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Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
A Snake that Committed Suicide.

A Snake that Committed Suicide.
From Nature.
l was one day follow ing one of the
large breaking -plows common at that
time. 1t was drawn by five or ak yoke
of oxen, and there were two men to man.
age the pillow and the team. AS we were
going along, one of the men discovered q
rattlesnake, as remember, about t welve
or fourteen inches in length. They rare
ly exceed eighteen OF twenty snches, 30
that this one was probably about two.
thirds grown. The man who first saw it
was about to kill it, when the other
proposed to see il 1t could be
made to bite itself, which it was common.
ly reported the rattlesnake would do If
sngered and prevented from escaping.
Accordingly they poked the snake ovor
into the ploughed ground, and then
began teasing it with their long whips.
Escape was impossible, and the snake
soon became frantic at its Intellectual at.
tempts either to ipjure It's ~assailants or
to get away from them. At last it
turned upon itself and struck its fangs
Into its own body, about the middle.
The poison seemed to take eff.ct in.
stantly. The fangs were not withdra WI
at all; aud if not perfectly dead within
less than five minutes, 1t at least showed
NO signs of life.
That it should die 50 quickly will not
teem strange if it Is borne in mind that
the same bite would have killed a
full grown man in a few hours time.
The men watched it long enough to be
sure that it would not move away, and
then went on with their work. l trudged
around with them for an hour or more,
and every time we came where the snake
was, l stopped and looked at it, but it
never moved again. In this case | do
not remember that the snake had been
Injured at all. l have often heard of
rattlesnakes biting themselves under
such circumstances, but this was the only
case that ever came under my observa-
tiOn.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

with the inmates of the dive, but later on
laid that he had been shown to a room,
retired and in q few minutes was fast
asleep. During his slumbers some one
entered the room by a secret panel and
took from his clothing hts pocket book
containing the $500.
Several policeman went to the locality
designated and made q thorough search
but failed to find any clue to the missing
money or the thief. The man who was
robbed refused to give his name, but 1t
was limited by the police that he was q
gallant ''cop" from Leadville and that
he came east to see the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
AT THE CHURCHES.
Entertainmentsat the congregational
and Baptist Churches.
iii CONGREGATIONAL.

AHH
Thursday the Young Peoples Asso.
station of the Congregational church gave
their first entertainment in the parlors Of
the church. A large number of the
friends were present.
The programme opened with an over.
ture rendered by Miss Jennie House.
"a Christmas Festival" followed, in
which Mr.. Fred Hainsworth p~etsonated
"Santa Claus" and Miss Georgia Brun-
ner "Christmas." Miss Lulu Heroy told
the Christmas story and Miss Chase sang
the solo accompanying 1t, while the
children of the Sunday school sang the
chorus. Three petite artists personated
the dolls-Manse Taylor the walking
doll, Lila Towas the singing doll, and
Emily Heroy the crying doll, Baskets of
flowers were presented to Mr.. w. o..
Taylor, superintendent of the school, and
Mrs. g. e, Squires, the chorister, the
presentation speeches being made
by Miss Bessie Howard in
behalf If the school, and by
Miss Blanche Estabrook In behalf
of the infant class. Music by the Misses
House and Himebaugh, and a recitation
by Miss May Bonner. Mr.. @. G. How
ard directed the presentation of a series
Of tableaux, which provoked great merri.
ment. The Joung people and the chill.
dren acquitted themselves most credita.
bly,, and the singing, Rotations and pos.
ing were good.
THE BAPTIST.
At the Baptist church last night the
ladies' gave their third annual supper.
About $50 persons took supper in the
church parlors, which considerably In.
creased the ladies fund. After the sup.
per was over the tables were cleared away
and q number of instructive and interest.
Ing speeches were made. Rev. DR.. Stone
presided and made the principal address,
the substance of which was In reference
to the establishment of q union of Bap.
fist churches In Western Iowa and East.
ern Nebraska, for UNCONVENTIONAL work,
The idea met with great favor, but nc
definite steps were trken in the matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20


A hornet Is more respected than a
honey-bee.
A bug In q ! oat of bread is remembered
longer than q hundred clean ~losves.
Whoever despises the power of a word
is as foolish as he who is careless with q
match.
Do not try to make peace between a
rattlesnake and a skunk.
A hangman has less chance for rising in
life than the man whom he Is about to
hang. Yet fortune's blind foot kicks Q
hangman on throne and king into the
gutter.
Speech is the fruit of wisdom; silence
is the virtue of ~gaieuance.
In youth, SHINING Is easy and repent
ancs hard, in old age shining is hard an6
repentance easy.
A mans own comb is best, though II
have but one tooth.
Who is woIse than an unjust tyrant
A Just tyrant. Who are worse than
just tyrant2 A submissive people.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

Ia Blind in both eyes. Not long ago .
rnsn came in here with no arms and ant
Gown at one OF tha desks aod wrote with
lis teeth. II was not particularly foe
writing, but you could read 1t, | know
OF another mamie was In the
eharp shoot RS Service-who can't DO
stood or his foeS because he is bent IN
tho back 80 that his head would strike
the floor first Think hos many years
these mon hsvo served, aud many Of
them are still living. Why there's hardly
enough lett Of eomv cf them to hold to.
gether.
But you asked f they were dying OIL.
Now, here's . roll we arc iust complet.
ing" and he laid several immense tally.
sheets out on his desk. "You can soc
how they run. This Is the fourth period,
and here Is a man who has gotten four
lege, quit a number for one man, If he
used them all at once. And here's an.
other who has gotten four legs and four
arms. No, we don't furnish heads, but
we supply parts of heads, jaws and sec.
tions OF skull and eyts. Now, here's a
man who got one leg In tho fire period
and has never gotten one since; he ia
probably dead. But here is another, who
came in for repairs inst after the close of
the war and was never heard from again
till now when he comes up again. He
didn't wear out very fast. Some men
wear well and don't bother about getting
repaired 80 often. Here's another man.
he added pointing to another name on the
list, heres a man who up now
for the first time having done without
his limb all these years. 1t runs this
way, you see, all the way through.
Those men who have not applied TO,
their fourth leg, or whatever it is they
want, we conclude must be dead. Some,
l presume, will live to get FIVE or elk
legs or as many arms"
What are the legs made of" asked
the scribe.
"Willow wood, generally, and there
are a variety of styles. They can take
their choice. Some take the straight
stick and stump it through life. Some
legs have rubber feet and rubber Joints.
There is n made with a very fine bal
and socket joint at the foot. There arc
many men with wooden legs whom yor
would never suspect. We furnish limb.
to some brave and distinguished men
There are several officers of high ranl
who come here for arms and legs. Their,
is a young lieutenant we recently sup
piled with n arm, who Is, l believe
the only survivor of the Custer mas
sacre."
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

At the marriage of Miss Pearl Tyler, daugh.
ter of the late ex.President Tyler, at Rich.
mond, Va, the bride wore the veil which was
worn by her mother.
A young lady is said to be of age" only
when she is married. This is the reason, we
suppose, why 80 many elderly unmarried ladies
never get beyond their teens.
Crusty old bachelor:-"I hear Smythe is
going to be married next week." mo, it has
been postponed" 80 ths poor fellow has
been granted a respite. Poor devil, he may
get off yet"
At an English weddiog the bridesmaids
were dressed in white lace, with long white
wells, with the curious additions of red wreath
and red shoes, as relief to the predominant
color.
4 young lady in st. Leuis recently douseo
q young mau with a paIlful of water while he
was on his knees begging her to be his bride.
| Never get on your knees to q 81. Louis girl
Grab her around the waist at once. 1t makes
her mad to lose time.
Red al a rose was she,
Red as a beet was he,
And the marriage service was duly read,
And readily out OF the church they sped,
/ asked the parson the size of his fee,
81 got not q rad, he answered me,
A young man in Chicago, whose bride wa
deaf, whistled so loudly that her hearing wal
restored. He is not 80 happy as he was. III,
is now compelled to take off his boots when h
sneaks no the stairs at midnight. The prac
tioe of whistling cannot bs too strongly depre
Gated.
"Why don't you bang your hair, love-" h
asked the other evening, as they sat in tn
parlor after tea. "Why, dear, do you thin
It would be becoming" oh, yes, ! guess 80
but l wasn't thinking about that ''Well
then, why do you want me to bang it?' Well
| wa. thinking that IL you banged your hal
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
nTnuchedn for $500.

About 1880 Thursday night a man who
was greatly excited was met on Twelfth
street by Officer Moyston. The officer
brought him to a halt and between the
mans gssps for breath, learned that he
had been robbed of $500 while in a house
of Ill fame on Twelfth street near Harvey.
He could not tell how he lost 1t and his
stories were somewhat conflicting.
He frat said that the money had been
taken from his pocket while converting
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
A BIC CAT ..'.sD." FIRE.,

Also Ii valuable and reliable re-
cipes ~(never before published,) any
one of which is worth 81 90 aud
from that to 81 80, aud a copy of
the "CuItivator" sent FREE Ito
anyone that sends 3 stamps to pay
postage ETC., 3 comic picture cards
will also be enclosed in the pack.
age. These recipes n valuable t.
the household and any energet C pc
son knowing the secrets they disclo :
need never want for money. PleasI
write name and address plainly. Put
3 stamps in a letter and address it
to the WESTERN PUB. CO., box
500. Omaha. Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
A Futile AIIempt.

The large front plate glass in the store
Of Mr.. Harrigan, on north Sixteenth
street, was broken last fall and the store
entered. Last night it was broken In
again but the officer on the beat heard
the noise of falling glass and arrived In
time to see the burglar departing. Be
pulled his revolver but it would not work
and the robber escaped.
1t is the belief of people living In that
part of the city that an organized gang
Of thieves has been doing its work Of
late and vigorous efforts will be made to
break it up.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

The fish commission steamer Albatross
will winter in southern waters. A special
subject of investigation will be tho cause
of the strange mslady which has for a few
years past rendered the fish In and about
Mobile bay unfit for food. The first part
of the cruise of the Albatross will be-
along the coast of Texas and Louisiana,
and explorations of the Wsters of the
Gulf of Mexico will be cErefully made.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
Collision.

NEW ORLEANS, December 19.-The British
steamship Victoria met in collision this even.
ing with the steamboat Fred A. Blanks max.
ing an excursion trip to the exposition, The
Blanks tank in a few minutes. She had a
number of passengers on board, but they and
the crew were all saved, The Blanks was
valued at 500, 600, insurance SO, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
CONNUBIALITIES.

Once upon an evening dismal,
/ gave her a ~paroxysmal
Kiss, and called her name, baptismal--
Precious name, [ loved of yore.
An, she was a darling creature,
Pert Of speech, and fair of festure;
But egad, you couldn't teach her,
For she had been there before
And only murmured:
BUZZ me more"
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
The Congo Conference Committee
Agree to o Protocol.

BERLIN. December 10. - The committee
Congo conference considered the question
of the importation of spirits into the
Congo and Niger countries. Germany, France
and Holland opposed the restriction, they
finally agreed to put upon record a protocol to
restrict as far as possible the liquor traffic.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

There are ~prohaoly a million stamp
collectors in the United States and Cana
da, and the number is increasing every
year. All the way rom $50, 000 to $780,
600 have been spent by wealthy gentle
men In maxim the most perfect collec
tjoDs.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
Exposition Notes.

New ORLEANS, December 19.-To.night the
executive committee of exhibitors and board
of management of the Worlds fair, met and
effected a harmonious ad ustmsnt with chief
of installation Mullen.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
AT the Skating Rink,

On the rollers he elides like the cars,
But on accident his happiness mars:
As so swiftly he sped,
He sat down on his head.
And saw about ten million :
ATNorristown Herald
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

With each number OF DONORES1'S MONTHLY
NJ GAZINE will he gwen q full size fashionable Pat
tern OF any si2e Of styles sell cted. mabirg twelve pat.
tiers during the airs or value of over thu e dOllas,
besides the most Popular, entertaing and us
m~ugazing Simple copies 21c yearly, So. A dd
W. Jennings, DemoreIst, Hast 4ih st New Y
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

DURKEE's SALAD DRESSING q CoLD
MEAT SAUCE for all kinds of salads, veg
tables, aud cold meats. Cheeper and
better than homemade. No sauce equal
to it MAS ever offered.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

Browns Bronchial Troaches for coughs and
colds. ''There Is nothing to be compared
with them."-Rev. o. ID. Watkins, Walton,
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

the piano would not feel So lonely He
had to get his wn breakfast the next morn.
tpH
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

With every disease imaginable fo- the
last three yCse1. Cur
D;uggist, !. j. Anderson, ,.c3.amen.
ding
Hop Bistefsn 20 rue,
| used two battles,
Am entirely cared, and heartily recon-
mend Hop Blt,ess to every one. i. u
Walker, Buckuer, Mo.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
PERoO

G. H. Willard, state treasurer. elect, is at
the Willard.
Congressman-elect Geo. w. T.. Dorsey was
in the city yesterday.
Miss Emma Payne, of Nebraska City, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Wilcox, in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. T. Patrick and Mrs. Bur.
dett left yesterday for Worcester, Massachu-
setts.
j. M. O'Neil, who has been the guest of
Captain Sullivan T r some weeks, has returned
to his home at Grand Rapids, Michigan.
w. w. Wells, Schuyler, T. M, Marquette,
and Robert L. Reynolds, Lincoln, and
Claudius Jones, Seward, were at the Willard
yesterday. ~ ?.
MIR. +. M. DAILY, representing the "Double
Uncle Toni Cabin Company" is in the city
making arrangements for thu appearance of
his company here Christmas time.
+. 2. Arnold, Hastings, Geo. B. Masses,
Ponca, Geo. Durston, Red Cloud, r. H.
Brown, Grand Island. Mrs. A. A. Covley,
Valley, w. Hecht. Kearney, f. L. Cotter,
Beatrice, O. A. Moran, Highland, Neb., g.
i. Woodruff, Chippewa, VIE, and j. d.
Wallice, of Chicago, are at the Metropolitan.
The funeral of G. A. Haarmann yester.
day was largely attended. The procession
was led by the Union Pacific band. Next
came the representatives of the Mannerchor,
Turnverin, Swiss and the Concordia singing
societies, of all of which the deceased was ar
active and honorary member. The presidents
Of these four societies carried the pail, afte,
which came the relatives and friends of the
deceased in carriages.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

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Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
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Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-08-23
KNOCKED IN the HEAD.

The shameless attempt that was
made at the last moment to rush an
appropriation of S23,441.92 for the
payment of back expenses of His
Majesty, dating from 1882, was
adversely reported upon by the
Finance Committee this morning,
and their report was adopted and
reconsidered. This stops a proposed
raid upon the Treasury, disgraceful
in the manner in which it was re-
served until the last hours of the
session, with the intention of rush
ing it through without investigation.
But how about the merchants and
Others to whom this money is due?
They have supplied the goods in
good faith, to the King. The cham
berlain declines to pay for them, and
as the King cannot be sued, those
who have trusted and given credit
TO the King are left in the lurch and
filched of their Just dues. Truly
this is royal royalty, which we may
well be proud of
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-08-23

struck him. About o'clock, the
majestic figure of Lilikalani appeared
on the scene of action. Advancing
with slow majestic strides feet 8
inches in length, he walked with his
head at an angle, chest thrown out,
and described succession of magni-
tlcent parabolas of about feet in
diameter, as his feet successfully
arose and struck the floor toes first.
He gained his seat by u series of
square angle movements, each one
of which required careful calcula-
ton as to distances. Having depo-
sited his hat with tamborine flourish
that would have made a niger
minstrel green with envy, he devoted
himself exclusively to business for
the balance of the evening, which
consisted in shouting "kokud" to
every motion made, and the infor-
nation that "he lucky" every time
a salary was raised. And this citi-
zcns of Honolulu, is one of your
Representatives, who is sacrcdly
guarding your interests in the AS
sembly. Bah
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-08-23
the FIRE flEND.

This morning about quarter
before three o'clock, the native
policeman patroling Nuuanu street
heard a cracking noise and on going
in the rear of Loves store found the
bakery was on fire. He Immediately
ran to the Police Station and an
alarm of fire was rung. Capt. Mehr-
tens who was on duty, went up to
the scene of the fire and awoke the
inmates of the cottages in the
vicinity. Soon afterwards the engines
appeared on the spot, but owing to
some delay it was some time before
they got to work. However by four
O'Clock the fire was well under control.
1t was fortunate there was no wind,
or else the result would have been
disastrous. The bakery was burnt
down, also four Chinese stores, and
another building in the rear owned
by native lawyer, who was mourn
ing this morning over the loss of his
law books. The large new building
owned by Mr.. McCandless, and
which has not yet been occupied,
also went. At times the flames
reached to the buildings on the other
side of the street, and it was feared
they would succumb, but by diligent
efforts they were saved. Kan Wo's
store on the mdkdi side has suf-
fered considerable damage but his
stock was saved. 1t was reported that
two Chinese boys had been burnt, but
such is not the case. Goo Kim's
fire-proof building which adjoins the
bakery suffered no damage. Mar
shall Parke was on the scene and did
good work with the help of a number
of police. None of the buildings
burnt are insured. This morning
the scene of the fire was visited by
large number of people. Several
Cinnamon were digging among the
ruins to look for various articles they
had lost. One came across n lot of
silver money he had left in his room,
about $50. 1t was almost in a
liquid state. $500 in paper money
he could not find, probably it sue
cumbed to the flames. The telephone
wires were good deal mixed up,
but workmen were soon on the spot
repairing them.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-08-23
the ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Had screw loose last night, and
made some wild statements, and
some true ones. He said that he
did not like the newspapers, and we
believe him. There are some men
who can not stand newspaper inves-
tigation, and p. n. is one Of them.
He also stated that he felt that he
had been very wicked during the
session, but that retrenchment had
struck him now, and he was going to
be good the rest of the session. No
no, Paul, that won't pass. An old
dog can not learn new tricks. Your
record is made, and you can not
craw-fish out of it on the last day of
the session.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-08-23
THE LEGISLATURE

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21.-Continued.
Mr.. G. Brown said there was very
little use in sending this to the Fl
nance Committee. He had been
conversing with the other members
of the Committee, and was sure
they would never report favorably
on these items. So far as he could
see through it, they all seemed to
be matters of personal expenses.
One bill close on to S. 900 came
from Geo. Lucas. Now, Lucas had
told him that the Government owed
him something like five or six hum
dred dollars, but there it was nearly
six thousand. Col. Judd's state
ment that the items had been
referred to the Finance Committee
was true, but it was only day before
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-08-23
PAhDEM0NIUM LET LOOSE

Describes the situation in the Legis-
laturc yesterday afternoon. A num-
ber of the members had enough gin
on board to make them happy and
noisy, and they conducted them
selves after the manner of the ortho-
dox ward politician. In the evening
the fumes had partially evaporated
but several had evidently taken a
fresh start. Joe Gardner was weak
in the knees, and therefore when
he stood up to vote, he thought he
had better make a job Of it, aud ac-
cordingly kept on standing and voted
on both sides When he sat down,
he went down as if an avalanche had