Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 15, 1890, Page 6

6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1800 APALATIAL HALL FOR LABOR | [t is to Be Ereoted by the Enterprising Me- chanios of Omaha. ORIGIN OF THE GREAT UNDERTAKING. Incorporation of the Assoclation—The stook to Ee Subscribed and a General Outline of the Building. Eight years ago, W. Meyer and E. R. Over: of erecting a laboy palace in Omaha, a build- | Ing to be owned and under the control of the labor organuations of the city. In flowing language the three gentiemen presented their fdeas before the members of their assemblies and on the street corne While the hearers listenied to the views expressed, they regard- ed the proposition a wild one and too gigantic for laboring men to under , and were al- ways put off with the remark: ‘Men with capital will ot such buildings and we will rent them when we need them.” These gentlemen wete somewhat discour- aged, but they did not, despair, for they real- fzed that, sooner or later, the laboring men of Omaha would realize the importance of such @ building and would be ready to take hold with a will, and the palace would become reality. e work was not allowed to drop, and at nearly every meeting of the Central labor union, the labor palace question has been discussed in some form., Last fall, the labor assemblies took hold of the matter anew, and instructed their dele- gates to the Central labor union to use their own judgment in advocating the creation of @ labor palace association, for the purpose of taking steps to secure the erection of a suit able building. This gave the originators of the scheme renewed hope, and they at once redoubled thelr efforts to accomplish the oh- ect they had in view for so many years, Shortly after thisa meeting was held and a plan was decided upon. Again_the project remained dormant, but during the month of Beptember last, by an extraording effort, the association was put upon i and the plan of wmeorporating under Iaws decided upon. During the latter November the Central labor union voted to incorporate with a capital stock of 200,000, divided into40,000 shares at & each, Articles were drawn up, submitted and adopted. At the next meeting, heldlast Monday night, the organization of the associntion was compieted by electing the followifs officers President, George W, Willard: treasurer, Julius Meyer; secretary, Willium Sebring directors, W. B. Musser, James Kinney, Wil. liam Goodin, . R. Overall, August Bierman and Thomas Kelsey. Upon taking stock, each subscriber will be compelled to pay in 10 per cent, the balance to be paid subject to the draft of the board of directors, they giving thirty days’ notice be- fore making any nssessments, The question of location has been a seri- ous one, as the directors are anxious to get near the central partof the eity. Several desirable sites have been examined, but the corner of Fourteenth and Capitol avenue, east of the Dellone hotel, is the chioice of a majority of the members of tue board, providing it can be obtained at reason- able figures, The building will be 132x132 feet, and six stories high, Although the plans have not been fully propared, it has about been de- cided to ercct the first and second stovies of dark sand stone, with the remaining stories of pressed brick, similar to those in Tue Bee building. The floors will be of stone and tile, the whole building being absolutely fire proof, with elevators, electric lights, gas and all modern convenie: “the first flcor will be divided into store rooms, with lodge rooms, committee rooms, readitg rooms and bath rooms on the second, third, fourth and fifth floors. The upper story will be used as a hall and will have a seating capacity for from 4,000 to 5,000 per- sons Somo people may ask how the labor assem- blies can use so many halls and lodge rooms as there would be upon four floors of such a great building, but. the answer is simple and plain. In this city there ave aro thirty-eight organizations in the Central Labor union, most of which hold two and four meetings each month. Should theseall have halls the building many of them would be com- pelled to double tip, as there would not be ac- commodations for half,of them, It is believed that by going into the build- {ng there will bo a great saving to most of the assemblies, as the idea is to charge them & nominal rental, merely enough to pay a low rate of interest on the money and the inci- dental running expenses of lights, neating and Janitor services. In addition to the large library and reading room that, will probably be on the second floor, each hall will be sup- B. Musser, Julius plied _with @ light, airy room for llbravy purposes, «= 0 that all the society occcupants may have private reading apartments, besides’ free ac- cess to the main reading room and library, With the large hall on the sixth floor, the members of the board believe they can offer inducements so that most of the assembly conventions of the west can bo brought to Omaha, instead of going to the extreme north, south and the Pacific coast. Next week a committee from the board of dircctors will begin the work of soliciting subscriptions, and from the amount already pledged it 1s thought that nearly - the whole amount of stock will be subscribed within sixty days. The committee will continue laboring until §180,000 shall have been sub- scribed, #£0,000 of which amound will be set aside as a building site fund, and the balance used in the construction of the palace, It has not been fully decided whether the erection of the building will be let tothe low- est bidder, or whether it will be in charge of some member appointed by the board, but either way, it is safe to say union lubor will be employed. A Workingman's Colony. As an indication of the reforms planned by Emperor William of Germany, the plan pro- posed by the Prussian minister of commerce 1s significant, says the Scranton Truth. The Xaiser has in mind a paternal policy based upon socialistic ideas of reform, and the pres- ent scheme is but the uppearance of one phase of his benevolence. 1t is proposed to start & workingman's colony in a suburb of Berlin, within easy communication of all the life of the capital. This colony is to consist of 4,000 model houses, which are to be valued at about $1,000 each, and which will rent for #5 per month, the rent so paid for twenty years forming & purchase fund on the install- ment plan, and giving the occupant at the end of the time named absolute ownership of the property, The houses are to be large enough to accommodate a family of five, and are to be built with some view to architect- ural effects. They will not be simply bald, unadorned square houses, such as are deemed by our coal and manufacturing companies fit for their employes: and, furthermore, they will contain the latest suggestions iu ventila- tion and drainage. Government officers haye the building of these model homes for the wage carucr, and the government will take care of the collection of rents. In this way the German empire maintains her supremac and her solidity, and inspives the love and re spect of her children wherever they way be, for Fatherland has come to be a household sentiment among all nations where the Ger- man hangs up his hat. The emperor of the” Germans is rmwhu{ i democratic thought, and it is highly probable that one of these days he will relieve the peoplo of the heavy burden that a peace establishment conducted on & war footing imposes, Germany can give points to Great Britainin ameliorating the status of her people. Labor Notes, Tne Nashville unions kick against the farming out of convicts on the electric rail- WAy, ‘The coal operators in the vicinity of Du- quin, 11L, have decided 10 pay the Columbus scale, At Brooklyn over two thousand sugar ‘workers have been idle a month. They muke from $5 to #10 & week. New York ornamental plasterers and shop hands will work fifty-one hours ana receive fron 86 to 48 cents per hour. The Safe Harbor rolling mill in Lancaster, Pa., has shut down for an indefiuite period. About one hundred and seventy-five hands wre thrown out of work. It is estimated that each vear in New York not only homeless, penniless and without work, but unable to work. Represontatives of the Orderof Railway Conductors will meet in Chicago to adjust differences regarding salaries on the eastern divisions of the Rock Island road. The Union Pacific railway has put into ef- fect an order to reduce the forces and timo in the shops along its line. This is the first act of Jay Gould's adminlstration. Gingham weavers are requested to stav away from the factory of Wililam Kelgan of Philadelphia, whoso men are on strike for a restoration of wages cut down last year. The Cotton Kmployers’ ation met at Oldham, Eng., last week and voted to raise the wages of th es 10 per cent. This action affects 150,000 hands, Boston plasterers won eight hours. The pay is 40 cents an hour, or 819 a week instead of 821, The concession runs till April, and thereafter if other trades win eight hours Mitchell & Co., Scotch gingham manufac- turers, believe they can _make their goods to better advant in_this country, and v is expected they will establish mills " in Fitch- burg, Mass -AMERICAN TRADE IN CHIN Oonsul Shen Woon Shows Some Damling Commercial Possibilities, SOUTH CAROLINA'S PHOSPHATE LAND . An English Syndicate Said to be Aftor the State Rights—Among the Milts—California’s Ship- ment of Raisins, 'wo Chinese gentlemen came up from tered as “Shen Woon, consul,” and “Lew Yulk Lin, vice consul.” Durin the evening they went to the Chinese exhibition in horti- cultural hall, where Mr. Shen made an ad- The New York tinners will starta night* school togive instruction in cutting, draft- ing, ete., in tin and sheet-iron work. The varlous foremen in the union will tuke turns in giving instruction, The government report shows that the ay- erage wages of railroad hands in this country arc $243 per year. The average employ meit is 147 days, the rest of the year being en- forced idiencss About two thous and shoemakers have been locked out e bosses in Erfurt, Ger- many, bec ¢ demanded higher w The national organization of the Ge shoe-workers i3 supporting the locked-out men, The miners at the Barren Fork coal mines near Somerset, Ky, struck last week for an increase of 10 cents per ton. The strikers number 300, “The commissa has been locked against the miners wnd they have been vefused anything to eat.” A committee of journeymen shoemakers has been appointed to wait upon the members of the Minnesota shoe company in St. Paul and endeavor to persuade them to retain the piece system of payment, as the proposal to pay them by the week would mean a reduction of wages, efusal to compromise, it is said, means ke in which 600 bands will take part. A committeo representing the telograph op- erators of the Indianapolis division of the Penns; nin railroad called on Saturday st upon Supermtendent Darlington and pre- sented a request for an increase of pay. No de, it being left to the pine what the in- “The petition was definite demand was ma superintendent to dete crease should fairly ) taken under consideration. A veport from Scottdulo states that the scale committee of the Knights of Labor has finished the wage rement, which will ve submitted to the overators for signature. Copies of the agreement will be sent to all the local assemblies of the order in the region for approval and smendment, after which the committec will meet here und make final arrangements to meet the coke operators in conferenc % The chief of thestate bureau of labor sta- tistics of Ohio states that ‘‘the present amount of wages annually paid does not give the wage-worker comfortable means of sup- port and enabls him to lay by even 2 moder- ate fund to meet the necessary exigencies he is sure to encounter. That an evil growing out of the condition is the increase of child labor, and this cannot be prevented until the head of the family, by his own exertion, can earn an adequate support. A report from Shamokin, Pa., states that the Hickory Ridze and Hickory swamp col- ies, operated by W. L. Scott & Co., have suspended operations until spring. The Hun- warians depending upon these collieries for support have descrted the houses adjacent to the workings and are veturning to their na- tiv id in large numbe They will remain abroad until spring. Nearly five hundred of these h sward-bound for have left the locality within the last few days. . Hall's Hair Renewer cradicates and pre vents the formation of dandruff, thickens the growth and benutifies the hair as no other preparation will. b R Dr Birney cures catarch, Beo bldg) Bty cleihiin] Cunning Man=Katers, The cunning comuined -with audacity of some man-eaters is extraovdinary, says the Pall Mall Budg A few years 'ago there was a well-known tiger in the Mandla dis- trict, which took possession of the road and actually stopped the traMic, This was not the generally accepted specimen of a man- old and mangy, but an exceedingly powerful beast of unexampled ferocity and audacity. It wasa merciless highwayman, which infested a well-known portion of the road and levied toll upon the drivers of the by an attack upon their bul- ing the driver himself and him off to be devoured in the neighboring jungle. It had killed a number_of people and noth- ing would induce @ native to venturc upou that fatal rond witha single cart; it had therefore become the custom to travel in compuny with several carts together,as num- bers were supposed_to afford additional se- curity. This proved to bea vain expecta- tion,* as the tiger seized the driver of the indmost cart, and as usual carried the man v in spite of the cries of thoe affrighted nions, Upon several occasions this been enacted, and the Atlength the uff, who, un- gun acci- dent, determined to make an effort at its de- struction, aud he adriotly arranged a plan that would be a fatal trap and catch the tiger in its own snare, He obtainea two covered carts, each drawn as usual by two bullocks, The leading cart was fitted in front and’ behind with strong bars of lashed bamboo, which formed an mpervious cage; in this the driver was seated, while Mr, Duft_himself, sat with his face toward the rear,prepared to fire through the bars should thé tiger, according to its custom, attack tho driver of the rear- most cart. This would have been an exciting moment for the driver, but Mr. Duff had carefully prepared a dummy, dressed exactly to pereonate the usual native carter; the bui- locks, being well trained, would follow closely in the rear of the leadini cart, from which a splendid shot would b obtaihed should the tiger venture upon attack. All went well. The road was desolate, bordered by jungle upon either side and wild grass land upon the other. They had now reached the locality where the dreaded dan- ger ly, and slowly the carts moved along the road in'their usual apathetic manner. This must have been an exciting moment, and Mr. Duff was, no doubt, thopoughly on'the look- out. Suddenly there Was u roar, a _large ti- ger bounded from the jungle, and with oxtra- ordinary quickness seized the dummy dviver from his seat upon the rearmost cart, and dragged the uuresisting victim toward the jungle. Nothing could have been better plauned, but one chance had been forgotten, Which Was necessary to success. No sooner had the tiger roared, and bound- upon the cart, than the affrighted bullocks, terrified by the areadful sound, at once stam- peded off the road und went full gallop across comj terrible attack had traftic was entirely stopped. ntendent of volice, pr. D country, followed by Mr. Duff's bul- locks in wildest panie. It was im- possible to five, aad after a few seconds of desperate chariot race, both carts capsized among the numerous small nullahs of the broken ground, where bullocks and vehicles lay in superlative confusion; the victorious man-eater was left to enjoy rather a dry meal of straw-stuffed carter, instead of juicy native which he had expected. The clergy, the medical faculty and tne people all endorse Burdock blood bitters as the best system reuovating, blood purifying toni¢ in the world. Send for testimonia is. ———— A Oharming Memory. No imrrovoment have beenso marked, 80 signally perfect in attainment, in the last few years, as the numerous luxuries which have been introduced in transcon- tinental travel. Instead of harrowing recollections the tourist now has left to him when his journey is comploted, a charming memory of perfect train ser- vice and palace dining cars, The ar- rangements this winter for dining cars on the Union and Southern Pacific roads is something far in advance of anything in that hitherto attempted, —— Through coaches—Pullman palace sleepers, dining cars, frea reclining chair cars to Chicago and intervening points via the great Rock 1sland route. Ticket dress, says the Philadelphin Press. But be- fore going there the consul told & reporter some interesting things in regard to Ameri- can commerce with China. “In the first place,” said he, “‘thore is nardly any trade between the United States und the Chinese cmpire, in comparison with what might be developed were the former na- tion only alive to its opportunities. To be sure, there s some interchange of commodi- ties, but almost on a retail basis. The United States might just as well do a colossal busi- ness with my countrymen—of course, that is providing the exclusion act were not in force. But even under existing circumstances the hange of products could be vastly in- v we buy from and sell to England For two reasons. In_the first vlace, ““Now, you ask what America can dot me tell vant, what we must have, friits and vegeta- ble of these articles and at a lower price than England? We want fubri pecially wool- ens, and there is a market these “of im- We wany cutlery, hard- agricultural fmple- Whoro would Chifun Vh se possibilit reof all sorl ments aud machiner, naturally look for th to America, of course, just across the Pacific. Then just think of your immeasurable timber I the great northwest, especially in W ton, Ovegou, California and the bordering states, Of course we want timber of all kinds, and in enormous quantities. Look at the mineral wealth of these sume states that might be sold tous! Why, the possible com- merce between America and China is some- thing tremendous " Mr. Shen, in speaking later of American cities, said: “Ialways like to come to Phil- adelphia, and so do all the members of the le gation. We fecl sure of being treated here with respect, and notof being stared at and laughed at on account of our national cos- tume.” But alas for the delicate compliment to the hour later Messrs, La- Quaker city. Haif an Shen and Lew started to walk from the fayette to Horticultural hall, They robes of oxquisite silk, trouscrs of da costly fabrie, and their customary Thoy strodo along tho pavement with digni but by the time the hall was reached a crowd of twenty gamins surrounded them, calling names, jeering and laughing at them, Mr. Shen stopped for a second on the steps and surveyed " the crowd of young hoodluims, Then he turned and entered the hall. consul speaks English perfectly. The Among the Mills, Contrary to the predictions of some pessi- mistic papers that the resultof the recent election would be to deter manufucturers Washington yesteraay afternoon and regis- [ cently visited this eguntry, our sheet-mill &mfflr‘v is open to criticism, says the Age of Steel. They claim that our sheet-iron works arenot operated anomically as theirs and that our output is not so large as that ot English mills of theaame capacity, Thoy were somewhat surprised to see this the caso after witnessing the .remarkablo achieve- ments of our blast fuenaco builders and our steel works engineers, At our blast furnaces nd in our steel works they found every pains taken which the most careful forethought could suggest to save fuel and to save labor, In thut direction our work was so much in ad- vance of theirs that they were foreibly struck by the contrast presented in the sheet mills, which they assert tmey found still using methods known in Bngland as the old prac- tice, Tna discussion with oneof these gen- tlemen upon this voint mill after mill was taken up and its methods fully explained, showing that the criticism was not made at random, but after a tolerably full examina- tion of the best known Amevian sheet mills, If these strictures are correct 1t is time that our sheet-iron manufactures not only kuew it but that they realized the situation. If they have been eontent with following antiquated methods it is time for them to wake up. If our sheet mills ave paiafully deficient in any vay our bright millwrights should at once give the matter their earnest thought, with the determination to make American sheet- mill practice as notably progressive as our steel-works pract They cannot afford to be lagging now. If these visitors have dis- covered serious defeets in American methods of rolling sheets they could not have done us a better service than by calling our attention those defects, We would be glad to hear from our sheet mill proprietors and manag- ers on this point, and invite a free discussion of the topic, in the hope that the exact situa- tion will be set forth and remedies suggested, if our people are really lagging behind other nations in this important metter. ~—— b, Beo bldg. P isd The Shining Lights Of the old world, soldiers, statesmen and men of letters, all write in_the most English ships are constantly bringing us r it soms of tho goods we must uve, Then, | SXUFRYIEANL praiso of our facilitics for again, while England has warred, sho has | traveldn America. And we are entitled bean fhatp enough to look ahisad and provids | Lo tho Balse, On every Hugllesh line ELL ALl SIS ¥ “¢ | there is the same old dusty lunch coun- for the times, such as the present, when sho | ter, known by all tourists for these many p TLet | Years. Noteven a drink of water; nor a crust of breml to be had on the train. No wonder our transatlantic friends ex press amazement when they sit down to a hotel dinner on one of the palace dining cars on the Union and Southern dacific railw an areangement which is the most perfect in the country today. petiher ity Horses Stopped by a Whistle. 1 rode six days in a covered wagon on leather springs, drawn by ten hovses, two and two e a every twelve or fifteen miles, till the dis- tance of 600 miles from our start to Kim- berley was g eler in Afvica. The well arrangetl tran: por coof the old days had plenty of work, but a railway to the Fields would have been o great beon then when the trade of the colony wus atits best, and when every pound of grain, sugar or salt cost a shilling for transport, in addition to its own valu ' ‘We careened along uta mad rate,round dangerous bluffs in Bain's Kloof, where, when I was not holding my breath in dread of upsetting on the edge of a steep precipice saw ravines and heights whose wild grandeur recalled the craggy ridgres of the Cuchullins and some of the finest passes of Scandinayiu. Hour after hour I dozed as we seemed t0 be galloping through the Kuroo: we had no hindrances, the rainy season not Glancing at_hi consel “ne shrugged his | J°8 B HInE . commeie d the uncanny shoulders, murmuripz: ‘And Americans | riverbeds were all dry. A curious cus talk of Chinese ‘barbarians,’ tom gives the horses an occasiona breathing s liar low e in a long track; a pecu- whistle, hardly discernible to the pussenge made by the driver, and at this signal even the farthest horses will break from the fastest trot und stand perfectly still; very soon, however, the respite ends and the from making any_further additioas to their plants, such additions are going up rapidly, and ourmanufacturing columns anuounce the fact that seven moro companies will begin to build shortly to enable them to in- rease production, says the Boston Commer- cial Bulletin, No factories are reported as closed, aud it is believed that the machinery throughout the country is running busily and that operatives are well employed. The woolen mills have received their or- ders for spring goods and are very busy. Car- pet manufacturers are alrcady complaining of the increased cost of manufacturing, and, realizing that the cost of production will b increased, are very reluctant sellers even at the advanced prices, The hosicry mills con- and makers of silk machinery are suid to be well employed. The shoe factories, being well filled with orders for spring goods, are very busy. By the first of next year a number of factories now building will be ready for occupancy and operations will be commenced in them at once. This will considerably enlarge next season’s output. as many of these factories ave orders already taken for spring goods. The paper mukers are receiving orders freely and are well employed. One or two new factories ave counted as “contemplated,’” but the foundations of no new mills were luid this week. All fires have now been started under the glass furnaces of the country and oneor two factories will beerected. The tank system scems destined to a rapid ex- tension and this week work was commenced on the foundations of a mew factory to be erected at Alton, IlL, which will employ 425 rsons. Activity rules at the iron and steel mills in all sectious of the country, and our manufac- turing columns chronicle a long list of new mills and instances of works that had been shutv down starting up. South Carolina's Phosphate. Therchas been considerable talk in mining and financial cireles for some time of a great deal 1 phosphate lands. A vill was intro- duced in the last general assembly looking to the sale of the entire interest of the stato in the phosphate deposits along the coast and inthe rivers, says a Charleston, S. C.,dis- patch to the New York Herald. [t was then said that the money so realized would be suf- ficient to pay the entire state debt and still leave o good surplus in the treasury. The state now enjoys a royalty of §1 per ton on all rocks mined in her waters, ‘The revenue from this source amounts at present to more than $200,000 per year. Experts have caleu- lated that the state owns in the neighborhood of fifty million tons of phosphate rock. Put- ting that at %5 per ton, which is below the price for average rock, that means a gro value of 250,000,000, 1t will cost § per ton to mine the rock, so_the expense account can be charged up with 150,000,000, and tne re- sclt is r elear profit of 100,000,000, Those are tempting figures, and they have tempted many capitalists, The Coosaw min- ing company has enjoyed the rightto mine in Coosaw now for a number of years and has reaped handsome harvests from the exclusive privileges given by its charter. The charter expires by limitation next spring, and the field is open again. A hard fght will be made for the rich territory. The time is propitious and capitalists are bringing every conceivable influeuce to bear on the new leg- lzlull.uru, which is a farmers’ body almost en- tirvely. The air is full of rumors of an English syn- dicate with fabuloas wealth coming in for the state’s share. 1t 1s well known that the Mercers'| brotherhood, who are now largely engaged In wining near Beaufort, have been in communication with Eunglich capitalists in reference to some such project. 1t is also well known that several English and Scotch agents have lately visited the phosphate ter- ritory and made as minute examinations as they'could under the circumstances. All these parties have been in consultation at the oftice of one of the leading law firms of this city. Everything points to a big deal of some sort, but it is impossible to get anything defi- nite about the matter, The current report is that the Englishmen bave §10,000,000 that they are anxious to put into the state treas- ury in exchange for its interest in the river rock. No definite proposition has been made, and the whole matter may be only idle talic. oftice 1602, Sixteenth and Farnam gity 8,000 women find thomselves stranded; e Dr. Birney cures catarrh, Bee bldg American Sheec-Mill Practices. According to the opiions of some expert English sheet-iroa manufacturers who xe- horses are stavted off, This plan is uni- versally adopted in the colony, but the sudden halt has a most perploxing cffect onthe dozing traveller, the dead silence suggesting nothing but interruption, 1602. Sixteenth and Farnam streets is the new Rock Island ticket oftice. Tick- ets to all points t at lowest ates. sl Ao Twoof Napoleon's Hairs. St. Helena is picturesquely sitnated at the foot of a huge hill of sheer rock, on the top of which is the fort where the tinwe torun ‘busilh and twoew, fuctories | yurrdson is stationed, and there is o most also eports of seve additions build- | wearisome ascent by hundreas of steps ing to woolen goods mills, and ©|to the summit. The interior of the fiunnel mill at Wilton, N. H., which had | ;& 0€ ST S RO O L been shut down, has started up, Two | 1Bland 18 fu of,;fuxurianb = yoge; How sillemills are to be_erected, and, though | tation and many are the birds of the business is generally dull, indications | bright plumage that (it from tree to poiut to an improvem in the near future tree, The impregnable natu al walls t which surround St. Helena are grande on ipi of the north side. where the Sand, W precipices are full of caves and giant ites u traveler, Though little this is a scene of lonely gran- Down hundreds of feet below the jutting erags lies a streteh of sand en- Closed by the sea, and a semicirele of im- passuble rocks, but when the tide is in 1o bay M owed me, among other curios ilver hairs that were once partof a lock cut from Napoleon’s head after death. The precious relic had dwindled down to two solitary hairs se- cured by ceiling wax! for the frequent and pathetic requests from oid French veterans, who, with tearful eyes had begged for **just one hair!” and who left their medals’and orders on their hero’s grave, had always overcomé the gener- ous chatelaine of Maldivia, for had she not herself been ca d in her nurse’s arms to see his first interment, and years afterward had she not watched the ceremony when his remains were taken in triumph to France? EERIREL Van Houten's Cocoa-—Delicious, made in stantly. i A Light-Hearted KRuce of People. Cape Town society has always been re- markable for its generous hospitality, and in it one finds many charming girls, who at fourteen or fifte have as much aplomb as English maidens acquire five or six years luter; the daughters of the colony are clever and self-reliant, rarely acknowledging emergency, their read wit and capacity making them indepen- dent both in habit and manner. Alight- hearted cheerfulnegg seemed to me the most striking charueteristic of the peo- ple with whom I nssociated, writes a travel The typleal Briton is grav and jous, in most circumstances ap- pearing to live under the dread that quite inconceivable results will bo pro- uced by hisevery d¢tion. In vivid con- trast is the ordinary South African colo- nist, who hos a ready laugh at will, and goes on his way blithely,often as if he had many lives yet tolive, and as if this one was merely atrial trip, Cloar skies for the most part invariable sunshine, nmay induce this temper, but it is cer- tainly a marked characteristic both of the men and the women uababioh Salvation Ol has cured myn tism when other remedies failed. lible, Sold by all dealers. Price bottle A cough is something which ought to be banished at once by using Dr. Bull's Cough Tup. of rheuma It is infai- cents a Sl idbinsiiin ooling the New Clerk. Critic: T was in a bookstore in Nas- cau street fow weeks ago talking about a new etehing of Lowell'When a tall, gauntyouth rushed in, watch in hand, and soout of breath that he stuttered, ‘Mr. Pliny wants thisbook immediately,’ he said, ‘so that he can take it with him when he goes on the 4.30 train,’ and the youth handed the dealer aslipof par on which was written: he Life of Adam’s Father, bound in hatf calf.’ ‘Wo haven't it in stock now, but you can get it at Seribner’s, said the proprietor, at the same time winking slyly at me, and adding as the youth sped out intothe street: “That is the way a firm of bank- ers tests’ the brillinncy of their new cle ‘The Life of Adam’s Father’ las been in existence asa joke for fif- teen years, and one new clerk hunted it for hours before he found—not the book, but that he was a fool. ” Mrs, Winslow's soothing syrup is the best of all remedies for children teething. 25 cents a bottle T A Fortune Hnnter's Quest, Notmore than a year ugo an enorm- ausly rich whisky manufacturer died and left one daughter heiress to a couple of millions and as a ward to his partner, says a New York letter to the Chicago News, The girl was only sixteen and at school. but hardly two months after he guardian received not less than a doz communications from men of title in Italy, France, England and Germany coolly uesting the girl’s age, the exact wording of her father’s will and his consent to an immediate alliance. Two of them desired to know whethor she possessed beauty, amiability and what was her religion. The guardian flung the lovers' missives in the g paper basket and punctuated marks with anathemas against Buropean nobility. The girl is ignovant of all the glory and gallantry brought up for her acceptance and rejection. Gessler's Magic Headac headaches in 20minutes. C At all druggists, A Nentralizing Lightning Pains. A singular phenomenon of the light- ning flash is that its chief effects are able only at the points of its en- and exit. Thus a flash which en- tered a school room injured only the first and last child on the form, those betweea escaping unhurt. The most effective treatment of lameness and ailments due to lightuing is the application alternately te the head, trunk and limbs of a’large horseshoe magnet. In e of u quite recent stroke the clothing should be unfastened, the patient laid with the head high and quictness and fresh air shoul@ be se cured, If consciousness does not return, tne head should be exposed to a stream of cold wate ————— A Table d'Hote Basket. An ingeniously contrived luncheon basket for railway travelers that sells F A (O L A a8 containing everything that is needed for a cosy meal at _home and abroad. It geouples only foot of xoom. ~Otio of those small baskets will hold sufticient refreshments for two men on a long jour- ney. There are three sandwich boxes in the baslket, two good-sized screw capped bottles, drinking cups, knives and forks, cruet and serviettes, The basket can be fixed in the door of the railway compartment and the lid forms the table. — Strawberry Tea. In Germany they are using strawberry tea, decoc from the young leaves of the strawberry plant after they have been dried and prepared like Chinese tea, —— l WA m e e W Brought back to health—sufferers from the worst forms of Skin and Scalp Diseases, Scrofulous Sores and Swellings, and all manner of blood-taints, It’s done by Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med- ical Discovery, which purifies and enriches the blood, and through it cleanses and renews the whole sys- tem. Even Lung-scrofula (known as Pulmonary Consumption ) yields to it, if taken in time and given a fair 1. It’s guaranted to bene- fit or cure, in every case, or money paid for it is refunded. Only a medicine that does what is claimed for it, could be sold on such terms No .other medicine, besides the “Discovery ” has undertaken it, So positively certain is it in its curative eflcets us to warrant its makers in selling it, as they are do- ing, through druggists, on trial / It’s especially potent in curing Tetter, Salt-rheum, Eczema, Erysip- clas, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Goitre, or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands, Tumors and Swellings. Great Eating Uleers rapidly heal under its benign influence. e As A Rule Your own feelings will tell you, when you are in need of a tonic or Blood purifier. A lack of energy, a tired feeling, depressed spirits are good indications that the blood is sluggish and your system is out of order. “I HAVE U ED S. S, S. FOR DE- BILITY RE ULTING FROM CHILLS,AND FEVER, AN) HAVE FOUND IT TO BE THE BEST TONIC AND APPE [1ZER (HAT1 EVERTOOK. TALSO PR-=VEN.= ED THE RETURN OF THE CH LLS.” A. J. ANYLIN, EUREKA, SPRINGS, ARK. Books on Blood and Skin discases frec, THE SWLFT BPECIFIC C0,, ATLANTA, GA. L G Lindquest 18 AGAIN IN THE Merchant : business and invites his old friends and pat- s, as well as the general publito call and uspect his new stook of imported od domestie woolens. Everything first cluss.an ESTABLISHED 1874, 815 8. 15mm ST. ~SANTER, 8T, R.R.COMPANIES,¢ic. cpondence solcited. S & COMPANY, Bankers, rborn 8 CHICAGO. : Tailoring OMAHA Manuficturers’ BILLIARDS. The Brnnswick-Balk: Collender (o, Billtard merchandis, Saloon fixtures. 10th street, Omaba. 407409 DIRECTORY. and Jobbers' John L, Wilki Omahn paper box fastory, 1917-1319 Douglas Ordors promptly filled. BOOK BINDERS Omaha Republic: & STATIONERS. an Printing Oo, Law briefs, bank supplies, and eversthing in the printing 10th and Dou; g 1ino. Klas stroot, Ackermann Bros, & Heintze, Printers, binders, electrot facturs 1118 Howar | o BOOTS AN Oharles A, Ooe & Oo, Manufacturers and Job- bors. 1100 Howard str t. Williams, Van Aer- nam & Harte, 112 Iarney streot, Omaha, N BUTOH ERS' ypers, blank book manu- ors, traat, Omaha, D SHORS. Kirkendall,Jones &0o, Wholesale Mannfactar's Agents for Boston Rub ber $hoo Co., 1102, 1104, and 1106 Harney St W. V. Morse & Co, etory, Corner 1ith sts., O fnvited "~ OARRIAGES, BUGGIES, ETO. Oclumbus Buzgy 0o, Carrlages, carts sulklos G. D E o wards. Manager. 5 Soutn Ioth. CARPETS. Omaha Oarpet é:‘“‘w Carpets, ol tings, curtaln goods, ets. 1611 Donglas st West & Fritsoher, Manufacturers fine elgars Jobbers of leaf tobnecos, 1011 Farnam sticot. Omaha Coal, Ooke and Lime Co. Hard and soft coal, 8. E. Cor. 10th_and Dong- Ins streots. COAL, OOKR, EIC. COLOTHING. Gilmore & Ruhl, Manufacturors & Whole- alo Clothiors, 1100 1nrney St. *Hello 1 149, Coutant & Squires, H dandsoft coal ship- 1308 Fllf‘"’l‘m reot, Omaha Hulbert & Blum, Olifo lumnp, Ro L Walnu « ned nut, anthracito, #mithing, steam, Omtico 314 Harmon & Weeth, Aceme lump, Fagle lunp, Wal nok and An- thracite coal. Oftice 119 N. 1ith street. Amerioan Fuel Co, Shippers and dealars fa anthracito and bitu- minous coal. 8. 15th straat. P.I1. Mahoney & Co. Hard—Coal-Soft. Ofices 815 N. 16th and oor. 10th and Douglas st Nebraska Fuel 0», 213 8. 15th streat, O Neb. Howell & Oo,, 2178, 14th streot, Omal J.J. Johnson & (o, 218 8. 15th stroot, Omaha, Neb. Johnson Bros,, $14 Furnam streot, Omaha, Mount & Griffia, 213 8. lith streat, Omaha, Neb. 0.B. Hovons & o, 1602 Farnam stroet, Omaha. _— 'CORNILE. Eagle Cornice Works, Manufacturersof Galvan- 1zed [ron Cornle Window caps, metallosky- lights et F. Ruemping Galvanized iron cornices, Dormer winiows, caps, finluly, o 1110 and 1112 | iron‘and slate roofer. DodgeSt. 811 Farnam St. . Bmuth & o, ®oods, furnishing goods, ‘notions, Cor. 11th ana Howard sts. Kilpatrick-Koch D; P i Ty s Oo., Dry goods, notions, ents' furnishinz goods. Corner Iith and Harney — e ELEOTRICAL SUPPLIES, Wolf Electrical Co. Hiustrated Cataloguo free. 1614 Capito Avenue. FARM MACHINERY, EI‘d. Parlin, Orendorff & Mertin Co., Corner Jones and 9th sts. T. ¢ Northwall, General western Skandia Plow C 1549-1591 Sherman ave. agent . Omuha, Neb. FLO Broken Bow Roller | Milling Co.. 8. F. Gilman, 4 1014 N, 16th streot. . Black, - Managor. UR. R, T. Davis Mill Co., ©. G. Underwood, nManager at Omaha. Cor. Bth and Jackson sts. (lemens Oskamp, 'f'g of realy to ralse Blap Jack Meal, finest Kox'In the worid. U7 20th street. " FURNITURE AND CARPETS. Dewey & Stone Fur- niture Co., Furniture and earpets, 1115-1119 Farnam street, Ohas, Shiverick & Oo, Furniture and Carpets. 1206-1210 Farnam St " GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. fchueider & Loomis, Jobbers and Importers of notions and furnishing ROOdS, 1111 Howard street. J. T. Robinson Notion n shirts, conts, eto. wnd Foward sts, GLASS, PAINT, OIL AND DRUGS. Kennard Glass and Paint 0o, 1408-1412 Harney strest. Omatia, J. A Fuller & Oo., 1402 Douging Strost, Omaha. William Cumnings, South 16th St., ha, Neb. GROC ot TRl L Paxton & Gallagher, 706711 8, 10th stroet, Omaha, Neb. D. M. Stecle & Oo 1201-1205 Jones stroet, Omaha, Neb, Blake, Bruce &0>., V00-908 Lasavenworth st Omaha, Neb. BRIES, Meyer & Raapke, 1403-1405 Harney stroet, Neb, Sloan, Johneon & Uo, 9th and Leavenworth Btreot Omalia, M Allen Bros, 1114 Harney stroet, Omaha, Neb. GUN FOWDER. MoCOord, Brady & Co,, 18th and Leavenworth, Omaha, Nebraska. Hugh @, Clark. Agent Dupont's Gunpowder, Blastiog caps, fuse. ele. Tals HHarney streot. HARD PO o.s v Reotor & Wilbelmy 0o Cor. 10th and Jackson sts WARB. Lee-Olark - Andreesan Hardwara 0, Gmabia 11081110 Hurney street, Orasha Nob. FUR,WOOL, HIDES, TALLOW Gso. Oborno & Os, | . S 8nits d 0., a6 ooy 09- 1411 Loavonworth sy Omaha. Omaha. - ¥ IRON WORI S. Paxton & Vierling | Omaba Safo. ;I;; n Works, Weonghi ang eadt tron Works, Dutlaing work, englnes, 1 brass work, & al vaults, Jnl foundry, machine ana | hutters o blnoksmith work. U, P G. An- st Jnekion ats Ry. and 171 Acme Iron and Wire orks, Tron, wiro and brass wiks. 28, 16th stroot - Propristor LITHOGRAPHING, Rees Printing Co. Lithographing, = Priating and Blank Books, 11th and Howard Sts. LIQUORS. ™ el William Darst, Winos, Liquors and Ch Knrs 1813 Farnam St., Omahy |Frank Dellone & Co, | Liquors and Genutno Nee vada Clgars Douglas Streot. Wilson & Drake, M'f'g tubular fues, fire box bollers, tanky, ot Ploro nnd 10th stroots. Iler & Co., r Merchants. i SastIndia it R. R. Grotte, Importer and Jobber of Wines ind Liguors. 9ch and Leavenvorth S Price lists onapplication L. Kirscht & Co. Wholesalo LiquorDealers A, Frick & (o Whale 1o Liquorheaiers 8038, 10th 10th 801 LUMBER. ( W. Douglass & Co. | John A, Wakefield, ” 1 Ameriean Port ardwood Lurmbor, i1, MW 1810 North! fth Stro 1ie Cemont i White Lime. Oharles R, Loo, Hardwood lumber. wool and 4008 S Wiyatt - Bullard Lums carpets nnl parquot ber Qo. Oth an Dosgls 20th and Liard Streets, Fred W, Gray, Louis Bradford, Lime, Cement, Fto, Bte. |Lumber, lime, cemont,ote Cor. 0th and Douglas 23 Douglas stroet e MILLINERY AND NOTIONS. 0. A. Stonobill Milltnery, Notlons Cloaks, Bto | 116-118 8, 16th 8t., Omaha, 1 Ol;crfclder & Oo, fmporters and Jobbers la Max Meyer & Bro, Go, A, Hospe, Ir., Mf'g fowolers, dealers in | Planos, Organs, Artisty musieal insiruments, TS 1518 Douglas Stroet ete., Farnam und 16th. OIL “Co_usalidnmd Tank Line Co. Refined and lubrioating A5 Bishoh, Managor. 35 OYSTERS. B A. Buoth Proking Co,, Oysters, fish and canned | 1208 Leavenworth. " PAPER. PLATING. Carpenter Paper Co., | Western Plating W'ks Carry o full stock of G printing, wrapping and writing paper, card pa- per, ote. " PRODUOE, COMMISSIO Ribbel & Smith, Schroeder & Oo., Dealers in_country Cash buyers butter and uce, fruits, vegets oggs, and generl coms 1 plating on tablow. Polishing dellor work. e, eto,replit A4t & ohans 1111 Dodgo, =5 Tision merehunts, 1%7 Howard street. §'South 114h street il L N el skl W 0, Rosso & Oo,, E. B. Branch & (o, Produce, frults of all Kinds, oystors, 1211 Howard stroot. Rob:rt Purvis, 1217 Howard street. Write for pricos or ter, oggs, Forelgn, Californla and tropleal frults, 1215 Howard street. " Porter Bros. 0o,y Californla, Florids and tropfeal frults, SO1-811 Jones stroot- But Manages poultry and m Clark & (., Butter, cheose, gz, poultry and game, o) South 18th street Kirschbram & S;;; Butter eggsand poultry. 1209 ioward streot. Bates & o, Country produce, fraits, vegetables, grocors' speclaltios. teas, spiios, ete. 417-419 8. 1(th St. v Williams & Oroas,_‘ Produce and fraity, 1214 Harney street. RUBEER GOODS, ETO. Omaha Rubber Co., Manufacturing and Jod- ers all Kinds rubbés oo — SAFES, | SHEDS. A. L. Daane & Co,, | Emerson 8e0l Co, General ngents for Hall's | Seed growers, deilers In arden, krads, grain and & troe 00y, 421-42) South 15th, BLINDS, E(Q, Bohn Sash & Door (o, Munufacturers of moul 4= Sion. 821 and 324 South 10th St Omha. SASH, DOORS, M. A, Disbrow & Co., Manufacturors of mash, oore blinds and g+, blin 1y, doors, Mouldings. Branch of- o fice, 12th and fzar 1 ste. | 16th and Clarkstrast, SYRUPS. Farrell & Company, Wholesalo manfacturars Byrups, molasses and D;_fl—} Trowbridgs tove Manufw'g (o, Maaufa tur'g stoves i stare plp. eRATS, 217:219 South Sth streot. 121 TEA, COFFEE, SPICES, CIGARS, Oonsolidated Coffao Company, 1414 and 116 Hamey st. Omaha, Neb. 'STEAM AND WATER SUPPLIES TU. 8 Wind Engine & | A. L. Strang & Sons, Pump Co, ad s, o8 loss, acting mal n!«r 10021004 Farnam strook Omaha, Neb. Orane Company, belting, packing, plumbing 224 Varnam stroot. _§ TOYS, | H. Hardy & Co, Toys, dolls, albums, fancy Koods, house furnishing | 4oods, chlldren's car- | rages. 1319 Furnamst. | SOUTH OMAHA. UNION STOCK YARDS €O., - - LIMITED, Rt LIVE SIOCK COMMISSION, Martin Bros, 400 Exchango Bullling, Chicgo- BExciange Bulldlng, Bouths Omahy " Boyer & Tnuit, 6860 Exchango Bullding, Bouth Omaha. §. 1. Coffman, Smiley & Co,, % Exchange Bullding, South Omaha. Wood Brothers, % Exchange Bulldiog, Boulh Owmaha Huuter & Green, 90 Exchange Bullding, Bouth Omans, ————— e 74 s - - . 7 ~ ¢