THE Oat AIT A PAILY BEE ; SATUHDAT , SEPTEMBER , f ) , 1890.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
SHJVOH MI3
Dnvls noils glnso.
Fire escapes for buildings ftt Hlxby'a.
Iludwalscr boor. L. Hoscnfeldt , agent.
C. II. Jncquemln ft Co. , jewelers and op
ticians , 27 South Main street.
100 pounds make you $100. Moore's Stock
Food company , Council Dluffg.
W. C. Ettcp. undertaker. 28 I'enrl Btrect.
Telephones , ofllce , 67 ; residence. 33.
Got your work done nt the popular CaRle
laundry , 721 Broadway. 'Phono 167.
A. W. Wyman ami wife have returned
from nn extended visit to Salt Lake and
Colorado points.
Miss Jessie Pontius left lost cvpnlng for
Iowa flty , where Bho goes to enter the
State university.
Mrs. Sturkslngpr of Amos , la. , Is visit
ing her daughter , Mrs. J. C. Waterman , on
Eouth Sixth street.
Judge Macy In the district court ycator-
flay granted Mrs. Sarah Parker a divorce
from Marlon Parker.
H. F. Oecmer of Oakland. Cal. , Is spend
ing a few days with his cousin , M. F.
Jlohror , on Vine street.
Mrs. W. C. McCrary of Kansas City and
daughter nro vlflltlng Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
McCrary of Fourth street.
Mre. H. N. Shuman and daughters of No-
briiska City are visiting at the homo of J.
H. Uletrlch on Commercial street.
A. II. Lane of OHn , la. , and Delia lire-
man of Lincoln , Nob. , were married In this ,
city yesterday , Justice Farrier offleliitliig. |
J. N. Lannlng of Omana and Lllllo M. |
Lane of this city were married yesterday ,
the ceremony bolng performed by Ju.illco
Forrler.
J. P. Hens leaves tomorrow for Iowa City
on business. Ho will bo accompanied by
his son , Adam K. Hess , who will enter tha
Stnto university.
Mrs. Henry Urandos. wife of Supervisor |
nramles. Is In the city while attending the I
exposition. She Is accompanied by Miss
Ackel of Hancock. 1
Israel F. Folly , a farm laborer of TVlota , |
Ja. . filed a petition In bankruptcy ycater- ,
day In the federal court. His liabilities '
amount to $870 , of which $743 Is unsecured.
Ills assets arc nil. !
The democrats will hold caucuses tonight
In the several precincts of the city for the '
selection of derogates to the county con- j
ventlon of their party , which will bo held I
In this city next Wednesday. ,
W. M. Howells , against whom his wlfo |
filed n complaint for disturbing the peace ,
had a hearing In police court yesterday.
The court allowed Howells to go on payIng -
Ing the coats , which amounted to $5.10.
C. 13. Palmer was granted a decree of i
forecloauro yesterday In the superior court I
ogatnst F. A. Illxby and wlfo. The property - ;
erty Involved Is the residence of the chief
of police aud the amount of the mortgage
$2,113.86.
Harry Dlorwlth. the proprietor of a short | I
order chophoiisc , IB missing and It Is
thought that ho has left the city. His I
creditors nro mourning his departure , as j I
ho failed to settle a number of accounts I
before leaving. I
Moses U. Fletcher of Hamburg , la. , has j
filed a petition In voluntary bankruptcy In
the United States district court. His lia
bilities aggregate $2,699. most of which are
craoslflcd as unsecured , while his assets
amount to only $25.
Judge Worlson of the United States dis
trict court has granted discharges In bank
ruptcy to the following : John Curran , Ira
O. Uurlchclmer. Ida L. Wcliner , Arthur L.
Thornton , Carl H. Thornton , Helen Thorn
ton and Thornton Hros. & Co.
The friends of John S. Grotzer , jr. , who
recently returned from the Philippines ,
where he served In Company L of the
First Nebraska , are circulating a petition
jvsklng for his appointment to a position
In the postolllco service In the Philippines.
The Iowa Construction company has ap
peared from the damages awarded It by the
jury of appraisers In the condemnation pro
ceedings brought by the Chicago & Xorth-
western railway for a right of way through
Its property. The amount awarded was
$331.SS.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Wclghtman handed In 1 i
his resignation yesterday morning In com- ' |
pllanco with the request of Sheriff Morgan. ,
The resignation , endorsed vlth Morgan's ac- |
ceptnnce , was promptly fled with the Board i
of County Supervisor * . The action of SherIff - I i
Iff Morgan Is severely criticised by the offl-
clnls at the county court house.
When the case of Jessie Patterson , alias
Baker , was cnOed In police court yesterday
Pat Donohuo , the grading boas who claimed
to huvo been robbed by the negress of $15 ,
failed to appear to prosecute. Although
Donohuo filed an Information against the i
woman It Is understood that ho no.v do- |
olliies to prosecute and Assistant County ] i
Attorney Klmball has filed a motion for the ;
dismissal of the case. '
Amy , daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. John '
Norgard , 1901 South Twelfth street , died
yesterday morning from blood poisoning , j
ngnd 11 years and 6 months. The funeral
win bo held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 :
o'clock from the Scandinavian Baptist
church , corner of Seventh strci't and Seventh -
onth avenue. The remains will leave the
IIOUFO a 1 o'clock. Interment will bo in
Walnut Hill cemetery. |
The Pottawnttnmio County Bar asiola-
tloen will nioet In adjourned seaalon this
nfturnoon at 2 o'clock In the superior court
room. The committee to which was re-
forrrd the case of W. C. Cowan , the Omaha
t attorney Indicted on the charge of suborna-
I tlon of perjury. Is expected to rnoUn Its
report. The committee to which wis referred -
forrod the advisability or the adoption of
ft fee bill Is iilso expected to make Ita
report.
Harry Lewis , a negro porter charged with
assaulting Charles Aerdhart , a marke-t gardener -
donor , during u discussion over clmngo
Thursday morning , was fined $1 and costs
In police court yesterday morning. The
charge of Inrceny was withdrawn , as It df-
voloped that Lewis had not stolen liny of
the money ho was pent out to got changed
1' t by mlstnko had bct-n given $10 f-liort
nt the store where lie changed the $20 bill
lllln gold.
The match race between II. P. Wlckham's
"Nannie Ie " nnd W. Llnubrrgor'ii "Bus
ter Is to bo pulled oft this afternoon at
Union Driving park tinder the nunplcca of
the Councir Bluffs Hoidster club The
match Is to be best throe out of Ilvo heats
and the purse Is $ ,100 n side. Duster will
1m driven by Bocock and Nannlo Lp by
Ixw llrown. The betting BO fnr IH lightly
In favor of N'annln Lee. Additional nvonts
will bo arranged by the Ito'idster club to
111 ! out the afternoon's program.
N. Y. Plumbing company. Tel 250.
Scientific optician. Wollmnn , 109 Br'dnay.
nowell'a Ant ! "Kawf" CUPM coughs , colds.
llml i : | nc Trnmifpri.
The following transfers were filed yrator-
day In the abstract , tltlo and loan offlce of
J W. Squire , 101 Peail street :
J'oter F Andrr en , t > r. nnd wife to
Peter F. Andrp en , Jr eH lot 1
block 1 , Noe's add. to Town of Wul-
nut , w d ) j
Bouth Branch Rlovator Oo. to William
Slmppon , lot 33 , block 0 , Town of
Oakland , w. d J26
Maranda J. Winch to Anna Illlllck ,
lot 8 , block 3. Mymter'a Itenton
fitreet add Council IHuffH w. d. . . 6V ( )
Heirs of Jam PS 8. Watson to Cather
ine Fate , lots 1 , 2. 3. n. 12 .ind 13.
block 18 , Town of Macedonia , and
three lots In Qrlswpld , Cass county ,
w. d i.ono
Four transfers , aggregating $1,626
Davis eells paint.
LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT
For Cimli or l.oiincil On.
K. II. SIIUAKK CO. ,
0 Inrl S < rfc , Council HluITi , lovru.
TAX LEVY IS AGREED DPON
Decrease in Revenues of County About
Twenty Thousand Dollars ,
DUE TO THE NE.W METHOD OF ASSESSING
Tolnl Levy Will UP the Hume n that
uf Lnnt Year , .Vumuly
10.7. MIllN ou the
Dollar.
The tax levy for 1S99 was decided upon
yesterday by tboIloard , of County Super
visors. The figures show a slight differ
ence from those previously prepared by
County Auditor Innes. The total county
and state luvy will be the same as In 1833 ,
16.7C mills on the dollar , but the lew.for
the different funds which go to tnako up
the total will be changed slightly.
The levy In the city of Council D luff a will
be 80.76 mills , Instead of SI.75 mills , as
first fleurcd on. The assessed valuation of
tbo city Is (3,414,602 , BO this levy will produce - |
duce a revenue of $275,736. The cltv levy
will bo made up as follows : School fund.
26.5 ; county and state ( less bridge levy ) ,
12.75 ; city regular , 41.6.
The assessed valuation of the Independent
school district of Council Blurts , which In
cludes Kaiir township outside the city limits ,
Is $3.496,882 , and a levy of 2C.5 mills on
the dollar will produce a revenue of $92,667.
The assessed valuation of the entire county
In 1S98 was $13,135,853 , while this year under
the now method of assessing It Is but $11-
820,791 , a reduction of SI,315.062. In round
numbers this will make a decrease In the
revenues of the county of about $20,000 ,
which Is considerably less than had at first
been anticipated when the assessors made
their returns.
The mornlne cession of the board was
mainly taken up by allowing bills and other
routine business. County Auditor Inncs wns
authorized to purchase two book typewriters
at a ccst of $150 each. One of the machines
Is for the office of the clerk of the district
court and the other for the recorder's
oflloe.
In the afternoon the members of the board
took a drive of Inspection over the Coun
cil Bluffs-Glenwood county road , which has
recently been graded and Improved under
the supervision of Supervisor Matthews. In
all about six miles of what Is locally known
as the bottom road has been put In flrst-
class shape. The road was established about
twenty veara ago , but until this summer
no Work has over been done upon It and
during wet weather was at times almost
Impassable. Now the road , which Is a much
traveled ono and one of the prlnclnal hlEh-
ways Into the city , Is In splendid condition.
The work has been done by the road ole-
valor machine purchased about a year ago
by the county. With this machine about a
quarter of a mile of road a day can bo
graded , whlr-h Is then harrowed and rolled
with a heavy roller that requires six horsea
to draw H. The dirt elevator requires twelve
horses to draw It. The cost of grading the
road haa been about $100 a mile , the ex
pense of the outfit working being about $17
a day. The road gang , which haa been work-
ins all the summer. Is In charge of Fred
Schmidt of Avoca.
Moro than two miles of the road Inspected
yesterday lies through what was originally
a marsh , and the soil , chiefly gumbo , Is hard
to work. By the use of the elevator grader
the road haa been1 Improved so that the
water runs oft and along the ditches at the
sldo from which the earth to form the bed
of tbo road has been taken. The members
of the board .exuressed themselves as much
pleased with the work and Supervisor Matthews - f f
thews came In for a good share of com-
' t
pllmcnts. The road gang and the machine
are at work at present In another portion of , |
j Lewis township , where another county main j I
road Is being Improved. I
Wanted , dining rora girl at Metropolitan | |
hotel.
Wolnbach burners at Dlxby's. Tel. 193.
AXOTHKR HAI.LAIin ESTATES SUIT.
| Sprrlal Aflmliilntrntor UoMiixon Uc-
i ulrfN to Sff n Certain I'nyer.
I Another suit In connection with the estate '
of the late Mre. Sarah J. Ballard of this
i city , which U already the subject of con-
| slderable pending litigation , was commenced
In the district court yesterday. The suit ,
I which Is somewhat sensational on account
1 of the allegations made , la brought by Frank
Robinson , recently appointed by Judge
Smith special administrator of the estate ,
against W. H. M. Put-oy of the banking firm
of Pusey & Officer. Hoblnson demands the
j production of a certain Instrument executed
| by Mrs , Ballard and under which Pusey Is
alleged to hold In trust $20,000 for the
benefit of O. II. Ballard , a son of Mrs.
Sarah J. Ballard , and his children , and
oaks that the court order that the Instru
ment bo canceled and held for naught
and that Pusey be directed to pay over the
Hiregcd trust funds In his hands to the
executor of the estate or else that Judgment
for the amount nnd Interest be entered
against Pusey and In favor of the estate , I j
In the petition Robinson rets out the fact
that ho wen duly appointed speclpl adminis
trator of the estate of the late Mrs. S. J.
Ballard for the express purpose of bringing
this suit and alleges that at the time Mrs.
Ballard Is claimed to have signed the Instru
ment forming the trust fund , Pusey had
In hU control , u banker nnd confidential
friend nnd adviser of Mrs. B.Unrd . , $100,000
or more of moneys and securities belonging
to her. It Is further aUcgod by the peti
tioner that on or about December 27 , 1897 ,
Mrs. nallnrd deposited \vllh Banker Pusey
the sum of $20,000 In cr.ch , or Its equivalent
In rlocks anil bonds , and that at the en me
time nnd as part of the same transaction
6lcned nn Instrument by which f > he under
took to create a trust fund In favor of 0.
R. Ballard and tils children. Robinson nlso
a-llegc * that Puecy was named as trustee
of this fund.
Robinson further makeo the sensational
alienation that shortly prior to December
27 , 1SS7 , one Theodore Meyers of Audubon
I was employed by O R. Ballard to secure
| from Mrs Baltard a gift , endowment or
i trust fund for his use and benefit nnd that
| In pursuance of said employment Meyers
entered Into an arrangement with Banker
Puhoy and N M. Pusoy. Mrs. Ballard's
legal adviser , to persuade her to establish
the trust fund. It U further alleged that
she watt finally Induced to sign the Instru
ment contrary to her wishes The allega
tion Itt also made that at the time MM.
Ballard made the deposit and algncd the
Instrument creating the trust fund she wan
j aged nnd Infirm weak In mind and bidy and
i Incapable of executing the Instrument or
j creating a valid truet.
The suit Is brought In the Interest of the
I other heirs under Mrs. BaHard's will , who
1 desire to have the $20,000 turned Into the
estate.
HnliriiN Cnrpim Prorr
W. C. Holland of Loa Angeles has com
menced habeas corpus proceedings In the
district court ho re to secure possession of
his grandauRhter. Edna Virginia Akcrs , of
whom he Is guardian. Mies Akers , who is
fifteen years of age recently returned from
California with her uncle John Akcrs of this
city , and Is now making her home In hla
family. Proceedings have nlso been com
menced In the courts In California nd an
agreement has been reached between Hol
land and Akers whereby the suit bcguu
here Is to remain In abeyance until the Is
sues In the California proceedings ore ad
justed.
Injunction' Mnit Decided.
Judge Macy of the district court handed
down his decision yesterday In the Injunc
tion suit of the Chicago & Northwestern
railway against the city , finding for the rail
way. In thU suit , which was commenced In
1892. the railway company sought to re
strain the collection of special assessments
for the Broadway paving against two Iota
purchased by It which He west of the pas
senger depot. The railway company claimed
that at the time It purchased the property
the assessments had not been entered on
the tax booka. Judge Macy found that the
city had passed only ono resolution notify
ing the property owners of the assessment ,
but had failed to make the assessment or
certify It In the auditor. The tax should
have been certified to the county auditor In
1881 , at the tlmo the paving was completed ,
but through some oversight the assessment
on these two lota was not entered on the
tax books until 1892 , when the company
brought eult. The amount Involved was
about $500 and fifteen years Interest. The
special tax for the granite paving assessed
against nil the other property abutting on
Broadway has long since been paid.
MnrrlnKC l.lopimcu.
Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to
the following persons :
Name and residence. Ago.
Peter Mortenson. Council Bluffs 40
Margaret Peterson , Council Bluffs 9
J. N. Lannlng , Omaha 22
billlo M. Lane , Council Bluffs 22
A. H. Lane , Olln , la 21
Dcira Brcman , Lincoln 22
R12TTINC RICH AT ARMOUR'S COST ,
l.uoky Contract or .Hlonr City Itutclicr
with tinO in all n Plant.
SIOUX CITY. , la. , Sept. 8. ( Special Telo-
gram. ) A poor and humble Sioux City
butcher has a contract In his possession
signed by the representatives of P. D.
Armour which he considers to bo even better
than a pay claim In the Klondike. It Is
estimated that hlg profits In the deal before
he finishes with the big packer will bo atj
least $100,000. Already ho has received a
portion of It , and although ho may have
some trouble to get the rest , It la paid upon j
high legal authority he ban what may be
commonly called a "lead pipe cinch. "
Last spring a representative of the Armour
Packing house In Omaha came to Sioux City
and made J. M. Ralyea a proposition to
furnish him his entire supply of fresh pork
during the next atx months at a rate based
upon 5 % cents for loins and a corresponding
tlgure for other grades. The butcher ac
cepted the offer and the contract was drawn
up and signed. In this contract no limit Is
placed upon the amount to bo purchased. It
runs to October 1.
In a short time the price of the products
covered In the deal went up to as high aa
10 and 11 cents , leaving an enormous mar I
gin for the buyer. Ralyea at once began
buying and soiling and for a long tlmo the
orders were filled and he made a profit of
about $700 on each carload. He Is now In' '
Chicago taking all the orders he can get hold
of , expecting that Armour will refuse to fill
them. . They are made subject to delivery I
at the figures quoted In the contract. j
Ralyea expects to be obliged to sue for his
profit In the way of damages for failures to
perform the termo of the contract , and It
In said ho has strong backing In this ex
pectancy. Tho. contract has teen passed
upon by attorneys as bolng Ironclad and
the butcher la almost sure of making himself
a rich man In ono summer's work.
CAUSE OF rnEMATunn GRAYJVHSS.
The Lac It : of Sloiuly Xerveii In Really
tinI'rlninry Cnuxc.
TVhy does the hair turn gray early In
life ? The nervous system , without doubt , Is
primarily at fault In most cases , says the
San Francisco Examiner. In old age the
nerves are among the flrat of the wheels of
life to tire out. Instances of hair turning
gray from fright and sorrow are merely
the result of perverted nervous action.
Even In congenital cases It Is the transmis
sion of nerve weakness that leads to pre
mature grnyness. The graying of the hair
as an effect of prolonged financial and busi
ness worry may bo explained In a similar
way. Numerous Instances are on record of
the hair speedily turning gray after business
rovcrsea. The same result not Infrequently
follows Intense grief. Heredity has much
to do with both as a predisposing cause ,
thought It Is not BO much tbo white hair
factor that Is handed down as It Is the
perverted nervous Influences and vitiated
constitutions that are transmitted.
It la now generally conceded that the most
Important factor IB the want of a propar
and regular supply of blood , or formative
materials , to the hair papillae , the pigment
ary forming portions suffering most of
all , and this through a vicious action of the
sympathetic nervous system. The tone of
the blood vessels and nerves la lessened ,
and , as a matter of course , perfect hair
cell growth , either of coloring or formative
matter. Is Impossible.
The final result of all this Is a gradual
silvering of the color of the hair. The
nervous system controls all others , and In
turn Is affected by them.
I do not wish to be understood as saying
that because the hair Is gray It la always
an Indication of lessened vitality. It may
grow as strong and luxuriant for years as
when It xvas > brown or black.
A dlseabed scalp hn Its Influence In gray
hairs. Dandruff generates disease by sys
tematic negligence. The dandruff soon upon
the scalp Is produced by huinora mixed with
the blood , which hourly , by Incessant per
spiring , Issue from the pores In the skin
and Immcdliitely dry on the scalp , together
with the scales of the scarf skin of the
ncalp. Here the dried secretion accumu
lates. ThU ) humor allowed to remain on
the head too long destroy ? the roots of the
balr and healthy action of the scalp.
Steaming the scalp thoroughly cleanses
It and opens the pores , allowing the natural
oil to flow and the perspiration to coma
through the natural channels , There Is not
enough blood In the body to keep all the
tl&oues and organs working their best at the
came time , so when ono set of organs works
another reals. When the blood Is called to
'be scalp by stimulation the blood vessels
are more expanded nnd the flow of blood IH
faster , because It Is the exercised part.
After dally treatment of stimulation and
nutrition a gradual change In the coloring
will be noticed. Gray hairs can be averted
by this treatment , using the hair food oc
casionally to keep tbo scalp In a healthy
condition.
Dyes as destroyers of tissues or functions
ore alow In action and the eeemlng safety
of come persons until a strain comes keens
unthinking people from realizing their
deadly effects. But If a few cases that I
have seen as results of their use could bo
. generally known no one would doubt that
they contain poltnnous mineral * absolutely
Injurious to a healthy body.
Three llnlln ami Out.
I Chicago Nowa : "So you refute to alve rae
the money ? " said the prodigal eon.
I "Not another cent do you get , " replied
thtt tftern parent.
"Then here goes , " said the youth , as he
seized a silver-mounted pUto from his
father's dewk.
"Unhappy boy ! " cried the old man ,
"would you take your IJfeT"
"No , " replied the son , "I'm going to" loan
this to my 'uncle , ' "
REPUBLICANS TARE COUNSEL
Lenders of tha Party Hold a Oonferenoa at
Des Moines.
CAMPAIGN WILL BE PUSHED VIGOROUSLY
Several I'rnnilnrnt Sl > enUer from
Ohio Will Stump the Havrltcye
.State llrnialim of Oov. Mer
rill Lnlil to Rent.
DES MOINRS , Sept. 8. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The republican leaden of Iowa mot
In conference hero today with the state
central committee. Senators Allison and
Qenr and Congressmen Hull , Lacey , Hnugen ,
Hepburn , Henderson and Cousins were In at
tendance and It was the most enthusiastic
conference the party leaders have held In
years. October 7 was the date chosen for
the opening of the campaign , and It was de- | ,
elded to open It In a number of different
places throughout the state on that day.
Allison , Henderson and Cousins have prom
ised to upoak In Ohio during the campaign
and It TVUI announced today that In return
otno of Ohio's best republican speakers will
speak In Iowa. Congressional district com- i
mltteo meetlncs were sot as follows for
next week : Third district at Waterloo , on
Tuesday , Fifth at Cedar Rapids , Tuesday ;
BloYonth at Sioux City , Wednesday ; Fourth
at New Hampton , Thursday ; Sixth at Oska-
loosa , Saturday , Seventh at Des Molncs ,
Friday. All the state candidates were
present at the conference.
The remains of Hon. Samuel Merrill , twice
governor of Iowa and for many years a i
prominent Des Molncs citizen , were laid to
rest In Woodland cemetery thla afternoon.
The remains lay In state at the capltol all
morning , and many hundreds viewed them.
At 2 the casket was placed In a funeral car ;
and conveyed to Plymouth Congregational
church , followed by Troop A and carriages
containing the honorary pallbearers and nil
the state officers. Senator Allison , Hon. '
David Henderson , Governor Gear , Governor
Jackson , Hon. James Callanan , Judge C. C.
Nourse , Judge P. M. Casady. Judge J. R.
Barcroft and ex-Lteutenant Governor John
Scott , constituted the honorary pallbearers. I
'
The latter was lieutenant governor during
the administration of Governor Merrill. The
services at the church over , the remains
were taken to Woodland and Interred with
military honors , Troop A firing a volley ,
over the grave. I I
A cablegram was received from Colonel
Leper , commanding the Fifty-first Iowa In
the Philippines , today , In which ho says the
regiment will probably Kail next Friday for i
home. The cablegram reads : ! |
"MANILA. Sept. 8. The Fifty-first Iowa
regiment was relieved from duty at noon on
Wednesday , after an arduous campaign of
many months , during which , though our
actual losses from the bullets of the enemy
were comparatively light , the regiment
suffered fearfully from the ravages of dls-
ease , more than half of the men being In the _
hospital and soma of them seriously sick. !
The regiment has behaved splendidly an1 [ i I
1 G-enoral Otis has frequently complimented i
1 It for gallantry and fidelity. Quito a number - |
bor have relnllstcd. The probability now Is '
| that the regiment will sail for home about
September 15 , stopping at Yokohama ,
t
' Nagasaki and Honolulu. Will wire you 1mI | I
1 mediately on our arrival at San Francisco. ' i
"LOPER. " I '
Dr. Kennedy , secretary of the Board of
Health , has been officially advised that 125
persons were poljqned at Ladora , la. , from
! eating Ice cream at a church picnic. All i
the physicians at Ladora and tboso from the
adjoining towns of Marengo and Victor
were summoned to attend the cases and sue- j
cecded In saving all. A largo number of
the victims were , however , desperately 111
for a time.
A NAPOLEON OF FINANCE.
SnilHfnctory Reniiltn Follow n Short
I.ennoii In Thrift.
"I was standing on the street the other
day talking with Brown , " said Smith to a
Detroit Free Press man. "Something had
brought up the subject of education , and
Brown was airing his views In a way that !
he has that admits of no argument. Brown j
has an Idea that our system of education ,
Is all wrong and that we should tend more j
to teaching the young Idea the principles
of business by practical application. I j
yawned and turned the conversation around
to the weather , but ho wouldn't have It that
way , and continued to air his views.
"Suddenly he was seized with an Inspira
tion. There was a small street arab stand
ing near , and after proving to his own sat
isfaction that ho was right , Brown tried to
convert mo by giving me n practical dem
onstration of bis theory.
"Taking a 25-cent piece from his pocket ,
he called the boy up and said :
" 'My boy , here Is a quarter , which , If
carefully handled , Is the foundation of a
fortune. Take It and watch for a chance
to double It. When you have succeeded ,
bring It back to me and I will give you a
dollar for It. '
"The boy looked dazed , but ho had presence - ! j
ence of mind enough to seize the money
and make off with It , while I laughed and
told Brown that was the last ho would see
of the boy , who would probably spend the
i (
money for cigarettes. ' |
"But In fifteen minutes the boy was back ' i
with 50 ccnta which he held out for Brown I |
to HOC. i
|
" 'Ah , ' said Brown , as he beamed upon
the boy and handed him a dollar , 'you have
i
learued a lesson that will follow you
through life. How did you manage to
double your money BO quickly ? '
" 'Aw , ' answered the boy , as be put the
dollar In his pocket and sot out of reach , i (
'I borro\4)'d ) 25 cents from Swlpesy. ' " j
HICK I.O.NG Til A.MI' .
Annual I'llKrlinnice of n Woman Now
Mnety TenrM ( Mil.
Mary Hurley , 90 years old , who walked to
this city from Bangor , Me. , to see La
fayette when ho was In this country , and
who liked the experience BO well that she
has repeated this trip every year since , says
the Now York Tribune , was arraigned In
the Morrlaanla police court on a technical
charge of vagrancy. Until this year the
woman has always succeeded In selling
enough lead pencils to furnish food and
lodging for herself.
The aged traveler arrived In Tremont
footsore and hungry. She made several vain
attempts to dispose of her stock and finally
Bho asked a night's lodging of a woman
who promptly turned bor over to the care
of Patrolman Wood of the Thirty-seventh
proclnct , who locked her up In the Mor-
rlsanln police station.
In court the woman told so strange a
story that Magistrate Flammor discharged
her. The woman paid she wanted to see
the Marquis da Lafayette In 1824 when he
camp to this city and as she did not have
money enough , she decided to walk down
from her homo and sell pencils to buy her
fond. She said eho managed to have a
1 splendid tlmo on her trip , saw the Marquis
do I afayette , got back home safely and
felt better than when she started. She said
she enjoyed herself BO much that she took
the trip the next year and each year there
after.
The woman * ald that not once In all her
Journevs has she been molesticd , Once she
eald she stopped at the Reed homestead ,
the home of former Speaker Reed when he
was a buy. She said ehe also knew Hanni
bal Hamlln well. The last Journey , the
woman said , was the only one that W.M
bad. She had never found butlnrns so dull
and had never sold BO few pencils. New
York BtKto she declared to be a poor place
and Bh * Bald she would not Hko to b found
dead In 1U She did not want to be sick
In the city , and for tha first time since
she had ftt.irted her long walks she hud to
ask foi shelter tor a night. She would
have slept In some field If the night had
not boon bad , A3 she has often , she Mid ,
slept by the sldo of the road In 'raveling.
The clerks of the court got up a fund of
$3.80 , with which they bought her dtock
of pencils and she then said that the court
was the best place she had seen on her
Journey this year. She said she would buy
another Block of pencils and return homo.
XVII.D I1OOS OP COLORADO.
Sportive Rooter * Send n llnntrr llunt-
11 UK for Tall Tlmlirr.
"Dangerous wild hogs ? Holy smoke , they
are the most tremendous , powerful and
fiercest beasts In the whole United States.
You never saw or heard any thing Hko
them. Why , the old boars can kill a grizzly
boar In no time. They are quicker than
chain lightning , never see human beings
moro than once In a few years , and It would
tackle a drove of elephants without a sec
ond's thought. They'd charge the very
devil. Don't knonv anything but fight for a
living. They've got tusks that are over
half a foot long and sharp as needles. They
could rip open a rhinoceros quicker than
you can think , nnd they have the biggest
mouths full of the most awful teeth I've
ever seen In any menagerie. When they
are wounded , It la like an animated cyclone.
If any of you people go down th Colorado
to hunt , and you shoot one oX the wild
boara , you've cot to shoot to kill or bunt a
big tall tree In the beat time any human
being ever made , or you are a goner sure.
Don't climb a sapling , for a boar would
soon dig It up by the roots and then rip
you to pieces. Don't forget when hunting
old boars to keep near a tree which you
can climb quick. "
Colonel Dan Walters stopped here to draw
his breath. Ho was telling a St. Louis
Globo-D mocrat correspondent of the drovea
of wild hogs along the tulelands of the
lower Colorado river. Ho continued ;
"Thrco Yuma half-brecda and I went up
Into a sparsely settled foothill district * -
drop over , as I supposed , a hog or two In.
the course of the day. It was plain when
wo got among the trees that some swine
had been feeding tboro , but we could not
see hldo or bristle of them. Wo turned
the big dogs loose , and In leas than twenty
minutes we heard a deep bay over on tha
right about a quarter of a mlle away.
"In a few minutes I heard a crash in the
undergrowth and a savage grunt and enort ,
and out started a big sow and two half-
grown pigs. Just as the sow appeared over
a slight elevation about 150 feet away I
fired and keeled her over. The plge stood
still a minute until they caught eight of me ,
when they charged furiously. I knocked one
of them over before they had made twenty-
five foot , but the other kept right on , the
picture of demculcul rage , with foam
dropping from his Jaws and teeth and tusks
snapping Hko castanets. Luckily , I bad
placed myself under a low-branched live oak
tree , and I lost no time In putting myself
out of the reach of the savage beast. The
tree was a thick , spreading oak , and I wan
eafo enough to take things easy. I had
swung my Winchester over my shoulder be
fore I ascended the tree , and one shot from
my gun settled the hog. , '
"About 200 yards away I could see Jack ,
my Yuma savage , leaning against a sapling
which was not oror five or six Inches In
diameter. Attracted by the rush of the
hoga , Jack drew nway from the tree Just as
a tremendous old boar darted out of the
underbrush about fifty yards distant. Jack
saw htm coming like a cyclone , and , with
out considering , shot at him. The shot
struck the boar fairly between the eyes , but
It might as well have * een fired Into a
monitor for all the harm It did. The bullet
flattened like putty , and did no other damage
than more thoroughly to enrage the boar.
When he saw the Indian he gave a fierce
enort and started for him , with the foam
flying from his mouth and hU fierce little
eyea glinting with devilish ferocity. Jack
had not tlmo to reload his gun. He sklnoed
up a tree , but , unluckily , It was a sapling
barely big enough to hold hla weight. The
boar didn't stop In his charge , but ran full
tilt Into the sapling , shaking It so badly
that the Indian had all ho could do to
hang on.
"When the boar found ho couldn't knock
the tree down by sheer force he deliberately
; went to work In another way. He walked
{ around the tree three or four times , until
! he seemed to have found a spot In which to
I begin operations , when ho stopped and began -
gan to dig and tear up the ground with his
long snout and to tear and blto off the
roots with his long tusks. It was plainly
evident that something would have to be
done pretty quick , or our mess would be
one short. Poor Jack was hanging on and
yelling with all his might , and every yell
appeared to add to the rage of the old boar.
"Calling to Jack to stop yelling and to
hang on to the tree , I prepared to let the
brute have a bullet. The distance was
about 150 yards , and as It took a close shot
to effect anything against the tough hide
of an old boar , I made preparations by
standing on a big limb of the live oak tree
nnd resting my gun on another , about on a
level with my shoulders. My flrat shot
( truck the boar behind the shoulder , but
as bo bad stood quartering toward me the
only result was to tear out a big piece of
his hldo along his title , Inflicting a painful
but not dangerous wound. When the boar
felt the sting of the bullet he made for the
tree I was In. Ho must either have caught
a glimpse of me or have seen the smoke nf
the shot. Colling to the Indian to slip
down out of the little tree and make for n
big one , I turned my attention to the boar.
"Tho whip-like cracks of guns off to the
left told plainly that Bon and John , my
other half-breed Indian companions , were
also having their share of the sport. I got
down and went to the tree where Jack was
roosting and told him to come down , as the
old boar was dead. Wo quietly approached
tbo quarter from which the sound of the
shooting came anil about 500 yards distant
we ( suddenly saw a little opening about 100
yards In circumference. On the opposite
eldo of tbo opening we saw a wide-spread
Ilvo oak , frcm which puffs of smoka were
slowly drifting upward. Beneath and
around the tree were about a dozen wild
hoga , snorting and grunting with rage , and
creating a pandemonium of sounds as they
flung themselves at the tree and trle4 to
reach the men by Jumping upward. Three
of the lot wore tremendous boars , whllo the
others were BORS nnd half-grown pigs.
"Selecting a tree within cany shooting dis
tance. Jack and I climbed Into Its branched
and opnned fire. In a few minutes not a
'
living hog could be seen , and nu none of
1 them over had undertaken to run away , we
! know that between ua we had wiped out the
lot , seventeen In all. "
The ImiuUltlvo Youniciter.
Tbe old man was reading the paper on the
front 8tep , and little Reggie was playing
around , relates the Washington Post.
j "Pa , " § ald little Itegcle , "did you learn to
I pull wool when you were a little boy ? "
I "Urn what's that ? uh-huh lomrae
1 read ! "
"And , &y pa , Is mamma' * hair wool ? "
went on little Reggie.
"Uh-huh run on and play now , kid , end
lemma read this paper. "
| "But , pa , when you pull It , do you mix
> It ? " persisted the Innocent little love of a
b"v , with a crafty , far-away twinkle In h !
off tye. |
"Hey ? What's that ? What the dickens
did you say ? " Inquired the old man , sharply ,
dropping bis paper.
"Oh , nothln' . " said little Reggie. "Only I
heard ma tellln' kin a while ago that If you
I think you're p.illln' th > > > 1 over her
you're mixed , that' all , and "
TIU : FMUR-DK-LIS.
A I'opulnr Sj-intiollu Ilroorntlou for
Four Thonnnttil Year * .
For 4.000 years the fleur-de-lis has been a
poular symmbollcal decoration -
MJHar
pers Bazar. U appears on the heads of
the mnst ancient Egyptian splnxes and It
was used by the early Persian nnd Assyrian
kings upon scepters nnd crowns as an orna
ment symbolic of frultfulnesu , honor nnd
royalty. Solomon , In building the bouse of
the forest of Lebanon aud the house of
Pharaoh's daughter , sent to Tyro for Hiram ,
the widow's eon. who wa * "filled with win-
dom and undorMondlng and cunnlnn to work
all. things In brnss , " and ho made two chapi
ters of molten brass to set upon the tops of
the pillars , "and upon the tops of the pll-
Ur was Illy-work. " And ho made a molten
eea to contain 2.000 baths , "and the brim
thereof was wrought like the brim of a
cup with floners of lilies. " This WBB 1,600
years before Christ.
According to the legend , In 491 A. D. , an
ixngel appeared to Clovls , the flnt Christian
king of Franco , and bestowed upon him a
fleur-de-lis. From this tlmo It WM con
sidered the emblem of royalty In France , to
which country Is duo Its preservation until
modern times.
The fleurs-de-lis have been found In the
Abbaye do SnJnt Germain des Pres nud on
the tomb of Fralegondo , who died In G97.
Several portraits of Chorlea le Chnuvo exist
showing him with flcur-do-Ila In hla crown.
In 972 Lothnlro for the first time used n
seal with a scoptcr surmounted by a fleur-
do-lls. Hugh Cnpet and all his successors
wore thorn and bo was but one of fifty sue-
oosalve uionarchs who used the Its In Franco ,
where , though different races succeeded one
another In the country's rule , It remained
the royal emblem for over 1.200 yearn , H
wn not until 1179 , however , that the arms
of Franco were first formally mentioned.
French klngi , returning from the cruoaden ,
brought with them eastern customs ; tourua.
mcnts were Introduced In Europe and coata
of arms were adopted In Imitation of Arabi
nnd Persians. Then LouU le Jcnne. arrant- :
lti for the consociation of his sun. Plillippa
Ai'giele. nt Rhctms , ordered that hi * gar
ments be covered with fleur-de-lis and after
this the k.ng wore them without number.
B. 15. Turner , Compton , Mo. , was cured of
piles by DoWltt's Witch Hazel Bnlva after
suffering leventeen years and trying orer
twenty remedies , Physicians and surgeons
endorse It. Beware of dangerous counter
feits.
I.ONGF101I,0\V'S WAYSIIHD INN.
AlthonRh Two Centurion Old It U Still
L'neil an 11 IIo telr > - .
"Rich In the historical and literary aseo-
clattons accumulated during two centuries of
existence , " says the Ladles' Home Journal ,
"the Wayside Inn. built by David Howe , etlll
stands 'remote among the wooded hills' In
Bouth Sudbury , Maes. 'The Landlord' of
Lonsfolloiv's famous talcs was the dignified
'Squlro Lyman Howo. a Justice of the peace
and school commltteeman , who lived a
bachulor , and died at the Inn In 1860 the
latrt of his line to keep the famous hostelry.
Besides 'Squire Howe , the only other real
characters In the Talcs who were ever actu
ally at the Inn wore Thomas W. Parsons ,
the poet ; Lulgl Monti , the Sicilian , and
Prof , Daniel Troadiwell of Harvard , the theo
logian , all three of whom were In the habit
of spending the summer months there. Of
the other characters , the musician was Ole
Bull , the student was Henry Ware Wales ,
and thu Spanish Jew was Israel Edrohl. i
Near the room In which Longfellow stayed
Is tie ballroom , with the dlos at ono end
for the fiddlers. But the polished floor no
longer feels the pressure of dainty feet In
hlKh-heeled slippers gliding over It to the i
strains of contra-dance , cotillon or minuet , ! 1
although the merry voices of summer visi i
tors and ths Jingling bells of winter slolghI I I I
Ing parties at times still break the quiet j I
of the ancient Inn. "
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