THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , MARCH 18. 188D.
THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER ,
"An Omaha Druinmor" Analyzes
Juclpfo Mason's Arguments
AND FAVORS THE HALL BILL.
Moro UIORrnphlc.H of tlio Men Who
Carry HnmplCH Across tlio
Country null Gather
In Orders.
The Hnll Ulll.
GKKETAColo. . , March 14. To the
Editor of Tun BUB : I have road with a
great deal of interest the speech ol
Judge tyason before the Nebraska leg
islature , on the Hall bill , published In
the columns of your great papsjr. With
duo respect to the judge's extensive in
formation and large experience in rail-
i-oad tariffs , I think his arguments
against the Hull bill the weakest I over
read on any subject from so eminent nn
authority. Ho starts out with the asser
tion that "tho present law Is sulllotont , "
and although himself ono of the admin
istrators of the existing law , In almost
the next sentence pronounces it to bo "a
failure , " through the Inefllclcncy of the
present state board of transportation ,
This Is argumontum nd homlnom with
a vengeance.
IIo also makes the startling announce
ment "that maximum rate laws arc
everywhere a failure ; " this iscquivaloni
to assorting that the railroads tire above
the power and Ijoyond the control ol
the stale , for it would certainly bo hard
to point out any legislation of any stale
in the union on this subject , that ( loot
not have the principle of "maximum
rates" as the foundation. If this propo
sition bo accepted , then any railroad
law , prohibitory or mandatory , would
bo an absurdity , and the honorable
board , of which * the judge is
by far the ablest and most use
ful member , is an unnecessary
expense and ought to bo abolished ,
It is hard to see the consistency of the
above assertion relating to "maximum
rate laws. " with the "policy" of the
judge , which is "to hold the power ol
the commission to llx rates ever the
heads of the railroads as club. " If the
rates which the commission "has the
power to fix" would prove to bo only "a
failure , " I Imagine , to use the famous :
expression of the greatest "failure" of
the nineteenth century , that the state
board ot transportation , with their
mighty "club , " would soon find them
selves to boin a state of "innocuous
desuetude. " Wo know that this won
drous "club" has not as yet in the hands
of the present able commissioners been
able to arrest any railroad manager in
his high-handed career of robbery tjnd
extortion of the people of Nebraska ,
Rave only , perhaps , In the case of rates
to and from the town of Lincoln.
The judge seems to bo of the opinion
that it makes no difference how much
the railroads extort from the people on
trafllc between themselves within the
state , if the companies will only glvo
Chicago and St. Louis the power to
dictate prices to our consumers and
producers by making low rates from
these two great cities. In fact , a stfan
ger to the judge's ofilclal position and
well known local patriotism would
suppose him to bo from liis through
ralo argument a citizen of some great
eastern trade center.
The statement that "ninoty per cent
of the business of Nebraska is through
trallte , ever which the legislature has
no control , " cannot bo sUslainod either
as a mathematical or legal proposition.
The legislature undoubtedly has the
right to llx rates on tratlle within the
boundaries of the state , and if competi
tion docs not make the through rate as
low as the sum total of the local rates
plus the rate to the boundary lines of
our state , Chicago and St. Louis will
look after that , and experience has
clearly demonstrated that it will bo "u
cold day" when either of the said cities
get left on railroad tariffs. At any rate
it did seem that the- commission did
.have "control ever the through rates"
in Lincoln , for if report bo true , the
magic "club" was used very effectively
in obtaining for Lincoln the through
rates received by Omaha.
As a uuithonuitical proposition , bour-
in g out the shipments from the state ,
it is a well known fact and can bo easily
vorilled by competent authorities , that
at the least calculation two-thirds of all
the merchandise of every kind consumed
by the people of the state is sold by Ne
braska or Missouri river jobbing houses.
So far ( is. the shipments of farm pro
ducts from the stale is concerned , if the
legislature exorcises its power in mak
ing rates to the boundary lines of our
stale , the railroads cannot legally
charge .more for the through haul than
the sum total of the two rates ; the local
ralo , plus the rate from the boundary
line to the point of destination. Th'o
Inter-slate commerce law wouldprovcnt
3uch action on the part of the railroads.
The judge "damns with faint praise"
one feature of the Hall bill , which ho
says is "worthy of special notice , " but
condemns It because ( mark the objec
tion ! ) "It gives n decided advantage to
the wholesale dealers of Nebraska. " In
this "feature " the
explaining , judge
gives ua the benefit of present tarilf
rates from Omahaaiid Chicago to Grand
Island , showing lulit'criniiiiiition ' against
Omaha in favor of Chicago , but ho fears
that thu Hull bill will reverse the pres
ent discrimination and glvo "tho Ne
braska ( Omaha ) jobber the advantage , "
therefore he condemns the Hull bill and
slicks by the present rates in favor ol
Chicago , This is the most interesting
part oftho , juitgo's argument , for by fol
lowing out tlio illustration which ho in
troduces we arrive at a clearer and
moro perfect understanding of the ne
cessity of some law rcgulaling railroad
tarllfs than wo can by considering any
abstract propositions of law or ethics.
Discarding the judge's figures , which
I have bcon unable to verify , lot us take
the tariff rales as published the fourth
class rate :
From Chicago to Grand Island is 53
cents pur 100 pounds.
From St. Louis to Grand Island isIS
cents per 100 pounds.
From Omaha to Grand Island la10
cents per 100 pounds.
From Chicago to Omaha is SO cents
per 100 pounds.
From St. Louis to Omaha is 25 cents
per 10U pounds.
Here is a discrimination against
Omaha of not 0 but 17 cents par 100
pounds In favor of St. Louis aim Chi
cago. . On every class of goods this
amounts to nearly 10 per cent of the
cost , oftentimes u larger profit than the
jobbers make , which the Omaha merchant -
chant , if ho competes successfully with
Ills eastern rivals , must donate , not to
the customer , but tn the railroads.
Without commenting on the injustice
of this discrimination ugainst Omaha ,
( which docs , not &oom to have had the
attention ol the commissioners' power
ful "club , " ) and leaving out of considera
tion altogether the plain duty of the
legislature to protect the interests of
the commercial metropolis of our atato ,
look at the cold facts us shown in the
above tariff reteal If the Burlington
company finds it profitable to curry
truffle from St. Louis to Grand Island ,
nearly 650 miles , for 48 cents per 100
pounds , what an enormous profit they
must bo making when they charge
cents for hauling the same goods 155
UlllCHl
The Union Pacific company takes
fourth class freight from a Chicago
railroad at Omaha , and gets SJ.1
cents for conveying it to Grand
Island. If n private individual delivers
the same freight to them at Omaha ,
they are charged 40 cents for the
same service.
The railroad mon justify these out
rageous discriminations by harplnir
"on the long haul. " This is a more
Miblorf ugo , for by examining their rates
to points wcs . of the state of Nebraska
you will discover that they do not roc-
ognlzo the argument of "long haul ; ' !
they muroly for the purpose of throwing
sand in the eyes of the people of our
ntatc , qunto a proverb to refute their
lies. Look at the rnto for a 1,01)0 ) mile
haul ! The fourth class rate to Denver
and common points Is : From Chicago ,
$1.110 ; from St. Louis , 81. lot from Omaha ,
1M ) cents. You perceive the rate from
Chicago Is the cum total of the two
Omaha rates , that Is , the rate from Chicago
cage to Omaha , SO cents , plus the rate
from Omaha to Denver , 'M cunts , makes
the ratu front Chicago to Denver 31.120 ,
In the light of these figures what be
comes of the "long haul argument ? "
Now , if these illiHtralloiis prove that
the Union Pacific company finds it prof
itable to accept trafilc from .uiothoi
railroad corporation from Omaha tc
Grand Island for a rate of 2IJ cents , why
should this company not bo compelled
by the legislature to accept from a citi
zen of Nebraska the same class of traillc
at the same ratoV Breathes there n
soul so timid as to fear that if our legis
lature fixed the fourth class rate from
Omaha to Grand Island at 24 cents , the
railroad companies would increase the
long haul ratesV
There are other points in the judge's
speech which might bo interesting tc
examine , but the gist of his whole argu
ment may bo summed up in a few words :
The railroad companies are more power
ful than the slate , therefore any Ian
would bo useless ; a commission who arc
In harmony with the railroads , armed
with a papier-macho ' 'club , " will exert
an inllucncu in favor of low rates more
effectively than any law which the leg
islature might create. A good argu
ment for the existence of the commis
sion , but remembering their achiov-
monts , a poor argument for the public.
It is worno than useless to deplore the
irremediable ; yet wo cannot suppress u
feeling of sorrow , mingled with sur
prise , at the spectacle of the
chosen and paid champion of the
people in their light against
railroad extortion appearing before
the legislature , and exerting his influ
ence and eloquence in opposition to any
railroad-law.
So the struck eagle stretched upon the
plnhi ,
No more thro' rolling clouds to soar again ,
Vluweil his own fo.Ulinr on the fatal dart ,
And winged tlio shaft that ijuivorod In his
. licavt ;
Keen wore his pan s , but Ireouer far to feel ,
Ho nursed thu pinion , which impelled the
stool ;
While tlio same plutnago that wanned his
no t
Drank the last lifo drop of ttiis blooding
breast. . ,
Biographical.
In the year 1838 , in the rural districts
of St. Lawrence county , New York , L.
C. Dunn first made his appearance on
the stage of lifo. During his childhood ,
up to the age of fourteen , ho lived with
his parents , attending public school in
the winter and in the summer assisting
his father in the duties of a farmer's
life , which at that time consisted of a
great amount of loll for the results ob
tained. However , it was a good school
in which to become acquainted with the
hardships of this lifo. At the ago of
fourteen hcucame west , and after many
experiences in a business way , em
bracing ups and downs in the struggle
toward the pinnacle of fame extending
twenty-live years , ho eventually
anchored his hopes in the city of Coun
cil Blnlfs , la. His determination to be
a traveling salesman was formed in
earlier life , and it has been carried out
amid the romances of this western coun
try , delightful to his itinerant nature.
Ho united his olTorts with these of the
firm of Peregoy & Moore , then
in its infancy , and for nine
years has been identified with
that now renowned cigar firm. Mr.
Dunn's travels for a number of years
worts through a now and sparsely set
tled portion of northern and north
western Nebraska and tljo Black Hills
of Dakota , where railroads were not
known and trips for hundreds of miles
wore made by overland stage coaches ,
buck-boards and mud wagons. At that
tlmo the Hills was infested by rene
gades , desperadoes , cut-throats and
barbarous Indians. The wild and
drunken cowboy orgies that Mr , Dunn
has witnessed , if put in descriptive
print , would make volumes of realistic
' King of the Cowboys" literature.
But ho know no such thing as fear of
man or boast , and while ho has wit
nessed many feats of tenderfoot torpsl-
chore instigated at the point of a six-
shooter in tlio hands of hilarious cow
boys , ho has looked upon thorn with
such stolid indifference that ho himself
has never been put through evolutions
on the dli't tloor for the entertainment
of the "gang. " "He never danced"
was apparent to the cowboys in his
twinkling blue eyes. A man of untir
ing. energy and ambition , ho has
worked himself ton high plane in his
profession , For nine years , winter and
summer , ho has made his trip every
live week ? , and has never been
more than three days off his regular
dates with customers , then only on
occasions of snow blockade or Hood , so
that his genial face is as familiar to the
inhabitants of a town as these of its own
people. Ho is to-day the highest
salaried cigar man in the retail trade
in the United Stales , and his sales have
averaged for the past six yours more
than two millions a year , us credits on
tlio sales book will snow.
To him more than to any other cause
is duo the grout popularity his house
enjoys. Although nearly fifty-ono
years of ago. ho would pass any where
for forty , and is sprightly and uotivo.
Mr. Dunn has accumulated much ofthu
worldg | "substantial , " ami has invested
largely in Council Bluffs real estate.
Ho lives In a lovely homo , surrounded
by all the comforts of life , an exemplary
husband and a happy lather Labor
omnla vinolt. ' ,
Mr. Harry Lotlor was born In the
Kli/abethnn state not thirty years ago ,
and is still in the condition of the namo-
suko of that commonwealth. Ho is un
married , but cannot retain hid batcli-
ulorhood much longer , for in appearance
anceha Is a t.i niciil Virginian , tall.with
a straight nose , handbomo dark eyes
and a luxuriant beard of a color sympa
thizing , Besides ho possesses valuable
real estate at Norfolk , on his Elkhorn
vulloy route. Six years ugo ho
and his samples made their first
trio from Omaha in the interest
of J. ,1. Brown , wholesale dry
goods , and the combination has
worked in the interest of this city ever
since. Ho Is now in the employ of M.
E. Smith & Co. , who represent Mr.
Lodor ut ) one of their oldest , most relia
ble and auccoidful salesmen. Thu pros-
pcrlty now attending Mr. Lodor hag
bcon forced into that position by his
frrcnt professional ability , to which hip
flvo vcars' training at wholesale dry
goods in Baltimore has largely con
tributed.
Unolo Ilnh'n Dark Night.
Ltko the clergy or4auy other class of
good citizens an occasional traveling
man will descend from the lofty plna-
clo of strict morality and take n rounder
with the boys when ho gets into the en
chanting and gauzy mazes of a metro
politan city. A good story is told on
ono of the fraternity who is known to
bo , under ordinary circumstances ,
strictly moral , and for thu sake of his
family his real name Is withhold and ho
will bo dubbed "Undo Bob. " Ho is
a man rather sparely built , about
IIvo feet cloven in height , dark com-
pfexion , very slightly gray , about forty
years of age , a veteran of the war , as
well as n veteran of the "grip" and a
well known implement man. Some two
weeks ago a party of his traveling com
panions , whom ho delights to entertain
with jokes and stories of his own exper
ience , prevailed on Uncle Bob to go out
and co the town. A congnnlnl tlmo
was had and an occasional bumper of
the wet goods , such as is dispensed
ever the counters in guildod apart
ments in many of the Omaha business
houses , was swallowed. Uncle Bob was
out for fun and determined to stay with
the boys , but they , no doubt , combined
against him , for along about 2 o'clock
in the morning it took two or three of
his companions to hold him level nn the
narrow sidewalks. If ho Had boon
rough shod ho would have corked him
self. The lights grow quite dim , too ,
and Uncle Boh had to rcbort to his eyeglasses -
glasses to discern whether his friends
were with him. They conducted him
to a private lodging house and
secured accommodations , obtaining an
understanding with the landlord that
they were going to play a trick on good
old Uncle Bob , who had never missed un
opportunity to play ono himself. It was
but a moment until the victim was in a
sound slumber. Then his gold-rimmed
eye glasses were quietly removed and
smoked to ebony blackness , and replaced
on his nose. At 9 o'clock in the morn
ing , while Uncle Bob was sleeping
soundly , his friends procured a lantern ,
aroused him , and placing the lighted
lantern in his hand , escorted him to his
hotel. Along the street inarched the
party , Uncle Bob in the load , carrying
the torch and cursing tlio city for not
keeping the street lamps burning all
night so that benighted strangers could
find their way without being compelled
t'o borrow a lanlern. It was some time
after the arrival at the hotel before the
guying of the guests in the olllco dis
closed the trick to him. Then ho
frothed , and swore by all that was high
and holy that the remaining years of
his lifo would see him at his room after
9 o'clock , and that tlio boys might go to
hades.
Hnniplcs.
J. B. Bealls , with M. 1C. Smith & Co. ,
was at headquarters last week. At-
Jompting to board the freight elevator ,
in some way he slipped and fell back on
the floor ho was endeavoring- leave.
The elevator was in motion at the time
but no damage was inflicted beyond a
fright.
Roy S. Tuttle , known throughout the
land as "Tho Kid , " is again to tackle
Nebraska with his grip. Tattle started
in with Isocline & Felt when they
opined business and "mado" Nebraska
for a long while , but finally quit the
road and went into the brokerage busi
ness in Kansas City in partnership with
W. Kcl Elam , also at that time con
nected with Keolino&Fclt as manager.
Elam , who was also an "old reliable" in
the heavy hardware trade , died during
the latter days of 1888 , and now Tuttle
has begun with the Baum Iron com
pany , of this city.
Mr. L. T. Sharpe , of old "Kaintuck , "
one of Proctor & Gamble's Nebraska
representatives , was "doing" the Elkhorn -
horn Valley last week , in company with
ono of D. M. Steelo's men. From the
amount of .soap he put in , tiie chances
are that the people of that section will
have a general cleaning up.
Mr. Willing Carney , the buggy man
from Omaha , was traveling on the Elkhorn -
horn last week. Besides being a hust
ler in his line , ho is a great "high five"
player and always holds the five best
trumps out.
L. C. Hill , formerly with Columbus
Buggy company , but now representing'
the H. A. Mayor buggy people , of Syra
cuse , N. Y. , lias been spending a few
days at his homo in thisuitv preparatory
to visiting his trado. Ho is one of the
most thorough buggy men on the road ,
and a genial fellow throughout.
W. S. Ilelpbercy , with Pcycko Bros. ,
has closed his season and announces
that if any of the thirty-day gang will
notify him when they are coming in he
will moot them at the depot and. carry
up their grips.
Hood's Sarsnparilla 'is peculiar to
itself and superior to nil other prepara
tions in strengtheconomyand medical
merit.
Dlfforontly EvprsSRsd.
New York World : Mr. Do Prig ( of
Boston ) Did not Klsmoro strike you as
a weak , vacillating creature , whoso
doubts formed the "winter of his dis
content" which finally led to the unbelief -
liof that overcame him "like- summer's
clondf" "
Miss Cod ( of Kansas City ) Yes , in
deed. I've always said Elsmoro was a
chump.
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and ensior to expectorate , and cause its
expulsion from the air cells of the lungs.
It also opens the secretions ; allays thu
'
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Merry < ! o Itnmul.
Now York World : Ticket Agent-
Will you have a round ticket , sir1 ;
Farmer Hayseed Oh ! I ain't caring
nothing 'bout the shape o the ticket.
Just gimme ono wlmt'll take mo down
Her Pordunk and back orgln. "
People will not Imvo a now cough remedy
when they know the valuu of Dr. Bull's
Cough Sy up.
She stood at tno gate in the Into spring
twilight , and when shu said goodbye , slio felt
neuralgia UUs her rosy check ; but she only
suillod , for her mother had invested ! i5 cents
iu u bottle of Salvation Oil.
Tommy Giivo His SUtor Away.
Now York Morning Journal : Swol
( to his girl's little brolhor ) Your sister
Clara has u falsetto voice , hasn't bho ,
Tommy ?
Tommy I don't know nothing about
her voice , but I know Bho has a falsetto
tooth.
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TOE THREE VISIONS OF POE ,
A Wolrd T jlo of Horrors Revealed
, to a FrloncL
i i
THE POETVS LAST WILD FANCY ,
i J
An Assassin * on Ills Trnclc The l 'lorj
Cnlflrrt'n , the Midnight Torture
and the Beautiful Sphinx
on the llnmpnrta.
i
.JDn the Drink.
An unpublished tnlo by Edgar A. Pee
would bring u very large sum If offered
in manuscript to any publisher in a
half-dozen of the world's capitals , says
a writer In the Now York World. Hero
is an unpublished story which Pee died
before writing , and which has bcon dis
covered , not in manuscript , but in the
mental keeping of .Tohu Surtuin , the en
graver , whoso artistic fnmo has outrun
the limits of his country as widely as
did the noise of Poo's literary genius.
Mr. Sarlaln , whoso profile is given in
the initial letter , was the friend and pa
tron , and at times tlio guardian , of "Ed-
garry Pee , " as the Frenchmen call
the wizard of "Tho Murders In the Rue
Morgue. " Of all POO'B friends and asso
ciates who survive , Sarlain was nearest
to the wan , wild soul of the genius of
Fordhnm. The rosca that climb over
the gate of the little cottage where the
poet wrote "Tho Kaven , " by tradition ,
are no sweeter and no less sordid than
Sartaln's memories of Poo. The cottage
is a show place at Fordham , and racing
men drive by there and say : "Yes , Pee ;
follow that wrote a poem about a crow
or something of that short. I'vo read
the thing ; ho used to live there , did
hoV But in the heart of Sartnin Pois's
memory is enshrined and kept away
from the curious. The hist wild fantasy
which Poe conceived , and which lie
told to his friend with all the horrors of
imagination thick upon him , is described -
scribed by John Sartain in a lorthcom-
ing numb'er of Lippincott's Magnx.ine.
But to get into the spirit of the Poesquo ,
with which the artistic mind of Sartain
is thorbughly imbued , it is necessary to
talk freely with him , as the writer of
this did a day or two ago.
Moyamonsing prison is the Tombs of
Philadelphia. In one of the grated
cells the poet got his lastlicrco fantas
tic inspiration. So nearly was it akin
to delirium , a kinship it shared with
many other inspirations , which ho com
mitted to writing , that it is interesting ,
if sad. to learn that this genius of proao
and master of prosy had been com
mitted to Moynmotising bv the impar
tial and frequently brutal law as "drunk
and disorderly. "
"It was in the summer of 1S49 that I
last saw Poo'J says Mr. Sartnin , "and
under RU&Ii peculiar and fearful condi
tions that it can never fade from my
memory. * KsU'ly one Monday afternoon
he suddenly1 made his appearance in my
cngravinjj room , looking pale and hasr-
gurd , nnd'with ' a wild expression in his
eyes. I bid'iibt let him see that I no
ticed it , atid , shaking his hand warmly ,
invited him to be seated , when he be
gan : 'MlSaVtain , I have come to you
for protcldtionxand a refuse. It will be
difficult for you to believe what I have
to toll tlmtj.sueh things could be in
this ninotoon'Ui century. It is neces
sary that I'rcfnaiii'conccaled for a time.
Can I stay-With you ? ' 'Certainly'said
I , 'as long as you like ; you will bo per
fectly safe hero. '
A VANOIHH IT.OT TO MUIIDKR nur.
"Ho thanked me , and then wont Into
an explanation of what was the matter.
Ho said that ho was on his way to New
York , when ho overheard some men
who sat a few beats back of him plotting
how they would kill him and throw him
from the platform of the car. Ho snid
they spoke so low that it would have
been impossible for him to hear and
understand the moaning of their words
had it not boon that his sense of
hearing was so wonderfully acute. They
did not guess that ho had heard them ,
ns ho sat so quietly and suppressed alt
indications of having heard the plot.
He watched an opportunity to give
them the slip at Bordontown. and when
the train arrived at that station ho
stepped to the platform and kept out of
sight until the train had moved on
again. He had returned to Philadel
phia by tlio first return conveyance and
iiad hurried to mo for shelter.
"I assured him that ho was perfectly
welcome , but that it was my belief that
the whole tliing _ was the creation of his
fancy , for what interest could these peo"-
have in taking his lifo , and ul such risk
to themselves11 ! Ho said , 'It was for re
venge. ' 'Revenge for whatV faaid I. Ho
answered , 'Well , a woman trouble. '
"I placed him comfortably and then
wont on with my work , which was in a
hurry. Occasionally conversation passed
between us and I observed a singular
change in the current of his thoughts.
Ho.had rushed in on mo in terror for hid
life" , in fear that ho might bo killed ;
and now I perceived that ho had drift
ed around to the idea that it would bo
good to kill himself. After a long si
lence ho said suddenly : 'If this moustache -
tacho of mine were removed I should
not bo so readily recognized. Will you
lend mo a razor that I may shave it olTV
I told him that as I never shaved I had
no razor , but if ho wanted it removed 1
could dp that for him almost as closely
with scissors. Accordingly I took him
to the bathroom and performed the oper
ation successfully.
"After tea. It being now dark , ho prepared -
pared to go out , and on my asking him
where ho was croing ho said 'To the
Schuyklll. ' I told him I would go , too ,
to which he oU'orcd no objection. His
shoes were worn down a good deal on
the outer Bide of the heels , and ho com
plained that his feet were chafed in
consequence , and hurt him , so I gavu
him my 'slippers to wear , as I had no
second pair pf shoes that would servo.
When \\'o had reached the corner of
Ninth and Qhcbtnut streets we waited
there for uij. omnibus , and among tlio
things h.a i nid was that ho wished 1
would sc to it that after his dealh the
pulnlingOsgood had made of him should
go lo hismo'thor ( meaning Mrs. Cluinnt ) .
I promised that as far as I could control
it that should bo done.
Hero cropped out , oven In the face of
what ho believed to bo approaching
death Mr Pee intended to throw hira-
self into the ( Schuylkill down a tremendous
deus iligh't ( ) f stairs , which for gloomy
invitation probably hadn't a superior in
the world at the tune the ruling idea
of Ills existence , woman. And to dis
concert the jackals whose pallid repu
tations have been built up by pulling
his down , that woman was a pure and
beautiful creature , to whom he blood in
the relation of son.
"To the rlvor ! " cried Pee , and ho and
Sartain took nn omnibus and rode out
to the Fairmount bridge. An early
summer twilight had deepened into
night and Sartain wutohcu anxiously
for the rising of the moon. Poo's fear
ful fancies and the pitchy darkness to
gether were moro than ho uarcd to con
tend with. To the right of these pas
sionate pilgrims , straight up the olilTs ,
visible only a few steps at u
time , stretched a great wooded
archway from whoso summit
TELLING FIGURES
are the arguments we have always used to influence trade and these
telling figures have always brought us the customers , and we will al
ways depend on them for the biggest share of the clothing trade. Our
business has been built up on the plan of low prices and we mean to
continue on the same plan , Our stock this season is unlimited and this
gives the buyer unlimited choice. We display hundreds of styles of
spring suits. Here are a few of the bargains we start the season with
One lot of nice all wool Cheviot Suits , lined with good farmer's satin ,
at $4.75. This is an honest "suit , well made. At no time has such a
suit been sold at less than $7.5O.
One lot of really nice cassimere suits , a neat dark mixture at $5.90.
This suit is lined with good serge , made substantially and we recom
mend it for excellent wear.
We have alw.iys had the reputation for the best line of well-made medium priced suits
say at $8 , $9 and $10. Knowing that the great majority of customers prefer that price , we
have always taken pains to give the greatest possible value that could be put into a suit
at that price. The line of $8 , $9 and $10 suits which we display this season is far ahead
of anything shown formerly. "We unhesitatingly claim that with every suit you buy of
us at that price you save at least from $5 to $6. We have this season added to our line of
$10 suits an extraordinary bargain in the shape of a splendid corkscrew suit. The mate
rial ia all worsted and of very fine quality , lined with best farmer satin. AVe have them
in sacks and frocks , all sizes , from 35 to 42. The suit is of good weight and will make an
excellent dress suit. At ton dollars we pronounce it the greatest bargain ever offered , and
we guarantee it is in every respect as good as any suit for which other houses are asking
$ lGor $18.
Price means nolliing until you see the gootta We want every careful -buyer to take time tc examine our gar
cuts and note every detail of lining , trimming and Imish.
MA.IL ORDERS Receive prompt attention and we send samples and rules for measuring on application.
Corner Douglas and Fourteenth Streets , Omaha.
the view commanded by day the { jlit-
tcritiff serpentine trail of the river
below and the panorama ot what was
then the homo and the nurse of Amer
ican literature. Stop by stop they
climbed through the Inky atmosphere ,
Sartain keeping up all the while be
tween Pee and the river , keeping up
all the while a ready How of nonchalant
talk so ns to divert this budding , mur
derous frenzy from itself. If the moon
would only rise !
At last the dizzy summit was
reached , and there in the rayless
sliadow of tlio clouds that hid the stars
and anxiously watching for the white
trail of the moon on the now invisible
water , Sartain sat cautiously with Pee ,
and listened while the latter who had
that morning been discharged by
Mayor Gilpin , with the exclamation ,
' Why , that's Mr. Pee , the poet" put
intq words the phantasms that
tormented him. The htory might bo
called "Thxs Throe Visions , " and as
nearly as possible is restored to Poe's
language , as follows :
THE STOUY OK TUB TIUIBK VISION ? .
"From the window of my cell , which
looked out over this vast pile of stone
and iron , as if from a turret , the cen
tral and battlementcd tower of the
great structure was clearly visible. Ab
sorbed in my own mournful reflections ,
I had kept my eyes flxcd on the floor ,
when I was startled to BOO grow out
beneath them in a regular quadilla-
toral the luminous outline of the case
ment just behind mo. The rusty iron
bar which laced my window seemed
actually projected into the sullen
bhndow in whoso interstices played a
iiery radiance unlike any I had ever
seen. I looked backward , ever my
shoulder and through the real bars ,
past which this strange , luminous
cascade was pouring , saw on the
central tower what froze my blood.
On the coping , her bare feet
plainly in sight at the edge , and smil
ing serenely and almost disdainfully
ever the dizzy precipice of masonry , at
whoso foot death lurked , stood a radiant
creature , beautiful beyond words , in
that majesty with which youth and lov-
linoss alone may crown a woman. She
was the fountain of the strange light
that cascaded into my cell and drew my
eyes lo hers. They scorned flxcd and
became terrible. I rose involuntarily
to my feet.
"Alas , thought I , she is so far away
fcho can never hear mo. But Bho opened
'her ' lips , and in low , clear tones spoke ,
as if ut my very side , such fearful sum
mons as mortal rarely hears , Not a
syllable failed to pass the car gates and
enter into the mind , each iiea , as it
was shaped out of thiflsingular , stealthy
sound , penetrating my brain with a dis
tinct pang. They were questions , and I
had to answer thorn at once , without
hesitation , aptly and correctly , or dlo
and biich a death ! God knows how for
my mind must have been sharpened as
supornhturally as my hearing I did
hear and did reply. The ordeal passed ,
the light faded , "tho vision died out ;
with a groan of horrible relief I mink
into my chair , and nil about me became
darlc and quiet again.
"Suddenly n courteous but saturnine
whisper brolco the black silence , I was
invited out for a walk on the battle
ments. I turned wilhn shudder to see
who could glvo soBtrnngonn invitation.
L coulu see no ono. But I accepted
promptly , glad to got out of my cell ,
and was soon breathing the fresh air of
heaven and walking past the very cop
ing on which the sphinx of a moment
before had stood in hur terrible boauty.
Once started , I lost all fear. Far clown
below me and the invisible guide who
conducted me BO politely 1 began to bo
conscious of a glimmer of light. It
was in the center of the quadrangle.
Bit by bit a grout bubbling caldron of
punch broke into view , a fearful , ( lory
glow beneath it , and from its soothing
surface litlle blue lots of llamlng vapor
spilling now and then with merry ma
lignancy. It was tempting , so tempting.
I was cold , and how welcome ita warmth
would bo ! J could have leaped down to
Itibs its lips when the presence that had
led mo prevented and the same courte
ous , saturnlno whisper asked : 'Would
you like to take a drink1
" 'No,11 shrieked , compelled by fcomo
force I could not control , and wild with
rage at being balked of the draught I
BO eagerly coveted. In an Instant tno
caldron sank out of sight and I was back
in my cell , shivering , distraught. Had
I drunk , I know 1 should have Ijccn
stooped to the lips in that delicious
bowl of death and suspended forever
in its llnmcs. I had passed the ordeal
No. iJ.
iJ."The last , the third , was the worst !
My mother , my dm'ling motherl Could
not the devils who tortured mo spare
her ! It seemed not. Faint with what
I hniigono through , as I raised my ach
ing eyes towrfrd the window a horrible
spectacle once moro seared them with
agony. I aaw Mrs. Clomm in the
clutches of the fiends. There was a
grand autodafo at which myriads of
them wore in attendance. I soon saw
they were the same little blue devils I
had seen pooping out from the boiling
caldron. They were cutting her up by
piecemeal , to wrench my soul and to
please their fearful craving for human
suffering. Ilor toea were cut off and
brandished before mo with shouts of
fiendish laughter. Her ankles were
next dissevered. Her knees yielded to
the crashing strokes of their cleavers ;
then her hips were hacked olT , and I
thcro helpless all the while , mad with
pain for her and a thirst for vengeance
witli a thirst which only blood may
slake. In a Hash of the eye it was all
gone. I had survived the third or
deal. "
Mr. Sartain's narrative of what fol
lowed , and of the calm that gradually
came ever Pee afto * ho had relieved
his mind of the remembrance of this
phuntasniii , continues as follows. The
mad poet still longed for the rlvor or
the razor :
" 1 led him down the steep stairway
slowly and cautiously , holding well on
to the hand rails. By still keeping him
talking I got him back to an omnibus
that waited for passengers at the tavern
door , and when exactly abreast of the
stop I pressed against him and ho
rained his foot to it , but instantly , re
collecting himself , he drew back , when
I gently pushed him , saying'Go on , '
and having got him seated with myself
beside him , said : 'You were saying HO
and so , ' and he responded by continu
ing the subject ho had boon' speaking
on. I took him safe homo to Sansom
street , gave him a bed on the sofa in
the dining room , and slept alongside
him on throe chairs without undressing.
"On the second morning ho appeared
to have become so much like his old self
that I trusted him logo out alono' . Reg
ular meals and rest hud had a good ef
fect ; but his mind was not yet free from
the nightmare. After an hour or two
ho returned , and then ha told mo that
ho had arrived at the conclusion that
what I said was true , that the whole
thintr hud boon a delusion and a scare
created out of his own excited imagina
tion. IIo said that his mind began lo
clear ns ho lay on tlio grass , his face
buried in it , and his nostrils inhaling
its sweet fragrance mingled with the
odor o ( the earth ; that the words ho had
heard kept running through his mind ,
but somehow he tried in vain to connect
them with who spoke them , and thus
his thoughts gradually awakened into
rational order and ho saw that ho came
out of a ili'cuin.
"i had asked him how ho pamo to bo
in Moyamensing prison , and ho said ho
had boon suspected of trying to pass a
lifiy dollar counterfoil note ; but the
trulh Is it wits for what takes so many
therefor a few Jiouru only a drop too
much.
"Being now nil right again , ho was
ready to go to Now York. lie borrowed
what was needful , and uopnrtod. I
never saw him more. "
" \Vootlrun" Granite Quarry.
I am prepared to furnish Woodruff
grnnito in paving blocks , door sills and
stops , or bloyks of most any dimensions
at cheap figures. Also handle at my
Lincoln yard all classes of out stone for
any part of the stalo. Ash for figures.
Thomas Price , Llncolp , Nob.
THE ROTHSCHILDS.
CliaruolurUtlo * of the Parent I load
of tlio Kamltr.
Some ton years ago old Baron Roths
child passed away full of years , leaving
behind him a gigantic fortune , suys the
Phlladelpnla Timus. Ilia three
nephews , Nathaniel , Leopold i
fred , sons of Baron Lionel Rothschild ,
inherited the city business , while hia
vast riches in cash , lands , house prop
erty and securities were for the most
part bequeathed to his daughter , the
Countess of Rosobory. The three Lon
don Rothschilds of to-day boar little
I resemblance either in face , form or
! business habits , to either tholr late
father or uncle. The older Nathaniel ,
1 lately created Lord Rothschild , is a farseeing -
! seeing man of great business capacity ,
and under his guidance the great house
still maintains its supremacy in the
world of London finance. Ho is , how
ever , a man who devotes his attention
only to great enterprises , and consequently
quently a vast amount of minor business
of a very profitable nature that used to
bo executed by the Rothschilds has ol
late ( lowed into other channels.
His lordship excels as a diplomatand
his relations with Gladstone's govern
ment during the Egyptian affair were
close and invaluable to his house. Sim
ple British taxpayers who paid any at
tention to the part England was playing
in the khodivo's affairs for u year or
two previous to the slaughtering of the
heroic Gordon at Khartomn roundly
assorted that her expensive interfer
ence in Egypt would never have boon
pushed so far but for the vast interests
of the Rothschilds and tholr clients
there at stake. The head of the firm
docs not inherit his uncle's love of sport ;
ho neither breeds nor runs thorough
bred race-horses and is rarely soon in
the hunting field , though in u perfunc
tory manner ho stills keeps up the
famed pack of stag-hounds. His coun
sel in financial matters is highly es
teemed by her majesty's government ,
and his life , like that of his predecessor
ser , is devoted to money-getting. Moro
Jewish in appearance than either of his
brothers , his character and habits uleo
more clearly indicate his HcbroW
origin.
Alfred do Rothschil d is also voryrog1
ulnr in his attention to.busincss in "tho
Lane. " Ho is not generally credited
with any particular aptitude fortilaying
the great game of finance , but has
charge of the routine business of the
firm. Almost any morning on the stroke
of 11 his neat brougham may bo soon
pulling up at the corner of Cannon
street and St. Kwilhin's Lane , whence *
its elegantly attired owner proceeds on
foot to his olllco. Ho is a handsome
man , of medium staluro and darlc com
plexion , and his features are only
slightly Indicative of his Semitic ori
gin. In private life he Is something of
a sybarite : his lasto in works of art Is
highly cultivated ; ho is a liberal patron
of some of the first painters of the day ,
and an ardent and discriminative col
lector of old china and bric-u-brac.
Leopold do Rothschild does not re *
numble his brothers either in his
features or mode of lifo. The younger
brother takes but little part in the bus
iness of the great house , and rarely
puts in an appearance at St. Hwlthin's '
Lane. Ho is a somewhat dolicalo-look-
ing man , of fair complexion , with a
mild , kindly fnco. A liberal patron of
the drama , ho is rarely absent from
his box ut tlko opera or his stall at the
theater on "lirdt nights , " and ho num
bers among his friends many of the lead
ing members of tlto profession. IIo in
in the prince of Wales sot and is on
terms of intimacy with the heir appar
ent. But it Is as an owner of race horses
that Leopold do Rothschild in , perhaps ,
best known lo Iho English people.
While lacking his late uncle's enthus
iasm in his pursuit of i.ho national sport
of Britons , he maintains u largo utublu
of thoroughbreds at Newmarket , where
he also has u residence , and it may f
fairly bo said that there are nocolora
moro popular on the lurf limn the Roth
schild blue and yellow.
Ono cfatiiiablo charaetorintio of the
English Kothbishllds may bo noted UH
the common possession of each tit the
throe brothers. Their charity Unuwd
no limit , their sympathy once enlisted
on behalf of a wortliy object. Thfclrj
names are never missing from any MI
Ho subscription list , while tholr prlvi
benevolences are ever dlsnonnou wu
open hand and presumably ckaetT
heart. ' "
liccchuin's Pills net like magic on a weak
stomach.