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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-12-26
SOCIAL AND PERSONALS
EoSooc0ooceooocooOe0eS
Porn, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Curtice, a

Porn, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Curtice, a
girl.
"Uni" students say our Three "Beauts''
are elegant. Lincoln Coal Co, 1906 o.
Mrs. Albinus Nance gave a pretty
luncheon on Thursday for Miss Mar
garet Baird. Toe decorations were OF
violets and maiden hair ferns. Those
present were Misses Baird. Slaughter,
Nance. Becker and RICHTER -Mesdames
c. n. Baird. Brad ID. Slaughter, Charles
Ii. Morrill,. r. b. RICHTER.
The Model Restaurant is an excellent
place for family board 1t is also ex-
cellently situated for persons spending a
day in The city. Ladies while shopping
can find no better place for luncheon
Meals ID cents, Sunday dinner % cents.
Tickets 50. BIG South Twelfth. Soup
served from s to 10 p. m.
The Santa Claus who has been work
ing for Herpolsheimer sent over
these two letters asking for inform alton
concerning the writers. He said that
he bought the letters were spurious
and wanted to know if there were any
children by the name of Ernie Hough-
ton and Harry Minor? He sail he
knew two tender youths by that name
but he thought they knew how to spell.
LINCOLN, December IL, 1886.
DEER SANITY KLAUs:-I no you are a
gud Sanity Klaus and want little doll
with blu eys and yellow hare like Ernie
Houghton's, gud by Sanity,
HARRY N.
LINCOLN, December IL, 1896.
DERE SANDY CLAws:-I ben tn see my
grammar and | did not git to send my
letter vary soon but if you got enything
left why want tn git my order in. /
hav ben good boy and havnt smoked
eny cigarets since Yesterday and amt
tyd eny kans to fidos tale neither. Ye
nedent bring Sid White eny present cos
he called me nauty name. | don't
spect mulch this yere cos paw says WI
are awful hardup. Our chimly amt
very big so CESS yer better cum thru
the selar window. bring me niger boy
doll and lots of handy. my stockin amt
vary big so l will heng up my sister
annies boomers, so don't git shared but
just fill them full of gud things. gud by
gud sandy claws don't forgit ERNIE II.
Try Lincoln Coal Co. "Beaut's, 1206 D
G. NJ. Lambertson left last Saturday
to join his wife in a visit with reIa-
tives in Southport, Conn.
Last Saturday evening Miss Alice
Slaughter delightfully."- entertained few
friends at her home with cards and
dancing. Those present were Miss We'll
Ter. of Omaha, Mrs. Gamble of Victor,
Colo, Mrs. Gilmore of Elk Point, S. d.,
Miss Hollowbush and Miss Farwell;
Messrs. W. E. Valentine, Fred White.
John Farwell. Frank Cowdery, Ernest
Haughton and Joe Mallalieu.
A very pleasant musical evening in
honor Of Miss Gaylord was enjoyed on
Monday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Plank by the following people: Miss
Minnie Gaylord of Buffalo. n. Y, Miss
Maud Oakley, Mr.. c. w. Kettering and
DIR. Tyndale Each one in this circle
of artists contributed to the delights of
the evening.
The second floor OF the Harris block.
l134 n street, has been fitted up for a
dancing hall. The floor has received
the attention OF experts. 1t is OF hard
woo5 and the hoard, are laid parallel
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mate the age of the man. His years
were better reckoned by the marking
of time all over him. His every joint
was almost as stiff as in death. No
fluid fabricated their articulating sur
faces. The occipital joint was rigid,
all the vertebrate had cemented togeth-
er, forming the spine in one rigid
curve. Every rib of the sternum could
be seen, shrunk in their once gelatinous
sockets, now ossified, cemented beyond
movement. The skin stretched over
these bones like a stiffened veil The
kull had shrunk but little. Above the
pelvis the shoulders only showed any
indication of articulation and with
some effort they were moved, the arms
barely raising an inch. These were
rigid, curved inward, the phalanges of
the hands being in the same curve.
clasped over each other. They formed
a complete osseous bow from shoulder
to shoulder. The jaw was but slightly
movable on its pivot; it had fallen low
down and remained a little open al
ways. L opened the mouth little wild
err. l looked inside. 1t was white;
white gums, white tongue; bloodless.
His upper teeth had worn away, but
the lower still remained, ground down
level with the gums. The face hung
in wrinkles and lobed. 1t is thus in old
people always. The ear. of peculiar
length, equal to my Faber intact, stood
out from the skull. the cartilage form
ing the outer part of the auditory canal
showing like a tube for half an inch.
The nose was heavy, the lips also, and
they folded over each other, small
white hairs grew on the chin and lips
In old age these Indians neglect to
pluck their boards. Deep wrinkles
marked out the forehead in mosaics OF
skin, two deep folds leading to the Sc
ries from the top of the nasal bones
The eyes, as already said, were sight
less. Two small horny orbs protruded
from the hollow socket just enough to
catch the light. That was all. 1t was
horrible.
They fed him on clans and salmon, |
boiled soft, and other food in the form
of soup. They had done so for 20 years
they said. And they would do until
he died. 1t is q good bargain for them !
If he does not die before they can sell /
his land. allotted to him by the govern
ment. If he does die. then perhaps they /
can sell him to the anthorpologists.
l found in Ywo-kanum an important |
study. ] had long disputed the age of |
natives on this coast. In him l prob |
ably found the oldest human being in /
the world,
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OLDEST MAN 0NEARTH
He Is Old Chief QwO-ka-num of the
Skiqwamish Tribe on Puget Sound.
NEARLY 200 YEARS OLD
Our Artist Interviews and Sketches
a Living Dead Man. Whose Mem
DRY Runs Back Beyond 1850 and
Who Looks Like a Mummy.

Copyright. 1896. by Bachelor. Johnson &
Bacheller).
One with a band of Indians who pad
die in their canoes about the waters Of
Western Washington and camp here or
there as best their fancy pleases. lives
an aged chief who claims to be the old
est man on earth to-day. He is the
chief of the Skikwam-ish tribe of the
river of that name which heads in
canyon of the Cascades and flows into
Puget sound, and he is called Qwo-ka-
mum. This wonderful type of age, for
such a study he is, as / shall describe
is known to all the natives of the coast
as the oldest man among them, and
they have grown almost to believe him
never-dying, so great is the age of
this chief Old men of different tribes
have told me they could remember him
when they were young boys. And he
was old then. / had heard of him often
and the description of his strange ap-
pearance made me long to see him.
They said he was born many years be-
fore the white man came; that he was
wise man who knew everything. They
were superstitious about him, and
thought him a great medicine man.
But the life he had lead, first in one
part of the country then another,
roaming from shore to shore as these
conoe Indians do. prevented my seeing
him until in July last chance gave me
the opportunity l had wished for, and
beheld this astounding wonder of time.
a being OF age that words cannot de-
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scribe, such a withered thing as YOU
see when you read of Rider Haggard's
beautiful imaginary She" writing i'm
the agencies OF death, two thousand
years old.
had glided on the tide out of SAL
mon bay. a snug inlet OF that sea of
glory, Puget sound. and where now sits
the largest shingle mandatory I'm tbe
world, Ballard. Salmon bay owes it's
name TO the fact that thousands Of
salmon at one time crowded its chan.
nels during the running season. II
was then fishcrman's paradise and
Is now an ideal Il herman's cove -
SHORES being lined with the quaint s7Irs
anu craft or Greek, Danv. Austrian and
American fishermen. who like nigbt
hawks move out in the dark. casting
their nets for the salmon. herring. hail.
put OF smelt that school in large num-
peTs IN the waters OF Puget sound For
a mile or two / poled north. whom in
the distance l saw the sign of an In
s uldh camp-smoke. / wanted pencil
hhss OF aborigines. so ] poled ahead
me camp was on a barren dune Of
saho' close TO the waters edge. and as
1 ran my canoe over the surf its nose
iahoed almost in the middle of the no.
madic establishment. \ band of Fiat
head INDIANS was a common sight In
see out there were Few unioue stu-
ules mere. Some Of the women wore
earrings OF shells tied with strina
through large holes ripped ihqv had
not ben at all careful in their operationl
in their ears. one of the men had "a
new feature, very much nattenad
nose. He said il was natural horn
one had very yellow skin. ] told him
he was japanese and he LAUGHED I
sketched several curious items. amop,-
them blind woman She was very
old
odd squaw is the fifteenth wife Of
old man Qwokanum." they said.
"Quokanum, - wives, I exclafrn-
ed. I know, Where is old CHIEF oWo-
kanum?"
They led me 10 a small sand bean
back bit from the shore. and there I
saw him Cor it he looked more like
a corpse lying on his side. doubled IN
/ cannot clearly express il otherwise
like two-fOot rule. He was the oldest
Indian, the oldest human being. 1 ever
saw.
rs this Qwokanum 90 / asked.
"Ye. Old Chief Qwokauum. oldest
man on earth. All Indians know him
Spirit never die. 1 thought So too. IL
seemed 70 be some antique carved
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great warrior in his day. He did not
weigh 80 pounds now.
viii the old man answer uuestions?'
1t took some minutes before they made
MIN understand, and out of his with
cred body, vibrating with the effort.
came the reply in the rough cultural
eNplodent of the Tsihalis tongue. He
nhed the good white men to see him.
He fought for the white man. over the
trail, the Sn'hamish trail at Yakama.
That was in the forties Did he re-
member the first white man. the first
big ship that came? 1t was several
minutes before he answered. He had
slept meanwhile l was patient. At last
II came, and / listened anxiously as he
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thing: the ghoul of a medicine man.
He might dispute years with Methusa-
leh. A fold Of a blanket was thrown
partly over him: a torn and dirty shirt
covered his body. That was all his
dress a queer garb for so celebrated
a chief. lie was half buried in the hot
sand, and he stared upwards directly
at the sun. The sun gave him life, but
no sight. He was blind. Never had
looked upon such an awful picture OF
age A shaggy main of iron gray hair
curving in large rings, covered his head
and fell over a face that looked more
like a mask than a face. The bail ar
the eye had sunk in the socket. HIS
body seemed shrunk to bones, over
which was stretched a skin. The feet
and hands looked like knot growths,
such as we see on old oaks, and were
grewsomely ornamented by thick over
grown nails. They were claws. He
did not move. Once in a while slight
inspiration, but no visible trace OF eX-
piration. He seemed to be thing OF
constant sleep.
How old is hep"
@Oh, maybe $50 years. Maybe more.
Very old man. He know everything.
Very old man.
l murmured my assent to this idea.
But was he not more than century
and a half? IT required little stretch or
Imagination to believe him a medieval
man; fossil by a miracle, revived. He
looked ancient. not old. Like some
Egyptian mummy. doubled and badly
preserved. He filled me with horrible
pathos.
/ wanted to ask him questions. had
heard that, hidden in this man was the
native history of years, perhaps CEN
turtles. Could I get it out of him. They
lifted him up, and propped him squat
ting. before me. First i measured him.
He could be placed in a box as he was
2 feet inches, 13 inches wide. OF this
height his head took IL inches. Flat
tening his skull when a child, as is the
custom of these people. IL had grown
upwards They think this beautiful. 1t
was hideous in this being. He was
shrunk together. pinched up, his head
as big almost as when 1t was in his
prime. his body no bigger than a little
boy. The head was almost half the
man. Yet they said he had been a
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faintly gasped or coughed the words
ont of his shaking body.
Yes. lie saw the first big ship. He
remembered the first powder. the voice
Of the Dokwbutl. the great splrit who
sent the big canoe from the Afc-mil-
asilla-hee. the country II the gods
Mentally ] calculated: Heceta came
lal5; Cook. 171S: Hare. 1859. Ouimpur
1870. How old was this man that could
secretly whisper. whose parched lungs
could hardly breathe when he padded
10 the long boats Of Nancouver's lieu
tenant, Puget, exploring this then un-
known inlct2 or when he ran AZ
frighted from the galleon Of Hecetap
Al that time a piece OF iron as large as
the finger was worth two slaves The
trails II the Sn'hamish and Matches
over the Cascelcs were roads OF COM
merce. The westerners traded slaves.
baikwa, kamas, dried CLANS. and the
easteruers mountain sleeps wool. por-
cuplne quilts. embroidery. Then the
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ose-boring Makah of Flatterv made
annual war on the Tsemakum, and the
Tsemakum warred on the Sn'hanish
These things are forgotten now.
/ asked the old man did he go to the
council on the Tsihalis. This was AL
most so years ago.
No. He was too old then. His son
Patkanum was there. / asked him
many other questions, but the strain
was too heavy for him. He lived onIv
i'm sleep. From the meager inforn,a-
tion i could get out of him, however r
satisfied myself he was a chief before
the natives possessed iron to point their
arrows. This gave me a decided cline
He was at any rate 40 to 160 years OF
age.
But figures did not suffice me TO esti-
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etbooks under a mattress for safe keep
ing. afterward carefully smoothing the
bed down, can be numbered by the
thousands. This method is a favorite
one among the Italians. The pocket OF
an old dress that hangs in an uncon-
cealed way in a closet is regarded by
many women as one OF the SafeSt places
Imaginable for spare rings, Droocnes
and bracelets, and even for a pocket
book. old shoes, standing in their
proper place directly alongside of new
ones, are likewise much esteemed, for
a great deal can be showed down into
their toes without giving the slightest
evidence of the value therein.
Just why a knotted handkerchief
should be considered a safer place than
an ordinary pocketbook for the carry
ing of money is not apparent. but, new
ertheless, a good many elderly women
have made use of this all their lives.
An up-country woman once received
$50 from her husband, and calmly tied
the money up in her handkerchief,
placed the handkerchief under her pill
low and slept the sleep of the just. The
next morning she forgot all about IL.
and II was not until the middle of the
day that she recollected II. Then, in a
fit of wild excitement. she hunted high
and low for the handkerchief. and 1t
was not until an hour or two after that
she learned from her housemaid that.
found under her pillow, the handker-
chief was gone into the clothes hamper
II was found there with the knot still
In II and the money safe. Nine out of
ten women travelling carry their money
and their Jewels i'm n little channels case
or wrapped in a bit of linen in their
corsets. Instances have been known
where a tourist about to take a train
has been obliged suddenly TO retire
into a recess of the waiting room to
extract her railroad ticket from its
hiding place.
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HOW PEOPLE HIDE MONEY.
Wealth Often Conc aled In Bibles, Tea
Caddies AID Sugar bowls.

0acd1es az sugar bowis.
From the Washington Star.
A favorite hiding place for money,
especially for bills OF large denomina-
tions, has always been the large fam
lily Bible and the unabridged diction-
airy. This is still common in rural
places. So is the practice of sticking
money under the corner of a carpet,
particularly under some large piece of
furniture. This is a method that has
much to commend it. Tea caddies and
sugar bowls make excellent temporary
safes. Another hiding place is the old
fashioned country clock, which is al
most historic as a spot for tucking
away little bundles of valuables An
old Long Island tradition was that the
old clock, outside of its value as
timepiece, was particularly useful as
receptacle for three articles very much
needed in the household-quinine. rat
poison and money. The only trouble
with the clock was that too many petty
thieves knew about it, But the good
housewives of the old time never
thought of that.
1t is safe to say that the number of
women who put away jewelry in pock-
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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-11-21


Eastern tourists VINO cannot dlfef.
ontiate between n California stage
driver and an eastern coachman meet
with a rude shock In the Wild and
woolly west. and they soon learn that
the Californian Is knight Of the rein
several grades higher In the social
scale than The mental OF the east.
There Is an old driver at Monterey
who Is determined that his patrons
shall make no mistake concerning his
exact status. and IN a quiet way he
checks all attempts 10 make a servant
Of him. A short time ago he vas drlv.
Ing a party Of tourists about when ono
querulous old lady who had annoyed
him not a little by her air OF superb
GRITTY. asked:
MY man, do you know the name Of
that wild nowor?"
Yep" he replied. and ficked one o.
his leaders with his whip.
She paused a moment for him "a
give the name. but he merely clucked
TO the whCe,ers.
Driver. DO you know the name o.
that fowerg" she repeated. in an Inn
perious tone,
Yep; get up there. Ballyr'
Again she waited and again demand.
ed.
Man. don't you know the name @.
that ilowerg"
yep; Elong there, Peter
"Thon why dent you tell meg"
"oh. YOU want 20 know. too. DO you
That's wild rose. San Francisco
Pest
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-11-21
WRENCHED HIS BACK
And Ezurt Himself internally.
Rheumatism and Creeping Paralysis Followed, aa Eir caiS
bury Suffered for a Long Timc-Roci cclzc Ct
Last in the Use CT PINK pills.
IRON ne Tim,,, Esis Pr

on the ground Tlc picked 4 ~. and rs eys
accidentally read e. article which said Use
.'Pink Pills. for rheumatism. unprecedented
% the hood. &c. Il he1an thinking that
ihcy might % me good" sald Mr. salisbury.
Hald acco.tia-'g ! went f0 Do. nafcnpor's
drug store 40 Albion "a. SIX miles from ny
home and plrltsel three boxes Twenty.
four hour after taklng the lni phi ] could
feel The eject clear % the ends cf nay lngcu
and relief came 81 once.
II co1ilanel using Plnk Pills and bczan
gcifing stronger. and to-day ] an feeling very
well. Ny backnche does not bother me a. AT,
and ] can walk a. good a. anyone 81 my age.
The numhncss has disappeared cailrcly. Be
fore i1kiag Pink Pulls / vas unable TO 90 The
work on ny farm. bat nov ! can handle Tie
farm As wei a. ever could. and nitriluie ll
ali 20 the use Of Dr. Williams Pink Pills
without hcsitancy ! recommend Pink Pills
for rheumatism ani ail diseases % the blood.
The pills are the best I have ever known. and
a number OF people who noticed my condition
were surprised Al the effect OF Pink Pulls. Too
much cannot BE- said % then.H
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, IN a Gun
denscd form. an the elements necessary %
give new life and richness % the blood and
restore shattered nerves They ara also q
specific for troubles peculiar 90 females. such
a. supprcSflons. irregularities and al forms Of
weakness. In men .hey effect a radiealcurc
In all clr,s arising from mental worry, over
work OF excuses OF Whatever nature Pax
Pills are sold IN boxes never N loose huikl
a 30 cents a box or six boxes Tor e. 70. and
may he had Of 81 druggists. or direct by mail
from Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Seize.
neciady, \. Y.
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on A bright September morning q reporter
Of the Erie Daily Time drove up 70 the coy
residence Of Luther Salisbury. about three
niles from East Springfield, Pa, and one half
mile frou s.rrman Corners. Mr.. Salisbury
vas At home hoy aclousiy received the re-
porter, Jed hi 20 q cory fltting room, and
begged him t4be seated. Mr. Salisbury a O.
Fcnrs Of age, with long. snowy white beard.
and steady walk. lie was horn In ConnCaut
Township, about nine miles from where be
lou resides and u one OF the best known
farmers IN that section Of the country. A. the
age Of u be moved 10 lndiana with his par
euia
Mr. Salisbury was always VEN healthy MAJ.
and never knew what u was 10 BE- sick. After
living Ia Indians ahodf fifteen years. he. with
be aged mother. moved hack 10 their former
homo. About toyen years AGO Mn. Salisbury
had the misfortune 10 fail and break her hip.
Luther, who Witnessed the iail from the porch.
ran 10 her assistance, and lining her gently
carried her 20 the house In some manncl be
wrcnchcd biz back, and hurt himself inter
nally. causing rheumatism 10 set IN. lie did
not pay any attention 10 ID until about slx
months Afterwards. when be noticed peculiar
feeling between bis shoulders. and the shout.
der blades became very numh. Tie went % sct
q physician aud was Informed be had what j.
knoHn a. creeping paralysis lie dociorcd
about Two ycars and waS pronounced cured.
About q year sfier be quit docioring, a,
same feclln- came over him again. and hi
made up BIZ mind not 70 see . doctor, but tri
10 cAfc himself lr. Salisbury was away
I fond Of fishing, and while on the way 90 ~
iayorite pond be uotccd g newspaper lyini
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Bonnin Pasha. the chief Of the Sui
tan's private police h a plump. thick
set. square headed Frenchman, hail
Ing from Rouflae. In the Charento. AT
the axe OF 50 he left the army 70 be-
come an inspector Al the prefecture In
Paris. and eight years later. Ia 1854.
vas put at the disposition OF NJ. dc
Moniebeilo. then French ambassador
at the Sublime Porte. Abdul Hamid
took n fancy to him. and desired him
10 organize a detective force for ser
vice about the palace. A corps Of
bludge0n men was the result. and their
tactics much surprised the Partisan
agent. soudals. few years ago. when
he invited help IN arreslng a nOto-
rious swindler. Tapping at the male
factors door. the Turkish Official felled
10 earth the servant who opened Il.
and the party proceeded through the
house. knocking insensible everybody
they met. Soudais was buslly engaged
IN snccoring the wounded. while Bon
min collared the real criminal. Bonnin
has a comfortable house IN Pera. and
his wife. as court dressmaker. has
considerably increased his savIngs,
which quite justify him In contemplai.
ing retirement