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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-07
HOME. GAIN AMo GARDEN.

es V~ss oNO 0AoOSNs
keep large pieces OF charcoal =
damp corners and dark placed
TO keep potatoes from sprouting
pour boiling water over them. Is
does not inlure them for cooking.
-Tinware Is best washed in soda
and water. It can be secured with
care. yet il Kept clean from day to day
1t seldom need come to securing.
which process wears it out quickly.
Clean out the seeds Of beans, beets
and peas and put them In wooden
bags. with q small piece Of gum cam
phOr in each bag Hang the bags in .
dry place. and occasionally shake them
up during the winter.
Don't think It In time wasted to
prepare few kindlings and lay them
behind the stove with paper every
night Then. If any ono i taken i'll
during the night. and . fire il needed.
it is only moments work to get It
"A teaspoonful Of guano, added to
two gallons of water. and the mixture
used for sprinkling potted plants. win
keep them in good condition during
the winter. The pots should have
good drainage below, and should b
| placed where the frost can not mjure
the plants.
The temptation to borrow fallen
leaves from the woodland Is great;
but the trees need all of this fertility.
this reservoir Of moisture, this natural
covering for the seeds, this protection
for the young sprouts The wise for.
ester will leave the leaves In the
woods-American Garden.
Eggs which are to be broken into
water. should not be broken into boil
ing water, as the motion destroys
their shape, but let the water be as
hot as possible without boiling. and
let them stand several minutes ON the
back of the stove. They will then be
soft but firm all through.
limitation Plum Pudding.
dried apples until very soft. then chop
fine and to each teacupful add two tea
cupfuls molasses. one teacupful each
of chopped suet seeded raisins and
water; two eggs. q pinch of salt, three
pints Of -four. one teaspoonful cinna-
mon and two teaspoonfuls baking pow.
der; mix thoroughly. putting -four in
| last. Roll in Toured cloth and boil
two to three hours. To be eaten with
. hot lemon sauce
One acre Of a farm devoted to
garden crops will provide q large
variety. It is important to get the one
! acre in condition and have it rich.
Pillow it now and spread plenty Of fine
manure (not litter) on it, and then
pillow it again early in tho spring. By
this method the worms and grubs will
be destroyed and the frost will pulver-
ize the clods The manure will also b
rendered more soluble, while the
ground win be warmer in the spring
and better adapted for the early crops.
1t Is q foolish habit that some
anxious parents have of discussing the
health of delicate children in the chill
dren's presence. The Christian Union
says: "A physician, speaking out of
deep and practical mind, said: III
you hear q mother refer to her daugh-
ter as nervous in the daughters pres
ence. If you can not speak, glare at
her, but il you can speak. say. mad
am. your conversation would make .
wooden girl nervous, to say nothing Of
hesh-and- blood young person like
your daughter.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-07

AOOe>y y
into the water in such a sharks para
disc as this. If had my way I'd mast
head the whole bilin' of YOU"
go it. you old growl your retort-
ed John. Il suppose you never had
q swim in your life. and now you're
too old. You've got the rheumatism
yourself. and you don't want to see
anybody else enjoy themselves. Talk
about sharks when you're where they
are. We haven't seen one since We
got among the islands. and I'm blest
if I think there are any hereAbouts. ~
Standing there in the chains. with
one hand upon the sheer-pole already
to let go and plunge, I heard Briton's
remark and Johns reply. Something
in the old fellows manner struck me
more than the former warning had,
and ~ I listened to Johns answer,
could not help feeling that the older
sailor had al the reason on his side
The swimmers had begun to come on
board and dresa / almost made up my
mind to stay on board. and yield the
palm Of diving to Billy.
But they were Ill watching me, and
pride whispered: "Pshaw! Don'i
show the white feather now! There
arc no sharks about Il won't take
three minutes to get Outside where
Billy q. and swim back % tho chin.
Than you needn't 20 IN again"
SIN I hesitaAed. Will my chin.
mates waited 70 - uhat1 usuld a.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-07

most clear from the water.
Horror! He has his victim!
No!
He has missed the body by hairs
breadth. but has caught the calf Of
Billy's leg. from which, not quite
grasping the bone. he has torn half
the flesh and nearly dragged him from
the hold of his rescuers. With this he
sinks beneath the waves, the boats
crew driving at his tough carcass with
oars and boat-hooks, but making no
impression.
The boat was quickly alongside the
ship, and Billy, limp as . rag and
bleeding. passed on board. He had
tainted - soon a. taken from the
water. and just - the shark seised
him. Carrying him into the cabin,
his wound was dressed. and restora-
lives applied which brought him to
life once more Not for several weeks
did he fully regain his senses, and Il
was many months before his leg was
we'll enough TO admit of his walking.
Billy sailed the deep until he we'd,
years ago TO his long account Il u
needless 70 say that while he lived h
mover tempted tho sharks b UNDER
taking swimming exploits In sa1t
water. For myself. / have noe svan
since tAa& day when / va O -
peint q lsaping into The jaws 9 =
shark. C1arsnos Pallsn, n Younas
fyonu4.nmf In ~ - 4 ~ 4 Z.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
VALUABLE MYsTERY.
A Nebraska Farmer Digs Up n Petri-
fed Hand Don tnining Diamonds.

A Nebraska Farmer Digs Up n Petri-
fed Hand Containing Diamonds.
KEARNEY, Neb., August 5.-Special to
THE BEE.l-J. r. Mote, farmer nving in
Phelps county. about twelve miles from
Kearney, is in possession of a curiosity which
Is q valuable relic of prehistoric times in this
part of the continent. Some time ago, while
excavating for u cave, he exhumed large
brown stone weighing over twenty pounds.
When the clay was removed from 1t large
fossil, representing clenched human hand,
was revealed. The specimen had been
broken from the mammoth arm just above
the wrist and the imprint of coarse cloth
or some woven material was plainly out
lined on the back of the hand. At the time
of the discovery nothing was said Of it,
rs MIR. Mote does not belong to the
curious class OF people. For sew
eral months the specimen had lain
about the house, and no one who saw it had
any idea of the great amount of wealth held
firmly IN the grasp of the stony fingers. A
small boy in the family, whose faculty of
smashing things is just beginning to develop,
conceived the idea of opening the hand.
When broken, to his astonishment, there
rolled out eleven brilliant transparent stones.
The discovery of these beauties was not
made public until yesterday, when MIR. Mote
showed them to jeweler who pronounced
them genuine first water diamonds without
speck or flaw to mar their beauty. The
pieces are nearly uniform in shape and are
about the size of lima beans They have
the appearance of being water worn. The
possessor of this valuable find will dispose of
the diamonds, aud will at once dig up his
farm in search of the otherpart of the giants
antique anatomy.
The mystery of the broken hand is one of
perpleXing interest. How long has it been
there's To what race of giants did its owner
belongs Was the subject an ancient miser
Lax,
sionsi To these, and a hundI cd more ques
tions, the modern historian has no answer.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
IN SPITE OF the SCANDAL.
Ida May Wilcox win be Married in
October.

New YoRK, August 5.-TSpecial Telegram
to The BEE. Among the passengers
on the French steamer La Bretagne, which
arrived here yesterday, was Mrs. Charles
Wilcox and her daughter, Ida May Wilcox.
They leave for Minneapolis to-day. Three
big trunks contain Miss Wilcox's trousseau.
She is to be married in October at her
fathers home in Minneapolis. The BRIDE
groom -to-be, as reported by the family, is
Henry J. Mylieus, of Milan, Italy. The
scandal in which young Miss Wilcox was
named last January has never been known
very clearly to the public. The friends and
relatives of Miss Wilcox contend there was
no reason for sensation at all that her con-
duct was simply that Of foolish girl who
had q row with her mother and made goose
OF herself. One day the girl had check
cushed for her mother for 81, $50, ana that
evening she and doctor and the DOCTORS
son all left Mentone, whittier Mrs. Wilcox
had removed in the hope of escaping the
doctor, and set off for Paris. Mrs. Wilcox
went to the American consul, Mr.. Hatha-
way, in consequence of which the Paris po-
lice were instructed to arrest the girl and
her companions. A friend of Wilcox said
to-day that the scandal was caused by malic-
ious people and had no foundation in truth
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
Good Crops i'm Scotland.

tCopDright 1889 by James Gordo Bennettl
LONDON, August 5.-[New York Herald
Cable-Special to The BEE, l--Scotch agri-
cultursts have smiling faces. According to
the reports from nearly all OF the thirty
three counties of Scotland the harvest prom
ises to DO early and abundant There has
boen marked progress in the last four
weeks. Ram was wanted, and it
fell just at the right time.
Wheat bids fair to be fine crop. but only
$4,000 acres are sown. Barley looks well,
but II is considered risky crop in such a
changeable climate. A million acres are
sown IN oats, which are not up TO the mark.
There are 20, 200 acres of peas and beans,
which promise to be remunerative
crops. The potato crop is almost certain to
be abundant and healthy. A half million
acres are planted in turuips, which promises
much better than usual. This has been a
good hay and poor clover year. On the
whole the harvest expectations IN Scotland
run high.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
The CoNvESrtoNs.
An Unpleasant Scene in the Bis
marck Body.


BISMARCK, N. D., August 5.-The Sat
urday night session of the constitutional con-
vention was passed in the discussion Of the
proposition giving the legislature power to
fix passenger and freight rates. and to regu-
late charges in sleeping car, express, tcle-
phone and telegraph rates. The committee
OF the whole adopted the proposition. Before
the convention finally adopts the article an
other strong effort will be made to amend 1t.
The only uhsines transacted this afternoon
was the meeting Of the senate commission
on the irrigation and reclamation of arid
lands. The convention was addressed by
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, who, at the
close of his remarks on irrigation, took occa-
sion to get in his best licks on the silver
question. He was followed by Senator Rea-
gan, of Texas, aud Major Powell, OF tue
United States geological survey.
An unpleasant sensation was occasioped
by Delegate johnson, of Nelson county. Dur.
ing the remarks Of Senators Reagan and
Stewart on the silver question they referred
to the war debt johnson arose at the close
of Reagans speech and said IL he had read
history right the senator from Texas was in
JEFF DAVIS cabinet when the war debt
was being made. AT this point Delegate
Purcell arose to inquire whether or not
johnson intended to insult Senator Reagan.
Immediately following this query, Matthews,
OF Grand Forks, moved to adjourn, which
motion prevailed by unanimous vote, aud
the convention adjourned while johnson was
still on his feet.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
viii Vote ON Prohibition.

:: OLYMPIA, Wash, August 5.-The COM
mittee on amendments to-day presented a
report that the amendment to the copstitu-
tion shall be adopted, when passed by two
thirds vote of the Legislature and ratified by
a majority vote Of the people. The article on
prohibition was passed, which is to be sub
mitted to vote of the people as
separate proposition. 1t forbids
the manufacture or sale OF liquor except for
medicinal, scientific or sacramental pur-
poses. The vote on it was 81 to IL. The re-
port of the committee on revenue limits state
taxation to mills on the dollar. The mort
gage on property is to be deducted from ITS
committee provides lower house to have
not less than sixty-three nor more than
ninety-nine members and SEN
ate to have from a third TO
half that number. The first legislature
will have thirtv-five senators and seventy
members. Aliens are forbidden to hold any
property, and mines and corporations, the
majority of whose stock is held by aliens,
come under the same prescription. Convict
labor, except on public works, is forbidden
after January, 1890. In the afternoon the
article establishing railroad commission
was defeated although power was
one if desired. The section was adopted
ing greater privileges to one telegraph COM
pany than to another or refusing to grant
right of way for the construction of tele-
graph lines along their roads and also oblig-
ing telegraph companies to receive business
offered by another company, the same as
other public carriers. Monopolles or trusts
are defined and strictly forbidden.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
An Epistle tn E'auI.

WASHINGTON, August 5.--A letter was
made public at the postonice department to-
day from the postmaster general TO Postmas-
ter Paul, of Milwaukee, The receipt OF the
latter's resignation was acknowledged and
the postmaster general says upon the reports
of the civil service COMMISSION and post
Office inspector Mr.. Paul's removal from
Office had been determined upon, but as
pending action he has rendered his resignation
it will be accepted to take effect upon the ap-
pontment and qualification OF his successor
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
wrecked BY a Wild Engine.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August ga pas
senger train on the North Pennsylvania
branch of the Reading railroad was run into
by wild" locomotive this morning and
several passengers were slightly injured.
Postmaster General Wanamaker was in the
rear car Of the train and was engaged IN con-
were thrown out of their seats and shaken
up, but sustained no injury. The engineer of
the ''wild" locomotive states that the valves
and throttle OF his engine would not work
and he was powerless 10 avert the collision.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
An Alien Labor Law Problem.

BALTIMORE, August SIT is stated that
Notwithstanding the recent decision of Solic-
itor Hepburn adverse to the importation of
five foreign professors engaged for the Cath
olic university at Washington, the professors
will come to this country and assume their
duties. Attorney General Miller de clined to
take up a hypothetical case and said he
would give no opinion until the ques ton
arose by the arrival of the educators. 1t is
now stated by a gentleman of high govern
mental position that the professors will be
permitted to land without question, but if
objections arc raised decision will be made
according with the construction of the law
excluding foreign laborers under contract
but said that the law was never meant to
apply to the class represented by the profess
sors in question.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
BIG GAMBLERS IN TROUBLE.
Phil Days Long Branch Club May be
Closed Up.

LONG BRANCH, N, j., August 5.-[Special
Telegram to The BEE. IA gambling scandal
of international interest has broken out here.
1t is of interest to all who have ever been to
Long Branch, for it may result in the closing
upof Phil Daly's celebrated Pennsylvania
club house. Baron de Pardonnet, a we'll
known lawyer attached to the French and
Belgian legations, claims that he has been
virtually robbed of SO, 200. He has lost 81, zoo,
but according to his story got back 81, 600.
He says that about $500 or $500 was lost at
roulette honestly and fairly, so that his losses
due to unfair methods are between 50, 600 and
S3,300 The keepers of the club house,
Messrs. Marks g. Jolly, say that tho baron
has not lost $780, and they claim that he owes
them 81 900 on checks and notes they hold
against him. The baron has made complaint
to Nj. Louis Vassion, French consul, and DR..
Charles Salons, the Belgian consul at Phlla-
delphia, that he has been swindled. The
consuls have laid the matter before Secre
tary Blaine, and he has sent complaint to
Governor Greene, of New Jersey, ana to the
United States marshal Of this district
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
Rushinp Burke TO Cbioaeo.

ST. PAUL, August 5,-Burke, the Cronin
suspect arrived in this city in charge of
Chief Hubbard, of Chicago, at $50 a. m.
to-day over the Manitoba road. After the
rest of the passengers had alighted the train
was run back into the yard and the Burke
party quickly transferred to the Milwaukee
train which pulled out at 7:l5. Burke was
very carefully guarded, and no one was per-
mitted to interview him or even see him.
The report that he was chained 10 the floor
of the car is generally regarded as canard.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06

is now understood that he may not take
an active part in the inspection OF tho
maneuvres at Aldershot on Wednes-
day. To get him out OF the
predicament as skillfully as possible Sir
Oscar Clayton has stated that he does not
approve of the prince undergoing the fatigue
indispensable from day in the saddle. The
prince is troubled with gouty affection of
the eye and with recurrence of the venous
inflammation Of the leg which he has had
more or less since the attack of typhoid
fever in the winter of 1871.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
AsDisastrous Storm.

MITCHELL, Ind, August 5.-Yesuerday's
storm in this section was most disastrous to
life and property. A spring wagon contain
ing family of live, the father, mother and
three small children, was blown from the
roadside into Black creek, and all we've
drowned. Scores of houses were unroofed
and several were demolished. The storm
was general throughout southwestern
Indiana
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
Nebraska and Iowa Pensions.

WASHINGTON, August 5.-lSpecial Tele-
gram to The BE. l-Pensions granted Ne
braskans Original invalid-Roger Thomp-
son. Increase-Charles f. Came, Hiram
Schoonover
Pensions allowed Iowans: Original inva-
lid flames X Mowery, Peter Wilson, John
Finley, Joseph Firestine. Increase-Hart-
we'll NJ Fitzgerald, Henry Stahl, Charles w.
Taylor, Hiram JONES' Aaron Hobson, George
H. Irish, Peter H. Baillff, Frederick e. SEQ
vile, George ID. Bean, Frederick Taylor,
James A. Snyder. Widows of lS12-Char-
lotte, widow of Thomas Burnett.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
TWELVE THOUSAND OVENS IDLE.
The Connellsville Strike Assuming
Large Proportions.

Large Proportions.
SooTTDALE, Pa, August 5.-The strike in
the Connellsville coke region has assumed
large proportions. OF the 14,000 ovens in
the region not less than 1900 are idle. and
the managers Of the strike assert that over a
thousand of the remaining ovens Will be shut
down tomorrow. The National ProSres-
sive Miners association and the Knights of
Labor are working together in harmony for
the first time in years. The men here are
will win the strike, Strikers from Donnelly
and Stoneville went 10 Morewood at day
break this morning and succeeded in induc-
ing the men there to quit work, but 1T is re-
ported that as soon as the visitors left some
of them went back to work.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
Steamship Arrivals.

At New York-The State OF Alabama,
from Hamburg; the Elbe, from Bremen.
AT Southampton-The Erus, from New
York, for Bremen.
AT Dover-The Greece, from New York,
for London.
AT Glasgow-The State of Indiana, from
New York.
At Havre-La Normandie, from New
York.
AT Antwerp-The Illinois, from New
York.
At Liverpool-The Bostonian, from Bos-
ton.
At Moville-The Ethiopia, from New
York
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
Arrived at New York.

New YoRK, August 5.-The United States
cruiser Boston reached Brooklyn navy yard
this evening after an uneventful run from
New York. The officers and men were ex-
tremely reticent concerning the accident.
The Boston will go into dry dock at once for
repairs. On her arrival some excitement
was caused by a collision between the moni-
tor Puritan and the receiving ship Vermont.
Ma one was hurt aud the damage was slight.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
Drowned in the Monongahela.

PITTsBuRa, Pa, August 5.--Henry
Smons, aged twenty-four years, and TWO
boys, Willie Smons and Eddie Dopler, aged
respectively twelve and nIne years, were
drowned IN the Monongahela this Afternoon.
They were in wagon that contained load
of refuse which they took to dump in the
river. While they were unloading the
wagon the horse backed into the river, tho
wagon was upset and all three above named
were drowned Two other young men in
the wagon had narrow escape.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
Burke ArrIycs in ChicapO.

CHICAGO, August 5-Martin Burke, the
Cronin suspect. arrived in the city this even
ing about 10 o'clock. He was taken from
the train before the depot was reached and
hurriedly transported to the Harrison street
station, much TO the disappointment of the
large crowd which had gathered AT the
depot, 1t is understood he is in the ''sweat-
box" ana being subjected to vigorous ex-
animation. Chief Hubbard refused emphat.
ically TO allow reporters or anyone else to
see his interesting charge. Burke's attor-
ney, Kennedy, of Appleton, Wis, il in the
city
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
The Cotton Print Cloth Trust

NEW YORK, August 5.-Vice-President
Sherman Of the Central Trust company, be-
ing interviewed by an Associated Press re-
porter to day in regard to the alleged cotton
print cloth trust, said he had been in consul
tation with several capitalists last week re-
garding the cotton print cloth trust, and his
company consented to act as trustee of the
trust after papers had been submitted 10 and
approved by the company's lawyer.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
A Terrible Chinese Riot.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 5.-The Japan
Gazette, received by steamer yesterday, con-
tains an account Of terrible riot between
two factions of Chinese coolies at Bangkok,
siam. About five thousand men were en-
gagged in 1t and great number were killed.
The coolies were more or less under the in
huence of drink and fought like demons.
The Siamese troops finally charged the
rioters aud after bayonetting a number
Queled the disturbance.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
The Chippewa Negotiations.

WAsmNGToN, August 5.-The commission
appointed by the president to negotiate with
the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota for tha
REIMBURSEMENT 10 the government Of part
of their reservations report that more than
two-thirds of the Indians on the White Earth
and Red Lake reservations have signed arti-
cles of concession The consent OF the Leeoh
lake Indlans yet remain 10 DO obtained.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
Republican Outlook in Louisiana.

FRANKLIN, La, August 5.--[Special Tele-
gram to THE BEE. THE republicans of the
Third district tonight nominated II. c.
Miner, a planter Of Terre Bonne parish, for
congress, to fill tho vacancy caused by the
trict is republican and 1T is claimed they will,
with the aid of the administration, carry it
this time for Miner, who will be able to
carry with him many democratic votes. If
he is elected 1T will give Louisiana Two re-
publican congressman.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
Tho Weather Forecast

For Omaha and vicinity-Fair weather,
followed by ram.
Nebraska-Fair, followed in the western
portion by showers, slightly warmer, south
erly winds.
Iowa-Fair, warmer In southeast portion,
stationary temperature in northwest portion,
southerly winds.
Dakota-Fair, followed by local showers,
warmer in southeast, cooler in northwest
portion. southerly winds, shifting TO westerly.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-06
Sioux Falls Last Session.

Sioux FALLS, S. d., August 5-The South
Dakota constitutional convention met at
o'clock to-day for its last session. The only
work done was the auditing of the expenses
of the convention and the signing of the
constitution. Seventy-two of the seventy
five members were present and appended
their signatures to the document. The work
Of the convention meets with universal ap-
proval