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Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13
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SEALED Proposals will be received by the
- city Council of sutton, Nebraska, for the
purchase of G.O.OOO.W iOrs so much thereof as may
be issued in water bonds of the city Ct sutton,
drawing six, 90 per cent interest due in twenty
years, but redeelnable after i've %, years at the
option of said city.
All proposals must be marked proposals for
Bonds and lltd with the Mayor of said city on
on before Aug st 10th, 1858, at seven, ~ o'clock
D. m, and as an evidence of good faith be ac-
companici by a certified check for two hundred
dollars, 600.
The City Council reserves the right TO reject
any and all bids. by order Of the City Council.
Sutton, Nebraska, July 10th, ISIS.
L.. G.. MATTISON, Mayer.
jly-2i-lGt THED. MILLER, Clerk.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13
Seeing the West.

40 goa belong out this way, young man2n
FIe small, thin faced man with Il cropped
gray beard, was attired in a black travelling
cap and a long linen buster. He sat opposite
me at dinner in the dining car on the Rock
ISLAND east-bound train. His black eyes
Shonc out from under his heavy gray eye.
brows wilh IN old-boy twinkle. | nodded
wiuningly and mentally marked my man.
"Well, what | would say Is this, - he went
On in a sharp, squeaky voice that was heard
In the remote corners of the car and even far
out in the kitchen by the cooks. What /
want TO say is that you have an excellent
country out west here. I'm from Massachu-
sets. Had some business up Z Caliiorny.
Amt bin up there since Us. Thought | was
from Boston, did We! Beats all how YOU fell
lers lind out a man. Been lOokln' over Ne
brasRa and Kansas, some, Got a little money
in farm loaus out there, Farmers out there
can't keep house without u first
mortgage in the summcr season
aud when il begins to grow cold in the fall
they seem TO Tant the later style III blanket
mortgages
He then drank his tea, and as he looked
over his cap / saw that he had not yet un-
loaded.
"Nou fellows down there in Boston at one
time came near having the sinch on the
western cities, did you uottn | CuQuirod in
my western accent.
'Kindcr that,n said he. 1--WE rebuilt Chi
cage, but / verify believe that town could re-
build Boston now if worst came to the worst.
We had some little in Omaha and other
western cities, but they are all begiun ing to
stand alone, and the first thing YOU know
they'll walk -
Upon his taking down the roof of his mouth,
to when were attached his IS teeth, and
washing it III the pink finger bowl, l retired
without dessert and some confusion. | was
not surprised to learn attcrward that he was
from Boston and that his wealth was told by
the million. A TRAVELLER.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13

During a recent thunder storm at Wadena
the Commercial Travellers association came
near losing an esteemed and popular com.
panion, y. s. Guitelman. While sitting upon
the stoOp Of the Merchants hotel a bolt of
electricity curved around his neck, knocking
him of his chair. The lightning struck a
distance of five feet away, instantly killing Il
dog which came in contact with the current.
1t took fully an hour to revive Git, but he
WIS only scared.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13

1t has been estimated that there are 50, 900
statesmen on the road in this country, and
that their expense account alone averages
$685. a man each year, an outlay Of Sl3l, Co.,
600 a year. and, counting an average salary
OF II, 900 per year,a grand total of 500, 600, 900
eNnenaed by and ON travelling salesman.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, AUGUST 10. 1888

among friends and relatives in Ohio.
Mr.. Garoutte represents the famous Baker
Wire company of Des Mcines, and his com
petitors will, be ashamed to compare orders
with him from now to the end Of the season.
G.. II. .Mosher, formerly travelling salesman
for the Rector n Wilhclmy Hardware com
pauy, has abandoned the road and together
with w. ID. Dingman, of the Empkie
Hardware company, Of Council Bluffs,
has embarked in the hardware business at
Grand Island under the firm namo of Ding
mar and Mosher. Mr.. -. will continue on
the road as formerly. Their many friends
and associates will wish them abundant sue
cess in their new enterprise.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13

80
On leaving Louisville 4 few days ago, said
n drummer to a Louisville Post reporter, my
sample trunks and a small canvas jewelry
case were checked to New Haven, Ky. In
that short distance the drummers' friend(D,
the baggage smasher." got in his destructive
work. My poor little iewelry case was
crushed out of shape, and the velvet trays
containing the 'cwclry were broken and rem
dered almost useless, caused, no doubt, by
heavy sample trunks beng recklessly thrown
upon il. My sample trunks were hurled
from the baggage car to the platform with
such force that many samples were torn from
the cards to which they were attached, caus.
ing hours of lost time and much unnecessary
work to- put them in shape again. This
is an annoyance which occurs so fire.
qucntiy that IL drummer hardly thinks
it worth while to complain about it. Bag
agcmcn are noted throughout the land for
their utter disregard of the rights of a tray
cling man, and roughly handle sample
trunks as ii they had a spite against them,
seeming to forget that a heavy tax has been
collected for every pound of excess weight.
On Il former trip | left Louisville with Il
splendid now sample trunk. Arriving at
Glasgow on the first day out, / left the car
and seated myself in Il carriage which was
waiting to convey passengers from the depot
to the hotel. While the carriage waited |
could sec the baggageman pitching out the
trunks. Unfortunately, my handsome new
trunk was the first one thrown out. IT
landed on the platform right side up, and
j felt thankful that it Jared so well.
A second later, to my dismay, a heavy
clothing trunk was hurled recklessly out,
and one of its iron bound corners went crash
ing through the top of my trunk, making a
large hole, which ruined the trunk besides
damaging the samples. l had been over the
road many time before and tried to get on
the right SIDE of the baggageman by giving
him presents of a few silk s~carfs, ~suspcnders,
cigars, etc, and had asked him as a special
favor to handle my trunks carefully, He
forgot the favors and my trunk Jared the
fate of thousands of others. Mr.. John w.
Corley, president of the II. =. A., had a sim
liar experience. He watched the baggage
men while they broke his trunk to pieces on
the Louisville & Nashville road. He sent in
u claim for damages. but | doubt if he has
ever received any pay for it. These are
emily a few of the annoyances for which there
seems to be no remedy.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13

The .aaocmonts for an elegant time on
'Drummcrs Day. during fair week are pro-
crossing finely and the prospects for q grand
day nre even brighter than any one had
hoped for. The members of the fair associa-
ton are taking hold of the arrangements
with the boys and are offering every in
duccmCnt 10 them within their power to
make the event a grand success. Ground for
the placing of u tent for headquarters 3OXlo0
feet has been donated just near the quarter
stretch. The boys will have thor head
quarters there and will be at home all after
noon to their friends. Whether they WIN sell
peanuts, lemonade and candy or not remains
TO be seen, The managers of the association
have also given IL out that they Will issue
complimentary tickets for the day TO every
drummer present in Omaha. The tickets
will be mailed to the men in a few days.
Mayor Broatch has sent the following
letter TO the secretary Of the association in
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13
Morgan Park Military Academy

The Best Boys Boarding School in the West.
sixteenth year begins Sept. 18th. Send for Cata-
logue 10 CAPT. ED. N, KIRK TALCOlT, Supt.,
MORGAN PARK, COOK Co., lLL.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13
FOR FAIF
Jim Slusher's Dog.

TOO you know jim Slusher, who lives in
Holdrege and travels for Paxton & Gala
Gherr asked on travelling man Of his com
panion on the b. s. NJ. the other day.
"Yes.n
"Well, l want to tell you about an ami
NAL he owns, and says it is q
dog, although it looks more like a
cross between an Asiatic wart hog and u
Brazilian monkey than it does like "a
dog. In fact, it bears but little re
semblance to the canine species, but
Uim persists in calling it a dog, and for the
sake of the story we'll admit it is, but if any
one ever saw a more homely, Outrageously
ugly creature, he has failed to report. You've
heard of things being homely enough TO stop
a clock, but that is no patching to what this
dog has actually done. Why, one uay last
week while Jim was down at Republican
City talking Dick Logan into buying a ticrcc
of four-ycar-old prunes and making him be-
lieve they were this years crop, and trying
to get away with Mother BCrry's supply Of
delicious hot biscuits and fresh honey, this
dog got out Of the inClosure in which his mas
ter was wont to keep him, and strayed about
the outskirts of town and finally stopped TO
rest on the b.. IL Nj. railroad track Just asthc
train for the west was leaving the depot.
The engine CAME rushing toward
him putting and phizzing with throttle wide
open and both cylinder cocks emitting Il cloud
OF steam on either side, set MIR. dog sat firm
anu ll|llllONaDlC WulClllg IN dreamy COIL
temptation the grandeur Of the mechanical
wonder. All at once it stopped. When just
near enough for the dog to know for sure
what IL was, the pondcrOuS drivers reversed
and back it sped toward the depot at aforty
mile rate, crashing the rear of the train into
q switch engine that had just pulled on the
main track, creating havoc among the pas
Scngers and disaster TO the rear coaches. n
great big four-whccled locomotive scared,
actually frightened TO death at IA thing 50
ugly.
"The scab engineer took the object TO he a
full regulation size dynamite bomb, and SO
t~elegraphed headquarters TO that effect, and
the company sent out their Old Sleuth'
Pinneo to ferret out and prosecute the perpe.
traitors. They had Jim arrested for con.
spiracy in a plot to destroy the property of
the company, and came near making it stick,
too, but he proved an alibi, and his neigh
bors, who were familiar with the facts, came
10 the rescue and stated that the object that
caused the trouble was called a dog and the
case was dismissed. The animal still live.
and enjoys good health"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13

THE P~EEKSKILL MILITARY ACADEMY
L PeeksKillon-HudsOn, N. Y. Send for cata-
logue. JNO. NJ, TILDEN, MD. MA, Principal.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13
AMONG THE COMMERCIAL MEN

n Quiet Week in the Summers
Trade.
ARRANGING FOR FAIR DAY.
An OficiaI Noticc-Thc Arrangements
For the Day-A Ticket Takers
Work-How Baggage is Handled
The Nebraska Boys.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13

Bette Stuart Institute fFg an Yor1d l.. Iar3
VIII commence ITS 2lat year september 18TH. 1855. Adj
ypntages unsurpassed. Home comforts; careful
training. Apply 10 Mrs, VI. MCKEE HOMES, Principal.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13

"Siuce the Inauguration Of ticket-takers on
the Milwaukee, said atrayeling man, there
is a growing belief among the high officials
of that company that the specifications of
their thousand mile books and the new order
of ticket taking conflict, and that with a
great deal of emphasis. Probably the first
mar 10 call attention to the fact was u COM
morCial traveller leaving Chicago over tn at
line the other day. The ticKet-taker APP
preached him thusly:
Tickets
"tAre you the conductorn
"'No, sir; | am the ticllet-tatcr, Ticket,
please
"I have a thousand-mile coupon ticket
here SAID the travelling man, producing il,
that specifies that the coupons are not good
if detached by any other person than the con.
duCtor.'
''rhe conductor came in and said that his
orders were positive to take no fares or
tickets under any circumstances
You will have TO get off, then said the
ticltct-taker.
" 4 will not quietly replied the commer-
cial traveller. Nor will | allow any one but
the conductor to detRtch the coupons for my
fare. But YOU may stop the tram and put
me off, ana | promise YOU no resistance
He was going out about sixty miles or
thorcabOuts, ana although approached again
and again by the ticEet-takcr he held to his
opinion aud his thousand-n mile coupons, offer
ing each time to allow the tickct-takCr the
privilege Of putting HIM off. They did not
stop the train, however, and the drummer
rode to the end of his journey without pay
ing a cent or giving up a coupon, II was one
victory over the new system oftaking tickets
and collecting fare on the milwaukee, road
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13

The perfume of v~ioiets, the purity of
the lily, the glow the rose, and the flush
of Hehe combine in Pozzoni's wondrous
powder. ....
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13

CAuTION-Designing persons, taking advantage ofo r reDuta-
n are instant startingb bogus Medical Establishments to deceive
strangers visiting n city. These rctenders usually disappear IN
Medical and Surgical Institute is tho only established MEDICAL Institute
in Omaha, Dr. MCNcnamy, PROPRIETOR when u make up your mind
to visit " make a memorandum o our exact address, II h
aYc trnMbLe. nelhY or miatn kea
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13

U you know jim Slusher, who lives in
Holdrege and travels for Paxton & Gala
Gherr' asked on travelling man Of his com
panion on the b. s. NJ. the other day.
gNy,r ~
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-03-24
SOUTHERN ALAskA's FORESTS.

Wooded Areas of Sombcr Grccn-Ayut-
tngS of M"ss-.irc.ic Tang!c Growth.
Nowhere i'll the regions north of the dense
tropical tangle growth istherca NOR" thickly
wooded and ''hr,Ishcd'' part of the world
than some of these areas of southern Alaska.
The country might well he considered noun
1;iin"us. although few of the elevations aver
age above 5000 to TOO feet: still the incline
from the very waters edge is generally so
steep to the very top that 10 one disputes
giving it an Alpine character as the most
faithful one to describe it. All these steep
iilsides are we'll covered with an evergreen
growth of Sitka spruce that is the most SOM
her green | have ever viewed. 1t is dolefu
enough at any time, but when coupled with
the dreary transforms SO common in this part
of the territory-especally in the fall winter
and spring months-one must have the spir-
its of Mark Taplcy to keep from suffering
from the bluest of the ''blues.'
The reflections of these deep green forests
give the fjord-likc waterways a Plutonic
shade of greensh black that makes one feel
that if he ever fell overheard from the vessel
he would keep sinking in the cold, dark
waters for the next three weeks, and not be
sure of the bottom then. Going ashore, the
travellers idea of the density of the forest is
increased rnther than the reverse as would
he expected; and he finds added to the ever
green growth, the top of which lie could only
-, soc when on the WATER II dense, deciduous
growth underneath that makes walking la
borous and difficult in the extreme
Over all this again is a heavy mat
ing of moss that clings to everything
that would give it the least hold. The
fallen trunks of trees do not seem to decay
and pass away, but keep accumuating, prob
ably for ages, until they have piled up a mass
of fellc,l timber from yard to ten feet deep
and all covered by treacherous carpet of
moss. The topmost trunks may be indicated
to the eye by ridge of moss: but let the
pedestrian step aside from this and there is
no telling where he will bring up as he sinks
into the moss up to his middle OF armpits,
probably his toes tipping another trunk far
below.
Add to this the steep ascents on which all
this tangle growth is found, and it forms
progress us any in the known world. 1t is
for this reason that miners prospecting is SO
Intellectual in this part Of Alaska, otherwise
SO very accessible Ten feet of snow could
not be more effective in hiding outcropping
lcdges and indications Of precious lodes from
have swept down the steep mountain sides,
laying the ground bare in narrow windrows,
and it is generally along these that most Of
the successful mine hunting is donc.-Fredcr-
ich Schw;,tka
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-03-24
HOBBIES OF TIE MEDlcos.
Arnica Thirty Wears A-o-.Thc Gre;
-. i

Arnica Thirty Wears A-o--Thc Great
Grrmici,lr-"Nluluri :"
Nearly every physician has Il hobby
Medicine itself has hobbies Sometimes
these relate to remedies: othcrtimrs ,o causes
OF disease Thirty years ago arnca was the
lana"rt for "vcrythin;r y drop ON IL lump
o sugar taken internally would cure all the
disease, lmween and Including influenza and
cholera morhns. y few drops nn the hand
rubbed over amy external injury would
almost Sul,crsc'lr the necessity of surgery,
abolish rhrumatisln, cN,rrmimatc cramps,
make the lame man leap like IL hart or the
tongue of the dumb sing for joy. .Arnica
had lis run tor nearly ten years. The ilulif-
ference "t men, the enthusiasm of women
and the curiosity of children, with their i'll
capacity Tor rrsistalce. created an oppor-
timtN for arnicI tilt entities il To rank
high among thc iallacious factors of Il
science founded on conjecture and improved
by murder.
Following arnica came carbolic acid. 1t
was IL great gcrmicilc. All disease existed i'll
germ form. 1hcrctorc, rarbolc acid was the
remedy for all disease. Ii YOU inhaled Il lit
tie of ii You would cure original sin III You
lHrIa'l the back sof your neck with 1t YOU
w"ml,l he relieved of lnnions Ii you lubri-
Gated your shins with it headache would dis
appear. II yuu sat in line sallc room with
IL Your mind and body would he rciuvu,lattd.
y long time VA, required, To reduce carloic
acid To the respectable role of II molcst ,lisin-
lcctant and To the humble position of AN
allcvatur of aching teeth. There have been
various other hobncs in the form Of rcmc-
dies. Bromidcs and rhorlcs divided en-
pire, until it WAS found that women in vast
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-03-24

Near my hotel is the famous Cashmere
Gatc-world-famed i'll connection with the
brilliant exploit Of the little forlorn hope
that on the morning Of Sept II, 1857,
succeeded in the face of deadly fuslade
from the walls and the wicket gates, in car
rying bags of gunpowcler and blowing it up
Through the oIsning thus effected poured
the eager troops that rescued the city from
ten times their own number of mutneers and
turned the beams Of the scale in which the
fate of the whole British-Indian empire was
at the moment balanced. Perhaps in all the
worlds battles, no more heroic achievement
was ever attempted or carried out than the
blowing up of the Cashmere Gate. "Sakeld
laid his bags of powder, in the face of a
deadly fire from the open wicket not ten feet
distant; he was instantly shot through the
arm and leg and fell back on the bridge,
handing the port fire to Sergeant Burgess,
bidding him light the fuse. Burgess was in
stantly shot dead in the attempt Sergeant
| Carmichael then advanced took up tie port
fire and succeeded in firing the fuse, but i'm
lnediately fell, mortally wounded Sergeant
Smith, seeing him fall, advanced at run,
but finding that the fuse was already burn
ing, flung himself into the ditch. Thomas
Stevens in Outing.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-03-24

eyes, and then, curving their long necks.
dcSterously snatch an orange from the fingers
or umbrella tips of the more tinid of their
would be benefactors The interesting part
now comes, as the progress of the orange
(Which has been swallowed whole) can bc
traced all the way down the three feet or
more of neck that intcrvenes between tho
throat and the body of the bird. Round AMI
round goes the orange i'll true corkscrew
style, until it finally disappears beneath tho
bunch of feathers which grows on the chest
of the bird.
There is no end to tho ostrich capacity.
One man, curious to SEQ how much a bird
would eat, selected one, and after gathcrin.
from the surrounding trees number II
oranges, proceeded to feed his bird. He rnve
him thirty-siX oranges, nearly filled the long,
slender throat, So that the animal finally
looked as if his neck was composed of II s,ic-
cession of tumors. In Il short time, however,
the oranges had worked and screwed Them
selves down, and there stood the bird. his
long neck stretched out, his whole attitude
ono Of expectancy, and, like Oliver. he
wanted more. LOS Angeles Cor. New York
World.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-03-24
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BUYERS of Diamonds,

Diamond buyers are becoming moro n,.-
lnerous every day, and, as each is obliged to
rely largely upon his own judgment in pur-
chasing, a few practical suggestions may
prove helpful to many, especially since tho
abandonment Of the old method (Which was,
in vogue for 100 years. of obtaining tho
weight of Il stonc 1t was to square tho
weight of the stone and then multiply by Tho
value of a one carat stone Of the same q,lality Y.
That is, if ono carat were worth 300. +, two
carat stone was worth 2x2xI0O 800 or u
four carat stone 4X4xl0O, equal to 81 500.
The discovery of the South African mines in
1861, the opening within short time after
ward Of 3, 1l3 claims, all within u radius of n
mile and n half the Kimberly and De Beers
mines having recently consolidated into ono
company there are in all less than fifty COM
panies which are rapidly being unified into
one gigantic corporation, which will rcgnlato
the diamond supply of the whole world throw
on the market more diamonds than had been
found throughout the world during til" two
centuries before. Eighty seven million carat3
tnver seven tons of diamonds,. valued in the
rough at $3.50, 100000, and after cuttin,; at
s50O,000,00O, have been taken from tIrse
mines. The estimated value Of the worlds
entire stock of diamonds is I; ,C0O, ,oOo,ooO-
George F. Kunz in New York Mail and
E'xprpgS
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-03-24

AS lad he was brutal and VICIOUS IN the
extreme 81 don't want to be good!' was
his favoritc expression, if taken to task for
boyish misdeed
Before he was l3 years old he had run away
from home eight times, to associate with
children Of the gutter. He is now 2l. He is
drunkard, q thief-for he stole jewelry
from his mother to pawn-and dissolute
reprobate.
He declares that if he knew of any vice
into which he has not plunged, he would
straightway test it. He has broken his
mothers heart. With the utmost colnpla-
cency he is watching her die of grief for his
depravity. Nothing affects him. He is as
Indifferent to punishment as he is to tcntler-
ness. If he lives ten years longer, he will
reach the gallows. Philadelphia News