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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1895)
THE OMA1TA JBJSEt SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 38 , 1805. BRIGHT FUTURE OF FARMING Past RosulU the Basis of Calculations on the Future , BEC'Y ' MORTON'S ' ENCOURAGING REPORT Btenily Ailvancc In Vnlnrn nml llct- < or in en In Value of I'roilucUt Improved LIvliiK nml Mori- MlnlakuN. Advance copies of the report of Hon. J. Sterling Morton , secretary ot agriculture , have been received. The chief points In the report have been covered by press dispatches and need not bo repeated here. The con cluding chapter on "The Future ot Farms and Farming , " Is ono of s'rlkliiR ' Interest. In this the secretary ilemonstrntcs by facts and flgurCH ( lint the condition ot the farming community Is much better than is commonly pictured. The secretary toys , In part : The farms of the United States , averag ing 137 acres each , arc valued at more than $13,000,000.000. These farms number four million , five hundred nnd sixty-tour thou sand , six hundred and forty-one (4uGIGU ( ) , nnd their average value In the cms-is of 18DO Is $2,90i. ! The farm family , Including hired help , averages fix persons , By their own iabur , with an additional Investment upjn rau't farm ot about $200 In Implcm-mtn and $300 more In domestic animals and sundries ( making n total farm plant ot $1,000) ) , thccc families made for themselves during the year , out ot the products of the rart'.i , n wholesome and comfortable Ihlng. The same fanners have with part ot Hirlr surplus products also fed all the urban popu lation of the United States , poor nnd rich alike. Cereals , meats , vegetables , fruits , Dggs , milk , butter , cheese and poultry have been supplied the village and > city mar kets of the United States In abundance. It Is probably safe to say that more tliun 40,000,000 of American citizens not" llvlnj ; on farms have been so furnished with all the necessities and luxuries knuwn as products of the varied soil and climate of the state and territories of the union. During the fiscal year 1895 the United States exported to foreign countries domes tic commodities , merchandise and products' aggregating In value $7Ui,000,000. : Tlio ag gregate value of the agricultural product ? Included In that sum was $653,215,817. Of the total exports Hnrope received n valua tion ot $628,000,000 , or 70 per cent of the whole , DEEDING THE WOULD. Thus American agriculture , after feeding Itself anil all the towns , villages * and cltlus of the United States , has alt > o sold in the outsldo world's markets more than $500,000- 000 worth of products. So the farmers of the United States have furnished G9.GS per cent ot the value ut all the exports from their country during the ycnr 189.1 But this large number ot consumer ? , con- Blbtlng not only of our own citizens , but of the citizens ot all nations , have not been gratuitously fed , though their supplies have been constant and abundant. With sound money of the least fluctuating buying power money on a parity with and convertible Into gold the world over American farmers have been remunerated for their products. The exact amount paid for the products of agriculture consumed In the United States during the year Is not known , but It must have aggregated hundreds of millions of dollars , nut all products , I. e. , those con sumed nt home and abroad , were In 1STO ( IncliulliiR betterments nml ml- iilllon to Btuct < . . . $2.ur 3 < ; .c * > s ISSO . ! ,2I2MV27 1WO . , . 2.4G0.107.-KI No absolutely credible method of esti mating products for 1895 Is available at this time , but since production has not In creased to any considerable extent , and the farm value of many of the chief products lias decreased to a remarkable degree , It seems reasonable to assume a decrease In the total valuation of farm products since 1890. Say , as a rough approximation , the valuation Is $2,300,000,000. In the presence of thei'e facts. In the front of these figures demonstrating that agri culture In tills republic hnu during the year fed itself , supplied all citizens of the union engaged In other vocations , and then shipped abroad n surplus of over $500,000,000 worth of Its products , how can any one dare to as sert that farming \ generally unreinunera- ttvo and unsatisfactory to those who Intelli gently follow It. How can the 42 per cent nt the population of the United States , which feeds the other C3 per cnt and then furnishes more than CD per cent of all the exports of the whole people ple be making less profits In their vocation than those whom they fed when the latter supply less than 31 per cent of the exports ot the country ? For ths purpoM of Illustrative compari son transfer the $4,000 agriculturally In vested In each farm of 1.17 acres to the choicest Wall street Investment. Illsk that money In railroad first mortgage bonds , In bank stocks or any other allegedly safe se curity which may be found r favorite among ahylocks , brokers , plutocrats , monopolists , money power manipulators and multi-mil- llonalros , and If It returns G per cent It Is u remarkably profitable Investment ) In the eyes if capitalists. Therefore $240 Is the annual Income. FARM AND URUAN LABOR. Follow the transfer of the farm money with that of the farm family to urban resi dences. Now , with the same labor In the : lty or village can they attain by hard work svery day In the year , adding their wages to the $240 Income , as much of Independ ence , wholesome living and real comfort as the same amount of money In the land and the same heads and hands working on the soil generously and healthfully bestowed upon them , In the sweet quiet of a home , midst flowers , trees , fruits and abundance on tha fnrm ? Hut the dcclalmcrs of calamity declare that the farms of the United States are sadly burdened with mortgages. The census of 1890 , however , develops the fact that on the entire valuation returned for farms there. Is only a mortgage of 1C per cent. It will b ? borne In mind , too , that many thousands of acres ot mortgaged lands of great value which are returned as farms weru such only before they were mortgaged. They were purchased to plat as additions to cities like Chicago , Brooklyn , Kansas City and Omaha , and ceased to ba farm lands as soon as mortgages representing part of the purchase price were recorded. Such lands are , there fore , wrongfully Included and re-turned as farms. They show an aggregate of many millions of liabilities. On each $10,000 of rural real estate "there Is , then , an average Incumbranco of $1,600 , And when the fact Is recalled to mind that a large part of all farm mortgages Is for de ferred payments on the land Itself , or for Improvements tlieroon , what other real or personal property In the United States can ihow lesser liabilities , fewer Hens In proportion tion to Its real cash producing value ? Cer tainly the manufacturing plants of this coun try , nt-lther smelting works , mills , Iron and tteel furnaces and foundries , nor any other line ot Industry can show less Incumbrance n the capital Invested , Railroad mortgages represent 46 per cent of the entire estimated value ot the lines In tnls country. On June 30 , 189) ) , 193 railroads were In the hands ot receivers ; they repre- ont $2,500,000.000 capital nearly one-fourth of the total railway capitalization of the United States. On that data how relatively small was the amount of money In farm mortgages , com pared to the Value ot the lands securing them ? COMPARED WITH HANKERS. During the year 1894. according to the five reports made that year to the comptroller of tin currency , the average Indebtedness to their'depositors of the national banks was fltiS5,7GG.OC2.45. Deuldi-a the above , state ind private banks , loan and trust companies tud savings banks owed their depositors during the mme psrlod an average of $2,973- I14.10J. making a total ot $4,059,170,163.45. And In this year , 1S95 , by the responses of national banks to ( bo four calls thus far made upon them by the comptroller of the currency , their aggregata Indebtedness to de positors la shown to be $1,719,597,911.33 ; atate and private banks , loan and trust com- panics and savings binks show an aggregate Indebtedness to their depositor ! of $3,185- , 45,810 , making a total ot $4,9U4.613,721.33. Thcas figures show an enormous and con- ttant Indebtedness of the banks and banker * , Uongilde ot which'the money In farm mort- g g and Iht debt * owed by farmers are relatively Inilgnincunt. The debt * of rail road * , banker * , mimif cturer and mer- chunti entitle them , and not the farmers , to he called the "debtor clais" In America. 18SO , 44 per cent of all Americans en gaged In gainful operations were In agri cultural pur ult . Applying the same ratio to the total population nc thoulJ have a farming population In the United States for 1S80 ot 22,063,434. The returns ot the eleventh census show that the rural popu lation ha * Increased by 4,073,422 during the dcrade , 1880-1890. Adding this to 22,068- 434 we get a rough approximation of the farming population In 1890 26,146,856 , , or 4 ! per cent of the total and the number of farms In the United States In 1890 being 4r,64Gll , the average number of persons on each farm would thus , approximately , be Mr. THE HOME MARKET IDEA. There were In 1890 Improved farm lands In the United Slates representing an area of tilled and productive fields amounting to 357,016,755 acres. At that time the United Slates contained 63,000,000 people. There fore , each citizen of the United Stales , with an equal per capita distribution of farm products , was entitled In the year 1890 to receive the cereals , vegetables and other products evolved from five and one-hall acres of cultivated land , less the amount consumed for the maintenance of domestic animals. These figures Illustrate ; he Im portance of having fome other than sn ex clusive "home market. " No legislation , however encouraging or protective , will be able to create an American demind , ap petite , and digestion ot suniclent magnitude to consume all that American farmers pro duce. Human beings capable of eating the food products of even two and one-half acre each year have not yet been developed. Until they 'nrt- or until the population of the United States has been quadrupled , foreign markets for farm products are essential to the prosperity of the plowmen nnd planters of this country. It will be observed that between 1880 and 1890 the proportion of the people engaged In agriculture declined 2 per cent , and that today there nrp only forty-two persons In rural pursuits to fifty-eight In mercantile , manufacturing and other callings common to the great populations ! and Industrial centers. Flfly-elKlil per cent of the people cannot always be satisfactorily maintained upon the profits of exchanges among themselves In the village * and cities. Food for all must come from the earth from tilled fields. The pcp- ' .ihtion of the United SlntM In 1)15 ! ) a quar ter of a century after the census ot 1890 Admitting that the Increase will diminish very materially as compared with that of each preceding quarter of a century slnco the government was established , will , no doubt , number' at least 120,000,000. FARM VALUES. The value of farm lands , being governed by the relation of the bupply of those lands to tlio demand for them , will therefore steadily Increase. The area or supply remains station ary or from cnrelc"3 tillage decreases. But the added millions of our population augment and Intensify demand. Therefore the prices of farms must In the next twenty years , and possibly lu ten years , advance more markedly than thos > 2 of urban real estate. The owners ot fertile fields , however , must understand now that agriculture Is swiftly becoming a scientific profession. The moiu the farmer cultivates his mind the better and more protltably ho can cultivate his fields. The Department of Agriculture has expended dur ing each year of the last two years a greater In the application pur cent ot Its appropriations tion of science to farming , to correct tillage and fertilization , than ever before. Each season teaches anew the Imperative necessity of moro and more scientific knowl edge for these who arc to plow and plant profitably. The markets of the world will finally bo Invaded , captured , and held by those who produce cereals and meats , vegetables and fruits at the least cost , and can therefore most cheaply sell. Competition is fiercer every year. American Inventions , Improved Implements and machinery for saving labor on the farm and for s-avIiiR the fruits ot that labor are exported to Africa , Europe and South and Central A'merlca. Thus our own recipes and contrlves ; for cheap production are used abroad to strengthen the abilities of foreign farmers to contend with our own In foreign markets. Information direct from Russia , from Argentina and torn Africa tells of larger sales of American agricultural im plements and machinery In each country each year. Thus competition is made far more for midable by the increased use In foreign parts ot our own Improved machines and Implements with which American manufacturers more than ever are supplying them. In view of such a state of facts , farmers must , to be successful , study probable demand and ad just supply to Its needs. Forecasts of mar kets and their conditions , can , by diligent study and attention , be so accurately made as to nearly always secure producers against loss. The profits of planting must largely become premeditated. The struggle to obtain for the offerings of the American firmer the markets of the globe is Uercely carried on between him and every other.farmer In all the world. They are brothers In agriculture , as were Abel and Cain , "bringing the fruits of the ground" for approval. He who brings the best and cheapest will find aproval In welcoming purchasers and remunerative m-lces The success of the farmer of the future- therefore depends more upon mental than upon manual effort. ARBOR DAY. Referring to tree planting and Arbor day , ill ° " Aperies of plantings In the western treeless country for the purpose of testing the best varieties of trees suit able for forest planting and the best methods of planting In the conditions prevailing tliero have been started In connection with the agricultural experiment- station In South NeurasKa jvancuo aim uu. UUu , . . Dakota , , , Is proposed to continue these experiments for a number of years In the hops of getting material for a report on western forest plant- lilt' "This division has continued most actively Its propaganda work. Through publications and by correspondence , and through lectures and addresses before agricultural collsges , summer schools and public meetings It has sought In every way possible to further the establishment of a forestry policy among the people of tli United States. By ths extension of Arbor day It Is endeavoring to educate the children In the schools nnd fie young people in the academies and college to love trees and to plant them. "In this connection It Is Interesting to note that through the agency ot Dr. Northrup of the United States and of the vice minister of education of Japan , Mr. S. Maklno , Arbor day has been taken up by the teachers of that progressive country with the prospect of Its early establishment as a memorial day In all of Its public schools. " How to Trevoiit Croup. Some reading that will prove Interesting to young'mothers. . How io guard against the disease. ' Croup is a terror to young mothers nnd to pott them concerning the cause , flrst symp toms and treatment Is the object of this Item. The origin of croup Is a common cold. Children who are fubject to It taks cold very easily and croup 's almost sure to follow. The flrst symptom Is hoarseness ; this U soon followed by a peculiar rough cough , which Is easily recognized and will never bo forgotten by one who has heard It. The time to act Is when the child flrft becomes hoarse. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is freely given all tendency to croup will soon disap pear. Even after the croupy cough has de veloped it will prevent the attack. There Is no danger In giving this remedy , for It contains - tains nothing Injurious. | | | M Itelnrl CourteoiiH. She had yielded to the fascinations of the new woman Idea , and wan at least a neck ahead of the most advanced , , Her husband was meek and lowly , and they lived out on Fannln street. After supper , relates the Houston Post , she put on her bloomers , got her hat and cane , and said she was going down to the club for an hour or two. Henry had gone to bed , and was trying to figure out why he had been born. She reached up to the gas burner and said ; "Is there anything I can do for you , Henry , before I put out the light ? " "Yes. my dear ; I'm feeling rather nervous tonight. Would you mind looking under the bed to see if there's a woman there before you eo out ? " ' I.uuU Out for tlie .MiMiMlrH And all other contagious dlieaiea by keep- lug a supply ot Allen's Hygienic Fluid con stantly on hand. U lias no superior a a pre ventive medicine Is a pure and sweet-smell ing disinfectant , deodorant and germicide healing and cleansing. It has many other usea which are told ot In the wrapper on the bottle. FOUND A NEW ELDORADO Palmlous Wealth of the Cripple Orook Min ing District , DEVELOPMENT YET IN ITS INFANCY One Million Dollar * Worth at ( iolil Slilppril IJvery Month from a Territory Only Twenty Mile * Sininrc. The Chicago Times-Herald devotes two columns to a carefully prepared report on Cripple Creek and the gold fields ot Cole rado. It says In part : A million n month. This Is the precious metal product of the Cripple Creek district. And this figure , big as It seems , Is Inside rather than beyond the monthly gold out put , n conservative rather than a liberal statement. The shipments for October wore 14,800 tons of emcltlng gold of an average value ot $65 , and 6,000 tons of mining ore ranging from $8 to $35 per ton , with an average of $1C. The total value of high grade ores for October was $962,000 and of the low grade ores $102,000. The grand total of the product reaches $1,064,000. The record for November will show an In crease. For the first fiftejn days of November the shipments of high grade ores to the smelters have averaged 350 tons 'dally over the Colorado Midland and 250 dally over the Denver & Hlo Grande railroad. These ores held Up to the October average of $65 per ton and returned to the shippers In gross $585,000. The low grade ores averaged higher. Figuring freights , milling fees and mining the extraction of gold from $8 ore means a loss ot $3 to $6 per ton to the producer. November's low grade ore has averaged $20 to the ton. Of this class 265 tons dally have been moved , making for the flrst half ot the month a value of $15',000. ) If the tonnage continues for the remainder of the month the gross product will bo $1,329,000. The original discovery of gold In Cripple Creek , or perhaps the discoveries which led to the present development would fit the case better , were made In 1890. The Creek country was then known as IMsgah park and was re garded as fitted for stock raising purposes only. It Is assorted by the miners that this country , containing twenty-four square miles , contains more riches than any other region of the world. There Is some basis for this assertion. Ot the many claims staked out hundreds are held by the assessment work only , The owners luck funds to develop or hold their claims for speculative purposes. It Is probable that fewer than 100 mines arc * regular shippers of ore and perhaps half the number are dividend payers. Ono may count on his fingers the companies and private owners whose shafts nnd tunnels are deeper than 200 feet. The production thus far lias been wholly superficial nnd Incidental only in the search for the principal vein. As the work on the leads progresses the ere be comes ' "richer. The value Is almost sus ceptible of exact calculation when the original assay at the surface and the depth ot the shaft Is known. > Senator Teller , who was here last week , left his endorsement on the Cripple Creek country. As Is known , ho Is an ancient and practical miner. His views on free silver do not seem to bias or warp his Judgment on gold ores. "It is the greatest gold producing section In the world , " , he said , "I am glad Colorado has It , and I hop ? her capitalists will bo able to retain It. " The golden wealth of this part of Colorado Is not limited to the Cripple Creek fields. Prospects ut West Creek , about twenty miles from Colorado Springs , show heavy gold de posits , and there is a rush ot miners to that territory. The population of Cripple Creek has Increased In prcport'on to the development of wealth. Four years ago the dwellers In that section numbered fewer than fifty at the two or three stock camps. In the same territory there Is now a population ot 25,000. Of this number 20,000 are men. DeWltfs Little Early Riser * , the pills that cure constipation and bllllnusriRss. m MECCA KOH WII1OWS. \ < MV YorU AttniotN Xonrly UO , < > ( > < > Women Who LoHt Their lltlHlmmlH. Have you ever b3cn Impressed , queries the New York Herald , by tha large proportion of women , past middle life , who appear at the public placss of New York In mourning ? You win be so Impressed If you look about In the shopping streets and popular prom enades , and In the theaters , lecture halls , libraries and cars. The nt-w city directory gives the names of 19,560 widows , and Inquiry , as far as prac ticable , showy that -majority of thzse came to the city to live after their bereavements. Attention was attracted to this matter' by the conversation of two women In mourning , who were passengers In a Fifth avenue stage. "Read ! " said one of thsm , who bad three bocks In her hand. "I read nearly all of the time , and Just revel In books. When I had to live In that poky county town where I couldn't get all of tlio new books , I hardly read at all. I had but little time for It either , but now I read all I please , and don't have any one to say , 'Come , It's getting late. Go to bed. ' " t'Wcll , It Is a relief to be allowed to do as you please , " said the other , "and New York Is the place to do it. That's Just the reason I came here when my husband died. Now I needn't know anyone , and have nobody to tell mo what to do. I can go walking or riding or to me tneater. or wnere i piase , and always find something to divert me. " In 'one apartment house , of twenty flats , In Madison avenu ; , there live eleven widows , who are seeking to soften , thelr sorrows by the attractions of a great city. Piles of people have pile ? , but DaWltfa Witch Hazel Salvo will cure them. A ICeiitneky Foot Hull Team. RussDlIvllle can boast of the only ladles' foot ball team In Kentucky. The young ladles of Logan college , according to a local paper , have purchased a pigskin and gone Into training. Their system of training Is unknown , but Is suppoped , to consist of a mile run and a cold bath bsfore breakfast , and cold potatoes fo cat. The line-up of the team could not be learned , but the captain of the team Is said to bo low of stature and rather solldlv built. The center rush Uia'laree , golden-haired biauty , and life quarter back Is a small girl with black hair. Ono of the half backs Is a rather slender blonde girl , medium height , and the other a dark girl of the same height more- stoutly built. Many of the young ladles are bald to be bruised from practice. Ono girl , who has hair exactly - actly the color of the ball , In ono of the scrimmages was kicked In the face by an other girl , who supposed she was kicking the ball. For several days her face was swollen up like she had the mumps. The bloomer sultn have not yet arrived , and It Is not known whether or not any games are ochedulcd tc take placu outside of Logan college campus. It la presumed that the ; eam Is ready to meet any young ladles' semi nary In the land. Ono Minute Cough Cure is harmless , pro * duces Immediate results. I.utv Wi > U > r lit Mil Kuril. The water In the Niagara river Is lower than It has been within the memory of the oldest Inhabitant. It lias been steadily golni ; down for some time , until now rocks wlilch have never before been seen are plainly visible. The most notable evidence Is In the gorge The rocks on both sides of the river stand up on the banks toveral feet from the pres ent margin. The water pours out very slowly from the rocks beneath the American falls. At the Horseshoe falls the volume Is so diminished that the dep , thundering tone has changed to a lighter one. Table Rock Is entirely dry , and no water tumbles down the cascada between the Three Sister Islands. The Welland river , which is the largest contributory stream to the Nlacara river hereabouts , has now no perceptible flow. Fear Is expressed that should eastern galez spring up the river may run dry , as the water would b : farced up the lakes. Tim prcmnt state of affairs Is caused by general ow water in the lakes , whoso levels were never before so low. Use Brown'u Bronchial Trocties for coughs , coldi , and all otber throat troubles. " 1're- imlnently the best. " Rev , Henry Ward Jecelier , LEA-BING - BUSINESS MEN' OF LINCOLN , NEB- AIISTIlAfT OK TITl.tt , _ _ IIHKiS. JOH IMIINTIXO. suoi : STOIIP.S AND J. II. MrMnrtfr.3.ir S. 11th St. II , W. llrnu n , 127 S. lllh St. llnntpr frlutlixr I'o. , U2 ; X. 11th S . A , llrnnllivrnlt , III ) N , I2lh SI. AmilCI I.Tl U.U , IMPMJMUM'S. Henry II. llnrlle , fisili II SI. L. I ) . > Y oilmfT , llth nnil M Six. Mil j or llr.i. . . 112-22 N. tOlh SI. .T. .Slinnip IniVoWnt Co. , 1O .t M Stn , ' * * * " Hemetly Co. . HWl \ St i.Airxniiins. II. R. 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Dry Gnitniln Co. , 101 Frank Rnivllnux , ill S. tilth St. . , ery , i , < > .T. C. .lohnxlnn , H. 12 A in. lllelinrilM ( St. AV. P. Smith , DIN R St. STOYKS AND FtiRNAfUS. iolilen KiiRle , Klelti A Knlini , 11.10 Spcrc .t Co. .I'M S. Dili SI. , Illk. ' I * St. The Hall Hrox. Co. , I.'IOS I ) SI. Love .t Frfiiaptna , 102. O St , II. II. .MxMey A Co. , 102(1-28 O St. I.OAX OFFICI3S. YIIII Amlpll . ( Trcholm , 2a N. 10 S\ J. I. . Murk. 102. % O St. II. A.ltcr , DU1 ! P St. Ti\S , TOKFF.F.S AMI Sl'U'i : ? . . I1VI3IXO AX1) CLHAXIXG. .1. C. . Me.Verny , 11117 t ) St. 1) , Xofxky. 1117 O SI. .lohn I * . MiniIr , MeMnrlry Illk. C. II. Ciipron , 1 l X llth St. M. Potxky , DIta O SI. Golilcn Gnlc Ton Co. . IMH S. tllh St. .Inooh Oppeiihelnier , 1O2II O SI. S. 11. Mnnn , 1it : N 12lh SI. ' TKLKGMAPII AND TKLKPHO.M : CO',4. C. M. I'nrker , MeMiirtry Illk. .lolln Thompson , 1S2O O St. Lt'MllKll. .1. 13. Phllpntt , 1122 O SI. KMiCTIIICAIi HaitRor LiiiulipiCo. . , IdlU O SI. Poilnl Co. , P. C. Liiccy. Mwr. , Kill 5. II. l > . lllien , 11 III t ) St. I3XG1X1313US AXI ) MA Dlerkx Liunhrr . .VConl Co. , ! UrID S. Itlh SI. lllekctlN .V WIlHon , MeMnrtry Illk. CHI.MSTS. Sth St. AYcNlern I nlon , II , A. Hiilchliiion M. M , Stnrr. U. J12 , II round I Illk. M. O. Itellly. lllh nnil M Six. S. K. .Mar I In , 7't7 X St. Mur. , loa.'J X SI. Tnlhol , llrynn A Allen , II. : ttU ! Me- II. 1. . Smith , eor. llth .C .M SM. MANUFACTURING CONFI'-CTIOXKHS. XchriiMka Telephone I'o.r H , Klcklc * ' Murtry Illk. I3MPLOYAI13XT m'HI3AUS. MatiiiKcr. Glllou A Homiy , SKI P SI. HANKS. l.lneoln Kiaploj aionl nnil lienliil Ti : > TS AM ) AAYMNGS. Anierlenn I3xelmiiKciitloiiiil , 1100 llnrenn , 1OI2 O St. MK AT MARKF.TS , LOU io > ie. tan-as x. mil si. O SI. P. Coiit-Ney HlehnrilM , 1.TJ X. lOth SI. Hohmimi Hrox , , IKI7 O St. Cnpltal City Moat Co. , KM I I * SI , THRKSIII.M ; MACHINI < : S. K.VIM113SS COMPA.MUS. ll.Vllllim SHOPS. Hiiliharil PackliiK- . , IIIOI O SI. T. 1. Caxc Co. , T. P. Dement , A no lit , T. 10. Doeleh , lllh nnil O Six. AilnniM i\iirrHM : Co. , I < \ 13. MoI.niiKhlln , Lincoln Meat Co. . Dill P St. llth anil V Six. C. II. HiitrheM , l.lneoln Hotel. .llnniiKrer , 11't S. loth SI. L. Lnoiltkc , MOD S. Dili SI. The llnhor M'Pu. Co. . 7117 O SI. Geo. M. HollliiKcr , 2OS \ . loth .St. KVI3 AXIJ I3AII SPECIALIST. Henry 1'fclll , : II4 S. lllh St. MlmicitpolU Machine Co. , L. L. Gill * G. A. I , , .lolinxiin , IMO 1 > St. Ilr. M. II. tSnrlen , ItlelinrilH Illk. G. P. Sehnnf , 'I Il N St. liCKcr , Mur. , Kith anil Ii Six. Miller A Wnllnee , lOlli A O Sin. Dr. .Aliulilen , S.V. . Cor. lllh anil U Stn. M. AYilKiior .t Co. . 1 IT , S. Kith SI. TICKKT IIHOKKHS. .1. M. Morrlx , 11,1 \ . 12lh St. Welter Packlniv Co. , UKI N. Kith St. C. T. Xevllle , 101 X. 11th SI. l-I.Ol'll AXI ) KI3F.I1. ' .1. R. Mcnnctt , Cor. 7lh nml P Six. G. W. IMeiiNiuil , 12.S. . 10th St. S. .1. lleneh .t Co. , 225 X. 1-lh St. MKRt'ANTILH AGMNCIF-S. A. ,1. Hamilton , 1O2II O SI. ' R. G. Dim . .VCo. . , F. M. Hllxh. Mana- llenxer .1 Foril , 2111 X. lOth SI. llonil .t lleilxon' , ItMd S. llth St. TINSMITH * . II. J. HoliliiHoii , liiiHenient llnrr Illk , C. . Krr , H. 7 , Stnte Illk. .IneiiliMOii. 217 X. ! llh St. P. AY. Unllnril , : I25 S. Dth SI. W. M. Smith , 1025 X. St. .1. D. Johiixon , M. S. Dlh SI. MKRCIIA.vr TAILORS. 1 * . W. Yinmell , Dili A : O Six. JoliiiNon Olxeii , 11S S. Dth St. THROAT AND XOSIJ SPKCIAI.1ST5 " H. Gnrxon. 11. 1 , 112 2 O St. 13. D. AVIIIInmM , 71 ! ) V St. ! ' . .tl. Pleree. 1-MO O SI. Dr. M. H. Garlcti , Illeliarilx Illk. L. S. Gllllnk , R. 1S-ID Newman Illk , IIICYCLI3S. M. I , . Seott , : ttll : X. Dlh SI. Jaincx Koiirn , : uir s. nih st , Dr. Mnddon , mil anil O Six. Atlnntle .tllllhiK Co. , Ilohert Peterxnn , Co. 1LMI X. llth SI. Jnek Fnrrell Hellley TallorhiK , , renr K12 N. 1 till St. MnniiKer 12O S. Dth SI. 13. It. Gullirle , 1540 O St. Weleiikninp , Co. ' Mrx. M. .lolinxon , Kill : O SI. Troyer A ( iliiKery. 'ttO S. 1llh St. . , 2IO X. ll'tli St. II. II. Pleree. l.'lth nnil P Sin. ChnrleM 13. AVIlNon M. II. MoLatiKhllii , KIUD X St. .IIIIIICH Henlon , a 12 S. lllh St. II. 13. SIllleH , 112 X. tilth St. AVIlNon11(1 S. llth St. .1. LI ml , V Soil , HN. . 1'-tli St. ItPHOI.STnillNG. AV. II. Wiiril , 1(118 O St. Fl.Otlll All M.S. Pnlne. AVarfel A Iliimxlenil , tllld-US I rmic Peters , 151N O St. Illrehnril. llrlilKe it Co. , 'tiri X. Dtli St. O SI. 1ILACKSMITHS. K. S. Roeil , 12r S. 11th St. A'INKGAII AYORKS. C. W. CnrxoiiM. 825 U St. FltltXISIIKD ItOOMS. .loh ll ThoinpHon , ir.Hd O St. Lincoln Yliieniir AYorkx. 2tl : N. D St- Fisher .t AVeMtover , II2O X St. A. C. Kherhnrt , Dt2 : P St. Mrx. Mary \Vnlkor , lit ? S. llth St. JoneN .t Son , 102 ! > X. IMh St. / AYALL PAPIOH. .11 TN. M. V. Jonex , 2tl : S. Dth St. M10SSF.NGKRS , KTC. A. I' . MvliiKHlone. 221 X. 12lh St. A. T. LemliiK. 1 1dd O St. J. W. Mlnlek , lOth A M StM. MrN. S. D. Kenipton , I.'IH S. lOth St. Lincoln IHxtrlcl Telegraph Co. , AY. H. .1. AY. Mitchell , laaS O SI. C. G. Slinrpiieek , 221O U St. FUIIXITIIHI3. Piillniore , Mur. , 121 S. loth St. AYINDMII.I.S. A. .Spunii , 228 S. IMh St. I'Vnnr. PeterM. 1T.1H t > St. MILK DKPOTS. Acrmolcr Co. , R. l < \ llodulni , MKr. , .1. S. Tylee , 212 S. Dili St. Vnn Aiulel A Trenholni , Uilll X. 1O St. AY in. A. SproiiRr. iil : S. lllh St. 7ao-t2 : o si. HOARDING noitsus. ' OAS AXD CASOMM3 I3XOIXI3S. MlliIilNKRA' . AYIXIOS AND LKUIOHS. .T. A. linn ON , 1.1O8 X St. O. C. .Moore , 1OD X. Dth St. M. Ackorinnii & Co. , KlUD-ai O St. Arcailo Saloon , Dili anil O Six , Mr * . S. A. Ciither , 111S tl St. ' Mrx. AV. 10. Col.h , 117 S. 11th St. C. R. llorlram. 14(1 ( S. llth SI. MrM. M. ( initially D KKett , 1O21 M St. < i.VS A 'OllICS. AYm. llramlt , 211 N. Dili SI. Mrx. Kilnii I > 112S < St. Lincoln CUM Co. , AVin. I.iMvlcr MOI1KLS AXH PATTKRXS. eery , l , Siipet- D. .1. DIIKIIII , ail ) N. Dlh SI. Intenilent , 2nil nnil M SlM. M. O. Hellley , llth ami M Six. HOOKS AMI STATIOXI3KV. John A. Kmlcn , 14(1 N. Dth St. T. .1. Thorp A Co. , S. lllh SI. SI. A. T. LemlnK- : Co. , 11OII O SI. RI3XI3HAI , MI3IICHAMHSI3. P. J. Kennedy. 1117 P MONl/MKNTS / AND STATUARA" . T. A. Sehlahltr. 211 N. 12th SI. S. 13. Hoy. Kith & 1 * StM. Froil Sehinlilt , D21 ( St. II. AV. Hi-own. 127 S. lllh SI. " Klmhall llroM. , Cor. 1.1th ami O Sin. S. ScllKinmi , 224 X. KUh St. 01,0V 13 FACTO It A" . The Ills' S. llth SI. W. Ii. HiirlliiKiiiiie , 1HB S. 11th St. AV. II. Tyloc , 7OD L SI. Ahhoy. * F. AV. HelMvlur , 1OO8 O St. The Diamond. 14:11 : O SI. . UO2-2OII .1. 1 . Helinril , - S. 11th St. MUSIC. fOA'I3HXMI3XT The Shnkexpcare K.ichmiKc , Sam CLAIM AOI3XTS. . HOTTLIXG WOIIKS. Goo. A. Crmicor , 212 S. lllh St. Iiiman , Prop. I.lneolii IlottlliiK AVorkM. It--(17 : O St. .1. II. Fox-n-orthy. llth nnil O StM. X. P. Curtice .t Co. . 2O7 S. llth St. Lincoln Hotel liar , JIIIIIOH Iliinilltoii , John OllleMple , lift X , t.'tlh St. C. H. Hohmniin , 114O O St. 1'rop. IIHOK13KS. P. C. UlchiirilM 1 , 2 X. lOth St. XKHRASKA K.VPOSIT1OX ASS'X. Honor J. Rymi , 12N N. Kllll St. Auditor .t Co. , JKI1 S. llth St. GUtCI3ltII3S. 'I A. I ) . IllekM , 10IIH , X St. J. AY. MiiHxcter , See. , 1OOS P St. AYHOLKSALIO DKALKRS. .1. G. Iliiehnnnii , Illtlf S. Dth St. I'enny A Co. , l.lth A X StM. Frank CiiiiiiliiKlinm , O2II X. 12lli St. XKWS STANDS II10K AGKNC1KS. H. C. YOIIIIR , , ij7vi : , llth St. 1IKIOH. J. D. JotiiiHon , l-l. S. Dth St. AY. II. PIllHlinry. .MKr. . Lincoln circulation CriMvii llrevtlnn Co. , 14(1 S. Dth SI. Ilim.DIXt : A L/ AASSOCIATIONS. . Itiiiiilnll A Love , 100 S. Dth St. tion , P. O. Ilex NI7. ! ' Uiilncy HriMvliiK' Co. 10. Diinzerinurt M .A. FolMom llrftl O St. II. F. lleiiKiin , 2tr : S. 11th St. , , , Ira llroivii. 111 X. llth St. AKont. 1-ld S. KUh SI. Itoynl troeery Co. , 1O.'I2 P St. HIISIM2SS Capitol Hotel XCWM Staml. Sehlltr. llriMrlnw Co. . II. J. Samlerit , . ' P. Sehiinf , : i2.'t X. Dlh St. I ) . It. PIIIII.l-l.lKe , ' llth A A StH. J. AV. Smith .V Co. . 'till . llth St Frank Dn Tell , 1O2O O St. Aneilt. 2-1(1 X. 7th St. R. J. Hcltrlek iridl O St. ' , C. Solp llreivlmr Co. , Soiling .V llcxch- A'elth ' . A HexN , DOD O St. CAIU'JSXTKHS. lilncoln Hotel XotvM Slniiil. n-llz. AKTOIIIK , Dai 1 * SI. U. 11. Ilrotviiu2tt : | S. 10th St. Alex AVeher , iil-CI : X. 14th St. Llniloll Hotel XetvM Slniiil. IIAIItDIlHSSIXK AXD MAXICUUIXG. H. Oiiry. llth mill O Six. HOOKS AND STATIONKRA" . lCAltlM2TS. MrM. .1. C. Hell , 114 X. 14th St. ' ' AA'Imlxor Hotel Nowx Stiiml. AY. 10. lliirlliiKiime , it5 : S. llth St. The A. .11. DavlH c'nritet Co. , 1112 O St. HAltmVAHK. L. II. AYroii , 217 S. llth SI. COAL. CAItniAOISS AXI WAOOXS. lOil Yon ll K , 12O7 S. llth St. Iliniipliroy Ilrox. 1O1-1O7 X. Dili St. , - .T. M. Cillllp , : tO < S. lOth St. OPTICIANS. Hnrtoii Fuel Co. , KUh ami V Six. llnnnciVtiichoMtor. H.VHXKSS. Hiixxcy Coal Co. , 1(121 O St. llnnnci- \VtiichoMtor. K1UO O St. : H. M. , Hettx , H. r , Alexnmler Illk. HOMH A Aluollor , ' 2:15 : S. Dili St. CluiM. 13. Slefert , 1'Ml S. Dth St. II. M. Leavltl , liaa O SI. .1. II. Trlekoy & Co. , lOH.t O St. Home IliiKKy Co. , l.-.UI-US S. O St. AVeteiiknmp Co. , 24O X. lOth St. CARPKTS. S. Shliinp. lOlli 'A M StH. AVooiIn-orth A .AleFnll , 1218 O St. PACKKRS. A. .M. DavlH Carpet Co. , 1112 O S > SIVIIIIHOII A AliilPi'Hoii. ' 11SI > 1 * St. HATS. KTC. S TV 1ft Hoof Co. , 714 O St. J. S. ' Tyloo. 12 (4. ( lUh St. ( lUIOTOGHAPIIKHS. CARR1AGKS AND AYAGONS. An. . Honrt , aiitr'Xi-'isrth'sitf I , , llllimoiitluil , 1O2 ( P St. Home IIIIKK.V Co. , 1521-28 O St. .T. F. Kennedy , 1O2D O St. CItiAItS. IIIDKS , FUHS. ETC. Kiiowltoit .t Co. , 1020 O St. CIGARS. t . Froil IlnrKi-r. r X. 1'Jtli St. DoliNon . LiiiiRreii , D20 R St. P. AY. MarcelliiM , 1222 O St. Xevllle Hrox. , 115 X. llth SI. Frank Ilii 'rollKI O O St. IItIIS13 SIIOI3IXG. AY. L. PrcTvltt. 12111 O St. CLOTHING. Xovlllo HroN. . 1ir X. llth St. T. AY. Tinviixeml. 22O S. 11th St. Mayer llron. , 112-22 N. loth St. ; . it.voir , IOKI : o st. Cllne HroN. , 1ltiO : O St. PHYSICIANS AND SURGKONS. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. CI.OTIIIXG. 11 OTIC LS. Dr. X. .1. llcnrhloy. 2'JD S. llth St. HiiHkell. HoHWorth A Co , , 2111 S. St , Cnpltnl Hotel , llth nnil I * SlM. .1. AY. llotrnimi . llrowncK M.D. 11. : t5 ' , , , - - A Co. lOl.'t-1 ! > O St. HroiviiliiKKIllK . - HnrureiivcH Hrox. , 74l ! O St. Klnihiill Hotel , 1KHI O St. . Hlf.ek. Kilw. Corf A Co. , IKM O St. GraiiKcr HI-OH. , 2:5 : N. Kith SI. .Mayor HriiH. , 11 - X. loth St. The Llneolii , Dth mill P SlM. DrH. C. A. A M. Hello Fllppln , 1HO2 O The Llniloll , lllth mill M StM. Street. DHA' GOODS. ( Jlolie Clothliii ; Co. , M. A. Xonrinnrl ? , MnniiHTor. lOth A O StH. MerehniitM , llth nnil P StM. AY. II. Hatch. M.D. , 12 ! ) S. 11th St. II. R. XlHHley A Co. , 1O2II-2H O St. Xon- Gram ! , 121 Ii mill O NtN. Drn. I'nliio. AVnrfol A IliiiiiNlonil , H.'SO-flS Holyoke A Holyoke , 127 S. II St. FLOUR AND FKIOD. The WlnilMiir , 224-2S X. llth St. O St. Tlerninn Hotel , 2K ! X. 7th St. PLUMIIKKS. F. S. Johiixon A Co. , 221) S. Dlh St. ' CI.OTHIXfJ CM2AM3D. Tremont HOIINO , Sth mill I" StM. AYm. AHhloii. llth nml N StH. Kemlnll A Smith. NOD P SI. Villon Hotel 72N-tO : P St. Ilorxnioyor Pliinililnir Co. . 215 S. 11 St. J. lloaeh A Co. . 225 N. 12th St. MrM. Miiry AValkor , 1U7 S. llth St. AYtiHlilitKrInir , HoiiHe - , Dth nml X StH. Rohliixoii A Co. , ir.ld O St. Frank M. Pierce A Co. . 14 K ) O St. COAI- . Ilemiett HOIINO , 7th unit P StM. RAILROAD TICKKT OFFICKS. FURNITURE. Hurt on Fuel Co. . 1OIM O St. AXD SKJX PAINTIXG , R. A M. R. R. G. AY. llomioll , AKellt , ' AYIncoiiHlii Furniture ami Colllii Co HIIHH.V Conl Co. . 1(12-1 llth St. loth ami O Six. ( I01-O7 L St. AY. Mltehell , ittS : ! O St. Ulorkn Lumber A Conl Co. , liiS-l-H ) Rook Ixlaml R. R. , C. A. Rutherford , GROCERIES. , S. Nth St. IXSUIIAXCI3. C. H. Roman A Co. , 111(12 ( O St. ChnrloH 11. 11OO O St. KroKory , IlnnkerM Life I UN. Co. , llth & P StM. POTTKUV. C. II. IlnvoiiH A Co. , J th A O SlH. Clnrk A MeUonnlil. II. S. lOth St. _ HarKreave Hrox. , 7 lit O St. IIutchliiM A llyntt , 1OIO O SI. J. II. InkNter , 1025 O St. Lincoln Pottery AA'orkx , 715 S. Ixt St. LEATHER. II. M. Lenvitt. 117 X. I-Mil St. G. It. Klniniell , lOill X St. RIOAL ESTATIO. Lincoln Leather Co. , N2l ( O SI. Llnoolii Conl Co. , KM. O. St. A. 1) . Klteheii. 15-14 O St. John .T. Gillian , lOth mill O StH. LUMIIER. CluirloN 10. IVIlHonMO S. llth St. TrjivoliTM' Life nml Aeelileiit , II. 8 , .1. R. InkKter , 1(125 ( O SI. HailKcr Lmiiher Co. , Kith nnil A" Slit. COLLECTIONS. I a I oil Illk. A. D. Klloheii , R. 1 , 15-14 O St. S. K. Martin Co. , 717 N. SI. IAY. . MnrHliall , R. N , Union Illk. ' Sprnfrtio'H Colloollon AKonoy , II. Hnr- IXVI3STMI3XT AXII LOAXS. Mltclicner A Cameron , 'Phone 2D7. rlNon , .AlmiiiHTor , Cnpltnl Hotel , The Clnrk A Leonnnl Co. , JIT , S. IO St. Mitchell , t Lawreiioo , 1.TI8 O St. MIL'LINKRY. A. K. Mueller A Co. , R. 2D , 1O25 O ftt. n. II. ICeminol , 1OII1 K SI. II. F. FolNoni , CiiMhler ImlUHtrlnl Siiv- J. II. Mo.llnrlry , Mc.Mnrtry Illk. Aekerinair A Co. , 1O2D-il : O SI. HIvkoltN A WliHon , Me.Mlirtry Illk. IIIKM llmik. II. C. You tin. 1:17 : S. llth St. Ahhott llriiM. Loll a Co. , 1O2 ! > O SI. I'leree Really \chaiiKTc , Olllt-e Cap MUSICAL GOODS. COMMISSION MHHCIIAXTS. J. It. InkNter , 1O23 t ) SI. ital Hotel. X. I" . CnrtlH Co. , 207 S. llth St. AVooil A Cnlhcrtxon , U. Id II O St. C. JuvoliHoii , 217 X. Dth St. J. H. MeMiirtry , MuMnrtry Illk. , PACKING COMPANIES. MerehmilM TriiNt Co. , ! ( ) ! > S. lOlli St. H. C. YOIIIIK , it7 lllh SI. ' Co. I' . A. Gnlo 1IKNTISTS. Clldllhy PiiokliiHT , , Mnr A. 13. Mueller , 1O25 O St. RIOSTAURANTS. O15 L St. Or. n. AV. Clutter , ll.'ll O St. AVnril A riillierlNon , loll O St. .1. R. Ilemielt , 7th mill P Six. PA1XTS. Clyilo UavlH , D.D.S. , ItlchiirilK Illk. AVooiMvnril llrox. . 1O5 S. 11 Hi St. ' Carvor'x Dining Hull , Hod P SI. L. I > . llnvlH , D.D.S. , llth A O StH. H. c. Voium. 1:17 s. iitn st. Glohc While Lend Co. , : ii-O7 ) O SI. . ' Frmielx Ilrox. , 141N O St. Dr. F. I > . Shorn-'ln , 1-IOO O St. Seenrlty InveMtnient Co. , ItlehnrilM IIU PLUMIIING SUPPLIES. II. Glover , KKKI X St. LoulH Wonte. I.U.S. , 1 7 S. llth St. IltOX AVO1IICS , IIOILI3HS AXD I3X. AY. F. Leonard , 1O2I F St. AYoHterii Supply Co. , N2O-22 X St. HIJPAHTSIKM1STOHIiS. . GIXI3S. .In m CM Henry , it2 : S. loth St. STATUARY AND MONUMENTS. HeilKeN Llneolii Iron AVorkM , 7th mill XolllKiin .t I4O S. llth SliiiuiolH HroN. , 1)1(1 ) 1' St. Ryan , St. 1C I in ha 1 1 IlroM. , 15th ami O Six. M SlM. John Orr , 1O1O P St. nUTKCTIVKS. .1. IlouerlM , 2O. S. Dth St. The Model , : | 2 ( ) S. 12th St. STOYKS AND FURNACES. Stnte Dotoutlve' AMnocliitlon , A. It. JI3AV13LI3HS. SIOCOND-HAND STORKS. Hall llrox Co. , l.'ION O St. ' Chief Jl.l IIr HriMViioll Illk. TAILORING. I'oimd. , llloeilel A Croeker. 12111 O St. ' ' A'mi Amlcll A Treholin , 2.'ll X. lOlh SI. DHKSSMAKKHS. 13. FlemliiK , 1221 O SI. SKIODS. Spolr llcrr.OKTnllorliiu Co. , 1228-IIO Dnve Hnkeii. 21O X. 10th St. O SI. Mrn. iioorKo HoHtntor , 1O1II I' St. GriHTrolil Soeil Co. , Cor. KHli A Ji Kin , 13. S. KliifV , lilOO O St. AYIND MILLS. AIIIIII K. DleU , lUOS O St. O'Xelll A Gnriliier 10011 O SI. SHIRTMAKIORS. .MrM. II. RiirlKht , I O S. lOth St. , AYoNlcrn Supply Co. , N20-22 X St. .MlMM Annie Iluyilen , II. 1(1 ( , J. II. Trlekey A Co. , 1oi. : O St. Capital Clly Shirt Co. , D.'ID O. St. AYOOD AYORIC' .JII.MC SHOPS. STISAMSIIIP Illk. AGKNCIKS. CnrtlH A A'mi DanhcrK Co. , (101-23 MlMH M. Miilono , llroivnell Illk. s. pniNky , : tti ; x. utii sir ( ico. AY. llomioll , 10th ami O .StM. . M SI. PASSING OF AN OLD MINER. Death of Jim Rule , Once Superin tendent at the Coinxtoek. Jim Hulc , Itijown. wherever tliero Is miner on tlio Pa9lflo glopo , Is dead. Jlulo came to tlie.,9oast , In tlie early days with a number pi Pprnlsh miners , sayu the San Francisco l xamljier. Like many otliers , his flrst experience \vns \ with the pick and shovel. He drilled Into Ilrown valley and began working tlio famous Pennsylvania and Keystone mines. There ho began developing these talents for underground mining that afterward brouiAit Him tame and wealth. Water on me low jevels forced the owners to abandon the' ' Brown valley levuu. an/ nulo went across tbet' , mountains to the Com- Btock lode , of wblcli JIB had heard so much. At first he workW with , , pick and shovel till Borne astute - "mine boss" pcrce-lvcd that the man had talents , for better things. He rapidly passed m > in ' 'shift boss" to foreman , and then to superintendent. Ono of the first mines ho directed was the Lady Hryan , owned by his broth'er , John Hule. and Wil liam O'Neill. When the Lady Hryan was laid to rest In the graveyard of "wildcats" Rule found employment with Senator John I' . Jones. Jones owned a lot of mills on the Comstock. Tlio mines offering them ore were rapidly going to wreck. Jones saw an end to hlH profitable milling unless lie- could stir up buslneuu. He conceived a way out of the trouble In leasing the mines and payIng - Ing the directors CO cents a ton for all the ore he took out. In arranging for this work Jonts employed Hule as underground super intendent. It was while engaged In this work that Hule acquired hla extensive knowledge of the Intricate lower levels of the Comstock lode. There , too. he gained possession of , In formation that he used afterward to great advantcgr. Under the contract he uncovered a number of ore bodies. Jones made a barrel of money , and mining stock ilures recovered and brgan to jump about almost aa lively as In the great days of tlio 70s. . Jones and Itule parted in anger. Hule I claimed that he had not been fairly treated , Just before he quit ho got an Inklln.x that there was a body of valuable ore In the mine , and went away without saying anything about It , About a year later Jones gave up his contract , claiming that he had not made anything out of It. In the 80s the Comstock mines were again paralyzed for want of ore "finds. " Con- oxidated Virginia was selling for 25 cents a share , with a i0-cent ! ussESitnent paid , Whllo the market was In this condition Hiile made a proposition to develop a body of ore In the Gould & Curry mine for a share In the pro ceeds , Ho was g'Vn the chance , lut U trans , plred that his body of ore was not In the Gould & Curry , but In the Savage mine , just over the boundary lino. The "flnd" was enoiieh for the most ulsgruntled operators , however , and stocks began to jump. After that Hulc turned his attention to gold mining. Ho was very successful with the Hurley mine , In Cnlaveraa county , a claim that had long been worked unprontably. He remained there off and en un'.ll the fall of 1893 , when the llfclesiiness of Comstock min ing shims agiln attracted his attention. Ho began to talk about a body of ore that he knew of In the Consolidated Virginia mine ; he went Into the details of his row with Jones and the reasons why ho had never mentioned the "discovery" before. After several conferences the directors agreed to pay him $4,000 a month for six months ami 10 per cer-on the value of all the ore ha discovered. "The bonus , however , was not to exceed $10,000 , no matter how largo any one body discovered should bo , Jim Hule went to work with the eyt < s of thousands of stock "chlppers" and specu lators on him. The market took an upward heave on tl.'e report that Jim Hule had gone up to Virginia City under contract to find another bonanza , Hut somehow the "dUcovwy" had dlsap. peared. The six months waned painfully by and Itule could not find ere averaging bettor than 120 a ton. Some people said that Hoger I'rimdergast , the superintendent who suc ceeded him with Jones , had been over the ground and picked out all the pay rock. Any. how , the director * and everybody excc-pt Jim Ilule gave up the Job as hopeless. Jim begged for two months moro time , but the managers refused to give him another chance. Ilulo never got over the keen disappoint ment oC his failure , It always rankled with him whenever the Comstock mine * were mentioned. From that time on lie was not so cheery and hopeful , and his spells of "not feeling quite well" became more frequent. Ho returned lo the I.OIIQ Star mine at West Point , and with his partner , Captain Hurley , devoted all his attention to trying to find "pay dirt" on hla own ground. A Ileinarkalile Tree. There Is a wayward white oak tree near Laporte , Ind. , that may well puzzle natura lists with the vagaries of Its growth. The tree Is nine feet In circumference at the base , and there are no branches of any xlze below fifteen feet from the ground , There the great bole divides Into a number of limbs. Two , leaving the trunk about twenty Inches apart , grow weat , their lines diverg ing for some six feet , and then each r en cl ing toward the other. Twelve feet from the body of the tree they unite again , making a perfect oval , and out of thlu crows two smaller branches. As If not tatlsfled with that expressed disregard for the laws of nature , tills old tree has performed another feat. Six feet from Its baire grou another white cok , loss than half Us size , and no soonerXIoas the smaller tree arrive ut the charmed circles of those branching limb ) than one of them grows right Into It , and ls absorbed. The second tree Is very much larger twenty feet from the ground than at Us base , * An Ocean llucc. Two ships , one flying the stara and utrlpei and one the English union jack , left Astoria , Ore , , together on November G on a race over a course of some 16,000 miles to Hie British Isles , The American ship ls the George Curtis and tbu British vessel tbo Pass , o ( Urander. llotli are remarkably flue vrtseli , and there Is but 200 tons difference in their size. Their captains , Sproulo of the Amor- lean vessel and McDougall of the Britisher , mot the day before sailing and posted a bet of ? 000 a side. Doth ships have made the trip In loss that 100 days , and expect to do It this time within that period. They weru towed over the bar scarce a cablu's length apart , and passed out of sight each under a big spread of canvas In a fine northeast breeze , lleer nt llrrllii Theater * ) , The Germans are a proverbially thirsty nation. This fact baa just been strikingly Illustrated In the farming out of the various departments of a new theater to be erected tit Berlin. The rent for the ruiresliment department In this theater Is (3,000 per an num , while that for the cloak rooms Is 2,000 , for the play bills GOO and the florist 1,000 , It has been ascertained that In a theater with 1,400 f.ealu 1,000 glasses of ale are sold on the average during each performance , but that the sale of sandwiches and other light refreshments is of no consequence. It In beer first ami foremont that "pays the piper , " and after the beer the flowers. This ulw Is characteristic. _ DeWIU'H Little Early Risers cure Indigo * , tlon and bud breath , A Cnrlouw Animal. The most peculiar and remarkable animal In the world Is the ornllliorynchus para * doxus , the famed egg-laying mammal of Australia. U Is shaped like an otter , has fur like a beaver , ID web-footed like a swan , has u bill like a duck and u tall like ( hat of a fox. It Is the only known fur covered creatnro that lays eggs , A corresponding oddity among feathered bipeds would he a bird that brought forth Its young alive. A. O. Hartley of Magic , Pa , , writes : "I feel It a duty of minelo Inform you and the public that DeWItfa Witch Hazel Silve cure4 ma of A very bid case of eczema , H also cur * ! my boy of a running sore on his leg.
