Omaha daily bee., 1892-03-06
A LIST OF NJ. QUAD'S LECAClES,

The other rainy day climbed up into
the garret and knocked the cover off
dry goods box to have a look at certain
securities which have lain dormant, as
it were, for many years past. My pat
| ents | shall leave TO my relatives: my
| securities propose to bequeath without
reference To- ties of blood. 1t is not
usual to inform person or society of
the provisions OF your will while you are
still in good health and hoping to live
another fifty years, but in this case [
shall depart from the custom.
Lot No. This consists OF S500.000
worth of certificates of stock in the High
Jump silver mine OF Nevada. / discov-
cred the mine myself about twenty years
| ago, and was made president of the or
ganization. We expected the stock to
jump to 200 In month, and that's why
we called the mine the High jump.
The stock jumped down to nothing,
however, and the title should really be
changed to the Low Jump. Tho pack
age of certificates weighs nearly three
pounds, and pequeath 1t to the Stand
ard Oil company to enable that organic
alton to acquire control of the remainder
of the earth.
Lot No 2-This consists of certificates
OF stock OF the face value of 81 ZOO, 900
| in the Texas Land and Banking com
p''hs ~ Wuo hou my SCheluc, Uub was
| let in on the ground floor by the origi-
nator. The idea was to turn the Staked
Plains OF Texas into garden, and raise
all sorts of truck for the western market
| and to open bank somewhere around
there with u cash capital of a million or
| so. l paid $3.50 to get the certificates
| printed, and was told to help myself. /
have often wondered why didn't also
| load my other mule with them l once
| tried to put this stock up as collateral
| for loan of S15, but the banker pointed
| to the sign on his desk, "This is my busy
| day, "and so did not persist. Bankers
occasionally miss good thing as we'll as
other folks | have bequeathed this
| stock to the city Of Chicago in trust. If
| she can unload it onto Boston capitalists
| l am sure she will do so
Lot No. 3--This consists of scheme,a
| failure and the bankruptcy OF three emil
| nent citizens. The scheme was to salt"
| silver mine in Montana and sell 1t to a
| ST. Louis syndicate for $2,000,0 600. The
"salting" process took place as adver-
tised, but the agent of the syndicate let
| go of the bait at a critical period and
| left the mine on our hands. While we
were in a state OF suspense some China
men stole all we had put into the hole,
and our organization had to live fo. the
next week on a pound of bacon. My
| share of the scheme is valued at about
500, 600, though | have been ready to
sacrifice something for cash. l shall
| leave it to Uncle Sam as nucleus for
| the establishment of a geological garden
in Yellowstone park. | hope he will put
it in strong, safe cage and caution the
keeper not to permit the public to poke
| it with canes or umbrellas.
Lot No. 4-This consists of seven
| pounds weight of shares in the Oregon
Banking, Trust, Mining and Improve
ment company. IL took seven Of US to
| originate the idea, and as happened to
| be the only ono with $75 cash on hand l
was made president, and spent $50 of my
capital in getting the board of directors
out of Jail. The idea was to establish
seven banks-one for each one of US
and to trust and mine and improve wher-
ever we could jump paying thing or
ticular about the shares. | could have
had forty pounds as well as seven, but
| felt too tlrea to carry them around. A
| Philadelphia man once offered me $40
for the stock, intending to fail and turn
| it in as assets for his creditors, but be-
| fore | could get home he was sunstruck
and died. l bequeath the bundle just as
| it is, securely tied up with sheep twine,
| to the person who brings out the first
| successful flying machine.
Lot No. 5-This idea was worthy of
| the glorious west and was entirely my
| own. 1t was to cut canal from San
! Francisco to Salt Lake and put ON line
OF boats to carry freight and passengers
| The canal company was also to do min
| ing. irrigatlng, ranching and fruit grow
| ing. 1t was to run lottery, publish
books, do banking business, bore for
oil, put out patent medicines and open
summer resorts. l got the idea one
night while lying under cactus IN COM
pany with two rattiesnakes. Having
young man from Buffalo who was willing
| while his money lasted we slept under Il
flour to eat. No certificates of stock
were ever issued. We opened list of
! subscribers; got sixty-two men willing
to take 81, 10000 each, and then the
| young mans father was taken with
whooping cough and he had to go home.
AS president of a company which was
| to be capitalized at $500, 00O.00 had TO
| stand on my dignity, and the scheme
| went to sleep. 1t has by no means been
abandoned, 3nd is "a good thing to keep
| in reserve. / have about decided to be-
queath it to a young man in Providence
whom ! met in Boston few weeks ago.
| If he will return my travelling bag and
| overcoat | will forward him all maps,
| plans, estimates, etc, without waiting
| to die. From the slick way in which he
| robbed me believe he can go out west
and run $500, 100000 syndicate with
+! one hand tied behind him.
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