Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 21, 1891, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FOREICY FINANCIAL REVIEW, | o Demand for D 0yant Durirg the Past Week. BANK OF ENGLAND GOLD FOR GERMANY. On the Stock Exchange There Was an Activs Feeling-Pr ces Strengthe ened But No Notable Advances, Losvoy, Dec. 20.—There was no demand for discount during the past week. The quo- tations wero 2 por cent for three months and one-hal? of 1 per cent for short. The abund- ance of morey and scarcity of bills caused discount nouses to take good paper st even lower rates, but the decision of the Bank of England directors not to reduce the bank's rate, combined with tho renewal of tho Ger- man and Spanish demands for gold, led to a stiffening of rates. Yesterday Berlin drew £250,000 in gold from the Bank of England. On the Stock exchange during the week business was fairly active, considerinz the approach of the holidays, and the general tons was good. The chief point of interest was the revival in American railroads. A guiet but steady flow of buying through- out the week strengthened prices without causing any notable advance. ~Yesterday’s business became distinctly animated, d ings both before the ofticial close and 10 the street baviag the character of buyimng for speculation as well as for investment. ~The run of business indicates that the first stage of the long expected boom has begun. Kvory kind of stock gained on the day, leaving the following _ increase on tho week: Union Pacifio, 23 per cen Wabash _ proferred, 21§ per cent; Centrai Pacifie, 2 per cont; Wabash dobent- ures, 19 per cent; Erie, 11§ per cont; At son, Topeka & Santa Fe, 11 per cent: Den ver & Rio Grande prefe Louisvillo & Nasnyille, Now York, Pennsylvania & Ohio and Norfolk & Western preferred, 1 per cont ench; New York, Ontario & Western and Northern Pacitic, one-halfof | per cent each Cunadiun securities vere irregular and clused flat. Grand Trunk ovdinary and se ond preferred fell onc-half of 1 per cent on the “week. Mexican railway was firm; ordinary and seconds advanced one-hulf of 1 per cent. In foreign securities, the tendency was better, The prospect of Portugal meeting the January coupons, raised quotations of her bonds oe-half of 1 per ceut. In Brazilians there was a specu- lative aavance of 3 per cent. Argentiue was weak at 11} per cent ob the rise of the goid premium.” Among the miscollaneous secuil- ties Peruvian corporation gainea Big per cent, Rio Tintos one-half of 1 per cent, and Eastman Meat company shares one-fourth of 1 per cent. Bell's Asbestos shares lost one- half of 1 per cent on the week. Havana Marset Revisw. Havaxa, Dec. 20.—Sugar holders are too Ligh for buyers and exporters hold aloof. The stocks on hand are small. Molasses sugar of 4 good polarization, 22527, $1.02 gold per quintul; centrifugal, § 6 degroes polari- zation, in howsbeads, bags and boxes, 800, $1.02 to 201, §1.04. tocks in warehouses at Havina and Matanzas, 25 boxes, 153,000 bags cads; roceipts for tho week. Exports during the week, 49 , 500 biags, of which all the bags to the United States. Bacox—£0.20 gold per cwt. Burrrer—$13.00 gold per quintal. Frour—American, $12.50 gold per bbl. JERKED BEEF—$5.00 Kold por quintal, Hawms—American sugar cured, $13.00 gold per quintal for northern and $17.00 for south- ern. Lanp—In kegs, .75 gold per quintal; in tins, 810,75, POTATOLS - Amer Lisner—Nomin Suooks—Nominal. Braxs—White navy, $0.00 gold per quintal, Caewing Tosacco—§31.00 gold per quintal. Nominal. boxes, can,§2.75 gold per bbl. On the Paris Pourse. Panis, Dec. 20.—Business on tie bourse the past week was restricted but the ten- dency of prices was towards firmnets. Three per cent, rentes advanced 15 contimes on the week; Credit Foncier shares, 2! francs; Rio Tintos, 11 francs and Banque de Parls shaves. 15f. A quarrel is proceeding botwoen the official brokers of the bourse and the ‘coulissiers” or dealers on the open market. ‘The former are trying to curtail the busine: of tho ‘coulissiers” ana want bankers to transact busiuess solely through theu The coulissiers no constitute tho most poweriul fuctor on the bourse, doing business eheaper and quicker than the official brokers and they threaten to bovcott firms submitting to ‘the demands of the official brokers. The conlissiers are all so strong that they must win, but in the meantime the squabble interferes with dealings. On the Berlin Bourse, Benniy, Dec. dn the bourse during the past week prices wero steady, with a tendency to firmuess. There was an in- creased demand for foroign securities, while bank and industrial securities wore weak. ‘The finol quotations_ include the following Prussian ds, 103.70; Mexican (s, 85.70; Deutsciie bank, 147; Bochumer, 117; J. Har: pener, 145; short ' exchange ' on TLondon, 20,8014 ; longe, §20.23; private discount, 84 per ceut; roubles, 214 per cent. ————— CHRISTMAS IN A SHEEP CAMP. Grace MazGowar Co ke in Frank Leslie's Weekly "Pwas the 24th of December, and Corb McHenry rose up in the midst of the sheep camp and, figuratively spegking, cursed his day, Indeed, he may havo done so literally, for all I remember; what I know is that he pronounced some formula to the effect that a man might as well be dead as spend his Christmas in a sheep camp. I couldn’t help laughing at him, he seemed in such deadly earnest about it, though the thought of the wife and bubies down at the ranch house on the Rio Pecos went to my heart, and the sight of the Old Mgn’s hopeless ey: moved my sympathies a great deul more than Corb’s loud lamentations. Corb was our Adonis; a big, straight young fellow, with huit like curly corn- Bilk, o way that took with all the women, and a roving faney, and I knew he was sighing to think of the feminino worlds he might have conquered during the Christmas festivities; but the Old Mun—it was easy to guess that his fiith- ful heart was very sore for somebody in particulae, ‘We three bad been drifting sheep for some six weeks down toward the Dovil river. The spot wo were now on had plenty of sotol, but no water anywhere near. Sheep will live very well, you know without water, and got fat if me have sotol; 80 our Mexican hauled us a barrel when he could, and we used it to drink and to cook with, and the man who wushed his face too much was con- sidered unpatriotic., It is, no doubt, vory shocking to relate, but we were all extremely patriotic, and, the water sup- ply changing to be just then very low, there hadn't been a face washed in camp for a week. The work of a sheep camp is killing hard, and it isdirty, Travel- ing ns we must, noman carries more clothing than he carries on him, and sotol, catelaw and mesquite thorn 'soon make rags of them. Corb was always handsome—dirty or clean, whole or rugged. His good looks lay in his lines and proportions, and were ineffaceable; but the poor Old Mun—never o beuuty at his bost—grew simply bideous. Ho bad, with his clear, “honesy, light gray eyes, u stiff bluck beard which, it left unshaven for two weeks, trans- formed him into a ferocious brigand. We had been hard at it slashing sotol | Saita tired, ragged, and dirty, arournd u.-“ camp-fire when Corb filed his protest. | “Hoys,” eaid I, aftor the manner of a | “Claus, “what'll you have for | Christmns?” | A big bath tub full of water, a half galion of cologne, a new suit of clothes, and a dance to go to,”" answered Corb, promptly y We both laughed; the wish tions. “What'll I do for said, “Well,” said the Old N quite us if he exvected me them from somewhere, “*1'd Iike a puir of breeches—these are most too and some decent grub for the crowd.” That was the Old Man all over. A littie for himself, nnd a great deal pro bono publico. T , with many other unobtrusive good points, was why those who knew the bashful old feilow well he was younger hy the wayghan Corb, I think—loved him. Suddenly Corb stood up again. liveranco!™ he said, dramatically, and pointed to the horizon, where we saw pup of horsemen making for us something new for Christmas, * he added, triumphantly Then, with a sudden change of to “‘Hide me; there’s a couple of riding habits in the layout.” It was all very laugh at the discomfiture Corb and the Old Man, The wifo and babies are just as glad to see me dirty as clean, and my capital prize is drawn; but we consider it, all the same, n mean thing to bring ladies to a gheep eamp when the outlit has been out a long time and may be safely reckoned to have reached the acme of destitution. They ocme innocently enough, bless their hearts, and confident that you'll be glad to see them: but the boys who engineer such *‘pleasant surprises” us- ually know be Answering the mute appeal in the Old Man’s eyes, 1 said, as the approach- ing party dipped into the draw east of tho camp, “Yes, you hide out. Corb and I can entertain them—git!” and he got. There was a tangled thicket of serub and mesquite west of the camp, und lie made for it and was out of sight by the time the crowd came up over the divide. When they came in among us we saw we had no one to blame with the inop- portune visit; they were all tender- fect, Austin and Galveson people, the leading spint a young lady, o Miss Belle Hardin, who had been visiting at the ranches ubove, and o few days at my place, and was now riding down to take the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio roud home, her baggage hav- ing preceded her. They intended to stop and take supper with us, and then ride on ten miles to the ranch below in the moonlight, which was very fine. How should T know that the whole wild excursion—for it was a wild one for ladies at that time of the year—had been taken ut the command of one im- perious young woman, because she wanted to see the Old Man before she left? But I did know it uas well as if she in so many words, by the timo Miss Belle’s disappointed eyes hud ronmed over the entive camp, taken in the inside of the tent, cruelly turned open to their gaze, and turned inquir-’ ingly to me. I would have told her, instinctively, that the Old Man was busy somewhere, and would be in directly; but the devil counseled Corb to say in a most aggra- vating and_public manne “The Old Man—that’s what we cuall Mr. Bassett down here—cut and run when he saw who you folks were. He's not fixed for you, Old Man¥” I . modestly, to 3 *“De- to of well for me was such | a photograph of the boy and his ambi- | company, you see, and he’s not very so- ciable anyhow; guess we won’t miss him, ’ The flush that rose on Miss Belle’s cheel boded ill for the old Man. I saw the thought rise in her pretty, angry face, that if she could brave a long, hard de in an unpropitious sensom and the idicule of those with her, by persisting that she liked it and was taking it for pleasure, 1t was as little as he could do to welcome her gladly. Why should she 2o hanging after a recreant suitor,here, where the best in that line goes a-beg- ging? She turned sharply aud interest- od hersell violently in the (s np and its equipments. Fortunately, the crowd announced that they hud brought grub with them, or I don’t know how they would have supped. Amalio had not yet returaed frow his last teip for supplies, und we wore protty neirly reduced to sotol with the sheep. when L had seen the lot of them, with Corb to help, at work open ing cans, boiling coffee, and frying ham, and the ladies, with their habits tucked up, fussing over the camp-ffre and look- ing wonderfully pretty and sweet in their uncouth surroundings, 1 strolled down to the thicket to see how faved the Old Mun, He had seen who our visitors were, and he was the most woe-begone, for- suken-looking creature you ever saw. “I had my needle and thread with me, and I've tog- gled up my clothes so they look some better,” he sui “Couldn’t you, please, get me just a little bit of water?” “Can you, friend, refuse me water— Can you, when I die so soon?" quoted Corb, who had followed me, in fiendish enjoyment of this abject ve- questi—but something in the Oid Man’s cyes went to my heart. Poor, blunder ing, old black woth, fluttering fear at star. For [ hal no doubt Miss Belle merely wanted to see him toassure her- self thut she could justly hang his sealp among the many other trophies of that nature she was taking home to Gal- veston from the plains, and I sharply teld Corb to go about his proper busi- ness—entertaining the visitors—and, though it went against my conscience, for the supply was fearfully low (and suppose something delayed Amalio!), T wet one end of a towel and conveyed it to the Old Man, and saunteved bick to the merry picnicking group at the fir reflecting on the folly of all mankind in gencral, and young folks in particular, What madness mude the Old Man set his fancy on a girl like that? A belle, a beauty, u petted, spoiled child of 1or- tune, who would ouly look at him, I was firmly convinced, to count him off as Sone” more,” as the knitting women counted heads at the guillotine in the Reign of Terror. Not but what he was good enough—and doubly good enough any woman, und a tolerably good mateh; but could I blame a mere woman, without the chance I had for knowing, if she should rate Corb's 8leepy eyes and inches above the Old Man’s heart of gold? Poor Old Man! When he came lag ging and shambling into camp he wa: anything but your notion of a successful wooer, His fuce was red with bashful misery and I hud never known before how white his eyes could gleam from the thicket of a six week's beard. Miss Belle completed his discomfiture by nodding to him over her shoulder, nnd then, as if struck by a sudden thought, offering her hand and saying: *I forgot; I believe I didn’t see you when we first came.” This, when we were but three men in camp, was rather transparent and very gratuitous; but it did for the Old Man,~ He subsided by the camp- fire and toasted bits of brend and strips of bacon for folks in such a reckless wuy that he half-baked his face and brought the water to his oyes, saying never & word to anybody On the heets of this why should the Old Man’s evil destiny have suggested all day, and were sitting, unusually [ him to propose to Miss Belle now? I Il MONDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1891, cun'tsay, and you can’t. Rank despor- ation, I suppose. and the frantic thought that she was going away and he might never sco her ag.n, Anyhow, [ knew he meant to do it, for I heard them, when the party was saddling up and g ting ready for departure, He hud evi- | dently usked her if he might ride a lit- tle way with her, as he had something specind to suy to her, and I heard her reply: “Of course you can ride with me if you want to; but anything you have to'say can just as well be suid here and now, and have it oyer,” I fancy he must have mentioned to her the suspicion we all had, and said some- thing to the effect that he had hoped ehe came down to the camp especially to bid him good-hye before she left; per- haps there had been something between them that justified him in thinking so, Whatever he had said he had succeeded fn making her blazing mad, and before the cool insolence of that speech of hers he turned away heart-broken, saying: “I guess you don’t care for me to ride with you,and what I had thought to suy had better remain unsaid.” She looked at him, as he went to help the others with tho saddling, very re- gretfully. Ahu, Mistress Pusay,” I thought, “you cliwed your mouse u little to hard that time. Anyhow,” I added, virw- ously, “'you know enough about the poor fellow’s devotion now, and you shan’t have the satisfuction of refusing him in 80 many words.” And I mysell rode with Ler as far as tho dry a the party to ride briskly, as some of us thought there was a norther coming, and were turning back when Miss Belle stopped me. Her eyes were lurge and frightened. “*Do you really think there will be a storm?” she suid. ‘I am such a baby about storms. Great, grown woman as Tam, I always break for mamma and hide my head in her lap when one comes up at home, and out here on the prairie 1 know it would scare me to death.” I reassured her, told her that the squall, if it came at all, would hardiy strike before morning, and rode back through the flocks to the camp. That was o Christmas picture not to be forgotten. The sleeping herds, couched peacefully beneath the white wonder of a Texas moonlight night; the sweep and swell of the low, grassy, hills and plains, very like, I fancy, to that country where the shepherds watched their fiocks at night nearly 2,000 yeurs ago, when the angel of the Lord awak- ened them and sung to their ravished ears the first Christmas carol. I found the two boys very low in their minds. We all had the feeling a pris- oner must have when the visitors go out and leave him alone agaia with his four valls, and as we were ull dead beat, we prepared silently and expeditiously to turn in. That was the worst miscalculation T ever made on a norther. We had barely closed our eyes when it was on us; first with u rattling dash of rain like'a d charge of musketry, then the wet tent was yanked from above us by a spiteful gust'and dashed dripping upon the camp fire, and we were in pitchy blackness, no hint of moon, and in the middle of a spitting, elawing norther. Fortunately the temperature fell less than in any such storm I have ever experienced, and we were not so desperately cold. Our first thought, of course—or mine, any way—was for the sheep. These worthies, who ave undoubtedly at once the most idiotic and obstinate of brute beasts, always break for the open when a storm comes on, there to wander about till their long wool becomes first sodden with moisture and then frozen to ice, when they lie down comfortably and die —and a man’s money with them. ‘We raced down among them nssoon as we could gather ourselves together and worked for an hour, more like devils than men, driving them into the thick- ets and bunches of mesquite and keep- ing them bunched. By that time the storm, which after all was a small affuir, was practically over, the thunder wmuttering off south- ward, and the moon looking out glo- riously now and then, After a while I missed the Old Man. Though he lucks Corb’s inches, and is slighter, he is worth any ten of him to turn out work, and in such an emer- gency us this, a round dozen. Never complaining, never losing his head nor his temper, and always right there. I noticed, too, that somo one had lit the camp-five again, and, as the danger to the sheep was passed, I stuggered over to it as near done up as ever a man was, What I saw there, as the poet has it, *‘gave me pause,” There, on the ground beside the fire, sut the Old Man, holding Miss Belle in his arins, She was sobbing wildly, and he was soothing and hushing her asa mother would her child. I thought of what she had said ahout fleeing to her mother when storms came up; arms us tender, though they might be awkward, encompassed her now. Awkward, did [ say? The Old Man handled her as if he had been bora for it, and bred to noth- ing else; he tended upon her with a sort of "divine intuition and knew all her wishes before they wore spoken! I came up with somo unnecessury noise, thinking to warn them of my presence; but she merely turned her head upon his breast and looked at me, and the Old Man glanced up and said,us if he thought the universe might be indictable for the trouble: *ler pony threw hor in the storm, and she wrenched her ankle and is all chilled and shaken up, and I found her out there orying and brought her in,” I never was so frightened inmy life,” suid Miss Belle, with something of a return of her old vivacity,*‘till Alan found me; then”—with an elegant look —'1 was all right. We turned back when we found the storm was going to cateh us, and thought we could reach here and I got separated from the rest— they'll all be in divectly. They came. Wet as rats. We made a big fire of sotol stalks, which burn like resin, and rigged up the tent ngain for the ladies, and by that time it was almost Christmas morning. In the geay dawn I cume upon the Old Man and one of the Austin fellows, talk- ing. The Austin man was going to ride on to the next ranch below us, und send buck theiv ambulance for Miss Belle, and then further, toalittle town be- yond, to have some things in readiness which the Old Man wanted there. would like,” said the Old Man, in the husky, husbed voice of one disclos- ing the gunpowder plot, **a razor and us good u suit of clothes s you can get there, and don’t forget the license and the preacher.” He turned explanatorily to me: “I'll send a man back from Mason's to take my placo here,” he said. ~ *“She isn’t fi- to travel alone, as she is now, and not body can take care of her as I can,” **1 wish,”said Corb, discontentedly, as the Old Man disappeared, carrying Miss Belle's breakfast, “‘that some nice girl wiis s stuck on me as all that.” “Plenty of ’em ure, Corby,” said I, cheerfully—but I knew in my heart that Corb would never know th delight thut comes from so strong, and so self-abnegating a love as the Old Man’s, Such a feeling is its own reward. Inside the tent T heard him: **Dear- ost,” he said, with such a wealth of ten- derness in his voice that every word was a caress, “1've got you up such u break- fast as I could, and T want you to try to eat a bit of it. It won't do to be sick today, for, you know, it's Christmas, and our wedding day.” wi 0N 10 SECURE A PATENT. | Directions to Invantois I'snsd by The Bio Bureau of Olaims. METHODS OF THE. PATENT OFFICE, The Course Followed by the Author of an \nyention o Protect His Rights—Costs of Obtai ing a Patent. 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A label to be entitled to registration must have by itsel( some value ns a composition, at least A4 sorving some purpose or othor than as a mere designation or advertisement. Many now holdiug certiticates of registration of I bels are totaily withont any protection what- over. Many rogisterod labels comprise sub- ject matter rogisterablo as trademarks, Whorever this is so, or whero by a slight change it can bo made to come within tho purview of the laws governine tradomarks, rogistration should be sought under this head, The govarnment fee in o label case is # and tho buroau charge is §25, Copyrizhts can be had for books, maps, engravings, photographs, paintings, pictuves, ete. The total cost thereof is about ), including all fecs. Interfercncoes, An interference is a judicial proceeding in- stituted under tho direction of the commis- sioner of patents to enablo him to de- termine the question of priority of invention between rival claimants. = The bureau, recognizing the fact that extraor- dinary’ care and skill are requisite on the part of an attorney in charge of a case in in- terference, has at its command counsel pre- pired to conduet a cuse in interforence from the very luception down to a final determi tion of the merits of the cause. Testimony will also be taken under our {direction in any part of the United Stutes. While no specific suw can be sot down as applicable to all in- terference cases alike, yet the charges will always be as reasonable us possible, Infringements. The question whether or not one patent in- fringes another is tho very soul of all patent litigation. The questions involved are many, and of tho most intricate nature. It 15 al- ways a matter of such great importance ti no ono should ever claim that another is in- fringing on his rights, or, likewise, no atten- tion should be paid to the claims of infringe- ment by others until the questions_involved are carefully passed upon by a reliable at- torney. For such services the charzes ure always fair and reasonablo. Foreign Patents, In addition 1o the bureau's facilities for attending to the interests of its inventor-pat- rons before the United States patent oflice and covrts, it is also enabled to procure patents for inventions in all countries of the world. in many of the foreign coun- trics, notably Canada, England and Ger- many, pateats for inventions previously patented in this country are looked upon with great favor, and inventors are there frequently more likely to realizo profits from their inventions than they are even in this country. The cost of foreign patents varies with " different cases, but as a_general rule the expenses of procuring pateuts, cov ering all charges, is about as follow: Canaaa, $50; England, $; Germany, $00; Spain, $00; Bolgium, 60, Ad- aitional mformation regarding the cost, ote. 1n any foreign country will be furnishéd by letter on application. ~ In all such requests mention having read these instructions in Tue Bee. Important Warning. It seems romarkable that in this enlight- ened age it becomes tho duty of every re- liable and trust'vorthy attorney in patent matters toadvise his clients to_ bewaro of tho many sharks who st out with the ap- parent intention of dofrauding inventors immeuately ufter the issuc of their patents. When o patent appears in the Patent Ofico Gazette patentees are beset with innumer- able offers, solicitations, requests, etc., some pretencing to want to purchase their patents, while others offer to take un interest therein under promise of procuring foreiga patonts. The sole object of these people is to obtain money from inventors, and they nover make tho slightest endeavor to carry out their groundiess or worthless promises. Models. As herainbefore mentioned, models nre not required in the patent office except in intri- cate or complicated cases. But at the same time when an_invention can be botter ex- plained by a model it is well to send the samo tous. Amodei should always be of a size not larger than one squard foot, and in send- ing the same by express tho charges should be prepaid and the box addrosse Toe BEe-EXAMINER BUreAu oF CLyivs, 618 ' street, N. W., Washington, D. C., John Wedderburn, General Munag Or to Tue Bee BUreav o Craiys, Bee Building, Omaha, Neb. | Mention this paper —_——— One Minure. One minute time often makes a great dif- ference—a oue minute remedy for bronchitis choking up of the throat,” lungs, etc., fo course is @ blossiug. Cubed Cough Curo is such a remedy. For salo by all druggists. Cubeb Cough Cure—One minute. PROSECUTING TRALY ROBBERS. Kansas Criminals Will Not be Per- mitted to Escape. Arcmisoy, Kan,, Dee. 20.—|Special Tele- gram to Tur Bek.]—The case of the State against Charles O'Connor of Atchison, charged with complicity in the Lenora ex- press robbery of October 20, was dismissed this morning at Norton, Kan., ho having turncd state’s evidence. "ho caso against Lorenzo M. Fraucis, who first guve the gang away, was also dismissed. The cases against old man Bunnell and two sons, who were bound over yesterday, will bo pushod. The express compuny has recovered $1,90 of tho £2,000 stolen, —————— DeWity's Little Early Risers; best littlo ilisfor 173230+, 501r stomach, bad br eath The late FIELDMARSHAL MOLTKE Never suffored from cold or eatarrh simpl Nociuse Ne a1 ways used th den Mineral P tilles when outdoors from i heated room dur- ing the winter jonths. Ho at- estod tho effien- with aph siznu- addressed to Soden Mineral Springs ¢ Soden. € 1y, Bewure of imitations. Th uine fmported must have the s ureof “Eisner & Mendel- $on Co.." New York, around eich box. " SOUTH OMAHA UNION STOCK YAD3 CO,, - - LIMITED ~ COMMISSION MEROHANT:, Allen Root & Co. | Gasmanu & Dadley R B b et i s A [ P R P B, Trolorick &| 8018 ( lasion dealers in nos. o b Omnlin Plso's Remedy for Catarrh is the Best, Kasiest 10 Use, and Chicapest, CATARRH Bold by drugaists or sont hy mail, e, 1.1 Hazeliing, Warres, Pa OMAHA Mamifcturers” and Jobbers DIRECTORY. AWNINGS AND TENT! ing Oo,, Flags, hammocks. oll and rubber clothing. Sond for catalogie. 1115 Farnam —— BAGS AND TWINES. Bemis Omaha Bag o, Importers ant Manutue. | v | | Omaha Tent & Awa- I Flour Sacks. Burlaps and | T BICYCLES. A. H, Perrizo & Co. M. 0. Daxon, 1408 Dodgo Stroot. Bloyeles sold on monthly payments. 120 N. 15th streot Morse-Joe 8192 Company, 100 Howar | Stroat o tor cornor LIt an 1 D) 1ziv Stro it AKIng 01083 prices €0 e1ih buyer g & clives of @014 wiloh 13 vary 83l eable with morchants Williams, Van Aer- | Kirkendall,Jones& Uo nam & Harto | WhotesntoM 1212 Uarney strost. | Akont et \ | ana 110 factnr'rs oston K. 1102, 1101, 0y stroot Hiar Amerioan Hand Sew d 8hoe Co, Boots. shoes, rubbers and felt goud 1, 9 _CARRIAGES, W. T. Seaman, s Largost Varloty | Manufacture INS AND CARRIAGES, 1109 Harnoy streot. PGS il Mttt Stk ~ COAL, COKE, EI0, Omaha_Ooal, Ooke & Lime ", Tiard and soft o cor. 16th and atroets. P. H. Malooy & O, | Cont—goft, 15 N, 0t CLOTHING. Gilmore & Ruhl, an1 hlo: omah Manufacture WAC Coutant & Squires, Hard and soft. coal ship- Hard 914 Farnam troot, 1607 Farnam. Omaha, Neb. CORNICE. | Eagle Oornice Works, |7, J, Johnson & Oo, ManufacturersofGalvan st ron Cornic: Window caps, metalle ayiignts, ete. 1110 and T Moduo st 20 8. 15th Stroay Omaha, Nob. “DRY GOODS. M. E. Smith & 0o, Kilpatrick - Kooh Dry Goods 0o, Dry goods. notiony, fur- Blahing Koo i Dry z00ds, notions, eents farnishing goods. | cor. Tith an 1 1t SUPPLIES. Cornerlith and Howard. CILEICA — Wolf Electrical Co, Ilustrated eatslogus | ang Dyamos, Catalozny foet free. 1. A. Kinney, Gen'l 1614 Capttol Avonuo. | Agt 83275 N.Y. Life 'Bld'x. — ]l l: 1; :‘1;14 JHINERY Parlin, Orendorff & Martin Co,, Corner Jones and 0th 8ts. Omaba, Neb. —_—e If'(.'iir,\'l'ljlfl.’ AND CARPETS. “AUTOMATIC Electric Motors Beebe & Runyan Fur- niture Co, Sucoossors to C. A, Boaby & Co GEN1’S FURNISHING GOODS. " Blotoky & Oohen, | J. T. Robinson Notion Co. Gents' furnliing goods, clothing add notlons, | Gents' furnishing goody, Give us atrinl. Wesond | m'fe colobrited brand “Buckskin ¥ overalls, samples ex)rosy pro- | pants, shirty, coats, o pald, 1115 Harney. Cor. 13th and Howard St GLASS, PAINT, OIL AND DRUG Blake, Bruce & Co., £00-005 Loavenworth St. William Cummings, 617 and 619 South 16th St o, Omal GROCERIES. D. M Steele& 0o, 12 Omahs Glf;llA\' AND PROVISIONS. 8. A, MoWhorter 215 Board of Trade. Broker ingraln, provi- ston and stocks, Private wires (0 N. Y., Chicago nl St Louls okrell Bros Brokers and cash buyers. Private wiros 1o New York, Chicago, & S Louts, 10-13 ‘Boara of Trade. J. 8ands Commizsion Oo., Brokers, Direct toChicag St Loul Building. wires W.A.L. Gibbon & Co, Hats. & HARD Y H(DS, BrO. Reotor& Wilhelmy Co | Ges .Oberne & U Cor.10th and Jackson Sts | Buyers of hides, tnllow and fu wool VORK Paxton & Vierlinz Iron Works, Vrouuht and cast iron lding work W brass works - U. B Ry and 17 8, JOIRS. Tler & Co,, R. R. Grotto, Laguor Merchants, | Importer ana Jobb 111 Harney Street, | Wines and Liguor: Manufactur'rs Konnully's and 1022 Furnam 3 Enst Indin Bliters. t un applleatios e Frick & Herberts, WholesaloLiquor Daalars LIQL 1001 Farnam St LUM Oharles R, Lo, Hardwood luber, wood ‘carpets and parquet flooring. oth and Douglas MILLINERY Tohn A Wakefiold, arioan P97 Milwa 1 0. A, Stonehill, Millinery, Notlons,Cloaks [ 110-118 8. 16th 8¢, Omahn. MUSICAL INSTRU A Hospe, Jr, | Artista Kte. Planos, Organs, Materlal 1613 Douglas Sireet OYSTERS. ABooth Packing Co. Pnokers of oysters, fish and Colory, eavenwo rih Bt. Platt & 05, Oystogg, Fish and Colory, 31 P8outh 10th 8¢ DL David Cole Managor. OIL Oouslidated Tank Line Oo, Refined_and lubricating olls, nxlo greass, oto. PRODUCE, ( Ribbel & Smith, Denlors In conntry prod- uco, frults, vegetables, OMMISSION. Branoh & 0o, Produce, frafits of all [ 18th ana. iiaraoy Strests. Jas. A. Olark % Oo, Buttor, cheere, egst poultry and gamo. @9 South 13th Street. 1207 [owara Stroot. Kirschbrana & Sons, Duttor, eggs and poultey. 1200 Howard Strosk Riddell & Oo. Buttor. cheoso, gy, voz etablos, frults, poultry and g ullin & M-Ola n, T R R . Pogan, “ash buyer of butter Bingham, & Son,, nd ux your Eggs, Bu o, Poaltey, Gamo, b i 17018 Loave tank worth 8t. PAPER. STOVE Oarpenter Paper Oo,, | Carey n full atock of | printing, wrapping and writing paper, card pa- Tor walo. por, ote. 007 3, 1ith Stroot ) James Hughes, SASH, DOORS, M. A, Disbrow & Co, Manu fac € sash. blinds and Traneh of. fice, 12th and lzard Sts. BLINDS. ETC__ STEAM AND WATER SUPPLIES U.8. Wind E-l};ma &AL ét;(;g & Sons, Pump 0a,, Ialildny Wind atiitg, | 10721008 Farnam Streot, 915 and 120 Jonos Straot. G.F. Tioss, neting manag'e (L H. Hardy Oo., Toys, dolls, mlbums, fanoy goods. House fur: nishing goods, ohlld- Ten's Carringos. 1315 Farnam Stroot. — TAXIDERMIST Gilber’ Bros,, M'fg's horn farnitu e, tanning, fur rugs mado order. Send for catn- logue. 815 N. Tiith. e Pensions procured for soldiers of the Rebellion who sevved 9) days and are now disabled from ANY cause. The pen- sion is payable whether the disability was incurred before, during or since service. Pensions for widows and child- ren without regard to cause of soldier’s death. Pensions for mothers and fathers who are NOw depeudent, whetiier they were dependent on soldier when he died or not. Widows, child- ren and parents are regarded as “‘de- pendent” in all cases where they have notsuflicient property for their support. Soldiers pensioned at less than twelve $12.00) do!lars per month and suffering from disability in addition to that named iv their pension cortificato, may obtain increase under the new law. Information and advice given with- out charge. Best facilities uver offgred to claimunts to have their claims pro- perly and diligently prosecuted. No charges unless successful. Write for nfor mation to The Bes Bursgau of Claims. OMAHA, NEB. cusranteed by the ¢@-Tlis Buroau Is [ and the Sun ha Beo, tho Ploncer Press cco Examiner PATENTS for INVEN Bee Bureau of Claims OMAHA, NEB, i orest of thoso having olalmy NTOIS, who ko vernmy i i it of valu oy OF nt n tholr paci Cannot 01 10 0oy Tallablo 0110 tora Lo procure pat Gtn patont doponds kre Capo and wkill Of the attornsy With tho view of protectiiis 1nventors from worth Jews Or carolows attorneys, and OF Aesing (1AL 1nvaRs tons aro well protooted by vulld patonts, TILE B2l BURIIAU has' rotained connsol 8xporl 1 patoas priactice; and are thoreforo proparol 1) Gbtain patents, Conduct Interferences, Make apecial examinations, Prosecute vejected cancw, Reginter trade marks and copyrights, EKender opinions as toscope anid valids ity of patents. Proseeute and dsf wuwits, eto., eto. 1 you have an Invention on hand send THE NEE BURKEAU & skotoh. or DAOLKFApH HOrsof, Lokethge Tt Drlof dosoription Of (1o Iaportant featurob 'you will Do 000 adyised us (0 th boit orirse ovanry 1o Lo v atiro, 16 othors are ara ohargod with o' n T befors noting on employed t upon the it infringenen y others, subiuit reliable OPINIC BUREAU OF CLAIMS O tho matter. THE BEL 20 Bee Bulldin, INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAINS Persons who haye lost property from Indian raids should file tholr clslms under tho Indian Depro lation Act of March #, 151 The time i limited, und the elalms are taken up by the urtin the order in which they aro received, o Notice thatall contracis entersd inta with attorneys prior to the Act are made null and void. Information glven und all olalus promptly attended to by the BEE BUREAU OF CLAIMS. v Nob. 2R0 Bee Bullding. OMAHA,NE BRASKA,