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Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-11
Pointer from Mrs. Lnnge.

General Beaver today received letter
from Mrs, Hugo Lange of Brooklyn. who
participated in the reflef work at Montauk
Point. relating to her interview with Presi-
dent Mckinley when he visited Camp
Wikoff.
She was reported to have said to the
president that some OF the men were ear
ried out in a dying condition in order to
get rid of them"
This, she says, she did not say, but she
asked II. in passing through the wards, the
president did not notice the number OF
empty cots. He replied that he had noticed
them and she then requested him to ask why
the men were without care In the detention
and in some OF the regimenta hospitals
The letter continues:
~ will also ask you to go back OF the
conditions at the time General Wheeler ar
rived and Investigate why no preparation
was made to receive and care for our sick
and suffering soldiers. l never saw more
devoted or self-sacrifcing work under the
most trying conditions or with greater pa
thence and perseverance than that which was
exhibited by the executive officers OF Camp
Wikoff, particularly Major Heissemann
Major Browne and Major Thomassen. The
sanitary condition OF the general hospital
was appalling until the general police work
was taken up by Lieutenant Durfee of the
Second engineers"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-11
A TEXAS STEER

Katie Putnam. specially engaged as
"Bossy." VIII H. Bray '"The Minister to
Dahomey." Herbert E. Sears as Maverick
Brander.'' The original Bison City Quar-
tette, and the famous New York Company,
from Hoyt's Madison Square Theater.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-11

D.,, are the only pills 70 take
IlOOu fiiiS with Hoods sarsaparillA-
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
New I,vcln Gnrnn-

Aftor nany experiments q really In- teresung and practical game 10. be played by men and ', oI4cu mounted Ca bicycles has been evolved. It is called "Royar' and meets with great favor at all cycling centerS. The game re- quireS two teams of nine riders each, two judges, a timekeeper, a scorekeep- CT and a referee. The field or court upon which it is played is divided into q right and left field Riding courses are chalked out indicating the field. The cables form two upright sides. An alleyway constructed of cables extends from the upper to the lower field on the division line, between the right and left field. The cables form two upright sides, between which they play wheel rolls, and is driven backward or for ward by the riders in passing at any point between the lower and upper field. This play wheel is q single twen- ty-eight-inch bicycle rim, having four and a half-inch pneumatic tire. The idea of the game is to drive this play attack of opponents to a goal ahead, riders using specially made sticks In striking or driving the wheel. The ends of the alleyways are the goals for the respective teams. Players ride in sin gle file and always circle to the left. Then the two teams are constantly meeting and passing each other in op- posite directions on opposite sides of the alleyway. The game requires much skill in riding and is very eXcitinG.- Philadelphia Lancet.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12

tiful patterns and gorgeous cOlors. They take eight, ten, twelve or more years to make. A small rug in the Paris exhibition of 1873 cost $7,500. Those carpets are mostly made in rich mems houses and often by the wo- men, and given for presents. A Per sian in London, being shown large Persian carpet, said: What a rich carpet-selIer that man must have been; carpets like this are only made by mems wives, and he must have had fifteen wives to have made so large a carpet"
 We shall never have any fine car pets in Europe until we give up the brutal habit of walking on them with our shoes" says one writer. Dirty shoes destroys them in an incredibly short time, while the Mussulman car pets last for centuries, and up To cer- tain time they actually improve by the wear of naked feet. They have the smooth, satiny appearance of the skip of the beast ia the Apocalypse.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
IsLACK aNn uLUE.


 Black and blue colors are moi subject to fashions this season nor in any season. They hold their own and will not wash out. They are pretty solid colors. and but for the misery Of wearing tar.o. might become fashionable. Some men take pr!de in wear ing them as tokens of their profession. as soldiers do theirscars. But bruises, black or blue or both, ought to have immediate at tention, for under them may be a nerve hurt or muscle badly wrenched. A black and blue bruise is a bad thing, not only from its tender soreness but the confused blood is preventing of regular circulation. While sore spots like these will not wash out. there is Something that will rub them out in no time, and that is St. Jacobs Oil. It is peculiarly adapted to their quick cure. A Pennant can be won only by hard knocks with scars and bruises, but after the ball is over, if any remain, this one cure is the best. Bruises come from confusion in all avocations, and it is well to remember at all times just what will cure them the best.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
New Kind of Paper Money,

sThe next issue of new bills from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing will be a radical departure from the style adopted year ago, as illustrated in the S1, $2 and $5 silver certificate. Secre- retary Gage discouraged the Issuing of these bills as soon as he came inro of flee, and the erSravers at the Bureau were set to work several months ago upon new designs.
 Superintendent Johnson, of the Blu reau of Engraving and Printing, was very proud of his work last year, but from the moment the issue made its appearance it was severely criticised and the prediction was freely made that counterfeiters would send out dangerously close limitations. This has proved true, for during the last year there was considerable spurt in tue counterfeiting industry.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
Parliamentary Humor.

The London World gives this as an illustration of the keen humor of Jus tice Darling: On one occasion, when Mir. Gladstone was beginning to give up the lead in the house of commons to Sir William Harcourt, it was noticed by the members that he left the house at the dinner hour and Sir William Harcourt led for the rest of the sitting.
 MT. Darling one evening drove Sir Will liam to fury, on failing to elicit defi- nite answer to an inquiry, by casually observing in the course of his speech, II have noticed that lately the party opposite, adopting an ancient precedent, has set up greater light to rule the day and lesser light to rule the night. "
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
ever CCn1ep
sendine RedeLo.hes br aIaLl.

An old negro bearing huge bundle 11 be6clotEcs which 1vo-a ~1T.au E- tae worse for wear and none too immacll- late i'll character rapped at one of the little windows up at the postoffice. The clerk who appeared in answer to the summons was thus greeted by the afore- said darky:
 "Boss, I'ze got tn send dis here bun dle O bedclo'es to my old oman down in Mis- 'sippi. Is dis here de place whah l'ze got ter start it off"
 "Oh, you want to send the package by mail, do you?" asked the clerk, without cracking a smile.
 'Sartain, fer sho', boss. How much is got ter pay?" inquired the darky.
 The clerk could not resist the temp tation to play joke upon a fellow clerk, so he said:
 Well, uncle, this isn't the place for you to leave your bundle, but if you will just take it down to that window below discriminating the general delivery department-"an hand it in to the clerk down there, he will put the ClSnG numDer OI SldmpS OH lV auu SeHQ it off for you
 "Thanke 'ee, boss; thank Zee. 1 sho' is obleeged ter you, said the unsuspect- ing Senegambian.
 He at once made his way to the de- partment indicated. Arriving there, he thrust his huge bundle into the win dow, into which it fitted closely, at the same time telling the astonished presid- ing genius of that department please to put stamps on it and sent it to ''my old oman, Sallie Sanders, down in Water Valley. D
 It is said that coolness now exists between these erstwhile friendly clerks in the Memphis postofice. Memphis Scimitar.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
European Travel.

Children are taken abroad so young that before they have reached an age to appreciate what they see Europe has become a twice told tale to them. So true is this that recipe for making your children good Americans is to bring them up abroad. Once they get back here, it is hard to entice them away again. With each improvement in the speed of our steamers vanishes something of the glamour of Europe, and the crowds that yearly rush across see less and appreciate less ill a lifetime than our parents did iS heir one tour abroad -Exchange
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
DEATH BY LIGHTNING.
Extraordinary Action of a Flash on a
 Mans Body.


 The effects of lightning as it passes Co earth through the body of a man gary within an astonishingly wide range. It sometimes happens that a person is killed outright without any i symptoms or sign of injury. It may be ! that death is preceded by collapse. ! paralysis or convulsion. Usually there are marks where the current has en- 1 tered or left the body, or clothes may | have been scorched, or hemorrhages may have occurred, and more than one case has been recorded where boots ! have been torn off the feet and nails ! driven out of the soles of the boots. Sel- ! dom does it happen that lightning ! leaves such appalling evidence of its transit as that disclosed at an inquest held at HulfOrd House, near Guild ford. The evidence showed that the previous Wednesday there had been a single flash of lightning and clap of thunder, and about half an hour after ward Maj. Jameson was found lying on his face in a field quite dead. Around him, in a radius of several yards, were his clothes and boots, which had been torn and scattered about in an extra ordinary manner. The lightning ap- pears to have struck him on the right side of the head, tearing his cap to pieces and burning his hair off. It then pa -i inside his collar down the front gf L.Ssbady and both legs into his boots, which were torn to pieces. and tL-A passed into the ground, making hole about eighteen inches in circumference and three inches deep. His collar was torn to pieces, the front of his shirt was rent into ribbons, the jacket and under vest were literally torn to shreds, and the knickerbockers he was wearing on the ground. His stockings and gait CTS were similarly torn in pieces, and on the boots the lightning had a re- markable effect. They were burst open, some of the brass eyelet holes were torn off. The skin had been torn off the chest, and the right leg was torn and blackened; blood was issuing from the mouth and right ear. In connection with this fatality two circumstances of ] more or less unusual kind may be no- ticed. There is, first, the single light hing flash, neither preceded nor follow ed by others in the neighborhood, and, secondly, the fact that the person who was struck was ''in the open" The latter comparatively seldom happens, perhaps because shelter is instinctiyely and unwisely sought. Here there was no warming and no time for this, and so, without any neighbOring object at hand to subdivide and share the L's- charge, the latter had only one route to earth, viz, the body of its victim. The wet or dry condition of the clothes is an important point in such cases. It often happens that in persons exposed to a thunderstorm the clothes are wet, and therefore afford a comparatively easy passage to any electric current. In the case above detailed the clothes were presumably dry, and therefore bad electric conductors and the de
 ,.Jct.ya effect of the lightning would be in proportion to the resistance CD countered in transit.-Lancet.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12

The amusements offered to the public in the past meetings of the California Jockey Club have been far in excess of their expec- tations. In view of the fact that its man agement has the personal attention of its genial Secretary, Mir. F. H. Green, who is qualified to satisfy the lovers of equine sport in securing the best-bred running stock to fill the daily programmes and please the visitors at the Ingleside race course, which has been so liberally patron ized during their past meetings, and will continue for two consecutive weeks, begin ming January 24, till February 9th, inclu- sive, visitors from the interior should visit these beautiful grounds, which are super for to any in these United States.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
Economy in Buying Seeds.

Economy is not paying less money for thing than you expected to pay. True economy is is good management and about the worst man. agement farmer can be guilty of is to buy cheap seeds and thus cut the value of his crops in half-or worse. A stream cannot flow higher than its source, and a crop cannot be any better than it's Eseed. Real seed economy is buying seeds that bear the stamp of a house that is lutely sure that he gets what he wants and what he pays for. In every part of the country deal CTS sell the absolutely reliable seeds of D. NJ, Ferry & Co.,, of Detroit, Mich., which have given uniform good results for the last 42 years Ferrys Illustrated Seed Annual for 1898, containing in formation that no farmer or gardner can afford to be without, will be sent free to anyone mak- ing application ra the firm.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
sn oeEn LErrEa 10 MOTHERS.

We are asserting in the courts our right to the exclusive of the word " "CASrOKlA,' and KITCHENS CASTORIA," ," as our Trade Mark. [. Dr. Samuel Pitcher, ofHyannis, Massachusetts, vas the originator of" PITCHERS ASTORIA" !" he same that has borne and does now bear the ac-simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on very wrapper. This is the original |" PITCHERS ASTORIA" which has been used ill the homes # the mothers of America for over thirty years Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is Ae Kind yoH haOe aiz0ayS 6OHght, and has the signature of CHAS. II. FLETCHER on the wrapper. No one has authority from me to use ny name except The Centaur Company of which
 has. H. Fletcher is President.
 lzavch 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER. MD
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
FIVE REMARKABLE TREES
Which Rank Among the Curios;ties of
 Plant Life,

Which Rank Among the Curios;ties O
 Plant Life.
 The whistling tree, or Acacia istula is found ill Nubia and the Sudan The Arabs call it soffar, or piper, be cause of the whistling sound that it pro duces, and the specific name of fistula a word also meaning pipe or flute, ha. been given it for the same reason.
 Insects infest the tree and deposit their eggs in its shoots A gall-like ex crescence about an inch and a half ir diameter is produced at the base of the shoots, and when the larve have emerged from circular holes in the sides of the shoots the holes, played upon by the wind, produce whistling sound equal to that produced by sweet toned flute.
 The COW tree is so called because ityields an abundant supply of milk. To obtain the milk deep incisions are made in the tree, from which the fluid flows into vessels placed ready to receive it. This vegetable milk is white, somewhat v1scld and has an agreeable flavor, and an analysis of it shows that it is very much like the milk of COW in its con- position. The COW tree grows on the slope of the mountain chain bordering on Venezuela.
 The cloth tree is found at Otaheite, in the south sea. The bark is taken off in long strips and put to soak overnight iu running water The soaking sOfteLs lJ, SO that the inner fiber may be easi Y separated from the rest of the bark. The fibers are put together in lengths of about l or l2 yards, and the lengths are placed side by side until they are at least 12 inches in width, and two or three layers of 1iDers are put one upon another.
 The f1bers adhere together in one piece, and the mat, rial thus formed is beaten upon smooth piece of wood until it becomes as thin as muslin. It is then bleached in the air for time, when it is ready to be made up into clothing.
 The stinging tree of Queensland is pleasing to the eye, but dangerous to the touch. Its effects are curious. It causes great pain to the person or animal that has the misfortune to get stung by it, but it leaves no wound, no mark of any kind, and for months afterward the part stung- is painful in rainy weather or when ill any way it gets wet Frequent ly it is necessary to shoot horses and dogs that have been stung by the tree, so maddening is its effect upon them.
 The angry tree grows in Nevada, east ern California and Arizona. When in the least disturbed. this highly sensi- tive tree shows its anger by ruffiing up its leaves and emitting a disagreeable odor. ID. V. F. in Philadelphia Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
Bearded BeIIes of Ancient Rome.

Among the Roman women at one pe- riod there was morbid ambition to grow boards. and they used to shave their faces and smear them with un- guents to produce these inappropriate ap- pendages Cicero tells us that at one time to such an extent did the mania for boards grow upon women that it was found desirable to pass a law against the ''adornment San Fran cisco Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
SvmnathH of Dog Owners.

A woman arrested for keeping a dog without a license in London pleaded extreme poverty, and the Magistrate allowed bss If days to raise the money. The new E.pers spoke of the case, and within week the Clerk of the Court received $15l from British dog fanciers for her relief
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
Not SO Easy

"The world owes man a living" re- marked the perverted philosopher.
 That's perfectly true,' replied the practical friend. And the world stands ready to meet the dabt. What you fud l-e most fault about is tat it isn't as
 y Jo draw checks as it is to draw your breath. ."-Washington Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
He Passed Ont.

"I won't submit to being turned lway, said the disappointed arrival at ihe hotel. "See here-I'm flush i' And he displayed a roll ot bIlis.
 ''I know, " responded the clerk, but I've got full house. ''-Philadelphia North American.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
Severe on the Ladies.

Diggs-They say that it is lawful for a man to gamble his wife away in Siam. Biggs-A law like that would be of no benefit in this country.
 Diggs-Why not?
 Biggs-It would be impossible to find man willing to take the bet
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
THE CURAN SCARE.

Although the diplomatic entangelment with Spain over Cuba is to some extent influencing the stock market Wall street expects no serious complications. Nevertheless serious complications with other maladies may be eX- pected to follow an attack of biliousness which IS not checked at the outset. The most effectual means to this end is Hostetter,s Stomach Bit ters, an admirable remedy moreover, for dys- pepsla, malaria, kidney trouble, constipation and nervousness
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
Long EASd.

"You ought to have your ears boxed, !" said Miss Sharploigh to young fresh man who had just stolen kiss.
 Well" he Csked, "why don't you do it?"
 "I would" she replied, eff I had a box large enough. ''-Chicago News.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
Enioy Themselves.

Reuben" said Mrs. Pendleton, who had been reading the society news in a Louisville paper, what do you suppose is revolutionary tea, which seems to be all the go in the city?"
 'I suppose it's tea whar the women do great deal of fightiu'," replied Mir. endleton.-Louisville Courier. Journal
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
Sustaining Pride.

There is nothing so sustaining in pass ing through an ordeal as proper pride An Atchison woman who was struck on the head by beer bottle in her hus- bands hands claims that it was a cham pagne bottle. -Atchison (Kan. Globe.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-02-12
sHADoWINe A FooTBALLER.
The Scheme of Team to Down a Sue.
 cessful Rival.

cessfuI Rival.
 Several years ago a young athlete named D. was conspicuous as foot ball player. He was a swift runner, a reliable drop kicker and an excellent all round player. He had proved such a tower of strength on his college eleven that rival teams feared him, and when runners to the effect that be had received money for his services were circulated steps were eagerly taken by the foot ball authorities of an opposing college to investigate his amateur status. If he had received money, as alleged, he was no longer an amateur and could be de- barred from place on the team.
 Accordingly an emissary was dis patched, with the usual oppressive col -lege secrecy, to the village of S- where the suspected player resided when at home. The father of D. was a well to do farmer, and the spy, passing as book agent, experienced little diff culty in getting him to talk about his son.
 "Famous?' he said, with no great show of enthusiasm. "Waal, l s'pose the boy is famous, but there isn t much in this football.
 But fellow as famous as he is must get good salary" the spy suggested, with craftily assumed air of innocence
 "Nope," said the farmer. Football players don ( get a salary.
 ''That $ odd, continued the spy. ''I heard Ee Was kicking lOr cash.
 Waal, that right He is, the fa- ther slowly admitted.
 The spy was secretly oyerjoyed. He chuckled inwardly and fairly hugged himself with delight. in fancy the rival team was already deprived of her strong est player.
 "So he's kicking for cash at college, is he?'' he echoed.
 "Yes," the farmer said wearily, "yes, he's kickin for more cash most every letter get ''
 And then the disgusted spy kicked himself, metaphorically speaking, all the way back to college. Harper Ba- gar.