Nebraska Newspapers

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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SrTl)AV, MARCH 17, 1001.
PENSION BUREAU LETTERS
Bumplu of Qtuint Ooneipontltnca from All
Kinds of FeopU.
TONS OF MAIL RECEIVED AND SENT
JJiiYlon Kluka AuiiImnI .V.-luliltora
UettliiK I'riimloim Ilciirilclnrlrn
I Mvlnic In All I'nrtn of
.f the World.
Perhaps there In no other department of
the government at Washington that has a
'correspondence with tho general public ns
.largo as that of the United States pension
.bureau, presided over by H. Cloy Evans. In
the last fiscal year there were 1,012,730
lettors received by that bureau, of which
S86,SS1 were "miscellaneous letters," and
.during tbo sarao period 1,663,353 letters
wero written by the small army of clorkB
employed thorn for that purpose. The cor
respondents nro among '"all sorts and con
ditions of men," and live not only In this
country, but all over the world. TJicro
ro now pensioners living In tho Comoro
Islands, Isle of Man, Malta, Mauritius, Port
uguese! Kant Africa, Sierra I.eono and fit.
Helena, to say nothing of the larger and
wore populous countries and Islands of the
span, and tbero nro 437,101 claims still
pending.
Most of tho correspondents have tho
Taguest Ideas of tho working method of
tho pension bureau. Thcro nro multitudes
iho send volumes of llleglblo manuscript
.overflowing with nrdent descriptions of their
own glorious deeds upon the fields of bat
tleneglecting, however, to cncloso a scrap
of evidence In support thereof. Tho office,
regretting Its Inability to accept the unsup
ported statements of tlieso heroes, politely
calls on them for tho necessary evidence,
nnd continues to call with unabated polite
ness until such testimony Is all collected
or tbo applicants ccaso from troubling.
Often tho applicants aim their requests
'directly at President McKlnley. Hero Is
n Bftinplo from Mississippi which betrays
tho belief that tho president has discovered
tho necessity of advertising In this ago of
business competition!
"Mr. William McKlnley dear Sir: I
lurncd Hy reading ono of your advertise
ment that lny ono that Fought In tho Yun
keo Armlo that you would Bind thlm a Pan.
slon Well sir I Taught In tho Armlo S years
nnd I got shot ono tlma In tho Armlo but
I did not stop fighting but 3 days & I Wlnt
Fighting on. I Will not try to tell you all
tho Plaices that wo wlnt to but I will toll
you somo of thlm to let you know no that
I uhoro was In tho Armlo dear sir you can
.look on your Hook Sc. find my name. Well
.Whin I left homo I wlnt down to Scrvaner
Gcorglo & left thalr and wlnt down to Ilor
fert of South Carllnas & went from thalr tt.
JoacBfcr and from thalr to Hollo nnd then
wo captcd Johnson If 1 mako no mlstakn
It Is Illn so long that 1 cant remember over
llttlo thing & after wo capted him we wlnt
to Itlchmon Verjenlas nnd from thalr v&
wlnt In camp between niexandcr and
Washcton. Wo loft thalr and got on tho
train nnd wlnt down to tho ohlo 11 and got
'on the Iloat nnd wlnt to loulsvill Klntocklt.
n'nd whin they all musted out I was not
thero 1 was sick that day had bin for 1
weak so that 1b all I havo to say In this
lotter so rlto soon and holp mo If you
pleas 1 no It Is In your Power."
A Ilurruu of Infoniiutlnii,
Many persons regard tho pension ofllco as
a sort of bureau of Information, established
In tho interests of tho cntlro human race.
Tho following lotter from the Hooslcr state
Illustrates this fact:
"Sir: I would thank you over so much
If you would pleaso tell mo If a colored man
named Tom Smith Is living or dead aud It
you know where ho resides If living. Ans.
right away."
Tho extraordinary concern displayed by
somo of tho correspondents lest their neigh
bors should stray from tho path of right
eousness Is worthy of a better cause. One
of theso zealous workers sent this com.
plaint of n certain applicant for pension la
his vicinity:
"I lot you know that Mr. that has
but In for benchen Is not In tltcll for It.
ho Is Joust ns Weall as enny own of ous
and If ho gets benchen then hall Milwnukoo
can get it."
Shortly nftorward tho same writer nd
vlscd tho ofllco thus, regarding the samo
claimant:
"I havo to let you know that mister
has but lu for Denchon and is get
ting examined to Day. ho is Joust as
helthy as I am. Ho bordet by ous nnd I
know what ho Is ho Is to lacoy to do anncy
thing nnd Is Nothing but a Dramb. ho tolt
mo that ho hat to eat 2 bounta of Crabcs
yesterday becaus ho wanr getlng examined
to Day. If mor explomashlng or if you
wount to know mor let mo know.
Here Is a remarknblo opoctmcn of the
same kind, manifesting a surprisingly Inti
mate acquaintance with his neighbor's
affairs on tho part of its nuthpr:
. "Sir Jnntlcmnna 1 will let you know that
Is getting to mutch pension ho
is fully n well man ho can walk nnd run
for throe or six miles nnd carry n load on
his back, he knows about tho tliuo when
youens would como oxamlno him then when
he sees youens coming ho Junt In to bed nnd
squealed llko a, hog and got his oman to fan
him tho while youns was thero to sco him,
as soon us youns went nwny ho Junt out of
bed and went to his work and ho Is a well
man up to this day."
It Is fortunato that tho man who Inscribed
"JUST AS GOOD"
No product onn bo Juat as
good as another, unless It
possesses In eaoh nnd every
detail an equal troodneaa in
Ub elements of quality.
possesses qualities that
would be hard to equal.
Everything that's pure and
good that should be usod In
the brewing and nothing
more.
ULATZ MALT-VIVINE
(Non-Intoxicant.)
Tuulo fur the Weak.
Val. Dials Drawing Co., Milwaukee.
OMAHA JlllAM'H,
14 TJ Douuln Street. Tel, 1081.
WWVWVWWk
Relieves Kldnov!
. uiacicicr;
L trouuies at once.
W M U III
48 Hours alii
URINARY
DISCHARGES
Feh Cap-
SUH sjjr SB SB -sjl -w mt
the two following complaints, both referring
to tho same pensioner, leans toward brevity
In his stylo, for tbo effort required to
decipher such an amazlns; combination of
bad spelling with poor penmanship nnd a
supreme disregard of punctuation nnd cap
ital letters Is a sufficient trial to the most
experienced clerk:
"The Comlsbncr at -Washington to the
Penshln Dep
"I think 4 Is a Drawing of a
unlelgal Dhensblne I bcleve ho has bin a
adnandasslstcn (aiding and assisting) the
wild caters In their vllatlons of the gov
ernment Laws.
"Tho Comlshtlcr of tho Phenshlon we
think Is a Drawing of on unlelgal
Phenshlon he scd that ho wood holp tho
Wild Caters out of ther Vllastlon If It
Costcd' him all he Had nnd all he Could
get and we wish to Let you nil know that
ho said this Is trub I Can Proovo this nnd
when wo Come to tho test we can Proovo
moro than that. Yours Trula
I
Another worthy citizen, resigned but
cheerful In the consciousness of faithfully
performing a duty, gives abundant ovl
donco that certain lawless characters' In his
vicinity nro receiving pensions for dis
abilities not contracted In tho military
service. Ho asserts that "
and goes fishing 4 miles to
tho Itlvcr every day nil summer, grapo
wino nnd wlchlous habets" thus convey
ing n. dark hint that "grape wine and
wlchlous habets" nro responslblo for tho
pensioned ailments. On Investigation such
charges arc often proved to havo no other
foundation than personal mallco or envy
Somo of tho addresses In tho pension
bureau's mall nro even more curious than
tho letters themselves. Tho promiscuous
Amcrlcnn uso of tho prefix "Mr." has mado
It possible for ono man to address his com
raunlcntlon to "Mr. Pension Department,
Wnshlngton, D. C," which Is not moro
original, however, thnn this superscription,
"U. S. Statutes, Pcnchon Offlc."
Wonderful Addrrmri.
An cnvelopo worthy of special regard for
Kb unpleasant suggestlYencss reads:
"Pinching Depatment, Washlntong, D. C,"
and n correspondent from South Carolina
addresses the present commissioner as "Mr.
Evans, governor of tho United States."
One feels compelled to admlro clever
ness of the poHtomca clorks who rightly
handed over to tho Durcuu of Pensions let
ters addressed as follows:
"Washington, D. C.
"V. S, D. O. to o cor: ralshlngblors." nnd
this:
"Commissioner Clny, Columbus, Ohio."
Tho commissioner's title Is variously
modified to "Keeper." "Proprietor," or
"Head Man" of tho Pension office. Here
nro somo other odd expressions used In
addressing Commissioner Evans:
"II. Clay Evans, Pension General," "Evans
& Co.," "Soldier's Attorney Evans," "evans
penchnnt agent," "Henry C. Ivons, General
Comlson Agent," "Sccrltnry Pension Iiuro,"
and even this: "Jen hon Comltioner of
ponslons." "Jen" Is presumably to be
translated "General" and "hon" of courso
stands for "tho honorable." Another man
directs his requost to "Comttloners" In
tho plural, evidently in tho belief that
tholr namo Is legion. A correspondent
from Pennsylvania literally covered bis en
volopo with theso dlrcctlonsi
Mr. Evlns,
Comlsher off plnsh.
Washington Cltly i
Co
D. C.
"c'o Eusecptors, Pension OfTlce," "Plons
shon D. P.," and "The Pcnahlon of
Hurow," nro characteristic efforts. It Is
ovldent that the, man who Inscribed tho
following address reproduced faithfully
thereon a portion of the printed notlco of
tho government penalty envolopo sent hlin
by his congressional representative:
Ilureau of Pension
Washington D. C.
M. C. Official nuslness.
Penalty for Private.
A singular superscription, tho full Im
port of which is still shroudod In mys
tery, is:
"Washenton
"Pcnchcn Offlo
I. s. t.
And yet It Is possibly not moro astonish
lug than this ono:
"Washington d. c.
"to tho pentlon department terror"
a brief, but novel, method of expressing
"Pension Ofllce, Interior Department."
Tho fact that all tho business of Undo
Sam's executive departments is not trans
acted lu ono building would probably bo a
source of wonder to tho men who directed
their envelopes thus:
"U. S. Penshcn Duron, U. S. Capitol
"Washington City of D. C.
"To tho Secretary of Ware."
"Washington D. C.
"To tho Tcrasuro Department of War,"
and
"Mr. McKlloy
"Tho Pension Ofllce."
Carefully crowded Into tho corner of an
odd-looking envolopo is tho entlro address:
"Jcnoral penshion. offls, Washington, d. c."
Ono feels Inclined to wonder what could
havo been tho writer's motive In leaving
so much blank space. A California man
recently requested some Information from
tho "Comlalnger of Penslouegers."
Any ono who feels Inclined to wonder at
tho length of time that' elapses lu muny
cases between tho filing aud settlement of.
a pension claim Is respectfully requested
to consider tho difficulties mado by tho
applicants themsolves, as well iib tho neces
sity of sifting tho evldcnco presented, tho
work of gathorlng medical testimony, of
proving tho Identity of tho claimants, etc.
Many applicants on tho rejection of their
claims nro firmly convinced that such ac
tion Is tho result of personal malice on tho
part of the commissioner of pensions or tho
Interference of their neighbors. Others nro
constantly complaining of tho delay In
Issuing pension certificates. If these peoplo
realized tho fact that over 100,000 cer
tificates of nil kinds wero Issued during
tho last fiscal year possibly they might
gather a faint Idea of tho tremendous num
ber of cases constantly being handled.
A. L. DANNON.
IIOWJV A .MOUJVTAIX HI.OP1Q.
Willi Itlilp on n Miiur Coni'li Over n
Ilnnireroim Itonil.
Tho descont from tho easiest pass ncross
tho llluo Illdgo mountains thorenbouts,
known as Snicker's gap, to tho Shenandoah
river, Is long nnd steady. At regular Inter
vals a llttlo elevation of Bolld earth, also
known as a brake, has been banked up
acjois the ro:d to Use n it from being was to 1
away by the heavy rnlns. A ferry, propelled
by tho river current, cnrrles the stage coach
across tho Shenandoah, which Hows at tho
fcot of the mountain,
Ono day the coach, well loaded with pas
songora and tholr baggage, had attained a
fair speed when an accident to tho harness
occurred. Tho driver could not turn tho ve
hicle In against the- high bnnks on cither
si e without upsetting It and porhaps maim
ing Its occupants. Thero was- nothing to do
but to "keep tho horses on their foot and
guide them."
Every time ho reached ono of tho mounds
across tho road ho had to exercise tho
greatest skill lu steering over It squarely,
but by coolness and presence of mind ho
brought his load safely, although at n tre
mondous Bpocd, down tho mountain. From
Irtig experience he know whero It was pos.
slble to drlvo Into tho river without get
ting beyond his depth, and ns he boldly
plunged his team Into the stream an ef
fective brake upon Its upced began to op.
orate. It Boon came lo n standstill and the
terror-Btrlcken passengers drew n long
breath once moro. Ilowbonts came out after
them, the harness and brakes were repaired
aud the Journey resumed.
THEIR HEADS IN OUTLINE
Grtnlal Diagrams of Wall Known Men
Prisoned in Wuhington,
HOW GREAT MEN PICKED THEIR HATS
I'lirrnoliiKli'iil Deduction Drnnu from
lltnniiK, lllir anil t.lttlr Secretary
liiniK Lends the I'ro-cesalnn.
A certain hat dealer In tho national cap
ttal has furnished headgear for statesmen
and famous men for thlrty-flvo years, nnd
In that tlmo has covered tho cranlums of
most men of nolo In Washington. Ho has
a, "conformer," which takes tho outline
of tho head and permits tho shaping of tho
cbapeau nccordlng to tbo humps of genius
or other bumps. -The conformer registers
tho lines of cranial development In mlnla
turo on n card which Is filed away lu a
book and from which futura shapings can
bo made. Tho dealer has preserved hun
drcds of theso outlines nnd some of them
mako Interesting subjects for tho student
of phrenology.
Abraham Lincoln's outline Is tho one
mcst valued by tho hat dealer. Tho great
war president had n head which wns won
dcrfully well formed. It wn an almost
perfect oval, leaving out of consideration
a slight wavlncss of outllno duo to th
"bumps," which nro found accentuated to
n greater or less degrco on every head.
Pram tho shapo of Lincoln's head a phre
nologist would Infer firmness, caution and
tho family virtues, with rcnsoulng power
predominant. Ills hat stzo was "H- litan
ton, Lincoln's great secretary of war,
had a long hend, but It was nclthor as
broad nor, os symmetrical as Lincoln's,
though tho hat ho wore was one-eighth of
a size larger. Ou tho left side of his crnnlal
diagram thero la n perceptible flattening
and on tho right sldo nt tho rear n cu
rious depression, Phrcnologlcally consid
ered, tho most striking characteristic c
fineness. Grunt's bend was singularly
shapely, oven, nnd unusually large, calling
for a 7 hat. Its contour denotes firmness
nnd reason. The lines of President Hnycs'
head nro symmetrical, but tho forehead
lino is unsunlly flat. Ills hat stzo wa3
7 1-16.
It took n very big hat to lit Garflold, 7
bolng his size. The head Is long nnd broad,
but uneven, one sldo being much flatter
than tho other. Tho splendid frontal width
Is n notlccablo characteristic. Ono might
expect of Gultcnu, Garfield's assasaln, that
his cranial contour should show somo
marked eccentricity, but this Is not tho
caso. nut for n flattening on ono side,
which does not attain an abnormal degrco,
tho head would bo uncommonly well shaped.
The size Is 7 1-16.
.V Model llenil.
President Arthur had a splendid head
and Its contour seems consistent with tho
cbnractor of tho even tempered, polished
man of tho world, with cultivated mind,
that ho was. Ho woro a 7U hat. Firmness,
approaching obstinacy, and nggrcsslvcncss
aro obvious in tho phrenological design of
President Cleveland's head. It Is a very
long head, fairly broad, and tho most evenly
'modeled of any In tho collection. Tho hat
slzo Is 74. There Is a striking similarity
Jn tho diagram of tho heads of President
Cleveland and President Harrison, the more
striking in that no person who has seen
tho two men would Judgo their heads to
be at all of tho same shape. Tho hat slzo
Is tho samo lu both cases, nnd tho heads
aro 8Q similar In tho rear halt that If one
diagram Is placed ovor tho other, tho lines
nearly cotnetdo, up to n point above tho
mlddlo of the cars. Forward from this
point Harrison's head bIiows a decided
depression thnt Is not apparent In Cleve
land's, and again, thero Is n slight bulging
nt tbo temples of tbo republican which Is
absent in tho democratic cranium.
President McKtnlcy's cranial outline
docs him scant Justice, for the breadth
of his forehead Is below tbo lino of bis
7Vi hat. His diagram makes tho front
of tho head look narrow nnd pinched.
Dcnovolcuce, reason and caution aro his
chief phrenological characteristics. This
1b a. salient dlffcronco between tho heads
of James G. Dlalne and Thomas U. need.
Dlaluo's Is long nnd even; Reed's broad
and "bullet," with plenty of brain space
In tho rear and n decided sharpening to
ward tho forehead, nialno woro tho larg
est bat 7?J, to Heed's 7U. Tho biggest
official head In Washington is that of John
I). Long, secretary of t'ho navy, nnd noth
ing smaller than a 7 hat will suitably
cover It. It is broad throughout ' and
bulges romarkably near tho back. Hear
Admiral Schley's diagram furnishes n con
trast to It, as mrtrked as that between tho
characters nnd mental processes of the
two men. His outline calls for n 7 hat
and ono of the very even, oval shape.
Criinlnl Charneterlxtlra,
Another very even outllno, but length
ened out larger than that of Admiral
Schley, Is John Sherman's 71& diagram.
That of his brother. General W. T. Shor-
innn, Is of tho samo size, hut Is con
siderably broader back of tho temples.
Two clerical cranial outlines aro thoso
of T. Dowltt Talmiigo aud Dlshop Newman,
each "!Vh In slzo and each decidedly sharp
ened toward tho front, tho slope of Tal-
mago's head being moro abrupt. Greatest
of all tho bonds lu tbo collection except
Secretary Long's, and broador oven than
that, Is that of Carl Schurtz, who wears n
"!Vj hat so abnormally broad behind tho
enrs that each now ono has to bo stretched
to the verge of disruption In shaping It,
On the other hand, tho smallest head de
sign of n grown man known to tho dealer
Is that of II. Assano, who wears a CVi
hat. Mr. Assano Is a Japanese who has
been In the diplomatic scrvlco and what
ever else his hat slzo niaymply, It does
not Imply n corresponding smallness of
brain, as ho Is ono of tho keoncst nnd
ablest of tho many keen nnd nble Orientals
who havo borno their part In Washington's
official life.
As marked as the differences In the hat
shapes of tho various men Is the difference
In their way of selecting their head gear.
Lincoln, It is said, was careless and pre
occupied In his Bcloctlon, Grant was care
ful, as was also Hayes. Garfield was par
ticular and onco complained that 'his hats
looked too big. Arthur was also very. par
ticular about tho nppoarance of his hat,
but was easy to suit becauso of the regu
larity of his head. Cloveland Insisted on
hnvlng his headgear comfortable and was
not readily soothed by tho stock asser
tion that It would "shape Itsolf after a
llttlo wear." Hairlson, though scrupu
lously neat -in his attlro nt all points
wouldn't spend much tlmo over his selec
tions. President McKlnley Is deliberate,
patient and courteous In his hat dealing.
rcm'c.vTio.VAi,.
George Speyer, tho welt known banker
of Frankfort, Uermany, lins given l.OOO.ftH)
markH to the city lo promote sclcntlllc
Instruction.
The will of the Into Trof. Edward E,
Salisbury of Vnlo leave neurly tho wholo
of his estate of H00.000 lo Ills widow, though
there ure some bequests tp tho university,
anions; which Is a cabinet of Orlontul typo.
Tho alluring project of an nggregato In
crease of 50.ono In snlarUs led over l.'JOO
of the 1,265 women teachers In the public
schools of, Itlirfalo to attend a meeting
held for tho purpose of securing united
notion.
Astonishing as t may seem, thero Is a
larger proportion of college students to the
population In California than III nny othir
Hate In the union. What ii marvelous
advance this Indicates may bo realized If
one but considers what California was in
IM. There Is now in that stat one stu
dent to ecry 119 of population, nnd of the
Rtudents In California college S7 per cent
are drawn from the state I
leacners rollece or New York hn voted
to offer free tuition to ttve Filipinos during
tlio next ncademb: year, thus following In
tno footsteps of Oolum1lH. Information
lately received unnojnces nn unusual de
mand for leathern In the Philippines, nnd
tin fact has miUeiKcd the action of the
college nuthurltles.
Horace It. silllmnn, I.L.D., a member of
the famous Silllmnn fumlly of Jurists, edu
cator nnd iihllniithroDlMts. Is the llrst
meanwhile, together with the Interest
thereon. And he get restored to his posi
tion, too.
he had been weighted with Iron the
tenco was canted Into execution
tn-
A current rcort of the government of
India shows Hint during the year isa. the
inn'u i.irih. ! iHiinlier of deaths ntnonc Inmiun IihImum
day refused to hoist u Hog lu honor of the 1 attributed to wild iinltmtls was 2,93. Tigers
occasion. When spoken to In rogtinl to the , caused the death of m, wolves of 35S nnd
The captain of a llrltlsli ship which lay nt
n .New orn wnarr on wafllmigK
mutter hn nlil tlio mm.ip tit Wu V.irW flti.
refused to half-mast the city hall Mag when
Queen Victoria died. "I believe In
reciprocity,'' he said, "so I won't put up
uny ribbons for your mun Washington."
Jerry, the fighting black cat of tho llsh
leopards, hyenas. Jackali and crocodllei
were iiccountnblc for a large proportion of
the remainder Tho los of human life
from snake reached the high total of
SI.Kit. a greater mortality than In nnv of
the four preceding ynr. Nearly half the
uenms oocurrou in ncngni.
prison ships I to be rendered. The state
has already appropriated JW.000 for tlm
work, and tho Daughter of the llovolutlou
have raised n much more, and so the
Winona necessary for tho monument .
.cured.
About seventeen year ngo Jay (loutd
drew n, check, written on it half sheet of
commercial note paper, thnt called for
nearly 2,ix0,(xn. This wns considered o
remarkable that It caused much publta
comment, but two yenni after that William
It Vnnderbllt drew hi check for J.e.OOO.l'OO.
Id
! ilnflld n..niir.nil I,, llnnt.nl
Anipr mii v..,.. .:.7 ..i .:-..: commission stenmer Allmlnn nfinr !. t ...... .. . wmcn nem mo recoru tor n long nmo av
belief that i would lie "hi tor "to civilize nnd . ' itnot -rvlce. rcintly me Hi.otl er j.V iff .."''V hL ..,!. .M?rrnw,.,f "a ro9l''"ed so notable that the check
educate thJ t.?i?iV.V .hi.. Z i, m iT black hml Aled n a result of the em winter. . V.t r,.'.i .p. JJ. "0,.,..!,l.,..mi .1r? . "10. ' 1 vn. nftcrwnrd framed, and I held h nn
Mr ,"""uo court-mart at over hli slaver The intier ?.-2lP... ' .... mb 1 A. " Vr,.cM? I"lk. new record wan mado last week when Mr.
.Mrs. Anna t Hough of Los Angeles, pj .pi''" Thus recognition of the bravery J, I' Morgan drew a ched; on his prlvata
fcrriii 'I"0'''-1 wr.ow a ,lee(l wwl tonced to walk the plunk, and after I ot the 13.W0 or moro men who died lit the account for " tVooo.OCO?
I CUULIII'i 11 1 till" I .
I !" pot'erty valued at JS.UO. tho trans-
. . "".completed if tno university rnue
i." "''"'"onal I75.0HO by October 1 Mrs.
"ongh has already endowed the university
)) 'h ii business block In l.os Angeles worth
JO.UW under similar condition. .Mrs. Hough
is tho widow of ltcv. A. M, Hough und the
only slHtor of tho late Jay Gould.
At u dinner given by tho male teachers
or, cw, York last week Comptroller Color
juid in his ofter-dlnner speech: "In regard
o high schools, 1 believe In them ns much
as you do, nml In this city college, but I
ueiievo something Is wrong when 7u0 rntcr
und only forty-eight graduate. Higher edu
cation should be n reward of merit nnd
should bring the system of civil servlco
IntO f Olll.llli'flnii 1. Ill, II,,, .nlinnl. Tl. .,..
Junction of the public kcIiooIb with the civil
service would do as much n anything else
to Invite nttentlim to the schools and In
creaso the ambition of tho children.'
The other day nt tho IVabody museum
nt nlo In nn unusucd cellar an assistant
in tno museum picked up n pleco of what
for , years had been considered it pllo of
old brass," Ho rubbed It on his npron,
then took it to tho light and finally assayed
it in the laboratory, when It wum discov
ered to ho pure gold, Tho pllo MUpponed to
no a rubbish turned out to bo $l0,li0 worth
of the rarest Aztec Jewelry. I'rof. O. V.
Maruh, who died two year ago, wus for
years collecting all sort of rare thing for
the museum, always expecting to oon huvo
time when ho could make a catalogue,
but the tlmo never came, nnd now things
of vultio aro constantly turning up In this
uccldental manner.
Mr. J. W. Patterson, night pollco at
Nashua, la., Bays: "In January I had a
very bad cold on my lungs nnd used half u
dozen different cough medicines nnd pre
scriptions from two doctors, but grow
vorso all the time. 1 flnnlly bought a bot
tle of Foley's Honey nnd Tar and after
using two-thirds of It I wns entirely cured."
Meyer-Dillon Drug Co., Omaha; Dillon's
drug store, South Omaha.
out of-tiii: OltniNAItV.
Peer of tlrcnt llrltnln have the right to bo
linugud with silken cords instead of hempen
rope. Few avail themselves of tho privi
lege. Tho Mnsonla apron thnt Georgo Wash
ington woro Is lu tho possession of Kansas
Uty lodge, Ancient Frco and Accepted
Masons It I authentic und Is carefully
guurded, and held to bo nlmost priceless.
Jesso Powell of Emporln. Kim., says his
vvlfo ilgured It out recently that during
tho past thlrty-llvo years she hud linked
l'Jl,B hot biscuits, more than half of
which ho had eaten. They have hot bis
cuits at ono meal every day.
Edward Coijrad, n railroad gatcmuu of
Allegheny, Pa., Buffered tin Injury somo
years ngo which mado It necessary to
amputate one of his legs. Since then ho has
mm nve iicciucniK, in cacn ot which nis
artificial leg was cut off.
While cutting up n poplar at his sawmill
In Leo county, Vlrlglnla, C. It. Kesterton
found un auger holo plugged by a pin. On
removing the pin be found In tho holo live
20 gold piece bearing dates between 1S.V)
and 1S60. Tho coins are supposed to havo
been hid thcro for snfekeenliii; durlnir tho
civil wur.
At nn inquest at Columbus, O., whero a
baby hod burned to death by an accident,
Its clothing havlnc cant: lit lire, ono of thu
Jurymen offered this advice: if people
would only rlnso clothing, after washing, In
a solution of nlum and water, they would
never lane nro; ir tney camo in contact
with a llamo they would merely smolder.
Georgo W. Putnam nf Wcstllcld. O.. in
whoso veins runs the blood ot "Old Put" of
revolutionary fame. Is said lo bo tho oldest
railway mall clerk In America. Ho was ap
pointed Just uftcr tho Inauguration of Lin
coln In 1SCI nnd ha been in continuous
scrvlco evef since. He has n run between
Ashtabula and Oil City ou a branch of the
uiko snore roao.
A Now York Bchool master lost his Job
four yeurs ngo. Ho claimed that ho was
Illegally discharged, and sued tho city for
his salary. Now the court of anneals
awards him J13.S24, tho samo being the
amount or snmry no sliould havo received
(1)11. MctSItnW, AT AtlE fill.)
Office open continuously from 8 a. m. to 9 p, m.
Sundays from 8 a, m. to 5 p, m.
VARICOCELE
AND HYDROCELE
Positively Cured in Less Than Ten Days
Hundreds of cases cured right in Omaha and throughout this vicinity, without tho
lossof a single hour's time. Dr. McGrew's treatment for Varicolo gives absolutely
no pain, and is tho quickest form of' curing this disease that has over been discov
ered. Tho doctor has devoted 26 Years to the treatment of Varicocele and it is but
justice to him to say, without fear of contradiction, that his treatment for Varico
cele has no equal anywhere. An absolute cure is guaranteed. Charges
low.
Springs Treatment of Syphilis
DR. McGREW can give you Hot Springs treatment for Syphilis (except tho
water) and ho guarantees bettor results and better satisf.'ution, besides you can
take his treatment right at home, and no one will ever find out that you have this
terrible disease. It is quite dilEoront when you go to the Springs, for that trip
alone is quite sufiicient to advertise just what your ailment is. Jlavo you over
thought of this? All external signs of tho d se.iso disappear at onco under Dr,
McGrow's treatment, and not a spot or pimple will ever appear to expose tho nature
of your disease. This fact alono is a priceless comfort and consolation to ono af
flicted with this ailment. Dr. McGrew guarantees you a permanent cure for
life, and his charges are always reasonable.
Stricture, Hydrocele, Nervous Debility, LOSS OF MANHOOD, Timid,
Lack of Conlidence, Low Spirited, Dospodoncy, Gleet and Gonorrhoea are all dis
eases to which Doctor McGrew has devoted his entire professional life of 26 Years.
His cures are quick. His cures are permanent, and his
CHARGES LOW.
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