Ho J AJ THE OMATIA DA1LV HJBE : WEDNESDAY , S73PTEMBER 22 , JS97.
MEMORY OF ABE LINCOLN
Growing Veneration Prompts Btrango and
Not Admirable Consjquonces.
SHAMEFUL NEGLECT OF LINCOLN'S ' TOMB
M InSMITIM ! Trim ! AMMIIIICII lij 1111-
lioln UNIioniircil It } the \titlior-
lliiMHVroiiulil lij'
II I'olltlclll ClMllllllllll.
Waller I ) . Sloley , correspondent of the St.
Lou Is Globe-Democrat. writing fiom Sprints-
fleld , III. , give' a melancholy de crlptlon of
the noglort jn 1 < loray to which the tomb of
Lincoln has fallen He pronounces It a mon
ument of digram to Illinois.
A * | ) ! tlt of taRtcfnl prick1 , sajs the writer ,
U f.tit traklng Springfield ona of the most
beautiful statu capital ! ) . The magnificent
building which houses the government was
In the days of approaching completion de-
terlbed as a paluco In a cornfield. Since then
the city cnrrouniltne has been Improved to
vortlilncf * of the setting.Vlth paved streets
veil shaded , a loik of general thrift In the
business re'itcr and Ions vistas of pretty
h mics In well-kept grounds. It now corrc-
Hponda to a noble capltol wlilcli has no MI-
Iiorlor In massive symmetry and In con
venient adapt'ilion 10 Its purpose * , ami la
ex ceded In liberal expenditure by only one
other building of the Idnd , that at Albany
EVHngfleld Is an honor to the state tint In
strings contrast to all else that commands
admiration Is the condition of the tomb.
Illinois as umed u sirred trust when the
question of the disposition of the remains
of the martyred president wea settled Tint
trust has not been kept The friends of
Lincoln feel the neglect keenly. They are
nnxIo.iH to si'e public RctUlmcnt aroused
and the Icqiajatuic reminded of Its dtitj
ThTo h neither defense nor explanation of
the Deficit When the custodian cpuus the
grate 1 doors and takes the vMtors Into
fl ft the rrjpt nnil then the memoiial chain-
bcr , his Introductory words are regretful
In the dipt the plaster has fallen fiom the
oichrd rosf , anil more than tlat , gaping
tievlccs have opened In the brick masonry
A little longer of this Inattention and thereof
roof \\lll cave down npin the door untie
vlikli , covered by conciete , ni-o the caskets
of President and .Mis. Lincoln
0" the other side of the burial crypt the
immortal loom Is In scarcely better condi
tion With t-\ery rain the water comes
through the vaulted roof It has blackened
nnd stained celling and willi It hns made
a gnat blotch of the once bright colors of
the coat of arms Piovalllng dampness has
mildewed and rusted the none too numerous
lellcs In this chamber are Kept the survey
ing Instruments Lincoln as a voting man
lisul the gun which failed to save the llfo
of his grandfather In Kentucky when an
Jiidlan eiept upon him at work on his farm ,
the great book In whkh c\eiy child In the
public schools of Philadelphia wrote his or
her name attached to- the expression of sorrow
row at the time of death The Btone tablet
\\hleh the Romans sent from the walla of
the Internal City to commemorate emancl-
JiEtlon likening the act of Lincoln to that
of one of the early emperors who freed the
slaves Is In the chamber The broiue bust
of William the Silent , who died by assassi
nation Ins a place The walls arc co\crcil
with the memorials forwarded fiom all parts
of the country For such a collection of
Mstorlcal vnlite the stntn Is not manifesting
mifllclont care to keep the rain out
The tomb cert $270.000 This money , the
most of it , was raised \oluntary contri
butions Large sums came from the tnops
In the Held , single companies contributing
Beve < il hundred dollars It Is little enough
( hat Illinois should maintain the granite
) > Ilu In a ttateof tolerable repair. On the
outside the cement has dropped from between
the couises and many of the blocks aio
out of line Hven the aptircaching walk is
cracked and broken and uneven.
THR LINCOLN UKSIDENCE.
rout blocks to the eastward and the same
to the south from the court house center
of Springfield Is the "Lincoln residence , " as
the plain board sign over the front door
identified It The stole has dona a little bet
ter In the pi enervation of the homo from
which Mr Lincoln went away to Wa hlngton
in the hprlng of 1SGI to be Inaugurated
president , than It has In caring for the
tomb. This house and lot on a cornel rep
resents about all that Mr. Lincoln ever
owned U was almost the only home he had
It grows In Interest with the public With
the joa's a reverent dealre to see where and
how Lincoln lived spreads and strengthens
It brings to the house numbeiB of people ,
ntcadllj Increasing. And these visitors show
6. sentiment tint Is not Idle curlpslty One
of them , a man In middle life , was being
6h.cn n through the rooms a few davs ago
by the custodian's vvlfo , who was a little
girl living on the next corner when Mr Lin
coln was practicing law In Springfield and
who alvvavs depended upon him to take her
to the clrcu- When they came to the up
per loom which was Mr Lincoln's bt > d cham
ber , and upon the walls of which Is still
to bn seen some of the papei which was
thcro when Mr Llncon occupied It , the vis
itor stepped forward and kissed It.
"I can't help It , " he bald brokenly , as
opolcgy foi | IH ! weakness.
'Within the same week that this occurred
an old man who was going through the
house sat down In a chair and sobbed aloud
Then , as the ( cats fell , ho told that ho had
known Mr Lincoln In the Hlackhawk war.
"Ho cried as he talked , " mid M s. Hd-
waids , the wife of the custod'an , "and al-
mo t before we knew It , we found ourselves
crying , too. "
A clergyman fiom the east was a recent
visitor. When ho had seen all that was lu-
tcicslltiK he Bat down iind talked long about
the character of Mr Lincoln. lie had a cu
rious theory that In the davs to come the
world-might lecognl/o In the great person
ality almost a second Christ. Ho went on to
unfold his belief that the honor which the
world now , bestow * upon the memory of Mr.
Lincoln IB slight In comparison with that
which fiituio genciatlons will render.
Incidents which servo to show the deepen
ing veneration for all that pertains to Mr.
Lincoln are of almost dally occurrence at
the residence and at the tomb. On Labor
day of this jc'iu1 the residence was thronged
liy these of the working clabsea who came
from out of town to Join In the dcmormtra-
tlon , Last yeai between f.0.000 and 60,000
people found the way to the outskirts of the
city and looked through the grating upon the
tnaible sarcophagus which once contained the
body of the president.
WUANGLING POLITICIANS.
It dawned on the state government several
Sears ago that If the Lincoln tomb was not
to become a ruin thorough rcxtoration must
lie undertaken An appropriation of $10,000
was made , Then BIOSO a difference of opin
ion us to what wag necesear ) . Altgcld was
governor. Hit wanted * the old monument
taken down and a new one. built. Hlsilcono-
clasttc spirit would bo sathtlcd with nothing
lets. Something of a wianglo ensued be
tween thu governor and the other state otll-
cers to whom Ihu work was Intrusted The
time went by and thu elements continued to
uorlc havoc without and within the pile The
Altgcld djnast ) pasted away Almost us
BOSH as the new admlntatratlon came In. the
Btato olllcers got together for the purpose of
tarylng Into Immediate execution the purpose
of the legislative net. An examination
showed ( hat the law appropriated thu money
from , thu le\j of the \eur In which the act
pasaad , That lev ) Wan long ago exhausted.
The late ntlinlnUttatlcn had no usu for a
BUI pins. The appropriation was as Ineffective
us If It had never been made , And so the
matter U pending , to the ahamo of thin great
Btatu. There Isn't a citizen of Springfield
but saB It U outrageous , These who comu
to visit thu tomb as lu a shrine erected to
Ilbeity go away tilled with Indignation at
tbo sights. Another legislative session will
not pus without Homo action , but It will bo
a rctlectlon on Illlnolfi that fcho had to bo re
minded of her duty ( u i.'io memory of Lin
coln.
coln.Tils
Tils Interest In what was Mr , Lincoln's
and In where his bones ure crumbling has
forced attention. Provision to gratify It has
not been volunteered , but granted under
uicssuru , Ono might suppose that with
such a number of visitors to the tomb
there would bu no dllllculty lu reaching U.
Yet tl'e car line by which tbo mile and
luoro distance from the business center
Is made does not run to thu place , but stops
lu a park where refreshment stands , a
dancing pavilion and the usual Inducement *
to local patronage arc conspicuous. From
( ho end of the track a cinder pith wind's
down the hill. There a dusty road Is crossed.
A gate admits to the cemetery fly ft walk
up the valley past the nlona vault where
the body wan at first deposited , the way Is
over the slope where more people Mood on
that day when the nation mourned than
have ever been gathered In the Illinois
capital city since. The tomb , square and
S'lUAt , a hollow atone toner rising from the
center , Is on the crest of a gentle slope with
a rrsoivatlon of nine or ten acres of sward
and trora about It. On ono side stands
a neat stone house , the nbodo of the
cuslodlan The grounds arc well kept The
filtc Is beautiful Only the condition of the
tomb promp s the feeling of regret Lincoln
belonged to the nation Ills resting place
should have been the nation's care , If his
state can bo so forgetful.
LINCOLN PAMILY riMlNITUHn.
When Lincoln went to Washington ho had
a sale of the furniture of the nighth street
home. Most of the articles were bought
by a well-to-do family named Tllton , who
admired the president In such a way ns
to make what had belonged to him things
to be treasured. When the troops passed
tlnongh Springfield to the front they visited
the howe "where Uncle Abe had lived ,
and the Tlltons used to confer great favor
by permitting the bovs In blue to sit down
In the dining room and have a glass of
milk off the table from which Mr. Lincoln
had eaten so many times , lint the Tlltons
moved away to Chicago They carried
with them the furniture which had been In
the Lincoln house , prizing It more than
over after his dealh. In 1871 came the
Chicago flio , and with It went not only the
Lincoln furniture , 'nit the original docu
ment , which , If It was In existence now ,
would bo preserved with the zeal that
guards the Dcclaintton of Independence
thu Proclamation of Emancipation. The
draft of the proclamation had been sent to
Chicago to bo exhibited for some purpose
and was burned In that fire.
The house at Springfield remained the
piopcrty of Mr. Lincoln until he died. Then
It passed to his son Robert. As Interest
grew , It became dlfflcuit to rent the house
because of the trouble the Increasing num
bers of visitors caused At length Hobcrt
Lincoln yielded to the demands of public
sentiment , and , taking the advice of his
uncle , Judge Edwards transferred the
house to the state as on historical trust
lht > state accepted It , and provided a cus
todian at a modest salary to occupy the
residence and to receive those who came
tolslt It. A Mr Oldroyd was made cus
todian , and the selection had the merit of
a certain kind of fitness. Mr Oldrojd la a
collector of Llncolnlana , Ho began when
Mr Lincoln was n candidate for president ,
and when ho was scarcely more than a boy.
All of his llfo ho has been adding to his
collection He has spent a great deal of
money , even at times when he could not
afford It Anything and everything that
could be connected with Mr Lincoln's per
sonality , Mr Oldroyd has gathered In He
has carried through his purpose without
much judgment or discrimination , It must be
admitted The Oldrojd collection ranges
from old hats to autograph letters. Not
long ago the collector had a brisk lawsuit
over the tltlo to some article of cast-on
apparel alleged to have been worn by Mr
Lincoln These relies which he had been
nearly foity jcars In gathering. Mr Oldroyd
arranged In the Lincoln residence when he
became custodian , and enough of the arti
cles were of historic value to add much to
the Intelest of a visit.
HHLICS AND SPOILS.
H was a labor of love with the custodian
to show relics nnd to give to all who came
icallstlc and homely Impressions to better
the understanding of the character of Mr
Lincoln Mr Oldroyd fitted Into the place
as If It had been made foi him. He had
declared his purpose to leave hla collection
'o ' the state to bo preserved In the residence.
It rover occurred to those Interested that
the time would come when this custodianship
of It would be treated as part of the spoils
of patronage. Dut then It had never oc
curred to anjbody that a man with so little
regard for traditions and the fitness of things
as John P. Altgcld would be governor of
Illinois. Oldroyd was removed summarily.
When friends went to AltRold to protest and
to call his attention to the fact that with
Oldroyd would go the Oldroyd collection the
Irreverent executive said.
"No ! It will he no trouble to get another
Lincoln collection as good as Oldroyd's. "
So the governor appointed a political friend
named Hoffeicamp , or something like that ,
to bo custodian of the Lincoln residence.
Oldroyd moved his relics to Washington. The
new custodian had a reiatlve who kept a
second-hand store. It wasn't many dajs un
til an old friend of the Lincoln family went
Into the house and saw Hoffercamp point out
an ancient article of furniture and say to
the group of vlbitois :
"Yet , that Is the table that Mr. Lincoln
ate off of three times a day. "
Then followed four years of such custo
dianship as was never contemplated when
the house was deeded to the ntate , and
such as made the friends of Lincoln almost
ulsli that flames would sweep away thu lioiibe
as they bad the original Lincoln furniture
HofTcrcamp thought the old house needed Im
proving. One day he scraped off all of the
wall papei In the room where Mr Lincoln
lecelved the newn of his election , the Iden
tical paper which was thcro at the time , and
put on new paper which he congratulated
himself and the state greatly Improved the
appearance. Only the retirement of Altgeld
stayed the vandal hand of Hoffercamp. When
the custodianship pnsed out of his posses
sion Hoftcrcamp had a sale of "Lincoln
telics , " and disappeared from view.
VANDAL HANDS STAYED.
Thu new custodian of the residence Is a
son of Judge Edwards and a nephew of
Abraham Lincoln. The wife of Lincoln was
u sister of the wife of Judge Edwards. H
WUH In Judge Edwards' house that Mr. Lin
coln did his courting. His wedding took
place there. Moving to the Lincoln resi
dence to take charge of It an custodian , Mr.
Edwardtt brings the furniture which was
Ills father'b , and which Is uioro closely as
sociated with Mr. Lincoln than any other
Ilko articles In existence. The old hair
cloth bofa , large enough for more than two ,
Is the ono from which ( ho awkward young
lawyer stretched his legs while ho "told the
old , old story , the svvcetcet , dearest story
ever told. " The tablecloth which graced
the table with royal linen for Mr. Lincoln's
wedding supper , for Judge Edwards' father
when governor of Illinois bought It from
Dom Pedro , Is among these sure-enough
icllcs. When thu law ofllce WAS distilbed !
by the election to the presidency Judge Ud-
wards took possession of and kept a book
case which Mr Lincoln hnd used , and that
Is now a part of the belongings The choice
of the present custodian la happy In many
ways It has brought to live In the house
the wlfu of Mr. I&lwards who , as a ghl ,
was a next-door neighbor and'almost a dally
visitor of the Lincoln family until they
moved to Washington , n bright , Intelligent
woman , whose memoiy Is overflowing with
those reminiscences which lighten up a visit
to such a place.
"Except that a kitchen ban been added , "
bald Mre. Edwards , "tho house is Just as
.Mr. Lincoln owned It You will notlcu that
the upper btory has unusually high cell
Ings. When Mr. Lincoln got the place the
houun was only a ctory and a half Mrs
Lincoln Inherited toinu money from her
father's estate In Kentucky Mr. Lincoln
warned her to Invest It In land She wabii't
willing to spend all of It In that way , and
kept sonic One tlmo when ho was to be
away for c-ame days , she put the carpenters
to work nnd bad the roof raised BO as to
make a full second story Mr. Lincoln got
homo after the work was finished Ho went
to that house over there on the other corner
and asked the people If they could tell him
whit had become of his family Ho paid ho
had left a wife and children living In a little
one-story house when ho went away , and
he could not IInil thu place. Ho explained
tliut ho did not rare * for thu house , but
would like to gel his family "
' According to ono version of that tory ,
Mrs Lincoln came to the door while Mr.
LI'icoln was making these Imjurles and
told him to come In and not make a fool
ol' himself , " was suggested
"That Isn't so , " said Mrs KJuaids ,
( | Ulckly. "Mrs Lincoln did not talk In that
way. She was high-tempered , but has been
much misrepresented. Shu would bometlinei
gpeiK and act quickly and regret It the
next moment. Shu was one of thu kindest
of mothers. I remember that a new clock
was brought homo. Shu told the children
they must not touch It. A chort time after
ward the went Into the room and found that
two of the boys had taken the clock to pieces.
She whlppjd them , and then almost Imme
diately wag so sorry eho had done so she
told them to take the clock and do as they
pleased with It. "
The deep Jutcrett In nil that pertains to
'dustry which In not admirable. liogus rell n
I In large numbers have been produced and
marketed. Some of them are of a charac'or
'
to do rank Injustice to the memory of Mr
I Lincoln Some of them Are only foolish A
man In Philadelphia has got a Lincoln col
lection of which he IB very proud It con
tains what purports to be the marriage li
cense of Mr Lincoln Tor a long time this
license has passed as genuine. It was so
treated by Nlcolay and Hay In compiling
their biographical matter , and was given n
place In the "Hltitory of Lincoln. " Itccently
ft eltlrcn of Springfield went over to Pete's-
burg and found the license upon whlrh Mr.
Lincoln was married just where It ought to
he among the county records. It had been
filled out and returned by thu ofllclatlng
minister Lincoln was married In 1S42. In
the seal of the county attached to the al
leged license owned by the Philadelphia col
lector was the date 1S41 In small figures
The prc'cnco of these figures prompted the
Investigation. It was found that the county
obtained a new seal In IS 19 , and that seal Is
the ono on this bogus license furthermore ,
It was discovered that In the typographical
form the marriage licenses of the county
have undergone several changes Compari
son was made , and It showed that the Phil
adelphia licence used In the history wax
manufactured from a form that came Into
Ute by the county In 1SG3. A blank of that
year had been taken by somebody and filled
out with the names and dates and stamped
with the oldest peal which could be found ,
the one of 1840 , and thus the icllc had been
manufactured.
A DOCTOHEI ) ALMANAC
Worst of all was the manipulation of an
almanac to fit the well-known story that
Mr. Lincoln once cleared a man charged
with murder by showing that there was no
moon when the chief prosecuting witness
testified that ho saw distinctly the fatal
thrust given , because the moon was shining.
This trial took place at Ileardstonn. The
defendant was Duff Armstrong , whose mother
had taken Lincoln In and befriended him
when hu first came to the county , a poor
youth. Duff Armstrong Is still living in one
of the towns neighboring to Springfield. Ho
has sold his trotting horse and Joined the
chinch and become a thoroughly upright
citizen. The trial took plate In 1S57. Arm
strong was cleared. The story told far and
wide was that Mr. Lincoln palmed upon the
juiy an almanac which showed there was no
moon on the night of the homicide , and thus
Impeached the principal vvltncts against Duff
Armstrong. Thcro Is In the possession of
Gunthor , the Chicago collector of Lincoln
telics , a doctored almanac , supported by an
array of affidavits claiming that lt Is the one
Lincoln used before the jury. U is an alma
nac of 1S54. The 4 has been changed to a
7 by pen work with conslderablo skill to fit
the year of the trial. Mr. Gunther has no
doubt that this almanac was used by Mr.
Lincoln Yet Mr J. McCau Davis , a young
lawyer of Springfield , has demonstrated that
the almanac w < is not used by Mr. Lincoln , and ,
without attempting to fasten the responsi
bility of the slander where It belongs , has
established that this almanac was fixed within
recent years to fit the story.
The almanac passed through several hands
before U reached Mr. Gunther. It was
sold at increasing prices until the present
possessor paid ? 50 for It. One , who had It
for a time , puts a relic value on It of $1,000.
Mr. Davis has seen the lawyers who were
associated with Mr. Lincoln In the defense.
He has hunted up the surviving Jurors In
the case. Ho has traced the almanac back
to Its origin. When the deadlock occurred
In the Illinois leglulnture between Logan
and Morrison , aljout a dozen years ago , It
was broken by a vacancy In a senatorial
district and by the election of a republican
named Shaw , the democrats who had a
strong normal majority being defeated by
a still hunt. Shaw died some years ago ,
and the story Is that this almanac , with
the year figures changed , was found In one
of his books. A man named Husted was the
dlscoveier. He bought some of Shaw's
effects , and , according to his statement , this
almanac was among them. Husted claims
to have been a deputy sheriff at the Arm
strong trial , although this Is not a matter
of court record. Ho also claims that Shaw-
was connected with the case In some way ,
and thus came Into possession of the book.
Husted moved out to Nebraska several
years ago. He disposed of the almanac to a
resident of Alton , 111. , and , after passing
through various hands , the relic was un
loaded on Gunther.
Mr. Davis has obtained a great deal of
cumulative testimony of participants In the
trial to show that Mr. Lincoln did not use
this almanac , and by going back to the
astronomical records , he found that Lincoln
had no need to take any other year to get
his almanac evidence to Impeach the wit
ness. The testimony was that the moon was
full , and that It stood In the heavens about
where the sun Is at 10 o'clock In the morn-
Ing. The almanac for that year showed the
jury that upon the night of the homicide
thcio was a new moon about two days old ,
and liibtcad of being In the east , it was
almost setting In the west. The Lincoln
almanac Is the manufactured evidence to
support a fake.
\niiv i.\TKST iv Ji.vii.ito vns.
V Itooil for 1'rnt clem Tut Up liy nil
Indiana ( iciilUN.
The thousands of wealth-seekers who are
yet to brave the dangers of the Chllkoot
pass are but a few of those who will rise
and call Thomas Nesom 'blessed ' If his new
system of railroading proves to bo practica
ble and Is put to use In Alaska. Mr. Ncsom
Is an Indiana , electrician , and Is said to bo
neither crank nor dreamer , but a gentleman
of bright thought and busy brains , who Is a
willing slave to his passion for electrical ex
periment. Ills newly Invented railroad , he
asserts , will overcome the obstacles of moun
tain , gorge , lake and stream , which now
malic passage to the Alaska Eldorado so
difficult and dangerous
To a representative of the Cincinnati Kn
qutrer who smoked him out of his laboratory
In Indianapolis , Wl/ard Nesom declared that
his patent will enable every man to have hit
own car , and that coiporato capital will
merely have to supply thu power end line ol
rails. These once available , farmers , mer
chants , tourists , gold seekers or whoever else
may wish to use the lines can have Unclr
own cars at a cost less than that of a
bicycle ,
Tbo onlv Important thing which Is new In
this Invention Is that the wheel and motor1
are Irslde the track from whlrh the car Is
suspended. The rails ore of D _ shape , with
the vertical line of the letter downward , In
which Is a grove with edges holding the
motor In place and protecting It from snow
and Ico. That Is about all there Is of it
except poles , girders and power houses The
poles Mr. Nesom proposes to place sixty
feet apart and the power houses at a dis
tance of forty miles from each other , The
cars are controlled by compound iovers and
hand ropes , and tbo end of each -Is - made
nanow to lessen thu air resistance under
great speed.
"This road can be built with Iron suspen
sion double track , " said Mr. Nesom , "for
about $3,500 a mile , A speed from fifty to
100 mllea an hour , carrying from fifteen to
twenty passengers , can be obtained. If
wooden track Is built the cost would be Ics-
foned one-half and the speed about the same
I claim this system ran bu made far superior
to cny In existence , It now lequlres 2,000
pounds dead weight to carry the average
passenger (147 ( pounds ) by the prchcnt rail
way BEtem , at a cost of l'i cents a mile ,
and by tbo present trolley clectrlr ystem
ground track 450 pounds at a cost of three-
quarters of 1 cent a mile. The telpherage
system reduces the dead weight to fifty
pounds to thu pansenK'i at a com ( if lers
than 1 mill , reducltg to * trolley t > ystcm
nine times The road can bu made auto
matic , whereby mall or amall packages can
be suit at a rapid speed , stopping at any
point desired It cannot be blocked by rain ,
snow , Ice or sleet "
The "nieyclldt's Uwt PnencI" is a familiar
uamo for DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve , al
ways ready for emergencies While a ape-
clflc for piles. It aUo Instantly relieves and
cures cuts , bruize ? , salt rheum , eczema and
all affections of the ckln. It never falls.
A Irnmi'N rirc Vliirin.
In the loftiest tower In the city of Vienna
there Is a novel Instrument known as thu
toposcope , constantly attended day and night
for the purpose of locating fires It con
sists of a good telescope , which Is solidly
attached to an arrangement of levers , while
graduated sections of a circle are arranged
horizontally and vertically In euch n way
that the moving of the telescope eldewayH
or up and down results In a change of po
sition of the hands attached to thu levers ,
In reference to the graduated scales. Thus ,
the stability of tbo apparatus being assured
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BOOKBINDING , ETC
f.iTuoan.4pni.\ ,
J'ltlXllKG A
eleventh and Howard Sts
B30TS-SHOES-RUBBERS ,
M'frs \ Jobbers of Foot Wear
M tSl niN AGENTS FOn
The Joseph Bauigau Rubber Co.
Rubbers and Mackintoshes.
Oninliu , Neb.
F.PKirkendall & Co
Boo's , Shoes- and Rubbers
Salesrooms 1102-110M1M Hartley Street.
Boots , Shoes , Rubbers ,
AT WHOLESALE
omce and Salesroom 1115-21-23 Howard St.
W'"i '
Wholesale Shoe Manufacturers
Western AsentB Goodjoar Glove Rubber *
UH Harney Street.
7 T. Lindsey ,
*
WHOLESALE
RUBBER GOODS
Owner of Chief Brand Mackintoshes
BAGS
Retnis Omaha Bag Oo
"
Importers and Manufacturers
BAGS
614-16-18 SouHh irth Street
BAKING POWDER EXTRACTS.
Tarred & Co. ,
SYRUPS ,
Mc'aiiei > , Sorbhum. etc. , Preserves and Jellies
Also tin cans nnd Japanned ware.
Lincoln lias led to the promotion of an In-
lij the firmness of the fastening , whenever
the telescope IB focussed upon the tame ob-
jcrt the hands will point to the same fig
ures on the horizontal and on the vertical
sextant ; and , slnco an Index of the whole
city hax been made. It U but a matter of a
fcnv Kcconda when a glare lu dlbcoverod at
night to direct upon the spot the toposcope
on the Hide to read off the numbers , to look
up the object , end to telegraph to the cen
tral station the de-tails observed Local ion-
dltlons are , of courte , necessary for the suc
cessful operation of e.ich an apparatus , but
In this C860 they are said to bo almost , per
fect. The tow'cr Is over COO feet high and
an uninterrupted view of the great area of
the city Is tlniB'prealblu to the watchman
The atmospheric conditions are also favor
able.
AllllTlfllll KIlIK" III .Nftt lll'IIIIMM It'U.
A New York man who has Just returned
from St John , N H tells of an experience of
tits there which caused him no little astonish
ment Wishing to procure some Ilrltlsh and
American flags for decorative purposes one
day , iio started out to make his purchases
CHICORY
American
The
Chioory Go.
Hrowers nnd nnnufncUncM rf nil forms of
Chlcor > Omnlin IVcmont-O Nell
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
Ei Bliss ,
Jniinnlir and i
Crockery. China , Glassware ,
Sliver Plated Ware. Looking Glii o * . Chni
clellcis , Lnnips , Chlmnejs. Cutler } , ntc.
1410 1'AUNAM M' .
CREAMERY SUPPLIES
Creamery Rlachincry
nnd Supplies.
Boiler * , Engines , Wed Cookers , Wood Pul-
leyn , Shnftlng , Tieltlnrr. Mutter Pack
ages of all kinds.
807-909 Jones St - - - - - -
COAL.
lmMm
Office 1G05 Farnam Street.
SHERIDAN COAL.
Dlctz , President CloiiM VM7. Sec & Trcs
CONFECTIONERY CIGARS
Manufactui ing Confcct , oners ,
Atid Jobbers of Porolau nnd Domestic
Fruits , Nuts , Clears and Crackers.
uos-nut nuwAiin ST ,
DRY GOUDJ.
Importers and Jobbers of
Dry Goods , Fuiwshing Goods
AND NOTIONS.
DRUJS.
go2-oo6 Jackson St.
J. C. RICHARDSON , I'rest.
C. P. WBLLER , V. PrtBt.
, E. Bruce & Co.
Druggists and Stationers ,
"Queen Ilee" Specialties ,
Clgnis , Wliuu and lirmullca ,
Corner 10th and Hurney Street * .
T
Xl'f'r * Stanilird I'harmioeutloal I'rapara-
tlont tipecial formular I'rrixtrrtt to
Onltr bcixl for Catatofliie ,
Laboratory , 1112 Hovtnnl St , Omaha
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
Electrical Supplies ,
Electric Mining Bolls and Gas Lighting
C. W. JOHNSTON , Pies. 1315-1517 Howard.
WHOLESALE AND RKTAIL
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
UM Farnam St ,
FRUIT-PRODUCE.
& Oo ,
WHOLKSALC
Commission Merchants.
R W , Corner 12th and Howard Sta
Members of the NntlonJl LVUKUC of Conimls
Blon Merchants of the United Mate * .
freight & Howss ,
joniiEiis
Fruit and Vegetablts
nS Straw horrles , Apples , Orangfiv
Lemons , Cranberries , Potatoes. 1017 Howard St
FURNITUJRE
Hewey & Stone
Fwrniti
wnoi.usAi.i ;
F lrmtu1e Draperies
111M117 Tarnam Street.
among the shops of the city The Stars and
Stripes were every where In plenty but not
an hngllsh flag could ho find In the town !
Upon his expressions of surprise at so ex
traordinary a state of affairs In her majesty'n
Jomintons , tt.o shopkeepers Informed him
that Iho jnbllcu festivities hail completely
cleaned out their stock of Kngllsh flags and
that they had not yet been able to procure a
frebli supply Thus the province's reputation
for lovalty was saved but Iho Now limns-
wickers are not wholly at casu under the
circumstances , and the consignments of Kng-
lUli bunting are anxiously expected
Running aort > : , Imloie'ut Hirers end Mmllar
troubled , even though of many ve < irj' standIng -
Ing , ma } be cured by using Ue\Vitt' Witch
He/el gulve. It soothes strengthcno and
heals It Is the girat pile cure
I'lilicil < n WurK ,
Chicago Tribune. Dlnguss Shadbolt , did
you e'\er look closely at a sliver dollar and
notice how many faces jou can make out on
the obverse side7 There's the profllo of
Qeorgo III , the head and mane of the British
lion , the profile of Disraeli and "
Ehadbolt Yes , and jou'd Ilko to run jour
GROCERIES.
FINE GROCERIES
Teas , Spices , Tobacco nnd Cigars.
H03-H07 Itnrney KsrccU
liUli niul Loiivumvorth St.
Staple and Fancy Groceries
fCA AM ) CUII 1C HOvSltlti , Ctc.
S corrnn uo VSTKHS
AMI JOIIIII.M ; cjiiocuus.
Telephone 2S2.
HARNES ADDLERY
J
JM/CV.nW , SADDLltb < I.M * COLLARS
tfobltri i of Leather , tiititilttru Hanliraif , lite.
Wo ollclt yourordeis 1M5 ! Howard Et.
HARDWARE.
Wholesale Hardware ,
Oniiilin.
Wholesale Hardware.
Hlcycles nnd bpoi tine CJoods 1S19-'J1-'J3 llnr-
nc-ystieet
HATS-CAPS
1109 and till Howard M.
//J/.K.S 17 / .
X , VAl'ti , CUH'i : " ) . .11/JTC.VS
Onneis of Gate Clt > Peerless. Damascus allJ
' 1 ranBmlf > uls-lpp ] hr.inJ * nf huts
JEWfcLRY
mm
IVliolcsale fcweliy.
Inth aiul ManicOiit.iha. ; .
Wo c in ! , liojou I ho IIP ts too It In the c-Ity.
ISo lot.ill.
LIQUORS
&
\\IIOM > AI.I :
LIQUORS.
Proprietors or AMERICAN C'lOAR AND CJI.AS3
WAIII : co
2H-210 South 14tli .St
. _
East India Bitters
Golden Hheaf Pure Il > e and Ilourbon WhlfKey.
Willow Springs Distillery , Her & Co. , 111 !
llorney Street.
3
Wholesale
Liquor Merchants ,
1001 Ii'iirnam StrcoU
iioy Brothers ,
Wholesale
Liquors and Cigars ,
1118 K.trmun btrect-
J
WIIOI-ESALE
Wines , Liquors and Cigars.
4U-41G S. 15th Street.
LU1.1BER .
hicago Lusnibsr Oo.
WHOLESALE
DUMBER . , .
814 South 14th St.
face on a silver ilollai If I had one to Bpare ,
vvouMn't you ? It won't work tliltt tlmo ,
DlngiiHH. It won't work I haven't a allver
dollar about me
Washington Star "I want to write an ar
ticle about great men and their early Btrng-
Klen , " said the Interviewer.
"And vou want to know something about
mine ? " Inquired Sfriator Sorghum.
"Yes When did you have the severest
early struggle that you un ictall ? "
"Yesterday morning "
"I beg jour pardon. "
"Yes I don't know when I have had
ouch a time I was awake until after niM-
night the night before and had to gut up
to catch a G o'clorlt train "
TO cintn A COLU IN ONI ; DAY
Tnke Laxative Ilromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggUts refund the moiic } It U falls to
cure. t'Cc ,
AVOIIK'II IllIU MlllilTK.
Only women are employed In the manufac
ture ) of rugs at I'erugla , where the old In
dustry , begun thcro in the elxtventh century
LUMB 2R :
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WHOM : * M.T : ANP
L UMBER
onico nnrt Yn l 13tli nnd Cnltfornl * 8t
ep.fi. Noagland
U 'holcsalt
LIKIC , Etc
! Uh ami Douglas Sts.
6th and Douglas S's.
Telephon jpy.
OIL -PAINTS
and Pami Go.
M \M ru'insnits
Air Moated M nral Paint
And Paint * f MI M H 1 ntt > , lite.
1015 nnd 1017 Jone * St.
! A MolTi. ! l t VI' t'ros 1 , J Jjr.ikc , Ocn Mgr
Gnio.lne , 'lui | iilliie. Axle < ll .i e 1'te
Omaliii llrnnili niul \ > .rrolcF. Jnlm II Huth MRr.
OYSTdRS
M ffioSe & So ,
1 > A ( Kl Its
KING COLE OYSTERS ,
cin.i in vvi > pon.riiv
ini , | | iw ltd St
PAPEK-WOLDiNWARt : .
arpsnter
_ _
Piinting Paper ,
Pahcr , Stationery *
Corner 12th anil Howard Etieets.
\vnOI.Ub\I.U
Pap ' r nd Stationery >
I02in 21 J H Eleventh St.
Wrapping Paper , Stationery ,
M'oodcnware.
1107 llaniej htrcet
PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES.
Photographic Supplier ,
1-1. % I'll r mini St.
SASH D03IJS BLINDS.
Kannfactiircrs of
Sash , Doors , Blinds , Etc ,
12th and I/-irJ Sts.
STEAM-WATER sUtLlES. .
C raeie
10M-1OI6 Douulis Strcat.
Manufacturer ! ! and joljlicr of Hlfitii. Gas an !
Water Supplies of All Kinds.
Hnifed
TioS-n10 llarnev St.
Stenni I'limiw , Hngliies nnd Boilers ,
Wind Mills , Steam und PJurnblnir
Muteilul. Hcltlnir , Hose , JJtc.
TOYS ANtFANJY GOODS.
_
H.jjardy & Co
" ' "
v
Toys , Dolls , Albums and
J'ANC'Y GOODS.
/louso Furnishing" . < iliJrtn'a Carries , Eto.
1319 Pumam Street ,
FOUNDRIES.
Qreaf Western
° Type Foundry
Superior Copper lll-.cd T > pe U In * best en
the market
KLIICTlUJTVPn rOUNDUY ,
J1H Ih'uard Street
by thei nurs of Iho Direlltto , and abandoned
In JBGo , when the convent wan ( h.Hiojed by
thu Italian , ha
soldiery recently been re
vived by Counum Slmonetta Iol Mayo , wlfo
of General lil Mayno , aided by thu Italian
artist , Count l.emmo KoM-Scott. liy their
efforUi ono of the old looms was dlucovereU ,
othero made Ilkn H end with the help of an
old woman who had In her youth woven
Much ruga , now om , from the patterns of
the few mill chciU-hcd In ehurche-a , palacio.
and musoumu , are now being made In the old
Italian city. The colore urowald to bo bril
liant as well au toft , and the dculgtia rew
tumble thoao of Oriental carpets.
Arnold's Ilromo Celery cures
lOo , 26o and tOo , All