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Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
NOTHING NEW
Paul Boyton's Joke Annotated Over
One Hundred Years.
Scientific American.

Scientific American.
Paul Boyton's recent prank In placing q
dummy torpedo against the British war
ship Garnet in New York harbor brings
to mind Sergt. Lees attempt to blow up
Lord Hoxe's flagship, the Eagle, in the
same waters in 1776. lie used a torpedo
boat invented by David Bushnell, after
ward a captain in the patriot army. 1t
had been tried with success experiment
ally, and gave promise of being useful In
serious warfare. The first opportunity
for such use occurred when the British
feat took posse salon of New York har-
Dor. The Bushnell beat was more like q
barrel than q boat. 1t was of oak, iron
banded, and only large enough for one
person. When floating upright, the
%navigator's head was a little above the
surface of the water. By means OF two
force pumps, worked by the occupants
feet, the vessel could be made to sink or
rise In the water by forcing water out or
in, and so changing its specific gravity.
Its progress horizontally WAS governed by
two revolving paddles in front, turned by
a crank inside. The torpedo was fast
ened to the back of the boat by a screw,
the release of which set In motion q clock
connected with a gunlock and flint. At
ter the predetermined interval of time
had elapsed, the clock would strike and
ignite the powder.
The torpedo carried by Lee against the
Eagle was charged with $50 pounds OF
powder (some say $50 pounds), and the
clock was set to explode the charge in
thirty minutes after the torpedo was
placed. Lee was towed to the neighbor-
hood Of the feet by o party in whale boats,
and then proceeded to attack the fleet
alone. He succeeded III reaching the
Eagle, q sixty-four gun ship, undetected,
aud spent q long time in a vain attemp'
to fasten the torpedo to her bottom with
hooks aud screws, q band of iron at the
edge of the copper %sheathing proving ar
especially serious obstacle. AS daylight
approached he was compelled to leave the
fleet and return to the city. Off Cover
nor's island he was intercepted by a Brit
ish barge, when, to avoil capture, he ex-
ploded his torpedo, escaping from hi
p%ursuers during the panic which the ex
plosion excited. If the torpedo had beer
provided with a strong magnet, the s.riI
of iron which thwsrted him would have
Insured the SUCCESS of his undertaking
and the USE of torpedoes In naval warfare
might have been fastened half a century
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
A GIRL IN MALE ATTIRE.
She Wanted 10 See Life and Visited
All Sorts of Places.

New York World.
A comedy young woman, who said nht
was Miss Ida Lewis of S%outhford, Conn.,,
was arrested in Union street, Newark,
last evening by Detective McManus for
masauerading In male attire. She walked
to police headquarters between the detec'
tive and Lieutenant Walker, and her Pc
culiar gait made people turn In the street
to look at her. She had on a spring suit
| of heavy gray cloth, with q brown derby
hat, a PIccadilly collar and white tie, and
her black hair was cut short. She has
large blue eyes and long but full features.
At police headquarters she was very cool
when answering Lieutenant Bergen's
questions, She said she was 81 years
old.
"For q couple of years" she said, 81
have been travelling about the country,
for l wanted to see life. 1T 1t were not
for my life l would not done this. My
parents are respectable in Southford, and
| was educated at seminary. -Four weeks
ago L came to Newark. and | lodged at
the Women's Christian Association home
on Court street, which is kept for rsspec-
table working mt ] got employment
In the metropolitan Corset Factory, but
the work was too hard for me and l gave
up the situation. Last Saturday l agreed
to paw Barnes & Co. S. q month for q
type writer and l paid 81 down. On
Tuesday 1 took the instrument to New
York, pawned 1t with Kahrz d Bro No,
500 Broadway and got $40 on it. Then
I bought the suit of clothes, for L wanted
to see New York life rs men see 1t, and l
went to o hotel kept by Charles e Ev-
erett, at No. 81 Chaiam street, and their
removed my dress and other female at
tire and then put on these clothes. l
made a fine.looking young MAN, for my
hair had been cut short, and l felt conf
dent that l could pass as a man.
"Nobody In the hotel detected my sex
when I entered the bar-room, and 30
made bold to visit anumber of resorts up
own. 1 went to all sorts of places. for l
wanted to satisfy my curiosity. Yester-
day l returned to this city and put up at
the Hotel Bristol, and this evening l was
arrested. My small and shspely hands
aud my woman's face betrayed me. I
have committed no crime, and my char
acter's pure"
Detective McManus said that there Is
a story connected with the young woman,
but he could not give particulars. He
would say however, that che wss well
connected and finely educated, and he
had been requested to look after her.
She had her fem ale attire in three boxes,
which she carried to polics headquarters.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
THE CREOLE GIRL,
An Alleged Description OF the Glass
Now Attracting 90 Much At
Cention.
Argonaut.

Argonaut.
We lave not heard rhapsodical descrp-
tlon of the Creole girl given by hard
breathing and thick. Tipped enthuiasts-
her ~voluptous figure, he,yy lidded and
languishing eyes, dark hair and olive and
oval face which she carries about In q
please soms-one-love.me expression2
Don't dream about her any more. Come
and see her. Look at her as she slouches
out of a doorway, 10 q calico wrapper, the
pattern aud color of which long ago
ceased to be obvious, and drsgs herself
along to the a~djourning house to gossip
| with another beauty. Mark how the
heels of her slippers have been vigorously
"run down" till there is no Intersection
to speak of, and then follow the squat
figure up to the head. The face is always
an interesting one, but seldom beautiful.
Almost invariably the mouth is large and
the teeth prominent, but the chin is dim
pied and small. The cheek bones are
high, the eyes dark and the skin is coarse
and greasy, often covered with ill.lait
streaks of powder. She is clever, though
when she talks, and often very bright
and has the same idea of honor az he
lackadiasical sister has on the other sid'
Of town. In this respect the girls OF New
Orleans are all ~alike-they will neye
brook familiarity from a oomparatiV
stranger, and their street manners ar
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
Watered Telephone Stock.

Chicago Current.
1t seems to have been settled by the
Massachusetts legislature that the Bell
Telephone company is not to BIZ allowed
to water It's Stock In 1856, at least. The
company's assets have doubled within a
year or two-from $40. OOO, 900 to $751;
600, OO0-and this in the face of an an.
nual dividend of 10 per cent. Unless
legislative relief shall come, the unfortu-
nate monopollsts will be compelled to
either reduce their extortlonate tolls or
pay a quarterly dividend of 20 per cent
and Increase the Operating amount
The good men feel chs grined that they
should be denied a consolation that was
SO thoughtfully afforded the Western
Union at a similar crisis In It's history.
Suppose the Western Union had reckoned
but 500, 600, 900 of capital on it's books,
instead of $50, 600, 900, ($60. 000, 000
water,) when the unfortunate operators
struck, IN 1888; how could the public
have sympathIzsd with Mr.. Gould2 But
here were eighty millions of capital in,
vested; innocent holders; ought they moi
to be protected? "Surely," said the
great public; aud SO failed one of the
most righteous insurrectlons ever under
taken against financial despotism.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
IOWA

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There are 1917 veterans buried In tn
DeH Moines cemetery.
Prohibition prohibits In Guthrie Cen
ter aud throughout Guthrie county.
The machinery of the Rockford papel
mill Is to be removed to Charles City.
The Northwestern Railway company 4
sinking an a~rtesisn well at Story City fol
tank use.
The grand council of the improved or
der of Red Men Is to meet In Des Moiuel
the first Tuesday In July.
John Lauffsr was pulled Into Del
Molnes by the revenue detectives las
week for running a crooked distillery or
Skunk river.
The masonic grand lodge library at
Cedar Rapids is being rapidly added tc
by receipts of valuable gifts from all
parts of the Atate.
David Dano, a resident of a village o
short distance from Burlington sulclded
by hanging, Friday. Family and
pecunisry troubles.
The new version of the census returns
of Cedar Rapids gives that city a total
population Of 1926, a gain of fifty per
cent over the census of 1880.
DR.. j. o. Brock, the Clinton bigamist,
is now appears is wanted In Ohio to
father a boy some four years of age, hav-
ing married. aportion of q Buckeye county
several years ago.
The DEBORAH drum corps hiss challenged
the Dubuque drum corps to a contest for
the championship of the state of Iowa
and $500 a side, superiority to be deter
mined from o musical standpoint alone,
the contest to take place at some town
of equal distance from DEBORAH and Du-
buque.
At the annual meeting of the Dunleith
& Dubuque bridge company, held at Du-
buque Saturday, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Pres
ident, Senator w. B. Allison; ii. l..
Stout. Vice president and treasurer; @.
FL. Booth, secretary. A dividend of 14b
per cent was declared.
Charles Herbert, the village black.
smith at Rock Branch, Woodbury. county,
a man of thirty, husband and father Of
four children, skipped out Saturday night
with the tiftsen-year. old daughter of G.
w. Carey, a neighboring farmer. The
telegraph overhauled the runaways at
Crystal Lake, MINI. The girl was sent
to her parents and Herbert locked in
Jail.
John r. Gill, who claims to have been
the duly commissioned secretary and
treasurer Of the provisional John Brown
government, organized at Chatham, In
Canada, for the suppression of slavery In
1868, Is still living, and at present a resi-
dent of Union county, nea Alton. In
tervlewed a few days ago, Gill stated
among other things that he was on his
way to join Brown at Harper's Kerry,
but on reaching Plttsburg he learned of
the capture OF his chieftain and returned
to Iowa, thereby saving his neck.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
Brooklyn's Dry-Dock.


Brooklyn Eagle.
The famed steamship Alaska, known
as ''the racs-horse of the Atlantic" wae
safely floated into the large dock In Feb
ruary of this year. This vessel is 54O
feet long and is of 6,932 tons burden;
yet when the keel rested on the blocks OF
the deck floor there were seventy feet to
spare inside the calsson gate, and to &C.
complish this, 50 effective and adequate
to the demand upon them were the vari'
GUS mechanical appliances attached tina
1t required the services of only ten mer
to manage and put in place this great
vessel. The entire process, from the
time the Alaska entered the gate unit
the water was pumped out of the dock
and the steamship dry, occupied but two
hours, within which time two large centri
fugal steam-pumps had expelled from
the dock 8 GAO, 900 gallons of water.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
. Considerate Oolorea Man.

Texas Siftings.
He tapped the gently with his knife
and it popped, and people all over the
house began to examine the gas fixtures
to see if the gas was properly turned off
"Thls egg doesn't seem to be quite
fresh, remarked Gilhooly, having opened
the window.
III Inspected dat egg wasn't all right,
remarked the colorsd waiter.
"Why then didn't you tell me So" e K
claimed Gilhooly.
"Bekase, sab, l wasn't quite sure oil
hit, and Use always willing to glib a gem
men de benefit of the doubt"
"But you told me the egg was psriectl!
FIRE sh; that 1t was laid yesterday"
81 tole yer dat bekas l didn't want tt
be too previous like in spiIing your appe
tIte,"
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
The Same OLD Sandwich.

Chicago Herald.
A traveller hurried up to the station
lunchcounter and called for sandwiches.
Sandwich? Yes, sab; hyah yo' are!'
replied the dusky attendant.
"Great heavens" exclaimed the travel.
Ter, ''but there Ia the same sandwich
Yes, it's the same Identical ham that ]
wrote my initials on when I was here last
fall. The only difference is that 1t is a
little dryer, and has a little more dust on
it. What do you mean by setting out
that old relief
''T'aint 'zsctly fresh, sab, but L think
it'll suit yo' taste. Its jis' about as stale
as yo' Joke, an that seems to be the way
yo' like 'em. Coffee, ssh?"
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
MEN!-KEAD THIS

THE VoLTAIo BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELEcTRo.VoL.
TAIo BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES on
trial for thirty days, to men (young or old)
and manhood, and all kindred troubles. Also
for rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysis, and
many other diseases. Complete restoration to
health, vigor and manhood guaranteed. No
risk Is incurred as thirty days trial is allowed.
Write them at once for illustrated pamphlet
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
The Irish Coercion Law

Chicago Current.
The Irishmen claim, probably with
truth, that the features Of the coercion
act which the British ministry propose
retaining are the most outrageous of the
enactments of 1882. The star chamber,
the change of venue, and the Especial
Jury" are the very essence of the present
code. BY these means q subject has no
unassailsbls right. He Is as badly off as
a Russian peasant. 1t is time to cease
c~rucifyiug Ireland because of the murder
Of a ministers brother.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
"What. Shall We do With Our
Daughters 2"

This question is asked by a we'll.
known lady lecturer. Well, we can do a
great many things with them; one thing,
we We must take good care of their
health, and not let them run down and
become enfeebled. For the feminine
ailments, which may be summed up In
one word-debility, we have a sovereign
remedy In Browns Iron Bltters, which
has done much good. Miss Mary Green
field, of GslAtia, Ill.,, writes, ''Brown's
Iron Bittera cured me of nervousness,
indigestion, and general poor health. u
Let the other young ladies take the hint.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
Prosecute the Swindlers!!l

If when you call for Hop Bitters (see
cluster Of Hops on the white lsbe) tue drug.
gist hands out any stuff called @. ID. Warmers
German Hop Bitters or with other Hop
name, refuse it and shun that druggist as you
would a viper; and if he hastaken your money
for the stuff, indict him for the fraud and sue
him for damages for the sw1ndle, and We will
reward you literally for the conviction.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04

severe and proper in the highest degree.
Once the Ice is broken, however, they
rush to a finish at headlong speed. To
men to whom they have not been prop,
erly introduced they are ice; to the men
they know they are gushing, Hopping
and elusive ever in public.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
IT WAS A COLD NIGHT.

When the work was done he was given
fifteen minutes to get out of camp. He
was made to understand with difficulty,
but was finally started on the trail and
the crowd disappeared.
Early next mornoing some miners, 60
ing to work, found Cory back of a build
ing lying on the ground and mo aiming.
TIE tar had by this time rubbed all over
him and partly solldifed. AS 1t grew
hard 1t contracted and every contraction
had dragged with it the thousands of NIL
croscoDic hairs with which the body Is
covered. In places 1t had broken the
skin, and the men who carried him into
o shed found blood on their hands. A
physician, then located there, and now
lying at Greedy, Col, was called In and
attempted to remove the stuff with ben
zine. 1t was an utter failure, as was
everything else tried, from grease to am
monia.
l saw him in the course Of the morn.
ing. The lower portion of his body was
covered with q blanket, but his face wal
o spectacle not easily forgotten. The
hard pitch was cracked all over 1t, like
/ alligator skin, and had cracked so solidly
around one eye 1t was impossible to re-.
move 1t. The other eye was opened, buI
dreadfully infamed and suppurating. Al
places over the surface were solder
splotches of feathers.
Business called me away from Carbon
Vile for about two weeks, and o few day
after / returned Cory died. Meantim,
most of the tar had been removed b!
successive washes, but his skin was GOV
cred with minute black specks like thu
shaven chin of a man who has a heav.
beard. They were the ohoked up poor,
of the skin, and this was probably thu
real cause OF the death. A short tim
after the punishment he had been takel
with q raging fever, and then sympto=
of a singular blood disorder sst in. TIL
skin aver the cheat, neck, cheeks an
outside of the arms rose in hard ridges
totally devoid of feeling. These rapid
sloughei off, leaving open ulcers.
shall not enlarge upon these details
which would only perhaps interest
medical man, further than to cay tina
the symptoms were In all save n n
spsct identical with leprosy. This sol
difference was the frightful rapidity
their developement. The distorted r
mains were hurried into the ground.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04

Many a victim to Bright's Disease has
been restored to sound health by Hunts
Remedy.
Hunts Remedy is not q new COM
pound; 1t has been befors the public
thirty years.
Hunts Remedy puriies the blood by
assisting the kidneys to carry off all inn
purities.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04

n CARD.-To all who are suffering from errors
and indigestions OF youth, nervous weakness aud
decay, loss of manhood, etc. l will send q recipe
that will cure you FREE OF CHARGE. Thiss great
remedy was discovered by q missionar to South
America. Send self-addressed envelope RRv. 10
KPH /. INMkN Station 90 " New York
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04

n Structure of the ureth
in It's worst forms. speedily cured by the
new and improved methods. Pamphlet
ref r aces and terms, two threeIcen
stamps. Worlds Dlspens, Try Medica
Association, 663 Main str eet, Buffalo,
NJ "
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04

Angostura Bitters do not only distint
odor above all others generally used, but they
are also a sure preventive for all diseases orig.
mating from the digestive organs. Beware of
counterfeits. Ask your grocer or druggist for
the genuine article, manufactured by DIR. j.
II. II. Seipert &Sons.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
Narrow E,sCnpe.

ROCHESTER,, June I, 1881. "Ten
Yesrs ago I was attacked with the mist
lntense and de,ttly pains in m. back and
Extending to the end OF my toes and
to my brsini
(which made me dellriousl
From agouylll
ut took three men to hold me oil my
bed at timeal
"The Doctors tried In vain to relieve
me, but to no purpose.
Morphine and other opistesl
Had no effectl
"After two months l was given up to
diel!ll
"When my wife
heard a neighbor tell what Hop Bltters
had done for her, sho stoncegot and gave
me some. The first dose eased my brain
and seemed to 60 hunting through my
system for the pain.
The second dose eased me so much TINT slept
two hours, something | had not done for two months
Before / had used five bottles, I was well aud at work
as hard IS any man could, for over three weeks, but
i worked too hard for my strength, and taking a
hard cold; I was taken with the most acute and pain
.~ulrheumatism all through my system thAt ever was
known.
81 called the doctors again, and after several weekly
they left me q cripple on crutchel for life, as thee
said. ] meta friend and told him my case, and hs
san Bop Bltters hau cured MIN bnu MVulu culo nv l
poohed at him, but he was so earnest l was induced
to use them agbin.
In less than four weeks | threw away my crutches
and wen TO work lightly and kept on using the bitters
for Ave weeks, until became as well as any man liv-
ng, and have been so for six years since,
1t has allo cured my wife, whohad been
sick for years, and has kept her and my
children we'll and healthy with from two
to three bottles per year. There is no
need to be sick at all If these bltters are
used j. j. BERK Ex.Supervlsor.
"That poor invalid wife, Sister. Mother,
"Our doughterllll
"Cau BIO made the picture Of health!
"With a few bottle, of Hop Bittersl
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
Pity Poor sullivan,

New York Times.
Public sympathy Is warmly enlisted on
ths aide Of that admiral ~ostonian, Mr..
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
APPLYING THE TAR,

l can see him now-his bleared eyes
dilated and his shock of yellow hair
bristling on his head. His nude body
stood out In bold relief against the
group that surrounded him, and the chill,
penetrating al must have struck the
wretch to the bone. At any rate, he
crouched down and somebody called out:
''Give 1t to him now!" At the same in
slant the bucket of tar was lifted, and
about a gallon thrown with a swash over
his bare shoulders. He sprang erect at
the cold touch of the pitch, and whirled
around just in time to receive the rest
of it on his head, face and chest.
For a moment he stood petrified, the
black stuff trlckling down bis body and
legs, and uniting with a great puddle of
it on the ground. Then he slowly raised
his hands to his eyes and tried to brush
them Gle ar, but as his fingers and re
ceived a good share of the pitch, he only
made matters worse, and dropped his
arms again. He did not seem to be able
to realize what had happened, and wag.
ged his head blindly from side to side.
AS he stood thus, one of the men took
the upper edge of the tick and inverted
it over him. / suppose 1t was as com.
plete a job of the sort as was ever under
taken; at least, nothing was overlooked
to mako 1t a success. Cory looked like
nothing human, but some strange species
of monlter blotched all over with fluffy
white. His head seemed about the size
and shape Of o busbel basket, and hi.
features were obiiterated in the genera,
blackneas.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-04
TAR AND FEATHERS.
RGCOllGChOnS Of a Cold Might ia a COL
OTad0 Camp.
How n Brute was Punished for Strik'
ing HIS wife-Cold Tar and
Gold Weather and a Fatal
Result.

Correspondence st. Louis Globe Democrat.
C~arbonvllle lies just oyer the %contlnen
tai divide on the Pacific side, In Lake
county, about twelve miles from Lead
Vile as the crow flies. 1t was n mush'
room city, and at that time, 1882, war ia
the hectic heyday of Its prosperity. Itt
business portion was made up largely Of
saloons and faro banks, aud the fact thai
its population was mainly gentlemen
exiled for various offsnses from Lead.
vile will give an idea of its moral status.
One of the very few respectable
women In tho camp was a Mrs. Jake
Cory, who ran a little lunch-room and
restaurant, She was sweet-faced and
sweet.tempered, and had an abiding fund
of patience, that enabled her to put up
with the vagaries of one of the worst
husbands in the world. We In the
camp thought that Jack Cory was alb
solutely the worst on the face of the
earth. He was a drunken, foul-mouthed,
brutal Scandinavian, who divided his
time between the gambling houses and
worst resorts. AT these places he spent
every dollar his wife earned and all he
could borrow on her good name. He
once went so far as to pawn her furniture
down to the cooking stove over which
she supported him. / mention these
things to show that the sequel was not
altogether ~unprovoked.
o STRIKING A WOMAN.
One evening Cory came Into the res
tsurant drunk and struck his wife savage
ly in the face. He escaped through the
back door of the kitchen, and she came
In, scared and bleeding, and told the
story to aome of the boArders. An I'm
Iromptu indignation meeting was held
among the sboys," and 1t was decided to
tar and feather the fellow and run him
out of town. The phrase sounded well
In the mouth of the man who suggested
1t, and everybody agreed that 1t was the
correct thing to do.
No time was lost. A couple of men
ran over to the refining works and got o
big iron bucket of pitch, and others pro.
cured an old feather tick from a lodging
house. Then a committee started out to
get Cory.
They found him asleep In a saloon,
and hustled him out to a vacant lot in
the rear of some buildings. He wa,
half-dazed and confused with drink, and
thought the affair a joke, until the men
began to strip off his clothes. Then he
fought like a mailman in truth, 1 be.
lieve he was mad with terror. His shirt
and underciothes had been literally torn
off of him, and it was a good fifteen
minutes work before he stood, shlvering
and stark naked, in the Moonlight.