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    .AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
City'i Clerical Force PreDnrei Data for
Charter BsTision Committee.
LOSS OF OCCUPATION TAX IS FELT
Row Snmelhtajsi Must Re ttoae tf
Correspond I astir Decrease
J City's Kspendltarea.
The clerks In the city offices have been
engaged during the last few days In pre
raring data for the nse of the charter re
vision committee In caw a call for the
same u made. The data prepared ahowi
the overlap In each fund and the amount
now needed to carry on the work of each
department. The total overlap amount to
970.000. What the city official want la to
And aome way in which thia overlap may
be wiped out, bonda to be Issued for the
aame. If tbls Is done and the levy alightly
Increased it Is thought that the city can
Ipanage to run along without getting very
far Into debt.
Ten years ago the overlap waa about
S.000. gtnre that time It has been growing
with each admlnlatratlon Until now it baa
reached the figures, mentioned. One cause
ot this rapid Increase was Che cutting off
of the occupation tax usually levied upon
liquor dealers. When the license was $300
a year an occupation tax of 9200 wts
levied. This latter aum went Into the city
coffers, while the former went to the school
district. Now that there Is a license of
$1,000, no "occupation tax la levied, conee
quently In two year the city has been the
loaor to the extent of $36,000. Thla Ions In
rervenue now shows up on the red side of
the ledger and It will take an issue ot
bonds to wipe It out.
Another feature of this overlap Is the
talk that If the Indebtedness which Is
worrying the city officials is paid off, a
new rule must be established positively
prohibiting the overdrawing of funds under
any circumstances. It Is true that the
present charter permits money to be ex
ponded In cases of emergency. Tnis Is
considered to be the filling of dangeroua
washouts, the repairs of streets damaged
by storms or the suppression of an epi
demic. Or, In other cases, where the health
nd Uvea and property of citizens are
Jeopardized. So far this year the city haa
been practically free from contagious or
infectlouc diseases, consequently the emer.
gency expense bills have been kept down
to a low amount,
ew Lodge lastltateel.
The Tel Jed Sokol of Bohemian Turners
Instituted a new lodge at Xoutsky's hall
yesterday afternoon. All the thirty mem
here are women. Joseph Sterba is presi
dent of the new lodge and also occupies
P"ition or pnysical director. Meet
ings for physical culture will be held once
each week.
Charity Panda.
"It la fortunate," said Chairman Queenan
of the council committee on charity, yes
terday, "that , we have recerved so few
calla for aid this winter. The funds are
low and we have no money on band to
puy for fuel and supplier However, the
committee la doing the beet It can. One
POint ihOWl In faun, f a.
t shows In favor ot'8outh' Omaha, '
that Is that fewer aonllcatlona for aid !
and
have been filed thla winter than ever ha
fove In the history of the city."
Inquiry shows that the principal calls
re from wldowa who are trying to support
themselves and a family of children.
Cltr Coaarll Toala-ht. .
The city council i billed for. a meeting
tonight. So far. there appeara to be little
tuatneaa of Importance, but the regular
routine will be gone through with. No
claims or salaries will be allowed until the
first meeting in January. There la little
doing Lo street repairing, so the sesaion
promises to be an exceedingly tame one.
Charter Committee Tuesday Klakt.
A meeting of the eommlttee of the whnlo
of the recently appointed charter revision
qommlttee Is to be held at the council
rhamber on Tueaday evening. It Is under
stood that the subcommittee will not bo
ready to render complete report at this
time. Progress will be reported and, pro
viding It Is the dealre of those present,
Secretary Breen of the subcommittee will
go over the amendments already consid
ered. The task Is rather tiresome and
perhapa two weeks more will be con
sumed In deciding upbn the amendment
to be suggested to the legislature.
Hew Ice House.
Today B. Jetter will commence the con
struction of a new Ice houae at hla brewery.
Thirtieth and V streets. Tbls building will
be 100 feet square and twenty-four feet
fcigh. It will have a capacity of 4,500 tons.
The plana hate been drawn for some time,
tmt there haa been some delay In securing
material.
In apeaklng of the Ice cror at the brew
ery pond. Martin Jetter said, last night
that the toe was now about nine Inches
thick, and. that cutting would commence
Wednesday. It la the intention to put up
enough Ice to supply South Omaha saloons,
and with this idea In view they have or
ganised:, what will be known as the Jetter
Ice company. This new company, M. Jet
ter said, will be Independent of any ot the
otbvjr ice companies.
Cndaar Cats Irs.
Quite a ' large number of men went to
work at Seymour lake yesterday cutting
Ice for the CuJahy Packing company.
Owing to the short notice of the starling
of the work, not as many men as expected
reported for duty yesterday, but mor are
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A genuine hair food. Stops falling of the
hair, makes the hair grow, and always re
stores COlor. IL AUarsgflsta. J. t A TEt CO, Uvsll. Haas.
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vigor, it is now tour incoea oeiow my waist, ana
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expected today. Arrangements have been
made at the lake for the feeding and lodg
ing of a large number of men during the
Ice harvesting season. For the convenience
of men who have families In South Omaha
and are working on the Ice fields carry
alls will leave the Cudahy plant e iih
morning at , o'clock for Seymour lake, re
turning In the evening.
Mislr Cltr Oaaalp.
Henry Clausen is In Vail, la., visiting rel
atives. Thomas Aldersnn has gone to Chicago to
look after business matters.
Rev. James Wise, rector of fit. Martin's
church, will be married Tuesday to Miss
Anna Hetts of Lincoln.
Bldney J. Kent will deliver sn address to
laboring men at Labor temple Wednesday
evening. All laboring men ss well as oth
ers are invited to attend.
Hurley, 5-year-old eon of Oeorge Zang,
Thirty-eighth and I. streets, died yesterday
afternoon. The body will be forwarded to
Oretna for Interment today.
A subscription Is being taken up to se
cure suitable turlal for William Howald,
the friendless young man who died at the
home of Mrs. Avery, Twenty-ninth and K
afreets, Saturday.
James Schneider, Nineteenth and O
streets, fell on the Icy sldewnlk on Twen
tieth street Saturday evening and Is suf
fering from a severe cut on the head, be
side a sprained back.
General Manna-er Kenvon nf tha I'nlnn
Stock Yard company has sent cheek for
to tThlef Ktter of the city lire depart
ment In recognition of the splendid work
done by the department at the sheep barn
lire on inursony lust.
Dr. George Atrheson of Idaho Springs,
oio., nas returned to his home after a
visit or a couple or days with George W.
jnasson. nom ir. Atrneson and Mr. Mas
son are Interested In the Blue Hlhbon Mln
Ing and Milling company located In Gilpin
county, oioraoo.
qlKKItKST OF LAWSUITS.
Hlarh'vrayman Sard by Partner for tils
Share of Spoils.
Perhaps the most remarkable 'stilt ever
brought la on the records of tti1 court of
the exchequer In England. It as filed on
October 8, 1725, and It sets forth very
clearly that Johu Everlt and Joseph Wil
liams were highway robbers.
in lie succinct legal phrases the com
plaint says that the men formed a partner
ship for the purpose of carrying on buBl
ness as highwaymen. It was mighty profits
ble, as was shown by the fact that Everlt
sued Williams tor the equivalent of $5,000
"being for moneys wrongfully appropriated
to defendant s private purse."
This was the amount In dispute after the
partnership had lasted only a year. Then
Everlt claimed that he discovered that his
partner had not made a fair division of the
spoils.
me action was adjudged to be a gross
contempt of court, and the plaintiff was
ordered to pay all costs, while the soltc
itors wno served the writ were fined. One
of the solicitors, a man named Wreathcock,
refused to pay the fine and was sent to
prison for six months.
Both plaintiff and defendant to the ac
tion were subsequently hanged one at
Tyburn and the other at Maidstone.
Aanonacementa of the Theaters.
"Mrs. Jack," In which Miss Alice Fischer,
unaer me direction of Mr. Hairy B. Harris,
will be seen for the first time here :a a
star at the Boyd tonight, Tuesday, Weduen
day matinee and night. Is not to be taken
as seriously portraying life. It is to be
enjoyed as pure fun, just as the audiences
baTe been nJyn 11 100 nights ?n
Ne York at Wallack's and the Victoria
lueaiera. u is ciean run, true Ironi any
coarseness or horseplay, and -iullvened wiih
wit. "It Is probably a reporter," someone
says when a card Is brought. "No, sir,"
says the butler. "He says bis business Is
confidential." Thla Is the style id wnlch
"Mrs. Jack" la written. Miss risen -r, whote
jolly, wholesome personality and aoco.i.non
comlo gifts are admirably auited to tin role
of "Mrs. Jack," is . surrounded by a com
pany ot clever comedians. Tog'Hhev these
laugh creators Infuse such animal pirits
Into the performance that they give aa
evening of lively fun.
The principal topic of Interest at present
Is the opening of the "Ben Hur" sale of
seats at Boyd's. The big production opens
Its week's engagement in this city next
Monday evening, and the advance sale will
begin at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning,
when seats for the eight performances will
be ready. A great Interest Is manifested
locally and It la anticipated that there will
be a great rush for first choice when .he
sale begins. It Is, therefore, advisable to
apply early. "Ben Hur''' has the distinc
tion of holding the record ot attendance In
every city where l( has been presented, and
as this will probably be Its euly presenta
tion In Omaha aa It Is already booked
three years ahead In other territory those
In this vicinity should not miss this op
portunity of seeing what Is considered the
greatest dramatic spectacle on the Amer
ican stage.
Matinees will be given Wednesday and
Saturday.
Iirm ll lm.
Baltimore Sun: "I did one charitable act
today," remarked the bald-headed druggist
as he sat down to dinner.
"I'm glad to hear It, dear," rejoined his
wire. "Ten me all about It."
un, mere isn i mucn to tell." replied
ine pin compiler. "One of my clerks
wanted an Increaae In salary so he could
get married, and I refused to give It to
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Kata Ballabary Laid Away.
NEW YORK, Dec. tt.-FuneraJ aervlces
for the late Nate Sallrbury were held to
day under the auspices of the Masonic fra-
!-,,,!! j. mVv. i,T. Burrut or r reopurt, III.,
a life-long friend of the dead showman
preached the sermon. A great many the
atrical people were In attendance.
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THE OMAHA DAILY HEK: MONDAY. DECKMIIER 20, 1002.
MINING IN THE. BLACK HILLS
Jupiter Company Passing Work on Cjanid
ing Plant in Black Tail-
SPEARFISH COMPANY BRANCHING OUT
Rnah to Finish I Assessment Work
Before lose at Year la Order to
Head Off the Claim
J a mi era.
DEADWOOD, 8. D., Dec. 28. (Special.)
The grading for thj 150-ton cyanide plant of
the Jupiter Mining company. In BlackUll
gulch, has been finished and the carpenters
and stone masons have begun their part of
the work. The plant will embrace all the
Improvements In the wet-crushing process,
and the contract calla for its completion
by March 1 next. Work In the mines of
the company has been suspended pending
the completion of the plant, only a small
force beln employed in them, and that for
the purpose of keenlns un the tlmherinar
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in tee workings. There Is an Immense
amount of ore exposed in the workings on
the ground, and when the cyanide plant
Is ready to start up there will be plenty of
ore on hand to keep It running Indefinitely,
the company, unlike most of the new ones
which have recently built plants In the
northern Hills, having purchased ground
which had already been devcloned. The
ground Included In the company's holdings
ma Deea workea ror years, and the ore
bodies on It thoroughly explored, and the
Character of the ore and its richness known
to ar fraction of a cent
The EpearQsh Mining company this week
sent down from Its mill In Johnson gulch
snotner gold brick, the result of a two
weeks run, which weighed $11,443. The
mill at the company's mines is now run
nlng at about Its full capacity, and when
It Is doing Its best it should produce from
$16,000 to $20,000 at every semi-monthly
cleanup. At the present time there Is
being treated in the mill about 6,000 tons
of ore a month and the grade Is constantly
increasing In value. Another ore body has
been encountered In the workings at the
mine, the new discovery having been made
at a depth of thlrty-Ove feet below the
second ore body opened up a few creeks
ago. The new find is from ten to twenty
feet In thickness and assays from $3 to 112 a
ton. Development work done during the
past m0nth Bhows that the lime floor ot
the first ore stratum Is really the roof o
the second ore body, which ahows that the
first ore body Is really thicker than waa at
the beginning of operations believed. These
two bre bodies lying below the first have
actually more than doubled the ore reserves
of the company. The company has been
talking of Increasing the capacity of Its
plant, bringing it up to 500 or 600 tons
daily, and during the coming year this im
provement may be made.
Working; Belle Kldrldffe Groap.
Asron Dunn and associates have started
In getting out ore on the Belle Eldrldge
group or claims In Spruce gulch, a few
miles from this city, and are taking out
$20 rock at the present time, which Is
being stored for shipment to Deadwood
treatment plants. The ore is being tsken
from the upper contact, from workings
which a few years ago shipped 2.000 tons
of ore, which went from $8 to $23 a ton
gold. The ore shoot at the point where
work la now being done Is from three to
Ove feet In thickness and of the same grade
as that which had been ablpped In former
years. On the Belle Eldrldge group sev
eral good shoots ot ore have been exposed
ea the lower contact, but es-yetery little
work has been done on them, but It Is
understood that when the present work In
band has been finished a force of miners
will start on their development. The ore
on this group Is a cyanlding proposition,
and if the necessary arrangements can be
made with the owners of adjoining ground
a treatment plant will be erected the com
ing spring.
The ore which baa been shipped frou
this group of claims, after being hauled
In 'wagons over rough trails, has paid a
handsome profit, and a plant on the ground
should prove to be still more nrofitabla.
The same parties own the Mbwee aroun
of claims. In the same neighborhood, and
have recently begun the development ot a
nine-foot vein of ore which, besides carry.
Ing gold and sliver values of $9, also carries
high percentage of Iron and a little sine
and lead. This is a smelting proposition.
and the development which' Is being done
upon it is for the purpose of testing the
values of the ore. The ore occurs on fossil
shalee, which at that point are about 200
feet above the quartiite. The group also
has exposed In It several shoots of cyanld
ing ore, but these have not received very
much attention in the way of development,
the owners thinking that the ameltlns
proposition will prove to be a good thing,
and so are putting in all the work on It.
The ownera of ground In the same district
are now busy doing their annunl assessment
work, but It Is not believed that the dis
trict will be bothered by "jumpers," as
most ot the ground has been worked all of
the last summer and fall. The Highland
Chief cyanlds plant in the district Is work
ing to its full capacity on ore from the
company's claim, which la being taken
from the quartxlte contact. This 'ore will
average better than $7 a ton, and there
appears to be a lot of It.
Pejobacot Buys More Ciroaad.
The Penobscot Mining company at Garden
City has been sddlng to Its already large
holding in the Ida Gray districts, its
latest purchase being the Eagle group of
claims, containing 287 acres. The first pay
ment on the ground was made last Wednes
day, when $12,000 rash was paid down to the
owners of the property, Messrs. Graham,
Nolan and associate's. The full purchase
price has not been made known, but it Is a
large sum, tor Included lo the group are a
numDer or producing claims, claims which
have been extensively worked, and from
which have been shipped much good ore.
The ore on the Eagle group Is sllicious. and
carries In many Instances high gold values.
ine district neing looked on as containing
the richest sllicious ore bodies in the Black
Hills. Some ot the ore shoots, which occur
In the flat formation, are very large and
have been well developed. The recent pur
chase makes the Penobscot company the
largest holder of ground In the Ida Gray
district, and the only company operating a
reduction plant of Its own. The new cya
nide mlllrfif the company has been la opera
tion for some time, but it has not been
running at its full capacity owing to an
Inability to secure a sufficient supply of
cysnlde. The company haa plenty of ore
In the bins snd In Its present workings a
supply sufficient to keep the present vlant
running a lifetime. It Is said that the
company contemplates enlarging Its mill
to 6uo tons dally capacity as soon as the
weather will permit, the success of the
initial run of lbs mill warranting tha
management to make the contemplated Im
provement.
Dot aa; Aaaraameat Werk.
Every claim In the northern Hills now
has one or more men at work on It. for
on next Thursday the time for doing the
annual asarssinent work on the ground will
have expired, and anything which carries
gold I new looked upon as valuable, so
ths owners sre taking no chances of bsvlng
their ground jumped. Last year, or rather
last New Year's, thei were one or two
bootleg scrapes over ground, but forlu-
nately there waa no bloodshed, and thl
year the owners are more careful. Nearly
erery riaim, nowever, on wnicn there has
been made a showing of ore has been rep
resented, so that there will be very little
relocating done, and aa It Is an unhealthy
country for the professional "Jumper," he
Is, as a general thing, a little cautious.
There are, however, a number of people
ho have made a practice of locating
ground whether It contained mineral or not,
and the ground ot these people Is In dan
ger, for many of them have made no at
tempt to make a discovery or to do the
required amount of work necessary.
OLOMOX HAS HIS SAY.
Ife Marmara Aboat the Season of Glv
tnsr aad Gettlaa; Tillage.
Behold, writes Billy Nesblt In the Chicago
Tribune, behold the time of the year Is at
hand and It Is now upon us
w hen the fair maiden goeth about the
streets, looking for two yards ot plush and
a bale of narrow ribbon. -
That she tnay construct a sofa pillow for
him that Is called Henry.
Yea, surely, my son; and Henry also
goeth up and down through the city, seek
lng a place where he may buy diamonds
and rubles and things of great price.
To bestow them upon the damsel that Is
called Gertie.
Now, hearken unto me, and give ear unto
my utterances, for of a truth I say that the
world Is full ot Henrys and Gerties.
Peradventure, Henry bath been slow In
coming to the realisation of the fact that
' ,l ' no we" 'or man to be alone
Then doth Gertie garner many strange
materials and make for him a pair of slip
pers and a bathrobe and a cravat box.
And In the fullness of time Henry shall
use the slippers to hold tobacco, and the
bathrobe aa a curtain for his window, and
the cravat box as a place wherein to place
poker checks.
For who can fathom the mind of woman
when she doeth fancy work?
Verily, she stsrteth out with a Dickie
recipe snd a perforated pattern and sixteen
gilt beads and four yards ot watered silk.
and behold, she worketh upon It for a fort
night; And at the end of that time she hoMeth
her work up to the light and voweth that it
is cute and cunning and too lovely for any
use
Which, my son, is correct.
For she bath designed It for a hat box.
Yea. yea. And the general run of Henrys
have but the one hat.
My Bon. this Is not swinging the hammer,
nor yet biffing anybody, so to spesk.
Let us not speak all our speaking against
woman.
Consider Henry for a moment.
He goeth into the places of barter and
sale and buyeth a plueh lined toilet case,
or a celluloid photograph frame, or a dia
mond sunburst, the jewels of which are
cunningly set in gold from South Carolina,
and the diamonds thereof being made in
Wllkesbarre. Pa.
And he payeth therefor a king's ransom.
(That meaneth, at a time when king's
ransoms are on the Macedonian brigand
scale.)
And he glveth It unto his Gertie.
For he fancleth .that she liveth sur
rounded at a)l times by priceless pearls and
danllng diamonds and effulgent emeralds;
And that all through her life she should
not be permitted to turn her lily white hand
over.
All this he telleth Gertie, and prayeth
that she become bis Christmas gift, in ad
dition to the prlxe puxzles which she hath
given unto htm.
And after they had paid the preacher and
rented the flat, then doth .Henry moan and
make complaint because tbaL.be .bath to
continue paying the Installments on the
sunburst. i
BOWIE S GREAT SAP.
Vast Profits of the Prophet of tloi
City, Illinois.
Most remarkable of all the faith healers.
prophets of Messiahs, who have rushed to
the rescue of a sinful world In the last
half century, says the Brooklyn Eagle, Is
the Rev. John Alexander Dowte of Zlon
City. HI., general overseer of Zlon, as he
calls bimselt, or Elijah the Restorer, for
be claims to be the reincarnation of Elijah
the prophet; or, to be more exact, the third
reincarnation, for the first Elijah waa
caught up to heaven In a whirlwind, and
the second, John the Baptist waa beheaded.
He Is remarkable first for the alze ot his
fortune, for he baa accumulated assets es
timated by outsiders at 115,000,000 In ten
years on a capital of nothing.
He Is remarkable for the number of hla
followers and for his hold upon them. No
fewer, than 100,000 persons scattered
throughout the world profess faith in him.
He is remarkable for having succeeded In
fondlng a model city of 6,000 souls. Inhab
ited solely by his followers.
He Is remarkable for the perfection of the
organization he haa formed. It not only
prosecutes missionary work all over the
world, but It also conducts a great variety
of business enterprises.
He Is remarkable for the tact that every
thing la founded on his own personality. All
property Is in his name, everything is done
by his direct orders and everything depends
tor Its existence on him.
But most remarkable of all is that method
by which be has accomplished this. Starting
In as an obscure, penniless faith healer In
a little cottage on the south side of Chicago
ten yeara ago, be began preaching to a little
band in a cheap hall. Soon he had enough
of a following and enough contributions to
be able to hire the Auditorium, Chicago's
largest and handsomest theater, for his
Sunday services. Hs has been holding meet
ings there ever gince, haranguing crowds o.r
6,000 people at every meeting. His har
angues are made up chiefly of wild ravings
against ths Roman Catholic church, the
Free Masons, doctors and druggists, snd
especially against the newspapers. It seems
Incredible that a frentled tirade against
newspapers "the viper press," the Rev.
John Alexander Dowle calls them should
make a man want to give up hla last dollar
ta the Rev. John Alexander, hut It does.
Yes, It Is a most remarkable tale from
the beginning to the present and It Is still
developing In an extraordinary manner.
- Have Care.
Don't fool with a cold; no one can tell
what the end may be. Pneumonia, catarrh,
chronic bronchitis and consumption Invar
iably result from neglected colds. Nothing
can be compared with Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy as a quick cure for colds and In
fluenza and by its use these dlsesaes msy
be avoided.
PEHITET WOHKS
Make the I.Ives af Goverameat
Uatrlala a Bsrars.
One of the sllrkest and most persistent
operators to baffle the capltol police was a
woman who appeared In Washlnrton
ahortly afier the death of ex-President
nsrrison snd secured permission to ex
hibit la the room of the sergesut-st-arras
of the senate a large oil painting of the
dead preaideot. Her oatenslble reason was
m gei congress to buy It, relates the cor
respondent of the Brooklyn Eagle. After
making the acquaintance of all the sen
ators she gradually blossomed Into a full
blown book agent. Ths p dure was merely
a blind to enable ber to get Intrenched la
the building. She sold the four volumes
embracing its ute of ea-Preeldeat Harri
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525 Weak
Backs
Nine times in ten a Weak Back is caused by
too much work or too much Dleasure or accident.
Nine times in ten the proper treatment
is a thorough rubbing with Omega Oil.
The Oil seems to put strength into
a weak back and to
Just how this is brought about is
hard to explain, because Nature never
tells how or why she does anything.
All we actually know about Weak
Backs is that they become strong and
well again when Omega Oil is applied.
You may be sure of this much:
ir you use umega un
back for
a week or
relieve you,
fails to
must be something serious indeed.
Perhaps the Kidneys are out of
order, and then you ought to con
sult the best doctor you know.
But before doing anything else,
have your back rubbed with Omega
Oil at least five minutes every night
and morning for a week.
I hid the misfortune to fall very heavily on the
pavement, causing a severe injury to my back.
Having read of the wonderful cures effected by
tha uof Omega Oil, I purchased three bottles of
it ind used as directed. I had been suffering four
years with a constant pm in my spinal column,
but was not benefited by the man v remedies tried.
I was surprised to lind that the" bruise from the
fall disappeared, after using Omega Oil, and the
pain which I had suffered fiom so many years wai
also removed. I would not be without the Oil in
m hora- Mrs. E. J. Wardeu,
221 Sherman St., Jersey City, N. J.
OmeCa Oil ia
son for 120 and bagged a couple of doxen
senators before complaints were made.
When charged with selling books she boldly
denied the accusation and refused to desist
until threatened with arrest.
A deformed woman, known aa "Little
Sunshine," gave the police and Incident
ally the senators even more trouble than
the female book agent. She presumed
upon her misfortune to ignore all the rules
of the -senate .and bouse, sad pushed by
the doorkeepers on guard at the parble
room and committee rooms without hesi
tation. If Interfered with hr favorite er
elamatlon waB, "How dare you touch me,
you brutal man." She was usually ped
dling tickets st a dollar each, for a benefit
for herself, and pushed them on to sen
ators In blocks of ten. The police finally
admitted that they were helpless before
her and could no longer keep her In check.
Colonel Ransdell heard ot It and declared
that he would settle her on ber next ap
pearance. The very next day she arrived,
brushed by the senate doorkeeper and
cornered Senator Mason in the marble
room. While Senator Mason was mopping
the perspiration from his expansive brow
and was protesting that he was a poor man
and could not give up $10 for tickets,
Colonel Ransdell was sent for. He bore
down on the woman with all sails set
and fire in his eyes. As he engaged her.
Senator Mason made his escape. A half
an hour's wrangle ended by Colonel Rans
dell buying four tickets and "Little Sun
shine" is still doing business at the old
stand.
The mention ot a certain woman's name
to Representative Eddy of Minnesota la
enough to send that valiant statesman
flying to his committee room, where ho
seeks safety behind lock and key. Tell
him that thu "Minnesota Blizzard" is In
the cspltol and he shows every sign of
consternation. The "Minnesota Blizzard"
Is tall, gaunt and determined. She thinks
Uncle Sam owes her a pension (.nd nothing
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good for everything liniment ought to
but death will remove that Impression.
Representative Eddy and Senator Oalllnger
are her victims, the former being the mem
ber from her district and the latter chair
man of the senate pension committee. The
"Minnesota Blizzard" was a nurse in the
civil war and claims that her husband was
a soldier; hence she wants two pensions,
one as nurse and the other as widow. Sh?
go a pension as a nurse, and, after dog.
King Eddy and the members of the pen
slon committee for four years, this was in
creased on the distinct understanding and
pledge that she would return to Minnesota
and stay there.
She paralyzed Eddy the other day by
turning up and exclaiming: "I am here
with biood in my eyes. We have got to
get rid of that old fossil Evans in tho
Pension office and have a western man
there who knows a first class blizzard
when ho sees It. I am entitled to two
pensions and I am going to stay hers until
I get "em."
The pnlloe have standing orders to keep
the "Minnesota Blizzard" out ot the com
mittee rooms of Senator Galllnger and
Representative Eddy, and a blue coated
officer may always be seen standing in
the vicinity of those rooms.
STRASGB HACK OP PEOPLE.
Red Bones
Distinct from
In the World.
All Others
"Have you ever heard of a class of people
called 'red bones?' " said Lewis Marshall
of Charleston, 8. C, quoted by the Wash
ington Star. They are the most peculiar
people In the United 8tates. No one living
absolutely knows the race from which
they sprang or whence the original set
tlers came. They live very nearly on the
boundary between South Carolina and
Georgia, In the northwestern part of the
first named state. They are very clannish.
Tells of the thrilling and tragic scenes In
The Oil War of 1872
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8,
9.
10.
11.
12.
The Uprising in the Oil IJegions.
The "Derrick's" Illack List.
The Oil Men Ask Leading Questions.
Amazing Contracts With the Railroads.
Popular Kvmpathy for the Oil Regions.
The Railroads Rack Down.
Mr. Rockefeller to the Rescue.
The Standard Again Buys Oil.
The South Improvement Company, alias The
Standard Oil Company.
Mr Rockefeller Regins All Over Again.
Mr. Rockefeller Gets a Rebate.
Mr. Rockefeller's Opinions and Character.
The story holds you spell bound as you read from
page to page of the battles of Oiant forces, of stupendous
uuudiuy, reieniiess perseverance, temporary reverses
nu uiumaie conquest. It
a great romance, while being true i
portant to every thinkinir man n
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mix very little with people not of their
rare and in a manner are quite thrifty.
"In slavery times they owned slaves,
visited the several summer resorts of the
southern mountains snd In a way put on
quite a little style. While I have nothing
but supposition to guide mo, I am of ths
opinion that they are descendants of the
Basques of southern Prance. They do
not lack courage, for a company of them
served In Hampton's legion during the 1st
civil war and bore themselves bravely at
the first Manassas. Their skin Is of a
swarthy red, resembling that of the In
dian, but at that point all resemblance
ceases except It be that they are very hot
of temper. I have often wondered why
the ethnologists ot this country have not
ttudied theso people. Surely a monograph
of them would be highly Interesting.
OIT OK THK OKDIXARY.
Among the many human curios to be seen
at Monte t'nrlo this season none attracts
more attention than M. Yturblde, an ec
centric millionaire, who shuns daylight ss
ho would s plHgue. In his eplendid villa he
has placed an enormous elevator, into
whlrh his curtained and ehuttereri carriage
Is driven and raised to his heavily draped
apartment when he wIhIm-s to lake a drive
His rooms are always kept at a Turkish
bath temperature, and ne conditions in the
gambling rooms of the Caslnj are about
the name he sometimes ventures there in
the evening.
8torm cannons are very common in Italy
now along the southern slopes of the Alps,
where damage from hailstorms during bar
vest time Im always Imminent, says ths
Argonaut. They are the Invention of
Padua firm. They look like a huge mega
phone, end they are set, with their wide
mouths gaping xkywartl, beside little
house that look like aentry boxes. When
they are fired they boom like "sure enough"
cannons, but Instead of a I. all or shell, or
othr similar projef-tlle, they emit a ring of
smoke which grows larger and larger ss It
HHcenris, un'il ct last, before It breaks It
Is big enough to surround a ten-acre field
Instead of hall only rain falls when the
guns are used, and damage to cropa Is pre
vented. lias all the fascination
worn a i
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