n „ . . > vr
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1887.
THEY HAVE AN AX TO CHIP ,
True Secret Of tbo Reception Tendered To
Ooreroor Thayer ,
THE B. & M. AT THE BOTTOM OF IT
, I > on't Like the Mcixor An KxtraBcfl-
l slon An Account Of llio Kroiit
{ Blandiimu * Proceedings
' . Disappointed
) frnoir rnp. nicr.'H u.vcor.jr mrnEA.tr. 1
republican state convention opened
to-day in tlm reception to Governor
* Thajcr. To bu fluro It wus two days In
j ndvnnco of tlio convuntion , but the avidity
> amt eagerness with which every 15. & M ,
J striker in the city stood on tlio street
I corners and urged on the reception
snowed thnt the U. &M.ism politics imd
is working something to point back to in
the future if an uxtrn session looks them
in the face.
The question was universal over the
city yesterday in the mornlnc hours ,
when the preparation for the reception
woa in progress , "What Is it all for ? "
And tm > questioners would look at each
other for a littlw , a broad smile over-
spreiulmj. ' tliulr tauos , and then they
would turn tliulr eyes in tlio direction of
the it. & lil. political law olliee , laugh
outright , and pass on. There is scarcely
n citizen Lincoln high or low who lias
not HID utmost respect and confidence in
Governor Thayer , and would cfl great
way in 11113' honont eflort to show
their appreciation and kindness to
the governor , and while they all
would have been glad , as in-
- divldtmls , to heartily welcome the gov
ernor homo again , they could not but
Ask In common with others the question
why the simple'return of the governor
from tlio nst wus made a time for mica a
pretentious demonstration.
There is no city in the state that has
moru lilxir.il : md wide awake civic socie
ties , and they turn out rain or shino.
Without a probable thought of the selfish
motive that prompted the display of yes
terday , tlmy turned out in force , and to
the I mil Laud league and the German
llaimouic bOcielicH m particular , much
of the credit for the very creditable re
ception is duo , Mayor Sawyer , on tiis
part , as mayor of the' city , undoubtedly
saw it hit ) duty , when a recoution was
decidcd.uDnn , to take Ills part , and after
John Flt/gerald had agreed to stand
Rood for the ii.\pcimo tlio proceedings
wore pushed forward to anuito successful
en-ling. Prior to the arrival of the
trains from the cast the bands ,
- militia and other bodies assem
bled at the depot. On the back
platfcvm , with lieutenants covcniont ,
at li.unl , the nnddlo of the B. & M. law
tfj-finn wtth busy urging on proceedings ntiil
tfirectiny the array of reception partiei.
alternating between the platform and
the select committee of U. < S : M. workers
in the building ? . Thcsn workers wore
yery careful to kcup from taking any
prominent part that would create criti
cism , but it is a safe assertion that there
wws scrireoly anyone around but guessed
* | i < true inwardness ana showed his
V\ioss in the expression of his countc-
* n&noo. A great many of the appointed
ifci'Mtion committee did not appear at
' the depot , preft'irmg rather than assist
1:1 the railroad scheme to extend their
wulcome privately to the governor and
ox plain their reason. There was also a
comparatively small number of citi/ens
ut the depot to what there would have
been'if there had not been the belief that
a Bullish bcheme was at the bottom.
Under ordinary circumstances the whole
city would have joined in welcoming
Governor Thayer. Upon the arrival ot
the train from the east the governor and
Mrs. Thayer and Lieutenant Governor
Shedd and wife were received by the
those in waiting and escorted to a car
riage. The slate ollicers were also
placed in carriages together with mem
bers of the council and the inarch to the
cauital taken ill ) , the cadet band from
the university and cadets under Lieuten
ant Dudley taking the load , followed by
the carriages ; then the city band at the
head of compnny'l ) and followed by the
( iermiin band heading the different so-
cities in line , citi/ens m carriages bring
ing up the rear. Arriving at the capital
, , the exercises there wore held in rcpro-
' sentativo hall which was handsomely
decorated with the national colors. After
the line of march was broken only about
Xwq hundred people remained at the ex
ercises In tno hall. These were opened
by singing from a choir and band music ,
after which Mayor Sawyer ruad an elo
quent and linlshcd address .of welcome.
To this the governor responded in a talk ,
setting forth the historic scenes he hail
visited and the impressive ceremonies ho
had witnessed , including the cen
tennial celebration at Phlla *
dolphin and the , Grand Army
reunion at St. Louis. The governor s
remarks were listened to with the closest
attention and were warmly cheered. Ho
expressed his gratification at the cordial
reception tendered him and the pride
that ho had in representing the growing
commonwealth. Other brief tixorcisos
followed and Mio gathering adjourned.
Governor Thayer returns from a very
pl.d.Funt trip and one which ho. has
, ' greatly otjoyed. Ho has been absent
' h'onio three weeks and ho brought homo
with .him Mrs. Thayer , who has been
passing the summer months with rela-
lives in the east.
.MANDAMUS I'ltOCr.EPINdH.
Attorney General Lceso yesterday pro-
1 piul'il the papers askinir the supreme
" couit for a mandamus compelling the
Fremont , Klkhorn & Missouri Valley
road to adopt the rod need rates filed for
ttnir line of road by the state board of
transportation. The Kllcliorn road had
until October 1 to answer and comply
with the demand of tlm board , and as
they have failed to either answer or
comply , the mandamus proceeding will
bo commenced in supreme court to-day
and bo hoard as spoo'lily as possible. If
the proceedings hola , the state board
of transportation will have the
power to reduce rates and
if the mandamus fails the board will bo
wiUiout power as the railroads contend
it is. The board of transportation and
the people of the state are mU'ivsted in
know'ng ' whether the law is as valueless
as the roiuls claim it is. If it is found to
be , the members of mo board of trans-
porlation will resign and elosn the oUico
up until the present or a now legislature
Sow'3 thum powers to Uo of some use
nod benefit. M ho decision of tlm court
will bo awaited with more than ordinary
Interest.
' A KiiuiiLKss mrnoi.\iiv.
When the Union 1'acilic ticket olllco
opened its doors yesterday morning the
manager found that tlio place had boon
visited during tlio night. Uurglars had
. ' Xcen ransacking the place and had forcibly -
cibly wrenched the money drawer from
f its hinges hut without any financial ro-
i milts to thorn an tlio drawer was void ot
' each save a few coppers that the dis-
gusted thieves did not take. As far as
. M could bo ascertained nothing of value
was taken as the thieves evidently w ru
1 looking for cash and wanted cash only.
If wo would have powerful minds , we
must think ; if powerful muscles , we
umst labor ; if sound lungs , wo must take
ir , Hull's Cough Syrup , i'rico 25 cents
For cuts , bruises , sprains , burns , scalds ,
irost bits and chilblain. , nothing equals
Salvation Oil. It annihilates pain. Price
85 cents a bottle.
KSTATR TnAN pnnr. .
. . . . 1111 Clark , trustee to Ra mu8 P
Anderson , lot S , blk 2 In "West Sldo"
wd 8 "AW
Joseph Krajlrek fr , to Finuk Krtilteok
sr , tlic n ml H' of the n v. ot lot I , blk
5ln Kount7o's ikladd , wd 1
Frank KraJIcck ar. to Jo ouh KreJIeck ,
tlio n 4 ut lot 11 Iu linrkcr.s allot
ment , w d 1
W R Vaughn Pt Hi to A.ron Khrlicli ,
lot. ' , 1)11 : V , West A Ibrlght , w d 000
Jacob U Denlsunnd wife to Johanna
Jncobsoti , lot IU , blk G , In Deuiso's
ndd.wd 550
A turn M. U. McConnlck nnd hus at al
to Franz Helm , lot . " > , blk C In Deer
Park , wd 1,000
Mng lo SullUnn to Joseph l ernmjor ,
lot 11 , blk 3of Deer Park , wd 1,000
Clifton K Mayno nnd wife to .lamina
A Long , hit 10. blk 2 Iu 0 U Mayno's
1st ndd to Valley w d 150
William K CowIcA et nl to John it
Keedlrs , low 08 and 09 North Side
ntltlwd 800
Uj \ Conner et nl to Mnry H Thornton ,
n K of no l { ot n w } ( nnd n K ° r "W
H of nw W of section ' . .MS-IS deed. . 1
Mnry 11 Thornton to Laura V Connor ,
lot * 8 01011 and 11 ! blk 1 nnd loU 010
11IU HI and 14 blk 3 lots 9 10 11 13 13
and 14 blk ! l In "Conner" lots 8 and 7
nlk a lots 450 1 ! ) 14 15 16 17 18 19'JO
blk 3 lots 13 U 15 10 and 21 blk 4
Tiiorn ton place deed
Maty 11 Thornton to Anna O Kites ,
lots 8 0 10 11 nnd 12 oik 4 lots 9 10 U
13 i : ; and 14 blk & lots 8 01011 and 13
blk 0 In "Connor" also lots 9 1019
nnd ! blk 1 lota 91017 20 aim 21 blk
8 lots 7811 nnd 12 nil : 3 lots 4 1113 ID
ntul'JOblk ( Thornton pi ice deed. . . .
Mnry Thornton to Uetta F Uovey.
lots f , 0 7 H 13 nnd 14 blk 4 lots 3450
7 nnd 8 blk Slots 34 50 and 7 blk 0
In "Conner" also lots 4 7 S 1 14 17
and 13 blk 1 lots 13 14 18 and 19 blk 3
lots 010 and 21 blk 3 lots 50 7 and 8
blk 4 Thornton plnredeotl
Mary H. Thornton toSalliflC. ( irnlinin ,
lots 5 , 0 nnd 7 , Mk 1 ; lots 3. 4. 5 , 0 , 7
and 8 , blk a ; lots H , 4 , 6 , 5,7 and 8 ,
blk n In "Corner ; " also lots 5,0,11 ,
K , 15. If ) nnd 21. blk 1 ; lots 4 , 5 , 0 , 11.
l-i , 15 nntl 10 , blk , blk 3 ; lots l . 10.17
and 18 , blk 4 in Thornton Plueo ;
deed
Louis II. Korty and wife to ( ! oorjo
Illcliardsou. the past fifty feet of lot
ir > . and the wi-st fifty feot.nl lot Ifi In
block. 8 In Stiull's necond addition ;
w d 13,000
Helen U. llapp to T. It. Neal Pt nl , lots
ltnnd ! 3 , blk 3In Hlllstlale : wd. . . . 800
Andrew J. Hunt and wlfo to Floranco
J. Canan , the east twenty feet of lot
C , and UiG'west twenty loot of lot 5
in blk "H" In Shlnn'.s addition ; wd 3,500
Charlus II. Folsom et nl to David Ilv-
land. cominunclntj fifty fuet west ot
southeast cornci of lot 7 , Mk G In
Fiist addition to South Omaha ;
thence north ninety feet , west
twentv-flvo fret , south ninety-eight
feet , cast twenty-live feet to place ot
beginning ; wd 700
Charles F Harrison to Hannah Rob
erts , lot 9 bltt 4 , in Kckennann Place ,
wd 4rx )
Elma It Canan et al. to Clmiles S Gootl-
rlch , lots 3 nnd 4 blk 11 , In Culklu's
sub dlv of Mayfield , w d 1000
Mary L Huston and husband to Jamns
M Wlnslilp.lotOblk"UInHhmn's
Sdndd. w d 3COO
George W Scocan and witoto Mary \V
Oaylord , lot U blk 5 , Hawthorne , w d 1400
William Coburn to William Latov ,
ot al. lot 10 blk 19 , K V Smith's will ,
sherittcl 2531
L V Morse and wife , et al , to William
Crombro , lot 5 blk 11. In Myers , Jllch-
nrds & Tlldeu's add , wd bOO
Aaron Itont to The World Pub Co ,
loiisu of middle 33 ft of nK of lot 8
blk 118 , City ot Omaha , and two-story
brick tail Id I ni : with basement , No.
BIO S 15th st , tor term 3 j onrs , per
yonr COOO
W W nickoiiHon to James K Wlllotts ,
lot II blk 1 , in Hush & Selby's add to
South Omaha , w d 475
Bl'mc. IMUdiitpforinc'H Muolcnlp.
A rare truat will bo atrorded lovers of f
music tliis evening nt Madame Mucn-
tofuring's piano recital , which t.ikcs
pltxco in Lyon & Ilcaly'fl ware rooms. Mr.
F ranko with his string orchestra has of-
forcd to play the accompaniments to
Mendelssohn's ( J minor concerto , which
hits never befora been rendered m the
city. It was onginiilly intundod to play
the ucooinpiuiimcnts to this piece on a
Hticond piitno. All lovcrn of line music
will greatly appreciate this change.
SPRY FOR EIGHTY THREE.
An Old Man Trundles a D rtow
From Ohio to Albany.
Albany Argus : Horace Alluu , aged
oiglity-thrco years , arrived iu Albany the
other day , having pushed his wheelbarrow -
row from his homo iu Delaware. O. , a
distance of about UT5 miles. Tlio old
man looked u trillo footsore anil weary ,
hut ho .said ho felt spry and ready to
"pu-ih" many miles more. Ho dropped
his burrow near the uodtotlicn and went
in to buo if there was u letter
there from his Tvifo , but got none.
Then ho came out nnd told the gaping
crowd of hoodlums nil about his long
trump. Thoyapucarod to tnko him for a
veritable Kip Van \Viiiklo , anil ho did
look like Irving's immortal creation.
Uent with ug * > , but still sturdy and vigor
ous , ho were a long board , a black ala-
pacn ( .luster , n pair of linou trousers , and
heavy boots that might have belonged to
11 forty-niner. In his barrow was a retl
tin box , containing his wardrobu ami a
supply of buttons , noodles , combs , pins ,
etc. . which ho hold en route.
The ageil "ped" was on his way to the
( Ireen mountains of Vermont , whore he
lived until twelve years of age , wlicn Ms
father's family emigrated to Ohio. This
was in 1810. lie is a grand nephew of
Colonel Ktliini Allen , the hero of Ticon-
doroga.aml is an out-aud out Vermonter ,
glorying in the thought of seeing the
mountains of his native state once more.
He was at ono time wealthybut lost most
of his property in the panic of 188t. : He
has been shoving his barrow tor the pas !
eight years , up to two and a half years
ago , whan he was laid up with rheuma <
tisin. He started Juno 13 , as a cure tot
rheumatism , to go to New Philadelphia ,
100 miles from his home , and feeling sc
much butter , he resolved to push ou tc
Osvvogo , N. Y. , whore ho has relatives
Arrivm ! there ho came on to Albany , lit
will strike out for Vermont , anil may gc
as far as Hottnn , returning homo by rail
Ho says ho has been hearty evnr since
leaving homo , and has greatly enjoyed
the .scenery of the Empire state. Of the
whole distance traveled , he said he rode
only twenty-eight miles by rail , iu Ohio ,
through a section he was nfraitl to tri :
verso on foot. His biggest day's walk
was lifteen miles , smallest three miles ,
whou ho was troubled with a "cruel" toe ,
and an average about nine. _ Ho found
the people everywhere hospitable. Hi1
hits a wife anil four grown up children ,
all married and doing well.
A SorliniH I'rnotlonl .luko.
Now York Commercial Advertiser : Tht
practical joker is again to the fore. /
man ut Prague , Itanomta , swallowed i
small watch , with chain attached , whicl
ono of those fools had slipped into a glas
of boor while the man's back was turned
The metal , dissolved by the acids of tin
stomach , has poisoned tlu.t organ ant
keeps it in an incessant state of fever
rendering the victim unable to retail
food. The man has been dismissed fron
the Munich hospital as incurable , ant
now" lies in a ho-suital at Prague , ken
alive by food artificially injected , wait
ing to see whether the watch will all dis
solve or whether ho will tlio at first. IIov
the joker must bo enjoying his joke.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
When Baby was sick , we travo her Caitori * .
When she wa a Child , ( bo cried for Caitoria ,
When sbo became Miss , she clung to Castoria ,
Wheii she bad Children. ho g a them Caitori * .
i TflE WESTERN CATTLE TRADE
The Present a Critical Period Eevlew of
Range Management ,
OVERSTOCKING AND ITS CAUSES.
Some UeHiilu-Olil Time Profit *
The Entrance of Urltlah In-
restore Labors of
tlio Ranch.
Wyoming Evening Post : The present
is n crucial period in iho history of the
outtlo ranchers of the western plains , and
the experience of this year will in all
probability load to some very important
changes in the management ot their bus
iness , the result of which , it is aafo to say ,
will bo for the advantage of the cattle
trade generally , and for the animals
themselves. Ono prominent newspaper
estimates that the western herds have in
creased CO per cent in numbers since the
census of 1880 ; This would fix the pres
ent number at 00,000,000 head. While I
do not think that there Is that number in
existence , I am convinced that there were
fully one-third more animals on the
westein prairies prior to the depletion of
tlio herds by the storms of last winter
than cither commercial prudence or
humanity can justify. The same paper
estimates the area of the western range
at 1,100,000 square miles , which is a rea
sonably fair estimate. Taking ono con
sideration with another , the range
throughout the west would bo
orcrstockcd if the herd averaged more
than ono animal to each fifteen acres.
This would give a pasture capable of sus
taining 47,000,000 head of cattle , and that
must bo regarded as the extreme limit at
the present time. After all.as the strength
of n claim is but the strength of its weak
est link'so the winter feed of a range
ought in all cases to bo the measure of
the lattor's capacity for grazing cattle ,
however superabundant the summer
grass may appear to be.
In the northwestern territories the
ranges are not fenced to any extent , and
the various herds intermingle over an
enormous area , in spite ot all the line-
riding designed to prevent or minimize
wanderings , with the result that if one
ono man overstocks the range recognized
MS hip by the common title of prior occu
pancy , his cattle will scatter in search of
a m orcabundant pasture and help to
overstock the property of others. Where
this practice of overstocking is universal ,
the injury and IOR.S resulting from it are
universal also. The seeds of the present
overcrowding were for the most part
sown in 1882-lt. The largo capitalists and
corporations then entering upon the
business filled up their pastures as far as
possible , with the double object of pre
venting thorn from boinc "jumped'1 by
any of llio hundreds of stockmen patrol
ling the country in search of under
stocked ranges , nnd of makinir the
greatest amount of monuy in the shortest
time. At this juncture ono peculiarity
of the plains misled the new operators in
cattle , all ot whom wore more or less in
experienced in the business , and accen
tuated the mischief they were penetrat
ing. Judging by acreage and Iced only ,
there appeared to them to be room for a
| much large number of cattle than could ,
in reality , bo maintained with any approach
preach to safety. Grass , in order to bo
cat 3ii. must bo accessible , and to bo ac
cessible it must be near to water in sum
mer , and shelter in winter. There aro.iu
the aggregate , millions upon millions of
- acres of the linest pastures in the west
which are never grazed over by reason
of remoteness from these vital neccs-
sarict. A cow will prefer to half starve
herself lying along the bare , hoof-trodden
banks of a fiver whore she can drink her
( ill. rather than to wander three or four
miles , twice a day , to more abundant
pasture ; and the siimo holds good with
regard to shelter in winter. Animals
which know that they must rustic for
themselves are very chary how they leave
their shelter in winter-time in those lati
tudes of swift and fatal storms. Thus , at
the very outset , while intending only
fully to stock their ranges , the cattle
men were , even then , in reality over
stocking them , because they did not al
low for the proportion of good but use
less range.
But a still more serious blunder was
preparing. Until the advent of the heavy
capitalists the northern pastures were
simply "beef" ranges that is tosay.tlmy
were not used as breeding ranges to any
extent. I'hcy did not rear their own
suppliesbut imported thorn from Oregon
and Texas. The draught of young steers
from the latter state grow to hundreds of
thousands of head annually. The young
Te\an steer , it was found , added greatly
to Ills bulk and quality on the high table
lands and among the rich northern
grasses \Vyomin , MontanaNcbraska ,
and Dakota. The new owners had a
more abiding faith in the clemency of
the western climate than the old-timers
from whom they took over the business.
The declared policy of the former was ,
without Ions of time , to transform the
prairies of the northwest into breeding
ranges , retaining the Texan drive for
the time being , but merely us a profita
ble ajunct to a more ambitious business ,
the most important intentions of which
was as quickly as possible to grade up
its herd to lirst-class export quality by
the introduction of thoroughbred sires.
This involved an entire remodeling of
the business , not , as might have been ex
pected , with the view of bolter protect
ing it against the ravages of the much
dreaded winter , but with the object of
seeing how much money could bo
snatched from the plains without getting
nipped in the act.
Such a hasty transformation involved
great risk , undertaken as it was without
Millicicnt Inquiry or previous test. The
largo companies wore badly advised in
authorising it to the extent they did ,
though Ind there boon ample pas
ture for nil the cattle thrown on tlio plains
the expcrlmont might have been success
ful. As it was , wliilo thcsn capitalists
and corporations wern planning their now
policy , dangers to which they were blind
wore mussing against it on all sides. To
change front iu Iho presence of the enemy
is , according to military authorities ,
always a hazardous expedient , and only
justifiable by keen necessity. That , however -
over , was just what these corporations
did without being impelled to it by any
pressure of circumstance. The difference
between a "beef" or steer range and a
breeding range is this : The former sells
of ) ' its ( at cattle annually and replaces
them by the purchase of a like number of
minaturo animnls. The latter can sell
only its male cattle and its old cows.
The widely dillbront result is that a "beet"
range , if fully stocked in 1883 , would ,
under ordinary circumstances , bo iu the
same condition now , while a breeding
range , by the accumulation of its female
cattle , would have doubted its numbers
in the sttmo period.
Here , then , wo have the three causes
which have combined to overcrowd the
Western plains : (1) ( ) Hangcs tilled up
voras ago to prevent being "jumped. "
(3) ( ) Overestimated capacity of range.
(3) ( ) A change in the business which de
manded oven within the first five years
double the space available.
If the Western stockmen had owned as
many cattle as they thought they did ,
anil if the past winters hud not been more
destructive to animal life thaa was com
monly supposed , tbo plains to-day would
have two head of cattle for every one
they could adequately feed. The inexor
able laws of nature which winter uftcr
FOR THIS WEEK.
W call special attention to our
enormous stock of
BOYS'
CLOTHING !
Sitlta for $1.IO , $1. & , 9it $2.50
and upwards.
Onr larae line of single pants , for
Kn "H 7Sc , HSc , fl , * 1.1 and
. .
Our large line of flannel shirt waists.
Our larae line of boys f nnd caps
from iiSc upward.
NEW YORK & OMAHA CLOTHING CO
1308 Farnam Street.
winter strew the plains with dead cattle
are more merciful in their resulU than
ho culpable negligence of the owners. It
is surely n kindlier course to kill 20 per
cent outright than systematically and
permanently starve the whole ! Cattle
owners must bear this fact forever in
their minds , that it is less the winter
than their own negligence which
causes the mortality in their herds.
It used to bo a common saying
among old stockmen that ft fat
steer would outlive the severest
winter. This is probably the case , and
it may bo that the only animal that can
bo relied upon to withstand the rigors of
a northern bliz/.ard unfed nnd upon the
open range is the fatteucd main animal
richly circumstanced as to pasture.
1'rco grazing on the plains was at ouce
the blessing and the bane of tbo entile
business. From it sprang the wealth
which made the cattle towns of America
the richest in the world per head of pop
ulation , and from it subsequently sprang
all the troubles and losses which have
lately demoralized the business. The
western man wTio first wont into it prob
ably gauged its capacity more correctly
than any ono who has followed him. In
his eves tlinro was nothing of a perman
ent character about it ; it was .simply a
business opportunity of which lie ought
to make the most , and then to quit.as his
pasture became crowded. He had no
thought of acquiring his range by title
or by lease , and he entirely scouted the
notion of going to any expense BO long
as ho could get his grazing for nothing.
He worked the business for all it was
worth , and his unregistered motto was
strictly , "Apro moi Jo deluge. " Ho
knew from experience that the business
was u moncy-making enc , but is prob
able that he"regarded the immense prolit
ho made as the result of his own superior
intelligence. When the news that cattle
could bo reared on the plains for 1 Per
head per annum , ana be sold for $ : )0 ) ,
percolated into the brain of the eastern
capitalist , armed witn the courage of his
own convictions. A boom struck the
cattle centre , and capital poured into
thp wo t. The entire secret of such
phenomenal prosperity lay in the fact
that tlio grazing was free , and that the
cattle took care of themselves , never
being treated as units , but always as a
whole. Beyond the branding , rounding ,
and final culling out for market , there
was really nothing to bo done. As ono
great rancher said to me : "Tho animals
themselves look after my interests , even
if I neglect them ; and the herd grows
while I sjeop. " The moment an animal
required individual attention the expense
would bo enormously increased , and tlio
venture would cease to be profitable.
Thus it was that notwithstanding the
enormous freightage of the early days of
business , when itcost half of the animal's
value to get it to market , notwithstand
ing uncounted nnd unclasttih'rd stoelc ,
losses by straying and severe winters , the
business was still enormously prolilablc ,
more so , indeed , in some instances than
would be readily credible. I know a
Wyoming stockman who borrowed
$130,000 from his banker in 187 ! ) , and who
by 1883 , had paid oil' the indebtedness
and the 18 per cent per autumn interest
upon it , and had , in addition , converted
his capital into income in these three
years.
The entrance of British corporations
into this business marked a new era in it.
The gentlemen who were lirst interested
recogni/.ed the late Lord. Airlic , a Scot
tish peer of high standing , as the sponsor
ser of the infant industry. Following his
load , some of the best names in the
Scotch capital formed a directorate
and organized a company to take over
the prairie cattle property a mam
moth concern. So high was the standing
of those gentlemen that although the
original prospectus was one of the bald
est documents conceivable simply say
ing tnat they wanted the amount to em
bark in Iho cattle business of the west
the money was over-subscribed for and
the shares rose to a premium. The sub
scribers know-nothing of the merits of
the scheme , but they knew the directors ,
and that was enough for them. Com
pany followed company until Scotland
and London had embarked fully $20-
000,000 in the western land and' cattle
business , Scotland owning by far the
greater portion of the shares.
These companies came to stay ; they ,
unlike the cattlemen , embarked in the
venture as a permanency , and ono of
their lir.st considerations was to acquire
title to the lands they grazed over. Free
grazing on the public domain was nil
very well , but it could not last for over ,
and they foresaw the possibility of a time
when they might liavji great herds of
cattle and no pasturn. "Great fools , "
said the .stockmen at lirst. "What's the
good of buying land whpn you can use it
for nolhingi" The American was keen as
to the instant advantage , whereas the
Scot was more 'concerned with
the future outlook for his company.
Some of the wary financial Edin
burgh men even considered the free
grazing a disadvantage , likely to result
in large dividends at Uib outset , which
could not bo maintained when the pas
ture had to bo paid for , a prospect which
did not at all consort with Edinburgh
ideas ot good company management.
So , in the result , largo investments were
made in land , in order , at least.to obtain
a controlling influence over their ranges.
The Scottish companies did not display
their usual prudence in their first pur
chases of western properties , but ns
soon as they were firmly in the
saddle they resumed their wonted
carefulness and adopted , for
the most part , a sound con
servative policy , calculated soon
to correct any early errors in the pur
chase of property or in the initial man
agement , and it is probably safe to say
that , although those foreign corporations
labored under the great disadvantage of
having to administer pronurty fully 0.000
miles away , the business like habits they
brought into tbo working of their projects
will place them in the van of the cattle
business in the long run , and will carry
them to ultimate success , although not
such blazing pyroteclmical success a > s
Fall Overcoats.
OnrG.SO , $1.50 , $ D and f 10 fall
overcoat * arc the greatest wonder
to our competitors , tt7 o cannot
understand how \vc can do it. Hut
never mind , "we get there Just the
ftunic , " and nvltody need go with
out a fall ovcrco'tt when then
splendid worsted coat for
$6.50.
that promised by tbo abnormally high
price of beef in 1833 nnd 1883 , when for n
time that commodity WHS double ita
present valuo. J. SEMVIN TAIT.
Storm Calendar and Weather Fore
casts for 1833 , by Kov. Irl H. Hicks ,
explanations of the "Croat Jovian Pe
riod , " { upon which our Planet is now en-
teringmiilled to any address on roooipt
of a two cent postage stamp. Write
plainly your name , postotllce nnd st'itc.
The Dr. J. H. McLean Medicine Com
pany , St. Louis , Mo.
BHAKESPKAKE'S
HIM Claim to Author lilp Strongly Pre
sented Hy llonillnc BliaKvapcnrinn.
Heading Herald : There is probablyno
profounder student of Shakespeare iu
Heading than Mr. Cyrus G. Dcrr , and bin
views upon the present controversy will
therefore bo of interest , both an coming
from ono who has studied the plays and
is a defender of Shakespeare from the
plory of his works. Speaking to a
Herald reporter last evening ou
the subject Mr. Berr said : "That
these theoretic hobbyists should ,
more than two hundred and fifty
years after the death of Shakcspcars ,
know more about the authorship of the
plays than those who lived when they
were first promulgated ; thntShakesncnro
should have boon an untutored , unlet
tered man of business merely , and yet
have been able intimately to associate
with the wits and geniuses of his ago ,
and successfully to pose under their
searching gav.o as the author of those im
mortalities ; that Marlow , Green , Nash ,
Peel , Spenser , Drayton , , lonon and
others should thus cgregiously have boon
imposed upon ; that when Shakes
peare desired to Hatter the Earl of
Southampton , ho should first have
hail to drop in upon Francis Bacon and
procure that busy intriguing politician
and otlice-seoker to write 'Venus and
Adonis' nnd 'The Rope of Loucrcco' for
dedication to that nobleman ; that the
little poems and songs that Slmkespcaro
contributed as his share to the literary
symposiums at the Falcon Inn were like
wise obtained from the boodlingchan-
coljor that was to be , are propositions
which seem visibly to carry their refu
tation with them. Yet here come Don
nelly unil his co-cranks , telling the au
thor of 'The Fairy Queen' that when ,
tno hundred and eighty-seven years
ngo. in his lament of Thalia , ho styled
Slmkcsucurc 'our pleasant Willy' Lo was
eulogi/Jng an impostor and a fraud anil
telling Master Ben Johnson that when ho
saitl of Shakespeare ' 1 loved the man and
do honor his memory on this side idolatry
as much as any , ' and when he wrote
Shine forth this star of poets and with raio
Or Inbuence , clildn or cheer the Urooping
stage
he was unwittingly writing himself tlown
an ass. The Buconian theory deserves
but the tribute of a smile , and is not
likely ever to gut more from any well-
regulated and reasonably informed
iufiul. "
. _
Vigor anU Vitality
Are quickly given to every part
of thu hotly by Hood's Sarsa-
parilla. That tired feeling is
entirely overcome. The blood is puri-
lied , enriched , and vitalized , and carries
health instead of ilUeaso to every organ
The .stomach is toned nnd strengthened
the appetite restored. The kidneys and
liver are routed ahd invigorated. Uho
brain is refreshed , the mind clear and
ready for work. Try it.
A Idttlrt Hustler Gets a Job.
Chicago Mail : A lawyer friend tells
me he advertised for an ollieo boy a few
days ugo and as usual got a big bundle of
answers. He got fairly well tired read
ing the ynrious creditable thinirs the
young aspirants for the place had to say
of themselves , but finally he struck a
letter that really rested him. It was
written on a very mush soiled and crum
pled piece of paper that had never been
very white and read about as follows :
"I am IU yers old. 1 hain't got no
father nor mutlicr. I'm an orfan and
I've got to hustel. It betes hel how hard
times is. "
My legal friend read no more of tlio
letters , but immediately sent for the wri
ter of this one and gave nim the job. The
urchin has settled down to "hustling" in
earnest anil doesn't complain any more
about the hard times.
CREAM
114superior oxcollo nco proven la millionso.
homes for moiotlmn aiiuurtor of a century
H Is used by the UnitoJ'State * Uovernmont
KndnrbOd by llio lioiuU of tbo Kromt unlvunM
tiesusIho Ktroinrtist , I'urtwt mul Mont Health
ful. Dr. I'rjrfi's llio onlr Muklnc 1'uwdor thnt
dee < not ooutnln AmmoniaLime or Alum. Sold
only In cans.
. . / 1'UICK IIAKIW1 POWDliK CO. .
N w York Chicago bt. Lou
Hats.
Our hat department is sini ! > 1/ [ Im
mense thta season , and for jil.VJ
you can purcJuifc a good sllffltat
equal to hats bought elsewhere for
93. Oilier stiff hats for f 1.SO , ? ,
$ -i.SO\ \ # , ? .
Our soft crushers sell for SOo and
73c.
Soft Hats from 75c Upwards ,
* * > ' t tnliui > rllnet , coin fart and
favorttr * ( f > iliionakteeirelz.
Our name i > I J . &T.COUS1 N8 ,
on every suit. 1 N CW VOHK.
Agents Tor Omaha ,
HAYWABD BROS.
The Theatrical I'rofbtalon. '
Merit will win nod receive public recognition and
pralu. Fuels , which are tlio outcome of general ex
perience , erowlnj through years of critical and
practical tnt , twcomo as rooted and Inimovnblo'ai
tbo rock ot Gibraltar Iu public opinion , and hence
forth notxl co further guarantee cs to tlulr genii
Incncn. Tlio Indisputable fact that Swift's Spoclflo
b tlio best blood purifier Iu the world , Is one of Ihraa
ImmoTaule Gibraltar rock fuel * of which nohavo
Bpoken , ami ererjr Uajt'g experience rooti tliUcon
viction deeper and dei'ivrlu | jmlilio opinion. Kierr
clnKS of our penplo In .America oud In Kurono.
CTorr trade , calling and proroulon. Including tlie
medical profosAlon , havu tiorne voluntary ti'Bll-
mony totha remarkable Mrtuen of a. B. B. and
Ita Infallible cfllcncy In curlni : nil < ll < ii < > of the
rlcai prof eixion. who gratefully testify totho wonrter-
ful curotivo qu ,111108 of the Spcclllo in their lodl-
Tldual cases. Their tesUmnnlnli are herewith sub
mitted to tlm puhllo without further comment let
them sprak for thcinnelvcs. The Udy U a mcuiltr ot
the famous Thalia Theatre Company , of New Ymk ,
and forme rlrnr the Renldpiire Theatre , llerlln , Uor-
manyami ot McYIcker'HRtock Company , of CblccKO.
The RTOtlemHn U n well known member nt the New
York Thalia Theatre Company. Both arc well known
Iu theatrical circles Iu tblj country and In Europe.
Charlotte Handow' * TrMlmony.
NEW YOBK , May 3 , 1S37.
Swift Specific Company , Atlanta , On. t
Gentlemen llarlnK been annoyed with nlmplos ,
.rujitlons and rouRhntuuof the skinfrom Iml con
dition of my blnod , for mnie thann Tear , luseiia
leading preparation of aaraaparlllaancl ether odior-
tttcd remedies to no nffet't. Thou 1 consulted a prom
inent physician , and from his treatment reuelred
DO benefit. I then concluded to try the U. H. S. rem
edy for the blow ) , < tml flru or six packuKev. by n
thorouKh eradication of my trouble anil restoring
moulhncEB to ray nklti , have made me happy , ana
I chuirfiilly g\\e \ jnu thl * testimonial for such use
and publicity at youVLtU to niaku of It.
CIUIILOTTH IUKDOW ,
153 Ikmtry , near C'auul street.
lingo Ilamikrrl'ii TrHtlniony.
The Bwlft Specific. Company , Atlanta , On. :
Gentlemen For two years I had n xevcrn CMO of
eczema. I used tnr oa | < , ulpjur | soapsand various
other remedies , and was preNcrlliedforhy numlMn
of physicians , but found no relief. Atlat littler-
mined to try the H.S.H. remedy , and seven or eluht
bottlea have thoroiiKhly relieved me , and jou can
use lull cortUlcato In auy manner ; ou wish.
lluon HAI KKRU
Member of Tliolut Theatre
hew York , May 3 , I'M.
Treatlsa on Ulood and Skin Diseases mailed frea.
TUK bwi T Srattric Co. ,
Pi awer 'J. Atlau to. Oi
EDUCATIONAL.
YOUNG LADIES' INSTITUTE
And HOME SCHOOL for < .IKI >
KANSAS C1TV MO. Full corps ( it accomplish
'Iriclien. 1'uplls recolreii t MII'V time For clfeula
fl'Plr to , Miss K. UcCGMAS. rrlnolptl.
ST.LOUIS LAW SCHOOL
LAW DEPARTMENT OP
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
ThttTwentT-Unt jear of thNwftll known nchnolwUt
t > 0j.nt 4 o'clock j > .m . oaAVEPNihDiYN T Ulh , 1 7.
F.XAViNATins for&dvuncedstaiKhnff MimnAY.OcT.
10thy.inM KiitlrecourH * tnur b * * completed In two or
three ream at option of at u dent. Diploma udniltr to liar
Tuition t-H * per annum For ( Jntalotf ue , etc , a < ldros&
LOTOS FACE POWDER
Ladies
valutni ! tbclr completion should nccuroa .
SAMPLE BOX ( ORATIS )
cf tlio InUist Imported aud unanimously acknowl
edged us tlm best
FACE POWDER.
ntmrnntood to bo perfectly harmless , Impor-
copllblo , durable nnd tiirmlhlo , 1'or Hiln ovory-
wticro. A8kOur < lriiKii ; ! > tfort. | i'rluii < J6u Ml
CUc PIT liux. TrmloHuppllodhy
BLAKE , BRUCE & CO. , OMAHA , NEB.
J. f. LLOYDS. CO CHICACO Spin jirpartnn
LOTOS FACE POWDER
WEAK iwtini.i.dthn >
MENtt ! *
" * 'i j fr' ' " ( ? E. . . . . . . nit < u W iKt lufKorso
t kEllqtrip V " I ?
KL Ur. . . _ Soc kHfL.SIl llVl
tMiiiirrificr.iir [ iieii.iiKnir
NCllAriVI WKAXNUtS , glT.
IfljcST * , mild , ootliing rurrniu of
LlKtrlt. . ' It ? dlrrcUjr lliroucU ftll wckli | > * rtrrrttor.
JnglhtmV , . _ -.10 k . . llh . ' d Vijoroui Hirer ( tli. Electlic
Cumi 'VJ IfIt imuntlr rr vefurftll tlU3 la ctiti.
Ortttut Iui | ro nitnt err * II bthtr ttlll Wurtt ctwifKr *
rnanriitljcurrdlntlirrvlnnnttii. flrtlffd Jt niilil tic tuna
The Eanden Electric Co. l63LiSalic t. , Chicigtt
SCIENTIFIC
URING
14-20
GI.UCK & WILKINSON.
* ORT-JnX.Xt U ir'uiiBUt tiy Mill.
Beat and taortmi 7 tem now in uae. Circular *
Viet. l'rot.A.KQAtlJLtlL.ll8il01.Ul.l.oul * .
Underwear ,
Ottrtineof underwear is selling at
lower prices than lias ever bee *
seen before. We call your attention
to the goods shown in our window
which ire. are selling al
75 Per Gent Cheaper than other
Houses can Sell Them for ,
DRS.S.&D.DAVIESOH
. . .
1707 Olive St. , St. Louis , Mo.
Of the Missouri State Museum of Anatoim *
St. Louis , Mo. , University College Hospi
tal , London , Gicsen , Germany anil NcK
York , Having devoted their attention
SPECIALLY TO THE TREATMENT
OF
Nenw , Me id
DISEASES ,
More especially those arising troiu impur *
dcnce , Invite all so sud'erin to correspond
without delay. Discnj.cs of infection and
contagion cured satcly and speedily with
out use of dangerous drugs. 1'atienti
whose casts have been neglected , badly
treated or paououtided incut able , should
not fall to write ut > concerning their symp
toms. All letters receive immediate at
tention.JUST
JUST PUBMSHCD.
And will Lc mailed FREE to any address
on receipt of one 3 cent stamp. "Practical
Observations on Nervous Debility and
Physical Exhaustion , " to which is" added
an "Essay on Marriage , " with important
chapters on Diseases of the Reproductive
Organs , the whole forming a valuable med
ical trcatibc which should be read by all
young men , Address
DRS. S. &D. DAVIESON ,
1707 Olive St. , St. Louis , Mo.
Paid up Capital $250,000
Surplus 43,000
II. W. Yates , Prcsidpiit.
Lewis S. Rood , Vico-I'rcsidont.
A. E. Touzalin. 3d Vice-President.
W. H. S. Iliidlms. Cashier ,
DiKixrroitS :
W. V. Morse , John S. Collini
H. W. Yatiis , Lewis S. Rood
A. E. Tonznlm.
BANKING OFFICE :
THE IRON BANK
Cor. 12th and Furnnm ! } ( . < ) .
A General Bankiue' UuBlnens Traimctt
STECK PIANOS
Remarkable tor powerful sympa
thetic tone , pliable action nnd ab
solute durability ; 150 years' record ,
the bent guiitantee of the excel
lence of these instruments
WOODBRIDGE BROS ,
J. B. HAYNES
-OFFICIAL
STENOGRAPHER
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT ,
87 Cliamhur of Commerce.
LEAKY ROOFING ,
Tin or lion , Repaired.
And Tainted nnd euurnntocil tlirlit for iiumbor
of ) ears. PitlnlH never lillstor.
GRAVEL ROOFING
Miimitm-ttui'd iiiiJ iupilipil. ] ( Firu 1'roof 1'iilnt
applied to ahln Rlo , 15 ycurn uxnorlonoo.
WM. II. OUKIIAN &HON.
8111 S.I lt.SU Hot. Arbor uud Vlnton.
RUPTURE CURED
lly Dr. Siioillkor'smrtlujil. No oporutlonl no
puln ; no ( Icttmtion tioni liusliicss. Ailnploil to
chllilron [ IK well iHRrowti people , lluiiiliodaot
tiutograpli tfstlitiiiniaU ( in llio. All litisinusi
Htriotly cimllilimlltil. Consultation Iroo.
PROF. N. D. COOK
Hoom U , 1514 Douglas St. , Omaha , Neb ,
WM , > IC INTOHH II. I * . IIODWKI.t ,
lOI > Wiil : & MvlKTOMI ,
Real Estate Dealers
110 South Spring Sticct.
LOS ANGKLKS , CAL/FOltXTA.
lienlcrs In city and country property ( if ml
dbtcriptloiiK. ( lunural Inlonuatloii iu now-
comora freilr t'lvtni.
FOR PLANTING TIMBER CLAIMS.
Illack Wulmitfl , hulls on , f. n , ! > OOo potbu
muck Wiiluut. liullDoir , Jl.ti.i pur Im
lloxlU lor8ocd , llloporll )
Anli hood , lOo per Hi
llotioy IxXMist .Scxxl ,
llusnliin Mullioriy Hood , H.MI per Ib
( 'qUlpnBncil , l.UU perlb
AlMi nil UliiiUori'rult ntnl l'oro t Trcos for
sale. AililivM , HIIKNANlKMH M ItHMtV ,
i ) . s. LAKK , rruprietur. HIIWANKOAII , IA.
WuSSEVELOPED PARTS'
of the tdjr enl i6 U Full pnrtlo-
Bli UttUl ) fue. KUlli I1KU. CO. , pnrtloY. _ .