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THE OMAliA DAILY BEE-PHURSDAY , FEBRUARY 11 , 7 STRICTLY PURE. > T COHTAIIVS XO OPIUM IX AKT FOIl3t CEHTS for Croup IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES. PRICE 25 CENTS , 50 CENTS , AND $1 PER BOTTLE O K CEN I BOTTLES nro put tip for the n AtJcoinmodiitlon of all who dcslro n goo nnil low priced Cough. Cold and GroupRemedy THOSE I1KSIHIM ) A Hr.MI-.UY TOIl CONSUMPTION ANY LUNG DISEASE , Bhould eccnro the 1nr to ft luiltles. Ulicctloa accoinpnnyliiK each bottlo. Sold by all Medicine Dealers. , a the pA-'tltrettmentof ' OmoMic. Niaven , 8xl tnd iao t > IlKiiif * * t > aimnr olh r rhrileunlnflt. Loull , W ellr rT" > " > " n < l : ll old r 'M nl < know. Nervous Prostritlon , Debility. Mental and Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other Affec tions ol Throat , Skin or Bones , Blood Poisoning. aid Sores and Ulcers , ro trotM vith nnr iteicl DCCMI , onlttMlielpntiatprluetpltfl.&ftfolr , rrlr t 1/ . Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Excess , Exposure or Indulgence , vblth i-rodnu omo or ib ( ollonlBS tltcti : ntrtoiiDtin , dihllltr , dimnnii of ilbt ted dcfecttvt mtnwrr , plmpUion th free , pbril ft1d eft7. iircrilontolhe nocUljor fcmaUi , eonfiulaa of Ideil , 014. , rendering Marriage improper or unhappy , ' rrm&Denll ; tur d. rKtnphlti(3R ( picei ) oath * abort , cent In tctlrtlcDrrlopo , frteto any aiMmt. CoamlutlonatoN Be * or br mill free , Inrttcd and BUIetlT ct&Bdtutlat. A Positive Written Guarantee cl'en in ertrrai. .r t > l u . UtdlelnoieatererjwticrebrmalloMiprui. CARRIAGE QU.DE , 200 PAOE3. TIWE TLATEO. chSfcQt cloth ftol jtllt Undlug. cftlcdforfiOo * la peii > f or ! irrenej. Ovtr fifty vondtrnil r & rleturf i , trua ts Ilio } articles on the fallowing abjfctit who tnif tQtrry , wnjust , why j Kftnhaod , woman * jiletl d * > c y , ffteU eioclilaj i.n , . osjty o f reproduction , oiltainj mofe. Tfcoe * tairrltl or coaitrnplaifuR tutrrUce ibou M tend It , r-noUr odiil9Q Itdftt J > np r cor it 2Qo Add rti * aibo 9 U * . WTi.ttler. ' _ ' l > foiling. nmInillAIMi ! : and Tower I'llKM A'l IJIltl.V WAST- euro In th _ I Adopted by ill'Frnnch'i'hjrilcfahVand liolnpr rap'liL. and nicceestully Introduced licre. All ywikenlnfr losses and raliu promptly cBeokod. TKKATJxi ; Klvlng ncrws- rnpcrnniliiuHllcAlentlarFetnenU. , KJHZI Coniiltn- . . lionolllco or liy mall ) w,1"--1 , cmlimnt doctors 1'KKC. CIVIALE AGENCY. No. ! 174 Fulton Street. NewYork > fuhlUwl Contagious. T nm n nntlvo of England , nndwhile I wns In tlmt country 1 contracted n terrible blood poison , mid for two jcnrs was uudur tioutinuut us nil out-door imtlont at Nottingham Hospital , r.iUTlaixl , but wim not curud. I suffered thu most iWMiUlDK pains In my bones , and wus cov- picdwlth hores nil o\cr my body and limbs , llnnlly I caiunlotuly lost nil hone in Hint conn- try , nnd onlled for Amorlon , nnd was treated nt lloosuvolt In this city , ns well us by n prominent l > hyElelnu In Now Yorlr. having1 no connection with the Jioepltnls. I RIW tliu ndvoitlsomtnt of Swift's Specific , nnd 1 determined to Kivo it n tilnj. I took six bottles mid lean ? uyIth tiicnt Joy tlmt they liuve cmed mo cntiroly. 1 urn ns eound and Veil us 1 over wns In my lifo.Ic Ic fllED IlALrOUD. . Now York City , Juno 12th , law. Tn March of lust ycnr (1881) ( ) , I contracted blood /Jiolson , mid boinjr In Hnviuinnh , tin. , nt the time , 1unt Into the liotpltnl there for tiontment , 1 sullcred vciy much irom rhmimntism nt the mine timo. J did not not wcil under the tiont- inunt there , nor \wisl ciirodltynny of the usiiul menus. I hu\o now taken seven bottles oC .MuKt'H Spcelllo and nm Bound nndell. . It nlovo the jioljon out through boll's on tlio skin. Jersey City , N. J. , Autr. 7,18S5. Trent ISO on lllood nnd Skin Diseases mailed free.B B SWIFT SPECIFIC Co. , Drawer3 , Atlnnte , N. Y. , 157 W.'JJd St. A FINE LINE OK OMAHA. NEBRASKA. Of iliu MIIIIOIItiililt , I'osllHoly Cured tiy AcliiilulNU'rliii ; Or. It can tiu given Inn cup ot coflioor tonnltliont tbo knowleili , ' " ! ' ' tlio poraou taking It , Is uljuolutcly liormIcK.1 , and \\lll i-lK-ct a iicnininunt nnd Kiwcdy euro , n uftbvr tlie patient Is a muilrrnli * dilnkcr or .111 ulcoUolla wreck. U liai bct-n Klven In lliou- flfc.id * of rates , mid In every linMnc-o n perfect cure hasfolloncd. It nurrr full * , The HyMt-ni once ImpreftnaU'cl ullH tlioHpei-lflc , It IxTomismi uttel Impo-Hsiljlllty ( or tlio liquor uppetlto to exist. FOH HALE 31Y I'OLIXIWIXH NUUaaiSTS : KU1IN tV CO. , Cur. Jfllli nnd Iialai4 , and Ifjth A : f'n.in : ! 8t M OnmUu , Nob.i A. I ) . VOsTKU ib HIM ) . . Council Illnn'H , I < mn. Call orrrlto for pamphlet containing hundreds c'I I Imunlnls Irom thu bet women nnd men from e'lnn taut tlio couulrv. "CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH. " Tlio Original mid Only Ociiulne. F f widfclwkji Rrilibla. UtwirtoMTurtlili-MllnllAtlont. lullii'conMo u LADIES. Ail. jruur Itrurclit roc * 'l hl hr tvr' * IZuClUti"au > l Ukt uooUitr.or fuiloie'e. ( moiiM ) to ut for lumloulftrf ( n trtttr hy return uiutU NAME PAPER. CI.lchc.Ur ( 'brnilral Co. , u3lll.Mu < IUi'iiS < 1uirt > , J'lilluJu. , 1'a. Vulil by DmtriiM * fYcryntirrr. Ailt for "r * * * * . I' ) 11 . Take j > cr < KiifflUu Jmiiym.yul * n Do you ivnut n pure , bloom ing ComjiIoxioiH Ji'so , n few nimlu'iilionsi of Ifsiyau's MAGKO M A BAIiM willfirut- il'y you to your heart's con tent. It does away with Sal- lotvness , llcdncss , IMinpIcs , Jilotclio.s , nnd nil discuses nnd iiniicriections ot'llio .skin. It ovorcomestho Hushed upiioar- nnco or lioat , fntlguo nnd ox- clteniont. It iiuikos n lady of THIHTY nupcnr lint TWlSN- TY j and so natural , gradual , nud pcrinot are its ellbct.s. tlmt it is ituposslblo to delect its appliculiou , DEATH LOVES THE DECOLLETE TJncoYcring the "Vital Organs at the Behest of Fashion. CONSUMPTION QATHERSTHEM IN DrnwInR Koom Flowers tlint Wither niul 1'crlsh After n Season's I3x- posiirc The Fntnl how- Neck Dresses. WASHINGTON , D. C. , Fob. 0. [ Uorrcs- pomfonco of the HER. ] It docs scorn : is though the blnck fate ns lol- lowing the democratic adinlnhtrn- tlon. Again tire we called upon to glvo our heartfelt sympa thies to Secretary H.iyanl and his family , and a deep sympathy wo do fuel , wo who hare hearts , for the stricken husband and motherless girls , who arc just on the per ilous border of young womanhood and of all times hi their lives need the guiding hand of their devoted mother. Heaven help that bereaved family ! sociirrv uonsN'r LIKE A HEU NOSE from much weeping , and recovered from the shock of Miss Hnyard's death in a short space of time marvelous oven in these days of greut "modern improve ments. " in social ethics. Tliruo days was given to get the poor girl to her untimely grave , and then "on with the danco. " Who heeds the warning that Miss Bay ard's death gave ? The physicians said she died with heart disease. What sins and follies the poor heart has to answer for. Her neck and arms bared to the coldest weather of the season. Only the night before her death , did Miss Bayard stand in the hall with a very low necked and sleeveless dress , exposed to the cold blast uvcTy time the door was opened , re ceiving her father's guests. Never did she seem in more perfect health and hap- jiiucM. But the doctors , bless them , M'ltl it was "heart disease , " and no waist and no sleeves is the social fashion and econo my of the now administration. Possibly , if I'resident Cleveland was C9iisitlteu about the styles of dressing at his receptions , ho would say , "Girls , DIIKSS YOUItSKLYKSANI ) 11K MKCUST in public ut all uvenls , and not look while you are sitting at my table as though you were about to crawl out of a bath tub ; thorn is a time fet all things. " But you seu those young girls with their plump necks , and these olu women , some of them sliding right down the inclined piano into the lap of old ago at the rate nf sixty years or more with their skinny llabby necks and arms , sunpose they are pleasing his honor , us the women of Eng land please the htutmlolil queen , by strip ping their ncok and arms lor her royal gratilicatiou. Let mo say hero , for per chance , some tender oyc.s may read this and heed the lesson , that several of our young girls who wore prominent in society last winter with their decollete dresses , are suffering the penalty of the exposure. One of thorn is spending the winter in Japan in hopes to win back the rosy cheeks ; another has gone to Europe , another to Florida in search of tlio lost health , and still another is dying slowly with her longing eyes looking toward llio white house 1 It were better that lifo should go out at oneo frozen to deatli for want of clothing , than to eke out feuoh a miserable existence. Till : DALI. MUST GO OK. Only a woman dead ! While society observes the regular court-mourning of one week , out oFrespect to the secretary of state and his dear dead , that is , the president has withdrawn his invitations for another state dinner Thursday even ing , and Miss Cleveland does not even see her friends and will not hold her Sat urday afternoon reception , and the cab inet and all other prominent government ollicials have closed their doors to the gay world , and meekly submit to the in evitable for one week.Next week the gaities will bo resumed again and people will dance , cat , drink and be merry , just as though nothing had happened to stay their mad career. Such is the law of life. But I should think the cold shivers would walk on tip-toes up and down President and Hiss Cleveland's spinal columns constantly in dread of some thing to happen. The vice president's Midden death , which shrouded the man sion in black enough to turn the warm , red heart blood to ink , and then Miss Bayard's budden death on the very eve of a scene the brightest wlicn every thing was ready for her com ing to assist Miss Cleveland in receiving her friends and now JIIlS. IIAYAKD'S DEATH , Surely it is enough to turn the old man sion into n gloomy sqpulcher. Indeed , every time I go with friends to "do the white house" I am impressed with funer als. Tlio polite , attentive ushers talk to you in a subdued tone of voice as they lead you in a mjvtorious' way from room to room as though they were takingyou in to look at the corpse and wore afraid of awaking the dead ; people stand around in the great East room near tlio wall and look gloomy and wait breathlessly for the corpio to bo brought in that is , for the president to be brought in to "shako" for a half hour in tlio most solemn man ner. Now and then some one says a "bright" thing to cause the president to smile and set the reporters to scribbling , and wu are thankful for tlieso small fa vors to warm the tips of our fingers and toes. However , the ball must go on ! ' ball-room which Secretary Whitney's - , ooit enough money to buy a nira farm out west , must bo danced in , Indies must have u chance to wear all their good clothes Hindu for these special occasions , and the now democratlo administration must h\vo : n chance to Miow what it knows about social etiquette. Don't it , though ? ' . ' * . TUB 1'ur.siiwr's runuo JIOCKITION last Friday night did not draw out the best social clement in their iino.it attiro. A line of aristocracy hooms to bo drawn between the dlliolal snobs and the pom- inou herd , Very few of the oflloialb were present. None of the diplomatic corps and very few senators and mem bers of the house. Said one who lues at tended many jjublio receptions nt the cxeeiith u mansion for the last ten year.s , " 1 have never t-pon a reception like it ; people who hnvo not been seen In public ) ( huso twonty-fivo years , boys pushing pach other along through the line just for tlu > fun tlioro was in it , in short all sorts but the tony crowd. And this comes of the president having given out that ho is to have hpi'cial receptions for tlio unny and navy aftur the manner of the late Arthur administration the diplomatic corps , congress and other otlicials. Presi dent C'lovelaml is making a mistake in thus drawing a line between olliciul anil public life. The fact is the nu\v party is so anxious to air ITS HNOAVLEIHir. Of "WHAT'S WHAT , " and havp it understood that it knows how to give elegant entertainments , the president it. getting some very bad ad- vice. " Alas for the "Jollersonlaii sim plicity" we have hoard so much about. However , the president seemed lo enjoy seeing the "dear people , " find gave them a hearty shako ; his face was beaming with smiles , and if ho missed the splcn < dor of ollicial greatness his manner did not betray his wounded feelings , The parlors , if possible , weio moro beautiful ly dceoratud with potted plants and Iragraut flowers than on the occasion of the first state dinner , which was pro nounced a most "magnificent success , " the only drawback , being the non-arrival of Secretary and Mrs. Whitney at the appointed hour - keeping the dinner wiitn < j ionic little time , uitich to the im- easiness ot the tresidcnt and disgust of the French codk. State dinners should bo taken hot for the good of the country nt largo and the hungry guests in particular. Col. Wilson , who has charge of tho. pub lic ground and government llowor-pot.s , said the public reception should hnvo the best his garden aftorded , and employed big covered express wagons to carry the plants hither , at no little publiu expense , either , and all for the vulgar herd , too. What a pity the army and navy and other government paupers were not there , to inhale the fragrance of these lovely flowers ! 1 beg of youmy good democrat readers way out west , not to feel the least uneasy about the "social quality" of Hie present administration. President Cleveland spares no pains and expense to have his entertainments all that art , wit and money can accomplislu Temperance people can put cotton in their cars when I tell them that seven kinds of wiuo were drank at the state dinner , and there was the closet side-board besides ! CON. A Pluo 1'lnoo For n Home. Noirrit LOCP , Fob I ) . [ Correspondence of the HUB. ] North Loup is situated on the Loup river fifty miles north of Grand Island , nt the terminus of the O. & N. It. U. The surrounding country is a panorama rama of beauty and prospective fruit- fulness. On account of her location she receives the trade from a vast territory. The stock and grain markets at this point are very important. What impresses the stranger is the high grudo of stock raised. Two largo elevators are required to accommodate the grain trado. The business moil of North Loup are nbovu the average ; Intelligent , neat , pushing and having the goods and capi tal tosecmo success. Without intention to bo partial wo must mention the drug store owned and operated by W. It. Patty. Tills gentleman located nero \\lth the advent of the railroad. Ho has fitlud up a store that need not fear either com petition or comparison. His furniture is modern in style , his stouk complete , and in design , decoration and order his store uvinces a taste that docs its owner proud , Mr. P.itty was formerly from Omaha , holds a diploma , is a gentleman and a druggist , and the town feels justly proud of his establishment. It is rcfrcshm < < : to find such a store. The usual frontier drug store consists of a few cans of paint , a keg of whisky and four acres of check. The public schools of North Loup ai'e the pride of Valley county. Tlio enroll ment is 210 including a score from neigh boring counties. This school furnislies the larger proportion of teachers for the comity. The principal , Mr. Gluts. Wccb , is u graduate of Depauw univorsitv , 1ml. Ho is ably assisted by three lady teachers. The work done comprises not only the common branches but includes latin , algebra , and the higher brandies. The citi/.ens arc thoroughly in sympathy with the schools. A high school will bo or ganized just as soon as the present grades will permit. Farmers' alliances are being organised and the onposors of Van Wyck are an- athomixeu on all sides. Free silver , Van Wyck and reform. Long may the Bni : buzz in the cars of the gold bugs , Uio land sharks and the railrod magnates. Titxvut.nu. Taxation on the Ijinc of Iioust Re sistance. Popular Stlcncf 3Tonthlv. All parties would be happy if tiic public treasury could bo filled by the touch of a magjcian's wand , so that taxes might bo abolished. But , as they are a necessary evil , a scheme ol taxation without lamentation is what is wanted. In the law laid down by Professor William G. Sumner , that taxation tends to diftuso it self , but on the line of least resistance , is found a hint for the basis of this scheme. Turgot , the great French financier , expressed the politician's idea very tersely when ho saiu that the science of taxation is to pluck the geese \\ithout making it cry. In hunting for the Jiuo of least resistance , ami the most soicn tifie methods of plucking , several inter esting experiments have been made of late in dillerent stateswhere now sources of revenue have been sought from special taxes on corporations- railroads , telegraph , telephone and. insurance com panies , collateral inheritances and other classes of property which can be plucked without producing a cry liable to strike a chord of sympathy in the popular heart. In most instances these experi ments have surpassed in their results the expectations of the proposers. Largo revenue has been obtained without pro voking even a murmur of disapproval from the voting classes. In Vermont , for example , no direct tax was levied in 1883 and 1831 , the recejpts under the cor- corporalious. Last your , although the Wisconsin legislature authorized a levy of $210,000 , the state treasurer was not obliged to collect any direct tax as the license-tax from railroads , insurance , telegraph and telephone companies was suflicient to moot the current expenses. The treasurer of Minnesota states that "the revenue from the corporation tax is steadily increasing , and if it should con tinue to increase , and the probabilities are that it will , as it has done for the last four years , it bids fair to pay all the cv- ponscs of the state government. " In Now Jersey there is no regular tax , ex cept for schools , as the now railroad and canal tax law and the tav on miscel laneous corporations maintain the government. Never Know IVhoii AVo'ro "Well OIT. Chicago Herald : "A man never knows when ho is well oft'in this world , " said a freight brakeman , as ho reclined with more or less grace against the dispatch er's window , "just to show you , one night last week our train was skipping olong down in Injeanny , 1 was up at my poit. As 1 walked along on top of the CUM I came to a brake that 1 thought was half-set. 1 set my lantern down on the foot-rail to try it , mid found it all right. But , as I turned away.my left heel struck that lantern and .sent it spinning of ! ' tlio ear. Yon ought to have heard mo cuss , But just as I had begun to turn the air blue tlio whistle sounded down brakes , am. ' 1 went to twistin' 'em for all that was out. You seu , the fireman had just happened to bo looking back along tlu > train and ho saw that lantern of mine a.s it tumbled. Ho concluded right away that 1 was with the lantern and told tlio engineer to stop her. All felt relieved , mygelf included , when they found mo on top of tlio cars , though wo were behind time , and growled a little becausii this would lose us ten minutes more. But wu didn't grumble a bit when , two minutes afterward , just as the engi neer had started up ho discovered a few rods ahead of him a work-car , loaded with new rails , which some drunken section men had loft on the track. But for my klekin' that lantern the whole train would have been thrown into the ditch , as btiro as guns. " Jean Cohen , n native of Poland , a feiuglo woman , aged (30 ( years , has been sent to the Stockton , California , insane asylum. Her mania is of the matrimo nial order , as she has a wild desire to marry every man she sees. TV hen Iliby wta slcV , tte p y hoi Chctoria , When ehe was a ChUJ , she crloj for Castoria , , 'Wlien gho became Jib's , she clung to CastorU , Wfcvu tLo liid Children , sue gare tUoa CastorU , , 1 ; ' The Trao Story ofl'the ' Loan Made by the Man of Mniijms to the Warrior , Repayment 6f the Debt The Action of Jlrs. Grliiitl--Tlie ' Kovouuc Do- rlvcil jfrAin the Grnnt Memoirs. t w Cofl'iitl's Now 0York Letter : The true story of the lqanof | $150.000 by W. II. Vnnderbilt lo Gon. Grant has never been told only suggestions and intimations of it hero and thero. The facts below nar rated came directly from the principal parlies in interest , both now dead , and their agents in tlio affair. On Sunday , May , 1881 , Gen. Grant drove , with his son Col. Fred , to the Vanderbilt mansion , alighted ami hobbled in with dlllkulty , supported by his son and his crutches. Ho had not mot Mr. Vandorbiit in two j ears , but ho was received warmly. Hu went to the errand without delay , stating that ho wanted to exchange his check , for $150,000 , for a similar one for the same amount for one day , that the firm of Grant & Ward was temporarily pinched , but that it had assets of $1,000,000 above all liabilities , and that ho himself was rich , having a fortune of not less than $700,000 be\ond all of his obligations. Mr. Vanderbilt said ; "General , if a firm having so much proporl- embarrassed , § 150,000 for ( ono day cannot help it ; in fact , it will only serve to increase its trouble" for the business man saw what the military man did not see , that a need of suoh a peculiar sort fore shadowed a disaster , and that the money would probably bo lost. The general was a little impatient , but ho exulained Unit plenty of money was coming in on Tuesday from various souices. which ho began to mention , when Air. Vanderbilt stopped him abruptly and said. "Gen- oral , not u word of explanation ! The fact that you want the money is enough for mo. You can have it. " And goiujr lo a desk he drew his check andliamled it over , and took his viMloi's check in ox- change. Vamlerbilt's cheek was pro- seuled and paid at 0:15 : the next morn ing ; tlio other went to protest. Then came the revelation ; the confirmation ; the cataclysm. The Grants wore ruined. The million and a half had faded away ; the seven hundred thousand had vanished like a dream. GIIANT'S KoitoirrrrjLNKSS. And now a singular thing happened ; or , rather , a singular omission occurred to use a Hibermcism of my esteemed fore fathers. Gen. Grant forgot to call on Mr. Vandorbiit or to write lo him , or to send any word to him. An ordinary business man , accustomed to the way of the commercial world , would not have neglected this important ceremony His first act would have been to go to his creditor and say , I "I was deceived and have unwittingly deceived you. I thought 1 had tifr | money in bank , but L hadn't. My fortimo is gone. 1 will re imburse you the best way lean. " The sulllcieiitexcuse for Gen. Grant is that ho was probablyjjtnnned by the duplicity of which ho was thj > victim , and dazed by the ruin it hail.wiought. So days length ened into weeks and weeks into mouths , and Mr. VandeiDllt did not hear from him. Then , vljen it was reported to him that the sheriff -X\S.s about to seUo , for Ihc creditors of tlio firm , his houses and lands , his swfrite and solivenirs , ami sell them at auction , Gen. Grunt sent tor a lawyer and hail Ilium transferred to Mr. Vandei bil sayihir : I cannot bcar.to think of these precious things-tho lijjiHjUls .and gifts from my own government and people the tro phies presenleii.toTmu by kings and em- peror.s being sold under tTio hammer and distributed lo private collectors and bric-a-brac shotMr. ) . Vanderbilt's is the only debt of honor I owe. 1 will se cure him , and he will , perhaps , protect the things of historic value. So the transfer was made. There is disguising tlio fa't that at first tli wealthy creditor did not feel cordially toward his reticent debtor. Ho felt , as any one would have felt , that some ex planation was due him ; and it was not till later that he comprehended how the great warrior had been broken down by his reverses. NOT HIS USUAL METHOD. Mr. Vanderbilt had never before ex changed checks witli any man a trans action which ispominoii enough in busi ness circles generally. "When I give , I give , " he was in tlio habit of saying , "and I know where my money is ; ami when I lend , I lend , on securities or con ditions that are satisfactory to me ; but exchanging chocks is not legitimate giv ing nor lending , and I preter to keep business and sentiment in two separate baskets. " From the f'u > t or , at any rate , as soon as ho wi\y that Gun. Grant felt right about the obligation Mr. Van derbilt made up his mind to give him the money , if a way could bo found to do it which would not bo damaging to llio rep utation of the illustrious recipient. He tried it , as is well known. On January 10 , 1885 , he wrote , offering all the prop erty to Mr.s. Grant. On the same day Cien.Urant wrote declining it.The next day the oiler was renewed , Mr. Vandorbiit saying ho was not to be balked in his de termination. That afternoon Gon. Grant wrote , accenting the gift ; but an hour later Mrs Grant wrote , peremptorily declining the munificence ' 'Par clining , adding. don this apparent vacillation. " Shortly after this she legally relinquished her dower right in the property , and it is in tlio hands of the yandorbilts. It is enough to pay two-thirds of the debt , and tliu other $50,000 wilj doubtless Uo made up , Just before ) his deatli , Gen. Grant expressed to Mr. Dopow his vehement resolve to have the "dobt of. honor" paid to the last cent. It was generally sup posed that ho was poor at this time ; but biioh is far froin being the case. Ho was in receipt ot $ i,000 ! ) a year from the Grant fund , and of $13,000 , mqro from his salary as general , lo which position ho had been restore J $20,000 , a year in all , or $500 a wcokr Where are a good many families thafitiAnago to struggle along on ( iveii less mutimlhal , The book win furnish a fund uhat will support Mrs , Grant and all'j/f'fhb ' sons of the house who beoin t < ] boVfilliiigi ; industrious and active , but to | > liitlc ) tliu special trainm" : which enabjo-r-niahlo do what the world wants done mfc is willing to nay for. JlrH. Grant Jh HOfii'illy ' anil technically "not at hoiiiol' to-1 visitors , hut HIU ! to- coives her int'rimtju'friends quietly again , and. licr talC rjws mnoh upon her duatl Iioro and tfiuini * remarkable travels. Nellie Sartoi'U } H coming tifjaiu. Tim poor girl h ; $ Ifty. a html time of it , anil in said to wisli Uuvtt she had never Ijccn born. .i -l r TOAV.V. Thau n Year Old , \d- nuibtoii Itaiika Ht-nvlly on tliu Fit tu ro , AIUMSTON , Nfb , , Feb. 8. fCorrcs- poiultmco of the lii.u. ] Adamston is fcitu- atcd near the center of Mi-rrick county , about ten mjlps noitliwest of Cuiitrnl City , and on the U. & M. survey from that city to St. Paul. It is a new town not yet u year old , but bids fair to bo un import ant location , having nil abundant Mipply of good water supplied by I'rairio creek , which is perhaps a hundred miles in length , running through a very line , lev el , grain and grass growing country , and right hero wo have some of the wealth iest fatock-rais-ers ami thriftiest fannpiv. to bo found in any part of the stato. Three chinches \\liich would do credit to nny city , are in sight of the town , rep resenting the energy and spirit of the Baptist , Methodists , and Evangelical so ciotles. The school at present taught by a very able teacher who has foremost position in the state , ranks among the best to bo found in the county. But this is not all. The people take such a spirit and love for education tiiat not unfrequontly hereto fore , graduates from Bowdoln college , Maine ; state normal , Pennsylvania ; nor mal school , Toronto , and Albert Univer sity have in turns taught in our schools. The general store that nt present sup plies the demands of the people , is a good one , and most anything kept hero may bo found in Omaha. Tlio postollico kept by a mugwump postmaster , gives ontirn satisfaction. K. 11. Hanson and Win. Nichols are the live men that push the butter and cheese business. The creamery has boon running all winter as there is moro cows in tills than any other part of the county. Sullleient milk is supplied to make lucrative work by keeping up the business. The county superintendent resides near the town. Notary business is also represented by competent men. * A blacksmith would do well hero. For the past six weeks our weather has been very snug. And if the superstitious fable of Ground llog bo true , wo may calculate as much more which will do us for this time. Yet if a big crop is the re sult , as Is the case , we will submit with pleasure. C. D. Cu.vr.MAX. A TIUUV1NG M2IJUASICA TOWN . Uiirnott'H Prosperous Career A Flour flllll Wanted. DUUNCTT , Neb. , Fob. 8. [ Corre spondence of the BEK.J Burnett is as enterprising a village as can bo found west of the Missouri river. Men of public spirit and determination are at the head of its affairs. Nearly every branch of business is represented hero ; new stores and dwellings arc springing up in our midst almost like magic. Our school house , which was considered largo two years ago , has been replaced by one of three times its capacity. We need more men of moans , and must have such who are willing to put their siiouldor to tlio wheel and help the town. Our great est need is a No. 1 steam roller process lloiir mill. Our people are ready to en- eourago such an onterpriso. The coun try about will support it , to say nothing of the immense business that would ac crue to it from the west , and along tlio line ot the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad , which runs directly through the village. The right man es tablished hero need look no further for profitable investment. The country around us is surpassed by none , buinjr of a rich , loamy nature , just rolling enough enough lo neither feel droughts or floods ; also being settled by as line a class ot people as reside in any community , supporting very liberally with their means everything that tends to elevate the standing of the village. Nearly all the religious denominations are repre sented Two houses of worship have been erected , and others are soon to follow. The G. A. II. Post No. 182 is a power for ttood , as is also the I. O. O. F. , No. 1H. ! The Good Templars lodge is in a flourishing condition , also the newly organized assembly of Knights of Labor. With a few moro Kcirsteds , Linkarts , Nowlialls and Burnhams in our midst Omaha may look well to her laurels. SINGLE EVE. Eatl's Early Career. Popular Science Monthly : When about 10 years old his father litted up for him a small work shop , and there he con structed models of sawmills , lire-engines , steamboats , steam-engines , electrical ami other machines. One of the pasttimes of his childhood \yasto take in pieces and put together again the family clock , and at 12 years he was able to dp the same with a patent lover watch , with no tools but his pocket knife When 13 misfor tune ovoitook his father , and ho had to withdraw from school and work his own way. His parents went _ to St. Louis in 1833 and ho went with them. Tlio steamer was burned in the night on the way there and holandvd , barefooted and coatless , on the very spot now covered by the abutment of the great steel bridge which he designed and built. The only opening in the way of business that otlcred was to sell apples- on the street , and by this means lor a few months ho sustained himself and as sisted in supporting hi.s mother and .sis ters. In time ho obtained iv situation with a mercantile linn , where ho ro- niained for five years. One ot Iho headset ot the bouse having an excellent library , gave him access to it and he used his op portunity well lo .study subjects bearing upon mechanics , machinery , civil engi neering and physical science. In 1830 ho obtained employment as a clerk or pur ser on a Mississippi river steamer. Ho again made the best use of his oppor tunity lo acquire that complete knowl edge of the great river which ho was afterward able to turn to such good ac count in the noble enterprises ho so fortunately carried into eflect. In 184'J lie constructed a diving-boll boat to re cover the cargoes of sunken steamers. This was followed with a boat of larger tonnage , provided with machinery for pumping out the sand anil water and lifting the entire hull and cargo of the vessel. A company was fcmneil to oper ate tills device , and it soon had n busi ness that covered tlw entire Mississippi river from Balixo to Galena , and even branched into some of its tributaries. By his methods a great many valuable steamers wcrp set afloat mid restored to usefulness which it would not previously have been possible to save , as they would have been buried very hoon beneath the river spuds. It was while engaged in this business that I ID gained a thorough knowledge of the lawn \yhich control the flow of silt-bearing riv ers , and of the Mississippi ho was able to hay years afterward that there was not a streteh in its lied litty miles long between St. Louis and Now Orleans in which lie had not stood upon the bottom of the fetniam beneath the shelter of the diving- bell. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Klio Know It. Detroit Frco Press : As the morning train going west drew up at Brighton the other day an old lady with the legendary satchel was helped aboard the coach by the hrakcman. Instead of entering it * > ho passed into tlio smoking ear and took a teat. Pretty soon thn brakeman put his head into thu door and called : "Madame , this is the smoking ear. " "Yes , " she replied , as she investigated her satchel. "Tho rear car is for ladles , " "Yes. " As hho made no movement toward changing cars the olllehil stepped up to her a'ud said ; "Madam , Iho no\t coach Is for la dies. " "I know it , " she replied. "Tnis is the smoking ear. " "Don't 1 know it , " she snapped , "and didn't I como hero to take a smokoV Do you eiippose I haven't traveled enough to know what car to get in when I want to raisu the wind oil' my stomach i\itli a few wliifftat tho- pipe ? " She leaned over and took n lighted cigar from the man ahead , touched of her pipe , and after blowing out a few whirl's of blue Biuoko she , quietly ob served : "That's why I never travel on the ac commodation train , It nover'has no de cent place lo wnoKo in. " TO ACES. Et IS 1Y One of tliG Best awl Lwyest Stoefosiiii the U.S. to Select from. No Stairs to Climb Elegant Passenger Elevator , M. BURKE & SONS , LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS , OEO. llUUKri , Mnnojror , UNION STOCK YARDS , OMAHA , NEB. Iir.FKUF.N'Cr.Si Morchntits nnd Farmers' n.ink , Dnvlcl Cltr. Noh. , l\o-\rney National Ilatik.Kon r noy.Nob. ; Columbus Stntc Hunt , Colunibug , Nob. ; .MuUonuM'a Hank , North 1'lntto , Nub. OtunhA , Nntloual Itnnk , Uittiihn , Neb. Will pay ouatotnors' drnft with bill of lading attached , for two-thlnU value of stock. JOLLY "DICK" SIMS. Wonderful Kvporienco of the Whom tlie President 1'nrdonod. \ Louisville special of Fob. filh , says : George 11. Sims , whom the president to day pardoned out of the honthern Illi nois ponitcntinry , whore ho was serving a live years' sentence for participating in a conspiracy to defraud the grvern- mont , was onou a well-known character acotit Louisville. Ho has hail n most oyenlful lifo nutl is truly a man with a history. George , or "Uiok , " as lie was familiarly known liorc , was otic of four sous of tv wealthy lather , who lived at Columbus Ohio. Just prior to the con solidation of the old Louisville Courier and. Journal , George , who had already developed a roving temperament ami Jiad for si-v- eral years been a wandering printer , dropped in on the Falls City and got a "sit" in the old Courier job ollieo. lie was a line printer then , a genial follow , ami soon became a favorite in the olllce. Ho was a confirmed sport at that time ami "blow in" all his money against faro as fast as ho got hold of it. While lie was yet working at tlio case in the Courier job rooms , his father dic'l , leav ing $180,000 , to bo divided equally be tween the lour boys , their stater and mother. George was found in Louisville by bis brothers anil the quartette led a a guy life , gambling continuously , until the fortune soon melted away ; but before going broke George went to Cincinnati , whoio ho mailo a "still' " play against a faro game , from which lie arose penni less. Ho came b.ick to Louisville and took cases on the Courier-Journal. Ho continued his light against the "ligor , " unable to resist the fascination , ami liv ing fast. At times ho made very heavy Winnings , but iu the end it drifted back to the colters of the gamblers , ami ho con tinued to "blow in" all he mado. Ho swore oil'for a time , and , will ) tlio help of friends , purchased tlio Slock Yards hotel. In a fracas at his ho'el one night bo was shot through the hand. This de formed tha member and rendered him unable to work at his trade. His hotel business failed , and poor Sims found himself once moro penniless on the world , this time unable to fall back on his trusty "stick. " sojrn GOOD sroiuns. Discouraged at the outlook here , Sims went to Chicago , where ho was next heard of through his newspaper adver tisements as a divorce lawyer , lie achieved considerable nn.savoiy reputa tion in this line , and at last had to aban don it and seek other Holds. Next lie turned up in Indianapolis as a pension attorney , and his connection with the ob taining from the government of an ille gal claim of $ ! 50OUU got him his term of confinement from which ho has just been released. Several good stories are current there nmpnu George's old chums. Ono is that while serving as a federal soldier in Ten- tlicir'supe it afterward. Some years after the war this ollieer settled in Nashville and pur chased a palatial residence. George was often heard to curse himself roundly for giving his eliief ollicor the money with which to purchase this palace. While playing against faro in No. SO Infill street one night , George got into a badstrcak of luck and lost a largo roll. Ho jumped up , jerked the logolVono of the tables , and proceeded to demolish the furniture of the establishment. Ho was u perfect llerculcso , weighing 250 pounds , uiul no one interlered with him. .Many other stories are told by printers and sporta , who have a lively memory of "Old lick , " as they call him. While a young man Sims married an Indiana girl. JJuringtlio time time ho practiced law in Chicago , she practiced medicine as a female spiritualist. George served gallantly as a federal boldicr dur ing the war , being promoted for service in the Held to the rank of captain , ft is told on him that after the war ho lied his crippled arm up in a sling till it became still in that position , applied for and ob tained a pension. A Jtorlin woman lately attempted lo kill herself by drinking live ounces of kcrosono. She became unconscious , but was fully restored to health in three or four days. The Deiitsfho VVochcii'.olirift telh of a man who drank habitually an ordinary liquor glass of petroleum several times weekly without any disagreeable eoiiPcqnoneos. An rmlUnt Ktr"ltnit' ! > iiU of fiq iblto UMOFBow UMlpwtS * l f * * * f rfcujv f. i 4 14 A I t.wi * i 01 ' Tf J it fcri Lu * f f' IKkrrfMI jt.t louf gr * " c or tln.ai > t f f I'-t f rl " T H * J. , P4t ifUf 4LylHU It. fcltGfcUl fct J * * * ' " ' ' ci jwfYuWir/A' . r. .i J \rp--A * n-tlmor j untUu > u < 1'rc 1JV.uipii.Jura > ' Nfl Utl ' . voua il'lty. Ixwt Man. lii l , c.hn-lni { trlial In vn' aovcry know n n-inody "M'Jljroierodajunplewl Yirini.c lltlj.t.i ] IH | fcllownirerfr < AiIdnM J. U. lim L3. U CJutlun ttrcct. uw Vort Citr. HEN , You are ixllinf c4ajret trialoflhltli/daut of tue ute of lr.Dfo' Ci Icliraiixl Voltaic IU.lt.llli Mutrli hu. , pcnsory AM > llinr < i , for tbo upctsljrtllcf nnd per. inanentciuvut Arrau < JirMtllii. lunanf n/u'ifynnil 41tnhvo < 3. nud nil Llnilral trouhl a. Also for ninny bluerilbuuco. Completercstnratlunto IlialthVlcur , and Manluxxl ( niaruitU'ctl. f-o ri k IH lui urn-d. Illut- trat-i'l ji.ii , ihlit in r < il./Irftcl peinalli'"lfri'ol > yuV The Great Invention , For EASY WASHING , IN HARD OR SOFT , HOT OR COLD WATER irttliaut Jlann to P.tlUlIOorlTJJiDS , nnd pavllculmly adapted to ir I-MI Climates , No family , rich or poor , should bo wltliont It. Sold by all ( lroc rs , but l > ra ro of vllo 1ml Utlons. lliJLRT. XJi Is mai ifacturc ( only uy JAMES PYLE. NEW YORK : HAIR'S Asthma Gure. Till1 ! Invnlunhlo epocinc icndlly nnd pormn- nontly curi. nil kinds of Aotlunn. Tlio most nbbtlnnto nnd lonir slnndlntr cnsos yield prompt ly to ll < wonderful oiulns proportion. It li known throughout the Moild for Its innIvnloil ofllcncy. J. Ij. OAI.DVVnTJ , , cltv of Lincoln , Nob. , writes , Jnn. KIbSt : Since usliu ; Dr. Hnir'H Ai-tlunn Ctuc , for iiinio tlinn ono yonr , my wlfo tins boun I'litlruly well , niul not even sjmjitom of the dlsonso hn nniipinpil. WILLIAM IJKNN'ETT , lilohhmd , Town , writes , Kov.Iid , 18SI : I hnvo been ullllctud .with liny Fcrcr nnd Ahthmii slneo lb.V . I loltunid your dlioctlnim nnd nm hnppy to 'ny Hint I never elcpt bnttor In my lifo. I nm dad tlmt I nm uuiontr thu many wlio c.m sjienk EO favouibly of yonrtotncdlos. . . . Avnlunblonipaffo trcntl o ronlnlnlnjrBtmlliu Pioof fiom ov rv st ito In the U. 8. , Cunmln and On-lit nutnln. will bo mnllod upon npplloatlon Any diugglst not hnvluu It In stoclt will pro- cuio It Railway Time OMAHA. Tno following la the tltno of nrrtral and depart - part in oul1 tinlns by Control Stnndurd time ut the local depots. Tinlnsof the C. , St. 1' . , M. & O. nrrlvo nnd ilopiut from tholr dupot. corner or nth nnd Webster streets : trains on tlio JJ. & M. , C. , II. te 0. nnd K. C. , St. J. & C. II. from the 11. & M. depot : nil others from the Union 1'iiclllo depot. UHIDGK TRAINS. wnlenvo 1) ) . I' , ilopot at 0 : 3 H7a.'i : 8:00 8:10 : 8 MII 10:00-llt'0a. : ' ra. , 1:00 : ! : ) 1:50-11 : fl:001:00 : l:01-ZM-b'M-V-M : : 0:10 : 7:00 : 11:10 : p.m. Leave trnnifor for Oimihn n 7:18 : R 8:15-0:30 : : B9:4. : U 10'ii-IOi7 : : : 11:17 n. m. : lir : ! 2ll : ! - 4JtO-3:37-lJ : : : ; : 75:4 > - : . :57:207 : : :50- : llUp. : ( m. Arrival nnd donnttuio of tiiUns from the trnnsfor ilopot at Council lllun-s : HEl'AI'T. AltniVE. HEl'AI'T.CIUCACO CIUCACO 0I5A. : J . . . . Mull and H.\ptx--3 7:00 : l .M. 12:40 r.M . AccommodiitUm 4-.JO i > . jrJ Or-Mr. 3i , Uxpresss. U:13A.3t : ( ClIlOAdO & HOCK IS 0:13 : A.M 7:15 : A. M AccnmiiinUtitlon / > : ) ! . > - , 6 : U r. M . . .KMUOM . . . . :13Ac : uo , MII/M'AITICEE i BT. PAUI * . 0:10A.3i : ilull ami i\prosa. : . . . 7OQj'.Ji. : S:4J : l' . II Uvpit'sB 0:15. : .31 ciiiciAtio , utriu.iMmi.N , v QUINCV. d.MA. M . . . .Mull itnd Il.xpresa , OrtOr. ij.'lUr. Jt . . . Uiprc-cs : I54.1 vtiiAsm , ST. I.OUH fc pAcmo. 2l.rir. : M.Local.Ft. Louis Lxprcss 1-octil 3WJl' . M.TinnafurSt. IxJtiiH llv .Tnnmtfr.il :20 P. ' ICANSAH CITV. HT , JOB * COUMC1I. IIUDI'IH. 2T : > A. M Miiiliuul IUprub3 U:00 : v.ji Uxptusa . . . . CIS XnCITV & I'ARIllU. UXKA.M Sioux City Mall 7:00i-.v : d-JJII" . M Hf. I'1"1 Kxpioss 0 : : A. Dtpiirt. WKSTWAItU. AirlV. . A.M. I' . M. UNION I'AU I'lO. A.M. i . , . . . .I'ucltlo Kxpriju. . 7i10il 10:10n : Dciuor lixpinss 4lUu ; O. .V ItHl' . VALLUV. . .Mull nnd Kxpiutd. II. * M. IN NIIII. 6:10u : .Mail and Dopait. SOUTItWAUI ) . ArHi'o "A."M. I r. M. slfBsoi'Hi rACinc. A. Ji. U--MH .lav Kxpruea . . .Nlirht r. pross. , . . K.U..ST. J. & 0. II. 8:451 : > . . .Vni I'lnttsinoiilh , . Depart. jfOUTHWAUl ) . " Arrive. A. M. I r. M. I 0. hT. ! . . JI. & ( J. A. M. P.M. bM.i : ! . .bloux City Niprus-i. . Accoiniiiod'ii I0:00o : Impart. I'.ASTVVAItl ) . _ Arilvo " "A. M. i r. Ji. I _ . II & Q. I A.M. i % 2T V -M \ G.OO I .Via l'mttaiiiuutli. . . . | vxo r is HTOCIC YAltni ) TUAUIS Will leave U. V. dnpol. 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