llhl Kc. Down et ( 0. 0.li. . 7. 7.N. . N.U. . THE DAILY BEE-WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 7 , 1885. THE NORTHWEST , he Ronsli Exiierieiics of a Man Who Tried to Grow MM the , Shylock Money Xjendci-H High Prices for Everything Ilio Fine Art o ( Fleecing , St. 1'aut Corresi > omlpnco Cleveland Leader. "Ho for the gnldun glorious northwest ! Free homes for everybody ! The poor man's paradise I Ilcnlth , wealth and Imp- pincss to nil : " Two years ago every city in the country was Hooded with circulars of tlm nboro tenor , issued in behalf of the Northern Pacific country. Every newspaper in that region was full of laudation of ils advan tages to settlors. A gigantic boom wa- the result. Every train coining into St. Paul was jammed to its capacity by houtc- Bcekers , foriiino-soekers and health-seek ers. Shipload after shipload of Scandina vians woio deposited at stations along the line of Iho Northern Pacific railroad , under the Villatd adifiinistratioiii until it seemed as if the whole region was to bo so It led up at once. The buom has basted. All the present fall there has boon a growing exodus , uti- til now scarcely a train goes eastward without bearing from ono hundred to three hundred dlahoartoncd men who regret - grot their venture , and are Booking a more congenial field of labor. I recently talked with a settler from northern Dakota who had bought a small claim there two years ago. "Do I like tbo country } " said he , in answer to my inquiry , -"DooB a man like to bo robbed ? I've ' farmed there two years , and besides my work I am just § (500 ( behind. I wont foe my health , had hoard of the wonder ful 'ozone * that braced a man up , the en tire absence of malaria. Well , I didn't got malaria , but I got the catarrh so bad ly that my head roars like a drum ; the sharp air braced mo up , sure enough , but my joints arc so full of rheumatism that ! move about like uskeleton on wires. " "It's for a money-making country some people , " continued the farmer , "but the way it's done wouldn't ' pass muster in all sections. An honest man is called a 'chump' out there. Ho always gets his pockota turned inside out some way or other. I'll ' just tell yon how they worked it on mo. The town I was ticketed - otod for had fully 2,000 inhabitants in it , with schools , clnircnps , mill and factories in full blast. That is what the local pa per said that they gave mo at the land oQtco in St. Paul. When I got oft" the cars I found that paper wni just ono ci pher out of the way 200 was a fair esti mate. About 100 of those were laborers building a sidetrack and living in cars. They wont away in two woeki. Of the other 100 at least 50 were lawyerr , real estate men and money lenders. The bal ance wore 'chumpa,1 of which I was ono. ono."Tho lawyers had gobbled all the offi ces ; the real estate men had gobbled all the land ; and the money lenders had gathered up all the business chances , the mill sites and elevator plants. "I wanted to buy a tarm. The real estate men wanted an outrageous price for any piece within ton miles of the sta tion. I thought I could do bettor at auc tion. So they fixed up an 'auction' for me. How the farms did go oft ! What prices they did bring 1 I bought one paid twice what it was worth and afterwards found that I was the only bona fide pur chaser. That's what they call 'shark baltinu' out there. "I mortgaged my farm to erects house and to secure farming machines 15 per cent interest , and under such iron clad conditions that a man is bound to lose if ho has a mishap. Well. I've had several. The first winter my stock froze to death ; the settlers moved away ; coal was SIC a ton , with noVood In sight ; but my crops had been good and prices were fair , so I atald. "The next my crops got frostbitten ; I got the rhnematism , and the sharks came down on mo for failing to pay promptly , and cleaned mo out. Last spring T took to teaming and have earned enough to take mo to a more hospitable place. " The old farrror's experience is a typo of thousands. The region is unfit for small farming. The long winters oat up the profits of the short summer. Large farms may thurlah where men and ani mals may be imported and taken away after the summer's work is over. The railroads , which promised so much , have performed little. The elevator system has boon such as to take away profits from farmers ; fruits can not bo grown ; fuel must always bo high , and as a con sequence the northwest mint always bo apaiHjly settled. These diawbacks are what "busted the bcom" inaugurated by the North Pacific railway. I had a little newspaper experience not tar from St. Paul which is n fair earn- plo of what the whole northwest country affords. I visited a friend , who was loca ted at a little interior lake , where ho was ongiv'od in butter making. Ho win near enough to the city of St. Paul to be reached by a short railway trip. Com bining business with pleasure , 1 had agreed to write up the region tor a rep resentative daiiy. The railway company was endeavoring to boom the lake as a fashionable watering place , and had placed A scow on the lake for pleasure parties , and had built a barn-like struc ture for a hotel. A few shanties were scattered about the border of the lake , built for the accommodation of hunters and sportsmen. Tha influx of people was perhaps twenty-five to fifty dally. I sent n report to the paper , and promptly received a postal card , tolling me that I did not "till the bill" s a correspondent , Disguising \ my handwriting , I converted the shanties into beautiful cottages , the steam-scow into a Heating palace , the hotel into the grandest that fancy c uld conceive , the small knot of viaitors into a mighty mul titude , and oven transformed the colored cook Into a distinguished caterer for roy alty I sent this by way of sarcasm undu : an alias , and received a cordial letter by return post from the managing editor , .stating that "you have 'caught on' in great uliapo ! " 1 had occasion to look up a town ii : Dakota called Ellendale. A. colony o ! 300 were organizing to secure homesteadi near there , On the map and in the "boom" newspapers the town population "was fully 500. On arriving I found sever wooden buildings and about twenty tonta The "population" consisted of a hall dozen men. The balance had gene on i vl n to a town thirty miles distant t ( welcome u colony who were to aottli there. The next day they were back ti Ullondalo welcoming the colony comiof there , and made a bustling scone. After ward I heard of the same crowd Bottllnj in at least five towns which existed untl 'tholr arrival only la imagination. ClUSl'IAH. ' Opened liy Mistake. " Detroit Free l' ss. ' There ha been a mistake adroadfn fa jtako , " she skid , as she called at thi chief clerk's window in thoposloffico yes terday. "What is the matter , ma'am ? " "Why , I called hero on Saturday for o letter. " "And I hope you got ono. " "Yes , sir. Sly husband is in Buffalo , yon know , and I've bosn expecting a let ter from him every day for a fortnight. Ho was to sand mo some money , you know , and 1 was on my last shilling when I got that letter. " "Well ? " "Well , sir , I hurried right homo and opened the letter and out fell a dollar bill. Just think of a loving husband sending his loving wife a dollar bill with which to run the houeo and preserve her station in society for a whole month. " "But you put the money in your pocket and burned the loiter. " "Ob , no , slrl I throw the bill into the fire and sot out to road the letter. It started oil with : "Dear Madam,1 and then I began to suspect something , na my husband always calls mo his angel. And then it wont on to say : 'So you want a bangle , oh ? Well , take the in closed and jingle down town and bangle your old head off and bo hanged to you I' ' Oh , sir , I nearly fainted 1" "Well ? " "Wqll , I looked down iittho signature , and It was signed 'Slouch. ' Then I saw , sir , that it could not bo from my hus band at all , for it was written from Chicago , while ho is in Bo Halo. It was addressed to my name , but it could not have been for mo. " The clerk received the letter and care fully scanned the envelope , and oho handed him a dollar with the remark : "Put it in the latter , sir , and write on the envelope : 'Opened by mistake dreadful mistake but the opener won't glvo it away. ' If you can think of any thing else to soothe the poor woman , put it on , too " "Yet , I will. " "For I know exactly how she'll fool about ltand I know If my husband should toll mo to bangle my old head off and jingle around I wouldn't have any ono know it for a million dollars. Dear mol but I'm so sorry , and It was such n mis take dreadful mistake. " Four Crippled Washington Letter to the Philadelphia Preis. How well I remember what may bo called the "total cripples" in congreis du ring the last twenty years. All told , they number four. First who gave way woa grand old Thaddous Stevens. Ho was always lame from an ill-formed foot. I have heard ho did not walk at all until he was G years old. Ho always walked with great difficulty , nov r could walk far , and during the last few years of his life ( ho died at 70) ) he could not walk at all. Ev ery day ho was taken from his homo near the capltol by two strong colored men in an easy-chair , which they hoisted on tholr honldorr , and thus the great commoner was borne through the streets. Crowds isod to gather to BOO him pass and rover- ntly lift their hats. Ho was put down n his place in the house , and when the ossion was over ho was taken back to ,1s house and put to bed. Mr. Stevens iften laughingly spoke of the two colored arriora as his pall-bearers. Another helpless cripple was Darwin , Fiuney , n member for ono term from leadvHlo , Pa. Ho propelled himself , bent in a wheel-chair , but his trunk and ewer limbs were helpless from paralysis , , nd he had to bo helped in and out of , ho house of leproaontatlves. Ho died .broad. I believe , at about the same imo as Mr. Stevens died. Oliver P. Morton , as I think , one of the biggest men in congress , was another helpless paralytic. Ho was never out of pain , and although a young man ( ha died at the ago of 54) ) , he was the most depend ant of mortals in his latter days. Ho , too , had to bo carried Into and out of the enato chamber in a chair. Ho was a poor man and could ill afford the low coupe he was obliged to own. The other helpless statesman of the 'our I alluded to was Alexander H. Stephens. He was truly a phenomenon. Built of nothing but skin and bones ho never weighed while in congress more than 80 or 100 pounds. Such a little bit of a thin face , and such skeleton hands yon never saw. . Yet how bright were his eyes , and what exhibitions of energy. His voice was ono of the strongest and clearest I over hoard , and when ho spoke , my masters , wheeling bis chair backward and forward in the space in Iron4of the speaker's desk , ho was listened to by the whole house. He had for a body servant a young negro G foot 4 inches in height , and admirably proportioned. Mr. Steph ens used to say , chuckling quietly the while , that ho did not know what bo would do when "Sam" died. All four of heso men are now dead. Three of them certainly were great , and it spoms to mo that the places of Thad Stevens and Gov ernor Morton never can bo filled. Full of Spirit. "Somo men are always in luck , " ob- nerved a tramp upon reading that : i man was drowned in n vat of whisky. "Water you drinkcn' ' ? " wined ono tramp 0 nnother. "Nothin1 but gin , " was the response , and they both smiled. The Chinese emperor drinks very little ca. TIiLs need not bo surprised A na tive Kentuckian sometimes drinks very "ittlo whisky. If you want to bo a good drunkard you mist have a face of brn s , nerves of steel , lungs of leather , heart of stone and an incombustible liver. Gargling the throat with alcohol is said to bo u preventative ( if diphtheria. And it s funny to notice how many men are guarding against diphtheria just now. "Can you give mo : i glass of water ? " naked a man as ho 'halted in front of the nbodo of n rural Kentuckian. "I reckon so. Hero you , Sal , tote liyiir some drinkin' water for the stranger. Say , mister , what state bo yer froinU" A Now York reporter has a catalogue of places where drinks can bo obtained on Sundays , and the Boston Herald says it doesn't need a reporter to find them in Boston. No , indeed , all that is required is to find the reporter. Excessive drinking Is said to bo more dangerous than excessive oatiAg , 1 always did think the American people as a whole and Kentucky colonels in par ticular were very courageous and nnver hesitated to face any danger. "It's ' kind of strange , " remarked a re form man yesterday , "what an influence force of habit has over a man. Now for four or five yean after I quit drinking 1 had a whooping old headache the morn ing of every 5th of July and 26th of December. All force of habit. Some spirited admirer of Governor Cleveland srnthitp a cask of fine old rum as a present , but he refused it as re- morieletsly cs he refused that dog. He evidently believes that while he can get three-finger drinks at ten cents a piece , with a toothpick thrown in , It is hard ! } worth while putting himself under anj obligations to any political admirer. Pure blood is absolutely necessary it order to enjoy perfect health. Ilood'i Sanaparllla purifies the blood am strengthens the system , FIHI3 BY EI.EOTUIOITY , > fcinnRCB from the AVlres Over HulldliiRo. and 1'rc * emit lor B to Observe , 3t. Louis Globo-Domocrat , Two accidents recently occurred t3 tele graph wires in this city indicative of the iangerotis character of an electric current rheii it gets out of its channel and starts ill on rv promiscuous lour. Recently a jeneral shaking up of the lire alarm ap ] > .v ratus at the cmiit house , and a rapid dis- xmnecting of instruments to prevent seri- itts accident , was occasioned by n Brush ilectric wire crossing a fire alarm who on Seventh mid Franklin nvemie. Thu Brush wires were covered with insulating Material to prevent accidents , but in his instance the material was burnt nto and n sheet cf ( lamp several feet eng Hashed out at the point of connoc- ion , and if there had boon any coin- lustiblo material near a fire would have ccurrod. The current was carried over , ho fire-alarm wire and n great damage irovcntod only br prompt action in dis- lonnecting the wires. On another oo * aeion the wires of the same company became crossed with a private wire , run ning from No. G engine house to the ? ost-Dispatch office , which burned out ho telegraph apparatus in both build ings and came near causing tbo death of m attache of the engine house. The board of public Improvements has under taken to regulate the construction of wires , and has provided n system of rnloi which constltuto a part of the conditions under which permits to lay wires are IB- mod. Thoae rules , after defining what ihall bo the capacity of conductors , lays down the following in regard to liisula- 'ion : All vrlrca , machines and lamps to bo 10 mounted and secured as to insure com- loto and continuous Insulation , with the ixcoption of those parts ( such as portions if the lamps of machines , for example ) where insulation is imposilblo , and in .his case accidental contact with exterior ibjocts must bo prevented by appropriate croons of the like , j In no cose must ground circuits" bo employed or any portion bo allowed to come into conduct ing connection with the earth tnrough water or gas-pipes or otherwise. Exposed wires must bo covered with ut least two loatiugs , ono of insulating material next .ho wire , of a thickness and material ap proved by the board , and another out- lido of this , of a material calcu lated to protect the former from tbrasion or other mechanical injury. Where there is a possible exposure to water , the first or second Coating must bo mporvious to that fluid. Wherever ilectrlcity is carried into a building by Conductors from an exterior source a cut-out" must bo provided at a point a near as possible to the ontranca to uch building. The out-going and re- urnlng wires for arch lights should enter , nd leave each building at points at least mo foot from each other. The wircb laaaing through the exterior walls of a luilding should bo firmly encased in ubstantial tubes of non-conducting material , not liable to absorb moisture , and placed in such a manner as to prevent rain-water from entering the building along the wire. In running along walla and the like , wires should bo rigidly at tached to the same by non-conducting 'aatonings ( the wires themselves being well insulated ) , and should not bo hunp ; from projecting insulators in loose loops. All wires should bo placed at a distance of eight Inches for arc lights , and two and one-half inches for incandescent ights , from each other , and whenever they approach any circuit or ground con nection , they must ba rigidly secured and separated from the same by some contin uous Eolld non-conductor , such as dry wood of at least one-halt inch in thick ness. All joints in wires must bo made in such a manner as to secure a perfect and durable contact. Continuous wires ( without joints ) to bo used as far as pos sible. INDIAN BILL'S BRIDE. AJlomanco ofKoal Life That Futs Fiction to the Blusb. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. To the average individual in the eastern states a , life in the far west , with nil of its constant excitement has a glamor about it of moro than ordinary interest. The average youth delights in surreptitious moments with the yellow covered tail of the buckskin- clad hero who kills a half- ilonen Indian braves with an almost im- pcrceptablo effort , and the exposition of life upon the plains by Buffalo Bill is al ways sure to attract an enthusiastic audi ence. 1 ho characters in the romance of western life ate almost invariably men. It is seldom that : v heroine figures in them. Women as n whole would inter pose a mild objection to a life upon the trail nnd nights in camp upon the plains. There , is , however , an actress now play ing in Rochester , whoso history embraces three years of Mich a life. The story is a romatie ono , and yesterday she consented to tell it to n rcpoituc of the Democrat and Chronicle. Pearl Duncan , ono of the Duncan sis ters , began a life behind the footlights while very young. She attained a fnir measure of success , and lias played in most of the leading cities of the United Sta es. Three yearsngo she was on a western tour and played in many of the lending western cities. Finally oho reached Pueblo , Col. While playing there oho was shot by a Spaiiiard nnd laid up for se-veral weeks. While sick she mndo the acquaintance of "Indian Bill. " Indian Hill was a cele brated character of the west , and many stories concerning him arc still afloat throughout tno country. 13o Was a typi cal bonier man , and , when in n bar room fight with cowboy * , n skirmish with Indians upon the jila'ns ' , or week after week in the saddle upon the trail , ho ws always there , and had a faculty of being at homo in any emergency , however c.iti- cal nnd dangerous , tlo nursed the young actress in her illness and strangely enough an attachment sprang up between them which soon became an ardent love. A few days after her recovery they were married , nnd Miss Duncan left a life upon the Btago for n life upon the trail w.tli "Indian Bill " Immediately after their marriage the actrots threw up her engagement and started out upon the plains with her hus band , unhandsome , athletic follow , dash ing in his manner , always biavo and fear less , but the last man in the world the average person would imagine the pretty actress would select for a husband. Then began a new life. There was no transition from the two existences upon the stage and plains ; but the young wife bravely endured privations and hardship ! of every kind with her husband. She made numberless journeys acrors the plains , and under the tuition of Indian Bill became an expert horsewoman , Slit carried a title and In Its use she seer attained an unusual proficiency , NIghti she spent upon the prairie in a tent pro vided for her , carried upon a pack mule - Strangely enough she liked the nave I life. Intatuatsd with her husband , whi bore for her n love , strangely toudor in a nature as rough AS his , she was content o always bo at his side. She was the inly woman in thsla camp , composed of ilghteen men. At DnrnuRo aho was n witness to a fight between cowboys and miners in which seven were hilled. In relating lomo of the things oho had done , the aiighlngly told the reporter that aho jtico had climbed the pinnnclo of fame by shooting n coyote. Tholr little camp was once attacked by the Utos , in the trouble which arose with that trlbo two yi > ars ago when they wore driven from their reservation. Trouble nlao once iroso with a camp of Mormono near Du > augo. But on the whole their Hfo passed moolhly. Finally Indlon Bill and his a'ctroes brldo aottled in La Platte canon , near the ' .Irckica. Iloro bill staked out a claim .nd . began mining. Soon ho struck n four 'oot vein of silver , nnd his suctoss waa the > nvy of the camp. Some other minors riod to jump his claim. Alight ensued. Bill at last was shot and four days later died in the arms of his nifo in the little cabin ho hau bnlldcd for her. Immediately upon his death n doputa- ion of minors called upon the widow nnd declared their willingness to lot her keep her husband's claim on condition that nha marry ono of the minors. If she would not , they gave her two hours In which'to "cave. She choose the later alternative , nd two hours later was on her way to Durango. She returned to her homo in ilayville , on Ohautauqua Like , and in iVugnst last once moro turned to the itage , making her first reappcarnnco in Harry Minor's bowery theater. She lays , however , that the stage h&s lost all 'accinatioua for her , and is becoming dls- tvitoful. When the uows of Indian Bill's death wan published , the more fact of his ictrcsa-wifo waa mentioned , but this ia .ho first appearance of the story ; a strange no , indeed , n.ndlng moro like the pages if a novel than an olpsodo of real lifo. low Andrew JohiiHon Bocanio Drunk lonvcltuid Loader. Porhapa the most disgraceful sccno in our history as a republic was the dny of Lincoln's second inauguration , when Andrew Johnson , the vice president elect , made a maudlin , drunken speech before the loading men of this country Hid the representatives of nearly every orolgn nation of prominence. An old enator told mo to-night how this came o be. Said he : "Andrew Johnson waa accustomed to drinking , but ho seldom took moro than bo could conveniently and sensibly carry. While governor of Tennessee ho used to keep a bottle of whiskey in a covered wnahatand in his office , and I hive : taken several drinks with him there. Ho would ralao the 2ovor , take a drink and oiler ouo to mo. Still thia was a common custom in the outh , and Johnson was not looked upon aa a drinking man in Tennessee. I do not think ho often took moro than enough for hirnselt at Washington. Aa to hla drunkenness-at his inauguration to which Sumner so sarcastically alluded on the aenato floor , John W. Forney told mo how it occurred. Forney waa clerk of the aenato at that timo. Ho said that Johnson had been drinking the night bofoi'o the inauguration with a lot of Trlenda at the Metropolitan hotel , and as is usual in such casea ho arose the next morning with a bad tarto In his month and no appetite. The result was that ho started up the capitol without breakfast , and when ho got there ho was very weak and ho looked wan and haggard. Ho came into the aenato and asked Mr. Forney if ho could not get him n drink of whisky. Forney replied yes , and went and brought in a bottle of old Kentucky bourbon. Johnson took this and poured a goblet half full , while Forney's eyes grow largo in surprise na ho gulped it down. This alone would have been enough to have made an or dinary man drunk , but it waa not enough for Vice-President Johnson. Ho filled the glass half full again and threw it in upon his empty stomach , Ho then walked off acroas the room , and he only staggered a little as ho took hla place beside President Lincoln in front of the assemblage of cabinet secretaries , foreign ministers , and others. When it came tlmo to take his oath and the book was handed him to kits , ho waved it aside with his hand and began to make a speech. What ho said was never reported in the papers , but it must have been very funny. Ho took each of the secretaries to task and gave them instructions. Ho addressed the foreign ministers , and though Forney tried to pull him down by holding his coat-tails behind , ho would not stop , but wont on. President Lincoln was , aa were all the Americana pressnt , grieved by the occurrence , and Abe Lincoln siid : M hope this will prove a lesson to Andy. ' " Pretty Trim them ; polish them ; scrape them ; and fix them all you please ; yet they never will bo really beautiful unless the circulation of the blood is healthy , and the blood itself in perfect order. Look at the fingor-nalls at the debilitated per son who suffers from lack of nervous en ergy. They look waxy and lifeless. Secure rich blood and perfect circulation , by using Brown's Iron Bitters. Mr. Wm , Welsh , Lexington , Mich. , says , "I was reduced almost to a skeleton. I used Brown's Iron Bitters and now weigh 170 pounds. " Florida orange growers are much dis turbed by their meagre rotuins this sea son , which in some cases scarcely covered the cost of shipping the fruit. The mar ket is said to bo glutted , and they begin to think tint the orange business , like everything else , has been overdone. $50.00 reward will bo paid for the arrest and conviction of the person who took a lady's tiitchel while she was in specting at the Misfit Parlors , 1312 Doughs street , up-stalrs , § 45 custom made suits which they are selling at $20. m&o List year some ono in England sent to Mr. Labouchoro the sum of 5,000 now sixpences for distribution among the children In the lLondon hospitals nnd workhouse ) , The same person has this year sent to Mr. Laboncliero 8,000 sixpences - pences with A request that they bo given to the children in the London workhoux > 8 , workhouse infumarief , and workhouse schools. Tlio Centre or the World's Observa tion. The eyes of the world are upon the Indus trial Imposition in the full limn of BUCCCBS in the Cre cout City. It was inaugurated on Dec. Kith , with ixn Kxtrrordhmrv Uraud Dnnving nf the famous Louisiana Htita Lot tery , which , by iti strict integrity in its man- sijeuient , ( on behalf of the noble Charity Jfoa- pitnl there ) is lint the je it attraction to vi i < turd , M. A. Jauphip ) , Now Orleans , La. , will Rivu any information aliout the ITCtti Monthly Drawing , on Tuesday , January 13th , 1835 , lie advised in time , therefore. Among the ties that bind are cottoi ties , and all that are used will soon be made in the south. OK Tui3.vnr.s , Wlint the Originals ArtMke , How They Arc Mndo nml Wlioro Kept , C.irp , " in Clo\o1nml Leader. After the provisions of a troaly have > ecn decided upon by the ministers , it as to bo engrossed f > r presentation to ; ho twd governments between which it is made. In this two copies are made and ; ach copy contains the treaty in the tuo anguagcs of the governments written in [ larallel columns. For instance , the present Spanish treaty is written In Spanish and English , n column of Span ish and a column of English on each page , and that tn such n manuor that an ilugllah line will have oppoiitu it ono In Spanish , moaning the same thing. Two loplos nro made of each treaty. These copies differ only in one respect n the copy given to the AmiMicaii gov- irnmcnt by the Spanish the American government always precedes tin- Spanish government , where the two patties to the ntcriiational contract ntis mentioned , and n the copy _ given to the government of Spain , Spain is mentioned before Amcii- . This is a matter of international t quetto , based on the same principle of laying "you and I , " instead of " 1 and on. One of the original treaties , and lot a copy , is sent to the senate , nnd , if t is approved , the president ntlixus a iroclamation of ratification to it. For .his a now copy is made , but the ratilicn- 1011 proclamation i.s also affixed to the reaty. Treaties are generally made on long , Ido paper of the finest quality. Ono which 1 saw to-day hnd only water lines , ipon which the words were written , and t was gotten up very stylishly. A line was drawn around each page , leaving a wide margin on every eido , and another 'mo separated the tire languages running 'own the middle. It was bound with luo ribbons , and those were sealed with ho seals of the ministers. Where the 'resident ' ratified the treaty , was the .roatacnl of the United Statcu. The rootles which this country makes with 'oreign governments are kept in the archives of the state department in big manilla envelopes , carefully labeled. 1 looked to-day at the ono which the new government made at the close of the war . 'ith England establishing our indepeii- lenco It is written in a good round land on long foolscap paper of not so good n quality ns is used now. There nro 10 lines upon it , and its color has faded o a tinge yellow. Its edges are frayed .ml the blue ribbon which binds it is no ividcr than ofiico tape and is slightly 'aded with the ago of 100 years. It corn- nonces , "In the name of the most Holy Undivided Trinity , " and is dated " 'ird September , 1781) ) . " There are three red eals at the back , and the American com- lissioners signing it arc John Adams , Benjamin Franklin and John Joy. A Contest lor Olllco. MoonmiJ ) , W. VA , , December C. The irouble between the Loeb and Wilson factions iaa ended by the parties agreeing to submit to 'udgo Arrastionfj which is legally elected clerk. For tbo Cure of all diseases of Horses , Cattle , Sheep DOGS , HOGS , POULTRY. Used successfully for 20 years by Far mers , Stockbreeders , llorso R.K. , &c. Endorsed & usctlby thoU.S.Govornm't. ar-pftinphlcts & Charts nont frce.'ffi HUMPHREYS' ' MEDICINE GO , , 109 Fulton St , New York. : Humphreys' Homeopathic t . < P MV J.J infl u o 30 ynare. 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Send for Our 25D Page Catalogue , only one issued in Nebraask ONEJEUNDRED : VARIETIES Counter , Hay , Stock and Railroad Track , ADOPTED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Orders for the Indian Department given for Buflhlo Scales ex clusively. Scale 1405 Douglas Street. OMAHA. NEBRASKA Suits formerly , fjf.9f.9ftf now Suits formerly $ ljlMnow # ' . < Suits formerly $16jM > now $ tO < * . Suits jormerfy $24- . < > O now $ JL8.OO. Over Coats formerly $ 8.OO 11010 $ < WO. Over Coats former ! y $1.O. < > O now $ 7. SO. Over Coats former I'y $ J < . < ) ( > now $1 , Over Coats formerly $ J8.OO now , % 'Ji Ove.i Coats formerly , > V rf.00 now $ J [ & And every other nrticlo in proportion. Call nnd gee our prices. 1216 Farnam St. B. NEWMAN CO NORTHWESTERN ri NJSIHtASJCA. Solo agpuls o United States Electric Lighting Co , , for State o We braska. Owners of western patents 1'or Electric Motorn , Arc LampMo gul large incandescent and small incandescent electric. IF inns , Cheaper than gan. 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