THE ( BLAirA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER T , 1881. RANGER'S ' , RAMBLINGS , Ho domes Hastings , Brand " " - Island and Kearney , Each City Pull of Enterprise and Pluck. Hnmlsomo Tine Advnntnjjcs nntl Sur- Country- Arriving in Hastings via Iho U. P , branch that runs from St. 1'nul to St. Joe , your correspondent stopped nl n depot that was quite now to him. The 'bus soon brought him to th o principal thoroughfares , and then it become a question whether the metro politan cut-stone pressed brick iron nnd plnto-glosq structures were really n part of Hastings , or had I been overcome by Bight-seeing in Grand Island nnd were these things the efTeniornl shadows of a disordered brain. They refused to fndo and n three days stay in Hastings convinced mo that although I could in now Has tings find scniely n trace of the town , I once know so well , yet the people that made the infant burg were the .same ones who wore now developing it into the full glory of being the best city west of Lincoln , nnd oven tlmt capital city will show few if any store buddings that will compare with Far rcl's all cut stone block. There is moro building being done here than in Kearney and moro than in Grant ! Island , if the U. 1 * . shops nto left out of consideration and readers who have followed I'angcr know that this means n most extraordinary progress , runs. Fires have several times nearly wip ed out 1 Tastings , but like the I'luunix her features are moro beautiful after each firoy bath. Itriek blocks by the score uro now under contract , and the great hole made in Hastings by the fire of a few weeks ago servos only to mnko clean building sites for ele gant nnd siihstnntial blocks that will have Httlo of the tinder box charac ter about them. It is useless to deny that the ilroa have caused serious loss to many of Hastings' people , and yet aa n town it will bo the gainer by them. WHICH TOW.V. A close r.ico for supremacy exists between Kearney , Grand Island and i Hastings ; they nro near ly equal distant nnd nearly of the sumo si/.o. All thioo have both the U. P. nnd U. M. , nnd n rich farming country tiibulary. JJoth Grand Island nnd Hustings have the trains , both ways stopping for meals , nnd nil three nro county-so.it towns. JlANUJ'AUTUUlM. A largo steam ( louring mill is the latest manufacturing enterprise cap- iMejttirod by 'Hastings. It is ' being ' -erected near the K. & BI. passenger depot. Hastings has the only manu factory of harvesting machinery in this otato , nnd it is something of which the people heio are justly proud. AVhoii four years ago I described the factory which was nt that time just getting ready for business , I was fiomowhat skeptical about nil institu tion of tins kind being needed just yet , or rather , while it was needed , foaicd it was in advance of the coun try , and that thn furmi n could scarcely ad'ord to make it profitable to these enterprising pioneers of ngricul- tnral implement nmnfacturing in Nebraska ; but the soqual has justified the heavy investment made , nnd n , satisfactory percentage has been real ized on the capital expended , and bet ter yet , a reputation and u dcinunt has been established which is worth thousands of dollars. For this west ern country nothing can comnete with the header. The ono manufao tured by this house , M. K , Lewis , SOIIB& Co. , has n cut of ton feet , am : with four horses from twenty-five to forty acres of grain are harvested in a day. The improvements made dur ing the last year in the header are very remarkable , nnd mnko it now about as near the perfection of har vesting machinery as can bo obtained. There is only ono gear in the whole machine. The motion is obtained by a detachable chain-drive , running over adjustable sprockets. The two aprons generally used on headers nro with this mnchinoreduced toouocon- tinuoua chain canvas that passes over sprocket wheels , thus preventing ( dipping. The following extract from a Kau nas dealer's letter is worth reading : "You have to-day the best hendoi made. I have never handled a ma chine of any kind that gave bettor satisfaction than the Lewis header. Tlio senior member of the firm will bo ut the state fair in Omaha , nnil will also have his header at the Cali fornia and Kivmmn state fairs , so that Nebraska manufactures are going into other states than ours , oven to the 1'ncillo. I ask no apology of UKH readers for this extended notice ol Nebraska's first and only hnrvestinj machine factory. TUB UKOI'.S. Wheat yield will average BOVOI bushels to the aero , and if the price was low this would indeed bo n bad year for fanners , but with this staple rangint ; at or near the dollar a bushel marts , there will bo a very fair mar gin left for the wheat rnisor. Corn in badly scorched in Homo localities , and the drouth lias done it no flood. But thirty budhels to the aero is about the average , and after all tlmt is not BO bad when the high rates that are going ia consid ered , com Jioro being worth about ' a3 cents per bushel , with an upward tendency. at TUB KTOCK INTBKKHTH or ure not so extensive hero as in the re to gions north nnd south , and this is n drawback for which there is a very simple remedy , namely , the importa tion of cattle from the mirroundint' . \ counties. liaising grain for .market has not in ul till ) past and it ia doubtful , very Halo ar doubtful , if it over will bo M profita ble na raising H extensively for home consumption by the fattening of stock. stock.Wo Wo liavo tlio great natural pasture lands ot the world , and it is : i nils- taken Idea to try and make this a wheat raising country , although \\o should gtow enough for homo con- sinnption. Wo cannot compote with Minnesota and Dakota on wheat nny more than they with us in the cattle buiinou. Uf course every foot of land should bo cultivated. Tame grasses should take the place of wild. Corn nhoultl bo the universal fattenor and no ani mal should be left exposed to the win ter's blizzards with nothing to sustain life but the snow-buried nnd scanty supplies that the wild lauds afford. It hus been proved that kind and liberal care of stock increases the income of the heaviest catto king , and hay and corn is in demand by nearly all of them when obtainable at reasonable CiKiircs The percentage of loss last winter by cattle men was often much larger than has over been published. One cattle Icmic told mo that out of one herd of a thousand head ho had lost over seven hundred , and when I asked him why it waa that such things did not get into the papers ho replied , "Oh , when wo are losing wo want to keep our credit good. When wo nro making money wo don't need credit and in order to discourage men from investing and thus overcrowding the ranges , wo give rather unfavorable reports , but it is when the cattle men are hard up and need credit ] that the panels toll about the profits of stock r.using on the plains' . When they are doing' well there is no "blowing done. " There are two sides to the cattle-king picture , and without hay , corn or shelter , the dark side is often so conspicuous that it takes years ot favorable sea sons to make good the losses sus tained. Hut cattle raising on culti vated farms , with artificial groves to break the fury of the blizzards , is a business that never has , and proba bly never will , fail to bo profitable. ODDS AND J2NDS. L. P. Hawley , the grocer , is erect ing a two-story brick , 22x100. llaymakor & 1 Slake , the packers , are preparing to euro a hundred per cent mote meat than last year. John Sanders , formerly of the Sanders house , Friondvillo , is now running the eating house at Hastings. AVhoii ho sold out the livery business , which he conducted in connection with his hotel lie kept a team of fly ers , but here in Hastings the regular ity of tr.iiu aruvals and the proHsuro of business kept .John from having any comfort with them , hence Ilia tiottcra , lime 2i : : ( ! ) are for sale. Adams county has declined to take the advice of 1'iru JJiiK , the secretary of the State Farmers' Alliance and all the friends of the county , and enters the field of politics with a Farmoru' Alliance party. Well , perhaps it is necessary hero , and anyway it is their own business nnd not ours. Tin : Lin : extends to tho-now political party the right hand of fellowship and hopes they will manage so well and so wise ly tlint the people will vote their ticket at least in sufficient numbers to elect it , Now parties in the political field are terribly prone to stumble over the block which their more ex perienced foes placp in their path ; so , while fearing defeat and disaster , wet council onorgctio warfare , conserva tive measures and yet iu > dickering with "enemies in arms. " Lot every man that hns n claim to bo considered ns nn anti-monopolist , ntnnd by the ' alliance until the end , nnd may * the end do ns glorious and good ns the platform on which they aland , THE CKNTUAL NKllItAHKA FAlll will bo hold at Hastings from Sept Hth ) to the 2Jrd. This fair has been billlcd all over the state in far bettor shape than our State fair. II is a pity that every fair in the wcsl must got out n butter poster than our own. The great man of this fair is A. D. Yocum , Supt.j L. A. Kent is Pros. : L. U. Palmer , Sec. , and 0. | 0. Ingalis , Troas. ; Natham Campbell - boll , of Kearney , Nebraska , is Supt. of the speed ring , and a stunning exhibition in tlmt line is confidently calculated on , and to bring it about , $2,500 in seven purees are hung up for the quick stopors to take in. The very fair crops produced in central Nebraska nnd the interest taken in the matter by the farmers insure the success of the agricultural exhibition. The ladies are nlso , it in said , making unusual efforts to insure success , nnd when they take hold ol anything the men are bound to bo around just to see what they are do ing. TUB BLOOUMn LAW is duly enforced in Hastings , but Kelly A ; Halm , the billinrd hull men have found n way to dodge the obnox ious Boreon clause. Insleatt of letting their windows become lly-spookod they put up , about three foot from the dooran elegant partition with n nobby httlo oilico in front of it. No door is required through thu partition , an arched oitranco | on the side furthest from the bar answering every pur- pose. This partition in notoiigfnnl , for it has long boon in use in metropolitan - politan cities nnd cannot very well bo abolished by legal enactment. TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. Millions of nits , unco , cats , bedbugs - bugs , ronches , lese their lives by col- hsion with "Rough on Rats. " Sold by druggists , lf 2. (4) ( ) GREATEST REMEDY KNOWN. Dr. King's Now Discovery for Con sumption is certainly the greatest medical remedy over placed within the reach of Buffering humanity. Thou- Bands of once holnloss sullbrors , now loudly proclaim their praise for this wonderful discovery to which they < pwo their lives , Not only does it posi- lively euro Consumption , but Coughs , Colds , Asthma , Uronchitis , flny I'ovor , Hoarseness and all ntlbotions of ' tho'lhront , Ohest nnd Lungs yields once to its wonderful curative pow- ns if by mngio. Wo do not ask you buy u largo bottle unless you know what you nau gutting. Wo therefore earnestly request you to cill on your druggists , IHII tfc MoHAHON , nnd Kot a trial botllo free of cost which will con- \.nco the most skeptical of its wonder- incuts , nnd nhow you what a regu- ono dollar nizo bottle will do. For . by lull & MeSIuhon. (4) ( ) / THE JETTIES. A Brief Review of the History of Their Construction. The Gnulunl Dcoyonint ; of South Pass. KewO tciniDemo.rat It is not to be wondered nt tlmt some few papers still carp nt Iho jot- tics , notwithstanding their immense benefit to the benefit Missippi valley -A efit which has been roughly estimated to 8125,000,000 , that being the re duction of freights forced on the rail roads by the opening of the river route , It will bo remembered that ivhon this mode of oponint ; the ruor .o the largest steam and sailing ves sels was first proponed nnd discussed , Hir own people entered many objec tions , and there were not n few who declared that it wan a gigantic scheme engineered by the railroads to dam ip Iho mouth of the river and give horn ( the rnihoads ) n monopoly of ho valioy trade. It was calnestly in- listed that Southwest jiasi should bo secured nnd kept open in the event of , hu failure of the jottiei. Gradually his prejudice has disappeared before i steady array of facts and figures , intil now the opposition to the jetties is limited to n coterie of n score of persons nnd four newspapers. A IIIHTOHY Or THE .IKTTIES. So much has been said about the iettici tlmt it would bo moro than mporlluous to recount their history at Many attempts had been made to improve the mouth of the river from the very earliest days of the settlement of Louisiana. In 1871 , when the railroads had almost com plete control of the trade of the "West , in earnest sentiment was aroused in Favor of the opening cf the river , seas as to free the Wen torn farmers from : ho extortions of the trunk lines , nnd congress ordered n survey of the mouth so ns to find the best mode : > f dealing with the question. In 1873 : i commission of army officers wns ap pointed to consider this survey nnd to the best plan of opening the rivor. Their report in February , 1874 , favored the canal schemennd opposed the jetties , holding tlmt the cost of producing n depth of 27 feet would bo In February , 1874 , Mr. Eada offered to congress to open the mouth of the river , making n deptli of 28 feet , for 810,000,000 , , nt the entire risk of hinisolf nnd his nsaociates , not n dollar to be paid until a depth of 20 feet wns secured. Tiio controversy created by Mr. E.tds' proposition bc- camu quito \vium and personal. A committee of civil engineers were dispatched - patched to investigate the question , nnd pniticnlarly the European jetties and their eU'ecls. nii : JKTTV nii.1. siaxm The tesult of their investigation wa"j \ favorable to the jetties , and on March 3 , 1875 , the president -signed the bill entering into n contract with Mr. Eads to deepen the mouth of the river. South pass , which had pre viously had a depth of nine feet , was chosen , aifd work begun Juno , 1875. IJy May , 1870 , when very Httlo work had been done , it was found that 1,000,000 cubic ynrds of mutevial had been scoured out , and that the mini mum depth was 1(5.9 ( feet. Even with this showing many portions still failed to.have confidence in the jottics , nnd stories of now bars , mud lumps , etc. , were told almost every day in the local press. In Novcmborn1877 , the dredge boat Dayloy was used in scouring the channel of the jetties. TWENTY-TWO rnr.T ODTAINHD. A survey made December 15 , 1877 , showed a channel 22 fept deep ami moro than 200 foot wide , existing from the deeper water in South past to the deeper water in the gulf. On this showing the first award of 8500 , 000 under the contract made between Eads and the government was paid over to him. Work was continued on the jetties in 1877 and 1878 , in which year it was completed , the con crete and crib work at the aea ends being erected. DRr.l'KMNO THE HOUTII PA8.1 , The following tihlcs will H ! o\v the deplh It the channel nt 10000 feet f 0111 Uiit point , tic worst pan of iho imtn , at varioui tlu.o Jtuo , 1875 ) . ! [ < ot. JU1870 If. foot. August , 1870..10.8 feet. July , 1877. . 20.11U J 111:0. : 1H7B..21.0 feet. 1'oii , , 18711..22.2 fie Unroll , 1B7U..2I.8 feet. Juno , 187D..2S feet Jill , 187l > , . . , S0.fi feet. THE OtITU OK TIIR CHANNEL TO-IUV. Ti.e Domotru * . publUlo ) to-day arnap of the i ol tho'n . . . . . . . . the late t lurioy niiulo , TJ i uhowitlmt the late t < ptl In tl.u clu ii'cl ' in South pisx , i.o . * . In thu jctt o is2UJfu t , 07,001 fool nioilo Halt po'nt ' u d a | la til drum e , nnd 29 fmit at I'lcn'mo bayou and a apoltit (10,000 ( flit ahoia l-iu point Atnrt point in the jo'.tli'H iiropcrU t'u t'ei ' th o the Ummiol lean thin30 ] feet , * Gently Doon It- Cn > sa , Sw n ' Htrcot , DulTalo , writes : " 1 huvo used Spring Jllosunin foi la and iniHceHtion , and June fouiu Ittoaut adinlr.iblya ! ) a KuntlenpoHent anil blood piirilior. I consider it unequaled. Yon nro nt llbctty to use my naino as n rofercnco. " I'rlco 00 cents , trial bottles 1C cents. hoptGeodlw Cornell College , The Clwwllcal , Philosophical , Scientific and Civ. II Knuliuorlntf C'ouriwM compare fn\orabh uitli Ilia bmt colk't'f in the country. tip < < clalad\ui > tnicaaroi'hctili the I'repirnta- ry and Normal Department * , and in the Connorv atory of Miulc. Twenty Profottor * and Tcachen. Superior UulMlinUunouui , Ixilwntory an I Apparatus Expeniei Low. Kali term opens Sipt. 16. For uitaloiruoa or othorlnfariiulioii. . I'RBI. WM. K. KINO , J ) . 1) . , V l.d&wgin Ml. Vtiriion ln i - BlackDiarnondCoalOo , W. H. LOOM 18 , J. S. , ' ' ' ' * > T8B . 'T1ii 1.1. . MIU.Klt , AOK.VT , HARD OR SOFT COAL In i r lot * or In iiuantitlcd to nilt purihonw , Ordini Bolliltcd. Yard , Foot Farnham and Doug las Sts , , Oinaha. _ tc | > 3 tf BT10.N BIU1D , blftltkVKD n BYRONB4R EDB& CO. Seal Estate Agency IN NEIUU8KAS . Keep a complete > * tr ct of title to ill Ktal ai tutatolti Ouufia and DouvlM county , miuf IS A , G. TROUP , ATTORNEY AT - LAW Neuralgia , Sciatica , Lumbago , Bacfacho , Soreness of iho Ghost , Gout , Quinsy , Sere Throat , Sivo/A rnffs and Sprains , Burns and b Scalds , Gonral Bodily Tooth , Ear and Headache , Frosted Foot and Ears , and off other Pains and Aches. We Prrparnrlon en firth equals 8r. JACOM On u a fttfe , nrr , * liiff nd cheap Exlfn.tl Rvntdr. I A trl l entails but the compnr tilj ! tllllnp outlay of 50 Cent * , and ereryor.siufi > r. tv- { ! with palh can bare cbcop iDJ peiltlr * ttoo ! at Itsclalini. Jtt Plrectloni In w f ' COIiDBT ALLDRUatHBTS AND DEALEES IN MEDIOINE. A.VOGELER&CO. , t. To Nerve js Sufferers THE OREAT EUfToPCAN REMEDY. Dr. J. B. Simpson's Specific It In n positnccure for Hpcnn-.torrhcn , Scmlnn iVuol > ric8S. ImiMtnnsy , and all iliscasM resulting rom Self-Abuse , lu Mcnt.il Anxiety , Lota- Muncry , I'alna In the _ liacli _ _ or Fide , and diseases ' ' ' jjinj j yj jo Consumption Insanity and carl ) griua ITio fepecllic Mcdlcino Is bcint ; used uithonder - ful fcucccis. _ _ _ I'iiniphlcts Hunt free to all. Wilto for them and get full par ticulars. Price , Specific , Cl.OO per packa o , or clx pack. a -ca for 35.00. Addrc-i3 all onlLin to It HIMSON MHDICmC CO. Ken. 101 and IW Jlaln St. IJutTalo , X. Y. Sold In Oiuilia In C. F. Gooilman , J. W. Uoll , J. K Ibb , and all Jruvgbtsov cry where. ZS-Jtwlr DS VEAUS'S ' The Only Machine that Will Do just as is Advertised. It Will Wash Faster , It Will Wash Gleaner , It Will Wash Easier , - It WiK'TGpiro no Rubbing , It will do a large family Washing in 30 Minutes. It Will tWasli Equally troll ! -with Hnrd or Soft Water- It does nw ay with wuh hollers and waah boards , and will pay for ItaoH In full and thu.car ol clot his in a 1110117)1 ) , > 'o stofm In the Utchcn. A child 10 years ol can dotho va ! iln , ; faster than any . .woman can wriii ana hang out the dotheu- DAN. SULLIVAN & SONS' , dim 1410 Farnham Street , Agents. BASWzlELLS , 1422 Douglan St. , Near 15th. Before removing their new OPEEA HOUSE STORE Will sell their stock of BOOTS\SHOES \ At Greatly Beduoed Prices. rnorosALS FOR COAL- OmcK OK CITY CLKRK , ) OMAHA , Mm. is , issi. f Sealed propoult will bo rocoh od hy the under nlgni'd for two w eik from the da to hereof , Tlmrs. da ) , Hi'ptemlcr lit , 1881 , 12 o'clock noon , for fiimlildiitf hard tnd soft coal for Uiu use of the city ottiecs niullflro department , from tills duto until An-iist is , A. U. lbS2. ttanlcd bills or proK | > i.iU nil-ill nt.ito the pi Ire for HUilicojl ( U'lhorulhoroordercil , nnd shall namoiuld prli-o without reject to nny dcllnlUi amount of coal , The right U resen ed to rejict nny and all Mds , inrul : | < ot containing Bald pro- IKMaU shall bo uurl.nl 'I'roiiotaU for Coal , " and delivered to the iiiiilerslL'ncd not latur tlmi ttiv timeahotu tpoilflixl. J. J. I * C. JIUVKTT , I'ltv Clerk. DISEASES -OF Tin : EYE & EAR DR , L. B. GRADDY , Oculist and Aurist , LATE CLINICAL ASSISTANT IN ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. Itefercncci all llcputablo Physicians ol Onialu. / -tTOfTlce , Corner 15th and Farnham 8ti , , Omaha , Neb. Bishop Simpson E" luldreinlnj ; the btudcnU o the National School ol locution and Oratory said , ( The law of culture applicable to the humauolco ru to the hand , .iid If the hand ihould bo trained why not much | he > olcc.B TheNatlona School of Elocution I and Oratory , ctUblUhod In 1W3. chartered In I 376 , nflordi the nuxt uuplo ficllHlcH for tucli ulture. Nineteen Teachers and { .vUuriri , peclalliti In their 6cieral dcprtiiiciit < . Sumner - ner Term , July S. Fall term , Oct. a. Heiid or CuUUf ue luid I'nwiicctiu to IthfcMw J. H. UECIITKL , Seerotar ; ' " - " - ' - MWmamgChertnulSt.1--- ! of If joniiiflcrfroiu Djppcp'li , USD iit'HDocK w.ooi > urn ins. If } on ore nfllhtcd with llllioiiwicfn , n o iiuitDocic nioon mrrais. If jou are prostrated \\ltlifclok' Headache , tnko 11UI1UOCK 1)1,000 ) IllTTKKS If j our How Us are disordered , reytilnto them \ \ Itli IJL'llDOCK 1)1. ) If jour Illood In lintmrn , ( unify It with IIUItUOCK 111,000 UlTTUItS. If jnuluue Indirection , jou will flndixn antidote iiunoocic ni.ooj ) mrraus. If \ on arc troulilcd with Spring Complaint' , er adicate them with IJU1100CK 1H.001) DITTnitS. II J our I.hcrfo torpid , rcitero ttto healthy notion wllh IIUHOOCK W.OOI ) niTTKHS. I jour I.hcrls directed , 5011 will find n sure re- storatUoin nunoocK nr.000 nirrnus. Il > oulmc nny species of Humor or Pimple , fall not to take llUItOOCK I1LOOO IHTTKIIS. : i jou lime nny B > mptoms of Ulcers or Scrofulous 3orc , n ctinith o remedy w 111 ho found In UUIIDOCK ULOOOIIITTCIIS ; "or linjvirtliij , ' strength nnd vitality tothoys- tin , nothing can equal UUUDOCK 11LOOD IHTTKUS. KV > r Xenons nnd General Debility , tone up the astern with UUIiOOCK ULOOI ) DITTUUS. 3rlcc , 91.00 per Dottle ; Trial Dottles 10 Cts FOSTER MILBURN & Co , , , , Props , EUTFALO , N. Y- Bold nt wholesale Ity Ish & McMnlion and C. F. 0 oodinan. _ Jo 27 eml-mc Established 11 Years , Assets Itenre'cntcd $82OOOOOO.O. DON'T IT BURN I Sly house and furniture is insured with 0. T. TAYLOlt & CO. , Cor 14th nnd Dourfas. t-4 h4 o H rf P4 P4M KENNEDY'S EAST - INDIA o O bdg 25D g -D % DTj C l CO EH = a c : EHS * i h- S3 " hh" iE i i iEij i § ij S * Ca ijl < l ca oa o i\ \ BITTERS ILER & CO. , SolaManufaoturors. OMAHA. Gep. P. Bemis REAL ESTATE AGENCY , 15th nJ Oodgo 8t . , Omaha , Neb , Thli xrncy dooi it went brokenga butlncM. Doc not fpecuUte , kad therefore any taivaln * on IU booki re Iniurud to It ) p trow , in tcd Uln robblcd up by Ui a/eat „ HEADOUAR TERS -FOR- - - A ISHING Wo desire to call the special attention ot the trade to our elegant lines ( at BOTTOM PRICES ) of Underwear , Cardigan Jackets and Scarfs , Buck Gloves , Overshirts , Overalls , Hosiery , &c , , now open. Wholesale only. SHREVE , JARVIS & CO , Corner Fourteenth and Dodge Sts. I. OBERFELDER & CO , , . AND J01IIIEI1.S 01' 1308 and 1310 DOUGLAS STREET. The only exclusive wholesale house in this line in the west. DEWEY & STONE , ORCHARD & BEAN , J , B.FRENCH & CO. , CARPETS ! GROCERS ! The I argest Stock and Most Complete - s plete Assortment in The West We Keep Everything in the Line of Carpets , Oil cloths , Matting , Window-shades , Fixtures and Lace Curtains. HAVE OOODSTO PLEASE EVEeVBOOY. 3E Ti/s. , xi 1313 Farnham St. , Omaha. Max Meyer & Go. GunsAmmunitionSporting Goods FISHING TACKLE , BASE BALLS , and a FULL LINE OF NOTIONS AND FANCY GOODS. finaana xoxc rx xcjcaoa-zocs'xr. MAX MEYER & CO. , Omaha , Ne * * <