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THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER.
Heal Meaning of the IFamlliar Phrase "Only
'
'Ono Per Oant , "
THE ROMANCEtOF A QUEER CHARACTER.
Jinny I'coullnrltlos Explained After
Ills -JJcnlh Various IlcnnonB Tor
JinnlncsscfTB Atiinlrntlnn
for Illtii'cir.
Bad debts nro Inevitable whcrovcrbuslness
I * conducted upon the credit systemsays , tbo
American Grocer. That system may , In
lime , be overthrown In the retail trade , but
the chances are that Itvlll exist long after
the present readers of trade journalnro
dead. There nro many points la its favor ,
wit the ono which ilnds expression at the
head of this nrtlclo must not bo considered.
. 1'ot there nro thousands ot retailers who nro
cotltcrvtotl with their sj stem of creO Its because
Jesses from ba < ! debts "aro qnly 1 per cent. "
Wonrolrequcntlynskcd If this is too largo ,
fend unncsltatlngly reply Yesl It Is fully
cno-olghth of the net profit of a well conduct-
Cd retail business , and is a burdensome tax
upon the earnings. Many are contented BO
Jong ns the year's showing Indi
cates no greater loss , congratu-
Jatirig themselves thnt only $1 out
of every $100 credited Is lost. If retailers
would llguro the per cent of loss on the not
earnings rather than on the volume of credits ,
they would llnd thnt their loss of "only 1 per
cent" 1ms Increased to 10 or 15 per cent of the
foward of their year's labor.
Tulto , for Instance , a business of $30,000 per
pnnuin , with gross prollLs equivalent to 10
per cent on the cost of the goods. This would
" hi a not profit of about S'i.OOO . , provided
jitoro otpcnscs were not ever 8 per cent. A
Joss of "only 1 per cent" moans 15 per cent of
the net profit. Is not this , then , a serious
In our conversation with tradesmen wo
bear frequent complaints about the amount
tied up In credits. All mention a class
who , to glvo ono dealer's expression , "pay
JB on account nnd trndo $10. " There
is n fear which almost amounts to com
mercial cowardice , that If such an account Is
checked or stopped -H Involves a loss of the
entire credit. Rather than take that risk ,
Jom , Dick nnd Harry nro permitted to trade
end nay on account , doing It In a mitnner
thnt keeps the balances steadily crowing
larger. Jt Is the exception when such nn ac
count Is desirable. Sooner or later tlio most
of such customers leave the rotnller In iho
lurch. As a general rule no such credit
Bbould be extended , unless to n party of ro-
iponsibillty and holding title to real estate.
Know your customers thoroughly before
extending nn account , nnd , far 'better , find
put nil about thorn before granting'credit.
Kcndcr bills promptly and mnko It the rule
that all accounts shall bo settled at least
bnco a month , nnd In cnso ot delay close the
Account. Better lese a few customers
through being ever careful than
to PJSH to profit nncl loss a consider
able sum. A credit business should bo kept
ns close ns possible to tho-llno of sharp cash.
Cater to the good payers nnd weed out the
alow nud risky patrons. Do not hositdte
through fear of giving offense. Money is a
{ eel , and If tied up In accounts lessons the
efficiency of the merchant , robs him of oppor
tunities for bargains nnd deslniblo purchases ,
lessens his powers of expansion , robs him of
confidence In himself , sets him to shunning
nnd malting excuses with his creditors , That
Is a great deal of mischief for only " 1 per
cent" lo accomplish , anil excuse enough for
our opinion thnt such un annual Joak Is too
great for the permanency of a well regulated
retail store.
"To My Own Estate. "
Ho wns the queerest specimen I ever met
In all the years I have traveled , and as imper
vious to Influences thnt effect ordinary
tumnnlty ns a duck's coat Is to water , said a
jcniebt ot the road In spcaklncr of the recent
death of a follow drummer. Murders nud
pocidcnts occurred ; great calamities startled
the world and yet ho was not shaken ; that
which excited most men produced no percep
tible effect on him. Ho was of good habits
( md friendly with all ho met ; yes , ho formed
jio close friendships nnd no man was tbo
recipient of his close secrets. Ho changed
> TSoOstt often and very frequently I found him
Jiot only with a now house but au entirely ,
now line of goods. It was not Incapacity that
led to these frequent changes , for he was
the very contrary of inconipotoncy. It
may have been that with him , variety
was the curtain thnt shut out memories of
long ago. His eyes scorned open to nil the
bounties of nnturo and tbo no bio things of
jlfo ; yet ho saw with the sight of the sonam-
butlflt , nud no deep Impressions were made by
the beautiful aud grand. Ho might hnvo been
likened to the flint found on tbo seashore ,
Showing no marks of the violence thnt bos
mot its course and determined IU place in tbo
world.
This man who was nlwavs changing seemed
tmcbaiignblo himself , Isovor grave or gay.
never shedding a tear or vent to mirth ,
Cover onthusinstio or excited , his ac
quaintances pronounced him "queer , "
and often wondered "what manner of
man Is this , " Finally , in n fnraway south
ern city ho sickened nnd died died very
much as ho had lived , Tboro wns no raging
delirium or agony of pain , simply a fading fr
faculty after faculty , until strange hands
folded his across his breast and strange men
invoiced his effects. A llfo insurance policy >
wns found uindo paynblo to "my own estate , "
and when to this was added n little lock of
nut-brown hair nnd a bundle of oft-read and
tlmo-ycllowod love letters , the Inventory was
complete and the llfo secret of this "queer"
traveling1 man has been eloquently told.
The Journal of Ivnn BttslaossnfT.
December 4 Yesterday at 1 o'clock i left
Pa-dunk , tuo metropolis , and oamo hero Into
- the country for my vacation , Tuo ride In
the cars was Incontaitably desirable , but In- :
cxctunbljr tiresome. It Is strnngo the country
U always so far from the city. It would bo
- Ciuch bettor to have the cities built In the
country , so ono would not hnvo so fur to iao.
I am stopping with a farmer an honest
man and well-to-do. The house has but ono
story , small with a largo and Ill-kept garaca.
Cows nnd horses nro in the barn. A road
runs pnst the house lu the front.
I have been amusing myself by talking to
the people who go nlong the road. Ono ry
tall , rawboned fellow had a queer
looking thing * on his head. What should
liavo been the rim was broud nnd Irregularly
regularly drooplyg In different parts , Irnd
what was In the plnco'of a crown wasDolutod
at the top. It wns made of straw nnd I sang
out , "Whero did you cot that hall" But the
fellow looked at 1110 sullenly and stalked
nlong In silence , never saying n word.
Tucro was another arrival a httlo while
w offo a dude from Phlladolphia , Ho brought ;
n rod ana a fish basket with htm and bo wears
glasses. Ho is said to bo stupid , but ho con
verses on two subject , the opera and the
dross. Ho don't know much about business
affairs ,
I promised myself I would bo silent on this
Bubject , fearing to cinburius him. But at
dinner I forgot myself. I had my new tennis
blazer on aud I felt particularly well.
I spoke about tba recent rise in stocks , the
Hurry In Wall street , the break In the west L
, -Jiound freights , aud the proapoc-
§ if tlvo earnings of the railroads for
the your , I mentioned the suc
cess of the English syndicates In buying ucup
good American Industries , the wonderful
pronU of the telephone companies , and out
lined In a few choice sentences the course atof
our South Auurlcnn trade during the past
tow years , I touched upon the imporUiuco
of reciprocity with Caundn nud the desira
bility of ocean cables in the Pacific , the ramo
us now exist In the Atlantic , I gave the
figures of our exports of petroleum to China
and Japan , nnd incidentally praised hoed
btandard oil company as being uu unmixed
blessing to humanity in general and to the
people of the far east
in particular. In uu-
Mvor to a question put to mo by tbo :
local doctor , who happened to atop ncro
N
today , I noli 1 thought boys of
the present tiny knew a great deal moro than
the men of a provlousRcncratton. Ha looked
as though ho would have argued tha point
with mo , but I did not propose to glvo him
any ndvantazo , and sol continued without
pause , I explained why agriculture does not
pay ns well HS It did formerly , nnd showed
why the cities nro Raining in population at a
much moro rapid rnto than the country dis
tricts. In a similar manner I demonstrated
the principles of llfo Insurance und endow
ments find pointed out the difference between
local savings banks and national building as
sociations.
All were charmed with my talk nnd lis
tened most attentively. Tbo honest old farmer ,
who sat nt the table In his shirt slcovos ,
rnmlo heroic efforts to conceal hlsprldaln
mo and his admiration for my blazer , which
Is moro showy than any garments no ever
woro. Illi wlfo cried out that I was aston
ishing nnd that there was nothing In the
world of which I could not speak and no sub
ject of conversation where i was not at my
cose , nnd * o young , too only n Httlo past tlf-
tccn years , nnd only In business n short tlmo.
When she had said this 1 felt the greatest
admiration for myself.
Prominent clergymen , physicians and all
classes of citizens are unanimous In the en
dorsement of Salvation OH , tbo greatest cure
of rheumatism ,
No greater guarantee of the excellence of
Dr. Bull's Cough yyrup could bo furnished
than that It Is recommended by all the leadIng -
Ing druggists.
A UANGHKOUS TRIO.
Tlielr Arrest Prevents n "Wholesale
Jtnlil 011 Oinnlin Safes.
Frank Rogers , John Clark and John Cnbe
are booked nt the police station as suspicious
characters.
This charge covers a multitude of sins. In
this cnso the prisoners belong to n notorious
gang of ' 'strong-box" ' men and are among the
most dangerous snfo blowers in the country.
They hnvo Just been , released from the Jeffer
son City , Mo , , penitentiary , where they
served a term of two years and a half for
blowing a snfo in St. Joo. Jack Scott ,
alias "Sketchy,1' the fourth member of the
gang , died in prison at Jefferson City about a
month ago.
The prisoners nro not unknown to
the Omaha police , who have had some exciting -
citing tussles with them on tanner occasions.
During fair week , in September , 1830 ,
liogers , who has been arrested hero under
the aliases of Frank Williams nud Frank
Adams , and a partner named Taylor , at
tempted to rob n man in broad daylight nt
the corner of Tenth nnd Iioavcnwortli.
Detective Haze , who was then the patrolman
on that beat , attempted to arrest them , when
both Urow their guns nnd opened flro. They
were captured , ho wovor , nnd bound over to
the district court. The prosecuting witness
failed to nnpear nnd they were discharged by
n Jury. They were rcarrested nud were each
lluoil $50 and sentenced to sixty days in Jail
for carrying concealed weapons , but their at
torney got them out on a writ of error.
The gang kept out of sight until the follow
ing Juuuary , when Captain Mos-
tyn nnd Sergeant Ormsby ar
rested Kogors , Yorkle Carroll nnd
01 ark , whoso right name Is Johnny Murray ,
In n wino room ever Lew HIbDen's place.
Shooting Irons were drawn , hut the olllcers
got the drop , nnd the crooks again went be
hind tbo bars for a short time.
Shortly after their release they burglarized
and blow the safe ut Evans' steam laundry.
Bonl & Behrns' store ntTcuth nnd Dodge and
a hldo store at Twelfth and Jackson. The
night following the blowing of Deal & Bobrns'
safe Captain Cormnck arrested Scott at the
foot of Douglas street. No weapon was found
on tilm aud the olllcor started with the pris
oner for the station. Scott had a revolver
slipped up his sleeve , nnd on going n couple
of blocks opened lire on his captor. Ono bul
let passed through Connack's trous
ers nnd another cut a hole
through his coat. Ho returned the
flro nnd Scott ran toward the river and
escaped. It was subsequently learned that ho
was shot through the leg , and ho was har
bored by Victoria Howell , a colored woman ,
until ho recovered.
The three men were arrested yesterday
morning by Detectives Harrigan und Ellis ,
and were found at a place kept by the Howell
woman ot 1217 Vinton streo * , whcro they
were keeping out of Blent as much as po s
slblo. They arrived In tua city last Monday
and were planning a wholesale raid on Omaha
strong boxes. So far ns _ known they had not
commenced operations , and the alertness of
the police has frustrated tholr schemes.
At the tlmo of his arrest In 18S7 , Rogers
made an nttomptto oscnpo irom the ofd city
Jail at Sixteenth nnd Fnrnan ) . The ceiling
was of two-Inch bard plno , and
ho had cut a ten-Inch hole
through it when discovered by the jailor , wheat
at that tlmo was Sargoant Slgwart. The
tool with which ho did the cutting was a
small penknife.
The authorities will not allow the gang to
stay In Omaha unless It is lu Jnil , and if no
.charge will hold them they will bo railroaded
to other llelds.
Burdock Blood Blttors tnkon after eating
will relieve any foollugof weight or over fullness -
ness of the stomach. Sold every whoro.
*
Dr.Birnoy. noao and throat. Boo bldg ,
No Now City
will bo started during the next quarter
of a century offering such grand oppor-
tuultios for investments as Arunsos
Harbor , Texas.
r Under the Motor 'Wheels ,
Thomas Smiles , who resides at the corner
of Eleventh and Leavonworth , mot with a
painful accident yesterday afternoon while
alighting from a car at the corner of Twenty-
second nnd Tjcavonworth. Ills foot cauglit
on the step nnd ho was thrown violently to
the ground , and the wheels of the trailer
passed over his foot. Ho was removed to his
homo and n surgeon dressed the wound. isO [
will not lese the use of the injured member.
Mrs. WInslow's soothing syrup reduces In
flammation whlla children are teething. 2
cents a bottlo.
Dr.Birnoy. nose and throat. Boobldg.
Through couches Pullman -palace
Bloopers , dining cars , free reclining chair
curs to Chlcnco and intervening1 points
via the great Kock Island routo. Ticket
olllco 1G02 , Sixteenth nnd Farnum.
A Much-Named Family.
There Is a family living near the fair
grounds In Athens , Go. , consisting of
Bovon children. Tbo paronta sooin to
like a superfluity of mimes.
The first child , nccordingr to the
Ledger , la niuned Mary Mngnllna
Mundy Mectum Ellzaliotli Betsy Polly
Muck Barrett.
The second child Is nnmod Alice
Georgia Ann Yoromi BarfoU.
The third child is nnmod Mattie
Fruncls Anna Triinna Uiirrott.
The fourth child is named Emory
"
Sopor "Walker Buster Bitrrott.
The fifth child is nnmod Tllo Cory
Coston Kstollo Llnlinout .little Isidulor
Barrett.
The sixth child Is named Monltlno
Cinlcar Barrett.
The seventh child Is named Efllco
Bozma Mondoiiay Virginia Barrett.
Dr.Birnoy , nosonnd throat. Beobldg.
'
Oanrela
Mr. Thomas Grnsharn lias loft at this
ofllco a couple of relics that have boon
handed down for 200 years , says the
Ainoricus Recorder. Ono is a small
hatchet , resembling the ono Geortro
Washington used , that was given him
by his mother , who died sixteen years
ago nt the ugo of eighty-six. It was
clvou her by her grandmother when fiho
was nuito young. The other is a pint
flask that is known to bo 125 years old ,
us it has boon In his father's family that
long. It ( s a queer looking , short round
llaslc , with the face of Qoorgo Washing
ton biowu in the sides. IIo will now
glvo thctio relics to his children.
The best and surest dye to color the board
brown or black , as may bo deolred , Is Buck
ingham's dye for tao whiskers. U uovcr
folia.
THE NEW THEORY.
Rev > N. ? T. Mnnn'n Bormnn nt Unity
Oliuroh Yesterday.
It used to bo said that man began his career
In n paradise. The opposite vlow Is now fast
coming Into acceptance ; thnt the human be
ginnings were very rude indeed , In n world
that won no paradise at all ) that the first man
was ot the earth most decidedly earthy , and
thnt.only by slow nnd unsteady steps hns the ,
race come forward to bo as wo find It by no
means perfect , but measurably civilized , quite
immeasurably refined nnd ennobled , In fact ,
compared with what It once was. Instead of
a fall of man there has been na ndvanco of
man from the utterly brutish conditions In
which ho started to an order of Ufa whloh
in Its best forms Is high nnd admirable.
The foolish prejudice Is sometimes appealed
to that there Is disgrace in tracing one's
oriRln ton low order of creature , Just rising
above the brute. Surely the ngreeablencss
or dUagrccablcncss of an opinion Is not to put
forward ns n test of Its truth , but If It wore ,
it seems to me tbo modern view would
lese nothing on the score. To my
mind thcrcflls no advantage in having
n highly exalted first ancestor whoso excel'
lencles can never bo approached. This be
ginning high and ending low Is of all concep
tions the most nbhorent , It Is the upward
tendency thnt Ocllirhts and Inspires , however
low the beginning. Small matter Is It where
you start from , if your aim Is high nnd your
achievement good. As you snueczo the
luscious orange you do not object to the
sources from which Its Juices came. With
out disgust your thoughts go to the roots of
the tree , where nature , marvelous alcnomist ,
Is busy all the year sucking up the vile , ma
lodorous com poit to mix with dow and sun-
shlno nnd pour out as wlno Into that yellow
cup. The result of the process Is good , no
matter how it began ,
There Is delight and satisfaction In all pro
gressive , upward moving courses , and It
Is in conceiving and executing meas
ures of improvement that the chief
glory of life consists. Nature's process
is evolution , growth : and goodness reached in
thnt way is Infinitely better than goodness
produced by supernatural flat.
Still every theory must nt last stand not on
its agreoabloncss , but on Its truth. Is it true
that the humunraco had a low orlginl Cer
tainly the evidences now all point that way.
History itself , as far as It goes , is an Indica
tion. It Is a record of progress. The forward
movement has not always gone on nt the
present rate ; It has at times been arrested ,
turned back even , but always to be resumed
again : so that progress hns been a distin
guishing feature of mankind in the largo
viow. Marking tlmo by long periods , man Is
unmistakably a lower order of creature the
farther b.ick wo can tracohlm. Archaeologists
determine ) the ago of ancient implements by
their rudeness nnd the ignoninco and Im
potence shown in the choice of material
and In the manufacture. All this points
to nn original man of very slight faculty
and very poor quality. And this vlow is
supported by the whole testimony of geology
in respect to animal llfo. liver the observed
rule Is that the lower order has preceded the
higher. First , the simple , nnd afterward the
complex , with mighty interval of progress
betxveen. Geology has helped us loan intel
ligent notion of how the earth has been
shaped by Just disclosing to us the operation
of causes now at work. So present human
progress , going on before our eyes , opens the
secret of the past and the futuie , bringing us
by Irresistablo inference to some faint per
ception of the loathsome objects who wore
our llrst ancestors , nnd pointing us a-down
the far luturo to the perfect man dwelling in
n vcrltnblo paradise.
In this view of thtnra thcro Is room for nil
enthusiasms. Wo see that It is not a lost ,
bankrupt world , condemned and under sus
pension of sentence , but a world that is
steadily acquiring moral as well as material
capital , n world in which every good stroke
of worlc helps to build tbo real Eden. It is
faith In this idea that has kept
the eyes of all the best teachers
turned to the future ; that inspired the
glorious visions of the second Isaiah ; that
llllcd the breast of Jesus with such confident
hope of a coming heavenly kingdom. To
them the good things were not behind , but
before , and this faith it Is , however it is dis
guised by strange creeds half believed , that
gives the Impulse to every blessed work of
human advancement. It Is not to restore a
lost paradise tnat the lovers of their race are
now laboring , but to create one which no
ancient bard or scor'could have dreamed of ,
and whoso pattern Is not yet fully disclosed.
Littleby little old errors and wrongs are put
osldo , and the heavenly vision comes to vlow.
CATCHING COLD MI2ANS HEAT.
Sitting In Stuffy Air Far Bloro Danger
ous Thau Itrafts.
At this time of the year nothing is
more important than an answer to the
question , What do wo mean when wo
say wo have taken cold ? In a literal
su'nso , wo have done no such thing ; nnd a
modern writer has suggested that what
is called "catching cold" would be bet
tor expressed by the phrase catching
heat.
heat.What
What actually takes place is some
thing as follows , says the Now York
Morning Journal : Wo expose some part
of the body to a draft : the surface bo-
corao I chilled , and tuo circulation , to
II
some I extent , Is arrested ; the blood and
other lluida are sent In another direc
tion. What should have boon 'thrown
nut through the surface is turned in on
the mucous membranes , and , as tboso
parts become congested , sneezing takes
pluco ; there la an abnormal quantity of
fluids thrown upon the mucous surfaces ,
and the system makes an effort to got
rid of it. 3ty
This "taking cold" may bo caused 3tf
sitting for ii few momenta In a strong
current of cool air. It may bo the back :
of the neck that is exposed , or it may ) kO
some other past of tbo body. Holding '
the hands in very cold water for a con
siderable length of tlmo will cause ono
to take cola. Or sitting with
cold feet will do the same tiling- , es
pecially If the general circulation 18is
fooblo. Clothing ono part of the body
too much and another part too little will
frequently give ono a cold. Anything >
that arrests the free circulation of the
blood und sondo it in on the mucous sur-
face may produce this effect. rr
The most frequent cause of all , per
haps , of taking cold is the ono stated ,
that of "catching heat. " Sitting for
hours in n room whore the temperature
Is 80 degrees or upward und then going } f
out into a colder atmosphere frequently
produces n cold ; this Is particularly the
case where the air is not only hot but
Impure. In fnct , wo tnlnk the Impurity
has moro to do with it than the heat ,
and the two combined will rarely fall to
cause an iulluonza or u sere throat ,
sometimes o full fledged pneumonia. By
exposing one's eolf to hot , foul nir the l
whole skin ia for the tune debilitated ,
and on reaching a cooler atmosphere the
blood is driven from the surlnco , nnd
congestion from the mucous membranes
will almost certainly follow ; either there
Is "cold on the lungs" or a sere throat ,
or there Is an attacic of acute catarrh.
Mnko n Fortune.
Don't fail to visit tbo auction sale of
city lots nt Aransas Harbor January 7
an idS.
Boimots In Oio Tlmo of Henry VIII.
In speaking of Milan bonnets , so named
from the duchy in which they were first
made nnd which were also so fashion
able In England in the reign of Henry
VIII , Hall says : "Thoy were worn by
both BOXCS nnd were composed of the
costliest Btulls , cloth of gold and silver ,
velvet and satin , slushed and puffed keen ?
dresses and decorated with a profusion
of jewels , spangles , aylots and other
pendent ortmmonts. "
Don't Forget It ,
The great auction sale ot city lots
takes place at Aransas Harbor , Tox. ,
January 7 and 8.
The tiniest Mourning Fad.
Of all the fashionable fads of this great
metropolis that accentuation of bomostio
crrlof which shows itself in a black shirt ,
black collar and cuffd and white studs ,
whlto cuff buttons nmVuvlilto nooktlo la
about the most ridiculous , says & Now
York letter to the Plttsburg Dispatch.
FaeUlonablo Now Y9rk will soon bo din
ing nt Dclmonlco's ahu promonnding
Broadway with miniature cofllns for
jewelry tvnilartlflilnl'tonrs painted on
the checks. It ia ' doubtful
wliothor suoh people could
really shed any , other kind but
gonulno hand-painted tears. When
women put tholr toddling children In
deep mourning1 and rode in the park with
their poodles docycd vvlth crape It
seemed Unit this sort of thing could ao
no further. Now that inon have taken to
black shirts nnd table handkerchiefs ,
however , the onus of tomfoolery Is re
moved from the shoulders of woman
kind. It is enough touiak'o the dead turnover
ever in tholr graves and tear tholr
shrouds to ribbons.
Dr.Birnoy , nosonnd throat. Bcobldg.
1'nloologug.
Jn the parish church of Landttlph , In
the eastern extremity of Cornwall , is a
small brass tablet fixed against the wall ,
with the following inscription :
"Iloro lyoth the body of Theodore
Pnloologus of 1'osaro , In Italy , do-
scondcd from the Imperial lyno
of the last Christian emperors of
Greece , bolng the sonno of Ca-
inlllo , the sonno of Prosper , the sonno of
Theodore , Iho sanno of John , the sonno
of Thomas , Bocond brother of Constantine
Piiloologus , the eighth of the name , and
last of that lyno Unit rayncd in Con
stantinople , until subdued by the Turks ;
who married with Mary , the daughter
of William Balls of Htullyo , in SulTolko ,
. nnd had Issue Ilvo ' '
gont. , children , 'i'heo-
doro , John , Fordlnando , Maria and
Dorothy ; nnd departed tills llfo ut Clyf-
ton , the iilst of Jan. , 1030. "
Above the Inscription are the Imper
ial arms , an ouglo displayed with two
heads , the two logs resting uoon two
gates ; the imperial crown ever the
whole , and between the gates a crescent
for difference us second son. Clyfton
was an anclons mansion of the Arhndol
family in the parish of Lundulph.
Big Snlo of City Iiots.
The largest auction sale of city lota
ever hold in the south will take place
at ArunsaR Harbor January 7 and a.
When Spectacles tt'oro Invented.
Dr. Johnson expressed surprise that
such a benefactor to the human ruco ns
the discoverer of spectacles should have
boon regarded with Indifference. Por-
bans this may bo owing to the unfortu
nate fact that wo do not know with cer
tainty the name of our bonofactor. Popu
lar opinion has longngo pronounced In
favor of a Florentine monk as the right
ful claimant , although some are in favor
of Roger Bacon.
M. Spoon , in his "Researches Curl ,
ous'os u'Antlquo ' , " fixes the date of the
invention or discovery of spectacles between -
twoon the years of 1280 and 1011 , and
says that Aloxandro do Spind , having
soon * a pair uindo by some other person
whowttB unwilling tp communicate the
secret of their construction , ordered a
pair , discovered the secret and forth
with mndo it public. *
Italian antiquarians say that the per
son to whom Spina was indebted for his
information was Salvlno , who died in
1318. and quotes from an ancient manu
script his epitaph , whloh says : "Horo
lies Salvlno Arnota do Armntl of Flor
ence , the inventor of spectacles. May
God pardon his sins.1' '
An Italian's Ingenuity.
An Italian on the river bank hns
solved the problem of giving the child
ren an outing with the least'possible oxj
ertton to himself , says the Springfield
cI
Republican. Ho places his three chil
dren in a baby carriage , to the handle of
which a rope about twenty foot long is
tied. The uank behind the house has a
gentle decline , so that a brisk push from
* the father sends the carryall flying
down the grade. When the water's
edge is reached the vehicle's flight
ti ti is i checked by a cord. But the most ro-
murknblo i part of the contrivance is the
goat f which draws the contrivance back
up i the inclined backyard. The animal
is i raado to trot through a long'hall from
ono < end of the house to the other. Thus
the man can sit inside the rear outside
door of the hallway , away from the sun's
rays , steer the goat by a well directed
kick , while at the same tlmo the Httlo
ones are enjoying a delightful toboggan
slide amid the refreshing breeze wafted
across the stream.
Fall Plowing.t
There are nearly as many different
opinions about the advisability of plow
ing land in the fall for spring crops vIS
there are persons who write upon the
subject , writes Galen Wilson In the
National Stockman. Some say , "Plow
all the ground you can In the fall , when
work does not drive , for it will bo so
much gain in the busy spring and crops
can go In BO much earlier. " Others ob
ject to fall plowing "because it exposes
u nude surface to the elements , which in
a manner , boat the lifo out of it. " Both
classes may bo right and both wrong ,
according to the quality of the soil and
to the weather subsequent to plowing.
Hence fnll.plowing is a matter entirely
of guess work. It may bo advantageous
and it may not , consequently to po slow
with this plowing would bo a wise , con
servative course.
Field after Hold ol sod ground within
my observation was plowed for corn
a year ngo. The following spring was
so wet that the ground could not bo
worked until after the grass had grown
up between the furrows BO much that to
look across them the fields appeared
nearly like meadows. Some of these
fluids woru planted ut last , but with all
the working that cquld bo given them
the grass could not bo thoroughly subdued -
duod and the crop was monger. Those
who plowed In the spring got their
planting done earlier and had butter
crops. Certainly this-fall plowing was
not a hol ] > . Had a/snow como oil soon
after plowing nnd remained until spring ,
and nftor It wont bit there had BO
alternate freezing ami thawing , ut
heavy rains , then the fall plowing would
have boon advantageous. Others of these
fall plowed sod fields were allowed to re
main until the Invortpd. sod decayed , and
then were turned ever and sown in buck
wheat. '
I have soon stiff clay fallow land
turned in the fall tlfot the elements in
winter might pulvnrlzo and render it
friable , and the olemants had the con
trary effect , for the hoiivy rains fused it
so It ran together iJko molten lead and
came to plow it again * in the spring ; it
was lumpier than Over before ; nnd I
hnvo soon this samb soil turned ia the
fall and the next spring was "mellow as
an ash hoop. " Notably three years ago
a field , part of it heavy clay and the rest
sandy loam , the clay portion turned up
so lumpy that the lumps could not bo re
duced. Winter wheat was sown with
out the oxpoctlon of getting half a crop
on the lumpy part ; but the winter hap
pened to bo just right to pulverize1
the lumps , and on that portion of the
field the crop was full 50 per cent the
bettor.
Sometimes there is the advnntngo of
fall-plowing that land can bo worked
qnmor in spring ; but this is not always
so. If the Boll was loam , I would risk
fall-plowing for early potatoes , but not
for late. Wore I to-grow both oats nnd
barley , I would also risk plowing fur
the latter , but not for the former , on
the principle- that it Is no ! safeto ca y
too many eggs in ono basket. I do not
Mlovo that rains vrnsh the llfo of soil
if there is a compact subsoil. What
really occurs is n portion of the soluble
fortuity ia carried down no ( loop as
plowed , or nonrly so , This In n nJonsur6
takes it out df the rcnoh of surface-grow-
ing plants , ns oats nnd barley , Hence
freshly plowed land ia bolter for them ,
Fall plowing is an uncertainty a lot
tery. If ono could foretell the vroathor
until planting time ho could toll exactly
wliothor to plow or not. This subject
can bo placed with the Insurance echod-
ulo ns "extra hazardous , "
A Ilcinnrknbto Crop of i'otntoca.
Nonrly ono thousand bushels of pota
toes , or , to bo exact , 074 bushels nnd
forty-eight pounds , have boon grown on
ono ixoro of land In Johnson county , Wyo
ming , the past sonson. This crop wins
the first prize of several hundred dollars
offered by the American Agriculturist
for the largest yield of potatoes on ono
exact acre. It was grown on virgin soil ,
without inauuro or fertilizer , but the
land wns rich in potash , nnd
the copious irrigation was of
water also rich In saline material ,
There were 22,800 hills on ono aero
nnd 1,6GO pounds of sots , containing ono ,
two and three eyes were planted of the
Early Vermont and Manhattan varieties.
The profit on the crop aero was $711 , ox-
cluslvo of $500 In prizes. Another largo
croo wns that of U. A. Chlsolm of Del
Norto , Colo. , ol 8471 bushels on 1,000
pounds of fertilizer. There was a great
interest in the competition in the
famous potato growing county
of Aroostook , northern Maine ,
where the crops secured range from 450
to 740 bushels per aero. These crops
largely exceed these grown in a similar
competition hist year , when 7381 bushels
ols of potatoes iu Aroostock county took
the grand prize of 81,100. Other prize
crops last year wore 105 bushels of oats
on ono acre , 80 bushels of wheat nnd 255
bushels of aliollod corn. It appears from
the I'osults of the contest that the average -
ago western potnto crop on virgin soil Is
hnrdlyup to that under ordinary culture
in the east , while intelligent fertilization
seems equally profitable In bothsectlom.
The wonderful operation of the myster
ious labrorntory of the soil Is emphasized
by the evidence in this competition that
crops were increased CO to 100 per cent
by the application of actually pure plant
food ut the rate of only ono pound to 100
or 200 square foot of land. The buporior-
ity of fortizors or choiiiical manures ever
stable manure for potatoes Is also onr
pluislzcd by the two yoars' ' contest.
She Wanted to See n "riK-SticUer. "
There's n true story about the Princess
Engolichioli fresh from the fair city ,
Bays the Now York "World. Not long age
that beautiful Russian ludy attended n
reception given at the Calumotclub. She
was regal in old satin and old jewels nniJ
was escorted by ono of the handsomest
olllcors of the club. In the old settlers
room the portrait of Long John Wentworth -
worth was pointed out to her. Now , the
Into Mr. Wcntworth was far from spir
ituollo , and nt the first glance the
princess , with a Httlo start , exclaimed
looking at a circle of friends , "Do show
mo u pig stickorl I have heard so much
about the Chicago pig sticker. " The
gentleman flushed a Httlo ; there was nn
' 'nudibln sllonco" nnd her hostess replied
plied , "Princess you nro on the arm of
ono. "
Had Hogs on Ills Itlind.
Some years ngo there lived in the
couhty of Upton , Go , , a pious old divine
who was regarded ns ono of the bcs
mon in the county , though very occon
trio and nt times somewhat abson
minded. On ono occasion ho wont on
early in the morning for the purpose o
separating and penning some hogs
after calling and wearying for SOUK
time , ho failed to make the desired divi
slon and was about to glvo it up In des
pair. About this tlmo his old lady callct
him to breakfast ; ho at once obeyed th
summons , with nothing on his mind bu
his hogs ; ho hurriedly entered the din
ing-room , throw down his hat , seatoi
himself at the table , drooped his hoa <
imd with uplifted hands cried alou'
"pig-goop. "
If a a tign
that you need bofpwhen pimples ,
blotches , and eruptions begin to ap
pear. Your blood needs looking
vafter. You'll havo'graver matters
tlinn pimples to deal with , if you
neglect it. Dr. I'icrca'a Golden
Medical Discovery prevents and
cures all diseases and disorders
caused by impure blood. It invig
orates the liver , purifies the blood ,
and promotes all the bodily func
tions. For all forma of scrofulous ,
skin and scalp disease , and oven
Consumption ( which is really limg'-
Bcrofula ) in all its earlier stages , it
is a certain remedy. It's the only
ono that's guaranteed , in every case ,
to benefit or cure , or the money is
refunded. It's n matter of confi
dence in one's medicine.
It is the cheapest blood-purifier
Bold , through druggists , because you
only pay for the good you get.
Can you ask more ?
Tbo "Discovery" nets equally
all the year round.
To euro nillopinoss. Sick IIciuUclio. Constlpatldo ,
Idalarlo. l.lior Complaints , take the eolo
and certain remedy , SMITH'S
BILE BEANS
TTco the SMALT. SIZE (40 little bonru to fbe bet
tlo ) . Ther are tbo moat convenient : eult all wu.
i'tlco of cither elio , 28 cenu per buttle.
KISSING B ( 717
YIOOIIIV - > 70l rnoto-raruro ,
*
panelBUoolttU i > lcttuo lot 4
e ata ( coppers or etampa ) .
J. F. BMtrn A CO .
linkers of "Ullo Ilcans. ' BtLouU. . Wo.
'pnely Made : ft'lJ Warranted
Marvellous In'Tone ,
( ATAtbGUE FROM BQTON'D.FFIC ' .
C. L. ErlclcsoD.Local Agent , 200 N.lOth
| IF YOU SHOULD TRAVEL OER TflE WORLD
AS FAR AS YOU COULD CO ,
/A / BETTER SOAP TljANSANTA CLAUS
\ YOUb NEVER CJET TO KMoW. in
* .
! i A na M 11 inn - Lj *
ILL
THE GREAT LIVER and STOMACH REMEDY
Cures nil tlmorders of the Stninnoh. lilvor , Howol * , KHlncys , Illndtlor.Ncrv-
ons nisonprw. liOHH of AnpRtUii , llondnoliPi ConRtlpntlniii Costlvoni-s" , liuilit < * -
tton , DllloiiHiicda , Fever , IMlos , Eta. , nnil rominrs thn Hystcmlcsa llublo to con
tract ( llsonso.
llsonso.DYSPEPSIA. .
RADWAY'S PILLS nro n euro for thl complaint. Tluiy tone up tbo IntcrmU oorotlnns t
noaltliy notion , restore streimlli to the Rtorimoii. nnil otinulo It to perform It * function i.
I'rlcolSo n box. bold by till ilrUKiUts , or mulloU by UA.D WAV 4 OO..B Wnrron hti-oot , Now
York , on rcoulpl of prloo.
"Who rules in this town ?
Depends on the question up.
The lamp-chimney
ques
tion what sort do you break ?
Whatever sort your dealer
deals in.
How , do you think , he
selects his .chimneys ?
He buys those that cost him
least ; he caa get the regular
price for them ; and the faster
they break the more he sells.
That's how he reasons.
Tell him you want Mac-
beth's "pearl top "or "pearl
glass , " tough glass , transpar
ent , clear , not foggy , fine , of
right shape and uniform. Tell
him you'll pay him a nickel
more a piece , and that \yill
cover his extra costs twice
over. Tell him you don't pro
pose to break any more. Try
your hand at ruling. *
OKO. A. MACBETH & Co.
A.MLJSEIMBNTS.
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A GAI.A WKKK OB' KKSTIVITUSH.
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-C GARMEXN. > -
A fipootnculur Coralo Opera llnrlcsquo In Three AcU
J'"oHtfllu'H La ttut'in-lse.
Gi-itml Slnrrli of the 1'icailores.
( Ji'anil Hull I'll/lit a In Jlcxlcatia ,
fit'sts will be pu t on gala Saturday morning ut reg
ular prices.
PEOPLE'S THEATRE
1307 DOUGLAS STREET.
T. G. KHlAlAOGG. Frop.
Open every evening. Variety nnd burlesque.
The popular resort.
DIME EDEN M'USEE.
Vlll tiivwlor , Manacor. Oor. 11th nnd Fnrnam
YKAK'S WKHK.
THE NEBRASKA TRIPLETS
Six months old c ute , ounnlnz , pretty , artf '
tliu JurrottoTrlplots. ,
Wothoifl and Carrel , tliocoon touni. Swoony
contoitlonlst. Alllo Chamber , the Lascar
ind a host of nUriictlons.
THAT S\VBUi-BEK : HIM.
OR.
I'ractlCO lllulloa to
Ulncasca ot lUo
LUNGS
.AND
Nervous System
Including Neuralgia.
1'aruljTBl ? , Kplk-psy ,
Calnlei 7i llfsloro
Kpllupny , Convul-
oluns , finlnal Iriltn-
tlon , Itlicniiutlsin ,
Clironlo Alcoliollsm ,
Nervous lloniludio ,
Nervous 1'rojtrutlun
consumption and all
dlionacioftliu lungs
HoomsSlO to 3JO ,
BEEBUILDINQ ,
OMAHA.
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IN ALL THE WOULD THEKE IS BUT ONE CURE
DR. MINES' GOLDEN SPECIFIC ,
It cua be ixlvtn In n cup or cvfft * ur tew. or ( n ur.
} t lea of food , without the knowledge cf the patient ,
( neoeamrr. It la absolutely harinltea and will eCeoi
a peruiauent and apaedy oure. whether the patient la
amodoratedrlnlcer or aualooholio wreak. IT
FAILS. It operate. 10 quietly and with auih cer
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and are he ia aware , lila complete reformaUcm Ii
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If you Butler from cam eil by EX * i
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ai-a ut llruln * r
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llOW to cyr 7 < > uripir at lion * , ccntl at oiuo tor
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Illlli lluarbom btrrcl , LlllUAOIt , ll.f.l.NO
FOR SALE
Mr 1'olnllng and Puperhanglni hnilneia. Katnb
Ililied 13M. llau a well 'elected atock ot Wai
1'uper , Wall Mouldlnxa , 1'alnU , llruiuo > , do.
P. WINDHEIM ,
610 S. 10th Street , Omubo.
10 to
3O y H | lift I
Hay. . UUflll
"We guarantee to
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ilis no matter of how
long standing. And
we nave the only rem
edy that will cure the
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tried everything else
and wasted your
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to cure or refund every
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and refund your mon
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DR. MCGKEW ,
THE SPEGIALiIST. ,
Is unsurpassed In the truatniont of all
forms of
PRIVATE DISEASES
Strlctuio. Syphilis , Lost Manhood , Rkln Dis
eases and I'Vinulo DlHcasci. Dr. JlcOrow's
success In the trontmuntof tlio above Discuses
lias nuvur lieoui ! < iunloU. A i'uro IB uuitritntoud
without the loss of an hours tlmo. Write
fnr clri'uliirs. LADll'A from 2 to 4 only.
Ollleo , Oor. Htli anil Karnuni 8ts , , Omuliu ,
Nub. Kntrunco on ultlior street.
MANHOOD RESTORED.
"SANATIVO. " th
Wonderful Spanlih
Ilcmrdr , cnrcs all
Nervous UlBcaici ,
such m Weak Mem.
cry , Iosa of Bruin
1'tiwer , Headache.
\Vnkefnlne s , Lo l
Mnnhood , Nervous-
nee * , J.xteltudo , all
drains and loti ol
power of ihe Oencrntlvo On-nti" , In either icr ,
cmucd bjr ovcr-excrtlon , youthful InillBcretloni.or
the exccMvo u e of tnlmcc < ir > plnmor etlmnlajti ,
ublch ultimately lead to Infirmity , ContnmiilloD
nnd Insanity , Put un In couvcnlaut form to c rry
In the veil pocket. Prlcu $1 npacknce , orfl for Si
Sent by mull to any mtdrcso ) Clicular fmc. ilea
tlon tills tmpcr. Ailduxi
niDniuciiKmuLco. , m itarbornfn.ctitc < roiil.
HJ1CHAI.K IN OMAHA. Nl.ll. . UY
Kuhn A Co. Cor , ISIIi & . DouclnH Mrret * .
J. A. rullcr A. Co. , cor. Hlli cV lout'ln StrccU.
A , II Kortpr & Co. . Council Illutli. Iowa.
NEBRAS/CA
National Bank
IT. 8. DEPOSITORY , OMAHA , HUB.
Capital. - - - - $40OOOO
Surptun Jan. 1st , 1890 - B7.0OO
Offleiriuul Director-- Henry W , Y tei , Vreilden j
litoltS. li d , Vloo-rrmldcut ; Jarnn W. Hkragii , W ,
vTuorM , John B. Coilloi , It. C. Cmhtm , J. H. K
Fkltlok , W , U. B. nuiiliu , ctihlcr.
THE IRON BANK.
Corner 12tb and rarnara 8t .
Ocnnrnl llanklnir Dunlnoii Trnmiiotnd
Foulamci Ovr.v-.pr. Ixtnuo'i I'orlodlcal Pllti
oKrontUrumDiljr. nelon the memtriml tjtiem and
cure Bupitrcixlon irouarliatUTer ciuiio. I'rocaot *
KiKU t. , near . O. , Uniaia ! . . ucer , Ho
Omalmi M. I' . Kiln. Oounoll IlluUt it. ur 4 for U
DR. GlaUOK.
EYE AND EAR ,
Barker lllock , IStliaod Varuaiu. TeUpaouoGM
