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rl THIS.OMAHA DAILY BEE-MONDAY ; , fllAROH ! 1888. * 3 SOME EXCITING EXPERIENCES , Chapters From the Lives of Express MOQOODffOrB. ThE RESURRECTED CRIMINAL Between Two Fres ( One MntVs Ilnlr iBmlrtenljr Blenched lit thp Tcim- CBSCO Motintftlns Caught By ft AVIld Cat. St. Loula Globe-Democrat : a Ncnrly every member of the convention of ex pressman which mot Cuing the week ( it the Southern hotel , hns nt some time in his business career performed the duties of railway messenger ; and although mos ( of them hayo long since been promoted meted to moro lucrative if loss exciting jMialtlons , they all had stories of an ex- cititlng nature to relate. Ono of the oldest expressmen in cx- pcrionco is Mr. John F. Gosstnan , of Camp Dannison , O. , who entered the express service in 1850 , and still does messenger duty. Ho how runs between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh over the Little Miami and Panhandle roads , handling' much cash business , pos sibly , as any through messenger in the country. Ho has an accurate knowledge of the-vicissitudes of a messenger's life , nnd a faculty oi talking straight from the shoulder that is only acquired by long contact with men of the world. "I ran through Kentucky during 1802 nnd again 18(11 , on the Kentucky Cou- tral , and had to make some short tuniB In order to keep company money out of the hands of the guerrillas , " ho said. "At ono time I lay in my car a whole flay at North Benson , Ky. , while the guerrillas on one side of the town and the garrison in a federal fort on the other disputed with solid shot , shells and bullets for the possession of the train. The ? fort saved us , and that night I pacVcd up the money and got away ton miles on footsovoral burned bridges preventing the escape of the train , tuk- Ing a hand-car for Louisville at the first piece of unbroken track. ' Another time we loft Covington for Lexington , having Postmastor-Gonoral Montgomery Blair among the passen gers. Pete Everett's guerrillas opened Dn the train from a dry creek bed at Lair's station , sixty-live miles out , and the regular train guard they wore on every train those days had a rattling fight ! with thorn before guerrillas re tired. When the shower wad over Mr. Blair picked up a baby belonging to a woman who got of ! there and wont away unsuspected with the mother , thus un doubtedly preventing his own capture , . and the train backed to Covington for abettor start. " Concerning the much-disputed ques tion'whether train messengers have op portunity to tamper with packages in transit. Sir. Grossman declared that it is impossible for a messenger to do a neat job of sealing on a moving train even provided ho had all the mHtermls handy and ho could get an export messenger to support him in the statement that the only man who really has the oppor tunity to steal from money packages ia the ono who counts and classes the en velopes. The original and final receiv ing clerks , at opposite ends of the line , and the messenger merely recpipt for a package "said to contain , " and Mr. Grossman cited several instances where banks making complaint that packages had bcoil tampered with had ended their investigations by quietly discharg ing the employe who had sent out the money. In all his experience of twen ty-nine years ns messenger , Mr. Gross man said ho had never been called to account for but ono lost package. That package , containing $90 , was lost be tween Cincinnati and Chicago , and though ho was detained from his run several times to permit the detectives to interview him , ho was ultimately re lieved ot all suspicion , and the con * signer's agent paid $90 to the consignee and accepted his discharge without complaint. The "dummy" envelope Mr. Grossman considores a dangerous witness against the man who prepares it , and ho stated that if a man proposes to steal a sum of money passing through his hands ho had better refrain from any attempt to account for it as such attempts invariably lead to discovery. Ono of the best known expressmen was Wm. "Willis , very recently deceased who was personally known to many members oi the convention. Mr. Gra ham of Evansville , states that Willis' hair turned white in asinglo hour mulct the following circumstances : Willis had a run on the historic Frcdoriclcsburg & Richmond railroadin the interest of the Souther Express com pany. Ono night soon after the close o : the war Willis was making his run iuun old boxcar. The frame wan full of holof and crevices , and the messenger had only an oil lamp , without chimney , foi light. On this occasion ho had left his car at a small station and did not return to it until the train was in motion , when ho discovered that the wind had distin- guished'tho only light. Ho was with out matches and was beginning to won der how ho would get through his busi ness at the next station where import ant deliveries wore to bo made when amore moro serious matter engrossed his at tention. "From the opposite end of the car ho began to hear mysterious sounds , llrst resembling tflo heavy breathing ol n half conscious person , and soon dosel oping into well donned groans andinnr- ticulato speech. As no ono had been in the car with him Willis at once con cluded that it was a ruse of robbers to got him within silencing distance , and ho is prepared himself for a deadly encounter. Creeping stealthily to within roach of the body from which the noUnds pro ceeded. Willis presented his revolver nnd warned the intruder that he was not to bo trapped , assuring the man , who continued groaning without cessa tion , that if ho moved a hand ho would bo killed. After this the groans gradu ally subsided , and the next station was made in dead silence so far as the oe- cugants of that car were concerned , When the train pulled up for the next stop Willis yelled lustily for help , which soon came , Lights wore quickly brought und the horrible dlbcovory was made that Willis1 prisoner \\aa a dead man , whoso head had been beaten almost be yond resemblance to anything human , The poor man was a commercial truv- oleor , wno had been robbed , fatally beaten and thrust into the car by his murdtirors at the Institution , where the messenger had boon absent. The ex perience so worked upon Willis' nerves that when ho leaped from his car in Richmond depot his hair was turned from an auburn brown to snowy whito. His wife bcrcnmod Vrlth fright when the messenger entered his house , and his babe went into a paroxysm of terror nt eight of him for weeks afterward. But Willis lived to make hundreds of runs after that , and died quietly in his bed only a few months ago. Mr. Graham told t\vo other stories ol adventures incident to an express raos- bpnger's life , both of which huyo uijtjl now boon kept from tho. public prints. In 1604 he was wrecked on the Nashyillo & Chattanooga road in a lonely 'spot fn ( ho Cumberland mountains , between COWIMI nnd Tnntnlon , Tcnn. His car vfa $ loaded principally'with fish nnd ircBscd meat , but ho also had n chest full of-valuable .small freight , nnd ho decided to wait in his car for the relief engine. The few pa'wongors who had shared hla misfortune , learning that the debris could , notlxj cleared to let the k ln through before morning , had jrosscd a wide gully by torchlight nnd found qunrtors-ln a mountaineer s hum- bio cnoltij leaving Graham alone to guard his car. The spot was desperately lonely nnd was miles riwnv from any thing resembling 'cstrtblished civ ilization , nnd ns Graham Ptit on his chest counting the slothful minutes ho hoard no sounds of life outside the car save the hooting of a dismal owl and occasionally the shrill scream of a wildcat in the distance. About midnight the owl loft the vicinity , and Graham , unable - able to endure the oppressive stillness , was arranging his boxes and blanket to take a nap , when ho became conscious rather by Intuition than perception for all his intellectual faculties were pain fully active that human foqtstcps were stealthily approaching the spot. There was no light outside , nnd , as a measure of safety , Graham extinguished his single kerosene lamp and awaited his visitor with -impatience and n wcjl- tcstcd Spencer rillo. The man walked round the car once twice , tried nrtd failed to open the sliding door , and seemed hosltating for a plan of 'procedure , when Graham was moro thnn startled by the shrill , ominous nous scream of a wildcat close bcsido the caf , on the side opposite to that where the bushwhacker had been standing. There was no time for Graham to decide whether to admit the human marauder to save him from being chewed up by' the cat or to lot them fight fob the mas tery of the situation , for in ton seconds the cat had leaped upon the car , and thence judging from the. sounds di rectly upoti the man's shoulders. There was screaming , growling and yelling , and the sounds of a mortal combat for about a minute Graham thought it was a week and then the messenger heard n gunshot , followed by retreating footsteps Ho supposed that the man had thrown the cut frqm him and suc ceeded in getting in a disabling shot , but ho never-know certainly , for when daylight came the ground where the fight had taken place was littered with shreds of homespun cloth and spattered with blood , but whether man or beast had boon worsted ho could not toll. Neither was present to give an account of the fight , and Graham was satisfied to lot the matter rest without investiga tion. The only thing of which ho was reasonably certain was that bdth were after plunder the man for anything worth taking , and the beast for fresh meat and that both had been defeated. Ho ran the route for several years after ward , and.mot no moro bushwhackers or wildcats , but hoard ono resuscitation story that ho says made his hair stand on end for weeks afterward. Being wrecked at Harpoth river , on the Nashville & Decatur , in Alabama , soon after the battle of Franklin , Gra ham and another trainman walked over the field for several hours , and then sought a neighboring farm house for supper. The travelers were most hos pitably received , and enjoyed the ex cellent spread. Afterward they went upon the inevitable front veranda to cultivate and bo cultivated by their host. Ono of the first points in his personal appearance that attracted their attention was his snpw-whito hair , between whichand his ruddy facoathle.- tic figure and general showing of youthful vigor there was such marked contrast that they ventured to comment upon it. uNo ; I'm ' not old enough yet , gener ally speaking , to have white hair ; but I came honestly by it , and if you have time the story is yours , ' ' baid the host , with the urbanity of the woll-bred Ton- ncssoaii , and ho proceeded to unfold the story. TWO years before , in 180iJ , ho had been sherilf in Grcono county , Ton n. , and while in ofllco had been re quested to hang a man named Kirby. The execution was conducted on a prim itive plan , near the cemetery adjacent to his own farm , an old elm tree serv ing as the fallows , and a dozen or twenty spooial deputies as assistant ex ecutioners. There was no attempt at dislocation of the neck , Kirby being simply lifted up to go through the dance of death upon atmospheric bupport , and when the leading physician of Green ville said Kirby was dead thp body was lowered and interred inashullow , rocky grave near the roots of the tree , with barely soil enough thrown on to hide the unpainted pine oollln. A week afterward the sheriff , in re turning to his farm from his office at Greenville , had occasion to pass the gal lows tree about dusk. As ho came op posite Kirby's grave his horse shied , then stopped and tried to turn around. Being hold to his course , the animal re fused to moVe forward at his master's command , but stood trembling , snorting and endeavoring to take the back track. His master could not humor his charg er's caprice , and struck him sharply with his rawhide riding whip , where upon the animal leaped forward , clear ing the spot opposite the grave by a high bgund , and dashed madly homo , defying the rider's utmost exertions to stop him. Reaching the roar gate of the sheriff's woodland pasture the horse cleared it without an instant's hesita tion , crossed the pasture , jumped an other gate leading into the roar yard , and burst into the sheriff's ' house. Nor did ho stop until ho had traversed the main hallway aud boon brought up against the wall of the sitting room be yond. The members of the sheriff's family were fortunately , all bitting upon the front porch nnd no ono was injured by the frantic cquino's ' entrance , but it required hoveral hours' hard work on the part of the farm hands to get him out of doors. When this was accomplished the horse refused to bo led to his accustomed quarters , and was permitted to remain in the dpor-yard. Ail his former intelligence and docility were gone , and in their place were stubbornness and unreasonable timidity that Boomed wholly unaccountable. The liorbO refused all food , and in throe clays died , without sign of disease. The sheriff himself was so unnerved by his remarkable adventure that ho did not leave the house for three days. On the night of the third day , impelled by n miserable impulse , he decided to visit his barn. It was a bright moonlit night , and ho took no light , nor did ho arm himself , as was his usual custom in these days of bushwhacking aiid forag ing , and yet ho said he felt certain that a strange adventure stronger thnn that which ho had 'last encountered awaited him , As ho approached tie ] great doors of the threshing lloor which were open the shoritT uuv a man sitting on the sill , and a secoiid glance assured him that thu tlguro was 110113 other than that of the vagabond Kirby , whom ho had. executed ten days before. Without an instant's hesitation the plucky sher iff bounded forward and seized the fel low's throat , demanding what miracle had boon performed to bring him back from the dead. Inbtead of resisting , the follow throw up his hands and said : " "Lot go my throat , and I'll "tell you .all. Then if you will give mo ono square meal you may take mo to jail and hang mo over again. " Then came the story : How the Greenville doctor had 'failed to find the pulsations find respirations tha.thnd not wholly succumbed to the pressure of the noose ; how Kirby had corner to in his coflln ; how , by , struggles nltnost supor- humnn , ho had succeeded in raising his collin lid nnd in accomplishing his own exhumation ; how ho had dreaded the rc-bnforcomont of the penalty of the law , and had concluded to make the gravp his home by dnv and to forage for food nt nlght.nnu ; how. worn out by the terrors , of his fe.nrs of recapture , and by weakness for want of food ho had started to-surrcnder to the sheriff nnd Uiko the sentence of the la\r , t.whou his resolution had given way and ho had sat down in the door- wan to think. The ) sheriff took the man to his house , fed him nnd hid him for several days Irom even the family. Then , accepting legal advice that the man could not bo hanged again , after having boon duly pronouned dead by n physician , sum moned for the purpose , the sheriff took the man into his employ. "I raised a regiment soon afterward , ' ' said the sheriff , "and joined General Claiborno's brigade , ami Kirby was the first man 1 recruited. Ho foil near Gen eral Clalborno there in the Yankee works. " pointing to the Franklin battle field , "and Kirby was hearer the Yan kee muskets''when ho fell than any other soldier in the brigade. Ho Was ono of the bravest of Iho many bravo men who wont into the confederate army. My hair ? Ohi yes , I forgot to say that it turhcd white in the night after I had fed and hid Kirbyand my norycs didn't got steady for six months. " Mr. Graham's story was vouched for by sovornlother express m6ssongorswho have run over the Nashville & Decatur route , among others , Mr. C. L. Loup , of Memphis , who personally knows all the parties referred to or mentioned. A Reprieve For tlio Condemned. Wretched men and women long con demned.to sulTor the tortures of dyspep sia , arc filled with Jiow hopes after n few doses of Hostottor's Stomach Bit- tors. This budding hope blossoms into the fruition of certainty , If the Bitters is persisted in. It brings a reprieve to all dyspeptics who sock its aid. Flatu lence , heartburn sinking at the pit of the stomach between meals , the nervous vous tremors and insomnia of which chronic indigestion is the parent , disan pear with their hateful progenitor Most beneficent of stomachics ! who can. wonder that in so many instances it awakens grateful eloquence in those who , benonttod by it , speak voluntarily in its behalf. It requires a graphic ppn to describe the torments of dybpepsia , but in many testimonial received by the proprietors of the Bitters , thcso iVro portrayed with vivid truthfulness. Con stipation , biliousness , muscular debility , malarial fever , and rheumatism are re lieved by it. .FACTS POll THE FARMER. " \Vlmtotlic l-'nnncrs Have llonc. Chicago Tribune : Wo olTor to our readers without , present comment the following startling figures as bearing on the tariff reform and kindred sub jects before congress and the country : First The aggregate volume of agri cultural food products exported to Europe and other foreign markets be tween the years 1874 ( the year after the great panic ) and 1887 exceeedcd $4,000- 000,000 , the exact figures being $4,281- 806,078. Second The exports of American merchandise between 1859 and 1873 were exceeded by our imports during the same time by nearly $1,200,000,000 ( ex act figures , $1,170,1)78,381. ) ) In other words , the balance o trade went against this country by that amount , and bonds and other securities had to bo exported and bold in Europe to pay the de ficiency. Third "Until 1873 the exports of west ern food jn'oducts has seldom exceeded $100,000,000 in a year , but in the year 1874 the amount bounded up to $29,527- 856 , and has gone us high as $421,800,787 ( in 1882) ) , representing moro than half the total exports of the United States that year. Fourth Since 1873 our western farm- .ers hnvo exported to the markets of the world so much food products that the balance of trade in our favor has ex ceeded $1,050,000,000. They have thus paid off all our foreign debts , drawn gold Jrom Europe to this country , kept the precious metals extracted from our mines at homo , bred thousands of mil lionaires , and enriched everybody ex cept themselves. Is it not high time they had n little protection by enjoying a pence tariff in time of peace ? Enriching Milk by Feeding. American Cultivator : There is a great natural difference in cows with regard to the richness of the milk they give , and this is only partially modified by feeding. Jersey cows make yellow butter , and n good deal of it , according to the quantity of mjlk , even in winter. If the food bo dry and poor they will not give so much. A cow that naturally gives thin , poor milk may bo made to give somewhat bettor milk by giving her rich .food , as corn meal or oil meal meals. Probably if this was continued while the cow is bearing a calf the pro geny will inherit this tendency to put moro of the milk intp the cream pot. In this way our largo milkers may bo bred as equally remarkable for butter pro duction. There in n hint in this fact also against neglecting the feed of cows while they are dry nnd near dropping their calf. It might make trouble with their bags to feed rich or succulent fopd at this time , but this is undoubtedly the best way to develop good animals for the dairy cither for milk or butter. Seasonable Hints and Suggestions. It is not safe to suddenly change the food of cows from the dry hay and grain to un exclusive green diet. If rye shall como in for pasturing allow the cows but a few minutes upon it the first day , gradually extending the tltnoovory day thereafter until they shall become ac customed to the green food. In this manner may be avoided bowel diseases and a falling off of milk. Any community of farmers can , by co-operation in the purchase of a thpr- oughbred male , greatly improve their block in a single season , and at but n small expense to each , while the en hanced value of the stock would moro than compensate for the effort. It really costs nothing to improve , as im provement is simply adding additional value to the stock. Lot spring plowing bo done as early as possible , bo as to turn up the cut worms and other Insects , which exposes thorn to the frost. Another advantage is that the frost will assist In pulveriz ing the soil , Now that the hens are laying well , and the cold weather is passing by , feed loss corn and moro meat. A pound of rough meat chopped nnd fed to a dozen hens once a day will bo amply re paid in eggs. Kindness controls and guides any nnd all animals , says the Live Stock Indica tor , This is true when their life com mences with such treatment. A bull or n hqifer that has run with its dam and has had no attention from man until six Or twelve "months old will fear every ob ject that , is now to it. bo it man , boy or anything'else. Overcome the fear and it is ready-to be taught , uThere arc iu America over 4,000.,000 farms , largo nndrfinnll. Thtiv cover noarlv 80,000,00(14 { ijcsdf imprdvcd land , nnd their total vnluo Is something like $10,000,000,000.Thcso figures nro not , of course ) comprehensible. They B\m- \ ply convoy the hle'a.bf Vnstness 01 nrca nnd equal vastilosicof imnqrlanco. The estimated vnluo of tho. yearly products of those farms 5s bclwcon $2,000,000,000 and 83,000,000,000. , I * Kvory poultry Jiousc should have n . ' feed-box. It saves food , and It Is a very poor plnir 16 'throw ' the fowl , more especially Iho toftifood , In the dirt or In , shallow aishcey The , latter lire liable to bo unset , and the contents trampled under foot and 9\vhslod. \ Besides it docs not show the true spirit of the fancier. Professor Arnold , n well-known au thority , 1ms clearly proved the wnitoful- ncss of giving corn meal to cattle with out carefully mixing with more bulky food. Watering1 the milk in the cow is of ton a fact , as the quality of the milk Is reg ulated by the food , and milk may bo deficient In solids without hnvlnsr water added tojt by the milkman. In using eggs for hatching the larg est and strongest chicks will como from ogps laid by the hens or fully matured pullets. Eg"gs that are small or double yelked are not bultablo for hatching. All young animals quickly learn to cat ground oats , and there is no ground grain is bettor for them. They wJU grow and thrive upon oats even when drawing milk from the dams. If the wood ashes bo carefully saved and applied to the canesof , blackberries and raspberries early in the spring the rcbult will bo rapid growth , anil strottg- canes. . A cow left .in the barnyard.on very cold days aud compelled t6 drink Ice water will fall off in the yield of her milk more than sufficient to p'ay for warming the water. The truly hoof cow is n .small nnd brief milker , often failing to plvo sup port for hoc crtlf , ftnd the ultimatum is reached when the "bo.ef typ'd actually undermines the functions of tnothor- hood and promises the obliteration of a beef faniily , while motherhood , in its broadest and most complete sense , .is ho predominant trait of the dairy cow. A trroat waste on any fuvin is the cnro. and keeping of poor old horses never fit for rugged seryico. The cost is usually greater than foV animals of full strength and usefulness. Old fruit csinfi may bo profitably used for starting early plants. Egg sheila can aiho bo used , playing the shells in the ground with the plants. AS the roots of the plants shall expand they will break tlic shells and grow in the ground. In this manner the" earth around thoybung tender plants , such its poppers and egg plants , will not bo dis turbed. There is n decided tendency among our more progressive brdodcrs to build up breeds of hogs and cattle with more lean m6at than fat. This movement has , been brought about in part by tlio grow ing objections Consumers to so much fat , cspociallynvhorc pork is concerned and tho. wabtdjOntiiiled. In feeding with. it view to the ; .production of moro lean meat close pens ; and largo rations of corn have given plnce to a. run for hogs in daytime , with a warm shelter for the night , and a. varied .ration , in which corn forms buj , a sfmall part. PROTECTED BY FATE. A Man "Who fa Npt likely to Die In a , Railroad Accident. "It has always" been a superstition among railroad men that ono accident on a railroad , no matter how unusual the cireumstancosj connected withit might bo , is sure to bo followed by two moro of a similar character within a short timo. The truth of this has been noted repeatedly , but never in so btrik- ing a manner as in throe recent occur rences. These three accidents were also attended by a piece of good fortune to ono individual that makes these oc currences blill more remarkable. B. W. Williams is employed by a Now York railroad as a buyer of ties and lumber. His business tnkes him to va rious parts of the country. A fortnight ago ho was in the northwestern part pf West Virginia. Ho had business at a lumber station in the mountains known as Slider's mills. A mirrow-gaugo rail road runs by heavy grades and sharp curves into this region. No passenger trains arc run on this toad. Williams had intended to go to the mills ono day in the caboose of a freight or lumber train. Ho had taken his place in the cabposo when ho learned that theio was some doubt about his being able to got back to keep an important engagement , and ho made up his mind to postpone the trip. The train was in motion ivhen ho came to this conclusion , but ho jumped off. While the train was going up ono of the steepest grades on this road it broke in two , the caboose and two other cars boparating from the other cars and at once starting back down the mountain. The conductor nnd a brakeman were in the caboobO. The speed of the runaway cars became terrific , and at last they were thrown from the track. They plunged down a stoop embankment , and the conductor and brakeman were crushed to death in the wreck of the caboobo. Tuesday of last week Williams was in the Pocono lumber regionin Monroe county , Pa. , along the line of the Dela ware and Lackawanna railroad. Ho was at a mill near Pocono Summitt.at which place ho was to board the caboose of an cast bound stock train. Ho got to the station just in time to see the train pass ing out. His dibnppointmontwns great , as ho had an agreement to moot n man in Stroudgburg on. important business. An hour or so later his pleasure at miss ing the train was much greater than his disappointment. The Pocono grade at that place is fourteen miles long and ninety feet to the mile. The stock cars wcro littod with air brakes , but as the train started downtho mountain the en gineer found pintj they would not work. The train wiia composed of twenty-three cars loaded \vjthcattle , , besides the on- ginn and caboose. Is ran away down the grade , cloariiig the fourteen miles in eleven minutes. The then head car jumped the track1 , and all the others piled after it in n- ravine nearly ono hundred feet Oeepj Two or three per sons on the traini were killed and 400 qattlo were crushed to death in the ruins. > Last Thursday Williams' business called him to tlia lumber region of Mo- Koan countyj Pa. A lumber railroad known as the West Branch rajlroad connects the I3rio with the lumber mills. No road fi , this country en counters such sleep grades or makpssuch short curves as this lum ber railroad. It is confined entirely to traffic in lumber and , freight. Will iams had pone up the road to Steckler's Mill. Ho had intended to return that same afternoon to make a connec tion for Bradford. Before the train ho was to take came along ho concluded for some reason to wait until the next day. The train consisted of five cars Joadeil with lumber , ono freight cartho engine nnd a cabposo. In going down whut is known as thp Hazleton mill grade the trainmen lost control of the train. It dashed down the mountain at terrific speed , and at a sharp curve near Bel- knap's camp loft the mils. The train was thrown do\yn a stoop embankment , and in the wreck ono passenger , the conductor , aud the firemen were killed. There wore several otherpcrsonsrldlng In the cnbooso , every ono of whom was badly hurt , two fatally. A mtin with whom "Williams says ho would hnvo been sitting if ho had been on tno train was odeJ of the folallylnjurcd passen gers. Besides these thr6o rcmnrknblo in terpositions of fate in his behalf William " iam says "that ho escaped from tw6 previous frightful accidents by slmllnr good fortune. Some years go ho was nt Lackawnxon , on the Delaware divi sion of the Erie railway. Ho was going east , and was waiting for a passenger train , when ho discovered in the en gineer of n freight train that had stopped at the sUition for water , an old- time friend. The. engineer invited him to ride ns tar as Port Jorvls on his on- glno , nnd Williams consented. Before the engine was through taking water William's received ntolcgiam from a contractor ho had been" doing some busi ness with asking1 him to remain until the ilcxt day , ns ho had loft something out of his contract. WilHnmsremalncd. 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And you that have been afflictua liula short time should by allmenns coma to ns now , many Bet help sad tblnk theya re free frou the disease , but In one , two or three yearn after , It appears agtln In more horrible farm. Investigate oar financial standing through tbe mer cantile agencies and note that we are fully responsi ble and our written guarantees are eood. We have 8 BiMicnr prepared on purely Scientific I'ilnclpl s and we wish to repeat that It NETXIt FAILS To CURB. All letters sacredly confidential. THE COOK REMEDY CO. , Omaha , Neb. Booms 10 and 17 lUllman Block. ATTRACTION. OVEU A MILLION DISTRIBUTED. CAPITAL PRIZE , $300,000 ffrS J V" . * .v. Louisiana State Lottery Company. Incorporated by the Ix'Rlsliituro In IfXB , forKducat lonnl mid riiimtahle ptirpoKcv , und Itn franchlxo made a part of the present MHte Constitution , In 137.1 , by an overwhelming popular vote. Its ( irnnd Slntzlo Number Drawings tnko place monthly , and the Ornnd Quarterly Drawings rexu * larly every tlirco niontua ( March , June , beptcmbcr and December. ) "We do hereby certify that wo supervise thoatv rancementn for all the monthly nnd quarterly Drawings of The Jxmltlana btuto lottery Company , anil In person manage and control the drawings them selves , and that the s.nne are conducted with honesty falrneis and In uood faith toward all parties , and no authorize the Company to use this oorlltkate wjtb lac tlmlles of our Mgnature attached , In Its advertise ments. " COMMISSIONERS. We , the undersigned Danks and Hankers will pay all 1'rtti's drawn In the Ixjulslanu btaty lotteries wulcu may be presented at our counters. J. II. OOI.Ktiliy , 1'rcs. Louisiana National Bank. 1'IRIUIK IMNAUX , Tres. mate National Hank. A. HAI.UW1N , Pros. New Orleans National llunk. CAUL KOIIN.-l'rei , Union National Ilank. GRAND QUARTERLY DRAWING In the Academy of Music , New Or leans , Tucadny , Marclil.'t , 1888. CAPITAL PRIZE , $300,000. 100,000 Tickets at Twenty Dollars oocli. Halves , $ tO ; Quarters , $5 ; TentliB , $2 ; Twentieth * , $1. T I8T OP I'lttZEt , > ni7K ov CMUMI is. . . , , " rmhno ii ' OK WJ.UU S JULOU IMIIXK OK OIUHls . . . , . . , . . . , t. , " . 6UUUU 11'ltl/K W y&tinto. . . , Z I'ltl/.KH OK 1UJMI ro . & I'lUKKH OK tDUlaro. . 26 I'ltlZKHOK UUlare 1(1) ( I'HIKKH OF WHaro. . . . , , . . , aJO I'llUKH OK diOare , . . ; " . . ; ; ; ( uiuu " WO I'KIZKH OK auaro. . . . . . . . . . . ! ; ; ; ; luoguu Ari'llUXItlATlUN I'lllZKS. ICO 1'rties of KU ) approilmatlng to * ijuo ) 1-rtio are MJJOS lOOTrliesof MD approximating to liuu.uuu i-rlte uru JOO J'rltes of I3UO approximating to tWWJl'rlzo are 20,000 . . , TEIIMINAI. riCIZKH. 1,000Trltes of 1100decided by.CUIun . _ irlieare 100.000 lA rrlfesoflllJOdecldedby. . . . 1100,000 ' 1'rtiearo 100,000 3.1.M 1'rtres amounting to. , , . . , . , , tUHS.UJO For club rates , or any further Information apply to tbe undersigned. Vour liandwrltlmf mutt ba dlstluU and signature plain , ere rapid return mull delivery will bo assured by your enclosing an envelope bearing your full address. Send 1'OBTAli NOTK8. express money orders , o * New York Kicbaniie In ordinary letter. Currency by express ( at our expense ) addressed to " ' OrM.4. DAUPHIN. ' WASHI.NOTUV , P.O. Address Registered Letters ta NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK , NEW OIIMSAN3,1.A. | "m"l\i"T"l\.f"n"17T That the of Gen- IVl lUl ? lVlJil'jlLcrels lleauregard presence and Karly , who are In charge of tbe drawings , is guar antee of absolute fairness and Integrity , that the cbancvt are all equal , and tbat no o&e can ponlbly ttlflne what number will draw * I'rlie , JtEMKMIIEU that tbe payment of all prizes Is QUAIIAltTIEU IIV > UlTlt NATIONAL BAN KB OT NEW KLIANK. and tbe tickets re signed by the president n Institution whose chartered rights are facet- a to tbe blguest courts : therefore , b nar olauy tlooi er auonymou * icb Agricultural hriplomonts. CHURCHfLL PARKER , Carriages * nd Hnc k . Junes Strert.btlweeaSthand _ 10th. OiDtha. Nebraska. _ LINIfOER & METUALP CO. , Agricnltnralliniilcincnts apDs.CarriaEOs . , Ktc. Vrhol < < * ale. Om haNebt ka PARLIN , ORENDORF & MARTIN , \Vh6fesalo Dealers In Igricultnral Implements , Wagons & Bnggiei iOl.Ktl , KM and 1W Jones Street , Omaha. P. P. MAST&CO. , Manufacturers of Buckeye Drills , Seeders , Cultivators , Hay Hakes. Cider Mills and I.uban Put- vcrliers. Cor. lltli and Nicholas hire eta , WINONA IMPLEMENT CO. , Agricultural Iniiileiieii0aps&Bneii1fs ! and Nicholas Struts. OMAIIAimANOlt , J.F.SEIBERLINQ k CO. , fAkron.Ohlo. ) Hamsting ; ffachinery and Binder Twine , W. K. Meail , Manager , ) JiJ Ixiavenwortlt St. , Omaha MOLINE.MILBURN&STODDARDCo Manufacturers nnd Jobbers In Wagons Buggies , Rakes , Plows Etc , Cor.Mh and Pacific Streets , Omixlia. Nob. Artists' Materials. A HOSPE , Jr. , Aftists1 Materials , Pianos and I Organs 15l3IouKlas Stroct , Omaha , Nebraska , w. MORSE &Cc. , JotiDers ofBoots and Slices , jia St , Omiilm. Mnnufnctory , Bum * KIRKENDALL. JONES & CO. . ( Unccewors to llceil , Jours i. Co. ) WuDlesalGMannfactuiersofBootsandSlioos Agent * fur Hd'tnn UuWxcr Bhoo Co. 1102,1104 A HOG Unrncy Bl. , Omnlia , Nolira ) kK. . Booksellers nnd Stationers- , H. M. & S. W. JONES. Successors to AT. nenjron & \Ybolcimlo & llftMl Booksellers and Stationers , Flub Wciltllnu BlMlonOir. ' : OotmuercUxl Stationery. m Street , Omalia , .Neb CLARK E.COFF EE c b Omaha CotTcoand l < plce Mills. Teas , Cutrees , Spicds , Baking Powder * FlavorlnK Kxtrncls , Ijiunrtiy Dine. Inks , IZtc 1(14 * Kmilurtiey Strfol. Omnhn , Nebraska. Crockery ° ndJ3t " " ' Accnt for the Mnlmfacturors tux ) liormlcti ot Crockery , Glassware , .lamps. . Chimneys , Etc. Offl ct. W S.'iaii St. . Om ba , Ncbrfltlca. PERKINS , CATCH Si LA.UMAN , lniprtrtiT nnljQb'ber of ' * CrockeryGlassware ; - Lamps , Silverware ' T5lo" 11-1518 Knrnnm bt. , Ncw.I'nxto Cornmlssloh and Storage * CEO. SCHROEDER & CO. , ( Successors to McSlmno & chroitler. ) Produce Commission and Cold Storage , Onmli , 'Nibrftstil. . RIDDELL & niDDELL. . . Storage' and Commission Merchants , Specialties-Gutter , Kggs , Chccfo , Poultry , d mo , Oysters , Kte . Ktc. 113 boutll lltli Mrcpt. OMAHACOAU coe * LIME co , ' Jobbers of-Hard and Soft Coal angoutli 13tti Street , Onmlia , Nebraska. _ i J. J. JOHNSON & CO. , Manufacturers of Illinois White Lime , And shippers of Conl. Coke , Cement , 1'lBstc.r. I.lme. Drain TIJc , ftnrt Sewer 1'lpe. OOlco , i'jiztori Hotel , Huimiu bt , Otnutiu , Neb. Telephone till. NEBRASKA FUEL , CO. . Shippers of Coal and Coke , 2H 8oilh ) HtliSt. , Oronlia , Nab. opdaanid Notions. M. E SMITH & CO. . Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods and Notions , iKBnhd 110tDo > icln tCor. lltli St , Omnlm , Neb. KILPATRICK-KOCH DRY GOODS Co Importers and JohteinDry GoodsNotions , Gents' KnrnUblnit floods. Corner llth and Ilainey bts .Onmlm , Nebraska. _ _ _ _ Crocorlos. PAXTON , Wholesale Groceries and Provisions , .06 , 7g ? . 'OS and 711 8. 10th St. , Omaha , Neb. McCORD , BRADY & CO. . Wholesale Grocers , mb and I.caTcnworth Street ! , Omaha , Nebraska. Furniture , DEWEY i STONE. Wholesale Dealers in Furniture , tarnum Street , Omaha. Ncbraika. CHARLES SHIVnRICK. Furniture Omaha , Nebiatka. Hardware. LEE , FRIED & CO. , Johhers of Hardware and Nails , for Howe Bcalo. . f , HIMEBAUQH & TAYLOR , Builders' ' Hardware and Scale Repair Shop , Mechanic * ' Tools and Buffalo Hcalci. H05 Douglai Street. Omaha. Nebraifea. RECTOR , WILHELMY & CO. , Wholesale Hardware , 10th and Harner Kti . Omaua.Neb. Weitcrn Agcnti ( for Auitln Ponder Co. . Jefferson Htc l Nails. _ Fairbanks BUndsrd Hcalei. ' MARKS BROS. SADDLERY CO. , u Manufacturers of Saddlery & Johhers of Saddlery Hardware .And J.futbcr. UOJ.llltt and 14U7 llarnoy St. , Ornuhu , Nebraska. W. J. BROATCH , Heavy Hardware , Iron and Steel , Springs , Waiion Htock. Hardware. Lumber , Bto. 1 3 and Ull Harnej StreetOmnba. JAMES A..EDNEY , Wholesale Iron and Steel , Waion and CarrlSKe Wood Stock , Heavy Hardware , Ktc. 121T and lift LeavennortbBt.Ouiaba , Neb. L , PARROTTE & CO. , Wholesale Hats , Caps and Straw Goods , t , Omaha , Neb. Lumbor. OMAHA LUMBER CO. , Al | Kinds of Building Material at Wholesale 16t J Street and Colon I'aclflo Track , Omahs. LOuTsTlR/LDFORp , ' " Dealer iuLnmher , Lath , Lime , Sash , Doors , Etc. . Yards-Corner ttu and Dou lai | Comei C. N , DIETZ. Dealer in All Kinds of Lnmoer , Hlh and California streets , Omaha Jfebraik * . Lumhcr Lime Cement Etc Etc , , , , , , Cornerfth and DouclaiSU. . Omaha. _ 7 HARVEY LUMBER CO' . . " " To Dealers Only , Offlrc , KM Karnim Street ) Omahn , JOHN A. WAKEF1ELD , Wholesale Lumber , Etc , Imported and American Portlnm ! Cement , Ft t Aitcnl for Milwaukee * Hydraulic Cement and Qulnry While I.lme. CHAS. R , LEE , Dealer in Hardwood Lumher , Wood Carpets anil IVirqiiet Vloorln * Ith and r > nii i P\XTON& VIERLINO. Wrought and Cast Iron Building Work , Engine * . Hmm Work , General Von n dry , Marhlnfl ami Ulniktmlth Work , oniro unit Works , U. 1' Hy. _ and Hlli direct , Omalm. OMAHA WIRE & IRON WORKS , Manutactnrcrs of Wire and Iron Railings Desk Halls , Window fluantii , Flower Ptands , Wlro fUns.Ktc. K\ \ North Ifth Street , Oiniilis. OMAHA SAFE and IRON WORKS. Man'frsofFire&BurglarProofSafes ' < Vault' , .lull Work , Iron nnd Wlra frVnclnit , Plirnn , KM. gjAndiwn , l'rot"r | Cor. llth and Jackson tt . CHAMPION IRON nnd WIRE WORKS Iron and Wire Fences , Railings , Guards , . nd scriviix , lurbnnk , , intnx , nti > ru , rvBitlciicos , Otu 1m pro veil Awnings , lx > cksmltu Machinery and Blacksmith Works. WUboiitb lltli St. _ ; MEAQ'Hh.H & LtiACH. Fire and Burglar Proof Safes , Time Locks , General Attcnt for Dlebold Snfo A took Co.'s Vaults uuJ Jull Work , 1115 t arnatu btrevt , Omaha , huiiinury undNutloinB. _ _ _ _ " * ' ' " " ? . O'BCRF'ELD "E R""CO. , .Importers & Joohersin Millinery & Notions ax. 810 and 213 South lltu Street. J. T. ROBNSON NOTION CO. , 'Wholesale Notions and Furnishing Goods 403 and imBculhlOtUBt , Omaha. _ VINYARD & SCHNEIDER , Notions and'Gent's ' Furnishipg Goo'ils , _ 1105 llttmojr Strict , Omaha. _ . Oils. ' CONSOLIDATED TANK LINE CO. , Wholsale Reijned and Luhricaiing-Oils , . A le Orcasei fate. , Omaha. AH - Bishop ; Manage ! ) Popor. ' CARPENTER PAPER QOf . Wholesale Paper 'Dealers- Carry a nice stuck of Printing , Wrapping and Wrltlnl l'iiar. Special attention given to cur load ordora. I . . . - . - . - . - . . . _ . .WSTERN N EWspAPER UNio"N" , Auxiliary Publishers , ' , Dcalsrs In Type , I'remos nnd Printers' Supplies. tOl booth 12th Stroct. Onialin. . . _ Rubtjie rJB o o d s - OMAHA RUBBER. CO. , .Manufacturers and Dealers in Ruhher. Goods 311 Clothing and Leather Bolting. 1003 Farnam Street. , Etc. " " . Pumps , Pipes and Engines , ; . ' Steam , Water , Ilnllwnv find Mining Supplies , Etc. ' _ 020 , Va nnd 101 HirilHin Mroct. Urn ah a. . i CHUHCHILL PUMP CO. , Wholesale Pumps , Pipe , Fittings , . Steam and Water Supplier. Headquarters for Slast , FoostACo'ngooiri. Hit Farnam St. , Omalm. O. S. WIND .ENCJNE & PUMP CO. . Steam and Water Supplies , Halllday Wind Mills. 018 ami 9M rnroam St.Omuhsj. _ G. F. Itoss , ActlUK .MniiURur. i ' BROWNELL & CO. . . . Engines , Boilers and General Machinery ; Sheet Iron Work Ptram Pumps , flaw MIKs. K13-12li Ix-arenwortU Street. Omaha. _ Soods. " ' PHIL. STIMMEL co. , Hesale Farm , Field and Garden Scoffs' ' Ml and iU ) Jones btroit Omaha. Storogo , Forwarding & Commission ARMSTRONG. PETTIS & CO. . ffl Storage , Forwarding and Commission , * Branch house of the iromicr HUSKY-Co. Ilufrglesat , wholesale and retail. ! JH UlOanri Ills linrd Street , Omaha. Telephone No. TW ' mrtsmam. Cornlco , EAGLE CORNICE WORKS.- Manufacture Galvanized Iron and Cornice , John Kpcnotor , Proprietor. ICO DodKO and 1U3 and 101 North 1UIU Btrcct. Omaha. Lager Beer Brewers , 1KI North Klgthtecnth Street. Omaha. Neb. OvorolB. ' CANFIELD M A N U F A CT U RI NaT CO Manufacturers of Overalls , Jeans Iuat3 , ghlrts , Etc. 1102nml 110 < Uounlas Street , - - -ii , Neb. Sosh , Doors , Eto. M. A. DSBROVCO. | . , Wholesale Manufacturers of Sash , Doors , Blinds and Mouldings , Branch Otflco , lidi and liard Streets , Omaha , Neb.y BOHN MANUFACTURING CO. . Manufacturers of Sasti , Doors , Blinds. .Mouldlniis , Stair Work and Interior Ilanl Wood nn > . Iso. N.li. Corner Btli and Ixavuuwortu.Btr < i ts , , Omaha , fret ) . I ' OMAHA PLANING MILL CO , , , Manafacturers of Moulding , Sash , Doors , ARC ) Illlnds , Turnlnir , Stair-work , Hank and Office Fit * tlnns. autli and 1'oppleton Avenue. Smoke Siocho , Bollora , Eto. " " " "H. K. SAWYER , Manufacturing Dealer in Smoke Stacks , llrltcblngs , Tanks and Cencrnl Holler ItepalriUK , UU Doduo Blrtet. Omaha , Neb . r. It. PA1.MEII. K. I' , HirilUAN. J , II. III.AVCJIAHD , PALMER , RICHMAN & CO. , Live Stock Commission Merchants , OfBco-llooni J ( , Opposite HxchanKO Ilulldlnit , l/nloa Block. VurUs , BoutU Ouiaba , Neb. ' ' MoCOY BROS , , Live Stock Commission Mercnants , Market f unilihod f reo on application. Stackers and feeders furnlilunl on oed Urm . lto'erence t Oma > na National Hank and Kouth OmnUa National , Uuloa tituck Y rds , buuth Utnaha. LORIMER'WESTERFIELD& MALEYi Live Stock Commission , lloOm 15 , Kxcbance Hulldlng. Union Stock Yards , tfoulit Omaha. Neb. ALEXANDER & FITCH , Commision Dealers in Live Sock , Room 22 , Opposite Kxchanee llulldlnis , Uuloa Stock Yards. Bouth Omaha , NeC. " UNION STOCK YARDS CO , , Of Ornaua , Limited , , Uoid ,