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THE OMAHA DAILY. BEE : SUNDAY JANUARY 20. 1889-SIXTEEN PAGES. . 15 Bucoosa and Failures of the Various Systems. STORAGE BATTERYTHEFAVORITE Objections to the Overheat ! Wire Tlio Conduit I'lnn and Its Ad- tnRps lloads Operated l r Vni'ions Uinianlr.s. nicctrlo Ilnllxvnys. Engineers'and Builders'Record : The development of electrical street rail ways during the past year has been re- markablo. While some surprising feats of electrical engineering in over coming dilHciillics have marked the progress of this mode of street-car pro pulsion , much has been done in con- Btruclion of lines where building and operation have boon surrounded by rather favorable circumstances. The result has been to place electricity ap parently ahead of horse-power in cheapness of operation mid next to it in cost of equipment. These fnola have produced a widespread demand for a better and cleaner mode of transporta tion than by horse-power , and several motor companies have during the past few months largely profited by the re- units of their investments of time and ingenuity. The problems of motor construction may bo said to bo solved. The opera tion of the Sprague motors at Richmond mend , Vn. , has , after numerous failures , been at last successful , and seems to far liui'pass tlio sanguine expectations of Ihe builders. This is equally true of other prominent railroad motors. All nppear to stand inlinitelv more abuse tind rough treatment than a few years ngo , oven a few months ago , would Have Ijoon considered sulllcient to eomnlotoly destroy any piece of electrical appara tus. In this particular this year marks an _ era of wonderful pro gress in electrical construction. Central stations for generating light for i power have reached lilso such u uegreo of perfection and cheapness that they no longer offer en gineering dlllloultiobof importance. In nil these respects the general features of all tno commercial systems are alike , nnd their weakest points are shown in the devices to got the current to the jnotor from the source of power. The host way to do this is doubtless to use utorago batteries , making each car com plete in itsi-lf and independent of the location of the power station. This has been tricil experimentally a number 6f ' time ? , but the great weig'ht of the bat teries , the trouble required to handle them , and the necessity of skilled labor to manipulate tliem is a dilliculty that delays their introduction. In addition their great cost and somewhat uncer tain life lias iloubtlcss hindered their extensive introduction. If sufficient battery power be supplied any desirable rate of speed can bo obtained with no unsightly obstruction of the streets by poles nnd wires. For this reason the use of storage batteries will bo preferred by the public. Tho.lulicn company is now running n few curs in Kew York on Fourth ave nue , and gradually expect to have more in operation. Tlio scale of operation is ut present lee snmll-to predict much as to cost. Experiments of a similar na ture have been made in Philadelphia , Rochester and Baltimore , nnd ns some of the best talent in the country is en gaged in endeavoring to improve the battery nnd decrease its weight , wo in ay before long hoar of its introduc tion to street car work on a much larger scale. The underground or conduit system of supplying current to the motor will meet with less objection from the general - oral public than the overhead supply , and with the exception of the battery system , is the onlv ono that can bo con sidered practicable for large cities. Tlio excavation of streets in construction is u very small matter in the estimation of a public unfamiliar with electrical matters , compared with erection and maintenance of a pole line of bare wire and the possible dangers therefrom. The Uently-Knight company is now engaged in laying three miles of con duits and conductors in Boston for the West End Street railwaycompany , and , with the Sprague and Thomsoif-IIous- ton companies , is to furnish motor cars. The former company Is to furnish each car with the necessary connections for the conduit section of the lino. The latter company furnishes cars for use with olovntcd conductors only. The conduit consists of an elliptical cast- iron box strengthened at intervals with a heavy T-rib on the outside. The only opening except forjlrainago is on top , nearly level with the street , and is partly covered with steel plates which form the edges of the slit. The con ductors are supported on porcelain in- Bulutors at the sides of the conduit. The whole subway \ sot in a bed of con crete. All parts are accessible with out digging or disturbing the street. The conduit hud in Boston differs from the general construction in that it is laid boiwcon the two tracks instead of between the rails of each track. This tilan wan adopted in order that the heavy traffic on the present trucks tihould not be interrupted. The long- doferrud construction of the North and Ktist River railway company's line on Kultnn street , Now York' has been begun by the Bentloy-Kiiiirht company , urnl will bo quite similar to the work in Boston. Both of these lines will have a practical experience this winter. The difficulties in the way of making cuuli biibways woatlior-proof and not liable to Injury from heavy trucks are iiorioiis. In view of tliu experience of electrical companies in endeavoring to liuuluto their wires in hot , moist earth filled with cacnping steam from under ground pines , the insulation of the con ductors in the Fulton street conduit will bo watched with interest. Tlio question of providing drainage is ono of vital importance , and particularly difficult considering the amount of wet snow and water likely to enter the conduit ami liable any moment to freeze. The openings and cut-basins connected with the sewers may also at any time admit fumes , the action ol which on the con ductors cannot at present bo foreseen. Twelve months ngo the Van Dopcolo company mid the Daft company had Uulf a dozen roads in operation , and the Sprague company nono. At present UioSpruguo company has about thirty roads to its credit , and the Thomson- Uouston , formerly the Van Do- . PpQlo company about the same , the Daft company has about a do/on. Thosorpadg are ouoratod almost 111- rariuhly by an overhead method , and each has n peculiar advantage , The Bpraguo company uses ono wire over head and ono of the rails as the return conductor. Thls.of course , simplifies the construction , but 1ms a ilibadvnnt- ago in case of u kid cotuuct between the car wheels and the track. The track may bo dirty and in such a condition as o actually break the circuit l-olwcon it tnd the motor , An accident of this Iiul , besides stopping the car , may bo a means of injuring the motor. With care , howcx-or , trouble from this source can bo avoided. A trolley or wheel is provided on a long arm above the car , to take the current from the wire above. There is ono feature of this overhead system that is worthy of mention. In stead of placing a conductor nbovo the street heavy enough to carry current for the entire line , n very small wire is used , which is fed at short intervals from a heavy wire curried on poles on the sidewalk. The advantage and con venience of this ladder llko construc tion is obvious. The hard drawn bronze wire which is used over the street is so small as to be inconspicuous , and being of greater tenacity than copper , is not as difficult to support. This reduces the street disfigurement and prevents n complete stoppage of the line by 'a break in the conductor. Sections of such a line can be cut out at will , with out interrupting other portions. The Daft company employs a return wire overhead in addition to thn sup ply wire and provide a trolley to run on both with a flexible cable to connect it to the car. As the overhead work must exactly follow the track below , consid erable Ingenuity is required in thjj pro vision of turnouts and switches , and the overhead worlc assumes a more cum brous form. This system is not liable to trouble from poor contact as In the return-rail method , but has many more complications overhead , as tlio two wires must bo secured and insulated a certain distance from each other to pre vent the trolley from catoliing or run ning on" the track. The four methods of street-car pro pulsion , described to illustrate the cen- oral principles involved , are used in slightly different forms by several com panies beside these mentioned , and nro to bo found on dilToront roads in various parts of the country. The trouble from s'.oot storms this winter may domonstrito to a largo ex tent what can bo expected in the future from over-head systems , and at tlio sumo time show how much ice and snow may be necessary to materially interfere with the trolleys or stop the road. This sub ject is one of great interest both to builders and capitalists , and a practical demonstration as to which is the best over-head system will bo eagerly looked for this winter. rEl'1'KUM.lNT DKOPS. No man Js n hero to his wallet. Electric : sugar lias loft a big taste in tlio mouths of Its bondholders. The colder tlio weather the warmer the greeting of your plumber. People who "draw ft mild" have quit inon- IcoyiiiK with the thermometer. The signal service hns n haul time in get ing straight tips on the weather. Murderers sentenced to death in New York after to-day will go ohm to dynamo. " dear wife " murmured "My , paterfamilias as lie looked at the dressmaker's bill. A Plttsburjf jeweler regard * it strange that a nnilo's mainspring is in his hind feet. Tno right-hand thumb of a hotel-waiter is most unfortunate. It is frequently In the soup. ' You're too frosh"said the brine to the beef. "J. acknowledge the corn , " replied the beef , humbly. The butcher who had Ills whole stoclc at tached complained that there was too much lieu on his meat. The young Indies of Ho.ston have become so familiar with "Uobert Elsmcre" that they now call him "Hob. " Electric Sugar Company : To our patrons : Wo arc out of refined sugar just now , but we can fill unlimited orders for soup. If time is money , those hasoballists who have hoen stealing seconds all .summer ought to ho pretty well lixod for the winter. They have got down ns far as Stove Elltins for the cabinet. This looks as if the list were getting pretty nearly exhausted. A gentleman bearing the appropriate name of Gum has opened a factory for the manu facture of chewing tobacco at Frankfort. It requires hut little faith for a man to believe lie is made of dust after ho has asked for credit and foundthat h is name is mud. BfCaptain Anson ( coaching his players in a game of ball at the base of the great Egyp tian pyramid } Forty centuries are looking down on you , Williamson ! Bang the stufling out of 'crl A sot of false tooth was found on the floor of a Now York theater just after the per formance of u "roaring" farcical comedy. Are tlicro any foreign actors funny enough to make a man laugh his false teeth outt "Dramati/o 'Robert ElsmcrJl" said Sig. Grizzly Hum , the eminent Missouri trage dian ; "It'll never pay in the world ! There ain't a train robbery or a steamboat explosion in the story from beginning to onil. " A Pennsylvania farmer raised a turkey last year that weighed thirty-eight pounds , nnd sold it a few weeks ago for 8(1.08. ( Again wo venture in the most respectful manner to call Mr. Cleveland's attention to the profits of the poultry business. Chicago husband I was Hurprisod.darling , to read your application for divorce in the morning Howler ; you didn't know I was long on pork and it had gone up. Chicago wife O , yes , I did , pot. and withdrew the application in the noon edition. IBll'IKTIKS. "If in the bible thov will glance. For they nil read the scripture , They cannot find against the dance Tliero is a single stricture. " "God Shave the Queen , " Is the heading western papers put over tlio queen of Portu gal mustache story. The worst kind of n church member is that one who is always out of sorts with his pastor. A small hornet can spoil a good- sized campsuiuntiiigand a disgruntled church member can overthrow the worKof a church. They tried a now experiment nt n church in Kockland , Mo. , on n recent Sabbath , bv sending four young ladies around with con tribution boxes. It is said Unit not n young man in the congregation neglected to chip in. The church was beautifully decorated with sweet llowors and the air was heavy with their fragrance. As tlio service was about to begin , small Kitty pulled her mother's sleeve and whispered : "Mammadon't ' It smell solemn J" Kov. Ur. T. Do WlttTalmago preached n ncrmon last Sunday on "Does liollgion Pay ) " talcing strong grounds in the nfllrmatlvo. If his rhetorical arguments failed to convince ) the audience ) Ur , Talmago might have shown thorn his pocket hook. Philadelphia Hecord : Chicago resident ( to Ills minister ) Uou't ' you know , sir , that you cannot resurrect the Sabbath of Moses and Aaron ) Chicago preacher My iloar Blr , I'm not trying to. I merely desire to transplant the Sabbath of Philadelphia and New York to Cliic-igo , First deacon ( after the contribution boxes had been puR ed ) You missed that well- dressed stranger in the front pew , Second deacon ( a tailor ) Ho is a customer of mlno. and if ho has any money I'd rather ho'd bring It to my store and pay me something on account. I think the Lord can afford to wait better thun I can. For-slRa-Horn Citizens or Chicago Globe : The foreign popula tion of Chicago is at this time less than 30 per cent of the total population. The proportion of the foreign popula tion of Chicago is actually loss than that of most of the largo western cities , nnd probably less than that of Now York city. It is loss than that of St. Louis , than that of Kansas City , than that ( probably ) of Cincinnati , and a great deal loss than that of Milwaukee ami many smaller cities of the north west. The prevalent Iowa notion men tioned by thg gentleman of Ottumwa is erroneous. Another erroneous notion concerning the foreign population of Chicago which provalls fu some parts of the country makes it a turbulent and social factor. This aUo is errone ous. The bulk of the foreign section of thin population is coraiHiscil of indus trious , hard-working , orderly nnd law- abiding people , POINTED THE ROAD TO HELL The OgroLsh Slcrn Attn.ob.od tc "Stormy" Jordon's Saloon. A QUEER OLD IOWA CHARACTER Ills Bar Mottoes Were Not Inviting Ilo Called Water Ills Best Drink mid Labelled Whiskey 'Stoiuncli Kot. " No Deception Tliero. "Stormy" Jordan , of Ottutnwa , Iowa , whoso rctlroraont from tlio liquor busi ness was announced In TUB Bun's dispatches - patches , was a unique character. There never was a saloonkeeper like him. Ho is well nnmotl , Possessed of a violent temper , whenever it is crossed the sur rounding air is instantly charged with sulphur , and if strong language could annihilate , the person unlucky enough to stir up old "Stormy" would stand in danger of being wiped out of existence in shorter time than the story could bo told. But his anger is always short lived , and while ho has seemed to court a roputatutton for being the wickedest man in the state , those who know him best loll some things about him which go to show that after all ho possesses fionio good qualities. OFor over a quarter of n century ho has been engaged in the saloon busi ness in Ottumvva. A score of years ago ho opened his "Road to Holl" under the Union depot. Travellers who had OCC.IBIOII to stop at Ottumwa have been considerably astonished to see over the stairway leading down into the base ment in big letters a hand pointing the way a sign something like the fol lowing : o 111:1,1 : , . : It was the guideboard to "Stormy Jordan's' place of business. But the frankness of the proprietor did not ex haust itself on the exterior. The thirs ty person who felt like taking the risk after reading the startling warning on the outside was confronted when ho came to the bar with other equally unique- and uninviting mottoes , sus pended just behind the barkeeper. One of them read : Another , advertising a particular brand of liquor , indorsed its qualities in these words : WAHHANTKD TO HOT AMY STOMACH IN Till ! WOIIM ) If CONSTANTLY USED. Those are but samples of probably u dozen placards which greeted the eye "Stormy" olllciated behind his own bat" for a number of years , and became well known for his eccentricities. Ilo was never bocinblo and scorned to shun the friendship of all. ITopoatodly the ef fort has boon made to probe into his past , and all kinds of fanciful stories have been woven about tins strange character. Some romancers have made the old man the prey of remorse for uast misdeeds , but their theories were founded only in their own imagination. ' ' " himself taciturn 'Stormy" was always too turn to yield up anything concerning his early life , and cut short all attempts to pump him on this point. But his eccentricities often took a dif ferent turn from his seeming glory in the fact that ho dispensed the enemy which steels away man's brains , as his signs and mottoes would indicate. Sometimes some of the young bloods of Ottunuvn , engaged in painting the land scape in crimson , would venture down the "Road to Holl. " The party would line up to the bar , and the spokesman would sing out : "Here , 'Stormy ! ' Give us the best in the housol1 , Tlio old man's face would become Hushed with anger in a moment. Six- ing up the party , ho would place upon the counter the requisite number of glus&es , each filled with water. Then the explosion would come : "There ! " with a stream of profanity broader than the Dos Moines river which flowed only a few yards away ' 'there is my best drink , and it's the only kind you young snips will got here. Now drink it and jntt" Cursing and fairly foaming at the mouth , old "Stormy" was such a tcrror- nspiring object that the bloods always fled , and never came a second time. ' "Stormy" hated hypocrncy , as has been shown , but ho was often brought face to face With it. A congressman tolls u story on General Weaver which is well worth relating. Politicians fre quented the "Road to Hell" from its earliest history , and this congressman says that one day ho was in the buloon with some friends. Weaver was then n power in Iowa politics , and this con gressman was his warm personal ad mirer , and in the course of the conver sation took occasion to speak in the highest terms of the general. As a rule Jordan did not pay much attention to the conversation of his customersbut he listened for a time in silence to the praises of the wily Weaver. Finally his temperance record was exploited Weaver being a rank prohibitionist in those days. Jordan couldn't stand it any longer. Said lie : "You see that back doorV Well , your temperance friend comes down hero by that door and gets his little nip just like the rest of you. " "And I have since found out that this was the case , " added the congressman who tolls the story. But as the devil is not so black PS ho in painted , so it is alleged Unit oven Stormy had some good points aside from his penchant for "sotting up" water as as his best beverage. It in said to bo a fact that ho would never sell u drink tea a confirmed drunkard or to n working- mun who ho know needed all of his money for his family , Likewise it is stated that the old man frequently sought out and relieved the families of men who ho believed had contracted the habit of drinking to 0x003 in Ills saloon. Then his charities , while un ostentatious , are said to have been num erous , and many u poor person who has had his wants relieved from an un known source can thank "Old Stormy. " But now ho has ImU to give up the fight. He has battled against prohi bition tooth and nail. Fines and jail sentences have not dismayed him until of lato. Governor Larraboo has suc cessfully negotiated with the stubborn old saloonkeeper , and ho has signed the pledge outlined above , and Iowa will lese ono of hoc most unique characters. Do Not Think For if Moment. That catarrh will In tiino wear out. The theory is false. Men try lobelie vo it because It would bo pleasant if true , but it is not , as all know. Do not lot an acute attack of eold in the head remain unsubdued. It is liable to develop into catarrh. You can rid yourself of the cold and avoid all ohanco of catarrh by using Dr. Sago's Catarrh Remedy. If already alllictcd rid yourself of this troublesome disease speedily by tlio same means. At all druggists , ING P KING & COMPANY _ _ _ _ . . . . _ . . . , , _ . . _ . _ , iif -i- .1 r i ! 1 - C r J / 1 t ! J ! YIF II m M * * - - .H K of Fine in . Largest Manufacturers and Retailers Clothing the World. Have had such great success with their Pant Sale , that they have concluded to INAUGURATE A SPECIAL SUIT SALE , This Means Business On SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 19 , this Suit Sale will commence. $12 $20.00 SUITS $25.00 SUIT $6.00 SUIT $10,00. , § 12,60 $15.00 $18.00 SUIT UIT $7.50 and $8. $9.00 , These suits will be placed in our 15th street window Thursday , where they may be seoii. " Also the Same Cut Prices in Children's Department , No Old Stock. All Fresh , New Goods. Remember , our Motto ; " Money cheerfully refunded if goods do not suit. " One Price , and that the LOWEST. IStli and Sts Omaha Ill W , Cor , Douglas , , . SHORT STORIES. Old Treasure in a Tree Trunk. Parties laying at Anna Station , a few miles fromDelphos / , O. , on the Pitts- burg railroad , are greatly excited over the finding" a rare treasure a re- markabjlo collection of old coins. CluirlcsjMunning while chopping down a hollow beech tree , which was appar ently one hundred and fifty years old , had his attention drawn to a peculiar looking , ear.then jar which was well sunken jiij 'the hollow of the butt. A few blows < ft the axe liberated it from its confined position , and alter .securing it it wjm opened and found lilled to tlio brim with' ' iilvor coin. They wore all Spanislnnintago with a few exceptions , and tliby were coins issued by the Por- tugojsqUmd Italian govern men ts. Some of these coins were over lhrco hundred years old , but all the Spanish silver piecos'wpro about two hundred years old. Tlfy face value of the coin is $500 , but as much of It is very rare it will bring 81,000 readily. \ njimlnrer's Dinry. A cattleman , , ) . W. Cook , came to Wichita , Kan. , from Indian Territory , a few days ago , and related the partic ulars of the finding of an old book ho showed. It was partly intelligible , and appeared to bo a sort of diary. On ono of the pages was given the full account of the murder of Jacob Buughman , nn old man living alone eleven miles southwest of Zanosvillo , O. , in the fall of 18G5. ! The deed \vas apparently done by the writer and two accomplices for 81,000. Mr. Cook said the book was found under some stones on the lloor of a dugout on the bunk of the Canadian river in Indian Territory , into which ho and a company of men had pursued two horsethieves. Rather than sur render they had fought until ono was killed and the other mortally wounded. The latter died before it could oe dis covered who was the owner of the book. The circumstances wore related to .1" . W. Baughnwn of Wichita , and ho Haid the murdered man was his uncle , and that the statements made in the diary were corroborated by evidences discov ered alter the crime. No ono has over been punished for the murder , and this is the first light over thrown upon it. Ho intends using this newly discovered evidence to avenge the murder of his uncle , if the perpetrators of the crime nre still alive. It is believed , however , that ono of them wus the horsetliief killed. Plowed up n Harrison Medal. A few days ago Henry Oraham.living just below Logan , O. , while plowing turned up quite a relie. It is a Harri son modal of 1310. On one side is a woll-dollned profllo of General William Henry Ilarrifaon , with his name around the rim. On the other aide appears the Bunker Hill monument , surrounded by the fallowing : "Harrison Jubilee ! Bunker Hill , September 10 , 1840. " The modal lsi ilittlo | larger than a silver dollar,1 linfl us made of powtor. A. II. Brookjirnlfltho Hemplo hoiiRo bought the moflar , and will wear it at the in auguration on March 4 next. , (1 ( m. ' 'Crazed by Grief. John ljdmond , of Chicago , wlioso mind was wrecked by brooding over the nbductft'gr hislittlo daughter , Annie Tossio , which occurred about two yours ago , wjgTbqnt to the asylum at Knnka- lieu. Since ho was adjudged insane llodmonilgUiw been confined in Dr. Gray'SjUrUfftto asylum at North LJvan- ston. flis case is not regarded n $ a liopolqsa one and Dr. Gray thinks the treatment ho will receive ut the Kiui- kakco institution will rogtoru his reason. Hoiminllu Oeufli of a MOUHO. A few o'voniiigssinco , as a young lady of Bridgeport was dressing for u pni'ty , u rnou3oj > uf in an appeanincb , and , naturally 'enough , created considerable con fusion ? "but finally disappeared. After the lady hud returned fro in the [ ) urtyr and while disrobing for ( lie night , what was her astonishment to Dnd the poor mouse In her bustle , | ) ut the place of fancied security it hud bought in , the excitement proved adcaU1 trap. At some lime during its presence there it had been crushed to death. The young lady's feelings ean better be imagined than described. Lived n Hundred and Twenty Years. Aunt Caroline Harris , a colored woman , who was buried in Quitmnn county , Georgia , recently , was IliO years' age. She never claimed to have seen George Washington nor to have been complimented by Lafayette , but was an humble slave in the Harris family , to which she clung in its suc cessive generations until death came to her. In this way the record of her ago is undoubted. She was blind for many vears , but during the war she re gained her sight. She had been so long in the family that she exorcised ma ternal authority in talking to the youngsters of sixty and seventy years. 81NOUIJ < YIUT12S. A Chinaman with seven arms Is ono of the frcuUs in u Philadelphia ilitno museum. A South Ciiroliiia cat swims a river every morning and evouiiiff to go to its feeding place. "Che Muh , " the CHlncsa dw.irf , the small est lilliputiuu on earth , aCl fifty years , is so small that you can cover him with au ordi nary plug hat. Tlio Maltese cat in n Pouphkccpsio , N. V. , drup store , Riiddcnly developed an appetite for leeches , and while the druggist's back WHS turned ate thirty ot them. A dog fluht under a baby carriajro In Mar- shulltown almost scared the infant to death. One of tlio peculiar evidences of this was that the child's ' hairwhich had been a bright red , turned to a glossy black. A St. l.ouis sportsman recently procured in Oregon u trophy that Is ono of thoKreat- cst ounnaitlcii of its kind in llio world. It consists of a largo and perfect pair of cari bou antlers , which tire entirely covered with a fine , close growth of hair. A plno tree on a mountain In Alpine county , California , was struck by liRhnlujr during a thunderstorm. Tlio fluid followed the trunk into tlio ground , am ! immediately there hurst forth a hrilliant lire , which has continued to burn over since. It is believed the lightning ignited a bed of eo.il , which is now feeding the tlamc. L. K. and A. P. Self , of Dodge City , Tex. , killed seven hogs January 1. They were about ten months old. Six of thorn weighed about two hundred pounds each , nnd the other 100 pounds. They were all fed and fattened in the same lot , and for some un known cause ono hog would not prow as the others did. After being dressed his stomach was found to contain forty-eight ten-penny nails , thirty wire staples , a single handful of screws , tlio glass of ono sanlT-bottlo , eleven Hulphur balls the si/o of n man's thumb , the handle of a brass spoon , and ono-lialf of a plow clevis ono Inch thick and three incites long. The acid of the hog's stomach had eaten several of the nails , whllu the staples wore as bright as new. The glass and sul phur balls were coated over with u whlto Mub.-itancu. Sick honducho , wind on the stomach , biliousness , nausea , uro promptly and agreeably banished by Dr. J. II. Mo- Leun's Liver and Kidney Pillols. iioo a vial. lji/.y Cavalry. Nicolay and Hay , in the February Century : Stuart's cavalry crossed the Potoimic , rode entirely around the union army , recrosscd the river lower down , and joined Lee again without damage. McClollari booms to have felt no mortillcatlon from this disgraceful occurrence , which ho used merely as a pretext for new complaints against the government. lie seemed to think that ho had profited a satisfactory excuse for his ineillcioncy when ho reported to Halluck that his cavalry hud ' 'marched seventy-eight miles in twenty-four hours , while Stuart's was marching ninty. " Tie pretended Unit ho had at the lime only a thousand cavalry. Thislod to u remarkable corre- Hpondonco between him and the gov ernment , which shows the wixato and destruction of military material under McClellan. By the reports from the quartermaster general's olllco. there were sent to the Army of the Potomuo during the six woc'ka ending the 1 ilh of October , 10 , ' > 1 horses and a vorj largo number of mules , "Tho cost of the horsed ibsuod to the Army of the Poto- rauo , " saya General Moles , "is probably not losn than 91,200,000 , " Wo may well ask , In the words used by the qtmrter- master general in uuothur place : Is there an Instance on record of such u drain and destruction of homes "m a country not a dcocrtV" Day after day the tedious con troversy went on. This frightful waste of horses was turned by McClollan , as ho turned everything , into a subject of reproach ngainst the government. To ono of his complaining dispatches the president sent this sharp rejoinder : ' 'Will you pardon mo for asking what the horses of your army have done since the battle of Antiotam that fa tigues anything' ? " And again : "Stuart's cavalry outmarches ours , having cer tainly done moro marked service on the Peninsula , and everywhere since. " These dispatches elicited only now complaints , vindications , and explana tions. _ Use Angostura Bitters to stimulate the appetite an.d keep the digestiuo or gans in order. Dr. J. G. B. Siogort& Sons , solo manufacturers. Gold's Tremendous Fluctuations. Nicolay and Hay in February Cen tury : Gold , having been driven from circulation by the legal tender notes , became at once the favorite stock for speculation in Wall street , and while the premium upon it rose to a certain extent in proportion to the increase of volume of paper money , and was sub ject to violent fluctuations in consequence quence of military successes or disas ters , there was no sucli method in the course of its quotations as to render them inexplicable by either of those in- Iluences. It had become , so to spoalc , a fancy stock , and there was no more rea son for its wilder fluctuations than for those of other securities which rise and fall in obedience to the currents of Wall street and without reference to intrinsic values. Just before the passage - sago of the legal-tender bill the pre mium upon gold was -IS per cent , and shortly after it became a law the prem ium foil to li ; but it gradually rose until in the middle of July it was 17 , in the middle of October , liiij , and nt the end of the year , iU. On the2otb of Feb ruary , 18 < > lt , after the legal-tender law had been in operation for a year , the premium on gold had risen to 7"j ; the brilliant successes of the national cause at Gettysburg and Vickaburg reduced it toiJiit ; ! ; ro o again in October to 6(51 ( , and rose no higher than that until the following spring , when on the 14th of April , IbOj , it was quoted at 88 , and on tlio2d of Juno , ; IH the consequence of an ill-advised bill pasted by congrco to prevent speculation in gold , the premium climbed at once to tlio frightful altitude of WO , falling the day afterwards to Ilo. On the 1st day of .July it jumped to 18-r5 , on the HOC- end it fell hade to l.'tl ) , and on the Oth the unfortunate law , born of a short sighted patriotism , was repealed. The mibchiof. however , was not yet over , for live days later there was a rise to IK" ) the highest figure attained during the war followed by a sharp full , wliiuh continued until gold was quoted on the 'JOth of September at 87 , thus falling nearly 100 | > or cent in less than three months. There was no warrant in the financial or the military .condition of the country for these wild lluctua- tlons , They wore the offspring of the desperate efforts of cupidity and en terprise which found their prey in the fears and apprehensions of more timid speculators. The secretary of the treiihury was authorized in March , 1801 , to sell surplus gold for the purpouu of chucking this speculation ; and In April , the premium having rlbon to 75 , Mr , Clmfao wont in person to Now York lo try the effect of the sale of "cash gold'1 ' upon the trade in phantom gold , The day ho arrived the speculators do lled him by running the premium to 88. Ho sold in a few diiya about $11,000,1100 , reducing the premium to 03 , with con vulsive fluctuations ; hut the moment the pressure of the treasury was re moved the price of gold mounted as be fore. Tlio _ same experiment was fre quently tried uftorwuvds , with moro or Hull Uliouui With its intense Itching , dry , hot bkin. often broken into painful cracks , uiul the little watery pimples , nfton causes indescribable suffering , Hood's Kunui- parlllu has \rondorful power over this disease. It purillus the blood and expels - pels the humor , and the skin heals without a soar. Send for hook contain ing many statements of cui'O.-i , to ( J. I. Hood & Co , , Apothouurio * , Lowell , MttbS. Hovr a Young Man Got Relief Prom o Distressing Condition FHBD WAWAT. 'Shall I tell you thu history of my ca o ? Well , it was a year or moro ago that It couimoneou. I hart boon fueling more or less under the wea ther , when I noticed my symptoms were becoiu- Ing mnru or less troohlosomo. 1 had iinlto HQ- vore pains In my chcso , often very painful on taklnc a lone breath ; headaches catnu on and 1 had thorn nearly all the time , sometimes dull and heavy , sometimes Hlmrp and shooting. I would often et very dizzy HO that I would ixl- moat blazer. It ueomud in if I had a cold In my head continually : it was all Htopped up. My throat was dry and uncomfortable , and roll as If there was something lodged there that 1 could not remove. In thu morning I would hum and M > ltn great deal. My appetite wan varia ble , and my food often cnimutl dlatrens. I became - came dojiro < ied and felt but little llko working , 1 was advised to visit .he olllco of Dr. .Ionian , and the result is , I improved gradually but surely , until now 1 can Hay that my troubles have ceased ; the pains In my chest ara none ; my headache has passed away ; my head feels clear , my appotltOKoocl anil no distrust. 1 fool bright and refreshed aflor rlHlnij In the morn- ins , and HO to work with a ? .ost. I can enjoy llfo , feel strong and well , and am pleased to give this testimonial. " Mr. 1'rcd Walway is employed ns n composi tor rit Mr. V. ( ' . f'cstner'H printing establish ment , 1.W7 Howard sticet. J. CRESAP McCOY , ( l.atoof Ilcllovii" ) Hospltal.Now Vork , ) Succeeded Ijy DOCTOU Charles M , Jordan ( Iiiitoof thn University of New Vork City and Howard UnlvoisHv , Washington , I > , U. HAS ( M'KICKS No. O1O and 311 Ramiro Bulldlnff Corner Fifteenth and Harnuy sts , , Omaha , Neb. , where all curable cases aru treated wl'li ' Biiroess. Note. Dr. Charles M , Jordan has lieen resi dent physician for Dr. McCoy , lu Omalfa , for thu ] iuat year and in the phynldun who has mudo Hie uiirvH that have been published weekly in this paper , Medical diseases treated skillfully.ConRiimp. . tloiu llrluht'u dlsoiiKD. Dysiiunslu , ftheiimutUm and all NHItVOUS I1IHIABI& ! All diseases no- cullar to the ( .exes a upeclalty. 0 ATA U II II CONSULTATION at olllco or by nmll , | l. Olllcu hours to 11 11. in , , t to 4 p. in. , 7 to p. in. , Kuniluy olllco IUIIIM from U a. in. , lu 1 p. m. Cnrruipundtmcii recvlves prompt attention , MuiivdlHeuse.s lire treaud uurcessfullv by l > r , JurdonthroiiKii the nuUlu.und H Isllius paiilljlo for tho-u unable t/j make it Journuy , to obtain AT H. K. BURKET , FUNERAL DIRECTOR and EMPALMER 111 North l th ritreet , i , N. M. BUDDY , PRACTICAL OPTICIAN , 211 S , 16th SI , ( jlunxea titled for all forum of defrcllvu vlslgu , No charge for examlnutlouor tlu | oyo.