THE OMAHA DAILY" 11I3E : WEDNESDAY , JUNE 01 , ISO ! ) . 9
LOT 104.
Ily HHRNAHI ) K. J. CAPES.
( Copyright. 1693 , by Ucrnard E. J. Capes )
Mr. Ocorge George , house e.trgoon at the
Urantham-by-thc-Sea cottage hospital , had
acquitted himself with Impunity from a
traditionally fatal enterprise he had drawn
with his lips the poison from a clogged tuba
In a coflo of diphtheria and had suffered no
ill effects as n consequence. ThU vas to
fctand remarkable , r t for the act which
I I had Infinlto noble precedent but for Its
eequel ; yet , three days after the event , the
young doctor would recall his deed with 111-
tlo else than a warmth of professional prldo
as over the successful conduct of a case.
Dut then , It Is true , he had some engross
ing personal matters to occupy that much
of the attention ho could spare from his
patients , matters that were to reach tholr
curious culminating point , during the course
of his third day , In a contretemps that would
appear to have teen designed by Providence
for the express acknowledgment of merit.
Introductory and essentially to the context.
It may bo premised that George George was
young ; that ho wa without money or sub
stantial Interest ; that ho had all the world
to win.
His present post , his first , was Just
sufficiently remunerative to enable him to
live unharrarajd of creditors , He had been
fortunate In procuring It through the rec
ommendation of a great-uncle , who was also
an Inhabitant of Drantham and a trustee to
the estates of the hospital Itself , and under
the aegis of this worthy the house surgeon
had already passed the first half of hla year
of office , when suddenly his patron and
relative died.
Now this , doubtless , waa a matter for all
decent regret , and It shall bo said that the
deceased's grand-nephew was affecting no
more than ho felt ( and that was honcot
measure , for he had liad a liking for the
old gentleman ) when howas Informed , to
his utter astonishment , that his undo bad
loft him toy will everything of which he had
died possessed.
The shock was as genially slunnlns as Is
unexpected applause to an Incipient orator ;
the reaction , as depressing as might be the
discovery on the part of such orator that
ho had been cried up Ironically. For , so
It appeared , George George had 'been be
queathed , in all Inspiring phraseology , a
heritage of emptiness.
How this was so 'became at once appar
ent. The departed trustee had been a gov
ernment pensioner. His income died
with him. While ho lived this had
either sufficed simply for his wants , or
else ho had been and such was his reputa
tion a deplorable skinflint. Results , how
ever , would not appear to substantiate the
latter charge , No securities , no dividend
warrants , no personal cstato or hoarded
capital were disinterred from chest or
bureau after the most uncommon Investiga
tion. Ills pension , It appeared , had rounded
off at either end the testator's financial po
sition , and the disappointed fegateo had at
last to face his disillusionment and accept
his Inheritance for what It was worth. This
was little enough , in all conscience a trlllo
of money at the bank , the almost moribund
the front , with an evident eye to business.
He was a man of a certain professional
I cast , strongly built , loud , In the style of
! those who are accustomed to appeal forcibly
to audiences. His fare was flaccid , Hko
veal ; bis anointed curls , his eyebrows and
the blot of hair on his under lip were of a
Brunswick black. His portly form was en
cased In a long threadbare overcoat with a
sham astrakhan collar , and on his head ha
wore at a rakish angle a scrupulously
groomed silk hat with a preposterous curl
of brim.
Mr. Hacker , the Junior partner , who
officiated at the rostrum In all sccond-clas ?
nffalrs and who might oven have pleaded
guilty to some little weakness of collusion
In sales technically known on "knockouts , "
nntcd the newcomer with the tall of his eye
and moistened hla ferrety lips In foretaste
of the blood his instinct told him he might
expect to draw.
"For this excellent ormolu and bronze
three-light gasaller , " said he. "Now , gen
tlemen , name a price. "
"Three bob , " said a facetious broker.
"Four , " snapped out the stranger.
"Five. " "six , " "seven , " "eight , " "nine , "
"ton , " was run up rapidly In a monosyllabic
duel. Then came a pause , the stranger
hating the last word.
"Ten Hhlllln'e , " said the auctioneer re
proachfully ; "this particularly elegant three ,
light ormolu gasallcr going for ten shlll-
In's ! Come , gentlemen , Isn't there one of
you'll make an advance on the bid ? Gen
uine ormolu and bronze and fit for a ducal
drawing room ! "
Ho looked from face to face , and poised
his little mallet tentatively.
"Ten shlllln's ! " ho repeated. His tone
wan that of a protesting Incredulity. Ho
might have been n convicted Innocent 'hear
ing himself sentenced to ten years' penal
servitude. One longed almost to assure
this good man that Tie was only being made
the victim of a hoax. Then he essayed
humor , the humor of the rostrum , that , Hko
that of the bench , sounds such a deprees-
Ingly blank cartridge In the report.
"Why , the weights alone are worth the
money ! Take 'em 08 my mind , gentle
men. Come , say a sovereign. Won't anyone
ono go an advance on ten shlllln's ? It's
without reserve , gentlemen. There's no call
for this extreme modesty. "
Ho conned the blank faces once more , and
shrugged his shoulders as If to repudiate
all responsibility in so senseless a fiasco.
The little hammer In his hand rose slowly
like that of a clock about to strike lin
gered on the fall In a quick Inspiration.
"Take him on , Charley , " whispered a
neighbor broker to the other. "He's Ily. "
"One pound. "
"One pound ten , " said the stranger.
"Two pounds. "
"Two pounds one. "
There was a murmur of protest. The auc
tioneer bent over his desk courteously.
"Tho conditions of sale , " he eald , "above
two pounds , no advance under two shlllln's. "
"Two pound ten , then , " eald the stranger.
The languid room woke to a sense of the
table ) bowed , with an expansive motion of ]
his finger tips from his mouth , as if he were
{
caressing outwards the ends of a long mo visI I
tachp. Professionally this manner of salutfi-
tlon may te Interpreted to signify the |
"blowing a kl s" to applause. Then ho put !
ono hand akimbo , and waved the other
grandiosely to the gasallcr at his side.
"You're Dr. George ? " said he.
"Certainly. "
"Then , doctor , I've took the liberty of
bringing you a little present. "
"Hut , my good sir "
"Hush ! " said the stranger ; and he went
to the door on tip-too and carefully shut
and focked It.
"It's absolutely plain , " thought the dis
mayed practitioner. "I guessed it at the
auction , and here's confirmation. This per-
sun Is an escaped lunatic. "
The stronger had returned to the rug and
his property. An odd smile was on his
face. He thrust one hand , Napoleonic , Into
the breast of his coat.
"Sir , " he began.
"There's nothing for It , then , but to
humor him , " thought the doctor.
He ndvntried and dragged forward his old
elbow-chair wintry as the evening , by
token of Its long-vanished springs from its
corner by the fire.
"Sit down , " said he.
I "No , sir , " said the stranger , promptly ,
'
"sooner In the presence of royalty than In
yours ! "
" 0 ! " exclaimed the other , In a helpless
voice.
"I were scurvy tempted , " said the visitor.
"I were scurvy tempted ; I'll own It up fair.
It's fortnn" against the apple of my eye ,
says I ; and thank God , the man In mo rose
to the occasion , and the apple wins. "
Mr. George recovered his decision and his
professional manner. "That'll do , " he said.
"Now , my good fellow , come to the point
and state your business. "
Immediately his hands were seized In an
emotional grasp.
"I could kiss "em ! " cried the stranger ;
"s'elp me , I could kiss 'em and cry ! "
The doctor wrenched himself free so
+ ' Jt"iTHE.LANGUID ROOM WOKE TO A SENSE OP THE HUMOR OF THE SITUATION.
leasehold of a house In Brldgo street and
the furniture and personal effects ( all of
Indifferent vnluo ) therein contained. The
unhappy doctor's momentary dreams of being
able to realize his best ambition by pur
chasing a practice at the termination of his
year of office were dissolved Into thin air.
Now , it was no good starting a grievance
against Fate because hla holiday mood had
received a drenching , so to speak. It was
not Hko him , moreover to do so , He
elmply made the best of a disappointing job
and straightway put up to auction the whole
of the houeeboM pharaphernalla ( which , In
view of the near expiration of the lease
could bo of no earthly use to him ) , with the
object of converting it Into at least an In
considerable nucleus of capital.
Even hero , however , disenchantment
Eeemed to watt upon him , 1'nu day of the
ealo conducted rn the premises by Dull &
Hacker was chill and swampy ; the at
tendance was poor ; the bidding spiritless
and Inefficient.
The doctor as before Introduced , with the
modest memory of his deed of heroism
overclouded by present preoccupation-
looked In during the course of the after
noon to see how matters were progressing.
As to that ho was seized at once with a
dlscomfortablo conviction. The lots were
being knocked down with as cheap a
Jocularity as if they were skittles in an
alley. Several , while he waited , were gold
for an "old song , " and It was the barb In
the sting to him , as always to the uniniti
ated , to observe In each that Incongruous as.
Boclatlon of objects , presumably much better
offered apart , that It Is the Irreverent humor
of auctioneers to exhibit In their tabulating
of the household goods.
Item : A coal scu'ttle ' , a scent fountain ,
two clothes horses and sundries ( the latter
Inclusive , apparently , of a charwoman's bon
net , and a framed photograph of somebody's
aunt , In a crinoline , standing by an Ionic
pedestal ) , six shillings. Item : A camp
washstand. three dish covers and a pur-
donlum ( which turned out to be nothing but
\ the coal scuttle over again ) , two shillings.
Item : Plaque , "Tho Wandering Jew" ( a
fanciful description evolved out of the One ( I
genius of the auctioneer's clerk , Inasmuch ,
si the figure was obviously and even ag-
grt' st\ely feminine probably "a Hecate ) ,
painted in a flower pot saucer by an amateur.
Hut It { etched a good price , three and six
pence. Item : An ormolu and bronzed three-
light gaoaller.
At this point something of a brisk rally
occurred In the bidding. It was .it the In-
cUnco of a stranger , who , upon the calling
of the lot ( lOt was Ha number ) , swiftly de
tached himself from the gloom of the outer
tc of bystanders and pushed his way to
humor of the situation.
"Three pounds , " said the broker.
The stranger looked around defiantly.
"It's what I want " he " '
, said. "It'll soot
my show and I mean to have It. "
There were cries of "Order ! Order ! " and
the room echoed -with a ripple of laughter
over this fatuous admission.
"Four pound , " said the stranger , Im
movably.
"It goes against my conscience , " thought
George George , "to profit by this victimiz
ing of a fool. "
Ho waited while they ran the fool up
.rom six to ten pounds , and there , frightened ,
perhaps , by the magnitude of the Issue , they
let the joke lapse and chuckled themselves
hoarse over the richness of the climax.
Ten pounds for a frame of Indifferent old
metal ! It was an exhibition of tenacity nil
upon the Insensate side.
The stranger seemed neither elated nor
depressed by the result. He went and stood
by his property until he could pay for and
remove It , Indifferently the cynosure of eyes
that humored their own derision of him a
little covertly , in that they were conscious
of a certain truculence In the expression of
those under the unspeakable hat-brim.
The 'bidding ' , after this momentary ef
fervescence of excitement , fell to a inoro
dismal level of Ineffectiveness than It had
suffered hitherto. Very soon the person
most Interested In It itlred of the reitera
tion of lame conclusions , and returned to
his work , moro Impressed than ever with
the vanity of Impulsive optimism. Ho
busied himself over his cases and other mat
ters for an hour or two , losing In occupation
all but the shadowy memory of his disap
pointment , then went home for the cup of
tea that is the solace to much heroic des
peration. Ho had no living quarters at the
hospital , but his dull lodgings were near at
hand , ami for them he made with a new
distaste for their meanness , ( hat was half
humor , half chagrin. His tiny sitting room
was lapped in darkness , for the flro was
sunk to a mere belated spark , and the gas
was turned down In the Insufferable cban-
dellor. With his fingers on the cock Georgs
George dwelt a moment In retrospection on
the queer little episode of the afternoon.
"Well. " ho thought , "It Is ten pounds of
eccentricity , at least. In my pocket. "
'His ' band moved the room leapt Into light ,
and there before him on the hearth-rug
were standing man and gasaller the actual
subject of his meditations ,
He Jumped , he couldn't help It , then In an
Instant , with a violent effort , forced hi *
nerves under control.
"What , the ! " he began and-stopped.
The stranger ( placing Ills largo btU on the
roughly that the man staggered.
"Giveme a moment , sir , " pleaded the lat
ter.
ter.Ho
Ho passed the back of his hand across
Ills eyes. To George's astonishment these
swam with unmistakable tears.
"I'll Kxjme to the point , " murmured the
visitor. Then ho gulped , produced a crimson
bandanna , blow his nose sonorlously and
spoke up over a cushion of handkerchief :
' 'I'm own dad , " said he , "to little Jemmy
Montagu as Is down with the dlpthlery. "
With the words the doctor's fog of In
dignant bewilderment began to dissipate.
A little flusfh came to his cheek.
"Why didn't you say so before ? " he pro
tested. "Well , the boy's mending. "
"Thanks to you , sir thanks to the
noblest act as ever merited a father's gratl-
teed and the applause of a , full house of
saints. "
"Pooh ! " said George.
"Ah ! " said the man , gasping and wiping
his eyes. "Him was as was good to do It
is good to say pooh to it , no doubt. I've
been told the facts , ir. You saved my
lad's life at the risk of your own. I say ,
God bless you for It , and I say he's blessed
[ me , too , by ahowln' me how to rise and reward -
' ward you out of the pit of my own tetnpta-
l tlon. "
"I want no reward , " said the doctor ,
I rather abruptly , "llut It will be somotlilng
of one to me to h r your adequate ex
planation of why you have not hitherto , to
my knowledge , been near the hospital since
your boy was brought to It. "
"Could I help It , lr ? I must move on
and keep the pot a bllln" . I swear 1 never
guessed nt Jemmy's danger. I come back
hero the moment I was free. S'hclp me ,
you dunne what It Is to tumble for a llvlu'
and your heart burstln' wild anxiety. "
"To tumble ? You are a. mountebank ,
then ? "
"I'm a bacrobat , sir ; a street hacrobat ,
else I might never "have " been put In the
way to reward Jemmy's benefactor. "
"I have told you 1 want no reward.
You can't understand that in a case like
this success Is Its own. "
The acrobat shook his head.
"It's your Individual , lawful property , " he
said. "I'm only the unworthy Instrument
under Providence , whose ways Is past tell
ing. To think that you should be the toelr
to that very Identical house I've had by
heye on a slxmonth. It were no chance ,
I'll swear , but a dispensation as learned mo
the truth at the last moment. "
Ho turned to the gasallcr.
"Hero It Is , " he went on. "I brought It
down In a cab the moment I could lay
hands on It. Now. look ! "
The young doctor , still In two minds ns to
hla visitor's sanity , advanced no further pro
test , but stood dumbly watching. From the
ancleiit lumber the acrobat detached one of
the three bulky ormolu weights that lay
upon the rug at the end of their chains. He
raided It In his hands.
"Heavy , ain't It ? " said he ; and , placing
It on the table , unhooked and deposited Its
two companions by Its side.
"Now , " said ho , "If this don't answer to
my expectations , I'm "
Too suddenly ( lurried to finish the sentence
he selred a weight and held It between hli
knees , with the action of one drawing n
recalcitrant cork from n ibottlr.
"Ah ! " he cried , triumphantly , and came
erect , rapidly unscrewing a sort of stopper
from the crown of the thing.
And then a "wonder came to light , " for
before George George's astonished eyes a
clinking rain of gold pieces frll and scat
tered from a hollow vessel upon the table.
"Good ! " chuckled the acrobat. "And now
for the other two ! "
"Nine hundred and seventy-five pound , "
said Mr. Montagu , looking up breathlessly
from a swift calculation. "All yours , sir ,
every penny of It , 'by ' will. 0. I've learned
the facts , and It's not a proportion of what
you deserve. "
"Tell mo how you know , " cald George
George , speaking as if In a dream.
"That's explained In a. sentence , " an
swered the acrobat stoutly. "Top balancing
Is part of my business. D'ye know what
that means ? No ? Listen to this , then : My
mate holds a polo perpendicular from a
pocket In his belt , and up it I goes and bal
ances. I sees a'many things In course
through fust floor winders things not al
ways meant for me. That waa the case In
the present InoTance. We was comln' down
Bridge street last July In the dog days , and j
stopped outside your uncle's house. Tho' '
sash waa up , for air. I see the old man shut
Into his room , gloatln' over his hldln1 place.
It were an Instantaneous pictur , revealed tome
mo In a Hash ; then the old sciew made me
out sudden , and rushed , with a heath , and
snatched down the blind. It struck a rare
Impression on me. I thought of It for
months. When Jemmy was a-tumbllng with
all his little soul put into It : 'Ah , my lad ! ' '
I'd cogitate ; 'If I could bo present at the
sale o1 that old ' ,
lick-penny's effects some
day , I don't doubt I could leave ye a fortun' .
The fancy so dwelt with mo that somehow
I've made out my season ever since In the '
neighborhood of this here watering place ; I
and that's how my boy " come to your horspl-
tal. It's a fact , sir ; "and now , hear the end.
This very mornln' , hurryin' back from a
week's tower on my way to visit Jemmy , I
passed the house that had been so long In
my thoughts , and see the sale of its effects
advertised for 1 o'clock. It caught me by
the throat like a shower bath. 'By gum ! '
says I , 'now or never ! ' and I went in , took
stock of the very article standln' there ,
sure enough , as Innocent as emptiness and
felt myself a made man. Then I como on
to the horspltal and learned the truth of
everything. It was common talk this of
your barren windfall. Jemmy himself know
all about it and told me ho did. 'Very well ,
Mr. Montagu , ' thinks I , 'you're either a
devil or a human , and you've got to prove
yourself. ' Have I done so , sir ? But , after
all , it ain't much puttin' you In the way ol
your own in exchange for Jemmy's life. "
Upon minute Investigation there seemed
to evolve itself , from obscure documentary
evidence , a hint that George George's great-
uncle had contemplated , amidst vain pro
crastination , the drawing up of a clew to the
treasure's hiding place for the ultimate ben-
| oflt of his Inheritor. Whether or no this
i Tvero the case , two Indisputable claims followed - i
' lowed the discovery ; the living young man's j
to the property , the dead miser's to a no
longer disputed character for parsimony.
As for Mr. Moutflgu , beyond a reluctant
consent to receive back the 10 ventured by
him In the service of Jemmy's benefactor ,
ho steadfastly and persistently declined to
accept for his probity any part , great or lit
tle , of the disinterred gold. And In this
resolve we must hold him right.
pnoi'i.n AVIio n.wi : MADI : ur.coiins
Aclilrvrmctitn of 'Many Men in Many
MUCK lit Aotlon.
John Malone killed and dressed a bullock
In 3 minutes and 40 seconds and slaughtered
all previous records. That happened fifteen
years ngo , but colors the traditions of Chicago
cage stock yards to this day.
Walter Dennlson oa the same day dressed
a bullock a trifle moro fastidiously , "In the
market style , " as It Is known , In i minutes
and 29 seconds.
Pat Fitzgerald dressed ten sheep in 33
minutes In Newark , N. J. , in 1S83. 'A Ger
man butcher of Erie , Pn. , dressed n thirty-
six and ono-luilt pound lamb In 2 minutes
aud 3G seconds.
Teddy Wick , In his famous London shop ,
did on ono celebrated occasion shaved a man
In 13 seconds , aud Teddy's little girl , Nellie ,
shaved five men In 2 > A minutes on the same
occasion. For steady tonsorlal expertuess
perhaps the record of W. Lloyd , also of
I/ondon , has never been equaled. Ho onc&
shaved thlrty-llvo men In 12 minutes and 29
seconds In a tournament. The report docs
not say where the subjects came from , what
became of them afterward or whether they
ever came back.
Gcorgo A. Fisher of Detroit dressed for
market 200 chickens In 44 minutes. That Is ,
a chicken about every 13 seconds. George
B. Uandnll of Taunton , .Mass. , has the repu
tation of having killed and dry picked 103
gecie In 9 hours and S3 minutes.
Homer W. Crawford Is a club swinger of
Now Lisbon , O. Ho once swung a pair of
ten-pound clubs for seven hours continu
ously to an Irregular accompaniment by an
overworked pianist.
Hardly less wonderful , though moro In
the line of "fancy" than "endurance" work ,
was the exhibition of E. W. Morgan at
Paterson , N. J. , In 18SS. Ho manipulated a
pair of fourpounders In 3S6 different move
ments and combinations , making a total of
2,311 i evolutions , In 10:15. : That Is , about
two and a half revolutions a second.
Jack Griffiths , an Australian , swung a pair
of three-pound three-ounce clubs for thirty-
six bourse without a re-t. He showed 2CO
combinations to vary this monotony. The
report says he was somewhat out of breath
when he finished.
J. M. Mackiuolty. another Australian , cut
through a tree 4 feet 8 inches In girth In
1-41. There Is also George S. Sprlggs , who
pushed a loaded freight car weighing , all
told. 59,000 pounds , three feet up a slight
grade at Mount Clare yards , Baltimore , four
years ago.
William Lowney of Philadelphia opened
100 oysters in the presence of a roomful of
witnesses In 3:03 : % . Frank Barrett at a
downtown restaurant In New York opened
2,500 oysters In 2:16:43 : : % . James Welnhart ,
also In New York , opened enough clams
for a zood , blK chowder , 459 , in 30:00. :
G A. Bllxt of Minneapolis put In 4.2P.O
panes of glass in 7:03:20 : : , exclusive of
stoppages.
Frank Stoewahs laid 162 brick In 2:30 : ,
putting in cress-joints and using a trowel.
John Watklns In 18S3 , at Baltimore made
922 bricks In 55:00. : He was assisted by two
off- > bearers and a wheeler , but even BO this
record stands out.
Lynn produced a man of exceeding dex
terity In a laster in a factory there. Aided
by a single helper ho lasted 432 pairs of
shoes In 8.40. This record has been extant
for nearly ten years.
lA unique sight was the race between two
skillful workmen In a twine factory of
Boston some years ago as to which could
turn the greater length of seine In a week.
Ono man was from South Boston ; the other
had come from the mills of Belfast , Ire
land , with a record. The South Boston man ,
' the contest. Putting
John M. O'Drnnell , won
ting In ten hours a day , ho had made
2,467,000 meshes when Saturday night came
around.
Peter Haley , on January 29 , 1SS7 near
Shenandoah , Pa. , turned 100 ehoos In 1-47 -
4714 , accurately timed by a traveler.
W. London of Fargo. N. D. , removed six
teen old shoes oft four horses and reshoed
the bunch In 33:00. :
Samuel Loop of 'McKeesport. ' Pa. , In 1SS7 ,
husked 110 bushels of corn in 10:00:00. : : He
did not stop to claim red-ear privileges.
Walter S. McPhall will write a poem on
your thumb nail or a history on the back
of a gas bill. Once ho wrote on the bsck
of a postal card the ninth and twentieth
chapters of St. John , with three verees of
the twenty-first , In all 10,203 words.
Over the wire B. R. Pollrck sent 260 words
In 5:00 : at a telegraph tournament. The
claim for faster work has been made by
several.
In typewriting Mr. McGurrln of Canada ,
repeating a slnglo sentence , made a speed of
200 words a minute. The mechanism will
respond to no faster touch. In ordinary cor-
CHEMICALLY SPEAKING.
site
"Miss DeBlcach has what one n.ight call baking-powder hair"
"I don't quite catch the point. "
"Why , it's chemically pure. "
' M ! s Mac K. Orr wrote nlnety-
nino- word * a minute for flvo minute * .
laac S. Dement , who holdi among short-
band writers the place held by Mr. McQur-
ring amotiR typewriter * , took down IPO
words a minute last year.
In the matter of quail ontlns there have
been any number of claimants f records.
A. M. Tmutnmu of Washington put away
a bird for thirty days. Colonel Thornton of
Atlanta ate a quail a day for twtnty-nlnej
dajs and on the thirtieth ate two. W. S.
Walcott ate two quails a day for thirty days.
Some years ago Charles Pearsall unal
lowed five dozen soft-l > ollod eggs per day
for six consecutive days In a N'ew York
'
restaurant. He took thirty eggs In the
morning and thirty In the afternoon. About
that time , April , 1SS1 , the Oraml Army of
the Hepubllc people of Tonawanda , N. Y. ,
held a bean eating tournament. A Mr. ;
Baker got away with eix quarts of beans In i I
40:00. : j |
A woman eandwlch maker of Paris. I I
against time and on a wager , once cut 1.000
windwlchos In 19:40:00. : : She used up twenty-
two hams In the procoss.
0. A. Lee of Lltchfleld , Conn. , emoked
fifty cigars In 11:00:00 : : , without taking a1 '
drink. Herr Knopf , an Austrian , smoked
ten large cigars In 2:00:00. : : The Olftundel | I
Smoking club held n special mooting to tej
that the cigars were up to the standard.
More than twenty yearn ago Prof. Car-
tliT waltzed fKteon consecutive hours In
Tammany hall. Prof. Julian Carpenter of
Philadelphia spun around for thirteen hoiiw
without a rest. John P. Thels played the
piano without a moment's let-up for 27 ! ! ) -
00 in Philadelphia flvo years ago.
When Canfiold. sonio years ago , at the
Point of 1'ltioa ran a mlle , swam a mile
walked a mile and roller-skated a mile In an
hour ho did a rare thing , something that
stands alone , for where can one find a roller-
skating rink and a running track handy to
the seashore now ?
There U n huge negro In a Georgia swamp
who Is credited with having killed more
alligators than any man on earth. Ho walks I
up and hits thorn i
over the head with an ax
for their skins.
LICIIT FIU1.M A K1TI3.
All nicclrlcnl i\pcrliiii-nf for lloyn
SilKKfMiril l.y Wllllniii A. Hilily.
William A. Hddy , the klto expert , says
that any boy who can Ily kites can light up
an incandescent lamp with electricity col
lected from the clouds. Mr. Kddy does it I
himself in a very simple way. Ho imposes
only ono condition for the success of the ,
experiment. It should be tried only when )
there Is iiot a cloud In the sky , and it '
must necessarily take place at night. The , '
air Is full of electricity nt all times , but ,
during the cloudy weather there is apt to
be too much for safety.
"Tho boy should use two kites ( Malay or
box ) strung in tandem , " said .Mr. Eddy , tea
a New York Sun man , "and he will have to
use two cables , one of cord to hold the kites
and ono of wire to carry the electricity. He '
will have to have three Leydcn jars , which ,
by the way , he can make easily by coating
some wldo mouthed bottles inside aud out
with tinfoil. This tinfoil should extend to
GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH.
From a quality excels , and as to quantity.
point of view you get that. toT !
ITU1EER5.
Honors Highest Awards nl Trans-Mississippi and
International Exposition , 1898.
Illustrate J Beer booklet mailed free.
VALBLATZ BREWING CO.MILWAUKEEU.S.A.
OMAHA BRANCH : 1412 DOUGLAS STREET.
Telephone 1081.
SPECIAL
fEATURES
Colonial People ,
Minis , Animals ,
I'roJucts , lIoincH
I'm it's Fircworkst
Art Kxlubit ; iMe-
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The .Midway ; Godfrey's Brit Military Band.
OPENS AT OMAHA , NEBRASKA , JULY 1st ,
CLOSES NOVEMBER 1 , 1890.
Everything New Except the Buildings. Will Eclipse Last Year.
President , George L. Sillier. Secretary , Dudley Smith. Treasurer , Frank Murphy.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE , C. J. gmyt li , Chairman ; P. E. Her , Win. Huyden , II.
J. PenfolO. J. 13. Kitchen.
AUVISOUY COMMITTEE , Frank Murphy , Herman Kountze , Emll Brandels , J. H.
Mlliard , H. E. Palmer.
OR OMAHA.
HARNESS-SADDLERY.
B 11 Haney & Go.
Jirr.
, HADDLK& A.SD COLLAttg
Jobber * of Leather , baddltvy Hardware , * A
We solicit your orders. 313-315-317 S. 13th.
BOILER ANCTSHEET IRON WORKS
Sncne m > rn AVIUuii t Drake.
Manufacturers b.jllers. Hmolte stacks and
fcreectiliiKs , vrrsnure , rendering , sheep dip ,
lard and voter tanks , boiler tubes con-
itantly on hand , ni oml hand boilers
boiu'ht ami Bold Ht.r-lnl . nntl prompt to
repairs In city or country 10th nnl Pkree
BjOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS ,
rciedcan Hand
M'frs | Jobbers of Foot Wear
wrsn'itN AGENTS ron
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CHICORY
'he ' American
Chicory 00.
Oroirtr * und m nur cturt of all term * at
Chlcorr
DRY GOODS.
i , Smith & Go.
I t > rttri nd Jobb.nof
Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods
AND
within onp-thlrd of the top of each ttjttla.
Through the cork of eai-h bottle she n 1 ex
ited a copper nlrp , which shouM toiuh th
bottom of the bottlp Inside. On two of the
bottles this wire should extend externally
from the cork a couple of Inches. On the
third bottle , hone\fr , the wire should extend
out of thp oork qultr a distance and bend
over the side of the bottle so as nearly to
touch the external tinfoil.
"When you raise the kites far enough lu
the air to get them Hylns Bloodily this bot-
tlri should .bo tied to the klto cord by a
piece of twlno. Avound the oiltsldo of the
bottle , near the bottom , the copper wire ca
ble should nnw bo tied , and should ba
twisted about the kite cord as the kilo Is
allow oil to go up In the air. When about
fiOO foot is paid out connect the end of this
wire to ono terminal of an Incandescent
lamp. This lamp should be an old ono in
which the filmnont l broken. Connoot a
short ploco of wlro to the other terminal and
tlo the other end of this short piece of wlro
to the wires extending out of the two Ixy-
den Jars. Tlo still another plcco of wlro
around the outside of these jars and con
nect it with nn Iron staku driven Into the
'ground. You will thru bo ready to light
your lamp.
"Thu niovlnR of the klto cable up find
down will cause- the bent wire of the upper
I < cydcn jar to spring against the outsldo
continually. This will discharge the Jar
which has bcconto filled with electricity
from the air. The spark will affect the
jars on the ground , and as the Incandescent
lamp stands In the road thp only way for
the current to tra\ol Js across the broken
llamcnt , In attempting to do which It will
'ash out brightly. Ono thing I would ad
vise IH that every hey who attempts the
feat get his father or an older brother to
help him hold In the kltos. Their pulling
power becomes very great when they are
a good distance up In the air. "
Thomas Thurmnn , Jcp : ? ctirrlff cf Troy ,
Mo. , tnys It everyone In the United States
should discover the virtue of DeU'ltt's Witch
Hazel Fttlvo for piles , rectal troubles and sktu
diseases , the demand could not bo supplied.
Tlir Cleric \Vn < tMiri'iiNllo.
A young womau wont Into a Huclld nvcnuo
dry goods store and askrd for shirt waist
material , relates the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. She was nhnwn se\or. l patterns
and finally decided upon ono.
"Will this fade ? " she askod.
"Nfo. " said the clerk decidedly.
"Then , " said the girl with a little hesita
tion , "I don't think I want It. "
"May I ask why ? " Inquired the clerk.
"Well , " said the girl. "I got a shirt waist
that had a stripe in It very much Hko that ,
and after wearing It awhile It faded nil
over aud all at once and everybody thought
It was a brand now one. "
"Yes , " said the smiling clerk.
"Well , th that's all. " said the girl. "I
got credit for owning two shirt waists for
the price of ono. Don't you see ? "
"I If I wasn't "
might very ucar-slghtod ,
said the clerk with a slightly sarcastlo In
tonation.
Then the girl bought the pattern before
her and said no moro.
DRUGS.
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, "Qurea Bte" Specialties.
Clfanv Wine * and nrandlt * .
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ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
Eieofrioal
Company
Electrical Supplies.
Eleotrlo Wirlnp Bolls and Gus LlghUnn
0 , W. JOHNSTON , llfT. lilt Howard St.
John T. Burke ,
COUTHA.GTOIt I'Ott
ELECTRIC LIGHT
and PO WER PLANTS
421- South 15th St.
HARDWARE.
Leo- Glass
Wholesale Hardware.
Bicycles and Sporting Goods , U1V-21-I3 Hiv *
ney Street.
SAFE AND IRON w ORKS.
'he ' Ornate Safe
and Iron Works ,
G. ANDKIJEN , Prop.
Mauea a ipccUlty of -
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