy where ho wmi em ployed And his mother , Htruggllng for a time to keep a home ; for Tow so nnd Tommy , followed a year Inter. Tor two jeirs Turn in ) hail lived on the streets Selling papers sometimes , or run- ring eirands. Hut always and ever accom panied b ) rouse , whose glossy coat begun to show signs of wear and tear and neglect. If Tommj had two ploi ccs of bread , Tovvso wts sure to have ono and a half If there was straw In the barrel or wagon In which they s'epv , It was dhpos'd unijer the spaniel a thin little lioily and Pommy's meager ribs were prchsed against the l.aro boaids. i\fter all that has been said , ) oti maj be- lltvo that It was a very ragged , ehabbj llttlo day bo was hauntf-d by the thought that pusslbl ) It might be Towso Tommy walked a mile next day to loolt at the house where the golden-laired girl lived with the epaulet who looked like Tow so He wa $ lingering on the opposite ) stdo of the street when the former ran up the steps and rang the door bell. "Now de dorg'll cqme to do. door , mabee , " thought Tommy. SITC enough , as the- maid opened It the spaniel slipped out and bounded about his llttlo mlwtress Tommy drew nearer lie was trembling , and his ees were as big as saucers "K ! ho has do white spot on his breast , .U'a him , " . Ho was half across the street now. "Tovvfe , " he said In ro low a voice that he himself could scarcely hear It. The dog stopped tapering and stood rigid , his ears thrust forward and every muscle In h'a ' little body tense "Why , HIJoU , what's the matter ? " asked his mistress. "Towso" a llttlo louder this time and Tow so transformed himself Into a brown streak and was In Tommy's arms before ) ou could say "Jack Robinson , " licking his face and Ifinfls'hnd fairly howling In his overpowering - powering Jay , "O , O' " laid the llttlo girl. " \sk papa to | come here , Norah " Then she went slowly to I where. Tommy with his eyes full of tears I was'sitting on the sidewalk talking to Tow se. "Ho Reotns to be fond of you , " said she. r 'viv lif i i / g L 2 jj $ = . . , > ' --V l - TrtW = - - ' ' j ! rrr 171Ll' I ' r * " " EgTTgnr fi j . i ItfSSSP j : | | f 44 - ? - - IOWSI3 TRANSFOU.MED HIMSELF INTO A BKOWN STHEAK. pair thnt walked and trotted In close com pany toward the upper part of the city one winter morning. The enow was falling , and the air keen and frosty. Icicles clung to the long hair about Towsc's weary lega , and ho paused frequently to bite away the * snow that picked hard under his foot. "Come on Tow so , " said Tommy at last , " ) ou an' me's got tor do some snow clconln' dls mornln' ; " no To\\bo pulled himself together and the two went on faster than before. Tommy worked like a small steam engln that day while Towse sat en the curbstone nt.d shivered and watched wistfully The boy hid gone to an area door to return the sluvcl nnd broom and had left Towse In the street Ho was gone longer than usual , wilting for a piece of cake the cook had promised him nnd when he returned Towso was nowhere to bo seen "Towse. " ho called , "don't do d hldln' act , but come 'MO an' see wet I got. Some cake , TOWI.O , ciko' " But tie Towse camp scampering to him with a glad little whine "fowbo1" this tlmo Tommy's voice was louder and there was a bewildered ring In It , ns he looked apprehenalvpl ) ro nnd down the turret "Towse , Towse Towse1" the anxloiih \olco went ringing awa ) between the tall houses and down to the end of the short street , where It struck the wall of a chuirh nnd came bounding back ag-ilu But Towso did not rivpetul Again and again be called with quivering lii . He ran hither nnd thither like a thing possessed Ho forgot he W.IH hungry nnd cold and at last sat down on a curbstone nnd gave himself to to despilr. Deep as his anguish \uia , it would have l > ec < n ten times deeper could he have beheld his beloved Tow se at that moment his head imillled In a dirty red lundkeichlof , kicking nnd rMwkig and struggling to free ' .ilmbclf from the ainw of an Ill-favored man who was hurrying away with him. 'I hat night Tomm ) ciept mournfully Into "Yiu KIN KIII' nn ooiia. " his cellar End wept and stretche-d out his uins , and wept ufrcsh when no soft , warm loving To HO crept Into them and nestled close to his side. And this was how Tawea was lost. II. Spring had come Tommy , poor llttlo tugiant , liked to tit In the big squat n and vatch thp trees rtid grass growing s-.ecnei nnd greener There woo a ( irett ) little gl''l of 10 wtio often walked there with her father To this little ) maiden Tomm > 's heart went out She was so level ) so fair , &y sweet ! so over ) thing tlat Tnmni ) In hli uliort. wr * > tcheHl life had never known Ono da > the child dropped her glove and wont ou un- 1 ceding. Tummy pUked It up and with a beating hctrt ran to deliver it luck ailn. "Ycr dropped din , " said he. holding It out In Ills grimy llttlu hand " 0 , thank > ou , " said the child , and father and daughter went on , Tommy following tlowly at a goal distance. They went up the utepa of a house on a quiet side street. Tommy saw the front door open and a llttlo brown object frisk- out and caper about the gill His heart jumped up Into his throat. How like , how Ilku To\\bel Hut ho was too far off to tccl mre. Yet through all that "Ho's my dorg , " explained Tommy , joy fully. "O , but papa bought him for me from a man. Ho can't bo yours , " the chlld'fa % olco tieintokHl and there were tears In her eyev AL this moment her father appeared "What's the matter , Uelle ? " ho asked "Why , liljou , come here. " But the dog drew nearer to Tommy and the llttlo girl , who was growing moro and moio tearful , said huskily "Ho says that BIJou is his dog " "An" he Is my dorg , an' nobody can't sa ) he ain't , " exclaimed Tommy defiantly. "Como Into the house , " < -ald the gentleman - man , "and we'll talk the matter over. We shall have a crowd around us If we stay hero. " i III. The oddly assorted party filed In through the area door , Tow so keeping close to Tommy and abjuring his llttlo mistress. It was Tommy he lovexl Tommy whose ragged liLels ho stuck to , and Tommy upon whom his great wistful ees were fastened. "And now , " haid the gentleman , "will ) ou tell me what all this means ? " \iiel Tommy , disconcerted by his stir- ro Hidings , began hesitatingly at first , till , forgetting his embarrassment In his love for To who and the remembrance of hla own soriows , ho waxed eloepient , "An" w'en I lost him , " ho concluded , "I des couldn't stun' it , an * I've been olookin' ler him over since Fer , yer see , ho s all I got , " and Towso and hcV embraced fencntly. While ho told the story Tommy's ees , which were \ery clear and truthful , looked trom father to daughter , and his arms hugged Towse "Wo can't doubt you , " said the gentle man , "can we , Hello ? " " 'N no , papa but will I have to glvo up DIJou ? " "I hope not , dear. I bought HIjou once from tlio fellow who no doubt stele him from you , Tommy He was a forlorn llttlt object the' ) , bat ho locYks well now ; and my little girl 's ' as fond of him as jou " arc "Pliti can't be ho ain't all she's got , " in let pointed Tommy "Anj , I'm going to propose , " continued the gentleman , "that ) ou sell him to mo asaln " 'Me , tell Towse me ? Wen I des foun' him1 Not by a long shot Her ain't no money noi nothlti' would pay me for him " The llttlo girl sobbed aloud , and Tovvse , noting the unusual sound , pricked up hta ear * , and trotted qver to her , stretching his brown nose up to lick her cheek The boy watched this dcmonstratiui wistfully. Ilu UIIH thinking of the desolation that would fill her heart , when Tovvse should go out with him to return no moro "Yor reel fond of him , ain't ) er , " address ing tl.ei child. "Hos thu dearest llttlu dog that enei was , and I love him and please , please don't take him awa ) " Again the wistful look came Into Tommj's oes , Ho called Towte softly , who ran to him llko a lljtli , and ho sat down on the floor and bowed his shagg ) head over the dog's brown bed ) how soft and silky It wan ; and the whlto star on his breast how whits Never had Tommy teen him look as he did now Ho remembered the day ho was lost What a draggled , matted llttlo creature he had looked , sitting on the curbstone , shiver ing nnd whimpering with cold and hunger They had been best companions , Towso and lit1 , and nobody and nothing had filled the gap in TonuiD's life after ho had lost him The crust ho shared wl'h Toweo was truly sweeter for the sharing , but crusts were scarce with Tomm ) And the prett ) golden-haired girl ho glanced up and caught her tearful eyen fixed upon him Per a moment longer ho sit with Towso's soft head pressed against his cliosk and ono grimy hand slowly smoothing the dog's silky ears Then , without a word ho aroeo and walking to where the girl Mat pUce'd Towsei In her lap. "Yer nectn't tcr cry no moro ) er kin Keep do dorg Qoodby Towso Hoi' him or ho'll follor mo" And quick as a flash the tattered figure darted out through the area dear , and away llko a mad thing down the stree't Tow so struggled to free himself then finding ho could not , settled down with a pitiful whine in hla mlstri'tc1 lap. There Is a new olllco boy at Drown & Mar vel's a bright , promising fellow. Ho an swer B to the name of Tommy. Baldwin , aud 'goes ' homo every night to a heat little room , at the top of the house where Towso llvces so I conclude that licllc's father , who Is a swift runner , overtook our hero on the day ! ho save up bis claim to Towse , and led him back lo comfort nnd fortune 'llin \1MIOAD4. . Ill < lic Knrlj Unto I'roplo Wore Sns- lilrlnllK , 1m < Ciiniilim VlNit Walter Huichlngs a prominent member o the Conductors' aosoehtlon which met In St Louis lercntly , and halls from Hngcrstown Md , has bean a pAiscnger conductor on the Norfolk fr AV-stern ro-id for nineteen years and ran the flist train ( hit passed over this reid This road pastes through a number o hlstctlc localities From Hagerstown Md to Hoanoke Va It passes through the battle field of Antlntam and crosses the Potomac rlxer at Shctiherdstown , and on to Charles town W Va , where Jphn Drown was hanged and runs b ) the Natural bridge "When the Norfolk K We-ntem road Mrs : began nmnltiR trains the dense Ignorance am wonderful curiosity of the mountaineers fron Ihe Uluo rldgc caused maliy amusing In cldents" said Ml Huichlngs to a Globe- Democrat reporter "I remember ono day at old tody wan a oaBsemger on my train nnd lift ! to watch her , the same as all other mountaineers , to see that ftoe got oft at th proper destination 1 tobk Up hef tttkct ns I passed through the train , end an we were pulling Into Uentonvllle. Va , I asked her I that was not her station. She replied'Yes this Is ni ) station , but a feller came througl here and got my ticket and I dcci't know whether It Is safe to get off without in ) ticket exnot' She believed that she ought to have Cicr ticket before getting off I as cured her that It was the habit of the man who n.m the train to take the tickets For several ) ears , when the mountaineers go nbceird a train they would invariably knock at the donr of a coach to sea If It were rerncr for ( hem to'entoi. The men would re move their hats on entering a.coach Jtwt an If they were \lsltlng at a neighbor's house Wl lie this was an exhibition of their Igno nnce. It vvas also proof of their gentlllt ) at he me The ) are klnd-hcirted and generous "Ono day a > ounjr unman qolng | o Natural " Bridge wanted to pa ) Ifcr fare "in no Hgc f-tanjjs I told hpi- tint a * Jt was a holiday the eotrjiany would not accept stamps. Phr then unwranpcd snnll htirdlrof piper and look out a now $1 bill But r ie did not want to give me tlit- bill tit til 1 Ind first given ln-r the change is she was fearful that I might Juiro off the train w'th her mono Crowds of mountaineers u .cd to stind at he etillnns and look with awe at the locomotive I Ime oftnn hcaid them - remark'The May Mini cnclnp is pantlm ? It must be tired' Tlie ) really regarded a 'locomotive as n sort of KiMii-lmman being Msny a time I ' .nve t-e n rMsrpTiRcrs slttlcg Inside a ccich rhovo their he'd" thtongh n pane of.gl ss In a rled window when the ) "tarted to teI ! their friends goidho at .1 stltlnn The glass was dear and rrany of them never had glass window * it hiMitanwaj and so hev nexcr thoughl that nil ) glaFd v\ns boforc. them " "Ono dav , . going east out of Hrle , Pa on the Pennsylvania rexid , " said A. B Bedell formerly a Pennsl'vanla ' conductor , "I nil acres ? a. man and h's 'anilly of a wife and three children Ho handed me a letter proper ! ) signed nnd stamped by the Iowa Central comptn's officials , sajing that he was a passenger conductor. In those da > n pitch a letter would pass a man fico nnd I told him It war as good as qold anl thai he nnd his 'familv could ride with ma I felt sorry for him , because he had a crip pled son In his inrs , ind. 1 paid for th- famlh's elinnci .it an eating s'atlon AVhei wo stopped at the summit of the mountain the man asked me to arrange for him t- rtdo on the engine down the motin'nlr While the train stopped nt the summit this traveler happened to PIV that he was In > railroad wreck n short time before , and said that ono of the bull wheels on the c-iglne b-oke In two , and that the ro : be tween the two bull wheels wen broken "Well , that man never rode on the cnfj'no down the mountain I to'd him ho would have to pav full fare for hlrroelf "and famll ) from that place on east. I sild lo him 'Any man who w" ! call a driving whe-ol R bull wheel , and who will call ( lip ilrlvlnu shnft the rod between the two wherh Is not a conductor' He then ctmfrsspd tint hevns a clerk In a dry goeds stole nn 1 tb < t he had obtained the railway letter from a clerk in tlie railroad superintendent' 1 cflico at his homo If the man had Kept hi * mouth shut I woul nver have been thr "But men who try to piss thomoohcs off is pap-engcp conductors in order lo get a free ride can bo caught by simple trlc' ; = Another time n passenger told mp he wnp n conductor. I handed him rnv book an ! told him to write his mme Ho stood up and pVicetl the book against the window- nano In oreler1 to write his name. I told him he could pay hta faro ; tint no cnn- ductor would ulace a bcok api.lns1 a window to do anv writing but would steady himself ind catch the motion of the train , and hold thn book in Ills hand while writing" Conductor Ferguson of the Bcston & Maine rrad is a tall slim Yankee with a keen black 0)0 and Is a bom humor'nt "Two men nnd. one woman nnd all well drp iee1 boardpd m ) train one dav at Port land Me , and wpre golne to Boston. " nid Mr Ferguson "They told mp a sad nto-\ ibout Just ha\hg burlpd their father nnd "sld they were return'ciR. liqirie. fiom the 'moral but that they had only J4 r.O in cash The fare .for the thrpp wcs $7 r,0 I felt sorrv of course As they appeared to bo nil right I told them to keep their monev to pav for their lunch nnd to glvo mo their addro ? and they could send the fares to mo when they were back home Thev were delighted and were profuse In thanks , and the- Woman shed tears Well I never heard from them So I simply wrote a letter to them , saying I thought thcv had burled the wrong man " Mr Ferguson H sometimes bothered with "kickers. " as Is every other raao'nzer con ductor Ono da ) a man boarded bis train ind Immediately beean damning the roaJ and even ofilohl of the comr-iov. Con ductor Ferguson natiiralh defended the rcvid The "kicker" then said : "Oh well vou ire a conductor worklne for this road end of course. )0ti would defend It but what vou fay to mo goerc 'nto ' one oar and out at the other " "Certalnlv Nothing to stop It , " retorted Conductor Ferguson Sometimes the "kickers" Invo eiuso for growling T n Haley of St Joe Mo wm once a conductor on a rend that ran mixed trains , and this Is his storv "Ono dav I had n mixed tra'n ' made of i long freight with a single nafseneor coach hitched to the caboose A dude , drecsel In the latest fishlnn wi the onlv nssseneor In the coach The brakeinrn andi 1 nr neir the stove warmlnt ? our shins and llsten'rig ' 'o the dude's denunciation of the reid 'Ivervthlng scorned to be wrong , according to tils Ideas Suddenly thorn came one of those suspicion * Blircro'i of thn freight trill whkh to an exnerlfTioed rallrnnd mnn told of drncor The brakonnn a"d I lost no time ln running to the roar e"d of th coai-h Tim b'.ikomon JumpeJ off on one side and I t'-mnod on * on the other The > dude came tiphlnd tw od Jumped strile'it ' out toward the track and In the opnos'te ' direction from which the train was nviMnir Hr > turned o iia'f doon poinersati'ts ' In Ihe nlr anj fell In i heap on the ground BV this tlmtt ti'o ' frelcht eirs wore fcattere'd oil over the rlht of vvav. and me end of the pfs encer cnirli was holstoil Into ( be air at 'n ani-lo of 10 doRrees The n"or dude bleeding hli clothes torn 'into * rpInrroed un 'rom tlie eround looked at thp debris ind then reg istered another 'I > I"V brnWlni' In an ancrv tone : 'Now w 't th devil "i the matter ? ' " liiinlH * lii 'ttrii Slinri1 " That division of Maryland which la known as "The Eastern Shore" contains no vast extent of territory and It Is peopled bv no mmense multitudes En ) Calvin 0111 Wll'on n Llpplncott'a No great historical event ias occurred there : It has not had the fierce Ight of publicity turned upon every hap pening within Its borders , It Is not a stain- It 1s not an cirn're ' It has no iro'd ' or silver or coal mines no oil nr gas wells ; and It has no Inmerlal poMlhlMfre It Is not the renter of the world no lart-o metropolis ! exists upon It and none will over exist ; here ) . Nevertheless , It la a famous region ; Its ocal name Is known to most of the Intelli gent cltlzeim of the United State * and the ilaco Indicated by the tltlei U at once under stood. U has B greatness of Its own and has claims upon public attention. Ils situation JOBBERS RND tyRNUFRCTU Of AGRICULTUH AL IMPLEMENTS I iningei7& * - Setealf Co. ITIIOLK AI.B DGAWJnS IN Agricultural Implements Uuffglcs nnd C'drrmpes. Cor.Otli nnd 1'uclflo Sts Jobbers of Farm Machinery. and Dogate" - Cor. ttb and Jonet * . ART GOODS Y Picture Moldings. Mirrors , Frames , nacklnc and Artlatu * Materials. B JOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS , U'frs I Jobbers of Fool Wear . VTESTI. III ? AOKMR IOU The Joseph Bauigau Rubber Oo. Rubbers and Mackintoshes. 1107 Howard St. , OMAHA Hoofs , Shoes and Rubbers Salesroom ! 1102-1104-1106 Hnrney Street. WHOLESAI RUBBER GOODS Owner of Chief Brand Mackintoshes Boots , Shoss , Rubbers , ATJ WHOLESALE. Omca ana Salesroom 1115-21-23 Howard St. BAGS Importers and Manufacturera BAGS 6r4-16-18 South nth Street BAKING POWDER EXTRACTS. SYRUPS , B , Sorghum , etc. Presence and Jellies Also tin cans and Japanned warn. CHICORY v Growers and manufacturers of nil forms of Chicory Omaha-rremont-O'Nell. s Interesting ; Its population has a marked character ; Its products are valuable u.id me n demand everywhere In this land and in nany r > ! aces outside Ameilca , and its fame s great , because of the bonsatlons It pro vides for the palates of men. No district n the ancient world was more Justly cele- jrated for i/rovlblons for nleaslng the epi cure than this territory , which is sometimes bought of as a mere bundbar. The grapes of Uphrlum or the onions nnd garlic of 'gpt were not more fninouo among the I Jews , nor the wheat fields of Kgpt among i he Romans , nor the eel and mullet ponds J of Lucullus , nor the wines of Kalernia. among the sarno people , than borne of the products of this region arc among mod erns. The eastern shore produces moro table lellcacles than any other region of equal area ; and It is claimed that a family may hero enjoy the luxuries of life cheaper than clsewheie and that the really poor man can live on the ponlnsula for less than any where else , save , perhaps , In parts of Asia , The poorest Inhabitants of the peninsula are colored people. The rural negro there prob ably averages annually for his work less Imn $200 in cash and many earn less than 1DO a year , while others earn less than $100 j n cash Nevertheless , tlio negro of the icninsula 1-3 seldom without means of ap peasing his hunger and of clothing hlm- elf comfortably. The winter Is nluajs \ liort and usually mild , while fuel 1H ex-1 remclj cheap and In many parts to bo had 1 or the gathering. It has been estimated by \ these familiar with the country and upon the basis of the cost of a slave's keep In the old das , that a man may supply his needs on the peninsula for about SCO a year quote an authority which slates that a cabin and a llttlp patch of ground can be rented for $20 a ) ear One thousand her ring can be bought for BO centa nnd cured and l-arrcled for 50 cents more , making $1 In all. One hundred and eighty pounds of pork , at 6 cents a pound , cost $1080 , SCO > oundB of corn nual can be had for $10 , offec , sugar and tobacco can bo supplied or JO and clothing for $15. total , $02 SO 'ho man also cultivates his patch for vege tables nnd feeding ch'ekens ' There Is ian ) a negro family living in just this SKhlon The children provide wild berries as um- ler luxuries and In goal stars peaches may ic had for the asking In summer the thll- ren wear little clothing and In winter the ast-off raps of tt-elr parents stilllee If the family lives along a Htrlp of Bit water then * may bo had crabs , clams , ojstern free The man st forest and the shores of the river and bay furnish fuel. Hut there are many -there who live on even Ices than $ CO In rash per year , theto hunt and Huh through out ll.o ) o r. find a bed in BOIIIO othi r man's cabin pa > for U m proceeds cf rod and gun , and near some white man's cast-off cloth- Ing. Ing.It la worth while to wee them drho into j CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE H. Bliss , Importtr and Jobber Crockery. China , Glassware , Oliver Plated Wnre , Looking Glasses , Chan deliers , Limpi , Chimney , Cutlery , Etc. 1411) I'AH.VAJI ST. CREAMERY SUPPLIES The Sharpies Company * v i , . , . , , Creamery Machinery and Supplies Boilers , Engines , Feed Cookori , Wood Pul. leys , Shafting , Uiltlnn , Hutttr Pack- hjos of all kinds. P07-S09 Jones St. - DRY GOUD3. , Smith & Go. Importer * and Jobbers ol Dry Goods , Fuinishing Goods AND NOTIONS. DRUGS. 902-906 Jneks on St. J. 0. RICHARDSON. Prcst. C. F. WELLCR , V. PrtBt. ' /'rj iititnilnl Pltanniooutloal 1'repara- tloni. tifeetal Formulae Vrtjiatfil to Order Ariul/br Catalogue. Uaboratorr , lilt Howard EL , Omaha. E. Bruce tSc Co. i _ t _ . _ . _ j _ . _ j - . Druggists and Stationers , "Queen Bee" Specialties , Clgaru , Wlnm and Urcndtet , Comer 10th and Hnrney Streeta , ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. F.lcctrical Supplies. Hlcctilc Milling lU'lls and Gas LI G W JOHNhrON. Mgr 1510 Hottnrd St. WHOLESALE AND HCTAIL ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES VM Ftu-rmm SI , FRUIT-PRODUCE. _ 'J WHOLESALE Commission Merchants. S. W. Corner irth nnd Howard Sts. Jlcmbciu of the National League of Comml . elon Merchant * of the United States. & JOBBEUS Fruit and Vegetables SPECIALTIES Strawberries , Apples. Iraon , Cronberrlss. Potatoei. 1017 Howard Bt FURNITURE WHOLKSALD Furniture Draperies 11U-1U7 Farnam Street. oiii1 of the villages , say on a Saturday , when the countiy peoole are BatlierltiR to do tliclr chopping. Ono will see many an old negro come rtrhlnfc In at , \ snail's puce , clad In Ill- fitting garments , too big or tea little , of any color or no color ragged end patched , He slouches on the seat of hla tumbledown \\BKOII , as If It were too mutli troublia to olt I erect , or as if he wore about to fall oxer I Into the bottom of thp vehicle and BO to | sleep. His steed is a mule , small , bony , stoned-looking , wabbling In gait , nery caricature of his kind Ono expects him every moment to ute : > and go to feeding on the gp ss that grows near the gutter. The \\apon rattles from afar ; e\cry bo t and screw Is loose the wheels set m about to fall en tirely off : the elJeboards swaj , and the scat mo\cs fiom side to side apparently at the pel 11 of the occupant The harness is com- jioseil largely of rorsjund twine , the lines aru innocent of all accusation of being leather. One would be willing to risk his life on a venture that mich a team would never get dottii the Btiect to the hitching place by tlio rump ; but tils zigzag Journey Is s > ely made , with no sign of anxiety on the part of the drher. And lie halls his lounging comrades on the pueinent with a gultaw 'that ' can bo he.ird n mile ; the voices of the Ill-clad but happy group sound mellow and sweet and gnoJ-naturtd as they el aff each oth'-r These ] % olces arc the \ery expression of the haijp1 go-lucky , idle easy , caieltsa life of thtso people , tco Indolent to sound all the sylla bi a of the r words. Vet thej arc h ppy , to sco and hear them ono would think there was no tomorrow , nothing to be done in the world , and no such thing as care upon earth. TIII ; i .v\ ori'nioits. . SoiiuI'll IN . \lioiil < li ' Income of \uti-il \\rltoi-N , The pajment of authorn hat DOW become oa popular a theme at their quarreu uted , to be. writes JaiiHM I'a > n in the Independent , and there lb as much exaggeration In the cno j case as there was In the other. No daub' j half a dozen of our foremonM norells receive more for their works than writerw of fiction , with perhaps three exceptions ' Scott , Victor Hugo and Dickers ha\o e\er done : perhero one of these Is sulllclentlj rapid In production lo produce 0 000 or H.OOO i ) rar , which ma ) be taken as the high- water mark of a modern novelist's Income That of the vast majorltj are , on the other hand , atery low water 'Ihe attempt to pro\o a writers gains by the sum ho lea > ra behind. IB to the last degree unreasonable Id It supposed tbit authora put by all they get , and that the ) do not need , like other * , to eupport themsehcs b ) their profession * Some again are bachelors others hate large famlllca , some ll\e Lcnd'omely and some moderate y , and It la possible eomo penurl- ousl ) , I confer however , though I ha\u known many impecunious authorn I haxe timer known a penurious one Within the1m year or two as much ae 10 000 has been paid lor a novel la three caeca , but to judge _ GROCERIES. cOord-Brady Oo , 13th and Lcavcmvorth St Staple and Fancy Groceries IIA AND COrrtt ROiSURS.CtC. eyer & Raapke , WHOLRSAtB FINE GROCERIES I Teas , Bplcc * , Tobacco an < J Cigar * . 1403-1107 Ilerncy Bntttt- > axon anui IMt'OUTlMlh. GAS covrnc IIOASTHHS AMI ) Jomiixo cuocr.us , Telephone 153 , HARNESS-SADDLERY J. . 't * a.v/i of leather , laililteru Itiinltrarn , ISte. Wei tollcit jour orders 131B Howiird tt. HARDWARE. Wholesale Hardware , Omaha. f Wholesale Hardware. 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UUi atreet. by the output of their authors , th's ' only means -1,009 a jear Ultkens , who wrote rapidly , must have real I/ml very largo sums , but ho lud large domestic expenses and lived in something moic tliscj comfort ; If It had not been for hla readings , especially In America ho would not hav left 50,000 be hind him , a mere bagatelle compared with the wills tlat are published every week Victor Hugo died Immensely rich for an author , but hoiib n student of economy and sn excellent man of business and lud the reputation of having ruined two pub- Ihhera There has been a strange attempt lately to show that authors wore "In the hlghist and noblest fconse" ( a term generally coplled to "mccal vktoilcs" In politics ) better off three generations ago thin at present , and more over more dlgnlfle < ' nnd with a keener sense of the honor of their profession It Is really most renvrkatlo , for the euiller conttlbutoiti to .Mdga. as represented to us In the book In question , are by no means of an attractive tpe and might be divided into two classes the Insolent nnd the liroacunlotifl It Is 01(11 ( cult to dltcovcr. Indeed In what their superlorlt ) to the writers of dw own day consists , but w.iat Is ino. t dwelt upon \K \ their debasing and sordid habit of being paid by the thotisfod woids Instead of "tho sheet " Tlio modern lutlior Is supposed to tpend ' .ils opening ! ? In rout tl'ig the vords ho has writ ten daring the day and chaiglng Tor them from a fti thing to a shilling eni.li in pro portion lo his popularity I havu never seen one engage ! In this occuoatlui , which how ever Interesting , strikes mic as nunutanous llyron who was full of fads , had an ob jection ( which Me soon gut over ) to poets taking mcney for their vertes and eapocUlly to tl.or being naid by the line , he Mieered nt the author of "Mwinlon" for getting for his muse "Jtut half a crown n line. " Ho th tight , perhaps , that a poet , If paid at all , should boAid \ \ by the cantj , more piobabl ) he only thought of SB ) Ing something of fensive uhliAi I atn afrold li also the motive for t-onio of thtto dlutrlbtH against the iuy- mtnt per thvisjnd woruV The fart that the letters of literary men are nou few and far let ween Is unques tionable , every modem biogmph ) the latt one , TcnnjJon'H , In a convincing example of It Is a proof of this , but it Is hardly fair that men of letters should be dliugrcu- abl ) contrasted with their prcdccessois on this account , ami accused of greid Their pens , fortunately fur them , arc much moro coiibtantly emplord thun they ujed to be , an.l they have not the tame time for letter writing , It la not only because they are not paid for It thouph Wendell Hohm re marks very sensibly that It la not to U expLttcJ that an author should glvo to un necessary tvrrcupondeiKO what ho can get 5 for from a publisher but betouse they havii only a certain amount of wits to expend pond per diem When Horwco Walpolo had written ono of bin long and amimlng letters he had taxed his Inte-lllgcnto at leant at ; mucli as If he bad coiuixuid a humorous LUMBER hlcago Lumber Go. 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ELECTnOTYI'E TOUNDHY. 1114 Howard Streat. Comparison is invited Of the Quality And Quantity Of Readable News Printed daily In The Bee And in other papers. For the news And all the news Read The Bee. essay ( much more , ono would think , than a chapter of his "Castlo of Otranto" ) , and persons who live by their pens cannot affor 1 to do this I htvo , indeed , icail i > oiu- wheio tint Thackeray ulwds wrolo hli letters befoio ulttliig down to his woik but I think it it-ry unlikely , and at all ov i it is not every writer who has the l ri , stock of Ideas tint ho possessed The In t copious letter-writer among authors \vui Miss Mltford , but her literary output ton * sideling her long llterurv life was not largo , and though exceedingly hocl.il In htr tahteu , .she lived In the ( otintry , and hud no means of keeping up her connection with her filcnls oxcc-pt through the poht Mm cover , wo must remember that In old days postage wan very dear , and utithon poor , so when the > y did write they wrolo long letters to save this Item of expendi ture. IN riilironilii'H riliiinlc Clnumlnuf The rllnuto of CVIfornla l dp-ld.il1/ . ehanglng. deel.mti the Bun Ki.im'ls. o Ni w * Keller , Iteporlw from the couth npx-ak f heavy snow HtciruiH. Wo mid of Sun Ilit- nardino , Iti lliindH nnd Hlvcisldo. li.ivlmt ill the way fiom tluec to live Inchon of HIIOW and tin bialKhCK of nrnngo tn.cn bri iking down htm nth llw mcU'lit ThN IB In tlio dioko 01 nirfi-Kt .wing Hoctloii It IH ( oil ilu Ihrit It the mr-n who lm\c jiianlcil tln u hoiiutlful Kroviw hud over thought of pro + - ixotlvt * xnowfiillH not dollar ' H wou'il i\ r liiiV" bi en put In thirtThe. . town of HI I- landH , mid there an few Tirol tier In the nt itc , II.IH IK in built up liy therl'h totiil-t who , filling In love Mlth the- locution ml tin InHdloiiH ctorlPK told b ) thu land Hi-1 n , pure hand orarmiIjnd under tlin asmimii- lion thitt thti ji'ate ' was ntwr iiffetttd l.y fiost lleforc ctillivctlon Itlversldf w n Helu.illy un < li ) tin n desert. Ut > w win 11- mtst iiiiknuvvn and on nreotint of IhlH dr > - ntss It vvaf much nought afli r by tmirl tn troubled with pulmon ny compl ilitH hut Ilia growth of tret nnd much vcgni.iiluri Ix't deslroed thU an1 Itlve-rMlde eannot Ity claim to the distinction of being the bi l place In thu I'nlttd Kt.itiH for the e on- unniJthc It IH owing to thin Unit the desert l > now rec ommondcd but again I lie * few e'aHef In the duett which ' .vert1 at ono tltnn fr tlc s and nilnlcfH , are nlno chitirf- Ing theli ( li n a < tcr , owing to cultivation If the Kiniih IH ) i ir nfti i > iir to be thin nttailud l fruxt nnd tmow UK only In- diiHtry wl I inelvc n blow from which It will in Him In mvcr able to ricovci. , l < -Mi'lr > Idlril li > Sni-nU TliliMCN , ST. LOt'Irf , Keb 8 The police report tint MrH Jtiini-is O , West of New York , vtho ! vlsltlnif hire , at the home of Frank I. , Nui- ton lias Ktifftred tlui loss of $7,001 worth ot diamonds ur.d Jewilry , whleh weretakt n liy Hiieuk tlilevei wlillc the Nortotia und tbtir guext uim at tin illnnir tnli'o last nlgbt. Mrs \Virt IH un aunt of Mr Norton With he-r Illinium ! , a wealthy cnpltalUt , Hhe live < at the Wildoif-Ax'orU hotel and IH a well known 11 mi re In New V rk society Tbei Jewels sto'en were culke-tud during ye-im of travel In all p.m.of the world and ( au ( I rot be dtiplleated { or many tlmca their vus-