Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 1, 1885, Page 7

UNDER THE AVALANCHE. Tall Confirmation of the Monntain Hor- ror in the Leadville District, The Miners' Huts Swept Down and Buried Deep Under the Snow Slide—Expeditions Visit the Scene, Special to the 8t. Louis Globe:Denfocrat, Leapvinie, Col, April 26,—Before daylight this morning & speclal traln left here having on bosrd a large number of miners, whose destination was the Home- stake mine, the scene of the snowslide accldent. Friends of the elevenmen who are suppored to be burled under the ava. lanche were also on the train, The traln would proceed elght miles to a polnt known as the Eight Mile house, and thence the party would go on foot to the Homestake, six miles across the country. The men were armed with plcks, shovels and axes, and would reach the buried men as soon a8 energy and muscle could do it. Another relief party left at mid- night. They go via Sowbelly gulch, and inform the miners there of the oatas- trophe, and together proceed in & body to the scene. A body of miners have also lelt Red Cliff, and the three partles would reach the Home- stake about the same hour. How much work will be required before the remains are found cannot be told. It s probable that the cabins have been swept down the little valley hundreds of feet, if this should prove to be the case great amount of snow will have to be turned over before the bodles are all recovered. Many, however, think the snow came sweeplng down the adjolning mountain, and lles almost where it fell. 1f this should prove to be the case it will not take long to recover them. THE FIRST DISCOVERY. M. F. Sweeny and Michael Conerty, two miners who made the first discovery of the accldent, tell the following story: Many of the men working at the Home- stake wore Intimate friends of these, and none of them had been ib town since January. A considerable amount of mail matter accumulated for them, and thelr friends in the city ‘were growing un- easy at their long silence, although It was never for an instant supposed any terrible calamity had befallen them. At last Sweeny and Conerty concluded they would pay them a viait and carry up their mail to the mine. With this In view they left Leadville day before yesterday mornlng, and, aftera long snd bard walk through snow, reached the place where cabins ought to stand, which Is & sort of basin on the mountain side. Thelr horrorcan be Imagined when they found the cabins not in sight, and that the little valley, or depression in the surface, was completely filled with snow. The mine is worked by a tunnel, and, going up to it, they failed to find the least sign of life, and the blg dump and the mouth of the tunnel were covered with many feet of anow. It Is imposible to tell for what length of time these men have been imprisoned. It may have been for only a dsy or two, but it is feared it was weeks ago when the snow came down upon them. The young men fired their revolvers and made all the nolse possible, but echoes alone broke the silence. THE GENERAL ALARM, Rotraclng thelr steps, they reached Sanderson s elght-mile house, and told the atory. The minera ses:mbled there did not glve credence to the story, think- Ing that the two men were mistaken as to the locatlon of the cablns, A party, headed by Frank Sanderson, left at once for the purpose of verlfying the report, and when they returned gave it as their conclusion that there was no room for doubting the catestrophe. The Homestake mine is the oldest sil- ver and lead producing property in the Leadville district. It was located early in the seventles. The mine is situated at the timber line In a very rogged and almost {naccessible place, and several |, times 1t has almost cost the lives of men who have gone thers in the winter time. On one oceasion Col, Thomas Smithan, an old Leadville mlner, started witha compsnlon from Oro City to take some provisions and medicioe to the mine and, becoming lost and frenzled with the cold, wandered for several days on the moun- tain. They wore fortunately found by miners employed at the mine, who had consldered themselves deserted in this lonely place and were making an effort toreach the settlement in California Galch, ALL DEAD, The first resculng party reached the scene of the disaster at 8:10 s, m. Noth- ing was visable except the snow, which had probably fallen and accumulated dur- 1og the past two months, and which lay to a depth of forty feet over the cabins, The snow had settled and packed, ren- derlng the progrees of the rescuing party very difficult, Axes had to be used in cutting the way through. Three excava- tions were made before the cablns could be located. The first structure found proved to be the one in which provisions, foed and general stores were kept. No bodies were found there. From this point the position of the other cabins could easily be determined, and work was pushed vigorously, The bunk houss was next reached, after clearing away a lgm large enough a log was taken from the wreck of the cabin and the first body dlscovered. Although the build- iny was orushed In by the slide and sobsequent pressure, this body bore no trace of injury, and was not encumbered by fallen timbers. Death must have resulted from cold or suffocation, The body stood erect, the the head nl%::tly thrown forward, as if liztening, 0 arms were half raised, ss ifin defense. The whole position Indi- cated approhension. Near him lsy one of his companlons, in a bunk, face down- ward, with his arms crossed under his head. Several large logs lay upon his body, and he was undoubtedly crashed to death. After three hours hard work the opposite side of the cabin was reached, where the bodles of three men were found In an upper bunk clasped in each other's arms, These bod like the first, were free from overhanglng tim- bers, and the attitude Indicated suffoca- tion, The limbs of the three were so strongly interlocked as to require the united efforts of six or elght men for fally half an hour to separate them, From hers the workers tunneled to another corner, when one man was found beside s bank in the attitude of prayer. Death came by freezing or suffocation, In the bumk lay two of his companions, showing no signs of has ing been dlsturbed from their slumbe; A tunnel was then made to another cor ner, where two men were found, the first with his nose scraped off and bis head and body flattened sideways between two timbers, which lay about two Inches spart, His companion was also orushed by tia. . | cited, bers, His face and limbs were badly scratched, Thesnow around these bodles waa profusely stained with blood. Owing to the fact that all of the faces were cover- od with half an Inch of white mould, the features could not be recognized, All were in night-dresses. Their olothes were deposited near the bunks in which they slept. The color of thelr hair and their size furnishes a doubtfal clew to recognition. Some frlends and relatives of the dead men were on ths ground and {dentified them as nearly as was possible. A clock and watch were found which had both stopped precisely at 9:30. The clock was an slarm olock and the alarm was set for 6 o'clock and went off when taken up. A Polloe Ga- zotte was found dated Febraary 14, also a letter from a lady frlend in Ohio, dated February 10, to one of the men. The letter with his answer, sealed, was found near the foot of the bed. Tho letter will be forwarded to.day with a request that when opened the date of writing be given. In this way It is believed the exact date of the disaster can be deter: mined. From the amount consumed of the twelve montha’ supplies taken tojthe mine on the first of January, and from the Pollce Gazette and the letter found on the bed, it 1s believed that the slide oocutred between the 20th and 25th of February. The third and last cabin was the cook house and It was entered, but no bodies were found In it. The rescu. ing party left the mine at 4 p. m., and arrived In Leadville at 9:15 to-night. Another party leave here to-morrow morning to bring the bodles to Leadville, where they will ba cared for by their friends. It was reported that eleven men were missing, but there were ten bodles found in the cabin, and It is be- lieved no more were there. Friends now say ten is sll that were there. The names of the rescued are the same as those published yesterday. e ——— NOTHING IN A NAME, How Many Lives have Been Beclond- ed and Wrecked—Advice to Farents, Limekiln Club, *“I verlly believe,” said Brother Gard- ner, ‘*dat de foolishness of surtin parents in tyin’ nemes to deir offsprings has be- clouded and wrecked many lives. De ole man who was ehoveling snow was nex’ dcah to me de odder day was named Hen- ry Clay. I was on de idea dat he would make a mighty smart man, bat de minit he got old 'nuff to realize who an’ what Clay was he pulled right back. He conldn’t neber git dar, an’ he knowed it. Instead of boln’ addreszed as Henry Clay eberybody calls him ‘Hank Dirt,’ an’ he’s gwine to be called dat till de clay kivera his coffin. “Some y'ars sgo a naybur o’ mine named his baby ‘Washington Lincoln Grant Smith.” He war' bound to fill dat boy chock full o’ military genius and statesmanship, but de chile wasn't 4 y'ars old before he realized dat it was too steep. He hadn’t reached 10 before he was a thief an’ a liar, and de cdder day he went to prlson for burglary. Da name Was too long fur de public to grapple wid', an’ 80 he was called called ‘Wash Grant.’ Later on it got to be ‘Washboard,’ aa’ by dename of Washboard Smith he am reg- {stered on de prison books. “I has seen Prime Minister Jones drawin’ a swill cart around, while clus behind him, leading a yaller dog by a piece of old clothesline, came Montmor- enci Stubbins. I has seen Queen Cath- erine Bivens at de washtub, while de Princess Bienvllle was a’ hangin’ out de clothes far her. I has whitewashed on de same job wid Czar Jackson an’ I has blacked stoves alongside George de Fo'th Bones, “De white folks am jlat as bad, an’ it really does me good to see by de papers dat ‘Hortense Viotorla Clark’ has skipped out wid ‘De Lisle Fritzhue Brown,’ who was a purfeshional roller skater on a sal- ary of 80 per week. Ebery day de po- lice judge am sendin’ Zacharlah Chand- lers, Roscoe Conklings, Thomas Jeffer- sons and Henry W. Longfellows to de jog, an’ ebery day de good old names of ane an’ Betiey an’ Sarah an’ Emma an’ Luoy am growin’ in contempt wid de fe- male sect. “‘Speakin’ fur de cull'd people alone, I say dat de fadder who rises above Moses or famuel or Willlam when huntin’ for a name for a boy baby am coaxin’ blles an’ bunlons to grow whar’ dey doan’ need to. De mudder who can’t make a selection from Chloe, Catherlne, Violet an’ Sarah Jane needn’t feel riled if her gal runs off’ wid a bow-legged stove blacker an’ ends up her days in a garret. Let us now at- tack de reg’lar purceedin’s,” ——— Poor Fellows, Prostrated, debllitated, enfeebled, they feel as if they were hardly worth picking up. They would hardly give the toes of a bright penny for a chance of & cholce between life and death. But even such forlorn people can be renewed by the use of Brown's Iron Bltters, It vl- talizas the blood, tones the nerves, and renovates the system. Mr. f(ssac C. Weed, Burr’s Mills, 0., says: *‘I used Brown’s Iron Bitters for general weak- ness, and it helped me greatly."” o —— Chewing Gum, Cleveland Leader, ‘‘Excuse me; there is one of my chew- ing gumcustomers,” said the confectloner, a8 he walked to to the front of the store in response to the signal from a stylishly- dressed young man who had en!eni. Returning to where the reporter was standing, he asked; *‘Did you know that the people are at present afflicted with a chewing gum craze? There was never such a demand for the stuff as now,” ““What started the orazel” re 1 cannot tell. The men seem to be the only ones sfilioted by ft, however. My chewing gum customers were formerly all women, but the men have taken to it wonderfully of late, The reason for this, I think, can be found in the confession made to me the other day by the young man who was just o here, ‘I am trying to stop chewing tobacco, and 1 find gum & good substitate,” he sald, If that is the case the tobacco dealers' pro- fits must be falling off considerably, for at least a score of men buy gum here reg- ularly now,” “What kind of gum s most in de- mand?" “Spruce, I think, There are several kinds, however. Taffy, tolu and parafine gum 1s more pleasing to tastethan spruce bat it is not so good, I think,” “‘The effscts of gum chewlng are very beneficial,” sald s physiclan who was spoken to on the subject. “‘It alds diges- tion wonderfully to chew gum fifteen or twenty minutes after eating, for the reason that acopious flow of saliva is ex- If persisted in too long, howeyer, the effect may be injurious, for the reason that the constant drain on the salivary illnda reduces the quantity of the sallva. t 1s mach gnfauhle to tobacco, I st sure, and 1t will be found an excellent substitute for the weed, FAST TELEGRAPHERS, A Natiunal Transmitting Tonrnament to Take Place Shortly —~Speedy and Accurate Sending— Quick Receiving, Philadelphia Call, There Is, perhaps, no class of workers who possess & higher standard of Intelli- gence than the telegraph operators. It {s & business which requires much time and patlence, comblned with unwearied application. The chief attributes of a good operator are punctuality, regularity, to work any apparatus, careful- ness, acqualntance with frequently used names and terms, lpllianca and & knowl- edge of the general features of the vari- oussystems of telegraphy. Punctuality is one of the principal requisites, since & second or two to a telegraph operator Is much more valuable than it s to most persons, Trials of speed have frequently been indulged In, but no one partlcular operator claima to be the fastest trans- mitter, It Is a sort of a tradition among telographers that the Dbest record way made in 1867 by Nicholas J. Snyder, a brother of George W. Snyder, now superintendent of tne Bell Tele- phone company in this city, but just ex- actly what Mr, Snyder did to acquire fame is not known. Oa October 8, 1884, C. B. Gunther of the New York Stock exchavge recelved the answer ‘‘All right” in twenty-six seconds after writ- ing & message to a customer at the ex- change in this clty. J. Chapman of the London Stock ex- change tock 7 minutes and 60 3-6 sec- onds to send 250 words in March, 1884. In the same tournament J. Denett of the Ceutral telegraph office did it in 7 min- utes and 30 4-5 seconds, and A. Brooker, also of the Central, In 7 minutes and 48 seconds. Morse Instruments were used, and accuracy as well as dispatch was con: sidered. Hence Mr. Chapman, though not the fastest of the three, won by rea- son of his acouraoy. A CONTEST IN NEW YORK, There has never been any local con- tests in Philadelphia of skill in rapld sending, but several have taken place in New York Olty. The latest ccourred on Sunday, April 6th, in the rooms of the United Press. Great interest was man- ifested by the operators in all parts of the country, as it was understood that this trial was but the forerunner of a na- tlonal contest in which sll the famous “flyers” of the profession will take part, and the winner of which will be the acknowledged champion. The contest was a successful affalr, and the tlme made was astonishing, Five hundred words of relected matter was sent, and twelve operators competed for fame and money. Mr, J. W. Roloson, of the Stock Exchange, proved to be the win- ner, making a record of 10 minates and 32 seconds, Frank J. Kihm, of the Unlted Press, finlshed with the next best time, 10:38; but was only awarded third priza for slight faults In the formallon of certaln characters, Wm. M. Gibson, of the Stock Exchange, recelved second money, transmitting the matter in 10:57, A contest of this kind is very trying to the competitors, as the slightest nervons- ness on the part of the sender will cause him to *‘break,” and before he can recover himself a few seconds are lost. Thus it msy readily be seen that a few breaks made during a contest of only 500 words will materially change the time of the result. Mesars. Roloson, Kihm and other competitora were so nervous while sending that they broke themselve no less than five or six - times, which made the time slower than it would have been. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NATIONAL TRIAL, At a supper given by the contestants a committee was appointed to make the nocessary arrangements for the natlonal conteat, and it was resolved to have the men at this tournament send for one hour, each sender being allowed to choose an operator who will recelve what is sent. This will no doubt prove more satlsfacto— ry to all concerned, as it Js clalmed that 500 words s too short for a falr test. The United Press, it is understood, will offer $600 for a first prize, and if the record of 2,731 words In one hour fs eclipsed its general manager, Mr. Walter P. Phllips, who was the re- ceiver when this record was accom- plished, will personally give a good medal to the winner. Other prizes will be offered by the manufacturers of tele- graph instruments, and a fund will ba subscribed to entertaln the competitors from distant cities, This should prove a very interesting tournament, not only In telegraphlc circles, but also to the com- mercial world, Many ‘‘old timers” are already shaking off their rustiness by practicing, and cause the managers of thelr offices much surprise by the manner in which they are now getting off the business, Other clties will soon have local con- tests, the winnera of which will probably be sent s representatives, Some very fast tranemitting will no doubt be devel- oped, and the winner will have to make the lightning travel very fast to be suc- cossful. The prizes are wo liberal that the tournament will attract attention in all parts of the country, and it will settle the much yexed question as to who 1s the fastest sender In this country. Philadelphia bas some very fast men to choose from to uphold the "hoaor of the Quaker City, and will not be very far behind at the finlsh, FAST PHILADELPHIA MEN, Among the fastest operators of this clty aro W, R. Weaver, who has a record of eighty-three messages an hour for four consecative hours; William A, Connor of the Associated Press, Walter Blalr, John A. Hartman, Oharles McConnell, Harry Wallon and A, G. and Elgin Saylor, all of the Western Union; Jules Eves of the Stock Exchange, and J. B, Fleshman, Thomas Tibbets, Harry O, Leaby, An. drew Wallace and H. W, Schussler of the Baltlmore and Oblo, Paul Hemaus of the Bankers and Merchants’, a boy of 14 years, Is consldered one of the very fast- eat in the olty, New York will be hard to beat,as some of the most rapid men in the profession are centered there. Among them are Gibson, Roloson, Martin, Kihm brothers, Oatlin, McOarthy, McClogkey, Ayres, Waugh, Curtle, Prentice, and many other, too numerous to mention, Boston also bas fine array of talent, Woods, Hutchinson, Kettles and others ranking very high In the profession. Bome cperators can receive as fast as it 1s possible to eend, but are unable them- selves to send at a faster speed than 30 words per minute. On the other hand, others can send at s lightning speed but are almost incapable of recelving at all. The highest speed s from 45 to 50 words per minute, The average speed is from 25 to 30 words per minute in the ordin- ary transmission of messages. e L% A Bold Break for Liberty, Philadelphia Record, While the Pacific express, which left I{nw York 8 o'clock on Satordsy night, was speeding along at the rate of forty miles an hour, and as it was passing through Morrisville, on the Pennsylvanis slde of the Delewars, about 10 o'clock, Wm, H. Browning, a handcaffed pree- oner, who was proceeding to West Ches- ter, to anawer a charge of bigamy, dashed headlong through a car window and es- caped. Browning was in chargs of De- puty Sheriffs Hooper and Baker, of West Chester, of this state. He is a coach- man by occupation and Iately lived st No. 1274 Third avenue, New York, and was acquitted In the general sessions, on Satarday, upon an indlotment charging him with assaulting his young wife Mar- garet, who appears to be Mres, Browning No. 2, the lawlul wife belng at present a resident of Wost Chester. Browning eat handcuffed In a seat di- reotly In front of the two depaty sheriffs. While the traln was ranning between Morrisville and Peon valley, on the Pennsylvania side, Condactor Jones ap- peared to collect the tickets, Just as he reached the seat on which Browning sat, the latter haatily arcse and the conductor stepped aside to let the man pass, and In doing so got In front of the West Chester officials and completely blocked thelr passage. Browning instantly mounted the seat on the other slde of the alale, and, placing his manacled hands above his head, dashed through the window. The act was such a bold and hasty ene that many of the passengers did not know what had occurred until the mat- tor was explained to them. An attempt was made to stop the traln, but this was not accomplished until it had reached Tullytown, four miles from where the |8' prisoner jumped. The deputy sheriff then alighted and walked back In the dark to whera they thought Browning had left the train. Not a trace of the prisoner could be found. The search was kept up all of Saturday night and yosterday, and all that could be found was Browning's hat. It is thought that the man must ‘certalnly bave been in- jured in some way, as the traln was going at such a rapld rate that the traln hands that he could not possibly have escaped being hurt. It is also like- ly that he may be concealed in rome out-of-the-way place in that section. Browning has recently figured quite gvromln-mly In polico circles in New ork. He was married In Philadelphia in January last te an accomplished girl, with whom he afterward went to restde in New York. The man obtained em- ployment as a coachman with John R, Rutter, the well-known banker, of No. 809 Madison avenue, Browning was in- sanely jealous of his wife, and whenever he left the house for any length of time he nailed down the windows snd placed padlocks on the doors, Whenever she went out, which was seldom, he accom- panied her. The neighbors say she was always richly dressed, and had a graceful bearing and lovely face. Her beauty was of the blonde type, but her face was sel- dom sgen, a8 she wore a veil continually. In the latter part of Webruary Mrs. Browniog called upon Inspector Byrnes and made complaint that she had been assaulted and robbud in her rooms at No. 1274 Third avenue. She minutely de- scribed everything alleged to have hap- pened on that occasion, and told how three young men who had loitered in that nelghborhood had stolen In her par- lor, Continuing her story she ssid: ‘‘Three rough looking young men stood boefora me. I asked them what they wanted, when one of them rushed sud- denly upon me and threw me back on the bed. I res'sted with all my strength, but in vain. A coarse, strong hand held me down, and my lips were closed by tne hands of another. I could not make an outery., While two of the raffians held me down, the third one assaulted me, Then one let go his hold, while his confederate held me, but I did not cease to struggle. One of the men trled the bureau drawer, and, finding them locked, he forced them open. He took from the bureau a diamond ring and a dlamond breastpin and 8100 In bills. The ruffians then left the house as suddenly as they hudeanlered. I was not able to leave my bed for some tlme, owing to the bratality of the sssault.” The next day John Dai'y and Michael Bayley, of No. 1294 Third avenue, were arrosted and identified by Mrs. Browning as the men who had committed the crime. They were also held to answer the charge of robbing the dry goods store under Browning's rooms. Several days later, when the three young men were t> be glven a hearing, Mrs. Browning was sent for but could not be found. Browning was called upon and said: ““My wlife is 19 years old. We have been married only one month, Before leay- ing she wrote ma thisno'e: *“Your locks and bars have no power over me. Youmay lock me in but you can't spoll my fun,’” Browning, continuing, said that he left home to drive Mr. Rutter to his bank, and upon retaraing found his wife had disappeared‘ leaving the note on the bureau, He had searched for her every- where, but eould not find ony trace of her whereabouts, Several days later the missing young wife sarprised Inspector Byrnes one afternoon by suddenly appearing In his office, He was still more surprised when sho related her tals, It was to the effoct |Ing. that she had never been assaulted or robbed; that the three young men whom she had acoused were entirely innocent of the charge made agalnst them by her, and that the job had been set up by her husband to imprison the young men be cause he was jealous of them and be- lieved they wera intimate with h's wife, The woman, however sald that her hus- band had frequently beaten her, and a warrant was lssued for his arrest. The three young men were immedlately re- leased. Browning was trled on Satur- day last In the general sessions, and, when acquitted, was handed over to|box has cured the West Chester officlals, who had learned of his whereabouts owing to the notortety the case obtalned through the newspapers, 1s it not Singular that consumptives should be the least ap- prehensive of thelr own condition, while oll thelr friends are urging and beseech- ing them tobe more careful about ex- posure and overdolng, It may well be considered one of tha most alarming symptoms of the disease, where the patlent is reckless and will not believe that he s In danger. Reader, if you are in this condition, do not neglect t{n only means of recovery. Avold exposure and fatlgue, be regular in your habits, and use faithfully of Lr, ‘Plerce’s ‘‘Golden Medical Discovery.” It has saved thous- ands who were steadily falllog, P e —— A Stranger in Washington, ‘“Beg your pardon, sir, but I've just arrived In this city, Can you tell ‘me where Mr. Hendricks lives!’ “‘Mr, who?" “‘Mr, Hendricks of Indlana.” *‘Don't know him, sir, Never heard of such & man, and I've lived here all my life. Perhaps you will find his name in the directory. The graln elevator of George A. Fry burned at Defisnce on Saturdsy morn- Lows, §5,000; {nsurance, $3,000, LIBERTY'S WRARY SOLE, The Big French Statue Aboard Ship Ready to Saill to New York, New York Journal, Liberty will sail for New York on the 1st of May. now aboard a French corvette, which is taking In coal for the voyage. Her complexion Is dark red—a sanguinary color. After she has stood In the alr awhile she wlll tan to a dark red- dish green oolor and will look like the bronze statues In Central park, Her face Is sald to be a llkeness of Bartholdi's mother, and ressmbles the face of the Goddess of Liberty on the silver dollar, Liberty oomes to us in 300 fragments, but her head Is In one piece, showing that it is solfd, Some persons have objected that Lib. erty stands on the wrong leg, her right instead of her left foot should be thrown forward, Most artist in thls country who have examined ancient works of art sy that the attitude of the statae as Barcholdl has given It Ia the proper one, General Stone proposes to light the statue by putting s clrcle of electric lights sround the bate, throwing the light up by reflectors and then to put a powertul fight and lens in the blazing torch which can be seen by ships far out at sea. The pedestal already looks pretty large though it rlses but sixteen feet from the round. Work upon it, saspended last fa'l, will be renewed next week. It will take three month to finish it, so Liberty will not be on her feet bafore the Fourth of July. Liberty will bo lald by her pedestal, in sectlons, till it Is finished. A ferry has long slnce been chartered to run between tbe Battery and Bedloe's {sland. e — Good-bye, rheumatism, good-bye; St. Jacobs Oll knocks you sky high, e — High-Priced Seeds, New York Sun, In many offices around and In the big Produce Exchange there are numerous 1ittle shallow boxes plled on window sills, tables and desks, The boxes are gen- erally filled with corn and wheat and other grain, samples of the etocks held in the big elevators and stores along the river fronts and In the fleets of canal- boats in the Brooklyn baslns. A grain dealer was running his hand through a sample of No. 1 spring wheat, when a young man sald:— ““Good as gold.” “Yes, but, unlke some other farm products, 1t s not worth its weight in gold.” *‘Squashes, for instance?’ “‘Perhaps you would like to know something about high-priced farm products There isa new variety of oats called the Clydesdsle. A mensured bushel welghs fifty-one pounds. Whils they will not retain their full welght in this country, they will double the market valae of the product of an oat field. The entarprising farmer pays 6 a bushel for the seed. ‘There ls the new Fife spring wheat, which sells for $3 a bushel. and the new style of field corn, known as Chester Mammoth and Golden Dent, sells for about the same. ‘‘In the matter of garden sceds, the farmer must pay prices that make him squeal. Last year a Newark man brought out what is known as Henderson’s white plume celery. Unllke common celery, it does not need to be banked up to whiten the leaves, and whatis more, these leaves are as much like ostrich feathers as any- thing you can imagine. During the American Instltute fair the plants on ex- hibitlon were frequently torn to pleces by guests who used the leaves for but- tonhole bouquets. The eeedman who is introducing the plant pald $450 for a small truck-load of plants, and he now sells the seed at $40 a pound. “A new French bean Is selling at 50 centsa quart. The new Eclipse beet seed sells for $2.50 a pound, while the seed of the new lettuce called the Oak Leaf sells for $2 an ounce. Even a new varlety of parsley Is high priced, the seed of the style called Emerald selling for $2 a pound. “‘You ssrcastically mentioned the squash. That was because you didn't know all about squashes, ere was & speclmen of a new squash on exhibition in town last fall for several weecks tnat weighed 223 pounds. Its flavor was as excellent as Its size was enormous. The secds obtalned from thls big aquash sell for 3 cents aplece, or $3 an onnce. “‘But when you want to find farm pro- ducts that are really worth their welght in gold you must take the flower sceds ralsed by the farmer's wife, This year there Is great varlety of new flowers, It would bewilder you to name them. These seeds are always sold by the packet at from 25 to 50 cents. That sounds cheap, but there are new styles In dalsies, lady’s slippers, petunias, and pansfes, the seeds of which are worth In the market by the ounce a sum that will take your breath The petunia grandifiora 1s & sam- The packages of seeds contaln three or four hundred seeds each, but the seed is an {mpalpable powder almost, it is 8o fine. The package retalls at 7bc, baut by the ounce the seed is worth 500, An ounce will make five thousand packages. You can see what the retall price of flower seeds and the retaller’s profits are from that statement.” e — PILES! PILES! PILES! A BURE CURE FOUND AT LAST| NO ONE NEED BOFFER, A sure oure for Blind, Bleeding, Itching and Ulcerated Piles has been discovered by Dr, i an Indian Remedy,) ed.lod' Dr. ndian Pile Ointment, A single the worst chronio cases of 25 or No one need suffer five lying this wonderful sooth- ing medicine, 5-711‘, Instruments and eleo- tuaries do more harm than illlam’ Indian Pile Ointment absorbs l-l{; the intense itcl after ves 3 gllu, itching of the private parts, and for nothine du" FETNE Read what the Hon, J, M. Ooffinbe.ry, of Cloveland, says about' Dr, William's Indian Pile Oolntment: *‘I have used scores of Pile Oures, and it affords me pleasure to say that I have never found anything which gave such immediate and ot relief as Dr, Wil- liam'’s Indian Ointment, For sale by all drug- stm and mailed on receipt of price, 50c and 1, Bold at retall by Kuhn & Co, 0. ¥, Goonmax’ Wholesale Agent, e —— The Fenian Ram, The Fenian ram that aroused consider- able public carlosity through the columns of the newspapera two years sgo is still at New Haven Conn., In a wooden building on the bauk of the Mill river. It isabout thirty feet long, cigar shaped, burns pe- troleum for fuel, and can make excellent speed under water. It is said to have cost $15,000, No one is allowed to see it except those In whose charge It is, and they refuse to talk about {t, The build- {og has no side windows and the door is strongly barred. —— There ara 6,000 business lots for sale within the corporate limits of Des Moines, THE OHEAPEST PLACE IN OMAHA TO BUY U"RHNN I ITTUHRHE[ Is AT DEWEY&STONES’ One of the Best and Largest 8tocks in the United States To Select From: NOZSTAIRS TO CLIMB. ELEGANT PASSENGER ELEVATOR 'YOUNC MEN ! Whohave trifled away thelr youthiul vigor and power, who are Nt hle DRA Sand LOSSES, who are weak, INT and unfit for masriage. who fi TSEXUAL nd thoir POW STRENGTH Athome without ex MYRTLEAIN TREA Fe mArTiag Pr l'n.l‘l estima treatise 2 b,1877.)Address The i\l stamps, Glimax Medical Co, 504, St. Louis, Mo. C'CARETTE Smokors whoare willing to pay a 1i*tle mor I for Clgarottes than \ue i oh\'t‘usl ot he rél’x“;péun’g o, ettes, will find the R [:] T o SUPERIOR toall others. Thoy aro mado from ths brightest, mos ¢ delicately flavored, and highest cost old loat grown In Virgina, and are absolately WITHOUT ADULT RRATION ordrags. We uee the cunulna.french Rice Paper of our owa direct importation, which is made sspeciully for us, wator marked with the name of the orand, Richmond atraight Cut No. I. STRAIGHT CUT No. 1 each Tgaroite, w'thyas walsh no10 are carulne. UmItations of this brand havo beon put on sale A Cigacetts an ikors ars nautiono 1 thot this is the old and origlasi brand, and 80 obsrve toat each okage or box of Richmond Straight Gut Cigarettes bears the signature of et Samoncingna, CIGARETTES Manufacturers, — Richmond, Virginia. - BURLINGION 10w THE Murnay [roN WoRks, " waiion. ! ENGINES, SAW MILLS.|eripa WORK, BOILERS, SWTECTz5,, MILL AND MINING IRON WORK. * * MACHINERY. AGENTS FOR PATENT LOG DOGS THE HYATT PRISMATIC LIGHT AND SAW. 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Seif Ventilating HARD WOOD REFRIG ERATORS Manufactured In the most perfoct manner from kiln-dry oak lumber = harcoal filed, #ino fined, galvaolzed ¢on shelves, hand: tomely paieled and deslgned, for (he whnte of a class o t want the best goods that can be made, e Partios wishing special slzes can Save from 15 to 20 Per Cent By plac.ng ordors now. W. H. WRICHT 13th Street,” Bet. Farnam &:Harney i | 0 = OMATA. ERTEL'S HAY PRESSES. Are the Cheapest, Most Durable, Smallest in Size and Lightest in Weight. ¥ klnd can the amount of work pro‘uce), such little exp use (oo ¢ ons v hay X car,) a8 oan be done with the Ertel Improved Ma hine® warrs ted or no srcular” addrese, EKTEL & €2 vinc/, liwoks » lem tavliahied in 1663 Prosscs of d raload istrated new