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KSTABUHIIKI) JUNE 19. 1871.
OMAHA, Hl'MiAY MOKXIXU, APRIL 10. 104.
SIMILE COPY FIVE CENTS.
MAIL ORUBHS t ILLBD FHOM THIS AL (IF GOODS A. HIS OS HAND) UF TO -WBDNBSDA Y NOON.
Wall Paper
Kciminnts sale in till
grades of goods, in one and
two room lots. We on II rem
nants what other stores rail
stock goods, because we buy
in larger quantities and do
not renew them.
Monday and Tuesday 3.000
rolls 'White Blanks, that
Hold up to 15c, at n
per roll, 8r and. . . .
2.000 rolls gilt, with 9 or 18
inch Borders that sold up
.to 50c, ut per roll 7
20c, 15c, 10c and..
A Roaring Snap
$15.00 n Stamps
with our best
Washing Mach
ines selling at
$6.25 and $5.95
RiKm Moulding, J
up from, per ft. ...
Double Green Trading
Stamps with all pur
clinses In thin sale Mon
day and Tuesday.
THIRD FLOOR.
Western
Washers.
WoodeRwart Dept. Basement.
. .
....2.75
i ""i r pi n n
mir ji am
rxniv7
iilV
The whole country from Maine to California and from the
Great Lakes to th Gulf of Mexico is ablaze ivith Trading
Stamp sulfations. No system of merchandising ever created so
great a stir. The foremost retail houses in every section of the
land - Bennett's store for this section hare adopted the Trad
ing Stamp 8 f stem. The greatest of them have selected the Lit
tle Green Sticker. All this tends to 'increaxe the worth of Green
Trading Slamps. You can get then everywhere not only in
this country, but all over the world and you can redeem your
book right here, at no. N. loth St.
n e want to emphasize the rock-bound stability, reliability
and permanency of the little Green Sticker. It's here to stay, it's doing noble work, it stimulates fru
gality, it saves you heaps of money for household arlicles that you need. It's our settled policy to help
you get these articles, and wherever wi cjn throw in Extra Green Trading Stamp Sensations we will
do it. Head this advertisement carefully. It's the most interesting page in this paper to people who
want to save money.
HOW'S YOUR STAMP BOOK COMING?
Green
Trading
Stamps
Stationery
Dept.
IV ATOM HU RSrAMP
P"f-TTI BOOK HY K.VKKY
lv-WiajFAIR AND 801' ARB
S17tsy1 I MKTiion or stamp
!! Il8l (Collecting. Here a
IflJ 1 rood onel Huy the
new ion norm iu
datf In Stationery
"kh'Jl I'T'.i ri nn coupon
T's.lfl I' Its funny part
w-. r brine It to our Prem
ium Parlor, second floor and get
ll.rt) worth Green Trading 6 lamps
for It.
5c
raper Napkins, fnnoy designed
colors Monday, regular
1H for.
Crope Tnper, largo assortment of
Monday. roKiilar
Hk? rolls for X 2C
White Wove Envelopes jrood
enough for any prnrtlcnl e
purpose, 75 for OC
White Wove Note Paper, tine writ
ing surra op, Monday
120 sheets for
10c
Art Novelties
...49c
....$10
" Picture. 29C
'09c
In Abundance.
Popular Dutch Pictures
up from
Novelty Stein and Pip
Rucks, from fl up to....
"Uttle Mother'
big slse...
Ballet Otrla.
ebony frame
Water color heads In handsome Fl.m
iHh and Nile green veneer frames,
an excellent bargain $2 50
Pyrorraphy rionday Bargains.
Pyrography Points, regularly nOr.
II SO, Monday only ... VOC
Jardlnler Stools, beautl-
V.rnp."!:. .$1.00
And 18.09 worth of Green
Trading Stamps with
each.
P
irrsifj.
1
Visit our Art Uallory,
c-Cv,, ; Den, Room, Burnt Wood
I ll .IVJ
Novelty Is our hobhy
and low prices In all of
them.
Double Green Trading
Stamps' In Framing, Mon
day only.
Women's Silk Coats for Spring
Here is a wonderful array of bargains that must
interest you:
2.n." Taffeta silk xhort, full coats trimmed with Inoe r r g"
medallions worth $l.RO at wa JJ
$'.(). Taffeta Pt Con t fancy Ktltchlnjfvery nobby
15.00 8tylo--at
4 05 Peau de Sole Mouse lined, allk braid trtm
inlnff a regular $...) garmjiit nt
Sij.y.'V Taffetn Box Coat with silk mednlllons and
enpe - Inches long value $8.5l-at
$7.ftTi Toffi ta .Silk Coat pleated back and front,
stitched sleeve, cntM?.and stole and heavy sljk fringb..
$!Mft Heavy peau de sole, same stylo, a regular
J15.(ii coat ut
OTHKK FTYLKS In elegant Silk Coats 2o,'f22.S0, -4 y tZf
$10.50, f,17t.m, $13.50 and liUU
SUTAII AND CLOTH OF GOLD COATS The very latest Jnpa
nete novelty for spring coats made np In elegant styles Just put
on sale. Come and see tem. ' '
3.95
4.95
6.95
7.95
9.90
I lHPC, Quite Space will not permit o
LdUICb Ollllb description of our ele
gant new Tailor Suits and Costumes.
EVERY NEW COLOR
EVERY NEW STYLE
EVERY NEW MATERIAL
Will Be Found in Our Suit Department.
Suit Bargains for Monday
Nearly 200 Samples, the final sample pur
chase of the Chicago Novelty Suit Co. , and (
a lot of our rtgular stock bunched in '
two lots
Suits worth up to $15 at ........ 9.75
Suits worth up to $25 at 14.50
And Double Green Trading Stamps With
Each Sale.
Monday Double Stamp Sales
BLACK AND COLORED PETTICOATS-In fine
aephyr giMids and elpgant sateens, at
98c
AND DOUBLE PREEN TRADING STAMPS.
WOMEN'S HOl'SE AV RAPPERS In fine percales,
heivy calico and fine batiste lawns, worth up to Ofir
11.75, at VOfc
AND DOUBLE GREEN TRADING STAMPS WITH.
EACH SALE.
Monday Will Be a Record Breaker in Price
Cutting in Silk and Dress Goods Dept.'
FINE CHINA SILK8-M0 pieces fine China Silks-extra soft and
nice quullty-25 colors to cnoose from 21 Inches wide f . m
cheap at 40c yard Monday, while they last yvl t
per yard 90
BLACK TAFFETA SILKB-10 pieces fine Swiss Tnffetas
21 Inches wide cheap at 60c yard Monday per
yard
BLACK PEAU DE SOIES-38 Inches wide all silk Peau de Sole very
fine iiunllty Just the right weight for conts 4
cheap at one dollar and a hnlf a yard Monday 1 AM
per yard
SHIRT WAI8T SUIT SILK 8 One hundred pieces new Shirt Waist
Suit Bilk in the new browns, blues, cardinals, pur- Cafc
pics and grays very lutest styles. Bee them at $1.00, 8S0 QyfJ
33c
Black Dress Goods
62 Inches wide fine quality black Mohair Sicilian, regular tt quality, EOr
Monday J
46-Inch elegant quality crisp French Voiles, the regular 11.25 f fW
value, only yard
46-Inch Mohair Tamise a benutlfnl soft fabric, strictly dust- 1 flD
proof, a good $1.35 quality Monday a.vvr
Colored Dress Goods
champn enn
.1.50
M-lnch double-faced Molinir eiclllnn. In navy, brown, gray,
and tnn strictly dust-proof this season's intest novelty a
good $2.00 cloth, special yard
French Voiles
25 pieces 46-ln. French Voiles, nice crisp finish, In all the newest shades.
Including the latest New York fad. the much talked about onion Oft
ckln shade a quality you pay $1.26 for here Monday l.JJ
Extra Specials
(0 pieces M to 44-Inch plnln and figured Mohairs, .dark grounds with
stripes, large and small dots nnd broken stripes, for shirt waists Rft-
and shirt waist suits, values in this lot up to c Monday only..
THREE CASKS LADIES' 81'RINU UNDERWEAR Fine ribbed, Unto
finished cotton, white, cream and ecru, long sleeved, high neck vests,
hue and light knee drawers, sicca from 4 to 8, values up to OS.
BOc, Monday, special at garment "O
100 DOZEN LADIES' FINE COTTON HO8E Spring weight, "Warranted
Fast black," extra spliced sole, high spliced heel, regular 25c en
hose, on sale Monday, three phlis for OVIC
200 DOZEN FINE 8WI88 HA NDKKRCHIEFS Embroidered and lnce.
edges, beautiful, dainty designs worth up to 20c each 01r.
Monday 145JU
60 PIECES NEW SILK CHIFFON RIBBONS All the new spring color
ings, to 6 Indies wide, worth 60c yard Monday we put them OQn
on sale at per yard
Ladies' Combs-Jewelry Dept.
Fancy mounted
aide and back -combs,
""p a r t'
wltb gold
filled mount-.
Ing,part with .
close white
tone sets'.
val ue up to il'.OO,
Choice Saturday.
H
sMWVWWV'
..:75c
And $ J In Creea Tridlnf Stimpt
isjnwrytQSlde and back Combs with polished tfold in
L?t $ tube at,d hmey jrold BJla nymntin jr, 40L
IxfulW r lly Stfue, b9ll,.'. t-.j ww
Ana )i.vu wortn urten iraainj sumps.
25 c
m
Plain finely flaished side and back comb,
36c values, ', :
choice . .... ........ ,
And $1.00 In Qreea Tradlnj Stamps.
Grocery Grocery Grocery
imp'
m
U worth of Oraea
Tradlnc Stimpi
v 1 1 h each frame
California
.loney.. . .
15c
P
$2 worth Qren
Trading 5tampa with
each pound famous
Teas,
all kinds,
per lb....
48c
$1 worth Green
Trading Stamps
with each bottle,
Oedney'a Pickles,
Sauces, etc.
SOc worth Oreen
Trading Stamps
with each 1-4-1 .
Bennett's CapUo
Black Pep-
per, cao....-
MILLINERY
We are showing the best values in the entire vest. Our rulllitry buyer Miss Knowlton has certainly achieved a
notable success in the realm of excliwlve style display. We have high grade, medium and small-priced hats to suit
every figure and pose. We have models of tho most renowned artists finest materials manu
factured. These would bring elsewhere $40.00. You con purchase them at Bennett's
Millinery Department at -
Ilere are hats that are exact counterparts of the most expensive Paris patterns. The only difference is they are
made in America. The best millinery artists In Tarts are declared to be Americans. Here's Just the hut that your ar
tlotic taste demands. It will wear Just as long, it's Just as chic and becoming, and
it will.glve as full satisfaction 120.00, S 15.00
3
nud.
w w y
i.tva lit i o i.v nun
$25.00
$10.00
A BUNCH OF ROSEBUD FOLIAGE
AT ..
25c
AKD $2.00 WOUTHOF GREEN TRADING STAMPS.
OJB BUNCH TO A CUSTOMER.
A black hair braid Toque, double rim,
trimmed so as to present a very chic
appearance, all ready to wear, worth
$5.00,
at
$2.50
Chinaware Bargains and
Green Trading Stamp Extras
.CIGAR
DEPT.
10 Cigars, 23c -We offer several
thousand Lillian Russell Cigars
10 for 25c
Monday
CANDY
DEPT.
SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS OF
SALTED PEANUTS
Per Lb..
IO Cts.
Rich American S-lnch Cut Olasa $2.48
Johnson Bros! 'nVcely'decorVedi ' 100 ' piece' Dinner Sets, beautifully
decorated In pink and green and Cfi 7f
gold traced HJ.a J
Macbeth' No. I Pearl Top Lamp Chimneys, Btc
each "w
No. 7 Common Lamp Burners, heavy aolld brass, ftn
each "w
Large alia fancy shape Bowls and Pitchers, FtHc
each uuv
Pure lead blown Tabl. Tumblers, nlc. thin ones, r
each "w
5 Green TradingStamps fejjgJS
for one on all colored Bsftd.
one on
Jardinieres
Low Shoes
MEN'S and BOYS' Stylish
The Longest Line in This
City.
Men's Patent Pony Colt Blucher Oxfords, (To
tay) Toe, Goodyear welt, $3.00 A Cf
quality, at t- JvJ
Men's Patent Pony Colt Blucher Oxfords,
Bronx cap, hand-sewed soles, A CC
$5.00 quality, at g-WJJ
Men's Velour Calf Blucher Oxfords, Bronx cap,
(loolyear welt. o.00 values, 3 50
lit ' e sees e
Men's Vici Kid Lace Oxfords, welt O CH
solo KlHl vnliiP nt CL
FURNITURE--Df"nSTables'
$6.00 Oolden Oak Table, 6 foot extension, 41 Inches wide,
substantially made
$11.00 Oolden Oak Table, S foot extension, heavy splrul turned
post, polish finish
$11.(0 Oolden Oak Table, 6 foot extension, massive fluted pillars,
rounded corners and highly polished v
3.95
7.75
9.50
14.50
CARPETS Extra Showing of Hemp Carpets
...25c
$19.00 Oolden Oak Pedestal Table, round top, fine polish finish, rigid
construction and fitted with patent device for locking pedestal....
86 In. wide, extra heavy quality, fait col-
urn, nanasom. atrip .-
"effects, at
SS in wide, plaid
patterns...... .'..,.,..
15c
19c
Door Mats
14x24 In. Cocoa Mud
Mat
.45c
3C In. wide, S-ply
mottled pattern. ......
Brussels Ruga. 9x9 ft., patterns suit
able for dining rooms, . nQ
etc., special for Monday ll.VO
16x27 In. Cocoa Mud
Mat
20x30 In. Cocoa Mud
Mat
60c
,....80c
DRAPERY DEPARTMENT Third Floor
$2,000 worth of Lac. Curtains to be put
on sale Monday morning at 8:80 o'clock
at about V, regular prlc
We have sorted them Into 10 lota rang
ing In price from IIO.Oo n
per pair, down to, each IVt
Don t tan to see mem.
Men's Vici Kid Iace Oxfords, welt O CC
soles, f4.00 values, at. .VJKJ
Men's Tan Russia Calf Blucher Ox
fords, welt sole, Bronx EaZ"t
cap toe, 5.00 value, at
Double Oreen Trtidiug; Btamps
with these shoes Monday.
$.000 yards Curtain Scrim, regular 12Hc quality, special "
at, per yard...' . ,
And $2.00 In Groan Stickers, with Every IO
Yards.
42c
Hardware Bargains
Get ready for garden work get the proper tools get them at Bennett's at
money saving prices and Ore.n Trading Stamps with them.
W. carry a complete lln. of .verythlng needed. It's easy to keep your lawn,
your garden, your fruit bushes, and trees and your arbor In "Appl. Pie" order
with trie proper tools.
Tho best Lawn Rake made,
only
A guaranteed steel Garden Rake,
14 teeth
14 tooth malleable Oarden Rake,
only
Spades, 8padlng Forks, Hoes, Shovels In fact all kinds of Qurden Tools.
PAINTS PAINTS PAINTS
We sell Liberty Brand Paints. Ev.ry can guaranteed.
98c aif-gaiion 50c 28c
All kinds of Enamel, and Paint Brushes.
parohasss In the
Per
gallon
Double Oreen Trading Stamps . on
Paint Department Monday only. -
....42c
...45c
.. 24c
lip ;
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WAGONS FOIi CO. BLUFFS,. SO. OMAHA, WALNUT HILL and BBNSON BVBKY DAY. FT. CKOOIC and BBLLVIBW, WBDNBSDAY.
STOCK HARDS CIVIL SERVICE
. r I n '.
How lis Orsat tores 01 aieo is uiveo
Bt sfl of Merit.
INDIVIDUAL MERIT COUNTS FOR ALL
Bap.rlat.Bdrat Pasto Palat. 0l Ik.
Adtaataee of HI. Sy.tesa for
Haadllas a iJirsre Fore,
of Employe.
Th. man with money Is facing the prob
lem of kplng hi employe from Botkli
by himself. In h wtl b ml It with
th. vunomary ortkluality. ' Probably th.
ktruiigesl and simplest method is th. on.
that olaulim at th I nion Bt-jok yards at
fcoutii Omaha, where th. men nr. graded
by civil servlc rule. The system Is th
ordinary civil servic. adapted to spjctol
comtltiuna, with seniority of service as a
basis f'r grading th. men, augmented or
UimlnUhed by merit..
It works. ,
Th. Burlington Ral!roud and the Omaha
Ptreet Railway companies are trying to or
ganise their men under a similar eystem,
excepting ahlch. I believe, the stuck yards
is th. orrty corporation using th. civil
scrvlc satom Id handling lis men. .
ll la, less picturesque than th. system of
th. I'nion Paclrte at their coal nunc. In
Wyoming, where they employ moa of
rtyrthrce different natlonalltk. and wish
they could nnd more tongue, to batrte th.
walking Ji-lTgat- The different foreigners
Sr. pit 'k ally eager wtonM Amincini
nd l company ex-r-ies patrt-
archl hortty over them and aenda th.
ItiU. to gooa scboois, but does not
nuourag. th. atudy of foreign tongues and
works the men In national groups. They
have never had a strike In the mines.
In Colorado the mine owner has hi.
method, which Is less quiet. He ..ta th.
socialist and the legitimate unions on racb
other, with the mining camp saloon hart-lea
to help keep things strenuous, and while
they art too busy at each other s throats
for more than growls. Governor Peabody
does what he Jolly well likes with martial
law and gives the mine owner the bon. he
wants,
Woaia Kru.lr. Week.
If th. men at th. stork yards wer. to
strike and quit, it would require weeks to
stop the shipping machinery, for Omaha is
th. third largest handler of market stock
in the I'nited States and many days In
the past two months has taken first place,
holding it for two and three days. The rate
of Increase here In the volume of business
I. far In cxress of the Chicago and Kan
sas City markets.
Th. pandemonium that would ensue If
th. experienced men were to quit can only
be conceived by riding over the forty acres
of shads that are tilled every morning with
thousands of bleating sheep, each trying
to get to som. place else; with thousands
of crated cattla watching for the chance
to tampcle; with double as many pig.
headed bogs; with fancy puro bred horses
and high-priced animals; each individual
animal to be taken oar of. unloaded from
tb. car. amidst th. puffing and whistling
of switch engines and the bellowing and
bleating and grunting and th. "hey, bey,"
the euey, suey, suey," the "h, sh, ,'
of th. men. Each Individual animal must
b. Inspected as to IU condition after Its
Journey; to b. inspected by Unci. Sam's
men as to health; to b. located In its as
signed pea, watered fed, weighed, kept
with Us own bunch ready for th. buyer,
tad scui a ill la dividual trail ta th pack
ing house, to another car for shipment east
to some feeding station, or to som new
range.
Th hundred of men who do this work
are ell under civil service rules. They
must keep such perfect tully that an over
seer can locate at once any special bunch
of the hundreds that come and go.
Pastoa Ksplala HI Plaa.
Ten year ago J. L. Pax ton, the super
intendent of the yards, began working out
his system. He hit been adjusting and
supplementing It ever since. It is very
close to his heart. Though Mr. Paxtoa is
a southerner there may ba truth In th
statement a big cattl. feeder made of him,
remarking with a laugh, "Well, If you
weren't born here, th. wast baa mada you
and knocked the nonsense out of you."
While the cars, soon after daylight, were
emptying th thousands of cattle and sheep
and hogs Into th alley and pens of the
yard, Mr. Paxton explained th working
of civil service, pointing out different men
as examples.
W. rod. through a band of huddling
sheep and dismounted to go. Into a seal,
room. Another band was crowded Into
the seal. pen. When th. door opened
after weighing, th. sheep refused to move
on and glv. place. They huddled and
looked In wonder at th. driver waving hi
arms like angel's wings, dancing up and
down and crying, "sh. sh. sh!" with all
his might.
"Tak. on by th head and pull him out."
th counter, Tom, called.
Tb driver, a newly come Scotch lad,
Obeyed Th. sheep started so suddenly In
th. same direction th. Isd cam. near
learning a. much about momentum snd
gravity and the brick floor aa about sheep
s thy streamed through th. gat. In a
thin lln. past th counter.
"On. hundred and eighty-four," ' th.
counter railed.
"Go huudied sad lhUr-UM," tb en
trance counter bawled back as positive aa
the second counter.
"It's on hundred and eighty-four, Tom,"
Mr. Paxton said; "my count Is th. name as
yours."
"Stop that band and count over," Tom
bawled down the alley.'
"One hundred and eighty-four," some
one bawled back from the alley In a few
minutes.
"Course I knew we wer. right, Mr. Pax
ton, but I can't take chances on count
ing here." Tom half apologised as ws rod
on.
Civil Service Made Him.
"New that rs a man whom civil service
has made," Mr. Paxton said. "It has con
verted him Into one of the most depend
able men of the place. When I began ex
amining the men for the first grading h
waanlitled to one of the best places on
his seniority. Ills record, though, was so'
full of complaints for carelessness and
reprimands that he was down for dis
charge. When the man cam. up I liked
his looks. He Is a big. strong chap with
a good face and I knew h. had a family
of boys and If he were discharged he
would likely go down hill Instead of up.
With him out of work his children would
become dependent.
" Tom,' I said, 'you are down for pro
motion. Tou can hav. gat. two-twelve"
"The man looked at me aa If he thought
I had suddenly gon. off.
" 'Mr he asked.
" 'Why not, you have been her. fiv. years
snd that la th. place your length of seYvIc
her. gives you. Tou ought to know all
about the business by this time.'
" "I can't count sheep,' he replied.
" 'Why not'
" 1 never thought I'd get a chance, here,
to get ahead any. The other fellow was
always going ahead of m. I can't count
sheep, but I'll learn now If I ran hav th
I Job when I'm ready fur It, can If '
"I told him that any time b came to
ma and said he could count th sheep at
two-twelve he could take th place.
"He buckled down to learning to count
sheep, and when he said h. waa ready I
put him on, though It was one of th. most
particular places In th. yarda. I knew
something would hav. to wake him up.
The promotion did It, so that h. haa been
going up ever since with good wages and
hi boys r.r in school doing well. Thai's
his oldest boy down with those cattl now,
and he's the kind f boy I am looking for.
Yes, civil service haa made Tom, and as
you saw he won't tak chances on a m la
count." I remarked that th men all took off
their hats and said "good morning."
"Don't think the men are taking off their
hats to roe," Mr. Paxton said. "I would
discharge a man If h did It. Why should
he? They are taking off their hat to
yoo."
W stopped to look at som particularly
fine white-faced rattle that had Just been
sold to a packing house buyer for a fancy
prlc. The stock yard men wer weighing
and counting them for. delivery from th.
commission man to th buyer. An old
negro waa keeping tally. Th commission
man and buyer, on horseback, wer doing
the same, scrutinising each animaL
"Sam." Mr. Paxton said, by way of In
troduction a the men on horseback rode
away, "Sam, th lady says the cattla ought
to be washed."
"Ban, ban, a ban for dem catties! Well
I ain't applyan for d. situation," and the
old man doubled up with chuckle to sud
denly untangle himself and say, "Now
don't think dem cattle isn't clean. Day Is,
for dey hide la too thick for anything to
perpertrat."
Th ol negro, who was a slav belonging
to Mr. Paxton' father, followed him her
and haa found hi evade "d oong.nl
work with recognition under civil aervlca
at th stock yards.
A red facod little Irishman with a boy's
laugh and a .peculator's eye was looking
over a bunch of hogs that had waited
three day for a buyer and deserved to
wait longer. The owner, a lingering man
with untrlmmed hair, snatched up th poor
price offered by the Irishman. Any animal
that can be turned into meat will sell at
the yards. '
"I'll tak 'cm If you clear right out so
nobody'll know they belong to you," the
buyer stipulated "I'll fix them up so
nobody will know they are a bunch with a
black eye."
Th seller hid th money In hla clothes
and vanished with as much evident will
ingness a the buyer stipulated. The
Hibernian turned the bunch over to a tall
boy. with the order to "fill 'em up on corfT
and water them" while h. bargained with
another owner for a bunch to "mak sorta"
with the last purchase.
His of a Mess. aver.
"That's on. of th few good boys I lost,"
Mr. Paxton ald, meaning the boy "filling
up" the speculator's bunch. "I lost him.
He was a messenger boy, and a sharp little
chap, too. He had been around the yards
some, but h did not take much stock In
any on not directly employed by us; but
he did a good deal of running for that
speculator, who Is one of the heavy dealers
her. On day he happened to meet the
dealer down In Omaha. Tb dealer was
not wearing hla high top boot and he was
dressed up, much to the messenger boy'
surprise.
" "Why. Jimmie, when did you put on
long pants?" he asked, and th dealer was
so tickled over It that be gave tb. boy s
good Job on Mi spot and a treat, though
th boy could not digest his wonder that
'Jimml' was not a boy Ilk himself, but a
dealer."
We WaUiieU Jiiuuil hurtlii another
boy away with a telegram to his New
York agent and wer. ahortly engulfed In a
drov. of hogs that an overseer was taking
from one pen to another.
"Notice that man," Mr. Paxton said. "He
U another civil service illustration. He
was up for, promotion, but was stuck be
cause h. could not read and write. No, he
doea not look It. I sunt for him to come' to
my office.
"'Well, CGrady. what r we going to
do about It?' I asked him.
'I was thinking that if you would writ,
down th. name and som figures I could
get onto th curve. My wife say she'll
help.' he told me. '
"I wrote out what h wanted and ha took
th paper away HI wire has kpt him
at It ever sine and he has learned to
read snd writ fairly well.
Ploy Nu Favorites.
Th system absolutely doe away with,
favoritism. Every new man has to lake
his place at th. bottom and he knows he
must work up and learn th. bualness as
h. goes.
"I am perfectly willing th. men sliould
organise." Mr. Pax Ion said "They mutt
must organise or they would be swamjed
by commercialism. Last summer when
we wer. driven the hardest a walking
delegate came to in. and abked permission
to organise th. men. I told lilm to go
ahead, and If the men could prove to me
there la any way of making things bi t
ter, or that they are gefTlng Ipmm wags
or less fair treatment than any other cur.
porallon gives, I want them to come and
tell me so. There ui not much encour,
ageroent of th. delegate from our 'men,
bwaus each man Is sure of his Job; i.
knows he will go ahead as fast as the
places open above him; that If h. fa airk
h. will b taken car of and that It is
to hit Interest to mak. our bualn pros
per, for h has a permanent Interest In
It. lie ba got all the union w.r. beguu
for." HELEN (2 RAT.