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.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
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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.
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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. "
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tested as any other relating to its cura
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iersmen , and others , have found it a
faithful preservative of health in unfa
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and bowel complaints. It is a tine promoter
meter of appelilo and a Quintal tnnie
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