THE OMAHA DATLY BEE : PltlDAY. FEBRUARY 10 , 1809.
A BUTTERNUT VICTORY.
By JOHN NELSON TRUMP.
"W1
n Vnltindlngliam Is Just tbe man ,
? And 1'ugh's his rlght-h.ina bower.
snng Tommy Murphy as Abljnh passed the
Murphy gates.
"Shot op ! " snapped Abljad ,
"Hain't n-goln' to , " said Tommy , and
vent on with the song :
To meet tlio abolition clnn
Wo'ro rendy every hour.
Abljnh would have been Kind to have
etoppcd ana shut Tommy up , but ho didn't
Ills wny to pay n call on
< lar . Ho wns on
Melissa Drny. nnd was too dressed xip to
violent exercise.
take any
Abljnh Hopkins * as the beau o rnhen ,
ana n rank abolitionist. Ha vent to Cta
h o B
clnnatl nlmost every month , and
nn authority on fashion , as hi * costume ot
Ho ROio >
that afternoon " cfl.
tailed blue coat , made with lull Wrta ,
closely In Ibo back. Under the "at
waistcoat , fnslcneil witn
flowered -velvet
1-earl buttons. Ills dovc-colorcd
buct-lIKe -
SoiVcr. tight with i b a ck
. vero skin
and hold down by
the Mdo seam ,
Btrlpo up
a strap pnssine unr - llc.f } ' ' " . ' * S'Jh '
was "store bought. " nnd ho wore. a Ulgn
not handsome It
I
might bo sold that his hand ! wore too largo
nnd too red and too freckled. and hung , like
? chabod Crantfa , "a mlle below fata coat
Blcovcs. " His f < ° VM red , too , a shade
brighter than his hair , which was par ed far
to the loft In front and " ached toward
billow. In
the right in a high sweeping
tlio back It VOB parted In the middle nnd
brushed away from the medial line to e her
Bide , where It met the front hair In lltt e
duck tails just behind his ears. And his
whole head was redolent with hair oil.
" . Ho
Abljnli was a "stay-at-homo ranger.
hadn't enlisted and had escaped the draft.
Though howas the only young mnn left In
QMhcii , ho was not In demand by the girls ,
ns might bo supposed. Few people had any
respect for "stny-nt-homo rangers , " nnd
when Mollasa began to go to singing school
nnd spelling boea'\\ith Abljnh people began
to lese respect for her , too. IJut Melissa
know what she was about. She was ono
of those girls who , can't exist without sorao
ono to flirt with.
Abljah' passed the Murphy gate with anger
In his Heart. Nqthlng made him BO mad as
to hcar 'tho Jnltternut song. Ho hatoa
Vnlandlaghiuii and all his adherents , though
Molly Murphy , was a nfco girl. To tell the
truth , hQ.was'not4suro ' ho , liked best ,
Melissa , the abolitionist , or Molly , the but
ternut lib would have felt bitter could ho
have thrashed' Tommy , but ho know better ,
tooth on 'account 61 his nqw clothes nnd on
account ot Alolly. Ho Svasn't going to glvo
up his chances with the only other girl who
would go out with him.
Mollssa expected him ; ho was expected
every Sunday afternoon , and she was dressed
in her best to receive him. But it wouldn't
do to Ipt him know. There was a peculiar
code of ctlquetto existent In Goshcn. So ,
when he came up the front steps , she pretended
tended to bo surprised.
"Why , 'Dljah , " she enld. 'I'm Jest that
glnfl to sco jou. Won't you set down ? "
Ho sat down and put his hat on the floor.
Ho was awkwardly bashful.
It would bo useless to reproduce their
conversation. It was about the weather and
crops and politics. Abljnh avoided the sub
ject of the war as ho had avoided the draft
ofncers. As ho was about to leave , Melissa
said : ;
"Are , you golnVl ? Abe eajdn' . Mojint
Ilopose nbxt Tuesday ? "
"I 'lowed to go , " said ho. "Want to go
long ? "
"If It don't put you out none , " she an
swered.
" ' - not. I'm goln
"You'd Jest nswell go as
to take my buggy. "
"All right , 'HIJah , " she said. "I'll bo
ready. "
Ho put on his hat and started down the
walk.
"You'll hnvo to fetch a lunch , " eald he ,
ns ho reached the gate. "Ma's sick an' "
"All right , " she called after him. "I'l
fix It up. "
Mt. Itcposo was six miles from Goshcn , on
the Columbus pike , and on Tuesday Brough ,
the abolition candidate for governor , was to
speak. Everybody was going and Abljal
felt proud to think that he would have a glr :
along eton If ho hadn't been to the war and
got wounded. Ho walked with his head u
till ho reached the Murphy gate. He looko
for Tommy , but Tommy had disappeared
Molly was leaning over the gate , and Abijah
stopped to spcalc to her. She was consider
ate of his feelings and had put away he ;
badge , made of the cross-section of a butter
nut , when she saw him coming. All Butter
nuts wore badges ot that sort , and the abe
lltlonlfits felt It , thelr duty to destroy al
such emblems ot opposition.
"Rvenln" , Molly , " said Abljah , nshohalte !
at the gate.
" ' " she. "Ooln1
"How nro you. 'Bljah , Bald
to the spcnkln' Tuesday f"-
"Yep , " said Jio , resting his foot on the
loner hinge , and dusting his trousers with
his ciuic.
"Who with ? " she asked.
"I 'lowed to tnko Molles , " said ho. "Why ? "
"I wanted to go awfully , " she answered ,
frowning prettily.
"I'm norry I hain't got a carriage , " said
ho. Mushing n deeper red as ho thought of
his next words "But if you don't mind , and
Mollss don't , you can go in the buggy with
us. "
"I don't mind , " said Molly , not blushing lu
the least ; and I'll auk Mcllss , "
She hadn't forgotten the prevailing fashion
In feminine attire , but bho thought , by exer
cising proper care , two could ride in a
elnglo buggy at a pinch. Abljnh was the
only chance , and she liked to tllrt as much as
Melissa ,
"Novcr mind. " said the young man. "I'll
ask Mcllbs myself "
It would glvo him an cxcuso to call again
at both places , at the Urn ) a * to get Melissa's
opinion , nnd at the Murphys * to tell Molly ,
Molly ngieed , nnd the next day ( Monday )
Abljah asked Melissa If she objected to
Molly's company. Mclltua did not object to
Molly ns n girl , but Bho Old demur about
riding with a Butternut. However , Abljah
ald they need not sit together nt the speakIng -
Ing , nnd that It did not 'matter much In the
buggy , ana Melissa agreed and walked down
with him to see Molly about the luncheon.
Molly promised to furnish her share and
to keep down her Butternut tendencies , and
uvcrythliig went smoothly except' for
Abljah. 4Ho cursyd hla good nature , which
wouldn't allow him to refuse either or both.
Ho could stand ono girl In the buggy bcsldo
him , but two !
After gearing up Tuesday morning and
grooming himself with more than usual
care lie drove arouud for Molly first.
She came down the steps as he stopped
at the jute ; , and when ho saw her he cursed
Homo more. She had on a while lawn drots ,
the waist made something Ilka tbo nlilrt-
waUt of tlio present day , but with rows andrews
rows ot brass buttons upon It , amitll ones ou
the shoulders nnd down the Bleeu's and
larger ones lu quadruple rani ; down the
front. Her hat was a little btraw affair ,
trimmed with Illusion and fastened at an
impossible angle ow > r her forehead , to leave
room for the enormous mass of hair her
own Aiid another's , lu the buck. Her bauds
were encased In pink silk mitts and she
carried a green silk parasol. But It was not
Uie waist that caused Abljah to curto nor
was It the hat , It was tlio cklrt. It was full ,
very full , and was kept distended by hoops
whoso periphery was n dozen yards or mort.
She had to come -through the gate sldawlse.
Abljah turned his horse as far to one side
as possible , to allow the passage of the
voluminous skirts , but with all ho could do
they touched both wheels when Molly
climbed In.
She sat clown carefully. She bad to. And
Abljtih sat besldo her and together they
drove off for Melissa.
Her costume was the came ns Molly's In
degree as well ns kind , nnd when the two
girls sat on the single seat of the buggy
the ichlclo seemed filled with sklrUi.
Abljah saw no room for himself , and finia to.
"You can set between us , " Bald Molly ,
shoving into one- corner , which caused a
dangerous elevation of hoops on the other
stdc.
stdc.Ho
Ho had some doubts about being able to
sit between them , but he could do no moro
than try , and , after much squeezing and
exclamations , they otery uncomfortably
eettlcd nnd drove off , the hoops standing outer
\er the wheels on both sides and almost
ildlug tbo > oung man -In the middle.
There were n great .many people at Mt.
.eposo. A few men dressed llko Abljah ,
ioys most of them were ; lots of girls
Iressed llko Molly and Melissa , nnd some
ncn In army blue , jialo and maimed , homo
in furlough or discharge. The speaking
A-as'held In the open nlr , with a eland for
ihe speakers and backless benches for the
.udltors. The crowd made a tremendous
lolse getting settled.
The morning speakers were of little note ,
: andldatcs for county offices , with merely
i local reputation. In the afternoon was to
: orao the grand speech , the heavy artillery
> f the campaign. Brough himself , candidate
'or governor of the state of Ohio. Save for
.ho occasional collapse ot a bench , excite
ment was kept down for the afternoon.
AVhon the recces for dinner was announced
.ho two girls spread out the luncheon they
and brought on n tablecloth on the ground.
There was fried chicken , plcklefl , cold green
: orn boiled on the cob and piled up like a
og cabin , two kinds of cake and four kinds
> t pie , apple , dried cherry , raspberry nnd
hubarb. Melissa nnd 3Iolly sat on either
ildo of the cloth nnd had to reach way over
to get past their skirts. Abljah sat at ono
> nd.
nd.After
After the meal the girls bundled their re
ipectlvo properties Into their rcepectlve
jaskets , nnd when they had finished It was
line to get good scats for the afternoon
jpeech. True to his promise to Melissa ,
i\bljnh had Molly sit In front of the aboll-
.lonlstlc young woman. Ho eat by Melissa.
The epccch was llko all others ot thai
iimc defamatory to the south , touching
heavily on tbo wrongs ot slavery , touching
Ightly on the rights of nations , nnd wlnd-
jng up with a eulogy on Abraham Lincoln
Only this particular speech ended dlt
: erently.
Molly hnd shown no dangerous Buttornul
jymptoms during the day. In fact , aho had
applauded feebly at times , but when Mr
Brough called the whole race of Butternuts
cowards and thlevea she could stand It no
longer. She put on her Butternut badge
a declaration of war then , nnd turned so
Melissa could see It. Then did Melissa's
Instinct for destruction of all things But-
: ornutly assert itself , and In the words o
> ld Mrs. Meyer , a Gorman by birth , who saw
It all :
"Sho grnp for dot padge. "
But shq didn't get it. Molly leaped to her
feet ns quickly as her skirts would allow
her to resent the Insult , and raising her
green silk parasol , smote Melissa oil her
chignon ot artlBclal hair , thereby breaking
the weapon. Then iMolissa tried to aln ]
her adversary , and In dodging , Molly wen
'backward ' over the bench behind her. Tha
put an end to hostilities. The scene can bo
imagined better than described. Abljah
.urnod away , and Mrs. Meyer assisted the
prostrate girl to her feet and declared an
armistice. But the speech went on unheard
Everybody was Inug&lug too much to listen
everybody except Abljah. Ho didn't laugh
ho was too worried.
"I'm a dumb fool , " said he to his Aun
.Harla wticn the girls had gone to separate
houses to repair damnges. "I'm a dumb
fool to take a butternut an' an abolltlonls
out together. Dumbed It I know which take
: ako home. "
"Tako Mcllfis , " said Mrs. Maria.
"Course I'd ruthor take Mellss , " Abljal
answered. "But I can't well git outcn takin
Holly. And I dursn't ' take 'em both. "
"Won't ' Will Hanson tnko Molly ? " sug
gestcd his nunt. "He used to epark her. "
"They've fell out , " he complained.
"Well , there's Ben. Ho como alone , am
ho can't drive good with a bullet In hi
arm. Lot him tnko ono of 'em. "
"Ho won't have Molly , and Mellsa' won'
go with him U he Is nn abolitionist and go
wounded. She said so. Mebbo ho woul
: nko Molly , though. "
"All right. You ask him , " said Mrs
Maria. "Now , look hero , 'Bljah Hopkins ,
want you to talk to Mellss' 'bout the way sh
acted. 'Twan't lady-like. "
"Don't care , " said he. "Molly hadn'
oughter hit her with that umbrell' . "
"You talk to her , anyway. Pa's callln
me. I got to go. "
Abljah's mind was full of very serlou
thoughts as ho backed the pony betwee
the shafts. Ho guessed ho hnd hotter tnl
to Melissa , but ho would have to be carofu
how ho talked. She wns dangerous. On th
whole , ho believed bo liked Molly best. Sh
was more ) quiet , and then the pie she line
made bent Mellssa'fl all hello
Just as ho fastened tbo last buckle ho
f.iuv Melissa Hniy coming tuuani mm in a
borrowed hat , and ho turned to hear what
sba hnd to bay.
"I Jest wanted to toll you , 'Bljah , " said
she , "that I wouldn't trouble you to see mo
homo. "
"Who'ro you goln' with ? " ho asked.
"Ben's goln' to take me , " she said. "Ho
como nlono. "
,
Abljnh eald nothing , but after she had .
gone and climbed In besldo Bon bo thought
Bomo more , nnd shook his bend over his
thoughts. Melissa had done Just what she
said she wouldn't do , nnd ho would have
Molly to sit with him In the buggy. If she
wasn't n butternut , why then "
"I'll do It , " ho muttered , as she came out
and got In with him.
She ga\o him Juat the sweetest sort of
smile , nnd never mentioned the affair until
ho spoke first. But they had gone tome
way bofcro ho spoke nt all , nnd It was not
until they bad passed the first tollgate that
ho found his vole * .
"You hadn't oughter done that way ,
Mollle , " said he. "Twnan'it nice. "
"Sho hadn't no business tryln1 > to take my
badge , " said Molly.
"Mobbo not , " eald he. "But'you hadn't
oughter lilt her with the umbrell' . "
"I'm eorry 1 done It , 'Bljah , " she an
swered , looking ruefully at the demolished
paraiol. "But bho tried to hit mo aftef-
wards. "
"I know shu did , " ho blushed at the
thought of the set-no , "and I'll tell her so , "
" ' ' ik to her
"I hain't never goln' to p
again , " tald Molly , determinedly.
"You 'won't oven say you're sorry ? "
"No , I won't But I'll tell you , 'Bljah/1
she said , looking Into hla face.
Abljah didn't know what to say , so he
kept quiet until they were almoet within
Ight of home. Thtn ho decided It was
Imo to * p ftk ,
" 1 wlsh't you wan't a butternut , Molly , "
0 said.
She looked at him again and began to
Ing softly :
I hnd n dream the other night
\Vh n all was clear ana still.
I drenmt I saw Valandlnghnm
Oo sllJlnc down n hill.
An nbolltlonlst song , And Abljah w&s be
ginning to understand.
"Then you've changed your mind ? " ho
, &ked.
"Mebbe , " Bftld she , so low ho coulil
cArccly hear her. "Havo you changed
ours ? "
"About what ? "
"About Mcllss' . Do you like her like you
uecd to ? "
"Molly , " enld he , Ignoring her question ,
'you ' and mo's been knowln' each other n
eng time. I know I ain't handsome , but If
' "
ou'll
"Courso I will , 'Bljah , " she whispered ,
caning cloio rte lilm.
And the butternut had scored ono.
nioai Tiiia SUTTKIJ ,
Saved by the 3tiu "Who Uccninc Her
Htnlmml.
Mrs. lUmlo Lalros , a woman between BO
nnd 65 , arrived In Now York recently from
ndla via Yokohama nnd Snn Tranclsco with
icr husband nnd settled down In the Hindoo
olony which has established Itself near the
ixtrcmo end of West Thirty-first street In
New York City.
Mrs. Lnlros' husband Is n nuraslan. from
.aborc. nnd ft Christian , but the woman Is
1 stnnch Hindoo , who refuses to bo con-
erted nnd has brought with tier from her
latlvo Benares n copper statute of the God
dess Shha , which she worships ut leisure
vhllo her husband may bo attending service
n the nearest Episcopalian church. They
Ive happily together with their tlirec beau-
Iful daughters , two ot whom are of their
ather'e creed , while the third , the youngest ,
s n devout worshiper ot Bhlva and Ga-
nccsha.
Mrs. Lalros herself was n beautiful woman
once upon a time , yet It is not her personal
appearance , but her history , that Is so In-
cresting , for Uio was about becoming a
victim ot the terrible suttee of her caste
when rescued by the man who afterward
jccamo her husband.
As la the custom In Indln , namco Khud
while still n toddling child was affianced to
he son ot a friend and neighbor. At the
age of 11 , Just on the eve ot the children's
marriage , the youth of 13 , who was to belie
lie bridegroom , died , and according to the
Irrevocable laws of her caste she was doomed
to be burled on hla lunernl pyre on the
banks ot the sacred river Jumma , over from
: he city of Benares.
As Lalros had much to do with what fol
lowed , It Is Just as well ho should tell the
story :
"It was n llttlo before the Sopoy mutiny
ot 1S57 , nnd I , the son of a European father
was guiding a detachment of the First Ben
gal cavalry through Uio Jungle to Benares.
While concealed in the bush waiting for sun
rise wo saw the dead youth carried down to
the water's edge on n bamboo stretcher , ant
judging from the sort of crowd that had as
sembled wo were about to witness a suttee
The body was covered over with a green slH
robe for ho was a high class Bratimln ant
placed on a pile of resinous sandalwoot
logs. Then the cloth was removed , the bier
placed on the pyre with the feet toward the
Jumna , six logs were laid on the body and
all was ready for the widow.
"Led by n relative , Hamoe walked slowly
down the bank to play her tragic part In
the ceremony , covered with a flowing robe
of white. A Brahmin priest stood at the
head ot the body the scene is before me
now aa if It were but yesterday nud ho
directed the proceedings In the coolest man
ner possible. Taking the rod presented her
by the Brahmin in her right hand , Uamee
walked three times round the bier nnd
waved it over her head. The Brahmin next
handed her a torch , which , though to all
appearance not lighted , contained a spark
of nro within. Very Boon t > 3 waving of
the torch caught a current and ignited. I
could not see the girl's face all this time ,
hut I could see that her form shook like nn
aspen leaf.
"The Brahmin now , amid profound si
lence , having ordered her to apply the
torch , Ramce advanced toward the pyre
with tottering steps and In a moment the
pile was In a Wazo. Now came Hamee's
time to sacrifice herself , to perish then nnd
there in the fierce flames that were al
ready stretching out their tongues toward
her flimsy robe.
"She hesitated , she trembled and by com-
mnnd of the priest two men were about to
throw her on the blazing funeral pyre , when
the officer commanding the detachment , a
young man with a soft heart , ordered his
men to charge. They obeyed the order with
alacrity and not a moment too soon , dis
persing the suttco party , which fled to Us
boats , leaving Ramee fainting on the river
banks. In taking this step the officer really
disobeyed orders. Fortunately we found
what we bad como for. Wo saw that the
rebels were fortifying Benares. As for
Ramee , the colonel's wife took her under
her protection nnd after the mutiny was
suppressed she became my wife. " ,
"Aa for me , " said Mrs. Lalros , with a
sad smile , "I remember nothing. I disliked
my affianced In life and did not want to
have anything to do with him In death.
They drugged me with opium to glvo mo
nerve , but I naturally revolted against the
suttee. Still , many of my acquaintances
underwent that fate without a murmur , but
I am not composed ot the materials that
make a martyr. "
1 A I'HIZE WINNER.
Noted American Hclinlnr Honored l > r
the IiiHtltutc of Frniiuc.
There was fin Interesting eceno In the- li
brary of aho White House last Monday , re
ports the Chicago Record , when President
MoKinley presented to Mr. Charles A.
Schott a gold medal nnd a prize of 4,001) )
francs recently conferred upon him by the
Institute of France , which is recognized as
the highest scientific authority In it he world.
This prize Is open to scholars of all coun-
trlia and is conferred annually upon the
person who Is believed to have made the
most Important contribution to human
knowledge during the year in certain
branches of inquiry. After due considera
tion the prlzo for 1S9S was awarded to Mr.
Echott for bis discoveries in terrestrial inag-
nottsm. Mr. Schott Is 72 years of age and
looks like a country clergyman. He was
born In Sicily , educated la Germany , came
to tbo United States in childhood , learned
the trade of a surveyor and secured employ
ment with the coast survey more than fifty
years ago. Ho has slnco been engaged in
making computations nnd working out the
observations and notes of the eurvcyors. In
addition to his official labors Mr. Schott
has prepared several volumes of logarithms
and other astronomical and mathematical
text books , which arc accepted as author
ities throughout the world. The extraor
dinary discovery for which ho has been
awarded this prize , and which Is considered
the most important contribution to human
knowledge during the last year , was a
method by which the variations of the com
pass may be anticipated. In otlier words ,
ho bad prepared tables similar to those of
the nautical almanac , by which a navigator
at sea or n surveyor or astronomer on land
may know two or three years In advance
> the variation of tbo magnetic needle at any
degree of latitude or longitude on the earth's
turfccc.
The president made a graceful little
epwch as bo presented the prize , which bail
c/ome to him through the go\ernmein of
France and tbo Department of Slate for
prcaentaitlou to Mr. Schott , and remarked
that it waj ono ot tbo highest honors that
could bo conferred aud waa a pleasant proof
THE GREAT WHITE PLAGUE. "
Because of the striking resemblance In
many reopccts to a heavy destructive
snow storm , CONSUMPTION has been
aptly called "The GKEAT WH1TI-2
PLAGUE. " It may be said , nlso , of CON
SUMPTION thnt ns n rule It comes on so
gently nnd softly that Its step Its earliest
symptoms Is rarely heard. Indeed , Its
first presence or near npproach Is seldom
sucpccted.
There Is perhaps n slight cough , but llttlo
attention Is paid to It. "Oh , It'll ' soon pass
off , " says the victim ; "It doesn't amount to
anything. " But It perhaps does amount to
n great deal. It may be the first danger
signal that has been sounded. There has
always been more or less "wasting nw .y , "
a gradual loss ot llesh and strength , that
perhjps has attracted little or no attention
AB the disease progiessej there may bo
slight raising of blood from the throat or
cheat , or there may be a more or less per
sistent tickling In the throat , or there- may
bo a shortness ot breath , with or without
palii In the chest ; or there may bo an In
creased tendency to "tako cold , " with n cor
respondingly diminished power to throw It
off.
off.Or
Or , again , the slow , quiet beginning may
bo Indicated by a gradually Increasing pallor
or loss ot color In the face , excepting , per
haps , n small bright red spot on each cheek ,
and in the female by diminution or cessa
tion ot the menstrual discharge.
All of those conditions , especially wlicn
they show themselves prior to or during
early ndult life , are to bo viewed with sus
picion nnd regarded as sure indications that
the unfortunate victim Is ncnrlng death's
crater.
And It Is at this Bioge that sciential ? medi
cal treatment should begin. Cough , ex
pectoration ot moro or less opaque substance
ot varying color , from whitish gray to green ,
sometimes of blood ; Increased shortness of
breath , dull pains In the chest , advancing
emaciation , with corresponding loss of
weight nnd strength ; profuse night sweats ,
tevorlshness and diarrhoea. < u prominent
symptoms. Of course not all ot these
s > mptoms are necessarily present In nny
ono case , but some of thorn are , and anyone
ono should bo a signal to bo nctrwl on at
once.
It CONSUMPTION bo recognized In Its
early stages the difficulty of curing It Is
greatly lessened , but that It can be cured
e\cn when Its victim Is on the brink ot
dentil's crater , I * an undl < ; putablp fact. It
Is n germ disease1 , and a sjstcm of treat
ment that will destroy these germa and re
store such waste ns has resulted from tholr
presence will certainly and surely effect n
permanent cure.
No ONH mcdlclno combines In itself nil
the properties requisite for successfully cur
ing consumption.
The Dr , Slocum Ticatment embodies In its
Four Preparations the most logical , ad-
\anccd \ , scientific and successful methods ot
cure.
cure.When
When Dr. Slocum first published his the
ory , about twenty-five years ngo , nnd as
serted that CONSUMPTION was n con
tagious nnd curable disease ho was Inughed
at by his fellow physicians. But ho was
not discouraged. Ho went on perfecting his
System of Treatment , curing thousands of
patients cacti jcnr nnd waiting patiently for
the Indorsement and approval of the mcdl-
cnl world.
And ho did not wall In vain. Strange to
relate , the first open Indorsement cnuio from
abroad across the ocenn. Dr. Sir William
Dro.idbent , plijslclnn to Hojnl 1'iuully , nt a
recent meeting held In Mnrlborough House ,
presided over by the Prince of Wnlcs , In
dorsed the pilnclplcs upon which the Slo
cum System Is founded. Now it is In
dorsed nnd nppTo\ed bj progressive , liberal-
minded phjslclnns e\cry\\hcrc.
The Slocum System of Treatment cm-
bodies the liMlltig power * ot medicine- com
bined with Hie rebuilding and rejuvenating
powers of fond. U promptly allays the
cough , rollove.i pain and other distressing
a.Miiptoiiis , Insures rest and sleep and sus
pends or destrojs the energies of the dls-
ease germs , while its food elements restore
tbo waste tissues , Increase the rt-il cor-
pinclcs ot the blood , steady the nerves and
so Invigorate nnd strengthen the whole body
of tlio sufferer that It throws off and elimi
nates every element of the disease.
Ulixlrs , bitters , cordials and opium mix
tures afford temporary relief In man rases ,
but they do not euro : they merely nnsk the
symptoms nnd waste valuable time ; they
should be avoided studiously.
The lr. Slocum Sjstem of Tientment not
onlj removes the cause In CONSUMPTION ,
but It nlso prevents a recurrence of the dis
ease by so enriching and purifying the blood
that Its powers of resistance become so
great thnt the germs of the disease cannot
again enter the- lungs or find lodgment In
the vital parts ot the body. This proves
Its value as n preventive as well ns a cur * .
Iir. Slofum has devoted more than
twenty-flvo years to tlio study ot Consump
tion In all Its phases. Ho Is fntnlltar with
ovcry stnRo and symptom , By mom of
the microscope ho has stlldltxl Itt germs
until ho Is perfectly f.iiulll.ir with their
shape nnd form , their habits and the surest
method of destroying them. You may there
fore readily understand why the I5r. Slocum
Sjstem of Treatment is an Infallible euro for
Consumption.
It jou or nny ono near and dear to you , erIn
In whom jMU feel nn Interest , hnvo nuy of
tlio s > mptoms hero de-scribed do not delay
nnd tdus wnsto valuable time , but begin
the lr. ) Slodim System of Treatment NOW
15vcry day of delay ndda to the seriousness
ot jour condition.
Consumption la nn ngurewdvp , mrrcllcsi
disease ; It never rcln.Ms Us hold on ltd
victim. On the contrary , both day nnd
night , It tlnhls for the supremacy , nnd will
always win If not checked by proper treat
ment ,
The Dr. Slocum System ot Treatment Is
not an experiment ; It h.is eurod thousands
of cases , nnd it will cure jou.
It la dispensed by all druggists In largo
orlgnlal packages , with full Instructions for
use In any case.
The FHKK treatment Is within the reach
of nit sufferers.
WHITE TO THE DOCTOR TODAY.
The Doctor will furnish you his Complete *
Tree System of Treatment ( Four Prepara
tions ) upon receipt ot your request for same.
Address Dr. A. T. Slocum Laboratories ,
Ofi ntul 9S Pine street , New York City.
s w/A
SCENE IN THE SLOCUM LABORATORIES , NKW YORK CITY , SKETCHED FOR THE BEE ,
The Doctor Demonstrating to .Medical Men , Scientists. Statesmen and Stddcnts the Vsiltie of His New Slocum System of Trentmcnt for the Per
iiianont Cure of Lung Consumption , Catarrh , "After Ullcct.of the Grippe , ami all Pulmonary anil Wasting Diseases.
WRITE TO TODAY.
Don't delay , but write for the Complete Free Treatment at once , before the results of the disease have become so deeply in
grained in your system as to render it difficult to get rid of , and perhaps thus lead to a fatal result. When writing the doctor
please tell him that you read his article in The Omaha Bee ,
Address DR. T. A. SLOCUM LABORATORIES , 96 and 98 Pine Street , New York City.
that In sclonco there are no International j
boundaries , The prlzo had been founded by
an englishman , awarded by u Frenchman
and won by an Atnerkan.
The smallest tnings exert tQu greatest In
fluence. Do Witt's Llttlo Early IUs ra nio
unequalled for overcoming conetlputlni and
llvor trouble. Small pill , best Dili , safe pill ,
wi.vr HV
IIoiv Tnu .lieii ( Jot Over tile Crcnt
Snow Drll'lH.
!
"It looks a llttlo llko mow. " said tbo
Washlnuton weather man itio other day tea
a Star reporter as be looked first out of tbo
window and tlien let his eye wander over tbo
great glass map In the senate lobby. There
was a 11 no beating snow outside just whiten
ing the giound In places and piling up in
drifts several inches deep against the ter
race. Roth west and south and east on the
map were treat \ \ liltoaiiowa | ojnt ng onanl
UanhliiK'ton and two great jilsh vtcru iao-
Ing from different quarters for the capital.
From Chicago was reported a record of 10
degrees below zero and from Colorado was | '
reported snow deep enough to cover up small
towns. The weather man uas figuring on
the depth of the snow at Como and A pox and ,
calculating the velocity of the wind , and i
from this and the general atmospheric condl- j I
t'ong outBlde , concluded that Washington was
threatened with snow. I
"It Is no plaything , " the weather man soli ) ,
"when they have snow like 'this ' In the Hock-
lea , 1 had an experience In going from Hl-
a , Moot. , over the divide some years ago.
It was a beautiful day when my companion
and myself left Helena. Them wus Ot-ep
snow on the ground < aiid in the mountains
there were toiuo Immcine drifts , but the
snow was unckcd and tbu tun was bright.
Before wo got on tlio top of tbo illvldu It
began to HEOW Just as It Is snow lag now ,
fine drifting snow , and the wind got up to
about fifty miles an hour Within tno hour *
there da no HRU | of the troll pnywbsre ,
Wo wcra in a bcatliiR blizzard and couldn't
toll \\hlch \ way wo were golr.g. Wo Mrugg.ol
along blindly until we got on tup of tnu < U-
vlile , All wo could tell was 'that ' wo were
going down on the other side , and wo had
no Idea where wo would wind up ,
"Tho horses were afraid and did not want
( o facu the drifts , and we were ( mlf dcail
with cold. In llounderlng thtough ono drift
we got tangled in n wire , and tliut was our
salvation. It was the slnglo wlro on tno
goveitiment telegraph line.
"The drift was clear up to tbo top ot the
"telegraph " pole nt thnt point , but It was for
the most part within three or four feet of
the wire , Wo know we must follow tula
line to find our wny. Wo rouird not do to
by slfilvt. Ono of us hnd .o hook his arm
around the wlro and hold on to it while
the other 'took ' care of the horaoa. He woula
Just slide tbo wlro along In the bend of the
elbow , lo.tlng go only to JMHS cneh poletnd
in this wny wo got lmo : Daer Lodge. It
seems strange hero to talk about walking on
about the level of the tops of telcgrapn
.poles , but that's what wo did from tde top
of the dlvldo to Deer Lodge. "
IU2MIA' riuoiuii : , TIIIJ I'uivrnu.
\oali llriMil.H Ti'llM Him tin
Wrlli-r Ilci'Miix- tJiinriiiillHt. .
In an article on "Henry Oeorgo In Call-
fornla , " Mr. Noah IJrooks tolls tba renders i
of the February Century how the political I
economist became a newspaper writer : i
In the nutumn of 1SCG I was the editor of
the Times , a dally nowupaper published In '
San Francisco. One day the foreman of tha i
composing room , after disposing of buslnosi
cancel ulng which ho had como to my dei > k. I
somewhat hesitatingly told mu thnt ono ot
the compositors In hlu department bad writ
ten SON oral editorial artlclt'3 , by way of ex
periment , and they were very good , BO tbo
foreman thought. Hut tbo joung printer hud i
dcitroyed bis productloro , after passing them
arouud
AVould the editor-in-chief llko to look at one
of the joung man's writings ? I gold I should
bo glad to hco ono , and If ho tent mu nny-
thing worth printing it should bo used and
the writer should bo paid for It.
A few hours Inter n Imndlo of sheets of
Manila paper was laid on my desk by Mr.
Turrell , the foreman , who , with a smile , nald
thnt the young printer bad happened to liavo
ready nn article which ho was willing to
submit to my Judgment. I read the paper ,
nt llrfct with n preoccupied mind nnd In haatn ,
and then with nltentlvencKS and wonder.
Considering the source from which It came
thu ajtllo was to mo remarkable. I rooal-
lect that It wns written In a delicate , almost
feminine hand. In lines very fnr npnrt , and
making ulto 5cihur a bulk which hnd at
first misled mo aj to the actual length of the
disquisition. The artlclp wns not long and
waa entitled "Tho Btrldoi of a Giant ; " It
was dracrlptlve of tbo gradual extension of
the Aslatlo frontiers of llussln , the changon
that had taken pluco In the lelatlons of the
European powers nnd the appaient sympa
thetic approach of the United States aud
Hussla toward each other.
In borne doubt aa to the originality of this
paper , sent to mo by a young and unknown
printer , I first looked through the Aincr-
| lean aud foreign reviewu on my table , then ,
i Hatlsfylne myself that the article had not
i bevn "crlbbod" from any of these publicu-
I lions , 1 changed the title to "Tho Two
| Ulanta" und printed It as the "leader" In
the Times of November 20 , ISfcO Let me
1 fcay tint when I told my fomnan that , uur-
I prised by the excellence of the English and
the erudition exhibited In the article , I hail
some doubts cuncernlng the originality of
the > uung prlntpr'H work. hH warmly re
plied that thci young fellow was a thor
oughly lium < * t man and would no moio bor
row Ideas than ho would meal. Oh , no , my
good friend Turrell would risk his reputa
tion on the young compositor's honesty.
Tim forciiMii raid tuut , If 1 wcie turloua
to HPO the young man , I would nnd him at
n ceitiiln case , EO many canes from the entrance -
trance to tbo composing room. 1 looked with
some Interest and wns disappointed to find
thnt my vigorous and well Informed con
tributor was a little man , o short Hint ho
h d provided himself with a bit of plonk
on which ho stood at a case too tall for him.
Ho was apparently then about 2H years old ,
but in face was ten years older , an bo was
born In 1831 , Hlu auburn hair was thin
and tbo youtlifulneBa of his face was dis
puted 'by the partial baldness of his head ;
his blue cyra were lambent with animation
and a certain look of mlrthfulneas ,
Near acquaintance with Henry ( itorga
confirmed mo In my strong prepossession In
his finer Ho was bright , ulert , good hu
mored and full of fun ; yet tils talk showed
that ho was a thinker , that ho thought In
dependently of all writers , nnd that ho had
uIdo , nirlous and original vlowu of life , Tliu
niau'H manner , hlx nlmpllcity , his dlindcnca
and abHcluto sincerity captivated me and I
liked him thoroughly and at once. Ho
continued U > contribute to the editorial page
or the pater , sometimes with a. fertility at
production that dismayed me , and after a
few weeks , u vacancy having BUddciily liaji-
penod In my editorial staff , I Invited Ocorgo
to the pl.ice. He wan given u com for I a bio
Hillary and from that tlmo forth iio set typo
no mcro.
K Itulilivr Imlimlr ? .
SAN FUANCIHOp. Feb. 9 A letter from
( iuatcmnla utaUu that the government , In
order to promote the rubbo- Industry , ban
Lidiu < l a decreu offering a aballcflu of the
public Imuls c < | u\ali | > nt to over 100 ucriH - <
to any peitou having U,000 rubber tr * < - . )
mer four years old.
La Grippe lu aguin epidemic , nveiy pr -
cautloti hbould bo taV.ni to avoid it. I la
Npcclflo euro lu One Minute Cough Cure ,
The best remedy for all age * ; cures cougnu ,
colds aiid all lung troubles. I'l Mount to tbo
taste. I.'o ouo will IHI disappointed In ut-
Inu It