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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1885)
AN IWPORTANT CHANGE , i Hew System ot kmttm Bv ibc ULion Patiflc Ml Various IlfiU\v yMattorBoriiOC l and UcnorAl Interest , With the first of the month there goes into effect over the entire Union Pacific system a now system of keeping accounts In thn freight department. The old cum- boraomo system formerly in vogue Is to bo done away with entirely , and'a now ono adopted entirely different in its char acter and workings. The now system is ono which Is used , for the most part , on the eastern roads. A gentleman in the freight department has kindly furnished an account of this Important move , for press publication. "Tho change to bo made to-day Is not an oflico change , but a complete change In the manner of keeping the accounts in the freight auditor's department. Under the old system agents at the i stations send in their "way bills receiv ed , " as they report them with the money M they receive it. The now system will have the forward ing agent send an Impression of the way bill to the freight auditor's oflico. The orginal way bill goes with the car to its destination , where the receiving agent keeps the bill on file , to refer to in the future , and the freight agent has the tis ane copy on file in his oflico , go that in case any difference occurs it can readily bo found. Here tofore the agents have made a dally abstract , and would close their accounts at the end of each month and a great deal of business dated during the current month , that did not roach them until the following month , would como In the next month ; while our now way la to hold open the accounts until all of the busi ness dated during any mouth , shall roach the oflico and the oflico and thus have each month'n business complete In onr abstract. Wo are then able to refer to the accounts and at a glance cap BOO how It stands , while under the old system it might ba months before wo could toll how an account waa running , owing to some of the month's business bolng put in with another month. From an economical standpoint there is very little saved in point of work except to the agents , who will make four reports and a recapitulating statement each mouth , In stead of a dally report as formerly. The now system places a hotter chock on the agents for the reason that wo can toll moro easily juit exactly how an account stands and whether they have remitted cash enough to balance. The through business will bo reported as heretofore , except that reports will bo made weekly instead of daily. Undpr the old system in reporting prepaid charges a "double entry statement was made , while the now plan simplifies mat ters and thus saves a great amount of work on the part of the agents. There are 108 men employed in the freight auditor's oflico and although the now plan will save considerable work , there will bo no clerks discharged , as there is a largo f mount of ircrkto bodono in clean ing up the past year's business. The system waa inaugurated by Mr. D. D. Davis and is the same system used on the Michigan Central , with slight modification. T. L , Kimball , assistant general man ager ; J. W. Morao , general passenger agent ; 0. S. Stebblns , general ticket agent , and P. P. Shelby , general freight agent , the U. P. officers , who -wont to Kansas City to attend the meeting of the Colorado Traffic association , returned yesterday morning. The business of the mooting waa harmonious and uneventful. The outcome was satisfactory to the rep resentatives of tho'various roads which sent delegate ! ) , the Denver & lllo Grande , Atchlsou , TopeKa & Santa Fe , the Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy and the Union Pacific. A pool agreement relative to Colorado business was signed , which will remain In torco until March 31st , 1885. 1885.W. W. F. McMillan , who has been chief clerk in the general freight department for three years , was yesterday appointed assistant general freignt agent. Mr. Mc Millan has boon In the employ of the company for thirteen years. His promo tion has boon a well earned honor. W. II. Griffota , assistant general freight agent of the Pennsylvania Central , was also appointed assistant general freight agent. The entire suporlutendency of the freight business of the road will bo divided between Messrs. Griffotts and McMillan. The road is to bo divided Into two sections , and ono section will bo as signed to each. The BUOW blockade in Oregon has not yet been lifted. Union Pacific \v. at- bound passengers are still hold , as they have been for the past four days , at Hunth gton , Ore. , the western terminal connection of the Union Pacific road. A congratulatory telegram on the oc casion of the advent of the new yeai will bo eont out by General Manager Galloway to-day to all the heads of de partments on the Union Pacific linos. A general observance of the day will take place throughout the system , and the local headquarters , as well as that of the B. & M. , will bo closed for the day. OMAHA AS A SEA PORT , A. Diversity of Opinion Leads to a Match. , YcatirJay two men mot In an op- town saloon and after indulging In B "Tom and Jerry" they sat down and be gan to talk of matters in general. The conversation finally drifted to the sub joot of.Omaha aa a port of entry , Thit was the rock npon which they split. Ono of the men , who we will cal Brown , said to his companion , Smith that Omaha was now a seaport. "Ob , what's you giving ue ? " sale Smith , "how can Omaha be a soiporl when it's 1,300 miles from an ocean ? " . "Will , said Brown , "I'd like to knov what the ocean's got to do with it. DIi n't oongreaa paas a bill nuking Omaha i sea port ? " ' 'Not by a long shot , " sad ! Smith "and you a'p a fool. " Brown differed with Smith on thi point and hot words followed , which wer in tutu followed by still hotter blows an the tw o men slugged away at each othu until they both looked as If they ha been inn through n Hausago-giindcr. The proprietor of the place finall - noi > nrnted them nnd explained to Blow \ , M- that Omaha was not a seaport but simpl a , pott of entry nnd also explained tli ; iHtfctenca between the twg. 'Jhis settle the whole business. The mtm washt their faces , indulged in mete "Toman i. K Jotry" and in lialf nn hour did not card whether Omalm was a pott of entry , sea port , or poit of the Now Jerusalem. LATE TRAINS , The Sc inel ot Henry Snow on the Unlit. Snow was reported as existing in plen tiful profusion east and west of this point. As a consequence most of the evening trains were late yesterday , schedule time bolng temporarily abandoned. The Burlington & Missouri River overland train from the west , duo hero at 8 p. m. , last night was six hours lato. The Missouri Pacific- incoming train from the south pulled in last night three hours lato. The Chicago & Northwestern train was about two hours behind schedule time. time.Tho The Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha train , duo hero at 5:30 : last even ing , was six hours lato. The Denver train on the Union Pacific pulled out of the depot last night ono dour and forty minutes late delayed by slow connections. SELF SURRENDER , A. limited Soldier Gives Himself Up H a Deserter. Yesterday afternoon Officer Curry was approached by a young man who wanted to give himself up to the law. His his tory , as told by himself , savors a trifla of the curious. Ho said that ho had form erly boon a United States soldier , being a member of troop M , Sixth Cavalry , stationed at Fort Bayrd , N , M. , near Silver City. Ho cut adrift from military life , prolonging for a time the question able life of a deserter to the honorable toil of a soldier's life. Since that time the military authorities have boonlook- | | ing for him. Ho has boon hnntod from place to place , In each town being haunt ed by the fear of detection , ar rest and the penalty usually meted out to the deserter. Finally , a day or so ago , ho came to Cmaha. While walking through the streets of the city , ho mot a young man by the name of Gaorgo Burke , whom ho had known well In Sil ver City , and whom ho know to bo anything - thing but well disposed toward him. Ho was well aware that ho was under the surveillance of the man Burke , who probably would give htm up to the law. Anticipating an inglorious atrest at the hands of the enemy , ho surrendered him- wolf to the local authorities , who will In turn surrender him to the military au thorities at the fort. THE LEGAL TALLY , Matters About tlio Various Jjootil Tri bunals. There was nothing of interest in the Uditod States court yesterday. Judge Dundy adjourned court until after New Year's , and will sit again on the bench Friday and Saturday hearing a tow minor motions and entering certain orders. The court will then close for the November term , and will convene at Lincoln , Janu ary 5. An attachment was issued in this court yesterday to the Michigan Steve Com pany , of Detroit , upon tho.proporty of F. A. Snow , who is indebted to them in the urn of 61032 25. In the district'court yesterday no busi- , osa of importance was transacted. Judge Wakoloy issued papers of commitment for David Dodson , convicted of embezzle ment , and George Brntto , convicted of "arceny. Theyj will bo taken to the Lin- oln penitentiary by Sheriff Miller Satur- ay morning. In the county court letters of adminls- ; ration were issued yesterday in the mater - : er of the esUto of L. C. Johnson , do- leased. * AN UNAUBPIOIOUS EVENT , Mew Year's Morning the Occasion ot a Small Fire. About 1:1)0 : ) this morning fire WAS dis- ovored In the City Steam Laundry , jlovonth and Douglas , by two young men passing in that vicinity. An alarm 'as promptly turned In from box 42 , 'hirtconth and Doughs , which was sromptly attended to by the fire depart ment. The fire , at the time of discovery , was confined to the third story and by int of hard work was hold there and ; ld nst matorlaly damage the other torlea of the building. After h lf an hour's steady and skillful manipulation f the streams , the fire was nndor con- rol. The blaze , which originated n the third floor , Is suppoaod to mvo caught from a defective flue In the oar of the story. The entire damage by the fire could not , this morning , bo accurately deter mined. It is probable , however , that it fill not amount to over $200. The laun dry la the property of Wilklna & Evans , who also own the buildlm * . M. Tnlt Is visiting friends in Chicago. W. A. PaUon has returned from Chicago. 8. M. Wlllox was suddenly called hemet t night by a telegram from home , saying ; hnt his mother in Pennsylvania was dinger- msly ill. Mr. A. II. Fitch , of TJIK Bur , and his ef ( turned yesterday from holiday visit amo.ig their friends in the out , accompanied by tha mother of Mr. I'ilchtho will rmiko Oinnhn her future home , J. W. IJiifTner , Lincoln , J. M. Ryan , Col mnbuf , OII.Khmoy ; , Grand blind , [ ft. T , Gillett , Lincoln , DrmiU Ilurloy , 1'onca , Nob. , Samuel K. Can'y , Jmntii McAllister , Kcokuk , Ii. , K. i : . Muflit , AnRola , N. "V. , mid Joiepl Hosier nnd family , cf Chicago , are at the Met rojiolitnn. B. IT. Douglass und Sons' Capslctn Cough Drops are manufactured by them selves and are the result'of over foitj years experience in compounding cougi mixtures. G Fnncral of inz la Klewttl , The funeral of the late Miss Lizzie Kleirltt took place yesterday afternooi at the Southwest Presbyterian church Hev. T. C. Hall otliclating. The sad cei emonles were largely attended by th friends of the deceased. The intermen took plico at Prospect Hill ceremony. PAYING TAXES. The Last Day of Grace for the Tax Payers , A General lluih M MolH H o Conntr ami City Treasurer's ODlccs , At an early hour yostc rJay morning the offices of the coouty and city treasurers were thronged with men and women who had neglected to pay tholr taxes until now. Not only were offices Glled but n long line of human beings waa formed on the outside of each oflico waiting to gain admission in order to pay into the treas ury what was required of them. All taxes which wore not paid last night become delinquent , and upon all 'delin quent taxes a penalty is attached. Upon county taxes delinquent , n penalty of five per cent la added , and upon city taxes not paid to-day a penalty of ono per cent a month is added. The cause of all this rush is that taxpayers - payers have been hanging on to tholr money just as long as possible , many of them not fooling able to spare no much cash at this season of the yaar. Each person doubtless thought1 will wait until the last day and that will bo plenty of time. " That would have been the case If only a few persons had thought thlr , but whnn many hundreds were of the eamo opinion It made a grand rush and the treasurers and tholr deputies und clerks were rushed alt daylong At the ofllco of the county treasurer theio was experienced the most diiHculty , as the ollico is no arranged that it is very hard work to accomodato n rush , nnd many persons who were on hand nnd ready to pay their taxes could not get near enough to the desk to make n tender of their money. 1 ho question is now raised whether or not taxes can become delinquent and a penalty bo added when the persons were on hand to day , ready to make payment , but becaitso of the great rush were unable to do so , or oven tender their money. NEW YEAR'S ' DAT , How the Day will boSpentlnJOiiinlm | | The Amusements ofTeriil. The time for "turning over a now leaf" is at hand , oven nt the door and many a man who has been saying to himself I will quit this or that bad habit on Now Years day is oven now losing courage. Now Years day is a day when a great deal of "sweating off1 is indulged in and if all the good resolves and promises made on Now Years day were only kept the inillonium would ccitainly have come. But alas too many of the men \\ho"swear olT' do it in a sort of a "Hip Van Winkle" fashion and say to themselves "well aa this is the first time it don't count" and the promise is broken almost before it is made. A gicat many pcrso'ns indulge in a grand hurrah on Now Year's day , all the -while promising themselves that this is the last ono , and just as soon as this ono is over they Vi ill not touch another drop for a whole year. For a fov days after J > ow Year's there ate generally a good many solemn and sober faces to , bo seen , for many men who are iu the habit of "swear ing off" keep their promise made to them selves for a few days , and it is terrible hard to bo asked to indulge iu n nice , hot "Tom and Jony , " and solemnly shako the head and say , "No , thank you , I've , wotn off. " New Years in Omaha will bo about the amo as any other day. Business will gen n as usual. A few business houses may ; ivo their clerks a half holiday , but aa a nlo the stores will bo kept open the on- Ire day. The newspapers will bo pnb- .Ished , and from the general appearance if thu city ono would not suppose that it was a holiday. Calla will bo made to iomo extent but from all appearances .hero . will not bo nearly so many callers or "open" houses as in former years. In the way of amusements , the city will bo rather dull , although those who care for holiday pastimes will bo accom modated. Following is a list of amuse ments : AT THE IlOr.LGR KINK. At the Casino roller skating tink his afternoon nnd evening the Adams Bios. , twin walkers and acrobats willhold ho boards and promise a first-class on- .cilainmeiit. . AT THK OPEUA HOUSE. At Boyd's opera house this after- 10011 a matinee will bo given nt which imo the "Two Johns" comedy company vill make their initial bow to nil Omaha Midicncc. Ilio panic company will hold ho bauds in the evening. PYTHIAN POINTS , laltorH in tlio Varloaa Pythian Lodges In tlio City. A regular meeting of Nebraska Lodge , No. 1 , K. of P. , was hold last night. It was expected that some action was to have been taken with reference to holding olnt installation ceremonies with Myrtle Lodge , U. D. K of P. , next week. All necessary and preliminary arrangements have not been made as yet , however. The following are the newly elected officoru of Nebraska Lodge , who are soon to bo installed ; D. D. G. 0. E. D McLaughlln. P. 0. E. E. French. 0. 0. S. M. Wilox. V. 0. J. D. Lounabnry. P. J. S. llarpstor. K. of R. and S. J. 8. Shropshire. M. of E M. Toft. M. of F J. J. Johnson. L G. Henry Silkcnatad. 0. G. George Cooper. The following are the recently elected officers of Mjrtlo Lodge : P. 0 , James Carter. 0. C. E. H. Crowflll. V. 0. James Uonolly. jr. P. W. W. Wells. M. of A. William H , Baker. K. of U , and 8. Goo. W. H bino. M , of E. F. J. Knapp. M. of F. W. F. Manning , At the regular mooting ot last Mondaj night fiva new members were "pu through the process. " P. L. Murphy J. A , Johnson , A. E , Oogsoanall , J. B Sedgewlck and F. 0. . Still were Inhiatec into the rank of Sir Knight. Last Friday a special meeting of Ne braska Lodge was held to Initiate net members. Harry Morrlara and H. H Marhotf were Initialed into the thin rank. rank.The The project of building a now boll f c / the use of the K. P. orders of the city is fast assuming tangible shape. The corporation papers have not yet boon filed. It it txpootcd , however , that the necessary steps will bo taken to put the scheme Into execution at onco. To tlio llec-Kecpors of Nobrrmkn. The next meeting of the Nebrankrt Stale Bec-kccpeia' association will bo held nt the Court House nt Tccumsch , Neb.com , mencing at 3 o'clock p. m. ) Jan. 14thand continuing until 12 in. Jan. IGtli. Certi ficates entitling the holder to reduced mtes on the railroads can bo had of the secre tary , M. L. Trestor , Lincoln , Neb. Ac tion of the subject of foul brood is imper atively demanded , if wo would preserve oiif industry. No bee-keeper can attprd to bo absent. Other matter of great im portance will bo presented. P. L. VONDOUN , Pros. N. S. B. K. A. ( State papers please copy. ) Omaha , Neb. , December 31 , 1884. A Sprat ucil Anlclo. Yostordavmoniing whileOlh'cer Hinchoy who patrols the South Thirteenth street beat in the day time , was coming from his homo to his work , ho met with quite a severe accident. Ho was wallowing through a snow drift and made a leap to clear n largo bank , thinking to land upon the sidewalk. Ho missed his calculation struck in tlio gutter in Mich a manner na to badly sprain ono of his ankles. Ho was obliged to return to his homo , where he will remain for several days , mining Ilia pet limb. Conrad Soul is the nrjmo of n belligerent individual who was julled on a charge of drunltcnneu last night. Ho threatens to BUD the innyor , tha marshal nnd thu whole police force for $100,000 damage * . "Harry of the West" In Hard Luck. Wnihtng on correspondence lUHIinoro Her ald. "Yes , sir , that's the very same table on which Mr. Clay used to loao the great er part of his congressional salary. Aa I said , Clay and Bright sat down to ploy at 8 o'clock. 'Now , Dick,1 said Mr. Clay , aa the game begin , understand that 1 cannot play later than 12 o'clock. I promised to attend church at Alexandria to-morrow morning , and I don't want to go there looking as if I had been up all night. " "Tho blind was half a dollar , a dollar to como In and no limit to bets. In those days there waa no limit , as there generally is now. All a man could do- maud was a sight for hia money. The cards were cut and Clay got the first deal. Ho was a noted card shufllor. Ho could hold his hands four foot apart anJ lly the cards from ono to the other with out a single card falling. His favorite style was to mix the cards from the end , and not from the sides , holding a half dock in each hand , flirting the ends with his thumbs , and mixing them into a perfect pack with ono movement. Ho usually dealt with ono hand with scarcely a perceptible movement of the arm , his long , muscular fingers enabled him to throw each cord to Its proper placo. But Clay was not a good poker-player. Like most Intellectual men , he played for the xcitoment , not for gain , and as a rule 10 was so careless about his bets that ho : amo out looser. Ho had a passion far lg bats , nnd ho rarely failed ts straddle ; he blind or raise the bet after the game ; ot fairly started. So , if the luck came ils.way , ho wonld win heavily as loner as t lasted. But he was a great bluffer , ad bat high whether ho had the cards r not , The men ho played with found hia oat , of course , and. he never came ut of a prolonged game without being oecod , "For nearly two hours that night Clay d everything his own way with Bright. t ho didn't hold a king full four times land running , followed by a jack-full , hen I hope to bo shot for lying. Bright rled his best to catch Clay in a bluff , but t was no uao. Clay came to the front ivery time with a bund that nothing but burs could phase. A10:30 : Bright had pat 81500 , and had borrowed $500 from "ohn Hancock. After thit Clay's luck eaortod him , but ho failed to rocognlza k. He continued to bet aa high on a ialr of deuces as ho had boon bolting on .n . ace-full. By midnight ho had lost all his winnings and $1,000 besides , all ' .no . cash ho had with hirr. ' "I gnosa we'd botior quit,1 naid Bright , 'aa yon want to go to church to morrow. ' " 'Oil ! blow the church , ' replied Clay ; do you suppose I want to hear a man iroach right on top of loalng § 1,000 at mkoi ? Not much. You juat lend mo < 500 and lot the game go on. ' "So the garni , proceeded , and at day- Ight Clay was mdnbted to Bright to ; ho amount of § 1,500 , and that is the way t stood when the game ended. I hoard afterward from Hancock that Clay iquidatod that debt by giving Bright a deed cf 320 acres of Kentucky land and ransferring to him six shares cf stock in a Louisville bank. " "So Clay didn't go to church that morning ? ' ' the Old Timer was asked. "Well , I was just going to toll you about that. 1 am not reaponaiblo for the itory , as I was not there , end have no personal knowledge of it. But , as told ; hen , Clay Trent to his room that Sunday morning ; shortly after daylight , to go to bed. But ho took a sudden resolution to go to Alexandria , anyhow , and keep bio church engagement. Ho went in thu carriage of a friend. Q'lito ' a crowd "ollowed him when ho wont out to jot in his carriage. There a num ber of people were presented to Mr. Clay , among thorn the rector of the church. The atory was that , while he was talking to the reverend gentleman , Clay put his hand in his pocket to pull out his handkerchief , and In doing this a pack of cards was suddenly spilled on the ground. Clay was not the least abashed , ' but deliberately gathered up the card a , replaced them in his pocket , and re marked to the minister and others who were standing there that a friend had out f'o cards In his pocket as a practical { oke. " . Rlchtor , the reliabla Furrier , Farnara street , Invites the public from Omaha and vicinity to visit his well so- looted stock of Ladles' and Gont'a Fine Fura. All the goods are made from the most prime skins , and Into lateat styles. Illchter'a experience as furrier datts from 1859 , and ho was working as practi- Oil furrier In all the principal cities ( I the word. Satisfaction srnaranteed , Bilk MufiltfM at KHXH'S Save coal by usluc ; JJuyrtcii'a Paten Fire JTintllera All grocers soil them J. B. French & On. , Western Agentr. Fur and Fur Trimmings , at 81x9 s. coal by using IJayden's Pattn Wre Ji'hnllcra , All grocers sell them J , B , French & Co , Weatern Agents. Ladles and Gentlemen's Coal Cap * , S&xo's , the Hatter , Opera House. DIlAaliYTI/ING DON'T PAY. Some of tlio Initiated Krlnto Tlielr Kxpcrlcnco In 1'lay ns n Business. Under the inllnonco of a New York star mesmerist , B.utloy Campbell and othdr dramatists were recently forced to dlvulgo some of the cold facts about their calling , BArtley said : "I began in Chicago. " "That was sad. " "I had boon an editor , a reporter , ev erything bad , and I sank lower. I wrote a play. It was 'Tho Virglntanrv. ' I made , all tcld , out of It , $200 ; but I coaxed the manager to say ho paid mo 52,000 for It. Ilo made 520,000 in ear nest though. At the end of the run ho was rich and I was poorer than over ; for I had learned to drink wlno Instead of beer , and smote 25-ccnt cigars instead of a pipo. " "But you kept on writing ? " "Oh , yes ; I wrote and wrote. Bnt most of my plays remained on my hands. Ono day I sold ono to Louis Aldiirh and Charley Pawloo for 5300 cash and 525 a night for two years , the accrued sum during that time to make up the pur chase money , and glvo the purchasers the ownership of the work. " , "B d terms. " ' On the contrary. I was short and- the sale soorqed heavenly. The play was 'My Partner. ' It made a hit , ana people began to want my dramas. I hunted out all the old ones and began to sell them. Still I remained poor , and the purchasers grow rich , 'My Partner' coined $100- 000 for the actors who bought It , and 1 , who created If , got only n beggarly $3OUO , doled out to mo piecemeal. I dropped. " 'Tho business ? " "No ; to the racket. It was the man ager the purchaser who realized the boodle ; not the writer. When I realized thin I began to realize the profit" . " "HowV" " 1 began managing my own plays on the road. It is as manager , who has to pay no putty royalties een for his plays , thnt I prospered not as a mere scribbler of dramas. Fnnghl There's nothing in ill Ono would bo robbed and would statvo at it. Don't call mo n dramatist. Call mo a manager. " "True"said Cnznnrnn"playspay man agers not authors. I'vo wiitten and adapted manybut I'vo been smart enough to do it for a sa'ary. ' Look at me. What do I own outside of my salary , \\hilo the plays I have made arc going the i minds of the dramatic circuits , making foitunes for speculators and poor actors \\\\o \ don't know enough to go in when it rains , * * nd thcrefotoiumnin out and encounter golden showois through pure jackass luck. "There's Bronson Howard , though , " said Oleo : "Ho ' ' for began by writing 'Saratoga' Daly nearly eighteen yeats ago , " said Cax. "It was a paraphrase of an old farce , 'L eve in All Comers , ' and it waa forced to go. His pay was a light royalty , and wouldn't support him. Ho took to the law for his bread and butter. The play was afterward sold to Charley Wyndham , in London , for another trifle , and he plays it tinder the title 'Brighton. ' Then Bronson wrote 'Lillian's Fitst Love,1 and had it played in Chicago ; but it wasn't much of a go. Palmer got it cheap for the Union Square afterward , 1 was commissioned to write it up , and wo played it under the title of 'Tho Bankers Daughter. ' Howard has been gnawing his moustache for six years over the fact that his little royalty waa tunning out and the managers were making in creasing fortunes every season out of his sacrificed property. " "And yet ho was well paid ? " "Of course , he wouldn't acknowledge ho hadn't ' been. It's to his interest to make the public bollovo ho gets the in come of a Vanderbilt out of his brain work. Bnt he doesn't , all the samo. There's Dawn , now. Ho figures as a man with an income of $200 a day from actIng - Ing dramas , but ho doesn't touch that sum In a mouth. " "Make it six , Caz make It six , " sug gested the abnormally truthful play- wricht. "But are there no successful dramatis to ? " queried .the butter-and- cheese man. "Of conrao there arc. Lots of them , " ald Dan Frohman. 'There's Dave Belaaco over thoro. " "Truo , I wrote one drama iu duplicate 'Hearts of Oak1 and 'May Blossom , ' which is the same thine paraphrased. Bnt at the same time you remark I make myself solid by bolng employed as n stage director on a salary. " "Then you wouldn't ' llko to bo con demned to earn your living as adramatist alone ? " "You bet I wouldn't , " said tiuthfal Dave. "I wasn't born yesterday. " ' Then there is no money in dramatic writing ? " "Yes , there Is plenty In the advor- Isemcnts and the paragraphic clut of ! io papers but not in the pockets of lie dramatists. Look around , for natance , and see the dramatists who live on equaro meals and who are not lomothlng else beeido dramatists. " "How about Steele Mackayc ? " "His moat Buocotsful play waa 'Hazel vlrko , ' and ho has been kicking for five esrs because ho got a comparative ilttanco according to contract , and ailed to get his fingers on the big profits if the play. " "Did it make much. " "For the mamuors who bought it ? Yes. Over $100,000. " "And the author ? " "Ho got about three or fonr thousand , ,11 , told , In weekly payments. " Bravo Brady. "Pull your weapon , you blankoty ilankud liar from up thu goolch , " said laid Brady ; "a-r-a-r-m yourBolf and shoot , 'otir dye htooif , you cowardly fieak of intmo , while I ventilate your immmtal soul. Come down oil' that yaller mool and jet yontself mi/y.ured for n funeral Her- 11011 , you automatic homt thief of thor -r ild. I'vo been "lookin * for you , lo , .heso ininny days. Why don t you lave rourself down alt1 that Imlf mool , you en- illictooal phenomenon , till I lave the day ight in your diafram ! " The man seemed thunderstruck. He muttered something or other , but wo couldn't ' hoar what it was. Brady saw that ho wasn't armed , and with a final throat to shoot him on sight if he didn't take back what ho had said about him , Finecut came back and climbed Into the wagon. Wo drove on at a trot , and everybody hove a sigh of relief. As ] looked back , the black-whiskered stranper still sat on his mule In the roac without a sign of moving on. Ho acemec to have been paralyzed with four. I knew Finecut fur years after that but I always called him Mr. Brady , Hi drove us out to the mountains after tha many times , but wo never allowed onr selves to impose on him. Wo used ti vie with each other trying to win Mr Brady's esteem. If he had asked mo fo ten dollars , I would have loaned It t him just as tocn as I could find a frien who wonld let mo bare. Ho could hav 4 Rot any favor out of mo after that little incident in the cition , L st summer I was aqnln rldinrj In the same locality wltli the shcrllF , not through nny fault of my own , however , when all nt once wo mot the solitary horseman that Brady had cowed and bullied years ngo on tlut Identical ro d. Ho was mounted on the same innlo. I was afraid ho would rocogniza mo ns an accomnlico of Brady's , and lend mo down with reproaches end lead ; but ho did not. ilo rode silently by , not oven re turning the sheriffs salutation. When hegntw \ \ nnd otit of sight 1 asked the slunllw \ thnt was. "That man on the jailer mulu ? Don't you know him ? Wliy , that a aiinkins , poor cuss ! \ \ hen the resurrection coiiu > i oil' , Gabriel will have to raise Alinkint by hand. " "Why ? " "Oh ho got mixed up with n premature blast on the Comslock in nn early day , nnd that's the last noise ho e\er heard dislinctily. Paralyzed his hearing nnd talking outfit. i shouldn't bo sur prised if Alinkint missed the resurrection altogether. BILL NYK. A BL/VGK / UOOOlll ) OP'CIUUK. The Now York Evening Telegram pub lishes statistics of crime during 1884 which show a marked and rapid Incrcoao in murders , suicides and lynchings throughout the country In n year. On an average there have boon about nine murders and five suicides n day , while executions have only aroragod about two per week , showing that capital punishment - ishmont befalls but ono murderer out of every thlrty-throo. Lynchings have averaged about four a week. In IBS' ) there were , on an average , four murders and two suicides n day , and two hangings and two lynchings a week. BInco the beginning of the year 3377 persons have been murdered , ngaintt 1404 last year , 215 Of them mysteriously. Forty-eight children were killed by their parents ; 83 wives were murdered by their husbands , and 12 husbands by their wives. The remaining ' 'family jars" In clude 13 fratricides , 0 parricides , 2 mat- ridden and 2 sororicldcs , There were 20 double , C triple , it quadruple and 2 quin * tuple murders. Sixty-four of the mur derers committed suicide. In Now York there were 125 murders , iG ot which were in Now York city and 7 in Brooklyn. Ohio reports 189 ; Texas , 184 ; Kentucky , 178 : Missouri , 140 ; Tonnosse , 137 ; Ki7 ; Qoorgli , 135 ; Pennsylvania , 120 ; Michigan , 109 ; Vir fiinia , 102 ; Nebraska , 01 ; West Virginia , 90 ; Alabama , 86 ; Montana , 81 ; Arkan- saa , 80 ; Minnesota , 79 ; Kansas , 78 ; Now Mexico , 00 ; Wyoming , Co ; Wisconsin , 04 ; Illinois , 03 ; Marpland , 02 ; Louisiana , 51 ; Dakota , 00 ; Minaisaippl , 59 ; Iowa , 58 ; Utah , 57 ; Indiana , 50 ; Oregon , 55 ; Washington territory , 53 ; Idaho , 52. Nevada , 51 ; Indian territory , 50 ; Flor- jda , 49 ; Arizona , 40 ; Colorado , 42 ; Gal- ifornia , 41 ; South Carolina , 40 ; North Carolina , 39 ; Connecticut , 38 ; Massa ; ohusotts , 37 ; Now Jersey , 35 ; Maine , 10 ; Vermont , 12 ; Rhode Inland , 11 ; Dela ware , 10 ; Now Hampshire , 9 , and the District of Columbia , 8. Ono hundred and eleven persons have have boon hanged , against 105 [ last year. Of the elocutions 103 were for murder , five for assault , and three for arson. Of the persons hangad 53 were negroes and two Indians. Lynch law has been inotcd out to 219 culprits against 1)2 ) in 1883 and Includes 157 white persons , 01 ne groes and ono Japiuoau. Two women were of the number. There were 1897 suicides against 910 In 1883. New York loads with 344 oases , KB."I were In Now York cily , against 204 last year and 04 in Brooklyn. Pennsylvania follows with 81 , Georgia shows 7 , Ohio 72 , Indiana 50. Witconaion 55 , Maryland 54 , Dakota 53 , New Jersey 59 , Texas 40 , Missouri 45. Kanois 44 , North Care- Una 43 , Illinois 42 , Minnesota 41 , Call- fornla 40 , Nebraska 39 , Louisiana 38 , Soath Carolina 37 Tennessee 30 , Arkan sas 35 , Alabama 34 , Iowa 33 , Virginia 31 , Colorado 30 , Connecticut 29 , Kentucky 28 , Mississippi 27 , Arizona 20 , Massa chusetts 25 , Delaware 24 , Michigan 23 , Main 22 , Indian Territory 21 , I aho 20 , Wyoming 19 , West Virginia 18 , WashIngton - Ington territory 17 , Oregon 10 , Rhode Island 15 , New Mexico 14 , Montana 13 , Florida and Nevada 12 each , Now Hamp shire 11 , District of Columbia and Utah 11 each , and Vermont 9. PILLS N 25 YEARS Fha Greatest Medical Triumph of the ) Agal SYMPTOMS OF A roesof nppctltc , IlovreUcontlvc , Pnlu in the licncl , with a dull icnsntlon In the back part , 1'nlii under tlio honlder- blade , Fullness niter cntlne , with n dis inclination to exertion of body or mind , Irritability of temper , lioir uplrlta , with a fooling of having neglected lomodnty , Weariness , Dizziness , 1'Iuttcrlna ; nituo Icarti Data before tlio eyes , Headache ror the right eye , llestleasnoss , with tful dreams , Highly colored Urine , and CONSTIPATION. TUTT'S 1MIX8 nro especially adapted o such cases , ono dose effects such a iuinga of feollnRns to as tontslttno sufferer. They Increase the AppetUeondcau e the odr to Take oil Fleuli , thin the system U ourliheil.nnil hy theirTonlo Action on o Ulireatlve Organsltriiilar Stool * are irortucert. 1'rlT'JSc. 44 Murray St..W.Y. GIIAT HAIR or WHIUKEKS changed to a Lossr ULACIC by a single application of his DTE. Jt imparts n natural color , acts .nstantnneously. Sold uy Druggists , or tent by express on receipt of 91. tjfflco. < * 4 Murray St. . Now York. St , Charles Hotel , ' 13THKETUET. 7th nnd Bth , . . LINCOLN , NEa Mrs. Kato CoaVly , Proprlctoree * . wly and elegantly lurnlahed. Good sample ami on llrat tlaor. CVTermaI.DO to $2 | Hr duy. Hpeclal rates . clvou rromberj ol the legislature. not 10-1 in. mo H. S. ATWOOD , Plnttemouth , - - Nebraska nxiDia or niOMuaniim in uion ctipi HEREFORD M JERSEY OATTLE AMD DOXOOlOKUUT RIO SWISS rTonn ( stock ( or sile. CorresDOnclence lollol * NOTICE. The < yvpartner'hlp hertt'lore exlttli ) ; betweei Charles Jl. I Uhtnn and Henry T. Clark under tin name of Lclfjluon li Clark , In this day din olvuil t ; uiuiuil oorfunt , llr < Ldk'titTa r tirlnu. All Indebtei neuidut t ? Haul firm uill hi , collecttd uy Mr. tluk aii'l all claims a alntt 8 lj II m will bo prenontrd tt biro for piymeot , Mr O ark lll contluuo bualuosi at thoolil t.rjd No. 1111 llanuy it'eet. Ulted at Omaha , Uectmber 111 , U81. . Signed. CiUKt.iri II. LKIOIIIUS. HlMlVT. CLiUK , [ corr ] ute DEEXEL S ; MAUL ( SUOCESSOHSTO JOQHQ. JACOB * ) UNDERTAKERS At the old tUnd H17 Farnam bt. Order * hy ttl frriphsollcituJiuiilrrtimp',1 atteuded to. Ma KB. "I ilnvo Buffered 1" .With every diaca o Imaginable for t last thrco years. Oar Druggist , T. J. Anderson , rcoomra "Hop Bitters" omo , 1 used two bottle * ! Am entirely cured , and heartily recommend mend Hop Blttors to every one. J. D Walker , Bucknor , Mo. I write this as a Token of the great npprccmtion I hav of yonrllop * IJltter * . I WM aflllcted With Inflammatory ilioiunntlsm For nearly Seven ycats , nnd no medicine soonicd to do mo nny , Good III Until I tried two hottlca of your Hop Bitters , and In my surprise I ntn ns well I to-day na over I was. 1 hope "You may hive abundant success" "In this rcat nnd" Valuable medicine : Anyone 1 * * wishing to know more nbnut my cure ? Can learn by addressing mo , E. M. Wllllams,1102 10th Btrcot.NYashlngton , D. 0. I consider your Jtomrdy the best remedy In existence Tor Indigestion , kidney Complaint "And nervous debility. I have just" Returned "From the south In f millets search for health , and lind that your Bitters nro doing mo moro Goodl Than any thing else ; A mouth ago 1 was oxtronily "Emaclatcdlll,1 And scarcely able to walk. Now I am Gaining strongthl and "Flcshl" And hardly n day pasnoa but what I nm * * * * * * * * complimented on my Improved appear- nuco , nnd it Is all duo to Hop Bittorsl J. 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