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    ' 10 THE. OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY .OOTOBlDll 30 ; 1SS8.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
REAL
ESTATE
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For Sale by
ROOM 40 ,
OUOIcr ten-aero tract , near Holt I.lno II It. .
Inwi'Ht Oiniilm , mil ) tvtenlvllvo minutes
Tide by suburban tiulns from Webster Htrect
( U'pot ; mnniilllci'iit view , pleasant iiml henlthy
locution , .lust tlin pinto for n nice homo nrlluu
Trull and \fnel able nftrcleiw. Ilils property inn
l > e platteil Into nfty cholru lots that will hull In-
Hide of threoyi-nrs for four to tle hundred inch.
Can oiler thu whole tract for u short tlmo at
W,50U.
TWO lotn , KlxlVi feet , corner Jackson anil
Iown avenue , onn of thu Ilnuat residence
altra In West Oiualui , f.,5W. |
E LKGANI south front lot. fiflxTf. , on Harney ,
nenrUi th street , only r > , iiOJ.
CIIOICT. rcslilcnco situ on " > ith nvenne. In
Clark's addition. 'Ihlglot ls 4\U . perfect
grade and nlcolv sltnntcd , between St. Mary's
UMmue nud Harney btrcuts , Mi'iO.
0OHNr.ltfi'ixHO ' , on Howard nnd 28th streets ,
cast front nnd on grade , JOiV .
TfHH 8AI.E An Interest In onn of the best
4 ? pieces of ln\estment property In Omaha ;
can oiler this for J-'U.OOJ. I'lirth.-inprs c.m realize
140.000 out of this property \\llhlu thieojeuis ;
Itw111 pay } on to InvustlKiito this.
EABT front lot , HlxlBO. on 31st street , near
I'opplctnn mcnue , Hansconi I'laco. Just
the place for iv nlcu home. Can olTei fora few
da ) H at } .tr , > co.
DOUIH.i : corner , W\l&0 ) feet , on Wooluorth
Avenue and IL'ml street , faring Hansconi
Park ; perfect rade. .lust the place for an ele
gant residence block. JT.MIO.
Tj AbT front lot on LoweUMJUUC , In West
I Omaha , tl.u
- , NK of the nicest residence 1 Jts In Han com
Place , on Poppleton nvonne.forsaleonvery
' . ' .ftmall caih payment , loni ; time. New cable line
* : will make til * the finest residence property In
* heclty.
/ 10HNEK,100xUflfoeton 31st and Poppleton
\-/'ftvenue.pavedstreet , bewerage , water and
: perfcet Krailo and 'magnificent view : one
iofttie nnest residence eltes in the city. Call and
K f get price. . ,
beautiful . outh front lots on Popplo-
THltKK
ton Bvenuu for sale for a few ilaj s nt a low
flrruro. Only tiAO cash required : bnlaucucnii run
1,2 , 3 and 4 years. H' ion want to secure a nice
home-in the nU est residence portion of the city ,
it will p y you to look this up.
FEET on Harney near 11th Rtiect , sploddld
wholesale point. A bargain If sold hoon.
/"CHOICE business lot 11x132 feet on Tenth near
V Homey.
THACKAOr and woiehoii'-o property CC < 1 K ,
corner 12th nud Nicholas siau track In alley ,
There la M.lOJiuollt In thin lot for bomo ono ,
offer for a ahort tlmo at $ i.UU ) ) .
jTtOIWEIt , UOxlPO , iPSHthan sov. > n blocks from
{ - , \J Court House , with three small cottages rent-
n ' - i * * tot $73) per jear ; room lor tltrte more
i yK3& groundalonoisotthllfty per cent moio tlmn
1 * - ' 'priceasked. H will pay jou to look this up
Irlcel7nin. (
EM5GANT rrstdenco and grounds InllniiHcom
plweft.un , furnnci ) . bath-room , cltv water
* c. Can gl\o Immediate posesslon. Call un <
price ,
'BW 8 room houic. nil modem convenience" )
laAVestOiiiiilia ; a big bargain If taken
TDAHOA1N Choice ten acre tract with com
'Jtl fort able house , Darn , nplendld shade trees ,
* e.cl ; < > 89 to city and Ilelt line railway , just tlu
Xor line fruit : iml vegetable gardens. Can
this a big bargain If taken nt once.
Bt'UlNESH lot with now two story store build
tofeonM. near tli St. South Omaha. Wil
( nt tot w olve per crnt on the Investment. Cat
ftd Jt , prlco II.GWI.
S of the llneHt lluslness Lots In South
hn , for a few ilaya at M.OOO.
OT * . block M. South Omaha00x150 feet near
only $ | , suO
Itf lotH near F and S3th Ktreet , Sout
4- Guinna ; the blggeat bargain in South Omaha
J11HKER nice lots , one * corner , near Catholic
JL Church on "Mi street , South Omuha , fn :
VTtOR little cotta ( o and full lot COxlM ) in South
1 1 Omaha , near liHth and O stieots tor sale a' '
4\Ai\ Acres choice land In Honard County
\rt\J close to two railroads ; for fciUe at a bar
IJJlcVRUATj Kood houses to rent. Can give 1m
9 mediate possession.
bQfl fin/I / Worth of peed Omaha propertj
mutl.UUv to tnido fortlrst-olass fntmUm
< u tock lanch.
Fwit on 16th stioet near 1 arna'n , for a few
da ) sat figures U \ \ 111 pay you to
\ \ O good clear farms for salt ) or excliang
L for city propel ty.
. 'tt ' III'NT Several nice houses la the bes
residence portion of the city.
TCANolfer for the next thirty day * . Flvo
choice toii-acro tracts of land In
West Omahn , close to the city and
near roRiilnr stations , on licit Line Hull
liiad , HUburlmn trains now luniilngatrord outrl ,
and easy transit by Htweuty.ll\o minutes rid
between this piopeity nnd Webstei titroct
1011 take 1101 HK in buylnca nve or ten-ncro
t tact of liiud , U well sltuutod. YnuouilK * on
thu Irtiiil , have upleiisant andcoiufoitiblchome
tive froiu tlty taxes , and get to and f rum your
work in ton n quicker I linn to most pliu es lu our
t-lty. where a nliwie lot xtouldco t as much us
tlio tm acres 1 run offur you
rjYon i-an r Ue enoush oil of llo or ton acres to
ithi > nsupport tour family , iindlntHoor
three jeais the rapid Riwuh ofnuruity will en-
bblc > outn iilattnu land into chnlc lots that
will sell for three and foiu llnicb \ \ hut ) on can
buy the laud for to-day.
l ) < m'tlet this chanru slip , but c.ill nnd see
ulmt w have to otrer. l.emeinbur them aio
only tlvo ten acre ttactn , : i ml I ' .sill sell iltlier
Uv eor ten acres , as p.\rtles prttcr ,
U will pay ) ou to mil eiuly uml si euro a
ll'yuu IIIIYO oocl propfi'ly to sell ,
vxcliango ( irront , call JUKI list
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Geo.N. Hicks ,
BOOM 4O ,
Barker Block ,
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Another Vcrnloti if tlio.VllcRril PrnutlB
In our Public Iinprovoitii'iitH ,
OMAHA , Oct.J. r To tlio cilltorof the Br.hi
Some boiiy has cou ( | > osi > d u letter "To tlio
Public" nnd Louis Hrtmrod , Into member or
thu board of public wqrks , has fathered it by
.sI nliiK uiiil cnuslng II to bo published. Tlio
rcnl author was , undoubtedly , n well known
contractor , wfoo wns very much disgruntled ,
because he dlu not f.'ot tlio cedar block iavc-
mcnt contract , .1. H. Smith & Co. , obtained
last spring. This contractor seems to think
that no other should bo allowed to como to
this city to perform public contracts and that
nil others who have been doing public con
tract work for thin city , heretofore , should
bo driven out , so that ho would bo loft nlono
In his glory the only pet the klng-bce con
tractor of this gieat nnd gipwing city. Ho
hasu few noisy and nirgie slvo followers lu
the city council. Poor llelmrod needed their
support , In his attempt to hold n position in
this board another tiirm in spite of the inay-
oi' ' wishes.
Under thcso embarrassing clrcuinstanoss ,
Hcimrod felt nn polled topursuun course ,
pleasing to this little band , frequently , In violation
elation of his own good Impulses and batter
judgment , as ho 1ms confessed to mo. Some
body H.ild something ubout "undue Inllu-
cnces" a little while ago. I think this was
the most cruel case of it on record. Hut ,
finally , when It became evident that the
nforesaiil little band in the council could not
control n majority of that body and that Mr.
Ileimrod must retire , ho was made to think
that it would lessen his chagrin and salvo
ever his disappointment to pose as n sensa
tional cxposer of fraud and corruption on a
post mortem basis nnd give mo a kick , by
attempting to Icnvo the Impression upon the
minds of his readers that 1 was consenting
to a W > , < X/U i obbery.
Now to further show the animus of this
post mortem letter , joil attention Is called to
the fact that there is not ono word in it
about the work being done by Kcgan Bros. &
Fox , under the satno specifications nnd cxc-
eu led In the same manner , nor one word
about the concrete base of the Harbor As-
ptmlt company , which is bomg done , always
has been done , under the satro specifications
and in the same manner , in this and all
other cities , as J. H. Smith & Co. , are doing
it Not ono word Is f6und ubout a bundled
of other contracts , performed or being per
formed In this city , this season. His letter
is entirely devoted to J , H. Smith & Co. ,
who happen to bo the recipients of the dis
pleasure of another contractor and a non-
icsident. The same day that Mr. Helm-
ted declined to act on the estimates of J.
H. Smith Vi Co. , amounting to nearly $7IKJ ( ) ( )
ho voted for the approval of estimates for
Hegan Hros. Ai Pox amounting to over
10,000 , without a single objection or even a
casual glnnco at the figures. "Oh , consist
ency , what a jewel thou art I"
For some leason , unknown to mo , but
which seems to bo thoroughly undoi stood by
otheis , ho paid his respects to .1. H. Smith &
Co. only. Smith was a stranger to bo taken
in. Smith & Co. , like all other contractors ,
tire not heio for their health. Like all other
contractors , they are alwajs willing and
anxious to save n dollar by using Indifferent
material or doing indifferent work , instead of
first-class material and woik , whenever the
citj's icpresentatives in charge will allow
to. Hut no other contractois with whom I
have ever had any experience , have yielded a
nero prompt and giaccful obedience to the
'cquiicments of the stipulations of their con-
ract , whenever it was firmly required by
.ho city's rcpiesentatlvcs in cliaiiro , than J.
U. Smith & Co.
Thcieforc , if they have used any poor ma-
ci ial or have done any poor work , or used
ess mateiial in the performance of their
isotk than the specifications call for , it Is the
'aultottho citj's rcpicsentntivcs and not
hcira. The Inspectors in charge so assent
and confess , hence no lioncst reason could bo
given for refusing them their pay for com
pleted work , as certified to by the city engi
neer. The time tn see ' .Uat good material is
furnished and the work well done is during
the progress of laying the pavements , dav by
day , each and every day. After u district is
completed it is impractical and unjust to go
back and tear it up and relay it , or deprive
the contractor of his pay. This wns Helm-
rod's foolish attitude.
Mr. Helmrod asserts that J. H. Smith &
3o. , nro being allowed to dofruud the tax
payers of this city out of fOViCO , llld | gives
his items as follows :
Saving on shortage of tar . $18,000
Saving on shortage of tar . ! ! . " > ,000
Saving oh shoi logo of tar . 20,000
The first item of . IS.OJO , on shorta-jo of tar
ho builds up on a report of Inspector Mich
ael Donovan , as to the quantity of tar used
on Twenty-second street paving district , nnd
then highly commends Donovan. When
Donovan wan inspector on another contrac
tor's job previous to this , Mr. Hoimrod was
persistent in demanding that ho be icmovcd ,
alleging that Donovan was an impracticable
crank , etc. , that the contractor did not like
him ; that ho was too particular and icquired
a too rigid and technical compliance with the
specifications , and hence a hindrance to the
proper progress of the work. Hoimrod find
ing that I was not disposed to remove Donovan
van , or any other inspector , at thu Instiga
tion of a contractor , finally became desperate
nnd came to mo one day in front of the may
or's oftlco , in the presence of the city engi
neer , nnd begged mo most pitiously so re
move him as a personal favor to Loui Helm-
rod. I refused , and he left me In violent an
ger. Shortly thereafter Donovan's service
on the former job naturally terminated , and
Hcimrod hastened to have him assigned to
duty on Smith's ' work. From that time for
ward ho has sung Donovan's praises. Every
one can draw their own inferences from this
particular incident.
During Donovan's first ten days of incx-
pci lonced service as inspector of tar , ho re
ported the quantity poured on Thirty-second
street paving dlstt lets , and it was found bv
reference to the city engineers estimate of
the number of yards of pavement laid in
said district , that instead of the two gallons
of tar per yard required , there had been only
ubout nn avcrago of one and throe-quarters
gallons poured on to a yard of pavement.
When Mr. Donovan was confronted with
this fact ho frankly said : "It was my
fault. There wns plenty of tar there , nnd I
was nt llboity to require the laborers to
pour on just us much as I pleased. It is not
the fault of the contractor. I thought 1 was
getting two gallons per yard , but the result
proves J was not. It win the result of my
inexperience in this department , but , hero-
nfter I will see that wo get the full amount
required.1' Since which time Mr. Donovan's
reports have shown that wo aio
getting the required amount , sometimes a little
tlo over and sometimes a little less. This is
the only foundation In fact Mr. Helmrod pretends
tends to base his mountain of $18,000 fram1
( figuring nn average of ono gallon per vard.
enl > , on Smith's contract at the oxhorbitant
prlco of 10 cents per gallon )
The other $47r > iw finud , ho alleges , Is in the
concrete base of Smith & Co. The method
of figuring , b.\ which lie arrhes nt this con
clusion IB so fallacious uiui ciicumlocutory
thwt it would bo n waste of time nnd space to
review it. It is sufficient to say that thn pav
ing contractors are never called upon to fur
nish n Portland cement concrete , for u base
for heavy hub-marine masonry or foundations.
df forts , harbors and sea walls , referred to
in Hclimod'H pnsthun'ous ' letter , , but Mr ,
Hoimrod did not know this fact. The sped
Ikations of the cities of America , w hci o conCrete -
Crete bases are plucjd under pavements
nro uniform in this respect and just
like our own , which SII.VH that concrete base
shall bo composed of ono measure of Ameri
can cement , two measures of sand , mixed
into a i.ioitnr and broken stone in surh quan *
titles as will gle u surplu * of mortar when
rammed. In this respect , our specifications
are an exact cpp.of \Yashlngton , D. C. ,
specifications , whcio ncarlj all their pave-
inonts are undoilaid ulth concietu baso. The
Washington sptcitlcatlons weic formulated
by the war dobartmentfor a base for us-pliall
pavements , which would be absolutely worth
less without un endui ing , firm and unyicld
ing foundation. Gcneial K. A. tiilu.ore
author of several standard works on pave
ments llines , cements and coi.i-retc' , says
that the proportion of broken stunu "should
bo determined in accordance with the uilncl
pie that the volume. of the ci-munting sub
s Unco should always ba somovhut lu excess
Of the volumn of voids in thu loarau material
to bo united , " .Then on page : Ut of his
work on cements and mortars , fie
says that ono barrel of cement.
three Inrrcls of sand and Jive bauds of
brokrn stone , muke n concrete which pos
sesses a crushing strength ot 130 pounds per
Wiuure Inch , when two month * old , mid Is
thu Htundui'd American cement concrete gen
erally adflntfA upon government workb , . und
that it possesses * suflioent strength in foun
dations and thick walls for any position in
which concrete is used. Under our Mpoclll-
cations' contractor * arc re.qulrcd to follow
General Glluiore' * formula , except that wo %
do mt allow .tlio uie d tuv V.yo barrels ot
sand Instead 6f three hence our concrete Is
that much stronger. TThls toklhg onobancl
of sand was a precautionary measure tcf In
sure Us Against the liability of our cements
being weakened too much through the rude
manner bf mcasurcmpntf. of material on
t Must touts , in doing \\orit hastily ; In other
words' , so us to bo bu the safe side.
It , was under the Olnaha specifica
tions thnt Smith contrasted to work.
If thq contractors nro made to fulfill the re
quirements of our specifications , each nnd
everyday ns the Work pi ogresses , otir con
crete base will bo all right. In this matter ,
as well as obtaining the right quantity Of tar
nnd nil other matters connected with public
work , wo nro dependent Upon the business
tact , fidelity and integrity of our Insiders
who are in dally charge of the work.
I find that the obtaining of persons for inspectors
specters , iiosscssed of nil the qualifications
nnd elements of character necessary to en
able them to properly enforce a rigid compli
ance , on the part of public contractors , with
the specifications of their contracts , who
are willing to servo seven or eight months
of the year for only $100 per month , is the
most difficult problem to solve , in connection
with inv duties.
Mr. Hcimrod says he found the concrete
only live inches thick in "somo" places on
Smith's work , and then llguies all .Sinitn has
done or will do this season at' five inches In
thickness , and makes nnother mountain
shortage on concrete of * SJ 1,000. So have I
found it thus occasionally on all contractors'
worlc. This Is liable to bo the case some
times , even though the inspector on the work
Is Lommandcr ol the situation , nnd faithful
contractors aio always exceedingly careful
not to furnish more material than they nro
obligated to. Hence they are liable to shade
under in some places , unless watched very
closely , but us a general rule there are six
Inches of concrete under the pavement laid
this year.
Wo are pushing n largo amount of public
work in u rushing and improvident manner ,
In many respects because the public demands
It. Yet , notwithstanding to the central y
what Mr. Hcimrod has been made to say , or
what ho may hereafter saj , the public \\ork
in this city , this season , has been done fairly
well , and at fairly reasonable prices. Much
better , In my judgment , than heretofore , and
I doubt very much if any other city with no
larger expeilenco in the management of city
affairs than this has had , can boast of any
better i esults.
In conclusion , the unseemly attitude of
this board , as formerly constituted , hus been
n matter of much regret on my pni t , and the
fact that I have boon forced to linposo this
character of nn epistle upon a le.i'ling pub
lic , or incur the liability of having my silence
misconstrued , is still another source of re-
giet. jar. A. D. HM.IOMUI : .
Win. Black , Ablution , lown , was
cured of cancer of the eye by Dr. .Tonos'
Hcd Clover Tonic , which cures all blood
disorders and diseases of the stomach ,
liver and kidneys. The best tonic aucl
iippcti/.or known. 60 cents , Goodman
Drug company.
A Donblo-Ileailcil
Now York Journal : A queer looking
machine dancing around among the
switches and bide tracks astonished the
railroad men at the union station in St.
Louis a few da.\8 ago.
It looked about as much like a loco
motive as a two-headed girl does like a
St. Louis belle , jctit moved back and
forth at lively speed. Backward as eas
ily as forward , if , in fact , either way
was cither backward or forward , nnd
stopped and started as easily as any en
gine that ever entered the sitchyard. \ .
It looked like two locomotives bereft
of their tondoib and joined cab to cab ,
only there was but ono smokestack , and
that rose from the center of the ma
chine , nnd the coal * bunkers rested
astride ot the boilers like old-fashionqd
saddlebags.
The machine is really n double-headed
locomotive , built on u new principle ,
mid it will pull r. troiii of cnra iv milo a
minute all day long. It is tlio invention
of Dr. Christian llnub , of Now York ,
im engineer who got the best part of his
scion ti lie training in Germany , and
ivho has boon Htudjing railroad prob-
ems , and especially tlio science of lo
comotive building , for nearly a quarter
of a conturv.
The inventor terms the now machine
a central-power locomotive. The cab is
in the center and a boiler runs from it
to cnoh end of the machine. The cyl
inders are abreast of the cab , on either
side , and are placed vertically , so that
the pistons have a perpendicular stroke
'nstead of horizontal , as in the ordinary
ocomotivo.
Below eacli cylinder is n disk , which
'
is connected to' the piston rod with n
crank lover , und by means of which the
reciprocating motion of the piston is
turnol into rotnry motion. Connecting
rods run from the disk each way thnt
IB , what would bo forward nnd backward
in an ordinary locomotive to two sots
of driving wheels , unu thus the machine
is driven.
There are no independent trucks ,
Bitch ( IB support the forward end of an or
dinary locomotive. The whole machine
rests upon four pairs of driving wheels ,
and consequently there is no dead
weight. Kvcry part of the machine ,
and the supply of con1 ns well , adds to
its drawing power. Besides , the ma
chine is perfectly balanced. That is to
say , there is an equal amount of mate
rial on either side of the central point
in the cab , and there will bo no pound
ing of tracks. The new locomotive
weighs fifty-11 vo tons , or liyo tons less
than the heaviest locomotive hereto
fore built , but it has n greater drawing
power.
The boilers receive heat from two
fire chambers , which may bo connected
or disconnected , as suits the occasion.
The inventor claims that the fuel is
completely consumed ; so thoroughly , in
fact , that there are no sparks. Econ
omy of fuel is ono of tlio advantages
claimed for the now machine. It is
said that it has drawn a train on twenty
pounds of coal per mile at the same
speed for which an ordinary locomotive
would require iCfT pounds ,
The now locomotive was built at the
Grant locomotive works at Pnterson ,
N. J , , and the experimental trips were
made on Now Jersey railroads tracks.
Dr. Uaub's engineer made ten miles
with it in five minutes ono day on n
wager. If his engine proves to bo suc
cessful in actual work it is intended to
build others and equip a line from Now
York to St. Louis with them ,
It is intended , furtlier , to rcduco the
running time between tlio two oil ies to
twenty-four hours. A single locomotive ,
will make the full trip , but the engi
neers' will bo changed three times.
The postal authorities nt Wnshingion
have already signified their readiness
to transfer mail contracts to trains
drawn by such locomotives as soon
as speed shall be demonstrated in actual
worlc.
Dr. Itaub , the inventor , resided in St.
Louis for ninny years , and during the
war ho superintended the construction
of iron clads at Curondelot. The main
features of his now locomotive wore
patented seven years ago , and over since
then ho has been engaged in perfecting
nnd simplifying the details and in promoting
meting greater economy in operation.
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Amcrlchn ndinlrcrs of Lord Tennyson arc
apt to feel inoro pleasure In reading the )
"Idylls of the King" than any1 other of his
IciiRthy poems. It will-bo a shock to those
to learn th.it ho Is not to bo In any sense con
sidered as the author , anil that his blank
verso is simply a rhythmic paraphrase of the
prose of Sir Thomas Malory , a Welsh monk
of the fifteenth century. In the rcnjn of Ed
ward tno Fourth there was a literary renais
sance of a strong character , duo to the intro
duction Into England of the art of printing
by Caxton. Malory took as the basis of his
story u number of talcs by French trouvours
about Arthurnnd _ his court. It has always
been supposed that these had their origin in
Brittany , but it has been found impossible to
trace them further than the twelfth century
when they appeared in the French lunguneo
33 Saii by different writers. Geoffrey of
Monmouth during % the 'same century used
them as authentic history to the great dis
may of all scholars who have studied his his
tory of British kings. In whatever way they
reached the French trouvears it is certain
that these poets gave to them the local color
ing of the twelfth century and of the French
manners of that time. Malory followed in
the same bad course to give them the local
oloring of England , and of the fifteenth cen
tury. Malory's English is strong and racy ,
his imagination was weird and powerful and
ho was a fervid Christian , all of which com
bined to make his "Morto d'Arthur" very
pleasing reading. Ho did not possess the
gift of construction ; consequently his story
is really a string of episodes. Hut ho is en
titled to credit for everything which the
reader has found pleasing in Tennyson's
"Idylls of the King. "
it
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Statements have often been made that the
seeds of grain and thobulbsof flowers , which
have been found in tumulus tombs , and in
the sarcophagi of pyramids , and in the mas-
tabas of cemeteries , around the ancient
Memphis , had been planted , and had sprouted ,
and haU come to maturity. The flowers were
always prodigious specimens of the beautiful ,
nnd the grain was full eared and like yet un-
llko our own. Whoever follows up ono of
these stories and gets to the foundation head
invariably finds it untrue. It is not known
ttiat grain was over found in the wrappings
of a mummy , and if it were by some accident
among those nutronized c reinentn its vital *
ity would quickly disappear , nnd it would
bo reduced to carbon dust , A Cincinnati
paper is reviving the old yarn , and states ,
circumstantially , that David aOrew received
last year some wheat secil found within the
linen folds of a mummy taken from a tomb
near Memphis , and planted it. It grow
rapidly , and at the tiino at cutting measure
from six to seven feet. ICha leaves woi o not
different from ordinary wheat , but instead
of an car there is a heavy cluster of small
twigs , and each twig is thickly studded with
kernels , each of which is ju a separate husk.
Mr. Drew has boon made the .victim of a bad
Joke , for this is the description of modern
jowarrl also called bajri , which is not wheat
at all , but a member of the greit family of
haligoraceo3 or buckwheat. Experiments
wore tried with the cen'\ls. found in the Jars
of the lacustrine dwelling * , but nothing fame
of it. They were apparently perfect , and
as they Wore surrounded by masses of car
bonized seed , the hope was entertained that
those in tho. center might possibly retain the
germs of life. This hope proved delusive.
*
The Mr. Glllam , tt caricaturist of Judge ,
who cut his throat in a frenzy , superinduced
by congestive chills and by an overdose nf
nulniue , was not the artist Whoso signature
is so well known In connection with brilliant
campaign pictures , but his brother , whoso
signature was Victor1.
All doctor rdiominond Jnrvis' Brandy.
An Illinois woman who ditnl recently
took to'hov bed nine yenrS n'po,1 declaring
. ing that Hlio would never leave it till
bho died. bccuuBo her * > on .m'arricd a
girl Bho tlid not like , and she kept her
' ' ' '
Word. . . .
THE STOHY OP "SKEBRY fcUOY. "
A True and Characteristic Incident of
I. the Terrible War.
Snrgo in the Atlanta Constitution :
"Skcory Lucy ? "
"That's what they called her , " said
Plunkott , us ho chunked the lire tind
seated hinibolf in the corner.
"As a little girl at school , the teach
ers culled her 'Timid Lucy , ' but all the
scholars knowcd her as 'Slccory Luoy , '
for she went by that name among' all
the settlement folks , and her own daddy
and mammy said the name suited her
character. * ? - '
"When she growod up and got mar
ried she was just the sivmo , and when
John , her old man , would ho ulittlo la to
in getting homo at night hp'cl iir.u her
fh'Jt up tight in the house , with the
doors all locked and every table and
old bench and chairs piled again thorn ,
and when John would knock at the door
and toll her who it was , ho'd have to
Htand and wait till she moved thcso
things away before ho could open the
door , and then Ho'd scold her for being
such a dunce , hut she'd just laugh and
say :
' You knowod I was 'skeery' 'foro you
married mo. "
"Tho name of 'Skeory Lucy' clung to
her for a long time , nnd I guess she de
served it , for she'd squeal at a li/ard or
frog and take a fit , almost , if she seed a
snake , hut when old Sherman catno
down hero she done what most any man
would or bin orfraid to do , and they
quit calling her 'Skeory Lucy' after
that , and that's what I want to tell you
orhout. "
"Sho was loft with four little child
ren to Bculllo for when John wont off to
Virginia , and it was mighty hard get
ting along at best , but as the armies
got nearer and nearer things got scarcer
and bcarcor and Lucy got scarier than
over. The big guns could bo heard for
a long time boforp wo seed the Yan-
keys , and Lucy just looked like she
couldn't Htand it , and the folks in the
hottloment said she'd die borne day just
from fright and anxiety.
" 15ut everybody had to gcufllo , and
ono morning Lucy waked up with not a
crust of broad in the house , and the
children \\oroswingingonto her dress
and apron and crying for something to
eat , and tlioro was no other way but for
her to start out and get a little meal for
'oni. Slio shut thi ) children up in the
house and put out across the field to the
mill , and they , poor little things , had
boon taught by their maininy to ho
afraid , and there sat , nil in n huddle , as
scared aa raubitts at everything that
cracked or made a fuss , and whispered
to each qther.
* * * * * * *
"Sherman's army was on the move ,
making for the railroad they'd got
down the night before and Lucy didn't
know it.
"Ilardco's army was moving to moo'
the Yankoys and to keep them from gett
ting to the railroad , and Lucy dldn-
know nothing orhout that. i
"Slio had ju t gone to the mill and
stopped upon the platform , when down
through the woods came Haidco'u line
of battle at a double-quick , and before
she hftd time to tliink they wore past ,
th rowed out bkirmishors , and wore im
peding every minute to meet the
Yankees.
"Sherman's line was coining toward
Ilnrdeo , and it was only a question of a
few minutes till the light would
.
"Lucy thought of her little children
shut up in the house and knowod how
hcared they'd bo when they heard so
many men marching. She didn't know
\ot that it was a light.
'Sho sUrted in a run toward her
house , Intending to got there before
Hardco's troops did. But Old Sherman
was coming to meet them , and it would
only ho a minute tlU 4h.ore would bo
warm times between Lucy and her
house. . * . . .
"Tho skirmishers bc an to pop their
guns up niid dowa tho. Hue , ana
i * H
come a battery dashing through a road
in the woods , and unlimbcred in a
twinkling and lot in , and then the light
had started.
"Lucy's house was between the two
lines. She seed a shall hit the chimney
and bcattor the bricks and rocks. She
thought of her four children that wore
huddled up nnd couldn't got out and
she didn't stop.
"Tho balls wore flying thick from ono
line of battle to the otherbut she dashed
through Hardee's line and wont up
through the cotton patch the same as a
deer. The soldiers screamed , 'Como
back ; lay down ! you'll bo killed , ' and
sicli like , but through it nil she went
and dashed orpin the door nnd fell in
ermoug her little children.
"Just then a bomb struck ono cprnnr
of the house and scattered splinters
everywhere. The children were cling
ing to her and screaming at the top of
their voices. Another shell hit the
house and toro away ono gnblo end nnd
the minno balls were pattering the
same as hail. She grabbed the smallest
child up on her loft arm and made the
rest jinc hands and then took hold of
the end child's hand and out they dashed
into the open Hold between the two
armies.
"Tho Yankoy line was the first to sco
them us they went stumbling , falling ,
and rolling over the cotton rows , and
they veiled like madmen :
" 'A truce , a truce , a truce ! '
"Then Hardeo's men seed what was
the matter and they waved their caps
and jumped up and down nnd yelled :
" 'A truce , a truce , a truce ! '
"In less time than it takes to tell you
the firing ceobcd and a hundred men
from Ilnrdco's line rushed for the
children nnd Lucy and the first one to
them grabbed 'em in their arms and
were back over the hill in a minute and
the light wont on.
* * * * *
"She's never been called 'Slicery
Lucy' from that day to this , and old
Sherman said the next day that ho
would orlost the battle rather than to
have killed BO bravo a woman , but there
are others who nay that any mother
would ordono the same thing. "
D < Mivcr'n Firm Girl n il > y.
Miss Harvo , who returned to thibcity
the other day , after many years' ab
sence , was once the ow ner of a good big
part of what is now the most valuable
property in the city , s.iys the Denver
News. It was given her by the citi/cn *
of Donvei as a testimonial for being the
first girl b.iby" born here , and she
might at this time be drawing a big in
come from it had her father considered
it of sufficient value to keep up 1m tax
payments. As it was , he lot it go. and
now , instead of being the huir < " " > of mil
lions , "our Hint girl baby" nightly singu
for a living at a variety theater on llol-
ladav street.
When Libh Harvey mailo the btart-
ling announcement ono day in February -
ruary , IfaOO , that ho had si bouncing girl
baby in his little lialf-framo , lialf-iMii-
vnscabinupnutliuliill.it was a u'lvat
day for Demur. A meeting w.ifc hold
immediately , and it wt > s roholveu and
carried unanimously that the bubo was
an honor to Auraria , as Denver was
then called , and that a rommittoo bo
appointed to welcome thu little stranger
and present it with a Mihstantiul to.sli-
nioninl of thi > citi/una' regard.
Thcso resolutions ere hpruud upon
upon the records of thu < 'ity , r.nd half ti
do/.on of thu leading dti..ons hnppcd
up lo Lish Hiirvoy'ri cabin ! ind performed -
formed tlioir dutiorf to the Inliir. J5 > j-
yond a ( ow baby clothes and itn ot >
rnV.oiml dainty wlih-h brought a vorv
high , tnfllT prloo them was JiUlo tf |
comiuitt''fjf roiflcl r.ilso to present tnho \ ,
little ou ! , and njtor thcao had bcoi. pro-
nontou and u speech or two made , dur
ing which- the 'l-abv slept ; the com-
.mittuo. decided. th-.t : the HtUi lady
cp'jld hare all the land in sight not
already staked oiL
llsrvcy vrslkcil to bi ! front door ,
and with his fingers indicated whftf
land lie thought would euit his oil'
spring. It is recorded that ho after
ward olTchud to dibposo of the whole oj
it for two barrels of Hour , when worth
$100 a barrel , and a mule that Jim Baker -
kor owned , valued at $250. His olTor
was not accepted. The hind ho claims
is to-day worth probably $ ,000,000.
Land was the cheapest thing in the
country then. Nobody owned what ho
claimed and nobody wanted it. Only a
week before a citiVou had offered the
present site of the Gorman National
hank , now worth $2.)0,000 , for a sack of
flour , and didn't cot the Hour , either.
In duo time the land bc'ccted by Llsh
was deeded to the baby , and she owned
it until the unpleasant officials began
"
to lovey taxes. "When the first ubiqui
tous tax collector , who in those days
carried two guns and a piece of chalk ,
came around , Lish indignantly refused
to pay up , and invited the tax collector
to take the land. The latter had no
use for it , and ( or three or four years
it was held in abeyance. Then tha
town began to grow , and the value of J/ /
the town with it. Finally a real speculator
later came along gathered to himself
the baby's share. It has had thousands
of owners binco then. , nnd millions ot
dollars have changed hands over it.
a
He Was No Ktnc of BcrvU.
Tribune -'Absalom " &
Chicago : , Bn\ \
Mrs. Rambo resolutely , "I can Hot
stand this much longer. If you don't
turn over a new leaf I shall leave you ! "
"Nanshy , " exclaimed Mr. Kamhol
with tearful sympathy , " ' ( you do X
sh'll not snlioil your hnppinoah by
'plvin' for d'vorsh. I may not be besht
liushb'n'in th'worl' , but I'm no ( hie )
little shquirt of a European king , Nan--
( hie ) Nanbhyl"
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rnruil permanently with Ilalin'B GoldenDyspep *
tin Cure , i'rlco SOt , a box. All druggists ,
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To exumtn ; out- present
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grades at J'uir pricoi. Standard - }
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fl.tho Knlroyl , Vienna ,
Nntnrnl Wool
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