Nebraska Newspapers

    HEMINGFOrd) HERALD..
TIIOS. J. O'KBBFFK, I'nblUher.
HEMINGFORD, :- NEBUA8KA.
NEBRASKA NEWS.
Forty acres of land near Gretna sold
tlio othor day for 40 per acre.
0. It. Hrown of Crawford owns more
fthcen than any ollior man In the north
west (.ommcmmornllon of St. John's day
wns observed by the Mnsonic fraternity
of Decatur.
Tho Btorc of McMonies & Styles of
Lyons was robbed last week anil poods
to (ho valuo of f-'OO taken.
Kdltors of southeastern Nobrnfi'.tn,
hold a profitable meeting tit Auburn.
Tho attendauca was pood.
Logan county farmers drlvo to North
Platte, a distance of from twenty to
forty miles, to market their live stock
and grain.
llurglars havo becomo unusually
numerous In Hastings during tho past
week, and tho thieves havo commenced
to operate upon tho stores.
Tho schemo to annex Omaha and
South Omaha Is being' revived. Tlio
South Omaha Tribune thinks tho plan
a good onu but that tho time is' not
ripe.
Many pcoplo about Elgin arc burn
ing corn as fuel. In tho yards of all
tho residences can be seen great piles
of corn which is being used us fuel, as
it Is much cheaper than coal.
In l'lcrco county a man named Lo
auder .Tones frozo his hands and feet
so badly that thoy will havo to bo am
putated, lie is an old soldier and O.
A. It. men will look after him.
The board of education of Nebraska
City, at a mooting hold last week, de
cided to submit a proposition to the
voters of tho city to vote 820,000 bonds
for the purpose of building a new high
school.
Members of tho Omaha commercial
club havo boon investigating tho pro
ject for tho Norfolk & Yankton rail
road and report that It is only a paper
line. Thoy have no confidence In Its
being built.
A number of tho farmers Hvlug in
the vicinity of Cook nro organizing an
elevator company for tho handling of
tho grain business. Enough havo taker
hold of tho enterprise to practically us
sure its consuination.
Tho Norfolk News ofilrms that John
O, Lacy, tho young and vigorous coun
ty attorney, is a great reformer who can
show tanglblo results. Ho has been
four years in ofiloe and ho has sent sev
enteen prisoners to the btato peniten
tiary during this time.
A Greenwood coupio nrranged to be
married on Christmas, but ncgleutcd to
get a license the day previous. On
Christmas tho court houso was closed
and tho judgo and deputy both out of
town. The wedding was, of necessity,
postponed until tho following day.
J. C Evans, who was shot at the
dopot at Ogalalla, died of his wounds.
Acronor's jury returned a verdict
to tho ctlcot that tho dcccnscd came
to his death by a bullot from the revol
ver In tho hands of Frank Yocum, who
is under arrest and will bo held to thu
district court
Norfolk's lire department prevented
a serious loss. Firo broke out in the
cellar of Tho Fair, a storo conducted by
C. E. Shurt.. Tho cellar was liter ill v
Btuffed full of goods and it was dilllcult
to rcuch tho lire. It wjib Kept um'c
complote control, but tho stock was
greatly damaged by smoke and water.
At Wlnsldo a man seen to bo break
ing aonjo valuable pieces of glass In the
irum wmaows oi tno stores, lie dis
appeared and a Danish corn-husker
was suspected and arrested. lie proved
his Innocence, and Oeorgo Kelly, who
lives south of town, was arrested. The
latter proved to bo the right man. llu
was brought before tho police judge
and fined, und nlso made to pay for the
broken glass.
Alex Stuart, a well known resident
of Wymorc, waB brought before the
commission of insanity nnd adjudged
insane, Tho ilrst indication that there
was anything wrong with him evinced
Itself at Lincoln last week, when ho be
came violent and had to be taken in
chargo by tho authorities. Stuart was
at ouo time quite well to do, being the
owner of tho Ulue Springs and Wy
moro horse car lino and owning other
valnablo property.
Papers were filed In the county
clerk s ofUco at Fremont Incorporating
tho frrcmont licet Sugar company, with
an authorized capital of 51,000,000, di
vided Into shares of $M) each. Fremont
proposes to have a factory of her own.
as tho farmers Insist that they can
make monoy growing beets, provided
they can deliver them at tho proper
time. Hundreds of acres In Dodge
county were not Hug this year because
they were spoiled by freezing.
W. C. Chapman and family of Fre
mont had a narrow escape from us
p hyxiation. Ueforo going to bed Mr.
lhapman went into the cellar to fix
the firo for the night Ueing called up
stairs ho left the cellar before closing
tho furnaco door, which stood wide
open a 1 night and from which was
emitted u vast quantity of gas. Tho
family were nearly overcome tho next
morning. A physician brought restor
atives and soon resuslicated the unfor
tunates. Mrs. Gonard, one of the teachers in
the public schools at lloldrege, was
fatally shot by her husband on the
street, while on tho way to take tho
train for Fremont, Nek, to visit her
mother, who is una bed of biekness.
After shooting his wife twite Conard
a boll Into his own head, about tho eon-
'V Ui "" "Tciieau. Thed 11 eiilti- -nc
of a
domestic character. (Vm,,-,i ., in
me, uui mere is a chance for his wife
io puu through.
Among the dead laws, says the Sut
ton Hegister, that encumber our stat
utes, and should be repealed bv the
next legislature, are the giasshbpper
laws, the antl-treatlng lows, ihc antj.
profanity laws, and the Russian thistle
law. A law that is uot enforced ought
to bo repealed.
A permit was granted by the stale
banking board allowing ih- Fanners
and Merchants' State bank i f JJiatr.co
to go into voluntary liquu-.at on. The
oanic was organized .lariimrv 1, 1S0J,
capital stock WO.OOO; W. P. Soreross
presldonti Lugeno Wheelock, cashier.
Plllawfi encash, for each 81
1 BAM15U SUICIDES.
W. A. HAMMOND JUMPS INTO
LAKE MICHIOAN.
TIip Wrecked Illinois Nntlonnl llnnk U
WliRt Cnutctl tlin Trouble, lln Wim
(Icnernlljr 1 Ic-ltl llennnrndhln for tlio
llnnk' rnllurn Olmri-pil With Spccu
lilting nnd the Misuse of Fund.
Knilril Ills Trouble by Drowning.
Ciut'Ano, .Tan. I. W. A. Hammond,
tlio lato second vice president of tho
defunct Nntional Hank of Illinois,
called on Percy Palmer, his old friend
and confidential adviser, at 8 o'clock
Inst evening and talked gloomily about
his future prospects. Palmer talked
encouragingly to him and about 11
o'clock he went to his home In Evan
stou and about 11:30 retired for thu
night. He nnd his wife had been In
thu habit of sleeping in adjacent rooms.
Early this morning Mrs. Hammond
noticed that tho door connecting tho
two apartments was open, looked Into
the room and found that her husband
wns not there. His night robo hung
over the foot of thu bed and his watch
was on tho table, but his clothes Wcio
nowhere to be found, and he had not
taken his shoes and stockings.
Tho police were notified and soon
found a well-developed trail In tho
form of numerous scrnpi of paper,
which led to the lake. A federal life
saving crew at once began a senrch for
tho body, and at ISiSO o'clock tho
drowned body was found at the foot
of Dempster street pier and taken to
the Evauston police station.
ClIAltOHN OK IHIlKOl'l.AltlTIKH.
Hammond wns the vice president of
the Nntlonnl Hank of Illinois, and was
active in its management, in fact, ho is
said to have been the responsible head,
since President Schneider was too
feeble to do much work and tho largo
loans to the Calumet Electric company,
particularly, and to others, which re
sulted In the closing of tho bank, aro
understood to have been made by him.
Tho first open charges against tho
business Integrity of Hammond were
made only about ten days ago. Then
he wns accused of enacting the charac
ter of n "kitcr." Ho was accused of
deceiving the directors of tho bank
nnd the depositors and deliberately
violating tho national bank law. His
alleged Irregularilles were said to
have begun many years ago, when. It
is alleged, he began to use the money
nnd credit of tho bank in outside spec
ulations. This was dono in such a
manner, It was generally reported,
that not only were tlio directors de
ceived, but tho bank examiners as
well. Even old employes, thoroughly
familiar with tho insido workings,
were said to havo been unaware of
what was going on under their eyes.
When it was openly charged that he
had falsified the bank accounts an in
vestigation iiuggested that the Irregu
larities must have begun nt least four
years ago. At that timo he is said to
havo Interested himself in the now
famous Calumet Eleutric railway. It
is now believed that tho first over
drafts to this railway, amounting to
S175,0()0, were made at that time, when
the comptroller of the currency Imme
diately called for a statement from tlio
bank and Hammond disguised the ir
regularities by deslgnatinir the over
drafts "foreign exchange."
This alleged Irregularity only came
after many years of diligent service in
the institution, the wreck of which
proved disastrous to many. In these
years Hammond saved money, nnd
worked early and late, and tho posi
tion ho came to occupy was the result
of his years of frugality and merit.
Some of his savings invested legiti
mately in mining schemes brought
him a good profit, which he im
mediately put into the stock of
the bank. After he had served as
c.ishler and became second vice presi
dent, it is raid, ho began to personally
Interest himself in many corporations
which wero applicants for loins and in
this way. in cours of time, he drifted
into unwarranted speculations. Where
these turned out badly he la now ac
cused o! sending "good money after
bad" and disguising ills over-loans in
various illegal ways.
mr. rinsT suicidk.
Tho suicide of Hammond recalls the
suicide u'. Otto WasmansdorfT. tho
banker, a few days ago. Wiistunnv
dorff's death wa-s tho direct rev.t't of
the fa'lure of the National 15r.uk of
Illinois, the collapse of that Institution
pulling down the firm of Wasmandorf?
& llchinc;nann.
WliYLER TALKS.
I)rrlarr 'I hat tlio Krbrlllon I Kiulrd In
l'huir l)rl i;to Prinlure.
Havana, .Ian. i. Th-j v.ar corre
spondent of La Luchu, of this city,
Senor Canarte. has telegraphed to his
paper the substance of an interview
which he had yesterday with Captain
Oeneral V.'eylcr. whose column ho
joined at San Cristobal. The captain
general nssured the correspondent
there were only about r00 iuui";cnts
in the province of Pinar del P.io,' add
ing: 'I am able to av that the prov
ince is pacified. Sic jncss. bullets und
hunger will terminate tho revolution.
I will tivat the leaders with considera
tion if they surrender all, or nearly
all, of iheir follower-,."
fourteen Miners Suffocated.
Citv or Mkxico. Jan. 4. A terrible
disaster has occurred In the Santa (cr
trusl mine nt Pachuca. one of the mojt
famous silver mines in tho country.
From some eauso not known, lirebrolte
out iu ono of tho levels of the old
southern workings Thursday, causing
tlis suffocation of fourteen miners.
Abbcy'j Widow In London.
Loxnox, .Ian. 1. The Strand theater
Is being redecorated for the new les
sec, John Sleeper Clark, who has se
cured Florence Oerard, widow of the
late Pcury F. Abbey, of New York, as
his Icdnglady. The opening plays
will U -The Prodigal Father" and
"Home, Sweet Home.
illations for Mr. McKlnlcj-.
Cixvi.' ash, Ohio. Jan. -1. President
elect Mcivlnloys trip to Cleveland thla
morn'-w wa u succession of ovations.
At llcdftrd, Newburg and other sta
tions cruwds of workingmen cheered
tho PreslSvnt-elcet
,M,NERALT IN ,89G
What the Total Amount To -A Decrease
of Threo E'er Cent.
Nrw YoitK. Jnn. 4. Tho Engineer
ing and Mining Journal says tlio pro
duction of mineral and metals in tho
United States for the year 1890
amounted to SG.13,31 1,108. showing n
decrease, ns compared with 1895 of
821,089,200, or about 3 per cent This
decrenso wns largely In values rather
than tit quantities; in none of the chief
articles was there any marked de
crease, while in several there wero
considerable Increases.
Tho total productions of metals wns
8212,311,181, an Increase of Si, 091, 111
over the previous year, while the valuo
of non-metallic substances was 3410,
999,987, a decrease of 80,383,377 from
1895. A large part of this wos due to
the lower values of coal, stono and n
few other importnnt substances, very
little resulting from the smaller quan
tities. Tho production of alluminuin shows
an increase of 400,000 pounds over
that of 1895, the total for tho year be
ing 1,300,000 pounds. The rroduetlou
continues In the hands of a single com
pany. Thu Increase in copper has been ex
traordinary, tho total gain amount
ing to 07,703,150 pounds, which was
made in spite of a large decrease In
the domestic demands, but was ab
sorbed by the extraordinary exports of
tho year, which are the largest on
record.
The gold production in the United
Stntes in 1S90 renched the total of
$57,000,000. The increase far surpasses
tho gain reported from uny other coun
try in the world and puts the United
States In the lead. This country's Out
put of gold was 20 per cent of the re
ported output of the entire world.
Tho production of pig iron was
8,709,809 long tons, Tim depression of
business which made Itself manifest
in tho latter part of tho year had less
effect than had been anticipated, tho
decrease from 1895 being only 077,439
tons, or about 7 per cent. The pro
duction of lend from domestic ores
amounted to 175,717 short tons, show
ing nn increase of 20,803 tons over the
preceding year. In addition to this
there was 79,000 tons produced from
imported ores or refined from imported
bullion. The quick-silver output was
33,012 flasks of seventy-six half-pounds
each, showing a decrease of 900 flasks
from the previous year. The produc
tion continues to come wholly from
the California mines, no new deposits
having been developed to tho produc
ing point during the year.
The production of silver from do
mestic ores reached a total of 45, 105,175
fine ounces, showing a decrease from
that of 1895 amounting to 805,002
ounces only. Tho silver production
has thus been maintained better than
hnd been anticipated. Moreover, thero
wero produced from foreign bullion by
our smelters nnd other works no less
than 40,000,000 fine ounces of silver,
making tho total quantity refined or
put into final marketable form in this
country 85,405,173 flno ounces. This
large production wns almost entirely
absorbed by the markets and the aver
age price of silver of -the year shows
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"" "" V V i "Vi ' V " iiTi'sJ.Tlio Wilson TnrlfT Held to Have KiiIikmI
f!7 tier p,n. tmvArclH Din m iiflb?. TSf . .-v. .. .-!
year fell about two cents below that
point, ur the silver obtained from
foreign receipts It is estimated that
38,000,000 ounces came from Mexican
ores and bullion nnd 2,000,000' ounces
from mnterials brought into this coun
try from Canada, chiefly from liritish
Columbia.
The totnl production of spelter for
commerce fin- tl.e year 1800, amount
ing to 77,084 short tons, showed a de
crease of 1,071 tons from that of 160.".
Tho productioj. was fully up to the de
mand, however. Of the spelter 31,431
tons came from Illinois and Indiana
districts, 30,331 tons from the Kansas
Missouri region nnd 0,322 tons from
eastern and southern productions. Tho
Intter as well as tho Illinois showed u
decrease, a slight gain being reported
from the Kansas-Missouri region.
As was inevitable In a year of busi
ness depression, the increase in coal
was not large, in fact it is GurprUing
that bituminous coal should J .v
thown anything at all. The output in
1SJG was 141,770,0111) tons, show. nj-:v
pain of 4,71,7V2 tons over 1895. On
the other hand there was a decrease of
0,782,0.")7 short tons in anthracite pro
duction, this amount being greater
than the gain in bituminous. Tho
total coal production was thereforo
103,351, 027 short tons and the total dc-eren-e
as compared with '.895 wai 2,
410,"0." tons, iith ordinary prosper
ity i-iid activity in manufacturing we
would doubtless havo passed 200,000,
Od0 tons before this, and it is to be
hoped that point will be reached in
lt-97. The production of coko showed
a gain of 44.420 tons; chiefly due to the
activity of the Iron and steel trades in
the earlier part of the year. The price
of coal continues very low, the average
for bituminous coal at mines being be
low 31 per ton.
AN OATMEAL TRUST NEXT.
The Mlll of (li Country Arranzln; a
Comblno Hlsh l'r!roi Coiulnc.
Chicago, Jan. 1. The Tribune to
day prints tho follow. ng: "Nearly
every oatmeal and cereal mill in the
L'nitcd States has just entered Into an
agreement that amounts to n trust to
regulate tho output and prices of oat
meal, rolled oats and other breakfast
cereals. The new trust Is called the
Crcal Millers' association. Ten days
ago the representatives of tho mills In
tho trust held a meeting in this city
nnd another meeting probably will bs
held January 12, when It Is likely, if
tho trade outlook has Improved by that
time, there will bo a big udvance in
prices, Tho general manager of the
association is Georges YV. Hrown of
Sioux City, Iowa. Mojt of the mills
that compose tho trust aro located In
Iowa and Ohio.
WRONG MEN" LYNCHED.
Proiecutor Aull llellerei Notion nnd
Winner Did Not Commit MurJer.
Lkxixoto.v, Mo., Jnn. 4. l'roiccutinjj
Attorney Aull of this county said last
night In regard to the report that lie
had secured evidence ugulnst members
of the mob tlmt hauged Nelson und
Winner that ho was thoroughly satis
lied that both men were innocent of
tho murder of Mrs. Winner and her
children, but ns to any facts connect
ing members of the mob with thecrlraa
ue woum ueciiii i tpea.c. uecause n
was a matter to be Invstlirnted bv tlio
courts first,
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RAILROADING IN 1896.
A Year of Many Dliaupulnttncnt nnd
Urrat I.on of Cnpllul.
CmcAOOt Jan, A. Tho your just
closed has been ono of disappointment
hnd losses In all lines of business, says
the Hallway Ago, hnd as tho railroads
cannot prosper when other Interests
Buffer" they havo paliiftllly reflected the
gencrnl depression. Tho promise of
Increased earnings given early in tllf
year was not sustained, and as a con
sequence many companies which, if
good timeN had begun, would have
bjeu nblc to meet their obligations;
were obliged to default and turn
over possession of their property to
the courts. Instead, therefore, of the
expected decrease in tho number of in
solvencies compared with the previous
yenr. we find an increase in both the
number and mileage of roads placed
In the hands of receivers, although the
capitalization involved is considerably
less. Compared indeed with either
1891. 1893 or 1892, the record of 1890 is
favorable, although nt the best It Is
still bad enough, for It shows that dur
ing last year thirty-four roads, with
.1,841 miles of lines and a bond und
stock capitalization of about S-9j, 000,
000, joined the list of railways opera
ted by receivers.
The five years of financial trouble
commencing with 1892 have left a
record of bankruptcies far greater than
that of the preceding ten years and
more. In that period 213 roads have
been turned over to receivers, with
lines aggregating r0,403 miles, or 30
per cent of the entire present mileage
of the United States, and u capital
ization representing over 5179,000,000,
or about 30 per cent of the bonds and
stock of our entire railway system to
day. These nro apalllng figures. Cer
tainly no other form of business in
vestment has suffered such loss as tlio
railways within the past few years.
In 181 (J no less than fifty-eight'roads
were sold for their creditors, repre
senting 13,730 miles of lines, and thd
enormous capitalization of SI, ISO,'
000,000.
The most important failure of the
year was that of Hie llaltinioi'e and
Ohio, with 2,091 miles of road and over
5124,000,000 of bonds and stock, besides
heavy llontlug debt and arrears of in
terest. Tho bankruptcy of this old
and formerly profitable company was
discouraging evidence of t.iu effects
of unlimited competition. The other
notable failures include the Louisville,
New Albany and Chicago, SOI miles
and 528,730,000 of liabilities; the
six roads forming the Vaudalia
system, aggregating nearly 000
miles and 824,000.000 of bonds
and stock: tho Pittsburg ,fc Western,
involved in the cmbnrrasMiicnt of the
Paltlmore .t Ohio, 325 miles and 818,
.100,000, and two related Eastern roads,
the Central Vermont and Ogdensburg
and Lake Chninplain, covering 778
miles of road and nearly 517,000,000 of
investment.
The summary of receiverships for
last thirteen years shows that 412
roads with 90,870 miles of track and
nearly S.1.000,000,000 of cnpltal have
gono to the wall.
BAG MAKERS COMPLAIN.
ilio Imliiatrv in I'ullrorrilii.
Washington. Jan. 1 When the
House ways and means committee re
sumed its hearings to-day, William
Rutherford of Oakland, Cat, repre
senting a company which had been
manufacturing twine, yarn and cloth
for thirty years, usked that yarns made
of jute be advanced from 30 to 35 per
cent ad valorem; that burlaps and
bags of grain made of burlaps be trans
ferred to the dutiable list at cents
per pound and bags for grain made of
burlaps be taxed 2 cents per pound;
that gunny bags and gunny cloths, old
or refuse lit only for manufacture, bo
changed from the free list to cent
per pound. He declared that the Wil
ton law had wrought commercial dis
aster and social discontent to the Pa
cific coast, but the farmers and manu
facturers had In the last election
voted for protection, knowing it
would restore prosperity to them. The
industry on the Pacific coast had been
stricken down nnd now there were 300
idle looms in Oakland, while in New
York and Massachusetts, mills had al
so been closed. Under the operation of
the present law, horse blankets.plalds,
carriage robes, tarpaulin and print
cloths were entered free of duty and
came into competition with American
products, particularly cotton. They were
entered by virtue oi the designation
"other materials" In the jute and
hemp schedule of the Wilson bill, al
though the American manufacturer.-,
had protested against ruch a construc
tion of the law. Many of the goods
entered free were dyed so that the
American dyer was also robbed by the
b.Ybtcm.
DuboU Nerds Democratic Aid.
Hoisk, Idaho, Jan. 4. Senator Du
bois has arrived here accompanied by
Secretary Walsh of the Democratic
national committee. Wulsli comes for
tho express purpose of endeavoring to
induce the Democrats to join in re
electing Dubois to tho Senate. Ho
says it is tho unanimous wish of the
committee and all of the national
Democratic leaders that the Senator
should bo sent back. Dubois will need
six or seven Democrats to win.
A Montana Olllclal n bulelrie.
Salt Lakk Citv. Utah, Jan. 4. N.
A. Nledenhofen, clerk of tho district !
court of Silver How county, Montana,
who came here some weeks ago for his
health, last night, when he and some
friends were prepnring to btart to tho
theater, excused himself, climbed hur
riedly to tho roof of the Wey hotel,
where he. had been stopping, and fell
or threw himself to tho ground forty
feet below. He lived only a short
time.
OmnFin llnnk failure,
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 4. The total lia
bilities of the Omaha Savings bank,
which closed to-day, nro SsOO.OOO, and
tho assets exceed this amount by 8200,
000. The securities are excellent nnd
no loss will result to depositors. Tho
I bank has been in existence for fifteen
years. It has no connection with any
othor bunk nnd will not cause other
Omaha institutions nay inconvenience.
A Cold Wvo Strike Oklahoma.
Prnnv, Okla., Jan. -1. A bliwKn?
sleet storm with the wind b'.ovwn'
twt!ntv.fl, 0 laU nu hoi,r htvn ,k 1Vlv;
I . .. ,.. .,. .,., .",.,
I at 1) o'clock tlite morning and th met''
I cury wont down 40 degrees
fes Ono Dollar I true only of IIcM's f-awnnn-rttla.
It Is economy to net Hood's when yoll
tirod n blood purifier and nerve toalo becnuso
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Jn llio 1ct in fact the One Trao Hloo1 Purifier.
Hnnrl'e Pillc Cu LIvcfllN eay to
11UUU fills take, easy (to operwto.Kc.
A ru'lllitle i:nr'.
London socioty is much interested
in an Incident reported front Ducks,
In which tho earl of Orkney, who n
few years ago married Connie Gil
christ, was tlio principal figure. Tlio
earl was walking out a few days ago
witli tho countess' pjt dog atid met
some roughs who had a bull terrier
which they set on the countess pet.
The earl called upon them to desist,
which they insultingly refused to do,
whereupon ho went for the biggest
of them in true pugilistic, fashion. A
ring was formed, and there was a hot
light to -a finish. The carl came off
victor, leaving his opponent in a bat
tered and helpless condition. The
earl came out of the encounter al
most unmarked. lie was heartily
congratulated tho next morning nt
the meet of the hounds on his tri
umph. Ono Secret of I 0111,-1 It .v.
Thoso anxious lo prolong this rapid trans
itory oNlstencn of ours beyond thu axerugo
fiiiui, hIiouIO foster his (II estlon, negatively
by ulistal Uvt from itiill.-cretloim In diet,
nutl alllrmatlvcly by tliu umot that peer-le-tsHtomaehlc,
Hosteller's Stomach hitters,
when lie experiences symptoms of Indiges
tion. Tho impaltm nt of thu digestive
function I fatal to vigor. Subdue n lth tho
lllttets, nlso, fevet- nnd ague, bllllousncM
and constipation.
o Moro I'our-Yoir-Old Mutton,
With regard to mutton, four-year-old
mutton Is now a thing of the past
Formerly p'oplo could not dine unless
the .saddle of muttoit was cut from a
four-y.'iir-old sheep; now the mutton
sent to the table is from 18 months to
2 year.? old, und tho younger genera
tion are not sure that it is not prefer
ablo to the much-prized four-year-old
mutton. The snddle Is still consid
ered tlio prime joint to serve.
McClurc's Magazine will begin iu
tho January number a series of "Life
Portraits of Great Americans" with re
productions of all the existing portrnits
of llenjainin Franklin known to have
been made from life. I'liere are fifteen
such portraits, and some of t!,em have
never been published. Mr. Charles
Henry Hart, probably the highest au
thority on early American portraits, is
Moriruiis uu wnau!v.y!s iMtl.R.
mg in the circumstances f i,i
, .. ,,,, ,, JXii oi their pro-
r 0r u hr v'lKlso bo an article
on 1.,-anklin by P0,sor Treat of th
Univerntycf tl-Sou.U)-
liini'T nr : r. ..
1 . yi.! in mrxft 1'r.iciio.-.
pSjft1TeJc Edward of Saxe-Weimar, thu
late commander of the forces in Ire
land, once told Father llealy that he
found "blind shooting" prevailing to
b deplorable, extent among the Irish
militia regiment , and that he in
tended ti insUt on a greater attention
.to target practice. "Fur goodness'
snke don't do that, your royal high
ness:" exclaimed Fath.-r Iloaly; "if
you make the militiamen goJ shots,
thnro won't be a Ian llord left in tho
country."
Merchants Hotel, Omaha,
COKNISlt riKTKK.VUI AND KAIINAll t,TS.
Street cars pass the door to and from
both depots; iu business center of city.
Headquarters for state aud local trade.
Kates S2 and 3 per day.
PAXTON & DAVEM'OItT, Prop's.
Sim 1 ur-(it tlu W He. ill;.
The umbrella of a Catholic penitent
was stolen while tho was at confes
sion. She went with the story to
Car-linnl Wiseman, hoping probably
to obtain compensation. Tho only
consolation she got from the cardinal
wns tills; "My child, I am sorry for
you; but the scripture tells us to
watch as well as wrav."
TO CUIti: A COLD IN ONK DAV.
Take r.uvaltvo Hromo Qulnlno Tablols. All
Druggists refund tlio monoy If It falls to cure. 2Tkj
Every winl er we long for n night gown
made out of n red blanket.
Hull's Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c
'I ho world may owe you a living, but
all
u ever rjs is a J nupers Itinera!.
I slinll rocommeud Piso's euro for Con
umiptlon fnr nnd wide. Mrs. Mulligan,
Plumstead, Kent, Knlnnd, Nov. 8, lS9."i.
When n IkioIs neut of other fakir tries to
rob ou ask hhn if ho is familiar with tho
new word nit.
Ilritrinnil'M Camphor len will, Otyeerlne.
Curia L'liapprU Hunt nrul l'ce, Trnitirm ,sir Krrt,
Chilblain, Wei, r. C II Cliiit Co., New llkn. Ct.
It in not tii h n terrible thlug to lose your
reputation; homo men would bo lucky If
they could do it
Dr Kay's Lung Hn'm is the naf est. Mirest
nnd p'easnutest euro for all eouhs.
It is jrolnble that every man has tried
to lmvo two (.Irs at one time, and failed.
jLTOW
get
when his
' losing his
mends.
r m
When
AnftNPii errpimn
collecting and editing the mutcrinl for inn.-kmV?"''
tho series, and will add introdue "i-H? isrxmahmSffm!!lStte7'v'
und notes giving the history oZ,f7,T," w,l?.t (, y,ou tV,".,k f l,,a.1'. ,
i ....,. .....i ........ ia"tne SOV- "Croat font." he. Mimrkni'v flineu.
iwiwSi'tiomPs tH
ii a. irm wwi itz" Jn;
'I W' 9
t lift m nwti
VBdl
I'lnircr (i.:,,,,'
Anyone who wishes o see tho ghov
of o flower has only t mako a very
simple experiment bet .him go up tc
n cluster of blossoms und Jt.ok very in
tently for several lnintifus Jt ono s de
of It Then very suddenly .'c must
turn his gazo upon the othur V 'c f
the same cluster. He will at vnc '',s'
tinctly see a faint und delicate; c'rv 'c
of colored light around this second
half of the cluster. The light Is ulwayM
in tho huo which is "complementary"
to that of the llower. The bpeCUr oC
tho scarlet poppy is of a grcciibh-.
while. Theghotof the primrose is
purple. The ghost of the blue fringed
gciltinn is of (i palo gold tint. In
these circles of color tho shapes of
tho flower's petals arc always faintly
but clearly seen.
PTATI'OV OHIO CITV OK TOI.KIIO.
I,l'CA COUNT V. t.
Prank .1. 1 S vicy makes oath that ho N
the senior partner of tho tlrm of 1 . .1.
Cheney & Co.. doing business Hi thcllty
of Toledo, County nnd State, nforcsuld.
and that snld firm will pay tho sum of
t NK Mt'MHtKI) DOU.AUH for tiui'li
nnd ovcrv eno cf catarrh Hint cnniiot ba
cured by the use of II all's. Catarrh Cure.
I' HANK .1. t HhiSrli.
ew( rn to boforo mn and subscribed la
my presence, this till day of December,
Vrnlj"' A. W. tJtF-APON.
Notary I'ublle.
Hall's f atnrrh Cure is taken Internally
and acts directly on the blood nnd mtieus
surfaces of the ystcm. Send for testi
monials, free. .. , , , ,.
P. .1. U11KNKV Jfc CO., Toledo, O.
Fold by dingiest, ;:c.
Hull's family 1'IIU are tho best.
Itezsureil I rmrlf for Charity.
The duchess of Santonnn, who dictl
recently in the deepest poverty at
Madrid, spent a fortutis In charity.her
gifts for half a century back being of.
tho most generous description. On
ono occasion, hearing that a noble
Spanish ladv" was about to sell her
jewels to pay a debt, the ducjiess sent
heraehee'e forS20:J.UJ3, She died la
want, aud nmo of those to whom she
had given abundantly thought enottgl
of her to s.o that her days were en-led-In
comfort.
In tho opening paper of Harper's"
Magazine for January Poultncy lligo
low will sum up the result of "Portu
guese Protrress in South Africa." show
ing how ineffectual a colonizer Portu
gal has been during four centuries of
nominal possession, and how demoral
izing has been her inllueno upon the
blacks. For this pnper It Catou Wood
villc has made four spirited illustra
tions, including the frontispiece, from
photographs taken by Mr. Digelow.
George du Maurier's "The Martian"'
will continuo to increase in interest
with the development ot its hero.Harty
Josselin.
I 't,.ii.
As she jumpe t f oin her blue, dust
ing her boots v. itli a sproy of golden
rod, she exclaimed: "I have wheeled
la ted.
"Sir!" she almost hissed and turned
away with malign hauteur; nor hue
she spoken to him bince.
GREAT deal of
nonsense has been
written and be
lievcd, about
blood purifiers.
What purifies the
blood?
i MEFY the ELM
AND THEY ALONE.
If diseased, however, they cannot,
and the blood continually becomes
more impure. Every drop of blood
in the body goes through the kidney;,
the sewers of Ihc system, every three
minutes, night and day, while life
endures.
v
I
puts the kidneys in perfect health, and
nature docs the rest.
Tf In: w. ArrcropA nt fvrtincr. ihr
m bilious attacks, headaches, nervous
, unrest, fickle appetite, all caused by
i ooisoncd blood, will disaoocar when
the kidneys properly perform their
functions,
There is no doubt about this.
Thousands have so testified. The
theory is right, the cure is right and
health follows as a natural sequence.
Be self-convinced through per
sonal proof.
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PATENiSJRlFMAlS
Kiamlnatlon mi1.I(1y1cc a t 1'uU'iitalilllty rf III.
Tentlon bfml for "Inventor' Oiilclc, or llow to(itta
Patent." OTAUltlXI, i SOS. Wi.ulngton, I). C.
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ami.
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"II " -Wllfc UUIill UUU I
I throat dlsodso
did fiC p-ct there? Once a vigorous.
1 fe'MWl!
I THE KIDN
gj
A 1 prosperous business man. How did hef
there? By getting In the dumps
liver was larv. losinc his temwr.
good sense, losine his business!
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