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1- t , ). r - ft s - SO le he he ne t , 3 a 0:1 111' 1th the tii- by ard ng. tat vas will eels ells nes we ed.\ Del- ates the taea • of ht's o lt I .ol t lore' I . in only ighly ntle- rOof their ther. their your own 'rally ad by I sum g Yet as he f the s ed- am of suM- 'cord- nil in- , send 3 doe- .' card pe tit- he has about You. l e will e next d he is teou: eX. e had ueelien el deal lust in beet of square, s youth on this now on dot ml ylvania. SoeletY 000 per - Were to Chi - lit of It .it a na- aching- ntennlal Putnam re out. Cli9 IT1:111, devoted week to re in no he frown was re IA the .g valued fromotIve trart the inhere. of IV the en- nlifls are in a vol- t: written 3 Ora' of T.k11111 ANY'S LEADER. RICHARD OKOKER, OTHERWISE \THE SILENT MAN.\ Just the Man for the Position That elatiefied the Highest Ambition of Ilia Life Not Afraid of Accusations Master of lilmself. WENTY YEARS was the term of ser- vice In Tammany Hall required of Richard Cr oker before he became its master 1ntr1ead of its servant. In that time he el- bowed, bullied, isot- ted, nursed, and forced his way from the post of one of the humblest, but yet also one of the most desperate, of its subordinates to the dictatorship. lie beeame the sovereign of Tammany be- cause he bad fairly earned the sceptre. Iii' developed in many ways, but espe- cially in self-control, as ho mounted. In 1865 he was, if not a rough himself, the associate of roughs. In the early sixties he was, by trade, when he chose to ply it, a mechanic. Twenty years later he was receiving the distinguished con- sideration of the officers of the very rail- road company whose engines he had once helped to make and drive. Liv- ing among men r ho were bullies by na- ture, and to vvebm politics meant the, associations of the saloon, and the evasion and even the direct violation of the laws, he disclosed a courage which none of his associates could match, and a . power of self-assertion which none of them could gainsay. But by 1885 he had become a man of silence, speaking only when be found it neces- sary to speak, and had brough his pas- sions under rare control. He had mas- tered, too, some of the conventionalities which give at least a hint of refined as- sociations. He had learned to govern by moral force, instead of by the fist. Ile had discovered the power that is in a look, a word, rather than brutal shoutings, and rough and tumble ex- ploits on the pavement. He had learned that if he was to master Tam- many( he must first b the master of Rirhard Ctoker's we er nature. He knew that within T mrnany, or indi- rectly associated with it, were men who cared for the rough only to use him at caucuses and on election day, and who otherwise shrank from association with him; and thus he became ambitious, while ruling Tammany to control it RICHARD CROKER. with some pretense of gentility, and to keep the Bowery swagger as inconspic- nons as possible in the proceedings of Tammany Hall. Moreover, he knew that while to he suspected is the lot of any political leader, so long as suspic- ion does not lead to proof it need not se- riously harm the man whose vocation is the control of political affairs. There- fore, he seems to have so shaped his conduct that, whatever might be said of his subordinates, no one could forti- fy accusation with proof of legal lapses On his pert. GEORGIA MAN'S LUCK. Ile Won a Bride - by tieing Awkwiard— A Recent Wedding A business man of enviable standing in savannah, Ga., was married a few days ago as a result of his own clumsi- ness in a street car. Last summer he started downtown to his (lace one after- noon with a large umbrella under his firm. His mind was moth preoccupied with the details of a leminess venture of some moment, and he was unaware that he carried the upihrella at a dan- gerous angle. Before he could reach a vacant seat the car gave n lurch and he was thrown off his balance. He WAS conscious of having struck somebody with the umbrella and coincidentally with his becoming aware of that fact a woman just behind him emitted an ear-splitting . scream. Everybody jump- ed and looked and to his horror the young man found that the point' of his umbrella bad come in contact with the nose of the young 194 seated just behind him. Of course, , he apologized. or tried, but It was like apologizing for murder over the body of the victim, for the lady's nose was bleeding and she was almost In eon- vulsihns with pain. The car was Stopped at the next corner, where there heppened to he a drug store, and the young man, aided and shettra by one or two elderly who ill once took a lively interest in the case, helped the young lady off end into the store. nor) posted off after deetor. One wag found, the on lucky nose WRR soon put In working order arid the owner, attended by the mar- ried ladles, was cent home In a car- riage. The young re. - to took her address and huuted up is nintual accutaintanre. with W heti, he called the next day to see bow tile nose was gel tine along. The nose did well, so did the young man, for by the time the nose was out of danger he bad got Into the habit of calling so that it became natural for him to step around in the evening. The acquaint - ance thus oddly begun proved fortunate for both parties to the accident. Each developed sincere admiration for the other and the result was a welding the other evening, At the supper which followed, the bridegroom, in response to a toast, said he was probably the only man in the United States whose courtship had begun by his giving pi - future wife a punch in the nose. LATE HENRY REEVE. Ile Was Editor of the \Edinburgh Re- view\ and a Groat Scholar. Mr. Henry Reeve has died at the ad- vanced age of 82, and the Edinburgh Review is once more without an edit- or. Mr. Reeve succeeded the late Si,' George ('ornewall Lewis in the editor- ship of the great quarterly in 1855, and he carried on the tradition of Jeffrey with avicnowledged success. A master of French and German, he published it considerable number of translations, in- cluding De Tocqueville's \Deinocsncy but his chief literary achievement wal the editing of Charles Greville's \Jour. HENRY REEVE. nal.'' This was a task of unexampled delicacy, for Greville wrote about his contemperaries without the least re- serve, and was particularly candid in his criticisms of the illustrious per- sonages with whom, in his capacity of clerk of the privy council, he was brought into close contact. It was un- derstood at the time that Mr. Reeve de- ferred to the judgment of ,the queen several important points connected with the pupblication of the \Journal;\ but It was also said that the work excited a by no means favorable Interest at the court. It reiamins, however, one of the most important contributions to our social and political history. Mr. Reeve held the post of registrar to the privy council till 1887. He was on terms of close intimacy with some of the most eminent men of letters in France, and one of his last visits abroad was paid to tile Due d'Aumale at Chantilly. In the domain of foreign politics he had a wide erperlence, much appreciated by more than one of our statesmen. AN IOWA BEAUTY. .1.1azle Taylor, Who Was Lately Ad- judged Queen o! Beauty-. Miss Lizzie Katherine Taylor of Al - bill. Iowa, has been finishing her musical education in Chicago. ThR sweetness and charm of her manner has just received unique . recognition from friends in her native state. At the Iowa state fair, recently held at Des Moines, Miss Taylor was awarded the palm of beauty among sixty competi- tors. Many -indeed. most -of the youno women were entered in the con- test without their knowledge, enthtihi- astic friends taking . a liberty which Is common in the Hawkeye state. The contest was warm, though good-na- tured, the friends of each candidate us- ing all the usual means to win votes for their favorite, but Miss Taylor was declared the winner, many of the most active adherents of other girls saying after it was all over that the price was worthily awarded. The successful can- didate is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Taylor. While yet a mere child she gave evidence of possessing much musical talent and her parents determined that It should not be hidden under a bushel. Lorafinstruction wee MISS LIZZIE K. TAYLOR given the young musilcian in the pri- mary bran -to\ after which she was cent to Chit's:es where for several years she took it l'e lessons. Ntw Miss Taylor r.•iza riled as one of the best musicinne hi Iowa. Even before com- pleting her emieat Ion she lead given en- tertainments in set eral cities ot it aer na- ti ve floors meeting with unvarying site - I Half a perk of green tontatorq. onc large head of cableige, git tea printers and one bunch of celery: chop all flutily together, place in a large Ft ono jai with alternate layers; of salt and let stand for twenty four hours. or squeeze from it all thr water possIble and ad one tablespoonful each of celery and mustard sere' c' In stone jars and cover with good eller vineger THE °BEA DOCTORS. THEY ARE STRANGLING THE REPUBLIC OF HAYTI. They Have a knowledge of the Veva and 111 Uses of Herbs. and Woe Betide the Subject Who Incurs Their Enmity —.Houma Sacrifices. WO English tray- e.ers left Gonaives with the purpose of exploring t h e mountainous i u - tennir of the island of Hayti a few years ago. T w years later one of I hem reached Port du Pays a broken, emaciated wreck of his former self. From him was ascertained the fearful fate of his companion and the awful tale of his own detention and sufferings among the natives. They had witnessed the sacrifice of a child to the voodoo fetich and one of them had paid the penalty of discovery with his life, while the survivor died not long afterwards from the effects of his frightful ex- perience. While undoubtedly the con- ditions which made such an episode possible are Improved by the interposi- tion of a strong government, there are still' in practice customs of which the public has little conception. The race instinct for fetich worship is strong. In the midst of the mountain fastnesses, there lives a savage race of full African blood, which retains the superstitions and practices of Its ancestry. Even 1 the sea -coast towns and among the -creoles the voodoo influence remains, especially in the lower quarter, such as Piscat and Bellaire, in Port an Prince. The priest of this religion is the obea- man, and It is almoselinpossible to con- ceive of the fiendish nature of his hold upon the people. Not only is his power used among his devotees, but it is even directed against any white who may offend him or his tollowers. Herbert Siordet, a civil engineer of English birth, who had recently gone to Port au Prince, was engaged in the • possetieers of a remarkable koewielge of the toxic properties of bet its and shrubs. This knowledge, together with the other sesret lore of thetr priesthood. is transmitted from fathcr to son, although occasionally possessed by a stomata and In this manner the hold of the obeli men upon the people is maintained as acquaintance with these matters is the possession of the priests or obea doctors only, they are enabled to perform many acts that are beyond the comprehensidh of their fol- lowers, and to sustain in their minds that superstitious reverence which is the basis of obea practice. Since the Olen man is feared as one possessed of supernatural power, dis- closure of his hideous rierformances is rare. The negrues of Hayti are of Wagontia and Matabele descent, and their obea practice 113 undoubtedly the natural continuation of the witch -doc- toring of the Congo basin and Zulu- land. A case whi t came to the writer's notice in the inity of Port au Prince illustrates a Nether source of power possessed by the leaders. The captain of a Norwegian bark which had been wrecked upon the Gonaives coast fell into the hands of the natives, who de- tained him in Piscat. It is supposed that he had pried into the secrets of the obea practice, which is under the ban of the government, and that the blacks held him to prevent exposure. As these agencies are necessarily constrained to secresy near the cities, investigation in this case was extremely difficult. 110w - ever, the writer with the guidance of a friendly negro, visited the house where the unfortunate victim was at the time concealed, and found him ap- parently deranged. Close examina- tion proved, on the other hand, that the searnan'a condition was that of a hyp- notic trance. in which he had already remained for nearly , three weeks, ab- solutely under the ctIntrol of the obea doctor. Three of these fellows were present in the hut at the time, all wrinkled and bent with extreme age, but betrayed much mental power in their keen blaCk eyes. So completely was the captain subject to their will that no effort could induce hint tc make his escape. As hypnotic Dower is necessarily ex - • •• /ails ssa``sas.\\asas, IS t / is'oo z/z , ;:iesvssesi oete e a to ts ,!! I f> m•s VOODOO — - — — _ construction of a bridge at Petit Goave, a small town upon the Gulf of Go - naives. During his work he was one day provoked into chastising one of the negro workmen, and as a result he be- came the object of bitter hatred. Be- fore a week had passed be was' af- flicted with a rapid swelling of the right leg, which soon became so serious that he was compelled to abandon his work and to return to Port an Prince. Although he consulted the best medical aid available he could obtain no assist- ance, and be edema became so A VOODOO GHOST DANCER. serious as at last to assume fated aspects At this Juncture relief came from an iinsespeeteri quarter. A servant oTered the Information that Mr Siordet had teen poisoned by an obea doctor, and procored the Fiery', eft of another of the same chute %hoar treatment, although WrIPI most rfirlellVe. Upon the engineer's return to Petit Goave he was again ',rationed In the ratne manner. When. however. It be- came knee ri that hie first cure had been effected lir the Ohcfl doctor, his enemies at Petit (ineve mimi uliately concert their hostile attempts, and he was per- mitted to recover. The sect of the obeli doctors are the - .7\ .. +•••• DOCTORS. ercised apart from the rational facul- ties, its possession is far more fre- quent among the strongly imaginative and the less rationalistic races than among Europeans and Americans. The Hindoo priesthood and among the Japaneee the Shinto are, by the exer- cise, enabled to affect seemingly super- natural wonders. In like manner this power predominates among the African races, and has been carried to this Western world by the sialee ss people who swarmed into the West Indies a ben- ched o ago. The voodoo doctors poese- it, along with their knowl- edge of vegetable and animal poisons, and so maintain their supremacy in Hayti and San Domingo, and to a lesser degree among the other islands, In spite of the efforts of the government and the preaching of missionaries. Living as they do In little hamlets of about a dozen hots, a hundred or so blacks of both sexes form a complete community. Each village has its obea doctor, generally a repulsive fellow In advanced years. whose word Is the law of the place. The belief In witches be- ing strong. It often lends to their pun- ishment at his bidding, to the extent even of death by strangling or by ston- ing. Such occurrences are becoming rare at present, as the hand of the gov- ernment is stronger than formerly, and if the culprits can be reached, venge- ance is sure to follow disclosure. The regard for hiiman life is, how - over, very slight In the mountains, and the white stranger who dares to make his way arnoug them may well tremble at the asp., of their terrible machetes in the hamlit of an Ignorant end seperstitiolia 0 mutation For- tunately the negroesi are by nature mild toward strangers, and the writer ex- perienced little difficulty, other than that presented by lofty and almoet Ire - Damnable mountains. Then. too, the na- tive pays n'moitt liS much reverence to n Smith k Werison as to his fetich. Their vil , agrs are to he (mind Some- times upon the mountain side, among the evergreens of the lofty altitudes, or nestling among the eenebrakes of the narrow valleys, almost hidden by the „wet e red palms. The huts in which they live are all Made of ()Merin woven AMERICANS ABROAD. Foreigners Enjoy Taking Advantage of Their Ignorance. In a quiet way the Italians got a gseat deal of amusement out of the English and Aineelean tourists, says the (incite° Record. On a steamer on Lako Cotno the captain was in- terrogated by an English woman as to the Elaine of a certain mountain peak to wit lei She pointed The captain did not know, but he did not Intend to confess his ignoranee. Ile glanced at the fuuulitain in question, then at the woman. Her main charac- teristic was embonpoint. And tho captain, suddenly inspired, gravely replied: ••Moute Stomach°. woman, in all seriousness, described in her little note -hook the mountain and gave to it the name the captain had used. An American lady was visiting thlk i l'itti gallery at Flor- ence, when s came to a picture of lope Leo the Tenth, in which the pope is represented in a sitting posi- tion. 'rho lady studied her Baedeker induntriousiy, then looked at tho picture, then again sought informa- tion from Baedeker. She was puz- zled, and, finally turning to a gen- tleman near, who happened to be a professor from tho college at. Padua. said: \Could you tell me, sir, what madonna is this?\ \La madonna della seggiola\ (\The madonna of the chair\) said the professor gravely. , The Modern Mother Has found that her little ones are im- proved more by the pleasant laxative, Syrup of Figs, when in need of the laxative effect of a gentle remedy, than by any other, and that it is more ac- ceptable to them. Children enjoy It and It benefits thern. The true remedy, Syrup of Figs. Is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only. . Collector -That old Storey is too darn polite. Editor -Eh ! le; tor -Every time I bring his till he tells we weal) again. 'A Coen re COLD OR Soft s: THROAT repaints immed‘ate attention. \Rims N's RIMS- 011.1AL Tam:figs\ will invariably give relief. Bismarck's bedroom contains only three pieces of furniture -a. !arse washstand, a small camp bedstead aud a bootjack. --- I have found Piso's Cure for Consump- tion an unfailing medicine -F, R. Imes, 1S05 Scott St., Covington, Ky., Oct. 1, Ma. Charles Phillips, a nephew of Wendell Phillips. is the chef in a restaurant in Portland, Ore. If the Baby is cutting Teeth. Be sure end that old and well tiled reined 1 , , Ifni WINSLOW'S 6u, TIIISCI SYRUP for Chihli en Teething. 'I thonglit lie , ..howed a good deal of con- cern whorl 1 told him you e ere ••_So don bee., loess h e n $h.Q. _FIT tri -All Fitsntopped free by 1ir. El line's Gres t Isere. Itaitorer. No Mintier th,, non daisy's use. Marvelous CUres. and ir2 trail bottle fees t 1 , 1i cases, bend to Or. Kline:All Arclibt,Fldie,ktis Elizabeth Caey Stanton is intone lessons on the piano, Site just celebrated her 140th birthday. \Eanoon'is Magic Corn Beloo.\ Warranted to enro or money »funded. Ask pout druggist for it. lee it cents. tome and you'll go, yourself in a box,\ said the enve.ope to the stamp. Coots Cough Italeam Ts the oldest. and besL It a Ill oressit up aced(' treleit er than waythilag elae. It Is al wwv I to It \I don't want the earth. - \You seem to base boznetbiuz of the world.\ The re* iviug powers of Parker's (tinge.' Tonle render It indispensable in every home. Storn set, troubles, going sad escry - form of distress 'geld toll. Mark Twein says that the Arabe will take an thing but a joke. 4:et Illudercorns and use It It you rani to renilmi the comfort of lo-Ing without corns. It takes them out perfectly, 15c. at druggists. Mary Ann, Litt hen fire; kerosene can, golden IN l'f. Some say that the hypo- phosphites alone are sufficient to prevent and cure consump- tion, if taken in time. With- out doubb they exert great good in thc beginning stages; they improve the appetite, pro- mote digestion and .tone up the nervous system. But they lack the peculiar medicinal properties, and thc fat, found in cod-liver oil. The hypo- phosphites are valuable and the cod-liver oil is valuable. &AM Eitnufsim of Cod-liver Oil, with hypo- phosphites, contains both of these in the most desirable form. The oil is thoroughly emulsified; that is, partly di- gested. Sensitive stomachs can bear an emulsion when the raw oil cannot be retained. As the hypophosphites, the medicinal agents in the oil, and the fat itself are each good, why not have the.benefit of all? This combination has stood the test of twenty years arid has never been equalled. SCOTT'S EMULSION has been endorsed by the medical profession for twenty yea's. (Ask your doctor.) This,, because it is always pa/a/Ark-always uniform- always cesium , tbe purist Norwegian Cod-irver (lit ant popbospbars. Insist on Scott's Emulsion with tr.ide-murk of nun and lish. Put up in to cent and $1 tot sizes. The small size may be enough to cure your or help your baby. The ti reatest Medical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS., Has discovered in one- of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). lie has now in his possession over two hundred iertiticates of its value, all within twenty miles to Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced (min the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war- ranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the same with tile Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a . week after faking it. Read the label. lithe stomach is foul or bilious it will c - suse squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of it. Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed- time. Sold by all Druggists Omaha STOVE REPAIR Works Miss,' Repair, for 40.0045 different stoves and »lo g es. 53(1(1 !sou s II» a, ..411nanhe. eb St. Jacobs 'RERheumatism, Oil The care is certain, sure. TO MALE SURE, USE IT AND BE CURED. TES, TO BE SORE IS TO BE CERTAIN, .11.3 WREN Timely Warning. The great success of the chocolate preparations of the house of Walter Baker & Co. (established in 17801 has led to the placing on the market many misleading and unscrupulous imitations of their name, labels, and wrappers. Walter Baker & Co. are the oldest and largest manu- facturers of pure and high-grade Cocoas and Chocolates on this continent. No chemicals are used in their manufactures. Consumers should ask for, and be sure that they get, the genuine Walter Baker a Co.'s goods. WALTER BAKER & CO., Limited, DORCHESTER, MASS. Stop Naturally! You Don't Have to Swear off! Si m ft le e s tho nerves strong, and brings b o k the feolings of youth to the pro- mat:Indy old man It rostoroe lost vigor. You moy gain ton pounds in ten days. CUARANTEED TOBACCO HABIT CURE Go buy and try a box to-day. It floats only $1. Your own druirgriet will guaro.ntoo a mire or money re- tlind od. Booklet, written guarantee ofonre and sample froe. Address nearest oinots. THE STERLINC REMEDY CO., CHICACO. MONTREAL, CAN. NEW YORK. Into wicker work for the walls, and are OASCARETS sandy ref), n rtlo mire roost ipnt Inn. easy. sold 1,5' ii -tigghttt o•ory 'here, thatched Nattily w Pal straw. Primly vegetable, smooth gnd guaranteed to cure.- Only B.
