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Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17

run your first finger down between
the pocket crotch and the snakes
head l did 30. Bring the end of
your thumb alongside of your finger
and hold tight / did. That's it,
continued Mart, a grim smile across
his face; now / shouldn't advise you
before you can move. Pick it up and
come on The snake was soon cooled
round my wrist like Mart's, and we
started for Shawnee, a distance of
four miles, where the doctor was
awaiting our. prizes at Mart's home.
l shall eve forget my feeling on that
walk as long as 1 live. The death
like thrills which the contact of the
horrible reptile gave me as l trudged
on by Mart's eide we're something
frightful, and it was with the greatest
difficulty that l retained my hold. 1t
was only the continual assurance l
received from my companion that it
was sure death to let go, which pre-.
vented my loosening my fingers
Every now and again the animal un-
coiled itself, and Its body swung,
whip fashion, about my neck and
face, while the r%attles, of which there
were fourteen, were going all the
time. 1t was a fearful ordeal, and
when at last We reached our destina-
ton and Mart dexterously relieved
me of my disgusting burden, L was as
pale IA a ghost, See here,' patting
me on the back. Il do NOT recommend
rum to anybody-let it alone, boys
but / don't think g glassful will hurt
you He poured out a good stiff
dose from a pocket flask and l swal-
lowed it, and soon recovered my com
posture. That days hunt cared me of
nearly all my feelings of repugnance
of snakes, and l soon became almost
as adept in rattle catching as Mart
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17
THE NOBLE RED MAN.
Something About the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Agencies.

Something About the Cheyenne and
Arapshoe Agencies.
st. Louis Republican.
Maj. John ID. Miles, United States
Indian agent of the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe agencies in the Indian terri
tory, is at the Planters with his fam
lily, having returned from Washing
ton. Maj. Miles states that the
Northern Cheyenne, which have been
so troublesome at the agency, still re-
main there. Little Chief was allowed
to go to the Pine Ridge (old Red
Cloud) agency last year, and the bal
ance of the band claim the
same privilege, and are determin.
cd to GO. They threaten to leave
next spring, even if the department at
Washington don't give its permission.
They say they will go anyway. Old
Dull Knife is still north, never having
been captured. Maj. Miles thinks It
would be best for the other Indians to
let him go. The department has par
TALLY consented to let them go, but
has not fully made up his mind. The
Southern Cheyennes want them to go.
They say it would bs better, as the
influence of the Northern Cheyennes
over the young men among the South.
ern Cheyennes 10 bad and calculated
to breed discomfort. Maj. Miles says
that the Southern Cheyennes are well
disposed, progressive-farmiDg cut
ting wood and transporting supplies.
They have agreed to transport IL
addition to their own supplies
about two million pounds for the
military from Caldwell, Kansas, to
Fort Reno, a distance of Ito miles, of
which they have taken the sub-con-
tract. Their own supplies amount to
about two million pounds, making a
total of four millions to transport this
year. There are about 259 children
attending the two schools, one for the
Cheyennes and one for the Arapahoes.
The two tribes have so children of the
Carlyle school, in Pennsylvania, which
Maj. Miles has just visited. That
school has 315 children in attendance,
from thirty different tribes, including
Digger Indians, Navajoes and Sioux.
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17
a GIDDY GIRLS.
What a Street-Car Conductor Says
About Filtration.

What a Street-Car Conductor Says
About Filtration.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
"1t isn't our fault always, depend
on that, and there isn't as much of il
done as some of the officials would
have the public believe" Tho speak
or was a conductor on one of the city's
passenger street.car lines, and he ut
tered the above remark in answer to a
question of a Dispatch reporter on the
subject of Irritation.
What interest have some of the
officials of the road in making
the public believe conductors,
al a general rule, are inclined
to engage in surreptitious counting
with their female p~asHengers2" in
quired the reporter.
"Why, simply this. They have sew.
eral spoilers at work on the road.
These 'epotters' find that two o. three
conductors are beating the company
systematically. 1t 10 q bsrd thing to
prove that a street.cas conductor is a
thief, and go the best thing to be done
with a suspected man is to fire. him
from the position. Perhaps three go
at q time, and in answer to the inquis-
tive the superintendent or secretary
says he was discharged for flirting
with mi on his car"
"6ut is there no flirting done?"
why certainly there Is. and as 1
lay 1t isn't all our fault. A pretty girl
gets in your car, and for halfway to
the city sits and stares you in the
face; or may be gives you an enoour-
aging smile inviting familiarity. What
can you expect of a young fellow but
that he will respond suitably. Mar
ried conductors are not invulnerable
to woman's coquetry. Why 1 know
one woman on Penn avenue that
watches day and night for one mans
car, and every time it passes the con-
ductor responds to the wave of the
handkerchief. Such things sometimes
result in the ruin of families, but as q
general thing the Irritation amountst to
nothing, though once in a while the
presumptuous conductor gets thumped
for his trouble by some big brother"
"What class of women firt with
street car menu
"Oh, school girls mostly and giddy
married women, who carry their hus.
bands honor in their hand. Depend
on it, though, no IN that thinks
anything of herself will frt with a
conductor"
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17

one would wish TO see. She walked
with a stride that indicated a sturdy
pedestrian, and altogether she had
more outdoor breeziness than one
would expect in a dainty drawing
room pet. The other women In the
imported company illustrated pretty
we'll the fact that English style in
dress is away behind the Partisan and
American.
PATHS WEDDING COSTUME,
worn in the bridal role of "Lucia,
was of the conventional, virginia. kind.
made plainly of book muslin, end on
her head were orange blossoms. She
looked exceedingly pretty, but not
girlish; and yet l may have been pre-,
JUDGED by knowing that she was forty
and that the living tenor Nicolini was
her second husband Of long standing /.
Oh, how well she sang, thought But
that is none of my business, however
much it may nave contributed to my
pleasure. The skirt of her dress had
a demi-train, and around the bottom
was a ruching, which, after being
fringed Oh both sides, was formed into
double box .plsits, 80 that the edges of
the ruche, lying closely together, gave
il the appearance of a downy mass of
white feathers. Above this was a
Grecian tunic, the chaste and artistic
arrangement of the soft, upright folds
giving a most graceful effect. The
bodice was cut square in tho neck, and
the sleeves were short. 1t was evil
dent that the plump Patti, though suf-
fering by comparison Of ages with the
lean LAngtry, could got the best of her
in q display of actual surface. By the
way, it was interesting to me to note
how closely the two audiences
scrutinized these women. New York
society will not receive either in a
drawing-reom, but it did not hide its
keen interest in them. Langtry eB-
pecially was a focus for every glass In
the house instantly on her appearance,
and when she made her first exit there
arose such a Babel of comment that the
other actors could not be heard at all.
Bad taste, say youP Well, i don't
know. Here al a woman who had
come across the ocean to exhibit her
personal beauty for money, and it was
all right, 1 think, that the spectators,
having paid the high price of the
show, should treat her
MERELY AS A SHOW.
She bore the ordeal without a tremor.
I have no doubt she liked it.
"She talks about her personal
charms with the utmost freedom"
said o journalist who had interviewed
her several times.
"Well," l suppose you gentlemen of
the press bored her until she talked
as a means of getting rid of you quick
ly," / remarked
"Bored herr" he retorted; "well,
funny. There wasn't a reporter
who went down the bay to meet her,
and write her up for his paper, who
wasn't importuned to call on her at
her hotel. And, if he did it, and
wrote something more than his man
aging editor deemed worth publishing,
then lie soon got a neat little note beg
ging him to call again. Bored by re.
porters? Please permit me to laugh"
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17
CATCHING LIVE RATTLnsNAKEs
Cills. the Naturalist. Describes HE
First Snake bunting Expe-
rience.

H
81 shall have to 60 snake. huntin,
again soon," said Mr.. Oils; ''ther,
are any number Of rattles in Pike ant
Monroe counties, w Va, not to men
ton copperheads and blacksnakes. /
shall never forget the first snake
caught alive. Light a cigar and I'll
tell you about 1t. I was quite a lad
at the time. My parents used to live
lear the Bushkill Creek. That part
of the country Is not very thiokly set.
tied, and there are big stretches OF
wild country in every direction, with
excellent sport 10 the way of fishing,
cunning and snake catching. Old
Mart Smith, a man with a high repu-
tation as q hunter OF every kind of
animal for showmen, lived near my
fathers house, and he and / soon be-
came great friends, and he frequently
took me out cunning with him.
"One morning father and / were
wedding the garden, when the hunter
passed and asked father if the boy
Chat was me) could go fishing with
uim. Father did not object, and of
l went, in high glee, with Mart. AT
ter we had proceeded some distance
he faid to me: 'Hide your fishing.
pole among the elder bushes; | am
going to teach you to catch q curious
kind of fish to-day. I have an order
for q couple of mathematics for O doc.
tor who Is staying at the Water Gap.
He wants to make experiments with
their poison
"We soon arrived at Flags Barren,
a wide piece of ground covered with
h~uckleberry brush and a natural
snake haunt; but, ALTHOUGH We secured
the barren, not a snake could we find;
30 We started for Nations Barren, 8
similar locality, a mile or 30 farther
on. The only reptile we could find
there was a pilot or oopperhead snake.
He showed fight, and in his rage
Hanged himself before Mart could
cover him with his crotch stick
SO We killed it and mad.
our way to Miller's meadows
near my home. L was feeling yer,
disappointed at the results of the day.
hunt, when just as we were crossing
a hollow called Devils Hole I hearc
the rafting of a snake. Icried out Il
Mart, and at the same time perceived
q snake at my side making ready tc
spring at me. Mart quickly crotchet
tho brute, and coolly picked it up b,
the neck, and, holding it's head iron
him 50 as to prevent It's biting or es
Gaping, allowed it to coil the re.
msinder OF its body about his wrist
IL wssa large female snake with lively,
r%attles, denoting it's age to be ~ years
'NoW,' says Mart, your chance i,
near, ID ok. Whenevr you come aorcsl
a female snake, you can bet your oil,
the male Is not far of"
Sure enough, we had not walked
more than q few hundred yards wher
Mart spotted the trail Of the mai,
snake We followed it up, aud about
fifty feet from the spot where the fra
ane was caught We found the second
Quick, says Mart, take the crotcl
and pin him when he springs at me.
i did as l wal directed, but / got tn,
crotch a little too far down on In,
snakes bacS. Mart quickly pulled
out a pocket crotch and placed Il owe,
the reptiles neck, All this time h,
was holding the female snake in hi,
right hand. Now says he 10 me,
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17
Theatrical Dead-Heads on the Rail
roads.

roads.
Indianapolis Journal,
One of the mysteries in railroad
operations is that 30 much is done in
the way of counting the non.paying
theatrical business. A representative
of the Journal, a day or two since,
CHANGED to be in one of the local out.
side offices when one of those cheeky
advance agents of a theatrical troupe
came in. The first thing he called for
was a railway guide, the looking over
of which, laying out his route for a
couple of weeks, occupied fully fifteen
minutes. His first request was a
pass for himself and his litho.
grapher to a point 1884 miles away,
with q dozen of stop-offs. Then,
in a few days, his programme
distributor would be along, and he
wished a pass for him and some 800
pounds of baggage. Then, at the
same time, there would bs boxes
weighing 1900 pounds. which he
wished sent through to the terminus
of the route laid out, free. This was
all consented to. The advance agent
then remarked that there was 20 cents
a day storage on the last named box,
which he wished the local agent would
arrange with the baggsgemon to
throw oil, He then asked for an or.
der for the treasurer Of the troupe Tor
the thirteen tickecs, in which the
smount cent per mile for eacb)
would be stated. Then the matter of
connection was brought uo, and il was
found nee, ssary to hold the train
thirty to forty minutes at three points,
that they might fulfill their engage
ments. This was all arranged. Then
the advance agent remarked that their
scenery was bulky, and probably it
would be necessary 10 put 1t on a spe-
oial car to carry it, just then a sturdy
former, who proposed to immigrate to
a Kansas point, came in, stating that
himself and his wife, his wife's sister
and seven children were to immigrate
there and he wanted the lowest rate.
The local agent named the rate, which
was ~ cents per mile per head, car
ried this side of the Missouri river,
and an arbitrary rate was added on
! the west side. Here the baggage
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17

OUR DINNER PARTY has finished
the last bottle of "HUB PUNCH"
"Then, my dear, don't forgot to remind
me to order a fresh supply tomorrow"
"THE HUB PUNCH"is prepared sole.
ly by Messrs. G. III. GRAVES & SON,
Boston. 1t is made of the best imported
brandy and Santa Cruz rum, united with
the juice of fresh lemons. and the. finest
white sugar, and is really a delicious, q
pure, and q reliable article, that has met
with the most cordial appreciation of all
who tried 1t.
See that you get the genuine with the
fac smile Of "CHESTER II. GRAVES &
SONS" on the capsule over the cork of each
bottle.
Trade supplied at Manufacturers prices
by M. A. Mcnamara, Omaha. Families
supplied By Il. II. Gladstone. Omaha, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17
Don't Horny. Gentlemen

Said q man on his way to be hanged,
"there'll be no fun till / get there" We
say to the dysneptic, nervous, and dehili.
tated, don't hurry thoughtlessly for some
remedy of doubtful merit, uncertain of re-
lief, when you can get at the druggists for
M dollar BVrdock Blood BitterS almost
sure to cure and certain TO benefit.
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17
How Much WillrDo 1t?

How much Of Thomas Electric Oil ia
required to cure? Only a very little. A
few drops will cure any kind of an ache;
and but q tn more is needed for sprains
and lamenek., rheumatism is not SO
roadily affeottd; an ounce and sometimes
two ounces are required. No medicine,
however, is 80 sure to cure with the SAME
number of applications.
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17
First Ratio Evidenca.

"Often unable to attend business. being
subject to serious disorder of the kidneys
After a long siege of sickness tried Bur
dock Blood Bitters and was relieved by
half q BOTTLE" Mr.. B. Turner. of Roches
ter, N. Y, takes the pains to write.
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17
Depend Upon II.

Mother Symptoms prophesies and Louis
iania elections are very uncertain things,
upon always. 1t cures aches and pains Of
every description.
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17

Do not be deceived. Insist on hav
ing the genuine Browns Iron Bitters
made only by the Brown Chemica
Co., and take nothing else.
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17

TRUTHS

The blood is the foundation Of
life, it circulates through every part
of the body, and unless it is pure
and rich, good health is impossible.
If diseaS, has entered the system
the only sure and quick way to drive
it out is to purify and enrich the
blood.
These simple facts are well
known, and the highes' medical
authorities agree th.t nothing but
iron will restore the blood to its
natural condition and also that
all the iron preparations hitherto
made blacken the teeth, cause head
ache, and are otherwise injurious.
Browns IRON BITTERs willthor-
oughly and quickly assimilate with
the blood, purifying and strengthen
ing it, and thus drive disease from
any part of the system, and it will
net blacken the teeth, cause head
ache or constipation, and is posi-
lively net injurious.
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17
Saved his Child.

~ n. Eutaw ST., Baltimore, Md.
Feb. IL, 1880.
Gents Upon the recommended
ton Of a friend / tried Browns
1RoN Buffers as a tonic and re-
storative for my daughter, whom
/ was thoroughly convinced was
wasting away with Consumption.
Having lost three daughters by the
terrible disease, under the care Of
eminent physicians, j was 10th to
believe that anything could arrest
the progress Of the disease, but, to
my great surprise, before my daugh-
ter had taken one bottle Of BRowN's
Iron BITTRRs, she began to mend
and now is quite restored to former
health. A fifth daughter began e
show signs Of Consumption, and
when the physician was consulted
he quickly said "Tonics were re-
quircd;" and when informed that
the elder sister was taking BRowN's
IRON BITTERs, responded that is
a good tonic, take it,"
ADoRAM PHELPS.
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17

Browns IRON BITTERs effectual-
ly cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion and
Weakness, and renders the greatest
relief and bene6t to persons suffering
from such wasting diseases as Con-
sumption, Kidney Complaints, etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17
First Mortgage Loans a Specially

This Company furnishes a permanent, home
institution where school Bonds and other legally
issued Municipal securi les OF Nebraska can he
be negotiated on the most favorable terms,
Loans made on improved farms Mlwel settled
counties OF the state, through responsible local
correspondents.
Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17

AAN "AhALa
which ia slender, and, to my mind,
rather out of proportion with her
broad shoulders and ample hips. The
idea suggested by her figure was not
of feshy roundness at the two wide
parts mentioned, but Of a big bone
frame not smoothly filed out. This
impression was strengthened by the
visible action of her shoulder blades
under the thin covering aud above the
top of her corast, Rs well as by the
meagrsness of her bosom. i fancied
that she was about seven. eighths bone,
and when che smiled, with her extern
siye mo" ! and white teeth, the un-
pleaaai ought came to me that she
was exp Q the whole front of her
skull, wh might any minute drop
out, leaving her head q shapeless lot
OF hair and skin. having expressed
that horrid idea, / must not fail TO do
the woman justice by saying that, as
an entirety, she is about as wholesome,
healthy, c~lean-looking q creature as
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-01-11
Not sh. ean,y Parties.

The three men arrested BY Chief
Bradley are clearly innocent Of the
charge preferred against them. When
the alleged suspicious actions Of the men
were traced to the fountain head there
was found to be nothing In the charge
but the lively Imagination Of the inform.
ants at the Five.mils House. who did
not know OF the murder until three days
after the parties arrested had passed BY.
An examination was held before Justice
Hires Of 2 O'Clock this afternoon simply
out Of justice 10 the suspected parties,
who were then released. It 10 . shame
that honest prospestors have had TO
suffer a. these men have. and their ex-
psnses should at least be paid to Whine.
mucca, where they were when arrested.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-01-11

Tonight the Alice Oates Opera Troupe
will open at Piper's Opera House. Vir.
ginia. in LA Masootte." one Of the most
funny Of all comic operas. The plot Of
tho piece is about as follows: Rocco"
Is introduced as an old farmer who IL
unlucky in oil bis ventures. He applies
for assistance to his wealthy and for
tunate brother who finally sends to him
''Bettina the Rosebud" She is q "Mas.
%cotts." which class Of people are said to
bring good luck to oil whom they serve.
HIS fortunes then take o turn for the
better. A long lost COW Is found, q law.
suit won. his tailor consents to be ''stood
off, for a new coat. and he seems fairly
started on thu highway Of prosperity.
"Lorenzo XVII" deigns to stop ct his
farm one day during the early stages OF
this satisfactory turn In affairs. His
royal highness 10 o splenetic old imbecile
who was also born under an uplucky
star, and shortly after bis arrival falls
into the farmers duckpond. He Is
fshed out and borrows the farmers old
coat to wear till his own gets dry. In
the pocket OF this garment he finds q
letter descriptive OF the Mascotte's won-
derful qualities, and exercising his pre-.
rogative carries her of 10 bis court and
makes her o countess. Ho takes her
former master along as his chamberlain.
II is known that Mascotte will lose her
powers II she marries. sc he takes meas.
ures to protect her from embarking In
matrimony. Her early-dsy lover, ''Pippo
the Shepherd" DISCUSSES himself and
follows her. In tho meantime old Lo-
rsuzo's daughter, "Fiametto." falls In
love with "Pippo," and her bstrothsd.
"Pripcs Frederick" becomes enamorsd
of the Maseotte. whom Lorenzo" has
also determined upon wedding. Finally
'.Pippo" and the Mascotte run away
together. and 90 into Prince Frederick's
army. With her, '.Lorenzo's" luck dc.
parts and he becomes dethronsd. he,
his daughter and his chamberlain start
out as strolling musicians. Tho end Of
the play 10 the happy marriage OF all Who
feel inclined that way.
Season tickets for three nights will be
sold for three dollars. Box office now
open for sale OF reserved seats.
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Two Case. or I...nlsy.

Richard Farman, . native Of Canada,
aged thirty.six years, was yesterday ad-
Judged insane and ordered sent to the
asylum. Farman is the vsgrant who
has proven so beastly in his habits since
his Incarceration 10 jail. His affliction
has been caused BY s~elf-abuss.
Mary L. Pendergast, q girl eleven
years OF age, who was bern in Virginia,
and whose parents now reside there, was
adjudged insane yesterday on the testi.
mony OF her mother and others. The
evidence was 10 the effect that the child
was violent at times. destroying her
clothes, and is dangerous TO herself and
other children. She suffers from o con.
slant discharge Of the nose and ears aud
10 supposed to have been born insane
fof the idiotio class, however,. as the
symptoms showed themselves at the age
Of eleven months.
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Anerseo. I.foraai s.ssiss.

BAN Francisco, January ia P. NJ
Con. Virginia, /, l 05, 95c; ophir, 5H,6
Sierra Nevada. ~, ~; California. 70ci
Chollar. I IS; Union Con-. II, III; Day,
I 20; Mexican, %; Potosi. l As, ~; Andes
s5c; Mt. Diablo. 81; Crown Point, 90c;
Hale 4 Norcross, I 80; Albion, l GO; Alta,
4 05. 4 Is; Savage, l 40; overman, l, I o3;
Gould 4 Curry, 3 GO; Bullion. l; Savage,
I 40; Yellow Jacket, 2 so; Best s Belcher.
~; EIehequer. soc; overuau. 1; Belchsr,
~; Utah. So; Gould L Curry, 3 co; Day,
/ 20; Eureka Con-. IS.
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EASTERN DISPATCHES
The Utah Delegates.

New YopK, January 10. "A Pos
Washington special says: Al the debate
OF tho Utah case proceeds In the House
It 10 evident that there will be serious
divisions among the Republicans, as
many will oppose the seating OF Camp
bell on the ground that be wos manifestly
not elected, and that polygamy cannot
DO destroyed by such q practice. The
indications are that both contestants
will be referred to the Elections Com
mittee, and that neither OF them will be
seated. The question Is purely . legal
one in its present stage; but there has
been q good deal OF rhetorical talk about
disrsgarding the mandates Of the har-
lots" who sit snthroned upon the hills
Of Utah.