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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1887)
: T . . - - < rn .THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , AUGUST 1. 1887. K LOTS PimillB FROM TOR ! Are White Elepbanta on the Hands of Lin coln Dirt. Dealers. OUT INSIDE LOTS ARE STEADY. Hit 11(1 n Clmroli lu \ Week Two Ijlttlo Hoys Hun Away to 11 o Dinio Novel HcrocH. frnrm run nr.n's i.ixcor.x nunr.AU.1 'J'ho great real cstatu boom which roamed around in tlili vuunity last M > rlng has subsided. The fellows who bx'clit lots at luifre prices live miles from the city do not see as inucli lifjlit in the sky as they expected. Their soinl-nntuwl payments are coming due , fialus are slow , tho. banks don't care to loui : for Midi pur poses ami money is not easily obtained. As a consequence there may be some dif- lieulty in meeting payments. Large tracts of land platted into lots remain untakcn and thu huldertt ate as anxious for another "boom" as everybody is for rain. While this Is true of out&Ido prop erty it is not true of inside property nor of any within a loasonable distance ! , While the market is quiet prices are linn and whatever changes hands does so at excellent figures. iSusiness and desirable lusiilcncu property is hold tit still' prices , and during the week past H onls report considerable inquiry and the tone is bet ter. A tew inc. . ! rains and colder weather would make the market morn active. There is one feature of Lincoln's pros- .perity that is particularly gratifying. J'ho number of business houses and new residence * constructed in Ib37 may not tbe as ureat as in some previous years , bin the money expended will bo vastly more than ever uefore. The buildings nro much larger and more substantial. Tim business blocks are larger and unite metropolitan. None arc erected of less than three stories and some AS many ns six. The II. T. Clarke drug warehouse , is tip the iirst Btory and is of the most substantial char acter , with niiiMiivo .stone basement. Barnes Lcduitt is rapidly completing a Jurao pressed brick block on the corner of I. oiul and Eluvontli streets , while the Jlurr blonk , corner of Twelfth and O streets , the most pretentious structure in .Lincoln , is progressing Imoly. Sheldon & Stubblcficld have started a nice block on Klqventh and N , the corner to be oc cupied for banking purposes. The uuiu- ltr of really tine residences Hearing com pletion is far greater than over before. I1' rank Sheldon , J. 1) . McFarland and J. J. Uenhotl each have pressed brick resi dences costing from $ 0,000 to $35,000. To these should be added ft largo num ber of good frame buildings. i'eoilo do not put up cheap houses as formerly. ! New designs have been secured and the fitructures nro much more artistic. Holding so proves the substantial pros perity of the city as these improvements. It goes without saying now that Lincoln H rapidly becoming a city of line resi dences and is a desirable place to live. Wide streets and rows of shade trees , with excellent transportation facilities , all joining to make a pleasant city. lIKKAKs 'Illi : KlICOUD. A now church has been erected in Lin coln in the shortest possible time. For eovcral months the Congregational people ple have felt that a second church or- cani/ation ought lo bo started. The en terprise too shape at that ti mo , but the Various parties could not ngrtu on a lo cation and the matter foil through. Then the Methodists stepped in and started a church on Seventeenth and A streets , the place t-eleoUsd b'y some of the Uor.grcga- tioiiullsts. They pht their hands to the plow and turned back. When lov. ! Gregory , pastor of the Congrcgationalist church , learned this , he stepped to the front and last Saturday he. purchased the two lots so nicely located on A and Sev enteenth. At once he left Lincoln for Omaha , where ho preached labt Sunday , While Rev. Mtiilo , state missionary , lillod liis pulpit hero. After the morning ' ervleo Mr. Made asked the members of the cliuriih interested in the new enter prise to remain. After talking the mut ter over a few minutes a committee was appointed to have H temporary structure erected at once. Monday saw actual Svork , and to-day services were hold in tiie new church , a building 20x40 roofed Svlth tnr paper and bettor cortninly than U tent. It will answer until it can be de termined whether or not the church en terprise will bo u success. The tirst fitirvico was held , at 7 lust evening. The organization will in all probability bo known as the Second Congregational uhuroh of Lincoln. Hov. E. 11. Curtiro , luistor of the 1'rosbytorian church , is ab- punt on a long vacation , his health is not Very good. Ill'NAWAY ' HOYS. . Leo Howman , son of Dr. Howman. and n chum named Conklin , are daring young .follows. 'J hey are thirteen or fourteen years old and seem to have had access to fcheap novels. A week or so since they got permission to go to the country to work on a farm. It was expected that they would return in a day or two , but luoro than a week has passed and no , boys , A little examination discloses the ( act that 'they took with them all their jblothes and oilier effects , including some revolver * at hand , and tilled with tales of Indian life and cow boy experience , they liave possibly gone westward ready to join some ranoluunn , get homesick and tiwful tired , anil return to their mothers 'sadder but wiser boys. . SUUI'UISINU Jill. CIlUKUr. f ' Last night Mr. M. 15. Cheney ana his wife were treated to u most charming Burpribo by their nearest and most es teemed friends. It was the twejity-lifth iinnivorsiiry of their wedding dny and , ) they refused to disclose the date , but friends found it out and. by prcarrango- tucul , in ther absence took possession of kheir house and upon their return gave < hijni a most hearty wolcomu and sonic remembrances a little more Hubslanlial. U'wenty-livo .vcars ago Mr. Cheney en tered the service in defense of his coun- trv from New- York state as captain of 'Company ( i in the 151th New York vol- JMiuuero. Ho Raw the magniliccnt charge snado by Pickett at Gettysburg , where ho was severely wounded , and served with illstinction throughout the war. He liomesteaded a farm six miles northwest of Lincoln just after the state was ad mitted ; hi s been u member of the state Senate , rum is one of the oldest and most 'honored residents of Lancaster county. , UNION CI.UIJ OKKICKltS. Under the action of the club to extend the membership and reorganise into a Jrcgular city club , to bo composed of prominent < : itb.cns and business men , the ommit too on membership mot last even- ng and elected the following well iiown citizens : A. S. Raymond , A. J. Sawver , .1. 1) . Macfnrland. Albert Wat- fcins , U K. Yules , Frank M. Hall , F. L. gholdon , Thomas Ewuig , George II. ( Clark , Austin Humphrey. O. K. Oakley , fJ. M. Lambortson , C. 1. Hoggi , W. K , Htowart , A. 1) . Burr , E. A. Hargraves , J. fc. Utt , O. N. Humphrey , J. A. Uuckstatt1 , 'A. ( ! . Heeson , H. J. Coigrovo , L. O.Burr , K. C. Abbott , John W. McDonald , F. M. Woods , F. 1) . Hooves and F. W , Haldwin. ( Steps nro being taken to put the club Into new and commodious quarters , hav ing reading rooms , lunch rooms ; in fact Everything pertaining lo a tirst class club house. Tne commUloo on membership consists of H. II , Oukley , chairman , J teuttinant K. 8. Dudley , J. M. Hay- hiond. Dr. F. B. Hlghter. O. W. Webster , . O. Htllips , S. J. Alexander. IN Attorney HilltncsKjjywho is also city ' . fildiirnwn , has returned with his family 1ii sojourn in the mountains , while Thomas-Sqwell ; has just started for tho' ' mountains. , 'Sa'mD. Co.x , the journalist capitalist and latoedUor.ofthotitato.Deniocrat , ac companied by Attorney F. 1) . Reeves , has gone to KiuiBdH City. They doubtless hone lo add to their exchequer by the J J. ImhofT and family have returned from an extended tour In the east. I'rof. Hu ey has made an extended tour In Northwestern Nebraska , and de livered nn address at the Long Pine thautaiiqua. Ho Is amazed at the natural advantages and attractions of that now and , as he thinks , glorious county. Ho expressed great surprise at the number of largo trees , clear streams and really charming scenery. FIIJM ) AND PAIIM. 1'roitialng ! Only the licit. Chicago Times : A few years ago a gentleman In Wisconsin who was famil- : ir with the dairy business showed that ho farmers of one county lost about 500,000 in a single season by making iu- erior instead of very choice butter. He ; iado his showing by ascertaining how imny pounds of butter they mr.do , and lomparing the amount it Fold for with hat would have been realized font had t all been sold for GO cents per pound , diich was received for a few choice lots 11 ado by parties who kept Jersey cows , lad excellent facilities for keeping milk , i-cro expert butter-makers , and had city ustomers who were able and willing to iay fancy prices for a very superior arti- lo. A somewhat similar showing win nado about the same time in relation to he cheese made in ono county in New York. The reports of several market .owns were quoted to show that much of ho ohecso made during the season sold 'or 7 cents per pound , while some choice oroign clieeso had been sold for10 cuts , and some fall cream cheese , flu- ored with sago , had been disposed for 5 cents per pound. Occasionally a live stonk journal makes sensation showing us how much far- .iers lose by keeping inferior cattle. It gives the prices reali/ed for a car load of fancy beeves , all pure blooded or high grade animals , pastured on blue grass ind fattened on corn meal , and com- nircs them with the sums received for 'scrubs" kept on a range , ranch , or rairio farm that has never been im- . roved , and which have never had any grain to eat , Fruit-raisers otten refer to ho fact that some baskets of poaches will eadily sell for $2 , while others are ilif- icult to dispose of for fifty cents ; that : hoico spring lamb is often sold in our argo cities for fifty cents : v pound is cor- am. Extra line spring chickens ready or the broiling iron by the 1st of July , have also been sold for seventy-live cents ; > er pound. The late Dr. Hull , of Alton , sold Washington plumbs in tiiis market tor $1 per do/.cn. Ho sold s mo pears und apricots at the same price. Black 'lamburg grapes have been sold at $1 a loiind during the same season hat Concords found a slow sale at one-twentieth of that sum. Wo arc not justified , however , in draw- ng the conclusion that by raising the juality of all the articles produced on "arms such prices could bo realized for .hem. There are rich epicures that will . . > ay almost any price for vegetables pro duced far in advance of the season , for ruits of largo size and surpassing ex cellence , for meats tliat will "melt in the mouth , " for cream cheese and for fre li antler made in the winter from the milk of Jersey cows. The number of these persons , however , is very small. If all the productsot the farm and garden were "moroved in quality til they deaorved to link among delicacies the present prices for these articles could not bo realized. Jomparativofy few people can nfl'ord to iuy luxuries at the price they now com mand. If no butter and cheese could bo obtained for loss than 50 cents per pound most people would be compelled by stern neeesity to find substitutes for them. Tlio like \yould bo Iruo in relation to beef , amb , fruit , and vegetables of all kinds. It is likely that the demand for luxur- .cs , even at the prices now demanded tor them , will increase as wealth accumulates in the country. Hut it is nonsense to talk jibout selling all the products of the farm and garden at the prices a few very rich men can pay for what thov use on their tables. The quality of them may be raised to an ideal standard , but the pur chasers of them at fancy prices will be few. There will always bo purchasers of .strawberries at 50 cents per box , but the sales of this most delicious fruit are never very largo when the price is much above ono-liftn of that sum The like is true in relation to vegetables raised in hotbeds , grapes ripened under glass , and spring lamb and green peas in a condition to bo cooked in the month of May. The great mass of humanity , even in a propuroua country like this , must bo content with fruit of only a medium quality , and which can bo obtained at a corresponding price. If there were no "scrub" cattle in the country to furnish cheap meat , most of our people would be obliged to get along without it , as the inhabitants of many European countries do. Slimmer Diniuiilty With Poultry. American Agriculturalist : There js work to do during the summer which is often neglected because _ it is a busy sea son on the tarm. Kidding the fowls of lice should bo attended to. Even when there arc no signs of lice , they may bo busy at work on the fowls , making them drooping and mopish , while no amount of food will keep them in good condition. The lien , when somewhat fat , is not at tacked ' by lice whenever she can roach , fo'rshois provided witlan \ oil-sack at the base of the tail , from which she derives - rives oil , not only as a protection against lice , but to assist in cleaning her feathers. The largo lice therefore congregate on the heads and necks. If the hen is poor in flesh HID lice may bo found on all parts of the body. The bes.t remedy is lard and only a small portion should boused which should bo rubbed on the skin of the heads and necks. The fowl should then tie hold bv the legs , head downward , and thoroughly dusted with Forsian insect powder. The quarters must also bo kept vary clean. Once a week is not too often to give such attention to lions in the sum mer ( Jo into the hen houpo at night and force n few drops of warm lard in among the feathers of the head and neck with a sowing machine oil can. To prevent disease , keep the lions at work by making them scratch for their grain food. Overfeeding is the cause of bowel diseases in the summer , or , rather , too much concentrated food is given , and not enough of bulky. If the quarters are kept clean , there is little danger of con tagious diseases unless nn addition is mndo to the Hock by bringing a bird from other farm. When " " some "now blood" is wanted procure a settling of eggs of the breed desiredas His very important that when tlui coops are clean and the fowls free from disccase , no fowls from other places be introduced. A ( lock mar thus no stocked with lice , or infected with disceose. Bwlnn Breeding , Chicago Ilog : Hogs on grass should bo well supplied with salt. Mixed with wood ashes it will bo fpuud best , or with crushed charcoal or limo , or all three in such proportion as ono wound of salt tea a peck of each or all of the other named articles. Keep the pigs crowing. With plenty of grass and an abundance of skim milk there is no reason why there should bo any' runts among the little squealers. Watch them closely and prevent thorn from becoming Blunted , iiemomber , a stunted pig nOTor recovers what is lost. ' Wo are frequently asked "what breed shall wo ndopt ? " and jn answer to such queries there can be but ono answer , anil that is' any Lrced but scrub , as nil but the the scrub will giro the most satisfactory- rosulis. . The bones of a well bred , well-fed hog rcprcEdit only about one-twentieth part of its grois weight. An animal of this nature must necessarily carry a great deal of fat , but the importance of making it well muscled lo keep it from complete degeneracy Is self evident to any thought ful person , hence , inasmuch as the nat ural tendency of the hog is to fat , feeders should make it a point to counteract the evil by using the most nutritious feed , to the exclusion of fat forming food. Don't neglect your hogs , oven If you arc busy upon the farm. The prolit upon hogs Is a certainty , and it is ono of the main profits of the farm , therefore do not got into the habit of bung hole waste and spigot saving , by neglecting the wants of your stock. No ono should undertake to do so much that they are not masters of all details upon the farm , and they should be especially careful to see tluit hogs have plenty of good pure water during the first days of the heated term , also as much shade is as practica ble to give them , Wo always advise against water from a running stream as well water is preferable , and no stock farm can bo complete without full facil ities for properly watering slock. Successful Western Agriculturist : The success of the draft horse interests in America , breeding the valuable grade draft horse for the city .streets from our native maro.s , is not equaled in the annals of horse brooding in the world Such mares bred to imported draft stallions , raise colts \\orlh double as much as the dam , which is generally worth about $10J ; the grade dratt colt , half-blood , readily sells for $200 when three years old , and the extra good ones ami the higher three- quarter and seven-eighth grades sell at correspondingly higher prices. Now , Ihero is no brood of horses , or any other stock , which will make such rapid improvement The fast horse men tell us that tin ; markets want road horses , and that if you breed to a fast huii record horse , if you don't ' got a winning horse you are sure to get a road ster , all of which wo will admit , if the dam is well bred , or recorded in the "Thoroughbred Stud Book" or "Trotting Ilogistor , " but tliu average nalive American farm mare oilers no such cncouragemenl , and there it where the average ( armor makes the mistake. The .successful fast-horse breeder recogni/sos that fact , and never expects to raise a prollUible horse from any other than the best recorded mares , audit is worse than folly for a farmer to expect to r.iiso even a profitable horse from a common marc bred to the fast horse , for the market is overcrowded witli these small horses that have failed for speed , and are too small for coach or work horses. They nro , perhaps , very nice and stylish horses , but it is a pro duct that the American market is over crowded with. Many of our farmers nro horse poor , with increasing numbers and no market for them at what they think they are worth. Not so with the grade draft horses. They are eagerly sought out on the farm and bodghl up at big prices as fast as they mature. As wo grade up and in crease the si/o of our horses , wo find the markels of the world eager to buy all our surplus hordes at big prices , if the "lorscs are only largo enough , and fancy inces for the largo and stylish horse's. ' f the farmer will breed to suit the do- nands of the market , there is no branch > f American farming or stock raising that insures such profitable returns. JiulCDCiidrncc < > ! ' i nrm linl > orors. The owners of farms and those who ire compelled to employ labor by the month or the day have in many cases the occasion to feel that tlicir lot is cast n unpleasant places. Jn many of the more rural towns it , is coming to be a lilllcult matter to gel satisfactory hejp at uiy price. Even if they can be obtained .hey are likely to be so independent and iibolont that the employer is frequency jroughtto _ teol that ho is poorly master } f the situation. It is coming to bo so .hat those who are nioro especially day laborers upon farms are a class of poor , miserable beings , whoso only care is to get a living and what poor whisky they want. When engaged at " work they are ready "for no cause whatever to tit op their tools and leave the Hold. Wo have a duo regard for the protection of the rights of deserving poor people , and especially the poor laboring man , but it docs seem as though the present legislation for the laboring class is throwing too strong a shield around a class whoso only care is to secure a livelihood by any means , no matter how dishonorable. Farmers , merchants , anil all who have any deal ing with thorn are compelled to sullbr tor their simple net of indulgence. There are able-bodied men who might earn a good living , who , if they can , will get trusted for groceries with the intent to defraud , if possible , and when such none ono works for a f.irmer ho calculates to got more in wages or provisions than ho expects to jiai for. The time will como when the prosperity of this country will require that Ihore bo legislation for the proteclion of Hie producers. Bklllnd Farmljabor. No idea has done more to repress farm ing progress than the idea that a farm la borer need not bo skilled that brute strength is the mam requisite. This never was true , and is less so now than over before since improved machinery has to bo handled , lint even in handling such old fashioned implements as the nxo and the hoc oflicicnoy depends ns much upon skill as upon muscle. It is by no means the largest and slrongest hird man who will do the most work in a day. And when help is hired. that is entirely unused lo our methods of farming its inexperi ence greatly detracts from its value. The truth is that farming is a trade that has to bo learned if the workers at it would bo effective. It requires knowledge and skill in a far larger number of things than n.ost other kind of business. In fact , it is never fully learned. The old est and most successful farmer is generally - ally the most ready to learn .something now about his business , and it is usu.uly this habit which ho has kept up through his lifo that has given him his success. That farmer shows only Ins limited idea of business \ylio thinks that ho knows so much about it that ho cannot learn any thing more. And , though skill in farm help is desirable , it is sometimes better in rough work to have a grcon hand willing to do as ho is told , and to learn , than ono self-conceited with the idea that ho knows everything already. Much depends upon employers. Some are themselves so conceited that few hired men ro willing to try to lenrn from them. llnptnro Curort. CLINTON. Clinton Co. , Iowa , March 20 , 18SO. About nine years ago I was at tacked with a severe cutting pain in my loft side. I screamed at times with agony. No remedies availed until 1 placed an Allcock's plaster over the scat of pain. I were the piaster ton days the pain decreasing every day until I was cnrcd. My daughter was ruptured Just above the naval when only three months old. She sulTornd little un til she began to walk. The treatment o physicians appeared only to aggravate nor case. I procured an Allcook's Porus Plaster and cut it in three pieces. One J applied over the rupture. It aotod por- feclly. At the end nf ton dsys I washed the place with a little alcohol and nut on a fresh pleco. I used afterwards two worn pieces , and after forty days the child was entirely well. I have never found .any plasters equal to Allcock's. R. W. MEAU. WA.SllINCTOS.lStaiDSnilllER The Wblto Housaand Its llomorloj Told by ' the Custodian to the Visitor. PRIVATE SECRETARY LAMONT. The Claimants Tlio Maryland Fat mar and Ills Claim Story of Clnlmwcll's Lifo ntul Death Itnllwny Gosalp. IfrNfen for tiie net ly J. F. II There Is no sound of revelry by night , nor day in Washington notv , such ns sounded in Belgium's capital before its [ all , as Byron has it , neither does love look love to speaking eyes , for socloly that od'ecU revelry and scntinujnt hero has llown. The erstwhile famous prom enades of Vermont , Connecticut and New Hampshire avenues nro deserted and the terraced residences along these thoroughfares are closed and barred and seemingly neglected , resembling archi tectural castaways stranded on thu rocks of unfashion , while the midsummer sun shaping Us daily course from behind the capital to the Virginia hills glares merci lessly , leaving increasing nwtality in its [ racks. Congress has irene and the pres ident , until recently , was away , thu cab inet is scattered and the busy corrcspon- lents , nothing of greatness left to write up and down , have vanished too. At Sp.i and seaside and on mountain top , the giddy throngs arc making a holiday of life and ihe city resembles the theatre after the plav , with the curtain rung down and all the lights out. Rural excur sionists ftom the adjoining states , seeing the sights , constitute little procc.sslons .mil give a throb of lifo to the dead sur roundings. With tlio mercury exceeding the limits of a hundred they mount thu .lomo and look through glasses at the L'otomac lazily awaiting commerce. If Iho elevator of the monument bo laid up for repairs , its chron ic condition , thov uncomplainingly walk up its live hundred and lifty feet of height and became apostro phes of admiration at tlio sights seen nom the greatest architectural altitude in the world. A truly good time is the summer vacation for a visit to Wash ington , because ollicial ceremony being relaxed , one may roam through the pub lic buildings at will. The stalwart special policeman on guard at the presi dent's house drops Ins Hotinslow Heath 'stand and deliver' style , which h < j as sumed in season in demanding your card as a condition precedent for en trance , and graciously escorts you through the east room and the rod room ; through the blue room anil the green room , with its faded and tarnished Louis Philipo furnitura of silk and gold. Ho grows communicative , too , does the stalwart special , and points you out the exact spot where Preaclior Sundorland , the court Presbyterian chaplain , trans formed the minus of Folsom into Clove- and and becoming reminiscent he tells you of the muuy famous oceunonces in the very same room , ho\v the fu > t mar riage , that of Maria Monroe , the presi dent's youngest daughter and Samuel Uouvornour , tlio New York city post master , was solomni/.od in it on March U , 18.0j ! how llarrison and Tyler were buried from it , the former hounded to death by ollice seekers-the latter killed by too much Washington monument , corner-stone laying ; how it became a morgue for the unrecognisable remains of a portion of Tyler's cabinet and other distinguished dead , blown into eternity by tlio butsling of the great cannon Peace maker on llio excursion aboard the Princoon , February .23 , 1811 ; how lolly Madison and Harriet Lane each in her day hold receptions in it winch foi ins a great part of Iho social hislory of the country , how Ihe nation's tears fell in it over the dead body of Lincoln , ihe mau with the child's" honrt and the iriant's will , and how in it were sung ' thu wed ding paens of ilclhu Grant and Algernon S.irtoris , the Englishman , a gentle man born and A prize-fighter made , whoso passport to distinc tion was his ability to give a blow that ' would kill an ox , with' lightning quickness - ness , and to receive one that would drive a pile , with a smile. Through the doors of rooms barred 'in season. ' the slranger may enlor during Iho dog davs with the gratification ot curiosity as his only open season. He may take a peep into Iho presidential bed room , look at IciMiro into the chamber in which the indefatigable Grover does Mipcrhuman clerical labor thai will play so important a part in the no\t cam paign for the maintenance of democratic sway , ana the atalwait special will .show him Iho piivnlo ollico of Daniel , the great and only private secretary. Tlio S. S. will not loll visitors oven in vacation , be cause the walls have ears and the state ment would entail thu loss of his ollicial station , that D.miol. the secretary is a curious creature. Nature has given him a Hat-shaped head and n repellant mouth and urt has accomplished for him the mistake of confounding arrogance with good breeding , but the little fellow for all that is a power , a grand panjundariim with a button on top and upon his breath "crook the pregnant hinges of the kneo" before him. Alas for Dan ! his temporary position is neither n family inheritance nor a famjly heirloom. There will como n time when the knee of sycophancy will unbend and ho will liud "none so poor to do him reverence. " I sat ono pleasant Sunday afternoon last spring in Lafayette park conversing with the son of an ox-piesident of the United Stales , an old man now , bent and gray and poor in worldly goods , but who in liis day was to the white house what Lament is now , receiving the adulation and homage of men. There passed us on thu walk , a gentleman of middle ago , whoso bearing and face were so courteous and preposseising as to elicit my comment. "That man , " said my companion musingly and witli watery eyes , "is worth upwards of a million dollars. I knew him when ho was _ penniless anil I gave him his lir.-t lift in life , while private secretary , by as sisting him to obtain a b\g \ m.iil contract. His gratitude was then , that of a dog , ready to lick the hand of his master. Now in our changed conditions , ho passes mo with avcitcd head and forgotfillness. " Power is short-lived. BJohes have wings. * * * The regular army of claimants nro loft to swelter and to worry and to live and die in visions of wealth which never ma tormll/o in the passage of their bills. They never leave Washington , scorning fascinated with the place , the moro us their hopes deferred intensify. Their Shabby genteel appearance and worn out , pinched faces , suggest poverty all the nioro bitter because concealed from the roach of charity. They live , ( ! od knows where and how but they cling to lifo with an act of fuith in the speedy passage - sago of their claims as the basis of their vitality. During the recess they haunt the marble corridors and wastes of frescoes in the capitol. preparing addi tional evidence and shaping events for their success ut the coming session Dapper committee clerks know them and fly at their approach as congressmen sneak into their scats through by-ways to avoid them , while door-keepers and pages guy thorn on the stair ways when having nothing else to do None but these weary clinnanta them selves know their hoarttclt .yearnings , their Iwavy crosses , their struggles for life.gaiall : wonder , taut crushcd.with the years that bring them naught but poverty and hunger , and heartache to cheer the light of life for many of them , goes but in the insane asylum or the pauper ward of the poor houso. The claims of some of those wretched people are ns fanciful ns the mirage ; of others , as meritorious ns any over ad indicated , but lacking con gressional and lobby help for want of inllucnco and money thuy grow mil- ( lowed in pigeon holes anil are forgotten , Bolter ha\o ihe worst claim with a good lobby , than the best , with its merits as its only commendation : " 'Tis true , 'tis pity ; and pity 'tis 'tis true. " Ono of thu old traditions of tlio cap * itol , illustr.Ulvo of congressional apathy towards an honest claim unaided save by Its own merit , and verifying the say ing of tlio late Joro Black "That the United States is the most obdurate cred itor and Iho most careless debtor , " is that of the young farmer who sought from congress ( tamaccs for the loss of his crops sustained by the vandalism of Cockburn and his Krltish soldiers in their raid through Maryland In August , 18U. Ho viewed tlio transaction as a purely business ono , relying upon the justice of his government as his trust , and having made out an itemized bill of Ins loss , ho started on horseback before daybreak for the capital , intending to llnish his business and return homo by early cnn- dlo light. Airiving at the capitol ho hitched his horse lo the wooden paling surrounding the building , and entered Congress hall. The day waned and the night came , but the rider returned not to his impatient stood. Other days and nights came and wont , until weeks grow into months and they in turn were succeeded by years. The fruitful steed awaiting his muster had died of starvation und his bleached bones had hecomo dust ; the wooden pail- jng having rolled was replaced by an iron railing and still the rider came not Old state-iinen and old parties had died ; old customs had changed mil a now gen eration had come lo play its paiMsiien ono day there nmerged tiom the capitol a very old man , bent and gray , hobbling on a slick and carrying an itonmcd bill of damages , crumbled and worn with age. It was the Maryland farmer re turning home to die with his bill unset tled. * * * * * A sadly pathetic case of ono of these claimants' misery , ending with the wretched story ot his Jifo , last fall , canto under my own observation. 1 formed the acquaintance of Clainiwell , wo will call li.m , in common witli olheis who know iiini , through the introductory medium of being lirst compelled to listen to liis great expectations to result from con- resiiomil legislation , and then contrib uting to relieve Ins immediate short- age. Ho was a familiar figure iboiit the bars of Willard's and the Kbbitt house. His story was .simple but sad. Just before the declaration ot Iho war ho was in Ihe border stales about to begin operations on a heavy mail con tract , the otitlit of which in horses and wagons , etc. , lurt cost , him $00,000. , Being lovnl to his country , and refusing to sub scribe allegianeo to the confederacy , his mail outlit was scixed and ho fled north Lo save himself from prison. Ilo fought the bailies of Iho union and when peace was declared , finding himself penniless , lie foolishly entered the congressional lialls asking relief for hi.s confiscated property and was lost. His day ot worldly peace ended the moment ho pre sented his petition. It was a famous claim and its ramifications were volumin ous. In session and out Claim well prose cuted ilith his life.'s best endo-ivors , but the substance pioved shadow always , for when committees did not reject it tor want of evidence or some informality necessitating a fresh beginning of jears of labor and it got its appropriate place on the calendar , Iho session always ad- jourred beloto reaching its number. Do- leat did not discourage Clainiwell , however , it servjil but'to renew his ardor tor fresh endeavors ; ho grew lorcctlul of all else s.ivo his claim. His wife died out of it and ho married in it again a yellow- haired woman with it voluble tongue and a black silk dress , who loved him with tender devotion , and had abidjng faith in tiio final passage of his claim. She becani' . ' a part of it and prosecuted it with vigor , and often her voluble tongue would hold a committee when her husband would bo unable to obtain a hearing. No figure was boiler known at the capitol than that of the yellow- haired lads with the voluble tongue and tuo black silk dress. How the couple lived , no ono Knew ; that they were very poor was no ecrot ; that they had lodg ing on a back street was known ; but their source of food supply could be ae- counlod for only on the theory that they were fed after the style of Iho babes in the wood , for they would disdain to ac- cepl charity , except it came as ; v loan , to bo repaid at compound interest when the claim uas passed. The cruel yearn of waiting hail scourged and killed every thing tor them but hopo. 1 onlercd the Ebbitl house drug store on one hot , sultry day last niimmer. just after the long session's close which had passed when within ten ot Chumwoll'K calendar number , and sitting upon ono ot the seals , do/.ing in ptoslration , was Mrs. C. , yellow-haired mid silk-dressed ns over. She was unconscious of my pre > eneo unlil I saluted her , and llion , like the soldier caught napping on guard , her ready tongue found fluent excuses " for her "position. "Heally , really , she must bo pardoned for stopping in from the heat to await Iho car , she believed she felt for a mo ment , droopy. " The woman lied ; she was jaded , worn , played out , lit for a hospital , ( if such a one o.xist ) for American claimants during the recess of congress , and the wait for the car was another myth , for the tnllo of the faro meant for her extrava gance. How tlio woman rattled on with the old delusions and visions and castles in Spain. "Had 1 heard how near the claim was to passage * How glorious the prospect. Its final award at the very beginning of the "next session" was positively assured by the leading senators and'members who had prom ised their earnest co-operation. And did I know where she could tret a stylish house already furnished It was so much trouble dealing with salesmen , selecting furniture and lilting carpets ; and besides they would oulj remain in Washington during Iho session , as llioy had calcu luted to go to Europe in the spring. Mr. C. and she only wanted tlio house for Iho purpose of entertaining Iho kind friends who had stood by them during their long contlicl for their rights. Did 1 really know of such a house available ? " Alas' ' the e.laim was as far from passage as on the day of its introductory petition. DUnder the pretext of being on my waj' lo lunch , and Iho preciuiisness ot time consumed in trying to recall just sueh a house as dosiied , which 1 lelt 1 could lo cate with more liesiiro , I coaxed the woman lo Losckam's c-ifo opposite ngninsl her earnest protestation that fcho had just n half hour before lunched , and accompanied mo only in hopes that I could think of a real cstalo agent with the hou.se ot her choice vacant , the woman's ncrvo and courage was of The Spartan kind : She could starve easier than solicit food. I assumed the role of host , and there wcro no dainty dishes or dered , but nourishing beefsteak and roast beef with appropriate soilings of vegetables , washed down wilh claret and colleo. ( lOil ! how the woman ate ; like one who was famished. 1 felt that day that 1 could decipher the intricacies of my title clearer to above , for 1 had obeyed the divine command , "Feed the hungry. " Thu "next session" never came lor poor Claiimvcll. Just ns the brown of October Was tinging the summer's green , wo missed him for somu days , and then wqrd came that he wa dead. Na- turu long duflant hail at last , siiceumbod to ( ho lernblo strain of excitement , so MOST PERFECT MADE imv . No Ammonia. Limo. Alnra or Phosphate * yt r wa w 4 7r iiK ( Aiv/yi'k\rxwi / \ srono In onn of the Doptrtmpntn of tlio riUCfi UAKIMI rowDiiu COMI'ANV * . MANUFAOTOIIV. Till ; LAWlKbT IN TUB WOULD. Cannlui ; Dr. I'tlco'u Cream llaklui ; I'owder. DIAMOND MERCHANT WATCHES. STKHMNO SILVKH. long maintained and which never downed brakes , years of poverty and want and misery with despair and hope tunning n race continuously , almo'l neck to neck , had ended in the ( lav's close before Iho victory was announ > 'od. ( live it whatever name you will , envel ope it on tlio records of public mortality in scientific Lntm as you may , Ihe real cause of Clainnvell's demise might bo written as an epitaph on his chanty rave in the words : "Done to death with a government claim. " Soodn Tlmt ( Icrininalo ( Julckly. The human system is a fruitful soil , and among seeds that germinate most rapidly in it are those of rheumatism and neuralgia. A slight cold , brought on by silling in a draiighl , wet foot or damp clothes , will develop cither of those abominable painful maladies with un pleasant rapidity. The proper prevent ive of this agonr/ing vegetation is Hos teller's Stomac'.i IJitlors , a medicine which nuliilios a tendency to cither of the maladies named , and soothes the aches which they cause. Nor is it less effective as a remedy for rheumatism than as a preventive , u fact as amply at tested as any other relating to its cura tive properties. Mariners , miners , front iersmen , and others , have found it a faithful preservative of health in unfa vorable regions , and a benign remedy for malarial disorders , and stomach , liver and bowel complaints. It is a tine promoter meter of appelilo and a Quintal tnnie PENNYROYAL PILLS "CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH. " The Original and Only Uonnlno. Rifc md Uwiti lrll ! > bt > Bf w i ot vriirlhtr * * Inilutlnm loSipe"bta W LADIES. A . .kir llr.icaUt M "hTthc.tur' . EnaU.lit > u.4 tH" " < ' < " > " < ' " " ( . . ) * * rtrllcolff. J l l - > ; jr rrluri , m U. ' . ' MAMP . 'l . lhlelii- < T I'hrmlrul Sold by lniico < > ( * rterjwhor ' * . Aik tor letEimlUli" ' uufrujnl Wlta. IIOUSEKEEPERS'IDEAL ' KETTLE Poinotlilntf entirely now mill folli ut i-liflit llnr- ton's blbaink'ss. Oilor- 'ices ' , Non-Doll Over Knt- tlu. Has dorp rulsnil tovor inn ] walor joint , i.ml nn outlet which cur ries nil Btnira an 1 odor or thoclilmnur. J'alont FU' uncr mtarliinoiit nluno worth the julco . \Kunts v , tinted , inuln or fcninlu in uvury Ion n In Koln ii"Kfi. 1'rollts $5 to f 10 pur day. Llljuml ( urnm ami oxcln-lvo tmri- tory trlven. Fond Htarap fur i IrenlHr ninl tmmi I'rlcos , Oqt , II.7J : H < it. , > l.l > 5 ; lOqt. , fg ; lint. , f2.2U. Model by mail , 2)c. ) W. 9. COOMIIS , Cii'iioriil Aitont , Omaha , Nob. , I' . O. llox 48J. A Tlcllmo * " _ IOGJX.Norvouj Utility" , Ix.Rt Uanhno < lt-lc.hftvtnirtrir < lln ran fveij tpown rti i l > . huA rtti xtvcrotl & Fluiplu inlf-ruro , which ho win wnd FftEH to lili fellow ? 4 < Irtea.C.J.UA.SON.l'ubtOm i217V fuw\ , Hy f > r. Pnpdlkcr' * method No operationVo Pilni No Detention ftum buslnM < Aduotulto rhlldion well im KIOWU imuplu. Ilinidiudj of uuto.'ripi crlunonliila on tlio. Allbuslnusa slna y coiiUJon tlttl. LOlvbLLTA'llON l'HiH , PUOF. V I > . COO34 , Room C , 1511 Douglas St. . Om.tlia , N'ob J7B. HAYNES OFK1U1AL STENOGRAPHER TillUI ) JUDICIAL DISTRICT. U7 Chamber of Commerce. STECK PIANOS Remarkable for powerful sympa thetic tone , pliable action and ah- solute durability ; DO gears' record , the bctl Riiaranlee of Ihe excel lence of these infU'Uinents WOODBRIDGE BROS , , or Kit A IIOUSR. . .No l.nilu , dr i. > i clumpx V. U. supply Uo llox 725 , Ht. 1.0ul THE WIRE GAUZE OVEHDC03 is THE LATCST IMPROVEMENT ON TH Practical Ecsults In Reacting novur before atuincd in aay Cooking Apparatus , and will E.rohtionizB tee Present Ksthois of Cooiisg J , V. tnll ] 'u d Dnke < ! or Ronrtnil. ihonld txi enoltcd In frnnhalf friwljmlnilttril lethe oron. ThUladon ? brdiccnrdlDR Iho close even door herutofori * n V "na Futmtltutlui ! for Itudoar containing n ihoelot Wire Gauze niHrlriis lament tltu floor luelf , * Through this Gauze Door the air freely Circulates , faclllUtliiR thetiroraimor coolduu.unJ rroiluclnz ftxv ! that I * unouunlleil In flntur and nu trition , , and nrtiullrcooVml tilth ! < coiuumptloa ot luol I ban in an o on with aclowd door. It makes numoiinoun caring In thotclirnt of mint. It also produces larger Loaves of Bread , requires Its * uttuntlon from tlio cook , unit pnnnotci the limltli of the family tir the RUftluuK OF SUB 1TOOD COOEED IM IT. OPINION OF AN EXPERT. Mn . SUr-.Y 11. WELCH , Toucher Doinosuol on. 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