Thirteenth and Farnam Streets. fHoUses Rented and Rents Collected Promptly , and at Reasonable Rates. Houses and Lots , Business Blocks and Sites , and vacant lots for sale in all parts of the city. .Any one having property to sell for what it is worth , we would be pleased to handle it : Any- fone wanting bargains can always find them by calling on us. w Lots in our additions are sold lower and on bet ter terms than can be had at any other agency In Weat Omaha , is n beautiful udditon of 5)0 ) lots , 34 of which are still unsold. Wo arc olleriog these lots at § 150 to $225 each on small monthly payments. We platted aud put on the market three months ngo as an advertise ment , at the nominal price of S60 per acre lot , out of 1GO acre lots vrc have but IS left , which we will close out at the same price on monthly payments. ' The prettiest outside addition to Omaha , on West Cuming street ; 8 } acre lots for 8250 , monthly payments. Barker & Mayne's ' Sub-division. On South 13th Sreet , only -i blocks from end o street car hne ; § 225 to 8275 each , monthly payments. We have a few beautiful lots left in Ilawe's addition , near Saunders stieer , which we will close out at 8350 each. . lots in Hansconi Place , 8550 ta 8750 each , easy terms. We have lots in every part of the city for sale at reasonable prices | nud o-n easy terms. Call and see us before buying. SOLE AGENTS FOR WEBER , HATNES AND HAKDMAN ; AND SMITH. AMERICAN AND PACKARD ORGANS. We have the lorgoat and beat stock of Shoo Music In the city , comprising Boi In , Vienna , Peters' "Leipzig" Cheap Edition , Broalau , Mayonco editions. Small Goods and General Music Merchandise of all Kinds , 101 AND 103 15TH STREET , OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE. EDHOLM & ERIOKSON , Jewelry of a designs made to order. Largo stock of * Diamonds and Fine Gold Jewelry. AGENTS FOR GORHAM MANUFACT'NG GO'S STERLING SILVERWARE LARGE STOCK OP oward Waltham , Elgin , Lancaster and Columbus Watches SOLE AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED SCHNEIDER WATCH , DRESDEN Cor. 16th and Dodtje , opposite Postoffice. EWELER THE CHOICEST LINK 0 * HNK STONES AT BED ROCK PRICES ! Presentation Gifts a Specialty , Inspection Solicited , COR. DOUGLAS AND 15-.h St , How He Prelects The interest i Railway Coiporallons , Investigating CASCH oriinvs niul Dnni Injured Stock nnd I'us- Kt\KC , St. Louis GlobO'Domocrat. The most voxatipua position on a rail road is thnt of clnim agent. Ho novo haa any lolsuro ; ho la nlrrnya looking nfto aoinp dltngroonblo clnim or other. Ho 1 afraid to sloop , nlmost , for fear aom claimant should got ahead of him , nnd h never knows when his work la ilouo. 11 Is nhvnya savlnn the railroad mud money , nnd gradually turning his hat grey in achieving his nim In llfo , nnd yo ho rocolvoa not nearly as much salnty na i conoml pnssougor ngont who puts on i heap moro style , and doesn't do nny mon work. There isu't ' n day in the year on anj largo railroad that something docsn' happen , calling for the claim agent's at toution. If there ia n wreck ho ii promptly on hand potting information jooing that Uio injured are properly caret For , nnd generally creating na much sym [ lathy for the railroad company ns for Iti imfortunnto patrons. Perhaps some injured jurod passenger wnltaout in his wrath til ; ho day of grace nud compromlso isrnat xnd sues the corporation for damngus Thereupon the clnim agent packs his gri ] and hies him to court. THE CLAIM AC1KXT IN COVttT. lie glroa his pint of the scouo of thi wreck to the gonornl nttornoy nud handi iiim nlso a list of witnesses , which list ii jgnln turuoi over to the division super intoudcnt who locates the mon needed nnd luntructs the telegraph departmonl to hunt them by wlro. Very probnbl ] the claim agent has n short history of ttu plaintiffs hfo , out of which the corpora tion counsel makes much capital on croai examination. It may bo nn innocent question to aak n plaintllV witness if olu has over had typhoid fever , but if sin lias , and the corporation can show by expert port testimony that the injuries allcgec to hnvo resulted from the company's npg ligonco are identical with these produced by typhoid fever , nnd that plaintiff car show no visible or tangible physical losiot then the chances nro at least good for t hung jury or a verdict for defendant. TACT AND CHACKiniS. Sometimes the claim ngont has to maki up by lua tact for the want of tact of othoi people. Once upon n time a railroad cai liad boon robbed , and the plunder i barrel of crackers hidden in the brusl near the track. The division Bupoiinton dent nrmed two men with shotguns and sot them to waich , By nnd by n tramj came along and proceeded to rcgalo hlnv self on the stolen provender. Ho wat not by the two watchers , but started tc run. Attempts to halt him failed nnd the Tratchurs fired , peppering Mr. Tramp very plentifully in the calves of his legs , [ t soon turned out that there was nu iroof that this tramp had done the stoni ng , and ho , therefore , had good caunc or action against the corporation foi njuries sustained by the violent assault of its agents. In snch n dilemma , thi ; ailroad company hired a doctor to pick ; ho shot out of the tramp's logo , and then sent for the claim ngont , who by fail moans or foul soon had the injured man confessing in the presence of witnesses , hat ho had himself burglarized the cai ind carefully segregated the crackers foi uturo UBO. In this case the balance shoot a struck as follows : , 'aid Ur. R. , picking out shot S 20 DC toaid of tramp at hotel 07 Ot Cxponsea 1C , JU M. , claim agout. . . . 23 5 ( Total S 110 G ( ? robable verdict by jury , iucaso of suit , including coats of trial § 1,200 0 ( Saved by claim agent's tact § 1OS9 5C HIS I'EUSOASIVK roWEUS. It ia part of the claim agent's business , o keep himself nnd his company solid nrith the BherifTa of the counties through which his railroad runs. Ho cultivates ho sheriff as long as ho finds him n quaro man , and the result shows np in ho speedy arrest of railroad depredators , lo stands in frith the real estate men jecauso ho may want to show sometime rrhat is the actual value of n tract of land ivhlch has been deluged by backwater rom some crook consequent upon the ob- truction of said crook's channel by the > iers or abutments of a railroad biidgo. lo is always pleasant , always conciliatory , Iwaya ready for a compromlso. Good laim agents never go to the place down tnira. They become so successful in ompromiso thnt at last nothing can ro- lat their powers of persuasion. UK EVIJN TACKLES L.VWYJ'.UH. Most , claim agents nro not lawyers , but ! iey nro uaually nblo to cope with the rdmcry promoter of litigation. In status vhors no attorney's lien on n judgment a provided for by law , the claim agent gnoros the lawyer and settles with the llont direct. Ho thus cuta the lawyer ut of his fco , and occasionally , as has apponod once or twice in Texas , the awyor hunts up the claim agent and tkes his fee in not a strictly professional liapo. In states Trhosp statutes give the ttornoy a Hen on the judgment recover- d , the claim agent settles In such a way a to prevent all possibility with the low er. Sometimes the rule ia deviated rom , as when the railroad company nda some one particular lawyer very dill- ont in briglng suits for damages. In uch cases the claim ngont takes n back oat and the railroad solicitor cotno to 10 fore , and ho fights every caao right long , and appeals these ho doesn't win n trial to the court of last resort , nil by vay of teaching the aforesaid attorney mt ho cant make his Jiving in that way. UK IIKAMOXS WITH LEOI8LATO1UI , Ai much aa any other railroad man , ad moro so than most of them , the ulm agent him to bu a man of good noral character. He must bou man that an bo implicitly trusted. lie has often o draw sight drafts in sudden ornorgen- es and muat know that the unmo will a protected by the road. Once in a rtiilo ho goes to the legislature , where ho neota the lawmaker of the rural district ? ho has a grudge ngainat corporations onerally and at'ftlnst the claim agent's oad in particular. .Somallmca it is very ard to reason with such men , but -tho laim agent generally carries his point , iccaslonally ho carries his point and gets is road loft at the same time. It hap- on od Bomo.timo ago that a certain leg- ; alator who had to bo reasoned with wanted n epeclel rate on coal. Ho got it , ho claim agent thinking that probably wo or three cars would last one Ifglsla- or's family for the winter. Heroin ho was miataken. The legislator called his rionda around , found out how much coal hey wanted , and succeeded in getting > otweon thirty and forty cars carried at 4 reduced rate for the benefit of himself aud frionda. The result was a particu- r\f been ruined , nnd the claim n ont Hart t rnaka some vnlunblo concessions on bi 1mlf of the company to get n suit cf uv lawful discrimination out ot the way. KP.KISN r.\i : o.v woMr.x. The claim agent haa also n keen 1103 for the fraudulent baggngo clnima. 11 knows what can bo put into n travollln trunk oa well M nny woman , for all th sizes between extra munll nud two-stor ; nnd biwomont Saratoga. In ono caai known to the writer , trhero n lad ; claimed damages for lost baggngo , tin claim ngont finally was nblo to shuu thn she was riding on the cars without oitho : ticket or pass nn d without having eve tendered her faro. And In another c.w the claimant was shonu to hnvo lost i trunk similar to the ono whoso value wni sued for oiyinother road only live wooki previous , and n comparison of the Invon lories of the contents of the two trnnki showed so much rosomblnnoo botwoor the two Hats thnt both suits had to be abandoned. In another caao the trunl sued for had boon hidden by the claim nnt in hla house. The claim ngont dropped pod around In the capacity of n cow doc tor nnd spotted the trunk. It took mon thnm persuasion to prevent the railway company from proaocuting this last pnrtj for fraud , BKHASTOFOIi AS IT IS. A Visit lo the Tlvcntor of tlio War o tlio Allies AKnlnat llxiseln , Thirty years hnvo pnssod since the allied nrmics of Kngland nnd Franco ilten their lines nround the fortifications ol Sobnatopol mid entered upon their never to-bo-forgotton aiego , writes n corrospou. dent of the Philadelphia Times. Thlc wock Englishmen nro holding the annual celebrations by which it is their wont tc perpetuate memories of lialnklnvn nud the Crimon. A short account , therefore , of the great chaiiRoa that nro nt length being olfoctcd within the ruined city , which the genius of n Todlobon has ren dered immortal , may not bo without in- torest. By the terms of the treaty which brought the Crimean war to n conclusion llussia was forbidden to attempt the refortification - fortification of Sobaatopol , nud na n consequence - sequence of this the city long remained the inarm of crumbling ruins to which it was reduced by the onomy'a shot nnd nhcll. Upon the outbreak , however , of the Franco-Gorman war , llussia saw her opportunity to rolognto to n duoty nnd unvlsitod shelf the parchment by which she was bound , nnd from thnt dny n change came over the econo. At first alow , the rate of progress soon became rapid. The old ruins vanished , the bat tered tenements were pulled down , and the crumbling walks repaired. The rail way that runs from Poakop was extend ed to Sobadtopol. The rising city was thus put in direct communication with nil the Ruaalaa , and n now era in its history was inaugurated. Thus resurrected from the dead , it haa cprung rapidly into a position of greatest promise , and every day ndds to its growth. Nor is the future likely to bo- tie the promise given. Ita harbor Is one of the fincat in the world , and , unlike the majority of the Baltic or Black sea l > orts , iia waters do not freeze in winter. This gives it at once n great advantage ever Odessa , which is the great port of : ha present. For a week or two , moro or loss , each winter the harbor of the latter la closed. The chock to trade is in consequence considerable , and there is thus every probability that with the lapse of time Sebastopol will now oust Odessa nnd develop into the great cantor of the flusalan export trndo. As n commercial port its prospects nro brilliant , but it ia further qulto within the rnngo of possi bility thnt it will bo selected as n govern ment naval arsenal. The extent and the natural advantages of its harbor hnvo decided the government to en ter npon experiments in thin direction. There are at present two iron clnds in process of construction there nnd it is reported that if these provo a success > thors will bo given In hand. Stationed n the harbor there are two of Admiral ? opoira monitors or gunboatd and a small rigato of nix guns. The dry docks , which rroro destroyed during the solgo , are > oing restored , whilst the repairs to the fchornaga aqueduct , by which thov were copt supplied with water , are already completed. No attempt has boon made as yet to reconstruct the old fortifications of the city. What measures the Russian ; ovcrnmont may adopt for the defense of ho place that is so rapidly rising to 1m- lortanco it is not yet known. It ia , lowover , probable that the futurp of Sebastopol will bo commercial ; and it ia aioro as a trading point than a strategic loint that it will bo regarded. Among the moat important of the scat- orod ruins which still stand nnd which mvo not been removed to glvo place to ho handsome nnd cubstanital cdificoi very where rising are the famous "VYhito ) uildinge , " Todloben's old barracks , 'hoy stand overlooking the harbor , close o the now railway terminus. It wan in ho open spnco before these roolless , ilackonod walls that the Russians erected heir statue to Admiral Ligornll' , the rJginnl of the Black Sea float and of the ortificntiona of Sobastopol. But the olnt of interest for tbo Britlah visitor ia /'athcart hill , in the outskirts of the city. ) uring the slogo it was to Oathcart hill liat everyone repaired for a commanding low of the operations within the wulle , nd it is thither thnt visitors still repair o overlook the whole aconou of the great truggle. This spot haa now boon made vor to the Britlah government to bo con- orted by them Into a general cemetery or those- who foil in the Crimean aihpalgns. Originally there were o fewer than MO burial places f English soldiers scattered at irregular ntorvala botwonn Alma and Balaklava , 'ho number has boon too great to allow f proper care being bestowed upon all nd so grant has boon made of ( Jathcart ill , IJithor the monuments from other cmotcrica have bean taken. The old In- losurohas boon considerably enlarged fid ( surrounded with a low wall. The round haa been consecrated anorr , and small house built at the ontranca for 10 guardian intrusted with its suporvi- ion. The bodies , of course , have not eon removed from their old resting lacos. At this lapse of time , that rould bo nn Impossibility , but all records f the fallen have been transferred , and ; is intended to erect in the center of the nlargod cemetery , on the crest of the ill , an Imposing monument to the mom- ry of the heroes who laid down their vcs in their country's cause. If the government * will not grant thn urns necessary for this purpose then rivato subscriptions will bo started. The occaaity for this la mndo the otrongor by lie honor which the Russians have paid o their dead in thcao parts. On the north aide of the city they have laid out magnificent burial ground for those who fell during the siege , and an imperial ecreo hbs boon irsued granting to all who assisted In the defense of Sebastopol & right to bo interred within , Only the other day the remains of the heroic tO rest 111 tliO UUittlllUil menu.in. . . . . - , . that hns been orcotod. Within the ell itself , over the graves of the four admiral who died in Its defense , A second tncmotlr chapel of thn moat beautiful doalgn am costly material stands to betoken th gratitude Russia boars her patriots Under thcao circumstance * , therefore , i ii hardly conceivable thnt Kngliahmci will allow the graves of their fallen brnvci to fall Into neglect nnd disregard. A rising commercial port , n posalblo nr tonal , and nn historical battlo-ground Sobnatopol haa certainly n future bofori it , Within the last ton yc.ira Ita popnln tion hns Incronaod rapidly , nud the irorli of rebuilding is in constant progress. Ii the aummor moutha many tourlata toucl hero from Odessa nud from romotci regions. Only n little while back there waa but ono hotel in the place , aud thai of n moat unpretentious character. There are now three largo first-clans hotels nnd not n few minor hostolrlcs. The "IlolghU nbnvo Sevastopol , " so often referred tc in the reoord of 1851 nnd 1855 , nro bolnp grown ever with trees of n dwarflsl : nature , nnd would present n very changed aspect to the veterans who knovr then in those eventful years. Mount Inker- man ia clad with the foliage of oak trees , "Chapman's" hill ia thick with n vordimt growth nud the slopes , which onco. wore dotted with British camps , nro now groor nnd lawn-liko. History , it is said , la wont to roponl Itself. It may very well bo doubted however , whether in the matter of the Crimean war the nay Ing Is likely to hi verified. In any ovout , it mny safely be prophesied thnt long before Sebastopol it called upon to sustain n second tlogo slu will have risen to foremost rnnk in tin commercial cities of Russia nnd , perhaps , of Europe. Glvo Otmrimllam a Olianco , Philadelphia Press. After some cnroful consideration of the Intereatn nt stake , wo hnvo organized Grover Cleveland's ' cabinet na follows : Secretary of tttate , Colonel Daniel Manning , of the Albany Argua. Socrotnry of the tronsury , Colonel John R. McLean , of the Cincinnati En quirer. Secretary of wnr , Colonel QonryVsit - turaon , of the Loulavillo Courier-Journal. Secretary of the nn\y , Colonel Henry Grady , of the Atlanta Constitution. Soorolnry of the interior , Colonel 11. M. Pulalfor , of the Boston Herald. Postmaster-general , Colonel Stilson Hutchlna , of the Washington Post. There , as Captain John Bunaby would have remarked , If occasion had rcquirud , there's n cabinet as ia n cabinet. It pos sesses moro grit , brains nnd high-pressure patriotism than nuy similar combination ever placed before the American pooplo. Wo nro for it on the broad principle thnt journalism muat bo given n chance. .OLDIIME THE BRUNSWICK , BALKS , COL- LENDER COMPANY , [ SUCCESSORS TO T11K J. M. 11. & II. CO. ) The rnoit oxtouclvo niRinilacturcro IN THE WOULD. John HockBttaiisor Qonoral Agent or Nebraska in Western Iowa. 50 B. Tenth Street . . . . OMAHA , NEIJ < 3r iIiHou Billiard anil Pool Tubluo and luntcrlr rlcos H. 3. ATWOOD , Flattsmouth , - - Nebraska iJUADiaor TUOUooanuBiD IHD man SEAU * HEREFORD M JERSEY CUTTLE AND nuaoa ou JBRBKY BKD BWINU ty YounB otock for Corr < ni > onJoiico eollalb ti ( . miurlithinmit. [ > T JW'11" \ wllll . " JVf lilltii'irfirtlj. 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EVJll cnro NorrouinoRR , Lumbago , ItboiimMUin I'unilyili , .rurnlKlii , Hcliitlin , Klilnuy , H.lnn | . iiml l.lnr illr jm < Jotil , Aillinm , llcfiiti1li > Hnii , ) | ) > t > ] iHU , IVitthlli'iul til , 1 ' , IHIIU | | , Ciltrurll. I'llcn , Flillvliiv llM"trM'V | IJillnli Asm [ rolnpiui inorl i > u > ( Inly iclnnlllli. Hi emit Hi It In At""r c Hint KIliUllio Kiruikll ) mill linijui li.ln llM.niuli uo jod/i biiU cau l > o roilmrKuil in uu InsUuil by tliu ji < uleut. Wliitor lso mlnf ( , tlio Boasonof the yoni ( or arlio * iml jiilns. In view ot Ihlt fict wo s y liny onu of ) r < Horno't Klootrlo Delta. Ily BO Joint ; you "III , voKl Hliounntloin , Kidney Tr uMoi and oilier UN liat noshlJ lio'rto. Do not ikUy , liutcal l t our moo ami cianiliioliclU ) , No , Wl llou lasntroct , or J. F aoodraan'i. 1110 Karnim Ht.Oin li , Noli. Or- lera-flllwl 0 O I > AtONM TUB LINK OF IKK iblcago. . U Paul , Minneapolis and OMAHA RAILWAY. Tbo now citousloo of Ihls Iloe Irom Wkkoflelit or h JEAUTIPDL VALLEY of the GAN throUKb Concord and Golorldco Uachoa the bent portion ol the BUto , Bpecltl ex union ratca for land boukori over thta line t V yno , Norfolk and Ilartlnxton , nud vU UUlf to * irlncipai points on the 3IOUX OITY & PA01FIO RAILROAD Trtlni ever tht 0. . FJt. 1 > , U. & O. I'.allwtv to Coy uton [ , Uloax City , 1'outa , JUrtloiftoa , Wayoo .nd ioifollc , ii Fr J nOD , 0 Vd .o , Hell b , ad through to Y I' cntlao. St. Charles Hotel , LINCOLN. Four Btory brick , juat erected on 0 , etttet , bo- tweoii 7th and Bill otroittt. Klntat lurnUlieJic ) t ind ni'wt ' rvuouAUlo t > rlc < d IIOIIMI at tlio Capitol , Kc r all depot * . _ UIW , KAIBCOAKr.KV , uovlia AT 1513 DOUGLAS ST : , OMAHA : Commencing Monday , November 24th. Consisting of Picture Frame Mouldings , Picture Frames , EugraviugsPaintiDgs , , Water Colors , Photographs , Station ery , Pocket Books , Purses. Ladioa' Shopping Bags , Scrap Books , Albums , Statuary , Ar tists1 Materials , GoldBronzo , Plush and Velvet Cabinet Frames , Brackets , Comb and Biush Sots , Jewel Cases , Work Boxes , Glove and Handkerchief Boxes , Oder Sots > Birthday , Christmas and Now Tear Cards , and a Great Variety of Fancy Goods aud Novelties Adapt ed to the Holiday Trade , Have You Pictures to Frame If so , this is nn opportunity of a Hfc-tiino to get thorn done in the brst of fihle , nnd ut prices defying nil competition. I hnvo the Inrgestv niul finest stock oE the nho\o goods , in the city , linvulg inado my entire Holiday Purclmscs before deciding to retire from the business. Failing honlth core pels mo to nmko n clmngo nnd in order to close out my stock nk once , I ofler without reserve , bargains m every line snch us will insure speedy snlo. This is the Grdntcst Oppiwtunity ovfr of fered to the citi/.oiis of Onialni nnd suiToundiiic towns tj Koli ct their Ilohdny Goods. Come at oncu and oo convinced that every article of fered is n bargain. J 51 ; { DOUGLAS STREET. AND CERTIFICATE of DISTINCTION at the CE'NTENHIAL THESE INSTRUMENTS POSSESS T JPo-wer , Richness and Svmpathetio Qualitv of Tonof Klocancoland , Durability of. Workmanship Pronounced by Hie Artists and the Press , both attome and in Europe , as the Sweetest Toned Piano Ever Made. MAX MEYER & BRO. , General Western Agents : Importer , Jobber uJ ll unlactutcr'a Agent of ' CRQGKEBY , GLASSWARE LAMPS , ETC , 13th Street , Bet. Faruam and Harnoy. OMAHA , - - NEBRASKA The Xiootrlo Lamp 63 CiuJlo I'owoi