THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 10O1.
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BEGGARS ON WALL STREET
i Vsriitin f Jlsndlcmti Bnurm About
the Stiolc Exchange.
OUTSTRETCHED PALMS SOLICIT THE COIN
Xlntkvm Listen to llnril Luck Morlea
hiiiI flulmilt Graciously In the
"Touch" Poverty unci
Plenty.
In tho higher ranks ot beggardom It has
loon been a saylnc thut Wall street Is tho
best paying place In America for tho
practitioner of the art of touch and go.
Tho bunco stccrcr's adage, "There's a
sucker born every minute," thoy havo
amended to read, "And alt of them get to
Wall street before they die." Every form
of begging gamo flourishes thero and that
form flourishes best which Is tho most
genteel and Ingenious.
Tho financial district of New York, or, as
somo dcocrlbe It, the financial center of the
world, has always been thu Mecca for those
who believe thut tho world owes them a
living without tiny return for It, but of late
there has been such n wholesale descent ot
the bogging frnternlty that tho brokers
nro crying out for relief from the nuisance.
The sudden lncrcteo of business In Wall
ntrect and the dally reports of Immense
sales of stocks mid the stories, real and
fanciful, of tho making of vast fortunes "by
a turn of the wheel, have convinced out
sider that tho streets of the financial sec
tion are bestrewn with gold and brokers aro
waiting only to bo asked to hand out gener
oun donations to any possible charity
So long as the begging was done with
somo degree of finesse Wall street endured
It cheerfully and gave freely. Llssomo
young women with soft volets and appeal
ing eyes who wished to soil tickets to per
formances that wore never Intended to
take placo found a ready market; suave
gentlemen In llk hats who politely sug
gested subscriptions to organizations which
existed chiefly within thoso huts, collected
an occasional bonus, while tho hard-luck
story, buoyantly and genially presented,
was almost sure to bo rewarded with tho
prlco of a drink. Dut the plain, unvar
nished "hum" with a five days' undergrowth
of whiskers and too well ventilated clothing
Is not popular on Wall street and thin kind
has become very prnvalent of Intc. Along
with hltn have come a horde of subscription
agents, who Invade buildings like a swarm
of roaches and are as llttlo welcome. That
Is why Wall sjrect 1 now In rovolt.
Vnlimlile Information,
Tho publication of Illustrated volumes
on Wall street and Its prominent men has
made It possible for tho charity 11 end to
recognize a Stock exchange man In the
street and It Is qulto a common thing for
ono of the board members to be nppronched
by a seedy stranger and addressed by
name.
"Mr. Clews," begins the strr-nger, "I U9ed
to speculate In your ofllcc and had a run of
luck, but I got on tho wrong side of tho
market and now I am up against It. I want
to ask you for a small loan until I sell a
house I own In tho country1. When I get
the cash for this placo I shall bo back In
your office rolling up the money again."
Like many other cases, the broker thinks
he recognizes a casual customer In tho ap
parent stranger and the Iran Is forthcom
ing. The ups and downs of Wall street llfo
make It necessary for everyone to be kindly
disposed to the man who. Is temporarily out
at elbows. The borrower may bo the lender
In a few weeks' time, nut when the 'same
broker Is approached a second timo with
the samo tale of hard luck: It' begins to look
like "Queer street," and of all people In the
world the Wall streot broker, la tho most
resentful whnn victimized.
At tho same time the broker must bo
cautious In his dealings with the stranger
who accosts and claims acquaintance with
him on the street. There aro many varie
ties of speculators, nnd somo of thoso who
drift In from the country districts wearing
clothes that would make a hit on tho va
rloty Ktage aro too good customers to lose.
A certain member of a big Wall street firm
had an unpleasant cxperlenco In this line
recently. As ho was going to tho exchango
an elderly man In shabby clothes addressed
him timidly:
"Ain't you Mr. So-and-So?"
"Yes, I am; but I'm In a great hurry."
"I Just wanted to ask you ef you
couldn't"
"No, sir, I enn not," said tho broker
iphatlcally, scenting a "touch."
Th- Broker AIokIfI.
s he stalked away he wan dimly aware
i some messenger boys laughing at the
llguro his Interlocutor cut as he stood,
staring and discomfited. Half an hour later
the broker came out upon tho street again
only to run Into the seedy little man.
"Mr. So-and-so," began the little man,
"I only wanted to ask you ef you
couldn't"
"Now, see here," cried tho outraged
broker, "I won't stond being held up this
way. If you do it again I'll havo you ar
rested." "Then glvo mo back my $20,000," said the
little man patiently.
"What?"
"I've got $20,000 with your Arm In com
bined wheat aud I Just wanted to ask yott
If you couldn't tell mo whether I'd better
hang on or sell."
The seedy little man was n country mill
owner and a considerable speculator. It
took the broker ten minutes to apologize In
a manner befitting the occasion,
v Another class of beggar that the etock
broker seeks relief from Is the Insistent
man who collects for a charitable Instltn
tlon, real or Imaginary, principally tho lat
ter. He Invariably descends on his proy at
the busiest time In the day, bursting In on
tho broker's study of tho all-Important
ticker and reeling off a begging petition
while holding out a book In which appears
the names ot well kndwn men as sub
scribers to the charity In question. Most
"of the names are Inserted thero without
their owners' permission, but the list serves
' to lend emphasis to the collector's remark
that "It will look very queer when the list
Is published If your nsmo docs not appear
thero," Kven Wall street men have their
EASILY DECIDED
This question should be answered
easily Dy umana people,
Which Is wiser, to have confidence In the
opinions of your fellow citizens or depend
on statements made by utter sirnngera?
Head this:
Mr. F. B. Klngsbery of 1S23 Dorcas stn-ct.
carpenter by trado, says: "Donn's Kidney
Pills nre a good medicine and I can rec
ommend them. I had nn attack of kidney
trouble for two months and for two weeks
before I got Doan's Kidney Tills I could
not work on account of my back. I com
menced using the remedy and soon noticed
Its beneficial effect, Tho pain In my back
left me and the Irregularity with the kid
ney secretion was corrected, I consider
Doan's Kidney nils the best kidney nnd
urinary mcdlclno I ever used."
For salo by all dealers. Prlco M cents.
Foste'-Mllburn Co,, Buffalo, N. Y sole
urents for tho United States.
Rcmomber tho name Doan's and take
ilhr.
little hobbles and figuring In the published
lists of a charitable organization always
gives a certain standing tone to a Arm.
It Is too late to recall tho money when the
broker learns later, by comparing notes
with his friends In the "street," that his
name as well as theirs has been used In
wholesale gathering In of funds, which
never reached the charitable society they
were Intended to benefit. It la very easy
In the rush and whirl of Wall street life,
where time Is so precious that the simplest
way ot saving It Is usually chosen, for a
fraud with a good faco and a little brazen
assurance to carry his ends and coin
money without trouble,
Persistency of the Touchers.
So persistent are some of the bogus col
lectors of charity that It Is all the door
kcopero of the exchange can do to pre
vent their penetrating to the very floor
In search ot victims. They are ousted
from one entrance, only to seek admis
sion at nnothei; they He In wait for brokers
going In and brokers coming out, they
fall In step beside him and walk and
talk until the money Is given as tho easiest
way ot saving a scene, they Ignoro signs ot
private doors, are past masters at the art
of "bluffing" office boys and when not fat
tening at the expense of the broker they are
picking up crumbs and whole loaves from
tho customers who throng his office and aro
always liberal and open handed when the
market Is going their way.
Of laic ,i new apparition has appeared
In Wall street. It wears a bonnet of
coal ncuttlo shape, bedecked with scar
let and gold ribbon; It stands patiently
outsldo the entrance to tho Stock ex
change holding In Its extended hand a
tambourine. It Is a silent apparition, so
tar as vocal evidence of Its presence Is
concerned, but the tambourine Is thrust
out In a way that explains Its object very
forcibly and tho attention of the passcrsby
Is attracted to the object by tho sign
on a, hand organ In tho vicinity ot the
tambourine. On tho organ there Is n
printed appeal to the world In general
and Wall street In particular to "help tho
homeloss." "It was self-denial week,"
tho sign Informs the brokers. "dive to
worthy charity and help savo tho lost,"
says another sign, The organ plays rag-
tlmu airs; the girl In tho poko bonnet rat
tles tho small change In her tambourine
and tho brokers smllo nnd swell the fund,
not because tho olgns touch them, but for
tho reason that thoy are mostly large
hearted men and tho sight of a sweet-faced
girl standing asking alms Is calculutcd to
awaken sympathy In a monument. Never
theless, tho brokers protest against this
begging plan with the others, for they
feel It is out of place In a busy business
center like Wall street.
Of begging epistles every man of prom-
lncuco In tho "Btrect" gets u wasto bas
ket full dally. This particular line of
begging Ib regarded as one ot tho amic
tions that will always be part and par
cel of the prosperous llfo of the district.
Is Is tho brokers' natural cross and is
borne uncomplainingly. Dut the army of
beggars that Is becoming larger dally, the
army that Invades tho moot remote of
prlvato oRlces, that Is ever hungry for more
and stops nt nothing to gain Its end, has
becomo such a nuisance that the brokers
havo undor consideration a plan ot or
ganization in tho lino ot n boycott on
begging to rid llfo In tho financial district
of this unbearable burden.
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THIS WOMAN KNOWS POLITICS.
Conirrhenslvc CJrasp of flowloit's Po
litical Machine.
Though nominally executive rlork, she
occupies a position which Is believed to be
unique In American political machines, re
lates the Uoston Post.
Miss Mary Meyer Is in reality acting
secretary, assistant treasurer, right bower
to the president, the encyclopedia of rules,
regulations,4 laws relating to conventions.
caucuses, candidates, nominations, elec
tions, repository of, tho secrets of the
leaders and of the machine, and must from
almost any point of view be considered as
part of the machine Itself.
"Mary," as she Is generally known, and
her abbreviated title Is given her with no
slight, but as an Indication that she Is re
garded as one of them, knows every demo
cratic politician In Boston,
ouc Kliuwa mem uy ,j(tbiiMaiiimiitu , duu
knows their political iii'ncllnatlons, their
strength, their abilities and their relia
bility. Sho can tell to a dot the voting strength
of every faction In the city and the pros
pects ot that strength being lessened or In
creased. She can separate the wheat from the
chaff, tho big fry from the imall fry. She
knows who aro the "real things" aud who
aro the heelers. Sho, knows whether a
leader Is In touch with a machine; whothcr
he should be received with a. happy, wel
come smile or be given the Alaska treat
ment.
In fact, she may be called the democratic
Bradstrcet. Sho knows tho ratings ot all.
Mary Meyer came In during tho last
campaign of Hugh O'Drlen for mayor to
assist In addressing envelopes. In 1889,
under the late Mathew Kcany, she was
again employed and showed such proficiency
In mastering political detail that In 1890,
when the democratic state organization re
organized, she was employed permanently
as clerk.
In 1897, when tho state and city democ
racy separated and decided to have sepa
rate headquarters, Miss Meyer was offered
her chnlco of which organization sho would
go with. Sho chose tho city organization
and has since remained with them.
Sho has been In the most confidential re
lations with all the leaders of the party,
Including Hon. Joslah Qulncy, Hon. William
E. Russell and Hon, John K. nusscll. Miss
Meyer Is n versatile woman.
Upon nssuming her clerkship she found
tho necessities of a knowlrdge ot typewrit
ing and stenography and her evenings were
then spent at a business college until she
perfected herself In those accomplishments.
Miss Meyer's courage has been ofton se
verely tested, but It has never failed her.
Her experience In the city committee head
quarters would make Interesting reading If
ever compiled,
An ordinary riot has no terrors for her.
Kvery year thero Is a struggle In the
filing of delegations and the sea of pushing.
gesticulating, struggling men, who strive to
have their papers filed first, Is a sight to
siriKe terror to the uninitiated.
Dut Miss Meyer views matters with
equanimity and coolly knows from whom to
tako papers first and on whom to close her
eyes.
As a worker sho Is Indefatigable.
During campaign times It Is no unusual
thing for her to work forty-eight hours at
a time with no Intermission for rest.
Sho enjoys the excitement and has a real
love for politics In every detail.
Sho has tho reputation of being a "good
fellow" nnd many a hard luck tale Is dally
poured Into her ears by those who are In
need, and Miss Meyer generally responds.
Desplto her masculine associates Miss
Moycr Is essentially feminine In her tastes
She makes her own cloUies and designs
and makes her hats.
She Is fond of literature of any kind,
from "David Harum" to Drlce's "Common.
wealth;" likes fancy needlework, has a
passlonato love of flowers, knows some
thing about photography and can dlfforcn
tlate between every variety of "hot air"
known to her political environment.
She Is said to be the only woman who
thoroughly "knows" politics In Uoston,
The greatest healer ot modern times Ii
Danner Salvo for outs, wounds, sores, plies
ana an sum disrates, it Is guaranteed
lio no substitute,' -
OUR MULES IN THE BOER WAR
How tht Uaittd Statu In Coitributti to
Aiiiit Gmt BrlUii.
ANIMALS TO CARRY ON THE CAMPAIGN
Shipments Mnile nlth lteajtilnrltr
from ,it Orlenna to Mouth
African Porta t'nder
(irent Difficulties.
Dy a stroke of tho pea declaring llvo
stock contraband ot war this country could
havo added, at a moderate estimate, a year
to the war lu Bouth Africa. Wo have
mounted and remounted the British cav
alry, supplied and resupplled the muscle
to movo their artillery and furnished and
refurnished them with pack trains. Texas
has been drained of mules and Kansas,
Wyoming, Missouri and the other stock
raising states of the west have been so
nearly depleted that the $40 animals ot
1S99 bring $90 today. More thin halt as
many mules and horses as men have gone
to the Kngllsh army. One hundred and
one thousand have been shipped from this
country alone. And still a transport a week
with a thousand or more head leaves New
Orleans,
This is by far tho largest exportation
of llvo stock for military purposes the
world has ever known. It has turned
not only the great commercial eye of ull
nations toward this country, bvit also at
tracted general diplomatic notice. Along
with the gigantic purchases ot live stock
millions ot dollars havo been spent In
fodder and lumber, In equipping large
stockyards, hiring an army of laborers,
veterinary surgeons, carpenters and ma
chinists nnd In maintaining an official
staff here.
General Samuel Pearson of the Boer
army has been In this country since No
vember last working diligently to put an
end to this mule supply. The Kngllsh
drove him here themselves. They cut oft
a small party of which ho was In com
mand from the rest of- Dowet s forces and
drovo them across tho Portuguese border,
tho hand scattering and reaching neutral
ground by Individual flight. Tho general
camo here to conduct a legal campaign
against his enemies, His suit In tho fed
eral court at New Orleans to stop the ship
ments, Judge Parlango decided, was not a
matter the court could pass upon; It was
for tho cabinet to decide. General Pear
son Mas unsuccessful In his efforts at
Washington, but ho Is still nt work and Is
nbout to reopen the case at New Orleans
on new grounds.
IICKnn Ilnylnn; L'nrly.
Two months before the hostilities began
England had officers In Austrlu, Portugal,
Canada und the United States purchasing
animals. All these stations were opened
thnt no delay should bo suffered, but the
cost being from SO to 100 per cent higher
In the other countries and the quality much
Inferior, they were soon abandoned and
cntlro rellunco placed upon "the states."
The first shipment sailed from Southport
(Just abovo Now Orleans) October 10, 1899,
a mouth beforo war was declared. Tho
Prah carried out that day 671 mules a
small load. Subsequent shipments all ran
higher, tho City of Manchester, which sailed
on the 21st ot the following month, carry
ing tho largest cargo ol stock that ever
sailed 2,080 mules and horses. Mules
formed by far the largest part ot all the
shipments.
Regular cattlo Bhlps could not be se
cured. The growing live stock Industry
could not spare one. Dut the prices of
fered were sufficient to mako the' owners
of a number of cotton carriers, then await
ing cargoes ot the south's king staple at
its king port, turn them into equine trans
ports. These ships arc built almost air
tight, so that when a flro occurs they can
run for days before It becomes master.
Sheets of their steel sides were hacked
out above the water line for ventilation,
and great canvas wlndsalls reaching half
as high as the masts wero Installed to
convey fresh air through tubes to the lower
compartments. The nail, chisel and saw
had no more regard for the carved cabin
woodwork than they had for tho rough pine
of which the stalls were built from wheel
to keel.
The air sheets faco forward and the
vessels aro required to be under way to
force the draft. So the animals nre loaded
hurriedly (it generally requires about
twelve hours) nnd the boat gotten off Im
mediately upon the last animal crossing
the gangplank.
, Losses Arc Heavy.
In rough weather the waves often roll In
through the holes In the sides and douse
the animals, but that Is a blessing, for In
long trips across the torrid zone the heat
down In the hold becomes awful. Tho ani
mals aro packed closely side by side. There
Is "standing room only." A loss of 10 per
cent on some trips In the summer Is con
sidered small. There Is a veterinary
surgeon aboard each boat and from
75 to 100 muleteers. Tho latter, after
feeding and watering the stock nnd
cleaning the stalls each day, have to give a
band dosing the sick, binding the bruised
sufferers from tho ship's rolling, and sling
ing up those too weak to stand longer.
There Is another task that of hoisting ovei
the dead. The transports seem to b
known among, and spotted by, the great
fishes. Porpoises, sharkB and the like fol
low them for days, for they aro sure of at
least three good meals of mule per diem.
Tho swiftest vessels of the fleet make tho
dlstanco to Capetown In twenty-eight days.
Dy this time many of tho poor croatures,
from standing still so long, with not room
to turn around, are too stiff to move and
havo to be lifted out of the stalls. They
soon recover thoso not too far gone and
when they realize that thoy nro again on
terra flrma they Jump and buck with Joy
beyond control. Dut it la simply giving
them another taste of life before the
Hlaughtor, for fever, insects and bullets
make short work ot them.
Occasionally storms are encountered that
toss the ships about so that many of the
beasts are maimed and crippled beyond re
covery or killed outright. The Corlnthla
encountored a gala that blew It upon a
reef off Haytt In January, 1900. After five
days' work In attempting to float the vessel
It was given up. More than a thousand
mules were taken up on deck and after
thetr noses had been pointed toward land,
so that they might see and scent It, they
were lowered overboard. Four hundred
swam the dlstanco. The others were either
unequal to the effort after being penned up
so long or spent thetr strength In vain
efforts to get aboard the ship and the tug
boats about It.
Urtnlls of the Work, ,
Ot late the percentage nt loss among the
animals has been growing less. At first any
mule from thirteen to fourteen hands high
or horse from fourteen to sixteen, sound
of limb and In good condition, after threo
days' rest to recover from the railroad
Journey to New Orleans, was loaded for
Capetown. Now only an animal with a tried
constitution Is scut. The whole workings ot
the department are now complete. In Kan
sas City, St. Louis, Dallas and Houston
corrals for .collection are maintained. To
these recruiting stations candidates aro
brought. Any that pass, be they one or
fifty, are retained until the number has
grown large enough to warrant the charter
Ing of a train. Then they are shipped to
New Orleans, where stables that will ac
commodate nearly 7,000 are operated. Here
they are assorted and gotten Into condition
tor shipment. The first assortment la the
sick and bruised from the well. Tht former
aro sent to the hospital department. They
are exercised dally and fed up
tor the Journey. Each animal Is
vaccinated. Then they are as
sorted tor fitness for the various service.
Bach Is numbered on the hoot and marked
with a broad arrow if for the heavy artil
lery, a smalt arrow for the light and a
double cross tor the cavalry. Those simply
numbered go Into pack trains or are as
signed to some other routine work.
Haven for Holms,
With tho muleteers the qualifications
have grown less rigid. At first at the offer
ot free transportation the officers could
pick thetr men. All the discharged Spanish
war soldiers who applied were chosen. But
particular care was taken that they should
not get near a Doer recruiting station.
Finally when the South African enthusiasm
began to waae the price had to be raised;
return transportation was added. Later
return transportation and $15. But New
Orleans was drained. Now hobos and
tramps are enlisted from any old place.
They get free transportation on the tops
ot the stock trains from as far away as
Chicago and the Britishers aro scratching
harder for tbem than they are for mules.
It Is Interesting and pathetic to see the
animals shipped and it Is amusing and
ludicrous lo see the motley conglomeration
of vagabonds, Besides what covers his
hide a red handkerchief slung over his
shoulder generally contains the entire
worldly outfit ot the Amerlco-Brltlsh mule
teer of today. Each goes th tho Inten
tion ot letting tho light strike him only
at meal times and lying In tho hay under
the shadow of the mule the rest of the
day. Each thinks he Is "slick" enough to
evade the "cockney" boss and has the Idea
that his destination Is a land of tree gold
and diamonds. Each meets a sudden nnd
soro awakening when once aboard ship.
Tho British officers were very much agi
tated tho other day after one ot the uhlp
ments to see the name "Samuel Pearson"
on tho list of muleteers. It didn't seem
poaslble that It could be their nrch enemy,
the Boer general. Yet they were prepared
to fear almost anything from Boor strategy
and thoy wore Indeed relieved when ths
ship arrived at tho other end safe. A hobo
had shipped In alias.
Table and Kitchen
Practical Suggtattons About Food and
tbe Preparations of It.
Dally .Mrims.
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Lamb's Liver and Bacon.
drilled Tomatoes.
Muffins. CotTcc.
LUNCH.
Canned Salmon. Green Peas.
Lettuce.
Fruit. Soft Gingerbread.
Lemonade.
DINNER.
Cream of Tomato Soup.
Broiled Steak. Stewed Corn.
Mashed Potatoes. Cold Slaw.
Ice Cream. Berries.
Coffee.
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Cream Toast. Blackberry Mush.
Boiled Salt Muckercl. Parsley Butter.
New Potatoes.
White Muffins. Coffee.
LUNCH.
Sardine nnd Olive Sandwiches.
Berry Shortcake. Cream.
Iced Ten.
DINNER.
Iced Clam Broth.
Planked Whlteflsh. Cucumbers.
Mashed Potatoes. New Beets.
Lettuce.
Pineapple Bavarian Cream.
Coffee.
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Sugared Fruit.
Beauregard Eggs. . , ,
Bucon.
iiroueu xaniaioes.
Rolls. Coffee.
LUNCH.
Cold Boiled Lobster. '.Mayonnaise Sauce.
Stuffed Tomato, Sulnd.
Wafers. Cheese.
Fruit. Lemonade.
DINNER.
Iced Tomnto Bouillon.
Breaded Veal Cutlets. Cream Sauce.
String Beans. Okra nnd Corn.
Fruit Salad.
Cheese. Wafers.
Coffee.
SUNDAY'.
BREAKFAST.
Chilled Fruit.
Molded Cereal. Whipped Cream.
Breaded Tomatoes. Cream Sauce.
Lyonnalse Potatoes.
Toast. Coffee.
DINNER.
Iced Bouillon.
Cold Boned Chicken. Garnish of Jelly.
Creamed Mushrooms and Pens In Cases.
Gratlnatcd Cauliflower.
Lettuce.
Cheese. Wnfcrs.
Iced Rico Pudding. Fruit Compote.
Coffee.
SUPPER.
Deviled Sardines. Potato Salad.
Fruit. White Cake.
Tea.
THE OKRA Oil (JUMBO.
A Southern Vegetable Favorite Little
Known In the North.
This Is a vegetable par excellence In the
hands of a good southern cook.
This vegetable, so distinctively a south
ern favorite, Is not so well known to north
ern cooks except In large cities.
The seed pod is the edible part ot this
plant and Is wholesome and nutritious.
There are two varieties grown for the mar
ket; of these the best Is the short, thick,
green pod, which will remain tender longer
than the long, slender pod, which Is pale
green and wiry.
The liking for okra Is an acquired taste
with many, and those who are first Intro
duced to It In the south may not like It.
The creolo method of cooking Is to stew
It In as little water ns possible and until It
Is a sort ot mucilage. If plenty of salted
water be used and the cooking not pro
longed after the okra Is tender this pe
culiarity U avoided. Of courso the pods
must be very voting and tender or they
cannot ho cooked In so short a time.
Many do not know that the delicious fla
vor of the famous Georgia Brunswick stew
Is duo greatly to the presence of okra well
cooked In the compound.
Tomatoes and rice seem to be the proper
accompaniments tor this vegetable and corn
Is very frequently used.
The okra may be canned or dried for
winter use, and when not to be had fresh
In the market can In this manner be used
all the year round. It Is especially nice for
winter soups.
Dried Okrn.
This may bo obtained In the market when
the fresh is out of season, It Is sliced In
rings and evaporated like apples. The very
small tender pods may be canned whole.
When dried It must soak In water for an
hour before cooking and then boiled In
salted water until tender, which will re
quire about twenty minutes.
Okra may be dried at home with very lit
tle trouble. Cut the pods In rings, string
these on cords and hang them where they
will dry quickly
Stewed Okra Take young and tender
pods, cut off each end and wash them
thoroughly, boll them In salted water until
tender (about three-quarters of an hour),
then drain off the water; season with rait,
pepper and butter and serve In a covered
vegetable dish.
Okra Gumbo Soup Cut two quarts of
okra Into rings and add two quarts of
tomatoes and three quarts ol water; put
over the fire and let It boll; take a young,
tender chicken, Joint it and fry a nice
brown; put It Into the okra and tomatoes;
make a brown sauce with the fat remaining
In the pan and add to the soup. Add three
small onions, chopped flnt, a cup of corn
and cup ot lima beans and salt and ptpper
Which Girls?
The Bee wants to know which girls
in the territory in which it circulates nr.; most deserving
of the vocation trips offered to the girls who work for
a livelihood. We would like every render to vote the
coupons which appear on page two each day. Any
young lady who earns her own living may enter the con
test. The Bee will pay all of the expenses
of the trips aud furnish additional transportation, so it
will not be necessary to go alone. Head over the rules
carefully.
Twelve Splendid Vacation Trips
From Omaha to Chicago on the Mil
waukee. Chicago to Buffalo vIa the
Nickel Plat. Ten days at the Marl
borough and th Pan-American Ex
position. Return via Chicago with a
day at the Grand Pacific hotel.
From Omaha to Hot Springs, U. D..
over tho Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri
Valley railroad. Two weeks at tho
Motel Evans at Hot Springs with
privileges of the plunce and baths.
From Omaha to Minneapolis on the
Northwestern. From Minneapolis to
Iike Mlnnetonku ovr the Great
Northern, with two weeks at the Hotel
St. Louis.
From Omaha to Chicago on the Chi
cago, Burllncton & (julncy, Two days
at the Grand Pacific. Chicago to Lake
Geneva, Wist, on the Northwestern.
Two weeks at the Garreson house.
Return via tho same routes.
From Omaha to Chicago via the
Northwestern with a day's stop nt the
Grand Pacific hotel. From Chicago to
Waukesha, Wis., with two weeks ut
tho Fountain Spring house.
RULES OF THE CONTEST:
The trips will be awnrdeil ns follows: Four trips to the four young Indies living In Onmhrt rccelvlnir the
most votes; one trip to the jounK lndj In South Omnhn receiving th most votes; one trip to the young
lady In Council muffs receiving the most votes; three trips to the young Indies living In Nebraska outside of
Omnhu and South Dmnlia receiving the most votes; two trips to the young Indies living In Iowa outside of
Council Bluffs receiving the most rotes; nnd one trip to the young lady In South Dnkotn receiving the most
votes.
The j-oung lndy receiving the highest number of votes will have the first choice of tho trips, tho next
highest second choice, and so on.
No votes will be counted for any young lady who does not earn her own living.
All votes must be made on coupons cut from page 2 of The Bee.
Prepayments of subscriptions may bo made either direct to The He Publishing Company, or to nn author
ized agent of The Bee.
No votes sent In by agents will be counted unless accompanied by the cash, In accordance with instruc
tions sent them.
No votes will bo counted for employes of The Omnha Bee.
The vote from day to day will be published In all editions of The Bee. The contest will close at 5 p. m.,
July 22, 1001.
Votes will be counted when made on a coupon cut from Tho Omaha Bee and deposited at The Bee Business
Office or mailed addressed
"Vacation Contest Department,"
Omnha Bee, Omaha, Neb.
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to tasto. Let It simmer gently tor several
hours. When this soup Is served a table
spoonful ot boiled rice and a tablespoon
ful of sweet green pepper, out fine, are put
Into each soup plate.
Stewed Okra with Tomato Sauce Trim
tho tender pods samo as tor stewing; cover
ono quart with salted water, add a slice of
bacon and cook until nearly tender. Then
drain and add one cup of tomato and one
cup of brown sauce; salt and pepper to
taste nnd simmer until okra Is done.
Okra with Rice Prepare one quart of
okra as for stewing; put them In a sauce
pan with a pint ot tomato pulp, half a
pound of ham or lean bacon cut Into Cubes,
a small onion and a red pepper chopped
flno and a pint of good broth or stock.
Simmer gently for half an hour. Just be
foro serving add a tablespoonful of gumbo
fillet powder; lot It boll up once and serve
with boiled rice. Tho rice may be heaped
In tho center of tho dish.
Okra Sauted, Creole Style Wash, trim
and cut into slices a quart ot young, tender
okra; place In a granite saucepan two table
spoonfuls of butter, a medium-sized onion,
a medlum-sUed green pepper, both minced
fine; atlr over the fire until a golden brown,
then add three large tomatoes peeled and
cut Into pieces, three tablospoonfuls ot
Spanish or some hot pepper sauce and salt
to taste, and the okra. Cover the saucepan
and simmer gently for half an hour. Turn
out on a hot dish and sprinkle over with a
tenspoonful of minced parsley and serve.
Brunswick Stew Stew a Urge fowl until
the meat leaves the bones; remove skin,
gristle and bones and chop the meat In
coarse pieces. Return to the liquor; add
a pint of corn scraped from the ears, a pint
of young lima beans, three cups ot tomato,
a good-sized onion, minced fine, a pint of
young okras, a small red pepper, minced, a
little celery seed, two tablcspoonfuls nf
butter and salt, pepper and Worcestershire
sauco to taste. Simmer until okra Is tender
and then serve.
The addition of a llttlo paprika Just be
fore the stew Is taken up Improves It
greatly.
Okra Fritters The large pods may be
stewed In salted water, cut Into rings or In
long slices, dipped in batter and fried.
Mrdtclnnl Value of Veccrtntilps.
We do not dcslro to Impress upon tbe
minds of our readers the Idea that any
class of foods are to bo regarded In the
light of medicine or remedies, for we be
lieve too much thought is already clvcn to
mennB of overcoming ailments that fre
quently originate In morbid Imagination
only. But many vegetables do exert very
direct medicinal effects, and It may be wtll
for the housewife to Inform hersolf as to
the nature of these In order that she may
work more Intelligently In constructing
dally bills of fare. A well known authority
glveB the following table:
Asparagus Is very cooling and easily di
gested. Cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts
and broccoli are cooling;, nutritious, laxa- :
tlve and purifying to the blood, as a tonic,
but should not be eaten too freely by dell
cato porsons,
Celery Is delicious cooked, and Rood for
rheumatic and gouty people,
Lettuces are very wholesome. They are
slightly narcotic, and lull and calm the
mind.
Spinach Is particularly good for rhou
matlsrn and gout, and also In kidney dls
eases. '
OnloDR are good for chest ailments and
colds, but do not auree with all, (We may
add, uncooked, they do not agree with
many.)
Watercresses are an excellent tonic,
stomachic and cooling,
Beetroot Is very cooling and highly nu
tritious, owing to the amount of sugar It
contains.
Parsley Is cooling and purifying.
Potatoes, parsnips, carrots, turnips and
artichokes are highly nutritious, but aro
i r.Mil Umatin in n.nv.r ,k.
Burlington. Three days at the Brown
Inlaee hotel, a day excursion to
Georgetown through Clear Creek Can
yon. From Denver to Colorado
fl,r.lrc8"n .,h penver A Rio Ornnd
to the Garden of the Gods, a trip up
Pike Peak, with headquarters for
ten dais at the Alta Vtstu hotel at
Colorado Springs.
From Omaha to Lake OkoboM on the
Milwaukee. Two weeks at The Inn
at Lake Okobojl. Return via the Mil
waukee, From Omaha to Kansas City over
tho Mlsnourl Pacific with three days
at Kansas City at the Coutes house.
Kansas City to Pertlt Springs. Mo
with two weeks at Hotel Mlnnowawa.
From Omaha to St. Louis over ths
Omnha A fit. Louis and Wabash lines,
with three days at the Southern hotel.
From St. Louis to Toledo with a day
at tho Boody house. From Toledo to
Put-ln-Bay via the Detrult Cleve
land steamship, with two weeks at th
Hotel Victory.
not so digestible as some vegetables. Po
tatoes are the most nourishing and are
fattening for nervous people.
Turnip tops are valuable when young and
tender.
Tomatoes aro health-giving and purifying,
either eaten raw or cooked.
Chill, cayenne, horseradish and mustard
should bo used sparingly. They give zest
to the appetite and are valuable stomachics.
Radishes aro the same, but are Indigestible
and should not bo eaten by delicate people.
Cucumbers are cooling, but are Indigestible
to many.
Radishes anil Cnennibera.
The amount of water contained In these
two vegetables make them most valuable
as summer additions to the bill ot fare.
The radish should not be eaten unless It Is
very tender and crisp, and in preparing It
for the table do not cut off the tiny heart
leaves, as these are said to aid digestion,
and they at least add greatly to their at
tractiveness. The skin of tho radish Is tho
most Indigestible part, and many remove
all but a narrow band of tho bright red
around the center ot the radish, although
they aro prettier If left unpeeled. If ono
la dented the pleaauro of eating them, a
small dish of red radishes with the green
tip showing, Imbedded In cracked Ice, wilt
act as an "Inducer" to tbe critical appe
tite on a sultry, hot morning and In this
way servo their purpose well.
Ono reason why cucumbers so often cause
trouble Is because they are not prepared
in proper manner. They should have at
least an Inch cut from each end and care
fully pared to remove all the green part,
sliced thin and soaked In cold water for at
least half an hour, and an hour Is better.
It the cucumber Is at all wilted It should
not be served, as It Is tough and Indi
gestible. Cucumbers frequently cause Indigestion
hecauso they are not thoroughly masti
cated. They may bo grated and served as
a sauce or relish In this manner, for those
who find it difficult to digest them when
served In nny other way.
There Is something so peculiarly refresh
ing and tempting in the odor and flavor
of tho cucumber it Is very hard for moat
people to resist eating them, even when
they dread the consequence.
IIAMMU'FF CAlfSKI) 1IY A OttllM.
A Xrn- Ilspovrry thut Kills lh- Germ
and Prrvents lliilrincNs,
Pretty nearly all the hair preparations
for dandruff havo somo merit In allaying
Itching of tho scalp and In being a fairly
good dressing for tho hair, but there Is
only one that rocognlzes what causes
dandruff, falling hair and baldness and
that destroys that cauio, a little germ
nnd that Is Ncwbro's Hcrplclde. This
germ oats Its way Into tho scalp, down to
tho hair root, where It saps that vitality,
causing dandruff as It digs up the scalp
Into llttlo white srnles, Unless It Is de
stroyed there's no prrmanent stopping of
falling hair and euro of dandruff and
baldness. Newbro's Herplclde kills the
germ. "Destroy the causi, you remove
tho effect."
Mnlt Attacks a Train,
HT. LOUIS. July 16.-A special to the
Globe-Democrat from Cordova, Mex., nayji
A train on th- Vera Cruz & Pacific road
was nttai'ked by n lar;e force nt armed
men at Tlrrn Blancn. n small station,
Seven men on tho train were killed, As
soon ns news of the attack rearhed Cor
dova a force of rurnlcs was sent to the
scene and Is now In pursuit of members
of the mob. The muse of the attack Is
not known here. It Is said to have been
made by men who were formerly employed
In the construction of the road,
H(ime nf the flrrnrrlrs Arie-.
CHICAGO. July 16,-Of the tlfty-twn
brewarles In Chlrngo. six have agreed to
the demands of the stationary firemen who
struck yesterday and npernted an usual
today. The remainder were Idle. aThey de
mand II for an eight-hour day.
From Omaha to Denver on the Rock
Islund. Three days at the Brown
Palace hotel. A day's excursion on tbe
Colorado road through Clear Creek
Canyon to Georgetown and The Loup.
From Denver to Qltnwood Springs via
the Denver A nio Grande. Ten days
nt the Hotel Colorado, (llenwood
Springs. Return via the same routes.
From Omaha to Salt Lake via the
Union Pacific. Ten days at the Hotel
Knutsford, Salt Lake, with privilege
of Sattair Beach. Return on the Union
Paclfio via Denver with three days'
stop at the Drown Palace hotel, a
day's excursion from Denver to
Georgetown and the Loup through
Clear Creik Canyon on the Colorado
road.
From Omaha to Chicago via the
Illinois Central, with a day at the
Orand Pacific. Chlcayo to Charlrvols;
via the Pere Marquette railroad. Ten
days at tho Hotel Belvldere at Charts
volx. Return via Steamship Manltou
to Chicago. Chicago to Omaha via
the Illinois Central.
OUT OP TUB OnUlXAIlY.
Philadelphia's chief department storea
close at 6 p. m. dally; Saturday, 1 p. tn.
Every week more than $1,000,000 Is sent
out of the United States In payment for
cofTee.
A new record In dynamiting- has beem
made at a Penobscot Bay quarry In Maine.
A S2,QU0-ton block of granite was easily
lifted.
Dr. Frank 8. Morris of McCool Junction,
Neb., keeps In communication by means ot
carrier doves with patients living over a
circuit of fifty miles.
The appellate court of Indiana holds that
the release clauso of a railway pass doos
not bar a suit for damn9 sustained
through tho negligence ot an employe of
the road.
The sentences recently Imposed upon nn
Italian prisoner for a serins ot forgeries
aggregated 1,088 years. This recalls the,
story ol the condemned man not far from
New Yorn who nsk.n the judgo to commute
hlk term to Imprisonment for life.
TeUercne de Bort, tho famous French
acrrnuut, has .secured the lowest tempera
ture mark on record, 72 degrees ccntlcr.ido,
or 97.6 Fahrenheit. Tho reading was regis
tered on a thermometer In a trlnl balloon
recently sent up to a height of if.WO feet.
Thore was n teachers' Institute the other
day in Eldorado, Kan-, and some of the
young mm, habited In gorgeous shirt
walste, took their soots In n row In tho rear
of the room. The instructions were going
along n few minutes later when the old
professor looked over the top of his spec
tacles and said: "For this question 1 would
llko nr answer from one of tho young
ladles in the back seats."
If the Inhabitants of Wyoming wanted to
spread themselves out each of them could
have a little more, than a square mile all ta
himself, in Nevada overy four people could
have ten square miles. Arizona. New
Mexico, Montana nnd Idaho can afford al
most a square mile each to their men,
women and children, while up In frozen
Alaska there are ten good square miles for
?ierJ' .l0".1 of Population. Rhode Island la
tho fullest state in the unlon-wlth 407 poo
pie to the square mlln. But even that leave
a good deal of extrn room. Massachusetts,
ii pe.?p,"L" ,np "Hunre mile, follows Rhodi.
Island. Then come New Jorsey. 250: Con.
nectlcut. 187, New York, 1S2.C; Pennsylvania.
H0.1; Maryland, 120,5; Ohio, 102.
American bridge builders have recentlr
constructed the Ooktelk viaduct In Ildrmah.
which Is the greatest work nf Its kind In
the world. It Is the largest nnd with ona
exception the highest. It Is 2.580 feet lonr
?.nrt "." C?.,r.''lnfi "eight above the founda.
fil"?, V rV.1-, Tn". onl' viaduct exceed.
P 'J I. V J f 1 1" " In Bolivia, on the,
?ii0K?'if railroad, that structure being
3.VH4 feet high, but It Is only (Wl feet lonlr.
Moreover, the foundations of tho Goktellc
bridge rest upon a natural tunnel. Tha
nlQ'tt vJn,lu" the 1'nlted fita es s that
over the Pecos r ver n Tvn. nn ., t?-..'.!:1
11 l n . - vim nUIJLII
2,063 feet long.
Coffee
It Is known to sclcnco as caffcln. It wsj
discovered by a ClermHii chemist more thai
half a century ago, but thousands of paopli
have not yet found out that this subtlt
poison Is t ie cntmfl of tho headaches and
rheumatic pains, dyspepsia, sleeplesir.esa,
nervousness, exhaustion nnd mimber!si
other Ills from which they turfer. Th
Battle Creek Hanltarlum medical experts
found this out more than thirty years ago,
and began making a coffee subs It ite,
which, In Its latest and most Improved
form Is known as Caramel Cereal, a
pure grain product, Contains no chap
sugar-house refuse, as do many so-called
rereal coffee substitutes,
Every packagit bears a picture of ths
world-famous Battle Creek Sanitarium.
Ask .your grqeer for IU
c . nuirona, wli ch s 321 feet hlih.
and 2.1S0 feet long, while close behind It U
the Klnzua viaduct on the F.rle railroad lr!
Pennsvlvnn n. whixh i. m J... IK"11 "I
- icei fimii find
fir
Poison "Vlf