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Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14
.Linooln's Birth Day.
Special Dispatch 10 TEE kKK.

New YORK, February 12.-The
seventy. fourth anniversary of Abraham
Linooln's birth was celebrated to.
night by q dinner of the LINCOLN club.
The cosored citizens ask that the co.,
ored schools be abolis he'd and the col
ored teachers be retained.
During the performance of "Fritz
In Ireland" In the cosmopolitan
theatre, the drop curtain caught fire
from a gas jet In the flies. An In.
dividusl In the audience raisad the
cry of fire. The people hurriedly
crowded toward the exit, but were
boon quieted by the theatre attaches.
The fire was quickly 'extinguished and
the play proceeded.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14

DIR. Painter Tuesday sold his Willard
hotel drug store to Frank Rogers, who for
several years past has been the travelling
representative Of a Chicago wholesale
house. Mr.. Rogers has already taken pos.
session.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14

ChsTt. EdtroTfS
The above Is a good likeness OF Mrs. Lydia r rfnh
am, OF Lynn, Mass, who above all other human beings
aay 10 truthfully called the Dear Friend OF woman,-
ssome OF her correspondents love TO call her. She
: scalouAly devoted TO her work, which IL the outcomd
Z q lfcstudy, and is obliged TO keep SIR lady
ssidants, to help her answertho large correspondence
H1ch daily pours In upon her, each bearing It's special
urden Of suffering, or Joy at release from It. Her
Vegetable Compound IA a medicine tor good and noe
vii purposes. I have personally investigated IL ana
N satisfied Of the truth Of this.
On account OF IT, proven merits, Il IL recommended
nj prescribed by thcbcst physicians In the country
ne saysi at works like a charm and saves much
ain. II will euro entirely tho worst form OF falling
& tho uterus, Leucorrhsa, irregular and painful
Construction, al ovarian Troubles, inns and
lceration, Floodings, all Displacemonts and the con-
quent spinal weakness, and Is especially adapted 70
be Change OF Life"
II pcrmeatca every portion OF tho system. and pives
wv life and vigor. 1t removes ~faintness, Hatulency,
tstroys all craving for stinulants, and relieves weak
cs OF the stomach. IL curcs floating, Headaches,
ervous prostration, General Debility, Sleeplessness,
IMPRESSION and Indigestion. That feeling Of bearing
own, causing pain, weight and ~backncho, Ia always
ermancntly cured by Its use. Il will at all times, and
nder all circumstances, act In harmony with the Law
hat governs the female system.
Itcosrs only 81. rcr bottle or six for s., and Is sold Big
tuggists. Any advice required M TO special caaes, ant,
he names Of many who have been restored to perfect
calth by the use Of tho Vegetable Compound, can b
btained by addressing Mrs T.. with stamp for reply,
: her home in Lynn, Mass.
For Kidney Complaint T. OF either sex this compounds
nsurpassed a. abundant testimonials show.
"Mrs Pinkham's Liver Pills. says one writer, "ars
Va best IN The ,rorid for the euro Of Constipation,
riousness and Torpidity OF tho liver. Her Blood
urincr works wonders In its special line and bids fair
,eaual the Compound In It's popularity.
All must respect her az an Angel of Mercy whose sois
nbition In TO dogood to others
Philadelphia. Pa Co Mrs, A. N. D.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14

*Both Lydia L. Pinkham's Veget
able Compound ana Blood Purifier
are prepared at 1888 and o35 Western
avenue, Lynn, Mass. Price of either,
81. Six bottles for So. Sent by mall
Ia the form of pills, or of lozenge's. ON
receipt of price, 81 per box for either
Mrs. Plnkham freely answers all let
tsrs of inquiry. Enclose 8 cent
stamp, Send for pamphlet. Mention
this paper.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14

rest. She will not play anywhere
there. Kindly cancel our Omaha en-.
glgement. She will undoubtedly
play with you en- route 10 California
In May, 1 will certainly remembey
you in future engagements.
HENRY X ABBEY.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14
DISPATCHES.
Comprising Mondays Newa From
Foreign Lands.
A VALUABLE COLLECTION.

LONDON, February 13.-Henry
Prouse Cooper, q tailor from New
York, was before the Bow street po-
lice court to-day, charged with being
q suspicious character and lettering In
Charing Gross, dressed In female at.
tire. He was remanded.
The late Earl of Ashburnhsm's col.
lection Of manuscripts are offered for
sale to tho British museum. They
have an unequaled range, extending
from the Saxon period to the letters
of Cromwell, including the refusal OF
Hampton and others to pay ship
money. There are 1000 volumes. The
price will probably be el60, 600. The
Times points out that If Great Britain
hesitates to purchase the collection,
America is certainly ready to do so,
and that Chicago holds q bequest for
the purchase of the library. Ger.
many and many other countries have
already been treating for the purchase
of the manuscripts.
A DECEASED DIGNITARY.
ST. PETERSBURG, Februry IL. =
Archbishop Tialkofski Is dead.
ANoNHER MAN GONE.
GENEVA, February l3.-Peter Mer.
Ian, the geologist, 10 dead.
WILL HAVE TO STICK.
DUBLIN, February l3.-The electors
Of Wexford have refused to accept the
resignation of Healy, M. p.
A DETECTIVE IN TROUBLE.
GALWAY, February 13,-Detective
Muldoouey is charged with the murder
of a man named Doherty In 1881.
Documents found upon him prove that
he was cognizant of the intended
operations Of the moonllghters.
BRITISH BRREZEs.
LONDON, February l3.-Heavy gales
and foods prevail In England and Ire.
land to-day.
THE PRINCE LEAVES FOR LONDON.
PARIS, February l3.-Prince Napol'
con with his son, Prince Louis, started
for London this morning.
BOOTH AND BERLIN.
BERLIN, February 13.-Edwin Booti
made his last appearance here lasi
night. The house was crowded anC
he was received with enthusiasm.
IT MAKES THEM MARTYRS.
PARIS, February l3.-Admira
] Jouregiberry Is opposed to the expul
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14
Ferry To the Front.

SpeollI Dl5patch 20 THb Boz.
WASHINGTON, February 13.-Ru-
mors are current here to-day that
reputation papers has been received
for Senator Ferry, but Chief Justice
Carter is authority for the statement
that nj such documents are here.
Senator Ferry was seen to-day, but he
declined to be II terviewed.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14

PURITY TEA-The highest grade
OF pure uncolored Japan. Another
importation just received by j.. b.
French & 90.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14
Kidney Disease.

Pain, Irritation, retention, Incon.
tinenee, Deposits, Gravel, ETC., cured
The Dillon tribune., 1883-05-12
THE TELEPHONE BUSINESS.

AT the annual meeting Of the Bell Tele.
phone Company, held at Boston recently.
the reports made showed the raridity OF
the development Of the business the pas.
year. The total earnings for the year
amounted to $i.s76,o3l.s7, against Stool.
9,s'9I the previous year. The expenses
were $6o3.9S7.a9 against $43o,S6:. rs the
year preceding; net earnings for the year,
$o7s,o4+.sS; balance Of income from pre.
vtou' year, $la6o3+.ss; total, $,,oos,o7S.
80. The total OF tn. previou. year was
$ooo'ssS.o6. Dividends paid $4,000:
carried to surplus account, $,4.eo7.3.:
balance Of income account, $16S,oS1.:4:
total, Sl.o96.o6SS6 The increase Of inter.
changes Of telegraphic union doubled,
double last year. The sales Of instruments
tor export decreased and are likely still fur.
ther to decrease, as foreign countries are
making good instruments Of their own.
The royalties from manufacturer. now 20
70 the manufacturing branch.
The Dillon tribune., 1883-05-12
RESULTS or PRIZE FIGHTING.

One Of the pleasantest results of
recent prize fighting is that one ofthe
participants gets killed. Nothing
can be more satisfactory than this.
1t stops all disputes as to who was
the victor, and better still, it makes
one prize fighter less every time that
it happens. We trust that it will
continue until the race becomes ex.
tinct. 1t is splendid thing for a
man to have the form, muscle, eve
and action Of a prize fighter. 1t is
good thing for a man to learn enough
of the boxers art, to be able to stand
firmly on his feet and to protect him.
SELF When, however, his business is
carried on until a man assumes the
occupation Of a prize fighter; the
sooner his foot slips and he breaks
his neck the better it is for him and
for the public generally.
The Dillon tribune., 1883-05-12
THE PRINTERS DEVIL.

everybody knows who is the Printers
Devil, but there are few who know how he
came to be SO styled. Printing used to be
called the Black Art and the hoys who as.
listed the pressmen were called imp.. Ac.
'ord'ny to legend, Aldus Manu,ius, 4 print.
er OF Venice, took a little negro boy, left
behind BY merchant vessel, to assist hin,
n MS business. It SION got noised abroad
that Aldus was assisted BY little black
'np' and to dispell the rumor, and to satisfy
the populace' he showed the boy to the
assembled crowd, and said, "Be It known
10 Venice that |, Aldus Manutia., printer
to the Holy Church and the Doee. have
ms DAY made public exposure Of the
printers DEVIL All who think he is M,
he flesh and blood, may come and pinch him.
The people were satisfied, and no lonver
m"l-sted the negro lad.
The Dillon tribune., 1883-05-12
INNING NOTES.

Leadville Col, during the past f;vs
years has produced 7S,ooo,ooo ounces
Of silver, 10000 tons of lead and e
600 ounces of gold.
Twelve miles east of Chihuahu,
Mexico, is the marvellous Santa En-
lalia silver. mountain, from which
have been taken $458,ooo,ooo in
times past. s
Estimates of the production of
spelter in Siberia for 1881 puts the
market at 6o, 964 metric tons, com.
pared with o7,547 tons in 1881, an
increase Of 2,4l7 tons.
The Gallinos Mining COMPANY
intends to develope the deposites Of
mica that exist in the mountains
about twenty. miles northwest Of
Las Vegas, New Mexico.
In the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee
| Arizona, the gratest copper mine in
the Southwest, on the 5oo-level they
have a body Of ore nearly $50 feet
wide.
The Horn Silver mine of Utah. il
the largest single producer Of lead in
this country. Last year it produced
44,7S2 tons Of ore averaging 37,S per
cent in lead and 34,s ounces in silver.
The mines Of Zacatecas, Mexico.
have an average depth Of only 600
feet. From 154S to lS3s they pro.
duced $655,o43,335, and from iS3,
to 1880 they yielded $a71,6o5,569,
total of $9i7,o4S,o5+
The Dillon tribune., 1883-05-12
HOW TO TELL THE AGE OF cows

The age ofhorncd cattle NAV gen.
orally be known by the rings on
their horns till their tenth year, but
after that time they give no indica-
ton Of age further than that the ami.
NAL has passed its tenth year. The
first ring appears on the horn after
the animal is two years old-soon
after, as a general rule, though some
times before that age. During the
third year the rings gradually in.
crease, and at three years of age it
is completely formed. The second
ring appears during the fourth year,
and at the end Of the same year it is
complete. After that period an addi.
f'onal ring is formed each year. This
rule is sufficiently plain, aud even a
young farmer needs but little practice
10 enable him to read a cows age on
her horns. a cow with three rings
s five years old; with four, is six
years old. No new rings are formed
utter the tenth year. The deeper
''ngs, however, and the worn an.
'earances Of the horns are pretty
lure indications of old age.
The Dillon tribune., 1883-05-12
PEcUIIARrrIEs OF SMALLPOX.

1t is one ofthe most communicable
ofdiseases, being both contagious and
infectious; that is, it may be commune
Gated by touching person who has
it, or by touching a garment he has
worn, or an article he has handled,
or it may he carried in the air, and
thus communicated to a person who
never saw nor never came very near
to one afflicted with it. It may come
from handling paper money; it may
come BY mail in a newspaper or letter
or in package by express; it may
be caught from fellow-traveler on
railroad. or from a passer.by in the
street, or from the casual visit to a
friend. The germs Of it will remain
in bcd-clothing, carpets and the like
for months, and perhaps years. 1t
respects no season Of the year and no
spot on earth. 1t visits the tropics j;
it has slain its millions in Mexico; it
has nearly depopuiated Greenland;
it reaches the mountain-tops and
breaks out in mid-ocean; it has no
favored localities; the whole earth is
its home. Its most frightful slaugh-
ter was in the seventeenth, and eight.
zenith centuries; but in those days
there were no railroads and no steam
and but little commerce, no express
companies, and but little mail matter,
and but little travel in any way. In
these days of ceaseless intercourse
and perpetual running to aud fro, if
the disease were unchecked as it was
then, it ravages would soon depop-
ulate the whole civilized world, and
perhaps this proposition would re-
main true if the word civilized were
stricken out, for it is a well-established
fact that the dark-skinned races arc
much more susceptible to it than the
whites, and are also much more likely
to die from its effects.
The Dillon tribune., 1883-05-12
SCIENTIFIC DEPARrMENrs

!"ere are At present nine departments
onoer TIE United States Government de-.
So'eo' in part or wholly, to researches in
pure and applied science: the geological
survey the coast and geode.ic survey. the
naval Observatory, the national museum,
the Department Of agriculture, the entomo.
logical commission, the tenth census, with
rs special agencies for the study of the
natural resources Of the country, the
Smithsonian bureau Of ethnolosy and the
commission Of fish and fisheries. The
Sm"nsonian institution, established upon
a" independent foundation, should also be
mentioned, as well as the medical museum
:" the army and the various laboratories
a"oer the central of the army and navy
departments.
The Dillon tribune., 1883-05-12
A RULE OF PUNCTUATION

a stranger in Western printing Office
asked the Youngest apprentice what hi,
rule OF punctuation was. ~ Set IN .s ,ons
rs can hold nv breath, then l put in =
comma; when l cape insert a sem;co,o,
ana when want chew OF tobacco I ma, !.
paragraph
The Dillon tribune., 1883-05-12

NlLr G. sPEER.
Little All Sid
Was 4 Chinaman kid
A cute little cuss you'd declare
With ewes full Of fun
And q nose that begun
Right up at the roots Of his ha,r.
1ollv and fat
: Was this froiicsome brat
As he played through the long summer "a
And braided his cue
As his father used to
In Chinaland far, far away.
Once DER 4 lawn
That All Sid played upon
A bumble-bee few in the spring
.Melican buttle6y!
Said he winkinR an eye;
Me catehee and pull OF UNI wing
Then With his cap
He struck Il rap
This innocent bumh1ey.bee-
And put is remains
In he seat q his jeans;
For q pocket there he'd The Chiaee..
Down On me green
Sat the little sardine
In style that WAS strangely demure,
And said With grin
That was beim f1l Of sin;
me snsshee UNI buttle6y sure.
Little All Sid
Was only . lid,
Nor could you expect him to guess
What kind Of bug
He was holding % snug
In the folds Of his looee.6tting dress.
.Ki-ya! Ki.yip YET"
All SID cried a he
Rose hurriedly up from that spot.
"Ka-yi! Yuk.a.kan!
Dam um Mclean man.
I'm buttlefv belly much h0t!"
The Dillon tribune., 1883-05-12
CYCLONES OF THE WEST AND SOUTH.

The cyclones of the Western and South.
western States have within the last two
weeks destroyed much property and many
lives, and the cyclone season has Just com.
menced. So far there have been but two
this spring. As the season advances we
shall hear Of them farther north-in Kan.
sas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota, Ill.
inois and Indiana. No part Of the Western
States is exempt from these mysterious
whirlwinds, from the Allegheny noun.
tains to the Rockies and from the REQ
river Of the North to the Gulf Of Mexico.
The damage they did to property in Iowa,
Illinois. Missouri, Kansas and the States
South last year would hardly be covered
by 100000 and the loss of life must have
been over hundred. Hardly year has
passed in this century without bringing
one or more Of them--some years 4 dozen.
The great swaths they have cut through
the forest are visible after generation has
passed, in the beech woods Of Indiana. the
oak timber Of Missouri and the cotton wood
ard sycamore growths Of the Mississippi
and Ohio bottoms. Whatever they strike
goes down like grass before the scythe.
Frame and log houses are razed to their
foundations, nor even the stoutest brick
walls can Withstand their force. All ex.
plantations Of the cause are unconvincing.
Ihey are As mysterious and as sudden and
as the earthquake, often coming
when the sky Is clear, and in every season
but winter.
The Dillon tribune., 1883-05-12
.'Copp's Mining Code''

e norsais at the news stand of Mrs. Deimling,
Tos'oftce Building, Virginia C:v. Il
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-06-08

for comb material. If rye -four is placed
within reach of bees early, the queen will
begin laying, the swarms will be earlier
and stronger and all the summers work
more successful.
An old steel-toothed horse rake is n
good thing to take sods, grass roots, corn
stubblc and any other trash not plowed in
from the fields that you are intending to
SOW down with grain and grass seed rake
them up and draw them of.
The iron which is common in most clay
soils is an efiectual antidote to paris green
poison. The reddish color of clay soil is
due to iron rust, and where this is seen
the poison OF paris green is ncutralized
as soon MS it reaches the ground.
Hens will lay as many eggs without the
attentions of the male as with them.
When eggs are not desired for breeding
the expense OF keeping cocks may be dis
pensed with. The eggs, not being fer
tilted, will keep better than those that
are.
Where land is covered with weeds it
seldom or never pays to let them grow
Tor the purpose of plowing under as green
manure. Almost all weeds are robbers of
fertility, and only help the soil by being
turned to decay at as early stage as pos.
sible.
Few farmers know that clover is one of
the best crops to clean out foul weeds
from their soil. Its rapid growth en-
ables it to smother all except the strong
est rooted percnnials, and even these it
will greatly keep in check. But it will
only do that if cattle and other stock are
kept off at all times.
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Camping with the Baby.

Bourgeois sends from Denver to the
Angler n bit of tishcrman's painting OF
life at Pine Grove, on the South Park
Railroad. In it accurs the following ten
der piece of odsketching. at was lie.
termined that baby and l should tend
camp for half an hour or SO that after
noon while the three national guardians
wandered off to the adjacent hillside to
gather wild flowers wherewith to deck the
tea-table. This was not new business to
us. The young man with pillow at his
back, seated in the middle of a blanket,
rubbing his face with teaspoon l lying
prone three feet away, with my toes beat
ing an occasional tattoo ON the soft sward
my chin in my bands and briar root be-
tween my teeth, watching him. There
was bright light in his eyes, and his
cheeks were rosy, soft as velvet yet firm
and cool.
What is there like the touch of baby's
cheek pressed against your own? You
must turn and kiss it, just as you did its
mother the first time you had right to.
But is there anything more ridiculous in
life than to see a baby attempt to put o
spoon into its mouth before he has gat the
knack of it. See him hit himself in the
eye with it, pretty much MS n drunken
man would knock fly of his nose smear
it down his face, with his mouth wide
open and turned up like young robins,
but it misses the place ON the way down !;
he takes it with both chubby fists, looks
at it with. .dignified surprise, as though
for the first time aware of its presence,
let's go one hand, whacks the spoon
against one ear and drags it across his
cheek with the same result. But persis-
tence is characteristic of this baby, quiet
determination that has something appal-
ling about it.
If there were any raspberry jam on that
spoon his face would look worse than a
railroad map of the State of New York.
Finally, and rs it would seem after all
more by accident than design, the spoon
reaches the right place he twists it round
to the distortion OF his rosebud mouth !;
then he looks at me, sees me laughing
the fun seems to dawn upon him he takes
the spoon ont Of his mouth, pounds the
blanket with it, and smiles back at me and
the smile resolves itself into well-defined
laugh. The sun has just disappeared be-
hind the range, but there is a mellowy ray
of golden light that fingers about the
baby's head that makes me think-think
of the one so like him, and from the base
of the hill. with her hands full of wild
tlcwers, the tallest of the three starts
toward me, and remember only the sun
shine of the long path.
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The Suicidal Mania.

Down in North Carolina the other day,
Miss Martha Campbell climbed tree to the
height of forty feet and proceeded to hang
herself with her apron. The knot was bun
ged, but she fell into the water beneath and
was successfully drowned, Out West, few
years ago, 4 man was so resolutely bent on
suicide that he made provision to insure death
in four different ways. He attached a moose
to the arm OF lamp post over the dock.
Standing ON chair, he fixed the knot prop
erly under his left ear, and swallowed dose
of poison. Then he discharged horse pis-
eb i. MS B Te eccssD Gaa as w III bappeo Nj e inc
his aim, the pistol bullet cut the rope aud
douscd him into the salt water, of which he
swallowed enough 10 eject the poison. He
was tished out and fined $40 under the Anti
cnipila pt
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VOL. LVI NEW SERIES, VOL. xxx

the extreme point Of one tentacle to the
other. At this size they are very nice and
delicate. In preparation for the table
they are first opened and all the black
liquid, called ink, is squeezed out They
are then washed, put into pot with
sliced onion, corrots, garlic. cloves or
other seasoning, and boiled and eaten
with olive oil and squeeze of lemon or
lime. The shark, when young and ten
der, furnishes very excellent outlets,
which in taste and appearance resemble
sturgeon. but when the fish comes to ma
turity it is detestable, being both tough
and rank.
The natives of the South Seas, howev-
er, regard it MS dainty. Fried porpoise
liver has been lallded by competent au-
thorities, but though the animal figured
as dainty dish ut the great banqucts of
the middle ages, its flesh is most coarse
and indifferent. Whale is worse, being
tough and harsh and permcated with the
taste and odor of train oil, but whales
milk is by no means to be dcspised. OF
white ants fried to n crisp emincntly sat
isfactory accounts are given by disinter-
cstcd caters, and marine annelid, which
abounds in the coral reefs of the South
Seas, is lauded rs thing suprcmely ex-
cellent when washed in cocoanut milk and
baked in banana leaves in an earth oven.
The Rat.
is much affected by certain classes OF
Fiiians rs well rs by the Chinese 1t is OF
species considerably smaller than oui
own, and lives upon vegetable substances.
The rat is royal game, reserved fol
hunting by the chiefs, and the sport OF
"fauna-gooma," or rat-shooting, is gov
erned by code of rules as elaborate as
that prescribed for tournaments of doves
at Monte Carlo or Hurlingham. The in
habitants OF Love Island, it may be re-
membered, when they were threatened
with plague of rats adopted the simple
and heroic expedient of turning to and
eating the rodents.
The Rev. J. G. Wood, author of sever
al excellent books upon natural history,
and half dozen other contemporary au-
thorities might be quoted to show that
there are few greater delicacies that the
common rat-grain- of course-espec-
tally in the form of a pie. The mysteries
of Chinese cuisine have been described
too often to need repetition here, but if
any reader is sincerely desirousof troing
edible birds nests or sharks fins, or
cuttlefsh, or dried lilies, or bamboo shoots
or any other celestial delicacy that he can
name, he can obtain them cheap for cash
on Chatham square, New York.