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Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-21

thought that was not as hardened as
grave diggers are said 10 be.
people have asked me IL | have not
become hardened by seeing so many
dead ones laid under the sod, but
never did. Many time tears have
streamed from my eyes when | saw 9th
ers sobbing.
az have acted the dual role OF grave
digger aud minister at the cemetery.
In many cases, where fast women
and licentious men have been
taken to the graveyard y for
interment, have been asked by their
friends accompanying the remains to
say few holy words for the ones about
to be entombed.
BODY snatchers? Yes, there was one
robbery some time ago. The robbers
got the corpse OF an old German. They
dug down at the head Of the grave,
broke the glass in the casket and
snaked the body out. leaving the
clothes and the coffin. | knew the next
morning that grave robbers had been in
the cemetery by the bungling way in
which they left the grave. | don n'tthink
they got the body that they we're after.
My grim and lonely work in the
cemetery is over. l wonder, at
tunes, who will lay me to rest
in my little lot in the Gem
etery. There is n monument there
and it is waiting for me and my dear
old precious wife. There is nothing on
it yet but Che plain, big letters, Med
| lock- When the sexton has lowered
me in my box and has thrown the clods
upon my remains, perhaps with the
same shovel that | have covered many n
man with, want these words to go on
my monument: George Medlock is my
name, England is my nation, Kings
| my financial salvation"
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-21
a Sure Thing.
-ry rryr


Publishcr-It is your own affair, OF
course; but are you not running heavy
risk in ordering an edition of $4,000
copies OF this book?
Author-Isn't it customary for the
person to whom book is dedicated to
buy one or more copies of it!
Publisher-Certainly, but
Author-Wcll, read the dedication.
Publisher opens manuscripts at Sec
ond page and reads:
With the Friendly Sympathy of One Who
Has Suffered Untold Agonies
of
Humiliation
On Account of False Imprisonment,
Unjust Suspicion of Guilt,
And the Wretched Bungling
of the
Laws Incompetent Agents,
This Book
Is Respectfully Dedicated
BY the Author
To Those of His Fellow Men Who
Have Been Arrested on Suspicion
OF Being
William b. Tascott.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-21
EDIsoN's CURIOUS LABORATORY
Is Full of all Sorts of Bewildering
Things

Is Full of all Sorts of Bewildering
Things.
Among the materials stored in Edi-
sons laboratory las appears in an arti-
Gle upon Edison in the April CosmopOl-
itan), are samples of every substance in
the world; the thousands of pigeon
holes and drawers contain skins and
feathers, and furs of the whole animal
creation, minerals, barks, grasses,
drugs, fruits and gums, in bewildering
completeness. Some of the species are
50 rare that they are kept like dia-
monds, in the little folded papers. The
grotesque nature of some of the mate
rials there collected prompted the in
quiry:
"How can you ever want such things
as sharks teeth or rhinocerous' horn?"
"That shows that you don't know what
queer things electricians use," replied
our modern Virgil. During the pro-
gress of the experiments with the in
candescent electric light, for instance,
nearly everything one can think of was
tried as a primary material from which
to form the delicate carbon iilament
whose incandescence is the source Of
light. Finally, as perhaps you know,
shreds of one particular variety of bam-
boo were found to give the most gratify-
ing results; and there, by the way, you
can see few bales of the very reeds
from which those strips are cut. Again,
the delicate needle, which affixed to the
under side of the vibrating diaphragm
of the phonograph, indents the smooth,
revolving surface of the waxen cylinder,
had TO be formed of some material pos
sessing peculiar properties of elasticity
and rigidity. Scores of the most un-
likely substances, both organic and in
organic, natural and artificial, were
tried before the right one was hit upon.
And so it goes with all the little details
of electric appliances.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-21

airy cases Of suicide on military record is now
reported from Nausenburg Lieutenant
Mangesius, one OF the most popular officers
of the garrison, proceeded on Saturday to
the barracks, where his company was quar-
tered, and was observed TO be absent. minded
and depressed. He went into room where
number OF the hew magazine rifles were
kept and loaded one OF them with q bullet
He then called IN tYo men, Addressing one
OF them, he said: Take this rifle and let me
see II you can ann properly. Point at my
left eye" The soldier had no idea the
of command, make ready" present
"fre,n he discharged the rire at distance of
three yards into the ofhcer's eye. The bullet
went through his skull, and death was, of
course, instantaneous. He left letter for
his captain, saying that the soldier who shot
him was innocent. TO-
Albert Mennng, a middle aged man of
Eau Claire, Wis, formerly subaltern in
the German army, was arrested recently at
Chippewa Falls charged with bgamy and
was jailed there II appears that Menning
has wife and child in Munich, whence he
fled TO America He recently went through
the marriage ceremony with a young girl
living at Fall Creek. She is the sister Of a
prominent citizen Of Eau Claire who has
Just discovered the previous marriage. The
wfe's suspicious were aroused by things her
husband said in his sleep. Her brother has
secured documentary evidence from the old
country which shows clear case against
Mennig.
There is heavy draught horse at one of
the quarries in Westerly that has been driven
for n number of years by the same mana
native of the Emerald Isle. And it is a fact
that the worthy animal will not draw load
IN the morning until he has had chew of
tobacco. His appetite being satisfied, he is
OF like whole-sail breeze.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-21

A wise horse is Ned, the dapple gray that
runs on Engine No. 3 of Newburyport. One
of the useful accomplishments he picked up
short time ago is that Of watering himself
Happening into the fire station one evening
this week the scribe was introduced to this
feat of the gray's. Med" said the driver,
"do you want drlnki" The old fellow
looked round with knowing wink, as much
as TO say he did. Being unhitched he came
out of his STALL walked over to the trough,
looked around q moment, smelled at the
faucet, and finally, taking it in his teeth,
opened 1t wide, setting the water running
merrily. His thirst quenched, he reversed
the lever, took another observation, and
sauntered back TO his stall unconcernedly
The suicide mania is making great ravages
in the Austrian army. Shortly after the
death of the crown prince an officer OF the
prince of Wales Hussars blew his brains out
On Wednesday the colonel of the Sixty
second regiment of the line shot himself in
Hungary. But one of the most extraordin
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-21

A poll parrot prevented 4 robbery in Gin
cinnati recently. BY climbing grape arbor
a thief managed to get through second
story window INTO room in the rear portion
of the residence of Hon. Emil Rothe at 1853
Browne street. In the room in which the
nocturnal visitor found himself was a large
parrot of unusual intelligence, and which
Mr.. Rothe has owned for long time. On
the entrance of the thief the bird, seeming
to realize that something was wrong, set up
screaming and screeching, vociferously
calling papa" in manner that struck
terror to the trespasser. There none Of the
members of the household in the room but
that they would be aroused if Polly was not
throtted was certain. In fact, the birds
cries were heard by Mr.. Rothe, who pro-
ceeded to the room, but not until the thief
had made his escape.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-21
A SEXTON OLD AND CRAY.
A Generation Spent Among the
Dead on Prospect Hill.
HE HAS BURIED FIVE THOUSAND.
Memorable Events in the Eventful
Life OF George Mediock, Now
Calmly Awaiting the
Last Trump.
Life Among Dead Men,

IDI ever see graveyards
yawn in the dead hour
of midnight, did you
sayY" was the repeated
'interrogatory of George
|Medlock, the venerable
sexton of Prospect Hill
cemetery, when talking
IN n. writar for THE REE-
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-21

A New York Journal reporter assisted at
a feast the other day that for oddity outdoes
anything in line of feasts it has ever been
mis- good fortune to enjoy. He ate an omelet
which was cooked by simply lying in a fry
ing-pan under which a mans breath was
blown, nor was the meal confined to the
omelet by any means; there was some nice
buckwheat cakes, done to a turn, and some
palatable coffee and lamb chops, as we'll as
other things. The person who provided and
cooked the meal is one of the most astonish-
ing men in New York. His stomach is
well of natural gas, with constant flow by
day and night, and with every probability
that il will continue flowing until he organ
ICES gas company. One thing is sure, the
gas is at present being constantly generated.
The owner of this remarkable stomach is
Spanish gentleman, Senor Barnello by
name, and it Is funny thing to see him 90
up to a street lamp post and ignite the gas by
simply blowing his flaming breath upon it; (;
for all he has to do at any time is to apply
match to his breath to set the breath on
fire. He did it several times yesterday, and
at half-past 3 o'clock in the evening he lit
every gas jet in Doris big Eighth Avenue
museum; but that feat he will do every
evening for the week. He will enter a dark
ened room, place gas jet, say sixteen inches
long, between his lips, blow his breath
through it, touch n match to the breath and
become gas fixture instanter lie says he
can not account for this wonderful flaming
business of his, and that he does it Just as
naturally as he walks. He protests that he
has no trouble in lighting and heating.his
apartments, and as for his cooking he can
manage that like a chef.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21

If it be true, as some say, that ex-
Speaker Carlisle's health is broken, the
democrats in the next session of con-
gress will be somewhat crippled by
lack of aUle leaders. In the last two
years they have suffered the loss by
death of some of their best men. Town
shend of Illinois, Burnes of Missouri
and Cox of New York among the ablest
men OH the democratic side of the
house, all passed away inside of a year.
Randallis shelyed by broken health,
Mills has bad stomach that crippies
his energies, and Carlisle, the ablest of
them all, is said to be almost a physi-
cal wreck. There remain fit for the ac-
tive work of leadership on the demo-
cratic side, Wilson of West Virginia.
Bynum of Indiana, Springer of Illi-
nois, the breckenridge, one of Arkan-
sas and the other of Kentucky, the lat
ter the most captivating orator in
congress, and Bland of Missouri. There
are others of ability, but lacking in
experience, and capable only as good
lieutenants. III fact neither side in
the house is conspicuous for high or
ner of leadership, but the democrats
have lost more of their able men lately
than have the republicans.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21

1.-THE particularists, says Murat
Halstead, ''ave gnawing the life out of
the republican party. We fear that if
in Iowa they managed to hand the
liquor traffic exclusively over to the
express companies and drug stores
there would be a row about saleratus
bread, or crusade against pork, or
some Vegetable would have to be Sc
selected that should be abolished
through the moral grandeur of the re-
publican party. If man is desper-
ately intent to be refOrmer he can, in
high ATTITUDES, become implacably hos
tile to sweet potatoes, and fierce cru
SADIE for or against onions would come
right in play; and there would be the
republican party divided and driven
frantic on the sweet potato, saleratus
and onion issue! But this is figura-
tive. The next thing really to be ap.
pretended is not the use of brandy in
the manufacture of mince pies, but
the morality of employing fermenta-
ton in raising bread. The immoral
ity of yeast must rise some day, and
the froth will be prodigious."
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21

The Leavenworth Republican, who
does not agree with Colonel Anthony,
is set down by him as u mugwump,
and worse than a democrat. If he ia
vors a constitutional convention, as
many, if not the most. of Leaven-
worth's leading republicans do, he is a
mugwump and whiskyite. Ifhe does
not acknowledge the political primacy
OF the colonel and do homage to him
as the local arbiter of party fortunes.
and the grand mogul of county and
city republicanism, he is a mugwump
and contumacious rebel, fit only for
Kicks and spurns and contemptuous
sneers from the colonel. Elsewhere
such conduct is called bossism.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21

THE evidence for the state in the
trial of the Cronin conspirators is
practically all in. How much more do
we know now about their guilt than
we learned at the investigation by the
grand jury? In round numbers, little
or nothing. Nothing of startling or
sensational. character has been deveI-
Oped during the trial. The evidence
adduced by the state is all of circum-
stantial character, and to the public
mind appears inconsistent with any
other theory than the guilt of the
prisoners. Yet it is doubtful If con-
viction will follow. Besides, the de-
Tense has yet to present its side of the
case, and may pile up such perjured
mass of alibi testimony from the
abundant material at its command, as
to confuse and mystify the jury. A
weak judge and a powerful defense
will probably balk justice, and bring
the culprits off free, or at worst, wear
out the case until courts and people
grow sick and tired Of it.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21

IT took the official count to deter
mine who was elected judge in the six
teenth judicial distriet-Judge Strang's
district. Auditor Timothy Mccarthy
has received an abstract of the official
vote Of the district which shows that
Vandivert, republican, was elected
by only 8 majority over Scott, independ-
emit. The district is composed of Paw
nee, Garfield, Edwards and Hodgeman
counties. Pawnee, Vandivert's own
county, went over 800 against him.
Vandivert's bibulous habits was the
secret of the opposition to his cleo
tion.-State Journal.
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AZ ABSURD CONGRESS-

The so-called Farmers Congress"
which has just ended its sessions at
Montgomery, Alabama, adopted
among others sort of semi-protective
resolution asking that while congress
maintains the policy of protective
tariff, farm products should be as fully
protected as the most favored manu-
featuring industries It also asked
for an increase of the wool tariff, es-
pecially the duty on carpet wool.
These tariff resolutions were proposed
by an Ohio man where the sentiment
for high wool tariff is very strong.
and were adopted by a big majority.
That they do not represent the SEN
timents of the American farmer res
pecting this question, is clear from
the simplest analysis of the vote cast
in the congress. y
In the first place, not half the
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21
Hypocritical Bosb.

The Topeka Capital is mad but imae-
ines that it is only righteousiy indig.
nant. 1t says fortunately Sedgwick
county is not the state of Kansas" 1
would be fortunate for the state of
Kansas had she few more Sedgwick
counties.
The Topeka Capital says that 1.-THE
republicans of this state are not pre-
pared to lay down their arms and sur
render because the democracy are vel
ling for saloons" The Eagle has been
screaming that same thing until it.
loyal old throat is raw, and what has
it amounted to? The republicans
may not be ready to lay down their
arms, but what is a deal sight worse
in civil fight they are laying down
their ballots in a way that will soon
leave no Republican party to sur
render.-Wichita Eagle.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21
A NEW AND VET Ak ON inca

The purists are now telling Wichita
that she ought to make herself respect.
able by getting rid of an undesirable
class, the men who patroniZe joints
and drink beer and whisky. If she
will do that, they say, she will have no
trouble in enforcing the law. That is
doubtless true. 1t is equally true that
if that idea were carried further, and
all who are disposed to violate any law
should be banished from society, there
would be plain sailing for those who
remained-provided always that the
hypocrites did not get the upper hand
and gobble up the Miss Nancys. But
if it is desirable that Wichita should
rid herself of her drinking population,
1T would be an equally good thing for
Kansas City as we'll, and for Chicago
and New York and London and Ger
many, wouldn't it? In all these places
the law would meet with little or no
| obstruction in its enforcement, if such
a masterpiece of reform should be car
ried out. In the case of Germany it
would practically depopulate the en-
pire, and leave Bismarck as helpless as
st. John alone on an Arctic iceberg.
But what is that, if law and order be
secured, and the use of intoxicating
beverages stopped.
| If the authorities at Wichita
have any respect for the ad-
vice of the moralists and purists of
Kansas, they will make it so Internally
hot for tipplers, tOpers, joint keepers
and frequenters. that they will flee like
rats from sinking ship, and go to
join the ''troubadours, crusaders and
mound builders" Let the angels of
wrath or the dogs of war be let loose
against Senator Bently and his result
mission gang, that the Peerless Prin-
cess may be purged of the elements
that defile and corrupt the body polite
Such is the modern idea of reform. II
Is not by any means a new one, for il
was in high favor with those patterns
of virtue, goodness and morality, Ne
70, Caligula and COmmodus who I7O(
or 1900 years ago resorted to a similar
scheme, in order to rid the common
wealth of a highly undesirable class OF
people called Christians. The latter
/ are now advocating a system, which
| their ancestors learned by hard anC
bitter experience in days that tried
mems souls, in days when tigers anC
leopards bounded in the FIavian am
, phitheater.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21


Livery man who has entered into the
reSubmission movement has but the
one idea-whisky. Not a dozen of
them could assign any other reason
for calling convention, A half a doz-
en- OF them ara good republicans who
have entered the movement in the hone
OF its benefting the republican party
and the city, but the great bulk OF
them are first for whisky. They call il
Republican" club, but this is sub
terfuge. 1t is composed almost entire
~ OF mugWumps. soreheads. and mer
who have not been republicans fol
years. The club does not represent
the better element of Leavenworth
The adoption Of the name is a COW
ardly dodge. Why don't they stanc
up like men and advocate what they
want-open saloons and free whisky
l-Leavenworth Times.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21

THE republican resubmissiOnists at
Wichita, Will organize tomorrow night
In a permanent fashion, and will go
forth to conquer, or be conquered, as
the case may be. Several hundred
names Of leading citizens were secured,
and the resubmission goose hangs high.
They say that they will press the
governor hard for an extra session Of
the legislature. That is the heighth of
folly. The sheep might just as well
invoke meeting of the wolves to Sc
cure measures favorable to themselves.
Before the meeting ended the sheep
would be inside of the wolves. So with
the resubmissionists. The last thing
in the world they should want is an ex-
ira session.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21

SULLIVAN says that he is ready to
fight the Australian negro, Pete Jack
son, for $4,000. Some time ago, when
John was flush, and wanted to go to
congress, he declared that he would
fight no more. Now that he is finan-
Cially on the fiat of bis back, he is
ready for another go DIT any man who
will face him. To find one, is going to
be the problem. Unless Jackson will
do SO, there will probably be no match.
The sluggers are all afraid of the big
fellow.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21
Munger-WbeeIer system.

CHICAGO, Nov. 16.-A large deposit
said to exceed 500, 900 has passed from
buyer to seller practically closing the
sale of the Munger Wheeler system of
elevators. The purchasing corporation
is the city of Chicago Elevator COM
pany, limited, of London. OF this
company Henry Ashe, president of TIE
London corn exchange, is chairman OF
the English board of directors, the di-
rectory containing many well known
names. The firm is represented in
Chicago by a board of directors com
prising well known men. The capital
stock of the company is 400 900 pounds.
The Munger Wheeler elevators have a
capacity of 6,4O0 900 bushels. Eight
houses are included all within the cor
porate limits of Chicago. All except
two are owned by the company oper-
ating them. The exceptions stand on
leased ground.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21
sympathy with Charles stewart Parnell.

NEW YORK. Nov. 16.-A special from
Bordentown, New Jersey, to tue Her
aid says: While Charles Stewart Par
nell is fighting Ireland's enemies in
England his aged and infirm mother is
fighting starvation in New Jersey. The
misfortunes that have followed Mrs.
Della Parnel for many years have cul-
minated at last in this, that she is alone
penniless and actually destitute of the
necessities of life. She now has little
more than q roof to shelter her. Un-
less something is done tor her relief,
she will not have that two weeks hence.
Mrs. Parnell lives alone at Iron Sides
the estate of her father Commodore
Stewart. Mr.. Parnell, of course knows
nothing of his mothers situation. She
will not permit him to know it. She
thinks he has about all the cross he can
stand noSE. The information that her
friends have Of him Is that the enor-
NOUS expenses of the London Times
trial and the Parliamentary work have
left Mr.. Parnell almost as poor as his
mother. They have reports of the rigid
economies he is said to be practicing in
consequence.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21

Now by the beard of the prophet
this is too much. When a lot of dis
gruntled republicans in his own state
of Indiana burn the president in effigy,
as was done at Jeffersonville in that
state night or two ago, it is time for
the democrats of that state to protest
in the name of decency. Indiana has
been given far more than her share of
good things, and her appetite only
grows by what it feeds on. Did such
a greedy, hungry and voracious gang
ever before assemble at the flesh pots?
No. Never.
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Jobn p. 81. John interviewed.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 16.-Ex-Gover.
nor John P. st. John was in the city
this morning on his way home to
Olathe, Kansas, from the Massacbu-
sets campaign. In an interview he
said that prohibition had made decided
gains in Massachusetts and that the
party was not discouraged over the re-
suit of the recent elections in Iowa
and Ohio, he ascribed the apparent
change of sentiment in those states to
the tariff and said that the farmers of
the west were becoming more united
against the tariff as laid down by the re-
publican party and that they could not
longer be expected to support its meas
ures. The republicans in Iowa. he
commended. were traitors to prohibition,
which they never supported with any
zeal. He did not think that the resub-
mission measure was growing in Kan
sas. and had no idea that the legisIa-
ture would dare to adopt it. He
thought it possible that a constitution
al convention would be called TO submit
resubmission to vote Of the people,
but it would not be carried. Mr.. st.
John will stump Nebraska this winter
in the interest Of the prohibition
cause.