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Omaha daily bee., 1893-06-04

MAsoNvlLLE, Mich, June B Mrs O'Leary,
who for nearly twenty-five years has been
waiting for Chicago 10 give her pension,
has at last secured s. per month and $500
arrears from Uncle Sam, on account OF Mr.
OLeary having fought in the rebellion. She
is the woman that owned the COW that
kicked over the lamp that started the ire
that burned Chicago in 1871. She has been
a respected resident of this place for many
years.
Movements of Ocean Steamers June y.
AT Liverpool - Arrived - Lancasterian,
from Boston, Anglo. aan, from Boston.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-06-04


Just before the west wall of the Shiverick
building fell there were six walters and bar
tenders at work in Ed Maurer's restaurant
all UNCONSCIOUS of the terrible fate that
menaced them. "Spud" Parrish, secretary
of the chief of the fire department, was
the wall begin to tremblessl He dashed into
the building and exh0fted the walters to fly
for their lives, They1obeged and had only
made their exit when the Maurer building
was buried under masS OF brick and tim
ber. Mr.. Parrish wastthe last TO leave and
narrowly escaped losing his life in his efforts
to save the OF tcIpantslnf 6he building.
When the new Halo mater tower on its
trucks was brought rapid}y down Farnam
street it was hailed with a chorus of deafen-
ing cheers. 1t was the first time the tower
had been brought out TO a fire Everybody
was anxious to see its work. 1t did effective
service. 1t was stationed in the center of
Farnam street, diree1lyj in front of the
Shiverick building. tDur lines of hose were
run up the tower TheBtpeams were brought
TO play upon the secapd, third and fourth
stories and the roof, ana We're we'll directed.
The fact that the telephone wires were
rendered imperative by the storm, made it
almost impossible TO secure the services of
physicians for the injured men. Mayor Bemis
and other citizens rushed to neigh boring tel
ephones to summon surgeons as soon as IL
was reported that fatalities had occurred,
but in most cases were unable to obtain con-
nections. Sergeant Whalen of the police
force despatched o number Of officers in diff
ferent directions to sec1re doctors
The building occupied as restaurant by
Ed Maurer was valued at 5000. The first
floor was occupied by the saloon and restaur-
ant and the second floor was divided by a
partition in the middle. The west half vas
occupied by Mr Maurer as residence and
the other side was used as ladies' dining
room AS soon as it was apparent
that the building would be destroyed MIR.
| Maurer moved his family to the Millard
hotel, where they will remain until other
| arrangements can be made Mr. Maurer
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07

TRMxRssz8 was osiginally osgani2sd
~ the state Of franklin.
TRousAxDs Of carp arc 6ounderine
In mud holes In . swamp neor Nor
walk, Conn.,. and residents Of that
place are reported to be hunting The
6sh with gunA
A RATrLEsNAK1 win not cross . hair
rope. Experienced campers, when they
fear tho rattlesnakes are around, en-
circle their camp with hair lariat q
two, snd>feel secure.
Tm city Of Philadelphia Il about 70
establish . magnificent ffee library q
. cost Of ono million dollarA It q
thought this win be tho finest library
Of the kind in the world
The number Of prisoners locked up
In fourteen Of the western and middle
states Il one hundred and ten thou
sand ave hundred and thirty-eight, and
Of this vast nj mber Of offenders but
one-sixth know how 70 read.
THH hve-pointed stdr ON the national,
nag II . woman's idea Washington
wished to adopt the six-pointed or g.
clesiaatical star. but HrA Betsy Ron,
who made tho first American daR.
allowed him how . dve-pointed star
eould be more conveniently cut
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07

There is. as rule, nothing more
lofty than the ambition of boy of
five who has looked carefully over the
whole range of human endeavor and
made up his mind what he is going to
be. A lad of that observant age known
to allof his kind as ''goin' on six' was
asked the other day if he expected to
become a lawyer like his father. ''Oh,
no." said he, with positive shake Of
his head. I'm going to be a captain
of big ship, and I'll sail out west and
lombard the Indians on the plains ''-'
Harper's Magazine for June.
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07

around the edges ofthe mouth. There
are two hundred and fifty blades ON
each side Of the upper Jaw, and they
are set SO closely ade by side that =
visiting card could with difficulty be
inserted between them. Thus the
enormous cavity of the mouth is en-
closed within vast triangular case of
baleen. the loose fibers Of the interior
forming a perfect hair sieve. This liv-
ing sieve lis of such gigantic dimen.
sions that . whaleboat fully manned
might be rowed into it without touch
ing the sides Of the mouth.
people generally know baleen only
in its commercial state, and have NO
idea what it is like in its live or natu.
raj state. 1t is then soft. flexible and
elastic, and entirely unlike the brittle
articles seen in the stores A piece Of
dried whalebone, If bent, will break at
the point Of tension, and there is NO
elasticity to it. But during the life Of
the whale baleen is absolutely unbreal-
able. 1t is veritable India rubber.
When the mouth Of the whale Il closed
the baleen blades bend backyard into
deep grooves, but as soon rs the great
sea mammoth opens its mouth they
spring forward by their own wonderful
elasticity, SO that they entirely close
the space between the upper and lower
jaws, and the bushels of little mollusks
that the whale gathers in as he skins
them from the surface into his enor-
nous mouth are held imprisoned within
the great hinged Enclosure, only the
water escaping through the hairy sieve.
"The Greenland whale is constantly
on the move, and rapid move it is, too.
A speed of twenty knots an hour through
the water, scooping up his dainty sub.
sistence, is nothing for one of these
greedy leviathans of the deep. The
most curious part Of this constant,
rapid journeying of the Greenland
whale if that it never slows up any to
feed its young, which live by sucking
the mother until the baleen begins to
appear in their upper jaws. Taking its
food and at the same time travelling at
railroad speed would be an impossible
ity with the cub whale if it depended
on leisurely style of sucking, such as
young pigs and other mammals do.
But nature has built the Greenland
whale on a different plan. The whale
mother is constructed SO that she can
give her cub its meal instantly, al
though it requires not less than gal
lon of milk to satisfy whale cubs ap-
petite. The teat of the female whale
is regular force pump. and when the
young whale, speeding along at its
mothers side through the waters, gives
notice that it is hungry, and seizes the
lacteal fount, the mother sets the force
pump in motion, and the whole supply
of milk needed by the cub is injected
instantaneously into its stomach.-N.
" Sun
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07

Nudt 1S II, idIAeT.
Nothing. want to kiss you, that's
ALL"
"Dear old father"
81 am a bear sometimes"
"Never, father. Never bear to me. -
"Sybil."
"Yes, DEAR
do the children love me?''
Eyes, father. You are little sharp
| with them sometimes
She laid her against his.
'Try to be gentle with them. They
! are children. They don't understand" "
How good you are, Sybil."
After that he moved as il he would
go ON with his work. The children had
opened the hall door and they had ad-
mitted the four winds of heaven.
''Now must be off," she said.
He never knew what impulse moved
him, but he followed her to the door,
and there he kissed her again. When
he went back to his writing table there
| were tears in his eyes
Half an hour passed. It was filed in
the study by the sound of the scratching
of pen. The vicar wrote that night a
sermon that he never preached. The
text was taken from the thirty-frst
chapter of Proverbs and the twenty
ninth verse:
"Many daughters have done virtuous-
ly, but thou excellest them all"
He heard the child>en come in and he
called to them.
"Where is your sister, dear?" he
asked of Maly.
''She sent US in because it was time
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07
THE WHALE OF GREENLAND.
Its Curious Mouth, Strange Manner of
Feeding Its Cubs.

Its Curious Mouth. Strange Manner of
Feeding Its Cubs.
"The Greenland whale never has
teeth but once, and that is when it is
born," said New Yorker who was for
merly a whaler. Those teeth are milk
teeth, and when the young whale is
weaned they do not fall out like a
baby's milk teeth, but disappear by abb
sorption in the jaw, and instead of be-
ing replaced by permanent teeth, plates
of baleen, or whalebone, are substitut-
ed for them.
''In the seas where the Greenland
whale resorts the great octopods that
form the food of the cochelot whale
can not exist, and the only inhabitants
of those waters on which the whale can
feed are of very small size, the largest
of them not exceeding an inch in length.
The cochelot whale would starve to
death even in the midst of the myriads
of the animalcul9 that swim in the
Arctic seas, for its narrow lower jaw
and great teeth, set wide apart in it,
would be useless in the capture
of such small prey. Great num-
bers of those marine midgets must
necessarily be taken to nourish SO
enormous creature as the Greenland
whale. and consequently the structure
of the head must be modified as far as
concerns the portions of it which are
used in procuring of food. The skull is
exceedingly narrow and elongated, and
the cavity of the mouth enormous. The
two halves of the lower jaw, instead of
being closely pressed against each other,
as in the whale that has teeth, are
bowed sharply outward, and the roof of
the mouth is arched like the interior of
a large dome. Thus the space neces-
sary to take in an enormous quantity
of the little ANIMALS is provided. and to
inclose the prey within it the curious
formation which is commonly known
as whalebone is brought into play.
This whalebone issues from the upper
jaw in series of long, horny plates,
called blades or fakes by whalers- The
fakes are short at the angle of the jaw
and at the end of it, and long in the
middle. 1 have seen these central
flakes twelve feet long, and whales
have been taken with fakes sixteen
feet long, more than a foot
wide and two inches thick on
the back. These fakes are
shaped like the blade of a knife, grow
ing thinner as they recede from the
Jaw, the edge of the blades being
turned inward, only their backs being
visible on the outside. This whale
bone is not bone at all, but, like the
horn of the rhinoceros, is simply an ag-
gregation of hair, and if it be boiled
for sometime and then pounded with
mallct, it will become a regular tuft of
bristles. In its natural state the thin
edge of each flake, as we'll as the tip, is
naturally boken up into its component
hairs, so that it forms bristly fringe
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07

And Oysp0pola in its
worst form pulled me
down until I could not
eat or sleep and felt II 7
did not soon get relief,
1should surely die.
I began to take Hoods
Sarsaparilla, and when I
had used three bottles I
and increased from is
to $50 pounds, was able
<o ~orly aCaiu andl foIt q.
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07
BOBBY sHAFToe.
Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea,

Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea,
Silver buckles On his knee;
Hell come back some day to me-
Pretty Bobby Shaftoel''
Singing softly DER aud DER,
Echoes from the bedroom door,
Sing 1t rs sing NO more.
Sing TO Bobby Shaftoe.
In the yard the half-arown hound
Beats his tail along the ground,
Missing the accustomed sound
OF his masters calling,
For frolic in the hall.
With the skipping rope and ball;
But silence over all
Seems . shadow falling.
Lonesomely the little chair
Lingers in the corner there,
With . half expectant air.
Waiting for his coming:
And the red tin-horn lies dumb
On tho shelf beside the drum,
Waiting till the drummer come,
With his sturdy drumming.
On the yellow picture book,
Bopeep. with her shepherd crook.
Seems to stand and wait and loo
on the gaudy cover,
Wondering by what mishap
She is not upon the lap
Of chubby little chap
Pondering above her.
In the closet lie his shoes,
Worn to rusty, dusty hues.
rramping in the dust and dews
Down along the river.
Where he used to sit and dream
In the sunshine By the stream,
TIL some frightened heron's scream
Made him jump and shiver.
7ere's picture that he drew,
Hed and yellow, green and blue.
eft before it was half through, I!
Babyiand's endeavor.
;.ere's the cap he used to wear,
Tilted on his curly hair;
Eobby's things are everywhere.
Bobby's gone forever.
Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea:
Silver buckles on his knee:
He'll come back some day to me
Pretty Bobby Shaftoe."
Baby mine, where'er ye be,
Mothers prayers follow thee.
Oh! come back, my boy. to me.
Come back. Bobby Shaftoe!
< Bennett, in Cincinnati Commercial {
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07
STRANGE TYPES OF HUMANITY
New Facts and Theories ConcernIng Mys
teriOus Peoplea.

New Facts and Theories Conserving Mys.
tcrious Peoples.
There are few more interesting or
difficult subjects of scientific investiga.
tion than the origin, relations and de-
velopment of the various races of man.
Whence came the American Indians?
Whence came the Amos of Japan? Just
as we here in America find ourselves in
contact with the survivors of an an
cient people whose origin is involved
in obscurity, SO the japanese, who have
shown such remarkable aptitude for
the adoption and development of Euro
pean ideas of civilization, live neigh
bors to a savage race whose peculiari-
ties they have begun to study with keen
interest.
New facts and theories concerning
these mysterious people have recently
been set forth in Europe and America.
AS to the Amos, the conclusion has
been reached by some students that
they exhibit, to use Mr.. MacRitchie's
expression, ''unmistakable traces of a
near descent, by at least one lire of
their ancestry, from the most crude
form of humanity.".
just what the ''most crude form of
humanity was no one can yet say.
The men who dwelt in caves, and
fought for their possession with hyenas
and bears, were undoubtedly very
crude race, and yet their remains in
dicate that they were distinctively hu-
man in all their characteristics.
The supposed race. some of whose
o0ot0 1,o0 DBL
with low heads, big jaws and crooked
thighs, were crude representatives of
humanity, but no one can assert that
they were the crudest.
The studies which ethnologists are
now making of the Amos are greatly
aided by the remarkable artistic abili-
ty of the japanese, who have entered
with spirit into the investigation of the
life and peculiarities of the savages,
and whose colored sketches depict
them and their surroundings with
much vividness.
In regard to the American Indians
DR.. Ten Kate has announced the opin-
ion that they do not represent type
of mankind which can be called ex-
clusively an American type, but that
they present the characteristics of the
yellow or Mongolian race. He qualities
this, however, by declaring that he
does not mean to say that ''the Ameri-
can aborigines are Mongolians in the
strict sense of the word, or that Amer
lea has been populated from Asia
He frankly confesses that he does not
know ''where the Indians came from. +"
It seems then that there is a plenty of
room yet for investigation and discov-
cry in regard to the origin of our ''red
men," whose history is the romance OF
the western world.-Youth's Compan.
ion.
The Chinese Cook.
A lady in Hong Kong engaged .
Chinese eOok When fhA Celestial
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07
The Chinese Cook.

A lady in Hong Kong engaged .
Chinese cook. When the Celestial
came, among other things she asked
his name.
"My name," said the Chinanaan smil.
ing, lis Wang Hang Ho."
''Oh. can't remember all that" said
the lady. II will call you John"
Next morning when John came mp to
get his orders he smiled all over. and
looking inquiringly at, his mistresa
asked:
''What is your namc?"
''My name is Mrs. Melville Lang
DON"
''AIe no memble all that" said John
''Chinaman he no savey Mrs. Membe'
Landon-I call You Tommy. zss;r
Globe.
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07

H. Ce POW0Us 10 KOTK 6x8Iu UuV IVII .
thousand times better. my frleAds are
surprised to see such . change. Hoods
Sarsaparilla is o wonderful medicine. "
b. c. POWELL. Bigelow, N. Y.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-07
CON DENsED TELEGRAMs,
No important business was transacted
1y the house OF representative yesier-

No important business was transacted
by the house OF representatives, yesier-
day.
Thomas Axworthy, the deisulting
treasurer Of Cleveland, o., died in Ham
ilton, Ont, last night
R.F. Smith, a Berlin, Ala, store
keeper, was dubbed to death, and Jack
Smith (coiored) was lynched.
An effort is being made to settle the
strike OF the wooden operators in the
Rhode Island district 1t may be arbi-
trated.
The Meyers shovel factory at Beaver
Falls, Pa, has resumed, but all en-
ployes have their wages reduced from
80 to 10 per cent
The railroad coal operators have
postponed action on the matter OF cut
ting wages until after the miners con-
vention tomorrow.
The late Congressman Lilly, OF Penn
sylvania, left fortune OF 100000 to
be divided among thirteen relatives.
He loft no children.
Prendergast, Carter Harrison's assas-
sin, was placed on trial yesterday. 1t
is expected that week will be con-
sumed in getting jury.
The Lehigh strikers in many places
have rejected the terms OF settlement
made by tho arbitrators, and matters
are becoming muddled again.
Fire destroyed the building No. Is,
steam engineering and general stores,
in the navy yard at Norfolk, Va 1t is
thought the loss will reach $250,000.
Application was made in Pittsburgh
yesterday for a receivership for the iron
and steel firm Of William Clark's Sons 4
Co. Elizabeth y. Clark is the plaintiff
Turner Hall in Allegheny burned last
night Mrs. Carl Beuutnghof and her
daughter Emma, aged i've years, lost
their lives. Edward and Carl Bsnning-
hofi, jr., were injured.
Democratic congressman who are dis.
satisfied with the tariff bill are en-
deavoring to get caucus. The admin
istration forces are opposing the prop
osition.
Governor Waite, Of Colorado, has
been warned that he will be kidnapped
by Canon City people. The feeling is
strong against him for removing a pri-
son warden.
At the Presbyterian convention on
the relations Of the church and its semi.
naries at Pittsburgh plans by which
the church can get control OF all semi
nary property we're discussed.
George ]. Gould states. in regard to
the auiL for $4,000 brought against him
By Mrs. Zella Nicholas for appropriate
ing check which he had previously
given her, that it is a blackmsiling
scheme. Mrs. Nicholas lawyers say
| they eau prove her allegation. j,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-07
p1sTRIcr y. p. $. Q. e.


Tho Convention at ClnrksburG Largely
Attended-A Pleasant Session.
Special Dispaicl 10 tls InteliJAer.
CIARKsBuRa, W. Va, Dec. 6.-The
first convention OF the Christian En-
deavOr Society of Clarksburg district
has been in session in the Baptist
church in this city since last evening.
This district consists OF Harrison, Dodd-
ridge, Lewis, Upshur, Braxton and
Webster counties, and the different
local societies in these counties are
represented by delegates to the number
OF about sixty At last nights session
Prof. L ]. Corbley delivered an eto.
quent address Of welcome, which was
responded to by Rev. $, II. Doyle, Of
MoundsVille, and others. Rev. j. /.
Huffman, Of Salem, gave an earnest talk
on the pledge, and Rev. $. II. Doyle,
president OF the state Christian En-
deavor Union, addressed the conven-
ton on danger Signals" After the
appointment OF committee on perma.
nent organization, and one on resolu-
lions, the convention adjourned.
This morning sunrise prayer meet
ing, conducted by Miss LYDIA jenkins,
was largely attended. AT the morning
session devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by ]. G. jackson, Of Jane Lew,
after which the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Prest-
dent, Rev. O. NJ. Thompson, Olarks-
burg; vice presidents, Miss Gail Jetfers,
Salem; Rev. W. L. Burdick, Jane Lew;
NJ. 7. Smith, Jane Lew; Misses Amy
Keesey and Eta McKeehau, Clarks-
burg; corresponding secretary and
treasurer, II. d. BouehReF. ClaFksbpEg;
recording secretary, Miss LYDIA jenkins.
Reports from the various societies were
then read, which showed the society to
be in fiourishing condition in this
district. In the afternoon the junior
work was postponed until o'clock to
enable the teachers OF the public schools
to be present. Reports of committees
and routine work occupied the rest Of
the afternoon.
The night session opened with song
and prayer service, led by Miss Anna
Dunn, Of the Clarksburg public school.
Prof. W. NJ. Blair, Of Salem College,
read an interesting paper on the Bible
in the work, Rev. Huffman spoke on
interdeuominational fellowship, and
Rev. Thompson spoke on individual
conservation. A conservation meeting
led by the president closed the exer.
cises. All the delegates go to their
homes feeling that the convention was
a great success.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-07
WILSON GETS NINE YEARS.
Tho Jury Brings in a Verdict of Guilty o
Granddaughter.

IhO Jury brings IN Y NoEulut oA NuA1S VI
nIanslaughtor.
The jury in the William Wilson muir
der case, on trial at St Clairsville, was
not out very long.
About four o'clock yesterday morning
Francis Boggs, the foreman, notified the
sheriff that the Jury had agreed on q
verdict. Judge briggs was called from
the Clarendon hotel, the prisoner was
brought in and Mr.. Boggs presented a
verdict OF guilty OF manslaughter. Mr..
Shay made q motion for a new trial,
which was overruled, and the prisoner
was sentenced for nine years to the PEN
itentiary.
Tuesday evening Prosecutor Jesse W.
Hollingsworth closed the argument for
the state. In his opening remarks he
said this was the last case he was to try
for the state and he desired to perform
his duty we'll. Notwithstanding the cold
with which Mr.. Holiingsworth was af-
flIcted, he made one Of the best argu.
ments ever made in the court house and
it was surely brilliant closing Of six
years labor for his county and state.
The judges charge was long, but fair
and impartial; tho case was given tothe
Jury about o'clock. Yesterday morn
ing the counsel for defense presented
their motion for q new trial. Judge
briggs said the defendant had received
the benefit OF every doubt He did not
believe the witnesses periured them
selves because their testimony varied,
for in such crowd no two persons
would have seen the acts in the same
manner. The court also said he thought
from the testimony that the jury would
have been warranted in finding him
guilty Of murder in the second degree
as charged in the indictment. The mo-
tion for new trial was brought on sev-
erai points. but all were overrHled.
In sentencing the prisoner Judge
briggs held that Officer Westwood was
justifiable in theassault on the prisoner,
that the prisoner voluntarily got into
the trouble with the boys, the women
who were insulted not being under his
protection. He believed 1t was the
prisoners design to kill Murphy. He
then pronounced tho sentence OF nine
years, confinement in the penitentiary
at hard labor and Wilson to pay the
costs.
The defense asked the court that the
sentence be not pat into execution at
once and gave notice OF an appeal
1t was rumored that the sheriff had
received copy Of an indictment against
Wilson from Orange county, Ind.