OMAHA DAILBEJEFKIDAY , 1884. SILOAM MINERAL SPRINGS We pmantw the rare of the following nams.1 dl ! naM , or no pay : Uhcumathm , Scrofula , Ulcer ! Oatarrh , all Blood andsklndl cai * , DvpcrlaUvo Complaint , Kidney and Bladder Diseases. Gout , Net : algU and Asthma , Thc ,3 Springs ara the farorlt ort of the tired anl debllliata < l , and are the FF.EULE LADIES BEST FRIEND , Good hotel , livery and bathing aocomodallon bet : winter and summer. Locality highly plcturcsqu and healthy. Accessible by W bih railway , l Crnna , orO.B , & Q. , at Albany. Correspondent elicited , UKV. U. M. THOMPSON. Manager. Albany , SUo&m Springs , ,0entry , Co. , Mo. ANALYSIS. Bpocluo Gravity 1.003 Reaction Neul- Carbonto Acid Gas 26 In. rtr galloi Carbonate Calcium S , 2l Uraln Carbonate Iron .7,041 ! < Sulphatoltagncsla . .3.SS8 < < ' Sulphate CaTdum 1,1M "l : Chloride Sodium 7,260 ABIlIlca. . . . 1.6J8 " S Almnlna 0,016 " Orjonloand Volatile matter and loss..1,459 N. SCHUEZ. istifie oftlie Peace & OFFICE OVER AMKBIOAN EXPRESS. [ UftJNCIL BLUFFS , - IOWA WW . t W -fctWJkW * * > / 'S SIOUX CITY HAMS. J. Y. FULLER , Commission Merchant .89 Pearl Street Council Bluffs , Ion n. rJustice of the Peace , Omaha and Council Bluftr. f Kcil estate collection agency , Odd Fellows Block I over Savings Bank. D. II. POSIT. [ OFFICER & PUSEY BAEUKERS. Council Bluffs $ stablishea 1856 Dealers In Foreign anil omestlo Exchange n riM Swurltl As there are many jSo-Oalled | Veterinary Surgeons jlln this city , who are practicing their quackery on Sour people , I deem It but Justice to lay that I dcly [ any of them to produce a diploma , or credentials , Indicating that they are graduates nf any \ctcrinar ? institute , and I do hereby caution the publlj again : ' | such quacks , a I am the Only Known Gradual e IN WESTEitN IOWA. [ Office & Pharmacy , l25B'dway ' , AT BLUE BAUN. T. J. OADY , M. P. , V. S. the well-known Establishment OF P. FILBERT , . , 209 Upper Broadway , the 10NEER GASH G-H.OO3-Jn.TT S0f Council Bluds. Notlco our rcducoa Price List. A We give 16 pounds Kitra O Sugar for $1 00 11 pounds Granulated Sugar 1 00 25 pounds Choice Oatmeal 100 25 pounds Navy Beans 100 20 pounds Best Bulk Starch 1 00 12 pounds Carolina Illcfl 1 00 12 pounds Choice Prunes 1700 25 tare Buffalo Soap 1 00 Extra Lake Trout , per pound 09 Lorrlliard's Plug per Ib 40 1 dozen Mackerel 16 Colorado Flour , Winter , per cw t 2 do 10 pounds Ginger Snapa 1 00 to pounds hcmioy 1 00 6 gallon keg Syrup 1 70 Wluto Fish , per kit 80 Mackerel , pcrklt 85 Dates , per pound 10 10 3 pound cans Stindard Tomatoes 1 00 All Muds California Fruits pound Litsk'a Standard 4 ( or 1 00 All grades , according to quality , 150 to BOO per pound. Wo also carry a full line of lfen'8 , Ladles' and Children's flue Shoes and itcn > Flno Boots at very lowprlcoa. Also a full line 01 Tlnwaro and gen < * ral merchandise. Call on us and be convinced thai you can ao money Vy iloallni : with us. Qootld delivered free In any part of the city. In a word , wo aw bound to sell and challenge a'l AuJaoIo competition In this countr. J. 1 > . FILBERT I 2U < l u .cr.Broadway Railway Time Table , COUNCIL BLUFFS. The follow In , ; are the tlmcaof the arrival and de- _ , rturo of trains by central standard time , at the - 1ill depots. Trains leave transfer depot ton mlu U.LII earlier and arrive ten minutes later. OIIICAOO , BURUNOrON AND QUINCT. HAVE. ARIU7K. 1:35 : n m Chicago Express' 0.00 a m 0:40 : a m Fast Mall. 7K ) p ro 6:45am : I'Mail arid Express , 7pm ! 12:30 p m Accommodation. 2.50 p m 'At local depot only , * EAN8Ab CITY , BT. JOB AND COUKClIiBLUl'I'S. 10:05 : a m Mall and Kxprciu , ] 7:05 p m 8:05 : p m Pacific Express , 6:60 : p m OUIOAOO , MILWAUXXg AND 8T. PAUL. 1:25 pm Express , 0.05 a in C:15 : A a Express , 6:66 : p m CHICAGO , BOCK ISLAND AND FAClnO. 6:50 : p m AtUntlo Express , 0:06 : a m , , 1:25am : D y Express , 6:51 : pin i.J:20 ? p m 'Dei Molncn Accommodationi * flC5 p m p , "At local depot only. ' < WAIAiU , IT. tOBIH AMD rACino. JB:55 : a m Mall , 4:15 : p'm 14:50pm : C nnon B M 11:16 : am ' * At Transfer cmaaoiud KOBTUWMTIEV , 't:30pm : Exprtsn , 0:60 : pm f 8:25 : am Paclflo Kxprets , 0.05am BIOUX citr AND rAcirio , | r > K > p m St. I'tul Express , 8.60 a m I : ! 0 a m Day Express 6:60 : p m | j "ONIOS rAcirio. 1)8:00 ) : p m Wentero Express , 8:35 a m | ll:00 : a m I'iclflo Express , 4:40 : p m I ! 7:40 : am Local Express , 6:6 : < am 112:10 : a m Lincoln KxnreM , _ _ _ At Tramler only. BUMXT TB1I.V5 TO OMAlii. Leave 7SO-8SO-0:30-loaO-n:40a. : : : m. lSO-2:3 : : , SiSO-4SO-6:3o-e.30-Uo : : p. m Sunday B:3O-UIO : : m. l:30 8:30-6:30-C:30-ll:05 : : : p. m. AriHe 10 mln befuru leaving time lebraska Cornice -AND- GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES FINIALS , WINDOW GAPS , / , IRON AND SLATE ROOFING , PATENT MKTALKJ SKYLIGHT , [ r o si Fencing ! Creating , Wamnroden , Teranau , Office and [ lUlllugr. , Window and Cvllar Guards , Eta CO 0. ASJCtn S7i . .n" , U-i.U \ MJJ. COUNCIL BLUFFS , ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. Shipments of Stock , The following wore the shipments n the union stock yards yesterday : D. Anderson , one car hogs , 74 hoiul vift 0. K. I. & P. Jnnies Mann , two cars cattle , G3 head by 0. & N. W. J , 0. Abbott , two cars cattle , S3 head Dourer , Col. , via U. P. Something for Nothing. Until further notice wo give to cacl twentieth customer his purchase , whatever over the price or value of the sixmo maj bo. Our cashier will keep an accurate record of _ every trnntmction , and when the twentieth sale of any amount is made the purchaser will bo presented with the oatno. Wo have adopted for the present this system of advertising because il gives our patrons instead of the nowa papers the five per cont. which it coal us. Clothing retailed nt wholesale prices. IlaU retailed nt case prices , Furnishing goods , trunks , bags , umbrol- as , etc. , oto. Every twentieth customer presented with his purchase. METCALV Bnos. ALL creditors of the late Chris Schwongor will please present their bills at once , to J. W. Adolpli , who ha charge } f the business , at the old slant ? , No. 10S South Main street. DHIDG1MJUILD1NG IN AMERICA. Some Notable Examples of Engineer * ing Skill in tilts Country. From the Now York Times. "If there is anything in which the Jnitod States can justly claim precedence - donco over all other countries it is for , ho simplicity , mechanical construction aud boldness of design of their bridges. " [ his remark was made to a Times' ro- > ortor , and with n good deal of pride , by Hr. Thomao 0. Clarke , of the Union Jridjjo company , and one of the veteran iridgo-buildora of the company. "Tho irooklyn bridfze , " ho added , "has the argost span and is considered the largest > ridge in the world. But wo will soon > o obliged to yield the palm of having .ho biggest bridge to another country. ? here is now building over the Firth of forth , in Scotland , a bridge of two spans , > ach of which is as long as the Brooklyn iridgo. This is the greatest bridge over caignod anywhere. Wo are up to noth- ng of the kind in America , and wo lavon't money enough for it. " "No , " remarked a listener ; "taking ho way the estimated cost of average Bridges increases after construction bo- ; ins , such a bridge as that would swamp ho wlnlo country. " "This increased co3t"was Sir. Clarke's oply , "is usually owing to the fact that juildora" ideas expand as the work goes n , and although there is always a growl bout ittho bridges arogreatly improved. L notable exception to this rule was ho building of the cantilever bridge over ho Niagara , whicli was completed last year. That was built , under contract , omplote , iu eight months the .quickest lioco of bridge-building on record. The lantilover principle is aa old as the world. Vhy , every bracket embraces it ! The ifllculty in applying it was to put up taging. That was impossible at Niagara , mt with'the solving of the dilliculty by using what is practically an overhanging rano , America reached the high-water nark in the ecienco of bridge-building , 'ho bridge in cotlandis being construct- d on the cantilever principle , and is en- irely of stool. " "Stool is the coming material for all ridges , is it not ? " "Yes , for by and by the price of steel trill bo low enough to make steel bridges s common as wooden bridges used to bo. Vhon I wont Into the business , in 18GC , ; eel rails wore worth § 1.75 in currency , r $1.25 in gold per pound. Now they ro 32 cents. A great deal of iron is sod now , but it is giving way to stool , s wood is to iron. There are probably 00 miles of iron bridges in the country ow , and perhaps in the neighborhood of 00 miles of wooden bridges. I am speak- ng now of railway bridges. The con- xuction of road bridges ia quito a sopo- ate and distinct industry. It is the price E iron that regulates the cost of a bridge ; 10 cost of labor has very little tc do rith It. All the difficulties of manufac- uring iron into steel have been over- ome. Now let mo say n word as a ridge-builder on the tariff. The immo- iato effect of a protective tar id' adds the uty to the cosb of Importing the mato- al. In the beginning , that gives the roflts to the manufacturers and a * great nany go into the business. Then dpwn ,01110 the prices , until the manufacturers ro losing money. What tlion ? Why , 10 manufacturers combine , as they have 1 other branches , and pub the price up. F the tariff is fixed at a reasonable rate vorything will bo right ; if too high it nust bo reduced , What wo wont , no latter what party Is in power , is a rovia- on and reduction of the tariff. The uostion of the tariff is , as Daniel Web- oroaid , the question of the day as nuch so now as then. In Canada to-day my are importing steel plates and angles t2 cents per pound. Hero wo pay a uty of 2\ cents on angles and 2J oa lates. "To come back to bridges , " continued Ir. Clarke , all , or nearly all , the steel sod in railway bridges is made hero , 'ury- little being imported. That now > ridge at Rondout , on the West Shore , ' built ton years ago , would have boon 10 subject of a book , Now it is simply railroad bridge , and not ono traveler in on even looks at it as he goes over it. t is very light , yet perfectly secure , 'hat is a great point whore American ngineors excel m having lightness com- > inod with perfect security. It is a say- ng to the railways , too , for bridges ro paid for by the pound. Now an or- or is given for a bridge just as it is for n ocomotivo It is a more matter of com- Tiercial manufacture. When I was in England some years ago I wanted to go nd BOO the Toy bridge , but the civil on- ineera said ; ' 0 , that's not much good ; 'a not worth going to see' . I didn't so the bridgo. But I know its construe , on was so palpably erroneous that a ommon house carpenter could have soon s unsafe condition. Our American rail , 'ay history shows nothing the equal of mt-groat disaster , though the Ashta- ula horror came near enough , " "What was the causa of that dlsas- or""There's "There's no use in stirring that up ot it go , I can only say that any practi- al builder would have pronounced the ridge unsafe ; the connections were bad- y made , The bridge was built a good nany years ago , and bridge construction as not understood then as it is now. A ecurronro of such a thing ia well nigh oesiblo. Tito bridges built in the last ive or six yoars'nro perfectly safe , unices ; wo trains should meet or a train run off hsv gu' Belief thins sc.itUn'a aru extremely improbable. The rallroa companies allow no iron bridges , improf. . orly constructed , to remain. There arc to bo sure or so I have heard n goo many unsafe bridges , probably hundred of them , It will lake time for these t bore placed by iron or stool ones. Th great danger with wooden bridges is fror cinders and sparks. These drop on th wood , char in n little , and weaken th structure until an unusudly heavy tr l or tuddon jar caiuos n crasl ) . Therehav boon hundreds of accidents from th ! causo. So the wooden bridges must go An iron bridge costs little moro. Th stool for the great Scotland cantilever , . may say , is being made right at the spot works having boon sot up tor that put pose. " "How about slono bridges ? " wa asked of Mr. Clarko. "Tho best example of n stone bridgo,1 ho replied , "is Iligh Bridge over th Harlem , in our own city. Wo have thi and the Brooklyn bridge ; in both wu cai take just prido. Ono of the romarkabl wooden bridges of the country is Urn over the Susquehanna at Havre do Grace It has twolyn spans and is 3,271 foe long. The bridge at St. Louis , with throi spans of 525 foot each , is another triumpl of American engineering. Then there ii the bridge over the Schuylkill at Girarc avenue , Philadelphia , an important am massive structure , a delight to the eye ol an engineer , for it furnishes n study o consequence. " "How is the bridgo-building iudustn flourishing ? " "All tiio important works , I think , have plenty of orders on hand. Nobodj is doing anything very great ; that is , there are no phenomenal bridges non building. There will not bo many rail way schemes on foot for some years tc come. It will bo a long time before another road will attempt to parallel the Now York Central , West Shore and Erie. People have got enough of that. Bridge building is now mainly on the branches of trunk lines. The trunk lines are run ning all right now , and they are enlarg ing and completing their branches. Then wo'ro replacing a good many wooden structures. We've always boon ahead of the world in bridge building , and wo in tend to stay thoro. " THIS BIjUK UOOK , Another Volume Issued Interesting Information Disclosed. Chicago Times. The second volume of the government "Bluo Book , " otherwise known as "Tho official register of the United states , " which contains a full list of the officers mid employes of the post-office depart ment and the postal service , has just made its appearance. This blue book is sompllod every second year , the idea being - ing to furnish to each now congress n : omploto list of the officers and em ployes of the government in all its branches , with the salary paid , state From which employed , etc. Tno first volume made its appearance some months since , early iu the session. It contained the names of all persons in tbo employ of the various departments ax- : opt those of the post-oflico department , rho second volume , containing the names 3f the fost'Ofllco employesis the ono re ferred to above as just out. It is n volume } f nearly one thousand pages , and con tains , besides the names of officers and jmployos in the department at Washing ton , the names of all the mail contract ors , post-office clerks and agents of the various railroads , all of those employed - od in mail messenger service , and railway mail service , all the carriers and clerks in postofliccs and all postmasters. The List of postmasters discloses some intor- asting facts. There are , in round num bers , about fifty thousand postmasters in the United States , whoso salaries are "rom $8,000 per annum down to 0 cents , rho individual receiving the largest sala ry in this capacity is the postmaster of Now York , whoso salary is § 8,000 , the lame as that of the postmaster general limsolf. The smallest salary appears to 30 that paid to H. H. Forest , postmaster it Kodalo , Pitt county , N. 0. , whoso lalary , according to the register , vas 0 cents. Postmasters bo- ow a certain grade , it will bo indorstood , are paid according to the lumber of stamps cancelled in their ofli- : o . Formerly they paid according to ho number of stamps sold , but this sys- lorn was not found to bo satisfactorysomo if the postmasters making a business of lolling stamps in order to got their per centages. Now they are paid by the lumber of stamps cancelled , receiving ho full value to the first § 50 , and n cor- .iiin proportion after reaching that sum. Dut of the 50,000 postmasters iu the Jiutcd States , there are 2,000 according o register whoso salaries are loss than jlO each. Of courao , it is not to bo un- lorutood that thosu persons devote their imo or attention to the duties of post- nastors for this sum. These are places rhoro post-oflicos are located in country tores or at private houses , and are kept ithcr as an accommodation to the neigh- torhopd or with the idea that their keep- ng brings soiuo additional trade to the troprietor of the store or oJiur istabliHhment whoru they are kept. In 3hio there are 24 offices whore the salary s less than $10 per anuum ; in Ponnsyl- 'ania , 55 ; in Weat Virginia , 111 ; in Wis- : onsin , 50 ; in Minnesota , 40. In Illi- loiso there are 25 ; Missouri , 91 ; Florida , ! 0 ; Tennessee , 221 ; Virginia , 52 ; in tontunky wo find 1U3 ; Alabama , 100 ; Georgia , 140 ; North Carolina , 310. There ire among those 2,000 persons whoso ialaries are below $10 , no less than 34 vhoso salaries did not , last year , amount o the sum of $1 each for the entire year. ) f Uiooo postmasters whose salaries were esn than $1 , Mississippi , Louisiana and ? or.nnylvania has one each ; Virginia , fonijussfto , Alabama , Wisconsin , Kon- ucky And Minnesota have two each , rhilo North Carolina has no loss than a lozon postmasters who got loss than $1 a 'oar for their services in this lino. There TO fifteen whoso salaries were less linn 50 cents for the entire year. ' . H. Cookorhan , of Venally , lurroy county , North Carolina , received 8 cents last year for his services. S. W. jana of Lanoton , Sampson county , North tarolina , got 45 cents. A Armson of 'yrol , Stearns county , Minnesota , ro. oivod 40 cents for his services , as did Iso W. Abey , postmaster at Fork post- flico , Butler county , Alabama. A. W. Cams of Wild Cat postoflico , Lancaster ounty , South Carolina , received 35 cents or his services. Thu postmaster at luscatino , Davidson county , North /arolina , 30 cents ; J , A. Barnard of luck Shoals , Yodkin county , North 'nrnlina , 28 conlo ; W. D. Webster of Yadowafor , Webster county , Kentucky , 0 cents ; G. W , Jackson of Tucker post- like , Vashola county , Mississippi , 12 onts , and H. Jl , Forest of Itodalia , Pitt ounty , North Carolina , as indicated bovo , 0 cents , Flro In Itrooklyii. Nitw VOHK , July 8. Dougan'n planing mill ilirooklyn , turned UiUmornlnK. J < on , Sl.'v 00. The heat from the flro hurst a tank < m ho roof of the Appleton I'ubliililng work * , ho water duirmxliji ; hooka and machinery 310 , M. t THU lUlAKILIAN OAJU. A Dollclons Trnplcnl l Vnlt with l c rullnr Cltarnctcrlstlcs. New York Sim , "I have often wondered , " remarked "i gentleman recently returned from Brazil "why importers of tropical fruit novoi made an effort to introduce the doliqht fully cool and refreshing cnju of Brazil ii this city. The caju grows wild and ii cultivated in that country. The caji tree hardly rises to the dignity of a tree , but its branches are wido-sproading , ami its loaves larger than Uioso of the rubboi tree , of a brilliant green color and oval shape , and chine as if they were varnish' ' od. The bloom is on the extremities o ! tholbranchos , and ia n small , pale yellow flower , growing In clusters. "Ono variety of the garden caju , when ripe , is as largo as n Bartlett pear and shaped something llko it. Some varieties are bright yellow , some deep rod , and others yellow , with pink-colored cheeks. The flesh , or pulp , of the caju is more tempting iu appearance than that of any fruit 1 over saw , but it is never oaten. It is for the jitico alone that the caju is prized. In ttiis it is much more prolific than the juciost orange. It is the custom of the Brazilians to suck n caju before breakfast , but at any hour of the day the juice ia delightful. It is awoot and delicious , slightly astringent , and a wonderful allayor of thirst. The juice of ono caju ia moro grateful to a thirsty person than a gpblot of the purest water. "Tho wild caju , which growa.profusoly in the forests , is small and acrid , and is gathered by the natives for wine-making. The wine made from it resembles in taste an ordinary claret sweetened with sugar , and is n popular bovorngo among the poorer pooplo. A peculiarity of the caju is its seed , which grows on the outside - side of , the fruit , and hangs from its larger extremity. The seed is in size and appearance like a largo kidney bean. The kernel is surrounded by a pulpy covering , which secretes n powerful fluid acid. Wherever this touches the flrsh a painful blister will form at once , similar to that made by dropping particles of a marlor match on the hand. By roasting the kernels , however , this troublesome property of the seed is destroyed. The roasted kernels of caju need ar as popu lar in sonio part of Brazil as peanuts are hero , aud taste very much like tliom. In roasting the kernels great care is exor cised iu preventing the amoko that rises from them from touching any part of the flesh , for wherever it touches a most irritatiug'inllammatiou is the immediate result. If the smoke outers the eyes it will destroy the sight. "The caju has almost as many varieti es as the American pear , and it would certainly become a popular fruit if intro duced hero. " A Good Solillor'n Sound Advice. Goncr.il Crook to West Point Graduates , You have boon taught the elements of war , but do not forgot that your constant thought must bo the preservation of peace. With peace must como the g ou- oral prosperity iu which you , as individu als , are to share ; you are not warriors so much as you are policeman guarding the national interests and prosperity. * rues Piles are frequently preceded by a BOIIBO of weight In the back , loins nnd lower part of the nbdoinoncauslDfr the mUont to suppose ho has Bomo affection of the kidneys or neighboring orgiuiH. Attlmoa. sym toma of Indigestion are present , aa uatuoncy , uneasiness of the stomach , etc. A inolstcro like perspiration , producing a Aery disagreeable Itching particu larly at night after petting warm Iu Led , Its very common attendant. Internal , External and Itching 1'lloa ylahl at once to the applica tion of Dr. Bosanko'sl'ilo Komody , which nets directly ur.-ii the parta affected , absorbing the tumors , allaying the intense Itching , aud ef fecting a permanent cure whore other remedies - dies have failed. Do not delay until the drum aa the svutoin produces permanent ) disability , but trv it and bo cured. Schrotor & Becht. "Trade supplied by 0. V Goodman. " HELF-SIjAIN. DlBcardcd Ijovcr Knds Iits Mlncry by Shooting Himself. BALTIMOIIK , Md. , Juno 30. Walter lorroU , residing at 391 West 'Lanvalo jfroot , has boon very prominent in social circles 111 this city for sen-oral years. iVbotit six months ago ho mot a Miss ( Vdu Bowd , a young lady from Virginia , who , while visiting friends in this city , created quito n f uroro in society by her 3xtraordinary beauty and many accom plishments. She is only 17 years old , an lieiross , and undoubtedly the handsom est woman in the stale. Soon after they met she was frequently soon in company with young Terrell , and it was plainly ipparent that the young man was deeply 3iiamorod with the proud little beauty , whoso popularity has boon frequently raarred by the haughty dignity whicli narked her intercourse with others. Seated in young Terrell's himdsomo dog- ; art they were neon two or three times u ivook in Druid Hill Pnrk , and society of ate became convinced that the Virginia ; irl had at last fallen a victim to love's blandishments. Terrell , is a matter of fact , hud proposed , and was placed on probation > y his inamorata , who would not consent , o a formal engagement , while admitting .hat she was not wholly fancy freo. I'ho cause of this caution on the part of ho girl it lias since transpired , was a 'oar that Torroll was given to drink , Saturday night ho called at the residence > f Miss Dowd , on MoKlderly street , it ) oing understood that ho should then ilaco an engagement ring upon her ingor , and that their relations to each ither should then bo made known to heir friends. Young Torroll , it sooins , > olng elated with his happiness , drunk o excess , and when the servant admit- d him to the parlor of his fiuncoo ho tttomptcd to embrace bur before the botman had withdrawn. This affront vas unpardonablo'to the proud girl , when n cool and cutting tones requested him o withdraw. Torroll , after an ex iting scene * , conmlied , All day Sunday ho called , but was nvariably met by the polite formula , 'Not at home. " Finally at night when to called the servant delivered the mos- ago , "Miss Doud will not bo at homo to ilr. Torrill in the future. " The young nan , half-craicod with grief , wont homo , , nd his parents hoard him walking the leer of his bedroom all night. Tills inor ting about 8 o'clock u pistol-shot was icard in his room , followed by a heavy all. The parents rushed to the scene , foung Terrell was lying iu the middle of ho floor with a pistol in bis hand nnd u lulloc through his brain. On his bureau ras a picture of Miu9 Doud and a letter ddroBscd to her. The contents if this note can not bo aacor- lined. A letter to his parents road as ollowu. "My Dear Pa and Ma I bid you nnd .11 . my friends and enemies good-bye. I hink 1 have moro of the former than the alter. I cannot live without my darling , iho has discarded me , and God knows I lon't blame her when I think how I act- id ia her presence , llvvf I shocked n-y J proud little darling. I can make no do fonso. For God's ' sake don't blame her She is right in this as in everything else Your loving son , WAMKH. " Miss Dowd , accompanied by n l.vb friend of her family , wont at once to ho lover's bedside on learning the news. Sh was greatly shocked nnd fainted on enter lug the house. TorroU's _ doctor says h cannot live through the night. Ho Iluu Into Something , A Now York Central locomotive stoo clone to the Main street crossing in Bui falo , The fireman was busy cloanin ] some blood and pieces of moat ofT th cow-catcher. "Don't shudder , " ho said "nothin1 but beef a fool cow got on th track back hero by Loonyvillo. Killed i man once at the same crossing. It'i ar unlucky spot , 1 guess. Do wo have man ] such accidents ? Yes , n few. Did yoi over hoar of old Jerry Drew , lives u ] near Rochester ? No ? Well , wo had : scrimniago with him ono day. Ho goti drunk every time ho goes to town , am that day ho iraa drunker than over. He nllus sooinod to got to the track 'boul time wo got to the road , an' 1'vo sooi him whip tip his horses and whoop tun yell nnd try to got there the same miiuiti wo did many _ n timo. Ho scorned to delight iu it. Once ho stopped right on the track , nnd when wo came up slow with brakes on ho dared us to como any closer , nnd said ho'd run over us. Had to whistle and scara his horses hi order to got him off. The time 1 started out to toll you about , though Jerry had had too much and was sound asleep in his wagon. Tim horses wont on Iho track right in front of us , nnd the whole- institution was busted nil to pieces. Wo stopped ns quick ns wo coultl nn1 run back. Both horses was killed and the wagon all cut up to kiudlin' wood an' scrap iron. Over by the fence was old Jerry. I saw ho wasn't dead right nwny. The shock had woke him up , an1 ho wits tryiu * to drink out of the nock of n bottle tle , the nook being all there was loft of it. 'What's the matter hero ? ' I shouted to him. Ho looked up , oponud his eyes a little , nil' gazed around him. 'I guess hie , ' ho said , 'I guess I must o' hie run into sunithiii' ' . " Fntnl Mlntnlco. "Yes , sir , I was up to the Chicago con vention , " replied one drummer iu re- spouse to the inquiry cf another , as they both looked around in vain to BOO if there were any pretty girls on the car ; "had n royal time , too. Walked about the hotels and made people think I was n big politi cian. Tried to make Steve Elkius believe I was n delegate jrom the south , and hard up for stuff to pay my hotel bill with. But ho was too flip for mo couldn't work him. " "How did ho catch onto you ? " "Well , I'll ' toll you. Ho took ino into room 40 , Grand Pacific , clear into the little back bedroom. 'Now , ' says ho. 'wo want all the friends wo can got iu the south. Wo'ro going to have n glorious foroigu policy , nnd bat lot's take n drink first , says ho. 'Certainly , ' says I. 'Whitolaw , ' says Steve , 'pass the bottle. ' They gave mo the bottle , but I hesitated , 'What now ? ' says Elkins. 'A glass , if you please , ' says 1. 'Young man , ' says Stove , us ho took mo by the collar , 'your iiamo may bo Brown , nnd you may bo n dclognto from Georgia , but 1 believe you are nu infernal liar. You'ro the first man from the south 1'vo icon and I've seen about all of 'em that asked for a glass to drink whisky out af. Now you got out of bore. ' " Telegraph TrlokH. J. T. Norris , of Springfield , Ohio , the iotcctlvo , does a trick that probably no other man iu the country can imitate. Ho takes a silver coin , usually n dollar , and places it in his mouth between his tooth. NVith his tongue ho strikes it ngainst the tooth , with tlio sound of n telegraphic instrument , the opening and closing of the circuit being exactly imitated. Norris used to bo an operator , and by moans of the coin can telegraph words so distinct ly that any telegrapher can easily road the message. In this manner ho telo- jraphod 50 words n minuto. A Republican reporter wrote out n mosssago on n West ern Union blank and headed it to the do- toctivu. The two operators in charge at the Southern took down the words ns fast is Norris produced them with the coin. Iho message was rapidly sounded and written down aud all three copioH coin cided exactly. Mr. Morris eau stand up before n telephone and iu this novel man ner telegraph u message which any operator rater can read with facility. But the most wonderful thing is to see him tele graph with his eyelids. The dots and Jushes of the telegraphic alphabet ho in * Jicatos by moro or leos rapid opening and shutting of the eyelids. In thin manner ! io can converse with nu export without uttering n sound. [ Sf. Louis llopubll- nn. I'Vnnco ' and Clilnn. LONDON , July 3. The BhniiRhil corroipou- lout of the Tlninn telcgraphx u war In threat- lined butwooti Franco nnd Chlim. An In- Iliiontlul pnrly In China IH liiBtlgatlnf It. Prominent olllclnla iut THO Tmaig TanK , J'eng Vu Mn , nnd Mtmiulf ! Txon romilvod to ro- rjdiata the recent Kmnco-Chma negotiations , rho I'ronch probably claim Indemnity nnd lomniid Kurmoun bo pledged to Hucuro pay- DOM t. DISEASES OP THE gunimiiininrug tf-j o M .1. vff lr J Cy/ / T. ARMSTRONG , M. D. , Until olllooa are repaired from result of fire , ufll rltu 1)1. Parker , lluum 6 , Uieltfhtou Illock 16th nil Doui ( litr eeU > 0 % UANUFAOTUnKIl OF GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES. iVINDOW : CAPS , FINIALS , ETi-W 0.1.0 atatix eatx-oot , ntAHA. . , . , . T . NKIIHABKA PwiTIlP \/T / A.Y men 'Tolnoiicd with i'otaoh. " This Is the LVJ. case with hundreds wlio lnvu been unwlto iiiough to talio Rariuparlllai , I'otaih imxturis , tta , mill diitestloii U almost fatally Implied , built * Ipcclflu | g a v Ketable remedy , and feature * the js- i > m to htaUhand bullJs up thu MAttu ma < lii by these KjllollK. "I wu suffering with lined 1'olion , anil tnatvd ovural months H itli Mircury anil I'otabli , oi.ly tu nalco roe worse. The 1'utatfi took away my npitlto | iiid i gave me dikprjisla , and both Katoinu rueiuna. l ui. 1 then took r.arsiparllli , oto , All tlico made no still Horso. asltdrovo tbopolimn ftrthcrluto my y t'in. A friend Incited I tliauld Uku Hwlfl'iHpul. 10 , and It cured ino of the Illood I'oUon , drove Iho Icrcury and I'otanh out of my uttcin , and to day I m M well us I ever was. " OKU , O. WKI.UIAN , Jr Kalvm , UttHrt John A , Smith , the Urgent ircrcbiuit In Uilriusvlllu la , rajri : "I utlTiruJ for years from tlio comtlnud Ifovts pf Krytlptlaa nJ Kczuina. I continued to 'tow ' HOMO iiinkr mulical treatment and by taklni ; nedidno rontalnliiK I'ctash. H , tt S. cured mo thor niihlyandiibkoluUly. > Iy appUItu utauKtli aij ( .th returned us I wa curwl with It , " Our TrcatUe oil Illood and tikln Diseases malleil free o applicants. THE BWIFT BI'KOIFIO CO. IJrawer 8 , Atlanta , Oa. J Y , nffiivi , too W , 1M Bl.lx-t O'h and 7th * ) cniu H. H. HORRB & CO , , WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Fine Cigars iVAVuS Tn y * nt our EASTERN factory , of FINE HAVANA nd \AilA OlQAuS. All Oigara sold by ns nro of our own manufacture nnd warranted as represented. OPERA HOUSE OIOAR HOUSE , I C52 Broadway. H. H. HORNEitCO. , I COUNCIL BLUFFS , - IOWA. SMITH .t TOIjM2n , LEADING MERCHANT TAILORS 7 and 9 Main street , COUNCIL BLUFFS , IOWA. IASADY , ORCUTT & BENCH [ urtalns , In Lace , " Sl'lr ' , Turcoman , Etc. Oil clotns.lMaUlnBs , UnoloumsEto hoioost aud Boat Selected STOOK in the WEST , omo nnd bo convinced that wo nro hondqunrtors for nil goods in our line , hpapost place to buy CARPETS , Curtntus ntid House Furnishings in the Noa , C , 7 and 0 MASONIC TEMPLE - - COUNCIL BLUFFS Mnil Orders Filled Promptly nnd with Cnro WHY DON'T YOU < ETSDMR OP FITCH BROTHERS' ' CUSTOM SHIRTS ? Perfect Fitting , Best anil Cheapest Pine Linen Collars and OuBs. 71 Fourth Street Counoil Bluffs , Iowa. NEUMAYER'S HOTEL ON THE THEPlan. . Furniture and appointments all now. Noa. 208 an-1 210 Broadway , Council BlufT Waves 95c , Ooquotts 25o each. Switches $1 to $20aaoh. lair ornaments at OUST. All kinds of hair work promptly attended to , Waves made of Ladies' combings at 50o per inch , ALL KINDS OF VIRS , J. J GOOD 29 Main Street ALL TRIMMED HATS jflLt Till MRS , S , J. NORRIS , 105 Main St. 501 Main Street , Council Bluffs. MANUFAOTUIIEU OP . VALISES , AND SATCHELS i : CASKS n specially. Slmwl , Tourist , and Trunk Strnps. ? wonly Years Experience. - - Repairing Neatly Executed WIIOLKSALK DKALKUS IN and 314 Broadway , COUNCIL BLUFFS , IOW 3To lbL3Q. PROPRIETOR 100 nn J 109 Houth Ktli Street , Omaha , Nebraska. "Correspondence Solicited , " HENRY LEHMANN JOBBER OF EASTERN PRICES DUPLICATED 1118 FARNAM STREET , OMAHA , NEB Double and Single Acting Power ano Hand S , KiiL'ino Trimmings. Mining Machinery , Bulling , HOBO , Brass and Iron Flttltcs , lonui Packing at wholesale and retail. HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , OHUIU H AND SCHOOL BELLS. Corner 10th Farnain St. , Omaha Neb. NEW MARKHAM HOTEL The Pnlaco Hotel p Denver. Oor , Seventeenth and Lawrence Ste Koouii 76o to { 2.00 per day. Special Itatei by the Jlontb , HIM THE FINEST TABLE IN THE WEST. Conducted cm the American and European Plans. I Board $7 per week , igazsgris3p s , coirroir , - - P ECPEIETD