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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , .JIT3STE 28 , 1886. LIGHT ON AN OLD DOCUMENT , The Eeport of the Insane Asylum Investi gating Cwnmittpc Resurrected , SOME FACTS USEFUL TO VOTERS Kctmnlficcnccs Which Will Guide In the Approaching Cnuvns * Capi tal Notes A Itnnk < liill Lin coln Clly Now * . [ rnmt Tin : IIKK'S r.txcoi.v nrnr AV. ] In looking through the papers and re ceipts of the "secretary of the senate that arc deposited with the secretary of state , or rather the fragmentary minority of such paper * that are deposited there , the report of the insane asylum investigating committeean almost forgotten document , was to bo seen hedged in between ap proved bills in sums ranging from two hundred anil fifty to three hundred dollars lars each , and which paid bills were for clerk biro during the session , in many instances - stances When not ten days' work was enir done for the state , and tor which labor such enormous prices wcro paid. 'I his report of the asy nm committee had a weary look abotit ft and a look most neglected. This report cost the state much money and the legislators much of their time , but never a document , public or private , has ever been moro effectually ignored anil its findings walked upon than has this investigating report re ceived from tlio governor ot the stale , who , ivf nearly two years , has set his one-man power over and above its re commendations and the public will that endorsed its findings at the lime. After a lapse of eighteen months this report is worth the reading again. Hero is what the legislative committee said about the Insane hospital and its management : Your committee submit that the testimony wauants the tollowiim findings to-wit : That theio Is not a systematic and careful examination of patients on their entering tin ) hospital by the superintendent or Ills us- blstant physician with a view to determining the extent and cuusu ol their maladies. That tlieio is nut a systematic and tlioioiigh mcdlcul ticatmunt ol that class known as curable u 1th a view to their speedy i ceo very. That there Is no such complete iccord of treatment of mtlents as to their mental niul > h\slcal condition , its will enable any one to ! udgo or know whether p.illonts aio hnprov- ux or not. The foregoing report was signed by every member of the committee , and a majority of tlio committee , live out of the eight , wont still further and said : We , as members of the committee , In view ot the findings heliovo that the inteiests of the Htato and the mitortunato insane demand a ctMlio ! ; In the ollico of supuiinteiident of the bald hospital. Parenthetically it might bo added at this time tnat the minority report in the matter , that undertook the job of white washing the superintendent and keeping him in power , was headed with tlio name of J. N. Paul. It will bo noted that this vigorous report of the committee has boon a nonentity since its adoption , and while the governor lias had well on toward two years to carry out legislative recommendations , instead of following it ho hiu > chosen an opposite courao and in trenched the present powers against the well known protests of the board of pub lic lands ami buildings. These are good things to remember and treed things for the voters to bear in mind when the time comes around when votes will count for or against tlio perpetuation of work of this character , and when a governor for the people can bo elected who will re verse tlio wretched course that is now in vogue regarding not only the insane hos pital but the state penitentiary as well. STATK HOUSE NOIT.3. Tlio Elkhprn Land and Town Lot com pany has amended its articles of incor poration , and on Saturday a copy was liled with the secretary of state for re cord. The aiticlcs wore amended by the company at a meeting hold at tlio head quarters of the Fremont. Elkhorn & Mis souri Valley railroad iu Fremont the 20th of the last month. Major N. G. Franklin , of the secretary of state's office , is enjoying a visit from his cousin , George. W. Gregg , of Circle- ville , Ohio. Mr. Gregg Is a gentleman prominent in republican circles in his state , and related many interesting facts concerning politics in his state , and ho regards the political skies full of promise for republican success there the present year. year.Messrs. . Roggen , Scott and Willard , from the board of public lands and build ings , have returned from a visit of inspec tion at the now insane hospital at Nor folk , anil Mr. Scott is now at Kearney inspecting the reform school there and enjoying a Sabbath day's rest with his neighbors and friends at homo. The state auditor has issued his certifi cate certifying to the fact that the Agri cultural Insurance company of Water- town , N. Y. , has compiled with the state iiisuranco laws and is authorized to trans act the business of lire insurance in this state for the coining year. The local office of this company is located in this city. city.Tho baknr at the insane hospital com plains to the Br.K that ho is doing thir teen hours work each day ahd that his labor involves the baking lor the 500 in mates there , for which ho has boon re ceiving $50 per month , and when ho asked lor $05 it was refused him , The lack of harmony at the hospital docs not ficeui to bo confined to the superintend ent and board of publio lands and build ings. ings.The insane patient who made his es cape a week ago was recovered Satur day about five miles from the institution , whom he had boon hiding in the brush for the wuok past. A HANK JAII , . The city jail is kept well filled those dayn , twenty-two filling the roster of membership anil the number who passed Sunday in the city bantHo. Parties who have occasion to visit the ollico of the police captain adjoining the corridor to the jail , if not devoid of the sense of smell , do not fail to note the rankness of the place , and the policemen themselves make vigorous complaints on account of it. and occupy tlmir room as little as pos sible. There seems to b'j too much laxity in sanitary mutters on the part of the city jailor , and the proper authorities ought to take fctops in the matter at once and BOO to it that a vigorous reform in this matter is at once inaugurated. To a oiti- 7.011 who is called up to answer the charge of failure to abate a filthy alloy , and who passes up to pollco court within breath ing distance of the jail , there dawns in his mind the idea of n great moon- hlstnncy , and while outside tilth "smells to hoaven" it has some room and air to do it in , while on the other hand the abominable smols | from the prisoners' quarters in jail are all tlio moro powerful iu their ago and close confinement. A LOST GONTIIACT , F. S. Potviu , of this city , a contractor well known in this bcctlon , was an active bidder for the construction of the now government building at Nebraska City niul was the lowest bidder for the work by over three thousand dollars. When , therefore , ho received a telegram from Supervising Architect Doll at Washing * ton that tlio contract was lot to a No- bi'ptikti City man ho found it poor con- dotation for time and money expended , nnd Mr. Potviu states that the reason sslgnod for the rejection of his bid was tujho fca.mplo of htouo did not conio up roaleuiti.atjou , jn conversation with f ? * " . " 'J'J"1 ' further st.atcd that the i an , , curmshwl Uy himself was the same as the stone used In tlift Lincoln public building , nnd was also alike and from the same quarry as the sample fur nished by the patty to whom the contract was awarded , Mr. Hotvin , therefore , cannot sec in the reason assigned for the i ejection of his bid any sound argument in the stone question , and would like a bettor reason. Those who know Mr. Pot- vin do not need the statement that any question that could bo made against his reliability would bo met by endorsements of htm as a competent mid faithful con tractor from people in Lincoln. ALL rOK 1IOX11S. The ewcr bond election on the 20th pas ed off quietly and without excite ment of any kind. In fact , there was not talk enough about it either for or against to have Informed an outsider that an election of any kind was in progress. The day was it rainy onn nnd not until ! ) p. m. was the voting at all active , and the summary shows the inattention the mass of people exhibited in the matter. The vote by wards for and firainst was as fol lows : I'Mrst Ward For bonds , 231 ; against , 8. .SecondVimlror bonds , 'iii ; against , 3. Third \Vaid-For bonds , : ! " > ; nupiM , 6. Font 111 Wind For bonds , 301 ; acalnst , 0. Total For bonds , 1.1MI ; against , -3. MINOU MAI rnus. The Nebraska clam bakers have boon in session up at Slowgo island at Milford the last two days and n large delegation from Lincoln wore in altoiulanco , as well as parties from Crete , Seward , Omaha , nnd other points. The Weather up to yesterday has been of a decidedly clammy nature for the bakers , but it is under stood that llio delegation left hero pre pared for emergencies in cuso of getting wet and snakes. A clam that escaped during the height of the theatrical amuse ments opened its shell and imparted the information that the night before at the time the town graveyard was yawning that the entire session sis holding court with Judge Parsons on the judicial stump and the president of the association on trial for impeachment , charged with steal ing in under the commissary tent instead of gaining admission by the purchase ot a pass at the ticket wagon. Marshal Hoach had at great por-u > nal sacrifice made the arrest and Mr Stearns was giving the case a rheumatic prosecution. A special train went up from this point yesterday evening and brought in the excursionists. baturday Stewart Gillispie , who had boon on a protracted spree , was called into police court on a minor charge , nnd ho immediately expressed a willingness to go to jail for thirty day ; in fact lie was anxious to have a resting place for a season. A mitinms was made out nnd given him and he proceeded to jail with out escort , and where ho surprised the people in charge by handing in his com mitment. It was a scene of rare occur rence where a man goes to jail by himself and presents his own credentials. Police court remained open until 8 o'clock Saturday evening , with Justice Cochran judge pro tempore through the day. Eighteen cases were handled , and some unfortunates who were incar cerated early in the day and had money to pay out with escaped a Sunday in the refrigerator by the long session ot court. A young man of foreign accent who works in n shoe shop in the city became intoxicated to such an extent Saturday that ho became transformed from a lowly workman to the proprietor and manager , and his first act was to clean out the shop , old proprietor and all. When the police arrived and took him in charge ho was right at the point of success in his under takings. Lansing & Hall have just lot the con tract fora fine three story brick block on O street between Twelfth and Thirteenth. The building0 will bo seventy-live feet deoj ) and will cost some twenty thousand dollars. How this city is reaching out has been again illustrated by the platting of a fifty aero tract northeast of the cor poration , and which lias boon given tlio name of Hillsdalo. A. E. Touzalin is the owner of the valuable property in Ques tion. tion.District District Attorney Strodes was called up fromPlattsmouth for action in a case that promises some developments of an inter esting nature by the time district court days roll around again. The annual Univorsalist state confer ence of this state has boon in session at the Univcrsalist church in this place the past two days , the Sunday services being full of interest , including a sermon by Dr. Cantwoll , of Chicago , .Major Franklin , who attended the in stitution of the Kansas Commandery Loyal Legion of the United States , ex presses himself as delighted with the trip , and the success of the now jommaudery is assured in the one fact that they num ber in membership at their very com mencement nearly as many as are en rolled upon the list of the Nebraska or ganization. What some of the citizens of the Fir.st ward took to Do a meteor proves to have boon a bomb in the shape of IJornard Dohin's candidacy for the legislature , and the question to bo evolved is , whether it will burst or is sunken too deeply in the ground for resurrection. Three prisoners were looked up in the city jail yesterday and they await the coming of the police judge from the clam bake to give them trial to-day. The summer musical event , the rendi tion of 'Creation" by the Lincoln oratorio torio society , is the entertainment for this evening at the opera house , nnd the patronage of Lincoln people will bo ex cellent. Tuesday evening the children's play of "Gulliver" takes place at the opera house , the proceeds above expenses to go to the Homo for the Friendless. The little - tlo people who have DOCII aggressively at work soiling tickets have succeeded in selling a sulllcloiit number to completely fill the house. JIOTF.L AltKIVALS. J. M. Heams. Firth ; /.S. Luso , Wilbur ; M.Soaton , Omaha. noiiton'Hlliilr ( Jrowor All who are HALO , all who are Decomlns BALI ) , all who do not \\ant to ho luld , all who are troubled with DAXDHUKF , or ll'OIUNU of the scalp ; should use DOIHOH'H llidrliiowor. KIOIITV PKU OKNT of those using it have grown hair. It never falls to stop the hair trom tailing. Through slekrioss and tovors the hair sometimes tiills otf in a short time , and although the person may have remained bald for years , If you nso lien- ton's Hair Grower according to directions you are sure of n growth of hair. In hun dreds of cases wo have produced a peed growth of Hair on those who have boon bald and glazed for years wo have fully bubstan- tiated the iollowtng fuels ; Wo grow Hair In 80 cases out of 100 , no matter how long bald. Unlike other preparations , it contains no sugar of lead , or vegetable or mineral poisons. It Is a specific for falling hair , dandruff , and itdilng of tliu scalp. The Hair < iro\vor is a hair food , and Its om position is almost exactly like the oil which supplies the hair with Its vitality. DOU1UJJ AND THIPLK STHENdTU. When the skin Isery touch and Hard , and tlio folllce Is nppaiently eilectually closed , the shifflu strength will sometimes tall to reach tno papilla ; In such cases the double or triple strength should bo used In connection wlih the single , using them alternately. Price , single stiongth , Sl,00 ; double strength , $3.00 ; triple strength , S3.00. if your druggists have not got It wo will sund It prepared on receipt of price. HUSTON IIA.IU ( WOWKR CO. , Cleveland , O. Sold by C. K. Goodman and Kuhn As Co. 13th uiHl Douglas , 18th mid CumlngJ Killed Uy tlio Carts. LAFAYETTE , Ind. , Juno 27. Alexander Mueller , . au old ana prominent farmer , and his wife , while riding to this city on u wagon load ofeoru , wore struck 'by K north-bound pusenuer train on the Louisville. .New Al bany & Chicago railway and both instantly killed. HOW BIG FORTUNES ARE MADE The Oentral Pacific Railroad as a Founda tion of Wealth. MEN OF MANY MILLIONS. Iluntlngton , Crocker , August Ucl * niont , Austin Corblii ami Hubert Homier. Now York Correspondence of the Pnil- ailulphia Times : ( J. P. llmitington , a native of Connecticut , I believe1 , went to Ctilifornlu , in the early days , but did not try to got rich by inininu. Ho was too shrewd for that , Ho dabbled in gold dust for a while , but soon set up a hard ware establishment in Sacramento and adhered clo'oly to business until ho had u large and lucrative trade. At that time ho would never have dreamed of a fortune of more than $1,000,000 , , which ho would liavo thought stillieient for any man , even for himself. When congress , however , decided in 180'J to build the Paeillo Railroad Huntlngton , with several other enterprising Californians , look the contract for constructing the Central Pacific from ban trancisco to Ugdon , seeing the amount of money ho might make thereby. CENTUM. I'ACIKIU 11U.NTINOTOX. That was the bcgunlng : of Ins great wealth , and ever since ho has been rap idly increasing his store. Ho probably made several millions by the Central Pa cific contract ; but ttiat merely whetted his llnunci'il nppulite. A man may bo satisfied with a lew hundred thousand dollars , but when he has gained a million there is usually no limit to his detfires. Ho covuts the whole world , llttntington now controls lines on lines of railioads and is reaching out for more. Tho.y are called the Huntlngton system and are as well known as the systems of Jay Gould and the Vandorbilts. Ik'twoon the three is a continual struggletor predominance ; for they are all ambitious , more of power than of money , lluiitiimlon , unhappily for his further acquisition , is sixty-live , ami , though recently married n second time , hasliad no children , He has an adopted daughter , young , pretty and clover , to whom , in all probability , the bulk of this vast estate reckoned at $ ' .25,000.000 to $10,000,000 will , in duo time , descend. Ho may have twelve or fifteen years of work in him yet , for ho is of strong constitution , excellent health , simple habits , and takes tlio best care of himself. Ho is considered rather hard generally , but they who know him inti mately say that ho has a soft side to his heart. Wholly self-made , ho owns few jnnor resources and cares little for the ordinary pleasures of life. He is best satisliett , doubtless , when engaged in big opera tions and he gauges his happiness by the size of his income. He has ono of the best financial brains in the city or coun try , and. if ho were twenty years younger ho might bo the richest of Americans. It may irk him sometimes to remember Gould's ago and that Cornelius ami Wil liam K. Vanderbilt are loss , respectively , than forty and thirty-seven. Such men are apt to crave heirs who can bear their 11:11110 find continue their monetary glories. But Huntingtion rovcals no symptoms of discontent of any sort. His tall , brawny , heavy figure is familiar in Wall street. His manners arc pleasant , though rather blull' , and ho shows no purse-vanitv , however much ho may possess. Like so many ricli Californians , no prefers Now York to San Francisco and has made his homo hero for years. ciiAUMis citocicnn. Charles Crocker , another man who got his first start from his contract for build ing the Central Pacific railroad , has conic hero to live. Ho has boon much asso ciated with Huntington and is still , though considerably younger and of less financial ability. Ho is reputed to bo worth from ton to twelve million dollars and is plain , sensible , kind-hearted , with marked practical ability. He , too , was an easterner , who hail become a mer chant on the Pacific slope and had strug gled up from nothing to pecuniary inde pendence , when the railroad contract opened the way to great wealth. Some years after his sudden prosperity ho was in Europe with his wife , to whom ho was devoted and with whom ho desired - sired to share all the financial advantages ot his nowly-acquircd position. Ho w.inted to get her everything that money would buy and in his generosity pur chased such splendid diamonds for her that she was in constant dread of being robbed whenever she wore them. At last she became so nervous about thorn that she refused to put thorn on at all and had them carefully locked up in a bank vault. For months they wore a source of terrible anxiety , but finally growing accustomed to their possession they ceased to trouble her 1 have hoard of her marKcd per sonal impr jvonumt at that time. She put herself in the handa of Parisian "artists" and they transformed her into u now be ing by developing nature in her good in- touts but inadequate , pcrlormances. Her husband , however , loll Paris very much as ho had entered it , except that ho was delighted with the change in his wife. This shows what money will do for wo men , who scorn , at least in this country , to need only leisure and means to takoon the higher icsthctic. forms. AUGUST UKLMOJJT. August ISchnont , ono of the great bankers who counts his fortune by the millions , is said to have had an humble origin. His lather German and his mother French , ho early displayed unus ual capacity , so that his parents , though possessed of slender income , made u special effort to give him a good educa tion. Ho exhibited romurkaulo financial talents and before ho was twenty they succeeded in placing him in a subordin ate position with the Paris linusn of the Kothschilds. They rccogiii/ed his parts and rapidly advanced him , and finally sent him as their agent to the United States. That was more than forty yoara ago. Ho fully justified them in their faith who , ere long , was a banker on his own account. Ho profited by the oppor tunities ho found fioro to make money and gained access to what was regarded as tlio best society. Ho married the daughter of Cominodoro Matthew 1C , Perry , ( not Oliver Hazard Perry , his brother , as has boon often reported.who ) , in 1853 , commanded the Japan expedi tion , which resulted in her opening her ports to this country. The union with a distinguished and historic family was of much benefit to him and ho has over since occupied the highest social posi tion. tion.As As a banker , his credit has always Dcon of tlio best. Ho does a very conservative but lucrative business and is a complete American in feeling and sympathy , hav ing boon since his naturalization a dem ocrat , and having long been the chair man of the democratic national commit tee. His entertainments at his sumptuous homo in Fifth avenue arq among the most elegant and luxurious in the whole town , as ho is an epicure and an excellent critic of winos , which liu specially im ports. Ho speaks several languages , though ho has not yet learned to use Knglish without a palpable accent. Ho is a good judge of pictures and horses , having a fine gallery and a choice stable , and enjoying the good things of life , His reputation is that of an irascible , though warm-hearted man , Having so long had his own way , ho is imputiont of delay or contradiction , and the story is that ho can swear iluently in several for eign tongues , not to speak of his profane proficiency iu Kuglbh. Ho is a surero disciplinarian dhd' bvcrrtlitnc about his house is rcportcdjtd movo.like elock-'work , which may be < A\o reason Hint Ins dinner parties arc exceptionally pleasant. August Ik'lmout i3 not by any moans handsome. Hois rnlhor underincdittni s'r/o , his features irregular , his look tin- amHblo anil dominant , nnd his gait somewhat lame , the effect of an early duel about a New Vork woman. Hut ho has millions and understands the sehemo of money-making , which , in this ngo , mollifies many physical and mental de fects. At'STiN countx , Austin Cot-bin is a native banker who has tlio credit of being very rich. Ho is also concerned with railways , particu larly those of Lotig Island , which ho con trols , with various land operations Ho began by lending money on farm mort gages at Davenjmrt , la. , lirst in u small way. increasing his loans with his income until he had created u largo business. Indeed , It grew so upon his hands that ho determined to remove to this city in order to continue it and extend it to its full capacity llo has been banking hero some ten years , still Icndmir money on farms , thus bringing eastern capital und western energy into co-operation with mutual advantage. You may remember that bo was tlio pioneer in the civilization of the eastern end of Coney Island , nil of which hail long been abanoned to sharpers , prize lighters nnd the disreputable class gen erally. .After building the Manhattan Itanch hotel and the railroad to it. bo found that to secure the latter against rivals he needed to own the bit ot roatl between Atlantic avenue and I'latbush. lie tried to buy it , but in doing so ho was gradually Jed into the purchase , with his assistants , of tltc entire Long Island sys tem. That in turn put him in the way of buying land all over tlio island , and this has steadily been going on over since. nuYiNci ur Tin : LAND. Tlio indigenous inhabitants of that belt of sand are particularly anti-progressive , even to stagnation. They are as little influenced by tlio spirit of the great city as if it were a thousand miles distant. They are content with the little they have ; they wanllio more , tit least if exertion bo required to'gct it. Provided they can extract - tract the most ordinary livelihood from their two or three acres , they are satis fied. Such a population , it is needless to say , docs not help the soil on which it lives. It occurred to Cortrin if lie eould introduce a dill'uront order of people , en ergetic , imitistriotts. enterprising , in their stead , he would materially enhance the interests of the railroad aim Ins own. llo and the capitalists associated with him have for several years been occupied in this commendable scheme. They have bought out hundreds of Miiall landown ers and are daily buying out moro and filling their places with new and vigorous blood. It is believed that Long Island , which has long been the kitchen garden ot Now York , will in the next ten years have double or treble tlio value it has now in consequence of its increased pro ductiveness , and Austin Corbin will bo immensely benefited thereby. This spe cial source of profit has como to him al most by accident , or , properly , by a series of circumstances ) which gradually dawned upon him. Men often find their greatest good \yhattlioyleasboxpopt. . The path to .foit'unc frequently lies through obscurity ' uouuur noNNcn. Robert liqnudris"renortndto bean ex ample of this. ( Computed to have an es tate valued at $5,030,000 to $7,000,000 , he was , thirty-five 'oars agoworth nothing. A Scotch-Irishman , born at Londonderry lie was but fifteen when he emigrated and was soon setting typo ho had par tially learned printing at home in the otlico of the Hartford Courant. There ho completed his education and became onu of the most rapid and correct composit ors in the town ! ; Ho had the elements of pecuniary success" } being strong , hearty prudent , ambitions and resolute. At twenty lie came hero as to a more prom ising field , entered the ollico of the Evening Mirror , as proof-reader , and by his industry and perseverance got on so wnll that after a low years ho had gath ered together a snug little sum of money , which with the thritt of his race , ho was looking about for an opportunity to put to the best possible use , The opportun ity came unexpectedly , though ho know not when it came. Ho had by this time bought a printing ollico , and in it was printed a weekly entitled the Merchants' Ledger. Ho made by the job about $25 a week , with which ho was satisfied in that day of small things. The owner of the paper , having invented a press which ho believed woulc supplant Hoe's * wanted to sell it and devote himself exclusively to his invention. IJonner was afraid that in soiling the weoklj some otlo would buy it who would take the printing out of his hands. Ho dd | not like the idea of losing his prolit and to prevent this de termined to purchase tlio publication himself. 1VOIUC1NQ UP A I1US1NESS. As soon as lie had obtained possession of the property he set about trying to im prove itwhich was by no moans diflictilt. The first thing he- did was to drop the Merchants' part i > f the title ; next to leave out some of the old commercial tables and substitute for' them miscellaneous reading matter. Thus , freshened , its cir culation began to grow and in a few months he discovered that with very little expense he hud added materially to his incomo. Every change ho made had the same desirable cfl'ect. His beat course was , therefore , plain enough ; it was nov elty his readers ibsired , and ho was re solved they should have it. The second year after taking the ledger ho engaged Mrs. Lydia II. Sigourney , then at the nemo of her popularity , to contribute stories and verses to its cqli inns , and she continued to bo an exclusive contributor until her death , twenty-two years later. The next person | io secured was Fanny Fern , who had win a wide reputation by her unconventional , slapdash articles , paying for a story by her $100 a column. This attracted conoral attention im.l turned the tide it ) favor of the Lodger. It had , when he purchased it , barely 3,000 circulation , ami vithin live years ho ran it up to iuj.00 ( > . When Homier felt assured of MICCCSI ho used for some time to go to the kink every Saturday and deposit a clear $1,000 the profits of the paper and thatjiva > probumy ono of the happiest periods of , his lifo. He made several rcmarklibjo Innovations in journalism , onokif which was to refuse all advertisements , on which most journals depend ifor their principal prolit , and another tq advertise in so lavish a a manner as to bo without precedent. He was the fathl-r of grandly displayed , munificent lulvuUlsemonU , having paid as much as ! { v > ,000' in one week and $150,000 in a single year. A t-oiiTUiR ) yuosi STOitir-s , Homier has imdiiall his moneydirect ly or indirectly , out of tno Ledger , which is now nearly tvonty-livo years old. Ho was the fonndnr pf the modern story paper , though many'such have since ap peared , copying his ideas and methods. In those days ho is now sixty-two ho takes things leisurely , apparently enjoying - ing trotting holies , of which he lias the finest stable in America , more than any thing el&o. He Las obtained f good deal of gratuitous advertislnc through them ; ho is ono of the shrewdest men , leaving no stone unturned to benefit himself and extend his reputation. Ho has all the traits in extreme of the stock from which ho sprang. He has boon moro generous to writers than any other publisher , his generosity also noting as an advertise ment. It is his custom to engage writers of stories exclusively for the Lodger at $5,010 a year , which is far higher com pensation than , they could gut anywhere else. Ho has given extravagant prices to many noted men and wonion ; but hone no longer needs their names or aiticles. The paper now takes care of itself , and its proprietor understands his public and the period. NECASB. UPSET BY IDE RECEPTION ? How President Olovelan 's'Wifo Paralyzed the Staid Old Congressmen. STATELY SENATORS MASHED , And All Huslness Temporarily Sus pended to DIsotiRs the Henntlful IJrldc Tlio Undress Dress of ( lie tmdica. Tnlcen With Her Clinrms. WASHINGTON , I ) . C. , June 211 [ Corro spondeneo of the IHt : : ] Congress has re sumed business nt the old stand again , and if we eun postpone state weddings and wedding receptions and other like occasions , and keep the emotional tide at low ebb till frost comes-politicians are delicately constructed and very susccpta- bio possibly a little public business maybe bo transacted and an adjournment reached between the first of August and the time to gather chestnuts. 1 don't sco why the country at largo need to sot up such a howling over congress not ad journing. Washington wouldn't bo Washington without that blessed band of brothers ; wo love to have them with us , they keen us from being lonely rainy days and make the streets lively dark nights. Hut it was real unfeeling in Senator Allison to got right up in that public senate and scold tit the house for not attending to its business , nnd last week of all times , too , when every fol low was a little upset. Senator Allison is a pretty evenly balanced' man and not easily thrown oil'his base , speaking artis tically , but from all I hear of Ins being dressed fit to kill , carrying in his two hands a crushed not strawberry but black opera hat , pressed close to his clean , shining white shirt bosom , ho , too , must have felt that hu man nature can't stand everything and thrive , and that it was "just tlio darned luck of that man of destiny to win such a beautiful wife. " Senator Allison well knows that AM. IS KAIU IN 1'OI.ITICS AND \VAIt. It would bo n noble deed of Christian charity for tlio Y. M. C , A. , or some other fellow , to send a pocket edition of the bible to each member of the senate anil house not forirettingJolm Sherman and 'Tig Iron Kelly" with a loaf turned down to the chapter which contains the verse about not coveting your neighbor' * wife. Such an envious lot of fellows as wore huddled together , and each one try ing to be first and last in the blue room on the night of the state weeding recep tion , it would bo dillicult to find. The ladies , being naturally moro religious , did not wear a look of envy and all unright eousness on their lovely beaming counte nances when they hurriedly passed the happy bridegroom president by in a rush to got a look at the brido. That's what everyone went for , to get a look at the bride , and none moro curious than our digniiicd nickled-platcd statesman. They wore all delighted beyond the power of speech as the blushing bride smiled upon them and said something pleasant about being glad to sco them. She did not shake hands with the gentlemen , so tlio old sinners didn't got : i chance to give her delicate mitt-covered hands - a ten der pressure. This Jis an artj this under pressure business , peculiar to statesmen. The old man looked out of the corners of his eyes occasionally just to sec how things we.ro going. You sec ho was kept pretty busy at his end of the line , but ho appeared well pleased with all the admiration his fair young wife was getting , and 1 kinder sorter think ho was hastily footing up in his mind's eye how many republican votes she would carry at the next presidential election. If that election should como off tomorrow row Mrs. Cleveland would carry it by a largo majority. CONGItESS TO A MAN would vote for her , the husband being thrown in as a necessity to help fill up the cracks and veto pension bills. It was touching nay , beautifully pathetic to hear the general conversation around the lobbies and in the cloak rooms the day after that reception ; with ono com mon consent business was suspended by a hair's breadth on the oleomargarine bill , just to give the members a chance to recover themselves and express their admiration. Even "Pig Iron Kelly" this is a fond pet name giyon that dis tinguished member of the house from Pennsylvania , some yoarssinec.no doubt on the account of a peculiar smithv an vil ring his voice has while speaking- Kelly prides himself on his voice , and a good deal of a voice in tlio house ho has. too. lint just think of that old iron-clad being so enthusiastic over the beautiful bride as to wish it wore himself instead of Grover ( I bolioye Mrs. Kelly is not in town ) . Wo never would have thought that of Mr. Kelly ; no , in- deedyl But , then , no ono over knows what will happen hero in Washington. Senator Van \Vyck may bo heard from next. I bcliovo , though , that Senator and Mrs. Van Wyck wore not at the recep tion. Mrs. Van Wyck is still in retirement - mont on account of the death of her sis- tor. IJut I hoar of tlio dainty , elegant SenatorManderson bcmgon the list and "favorablyimpressed. " Mrs. Manderson was close by to steady his norvos. And Mrs. Mandcrson is a lino-looking lady , who was dressed elegantly. Most of the ladies present tried to look like brides. Some of them had fco little on above the pit of the stomach they might have boon taken for artists' models. While Mrs. Mandorson's black dross was docollotto , she had a delusion of black lace to take the curse oil' . 1 hoar much comment on the undressed condi ion of Muss Moigs , daughter of General Moigs , whoso mar riage to Archibald Forbes , the celebrated war correspondent , was ono of the social events of last week. Her dress was so low at the top and so high at the bottom opera glasses wcro used to find out if she really was dressed at all. Of course , she felt ambitious to plaaso the gentlemen ( women never appear in society unclad to please their own sex ) and bo ga/.ed at. She certainly was ga/.od 'at as rudely as she deserved , and judging by the un favorable comments and low jokes nmdo , the gentlemen -.vcro not well pleased. Mrs. Cleveland being a lady of good frugal training , has two waists to her wedding dross , q did not wear the ono fiho was married in , having put it away in camphor to loan to some fama-thir.sly artist to paint her picture lifty years hence , but worn the other waist made pointed bahind and before and sleeve less , jiiit enough low nock to fehow oil' the diamond necklace her husband gave her for a bridal present , and not shock the " 'Oatlcr Joo" crowd. Her arms were nearly covered with white lace mitts , and shu looked .altogether lovely. 1 havii a fancy that the old man won't let his darling run any daks of pneumo nia and nervous shocks , AJIONG THK MOST KNTUUSIASTIC admirers of the first lady of the land is John A , Logan. Yes , h is , and ho has a most mngnilicent wife 01 his own. His praises ot the grace , elegance and ac complishment of the young mistress of the white house was eloquent as he sat in the cloak room of the senate and smoked his cigar. It was safer to talk his ad miration pf a pretty woman here thtm by his own tiresido. .Sometimes it is. Now wo have always thought of John as a man perfectly blind and deaf to the beauty and wiles of any other woman but the queen of his heart and home. Ho has. been t > o unlike his fellow sena tors in this respect. Ol courao 1 would not have you think that John A. Logan ID not gallant and Polite to ladies. I know better mysOlf , but ho so seldom glances into the ladles' gallery - lory , ami never has a button hole rose bud or llowors on his desk when Mrs. Logan is not at home , and doesn't look spoony and moony nt times , wo had come to think him unconscious of the beauty of any woman. IJut , alas ! ho , too. Is "dead gone. " and has that plotting nnd planning look , familiar to candidates , how he can manage to run on the same ticket and keep pence in the family. Stranger tilings have happened. John thinks that Grover is the luckiest man on earth , llo thought so a year ago last November nothing but sheer luekl Ami now to win such a peerless bride makes his luek phenomenal. Well , Grover Cleveland is a lucky dog , ami no mistake. 1 tell you the ohflion rubbed his sleepy eyes last Friday night AT TIM : runup iinn-moN when nil the world and a few others tried to get a look at the brido. Such a recep tion as that was never hold at the wluto house. From 7 o'clock till midnight there was a line several teet deep reach ing from the treasury building , on Fif teenth street , to 'the war department building , waiting to get in , of all colors , sorts and kinds. The president g.ivo out that ho would see them all if it took till midnight , and he did. Hut ho showed his temper , which can bo not the most placid , when ho discovered that there wore repeaters , homo of thorn throe times going through just to get n square look at the happy maiden , she who gave her self for a crown , llo collared ono fellow and thrust him along , saying , " 1 don't want to see you hero again to-night" With such n rush , of cour.so everybody Ji'id to bo put through so swiftly it was impossible to toll what the bride did look like. This time she shook hands with nil just to please , you Know. Think of that young girl slukmg hands with the five thousand of the great unwashed public I it is glor ious to bo tin American citizen after all. Who knows but what UIOMI live thousand shakes may turn into no many votes in the long run. Mrs. Cleveland seems equal to tho'hituation , and comes up smil ing every time. A now broom sweeps clean ! CON. N. H. Since writing the above 1 hoar the president vetoed the bill appropriat ing money for public buildings in Sioux City , Iowa , and Xeiiia. Ohio , just to have his rovcngo upon Willie Allison and Johnnie Sherman for smiling too fre quently upon his bride the other night. TinV\locfl ( : in tlio Missouri. St. Paul Glebe : "I was up the Missouri river on a trip not Jong ago , " said a tour ist , "and I learned moro about that river than could bo gleaned from studying geographies or the reports of the river commission from now till dooms-day. To bcjrin with , It's so swift that it keeps washing out its sides , which changes its channel from year to year and mokes it muddy and dirty , the water going so fast that it has no time to allow the sediment to settlo. "This swift currant makes it dangerous for the steamboats to run down-stream at night , so they tic up every night and start out bright and early in the morning. Going up-stream , it don't make so much difference , and boats keep running night and day. "Years ago so long that I hate to admit it 1 wont up tlio 'I5ig Muddy1 on one of the old-time frontier steamers. It was along during tlio Indian troubles , and Indians had a habit of shooting arrows at tlio pilot , and &omotimees they hitDhim , too. So boats , to guard against tins had great big nieces of uoilor iron on each side and to the rear of the pilot house. Uut this did not pro tect the boat from a herd of buffaloes that crossed the river up above Fort lienton. "There wcro thousands and thousands of the buffaloes in the herd and it took thorn four or five hours to cross the river , but they crossed it. AVe saw them as wo steamed around the bend , and they kept on coming as wo approached nearer. Finally the boat was stopped stopped by the buffaloes , and wo waited until the herd passed over. " Keep Quiet I And take Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera mid Diarrluea Remedy. It cures pain in the stomach almost instantly. Get a 25-cent bottle , take nothing else. You will need nothing else to euro the worst case of Diarrhcea. Cholera Morbns , or bowel complaint. This medicine is made for bowel complaint only and has been in constant use in the west tor nearly fif teen years. Its success has been un bounded and its name become a house hold word in thousands of homes. Try it. "Why Ho Wanted Him Sent Up. A jury composed of cloven business men and an old fellow from across the creek , says the Arkansaw Traveler , re tired to the jury room. The foreman , when selected , remarked that ho thought the prisoner ought to bo sent to the peni tentiary for five years. 1 That ain't long enough , " said the old follow , "lot's put him in tur tcu."u 'Oh , no , that won't do. " "Wall , then , " stretching himself out on a bench , "I'm with yor. " "What , are you going to hang the ' 'That's ' about it. " 'My dear sir , wo are anxious to got back to our business , " "Then send him up for ton. " "Bill that would bo a great Injustice. " "Then squat an' make yourselves com fortable. " "Havo you any special reason why the prisoner should go up for ton years ? " "Think I hayo , " throwing a quid of to bacco ut tlio spittoon , "Will you please name It ? " 'Yos , fur it wont take mo long. Ilq Is my son-in-law , an' I htiyoboonsiipportin' him ever binco ho was married. " Ho went up for ton years. Change of climate and wafer often affect the action ol the bowels. Ono or two Hrandroth's Pills taken every night are a perfect remedy in such cases , they also prevent malaria and are n protec tion against typhus fever , or diseases arising from bud Howorugo. It Didn't Work. Wall Street News : When the employes in an Indiana furniture factory , operated by a Gorman , struck for eight hours' work a day ho granted it , but when they wanted ton hours' pay for eight hours' work ho called them up and said : "My fruits , maypo I do ash yon like 1 haf an order from Sheirago for ton do/.cn shairs. I vhill sheep him eight do/.un mill bill him for ten. It ho doan' kick on mo it bhows mo dot dor rule works both vhays und wo , vhas all right. " It is needless to add that the Idea didn't work and that his men arc receiving eight hours' pay , JMIjRSS PlhHSi I'lltKS A. fliiro cure for Blind , Bleedln ; , Itchln and UlcuraUui I'il&s has been discovered by Dr.Villlaliis , ( mi Indian icinudy ) , called Ur Williams' Indian I'llo Ointment. A glii''lo box has cured the worst chronic eases ot or ; xj years btandiiiL' . No one need auifer tivo minutes after applying this wonderful booth Ing mudlcine. Lotions and instruments dn more harm than good. Williams' Indian 1'ilu Ointment ivb oibs the tumuis , allays the intense Itching , ( particularly ut night after petting warm in owl ) , acts as a poultice , iiv < a Instant relief , and Uprepaicd only for 1'ilo-i , itching of private parts , and for nothing eUa. SIC\N \ mrfKASIW CimiJD. lit. ir.ulmjs ? Jlairic Ointment euros as by nmi'ic , I'liuiilas , Black Heads or Urub * , Blotches and Eruptions on the face , leaving thosKin clear and beautiful. Abu cures Itch , Salt Kl'eum ' , Here Nipples , Sere Lips , and Old Obstinate Ulcers. bold by diuggis s , or mailed on receipt of Wceats. Itetalled by Kuhn & Co. . and Schroetttr * Conrad. At wholesale by C. F , Ciuoduuu. ' if fj MOST PERFECT MADF rrepnro.1 with * perfo1 rrcixrd toNe No Ammonia , I.lmo of Alum. PRICE BAKING POWDBR CO. . CHICAGO- ST. Unuia. A STANDARD MKIHCAL W01UI FORYOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED MEH ' 1'OSTPAID. ONTA' 81 1IY MAtU IMiUSTHATtVU S.VMl'LK FHI5E TO AH ttHQW . ItjhaniitiidVlt'illtT. Sflrroni nn't nu - - - I1rottmtnrfll > < " "llnon ( Mnn , 1Crrnr nf TinthanJ tnl tintold mtsorlo * roMiltlnc from Indiscretion iind ex * crtrei. A tiiHiK Mr " 'or' ninn , rnans. ml < l < ll - ( rat and olil. . it contiln * Uinrt flFr'i ' < l ! < > nt for MM unite atii rhronlodlrcnuoi. oiichm.o ot whlcli li Inraluabl * . 80 found tirtho nuthortthn'O * vni rlonc for M jo\r li mch m nrobihly norpr tinforofoll tnthe lot of any imyjlrlnii : 1 IVIKOI , linund hi bountiful Kronen inn * * .i. pmfoOMOdroTPM , fu'J'iIt.Bii'inintopd to t > aflnor workln ncryfOinnmpchnntcjil , lltorarr nndprjfa * . rlomiltlmniiny other work tn this cnuntr7forD.il orttio raoueywllt bnrflfuml In orory Insuiiice. 1'riMj nnlT U Df mull , po tpnlit. Illmtrntol narnpto , fllj , fonrtnow. ( lolilmoiUlnwitMol ttmnnthorbrtti ti . tlonnl Modlcnl A"oolntlnn. to the Hon. A. I1. lllMoll , nmlii"ui inin omcor at tin ) boint tlio rcuJcrUrv flThcrs"om. , ' orfT.Vfil worth morn tottt. rran , an1 mldcllp-nooilmon or tlili ROanrntloa than nil tlmuoid mine * nrcnlltornlnnnd tlio sllvormliiai of NoiMOa Tliu soirtHnn'of l.lfo points out tlio tookj nd aulctc * . .nmlnonw'iloh ' the Cintltiitlon nnd linoo * nt manf n loniiu iimn hive boon latally wrookod.-Maaolio tjr ' " l.lfolsof crontorvnluo thnnnllthl mrdlonl works puhiohod ti tills counlrr fortUaptit HI \ niM. AtUntn 0 iii > tltiillon "fhasolcnroof Llfoti numiorl ) nndmnterlrtro t. l o oirncrvous nnd iiliystcal debility. llotrolt Ifrej A'ddranitho 1'oxbo IT MaJloil Inslltato. or Dr Vf.tl. 1'nrkor.No.l llullilncn treot , lloiton , Mitii..who m r baoonaultoilon all dlsoaioi roiiulrlnzaklt laad orpurt. PIIOI- . Chronic anil ubsliliilo dlKOiioi that liavo bat tied thn skill of nil othurnujmtcmiij apOiiUltr. Huoa trontod Biiecttisfnlly wltiuul uu uititnoe of ftllucJ Mention Oiuiihn 11JU. 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