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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1893)
8 TIIK OMAHA DALLY 1HSK : FRIDAY , MA110U 5M , lfli)3. ) hi iMM\i\Tf nAitn to BLtIiDL\C DOUGLAS How Careless OommSsdonora Wore Hood winked on the Drug Contract , BIDDER "USED THE "SLIDING SCALE" Alidurtlly Low Price * for l rue I.lttlc nnil Other. Kxnrliltanlty MlKli King Aki ! < l to MnUo nil Ac counting. Douglas county paidl , ! S.Vi ( for drugs for the year ending March 1 , 1MKJ. dlvldc'l ns follows : Poor farm , l,8tt.4t ( ) ; Jtill , * m03 ; Indigent poor , fcV-JM.1. ! ) . The amount wns considered very largo and an effort was made to try a inw system this year and the result promises to glvo the wjunty a larger bill to pay this year than It had last , even if the amount of drugs used is not increased. The county will probably have a law suit over the bill for last year and Dr. King , the late county physician , will bo the defendant. When the doctor's successor wns elected a short time ago It was discovered that a mem ber of the Hoard of County Commissioners had been Investigating the expenditures for ,1110 past year and had learned of the exls- tctico of certain things that should be ex plained. At the meeting of the board at which Dr. Lanyon was elected county physi cian Commissioner Llvesoy presented A statement showing that the county In the year past had paid out foiil St for surgical Instruments ordered by Dr. King. Mr. Live- ! > oy wanted these instruments turned over to Dr. I anyoii and made a reuuest to that ef fect upon Dr. King. The late county physi cian was grossly insulted. Mn declared that ho had nothing in the surgical instrument line that belonged to the comity. Pressed for some report as to the dls | > sition ho had made of the large amount of such goods ordered by him from tbo county drug con tractor ho auked to have a statement showing the list of the articles. This was furnished by Commissioner Mvesey , who exacted a promise from Dr. King for the return of the list. This prom ise was not kept and tu ! > commissioner wrote to the doctor asking that the list bo returned according to promise and that some steps betaken taken at onro to account to the authoiities for the foods in question. The letter went Unanswered ami Commissioner Livesey placed the matter in tlio hands of Assistant County Attorney Tronp , with instructions to effect a settlement with King or commence suit against him for the value of tlio goods which had not been accounted for. Mr. Troop has written several letters to Dr. King about the matter , but has been unable to get a reply from him , and a suit will prob ably bo the result. Hunt Walk tn ( let Competition. But the surgical instrument feature of the county drug business Is not tlio only one that appears queer on tlio face of the llgures in the county clerk's ofllco and causes the com missioners no end of troubled thought. It seems almost impossible to get bids for fur I nishing the county with drugs or to get a contract that will not allow all sorts of i abuses that cost the taxpayers very dearly. In addition to the stock of surgical appli ances bought for Dr. King last year , the county paid some very big bills for drugs that no one seems able to explain. Under the old order of things the bills came in every month and the county paid them. There was no way of tellinir what had been received and what had not. Tlio contract which tlio county hail wil.h the local drug gist specified but few of the items that were needed in the practice of tlio county phy sician , and the most of the goods that were needed were accordingly charged up at regu lar retail rate and tno county had nothing to Co hut pay the bills. Homo ( HUTrlclts i\jxiHccl. : Theio has been trouble in the matter of furnishing drugs fir the county for several years. The old plan of having a branch Urng store in the basement of the court house was full of weak points ; the frauds that were perpetrated upon .tho county and the taxpayers uiidnr that system were exposed by TUB BEB and the drug branch of the poor farm was abolished. Then the county decided to try the plan of having prescriptions for the poor filled by one druggist , and asked bids for the con tract. Tills was not a success , as It was shown that parties who were In ofllclal posi tion in the county wore having all sorts of prescriptions tlllod at the county's expense , any quantity of liquor and sucli items as combs and brushes for the ofllclals' private consumption being charged up to the county. This was exposed and then the county tried the plan of advertising for drugs by speeifl- cations , the same ns groceries and fuel bids were asked. This was tried last year and the contract was awarded to the Aloe J ! ; Pcnfold company. The listof spccilied drugs was very incomplete , howovcr , and when It came to purchasing goods it was fount ! that many items the county wanted wore not named In the specillcatlous on which tin contract was awarded and the county paid retail prices for a very large share of th ( drug supplies and medicines that went tc the poor farm , the Jail ami the treatment o the indigent poor for the your cndliu March 1 , ISD. ) . Thouulil Thin Would Work. This year it was to bo different. Countj Clerk Sackett made an effort to get up a lis of specifications that would cover nearly I not everything that would bo required in tin drug and medicine line and called Dr. King who was then county physician , to his assist mice. In the preparation of the specifications The now list was made out and was mud moro compluto than any that had been triei before lu the , county , calling for moro thai ! )00 ) articles supposed to bo most needed ii the treatment of the county patients. Tiiii was supposed by the county chirk and com nilssloncrs to bo Just the thing needed ti secure the desired competition bntwccn tin druggists and give the county the lowes figures unou the big item uf expense in tin care of the poor. But the plan did not work worth a cent When the bids were opened and the contrive awarded it was found that the suppose * very complete list contained no end of Item : that arc very seldom used In the practice o medicine at poor farms or anywhere else am that many of the drugs In most constant do maud were not mentioned at all. And tli opening of the bids showed moro than that but the commissioners did not see tlio re.ill ; peculiar feature of the bids until the con tract had been awarded and they luvvo notli ing to do now but go ahead and pay the bill as they have done before. History of tlio "Sllillnc Scalu " Thrco years ago Tun BP.K exposed th trick of a big Job printing house , not now i business , that secured the contracts fo i printing the blank books and furnishing th stationery for the county by bidding ridlcu ously low on the articles that the county ha no use for and putting in a good price upo the articles most needed by the county , tht keeping the average bid well below the offei of the firms that had bid honestly on all c the. items named in the spccitlcatlor.s. This style of bidding became know around the court house as bidding c the sliding scale" and it was this plan tht some of the druggists allege was used by tl successful bidders for tlio county drug coi tract for the year beginning March 1 , is'.KI. When the olds for drtus were asked 1 January one druggist decided to try a ne plan for the purpose of getting at the Insii of the deal by which ono firm could get tl contract so easily. Ho had bid on the coi tract In IS'.U ' at tv very low margin of prof and missed the contract by a great dea This year ho took the price list of the blgge : wholesale- drug * house In Chicago and 1 making his bid put lu the articles called ft In the specifications at the exact net ro : price in Chicago. Sumo of the articles wei put at oven less than the cost at not whol sale prices In .Chicago , Tlio druggist fo that ho would surely lese money if 1 secured the contract , but ho was willing invest a few hundred dollars for the prh legnof Hading out the method by which h competitors could take contracts and I Kind to get them ut prices that boat tl wholesale houses of the country. I did ndt get the contract this year at when the bids wore opened ho foui Rinplo proof that the famous 'sliding scah had been used by the Alee ft IVnfold coi tuvuy , the successful bidders. In proof Ills claim ho cites figures in the two bids I show that the successful bidders offered lids to furubu the county articU iminoO In llin xjici'inentlonit tint for \vlilch tlio county iutil no usc itt from 10 lo 1)0 per cent of tlio IH'I wholi'Riilo ) irlco of tlio iir- tlolo , wlillo tlioy put n llKtirr tiJti | ) the ifotxU most noctlcd tlml ntiiBi's from 10 to M | > er edit iilxivo the bills of tmsmresiful ilfuc- Kl tH who lilil on all of the articles In the spei'llk'iitlons wltliout reunrtl to the amount used by the county. In the Ilinircs given the prices of the llrtn that named the net Chi- eiiijov1iolisnlo price In Us bid nro lven In comparison with the figures of the success ful bidders. Trouble I'roni tlio Word ( lo. The trouble starts with almost the first Item In the list of the specifications. Cir- : Iwlic ncld Is used almost by the barrel In hospitals and by every physician almost dally In his practice. Thn sneclllcatlons called for Malllnckroilt's brand , mrl the Aloe & I'cnfold company bid fiO cents per pound In ilve-poumleans. Another firm bid ! 31 cents Hut for the next item on the list the scale slid the other way. Pyre allo acid Is seldom used In medicine. Its chief use beini ; In photography. Alee & 1'enfold offered to furnish this at 10 cents per ounce , whlio the not wholesale prlre of the article is ! W cents tin ounce. The down slide Is used also on tbo next Item. Ammonium Iodide Is rarely used In ordinary practice ) and the successful bidders offered to furnish it to tno county at ? l a pound , while It is a smart wholesaler who buys the riitf at 1.1)0 ) a pound. Then the up slide was used for the bid on two drugs that are used very much. Antl- febrln and antlp.vrine are the preat remedies for headaclio and nervousness. They answer about the samu purpose but arc widely different In price. Antlfebrln is cheap while antipyrlnc is expensive. Alee ft I'cnfold bid the same on each drus. . * l.f > 0 an ounce. An other firm bid $ ! . : ) on nntlpyrltiu ami ' "Jcents an ounce on the cheaper remedy. Hc'ittH Tin ! Sil : IIiirjulii. ) Apomorphla muriate crystals form the antidote for morphine ihiwonini ? and ono praln n year would bo a liberal allowance for the poor farm , as the drug Is but very seldom used. Alee it I'cnfold bid 10 cents an ounce on this ilniR. while tbo wholesale price Is tl.M. The same liberal reduction was made on the price of hyoscin bydrobromato. This is ono of the rarest drutrs used in the prac tice ormedicino and live grains of it would last an ordinary druf ? store for years. Aloe & I'cnfold offered to supply the county with this ilrujf at ! iO cents an ounce , while the net wholesale list prico.is $1.C > 0 an ounce. And the next discrepancy In bids was oven greater. lehthyol ( Merck'si is lis'.ed by wholesalers at $ -1 per pound. It is rarely used and Aloe & I'cnfold offer to fuinish it at 30 cents an ounce. Kow driif ? stores will Ret moro than ono prescription a year that will call for the use of iron hypophosphate. It is worth $ U.W ) a pound at wholesale , but Aloe A I'cnfold offered it to the county at the cut rate of 10 cents a pound. Lime hypophosphato is worth $1. 5 a pouiwl , hut the firm will furnish the county with all it needs ot this driiR at the bargain rate of 0 cents a pound , while 5 cents a pound will buy from them for the county use lactophos- phate of lime , while wholesalers who lire not making cut rates jet ! ? -l a pound for the same article. Hut the county has no use for tin ounce of any of these drues iu a lifetime. > 'luu lrollt on Stuple Artlrlcs. lodoform is used at the poor farm and in the treatment of county cases very largclv and the up slide was used on the bid for this drug. Aloe & I'cnfold's bid was $ . " 1 a pound , while another firm offered to fill the county's orders for ft n pound. lodoform gauze is used by the hundreds of yards every year in the county eases , the bills showing that nearly 100 yards a month were used at the pool- farm alone last year. Aloe dc I'cnfolit are fur nishing this at : i ( ) cents a yard. Another tlrm offered to furnish it at 'M cents a yard in five- yard cans , or IS cents a yard in twcnty-tlve- yard packages. Alee & 1'enfold are furnish ing lint at 75 cents a poumt. Another firm's bid was -18 cents a pound , and there is lots of it used. Potassium iodide is ordered by druggists fur their trade b.y the hundreds of pounds. It is used daily and in liberal quan tities. The county is paying Alee & Pcnfold * ( a pound for it. while another linn wanted to furnish It at ? ' 2 83 , a difference of $1.1.1 a pound on a drug that is used constantly. The larijo ( [ uantity of quinine given the county patients costs the taxpayers 40 cents an ounce. One of the drug firms offered to fur nish .it at0 cents an ounce. Clearance Sil : T Winter Stock. The high prices of the successful bidders on these last mentioned staples were more than offset by the bargains offered In a lot of drugs that the county nuver has and prob ably never will have any use for. Atropia crystals are used by occulists to dilate the pupils of oye.i. They are worth Jt.-.l an ounce at wholesale. The county only has to pay 10 cents an ounce for what it buys of Aloe & I'cnfold , and it probably won't have to buy twenty grains in a year. Hlsmnth salicylate Is worth ? l ! a pound at wholesale , but the county can got it at10 cents a pound if there is ever any call for it. Musk Ton- qun ! is worth ? 4 a dram at wholesale , but Aloe ifc 1'fcnfold will furnish it to the county poor , when occasion requires , at 10 cents per drain. Oakum is worth ? 4.SO per bale , but the county will have to p.iy but 3 cents per halo under its present drug contract. And the same way with the oil of bitter almonds , t is a poison and'ised very seldom , and costs I ) a pound , but the county can get it 'rom ' its druggists for-lOcents a pound. Then Wyeth's malt extract , for which druggists iavo been paying $4 per gallon , can be jought for the county patients at ! ! 0 cents a gallon. Paysou's indelible ink is sold the -ountry over by wholesalers at $ ' 34 a gross , but the linen of the county poor limy be marked with this ink und the county can tiuy it from its druggist at | 4 per gross , a clean 10 oft the regular jobbing rate. Hy. drastin , . eldom used , is worth $1.13 an ounce , but is furnished the county at 30 cents in : ounce. But the up scale Is put on another batch ol drugs that are much usedin all mcdica ! practice. Chloral , that sheet anchor in the treatment of Insane patients and sufferer : from the Jim Jams , costs the county $ j pei pound , while other bidders offered to furnisl it at Jl. 10 per pound. iJismuth subnitrato much used in local applications and stomacl troubles , costs the county ) ,23 , while othei druggists wanted to furnish it at ? a pci pound. Squibbs' chloroform , used daily a : the hospital and Jail , costs $1.73 a bottle though it could Have been secured from an other bidder at $1.40. Hydrastls , a stapli remedy in a class of diseases common will poor farm and Jail patients , is being fur nishctt at $1.50 per pound ; other druirgisti offered to supply the demand at fl.'J.I pe pound. SulfanM , the staple euro for sleep icssncss , is charged for at the rate of $1.7. . an ounceother ; druggists bid $1. : ! . " > , a big dl ( ferenco on a drug of which largo inuiutitlci are used. Homeopathic remedies are not used by thi county physicians and it is alleged that Ale ii * I'cnfold bid on them at prices about one flftli that at which they can bo bought a wholesale. ' lluw tlio llldi Were Tiilmlitteil. ' When these figures were noticed by th unsuccessful bidders they were not slow ii discovering why the contract had bee awarded to tbo Aloe it 1'enfold company The county authorities in tabulating th bids bad himply made the totals on the bid for the various articles and then divided th amount by the number of articles bid upoi and gave the contract to the bidder whos averHgo was the lowest. The bids were no submitted to any physician or disiuterestc druggist , and no effort was made to dotec any line figuring in tbo proffers of any of th firms. It Is claimed by the interested druj gists that any outside druggist In the tit would have noticed the peculiar sliding bi of the Alee it 1'enfold company instantlj and they allege that the commissioners wet vor.v negligent of their duties or some sue precautionary measure would have bee taken by them. Lust Vvur ItinU' Xt-sts. There are some peculiar charges In tli drug bills rendered by the Alee it I'cnfol company last year for goods which were IK specified1 In the Hit upon which bids were re ceived , and which were accordingly charged to the county at the name rate that private parties would bo taxed. And this rate was not always the siuno on the same articles. For Instance , during the month ot Septem ber the tlrm filled three onlers for senna leaves. In ono ease the charge was W ) cents fora half pound of the leaves. A few dpys later an onler for another half pound was filled for ! U ) cents ami still later In the month the firm sent ono pound of senna leaves to the poor farm nnd charged the county 40 cents or 10 cents less than had been charged for half the quantity early In the month. Tartar emetic was charged for the samu month at 'JO cents an ounce while the rent bid of the firm for the drug was ! ) cents an ounce. Cough cures and diarrluna remedies for use In the Jail were charged for at from $1 to $ 4 per bottle. llrlilc Deomiid Tor , ! | > rs. There were no bids last year or this on whisky or alcohol , the explanation being that bids could not bo made unless a certain brand of certain ago was specified and that that would bo impracticable. But with or without bids the druggist did a lively retail liquor business with the county. For the month of September , ISO- , there were deliv ered to the poor farm , , hroo gallons of port wine at W.f > 0 a gallon , four gallons of whisky atfilMla gallon , two gallons of hrauJynt $3.50 per gallon , three gallons of alcohol at $ i > 0fi gallon , ami a pint of .larvls' Three Star oramly on the side.for which the county paid $1. The excuse that the whisky was for the patients to take quinine with won't do in this case , as the county only hud four grains of that drug at the poor farm during the month. In October the whisky order fell to three gallons and the price fell to 1 tl gallon. Three gallons of port wine and three gallons of alcohol were used. The bills for the year average about the same and usually Include about four gallons of whisky , three of brandy , three of port wine and three of alcohol each month No explanation Is of- ' feral for the use of the largo amount of liquors used and as yet none has been asked. All that is rvquirei' ' is that the superintend ent at the poor farm certify that the amount charged in the druggist's bill has been re ceived and the county pays the claim. In the matter of proscriptions for the county poor the county last year paid its druggist ! , ! Mi. : ' . ! . These bills were paid upon the certificate of the county physician. The contract with the druggist called for the filling of prescriptions at a nominal rate. The county has had no plan of checking the claims of the drug contractor. No one in authority knows whether the county physi cian ever cheeked the bills or not. No ono knows whether the drug contractor has the original prescriptions or whether they have bei-n destroyed. All the officials know of the matter is that the bills have been presented regularly and paid by the county without in quiry or protest. Tnmts uiul Conilihi.illons Are unpopular. Hut there is one form of trust against which no ono has anything to say. That is the trust which the public re poses In Hood's Sarsaparlllu , and the best of it is tbo trust is fully justified by the merit of tlio medicine. For remember , Hood's Sarsaparllla cures. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable and do not purge , pain or gripe. Sold by all druggists. HAVPKN IIKOS. snoi : SAM : . I'rlilny mill Saturday. BROOK BROS. ' make Indies' $5.00 Fronuh button shoos at $3.50 , B to K , widths , opera and C. S. stylos. ! ADAMS & PKTTINOILL'S make. i ladies' $ -1.50. patent leather , button i hhuctt , at $ , ' ! .00 , A to E widths , opera 1 btylos. [ IUISKAMP BUOS. ' make ladies' I1.50 , fine climax kid , button shoes , at ' 2.75 , C , D and H widths , opera and C. S. ityles. These are bargains no lady can alTord o miss , come and tfot choice of sixes and vidths. MEN'S SHOES. Men's line calf , hand sowed , $5.00 shoes , at $ ! t.50 , luce and congress , A to E vidthe. Men's line $4.00calf welt shoes , at W.OO , B to E widths , lace and congress. Men's xobu calf SIi.50 shoej , at $2.50 , nee and congress. These goods are some of the finest nude and every pair a big bargain. IIAYDEN BROS , Dry Goods and Shoes. See the celebrated Sohmor plain at Ford & Charlton Music Co. , 150S Dodge * NEBRASKA'S WICKEDEST. Jusufo riai-0 to Visit with .Money in Onu'r Tucket. Nick Maher , who is practically the mayor of Covington , was in the city yesterday , anil In speaking of that wicked place said : 'What is the moral condition of Covingtou it the present time ? Well , I am afraid II hasn't much Improved. The tough element comes pretty nearly having the mastery. Wi lave tried hanl to have the law.1 } enforced 3Ut with poor success. Our attorney is nol is diligent in the prosecution of offenders as : ie should bo. Wo have been obliged on several occasions to employ outside help am : l > ay for it out of our Individual pockets , At the last session of the grand jury a large number of persons were in < dieted , but'wlien their trials came on ovcrj ono went free. We have changed city mar shals four times in as many months. Tin ono now acting promises well , and we hojn to see some good results. "I know our town has a pretty hard name and I am sorry of it. I think if our DWI papers hadn't said so much abojit It oui reputation would bo better. Still , I can' say that they have exaggerated matter ! much. It's tin actual fact that if ono comei Into our town with money and is not prett ; shrewd ho will go away without it. I havl helped a number of people , who have beci contldenecd , to get their money back , am expect to help a good many more. "The now bridge f Well , it's going abcai in good shape. There are 250 men at worl on it. Tlio caissons on the east side aiv practically finished , and those on the wes aide are under wav. "Tho bridge will bo a low draw , and whei completed will accommodate steam cars electric cars , pedestrians and horses am wagons. -The pontoon bridge worked very wel during low water , but when the floods cam down It went out. Last summer I went dew the river , paid Jll.OlH ) for a bout , took it t Covington and used It as a fcrr.v. Wo lia to have some means for crossing to Siou City , and this w.is what wo used. " The most astonishing results In healln wounds have been shown by Salvation Oil. Low Kuttt HxciirHlon. My fifteenth special excursion t Houston , Tex. , via the Santa Fo ronti leaves Omaha , Monday , March 27. 18 ! : Address 11. U. Patterson , -125 Ranig building , Omaha , Neb. A Titln of Tno CltlvH. Omaha to Chicago is a ono night' ' journey. Yon can leave hero by the Biirliiij. ton's No. 2 , the vestilmled Flyer , atI ; - ! p. m. , and reach the World's fair city n 8:25 : the next morning. There is no more comfortable train i existence than the Four Forty-live. J carries bleeping , dining and reclinin chair cars ( beats free ) , Is vostibnled froi end to end , and Is gas-lighted by Hi clearest , cleanest , safcbt method of en illumination in use. The Burlington's city ticket olllce.no location , is at 1H2I Farnam ht. it ito li lilt 10 toI I- IIs Is JO 10 lo 111H ' > IIuf to only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia ; No Alum. Ins : ia Milli-jus of Homes 40 Years the Standard , $120,000 $ WET DRY GOODS SOLD The Biggest Sala-tof tbo Kind Ever Oon- suminatdj in the World , BOSTON STORE DOES IT Ocenn .Slrim : lilp"lly ; of Purln" Arrived la NtMv York with I'lvn I'oi't at Witter In Otro of the Compurt- incnti of tlio Hold. Ill this sale will bo nctii'ly a thousand cases of merchandise , moro or less touched by water , sumo wet through. Tlio Marino underwriters agents , Underhill ft Scndder , New York , soil the entire lot to BOSTON STORE. Such an immense sale of wet goods WHS never made by the underwriters be- foi'o. foi'o.Boston Boston Store in all the glory of the greatest ensh bargain over completed by a single linn in the United States. Bought for $120,000 , the values in this sale run to over HALF-A MILLION DOLLARS. Only a part of these goods are really wot. wot.Some Some only damp. Almost all are perfect. All imported dry goods : every imagin able kind of mcroliandlso used or sold in a dry goods store. They 'are coming in now by the car [ oad.There There scorns to bo no end to thorn. The reserve stock rooms at the Boston Store are already jammed full , clear to the coiling. The local freight warehouses are clang oring for us to get tlio goods out faster or pay storage. Wo have put on tltable force all through the establishment. We are working day and night to get these goods ready in time for sale. Once ready wo womiso a sale of WKT AND DRY GOODS That will eclipse anything seen or held in the world. This sale commences positively , Tues day , March -8th. For further particulars see daily papers BOSTON STORE , N.V. . cor. Kith and Douglas. A fine upright piano , used only six months , at half price. Ford & Churlton , 1503 Dodge. 1'rln-s ( Jru.itly Ituiluccil on 1'Uli. At Ilaydons' you can buy pure Codfish for 5c per pound. Smoked white llsh , 1-le. Smoked salmon , lo. ( ! Salt tialmon , SJe ; smoked sturgeon , 15e. Herring , 2o each ; linmin huddles , lOc. Anchovies , uc per pound ; smoked hali but , 15c ; salt eels , 15e ; fet melchcr her ring , 8 for 25e ; Lake Superior salt white llsh. lOc. We have all kinds of fresh lish and fresh Baltimore oysters , I0c ! per quart ; fresli white llsh , trout and rod snabper at lOo : perch , "ic ; smelts , lllc , and a lot other llsh too numerous to mention. When you want unvthing in lish call at IIAYDKX BROS. . Fish department. Take home a box of BaldutT's fine cand ies , 10th and Capitol ivenue. None better. * INTO A CISTERN. Draft llorsu lireukt * Tliroujj-h n rarriiiunt ' ' Into : t Cancouloil llolu. Yesterday afternoon as Peter Snyder , a driver of one of the South Omaha Ice com pany's wagons , was about to unload the usual daily supply of ice at tie | alloy entrance of the Millard hotel , one of the heavy tc.tn : of draft hoiscs suddenly broke through the covering of an old cistern and went down. When ho stopped only his head and fore feet protruded above the ground. A derrick was piocured and the work of raising the animal was begun. This was no easy undertaking , for tlio horse weighed about 1,000 pounds. After nearly an hour's work ho was brought to the surface , pretty b\dly : cut on the hind quarters and legs , from which wounds Iho blood was ( lowing quite freely. Unless internally injured he will probably bo all right lu a day or two. Ho is valued at $300. The cistern was about ten feet deep and four foot in diameter. The brick at the top was arched and over it concrete and paving blocks were laid. The covering had sus tained the weight of the team many times before , but was probably weakened a little each time. lllictiimitUm Is a symptom of disease of the kidneys. It will certainly bo relieved by Parks' Sure Cure. That headache , backache and tiroit feeling comes from the sumo cause. Ask for Parks' Sure Cure for tlio liver and kidneys , price ? 1.00. All druggists. Test It requires no learned experts or scientific experiments to establish the fact that DR. PRICE'S DELICIOUS FLAVORING EX- T/WCTS are not only the strong est , but positively the sweet est and most delicate fruit flavors. If housewives will flavor a cake , pudding , ' cus tard or cream with Dr. Price's Extract of Vanilla , Lemon or Orange , and a smaller quan tity gives a more natural and grateful .taste than can be im parted Try any other Extracts , is it not an incontestable proof of their greater excel lence ? In every case where Dr. Price's Flavors are * sed they give perfect satisfaction KENNEDYS f CAUTION. & Are NKV.CIl Sol.t % IN Hfl.K , ONLY IN BOTTLES WITH TliADKMAHKLlBELS FREE ! GIVEN AWAY ! FREE ! THE WONDERFUL > ' TWELVE-ROW PUZZLE ! We Oder Valuable Prlzet lor Its Solution ! ( lava You Had Ono7 It not , call at once upon ( lie Leadins I'urnlshing Goods Dealers o { joui city who will supply you Free ol Coit , WHAT BRfillD 18 OH YOUR COL11R ? " ouBlit to be , if you " a ao-cent collar ! lor this brand of collars "the very best value that can be had in col CLUETT , COON & CO , Not the way it f/oca flown * Johann Iloff's Malt Extract doesn't "go down" by being "knocked down. " It goes down by being poured down. Johann Iloff's envious rivals may influ ence one solitary patient against his Malt Extract , but 00 per cent , arc in his favor. In point of fact Johnnn Iloff's Malt Extract is the only reliable preparation of its kind , and has won for itself not .only hosts of admirers , but shoals of reinstated invalids. All over the world Johnnn Iloff's Malt Ex tract has been recommended by the medical profession ns some thing which the most inexperi enced invalid may take not only without danger , but with positive benefit. We say all this not be cause it is altogether necessary , but because unsuccessful imi tators are trying with might and main to supplant the excellence of Johann Iloff's Malt Extract by their unsuccessful imitations , and an unsuspicious and too confiding public must needs bo on their guard. A fac-simile of Johann Hoff s autograph is on the neck of every bottle. Eisner & Mcn- delson Co. , cnle agents , New York. CUfTARS , MANDOLINS , BANJOS , ZI AND DRUMS. Wo imke a varlr'.jr from t' CIIKAPUT to Iho MOST KLUIAM and < OSTI.Y i.otrumfiil ! . iT.v Iii rtmnMit fiillt \VurruitUMl. OUf ! LATEST AND BfSr THE LEWIS BANJO , Endorsed by the BEST Players Rend for Catalogue < ir.4 inentiun the Initrsiatniti ] fi tMnk of purchar ng. IODN 0. HAYNBS & CA DSVMTO.V. DR. WM.BOr 'S ElnMUSl'S ; Ob' PURE COD LIVER OIL WITH PHOSy HAri S , Cures coughs , colds , asthma , bronchitis , "debility , wasting dis eases and all scrofulous humors. Persons who have ben taking Cod-Liver Oil will be pleased to learn that Dr. Wilbor has suc ceeded from directions of several professional gentlemen , in com bining the pure Oil and Phos phates insuch a manner that it is pleasant to the taste , and its ef fects in Lung complaints are truly wonderful. Very many persons whose cases were pronounced hopeless and who had taken the clear Oil fora long time without marked effect , have b en entirely cure by using this preparation , lie sure , as you value ypnr health , to get the genuine. Manufactured only by A. B WILBOR , Chemist , Boston. It's pure It's Sweet It's delicious D Quart Bottle It's just as good and better than wine you've been u. paying 750 and $1.00 for. K / Iios Aujjolcs L Wiiio , Liquor mill Cigar Co. . L 11018 ! S. 10th St. , Omaha. QcDCDCDCDa CD CD CDCDCDCDCD [ TOEHGTH , VITALITY , MANHOOD ' 1V.II. IMtlKKK , HI. D..No.4 Hulfinnfj ti. , llr T" > ' , r.r. < " 3. r/ilff ( omittintphvilclnn of thf I'KAHOiivai fcoiCAr , INSTITUTK.IOV.L-'I Ivan awarded the , coi.n MKHAI. by tlio NATIONAL MetiiCAL AswiATlovfo , IhuPItlZi : KSSAYon Kihnnittdrtlalitii , AtrophyA'trmuttavM'liytiral DiMit jtta > \ oil Jlliea * t nnd U'taHntii of Mun. nimro the young , the mMtlli-aged nnd aid. lillm'X C'onrnltutlon in Jiernon or by letter. UUIILU I'rojpc'CtiiH , wui , tcntlraoiilulfl , FltUK. I-nrtro book. SOI KNCH OF HI-'K , OK SF.LF- IMIKSKKVATION. SOO pp. . 125 Inxulunlilo Jiro- crlptlonu. full R.1U oulfil.WJ bi' mall , eunk'd DR. McGREW THE SPECIALIST. Is 'infcurpasseil in tbo troatmoutof all PRIVATE DISEASES ami nil Weakness nrii and Disorders ot InLn 18 j-snra experience. Wfilo for clrciilnn and question Hat free. 14th nnd Farnam DtJ. , Omaha , mmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmm * You've Just found IIdollar dollar unit a half. ff * 000 Suits- six .styles handsome new colors- cut like this cuter or cut round corners $ : .50. ( Si * You can trade till 8 o'cM foil Jit. SitirJiy till I ) . ( PERMANENTLY CUSSiEB OF HO PAT WE REFER YOU TO 2,5OO PATIENTS. Financial HcFcrcoce : MI Hank of Comrairce. Omaha. No DETENTION from businoas" No Operation. InvcstlKiitoour Method. Written Ruarnntoo toabso- . Intuly Cnru nil kinds uf UUl'TUUEof both boxeswltlH out tlio use of Knife or eyriiiirc , no nalter , of liow lun # stnndlne. stnndlne.EXAMINATION FREE. The 0. E. MILLER COMPANY , 307-300 N. Y. LIFE BLOB. , OMAHA , HEB , Kpnd for Circular. o To leave your order for That Easter Suit now * An early order before the hurry season comes , will permit us lo give you the best of workmanship1 * ' on even the lowest-priced suits. It Takes Time To make Clothing and we're going to 15e unusually busy. You will be ashamed to appear in your old , winter suit by the side of your wife's fresh costume on Easter morn. No self-respecting maia will do it when promptness and From $20 to $50 Will secure a Handsome Stylish Easter Suit. 207 o South 15th Street. Rl i'SKH IIAYMONI ) . THE delicate beauty of our Easter gifts is THE probably the cause of so many presents being made this year Easter is a week from Sunday. RAYMOND. rtrr&cNTii ANU noCw.AS , OMAHA. HorveSoodo , " the wonderful rcainly Ii loli ) wltli avrll - l n irunrnntcr lo . euro All . ncrvoui tilieait'l. . lx > t Manhood. uch ni Weak Nlghtlr Memory Ki.il.- * . iliotn ' ll" > l clio. WakefulneM. 1'owfr. l.of IIIUIII " * i . . .II..HD ltilr ln * nrt Inaanf imwor For S3lo in Omaha by Shopman & McConnell , 1010 Docile