THE OMAHA BALLY BEEt TUESDAY , . MAY. 3 , 1808.
WFIClAfSTIM OF DEATt
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Ohrloni Kfbrmatlon About How and Wb ;
! i * People Die ,
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FACTS FROM A BRITISH BLUE BOOI
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't h \ 'elxitUlylng & book with a dark
blue cover , frceh from the presses of he
majesty's p tater , a book that deals wit
ono'ofrtthe most fascinating of all subjecti
"Death. " This'book contains no moralUln
Bpd no theories , It docs not teach you bow t
die" , nor advise you how to live , tt stick
closely to Its business of presenting facts , i
knowing- you how people have been dyln
IB London and Elngland of recent years to t
tfioro precise , In the years 1890,1891 and 189 :
Pcrliar gnever _ since men began to compll
mortality statistics , was such a mass of Ir
formation about dying brought together b <
twecn covers. ( Much of It Is hard read In j
for { .here airo , tables without end , and page
of perechtBo worked out neatly to the thlr
decimal place ; but , If you dig through th !
unattractive husk , you come to a kernel <
real things , plain conclusions that are of th
utmost consequence , matters , In short , <
life and death Jrnportcr/ce to us all.
In this book the dead are classified accorf
Ing to ages , occupations , diseases , district !
etc. , unti there Is not the poorest chlmnej
sweep no < dhe-JottlCHt cabinet minister , wh
may not , " ( MidIf ho looks carefully , aoai
predso statement as to bow til why , an
when ho is apt to die. And It Is easy t
see that these death discoveries made 1
London and England must apply In the matte
to other capitals and other countries , wber
similar .conditions exist. It la likely , fc
Instance , that- people are dying today I-J Me1
York -very much as they died here in Londo
ecven years ago. I should not omit to otat
that all conclusions in these pages are base
upon the dcatlhs' men , for it appears tha
women.- make trouble even in mortallt
statistics.
One"1 of the first tables shows that me
who have some regular occupation may fac
death more .serenely than those who hav
none. This Js especially true between th
ages of 20 and , 35 , when the death rate to
"unoccupied males" is from three to si
tlmes/.greater-than for those wltth ocupatlot
six times greater at 20 aad three time
greater" at 35. It must bo borne In mint
however , that among the unoccupied are in
cluJed not only persons retired from busl
ness , or living on private means , but
luoatlcs and prisoners. The tables show tha
this excckelve death rate among the ur
occupied * Is due mainly to diseases of th
nervous eystem and to phthisis , the deal
rates from the former being seven time
nd < from the latter nearly three times hlgbe
Mian for Inert'with occupation.
Wo next , .are chown tbe advantage o
living * In agricultural dtetrlcts , away fror
In tttt\f rtl f"tna . "Comparing the death rate o
"ocaipled maleti" ( whom wo shall consldc
exclusively"frcm this point on ) we find tba
the mortality In London , taking the perlo
in life frames to C5 , Is 20 per cent abov
the average , whllo In the agricultural din
trlcts It la 28 per cent below the average
And Bill ) , Ic5 < ? favorable Is the lot of thos
w o live In the Industrial regions , the grea
manufacturing centers like Sheffield and Uk
mfn&iaarh , since for them the death rat
rises to 31 per cent above the average. Th
edict causes of these higher death rate *
both in London and In the Industrial die
trlcls , arc phthisis and diseases of th
respiratory sjstcm. It Is worthy of not
that London . three tlmcaas many death
result" fYSnT gout ca In either the agrl
cultural or Industrial districts. And th
mortality from alcoholism In the agriculture
districts Is only about ccie-third ot what I
l -ki the other two. i
ENQL\ND'S FIVE LEADING DISEASES
Statistics are given of twenty-four disease
or-causes ot death , and five of these , viz
phthlsla * . diseases of the nervous system
dUeases of the circulatory system , bronchltl
and pneumonia , cause more than half of th
entire mortality. Cancer kills more tha
Influenza , whllo suicide is directly respon
slblo' for more deaths then alcoholism. I
Is. however , exprcesly pointed out tha
alcoholism contributed to many deaths tha
are put down to other causes. "In certify
ing-the cause of death of Inebriates It la th
habU otsb'mc medical men to state only th
pathological condition of the organ or organ
chiefly affected. The experience of this o !
flcelahowa that cirrhosis of the liver , fo
j lnstanc r ( the liver Is tbe organ which mor
than any other Is affected prejudicially b
i , Intemperance ) , Is. frequently returned as th
* eolo cause of death in such circumstances
| S the fact that abuoo of alcohol had in
Educed the cirrhosis , or other morbl
condition , being omitted from the cer
i tlflcate. " There Is a special table glvei
> for alccholtan showing comparativ
} mortality figures , and social philosophers wl !
Jshake thtlf' beads wisely when they see , a
the very'head bf the list , the keepers of inn
and hotels ? * their servants and the whol
tribe of brewers and distillers. Men ot thes
classes , that Is , the dispensers of alcohol
die'Pt effects from three to ten times taste
than tJR.avejage' of "occupied males. " thrc
timers-faster for the brewer , ten times taste
'for JtheCondonservant. On the other han
tbo mortality from alcoholism among agrl
, cultural laborers , railway men , Iron and tl :
< } nd coal miners , clergymen , fishermen an
others la far below the average , .only one
\thlrd or onc'fourth of it , whllo In the case o
Voap manufacturers , lead workers , coppe
" miners , and carpet manufacturers , no death
Whatever are recorded from alcoholism. I
would be ot interest to know If there U som
. .relation between soap making and total ab
< tlnertce. * x
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\ PUZZLES IN SUICIDE.
' , I found the suicide statistics full of tlmlla
iUnexplalnsble conclusions. Why , for in
stance , should ztne workers be nve times a
ready to kill themselves as ordinary "occu
( pled males , " whereas watch makers are enl ;
, twlce as ready , copper workers only one
third as ready , while hotel servants In th
Industrial districts , copper miners and tii
miners apparently never kill themselves a
all ! Thcunormal average requires that ther
, t > o one suicide in every 100 deaths , but 1m
keepers , teachers , artists , musicians , hair
dressers and commercial travelers kill them
selves much oftcner than this , while belle
makers , clergymen and coal miners kee ;
thelrrsqlf/destructlon well below the aver
age.- " Farmers , gardeners , etc. , In the matte
-of suicide -\re' above the average , while thel
servants are below it. I'hjalclans kill them
selves three times as often as ordinary men
, snd In that difficult period ot their lives be
tween the ages of 25 and 35 their mortallt ;
from suicide Is even greater. Publishers ar
singularly Jroc from a tendency to suicide.
Coming to the table ot phthisis , which kill
jnore people every year than any other dls
ease , It is seen that the greatest sufferer
here , , as was the case with alcoholism , ar
these who have to do with the running o
) nns and hotels ; indeed the presentment o
Hangers connected with these two callings 1
quite appalling. It is plain that neltho
hotel keepers nor their servants have any
thing , to hope for from mortality statistic !
Kot only'do they head the death rate list
fn phthisis andulcohollsm , but they hold th
same'unenvlablo position for Influenza , gout
rheumatic ( over , pnuemonla , diseases of th
liver , diseases ot the digestive organs , am
finally they show the highest mortality flg
ures for'diseases of all sorts. "The mortallt ;
tnong" publicans In London , " remarks th
statistician. ' { ) , nearly doublet that ot al
occupied males taken as a standard. The ;
die nearly tentimes as fast fromalcoholism
live and one-halt time * as fs t from gout
three and one-half times as fast from dta
betes , three and three-fourth times as fas
from diseases of the liver , and more thai
twice as f t from phthisis , rheumatic feve
nd iulclde , " 'There It food far reflection ,
Uke U , In these figured.
, < S CLERGYMAN LIVE LONGEST.
. .AtClbo'lpwSrYod ot the table ot phthisis
ihe ftvorable end , are found clergymen , wh <
Hemto * get part of their reward for rlghi
living in" the form of fortified health. No
jnly ) n fJithlala.'but In pneumonia and-pthei
dlsesies of the respiratory organs the )
enjoy , a degree of' Immunity chared by tic
Btner class. Nest to clergymen In powei
K > mUUiisibwdtieMM contMrmeri tad
schoolmasters. Physician * Vo better fort !
fled than ordinary mfrri against dtaeair * o
the lungs , and Ip this they resemble cos
miners , railroad trien ti'nrt hosiery manufac
( urcrs. On the other band , phthisis an
pneumonia work nearly1 tlce their avcrag <
havoc among general laborers In the Indus
trial district * * nd among tin miners nt
copper miners , the susceptibility ot coppc
miners hero being tfic more remarkable tha
they have the beet place In several othc
lists , notably ihof < o of Influenza , diabetes
alcahollsm and diseases ot tbe nervous sy
tern. To be a copper miner , then , Is ti
bavo an excellent Chance of a long life , un
lees something go i wrong wltd the lungs
And perhaps this also may be fairly de
duced , that for one bofn with a tendency t
lung trouble , the choice ot occupation
should lie between prcAchlng , tilling the sol !
manufacturing hosiery and coal mining ,
Looking over oher Usts I find that chlm
ney snecpa have ncarl/ Jour times the ten
dency of ordinary men to contract cancel
that general laborers are the moat tortunat
In escaping gout ; trad workers and fll
makers die about ( dree times ofteoer tha
the ordinary citizen from Drtght's dlseas
which U almost never contracted by talloi
soap manufacturers ( here we have the mye
tery of soap-making again ) ; that coal min
era and lace makers Dhow only half th
general liability trf liver disease ; that cevei
ordinary men die from accidents for ever
f-'choolmastcr who so dies ; that paper manu
facturers are. practically free from rheumo
tic fever , although bookbinders suffer fror
It cruelly ; that coat beavers , porters nn
metal workers seldom dlo from diabetes , a !
though that disease carries off three time
as many gKiH manufacturers and four time
as many I4wyera"as the average calls foi
These facts and hundreds like them com
forth oerenely from the figures an
statistics , let who Will account for them.
DANGERS OP SPECIAL , CALLINGS.
Some conclusions drawn by the statlstlcla
aa to the diseases Which threaten most I
this or that occupation arc worthy ot al
tentlco. "The clergy ; " he says , "experlenc
more than doubletbe average mortality trot
diabetes , and one 'and one-half times th
average from rheumatic fever. " It Is tru <
however , that "In no'oUier occupation In th
IK IA the mortality figure ot the whole bed
of men employe ! so low as In that of clergj
mm" Hut thejgardners and farmers com
close after them.JJ'
Of the legal profession , he says : "Lawyer
suffer exceptionally trom influenza , cancel
oervous disoasesf'- " diseases of the llvei
brlght'a disease and'dtabetcs ; their mortallt
from the malady last qamedl being four time
the average. " O * the other hand , "lawyer
suffer less severely ; than -do occupied male
lii the aggregate from phlthals , heart dlseaa
and lung diseases , "
Of the medical profession , he says : "Th
records of 1890-P3 confirm those of 1873-8
as to the comparative Immunity enjoyed b
medical men frotri phthisis , respirator
diseases and accident. Their special itbalit
Is to death by gqut , diabetes " , urinary disease
and suicide. The tcrvlency to th
commission ot suicide has noUbly increase
among medical men since the earlier period.
There surely Is something 'for the sociologlE
to ponder. * * " "f
'Next we flnl that" tH(5-'nWtallty ( figure o
school teachers Is one-third' ' less than th
average for other-occupations. "At age
under 35 It Is below even thnt ot clergymer
but at ages from 35 tn-GG years scJhool teach
era die more rapidly than do the clergy. I
common with other , professional men school
masters and teAdnc'rs 'suffer ' more severel
from diseases oti the "heart than they d
from diseases of the respiratory system ; but
whereas among. the other professions It 1
heart disease Which Is numerically the mos
prevalent caUs & of.death , among schoo
masters rhthUWiis/ather | more fatal tha :
heart disease- %
Of artlstsv engravers , architects , etc. , h
says : "ThgrlerWoaratlye mortality figure li
this group IjTjifrynHr flhly lower thaa th
average. Frontalcliollsm the mortallt
figure of artists , . tc , , Is "below the average
although they suner"more * severely than flh
average from diseases ot the liver. The ;
dlo raoro than twice as fast as do occuplei
males ( In the aggregate ) from diabetes , bu
more slowly from phtlhsls and also mor
slowly tram diseases of the circulatory an
respiratory systems- "
VICTIMS Otf ALCOHOLISM.
Our friend , tbo statistician , has a pee
Idea ot musicians , whom he finds "sadly ad
dieted to Intemperance. " They die mor
than twice as rapidly as ordinary men fron
alcoholism , nearly twice as rapidly fron
phthisis and Ve"r.y much more rapidly fron
nervous dlriases'llvtf diseases and suicide
Commercial travelers show a high mcr
tallty , considering the large amount of lira
they spend In the opert'alr. Alcobollem am
liver disease .are . tha chief causes ot till-
heightened death rate , which increases a <
they paEd mlddJ Jtfe. "Commercial travel
eio dlo PfonM\m > pteSjalmost aa fast agab
ad the a era e. njd fcocn cancer faster thai
the averagerbyriifcper cent" ; they also euffc
exceptlonaltyiJ foMj' Pright'fl disease. The !
mortality frowt'phtnfs'fl apd from disease
of tile respiratory system is , however , belov
the average. " ,
So the reccrd.goe0 on over many pagei
with considerations in detail of not less thai
100 different occupations. Of those engage *
In agriculture It may be said that the !
death rate Is far- below the others. To al
diseases , cave cpe-jlnflueoza they show lea
liability than ; ordinary men. And there line
no foundation Iff * statistics for the theocj
that there la an excess of suicide amoni
dwellers on farms. On the contrary , flgurei
ehow 30 per cent fewer suicides for thi
whole agricultural class than the averagi
would call lor.
Of the sbopkeeptng class , which has a lo ?
mortality In the aggregate , it may be uotcr
that druggists die'four and one-half time1
JB fast from gout , aetfother men , tha
tobacconists die twice as fast from diabetes
chat publishers , "stationers , etc. , die threi
times as fast from gout , that grocers an
exceptionally free from , accident , that fleh
mongers succumb. , In large numbers to alco
holism and that milk sellers die in grcai
excess from gout , , cancer and suicide.
MORTALITY IN DIFFERENT 'TRADES
Passing on rapidly we''flnd that printer !
die in exce from' ; phthisis and nervous dls
cases , thafclockmakefsVeuffer severely frorr
rheumatic fever ; jyjille having exceptional ! )
sound lungs Jw Tiearts ; that' saddlers anc
harness makertPabow a mortality greatly Ir
excess front rhttilsls , that the mortality o :
butchers Is remarkably , low up to 25 , bu
rather high"1 In sub&Squsnt years ; tha hatterc
suffer lees thantlbo average from Influenza
but show a. highT.mortality from"phthisic
and alcoholism ; thai Intemperance Is de
creasing among tallovs and suicide amom
shoemakers , that hairdressers are more sub.
Ject to heart disease"- and lers subject tc
lung trouble than ordinary- men and thai
blacksmiths die frcm accidents only aboul
hilt as often as their fellows.
Among many other tables are two Im
portant ones , showing the effects In mop
tallty statistics of bfeiihing foul air and ol
breathing dust-laden air. The conclusions
are that cwl dust and. the dust of sue ) ;
woods as are Used by carpenters and Joiner *
are .much less Injurious than the duet ol
metals and stone , \\hllo flour dust and th *
dust ot textile fabrics come between tbe twc
In point of harmfulncss. AS to the breathing
of foul air , It stands demonstrated that Ir
occupations where'this te Inevitable , as Ir
printing andehoemaking , tbe mortalit )
figures from pulmonary diseases are ma
terially increased.
Altogether this blue book , "presented tc
both houses of Parliament by command ol
her majesty. " presents many curious and
Important facts which might doubtless bt
made the text of many sermons could on <
but grasp their full significance. I am etll
thinking or those , fortunate soap manu
facturers who escape so * many things , and
ot the * poor chimney swe p , who seems
fated to dlo of cancer.
CLEVELAND MOFFETT.
Arnold's Brorao Celery cures headache *
lOc , 25c and 50 : . All druggists.
Knocks Out Claim for Hrbnte.
CHICAGO , May 2. The United States cir
cuit court cf appeals today decided ln > fnvoi
ot General John McNulta the suit of Den
nehy & Co. anil Moses Solomon , agalns
Ooneral McNulta , as receiver of the Whiskj
trust , The decree of the circuit court I :
aftlrmed. Dennehy & Co. brought suit , as c
test ciise. against the trutor rebatei
which It was claimed'had not been nalt
thorn as agreed.Tho decision upholding
the circuit court Is considered an Importao
verdict for tbe trustf
. TbouMods of sufferers from grippe h vi
been restored to health by One Minute Coujh
Curt.It quickly cures coughs , coldi , bron-
chilli , pneumonia , crlpp * , utbmt and all
tbr0.t and lum AltetMi. <
An Interrupted Love Story.
By WILL S. GIDLEY.
_ _
"See here , Tom , " exclaimed the , 'editor ot
the Sketchbook , turning to his assistant ,
"Society Topics Is publishing one of the
most powerful serial love storlM of the day ,
and we've got to dish up something In the
name line , only a little better , of course , or
WP phall soon lose all our readers. "
"Yes , but where are we to get the story7' '
asked Tom Thornton , looking' tip from hlo
desk.
"Why , you will have to wrke It , I sup-
pose. "
"I write a love story ? Impossible ! Why ,
I was never in love ln my life. 1 wouldn't
know how to begin the story or end It , nor
what to say as I went along. I really have
no Idea how a woman acts , nor what she
pays when a man Is making love to her.
No. Jack , you will have to-get some more
experienced hand to write your love stories. "
" 0 , no , Tom. Your experlenoe will only
mate the story more realistic , as a man
who is describing a new sensation always
does It better the first time than he will
ever be able to afterward. Now , what I
propose Is this : You are young , handsome
and ellslble In every way , and I want you
to go to Cape May or the Catskllls , or some
other fashionable resort , where there are
plenty of girls to choose from , and play the
part of a lover to the liveliest and most In
teresting ons of the lot ( It 'won't be neces
sary to really fall In love , you can act It
well enough If you try ) , and then all you've
sot to do Is to write out your experiences
and send in copy for your love etory. "
"But what is to become of the girl at the
end not of the story , but of my simulated
love-making when she finds I have been
playing a part ? "
"O , she'll forget you fast enough. Truo'
a woman for that. And , besides , It Un'
only now , when I learned you were about
to take your departure and suddenly realized
how necessary jou are to my happiness , that
the enormity cf my dCecco came upon me
with crushing force.
"I Uicn bitterly rbalfeed that I had com
mitted an unpardoaibte crime against a
woman a woman ( -who , during the few
weeks I have known ker , has dally grown
dearer to me , and mhtue love and respect , It
I mlcht yet hope to twin them , I should
value above all cli > OB earth. "
He glanced at bis 'companion. Her face
was burled In her faanfls , and the hot tears
were trickling Uiinttgh her fingers.
"Miss Hastings J'ewl please don't ! " ho
pleaded. "I cannot h ar to see thK I
ought to bo shot nfor the way I have
treated you ; but la jworse fate would be
to live on under thcuthadow of your Just
displeasure ; and Itjn lifetime of devotion
can atoie for the wrong 'I have done you
I am ready to offwi It. O , cannot you flm
It In your heart to ifcrglve me ? Please
nleose do ? "
"No , 1 cannot neb yet. Give me tlmo
to think,1' she sobbed , without looking up
"O , how could you ! You , whom 1 respectul
as all that was manly and noble ! How
could jou do as you have done ! "
"I know I have played the part of a
villain. There Is no excuse for me. I de
serve to lose you ; but even If I must say
goodbye forever , my last word shall bo
that I love you. "
"P'.ciKc don't ' talk of love now ! Go and
leave me. I cannot bear to even look Into
those eyes that were to me the very soul
of truth and honor not now. Hease leave
mo alone for a > ear that will be little
enough time In which to forget the things
I must forget If I ever do and at the end
of that period. If your mind Is still un
changed , you may come to me , and I wll
; lve > ou your answer. Now go ! ' '
And as Tom Thornton rose and took his
'Cpirturo 'n obedience to this mandate , she
"OH ! WHAT MUST Y OU THINK OF ME I"
necessary to use your real name , and then
when you come away , you simply drop oul
of her existence. "
"That all sounds very well , Jack , but 1
don't like the business at all. It scemo tome
mo like an unmanly thing to do , and unless
I thought It was absolutely essential to-the
continued existence of our paper to have
this story " *
"But It is ! " eagerly Interrupted Jack Mor
ton. "Society Topics Is slashing right Intc
our circulation , and unless we can get e
better story .than thelrsitho SketchboolciiWill
soon have to give up the ghost. "
"Well , then , under the circumstances , ]
surpcso I shall have to consent. "
"Thank you , Tom. You're a trump. "
"The knave of hearts , I presume ! Well ,
I don't like the character ncr the game , but
necessity knows no law , and I suppose I'm
In for it. When do you Want the first In
stallment of copy ? "
"Scon as It can be had ; in two or three
weeks at ttio very latest. "
"All right ; I guess I can manage it. I'll
ftatah up what 'I'm working on and then go
forth to venl , vldl , vlcl. "
II.
Three rweeks later the Sketchbook began
the publication ot a love story which took
the reading public by storm.
It was so realistic , so unconventional , so
unlike the majority of love stories that It
attracted universal attention , aud , whenever
one -woman met another , the .first question
she rsked 'was : "Are jou read log 'A
Summer HJyll' In the Sketchbook , ? "
Even the men read It , and talked ot It , and
when men take time to read a Jove story It
Is pretty safe to assuiue that too story is
considerably atxive the average.
The prospects ot the Sketchbook began to
assume a roseate hue. The circulation went
up by bounds and strides that ' astcolshed
even the tenlor partner < n4)4dtt9r-ittCilet ,
Jack Morton ; and as that worthytsat In bla
cozy office and watched the orders and-new
subecriptlo.is piling up , onthC51desk before
htm a smileof satisfaction , qyerspread his
countenance , and he chuckled eouly to him
self.
HI.
It was a glorious summer afternoon at Cape
May. The beach was lined -with bathers and
fashionable promenaders ; and seated on a
'beach ' , in a spot somewhat apart from the
busy throng , where they were free from
observation , were a young roan and a young
woman , engaged In earnest conversation.
"So you are really going to leave the beach
tomorrow , are you ? " asked the yoiMg man.
"Yes , " replied his companion , "mamma
thinks we have had enough of 'the sea , and
sho'wants to try the mountain air awhile be
fore we go tack to the cltr. "
The young man sat silent for a moment ,
with troubled brow ; then ho suddeoly cried :
"O , 'Pearl ' , must I let you go torever out
of ray life ? "
She glanced up with a smile.
"Why , no , Percy , I thought "
"Yes , I know you -did , " foe interrupted , In
tones of self-reproach. "You though I was
a gentleman , but I am not. I am evefy-
thrag that Is contemptllble and U'imanly ;
and to loa < jou now when I have Just learned
to love you and appreciate the beauty and
perfection of jour character , is a Just and
nttlng punishment for my wrong-doing. "
"Why , what strange -norda are these ?
What do you mean ? Won't you tell mo
what ia wrong ? Surely you have not com
mitted a crime ! "
"Yes , 1 have ! " lie groaned. "I have com
mitted crime against society and against
j'ou. My love-making was only protease on
the start. I did it purely from mercenary
motives , and iwlth no higher purpose than
making a literary study ot your language and
emotions and utilizing them In a story. Aud
to make matters worse , I had mjeelt in
troduced < to you under an assumed name.
T am not Percy Montgomery , artist , but Tom
Thornton , part owner and assistant editor
of the Sketchbook , In which my miserable
story was published. "
"It it 'has been published , then ? " she
inquired , in a voice bo hardly recognized.
"Yffl , a'll ' cf it that ever will be. I sent
the fifth installment in yesterday , tut I
alrall wire my partner to suppress it. Not
another word of the story shall ever get Into
print if ft can help It. But -cannoj recall
what baa already been published , , nd , O ,
what must J'ou think of me ? " '
"Did did you use my name In.tnf story ? "
"Not In full. I changed It to PearJ Mans
field and mine to Ray 'Palmer ' , and I located
the scene of the story in the White noun-
tains ; but I used your language. I described
scenes which should nave been sacred * nd
all for the sake ot a few paltry dollars that
the popularity of the story' 'Would bring to
the paper with which I am cone cte4. The
project was distasteful to me , from the be
ginning , and It was only my partner's la ,
slstence ( It ws he who pla-m dthe scheme ,
but that doei not Rciise me for consenting )
* nd the needs ot the paper that kept me at
It. I hare felt like a dastard nd ineak-
thlef all along , and diy-by dayM the part
I have teen playing became more * nd more
* r * Uty , y task grew btrdir. But' it T M
ctUS sat there with her face burled In he
hands.
IV.
In rlace of the popular story In the ne >
issue ot the Sketchbook appeared this notlci
written by the edttor-ln-chlef :
"An explanation and apolopy.
llVe arc very sorry to disappoint on
numerous readers , but Just 33 we were abet
to put the latest installment of 'A Summc
Idyll' into tyne we received a percmptor
tcl zr.arilc order from the author. _ Perc
Montgomery , to destroy the manuscript , kn
wo have since learned thit this gentlema
has mysteriously dlssitpearcd from the sure
mcr resort in which the scene of the stor
wao laid. So far cs > U went It was a re
markable story , realistic , romantic and r <
freshln Iy original ; and we regret exceed
Ingly that anythlngifshould have occurred t
c ! > ar _ ? the author's plans and deprive on
subscribers of the pleasures of reading th
concluslcn of this inimitable love story. "
One year later the following note from th
assistant editor ofthe Sketchbook reache
Pearl Hastings inher attractive home o
Brooklyn Heights :
"Dear Miss Hastings :
"I am still repentant , and I still love yet
ily I come and teJliyou so ?
"Yours ever , " TOM THORNTON. "
And the reply Bhe > s t speeding back cor
talned simply the one word : "Come ! "
CASTAWAYS 'I.V ' A IIO-AT.
Tcrrllilc TCxperlcBfc of Survivors a
the "WreckI'd hli Atnciinm.
Pour castaways in a boat -without a sera
of food or drop ofiwater were plckoj up o
the Australian coast on."February 17 , relate
the San Francisco Chronicle. They iver
Captain f-iprult and part of the crew of th
wrecked ship Atacama. which left Newcastl
oa January 30 , bound ( or San 'Diego. ' Whe
several days out the vessel sank and th
crew , seventeen In number , got away lj tare
boats. That containing the captain and fou
men capsized on February 6 , and one of ho
company was drained , the rest being save
after sticking to the boat without fcod o
water for nearly four days. No tidings o
the other two boats ( have reached port. Th
story of the wreck and subsequent suffer
inga of the crew , as laid by Boatswal :
Joseph iJigueroa , is a thrilling.one. He eaU
"The Atacama had traveled about SO
miles from Newcastle when , In the mlds
ot a heavy southerly gale , It was discovers
that she was leaking. All hands wer
ordered 01 deck and every nerve stralne <
by the crew to pump the water out. Fo
three Jays the pumping waa continued , am
desperate efforts v were madeto render th
ship seaworthy. On the third day prepara
ttons were made to lower the boats and leav
the Atacama to her fate. "
Itwas estimated by tbo boatswain tha
there was enough food on board to las
for twenty days , by which time the mei
felt confident that 'land ' 'would bo reached
In lowering the captain's boat she wa
slightly damaged , and two of < the men re
fused -to sail in her. Thus she only carrlei
five passengers the captain , the boatswain
the steward , an able eeaarnn and the ap
prentice. Before the Atacaraa was left he
well was sounded , with the result that twelv
feet ofwater 'uaa ' discovered in her. 0
February 6 the most sensational incUen
of the voyage was experienced .
In the midst of the rough sea and th
most trying conditions generally the life
beat turned turtle. The crew , already li
an enfeebled condition , were precipitate
Into the ocean. The food and stores , th
sextant , compass aa-d ch/onometer ot tb
captain were lost , an ! the apprentice bo ;
disappeared. It seems that the lad wa
enveloped in an o\ercoat and a blanket , am
when he < was thrown into the water h
was consequently entangled , being power
less to keep afloat. The steward and th
sailor managed to get hold of the keel o
the lifeboat , tout the captain was unable t
approach it. Flguero * seized him with on
hand 'and succeeded la dragging 'him towar
the boat , so that the captain could eecur
a hold of the keel. 'Two of the men forwar
and 'the captain and boatswain clung to th
keel aft. The task of'maintaining this peal
tlon was a desperte > one. The sea con
tlnued to tcsi the craft about , and the me
were becoming still aioro exhausted , whe
another unexpected ! Isoldent occurred , j
heavy wave struck ) tko craft heavily an
caused her to right herself. This move
ment threw the captain some distance awfej
and he was struggling in the water whe :
Flgueroa made anoUwr heroic attempt t
save him. ( He ws toward the captal
and again pulled ItoLm toward the boal
eventually , as the result of a desperate efforl
p lac tag him In teraod tying him to on * o
the seiti. , . , t
By this ilnve it Was apparent to the cre\
that a little more -privation would produc
another , fatality , JKI ueroa tore a counl
of button'from hjs clothing and put then
in faU mouth to'appcwe the pangs of hunge
M well * to allay his thirst. Out it w u
k poor substitute , and the gallant felloi
bU tt lut to take a drlok ot salt water
fie could not awrUt his more distressed
comrades , so he devoted hit best racrgloa ti
manage the boat and steer tor the land ,
Ftgueroa states that at this stage ho couli
ic-o lanAvbut that wan an Impossibility , foi
thej r.eson ; tt > at the lifeboat was over fort ]
mllen out to ids. On February 9 the steamei
Leveret hove In sight and picked up the pee
fellows. They were given every attentloi
possible aid takcu to Sydney ,
A VETEHAVS 1UJMIMSCENCES.
Civil Wnr Experience * with TcntN o
Vnrlnnn Klmln nnil with Suno.
"When We started out , " said a civil ws
veteran , to tbo New York Sun man , "ou
reglmeqt' had tents furnished by the stati
Just as maiy other equipments besides were I
those day's at the outset to volunteer reg !
mcnts , and as I suppose they will bo nov
Those tents were made to hold ten me
each. We hod five ot them on eacto Bid
of the company street. They had a rldg
pole supported by a center pole , forming
sort ot great T. The tent was drawn eve
the ridge role from which U sloped dow
all around to the ground , where it wa
pegged down. The guns were stacke
around the center pole. In these tent
the men slept , lying like the spokes of
wheel , with their feet toward the centci
though 'in cold weather they would oftc
lie closer togctber , spoon fashion , to kee
warm ,
With ten men In a tent there was n
room to spare. They were made tb hoi
that number and no more , but there wo
likely to be somebody out on guard dut
or away for one reason and another , and e
these tents wcro not always crowded. Thei
was sometimes a little spare space. '
was a mighty little , but as compared wit
nothing It was room. ThU space when
did exist was variously utilized. In th
tent that 1 was In , with one or two me
out , we need the space for a stove whlc
wo built of bricks and some pieces of ire
that wq got from a dismantled bulldln
near where our camp was located , with
chimney of tomato cans , which for com
reason we couldn't get to draw.
"When those first big tents were wor
out , as they were In a few months , the
were not renewed. From the time of leav
liTK ttie state we had ceased to draw sui
plies from the state. We had becom
actually a part of the army and wo drcv
aimy supplies. When we needed tents w
drew from the quartermaster's dcpartmen
the regulation < .V tents , wedge-shaped , an
about seven feet square at the base , and mad
to hold fpjr | into , or live on a pinch. I re
membea very well the first camp we had wit
our new tent& We made a new camp grouni
at a little distance from the old , and pltchei
the tents there. They were brand new , of (
unlfornvjlsrhlteness , and they certainly dli
look sllcHAind hitidsome and buslnccnllkc.
"We l\XM \ thcsaltents better than the ol
ones.vUh'iour [ nicn In a tent , In a set
tleJi .camp , ,11 * Wa/J / potolble to build mlaei
bunk * Ibrl tw min cach , a bunk on eacl
side"of b&UnJ with a little gangway be
tweco , vCftero 'you ' could stand , or put you :
feet If jou Vcre sitting on the edge of tin
bunk. ' Sometimes with tour In a tent tin
men built separate bunKs , one on each etd <
and twovbunks , one above the other , In th <
middle. Then thcro were two narrow gang'
ways and edch man had a separate bed. Th (
beJa were narrow , of course , but any ton
of bed wca a great thing , and an A tent wai
as good ca a , house.
"
There were"times when all we had wen
shelter tents , half of a shelter tent , being a
piece of cottoq cloth about six feet In lengti
by three or four feet In width. Two plccee
fastened together made a tent , or rathei
a whelier for two men. Sometimes a mar
preferred to sleep alone under his own olngl (
piece , rigged up the best way he could fl >
It , so that he could crawl under It. Anc
then there were times when men had m
tents at all , or no cl.unco to pitch them , ant
when they Just elmply lay down without shel
ter and were glad ot the chance , but what
ever a man might ha\e vr be without , hi
always hung on to his rubber blanket. "
Don't go to Europe to get your champagne
when you ccn get Cook's Imperial Extra DI-J
a better wine at home.
TWO.GItEVT ACTONS TALK.
Their Ilaiipy GIleiiilnlNcciit ClmU ni
"Rip Van" "Winkle' * " Home.
'Think of the time , now gone , wben Edwin
Bootti made hla annual visits to hla dear old
friend ( Joseph Jefferson ) , " writes Josephine
Rob of " 1Rlp Van Winkle' as He Is at
Home , " In the May Ladles' Home Journal ,
"Can you not see thwe two , with all Itoe
rec3t of the family , sitting around the open
fire In the big dining room ? These two
gieat artists and dear friends are talking
of days that have gone by one telling the
stcry ot some- unfortunate predicament In
wClch he had been placed ; the older speak
ing of eome day when they had met and
wbo e'se nas present at the meeting. And
then the history ot some happy time would
be told , and It would be , 'Ned , did jou evet
think ? ' or 'Joe , will jou ever forget ? ' And
so the convercatlon would go on , and they
would -bo boje again. 'The llgtit from the
bright fli-e--whteh was tlie only light In the
room shows these faces to perfection. One
would tell some old Joke and bo'ti would
laugh merrily so merrily that all the family ,
down to the smallest child , Joined , In. Then
the tears would glisten In the eyes of eacti
cs the name of some old companion was
mentioned sonie "tine whcce life had been
full of sorrow"and wbo had gone before ,
perhaps who knows ? to show1 them the
way. The wonderful profile of Edwin Booth
looka as If It were cut In Ivory , while the
exprcrslVey'fa'ca ' of Mr. Jefferson changes sa
ejnUnua1lynJt''Vould never suggest anything
BO firm' ; ipSjmoi'e like wax but wax wltli a
soul. Tffero ljcame ti time when the dear
friend waVtUere'nD more , and none but Mr.
Jeffcmon himself will know how much be
has been mUsed. "
The Bee's consienment of maps of Cuba
have arrived and can be obtained at The
Bee Office , Omaha , Council Bluffs and South
Omaha. With a coupon from page 2 , 10
cents ; by mall , 14 cents. Address Cuban
Map Department.
SEES IIIS WIFE SPA.VKEDl
Tronble Iletweeu an Youthful Couple
nn l nn Irate Father.
Fifteen miles up the Racquette river from
Potsdam , N. Y. , In the little vllage of South
Colton. Is a family named Trim , which has
been ha\ing its share of trouble lately. The
young son fell in love with the pretty daugh
ter of a neighbor much against the latter's
wishes. Notwithstanding the father's op
position to the match , young Trim succeeded
In seeing the object of his affections often
enough to keep her convinced of the strength
and sincerity of his passion , and after sev
eral motnhs ot clandestine courting he suc
ceeded In getting the girl's consent to his
plan for an elopement and rcarr.'ago.
One night he drove to a po'nt near the
girl's house and found her waiting. accordIng -
Ing to appointment. She jumped Into the
buggy and they proceeded to the residence
of a Justice of the peace , a few miles down
the river , when In a few moments the words
were pronounced that made them man and
wife.
The Trims then drove to the home of the
bridegroom , and while the young man went
to the barn to stable his horse bis wife en
tered the bouse.
But the father of the girl had missed his
child and had followed In pursuit , and the
The Great Test
'
1 i Of a pure soap ia will it shrink
! < ' wool ? If
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botnethlug
injurious in
it. For toil
et forbath
for wash
ing dainty
articles ,
use a soap
o pure that
it won't
bhrlnkwool.
MVUAUA I WISH MINK '
That's
USKO MAO
WOOLSOAP
fates wilted that ho , ihould arrive at the
Trim , place before the.youns ; man had fin
ished the tabor of feeding his faithful btatt
and making htm comfortable for the night.
And the father stole his child by force and
took her homo without heeding her cries
for her husband. ,
Trim heard her , however , hut too late to
prevent the abduction , and hitching up hli
horse again , he drove at a break-neck npeel
to the old man's house , where , tt Is asld , he
arrived Just In time , to see his wife being
soundly spanked by her Irate papa.
Trim drove to the pfljce of the Justice who
had married them and demanded a warrant
for his father-in-law. , Thcn It came out
that the bride -was under 18 years ot ago , and
the Justice informed the young man that
there was no help for him.
Last Sunday morning the young couple
again disappeared , .and . as they have not
been found the bride's father has caused
the arrest of the Justice for performing the
marriage.
Wealthy Man JHf In nn Attic.
CHICAGO , iMny 2. WIHan | Wares , for
merly a member etf the Konrd of Trade , wna
found dctu ) In an attto room oC thUChlcngo
hotel on Clark street todnj' . A post-mortem
examination chowcil that Wares died of
pneumonia. Ho was TO years of ngu nml
reiputcd to bo worth $100,000. Hi onrnul
linrron Luke , a AN ell kncun MIc-hlRnn sum
mer re-sort. Wares has lived for the pist :
j'cnr In the little room' "where ho died , sel
dom eee-n by his former business friends.
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