Omaha daily bee., 1890-12-07
A fine line Of Ladies'
Silk Mufflers.
For Christmas.

talked to number of ladies and gentlemen
through an Interpreter. He did not think
there was any one present who understood
the Sioux language except himself and the
interpreter and he kept guying the ladies,
and saying all sorts of mean things about the
people in Sioux to the interpreter, who
translated his denunciations into compli-
ments. Red Cloud understood some English,
and he had no idea of insulting the whites.
There was perfect understanding between
him and the interpreter and he was saying
the mean things for fun, supposing that only
the interpreter understood him. Major Noah
waited until after the rest Of the party had
gone and then with a smile asked Red Cloud
how he liked Washington, using the Sioux
language. Red Cloud started back in sur
prise, and when he found that Noah had
heard his whole harangue, he was very much
annoy ed and begged him not to tell any one
of it.
SIOUX CHEsTERFIELD.
'There Is no finer Indian in the United
States" said Judge Noah, ethan the full.
blooded Sioux. l remember the impression
one Of them made on the famous Tom Mar
shall OF Kentucky when he visited st. Paul
in 1851. The town then had only one street
and Marshall came into it on one of his pro-
tracted sprees which by this time had become
more or less chronic The day after he ar
rived he came into the hotel and told me that
he had met the most cOurtly specimen of saw
age politeness that he had ever seen Said
and when this magnificent savage came
towards me with the free stride of his race
his blanket thrown back over his shoulder
his form erect, and his AIR that of prince,
was so profoundly impressed that 1 took off
my hat and bowed low in salutation before
him. He started back as l did so and then
as / rose, with a most graceful sweep of his
hand. he made me profound bow and offered
me his hand. l took it and felt myself so
honored by the con tact that could not resist
a nv
before left him. 1T is needless to say,n
concluded Judge Noah, 'that Tom Marshall
was not overly sober at the time"
DIR. KOCH AT WASHINGTON
Tho experiments of Dr. Koch in Berlin are
creating considerable talk among the states
men at Washington. A great deal of skep-
ticism is expressed as to the success of the
learned DOCTOR and do not find that the ma
jority Of the public men here have very
high opinion Of the medical profession. One
senator who comes from western state and
who wears two pair of glasses gave an ex-
perience that he had lately with famous
New York oculist one of the most noted men
in his line III tile country. Said he:
81 let this man treat my eyes ana he did
me great deal OF good, and showed such a
knowledge of the eye that / was truly amaz-
ed and during the examination / said ::
Doctor, you have wonderful knowledge Of
the human eye and am really glad to know
you' Yes he replied, do know some
thing about the eye now, but you must re-
member that spoiled about two bushels of
eyes before became acquainted with 1t and
learned how to treat it, This settled me,
and thanked the Lord that had not gotten
in on the first bushel. Think of it!,
SENATOR MANDERsoN's STORY.
"Yes," said Senator Henderson, who was
listening to the above, IL prefer an old doc
tor to young one every time. But gray
hairs are by no means sign OF medical wis
dom. found this out when was young
man practising at the bar in Ohio A murder
case was being tried and the Hon. John Nc
Sweeny, then the most noted lawyer in Ohio,
was the attorney for the murderer The
circumstances Of the crime was that this man
had quarreled with his friend and in the af-
fray which ensued had stabbed him with a
knife. McSweeny's line of defense was that it
was the doctor VINO had dressed the wound and
not the stab which had killed the man. This
doctor was an old gray haired quack OF note
He had put plaster right over the
woundand McSweeny showed in his argument
that this plaster had confined the pus and
| brought on blood poisoning. He examined
| the grayhaired physician before he made the
| argument and the doctor had no idea of his
| line OF defense. He wanted, you know, TO
| show the mans ignorance, and he did il
! effectually. He asked him a number OF ques-
tions, To which the man pompously replied.
| lie referred TO his large practice, spoke Of the
| wound, and then asked him If he had not per-
| formed the post-mortem examination on
| which the charge of murder was found. The
! doctor replied that he had. you are accus-
toned " periormin9 postmortem cxamina-