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Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

hurry TO hear the old granny cats story that
they forgot to look under the planks where
Murroghoo-beg was hid. Then they reported
there was no one In the house nor round
about It. so the old cat begun her story.
Well says she, "the daughter OF the
king is lying bad, and very bad, and she
has been that way now off and on for
twefye months, only it's what It's worse she
Is getting every day, and all the first doctors
in the land have been called in. and the
king has offered her weight In gold to the
man that will cure her, but it's all of no
use. None of them can maxi out what's
wrong with her, or how she IAN be cured.
But l know her complaint and know how to
cure it, and I'll tell 1t all, only you must
promise never 10 come out with 1t, for 1
mean to let her die a lingering DEATH"
says he.
They an promised that they'd never split
lips again on the subject, so the spiteful
old cat went on
We'll then" says she, long ago, when
she was a child. she saw me putting my
head into a pail of sweet milk, and she
came up and hit me on the head. making
me drop the mouthful. I had got back into
the pail again. and she then took a drink
out of the pail herself with the venom Of
my spittal in it, and from that day young
serpents have teen growing in her. There's
one thing, and only one, would cure her
and rid her OF the serpents, and that, please
the devil, she'll never have, nor never
know of-that is, Just three spoonfuh OF
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

full of the skillet OF raspberrles IN inc
wood. and on his way home doesn't q shower
come ON agtn and put him unoer d pusn'
and the hunger took him agin, and he ate
the skillet of raspberries. So when he went
home Acknowledgement asked him where was
his raspberries, and poor Murroghoo.pes
told him again what happened to MIN. All
right" says Mur~roghoo-more. very soou'
the next morning Murroghoo-more comes TO
Murroghoo-beg the third time ana gave mn
the skillet and told him to go out to the
uood and null him a skillet Of raspberries,
and that II he ate the raspberries this time
again he would surely have his lie.
pnt poor Murroghoo-beg ate a hearty
breakfast and said there was no rear
Of the hunger taking him the day. 80 OUT
ba goes to the wood and fills his Skillet
again. and Get out whistling to carry ~
home to M~urroghoo-more. But what would
Won have Of It but the shower put Mur-
roghoo-beg anunder the bush, and the munger
took him and he ate the skillet OF raspoer-
ries again. Then he went home TO Mur-
roghoo-more, and says Murrognoo-more'
''Where's my skillet of raspberrles l SEM
you to the wood to pluck for me?' "och!'
says Murroghoo-beg, says he, tine munger
took me and l ate them" All right says
acknowledgements, Eye must die. I'll pick out
vour eyes first. and then I'll leave 1t to
yourself to choose how to die after" So he
got a pointed stick, and setting 1t on fire,
he put 1t into poor Murroghoo-beg's eyes and
burned them out. Now" says Mu%rroghoo-
more, what am 1 to do with your well"
says Murroghoo-beg, says he, II suppose the
easiest death will be to leave me over in
that old church all night, for no one that
stops a night there is ever alive in the
morning" Very we'll and good. M~urroghoo-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

Copyright, 1899, by 8. S. Mcclure Coz
Murroghoo-more and Murroghoo-beg were
cousins and lived in the one town-land.
Murroghoo-more was the biggest and strong
est and always kept poor Murroghoo-beg at
mis- command, and made him do what he
liked. Murroghoo-more one day gave Murro-
Bhoo-beg a skillet and says he to him, MUIR
roghoo-bes, go out in the wood and pluck
the full Of that skillet OF raspberries." MUIR
roghoo-beg took the skillet and went to the
wood and filled 1t with raspberries, but on
the way home again there come on a shower
and Murroghoo-beg had to go in under a
bush till It would pass over. When he was
In under the bush he began to take the
hunger, and when he looked at the fine
skillet Of ripe raspberries he was carrying
home to lazy Murroghoo-more his teeth
began to water. and poor Murroghoo-beg
couldn't help tasting one raspberry Just to
see what they were like, and then another,
and another, TIL at last he finished the
skillet. Very well and good. When he came
home, says Murroghoo-more, Where's the
raspberries l sent ye for? 81 had the full
of the skillet, but hunger took me on the
road home, and ! ate them" says Murro-
ghoo-beg. Well the next morning Murro-
ghoo-more come to Murroghoo-beg again, and
gave him the skillet, and told him to 90 to
tho wood and pull him a skillet OF rasp-
berries; "and mind" says he, that hunger
doesn't take you on the way home the day
or II will be worse for ye." Poor Murro-
ghoo-beg promised that 1t would not, and
he set out this day again and pulled the
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

more took poor Murroghoo-bsg over to the
old church and left him there. About mid
night poor Murroghoo-beg hears the roolie-
boolie and helter-skelter, in comes a whole
ragimint OF cats. Murroghoo-beg got under
some planks in the corner, so he wasn't seen.
but could hear all the cats would say. After
a lot OF chat they squared themselves round,
and then they differed on which OF them
would tell the frst story. Every one OF
them put It TO an older one till at length it
came TO an old granny cat, and she con-
scented to tell her story, but she said the
house would have to be well searched first,
Tor 1t wouldn't do for anyone to overhear
what she had to say. Well and good, all
The young cats went hurry-skurry round the
rhurch, looking under the seats and every
where. and poor Murroghoo-beg begun to
tremble in his skin now with fear of being
caught. for he knew they would tear him TO
pieces. But the young cats were in such a
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

Ia the daughter OF one OF the summer cot
tagers asked her mamma the other day II
she could take her best doll to heaven with
her when she died.
mo, child. OF course not" replied the
fond mamma.
Then eau I take my next best doll to
heaven" continued the child.
mo. they don't have any dolls In heaven"
answered the child.
Then I'll lust take my old black doll,
Susan, and go TO hell" said the little one
with a most determined air.
While the distinguished artist was showing
his paintings to his guests Bob sat at his
mothers elbow rather bored, but quite silent,
as became a boy of 7 years. says the Youths
Companion.
At length a spring landscape-brilliantly
and wonderfully Observation-Disclosures placed
against the easel. Bob clapped his hand to
his mouth.
"oh!" he gasped. II very nearly said
what l thought"
What was that, Bob7" asked the artist.
Bob shook his head stoutly. 81 think
maybe you would like 1t better II I thought
again!" said he,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10
Books
Bibles
Prayer Books
Office Supplies
Blank Books
Artistic Engraving

We have just added to our
stock a complete line of Cath
Ole prayer books. There are
numerous styles and our prices
are always right.
Just received, the only COM
plete Kipling on the market;
fine green cloth library bind.
ing, nicely boxed, SIS. 90 net.
The newest fiction can al
ways be found on our coun.
tiers,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

Very good says M~urroghoo-beg, "11l do
that with a heart and a half" SO reddenins
a pointed stick in the FIRE Murroghoo-
beg picked out the eyes OF
Murroghoo-more and took him to the
old church. and hid him under the
same planks he had been under himself.
And there Murroghoo-more lay till midnight,
when he hears the roolie-boolie starting, and
In comes tumblins the cats. "och, square
round. square round" the young ones COM
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is a scientific com
pound haing the endorsement OF eminent
physicians and the medical press. 1t "di-
gests what you eat" and positively cures
dyspepsia NJ. A. Ketron, Bloomingdale,
Tenn, says 1t cured him OF Indigestion OF
ten years standing.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

An easily operated bicycle pump has been
patented by a New Yorker. having a pair
OF bars piyoted at one end and provided with
handles at the opposite ends, the base OF
the pump being attached 10 one bar, and
the piston TO the other, 50 that the opening
and closing Of the bars operate the pump.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

menced to cry till We tell stories. Now"
says Mu~rroghoo-more to himself, now I'm
In for it" "Iu tell no more stories," says
the old granny cat, 'for the last night that
1 told the story about the kings daughter
you didn't search the house rightly, and
Murroghoo-beg was lying hid there under
them planks In the corner, and he heard
the whole rehearsal and went off and cured
her-bad luck to him and her-and got
double her weight in gold for It, and cured
his own eyes that had been picked out by
Murroghoo-more into the bargain" ooh,
but" says the young cats, well search
better this night, and I'll warrant you we'll
look under the planks, and may the Lord pity
Murroghoo-beg II he's eavesdropping again"
So off they set at a gallop to search the
house, beginning first by looking under the
planks; and when they went In there, oh,
that was the ruction and the uproar, and
out they come, hauling Murroghoo-more
with them, and when the old cats saw this
they come bouncing down, splitting. and
their eyes flashing fire, and all OF them
fell on him, tearing him to pieces and It
was trying to see who would get most of
So, when Murroghoo-beg went to the
old church In the morning to see what had
become OF Murroghoo-more he got nothing
only a rtckle Of bare bones. Murroghoo-
beg buried these and went homo and lived
happily ever after.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

What kind Of q dog Il that, papa1' asked
small Johnny, as he observed the big animal
chasing his own tail.
"That's a watch dog" replied the father.
"And will he 20 as soon as no winds HIM
self up ?" asked Johnny.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

Luxuriant. lustrous hair. with a clean,
wholesome scalp. free from irritating and
scaly eruptions, is produced by warm sham
poos with Cuticura soap followed by light
dressings with Cuticura, purest OF emolllent
and beautifers In the world. They clear
the scalp and hair II crusts. scales and
dandruff, soothe irritated and itching sur
faces, stimulate the hair ~follicles, and sup
ply the roots with energy and n%ourishment.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

The Missionary Herald for September
states that while there has been an in
crease in donations TO the American board
for eleven months OF over s53. 600. there
has been a net decrease OF S37, 900. There
is only one months receipts to be addd
to the above and 1t IL hardly possible TO
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

1t was the first time little 4-year-old
Willie had ever seen a snake and as It
writhed and squirmed along he ran into the
house to tell Of his discovery.
"Oh, mammal" he exclaimed, come here.
quick; here's a tail wagging without any
dog"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

Old Gentleman Tin the park)-what are
you doing, my little dear?
Little Girl with DOLPHIN giving dolly q
drink.
Giving dolly a drink, Ell? But the water
Is running down all over her pretty dress"
Yes. she slobbers a good deal. All
babies do"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10
PRATrLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

Jimmy. you must not eat with your
knife"
II have to; I'm l~eft-handcd."
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

Hero is a story from the Old York Mass
A little faxen haired girl who
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

81 went to the circus this week" said
an Omaha man yesterday. who has grown
up from boyhood in this city, land what
a change there seems TO be In It.
/ have been going to ~circuses in Omaha for
the last twenty years and their develop
ment is certainly marvellous.
The first ~circuses I attended were held
down on jefferson square. which at that
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
RAILWAY DISASTERS.
Several Are Recorded in which a
Number of Lives Were Lost and
Several Persons Hurt.


st. Paul, MINI, Sept. ga serious
accident occurred on the Omaha rail
road early Thursday at Window, Mimi.
at least four men being killed and three
seriously injured in rear-end COLI
sion of freight trains on bridge just
west of Window
Abba, Ia, Sept. %. - While Jasper
Beebe, son, daughter and two grand
children were crossing the G.. b. q q.
railroad tracks four miles east of Abba
passenger train No. 8 crashed into the
vehicle. The following are dead: Jas
per Beebe, aged 81 years; Mrs. Effie
johnson, daughter, aged "a years;
George Beebe, a son, aged seven years.
Gertie Johnson, a grandchild, aged two
years, is fatally injured.
Denver, Col, Sept. 25.-Six passen-
gers were killed and five injured, one
perhaps fatally, in collision on the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad at Reno
siding, near Florence, late Saturday
afternoon. The trains in collision were
the Phillips-Judson excursion from the
east and the east-bound fast freight.
Elkhart, H., Sept. 25.-Death was
inflicted upon one man and injury upon
two other persons, man and a woman,
in most peculiar wreck on the Chi
cago q Alton here at five o'clock Satur-
day afternoon. Spreading rails had
thrown the south-bound limited pas
and it was humping along the ties when
nine lengths of rail, 270 feet long, PEN
etrated through the floor of the smok-
ing car into the roof and down through
the vestibule, Embedding itself in the
earth near the truck of the next car.
1t was these rails, which were linked
together by fsh-plates, that caused the
loss of life and injury. ". J. Long, of
Kansas City. was killed. The wounded
are Mrs. Bell, of Buelah, Wis, and A. G.
King, of Leroy. Ill
Jefferson, Wis, Sept. 25.-A special
train on the c. &c n. w. railroad carry
ing theatrical troupe from GAINESVILLE
to Jefferson junction to make connec-
ton with the early morning train for
Milwaukee, while rounding a curve
three miles north of this city, ran down
hand car containing two section men,
James Anderson and William Smith.
Anderson was instantly killed and
Smith sustained injuries which the doc
tors say viii prove fatal. A fog pre-
vailed at the time and the engineer did
not see the men until too late to stop
the train.
Chicago, Sept. 25.-Trains of the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern road
collided at Fourteenth street Sunday
morning. One was a suburban, the
other was string of empty coaches.
Engineer William De Camp, of the
suburban train, received injuries of
which he died, and his fireman, j. r.
Frogg, was severely scalded and other
wise hurt, and may not recover.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
SELECTING CIGARS.
1T Is the Filler That Regulates the
strength and Not the Color
of the Wrapper.

Zone of the most absurd ideas that
the average smoker has about Havana
cigars is the notion that the color OF
such a weed, be it light or dark, is lndl-
cative of its strength, said large man
ufacturer of Cuban cigars to the writer
recently. 1T is no such thing. A hight
or northumberland cigar is not neces-
sarily mild or medium in flavor, tQr the
simple reason that the color only refers
to the outside wrapper, which IN ltseh
is of very thin and small quantity as
compared with the other materials that
go to make up the cigar. AS matter
of fact. the filters and bunch wrappers
are the only parts that will determine
the body or strength of the cigar. ne
actual strength, or otherwise, OF the
inner body of the cigar. the filler and
bunch wrapper, is only known TO the
expert, and. therefore, when purchas-
ing a cigar the smoker who is not
Judge of the various grades OF tobacco
used to give cigar its flavor should be
guided in his choice of mild, medium
or full cigar by the manufactures or
the dealer. Not doing so, he will lind
that his own selection of cigar from
the wrapper is largely a matter OF
chance.
THE craze for light or dark colors
has nevertheless assumed alarmingly
proportions The manufacturers, par
ticularly those of Cuban-made cigars,
are at present at their wits ends to
know how to grapple with the matter
Nature is very impartial and quietly ig-
nores the fads and fancies of people IN
general. Tobacco leaves, like most
things, are subject 10 the vagaries Of the
natural elements. A crop may give an
undue proportion of dark, light or
medium; except for color. all may be
equally good. What is the manufac-
turer 10 do if he can only dispose Of his
light and medium and has to keep all his
dark? He already threatens to raise
the price of his lighter colors, in which
case the smoker would be paying a
higher price for by no means the best
article. 1t might be reasonably as
sumed that as possessing the essential
qualities of a good cigar the darker
cigar is by far the best. Washington
Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Americans Accused of Leaving
Friendly Natives to BE Killed
by FiIipinos.

Chicago, Sept. 23.-The Records staff
correspondent at Manila cables as fol-
lows:
Fifty insurgents, commanded by three Of
ficers, blew up a train Friday morning at
ten O'Clock three miles north of Calulut.
There was no guard on the train. but there
were about % trainmen, 20 Filipino car
penters, with officers and soldiers, in
charge of supplies. The soldiers attacked
the insurgents. and severe fight ensued.
The rebels fired volleys from ambush and
then charged upon the train, whereupon
a hand-to-hand conflict lasting for some
minutes ensued. The carpenters beat off
the insurgents while the Americans un-
coupled two cars and escaped down the rail-
road track with the killed and wounded.
The carpenters who were left behind were
either killed or captured. The American
loss was two killed and six wounded 9th
ers are missing. The insurgent loss is not
known.
The place attacked is at the center of the
north lines. Col. Smith is two miles north
of Angeles, Gen. Wheaton is three miles
south of Calulut and Gen. Wheeler is five
miles west of Santa Rita. The engine and
cars returned to Calulut, and Gen. Wheaton,
with two companies of the Seventeenth in
fantry, steamed back to the wreck. where
he found that the train had been sacked
Six carpenters lay dead about the train.
The insurgents had departed. Gen. Whea-
ton is still pursuing them
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
THE EAST.

The Massachusetts democrats in state
convention in Boston nominated Rob
ert Treat Paine, Jr., of Boston, for gov
ernor. The platform indorses the prin-
ciples of the last national convention.
William and Charles Goldsten (broth-
ers), living near New Albany, Ind,
fought a duel with knives and both
were fatally wounded.
The inventor of wireless telegraphy,
Signor Marconi, arrived in New York
from Europe.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the 22d aggregated
81, S93, 90, 301, against $1,710, 393, PCS the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1898
was 1910.
In the United States there were 154
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 22d, against 149 the week
previous and 173 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
In a 16,000-mile ocean race around the
Horn between the ships Jabez HOwes,
of Baltimore, and Arthur Sewall, of
Philadelphia, the Howes won.
In Utica, n. Y, bronze bust of the
late Gov. Horatio Seymour was unveiled,
Gov. Roosevelt delivering the address.
On trial trip at Greenport, n. Y, the
submarine torpedo boat Holland ran a
mile under water at uniform depth of
seven feet.
In Massachusetts, Rev. Albert B.
Coates, of Beverley, has accepted the
prohibition nomination for governor in
place of John Willis Baer, who declined
it.
In the National league the percent
ages of the baseball clubs for the week
ending on the gath were: Brooklyn,
Sos; Philadelphia, .628; Boston, COZ;
Baltimore, sol; St. Louis, .55S; Cincin-
natl, SAT; Chicago, SIS; Louisville,
.4O3; Pittsburgh, 486; New York,
.414; Washington, 800; Cleveland, 1873.
Miss Julia Dent Grant, daughter of
BRIG. Gen. and Mrs. Frederick Grant,
and granddaughter of Gen. Ulysses S.
Grant, and Prince Cantacuzene, Count
Speransky of Russia, were married in
Newport, II. L., in accordance with the
rites of the Russian orthodox church.
The wife of William Swartwood, of
Mountain Top, Pa, gave birth to her
twenty-fifth child.
In the Jail yard at New Castle, Del,
nine convicts were publicly whipped.
In collision on the Allegheny Valley
railroad at Parker, Pa, 20 people were
injured.
At his home in Paterson, n. j., Vice
President Hobart is seriously i'll With
kidney trouble.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
DOINGS OF A WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
OF the Past Seven Days in This
and All Foreign Lands.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

In the month of August the receipts
of internal revenue amounted to $24,-
240,9S0, an increase as compared with
August of last year of 81, $780,
The secretary of war says enough
ships will be secured to land all the
troops in Manila by Christmas.
The treasury statement shows that the
government has received $660,o51 more
than it has spent since July /.
Postmaster General Smith has issued
an order reducing the rate of postage
between the United States and Porto
Rico to two cents.
The government of the United States,
at the request of the German govern
ment, has consented to look after the
interests of Germany in Venezuela dur
ing the revolutionary outbreak.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The funeral-bell knows when any
one passes away, because it is tolled by
Somebody. A. w. Bulletin.
Il bought that canary for song"
said Mrs. Tenspot in "A detected tone.
"Well?" replied Mrs. Gazzam. well,
he won't sing" Judge.
Modulated Tones.-''A woman, | no
tice, always lowers her voice to ask
favor" Eyes, and raises her voice if
she doesn't get tn. o. Times-Demo-
Graf.
In the Kentucky Feud Belt.-Stran-
ger-"Have you lived long in this sec
tion?" Native-"No, sab. ] am a gem
tleman, sab! And it is impossible for
gentlemen to live long in this section,
sab. Times-Herald.
She-Have you ever acted in private
theatricals?" He-"No, the worst dis
grace that ever happened to me was
getting arrested for staying up all night
and working ticktack on deaf mans
door" Chicago Times-Herald.
Il understand Johnkins, who has the
farm where l am boarding, is in easy
Sdlu lIC
boarder. 'One of the easiest men in
the country" answered the village gro
Ger. "Air you in the gold-brick line 2"
Indianapolis Journal.
"Jones is quite a writer" rs that
so? I've never seen anything of his in
the papers, 'You don't look in the
right place. Look in the Situation De-
sired column. He writes all those
touching little paragraphs signed \. Y.
2. That's his nom de plume. N. 4.
Commercial Advertiser.
81 know one modest fellow who plays
golf said an observer. HE never has
word to say about himself as crack
player, but his wife makes up for it,
and she keeps all his friends informed
about his phenomenal plays" How
does she know?" 'Why, he tells her,
of course. st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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It IS JUST LIKE DEWEY.
New Ycrkers Wake Up to Find the
Famous Admiral Has Slipped
Into the Harbor.
REPEATS HIS MANILA Bay TACTICS.
Passing Vessels Shrek Hearty
Welcome New York's Festival
Committees Thrown Into "A Fever
of Anxiety by His Early Arrival.

New York, Sept. 90 Much to the sur
prise OF ever zone in the city. the Olym-
pia, with Admiral Dewey on beard, ar
rived off the Sandy Hook !ightship at
5:55 Tuesday morning. The Olympia
sailed from Gibraltar September 10.
There was heavy mist on the sea, and
at first the marine observers were in
clined TO think the vessel sighted might
be Rear Admiral Howison's flagship.
the Chicago, hardly believing Dewey
would arrive two days ahead of time.
The doubt was soon cleared away, how
ever, and as passing vessels recognized
the flagship from Manila bay there
was continuous blowing of whistles
in salute.
One of the first large vessels to sight
til Olympia was the passenger steamer
Sandy Hook, of the Sandy Hook line,
which left Atlantic Highlands shortly