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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY DECEMBER 1(5 ( , ISSi 3 MEXICO AS IT IS , Vera Crua in a Norther The Chief Harbor of tbo Ropub- lio-A Ridom the Interior. Lnjcnrlnnco of Vegetation A Trou- ioftl VillBRO-Thn Notlo Homo oflmrn. bpcdal Correspondence of the OloholKmcxril. VKRA Cnuit , November 29. 1881. Wo nro in the cily of Vera Cruz 11. Vera Cruz , or the horoio "Vera Cru/ , na it styleitaolf / mid MO have come down direct from Mexico by special train on Sunday , to rcnch the horoio city on Hominy and take the steamer fur Minititlim on Tuesday. lUit ns wo como into open plain there was something windy in the flight of the buzzards hovering over our heads and in the switt whirl of the ducks and pigeons , uiid I naked the guard if there was any wind in Vera Cruz. "Si , Sonor. The norther has Jbcoii blow ing for two days , and ns it is the tidal tiorthor , it is probably good for three days more.1' ' This settled the ques tion of our louring Vera Cruz , or while the northor blows , blow it ever BO gently , though the ships lip sunk at anchor , noses windward , in the narrow gut they call a harbor , bo- twcon the city and the cnstlo , they can neither load or unload cargo or passengers , nor oven clear nor enter. In last week's ' northor the City of Nankin , of the Alexandra line , from Now York , canio in and lay under the ice of the island of Sacrificios until a lull in the tempest tempted her cap tain to try and make the harbor. In a half an hour ho would have made it , but the storm caught him in a half a minute , bumped him on the roof from from which ho got oil' by leaving half his cargo and three blades of his screw ; when he got to his anchorage his ship waa not as pretty as it used to be , but the captain , n veteran of the gulf , know more than ho did an hour be fore. fore.Such Such is THK C1IIBK HARBOR of the republic , and while our bag- ago is going to the hotel at New ? "ork prices , wo walk down to the custom house mole to inspect the har bor. Wo inspect it at a distance , for the mole , an absurd littleseawork of stone sticking out a hundred yards into the gulf , where it has gathered a ahoal all around it , is washed by the breakers that como in across the path of commerce. Not much use for the mole to-day ; no lighter would dare to tempt that sea for love or money , and no "row-boat has any business out there. Yet it is only au ordinary gale which is blowing ; the open sea is not dangerous only the harbor. All told , there are some thirty craft , sto.vners and barks and smaller veaaols , lying at anchor before us , every one of them lit to face the 700 miles between hero and the jetties at Fort E.vda , but not one whicli can send a message across the 700 yards of snupsuds , churning and dashing between us and them. Decidedly , among the im provements which Mexico needs , a harbor improvement is not the least , and the improvement of this harbor . of Vera Cruz is ono of the enter prises which are to occupy our atten tion. To build a sea wall or dike along the two open. , sides , trill take a matter of a couple of hundred thou sand cubic yards of stone , and it is u question where the stone can bo found. As wo can neither hayo the harbor nor study it while the norther blows , we will take two days to ex amine a quarry which is satd to exist some twenty miles up the coast. The only way to reach it is by horseback , and us we can not go and como in a day , wo mike two easy days of it , starting at 10 o'clock , after a Into breakfast. Our party consists of four persons , the colonel , who is an expert in stone quarries , but not in Spanish ; myself , as interpreter , a polite young clerk from ono of the business houses as escort , and a rno o , or boy , to t.iko uaro of the horses. The hoiscs are lively and fret and prance until wo have crossed the railroad truck : which marks the northern limit ot the little city , and are out ONTUK DKAi/'ir , where wogivo thorn a cantor to quiet them. The beach is our only road for half the way , and wo cantor in the 'tooth of the north wind , and amid tile roar of the sea. As far as the eye can BOO the gulf is a mass of tuniblingfoum , wave rolling over wave , and sen ing its spray in our faces. Welcome the wind , if it blew twice as hard , for it blows from "Qod'a country , " and the salt of the sea is sweet in our mouths with the savor of homo that lies be yond. Overhead is a leaden sky and off to the north a low bank of dark clouds lines the horizon ; our of these comes the norther , nnd it is good for nil day and all night , Uuzzards drift and soar in the upper air , ns if they lived on wind , while lower down in dustrious pelicans , with ft business air , haunt the brakors in search of moro substantial food. Flocks of little naudpiporo flit across the beah : after o ich succeeding ways , and gogglo-oyea crabs hurry and skurry betweo i our horses' feet in search of their holua We meet pilgrims going and coming bare-footed and often bare-lugged , but with their heads carefully tied up in red handkerchiefs and their ponchoa wrapped abrut their upper story. They are neither on foot nor in vehi cles , but up in the air , perched upon a nondescript load of crates of pottery , or bales of garden produce and gourds and calabashes and paniora , and poul try wrapped around with wither , us if ready for roasting , with the feathura on ; while lower down the long ears and small foot of the pa'aont ma indicates the present Mexican solution of the great problem of cheap transportation. Tlus is all the lifo wo see for ton miles , ' as wo pick our way amid the driftwood on the bench , between the salt waves on our right and the sand hills on our left. The driftwood was all swept .down to sea by tropical rivers before it'was washed on the beach , all but the ppara and cabin doors of a clumsy white schooner from Maine , that came ashore last year , nnd that weeps copious brine through the Beams and ports of her melancholy hull. Wo ride in silence , foi the noise drowns speech until wo como to a point where the louder roar ot surf and thicker ( light of pelicans and sea gulla tells us of TUB BAR OK ANTIGUA. OuUide of it is a { wilder wanto of f foam , with the breakers yellow with the sand of the bar ; inside is n gioon , quiet river , running parallel , to the to the nntjry sea , from which it is separated only by a few yards of rand dunes. At the nngle of the meeting nro n few desolate lints of fishermen , and the fishermen are standing bare , legged in the water with nets , which they throw like lassoes bver the pass ing full , Sometimes the fish waits to bo caught moat frequently he de clines. There are moro skillful fisher men in the air. A huge pelican , al most ever our heads , shuts his wings and drops down as if ho had been fired out of u cun , beak foremost , into the water , llo is up again in two seconds , and the contrast between the suddenness of his full and the Inzy , contented ilap of his wings ns ho soars away tolls us that ho husinadoa&quaro mcftl and there is ono fish less in the Antiqua river , Our quarry lies on botli sides of the river , aomo ton miles further up , and as wo leave the beach wo plunge first amid the sand hills , which the wind piles up and blows uwuy , and then through clmppnral and through the harvest of the nepal or prickly cactus. The nepal is blazoned on the coast of arms of Mexico , ai the fabled bush on which the eagle with the serpent in its mouth indicated the site ofthe Aztec capital. It is highly pmcd as ouo of the resources of the country , for it bc.trs at every point a fruit called the tuna , the shape and size nnd color of the tig. Under the thick akin is a blood-red pulp prot y well filled with seeds , and on this the poor nro said to live when out of vrcrk. Its nutritious value ia about equal to that of the papaw , its flavor poorer than the per simmon , and as it ia highly diuretic I should say that a poor family ho had to choose between dying of starvation and living on the tuna , would bo placed between the devil and the deep sea. sea.As we leave the sand hiils and the chapparal and the nepal wo gradually enter the TROriCAL FOHKST. Although the soil beneath our foot is mere sand the vegetation on either hand is BO luxuriant as to form an un broken sheet of verdure above and an impenetrable mass of stems and thorns below. An occasional clearing ofn few yards shows us a hut with walls of cane , about as substantial as a fence of fishine poles , with a thick thatch of cocoa-tree leaves Buttling down on it like a very old man's hat on a very spindled-shaiiked boy. In front of the hut ore a few turkeys and chickens and dogs and babies , behind it n gar den of green banana trees or towering cocoa nuts or monstrous sugar cane. I figure out that the whole outfit would be worth in the market , say § 2 ; cost of getting it to the market , 83 ; and 1 ride on much imprrssed with the boundless wea th of the tropics. At one hut whore wo stop for a glass i f water , a coined gentleman speaks to us in English , nnd I usk 1 im if ho is not from the States Yes , ho came from Now York , has been hero five years. "Isn't Now York good enough to liyo in ? " "Isn't it good enough to live in ? Why , mister , wouldn't uivode dust what blows roun' de streets in Now York for dis whole country. " Alas for the wisdom that comes too late ! Nevertheless , this were a land not to bo laughed at , if ivo would only find a race of men to till it. The soil is mere sand , but warmth and sunshine are the great fertilizers , and the growth is only too abundant. Beside the coconnut and sugar-cane , and banana , which cultivate themselves , there arc rubber trees , which are not cultivated , and coffee , which only grows wild. Wo catch peraumos of balsam nnd vanilla , or oranges and lemons , see wild colFco growing entrees trees , zapotos with their wealth of mnir.eys and their richer timber , fustic and bcrgamot , and heaven knows what not , but nil nncttrcd for ; oven the ono grout corn-field which wo snw fenced in wan overrun with woods. The tropics need improvement , and they need it badly. r t ( So wo trot into S\N KKAMJlhl'O , not the capital of the 1'ucilic wlopo , but something lilo it utu foity years ago , a half a dozen nuttt grouped around a comer bar-room. Hero a iniiy diino smokes cigarettes and soils aguardiente nnd Auheuser's beer. Wo are to deep ( after dinner ) at ; i fruich across the river , nnd while the old ditmo in telling us that she don't' know how one can cross the river , the foid being fully 200 yards from her bar , a patty of engineers gallop up and exchange salutations in Spanish. Ono of them had so beautiful a Corkonian mug under his battered sombrcra that I talk to him in En glish and ask him if ho is the chief engineer of the now nairow-g.iugo road whicli is coining up that way with a subsidy , There is no change in his expression as ho sits down on the bench beside m i and says : "I am the boss chain-draggor , and liard work it is through the divvcl'H own roads about hero. ' ' "Chapparal and sporin and pica- pica ? " 1 juggest. "Worsen that , width the wood-lice and ticks , and dhere'n the bugs they call the cnrappatics ; oh , thim's the Jivvels. Wo do sit down for two liuura at night a-scrapin' thim off our legs. Wan o' thim gets into yer leg itnd he'll nmko a holu tliero ' 11 kill u liorao. " I.look encouragement , and ho goon on. on."It bun icB in there and feeds and ijrowu ; shure there's wan o' the byes m Mexico now that Mr. Wellington sint him there - widh a hole in his log you could put your hand into "t. " I receive this horrible Htory with stoical composure , and ho continues : "Ho will lose his leg ; the llesh about it has turned quite green : if include lie don't lose ins lifo. Bad luck to the'country. " Hero ho obligingly picked fiom his neck a specimen of the Carapato , which has the body of the Cinox lee- tularius , or boarding house bed buir , enlivened by the lugs of the Culox irrituns , or wicked flea , Aa 1 took my seat at the other end of the bench the tonior from Cork added : "Yis , you're betther where yo nro now , Aio ye an ingoneor ? " On the piinciplo of the dog who WHS supposed to be u good coon dog , I suppose I am an engineer. I have taken brevet rank us an engineer since I came hero , and why should I not ? The first chief engineer of the road wan a physician when ho landed , but became an engineer because it paid better. A gciltiomnli whom 1 left f\ ' mouths ngo'hond wtilcr nt the Con- uoftlm called to sou mu a few days ago 111 Mexico , nnd told mo ho had boon survejSng for Grant's railroad , Ho * nid ho never knew ho wns an IMI- jjinoiT until ho started , but when he saw the other fellows he thought ho was n pretty jjood one. So I mod estly ndniit that 1 am au engineer ; I nui ( joint ; up to In Penix to look for rock tor Vcr.i Criu harbor. "Dnil the rock'll yo get ns big ns yor hit ; shure it topetnto you'll get , and nothing moro. " Topetnto in the inside filling of a young volcano , the stuff it produces befoio it geta old enough to erupt lava It is harder than clay to cut , and nlien cut is no use for tilling' or for anything else This nut encour- nging ns the reward of our ride , but wo propose to look foroursidves in the morning , < This MKMOAN FUO l-OKK I afterward found out wna a Scnor Murphy , ono of the celebrated char acters of the couu'ry , where ho has re sided for nearly t irty years. He was formerly driver of n stage coach be tween Jala i ; a and Mexico , and amass ed a comfortable competence from the peculiar circumstance that his stigo was never robbed. People who hud special reasons for objecting to robbery would pay § r > 00 fern ride on Murphy's coach in preference to paying 850 to the rival Hue. He nays that ho bus often charged nn ouuco of gold , $10 , for guaranteeing the delivery of n let ter in Mexico , when every mail was curtail' to bo robbed , but ho lias never told how it came that robbers who would stop every other conch day after day would a low him to no on un molested. The secret , of course , is that he haw made his bargain with the brigands like n sensible man and col lected the toll from his passengers , but nobody has over got him to admit that he had over aeon a bri gand or knew ono of them by siulit. Ho is living now in comfort at Jalapa , near which city ho owns a fine farm , and at present is engaged in showing the railroad engineers the paths and poises , and winding ways through the mountain gorges and ravines , by which ho used to make his way un scathed to the capital in the troubled days of the empire. His long resi dence in Mexico had not worn a bit of the Irish oil of him , and ho was as bright and clover ns if ho had just landed from an emigrant ship at Cas tle Garden. His information about where we would find stone , and where wo would not find it , proved moro accurate than any wo had received , ns we found out after leaving him and making our way to our sleeping quar ters. ters.For For this night wo will aieop in the rancho of our friend , Don Antonio de Lara , ocr ss the river. * * * # # # Wo slept on cot beds , without mat tress beneath or blanket nbo.vo. In the night the ncrtherc.imo inland and whistled northern nira through the chinks and crevices until I wondered how soon the old house would go. Its timbers , however , wore fastened by lariats , which refused to give way , and the house hist"d until dnvvn , when we saddled and started out for our quar ry. Wo found that our Hibernian friend was right , and the quarry was n myth , and BO far we had had our ride for nothing. Not alt i Aether for nothing , though. Before starting wo had a breakfast of fish from the river worthy of an epi cure , and wo had seen something of Mexico. Wo had seer the richness of nature and the poverty of man , the luxuriance of tropic growth and the lifelessness of life in a tropic village ; and as wo trotted back through the forest and across the sand-hills and along the beach back to the city , with the north wind blowing on our backs , wo aureed that a great many things needed improvement before the mng- niticent possibilities of thocruntry be come soburactualiticB. J. A. D. A. Renovating Remedy is to bo found in Btmooeh's ISiooi ) HIT- IRKS. As na ivntiilotu for Kick ha d.icho , female ucaki CH , biliousness , indigeilion , ciiii > tipntion , nuu olhei dixuiuieH of a kin dred nature , the o bit to H me invaluable. 1'rico $1.0 J , trial sue 10 cents eoill w Bnoklin s Jimicn Salvo. 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KIN ii CKNTH HACU , with amplu tlmo for henlthful onjojment. 'IT-rough Can between Chicago , Poorta , Mil nnukce and Ulsaouri HUcr 1'olntti : and done con nectlona at all iiolnta ol IntcrKctloa vrfth other road ) . Wo ticket ( do not ( orcut thti ) tllreclly to ever ) place ol imiwrtanco In Kan tun. Kobraf ka. lllatl lllllH , Wjnmlni , ' , Utah. Idaho , KuicJa , Callfornb. Oregon , WaehlriBton lerrltoiy , Colorado , Arizoi t nd Now Mexico. Aaliberal arrangemenU rcgarJmg but Mrc tr any other line , and rates ol laru alwuja as1 ovr u comiHiUtom , v > bo lurulsh but a Ulna of Uio voui- DO/H anil lacklo of iporbnoon Ires. Tickets , iiiaps nnd foldera at nil prlnclpa otfcoH In iho Unlttil fltattw and Oinala. It. R. C'AIILl' , K. HP. JOHN. Vko Prcj't & Gen. ( Ian. Tkt and 1'aci'r AX Utnit ur. Dhl iifO Ghlrosro. To Nervous Sufferers THE GREAT EUROPEAN REMEDY. Or. J , B. 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Dexter L , Thomas , ATTORNEY AT - - LAW No Changing Cars inrwiut OMAHA & CHICAGO , Where direct connection i ro nwiln ltti Tl * iuth ( SI.KKl'IMJ UAU UKKHfor NKW VOKK , HOSTON , DAl/MUOItR , WASHINGTON 4JUI ALL KASTKIIN ITJhS. The Short Line via. Peoria Eor INDIANAPOLIS , CINCINNATI , LOU13- VIL1.R , il all iwlntn In llio Tim HKST UK1 For ST. LOUIS , Where illrMl connection ) * ro nmilo In the Union Dcittt with the Through Hlrcplng U Untnfor AU.l'OI.NTH NEW LINE-DES MOINES TI1K KAVOIUTK ROUTE FOR Rock Island. The nnrqtftlHi Iniluccmenti oRorml br thli tin * to traveler * and tourlrta are an follow * : The colol.retcil . PULUIAN ( Id-whoo ! ) PALACE SLKKPINU CAKH run only an thin line 0. , I ) . * Q. P ALACK HAWING IIOOM OAKS , with Uorton'n Itwlliiln Chair * . No extra dmt u ( ot tottt * In Hecllnlnir Citalra. The tamou * O. , 11. ft Q. rulaca IHnlntf Unn , Gorgoom Hmoldnv Can fftUxl with tlc > nt hbh-biickiU rutUn raroMnp dial ra , lor tha eichu < h UMO ( Brut-clan pawon- fort. fort.Stool Trtci aril i p rlor toulpm nt vomblr * I rUh thnlr pjt vt through car unnpiuent , cukta IhU , i\n\ o all othon , too tatorlki route to Itu Kant , Houlh and Bonthaaat. Try it , and } ou will flnd tra > llng a luxury ID- itaul ol a discomfort. Through tlckcUo \ thli celebrated Una for mlt at all offlcos In the Unltoil State * and Canada. All Information aunt ratitt of faro , Bleeping Car acroiumoilatlonR , Timii Tables , etc. , will be cheerfully irlxon by applt g to f KFtCKVAL IOWKLL , | General onsrtr Atrcnt , Chicago. i j. > nTTKP. 'MaaafM GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE TRADR MARK .rii0(1"'ntTrtADi ; MARK oily. An mi- lull I n IT euro lor Seminal \Vcnkiusn , Sii > rmAtor * rhoi , linnet- tuifj , ami nil BEFORETARIKO " o'rAFTEl TAKING. Self Almw ; in l.on * ol.Momor ) , Untunul Lnxnl tiiili' , I'aln In the llaol > , DlmntBH of VIMon , 1'ro nmtura Old AK" , and 111.111) other DUoitxcs that kacl t < ) Iiwanlt ) * or C'oiiHiiiniitton and n 1'rcnit tnroUratc. fdTKnll lurtliulara In oir pnmnhlct , wlilcli un ilmlro to xcnd ( no I. mull to every ono ilTTnu bpcclllc Medklnu IK ( old by nil dru 'I'tn ntSlpor | iackorii ) , orOpack < x for ? f > , or will IK ) Rent fruu 1 > \ mall nil res pto ( the money , Vij addtcssliiK TIIKOIIA 1KDICINEOO , Iludulo , N. V. * 01 naln hv 0. K Oood r octmo i nd Sioux Oity & Paeilic t THE SIODX OITYr BOUTB Huna a Holld Train Ihroujjih from Council Blufib to tit. Paul Without Chnnee Time , Only 17 Hour * . IT If fl. 3 O MILKS TUB SHOUTFST IIOOTE , fKOJI COUNCIL BLUPFB ) ST. PAUL.ilINNKArOLIS m'l.trni oa IIIDMAUCK , .iiiUutl fomtn In Northtin Icvn. llluniHuu ami Dakota. Itilit line h ifiiliivxliltli | | t'lu luproieil WietlnprhQiuic Aiitonr.tlc Air-lmtke tnil Jllllci I'iatform Coupler mid lltilur ; and ( or SPKCI ) , SAfKTV AWI ) COMI OUT la unsiirpawcd. 1'ullnmi I'alaco Slecptnt ; Car run throiiRh WITHOUT Oil AN01 ! lutwoc n Kan a Clt > and St. 1'aulIb Count 11 Illuttii and Sioux ( Jitj. Trains leave Union Pnilflv Trantfcr at Coun cil BlnlTs , at . 'M p. in. dall > on arrhal of ICantae City. Ht. Jonepli nnil , 'ouncll DliiQi train from Uiu houtli. ArrhlnKnt Hionx Citj 11:1,6 : p. ni , and nt tbo New Union Depot at St. 1'aul at 1'J.CO noon. TBN IJOL'KS IN ADVANC1 ! OF ANV OTIIBI 110 UTH. mbtr In taking the HlouxC'lty Itoutii you iot alhrniiKli Train. The Khortost Line , llio VulckoM Time and a Comfortable UMo In the Through < nrs bitutoi COUNCIL IILUFFS AND ST. I'AUI * CJJ'Kte that } our llckeU n.adla the "Hlonx C ty and 1'iclflc llallioad. " J. B. WATTLK8 , J. H. WUCHANAN Huiiorlntunilciit. Oon'l Pnwi , At'ont. I' , i ; . U011INSOK , Aiw't Oen'l Pas . A t , oliiwoitrl Vallty , town. ) . 11. O'HUVAN , Soutrmotttrn Airont , Councl llluffa , Iowa 1380 , SHORTJ.INE. 1889. KANSAS CITY , StJoe&Connca Bluffs f. * A y * II TH1 OHLT Direct Line to ST. ' LOUIS AND THK KAST Fiom Omaha and the Wont , No chuiKU ol CUJ botwocn Ornihn nJ bt txiuli , xaJ hut ann UitvLon OMAHA tril VKVf YOKK. sxac Daily PassengerTrains tUOUIHd UJj KAaTEHN AND WCHIKllN C'lnitH wltti I.KHF CHAKOr-S anil IN A1IVANUK ol ALt ( UTIIKH LINKH. IlJk rntlre line la equippoil with 1'nlicu Sltwpliu Cam , l'a'v ' l > ay L'owtica , Mlllor'f oalut I'latlotm n'l Corpler , Mid thu celubrottxl uhoufv Alr-bra.1.0 , fVBuo that jour ticket KA.U VIA nANUAr oirv , HT. joani'K & COUNCIL uiUKfs null. , Ui HI. Joocph and Nt. . lid ctn Icr iule at nil ( oiipon iMleni l.i tL Yfeit. J. V. IJAUNAIID. A 0. UAWm , ( Un. ri-jpt. , Ht. Joovnli , Mol Ui.n. I'aw. anit Thkct A t. , Ht. Ji > w.i , Mo , | \ iiy HoitVKM , Tltkit A''oi.t , 10'JO Karnhnm tticot , A , Ii. lUKNAtu Ocneml Airmit , OMAUA. HE THE OCOIDEITAL d. I. PAYNTER , Proprietor Corner 10th and Howard Streets , OMAHA , NEB , Rates , Two Dollars Per Day , -'Mimi .111 y tt'.uviimhtu flil | , < ti ; > t limit , i CHICAtiO MORTH-WESTERi ' - - * , * < \ .4 .io tliabi Jrirtik i lor jnii lolnkc nlirn jrnrcHnj ln Mtlicfilrertior > > . i . - " hicajjo am ! nil of Ihu Principal Points IP Hie West , NoMti atid Nuitiiw , * ' .Mtt.n.\ 'TMtiiriithlv Wn | > . TliorrlnrlpM ntiriof tliftAVf' rftrd Noth c < t.1. . < > , . 711 thli ittnd in , tlinnnjli ttalna mnk iciosocojjuL'cHou | iu tliotrwmit ji r > - Jiinctlnn polnti . . ' lvtiF w&ssjk T , p v % fcry-P ; -9 : yM' > l ° j4l. L HI $ * " 4h ! OreAUrS " ' WMGtiSS . Y jM'rl XJTft * " ? VVo > P * * * * * ® ® ® * THE CHICAGO A , NORTH-WEUTERN RAILWAY i , runi iwliuv tlnltvfrnm two to . . - - . , , - - Oil nfClilcnso Unit ususilu' The Imperial Palace Dining Cars. iWi a M'MW&S&R&SSMffiS&TM ' ChlcaB ° - ni > M Komu'mbor to ask for Tickets via tlili road.bo sure they read over It , and take none othea JUBJ'IH UUaiun.Goul Mttnagor , Chicago. M.W. 0. BTBHHITT , Ckn'l Paw. Agent , Chlc t nAUUY P. DIJKL , Ticket Aionl.O.'A M. . nail my. Ulti and Funhom lirMte. D. K.K1MUAM. , A l tan TlckAArentO. * N. W. IUIlv y , Kthjand Farnham rtrttt * J. ItKU. , Ticket Asi-nt 0. A N. W. HillwM , V. P. H. IL Tepot. WM. ROGERS Manufacturing Company , -MAKERS OF THE- Finest Silver Hated Spoons and Forks , Tlio only innl ( tionikl plftUi thit ; linn ( if j Is yiviiii : fur in- n Itron. All oii < .Spoiiiui , V o r k a iv n d Knivua plnlod \vitlithoLjro.itDSt of cue. K.iuh lot lioiii ) . : huiiL' ou H Hcalovliilti hoing pint od , t < - inauru n full do poait of Hilvumr tlioin. Wo would rail ospocinl atten tion to our noc- Rival. Orient Tioood. AU Orders In the Woet should bo AdJrcvmJ to Wholesale Jeweler , OMAHA , NEB. Opera House Store 217 South 15th St. , Under HIOTTSS. MEN'S AND BOY'S GLOTHINC , CENT'S FUHNISHING GOODS , HATS & CAPS , TRUNKS , ETC. Large Stock and New Goods ! All Goodn Me vk d ju Plain Figures 1 Strictly ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE. If Honest Goods , I ow Pricou and Oour UOUB treatment will do it , all who call and see for ihomselveb will be witibflad that the OPERA. HOUSE OLOTHTNO STORE ia the place to buy. nor23codlm . ELGUTTER ! ELCUTTER'S ' novelties in Children's CLOTHI NO , ELCUTTER'S ' Novelties to Boys' ' OLOTHI ELCUTTER'S Novelties in Youtlis' GLQTHI ELCUTTER'S ' Novelties in Men's ' CLOTHI ELCUTTER'S ' Novelties in White FANCY SHIRTS , ELCUTTER'S ' Novelties in Under WEARS , ELGUTTER'S ' Novelties in Fanoy NECK WEAR , ELCUTTER'S ' Novelties in Fanoy SILK H'DK'FS ' , ELCUTTER'S ' Novelties in Holiday GIFTS , MAMMOTH 'CLOTHING HOUSE , 1001 Cor. Farnham & 10th St. IOOE