THE OMAHA DAILY REE : THURSDAY , JANUARY 11 , li)00. )
BORDERLAND BEYOND 1(1 (
Editor S.eatl Telh Why He Believes
Thought Trantferetoa.
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The closing century has enabled m
kind to surmount many dinicultlcs In
wny of intercommunication which at
beginning of the century hail appeared
mirmountnble. In fact , It may bo said t
the great triumph of the nineteenth c
Hiry fans been the subjection of time
Hpaco by the mind of man.
I'ho Introduction of atcam nnd later
electric transit has changed everything.
has been a record-breaking century , t.
on lund nnd RCII. Wo already think notli
of cxprtss trains traveling at lxty m
nn hour as their normal speed Occasl
ally trains nro run at eighty miles an h
and cnglncero speuk confidently of 100 m
nn hour rate a a certainty of the cow
Lcutury. On sen. the progress has not b
so rapid in comparison with the prog ;
made on land , but It U still remark !
enough.
Thu meaning of this Is that , for the r
IHJSC of human Intercourse , the world
not a quarter as largo as It wns at the
ginning'of the cunturj. Time nnd sf
have been hot conquered , but tompelled
ubato the despotism which they have
ercised without limit over all preceding ( i
orations of men. IJvcn In the conveyn
of hunks of matter In Itn rudest f <
the thoughto of men , embodied In the nt <
engine and the tljnamo , have triumphed c
obstacles which had baillcd the Ingcni
uml the resource of the human rrtco si
tlmo began.
Aiiiillilliitliin of Dlxdiiirc.
If this has been tbo case in the dorr
of what may bo called brute matter , w
much more Hlgn.il triumphs hnvo b
achieved when thought was dealing v
its own apeclal drmnln ! Here , given nci
nary apparatus , distance has been nl
lutely annihilated and man can speak v
man without uny regard to the old fi
barrier of dlbtancc. The first and nln
familiar triumph of mind over dlsta
was the electric telegraph
Then tolcplninq was the next great
vance. The electric telegraph merely c
voycd thought a expressed In sounJ
words. The telephone enabled us to mn
fiound upon the wire , and In apparent
fiance of the law by which sound wa
traveled enable the citizens of New Y
to e.arry on a conversation with a cltl
of Chicago as If no thousand miles Inl
vened between the two-capitals
If the telephone had triumphed o
distance , the phonograph may bu said
represent a similar conquest over ti ;
Countltos generations mourning their d
have cried with vain longing to hoai
sound of the voice that Is still. But
ilrtams alone or in those rare vlsl
rl vouchsafed to finer souls waa the pra
ever granted. The very sound and ace
of tho'llvlng words of the dl-ad whose bet
are In the dust have become the comn
Inheritance of mankind. But those nclilo
mcnts , vast as they ore , represent but
beginning of things , the conquest by u
of a new realm upon the threshold ot wh
he is standing nnd the laws of which
but Imperfectly apprehends
A materialist , proud of the achleveme
and triumphs ot the nineteenth ceutt
points out that If ho has conquered mat
It has been by the aid of matter. It Is. by
adaptation of material instruments that
has been nblo to overcome material ob :
cles. Thought has Indeed been comnu
cntcd from continent to continent acr
supervening oceans , without regard to
obstacles of mountain rampart or dcsol
vvlldcrnetfl , but nothing has been d
without the prcsenco of the material Inst
ment.
The first great breach In the citadel of I
kind of materialism was the discovery t
It wa-S perfectly .possible for mind to ce
raunlcato with mind with the aid of t <
graphic Instruments , without any conm
ing wire. The marvel of "wireless tel
rnphy" n dozen years ago would have b
scouted as a preposterous fable. Todaj
is ono of the rocognbed agents of chill
Intercourse.
The materialist , however , exultlngly
marks that even although the wire Is at
Ishcd , the telegraphic recorder at clt
end is Indispensable , nnd that matter c
not bo vanquished without the aid of m
tor , and although wo may attenuate
( sceptre , we can never dispense with
use.
Hardly have we become accustomed
the marvel of wirclees telegraphy , when
nro tolu of a ne\\ and marvelous Invent
by which visitors to the Parlh exposll
will be ableto see by the old of the telel
troacope scenes which are occurring a
distance of hundreds of miles. The prei
nature of this Invention , has not been m
public , but from the descriptions which h
appeared it is evident that It Is to do for
eye what the telephone does for the i
Combine the long distance telephone i
Is a genuine specific for dis
eases of the stomach and
organs of digestion and nutri I
tion. No other medicine has
had so remarkable a tmccess in (
curing diseases affecting the {
heart , liver nnd lungs , when
ever these diseases , as is comJ
inonly the case , were caused /
by "weak stomach "and impure - [
pure blood. lfood imperfectly
digested Cannot be perfectly X
.assimilated. "Golden Medical I
nibcpvery " restored the organs 1
of digestion to perfect working
order. Foul blood must re
sult in a foul body. The " Dis
covery " purifies the blood and
I increases the activity of the
blood - making glands , to inr
creasing' the , quantity und qual
ity of the wood supply. It
bus been tried by over nalf-a-
million people. It has cured \
ninety-eight out of ever } himV
dred who have trie * ! it.
i WHY NOT LET IT CURE YOU ?
the tclcleLtroscopo and there la no rea
to doubt that In the twentieth centurj
may be possible for millions of spcrtntor
nil qiiarttrs of the civilized world to vvi
over In their own homes the movement !
armies on the -field of battle , the deve
ment of the attack , to follow the fora
of the defense , lo see men drop from
fire line nnd to hear the thunder of artll
or the crnekle of small arm * .
If the telephone has removed the birr
which render * It Impossible for human
Ings to be audible to each other , the tele
troncopo makes this planet transparent
n crystal. The possibility of seeing thro
things which our forefathers u.ied to
Hove was possessed only by supernal !
beings 1 now the possession of every
who Is rnpable of using Ihe HoentRen r
Wireless telegraphy nnd the Roentgen i
have opened the vlmlowB of n new w
for tile ordinary man. He begins to |
i cclvc possibilities before undreamt of ,
things which he would formerly have
mlBU'd as the fantasy of n disordered tmi
nation , he now adthllR mny quite pcaa
I be within the pale of practical achh
| mcnts Hcnco It Is that I no longer
! that speculations which have been faml
i to mo fcr years will be regarded ns pi
of Incipient lunacy , If they are set f <
In print
Pn < . < n of Tlimmht TrniiNfrrt'iipp
t therefore proceed to put forth hrl
a statement of what has already li
demonstrated as possible In a region
thought transference , and base upon I
In sentiment as to what I think may bo
gardcd as lying ell within the posslblll
I of the future.
| Thought transference or , as It In usu
railed , lclciathy | , or the transmission of
i I Idea from one mind to another vvltt
poken word or language or sign of
kind , 1ms now tukcn Its place as one
those facts the existence of which Is dcr
by no honest Investigator.
No doubt the lawn of telepathic transr
slon of thought from mind to mind are v
obscure. The operation te little understi
and even In the best subjects conttnu
occur strange lapses and mistakes dlfll
I to account for , perplexing and embarrass ]
but a thousand mistakes , n thousand r
carriages do not count for anything ci
pared with ono success , nnd in the (
, of telepathy we have much moro than
ono success *
l
j The best way of Illustrating this eubjec
I to Imagine n modern city , evacuated by
Its Inhabitants , on the apprtach of an ai
of men who have never heard of the t
phone The Invading force would find t
phones everywhere , and would natural ! }
Immensely pu/zled to explain their mean
In the effort to understand the nlgnlflcn
of the wires , many of them would bo
stroyed. and multitudes of telephone be
would be battered to pieces In the v
effort to make them vleld up their sec
Hut some day by the merest chance
ot the strangers might happen to talk 1
a telephone that was switched on to ei
one else where car was at the receiver
the ether end. The chances against 6
nn occurrence would be a million to o
more , It might happen. A thousand , a h
dred thousand abortive experiments , v
other telephones which wore not swltc
ion lit the receiver , which was not 1
I to the car of anyone would prove notli
as against the fact that on a certain
caslon two per ms In their sane senses
undoubtedly spoken and been heard by
telephone.
It Is Just so with telepathy. We are
those barbarians In the modern city. <
telephone boxes are not visible to the i
but they exist A few have found out t
they can be used , and ouch communlcatl
having once been established nnd rcp (
cdly verified by subsequent experiment ,
tabllsh the fact of the existence of telcpa
on a foundation which Is not In the 1 <
affected by the falluro of any number
other experimenters or even of the same
pcrlmentcrs to reproduce tbo same $ ucc
The methods ot telepathy \ary. The sli
lest Is that In which a thought in the m
of ono passes directly , without any Inl
venlng medium , unices It bo that of
ether upon which the mind wave travels
the brain of another persoon , with when
It In a condition of receptivity. In t
case the receipt of the telepathic mess
Is usually regarded merely as an Impress
upon the mind. Every ono Is aware
thoughts which seem suddenly * to arise
one's mind , without any apparent cm
"An Idea strikes me , " wo say. There
reason to bcllcvo that the Idea strikes
In a very real sense , that a brain wave
up by the thought of some other per
has traversed the space between the
brains and Impinged upon the brain of
recipient , producing the Impression wl
wo express by the words "An idea str
me. " In that way It Is possible for a thou
wave from the mind of another , without
previous Intercommunication between
two , exactly as It Is possible for you
shout In the market place and for y
words to fall upon the ears of total str
gers , who do not even know of your ex
cncp , who nro not In a position to ki
whcro you are standing and to whom
are a "vox ct praeterea nlhll. " So It Is r
Bible for us to receive Impressions and Id
from those who are to us the generator !
n thought wave et practeiea ulhll.
'IVH- ) thy anil 1'rn > or.
Telepath ) In this sense affords a work
hvpothcals for explaining many of the n
familiar phenomena of answers to pro ;
Oeorgo Muller of Urlstol , who malntal
for jears vast orphanages , maintained tl
by prayer Ho received millions In
course of n long lifetime. He refused e
to make any personal application to ;
man for money. When ho wanted funds
prayed , and in the most extraordinary \
money , In cnnli or In kind , came rolling In
him from nil parts of the world.
Those persons who sent money to Gee
Muller used to bear witness to the fact t
they did KO under the Influence of un Impt
ftlou being communicated to their ml
when they were at prayer or asleep , and I
Impression would continue with a persiste
which left them ni peace until they !
sent the money which was needed. In ot
words , George Mullcr's mind wave i
switched on to those per on and tbo pr
euro of tbo continually Impinging waves u ;
the brnln of the charitable produced a stc ;
Haw of funds. Delict In prayer , then ,
this case and in others , has been Irrev
ently compared to ringing up the cenl
telepathic exchange of the universe ; and
reverent UB this phrasa may be , it will pr
ably enable the modern man better to uml
stand the possibility of n scientific foun
tlon for the universal belief of all reltgl
In the ofllcacy of prnjer than any ot
phrase that could be coined by the devou
Apart from the evidence supplied
answers to jirajers great multitudes of
pcrlmentH have been recorded by
1'aychlcal Rfsearch society , which prove t
certain Individuals have a faculty of
celvlng almost at will messages from tl
friends
la a compan > of ten It Is seldom that tb
Is not ono who ran be made to move
right or left by the steady will of ono
other of the remaining nine. These expi
mentB usually fall from ono of two cam
cither the recipient Is not sufficiently r
Blve a thine which frequently results
making too great an effort to bo passive ,
'tho person who wills Is too vehement In
willing As It waa enld of one famous c
tor , that he constantly mistook pcrsplral
for Inspiration , so those who endeavor
translate mind-waves from will spall *
attempt by straining too much to Impi
their thought upon the recipient , A di
quiet , steady , placid thought Is far m
efficacious In producing a wind-wave wh
Impact cau be felt by another than a fev
Ish , vehement , fervent. Insistent wllll
Whether It Is thai the mind-waves In
latter case are broken up too much to be
telllglble or to produce any clear cffet
! do not know , but nothing Is more cerl
| than that If jou wish to Influence tele
I thctlcally another mind , the last thing
j musl do Is to fidget and , as It were , thi
I away with vour mind at theirs To
I error , however. It li admitted most of
mistakes are due.
| The most favorable conditions for try
I a telepathic experiment arc two person *
( close mental sympathy with each other , i
have a ircat deal of affinity. sire01
certain time to keep a tryst with each ot
' for mj a tpace of half an hour , each all
natcly taking the role of the recipient.
| us say that A l.i the transmitter , nnd
If the recipient They may bo n hund
miles away from each other , or they rmj
In different rooms In the same house.
us suppose that A and H are In differ
rooms of the same house. They agree
i try a telepathic experiment. U acts as
| recipient. He ( or she , as the cane may
1 Is seated In a room In which there Is nc
In ? calculated to distract the attention
to pet up conditions unfavorable to
placidity and passivity necessary to rcc <
Ing transmissions from without The gi
thing Is for the rc-lplent to be quite c (
fortablc , not to be reminded either by boi
ache or physical Inconvenience of any k
of the malarial circumstances of his ex
I
once. Sitting In an easy chilr. with no :
and note book at hand , n will sit wait
to note any Impressions that may arise
his mind. A on his part Is In his t
room , equally disembarrassed from
pressure of external circumstances , and
ttrmlncd to Impress upon the mind ql
that he should read a certain book , let
say Plutarch's "Uves " He elmply thl
definitely that one thing , ono of the volin
of the "Lives" being In his hand
At the end of the half hour A will w
down. "Have willed that U should be
pressed with a dcolre to read I'lutart
Lives. ' "
On the other side n will probably nt 1
> have a wandering mind , thinking nlmlei
of _ thls , that and the other , and try
continually to keep his thoughts In a si
I of expectant readiness , the net result
! which will probably be that he will
no Impression at all. After a quarter
an hour , more or ICES strained , dlsappolr
and Irritated expectancy , wondering whet
'any fitful thought that was crossing
mind was duo to the action of A's tclcpal
will In the other reom , ho will probn
give It up , take a book and begin to n
When 1-e wns turning over the pages
thought wculd probably go back to A > .
In all probability be would receive an *
preaslon that A wished him to read soi
thing Thlfr Impression might be v
slight and might pass unnoticed , but tow
the end of the half hour he might get
| Impression moro definitely , with some BE
elation about the Plutarch. H might , hi
| cver. _ and probably would be , so slight
1 not to cause h'm ' to associate that with
and at the end of the half hour B wo
probably write down : "Have sat foi
, quarter of an hour doing nothing and
nothing ; then began to read and w
reading stray thoughts passed through
mind that A wanted me to read Dej' '
that I know nothing. " The two we
then compate notes and when A's writ
record was produced to H , n would probn
recall a faint Idea about. Plutarch , wl
flitted through his mind. This , you may t
| would be a very poor experiment , and tl
j no doubt. Is true. But It would encour
' both experimenters to proceed.
| Lot me sum up this somewhat dlscun
survey of one corner of a w Ide field by s
ing that I think wo may anticipate In
twentieth century a great Increase In
I facilities of Intercommunication betw
human beings , which will far exceed a
thing that has been achieved on the m
material plane by the triumphs of stenm
electricity In the nineteenth century ,
think also that we shall learn a great t
more as to the ouany-Bldcd personality of
own ego and realize as we have never di
before how exceedingly vast and multlfi
oub are the elements which make up
bundle of entitles which we regard as c
telves. Further , as the truth grows of
possibility of our bodily organs function
apart , the conception of the life of man
something which does not expire with
dissolution of the body , will gradually bo
established amongst us. If a part of me
capable during the lifetime of my body
communicating Information which I
cluslvely poetess to another person a
distance ; If It is further capable of fac
tatlng the transmission of these commu
cations , of manufacturing a body in she
weight nnd substance Indlstlngulsha
from my actual body , but which Is nev
theless capable of vanishing Into thin
the moment its purpose Is served , then
will seem moro and more absurd to quest
the probability , not to nay the certainty ,
the continuance of the Individual after
decay of this earthly tabernacle , which
oven as a tent pitched for a season for
temporary habitation during the time wl
we make our brief pilgrimage through t
wilderness of the desert ot sin. The
of each of us Is something infinitely greul
more marvelous , more multifarious , In
methods of manifestation nnd its capac
for expression than wo have hitherto Im ;
[ Ined. H makes use of the body as a kind
for
temporary two-legged telephone
purpose of communicating at short rai
with other entitles using similar two-legi
telephones , but Its exlftcnce ! s no m
confined to the use of that telephone tl
the existence of each of us Is limited
the communications wo pass across
telephonic wire. After a little time t
twp-lcgged telephone will be switched , '
the entity behind It will pabs on to co
plcte the circle of Its experiences
W. T. STKAr
LEVY PRODUCES MORE MOW
Iiirri'iinoil Valuation on Hi-nl anil 1't
Hiiniil rrojicrly Vililx Materially
( o rUj'x Ht'vcmir ,
The assessment roll for 11)00 ) has bi
completed and the final footings made. 1
result of the assessment as originally m :
by the tux commissioner , together with i
changes made by the Board of Review c
the Board of Kquallzntlon , Is given belc
The original asseosed valuation was $3
347,13' ' . This was Increased by tha Boi
of Review to $35C3S,339 , the changes be
distributed as follows : Lands , rcduc
$41,625 ; city lots , reduced , $2,345 ; nd
tlons , reduced , $20,065 ; personal , Increas
$2ri5S35 , making n net Increase of $101,2
The Board of Review during Its nvo da
elttlng Increased this amount $155,5
making the grand total $35,693,587. Ui
this sum the tax for 1DOO will be calculat
The amount which the levy will prodi
compared with other jears Is as follows
Afixoksecl Ono A
Value. Prod'K
IMS I HJU49.50J $ J3OI
1RU ) J4W7.il3 Sl.fO
1J > 00 35.G&3.5S7 33.19. .
The total tax raised In 1898 by a 24-u
levy was $793,188.07 , of which $713,861
was available. In 1899 a 25-mlll levy p
duced $872,684 07 , of which $785,416 48 \
subject to be drawn ngalnot A levy of
mills on the equalled valuation for 1
will produce $ S92,33 75 , or $19,05478 m
than the total tax In 1S99
hiiu nf nn Ohio Mcrcliiint
Chroiili' Diarrhoea ,
My SMI has been troubled for jvnra v
rhroulc diarrhoea. Some tlmo ago I f
suaded him lo take some of Qhauiberla
Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea Renv
After using two bottles ot the 25-ccnt t
he was cured I give this testimonial , h
Ing forae one flnilliuly afflicted .may reai
and be benefited , THOMAS C , 00Wl
Glencoc , OhU.
'SHORT ' STORIES OF THE DA
Peter O'Hanlon Talks Interestingly Abe
Porto Oortez , British Hindnm
SH PLER'S NINE MONTHS IN THi SADD
Ilinul I ) < * | . | < | M'N ! : iliiliii Who
HUH Illuli OIIHI | or III *
Ornlorj L'nt Out of linn.
Peter O'Hanlon , for many years proprle
of ono of the leading hotels In Chadron , n
who has a wide acquaintance with trav
crs , was rcceatly In Omaha Accompan
by his wife and son. John O'Hnnlon , he
cnroutc to Chadrcn from Porto Cortez , Br
lib Honduras , where ho has been for I
last jear.
"I was delighted with Central Amerlci
1 said Mr O'Hnnlon. "Tbo cllmifto Is elega
I lived In Porto Cortez , which Is thp leadl
I port In that section. U Is situated on I
hay of Honduras , nnd even there the te
pcratura lit the hottest season never rli
above 95. Of course , the humidity of I
air makes It hotter there than It would
In Omaha , for Instance , at a higher degr
The nights are delightful. During my si
there was not n night but that a covcrl
was nccessaiy for comfort. In Porto Cor
and along the coast there Is a great def
of malarlu , caused by the low altitude n
the abundant vegetation. My son v
mulcted with malaria , nnd for this reason
are returning north. No other reason woi
have prompted mo to leave British Hone !
ras. Usually people going from the noi
to that country are affected bj the malar
but they get over It , nnd In most cases i
Immuncs after a few months' residence.
"There nro great opportunities for makl
money in British Honduras , but ono mt
have capital to start with. The nn
profitable Industry Is the raising of banan
After the first > enr a man can realize liar
EOmcly on his Investment. There artmn
coffee plantations , but these are not pi
ducttve at this tlmo because a sack of cor
consisting of 210 pounds Is only worth i
In native money. A ralliond runs fn
Porto Cortez Into the Interior for ntty-scv
miles It Is the expectation to extern ! t :
line through to the capital , about 173 mi
from the coast , and having a population
about 70,000 That railroad Is a funny slg
My eldest ECU , James , has been In Britl
Honduras for several years and Is a cc
ductor on the road Most of the employ
however , are natives The roadbed is (
I tended through the swcoips and very lit
effort was made to ballast , so that the ra
and the ties change tholr course quite fi
qucntly. The trains run on the ties about
much as on the rails. It Is a profitable pit
of road , however The natives use It <
tcnslvely nnd nil freight for the capital a
the Interior towns Is carried to Its end.
"British Hcnduras Is on a silver-basis
have always been a democrat , but I gift i
fill of the silver standard there. Our mor
Is only worth 43 cents of native coin ,
could bee no advantage of the silver star
ard and It was easy to see Its many dlsa
vantages. Whj , a man has to bo acco
panled around by servants to carry ' ,
money If he ventures out with enough to i
compllsh any business. "
C. V. Sheplcr of Pierre , S. D. , arrived
Omaha lost week after having spent nl
months In the saddle along the watershed
the Missouri river. Mr. Shcpler has be
gathering an Interesting collection of dr
regarding the different brands of horses a
cattle throughout the northwest. The I
formation la now practically all In hat
after a trip of about 5,000 miles on hon
back through Nebraska , the Dakotas , Mo
tana , Wyoming and western Colorado.
The book Is designed for the use of catt
men and horse breedeis affd , Will be In t >
before the first spring rounfl-up on April
When the data Is all collected stockmen w
be able to determine the number of head
cattle and horset > In the states covered , I
gether with the number of ranches and \
rletlcs of brands.
The method employed In gathering the I
formation was laborious and tedious. A
Simpler and different agents had rldd
along each creek to Us source , calling
every ranch along the route. The count
was thoroughly scoured and no ranch , ho
ever Insignificant , was left out. A corn
reproduction of each brand will appear
the collection. Tor instance , the ranches
"Buffalo Bill" In Nebraska and Wyoml
are described as to area and number of he
maintained and cuts of the three bram
"T. E. " , " 94" and a clay pipe , are shown
A similar work has already been compll
for Kansas , Oklahoma , Panhandle TCJI
nnd northeast New Mexico and when t
present book Is Issued correct data will
obtainable as to the number of cattle a
horses In the entire western country.
"It seems that 1 am 'to ' bo compelled
police ithls state with thn assistance
three deputy marshals Instead of nine ,
my predecessors have had , " said Unit
States Marshal Mathews the other nlgl
"For the present It will work a hardship
the marshal's office to arrange to atte
satisfactorily to the duties of the rfllce wl
such a email force , but I am confident th
matters will eventually regulate themselv
properly. The present deputies will wo
qn a salary Instead of receiving fees ,
heretofore. "
'Am ' Interesting point was raised relative-
the Jurisdiction of the United States ma
shal's office by a question whether the Unit
States authorities should have taken t !
Initiative toward apprehending the robbe
who recently held up the passengers In
'Missouri ' Pacific Pullman sleeper.
"I do not think , " said Mr. .Mathews. "th
the federal authorities would bo expected
take ( ho Initiative toward capturing the
robbers unless It could be construed th
they had interfered with the operation
n mall train. A case bomethtng elmlUr
this cnmo under my notice nut long ng
An escaped convict from the Wyomli
penitentiary , who , by the way , had been
fairly prosperous cattleman at one time or
was Incarcerated because of getting mlM
on brands , attempted to get away by stea
ing a rldo on the blind Laggaga of a pa
eenger train on the Burlington Ho roi
during the night , and when morning can
considered 'that it would bo better for hi
to alight on the Nebraska prairies rath
than take chances on getting into eon
town where his escape might bo advo
tlseil , Ho climbed over the tender to tl
cnglno nnd commanded the engineer , at tl
id.
point of a pistol , to show htm his wntc
Both engineer and fireman held out th <
timepieces thinking that be was a hlg
wayman He told them that he didn't wa
their watches , but that he learned frc
the 'time ' that the train was npprcaeh.1
n town , and ho thereupon ordered the enj
ncer to stop. The 4raln was slowed < lo\
nnd the man alighted. He wns subsequent
captured , however , taken back to Wyoml
to serve out bis time , niul was then hroug
to Omaha to answer to the chwge of I
tcrferlng with < the operation of a mall trnl
Ho did this , you understand , by compclll
' the engineer to atop the train so that *
might get off. He was llnofl $100 and cosi
This Missouri Pacific hold-up Is somewli
identical. The train stopped , If 1 rememt
correctly , at the signal from the porter w
rang the bell , and consequently the oper
tlon of the train. If it wns n mall trnl
was Interfered with In this respect t
robbers are amccoble to 'the federal a
thorltles. "
Monday afternoon four or five pijrolm
were holding a "social sceslon" In tue oul
at the city Jail , with apparently nothing
do They were waiting for ecme one to col
In and bo Identified , or something of tl
sort , and time was hcavv on their han.
Time was m heavy that whe.i Officer Muel
began a story nobod > attempted to stop hi
"Well , you all knew Mike Hatferty , " beg
Mueller. None of the others know him , t :
they sa'd " } es" to save time nnd Muell
continued' "Well , Mlko was on the foi
when they used to run the county fair c
on Sherman a\cnuo , where the cxpcslll
grounds now are.
"He was sitting In the office one aft (
noon , Just as wo arc nov > , with nothing
hla mind , when a man was , brought In I
running a ehell gimc on the fair groum
The man turned out to be a regular grafl
in that line , and the operation of 'frlsklt
developed that his pockets w re full of she
and peas. After the man was taken bohl
the bars Hnftertj told us that he ( Haffort
had seen a great deal of that shell trl
done where he had come from. He snld
was a very easy trick to do. It wns t
qulckneto of the hand that deceived the c :
"Ho said he would show us the trick or
or twice and then explain how It was de
so that we as police olflcers might have
Insight into such devices. H wns our di !
to know the Inside workings of those thin
so that wo might cope more nffcctlvc
against them And with that ho to k two
the shells and shulllod a pea nround uml
them on the office table nnd asked some o
to guess where It was Sergeant Doliui W
It wns under the shell next the vvlnrtbvv.
1 " 'You think it's under there ? ' asked Hi
forty.
" ' 1 know it's under there , ' responded t
sergeant. Til put halt a dollar on It , '
" 'That's Just what I was bayln' , ' sr
Hafferty , 'about the quickness of the ha
deceiving the eje. But I'll take jour hi
Just to Impress the lesson and I'll devote
to the relief association so's It won't
gambling. '
" 'That's all right , ' retorted the scrgeai
'Just so jou don't take It out of the assocl
tlon. *
"Hnfferty turned up the shell which t
sergeant Indicated and , sure enough , the p
wns there. Hafferty explained that It con :
times happened that way and that was wl :
plunged the victims deeper Into the gan
So ho did the trick again. That tlmo Uet (
tive Benson guessed and he won. After tl ;
wo all had a guess and wo all won. It w
a very unlucky afternoon , for Hafferty.
"At the next meeting of the commlsslo
ers ten of us were on the carpet , ca
charged with 'conduct unbecoming an ol
cer. '
"Tho ten testified they had not been gai
bllng. In fact they did not know what gai
bllng was. They said It was true that III
fcrty asked them under which shell a p
was a.id that they had each been paid
cents for telling him. But they rldlcul
the idea that , it was a game of cbanco a
were very much shocked that they shoi
be accused of gambling.
"Tho commissioners , however , were
thick-headed lot. They never did see an
thing In the right light and after they h
discussed the matter themselves In a prlvr
office they gave us each fifteen days off wl
no pay. "
A literal Instance of letting the cat o
of the bag happened one- evening last wee
It happened on a Hanscom Park car.
young woman boarded the car at Twent
fifth and Leovenworth streets. Suspend
from her arm was a shopping bag , the op
end being tied with a ribbon drawn utrlr
The car was crowded and the young worn ;
had to stand in the nlsle. With ono ha
she clung to the strap , while with the oth
she held the shopping bag nnd a prot
bag It was , nil runted and tucked a
puckered
The Jostling of the car swayed the bag
and fro and once It bumped with more for
than elegance against the stove. Pa
sengers noticed the bag vibrate. H seem
to bo a thing of life. As the car round
the corner at Sixteenth and Leavcnvvor
streets the young woman wtaggered , and o
of the bag Jumped a cat. It was a Malte
tabby with a dainty bit of baby ribbon abe
its neck. U was friendly ami hopped orou :
playfully over the shoulders of the pa
hcngers , finally escaping by the rear doc
Somebody remarked that th > young worn ;
had "let the cat out of the bag , " and s
left the car with crimson blushes on h
pretty face. Whether she was trying
take the cat away and lose it or wheth
she was carrying it with her as a coi
panlon , like some women carry poodle doj
none of the pasbcngers knew.
Kvery morning the night arrests a
brought up Into the ante-room adjoining t
police court nnd one by one they a
arraigned before Judge Gordon. One of t !
hard court benches makes an Ideal spot for
sociologist to purmio his studies. T
regulation old-time vagrant usually takes i
about ten minutes of the court's time Y' '
can always tell an old-timer Hekno' '
exactly whcro to stand and he recites
story he has learned in the cell the nig
before with a sad , lf-I-only-had-a-Job e
presslon that Is really touching.
The story of the kleptomaniac or tl
tramp who would eat ChrMrnas dinner
Omaha's expense runs as folIowH ,
Among the assortment of men broug
before Judge Gordon last Thursday in or
Ing was a man who gave the clvlll/ed nati
of Fred Hall , a typical , frowzy tramp , w
only lacked a tin can of being the eve
pictured article The Judge read the char ,
In the usual monotone and then attempt
id.ce
Mr , Frederick Halter-
. 111.d. Says. "You can hunt the town over
.d.5J tlmo and n iiln without coinhi } ; across
. { 0
> hlnnv-
D9 another mich u ImiKuIn us wo au
111 II\K In our .fll.OO liath , " They p shi-ss
20 all the tone of the higher iirlrctl OIHM
' 0as and aio niiulc In liotli stiff and soft
as hlaul eolorn. Thu
In hro\\n anil ;
25
and Stetson hatnvc have hccn
100
> roof for a quaiU'r of a rpntuiy they
me at pn-si-nt the btuno wtyllsh and re-
Habit' < iualltk't > anil , UK alvwiyn , the
of leader * In hat fashions A line > ( coin-
foi table , die > . > ui'm , from no CPIHH uj ) .
Ith
crn's FREDERICK
dy.
The Hatter
Ue ,
'PIt The Leading Hat Man ot the Wctt
ItR. 120 South 15th Street ,
to translate It "You arc charged. " he sal
"with being ft vagrant and n smplcloi
character. What do you plead to that1
The language was too deep Tor the trnir
and he pild BO The court reduced h
language to words ot ono sj liable. "Yc
loaf You don't work. You nfo an Id
"
man
"Oh , I never do that , " replied the " \ag
"Ho > ou want to et out of town ? "
" 1 gues so. "
The Judge was surprised. "Ain't } <
anxious to get to Council Ulutls It I Ict-M
fie ? "
"Oh. It wouldn't do any good to go
Council DIUfTs. "
"Don't > ou want to leave for Kansas I'll
when > ou get out of hero' "
The man was agreeable to that. Yes. 1
would go to Kansas Oil"Then ) > ou ai
discharged , " ald the Judge , "go on. "
The trnmp was visibly affected by tl
kindness of the court. The decision wi
such a surprise to him As he fthufllcd ti
ward the door he necmod to remember son
old friends whom he knew would be gin
to meet him In Kansas City and ho brol
and ran down the stnlra As he went o >
ho picked up a cuspidor and put It under h
coat , Hefore he had reached the street fl
oDlccr was dragging him back up the atot
steps.
"Anyway , " he said , as he went behind tl
bars , "I've got some purty good friends 1
here. "
A crcetfallen-looking "hobo" came 01
of Judge Gordon's court last Monday morr
Ing a free man. He said that It was h
first experience In jail and from his poll
of view It hnd been n dismal failure.
The ( allure came In , he explained , In ni
being allowed Mo plead his case before tl
court. He was an excellent talKcr. HPu \
served hlu tlnifl with a patent medlctt
wagon an a "spieler" He hart spent nil tl
previous night In his cell picturing hlni'C
trying to explain why he vvat > drunk ai
disorderly to Judge Gordon alul he had a
excellent speech made up. He believed tin
n man might be cleared from murder c
that speech nnd he thought he. ought to t
allowed to deliver It.
Hut the Judge had boon very short wit
him
"You're discharged , " he said , "that's all-
go on. "
SCENE IN JUSTICE COUR
Tliri'iilont'il Ml.vup In Avrrtril li > til
'rimi. | > lii ( < * rf < * rtiiuc of brvurnl
SivitiiforH >
A wild flurry of excitement In Justice A
sladt's court yesterday wns caused b
the "passing of the Ho" between a lltlgai
and a. witness. Lawyers and clients ieipc
to their feet nnd trouble st-cme. ! Immlnen
but quiet wns soon restored and the inc
dent passed without the customary fine , in
was followed by neither reprimand nor npo
ogy The case on trial was that of Dr. Tn
Wearno against Otto Lund , a bartender , i
recover a doctor's account for $ G. One i
the witnesses was Charles Weaine , tl
plaintiff's brother.
"It was the night jou were playing can
with mo at the boarding house , " said Chaili
Wearne , addressing Lund , "and the docti
called for hlb money and you said jou'd pr
him the next day. "
"I never played cards with you , " repllt
Lund.
"You are a liar ! " retorted Wcarn
A lawyer and one or two spectatoi
stepped between the would-be belligerent
The Judge rapped loudly for order and
moment later the usual monotony prevails
THIS THIEF WORKS BY DA
HOCNC niul HUKKJ IlclonwIiiK ( o Mr * . .
C. Campbell Taken from Six
teenth Street lIltcliliiK 1'OHt.
A thief , whose Identity is thus for a myi
tory to the police , stole a horse and huge
from Mrs. J. C. Campbell of 716 North Si :
teenth street Monday afternoon. The hon
was hitched to a post at Sixteenth strct
and Capitol avenue. The streets wet
crowded at that time , but the thief nctt
so boldly and so unconcerned that no on
suspected that the outfit did not belong t
him. As calmly as though It were his ow
ho Jumped Into the buggy and drove awe ;
and the onlookers had no suspicion of any
thing being wrong until the owner ot th
horse called for It and found It gone. A. n
ward of (50 has been offered for the arre *
of the thief and the recovery of the prof
erty.
IIIH Wife Miil Him.
My wife's good advice saved my 111
writes T M. Hess of Winfield , Tent. . , for
had such a bad cough I could hardly broathi
I steadily grew worse under doctor's treil
ment , but my wife urged me to use Di
King's New Discovery for Consumptloi
wjiich completely cured me. " Coughs , Cold :
Bronchitis , La Grippe , Pneumonia , Asthmi
Tlay Fever and all maladies of Chest , Throa
end Lungs are positively cured by this mai
vellous medicine 50c. and $1.00. Kvery bol
tie guaranteed. Trial bottles free at Kuh
& Co.'s drug store.
Hume I'litronnw" ' Hurcnii
The committees appointed by the Horn
1'atrotifiRp buienu of the Commercial clu
for the purpose of devising plans and ai
raiiRCincnts for nn exhibit of the manulut
tured products of Omaha Joined in
luncheon tit the club rooms jeBterduy Th
matter o [ the proposed exhibit vvns lii
formally discussed and progress mndo b
the several committees reported , A
adjournment WHB taken to Monday uftei
No Other Soap
iu the World
HAS EVER BEEN MADE
Without Combining I'ats , < ! reuse or
Oil , With ait Alkali.
NOTHING CAN PREVENT
Tlto.se Ingredient.- } from C
the 1'ofcs , or Drying ami Rough
Ing the Skin ,
HYOMEI SOAP
Mtule from the Fresh ( ireen Lenvcft
of the Tabimiul.in ISlue ( I urn
Tree.
IS UNLlKi : ANY OTIIUU.
It contains none of the fats , grease , oil
and nlkull which form the base of all soap *
frcm the che-ipest laundry to the finest
toilet. Instead It has nil the well known
healing , purlfvlng and icfreshlni ; qualities
of the Tasmaulan Hluo Hum tree. As a
toilet soap It Is simply peifcct In every
respect ; skin dlseaso cannot exist where it
Is used .
Sitlil by nil DniBulitN DINIMH li > mull.
1'rliM' , ar.i' .
Tim It. T. IIOOTII ( O. , Million , N. V.
noon at 1 o'clot K , when n general lui-ctlnc
of the lloiiu Patronage liuieiill will be held
and the questions ulatlim to the exhibit
will bo taken un In detail
THEY ARE THREE OF A KIND
lOKOll nclCtMllllllltN Of "llolllllc"
lliiriin XiHM'ur lleforc .Indue
< iiiriloii In Polk'f Court.
The house of Hums waw well represented
in police lourt > ostcrday , there being1
three minor offenders on the docket Vho
responded to that cognomen. John Duma
I , obviously a tourist of the brakobcam
order , waa given ten daM and coRtn for
vagrancy and drunkenness John burns II ,
who resembled the first in toughness and
plcturcsqueness of costume , as well as In
name , will keep him company. The charge
was intoxication. Harry Duma , a whlaky-
loggcd veteran , was assessed $10 and costs
for begging on the street They nil claim
to bo descendants of "Hobble" Hums , the
poet , but appear to have inherited his ap
petites rather than his genius ,
A CliiiiniiitKni * Triumph ,
Unsurpassed quality nnd unprecedented
Importations 103,303 cases In 18Pfl , or 72,493
cases moro than any other braiid , arc the
features of 0. H. Mumm's Extra Dry , whoso
vintage of 1895 now IrnportoJ Is unusually
line.
All Illiiliin Have Sninllpox.
F. M Hlaln , 2525 Doeatur , wlio e wife nnd
three children are stilckcn with h'nmllpox ,
bus also contracted the dlsvase The whole
family Is now prostrated with the malady ,
though Mrs. ulahi has almost recovered.
Mr. niain refused to submit to vaccination
and tilt- disease has appeared In Its regular
form. The two daughters , who are only
suffering from variola , arc not confined to
their bed.
Miss Florence Newman , 'who has been a
great sufferer from muscular rhrouinatlsm
sa > s Chamberlain's Pain nalm is the only
remedy that affords her relief. Miss New
man is a much respected reslderit of the vil
lage of Oroy , N. Y. , nnd make this state
ment for the benefit of others sllmllarly
afflicted.
Rubber
Gloves ,
/ Just the
/ thinpr lor
I protecting
the hunda
while doing
housework.
Price each
$1.25 , by
mail lOo
extra *
THt ALOE & PENfOLD CO. ,
Deformity Brace Manufacturer * .
1408 Fnrnnm OMAHA.
Op. Paxton'Hotel.
ro Winter House Slippers
ie Are u line foot covering for home
ieo vvonr but It takes the Aimorod Crulbor
' Htanil thu out-door knoi'lcH
1C bovH' wlioe to
1Cn thiit a ( 'ood , live boy will Klvo them
( be boloH arc Inlaid with tiny Htfol
if hoi-HUHlioos , tlitit nrhiB x d luclc lo the
ifni boy nnd wear to the hliouH wo know
,8 , tlu > y aio the bunt ImjV Hlioos over nmd < >
,8a ' line of boys'
a null sold for S'J.OO-our
it tliot'M hiiH always been tlu > larguut In
the west and It Is mirh renmrUublo vnl-
HOB as thtsc that billion It KO jiroinl-
ncntly to the fore we've any boyt. '
hi/.e In
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
Dt -t"
1410 PARNAJ1 STIIEBT.
Our Piano Sale-
Of tvu'iity pianos Is proving a rw
stoic filler-one price cash or pay-
mcnts , It'h tbo wuiiii n ltd that price
away down , Is the nui nct in this
special piano Mile jou will Hnd Hitch
*
pioinliu'iil makes as the Klinball
Knabo Krankh & Itach-Hallot < &
Davis many of these have been uul as
much as onc-tliird'ln jnl'o It'h easy t < i
own a piano v > hcn yon can jjct them at
u special sale like this A few MTond-
band slightly utcd pianos at almost
jlve-away prices we Kniirantce every
piano In this sale to be as icproiontod.
A. HOSPE ,
Music and Art. 1513 Douglas ,
