Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 30, 1888, Page 3

HUNDERERS OF THE DEEP. Mistaken Impressions of the Ameri- can Navy. PRESENT RAPID IMPROVEMENT, The Finest Ships and Guns in the ‘World—The Dynamite Projectiles O —What Manner of Ships Are Being Bullt. The American Navy. Chicago Herald: The only one of the new crusers and battleships built on the Puacific const, the Charleston, which was launched on Thursday last, is the first of her elass which has, up to the present time, been launched. Standing at the haad of not only all armed cruisers of her type in this country, but through- out the world, her advent to the navy marks the accession of a class of power- ful vessels-of-war which are to have no superiority in the naval fleets of Europe. The assvciation of old wooden ft and battered hulks with all pertaining Jthe navy is 0 common with a large elngs of people that the rapid changes effected within the lust two years, not only in vessels, but guns and machinery, are to many totally incomprehensible, and it is the vhuv nece , before giving a des n of this new vessel- of-war, to sy of the condition of the to the entire rebuilding of the service— an act which promises to result in th flying of the national colors in every port of the world, not from old-typed yessels, but modern_iron-clads—power- fui yessols of war, Up to two years ago little 6r nothing had been done toward increasing the efficiency of the navy. We stood at the head of the naval force of the world—though many areunaware of the fact—at the close of the civil war, and our muster-rolls showed a comple- meat of 1,000,000 men enlisted in the service and for duty afloat. The war over, our naval force was reduced to a minimum, and many of the vessels then in service exist, and have b still, employed in active ser: wooden ships, both in the me marine, and the navy, have been noted the world over for the beauty of the lines as models of craft. And even now, let one of our steam sloops-of-war anchor amidst a squadron of ugly Enlish iron-clads. she uppears more of a yacht than a vessel represent- ing one of the strongest and most en- lightened nations on the face of the globe. But the duty of a man-of-war in a foreign station calls often for the per- formance of hazardous work, which necessitates, for a successful vendition, efficiency of crew and weight of metal. Take, for instance, the firing of the Coreans, in 1868, on an American mer- chant_ ship. American squadron in Chinese waters undertook the demo- lition of the fort and the punishment of the people. The fleet bombarded the fort while a landing party stormed the place, killed and took prisoners a large number of Coreans and put to flight over two thousand men. Instance after instance could be named where the lives and property of Americans abroad were saved ouly by the timely arrival of an American man- of-war on the scene of the disturbance. Especially has this been the case in South America, where incessant revolu- tions and rvebellious outbreaks have en- dangered the lives and property of foreigners. During the bombardment of Alexandria the American colony was saved from annihilation on the part of the Egyptian stragglers only by the pro- tection afforded by a landing party of marines from our Mediterranean squad- ron. The settlement of the difficulty on the Isthmus of Panama in the spring of 1885 serves as another instance of what prompt action on the part of a fleet can accomplish. In this last ease the rebel army was driven out of Aspinwall and Panama and the railroad opencd up to traffic, But, notwithstanding the efficioncy which has characterized our naval forces in the past, American naval ofti- cers feel constantly that with no vessels of modern type their efforts in many cases will be fruitless. They have long urged that, instead of using the money required to fit an 0ld vessel for further ser , the sume be put in a now vessel —a vessel of a type compatible with tho times and capable in every respect of fighting on equal terms with any ivon- clad afloat. As it is, a vessel is now vefitted if the cost of her repairs does not excced 20 per cent of the original value of the vessel. Weo have the personnel, the brain, talent and ability. We have the guns-—there are no beiter in the world than the new ordnunce rifles—what wo now want are the ve: , and congress is at last rushing to vmuph»mm n clnss of ships which will be an overlasting n*hh‘ to our nutional honor, our netional nity. atove speaking next of tho new eruisers let me add that they are lho vesult of choice from the d of every war vessel aflont; that > at the present day no superiors, and it is time for the Amcrican people now to realizo thut the improcations so long cast at the navy de partment, at e and yarious administrations have re- sulted in greav good. It is time to laud ou sors and at the same timo the continuauce of this late polic Since the advent of Mr. Whitne the secretaryship of the navy depn ment a new impetus has been udded to the building up of the and especially in urging upon congress new appropriation Tho secretary offered $15,000 for the best plan of an armed cruiser that should be submitted to a board of ofii- cers at the navy department. Asa result, many foreign naval contractors sent in designs and competed with ovr own naval achitects. Specinl prizes were also affered for particuiar designs, notably that of an armored battle ship of 6,000 tons displacement, and a second for a 6,000-ton displacement armored oruiser, The plans submitted for these two ves- sels came from Euglish, French and American designers. It may scem strange that we sought designs and plans from foreign sourees, but “Whe sce- retary had in view the gninmg of all information possible, no matter what the origin, applying a little of our own inventive genius, and turning out a ves sel of the fincst and most serviceabl type. DBids were opened {n the nav department in the November for the construetion of three large craisers and the gunboats, . The eruisors numbered 1, 2and 3, have been nawed respective- ly the Newark, Charleston and Balti- more. The npproprimlon allowed for tho Newark and class was 81,800,000 each, The building of gunboat No. 1 was awarded Cramp & Son, of Philadel- ia; for building tho Charleston, tothe nion Iron Works, ofSani'r ancisco, and for No. 8 to thoColum bia Iron Works, of Baltimove. The stipulation required of the bidders is a minimum of nincteen Kuots por hour, and 4 are of 1,700 i Thetr cost is not to 000 each, All of these vos- sols are lohc built of stecl, They .10 have the highest attainable s and are to be built in accordance with the specifications of the secretary of the navy The new cruiser Charieston, as al- ready remarked, belongs to a class of three vessels, Her battery is to consist of two 10-inch rifles and six 6-inch rifles. Now, to many the mere mention of these guns conveys no idea of their great power. Try to conceive of a tele- scope twenty-eight feet in length, made of steel, with a thickness at the rear end of some two and a half feet, and tapering gradually to the muzzle, where the diameter is only a_6-inch bore, and you have an idea of ths appearance of our famous new G-inch rifles. This gun is a brecch loader, and is capable of throwing a projectile to a distance of six and a half mile: The rifle denominated as the *10- inch” is thirty-five feet in length, and thr owsan enormous steel-pointed pro- jectile which isover four feet in length to a distance of nearly eleven miles, piercing fifteen inches of steel armor with as much ease as a rifle ball is fired through a pine board. Now imagine this projectile, containing a couple hun- dred pounds of powder, fired through the side of an_ironclad and exploding by a concussion cap the moment it enters, and the result is to tear the open- ing into u frightful aperture in si Ior many years the government paid little or no attention to the improve- ments in new guns abrond. Krupp and Avmstrong continued to turn out heavier guns and gain higher velocities for their projectiles, But at the same time that the $25,000,000 was appror ated for ironclad ships for the Am can navy, $1,000,000 was appropriated to cstablish a gun factory in Washington. At the same time we ‘were even unpro- vided with the necessary plant to enable us to construct heav s found imperative to obtain the same abroad. The st 6-inch rifle was built under contract by the South Boston Iron Works and cost $75,000, the car- riage alone cost 12,000, ed by a board of ew their ideas from plans obtaine country in the world, and the result was that the new ordnatice gun obtained a velocity of 2,800 feet per second, in comparison with Armstrong’s 2,190 fest per seccnd. In other words, the most powerful gun in the world to-day is the new 12-inch rifle of the American navy, throw- ing a projectile nearly thirteen miles before an explosive charge of over five hundred pounds of gunpowder, the pro- jectile weizhing nearly one thousand red pounds. ~ This fact is not inown, but T doubt if there is y circle in Europe which isnot cognizant_of the achievements of the heavy ordnance the Americans are turning out. All these guns are similar in appearance, ranging only in size. The 6-inch rifle can now be manufac. tured at the ordnance works in Was sngton for #35.000, a great reduction in the cost of the origi Iach of the new cruise varied battery. On some it will co t of two of the 12-inch ritles (the numbers 6, 8, 10 or 12 denominating the diameter of the bore), with a complement of 6-inch rifles; or perhaps two S-inch rifles, with a complement of 6-inch rifles. In the tops, about decks, and all advantageous positions,gatling gunsand Hotehkiss vevolving canon will be placed to repel boarders, sweep the deck of an encmy or repel the attack of torpedo boats. Huge electric lights, with powerful reflectors, are sup- plied to these vesscls, und on u dark night with a clear atmoshere it would be impossible for any small boat to get within a mile of the war ship without being speedily detected. The cruisers of the Newark type are to develop nineteen knots per hour or they will not be accepted by the govern- ment. Their engines are to develop 8,000 horse-power, and under mean pressure 6,000 horse-power. The gun- oats are to have 2,200 horse-power, and must attain, to be agcepted, at least sixteen knots per hour. The contract also provided that for every one-fourth of a knot which the contractors could make their vessels attain over the required spced named by the department that an additional sum of §50,000 would be paid by the de- partment. Much has becn said by the press con- cerning the steel cruisers Atlanta, Bos- ton and Chicago. Let me suy, with all cmphasis, that Roach turned over to this goyernment three as fine cruisers as ever flonted. They are not heavy armored ships, they are intended for swift moving, active. fighting cruisers; and in that respect they are a success. The Atlanta made her sixteen kunots for day after day, in rough weather and smooth weather, in_a recent cruise to the Wesi Indies. The Boston hasmade hoer 15.8 knots per hour, and the Chi- cugo has yet to ho teied.’ The last ves- sel is the largest of the three, the two formor beiug sister ships. Within cightoen months the new fleet of American war ships will be afloat and will have replaced the few romaining wooden vessels still in ser- vice. The val fleet will present a most nee and a ping with the nation. was designed for yet to prove her sp 1era ave in the list twent, two vesscls, some of steel and the r mainder of iron, fultilling the require- 5 of modern vessels of war, 2piio of the Charleston, will carry a all the vessols built on the \u.nmn, Charleston is under the Union Iron Works of [ Ut i A fo to pr diet, all of the vessels now under con- struction niay be looked for afloat and in fighting condition. A good iden of the new steel eruisers, Atlanta and n be gained by supposing o cigne box placed lengthwise on a long vessel, taking up ull room {lush with the sides, except thirty feet on ench end. Now, in this Lox.culled the citadel or superstructure, pi the sides with three ports on a de, erect little battlements on cuch corner for siall, rapid-firing guns, and in front of t! citadel and behind it place a muic eight-inch rifle. ITuside the citadel plac three six-inch ritles on a side, and the battery is com- Imagine the cruiser racing at sixteen knots per hour, carry guns capable of throwing their iles ulghl. miles distant, and six guns hle of damaging n vessel six miles away, and a crew of 310 men to man om, and some idea can be had of the ability of the Atlanta and lor sister eruisers to overhaul a hostile vessel and fight him. On the L Charles- mn and Nowark the crews wili average about 500 men. The work of construc- tion is being rapidly pushed forward, and not u rivet or boit is placed befora being inspected by government ofticers and passed, Before ending, I must speak of a eraft which has no nhlur in the navies of tho world, a vesse! which has been denom- inated by Br “u hellish outeome of Yankee ingonuit; This vessel is the new dynamite cruiser Vesuvius.0'The gunboat Yorktown and cruiser Vesu- vius were luunched April 25 at Camp's yards in Philadelphia. The success at- nding the trial of Lieutenant Zalin- ski's gun induced the governmnent to fit out a vessel equipped with three dyna- mite tubes larger than the ones pre- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY JULY viously tried. A great deal of op[mfl- tion attended the proposal to construct a craft of this nature, and naval officers especially did not look favorable on such mode of warfare. However, the vessel has been pushed to vnmlvlcflnn The honor of naming the new vessel fell to the lot of Miss Breckinridge, daughter of Congressman Breckinridge, of Ken- tucky., An officer who witnessed the launch says in the Scientific American: ““The new craft carries three guns of sixteen-inch caliber. Vastly greater destructive powers will be developed by them than the original eight-inch. They will throw projectiles each con- taining 800 pounds of exvlosive gelatine a distant of over a mile—the object being to throw the explosives upon the deck of the enemy. The guns are to be capable of mmnu\lning a rate of dis- churge of two projectiles per minute.” “The three tubes are to be placed forward in the ship, their ends project- ing above the deck well lur\\nns. while their breeches are down in the hold. They are to be set at a fixed angle of 16 degrees. The range is to be adjusted ng the amount of air adm ht-inch projectile has r destructive range of one mile with about the same elevation. All the de- tails of the loading and discharging mechanisim are to be as perfect and automatic as possible. Within the hold are stored a quantlty of heavy tubes to contain the compressed air.” “In firing practice the distance of the mark must be estimated and the dis- charge valve setaccordingly. The ves- sel is then turned until the gun points at the mark, when the projectile is dis- charged. Should the vesscl be rolling, the discharge must take place when she is on an even kecl, the artillerist wait- ing his time. The pitching will tend to th nge, but owing to the high the effect will be far less than in ordinary gun practice. An inclina- tion ‘of 4 degrees due to pitching is not 1ooked for in any ordinary sea.’ “The Vesuv 246 feet long and 700 measurement. She is to be furnished with engines indicating at least 3,500 horse-power. A speed of 20 knots,equal to about twenty-three statute miles, is 19 be attained, **When all the machinery is in place the Vesuvius will float low in the water, and if by her two serews she keeps bow on to her adversary, will present a very small target and at the same time be able to discharge her torpedoes.” Similar events to the launching of the Charleston may now be expected daily, and it will not be long before the Amer- ican people begin to realize that at last we have a navy, and vessels equal toany of the boasted prides in foreign waters. As one ofticer remarked, “Give me com- mand of one of our new cruisers, with an American crew and with Amevican guns, and T defy an Inflexible, a Duillo, or an Italia to worst me.” It is our people abroad who realize keenly the need of a powerful fleet upon the seas, and depend upon it that the rise of the new navy will see our foreign interests revive, and will tend indirect ly to the building up of that great in terest so long lost to _us—our foreign trade. UI)DFI JARDEN. MRS. HENRV WARD BEECHER. How the Widow of the Great Preacher Lives— Her Income. New York Sun: Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher has changed little since the death of her husband, though she is now seventy-six years old, At present she is living at the St. G orge hotel in Orauge street in Brooklyn, where she moved after giving up her flat in May, but she is soon to go to her daughter's, Mrs. Scovil's, at Stawford, Conn. After av there she is going to Ithaca to make a visit to Henry W. Sage, old friends and former Plymouth church people. The Beecher house at Peekskill re- mains unoccu{fled, and Mrs. Beecher goes there only occasionally. Several weeks ago she invited the sewing soci- ety of the church to go for a day’s p nic there, and twenty-two ladies en- joyed her hospn.ahtg on that occasion. ll‘he house ls(’}mrl\v ismantled, many of the household effects having been re- moved and divided among the chil- dren, so that it could not be occu- pied without addition to its belong- ings. It is said that Mrs. Beecher greatly desired to spend the summer there, but her sons opposed 1t. No pur- chaser has appeared, and as none of the sons of Mr. Beecher feels able to sup- port so large an establishment, the beautiful place is closed and fast show- ing signs of neglect. Mrs. Beecher makes occasional visits to it to have it aired and swept, but it is for the most part closed and barred against intrud- ers. A Brooklyn real estate dealer has an order from Mrs. Beecher to find for her a suitable house in Brooklyn, in which she will reside next winter. She will not board at a hotel, finding it distaste- ful. and her experience in a flat was not pleasant. As a matter of fact, neither a flatnor the homes of her sons are large enough for her purposes or her position as the widow of the late pastor of Plymouth Church. She has a great many callers and is constantly heing pe- titioned to identify herself with chari- table and social movements, and her comfort demands that she should be at the head of any housein which she lives. While her children recognize this fact, they oppose her undertaking the care o L P AR on account of age and her in- come. The latter, it is said, is considerably less than fifteen hundred a year from her husband’s estate, and not enough tosupport an establishment such as she would need to have if she is to entertain as it is expected she would. Mrs. Beechor makes money with her pen, but not nes » much us formerly, be- cause she is unable to do as much ing as she has so many younger rivals in her special field, that of domestic and household economy There 15 an element in Plymouth church circles favorable to a provision for Mrs. Beecher which shall take the form of & memorial offering. Many of her friends among the ngregation agree that it would he pleasing to their eclings to do some younluus thing for Mvs. Beecher, but the funds of the so- ciety are no larger than the demands made upon it, and the future income of the chureh 15 not assured. 1t is but just to the sons of Mrs. Beecher to say that they would oppose any efiort looking to such an end, it boing” their wish that thoir mother should make her home with eaeh of them in turn. This plan Mvs. Boeehor has resolutely opposed on the grounds which she gives as militat- ing against her living 1 a flator at a hotel. William Hastings Toon, of London, ndvertised in seventy English papers for a clerkk at a salary of $450 a )eln To applicants he veturned a cire nr ying that he must have five ghillil rantec of good faith be fore LOII- ng the matter., The police ar- rested him after he had received many thousand applications and a goodly number of shillings, and in court it eame out that the whole business was the result of a wager of 500 Toon had made with a friend that within a month le could get five thousand applications for a situntion as a clerk, nln{ that two thousand of them would be accompanied by five shillings. T'he jury found him fumy of fraud, but the judge released hun under bonds, with & warning and suspension of sentence. CHEAP LABOR BY INSECTS, Reminiscences of EBEarly Days in California. THE LAZIEST MAN ON THS COAST. Dick Skelton's Soft Snap and How He Worked It<Too Lazy to Vote — Requested to Leave Town. San Francisco Examiner: ton, better known as Lazy Dick, was the Inziest man I over saw. My first knowl- edge of him was at American Flat, in El Dorado county, California, during a fire. He was sitting in front of the sa- loon in which the conflagration took placa and did not move until nearly drowned with water. He then rose in- dignantly and wanted to clean out the town. This was the first and only time that he was known to so exert himself, I next heard of him at Hollow Bar. There he distinguished himself as the laziest man at_the Hollow, by being too lazy to vote. The citizens, at this lack of interest and ambition, ordered him out of town,at which he spunked up energy enough to erawl into a lumber wagon and was landed at Placerville. He, as usual, made himself known at short order by owing every man money he could get it from. and by never pi ing for meals or lodgings. He dres: better than anybody. and had the only lounging chair at Murphy’s saloon. This sort of thing went on for sev- eral months, until & meeting was called by the people to give ovders for certain men to leave camp. Among them was Dick Skelton. These notices wer re culaf (hrnu;_rhuuuhcdlwrm;_mtln-nvhv making the camps in EL Dorado county places of unrest for the tramp and dead- beats. Dick looked rather down in mouth at Dick Skel- this forced moving, but otherwise puid W The others left town y-four hours, but Dick, in his fairness, had forgotten all about it. He was reminded, however, the next evening by an angry crowd of eciti- zens, who came to him and in rather strong language reminded him of the order of the day before, and, as a finale, gave him to understand that if he were found in that camp on the morrow he would be ridden out on a rail. A rail ride would require some exertion, and 80 would walking. but on the whole walking the least. So Dick gathered himself up and left. After walking for perhaps ten miles Dick became so exhausted that he lay down and went to sleep. He awoke just bafore sunup, got onto his feet and moved up the hillside a few hundred yards. Just then the sun blazed out and he saw at his feet a pile of gold— gold of the purest color. At that moment he felt a pain in his leg. ating himself on the nearest rock he pulled up his pants and found one of California’s mammoth ants try- ing to make a breakfast off hisleg. This rather brought him to himself, and to finish the job he went down the canyon and washed in the cold snow water. Thus refreshed he went back to investigate. When he again arrived at this won- derful stock of gold he stooped down and picked upa handful of it. In n sec- ond hundreds of ants came swarming up his arm. He had found an ants’ nest J He didn’t, like most men, y of di s find. but, instead, sat down on a convenient rock and planned what a circus he was going to have in the no attention to 1t. in the next twe He watched the ants in their minia- ture operations. Working like little troopers, up they would come, some with gravel, some with gold. It was a grand sight to witness; gold and earth cast away together, and gold put upon the same par with gravel. Snoozer’s only comment was that he blessed his stars that he wasn’t born one of the poor slaving devils. He then noticed that the ant-hill had been built under a little bluff of rocks, or, rather, what everybody thought barren quartz. It was so placed in a V- like niche that no wind had ever visited or been able to carry off any of the precious stuff. After making landmarks and staking out the claim, Dick tied up as much as he could in his handkerchief and started for town. He arrived late in the after- noon, walked boldly up the street, entered Murphy’s saloon and invited the crowd up to have a drink with him. The barkeeper looked at him for a moment, and then told him that he had playea that old game out, and nothing went until he could see stuff in sight. Dick pulled out his handkerchief and displayed the gold before the staring crowd. The barkeeper no sooner saw the color than out came the best liquor in the house and all hands swallowed it with a relish. Questions were piled into him thick and fast, and all that could be got outof him was that ‘‘the Lord was on his side,” and that he would never again want for anything, and he wanted to see the man or men that wanted to ride him out on a rail. No one answered this last part of his | his speech, and that might he held down hisold chair in peace. He settled up all his bills, squared himself with all whom he had borrowed from, and in return everybody was his friend. As soon as the flrst stake was gone, Dick again went into the hills. He cruu d a cabin and put in a supply of pr Everybody thought what a good thing had béen done him by order- ing him out of town, and every man took it upon himself that he was the one that had re formed Dick. After he had become settled in his new home he hunted around the hills, and close by the original find he found two more nests of ants, These were not as productive as the first. The wind N A T gold waste as fast as it came to the surface. Dick made boxes and placed around them, thereby saving the most of it. He then settled down for business, i. e., to take it easy, and about once in ev two or three months goand get his dividends. The first nest, whan A‘i’om)ed up, cleared him about Q.’,(Kll and he figured that on the three he would make about that much a year. After this his troubles began to grow. The first bad luck came this way: After gathering in about §2,000 from his three mines he became generousto the miners and bought them a sack of meal. He scattered a few handfuls around the ant hills, which was stored away at short order. This so pleased him that he dis- tributed the entire sack among the the three nests. The ants worked at the meal for a couple of weeks, when Dick began to realize that the ants were putting in more time at the meal than mining and this was not the worst of it, for as soon us they hud it meely e‘mkeud away, out it came again. Vhen Dick saw this last operation he fairly boiled with rage, calling them ungrateful little wretches, cursing their laziness and abusing them like beggars. It was no use to rage, and still less to tey and do anything for if ‘he dared disturb them he was afraid that they, like himself, would hunt a more congenial camp. The next three weeks he put in scattering the meal 10 the winds as fastas it came to 1888, the surface, The dividend that month hardly xx\h\ running expeonses, and ho declared that his miners would goa long time hungry before he would give them another feast. His next piece of hard luck was a robbery. Some one happened along that way, stumbled onto Dick just as he wus gathering in his returns. ~ The fel- low was a slick worker, and he pumped Dick as dry as a Nevada summer, find- ing out just how he happened to make his find, and that he generally left the ants to themselves for a couple of months before he took his gold away. The stranger was so gentlemanly and such a good listener that nothing would do but for him to stay over a day and have a look at the other nests and watch the workings of the miners. He stayed as req uusu-d and the two had a goml day of Ev r)thmu weut smooth for the next six weeks, when Dick thought it time to go down and see how the dumps looked. He took one look atthe big nest und his heart sank within him, for the ground was as smooth around it as an old standard dollar. Some one, and it must have been his traveling friend, had got in his work by the gentle moon~ light, and left all three nests without an ounce of gold. After this he made his clean-up every Saturday night. This required a little more work on his part, but he thought it a little wiser to take a few steps himself than to have some stranger take them for him, Soon the luck changed, a good 1 and he had y time of it for the next five ye At that time the ants began to go back on him. Instead of 52000 a quarter he only realized $1.000. To make mytters worse it still went lower in production, and Dick made up his mind that the best thing he could do was to move to some place where he could see more of the world and take it easier 1n his old age. He wouldu’t work the mine himself and would not let anybody else have it. as the first would require exertion and the latter watching, He at last became ired of watching the ants bring up nothing but gravel, and so picked up his traps and moved to Sacramento, he remained a happy, lazy, hon- He went every year {0 the ‘laim and found just enough, if nota little more gold than was necessary to hold the claim, theve being at least $100 with which to pay the assessment work. HARRY R. MICHAEL Inkerited Diseases. n the realm of disease the facts of s Beritance are most numerous and are dally sccumulating. Hes las, they become ters rible, fateful and o' helming. No fact of ture is more pregnant with awful mean- than the fact of the inhoritance of disease, It meets the physielan on his dally rounds, paralyzing his art and Alling him with dlsmay. The legend of the anciend @Grecks pictures the Furies as pursuing families from generation to generation, gendering them desolate. 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T prescribe it and feel safe In recommend. ing 1t to all sufferers. 3 D PRICE, 81 Sald by Druggiste (GREYIOCK INSTITUTE, X South Willlamstown, Mass. A private school for boys. Prepare f zollege, scientific school or business, Ko enth year begins lh\undn\ Sept For catalogue address Merchants™ National Bank OF OMAHA. Northeast Corner Farnam and 13th Sts. Berkshire county, Paid Up Capital. Surplus Fund. .£500,000 100,000 FRANK MURPHY, President. BAMUEL E. ROGERS, Vice-President, BEN B. WOOD, Cashier, LUTHER DRAKE, Assistant Casbior, Accounts solicited and prompt attentiou given 10 business intrusted to x& 3 OMAHAJOBBERS DIRECTORY | __Agricuiturai 1m emonu CHURCHILL PARK Dealerm Agricultural Imnlcments Wagans, nd Bugaion. Jones Street, buwunmn-ud Ot Omatia, Nebraska, LININGER & METUCALF CO.. Agricultural [mplements, Wagons, Carriages TARLIT(SFENDORF & MARTIN, olesale Denler Agricultural 1IIlIJleEMX WREUIIS& Buggies i, w8, m-nnnrlnnuslrm , Omaha. . P. MAST & C Mannracmrsrs of Buckeye Dnlls Seeders, i7ay itakes, Cider Mills and Yuban Pur r8. Cor. 1ith and Nicholas Strect T WINONA IMPLEMENT Co.. Agricultarel IlIll]]BlllEMS Walmns &BIIE[]BS J. F. SEIBERLINU & CO., Akron, Ohio. Harvesting Machivery and Binder Twine. W.E. Mend anacer. 121 nworth st, Omaha, MOLINE,MILBURN& STODDARD Co Manufacturcrs and Jobbers in Wagnn; Bngg 05, Rakcs Puws .Elc Artisie’ Materlals. P A HOSPE, Jr., Antst’ atcrias, Piauos and Orgas, H. M, & S. \V. JONES, Successors to A. T, Kenyon & Co,, Wholosale & Ketall Booksellers and S*annnm. Fine Wedding Stationery, Cos 1522 Douging Bcreet. Ol Boots and Shoes. KIRKENDALL, JONES & CO., (Nuccessors o ieed, Jones & C0.) Wholesale Mannfactuersof Boots and Shoes Akents for Boston Harney W. V. MORS! Jobbers of Boots and Shoes. 1101, 11031105 Douglas 8t , Omxlin Manufactory, Sum: mer Xt.. Buston. —____ Coffees, Spices, Etc. KE COFFEE CO. O R s O By e, Teas, Cofoes, Spices, Baking Powder, ummu. JExtracts, Laundey Blue, Inks, Ktc. 11t il Street, Omabu, Nebraska. (MAHAJOBBERS DIRECTORY . 5 I.umbor- C. N. DIETZ. Dealer in All Kinds of Lumber, 1ith and_California Streets, Omaha, Nebrasks. FRED W. GHAY, Lumber, Lime, Coment, Ete., Bte, cnrnerm. And Douglas Sta.. Omahs. + HARVEY LUMBER To Dealers Only. Office, 14 Farnam Streot, Omaha. JOHN A. WAKE.FIELD Wholesale Lumber, Ete. Imported and American Pcrtiand Cement Agent for Mijwukee Iiydeariic Cement and ainey White 1 S —) et C, HAS. R. LEE, Dealer in Hardwood Lumber, ‘Wood Carpets and Parquet Flooring $th and. Nongls £ _ Millinery and Notlions. ~1. OBERFELDER & co., lmnurters & Jotters in Millinery & Notions 209,210 and 912 South 11th Streat poes o CANFIELD MANUFACTURING GO., Manufactarers of Gveralls, Jeans Pauts, Shirts, Ete. 112and 1104 Douglas Street, wishin. Neb. T3 ROBINSON NOTION co., Wholcsele Notions and Furuishing Goods 48 and 406 8Cuth 10th St Omahn, R —— ol ‘CONSOLIDATED TANK LINE GO., Wholsale Refined and Lubricating 0ils. Axlo Grease, Eto, Omaha. _ A. I Bishop, Managen, VINYARD & SCHNEIDER, Notions and Gent's Farnishing Goods. 1108 Harney Stroet, Omaha . Office Fixtures. e e\ THE SIMMONDS MANUFACTURING COv Manufacturess of Bank, Offce and Saloon Fixtures. Mantles, ~|<|v»|vm.ms, Book Cases, Drug Kixtures Wall Cason. Pati d Wine i) C f o SOuth T S Ominin, Telgphond HSL Paints nnd Oils, CUMMINGS & EILSON. Wholesale Deaiers in Paints, 0ils, Window Glass, Bte. 1118 Farnam Stroet. Omaha, Neb. nd cluuwnre. " W. L. WRIGHT, Agent for the Manufacturers and Importers of Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Gmmneys, ___Ete. OMce, 317 8. 1ith m OoialiKy Nebras FERKINS GATCH & LAUMA Tmporiers and Jobbers of Creckery, Glassware, Lawys, Silverware Ete, 1314 Faranm €t., New Paxton Ruilding. Commission and Storag " RIDDELL & RIDDELL, Storage and Gommnsmn Merchants, Specinitics Tirtar, I Tovitry, Game, 112 Howard Stron Omabs, GEO. SCHROECER & CO., Buccessors to Moshane & Scliroeder.) Produce Cummi§siqllhand Cold Storage, Flour, Feed, Grain and Geueral Commision Merchant. Correspondence solicited. 1014 North 1ith Street, Um _____Goal, Coke and Limo. _ ___ OMAHA COAL, COKE & LIME CO., Jobbers of Hard and Soft Coal. 20 Bouth 15th Street, Omaba, Neb .IOHNSON & CO., Manufacturers of Lime, Andsbippens of Conl, Conk, Cemont A-mm Jime, Drain Tile, and Sewer 15, 8. st Omaba; Nev. elophont b1, NEBRASKA FUEL CO., Shippers of Coal and Coke. 214 Soush 1ith 8t.. Omaha. Neb. Dry uood- um! Notlonu M. E SMITH & CO-. Dry Goods, Furnishing Goods and Notions. 1102 and 1104 Doug!as, Cor. 11th §t., Omaha, Neb. KILPATRICK-KOCH DRY GOODS Co Importers aud Jobbens in Dry Goods, Notions Gents' Furnis T it antd Hataey Furniture. _ DEWEY & STONE, Wholesale Dealers in Farniture, Farnam Street, Owalin, Nebrasks. CHARLES SHIVERICK, Furnitore Omata, Nebraska. s _Groceries. ; PAXTON, GALLAGHER & CO., Wholesale Greceries and Provisions, 706, 707, 709 And T11 8. 10th St., Omabin, Neb. McCORD, BRADY & co., Wholesale Grocers, 1 (b and Leavenworth Streots, Omaha, N SENHARD~ RE LOMP»\NV Wlmlesalc 4HfllflW’iPB Cutlery, Tin Plate, s tor Howe Seales, ¥ 1 Barbed wire, Umuha, I LEE, CLARK WA HlMEBAUGH & TAYLOR, Bmldsrs’ Bavdware and Scale Repair Shop, Mechaules' Teols and Bur Fairbents o1 Are the BEST, BuLD BY DRUGGITS. !EEII.E“ DYES MARKS BROS. SADDI.‘ERY._LO. Wholesaio Manufactirers of Saddlery & Jotiers of Saddiery Hardware And Lesther, 140j, 15 i liamey St.,Omeha, . T PALMER, NP RICH A TWLANCIA Iir, PALMER, RICHMAN & CO., ].IVB mfl Bommlsswn lcrchauts LIVG SIODX CtllIllJ]lSSIUfl. hange Building, Unioa Btock Yard Wack Db, Nev. h ALEXANDER & Fi FlTbH. L‘nmmlxmn Dealers in Live Soc, w2, ite Exeh: i Ui Hte PR, RERMA"SL g, Unlon biow UNION STOCK YARDS CO-. m flmaha Limited, mmuums . BROATCH, Heary Ha'rrlwart Tron and Steel, P W. L. PAKROTTE & Wholesale Hats, Caps and Straw Goods, 107 l‘vp"y Street, Dmaba, Neb, OMAHA LUMEER C Kl Kindg of Building Materii at Waclesale s CARPENT ER | Wholcsale Paper DBHIBI‘S Cqry 8 nice stock of Printing, Wruppink and Writing Pu,er. Bpeciul attention glven (o car load onlers. Pape T JOHN L. WILKIE, $ Proprietor Omaha Paper Box Factory. Nos. 1317 and 1319 Douglas St, Omaha, Neb. — e Printers’ Materlals. "WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNIQN. ' Supplics. 603 SRR IOsEaD OMAHA RUBBER CO., Hanufacturers and Dealers in Rubber Goods ZI_I_CIollulw and Lesther Belting. }0S Furnam Bg e 8ash, Doors, Eto, ; V) £ CO. “Imlunlo anu?icturers of Doors, Blinds and Monldlm, )Mice, 12th and Izard Streets, Omaha, Nob. B, B, Branch BOHN MANUFACTURING CO. | Fanufacturers np_r Sash. Doors, Blln ¥uldings, 8 nd, ntertor Tinrt Wood Wi nd Leavenwor! Neb. Pumns Pipes and Bngme& Soam, Water, Rillway and Minire & Bte. 20, 25 and 121 Furnam Stroct Omana™ CHUHCHILL PUMP CO. Wholesale Punps, Pipe, Fittings, Steam and Water Supplies n!n"fl\ll"l'rl for M Foost & Cu's o0d, 1111 Fariam S OmabR: U. S, WIND ENGINE & PUMi™ CO., Steam and Water Supplies, Ualliday Wind M 914 and 020 Farnam L., Omabia, - 1. Hows, Actiug Man BROWNELL & CO. Fugings, Boilers and General Machinory Bheet Iron Work Steam Pamps, Saw Mine. uu Leavenworth Stect, Omali Wholesale Farm, Field and Garden Seeds 911 and 9 Jonos Stroe, Omnbi, Btorpse. Forw ARMSTRONG, PETTIS & CO., Storage, Forwarding aud Commission, Branch hude of the um... Bugey Co. Hu ctena Wihioiesule il ion ard Bireet, | LS fopls UMQL[A MANTRA( iT[]RER?, Blackn. Boiler: H. K. SAWYER Irhnnracmrmg Dnalflr in Sinoke Stacks. Driteblugs, 'tanks und General Holla: Kopairi Dod man. Nob. - e i “STORZ & ILER, Lager Beer Brewers, 1821 North igthteenth Strect, Omha, Neb. __Cornioe. EAGLE CORNICE WORK Manufacturg Galvamzcrl Iron aml Conia, Joho Kpeneter, Proprietor. 10 D Nor 10w Stroet, O STEAM BOILER WORKS, Carter & son, Prop's. Manufacturers of all kinds Stcam Boilers, Tanks and Sheet Irou Wurk Works South ih and B, & M, Croniog. FAXTON & VIERLING ILON WORKS, Wrougm and casl Iron Bulldm[ Wurl. hine and nd W, Ry, and b Bireet, Omah "TOMAHA WIRE & IRON WORKS lanu[aqmmm of Wire aud Tron Rfllllm Window Guards. Flower Sta Ete. 1 North 166h Sireet, Om "OMAHA SAFE and IRON WORKS. Man'frs of Fire & Burglar Proof Sefes Vaulta, Jall Wark, Iron and Wire Fencing, Signs, Bta, G- 'Aulireea, Frop'r. Cor. 1ith and JACKSQH Bia: LHAMPIUN IRON and W|RE_\;I_8RK. Trow and Wire Fences, Railings, Guards llhll“t‘l‘(l for banks, n:cnn nnwt: nllnm :IQ. 8, W South Hith Se. e Fire and Burglar Proof Safcs, Tine Losks, i Al for Dieby VLA g