Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.MONDAY JULY 30. 1888.
I1UNDERERS OF THE DEEP ,
Mistaken Impressions of the Amoii-
can Nuvy.
PRESENT RAPID IMPROVEMENT.
The Finest Ships mid GIIIIH In the
World The Dytmnilte Projectiles D
Wlmt Manner of Hhlj > s
ArcllcltiR Built.
The American Navy.
Chicago Hornld : The only ono of the
now crusers and battleships built on the
Ptiolllo coast , the Charleston , which'.vn.s
launched on Thursday last , In the first
of her clnsH which has ; , up to the present
tltno , been lauiichcd. Standing at the
head of not only all armed cruisers of
her typo in thin country , but through
out the world , her advent to the navy
markH the accession of a class of power
ful vc9tols-of-war which are to have no
superiority In the naval Hoots of Europe.
The uHdociiiUon of old wooden craft
yxnd battered hulks with all pertaining
Xthe ) imvy IH to common witli a largo
el MBS of puoplo that the rapid changes
effected within the lust two years , not
only in vessels , but guns and machinery ,
are to many totally incomprehensible ,
and It la therefore necessary , before
giving a description of this now vcssol-
of-war , to Kpoulc of the condition of the
navy a few years past , what duty it was
performing , and the causes which led
to the entire rebuilding of the service
nn act which promises to result in the
Hying of the national colors in every
port of the world , not from old-typed
vessels , but modern iron-clads power
ful yehsols of war. Up to two yeant ago
little 61' nothing had boon done toward
increasing the olllcioncy of the navy.
Wo stood at the head of the naval forces
of the world though many arounawaro
of the fact at the clo eel the civil war ,
and our muster-rolls showed a complo-
meitcf 1,000,000 men enlisted in the
Borvico and for duty ulloat. The war
over , our naval force was reduced to a
minimum , and many of the vessels then
in service exist , and have been , or are
Mill , employed in active service. Our
wooden bhlps , both in the merchant ,
marine , and the navy , have been
noted the world over for the beauty
of their lines as models of craft.
And even now , lot ono of our steam
bloops-of-war anchor amidst a squadron
of ugly Eulliih iron-clads. she appears
more of a.yacht than a vessel rep recent-
ing ono of the strongest and moat en
lightened nations on the face of the
globe.
But the of man-of-war in
duty a - - a
foreign station calls elton for the per
formance of hazardous work , which
necessitates , for a successful rendition ,
olllcioncy of crow and weight of metal.
Take , for instance , the firing of the
Corcans , in 1808 , on an American mer
chant ship. The American squadron
in Chinese watois undertook the demo
lition of the fort and the punishment of
the people. The fleet bombarded the
fort while a landing inrty stormed the
place , killed and took prisoners a largo
number of Coreans and put to flight
over two thousand men.
Instance after instance could bo
nnmcd where the lives and property of
Americans abroad were baved only by
the timely arrival of an American man-
of-war on the fccono of the disturbance.
Especially has this been the case in
South America , whore incessant revolu
tions and rebellious outbreaks have endangered -
dangerod the lives and properly of
foreigners. During the bombardment
of Alexandria the Ajnerican colony was
saved from annihilation on the part of
the Egyptian stragglers only by the pro
tection afforded by a landing p-irtyof
marines from our Mediterranean squad
ron. The settlement of the difllculty on
the Isthmus of Panama in the spring of
1885 servos as another instance of what
prompt action on the part of a fleet can
accomplish. In this last case the rebel
army was driven out of Aspinwatl and
Panama and the railroad opoucd up to
traffic.
But , notwithstanding the efficiency
which has characterized our naval
forces in the post , American naval ofll-
cors fool constantly that with no vessels
of modern typo their efforts in many
cases will bo fruitless. They have long
urged that , instead of using the money
required to lit an old vessel for further
eorvico , the miuiu bo put in a now vessel
' a vohfeol of a typo compatible with the
times and capable in every respect of
fighting on equal terms with any iron
clad afloat.
As it is , a vessel is now rolltted if the
cost of her repairs docs not exceed 20
per cent of the original value of the
vessel. Wo huvo the personnel , the
brain , talent and ability. Wo have the
guns there are no hotter in the world
than the new ordnam-o rifles what wo
now want are the ves-olh , and congress
Is at livbt rushing to completion a class
of ships which will bo an o\orlasting
nrlde to our national honor , our national
dignity.
Before speaking uoxt of the now
cruihors lot mo add that they are the
result of cholco from the iWigns of
every war ve ol afloat ; that they have
at the present day no superiors , and it
is time for the American people now to
realize that the imprecations so long
cast at the navy department , at congress
and various administrations have re
sulted in great good. It is time to lain !
our now cruitors and at the same time
urge the continuances of this late policy.
Since the advent of Mr. Whitney to
the socroturyship of the navy depart
ment a now impetus has bcon added tc
the building up of the service , and
c&pocially in urging upon congress now
appropriations.
The secretary offered $16,000 for the
best plan of an armed cruiser thai
should be Mibmlllcd to a board of nlYI-
I'ors nt the navy department. As a
result , many foreign naval con tractors
Eont in de.signs and competed with oui
own naval nchlteets. Special prizes
were also altered for particular designs ,
notably that of an armored battle ship
of 0,000 tons displacement , and a second
for a 0,000-ton displacement armored
ai'uiecr.
The plans submitted for thcso two vessels -
sols rnmo from English , French and
American designers. It may scorn
Btrango that wo sought designs and
plans from foreign sources , but the ? uc-
rotary had in vluw the gaining of all
information possible , no matter what
the origin , applying a little of our Orvn
inventive genius , and turning out a vessel
sol of the 11 nest and most scrvlceab I
type. Bids wore opened In the nav
department in the November for the
roiibtruatUm of throe large cruisers and
the gunboats. C.Tho cruisers numbered
1 , 2 and 3 , have boon named respective
ly the Nowurk , Charleston anil Balti
more. The appropriation allowed for
the Kownilc and class was 8100,000
each. The building of gunboat No. 1
wns awarded Cramp & Son , of Philadel
phia ; for building the Charleston , to the
Union Iron Works , ofSanb'r anclsco ,
and for No. ! 1 to thoColum bia Iron
Works , of Baltimore. The stipulation
required of the bidders is a minimum
of nineteen knots per hour.
GUI.boats Nos. 3 and I are of 1,700
tons displacement. Tlunr cost is not to
exceed 1550,000 each. All of thcso vos-
Bols are to be built of steel. They are
to Iwve the highest nUalna.b.19 snood ,
and nrp to bo built In accordance with
the specifications of the secretary of the
mvy.
The now cruiser Charleston , as al-
eady remarked , belongs to a class of
three vessels. Her battery is to consist
of two 10-inch rifles and six 0-inch
rifles.
Now , to many the more mention of
these guns convoys no idea of their
great power. Try to conceive of a telescope -
scope twenty-eight fee * , in length , mndo
if Htccl , with a thickness at the rear
end of some two and a half feet , and
: apering gradually to the muzzle , where
the diameter is only a 0-inch bore , and
you have an idea of the appearance of
jur famous now 0-Snch rifles. This gun
s a brooch loader , and is capable of
throwing a projectile to a distance of
nix and a half miles.
The rifle denominated as the " 10-
inch" is thirty-live feet in length , and
Lhrowsan enormous steel-pointed pro
jectile which is over four foot in length
to a distance of nearly eleven miles ,
piercing fifteen inches of steel armor
with as mucm case as a rifle ball is fired
through a pine board. Now imagine
this projectile , containing a couple hun
dred pounds of powder , fired through
Lho side of an ironclad and exploding
by a concussion cap the moment it
enters , and the result is to tear the open
ing into a frightful aperture in si/.o.
For many years the government paid
little or no attention to the improve
ments in now guns abroad. Krupp and
Armstrong continued to turn out
heavier guns and gain higher velocities
for their projectiles. But at the same
time that the $25,000,000 was appropri
ated for ironclad ships for the Ameri
can navy , 81,000,000 was appropriated to
establish a gun factory in Washington.
At the same tltno wo were oven unpro
vided with the necessary plant to enable
us to construct heavy guns , and it was
found imperative to obtain the same
abroad. The first 0-inch rifle was built
under contract by the South Boston
Iron Works and cost $75,000 , the car
riage alone cost $12,000.
This gun was designed by a board of
navul olllcors who drew their ideas from
plans obtained in every country in the
world , and the result wag that the new
Ordnance gun obtained a velocity of
2.800 feet per second , in comparison
with Armstrong's 2,100 feat per second.
In other words , the most powerful gun
in the world to-day is the new 12-inch
rillo of the American navy , throw
ing a projectile nearly thirteen miles
before an o < plosive charge of over live
hundred pounds of gunpowder , the pro
jectile weighing nearly ono thousand
eight hundred pounds. This fact is not
generally known , but I doubt if there is
a military circle in Europa which is not
cognizant of the achievements of the
heavy ordnance the Americans are
turning out. All thcso guns are similar
in appearance , ranging only in size.
The 0-inch rillo can now bo manufac
tured at the ordnance works in Wnsh-
snglon for J35.000 , a great reduction in
the cost of the original ono.
Each of the now cruisers will carry a
varied battorv. On some it will consist
of two of the 12-inch rifles ( the numbers
0 , 8 , 10 or 12 denominating the diameter
of the bore ) , with a complement of
0-inch rifles ; or porhapb two S-inoh
rifles , with a complement of C-inch
rifles. In the tops , about decks , and all
advantageous positionsgatllng guns and
Hotchkibs ro\olving canon will bo
placed to repel boarders , swoop the
deck of an enemy or repel the attack of
torpedo boats. Hugo electric lights ,
fitted with powerful reflectors , are sup
plied to these vessels , and on a dark
night with a clear atmoshoro it would
bo impossible for any small boat to get
within a milo of the war ship without
being speedily detected.
The cruisers of the Newark typo are
to develop nineteen knots per hour or
they will not be accepted by the govern
ment. Their engines are to develop
8,000 horse-powor , and under mean
pressure 0,000 horse-powor. The gun-
boals are to have 2,200 , horse-power , and
must attain , to bo accepted , at least
sixteen knots per hour.
The contract also provided that for
every one-fourth of a knot which the
contractors could make their vessels
attain over the required speed named
by the department that an additional
sum of 850,000 would bo paid by the de
partment.
Much has been sivid by the press concerning -
corning the Steel cruisers Atlanta , Bos
ton and Chicago. Lot mo say , with all
emphasis , that Roach turned over to
this government three as fine cruisers
as over floated. They are not heavy
armored ships , they are intended for
swift moving , active , fighting cruisers ;
and in that respect they are a success.
The Atlanta made her sixteen knots
for day after day , in rough weather and
smooth weather , in a recent eruiso to
the West Indies. The Boston has made
her 15.8 knots per hour , and the Chicago
cage has yet to no tried. The last ves
sel is the largest of the tnrco , the two
former being sister ships.
Within eighteen months the now
fleet of American war ships will bo
afloat and will have replaced the few
ronuiining wooden vessels still in ser
vice. The naval fleet will present a
most formidable appearance and a
reipectabiUty in keeping with the
greatness of our nation.
The Chicago was designed for 1C
knots , but has yet to prove her speed
capacity. There are in the list twenty-
two vessels , some of steel and the re
mainder of iron , fulfilling the require
ments of modern vessels of war.
With the exception of the Charleston ,
all the vessels are being , or have been ,
built on the Atlantic soabo.ird. The
Charleston Is under the contract of the
Union Iron Works of S.in Francisco.
In eighteen months , it is safe to pro-
diet , all of the vessels now under con
struction maybe looked for afloat and
in lighting condition.
A good idea of the now sleol cruisers
Atlanta and Boston , can bo gained b.\
supposing a largo cigar box plaeoi
lengthwise on a long vessel , taking u\ \
all the room Hush with the Rides , except
thirty foot on each end. Now , in this
boxcalled Uiu citadel or superstructure
pierce the sides with throe ports on ;
nil'.i , creel lilllo b.iUlomcnta on end
corner for st.iall , rapid-firing guns , ant
in front of the eitadol and behind i
place a largo eight-inch rifle. Inside
the citadel placn three six-Inch
rillos on a side , and the battery is com-
plotu. Imagine the cruiser racing at
sixteen knots per hour , carrying two
lltina capable of throwing their project
iles eight miles distant , and six guns
cuiibe : ! of damaging a vessel six miles
away , and a crow of 810 men to man
thorn , and some idea can bo had of the
ability of the Atlanta and her sistot
cruisers to overhaul a hostile vuaseland
light him. On the HnUiuiurn. Charles
ton , and Nownrk the crows will average
about 00 men. The work of construc
tion Is being rapidly pushed forward
and not a rivet or bolt is placed before
being Inspected by govwnmont olllcors
and pucstul.
Before ending. I must speak of a craft
Which has no sster ( in the navies of the
world , a vessel whiuh has been Jcnom-
InatQtl by BrlUms "u hellish outcome of
Yankee ingenuity. " This vessel is the
new dynamite cruiser Vesuvius.DTlio
gunboat Yorktown and cruiser Vesu
vius were launched April 2S at Camp's
yards in Philadelphia. The success at
tending the trial of Lieutenant Znlin-
skl's gun induced the government to fit
out a vessel equipped with throe dyna-
mlto tubes larger \ lithe \ \ \ \ 01103 pre
viously tried. A great deal of opposl-
ion attended the proposal to construct
a craft of this nature , and naval ofllccrs
specially did not look favorable on such
node of warfare. However , the vessel
iits been pushed to completion. The
loner of naming the now vessel fell to
.ho lot of Miss Brcckinrldgo , daughter
of Congressman Breckinridgo , of Kon-
ucky. An otllcor who witnessed the
'aunch says in the Scientific American :
"Tho now craft carries three guns of
slxtccn-ineh caliber. Vastly greater
destructive powers will bo developed by
hem than the original eight-inch.
They will throw projectiles each con
taining 800 pounds of explosive gelatine
i distant of over a mile the object
) oing to throw the explosives upon the
deck of the enemy. Tlio guns are to bo
capable of maintaining a rate of dis
charge of two projectiles per minute. "
"The throe tubes are to bo placed
'orward ' in the ship , their ends nroject-
ng above the deck well forward , while
, holr breeches are down in the hold.
They are to bo sot at a fixed angle of 10
legrcos. The range is to bo adjusted
jy varying the amount of air admitted ,
i'ho eight-inch projectile has reached a
destructive range of ono milo with
ibout the same elevation. All the details -
tails of the loading and discharging
neehanism are to bo as perfect and
lutomatic as possible. Within the hold
ire stored a quantity of heavy tubes to
contain the compressed air. "
"In firing practice the distance of the
mark must bo estimated and the dis
charge valve sot accordingly. The ves
sel is then turned until tlio gun points
at the mark , when the projectile is dis
charged. Should the vessel bo rolling ,
Lho discharge mtut take place when she
is on an oven keel , the artillerist wait
ing his time. The pitching will tend to
alter the range , but owing to the high
trajectory the effect will be far less than
in ordinary gun practice. An inclina
tion of 4 degrees due to pitching is not
looked for in any ordinary sea. "
"Tho Vesuvius islMlifeot long and 700
: ncasuroment. She is to bo furnished
with engines indicating at least 3,500
liorse-power. A speed of 20 knots.cqual
M about twcnty-thrco statute miles , Is
,9 bo attained ,
' 'When all the machinery is in place
the Vesuvius will float low in the water ,
and if by her two screws she keeps bowen
on to her adversary , will present a very
small target and at the same time bo
: vblo to discharge hnr torpedoes. "
Similar events to the launching of the
Charleston may now bo expected daily ,
: ind it will not bo long before the Amer
ican people begin to realize that nt last
wo have a navy , and vessels equal to any
of the boasted prides in foreign waters.
As one ollicer remarked , "Give mo com
mand of one of our now cruisers , with
an American crew and with American
guns , and I defy an Inflexible , a Duillo ,
or an Italia to worst mo. "
It is our people abroad who realize
keenly the need of a powerful fleet upon
the seas , and depend upon it that the
rise of the now navy will see our foreign
interests royivo , and will tend indirect
ly to the building up of that great in
torcst so long lost to us our foreign
trado. GODKUUV LYNKT CAUDKX.
MRS. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
How tlio Widow of the Grcnt Preacher
laves Her Income.
New York Sun : Mrs. Henry Ward
Beechor has changed little since the
death of her husband , though she is
now seventy-six years old. At present
she is living at the St. George hotel in
Orange street in Brooklyn , where she
moved after giving up her flat in May ,
but she Is hoou to go to her daughter's ,
Mrs. Scovil's , at Stamford , Conn. After
a visit there she is going to Ithaca to
make a visit to Henry VV. Sago , old
friends and former Plymouth church
people.
The Beechor house at Poekskill re
mains unoccupied , and Mrs. Beecher
goes there only occasionally. Several
weeks ago she invited the sewing soci
ety of the church to go for a day's pic
nic there , and twenty-two ladies enjoyed -
joyed her hospitality on that occasion.
The house l8part\y \ dismantled , many of
the household effects having been re
moved and divided among the chil
dren , so that it could not bo occu
pied without addition to its belong
ings. It is said that Mrs. Beochor
greatly desired to spend tlio summer
there , but her sons opposed it. No pur
chaser has appeared , and as none of the
sons of Mr. Bocchor feels able to sup
port so largo an establishment , the
beautiful place is closed and fast show
ing signs of neglect. Mrs. Beechor
makes occasional visits to it to have it
aired and swept , but it is for the most
part closed and barred against intrud
ers.
ers.A Brooklyn real estate dealer has an
order from Mrs. Beochor to find for her
a suitable house in Brooklyn , in which
she will reside next winter. She will
not board at a hotel , finding it distaste
ful , and her experience in a flat was not
pleasant. As a matter of fact , neither
a Hat nor the homes of her sons are
large ; enough for her purposes or her
position as the widow of the late pastor
of Plymouth Church. She has a great
many callers and is constantlv being pe
titioned to identify herself with chari
table and social movements , and hoi
comfort demands that she should bo at
the head of any house in which she lives.
While her children recognize this fact ,
they oppose her undertaking the care
and responsibility of a house , both
on account of ago and her in-
como. The latter , it is said , is
considerably less than fifteen hundred a
year from her husband's estate , and not
enough to support an establishment such
as she would need to have if she is to
entertain as it is expected she would.
MrsBoechor makes money with her pen
but not nearly so much as formerly , be
cause she is unable to do as much writ
ing as she has so many younger rivals
in her special field , that of domestic and
household economy
There is an element in Plymouth
church circles favorable to a provision
for Mrs. Boechor which shall take the
form of a memorial offoring. Many o
her friends among the congregation
agieo that it would bo pleasing to tholi
eolings to do some generous thing foi
Mrs. Booehor , hut the funds of the so
ciety are no larger than the demands
made upon it , and the future income o
the church is not assured. It is but jusl
to the sons of Mrs. Booehor to say that
they would oppose any effort looking to
sui-h an end , it being their wish that
thttir mother should make her homo
with each of them in turn. This plan
Mrs. Bocchor has resolutely opposed on
the grounds which she gives as militat
ing against her living in a flat or at a
hotel.
William Hastings Teen , of London ,
advertised in seventy English papers
for a clerk at a salary of $450 a year.
To applicants' ho returned a circiOnr
saying that he jnu&t have live shlllir s
as a guarantee of good faith before con
sidering the matter. The police ar
rested him after lie had received many
thousand applications and a goodly
number of shilling * , and in court it
came out that the whole business was
the result of a wager of $500 Teen had
made with a friend that within a month
ho could gel five thousand applications
for a .situation as a clerk , and that two
thousand of them would bo accompanied
by live shillings. The jury found him
guilty of fraud , but the judge released
him under bonds , with a minting and
suspension of
CHEAP LABOf.BY INSECTS , .
Romlnlsconcoo of Early Days In
California ,
i i
THE LAZIEST MAN ON THS COAST.
Dick Bkcltou'g Soft Snnp nml How
Ho Worked It-VToo limy to
Vote Kccincsled to
Leave iTo\vn.
San Francisco Examiner : Dick Skol-
on , bettor known as Lazy Dick , was the
azicst man I over saw. Mv first knowl
edge of him was at American Flat , in
El Dorado county , California , during a
lire. Ho was sitting in front of the sa
loon in which the conflagration took
ilaca and did not move until nearly
drowned with water. Ho then rose in
dignantly and wanted to clean out the
xjwn. This was the first and only time
that he was known to so exert himself.
I next heard of him at Hollow Bar.
There ho distinguished himself as the
.azicst . man at the Hollow , by being too
laay to vote. The citucns , at this lack
of interest and ambition , ordered him
out of town , at which ho spunked up
energy enough to crawl Into a lumber
wagon and was landed at Placervillu.
lie , as usual , made himsulf known at
short order by owing every man money
[ 10 could get it from , and by never pay
ing for meals or lodgings. Ho dressed
better than anybody , and had the only
lounging chair at Murphy's saloon.
This sort of thing went on for sev
eral months , until a meeting was called
l > y the people to give orders for certain
men to leave camp. Among them was
Dick Skelton. These notices wore cir
culated throughout the diggingsthereby
making the camps in El Dorado county
places of unrest for the tramp and dead-
beats.
Dick looked rather down in mouth at
this forced moving , but otherwise paid
no attention to it. The others loft town
lu the next twenty-four hours , butDiek ,
in his fairness , had forgotten all about
it. Ho was romindou , however , the
next evening by an tingry crowd of citi
zens , who came to him and in rather
strong language reminded him of the
order of the day before , and , as a finale ,
gave him to understand that if he were
found In that camp on the morrow he
would bo ridden out on a rail. A rail
ride would require some ' exertion , and
so would walking. but on the whole
walking the least. So Dick gathered
himself up and left.
After walking for perhaps ten miles
Dick became so exhausted that ho lay
down and wont to sleep. Ho awoke
just baforo sunup , got onto his feet and
moved up the hillside a few hundred
yards. Just then the sun blazed out
and ho saw at his foot a pile of gold
gold of the purest color.
At that moment ho felt a pain in his
leg. Seating himself on the nearest
rock he pulled up his * pants and found
one of California's mammoth ants try
ing to make a breakfast oil his leg.
This rather brought him to himself ,
and to finish the job ho wont down the
canyon and washed In the cold snow
water. Thus refreshed ho wont back
to investigate.
When ho again arrived at this won
derful stock of gold ho stooped down
and picked up a handful of it. In a second
end hundreds of ants came swarming
up his arm. Ho had found an ants' noit
of gold. Ho didn't-like most men , rush
frantically pit and Hud some way of dis
posing of his find , but , instead , sat down
on a convenient rock and planned what
a circus ho was going to have in the
future.
He watched the ants in their minia
ture operations. Working like little
troopers , up they would come , some
with gravel , some with gold. It was a
grand sight to witness ; gold and earth
cast away together , and gold put upon
the sarno par with gravel.
Snoozor's only comment was that ho
blessed his stars that he wasn't born
one of the poor slaving devils.
Ho then noticed that the ant-hill had
been built under a little bluff of rocks ,
or , rather , what everybody thought
barren quartz. It was so placed in a V-
like niche that no wind had over visited
or been able to carry oft any of the
precious stuff.
After making landmarks and staking
out the claim , Dick tied up as much as
ho could in his handkerchief and started
for town. Ho arrived late in the after
noon , walked boldly up the street ,
entered Murphy's saloon and invited
the crowd up to have a drink with him.
The barkeeper looked at him for a
moment , and then told him that ho had
playott that old game out , and nothing
went until he could see stuff in sight.
Dick pulled out his handkerchief and
displayed the gold before the staring
crowd. The barkeeper no sooner saw
the color than out came the best liquor
in the house and all bunds swallowed it
with a relish. Questions wore piled
into him thick and fast , and all that
could bo got out of him was that "tho
Lord was on his side , " and that ho
would never again want for anything ,
and he wanted to see the man or men
that wanted to ride him out on a rail.
No ono answered this last part of his
his speech , and that night ho held
down his old chair in peace.
Ho settled up all his bills , squared
himself with all whom ho had borrowed
money from , and in return everybody
was his friend.
As soon as the first stake was gone ,
Dick again wont into the hills. Ho
erected a cabin and put in a supply of
provisions. Everybody thought what a
good thing had been done him by order
ing him out of town , and every man
took it upon himself that ho was the
one that had re formed Dick.
After ho had become settled in his
now homo ho hunted around the hills ,
and close by the original find ho found
two more nests of ants. These were not
as productive as the first. The wind
had taken off the debris or gold waste
as fast as it came to the surface. Dick
made boxes and placed around them ,
thereby saving the most of it. Ho then
settled down for business , i. o.totako it
easy , and about opco in every two or
three months go and get his dividends.
The first nest , whqn cleaned up , cleared
him about * 2,000 , and ho figured that
on the three ho would make about that
much a year.
After this his troubles began to grow.
The first bad luck came this way : After
gathering in about $2,000 from Ills three
mines ho became generous to the miners
and bought thorn a sack of meal. Ho
scattered a few handfuls around the ant
hills , which was stored away at shorl
order. This so pleased him that ho dis
tributed the entire sack among the
the throe nests. The ants worked at
the meal for a couple of weeks , when
Dick began to realize that thounts were
putting in moro time at the meal than
mining and this was not the worst of
it , for as soon as they had it nicely
pocketed away , out it came again.
When Dlok saw this last operation ho
fairly boiled with rage , calling them
ungrateful little wretches , cursing their
laziness and abusing them llko beggars.
It was no use to rage , and still
less to try and do anything for
if ho dared disturb them ho was
afraid that they , llko himself , would
hunt a moro congenial camp. The next
throe weeks he put in scattering the
neul to the winds as fast as it came to
Lho surface , The dividend that month
lardly paid running expenses , and lie
leclarcd that his miners would go a
eng time hungry before ho would glvo
thorn another feast.
His next piece of hard luck was a
obbcry. Some ono happened along
that way , stumbled onto Dick just as ho
was gathering In his returns. The fol-
o\v was a slick worker , and ho pumped
[ ) ick as dry as a Nevada summer , find-
ng out just how ho happened to make
its find , and that he generally loft
, lie nuts to themselves for a couple of
nonths before ho took his gold away.
I'ho stranger was so gentlemanly and
such a good listener that nothing would
lo but for him to stay over a day and
uivo a look at the other nests and
watch the workings of the miners. Ho
stayed as requested and the two had a
; oed day of It.
Everything went smooth for the next
six weeks , when Dick thought it time
.o go down and see how the dumps
ooked. He took ono look at the big
test and his heart sank within him , for
the ground was as smooth around it as
in old standard dollar. Some ono , and
t must have boon his traveling friend ,
uul got in his work by the gontlomoon-
ight , and loft all three nests without
in ounce of gold. After this ho made
lis clean-up every Saturnay night. This
equircd a little moro work on his part ,
nit ho thought it a little wiser to take
i few steps himself than to have some
stranger take them for him.
Soon the luck changed , and ho had
a good lazy time of it for the next
ivo years. At that time the ants
jcgnn to go back on him. Instead
of & 2.000 a quarter ho only realized
81,000. To make matters worse it still
went lower in pro'duetion , and Dick
undo up his mind that the best thing
10 could do waste move to some place
where ho could see moro of the world
uul take it easier in his old ago. Ho
wouldn't work the mine himself and
would not lot anybody else have it. as
, ho first would require exertion and the
alter watching. Uo at last became
\tired of watching the ants bring up
nothing but gravel , and HO picked up
ils trans and moved to Sacramento ,
where ho remained a happy , laxy , hon
est citizen. Ho went every year to the
claim and found just enough , if not a
'ittlo moro gold than was necessary to
lold the claim , there being at least * 1)0 ( )
i\ith which to pay the assessment work.
HAUIIY R. MICHAELS.
Inherited
Diseases.
In the realm of disease the facts of la.
fcerltanco arc most numerous and are dully
cctimulatlng. Here , alas , thejr become ter
rible , fateful and oTerwhclmlUft. Ko fact of
nature 1 < more pregnant with awful mean ,
lug than the fact of the Inheritance of
disease. It meets the physician on his dally
rounds , pnralyitnz hli art and filling him
with dUmajr. The legend of the ancient
Orccka picture * the Furies a pursuing
families from generation to generation ,
rendering them desolate. The Furies still
ply their work of terror and death , but they
sire not now clothed In the rjarbof supers-
tlou , but appiar In the mort latelllgtblo but
BO less awful form of hereditary illseme.
Modern science , which has Illuminated M
many dark corners of nature , has shid
new lljht ou the ominous words of the
Scriptures , "The sins uf thofathen * shall b
Tltltcd upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation. " Instances of hereditary
dlicarc abound. Fifty per cent , of cones at
consumption , that fearful destroyer of fami
lies , of cincer and scrofula , run In families
through Inheritance. Insanity Is hereditary
In a marked drgrvR , but , fortunately. Ilk *
many other hereditary diseases , 'ends to
* rcar Itself out , the stock Iwcomlng extinct.
A distinguished scientist truly says : "No
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the clmnco of being the subject of hereditary
disease. " Probably moro ohronlo disease * ,
which permanently modify the ctnictur *
nd functions of the body , are more or leu
liable to be Inherited. The Important end
far reaching practical deductions from such
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of Individuals end families tuid toe oollecttr *
welfare of the nation are obvious to reflee-
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1'or catalogue address GIIO. -MILLS. .
Principal.
llll L/C
OF OMAHA.
Northeast Corner Fnriiam and Iftth Ss. (
Paid Up Capital ? .riOO.OOO
Surplus Fund 100,000
FIIANK. MUHPHV. I'rehldent.
BAMU1U. E. HOQIJUS , Vice-President.
BKN U. WOOD. Cashier.
MJTMRlt DltAKK , Ahslbtimt Caslilor.
.Accounts solicited nnd prompt attoutlciu glv n
to bU3lne.-is Intrusted to 1U cine.
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PEERLESS
SOM OMAHA.
r. IC-I'AHILU. N. iMiicmiAN. j. n. III.A.SCIIAIU. .
PALMER. RICHMAN & CO. .
Liye Stock Commission Merchants ,
Offlce-lloom 21 , Opposite Kxrhauge Uultdlng , ITnlou
_ rUock Yards , hoiitli Om.'m. Neb.
_
McCOY BROS. ,
Live Stock Commission Merchants ,
Market furnlihod free on application. Ht c r < and
tew\en \ furnished on uond t < rms. llt'ereu < v < ; OIIIM
Utock 'A01 ! ? U "sanirboiitU : Ouiali * Nailinisi , Union
- , UoutU Umaba ,
KORIMER.WESTERF1ELD& MALEY
. Live Stock Commission ,
Itoom 15 , Kxchanae Ilulldlnir , Unloo Stock Yar..s ,
_ _ tiuuth Omaha , heb. _
ALEXANDER & FITCH.
Commision Dealers in Live Sock ,
CoomK , Opposite Kxchan ? * U-illdlnr , Union
lards , houUi Duiaua , N b.
UNION STOCK YARDS CO 7
Of Omaha , Limited ,
JobJi t iCOJd , lUMflAMi ilbU
flM AHA
Agricultural nnplomonta.
C H U R C H I QTP A R K E R , "
Dealer in Agricultural Implements , Wagons ,
Carriages and lliKnlcs. Jioei Strrot.butwccuWuiuJ
Kill , Omaha , Nebraska.
LININGER & METOALF CO. .
AgricnltnrallrnplemcntSjfapn CarriaEes
, Ktc. Wholesale. Omaha , Nebraska.
PARLIN , ORENDORF it MARTIN ,
Wholesale Dealers In
Agricultural Implements , Wagons & Bnggics
( Ul , nn , W6 iind m Jones Street , Omaha.
P. P. MAST & CO. ,
Mannfactnrcrs of BncKeyc Drills , Seete ,
CultlTalnrs.Uar llnkrs. Cider Mills and I.ntmn 1'ul-
renters. Cor. lltli anil Nicholas Mrects.
WINONA IMPLEMENT CO. ,
Wholesale-
Agricnltnrai Implements , Wagons & Bnggics
Corner Hth rml NKhnlasMrooti.
OMAHA niUNClI.
J. F. SEIBERLINQ & CO. .
Akron , Ohio.
Harvesting Machinery and Mer Twine ,
> V. K. Mead. .Vanaiicr. lani.eaTcnwortli t. , Omiiha.
JlimufndiircrsandJobbers In
Wapns s , Buggies , Rakes , flow Etc ,
Cor. athnnit rnsinc Stri'i'Mi Umahn , Neb
Materials.
Artists' ' Materials , Pianos and Organs ,
isn PiHiL'Ins Street. Oranlm , Nebraska ,
Booksellers and Stationers.
H. M , & S. W. JONES ,
Successors to A. T. Kenyon A Co. , Wholes ale A Itctall
Booksellers and Stationers ,
Fine Wodillng Stationery , Commercial Stationery
IMJ Douglas Street , oumlm , .Sol ) .
Boots nnd Shoos _
KIRKENDALL , JONES & CO. ,
( ! < uccc sors to lt"e > l , Jones A to )
Wholesale Mannfacturers of Boots and Shoes
Aitcntsfor lloJton Hubber Shoo Co. 1KB , 1104 & 1100
llarney bt. , Omnlin..Ncbniaka.
W. V. MORSE & CO. .
Johhers of Boots anil Shoes ,
1101,1103-110) Douglm St.Omnlm ManufactorySum
mer M. lUston ,
CLARKE COFFEE CO. ,
Omaha CofTcu and bplco Mills.
Teas , Coffees , Spices , Baking Powder ,
KlaTorlnK Kxlracts , Luundry lllue. Inks , Ktc. lilt-
Jill ! Ilarnor Ptreet , OmanK , Nebra ka.
Crookory
w. C
Aucnt for the Manufacturers and Importers of
Crockery , Glassware , Lanius , Chimneys ,
Ktc. Offl co , 317 S. 13th St. , Onmha. Nebraska.
PERKINS. CATCH &LAUMAN.
Importers and , Iolbcr < of
Crcckery , Glassware , MIS , Silverware
Etc. 11U far.in.in St. , New I'ntton Dulldlne.
CommlBslon and Storogo.
RIDDELL" & RIDDELL ,
Storage and Commission Merchants ,
Speclultk'I''tor. . r-r rhy ' " " -Itry , Game ,
1112Howard Street. OmMia.
CEO. SCHROECER & CO. ,
Successors to McShano & Hehroeder. )
Produce Commission and Cold Storage ,
Omaha. Nebraska.
FREDERICK J. FA1RBKASS.
Wbolc3.ilo
Flour , Feed , Grain and General Commision
Merchant. Correspondence solicited. 10H North loth
Street , Omiihii. Nub.
n ncM-imo.
OMAHACOAL. COKE & Liwi co.
Johhers of Hard and Soft Coal ,
3U9 Routh 13th Street , Omaha , Nebraska.
J. J. JOHNSON & CO. ,
ManufactnrersofLime ,
And shippers of Coal , Conk , Cuiuont , 1'laMor. Lime ,
Drain Tile , and Sewer 1'lpo. Olllcu , jIS , H. 13lh
Bt , Omaha , Neb. Telephone bll.
NEBRASKA FUEL CO. ,
Shippers of Coal and Coke ,
214 South rth f U , Omaha. Neb.
DryCoodsjind Not Ions
"
M. E"SMITH & cb. ,
Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods and Notions ,
1102 and 1101 Douglas , Cor. llth iU. , Omaha , Neb.
KILPATR1CK-KOCH DRYGOODSCo
Importers and Johhers in Dry GoodsNotions ,
Cunts' FurnlshlnK Roods. Corner llth nnd HaJncr
bts , Ouiuua , Nt braska.
DEWEY & STONE ,
Wholesale Dealers in Furniture ,
iurnam Street , Omaha. Ncbrasl.il.
CHARLES SH1VERICK ,
Furniture
Omaha. Ncbra'lia.
"
PAXTON , GALLAGHER & CO. .
Wholesale Groceries and Provisions ,
705 , ; 07,700 and 711 S. I0th Ft. , Omaha , Ntb.
McCORD , BRADY A : CO. ,
Wholesale Grocers ,
t Ih and LcavGnworlh Streets , Oninlm , Nebraska.
Hardware
LEE , CLARKE , AN DRtiESiEN HAISU-
WARE COMPANY.
Wholesale Hardware , Cutlery , Tin Plate.
Metals , Sheet lion , etc. Clients for ROWP S'-ales ' ,
Jllimill'oudcr audl. > inan liuibud \ > ir ,
. . . , .
Omulu , fi. .f i o
HIMEBAUGH & TAYLOR ,
Builders' ' Hardware and Scale Repair Shop ,
Mechanics' Tools and IluflHlo Scales. 1CJ6 IloaiiUi
"
_ Hrcct. Omaha. .Ncbrairta. _
RECTOR , W1LHULMY cV CO , ,
Wholesale Hardware ,
10th and Hsrner Sis , Omaha , Ne'i , Western Acontl
for Austin 1'owior < lo . .lorfc r on Ptcol Nulls ,
_ _ _ _ _ _ Fairbanks btamtunl Hciiles. _ _ _
MAR KS BROS. SADDLERY UO.
Wholesale Munufnil'trrrit of
Saddlery & Jobiiers of Saddlery Hardware
AndLaalher. 110 ! , lla'i ami IO7 IIara y St.OuiUha ,
-
.
W. J. UROATCH ,
Heavy Hardware , Iron and Steel ,
Springs , WMOD Mn-k , IlnrOwnie. J.umt.ur , Utc. 1)7
and till llarney JJIraet.Ottialis.
w. L. PAHROTTE * co.
Wholesale Hats , Caps and Straw Goods
1'.07 HtTDrjr Mrr.su Oatsba , Neb.
OMAHA LUMBER CO. .
All Kinds of Building Kateriai at Wholesale
IttJ Street aud f/olon / [ MoldoTrack , Omtlia.
i.ouls "UITA oroiTD ,
Dealer ia LiiKitfir , Lath , Lime , Sasli ,
Doorsi'tc. Tts -C r r till ttt l. ' iu-lss. ( .Xrnei
i sodi > u is .
( S'DIBEGTOlff '
. _ Lumber. . SM- ?
C. N. DIET2 ,
Dealer in All Kinds of Lnnte
11th and California Streets , Omstis , Nebra t .
' t
w.
Lumber Lime Cement Eic Etc
, , , , , ,
Corn t r f hand Douglas Sis. . Omajig.
T. W. HARVEY LUMBER CO. ,
To Dealers Only ,
Office , IKO Karnim Street Omotm.
JOHN A. WAKEFIELD
Wholesale Lumber , Elc ,
( Jiilnry While l.lino ,
CHAS. R. LEE.
Dealer in Hardwood Lumber ,
Vood C riet | anil 1'nrquet Flooring Hli nml r > oiml. <
_ Mllllnory and Notlonsr "
i. OBER ELDER" Vco. , '
inporters & Jobbers in Millinery & Notions
ax ? innml l7 outli Illh Miwt
' " * * " " " " ' * * * * " * ' * * " " " " *
i'
_ OvorniiR.
CANFIELD MANUFACTURING CO. .
Manufacturers of Overalls ,
cana Pauls , tMrts , Ktc. llUivml HOI Uuuitlai Street.
Oinuhn. ttvb.
Noti'ona.
J. T. ROBINSON NOTION CO. ,
Wholesale Notions and Famishing Goods
) anil 4X > tk ntli UHti St. , Omtlin.
08. | |
CONSOLIDATED TANK LINE CO. .
Wnolsalc Refined and Lubricating Oils.
AiloHrc'Me , Kto. , Omaha. A. II. IHMiop. Manager ,
VINYARD & SCHNEIDER ,
Notions and Gent's ' Furnishing Goods ,
llftl Itnrnpy Street. Omnha.
Office Fixtures.
THE SIMMOXDS MANUKACTUIUNQ CO.
Manufacture.1 * of
Bank , Office and Saloon Fixtures ,
Iantlc , HIilPboanH , Book Cases , UrtiR Klxtnrt > , WaH
l'a < B , l'nttlllonii. ItalMiiKCounter * . IU'c > rnml Wine
Cooler * . Mlrroro etc. Knctory urn' nnlcv , 1TJU und 17J3
soulu 1 ith St. , Umiilia. Telephone. Hit.
Pa I n 8
CUMtviTNGS & . NEILSON.
\Vliole-nlo Dcalorsln
Paints , Oils , Window Glass , Etc ,
1118 Firnam Street , Omaha , Neb.
Ppor.
CARPENTER PAPER CC. .
Wholesale Paper Dealers ,
Ony a nlro itock of Printing , W nipping nnd Writing
1'Ui.er. Special attention tnvtm to car load onlen.
Paper Boxes. _
JOHN L. WILKIE ,
Proprietor Omaha Paper Box Factory ,
No < . 1117 and 131 ! ) Douglas St. , Omalia , Nob.
_ Prlntoro' fflatorlols.
" ' '
"WESTER'N'NEVVSPAPER UNION.
Auxiliary Publishers ,
Valors In TJIIP , I'ruMi'B nml Printers'Suppllpi. (02
outu Ktli ! ti cct. Ouiaua.
RubbeirJ3 o o d s
' "
OM'AH A"RUBB ER CO.V
ilannfacturers and Dealers in Rubber Goods
311 Uotlilnu and leather Ucltlui ; . lUUtj Kiirnum Btrttt ,
_ _ 8a3hfDgpra _ ,
M. A. DISBROVCO. . ,
Wholesale Manur cturcrs of I * "
Sash. Doors , Blinds and Mouldings , %
Brunch Office , 12th nnd leant Htreets , Omaha , Nob.
BOHN MANUFACTURING CO. |
Manufacturers of Sash , Doors , Blinds ,
Vuldlu2s , stair Work and Interior Hunt Wood V\
au , N. 12. Corner Mil and l-cuveuwortb Streets.
Uiuaha. tfcb.
Steam Fittings , Pumps , Etc.
A. L. STRANQ CO. ,
Pumps , Pipes and Engines ,
CHUHCHILL PUMP CO. ,
Wholesale Puinns , Pine , Fittings ,
Steam and Wntor Bunplles. Tlcmlnuartcni for MaiL
toost ACu's gooils. lllll'arnara ' ht.Omuha.
U. S. WIND ENGINE & PUMP CO. .
Steam and Water Supplies ,
Uallldajr Wind Mllli. OHnndKOFarnain Bt. , Omaha ,
Q. 1 * . Hots , Acting Manager.
BROWNELL & . CO. ,
Engines , Boilers and General Machinery ,
Sheet Iron Work Steam Tiimpt , SUIT MIHi. 1213-1211
, Omnlm.
Soods.
PHIL. STIMMEL'i ; COM"
Wholesale Farm , Field and Garden Seeds
811 and 'JU Jones Street Oumuu.
Storage , ForwardlnK& . Commloslon
ARMSTRONG. PETT1S Ic CO. .
Storage , Forwarding and Commission ,
Branch hiiiixint thu llemiur IliiKiry Co. Huu'Kles al
wUuleiuluHailri'tull.l'tl UlUiunl HI ! Izard Btreul ,
Omaha. 'I'vlcpbuno No.VW.
Smoke gtqokB , Boilers , Etc-
"
"H. K. SAWYER. " "
Manufacturing Dealer in SmoKe StacKs ,
Utltchluv * , Tnnks and General Ilnllcr ItoualrlQU. Uli
u Htrcnt. Omaha. Nob.
_
" "
STOR2f&"lLER ,
Lager Beer Brewers ,
liZl Norlu UUlhteonth Street , Omaha , Neb.
Cornloo. "
EAGLE CORNICE WORKS ,
Manufacture Galvanized Iron and Comics ,
John Kpcnutur. Proprietor. U7D Duilco and lltlaad IQI
North IWb ritroet. Ouiiihn.
STEAM BOILER WORKS.
Carter U t-on. 1'rop's. Manufacturers of all kinds
Steam Boilers , Tanks and Slieetlrou Worlc
Works South 2uth and II. A M , Crossing.
PAXTON 4 , VIKKMNO IKON WOKK3.
Wrought and Cast Iron Building Wort
Knelnoi , llrats Work.Oeneral r'nunclry. Xlaolilne nd ,
UlackiuiUli Work , onire und Works , U. 1' . llj.
aou mh street , Omaha. _
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V7iHE"fc iRON' WORKS ;
Manufacturers of Wire and Iron Railings
Deik Halls , Window ( lunrdf. Clover Ct rrl , Mlr
. Elc.U \ North ICtli aired , Umal.e.
OMAHA SAFE and IRON WORK3 ,
Man'frs ' of Fire & Burglar Proof Safes
Vaults. Jail Work. Iron and Wlro Kunrinir. Hlitni , Etu.
U. AuJreuu , 1'rop'r. Cor , Ilia nod Jacksou SU ,
CHAMPION IRON and WIRE WORKS
Iron and Wire Fences , Railings. Guards
auJ Semens , for banks , nfflres siorc > rxMenrrn.uto.
iMprooil Annlni/s lx > ckin nil MurMmiry nd
Illiiclimlib Worm. tUiMmili Inn HI.
IMEAGHER Jk LEACTTi "
Fire and Barglar Proof Safes , Time Letts , n
Central Af < tnt > for IheboU Sifu A Lock Cu.'t
Y ulu u4JsJI STpJk.U