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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , JULY 19 , 1881.
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ntion of THE DAILY BEE.
S , with or without straw , ia
tlio cry of Omaha's builders.
ST. LOUIH is waiting for Jny Gould
to onpiniza a center of low depression
for that city.
GUITEAIT'S confession is of little
value except as it establishes his
entire Sanity.
THE "Duke of Albany" lias boon
very effectually dotitleil. MILLKU
Jielp'od do it.
NmmABKA is preparing to acknowl
edge tlio com , and a good largo crop
in tlio bargain.
THE president's 'doctors have stop
ped quarreling. Tlio patient contin
I ues to improve.
AVnouisALi : merchants in tlio city
are growing exceedingly cheerful over
the prospect of n heavy corn crop and
increased fall Bales.
IT is suggested tliat tlio tinio for or
ganizing Arctic search expeditions is
at just this time of tlio year. Volun
teers would bo plenty.
I
THE editorial contest was one of the
most interesting ovontsof the Now
York archery tourramcnt. Ntny York
editors arc noted for ' 'drawing the
long bow. "
EVHN the heat cannot wilt the met
ropolitan airs which Omaha is putting
on. The sound of the trowel and
hammer is heard on nearly every
street in our city.
THAT hitch in the street sprinkling
! l contract may bo amusing to the
parlies immediately concerned , but it
ia working great injury to the best
interests of the city.
Nuw YOIIK papers are calling atten
tion to the remarkable increase in the
use of morphine. It is said that the
persons addicted to this habit are
numbered by the hundreds of thou
sands.
THE railroad organs are warning the
farmers against participating in poli
tics. So long as the alliance talks
stock and crops , and fails to act for
their own interest , the corporations
have little to fear.
Mn. BOOKWALTEII , tlio democratic
nominee for governor of Ohio consid
ers the nomination worth just 820-
000. According to the Now York
Times that is the amount which ho expended -
ponded for the empty honor.
TUB dttngor of carrying deadly
weapons lias been vividly brought
Tjeforo tlio country by the attack upon
*
th president. In Philadelphia Mayor
3Cing is enforcing strictly the law
Against carrying concealed weapons ,
and tlio press is upholding him in his
action.
FEW realize the drain on our pub-
3io revenue occasioned in years past
by the payment of interest on the na-
lional debt. Since 1805 $1,7U-13D ( , , .
000 have been expended in interest
. ' alone , while $758,057,1195 ot prinojpai
lias been wiped out , Tlio pres
ent interest-bearing debt of the
country is $1,022,872,000. Wo have
" ypaid at the rate of over § 108,000,000 ,
*
per annum. The debt per capita in
28C5 was § 78.25 , and the amount of
t interest to bo paM per capita per mi-
9 mini is $1.29. Now the debt per cap-
iUi h 837.7-1 and the annual interest
to bo paid per capita is 81,00.
MANY of the loading journals of the
country are earnestly protesting
against the presidential fund. Siys
the Boston Journal ;
This whole business of presidential
gifts , -whether us regards the Grant
fund or the ( Jarflold subscription , wo
do not like , It invests the railroad
Id up and other moneyed magnates
with a Und of inlluonco which > vo can
not regard with favor. If it over
! comes to the time that the American
nation ia content to leave the pay-
inei-t of its debts of grat'tudo to bo
made out of the ostentatious largess
of a few wealthy men , it will bo a
. .melancholy day for the national pros-
.porlty and the national pride ,
BODY GUARDS AND STAND
ING ARMIES.
Rev. Mr. Shorrill shoots wide of th
mark in his instructive scnnon o
"Garfield" when ho urges as n neccs
snry reform a president's body guan
and a largo standing army. Thor
may bo a divinity to hedge in king
but no body guard has over been abl
to protect them against the assassin'
bullet or conspirator's bomb , Th
emperor of Germany is alway
surrounded by a body guan
and the public thoroughfare
and promenades which ho frequent
are always guarded by vigilant po
liccmcii ) but tli.it did not prevun
Hocdel from firing a volley of buck
shot in broad daylight at Kaisc
Wilhclm. Thc.lato emperor of Ilus
sia was never without n body guar
and a whole army of picked policemor
patrolled St. Petersburg night am
day , hut that did not nave him fron
the exploding bomb , thrown by the
nihilists. It would bo utterly itn
possible for a president to guard hu
person against assassins. If they did
not shoot him down in a theatre ,
or in a railway depot they woulc
murder him in church or in the White
House. Tliero is no way of forestall
ing nn assassin if ho is determined
cunning and reckless of his own life
An upright , bravo president like
Garfield , will move about in his patl
ol duty without fear , unattended ant
unarmed , with just as much safety am
a good deal more comfort than if hi
were surrounded by n regiment o
cavalry , supported by a park of artillery
lory and a monitor on wheels.
During the Pittsburg riot of 1877 ,
Jay Gould wanted a standing army ol
a million ot men , with General Grant
at their head , but wo doubt vorj
much whether oven Jay Gould wouli
now faror a largo standing army.
In a country where every able-bodied
man is liable to military duty in
defense of law and order , a regular
nrmyis entirely unnecessary , except
tor police duty among Indians and on
the border. Rev. Mr. Shorrill labors
under the impression that our
ivholo standing army of 25,000 men
could not put down a great riot in
Now York city. Mr. Sherrill forgets
Lhat this country docs not depend en
tirely on a standing anny for the main
tenance of order. At the inaugura
tion of President Garfield more than
20,000 volunteer soldiers marched in
the procession , Pennsylvania alone
furnished 12,000 of them , fully
urmcd and equipped for active duty.
As an eye-witness the editor of THE
BEE can assert , without fear of con
tradiction , that those troops would
liavo compared favorably with the
crack regiments that followed Grant ,
Sherman and Sheridan during the
ivar. In a country where the
ballot box and cartridge box go hand
in hand largo standing armies are un
necessary. To maintain an army of
drones at the expense of the workers
af this country voulcl end in inoimr-
3hy. The only standing army the
\morican people should enlarge is the
irmy of schoolmasters.
THE danger of anarchy through ni-
lilism , communism and socialism ,
vhich Mr. Shorrill so much dreads , is
niroly imaginary. As long as America
lupplica every man , woman and child
vith bread and meat earned by well
mid labor , there is no danger of
) loody revolution by nihilists or com-
nunists.
PENSION FRAUDS.
There is no doubt that the govern-
nont is systematically swindled out
> f hundreds of thousands of dollars
umually by the frauds of pension
igonts and bogus claimants. Under
pho present method of making up
jvidonco to sustain applications for
pensions , thogatos are thrown open for
.ho most flagrant violations of the law.
I'ho irovornmont haa no opportunity
.o examine the evidence pro-
lonted. The attorney for the
ilaimant finds out just what
; ostimony is needed to push through
ho claim and proceeds to got it. Any
njury from across eye to an attack of
heumatism ia suflicient for the baais
> f a claim , and if the party assorts
hat auoh disability waa contracted in
he service and can get a doctor and
wo other individuals to back up his
tatomont ho gets upon the pension
oils for life. There may bo any
lumber of people who are perfectly
.waro that ho loft the army
i sound man , but the gov-
irnmont has no moans of
earning this fact , or of summoning
horn aa witnesses. Under a grossly
lofeotive law , unscrupulous claim
ionts ; are growing fat , and equally
ilishonost claimants are drawing
ilrafta from the treasury to which they
are not entitled , while thousands of
Boldiers who are really deserving of
aid , but are too honest to make use
of disreputable menus , lind their
claims thrown out ut Washington to
make way for men who never smelled
powder in the army.
Under Una unhealthy stimulus the
pension list is growing to alarming di
mensions , Two thousand now appli
cations are filed monthly and no fewer
than 200,000 new cases have been
filed at the pension ollico during the
past t\vo years under the arrearage of
the poimion act. Enough men within
that period have marched up
to the treasury to make two
hundred full regiments aud un-
othtr regiment is added each
month to the list. It is sincerely t <
bo hoped that the change in the pen
ftion oflico will not result in the aban
donmcnt of the measure urged upot
congress by ox-Commissiono
Bcntley. This bill for tin
appointment of district agent
to examine claimants near their owi
homes , nnd to t.iko the testimony o
neighbors familiar with their history
The measure was bitterly assailed tin
Washington claim agents , becaus
its passage would have seriously cur
tailed their business. Some hostility
was stirred up by those claim shark
among the soldier element , by mean
of lying circulars , intended to awakoi
prejudice against the bill , and tin
commissioner , but a document prepared
pared in the pension oflico , giviiij
the facts as to the effects of the bil
nnd explaining the need of its passage
sago , entirely changed the current o
feeling. All honest pensioner !
and nil honest claimants sav
that something "must bi
one to protect the pcnsioi
rolls from being Hooded with Login
invalids and to preserve the pcnsioi
system from becoming unpopular bj
reason of the enormous and unjus
burdens such fraudulent claims placi
upon the tax-payers.
If the now commissioner knows hii
duty ho will use every effort to pusli
to its passage the wise measure of hit
predorcssor , a measure which will al
once protect the interests of the gov
eminent nnd those of the nation's do
fenders.
THE growth of the feoiing in favoi
of the loaialativo regulation of corpor
ations must bo no less surprising k
the monopolies , than it is gratifying
to the pooplo. The sentiment ie
spreading among the mercantile and
financial classes , as much aa among
the laboring nnd agricultural com
munities. Eight years ago , when
THE BEE first raised ita protest against
the exorbitant exactions of western
railroads , it stood alone among the
great dailies of the west. The
monopoly question was discussed only
by the fanners , and that small
circle of merchants who had suffered
Erom railroad exactions. Now the
issue is discussed in every city ,
town and village in the country. The
press , the pulpit , tlio platform , all are
commenting upon the subject so vital
to the interests of the nation. Boards
of trade and transportation are urging
the importance of the question upon
, hc mercantile interests nnd the form
ers have banded together in their al-
ianccs to present a united front to
nonopoly aggression. The issue bo-
, wcen the corporations nnd the peo-
) lo ia clearly defined. Producers are
letcrmincd that corporations , like in-
lividuals , must bo kept within proper
jounds or made to fool the force of
awa enacted for the protection of so
ciety.
Tin : stranger who , eighteen months
ago , sauntered up and down Ilarney
treot , would find it hard work to-day
o realize that ho was traversing the
amo section of Omaha. A now life
a infusing itself into the street ,
vhicl-i is rapidly making it the whole-
ale center of the city. Beginning
vith Stophonson's superb stables , a
tructuro of which every citizen is
carcoly leas proud than its owner ,
and extending to Fourteenth
trcot , nro a mass of build
ups , either erected or in
ourso of construction that would bo a
rodit to any city , The Mjllard block ,
lor's now building , both in course of
( instruction of completion , Broatch's
milJing and the establishment of
iteolo & Johnson are models of solid-
ky and ornaments to the street. Tlio
vholcsalera of Omaha scorn to bo tuni
ng their attention especially to liar-
ley street , which by its nearness to
both the centers of transportation and
o the retail business portion of the
ity , makes it pouliarly fitted for the
inudling of heavy goods. Pivo years
lenco Hnrnoy street is likely to rival
rarnain street in tlo | number and
hnracter of huilipgs.
HAILIIOAI ) building in lown is pio-
vessing with wonderful rapidity ,
low M. \VoodrufT , one of the rail-
oad commissioners of the state ; says
Imt more miles of railroad are being
onstructed than in any rovious year ,
mmigration is konping pace with the
nilroad development , especially in
orthwestorn Iowa. Says Mr. Wood-
uff ; "Never , since 185(5 ( , has Iowa ,
vitncssod such an intlux of emigrants ,
fully thirty percent , of the emigrants
n the Milwaukee and St. Paul lands ,
mounting to probably 5jO,000 people
re actual Bottlers , and the lands
uwnod Ly them nro largely under cul-
ivntion. This is duo to the excellent
mlioy pursued by the Milwaukee and
U. Paul officials in granting to the
mrchasor n rebate for breaking land
luring the first year , of from 82 to
12,50 , making the first cost of the
and to the settlers nominal. The
settlers going to Iowa are , largely , naive -
ivo Americans , while the majority of
broignors Booking lands settle upon
ho homestead or pre-emption lands
of Dakota. "
Elbridgo Q.Lnpham.
Elbridge G. Laphnm , the nominee
> f the Republican caucus for the sent
n the United States sonata made
> 'acant by the resignation Roscoe
2onkling , is the son of the late Judge
John Lnpham , and. was born in
Fnrmington , N. Y. , October 18 , 1814
Ho was brought up on a farm , am
dunng the winter months nttondei
the public schools. lie spent soin
time nt the Cnnandaigua Academy
where ho waa n classtnato of Stophei
A. Douglas , and also studied civil en
gineering. After spending soim
time in work upon the line of tin
Michigan Southern Railroad , Mr
Lapham studied law , and in 1844 hi
was admitted to the bar. Ho settlec
nt Cannndaigua , where hu has sine ,
practised law. Soon after his ndmis
sion to the bar Mr. Laphnm formed i
partnership with Judge James 0
Smith , which continued until the hitter
tor was raised to the bench. Mr
Lapham was n member of the Consti
tutional Convention of 1807 , an dyot
ed for the adoption of the conptitution
In 1874 he was elected as n republi
can to thoXLlVth congress , nnd hi
has since Leon elected from the snini
district ( the XXVllth ) by largo majorities
joritios to the XLVth , XLVIth anc
XLVIIth Congresses. Mr , Laphnn
acted with the democracy until 1847
but ho supported the Wilmot Provisii
nnd the van Huron ticket in thn (
year , and was n delegate to the Buffa
lo convention. As n republican hi :
zeal and nbilitics have long been re
cognized.
Wnraor Miller.
Warner Miller , who has been nonii
nated by the republican caucus to sue
ceod ox-Senator Thomas 0. Platt , wai
born in OSWORO county , N. Y. , Angus
12 , 1838 , nnd was graduated nt Unioi
College in I860. After leaving college
lego ho bcean teaching in the Forl
Edward Collegoiato Institute , bul
when the war broke out ho enlisted at
n privnto in the 5th Now York cavalry ,
Ho served in the Shcnandoah Valloj
with distinction , and was promoted tt
bo Borgeant-mnjor nnd lieutenant. Al
the battle of Winchester ho was taken
prisoner , and remained in captivitj
till the close of the war. Mr. Millet
then made a trip to Europe , but soon
roturncd nnd established himself in
the paper manufacturing business in
Horkimor county , and a few years age
ho erected a mill at Lynsdalc , Lewis
county , for the manufacture of pulp
and paper. Mr. Miller made his first
appearance in public life in 1873 ,
when ho was elected to the assembly
as a republican from Hcrkimcr county.
Ho was elected in 1874. During his
two years in the assembly ho was an
influential member. In 1878 ho waa
olrctod to the XLVItli congress from
the XXIId district , and in 1880 he
was elected to the XLVIIth congress.
In addition to his largo manufactur
ing interests , Mr. Miller owns n fine
farm in Harkimer county , which lie
manages himself , and nil efforts for
the promotion of the interests of agri
culture nnd agricultural laborers find
in him a warm and generous supporter.
MRS LINCOLN'S HALLUCINA
TION.
Tlio Trno Condition of the Wife of
tlio Martyred President Her
Illness Has Boon Magnified.
A Springfield dispatch to the Chicago
cage News says : Of late the newspa
pers of the country have contained an
ilmost countless number of paragraphs
relative to the serious illness of Mrs.
Lincoln , the widow of the martyred
president. These have not originated
ivith the nownpapor correspondents of
Springfield , who have been familiar
with the true condition of affaire , but
liavo originated from outside and irre
sponsible sources. Inasmuch , how
ever , as they have done no harm , and
liavo gratified no one more than Mrs.
Lincoln herself , they have been al-
owed to pass uncontradictcd , and
: iavo been repeated in an endless va
riety of forms by all the nowspaners of
the country , except these of Spring
field.
field.Ever
Ever since the tragic death of the
lamented president Mrs. Lincoln has
been the object of an affectionate
nterest and concern of the entire na-
: ion. This has boon abundantly at-
; cstod by the eagerness with which
; ho slightest bit of information con
cerning her has boon received , and in
nany other ways unnecessary to men-
lion. The paragraphs recently dis-
; ributed so wildly , representing her
; o boat the point of death , have great-
y increased the popular anxiety for
further particulars , and it is perhaps
iropor that the Morning News should
low state her oxaet condition something -
thing that lias not yet been done by
any newspaper.
Mrs. Lincoln came to Springfield
'
on November 3 , 1880 , and has 'since
nado her homo at tlio residence of
, ho Hon. Ninian Edwards , whoso wife
s her sister , whore she has been ten
derly cared for. The most notable
'eaturo of her arrival was fie extra
ordinary amount of baggage which
she brought with lier. This consisted
of over sixty trunks which , according
o the railway ollicials , weighed over
> ,000 pounds. In thcso trunks is
contained a remarkable collection of
ordinary possessions of the most mis
cellaneous kind , comprising' nearly
ivory thing in the shape of clothing ,
rinkots etc. , that she yhus
accumulated since childhood , all
) f which she treasures with
foalous caro. Mrs. Lincoln has
NEVEIl IlKCOVEIUSI ) FKOil THE 8IIOCK
iauscd by the assassination. It lias
icon well known to the public that
ilrs. Lincoln has never fully recovered
roiu the terrible shock , shared with
lor by the country , occasioned by the
atal bullet of Wilkcs Booth. Under
uch trying circumstances aa these she
hen encountered , it would not have
) con surprising if her mind had been
hattercd and reason had lost its sway ,
fortunately , however , this result was
nvoided ; but the effects of that terribje
> rdcal have since been manifested in
he development of certain jicculiari-
ies and eccentricities , which , while
hey have been mainly of a perfectly
lurwlcss character , have been the
ourco of great anxiety and constant
rouble to her immediate friends ,
> mce coming to Springfield it has
> eon Mrs , Lincoln's pleasure to con-
aider herself ill n confirmed invalid ,
vuh the slightest chance of recovery.
About a month after her arrival
aho shut herself up in her
oem , professing to bo unable oven
o go down stairs. And there she
cnmined persistently from lastChrist-
nas until Wednesday of this week.
I'lui burden of her conversation was
about her sufferings. No one could
ive a week nnd suffer the pains which
she described us alllicting her. She
constantly complained of severe pains
n her back nnd limbs. Her most
requent expressions were that she
was "on fire , " and that she felt n
though she was being "cut to piece
by knives. " Many times ft day wouh
she reiterate the statement that sin
did not expect to live another day
Her greatest grntificntion was to rea <
the newspaper statements that sh <
was lying nt the point of death. Thesi
were carefully collected for her edifica
tion , and she seemed to desire tlm
the news should bo circulated as wide
ly as possible. This desire has cer
tainly been gratified to the fullest ex
tent by the press of the country , am
it was on Mrs. Lincoln's account tha
the statements wcro not sooner cor
rcctcd ,
AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF BAGdAdE.
While undergoing the sclf-imposcc
imprisonment already described , Mrs
Lincoln often spent the mornings ii
looking through her immense collcc
tion of trunVs , occasionally fishing
out spmo dilapidated garment am
"
mending it carefully. "She received
but few visitors and scorned to care
but little for reading anything excopl
the newspaper paragraphs nlrcauj
mentioned. She is constantly in re
ccipt of n Inrge correspondence , largelj
from autograph hunters , though i
number of friends write to her rogU'
larly. These letters she soldon :
answers , na she docs not like
to write , but occasionally she
requests some of the famil )
to answer them for her. All hci
business affairs are transacted by Mr ,
Jacob Bunn. In the afternoon it has
been Mrs. Lincoln's habit to darken
her room as much as possible.
She has declined to use gas , except
when visitors called , and has preferred
to obtain what light she needed from
ordinary candles , or from fapcn
floating in water. _ During the winter ,
at her dt'sirp , sisters from the hospital
remained with her through the nmht.
During all these imaginary troubles
Mrs. Lincoln's appetite has been
good , but she has insisted that she
has al was boen.'n good eater ; that her
condition cannot bo judged by her
appetite , and that her disease is of n
nature that requires her to consume a
ijreat deal of food.
EATS AND SLEEPS WELL.
Through all these months she had
always slept well , and a great deal ,
though she has strenuously insisted
that she has not. Recently she sent
for her physician , and said that she
wanted to sleep ; that she had Imrdly
slept all winter. She wanted some
thing to mpko her sleep , but diel not
want anything that had an opiate in
it. The doctor complied with her re
quest , and she slept nearly all the
time lor three days , being very drowsy
during the short intervals when she
was nwako. Since then she has com
plained of feolincr bettor. For some
: imo the doctor has advised her to
take a drive as soon ns she was able to
; ot out After setting several days
ror making tha attempt , she felt
enough better after her long sleep to
; o , and not only took a drive on Wed-
icsday of this week , but wants to
soon take another. Mrs. Lincoln islet
lot really sick She does suffer
rom a slight trouble , causing this
lysterical condition , and of course her
jcneral health has not been improved
jy her six months' confinement to her
oem and her general mode of life.
3ut her sufferings are almost wholly
imaginary , and she may at any time
conclude that she has recovered. Ail
) f her fancies and whims are indulged
; o the fullest extent by her friends ,
uid this may bo said to comprise the
whole course of treatment adopted. It
will bo seen from the facts herewith
given that there is nothing in the con
dition of this lady , who occupies such
a peculiarly prominent place in the in-
; erest and affections of the people of
the United States , to give ground for
especial anxiety as to her health and
well-being. While it is not reasonable
10 expect that she will live a great
nany years longer , being now about
sixty , there is at present no reason
why she should not live out the full
neaauro of the years allotted to wo-
nen ; and that her remaining days may
jo days of peace , contentment and
reedom from suffering , will certainly
by the earnest desire of the nation.
Temperature and Respiration-
Washington Correspondence to the New York
Star.
The average temperature or natural
ipat of the human body in good con
dition of health is 08i degrees (98.5 (
Fahrenheit. ) The 98th degree is
narked on the thermometers as blood
icat. Cases are on record in which
ho tomporatnro rose to 108 in chil
dren and 107 in adults , but 105 is re
garded ns almost certain death , and
01 as extremely dangerous. Raying
rollow fever patients are said rarely
o go above 100. The president's
empornture haa boon as low as 98.9 ,
only four-tenths of a degree Above
lormal. Last night it reached the
lighest point , 102,8 , The surgeons
scribed this unusual rise ( it had not
iroviously been going above 101 and
ractions ) to the excitement of the pa-
iont produced by + ho hammering and
other noises and stirs that are necessa
ry to the introduction of pipes for
omprcsscd air ,
The president's respiration has va
ried from 10 to 24. In health , when
ntircly free from any exciting influ-
nee , the natural respiration of an
adult is from 14 to 20 , but in cases of
icknoss and of wounds it has boon re-
orded as low as 7 and as high as 100
> er minute Thus it will bo scon that
vhilo thudo outward indications in the
iresidont's case mark him aa a very
lick man , they are not such as to war
rant the theory that the doctors are ,
nialeading the people about his general -
oral or particular symptoms.
Very Old Rum , Indeed-
Voshtnpton Coircsx | > ndencc to the New York
Herald.
Colonel Rockwell , who came out
rom the sick room a moment , in ro-
ponse to an inquiry said ;
"Tho president is doing splendidly ,
lo had a very good day , restful and
liiiot. Ho haa not talked very much ,
When his wound was dressed there
vds quite a largo discharge of healthy
) iis. This morning wo gave him a
iicco of milk toast and then some milk
vith just a dash of old rum in it. "
' Is that rum as old as it is claimed
o bo ? "
"I have every reason to believe that
t is. It was sent hew by Sam Ward ,
rho enjoyed an intimate friendship
with the president when ho was in
congress , and ho wrote nib a letter
tating that the rum had been present
ed to him by the Earl of Lounsborry
I think that was the name. The
earl had told him that it was sent to
England from Jamaica in 1791 , and i
ia not probable that it WAS much of a
infant then , so that it is safe to sa ;
that it is one hundred years old. 1
came in a quaint , old-fashioned bottl
at any rate. It is splendid liquor
whatever , ago it may bo , if I nm nn ;
judge of the bouquet. "
THE GREAT EASTERN.
A Rumor that Jay Gonld Will Bu ;
. . , , , , the Mounter.
.
Now York Sun.
Uncle Rufus Hatch was mopping hi
brow in an East Side elevated trail
the other day , and was asked whethc
there was anything now in the mar
kot.
"Nothing , " ho replied , "oxcep
that there was an Englishman in ti
see mo to-day who wanted- sell tin
Great Eastern "
"Do you think that you could fine
a purchaser ? " was asked.
"Certainly , " Uncle Rufus answered
"Jny Gould would buy her sure
She requires a grcnt deal of wntc ;
and that's just in his lino. Ho cai
float anything. He'd float the bigges
iron anchor in existence. "
"You forcgot , " wo observed , "tha
ho doesn't ' run to yachts like hii
former partners. Charley Osboni , Bil
Boldon and Hnnk Smith. Whnl
would ho do with the Great Eastern ? '
"All that may bo so. " Uncle Rn
fus nssevcratod , "but. like the boj
nfter the chipmunk , ho s g ot to have
her. He's got nil the big railroads ,
telegraph lines , elevators and blnnkol
newspapers , nnd ho must ndd the
Great Eastern to them to complete
his assortment. What would liii
junk shop bo wejrth without her
He's going to lay his cable to Mexico
and shos just the boat for the
business. Then the World ought tc
have her for a dispatch boat. The
Herald's yacht is played out , and il
would bo a big advertisement for him
to have the Great Eastern steaming
down to Sandy Hook and hoarding ]
incoming steamers for marine newt
for the World. Oh , I tell you
Gould's got to have hor. Bennett's
tub will stand no chance with her.
How she'll raise the circulation.
Then there's Wash McCorckindalo ,
who writes Gould's Wall street gossip.
He's got to bo provided for. Such a
liugh nautical toy would bo just the
thing to please liim. Besides , Goulel
jan't nflbrd to show any partiality il
lie buys Great Northern and Western
Union , and Northwestern and South
ern extension , ho must have n Great
Eastern. While ho's boxing the coin-
pas ho can't afford to slight any one
of its cardinal points. He'll take her ,
"
sure pop ,
"But how can she trade between
Pier 1 and Sandy Hook , and float the
American flag , when she's an English
bottom ? " Wonsked.
Uncle Rufus again mopped his
jrpw. "Oh , that'n cosy to fix , " ho
said. "A man who can consolidate
ill the telegraph and railroad lines ,
md control all the newspapers in the
United States , can put down one flag
ind put up another any time ho
ihooses. Blame's congress and Stan-
ey Matthows's supreme court would
jack him in anything. "
"Why , Uncle Rufus , you seem to
jo down on Mr. Gould. "
"Oh , no , the sago responded.
You're mistaken , On the contrary ,
[ admire talent .Mid enterprise , especi
ally when exercised for the benefit of
; ho masses as against the few. They
enlarge and develop the brain ami the
country , and reflect a lustre on tlio
inancial ago in which wo live.1
"So you really think that Jay
Gould will buy the Great Eastoni ? "
"Buy her , " Uncle Rufus repeated.
"Of course Jio will. Why , ho can
make a receiving ship of her. "
"How so ? " wo asked.
"A receiving ship for Western
J. ion and canceled prosa dispatches , "
was the reply. "They could be
stowed between decks where nobody
could find them. And then sho'd
make a good towboat for Gould's Mis
sissippi barge lino. Oh sho'd work in
i hundred different ways. She could
) o employed in carrying railroad iron ,
vorkmen and supplies to Mexico via
Lessop's Panama canal , or she could
jo sent to Bermuda in the crop season
'or a cargo of anti-malarial onions.
3ho would bo especially valuable as a
) lace to stow away the 'syndicate of
iars about whom the World has boon
ircaching so many sermons of late ;
jut whether she would bo big enough
, o hold them all , including the
nembors of the different 'lying syndi
cates , ' is a question that no one but
ho proprietor of the World and the
supercargo of the Great Eastern can
answer. I wish that Win. Henry
Gould , Jay Reid , Whitelaw Hnrlburt ,
or some other member of the moral
n-esa would explain the difference
jotwecn a 'syndicate of liars' and 'a
yiw syndicate. ' Some portions of
ho community need the instruction ,
. 'in not much of a liai myself , or I
vould undertake the job. It needs
in. accomplished professor of morals
o do the thing justice. The Great
Eastern could bo utilized in a thousand
vays. Probably her best paying
charters would bo her trips to Europe
o bring back the American securities
low being taken by foreign investors. "
WOMAN'S TRUE FRIEND.
A friend in need is a friend indeed ,
? hJB none can deny , especiall when
issistanco is rendoreel when 0110 is
proly afllicteel with disease , more par.
iculary those complaints nnd weak-
jesses so common to our female pop-
ilation. Evorj' woman should know
hat Electric Bitters are woman's true
riond , and will positively restore her
o health , oven when all other romo-
liea fail. A single trial will always
irovo our assertion. Tlio are pleas
ant to the tosto and only cost 50 cents
a bottle Sold by Ish & McMa-
ion. (1) ( )
,000,000
' ' '
Al'I'ItOl'lUAlEU
For Pensions
I ha > o made nn arrangement with
partleshcro by which all elalras agalnH
tlio Government coming from Nebras
ka an J Iowa will receli u prompt and
SPECIAL ATTENTION ,
II partlo wanting new discharge paptra or
lalinln , } puwlons , Increase of pciiMoni , bounty ,
back pay , prize money , transportation money
commutation of ralloiw , lamia , patents , etc , , will
nd tlidr claims addresicil to me , I ulllnctliat
hvlr intcrebta are enrol for. Letter * asklnir
nformation should liai o tamp enclosed for ri ?
> 'y. ' , , JAilra nonius.
( Special Correspondent ) 1 M " 0" St. N.V. . .
" WoshliiKtou , D. C-
CHEAP LANU
FOR SALE.
1,000,000 Acres
or THE
FINEST LAND
EASTERN NEBRASKA.
SELECTED IN AN EAHLT DAT NOT KAIL
ROAD LAND , BUT LAND OWNED ur 2foN-
RESIDENTS WHC Ann TinKDr-Amo TAXES
AND AHB OFFHIUNO THEIIl LANDS AT THE'
LOW rniCB OF SO , S3 , AND § 10 rsn ACBK ,
ON LONG TIME AND KASV TEI1M3.
WE ALSO OFFER FOU SALE
IMPROVED FARMS
_ _ TXT -
Douglas , Sarpy and Washington
ALSO , AN IMMENSE LIST OP
OmaliaCityRealstate
Including Elegant Residences , Buiinosa
and Residence Lots , Cheap Houses and
Lot * , mid n largo number of Lota in most oi
the Additlona of Omahn.
Also , Small Tracts ot B , 10 and 20 acrces
in and near the city. We have good oppor
tunities for making Loans , and in nil cases
[ msonally examine titles and take every
precaution to insure safety of money so
Invested.
iio ow we offer a small list of SPECIAL
BARGAINS.
BOGGS & HILL ,
Eeal Estate Brokers ,
140S
North Side of Farnham. Street ,
Opp. Grand Central Hotel ,
OMAHA , NEB.
CflD QAI C A beautiful residence lot on
rUn OHLE. California between 22nd ami
23d streets , $1000.
BOGGS & HILL.
ETflD CAI C VcT nlco house and lot
rUn OHLE. on Oth and Webster Btrccta.
with barn , coal house , veil cistern , nhado nnu
ru't trees , o\crj thing complete. A desirable/
> ieco of property , figures low
UGS & HILL.
AD CAI C Splendid busmcs lota S. E.
HUH OMLC corner of 10th and Capita
Avenue. BOUGS & HILU
UflB CAI E House and lot corner Chicago
Un OML.C and 21st streets , $5000.
BOGGS i HILL.
"flP QAI IT Largo house on Da\cnport
I Un OHLC etrcetbttftccn llth and 12th
goon location for boarding house. Owner wil
dl low BOCaS&HILL.
inD CAI C Two new houses on full lot
I Un OMLt. in Kountze fc Ruth's adJI-
Uon. This property will bo Bold \ cry cheap.
BOGGS & HILL.
FOR SALE A top phcaton. Enquire of Jos.
Stcphcnson. 094-tl
"flD CAI C Comer of two choice lots In
i Un OHLC SUinn's Addition , request teat
at once submit best cosh offer.
130003 & HILL.
"flR CAI C A B00'1 an acBiroble res
Un OnLC dcnce property , $ -1000.
BOGGS & HIIL.
AC I U C BESIDENOE Not in the market
F 1 II E. OH tr w ill sell for $0,600.
HOGGS & HILL.
[ \Q \ CAI C 4 Seed Iots > Shlnn's 3d ad
Un OALt dltlon $160 each.
BOGGS & HILL
"flR CAI C A very fine residence lot , to
run OnUk some party desiring to build
a One house , S2aoO. BOGUS & HILL.
"flP CAI IT About 200 loU in Kountio i
rUn OHLU Kuth's addition , lust south
f t. Mary's amrne , * 4W > to { BOO. Thcso lota
re near business , surroundtu by line Improve
nents and are 40 per cent cheaper than any othe
ots In the market. Sao money by bu > Ins thes
ol3- BOGGS & HILL.
"fl R C A I C 10 lot , suitable for fine real
Un OHLE. dcncc , on Park-Wild avenue
blocks 8. IX of depot , all covered with fine Itag
rocs. Price extremely low. gOOO to 4700.
HOGGS & HILL.
flR SAI F . ? ° ? vcilchcftp addition. ; lota ln
BOGGS k HILL.
flR CAI IT chcQP corner lot , corner
Ull WriUL. Douglas and Jtffcrbon 8t .
BOGGS & HILL.
CAI C 08Iots on 20th , 27th , 2Sth ,
, OHLEl 20th and 30th Sts. , between
arnham , Douglas , and the proved extension of
lodjjc Btreit. Trices range from 200 to J4CKJ.
Ve haxo concluded to give men of email means ,
ino more chance to secure a homo and will build
lousis on thcbo lota on Hnall payments , and will
ell lota on monthly payment * .
BOGGS & HILL.
"Aft CAI C ICO acres , 0 miles Jrom city ,
lin OHLE about UO acres very choice
alley , with running water ; balance geutly roUinu
rrirlo , only 3 miles f Join rallaoad , 810 per ocae.
BOQGS & HILL.
"flR CAI C 400 acres iti one tract twclv
Ull UfiI E. mill. ! ! from city ; 40 acres cu
hated , Lit Ing Spring of water , uorae like va
uys. 'Ilia laud Is all Hrst-class rich prairie. Prlo
10 per acre. UOfiefs 4 : HILL.
flR < 5AI F 720acreslnonolxx > y,7rallca
Ull OH LEI cut of Fremont , I/ all late )
and , luodutinir lieaty grow th of grosa , lu high
alley , rich soil and } into from railroad an
do track , In good settlement and no bettor Ian
can bo found. BOGGS Jj HILL.
"fl R C A I C A highly Improv etl farm o !
Ull DHLC 240 acres , 3 miles from city.
'ine ' improvvmcnU on this land , owner not a
imctlwil tanner , determined to sell. A good
pcnlng for tome man of means.
means.BOGGS fc HILL.
flR CAI P 2,000 acres of land ncnr MM.
Un UnLL land Station , 3.600 near Elk-
lorn , $8 to * 10 ; 4,000 airis In north part of coun-
y , $7 to 810 , S.OOO acres 2 to 8 miles from Flor-
nce , 85 to 810 ; 1,000 aucs west of the Klkhorn ,
4 to ? 10 ; 10,000 acres scattered through the coun'
f , set to oio.
The alx o lands lie near and adjoin nearly
very farm In the county , and can mostly be sola
n email cabh jayment , with the balance in 1.2 3-
a nd 6 tear's time. BOGGS it , HILL.
"flR SAI F So"ra"'ne residences prop
run UMLC ertics
never before oflercU
nd not known In the market as 1-oin.f for sale.
xicatioiis ull ) only bo made known ra piirtliascrs
mcanlnir busiucs. BOGGS 4 : HILL.
IMPROVED FARMS ! ? , .tas
mprove farms around Omaha , and In all parts of
> ouirlas , harpy and Wuhlnjrton counties. Also
anus In low a. Fer description and prices call on
* HOGGS & 1IILU
0 Business Lots for Sale on Farnam and Doug.
Us btrctts , from S3.000 to & 8.600.
BOGGS & HILL.
FflR CAI C 8 business lots next west
.rUn OMLt of llatonlo Temple prlco
uliancod ol J.,000 ! each. BOGUS & HILL
flR CAI C 3 business lota w rat of OJ |
rUll OMLt Fellow , block , $2 KX > each.
UOOOS i : HILL.
"flD CAI C " builncss lots south side
Un OHLC Douglas street , between 12tb
nd 13th , W.600 each. BOGGS ii HILL.
't\O \ CAI C 100 acres , ocverMwlthjoung
Ull OMLC timber ; living water , tur
tundcd by Improved rms , only J tnl.ts from
t , Cbeapebt land onhand.
onhand.BOO.Q3
BOO.Q3 fc HILL.