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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1888)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , NOVEMBER 20 , 1888. THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER An Apparition Which Startled Two Omaha Drummors. A TRAVELLING MEN'S CLUB , TIio Trnvcllnc Men's Protective Union I'nllcnce nntl I'ericvornnoo Sold llio CJooiU < V Trav eler's Kxpcrloiico. Saw n Spook. Two of the Omaha boya hud an o < p8rienco In Hnitlnf ? * n fewnlghu nco which for n few momenta cunlicil tlinir blood. IJotu bad had a good d.ij , : md in that mild and Inoffeiisivo waj familiar , to the fraternity wore celebrat ing 'ho occasion. It had reached the hotin wlion graveyards yawn , and the decorous in habitants of the thrifty bur were for tlio moil iiart slot-plnR the nloop of Jho ] ust. Oitr two friends lind been the rounds and word wending their way to their hotel , making tlio quiet streets eclio to tlio melody of "swcot violets" nnd othur popular BOIIIS. It was bright moonlight and the whole city nhlmtncrcd and glaumed in ghostly wliltu- nc In tlio midst of n crescendo twmijo one of them pulled up with ana ! ) ) : "Oood Lord1 what' * Unit' " A glistening whitu figure was swiftly and noiselessly appronchlni ? . With clmUcrlng Ujctli and hated breath they sluiiU In M the shadow In the Uoi > cs tluit It xvould pass with out noticing thoin. And pass she did , for that it was o-sho their trained eyes were not very lonp in determining. A pair of little barn whlto feet rustled through the fallen Ic.xvcs , ono liand clasped at bur Blistoning throat the shrowdllkc garment which enveloped her , the other hung white and shapely tit her skin ; long dark hair streamed over her shoulders and a pair of wide open expressionless eyes gnzcd Ilxcdly bcforo hor. With cold chills creeping up tliolr bnolcs our two friends stood breathless und watched her Looking neither to the right nor the left , without us much as the qttlvcrof an o.ye- lash , but with that changeless , stony stare , and her long gleaming robes trailing over the leaves and grass , she swept past thum After a low gasps of astonishment one ot them had nil Inspiration and stm-ted after her. The apparition was headed straight for the railway tracks where numerous trains and engines were shunting continually back ward and forward. A little way down the Btreot n crowd of night owls were making llio night hideous at the door of n saloon. Something was going to happen. Something did happen. The drummer with the Inspira tion hurried forward und grasped the figure's arm. No ghost there , Firm , warm , humaa Hush. A gasp a start a. flutter ix little seroam "AVhat is itl Oh , my goodnoaal O-o-ot In my nightgown I Oh dear , what Is the inuttcr ! , "All rltlit ; , my dear , you've been sleepwalking - walking , that's nil. " Thou tliero was u little fluttering nnd a few mom oh's , nnd while ono wrapped her in his ulster the other produced a pair of handker chiefs nnd biindaged her feet. Amid many promises of eternal secrecy she was escorted to her home ono of the llncst in the city by the way -nnd the drummers went to bed to dream of spooks and fcimilo loveliness. To tholr credit it must be auld that they Iiave made no efforts to improve the acquaint ance and have steadfastly refused to dell- lately locjtc the s&enoof their story. "Hut , " said one of them , after telling the ntory , "if you imagine Hint nothing scares a drummer you never saw ono in the position wo were in that night , that's all. " * * Ha Sold tlio OnodH. "It Is fun for " said great mo , a prominent New York business man the other day , "to roc.xll my early experiences on the road in the capacity of n commercial drummer. I was only about soventeoti years of ago at the time. Ono your previously I had xvalkcd mvay from school and answered an adver tisement calling for n bookkeeper. I tnado application for the place , which was in a largo tea and spu-o establishment , although I knew as much about keeping books as I aid about playing the organ In Trinity church. 1 kept the booKB for about two weeks , uud got everything Into such n confused condition that I do not thlnlc they xvcro straightened out for u year. As it happened , u day or so Ijoloro the full measure of my incompotoncy was discovered I was down at the store rather early and managed to sell a dillloult customer who cnnio In u large bill of goods. This pleased the proprietors of the establish ment , and they not only condoned my book keeping ofTcnsos , but put me down on the Balary list as a salesman. I remained in the Now York stern for about a year , nnd xvas so successful that they Dually put me on the road. "I remember striking a small village upon the Hudson shortly nftor starting out. The Hhndes of evening xvnre falling rapidly us the hotel coach carried ma iroui the railroad sta tion to the hostelry , and I determined that I would not attempt to do anything that night but secure a good night's rcs . "During the evening , however , I got into conversation with two or three natives of the village xvho were standing around the liotol oflico , anil , as Is quite customary with young nnd inexperienced drummers , I bcgai ) IQ refer rather boastfully to the achievements I had made In the way of T.sale.s. The natives seemed to rcoolvo ovuo thing In good faith , and one of them proponed us a test of my ability as n sales man that. I should go t < ) a store in the village und sell thu proprietor thereof , xvho loudly proi'laimcd his antipathy to all drummers , a bill of goods. My pride xvas touched , nnd I readily ngreod to do it , and agreed also to wager f < 5 on tlio result. L-'ivo minutes afterward - ward found mo xvith my gripsack In my hand on my way to the store that had been refer red to , und beforn I could plan any campaign I xvas inside the place. Jt wnS an ordinary vllhigo store , nr.d ns the time 1 spohk of xvas in the middle of winter , there was ix red hot steve In the middle of the floor and n dcznn loungers xvoro sitting In ix circle- about It. Knowing , ns they did , the preju dices of thu proprietor xvitu jospoct to com mercial mon , my ontnmce was greeted bj significant smiles and nudges uud winkH.and whispered 0011111101111 passed around the cir cle. 1 didn't mind this but wont up at oni-o to the man xvho stood behind tins counter , xvho answered thu description that had boon L'ivcn to 1110 of ttio proprietor of the htoro.and Lauded him my card. "llo took the card , and xvithout looking at it , slowly torn it into two or three dorcn pieces nnd scnttcrail It on the Hoer , The ac tion xvas followed by a roar of laughtur from the circle around the stove. Itut 1 wnb not to ba beaten yut. ' "You shouldn't do that.1 I Bald very quietly. 'Don't you know that'those cards COM money1 "i'lio proprietor glared at mo for n mo- moot , and then turning to a young clerk xvho stood behind the counter u few feet mvay , ho alii : 'Give this young man 6 cents to pay for that card. ' "This grim Rally brought another explosion of laughtur from the circle around thu steve , nnd a ilo7on pairs of eyes looked over mo curiously to see how I would take the rebuff. I dldu't take it at all. I took out my card cnso n second tluio , and aoloctluir another curd , allured it to the proprietor. This maao him mad uuO ho began to swuar. "What do you imsai' , you iiupudont young nop , by handing mo another card ! " nnd ho broug'.t his hand down xvith n good deal of form on the counter. " 'O , ' I replied , 'I always fflve two cards for 5 wnts,1 "Thin rather turned the laugh on him. and nftor a moment ho Joined in the laughter , Mid taking the card road It , " 'I'll talk xvllh you n moment,1 ho said , 'if you'll OOUIB buck lu the store lioro. ' "You may bo sure tuat I xyont back. Ho told mo that ho had boon buying teas and pices from one house for a long time , and that ho wai perfectly satisfied with the fash ion lu which they served him. Ho believed lie tot , thn lowest prices , nnd ho didn't euro to change. 1 asked him xvlint prices bo paid lor various articles In my ropertolrn , and told him what lulnccruly believed , that 1C br didn't keep posted from contact xvith vnrl- oiii roprosentatlx'es of tlio trade , it was quite in pivbablo tli at be rat the loxvoet figures , lie lolit ma what ho WH paying , and 1 showed him that I could sell tbo sumo good * nt lower prices , nnd finally oatnu uxvay with an order I vron the wsger of fc5 nt the hotel , nnd the firm down In Now York xvhoso representatives UaJ called on this man in previous seasons without success , scut mean encouraging letter. " A. OrummorV Club. The select fo'ir hundred , or at lo'xst n pirt part of them , arc now agitating the BUbJort of a clubhouse , clubroom or something ot the sort ; a place furnished with all the sumptu- OIISIHMS and magnificence which the pockets of the members ntid the munificence of tholr friends xvill permit , where they may enter tain their customers and country cousins ; xvhcro they may meet their companions road the papers , enjoy n cigar , a gamoof billiards , a song by one of the tn.xny warbling howling- gales of the profession or occasionally , in : i case of necessity , a little xvlno for their stomachs' sake. Why not ? There am clubs for nil manner and condi * tiotn of men , nnd in St Louis , Chicago , Don X'or nnd other cities there are commercial travelers clubs. Tliero nre 400 of these men trax'ollng from Omixlm bouses nnd there are probably twenty-five or thirty in the city continually , besides the city drummers wio ! would also bo included iiwthc membership. AMillo in the city they xvould undoubtedly nppreclnto n comfortable fur nished resort , where they might meal c.-inli other and from thn register learn the move ments of their friends and ncqunintanc-e-4. Thu cost need not necoisarib fall very heav ily on the members , since the houses xvould no doubt recognise the ml vantage to them selves and opcm their plethoric purses to help the thing out. A meeting xvlll bo called for some tlmo during the holidays , to bo followed by a bull in the evening , xvhen dnllnito arrangements xvlll bo made and the project sot on foot. * The Protective Union. The Traveling Men's Proteetlx-o union , the object of which is to prevent cutting prices of contract goods , U ucglniiing to excite inter est in all the jobbing and manufacturing con- tors. tors.The The first division of the union xvas formed in Burlington , la. , last April. Slt.co then Sioux City , Omaha , Lincoln , Fremont , St. Joseph , Loavenworth and Atchison have swelled the number , and Ivtmsas City is now nddod to the list. The union noxv has about four hundred members and is iu a prosperous ' condition. At the mooting at ICansos City , Octobers" , Mr. Robert Kasson , of I'axton & Gallagher's , xvus ono of Its strong ndvouutoi. In his address - dross to thu association ho not only explained the object of tbo meeting , but gave the history of tbo association. Dwelling upon the liono- ilts of the union , ho said it xvas an absolute necessity. Unless cutting in contracts censed , the usefulness of the tr.ix'cling man xvould cense , for unless the manufacturers xvcro protected they xvould bo driven to deal ing xvith the retailers direct. Mr. Qnsson said ho had recently spent some time in Glas gow , Scotland , and almost that identical state of affairs existed there. Ho assorted that there xvas not n xvholcsale grocery house in that city carrying a $30,000 stock of goods. Tnis xvas thu result of broken con tracts. In closing Mr. Easson mlvocatod in strong terms a policy of honest and fair dealing , and said it was the only method through which ultimate success could be at tained , Ho claims that a faithful a.lhorcnco to the contracts will prove of ultimata ticncilt to the retailer us xvell as the jobbers , but that on the other hand this pernicious practice of cutting xvill of course cut down prolltn to a figure xvhicli xvill make the "drummer" and bis salary an Impossibility , while it is utterly demoralizing to any sort of business integ rity. * * # Aiticrlonii Hotel Clorks. Hotel World A foreign traveler says : "No American ever appreciates tlio hotel olork until ho travels in Europe. Half a dozen good wide-nxvake , cheerful , and knowing hotel clerks from America would make Lon don Ufa u thousand tlmos more agreeable than it is at present to American visitors , if they held the reins of government in En- glUh hotels. There is no one man in any big hotel in Europe who can bo depended upon to attend to the minor details of ox'erydny lifo as our clerks can hero. If you want any thing done about your room , you have to see the housekeeper ; if you xvish to ask for mail you must go and see the mailing cleric ; if your uiEgngo needs attending to. you have to seek out the head porter , uud the manager of the hotel has no conception at all of the duty or xvhoreabouts of ttio cashier. There are , in other words , so mauy heads to the management of the big English and Euro pean hotels that n man Is bewildered out of all reason and put to an ondlcss amount of trouble through trying to Una the right man. The great American institution of the hotel clerk may have sotno drawbacks , but taken nil in all , bo Is a functionary xvhoin xvo can never spnre. In about thirty years ho will turn up in Europe , and then they will have to tliauU America for ono moro good idea. " . Made u lilt. Indianapolis Noxvs : Do you hearl Lot theurbo xvell used ; for they are the abstract and brief chronicles of time ; after your death you were bolter to have n bad epitaph than their ill report xvhilo you llvu. Hamlet. His thus that Shalcespcnre speaks of actors. In our tlmo the "drummer" or commercial travplor bas taken the plnco the actor or "strolling player , " occupied in the time xvhon Shakespeare wrote. In his time the notor xvas the great typo of the traveler as the ono xvho xvont from place to place xvith a freedom and frequency that xvas the despair of other people. In our day the commercial traveler has superseded thu nctor in this , nnd It can bo said of him , ns Shakespeare said of tbo actor , that you xvoro better to have a bad epitaph ( winch seeing that all ciiltupbs are good , is a most stiingcnt compari son ) than their III report while you llvo. Mindful of this , xvo bog the Chicago cage "drummers" or commercial trax'oiors xvho visited Indianapolis to understand that the ccinuro xvhicli bus boon heaped upon them sinro their visit in no xviso represents the intelligence , conscience or decency of tlie toxvu. It is simply a ploeo of partisan inud- ness broke loose ; such us is ready to abuse its oxvn paternity in true oriental fashion If thereby any party udx-nntnse could bo gained. Tliero bas buon uo delegation among the multitude that has visited Indianapolis these last few montlisof xvhich the town is prouder or xvhoso good opinion it .so much covers IIH that of the Chicago commercial travelers. As the Noxx'.s took occasion to say on the day , "Whatever they thought of tlio town , the town xvas in love xvith thum. " And so it xvns mid Is. Wo only trust that ex'cnts will bo such thnt Chicago "drummers" xvlll make np'n delegation and come again. ix HollDuy. Detroit Free Press : Harry Meredith is considerable of an athlete nnd n xvag. It is his habit to carry with him a pair of heavy dumb-bolls for exercise , Thcso ho frequently puts Into his vullso , making It so ho.ix'.v that nn ordinary man xvould Und It a task to lift it. On entering n hotel It is a favorite Joke of Mcoiedith's to hang the va- llso on his little Jlngor , assume an innocent expression and call to one of the boll bays ; "Hero , take my valiso. " The youngster , thinking from the way lt owiior carries it that It must bu very llht , takes hold of It In n careless , easy manner , and thu next instant is dumb ( bell ) founded to 11 ml himself uud the valise on the Hour , * * A Drummer's Joke , Portland l ross : Thoroaro at the Proble house thrco commercial travelers , or drum mers. as they are uiore commonly oallud by the busy matter of fact xrorld's people , nil representatives of a largo Boston xvuolosalo dry and fancy goods house. Two of thorn nre old in the service nnd familiar with all the crooks and turns , thu hardships and pleasantries of a drummer's eventful Hfo , while tbo othur U a novice , n bran now man in the business , LIUfc many of his prede cessors the ngxv man started "on tbooad' , xvith great expectations , and xvas allured on- xvard by rauou siiigulnonou. TnUi Is his first visit to t'ae Forest city , uud bU flrst 1m- 11V > " of the place from n business point of vioxv , were indeed very favorable. Ilia fcl loxv drummers were anxious that bis bus ! nest nrdor should not bf chilled by his first visit to Portland , and xvoro desirous that his "maiden attempt" should meet with success. So they induced nuoutside party to Introduce their new brother to a certain Portland drug gist xvho lives nt the Preblo nnd who repre sented to tbo probationer that ho , the drug gist , is about to open a diy goods store hero. The nexv man x\-ns certainly in luck. It xvas Monday evening nnd ho Invltod his fellow drummer * and the Portland mnn to his room xvhcrn ho at once bepan negotiations xvith his ncxv acquaintance In a short tlmo ho had him down for $500 worth of fancy goods , and his voice nml actions showed bow eagerly and hoxv.success fully he was bartering xvith his "tirst customer. " "Portland is n great pluco for business , " ho said to himself , and In his mind hov.s already reaping u drummer's fortune. Ho raug for a xraltur in a xvould-bo calm .xet nerx'ous manner , nnd ordered , on the strength of his trnOc , cigars for nil. His brotnerdrummers , xx'ho had boon chuckling to themselves , xveru more pleased than ever ut this. "Perhaps you would llko n stock of tticso goods , " said the noxv man displaying his samples In n xory accommodating manner , nnd in n fcxv moments he had sold tbo Port land man " > OJ xvorth moro of goods. Tills xx'as great luck nnd his friends must have some more cigars and agaiu the xvnltcr xvas called. Hoforo ho got through the xvlly cotnmorcial traveler sold his "Hrst Portland customer" $ lr > 00 xx'orth of goods , and xx'ith a hearty shako of the band bade him good-night. That night he had blissful dreams of u drummer's success , xvhilo his companions tittered in their slciip. All day yesterday ho enjoyed the elyslum of hla Hrst great success , mil when ho had llnishod xvrlting tha order on the house xvhich ho represented for the iroods , his fellow drummers quietly informed him that It was all a joke , that the Portland man was not about to open a store ; in short they told him that ho had been duped "Just for fun. " The ncxv man paid the cigar bill , and said something xvith his teeth clinched , but that \x-as all. Ho U , however , less of a novice in thu business than xvhun ho came to Portland. * # The Country Itotol. Hotel World : "Ho runs n little country hotel" is an expression ono xvlll sometimes hear xvlien n hotel niun is spoken of. The expression is quite grammatical , if x\'o per mit that use of the verb , and Is also a proper one xvlicn it is not used in derision or in a belittling sense. The extent of one's busi ness docs not determine the xvorth or char- nctcrof a man ; the size of u hotel is not a basis upon xvhich to estimate the ability of a hotel keeper. A more Just criterion xvoula result in asking the question : "How doss ho run the country hofoll" It usually re quires much ability to conduct It success fully , and xvho shall say that the little coun try hotel does not pluy an important part in the hotel xvorldi Wlulo there is little lu common bolwoen the largo metropolitan hotel and the country itiu , and the method nnd means of conducting them * may require different ability and training ing- , yet the country hotel man has much uioro scope to exercise ititelHgenco and busi ness capacity than is generally .supposed. Ho bus not the expensive Help , the experienced heads of different departments ; bo oaunot pay out as inuob money for lirams ns his friend xvho conducts the large hotel In the city , and therefore lie has all the more oppor tunity to supply that article In the business himself. A badly conducted country hotel is ns much to bo dojilorcd ns a mediocre estab lishment in the city ; uud when it fails the liabilities may not bo so great , and it may nbt obtain so much notoriety , but it is a failure ns much nx it if , in the o'iso ' of thn city hotol. If the country hotel is n model in its xvny it is moro ot u credit to its manager and propri etor than the inismanngoc hotel of the city. In some respects the country hotel man is nt a great disadvantage ; in his house the commercial tra\-cler often xvishes tc reign supremo. Educated in u city hotel , ho aucs city xvays und style , a proceeding that is antagonistic to country hotel methods , uud this necessarily makes tbo hotel man's lot "at the little liotol not any too pleasant , for be must endeavor to please the commercial traveler , xvho is his mainstay and support. On the other hand our commercial man xvill pay double the amount of money for the same consideration at a city hotel thixt he xvill at the country inn ; pay is ix matter of course , xvithout a word , xvhilo in the country the temptation to sa\ro and get off xvith as little tlo expenditure ( is possible frequently makes our traveling man moro ungrateful than he xvould otherwise bo. The porter und xvaitor of the country hotel uro seldom spoiled by gratuitous fees and money is not scattered xvith a lavish hand , but xvlion our traveling man arrives at the city hostelry ho is often a changed being in these respects , "fixtras" at the city hotel ore frequently not extras at all in the country liotol , whore saui- plo rooms , flrcs , handling of additional bag- page , etc. , are often demanded by the com merciftl man. It is not claimed hero thnt the country hotel does too much , or the city liotol too little , for the money , but the country hotel man xvho conducts a flrst-class house and makes money may bo , and often is , as great n credit to tbo hotel world , and has as Important a sphere to 1111 , as bis moro con spicuously located brethren of tbo city. * # Samples. W. C. Urlnn , representing 'A. T. Llndsey , rubber goods , loft for xvcstern Colorado Monday evening. E. J. Smith , of the Kcpublican , loft for Donx'er last xvcck. President , W. 1J. Lanlus , xvas in the city Friday. P. D. Merrill is in from a very prosperous trip. trip.Do ' Do not' "throxv up the sponge. " Try the old standard remedy , Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup. Price Si cts. I highly recommend Salvation OH : it has done moro for my wife in one night than physicians bnvo accomplished in years. Prod A. Schulze , 012 W. Fayetto Street , Ualtimoro , Md. ADDITIONAL OUNOIL BLUFFS , Observe tlio Sahlmlh. "Tho proper observance of the Sabbath" was discussed by the Hov. Mr. Thlckstun at tbo Uorcan BamMst church yesterday morning. Ho selootod as a text Isuiah 5-3 : 13 14. "If thou turn axvay thy foot from the Sabbath , from doing thy pleasure on My holy day ; and cull the Sabbath n delight , the holy of the Lord , honorable ; and shall honor Him , not doing thlno oxvn xvays , nor finding thino oxvn pleasure , nor speaking thlno oxvn xx'ords ; Then shall thou delight thyself In the Lord ; and I xvlll cause theo to ride upon the high places of the earth , nnd food Iheo with the heritage of Jacob thy fnther , for the mouth of the lord hath spoken It. " At the outset ho apologized for speaking from njjtes , xvhich was not his usual ouatom , but from the fact that the city p itpers xvero afraid to gix-o his opinions on'tho subject ex cept from the pulpit , no xvished to put him self in a position xvhoro ho xvould bo pro tected against misquotation by thorn. Ho wanted to knoxv exactly xvlmt ho said , and xvould nol trust himself to nn extemporane ous address. Opening the subject proper ho said sub stantially us follows "From this text xvo see that the Sabbath comes to us * a divine insti tution. It cornea to us with the sanction of Deity upon it. 11 Is not to bo kept an xvo will , but being God's dny It Is to bo observed us Ho shall dictate , The t xt presents the Sabbath In three as- pcctsj Firsl as Patriarchal , second ns Joxv- Uu , third as Christian , for tbo observance of the Sabbath day noxv commemorates the xrork of salvation xvrought for us by Jesus Christ , our Savior. In all of these aspects the Sabbath , us uu institution , is equally di vine. Too community xvhich clings closely to the observance of tbo Sabbath cannot got very far axvay frdtn God vary far into heathanUm. Against thU fact stands tlio rec ords of France xvhich undertook the abroga tion of the Sabbath , and rapidly sunk Into such a condition of lawlessness that for self protection , to save the kingdom from ruin the gox'ornmuni reluctantly gave to the people their Sabbath , Danish tlio otisarvance of the Sabbath for half a century and you would have such a condition of heuthuulsm as Is not exceeded by India or any other nation xvhoro civilization Is unknown. " The spuukor then quoted thu atatutos of loxva upon thu nubjoot. TliosO forbid the folj j lowing of the usual nvpcntlons ; buylntr. soil Ing , hunting , pleasure seeking , etc. "Nearly all the other states have found it necessary to protect Its Sabbath by legislative enact ments. " Ho then read the fourth cotnmnnd ment nnd other pasitutcs from the bible Which , ho said , xvoro God's laxvs upon the nubject. "This i n strong prohibitory Inxv , " said ho. ' 'Hesides this the Lord gives the rules by xvhich His xvill bless a people. These nro given In the text. This also- gives a list of things from xvhluli you must refrain. You must not 'seek your oxvn ways.1 This means the xisual employment. The ploxv is to llo idle ; the hammer is ( o cease its labor ; the counting room is tb hoar no voices ; the pen is to icmaln unused , It moans thnt the thoughts even sbull lint bo xvith the labors of the xveokdny. Do not roam over the Holds planning what to do on Monday or Tuesday , or foot up the cash accounts preparatory to au nctlx'O xvock of business , Dr. Kusli , of Philadelphia , set n health ful example. Ho xvould not visit n patient unless it xx-as a now Ono or n ro- lapse. Ho said the day xvas for xvoralup. It xvas God's day , and ho had no right to use it except ns God designed. Men nro entitles in Ills presence nnrt nro not mere abstractions. Man's responsibilities nro personal. So nre those of n city or cor poration. A city council cannot loxver the standard of Sabbath observancexvithout - en dangering the moral life of the people. The Individual Is not at liberty to observe the dny , or not as ho pleases. If this xx-ero BO , the beer garden might operate bv the side of tbo church , nnd ungodly nnd profane young men hold forth upon the cornerst-of street. Hrass bunds might play , nnd , In fact , all the conglomeration of the xvoek bo the order of the dny. Nor is that all. Disre gard thu Sabbath and nil manner of evil will follow as n legitimate result. Disregard ono laxv and it xvlll be ea\v to brualc them nil , Abrogate the fourth commandment nnd the same xvill folloxv of tlio others. This thing is being done by our city au thorities. Lake Munnxvn pleasure seek- urs , contractors for the city's xvork , the motor line nnd other things show you xvlint little regard there is for the holy Sab bath In this city. Second. You are not to seek your oxvn pleasure. "Under this head the speaker re ferred to loatlngupou the streets ; xx'ulhiugor driving for pleasure ; playing gaums , etc. Third , "You uro not to speak your own xvords. That is , you nro not to Indulge In x'aln and trilling conversation ; In noise , lev ity and Jocularity. The Christian should studiously avoid these on the Sabbath , Tliero are not only things to nvold but there nro pleasant things which nre recommended in themselves as oatlducive \ & spiritual xvol- fare. This is the dny of npproieh to God ; the dixy to glorify Him ; the day In xvhich God in a peculiar manner abides xvith the people. When the gates of the Most High nro opened to hear the thanksgivings and praise of men. " In closing , the speaker mudo a strong ap peal to bis audience to strenuously obserx-o the sanctity of the Sabbath for it is conduc ive to right living and renders more easy of oboJienco the other commandments of God. I'orsonnl Mrs. Judge W. C. .fames leaves for Chicago to-morroxv for a short visit xvith her daugh- tcis. tcis.Miss Miss Maud Oliver has gene to Sioux City for a visit of n few xveoks xvith her sister , Mrs. Jackson. 'Squire E. S. Barrett Sunduyed at Weep ing Water , Neb. , xvith his daughter. Mrs. Barrett , xvho bas been visiting there for sox1- cral xveoks , xvill return xvitb him this morning. . Nroltx Notes. Nnot.v , la. , Nov.31. . Henry Uurtln , of Omaha , is visiting in town. The branch ot the Farmers' alliance at this ptacu are making preparations to open a store at hero and ship grain fiom this point. Thomas McDonald has romox-cd to a farm near Tilden , Neb. , and his brother Will and family xvill romox'o to the sumo place in the spring. They xvill conduct a largo stock farm. Tbo nexv Catholic chtirch nt this place xvill bo dedicated December U , by tliobishop of Davenport , nssisted by Father McMonomy , of Council Bluffs , and othty priests. The building is a beautiful structure and xvlion completed will bo the .finest ohuroh in any toxvn of the state , of , equal sue xvitb Neola. i'he building occupies tbo most eminent lo cation iu the toxvn anil Is a marKed Improx'e- ment here. The exciting question of the day Is , "Who will bo our next postmaster ! " Already the Held is cioxvdcd xvith anxious candidates , and all certain of success. Charley Witt says no xvill surely get it if Doc Hnrx'oy don't put up a job on him and resign In favor of Rem ington , and Kiloy Clark says that Witt must lie doxvn , that a boy in blue xvill hand out the mail as soon ns Harvcv is made to xvalk the plank , xvhilo Clarke Whitney says that if a soldier is to gctj it ho don't knoxv but xvbat ho xvas as good u soldier us nny of 'em. It is understood that Harvey xvill resign xvhen the nexv postmaster general shall ask him to do so , If you need a porfoet tonic or a blood purillor , take Or. Jones' Rod Clover Tonic. It , speedily cures : ill troubles of the stomach , kidneys and liver. Can be taken by the most delec.ite. Price 50 cents. Goodman DrugCo. . Imnctry Will Try the Newport Act. Chicago Tribune : Mrs. Lillie Lang- try is to take up her abode at Newport , BO the rumor runs. The purpose , ob viously , is to hasten the terminsition of her divorce suit. The greatest difficulty xvith which the society xvoinon xvho have secured divorces tliero 1mvu had to con tend lias been in the matter of owning pronertv. Neither Mrs. Hurlbut , xvhpbO husband fought her xvith great persist ency , nor Mrs. Fosdick , xvho hud all pho could do to got free , owned property there , and thcoo autions were regarded xvith fotno , hubpicion. Mrs. Langtry , it is faaid , proposes to purchase a'house there , pay u pi-wonti ! tux , mi l thus be come a permanent und settled rewidont of the town. The question of domicile xvill not , therefore , enter into it , especially as she xvill he able to ansxver the query as to xvhy fiho came to this country , in iv satisfactory manner. Just ho\v long the judges xvill compel the actress to remain in Rhode Island before - fore applying for a divorce is not known , but Chief Justice Durfeo has n soft spot in hia heart for the fair sex and ho may stretch n point. Ailvlco to Mother * . Mrs. Winsloxv's ' Soothing Syrup .should al- xvnys" bo usodforchildronteething. Itsootbos the child , softens the gums , allays all pain , curesjxvind colic , and is the best remedy for dlarrhtea. ii/V / ; a buttle. The woman's congress in Detroit , whiph completed its labors Saturday , devoted considerable attention to the absorbing question of xvoinan'a xvagcs. The inferiority of the xvugcs which woman receive lor doing the saino work that men do Tins long boon a sub ject of discussion , and the recent con gress is by no mount ) a pioneer in tills matter. The general opinion expressed xvas that this ino < ) i'mlity of wiigos xvas purely arbitrary and could bo wuccosa- tully mot only % organization. U. 8. DEPOSITOjiy , OMAHA , WSB. 1'uiil Up Capital . $100,000 Surplus . 50,000 II , W. YATFS , President. I < VWIH .S. IlKfo , Vice President. A. p. TOU/.AI.IN. 2nd Vice President. ' W. H. S. HCGIIKS , Cashier. w.v. Mouse. JoimH. COI.MNI. 11 , W. VATKR. lwisB , itiii : : > ; lUuklng THE IRON BANK , Comer I'-tn and Faraam&ts. A Qeueral Hanking llualness Transacted. I'ENNVIIOVAfc WATSiHS am ucctujfully uted , monthly by or or lUuoo Lullea. Are fi / . Kffcctuulurul I'lcatant < ' P'rbox bymnll.or atdniR > ; leta. Staled FarHcitiart 3 poeugv BUmpH. Addn j Tea KUJUEEA Cucuiau. Co. , DmttoiT , Uica. mall by Oooclnwn Omaha , Neb. THE CHIEF ATTRACTION for this week will be in cmr boys' department , Many of our patrons eagerly look forward to our special sales in this department , and we have decided to give them the coming week , a benefit greater than ever. We will call the attention of mothers who haye been in the habit of paying $6 , $8 and $10 for suits and overcoats for little boys 4 to 13 years old to the suits and overcoats which we sell this week for less than half these prices. They are equal in every respect to those sold by others for double the money. A few samples ot the many bargains we offer are the following : 200 very neat Children's Overcoats with capes to mntoh , at $1.90. 200 excellent Chinchilla Overcoats with capes of same material at $2.50. A beautiful line of Chinchilla Beaver and Astrachan Overcoats of handsome de signs , and elegantly trimmed with plush and fur , at one-half their value. In suits wo offer to-day : 300 of our celebrated strictly all wool Children's Suits , sizes 1 to 12 , elegantly made , at $2.50 ; the regular price of these suits is everywhere $5,00. 'We have received and opened especially for this sale an immense line of Hoys' ' Long and Knee Pants , among- which wo offer some decided bargains. MEN'S PANTS. Our buyer having closed out the outire stock of a manufacturer of fine Panta , we have arranged the goods into several lots , and are enabled to offer thorn at ono-half their regular retail price , At the figures we marked them they will bo found the big gest offering this season. 500 pair fine strictly all wool Cassimere Pauta , heavy weight , at $2. 800 pair elegant silk and wool pants at $2.50. 4.00 pairs extra fine all worsted Pants , as good as any custom made , at $3.75. Extra long and reversed sizes for young men will be found among them. Comment on these Pants is unnecessary. We show some samples in our Douglas street window , but that will only give you the idea of HOW TIIKV rooif. We want you to call into the store and examine the stuff they are made of. The cheapest of all these 3 lots wo mention were never sold for less than $4.00. But while .we devote the most srcace to clothing , we do not neg lect our furnishing goods. Every department has been considera bly enlarged since we have the new addition , and in every line we IP. offer daily some new drives. Just now we are having a big run in Qloves and Underwear. The prices we sell all these goods at are big attractions. Handling everything , as we do , in immense quan tities , it is utterly impossible for other houses to offer goods at the prices we do. Plain Figures and One Price. Corner I4th and Douglas Streets , Omaha. RAD WAY'S PILLS. For UicCuroof allDISOUDKHS OKT11K STOMACH , l.IVEH. BOWRLP , KIDNHYS. ULADDKIt , NEHVOUS DlSIIASKrt , lIHAIAri15.aNSTIl { > ATlONCOSriVUNiSS.COMI'rAINTrt : ] > UCIII.IAK TO nMAiis : , PAINS IN TIIK HACK. DRAGGING I < 'HKUNOS&C. . IWDKIESTION. mr.uous- NKSS , KEVIIH , INFLAMMATION OK'l'HK 110VVIHS , 1'IIjKS. and all ilonuiRcmpiirsof tlio In ternal Viscera. I'uroly vegetable , containing no mercury , mineral or deletoiious drugs. DYSPEPSIA. RADWAV'S I'IM.S arc Q cure for this complaint. Tnoy tone up the Internal secretions to healthy action , restore htrpngt" to tno stomach ami enalilo it to pnrform its ( unctions. The symptoms of U VSl'Kl'SI A disappear , and with tlieiu tlio HublUty to contract diseases. PERFECT DIGESTION Will be accomplished by taking ItAOWArS PIIJ.S. By so doing , Dl'SI'KI'SIA , SICK HKAD- ACHE. I'OVli &TOMAC11. UILIOUSNESS will be avoided and the food that Is eaten contribute Its nourishing properties or the support of the natural waste of the boay. 1'rice 25 cents. Sold by nil Drufiplsts. wmi HAmvAY's KEADY iiuum ? there is no BETTEU UKJIEDY for VEVER or AGUB. 2O TO 6O DAYS. This is n disease which has heretofore Bullied nil Medical Science. We have a Kernedy , unknown to anyone In the Woild outsldo of our Comp.my.imd ono that , has NCVJUIC FAI1.RB . > to cure the most obsunate cases. Ton days In recent cnhes does ( hovork. 'tis the old chionlc deep seated C.IWH tpat wa solicit.Vo hnvo cured hundted-i who hao been abandoned by Physicians , und pronuuncud incu able , and wo challenge ths World tolirinic as n case that WB v.111 not cure In less ttmu HKtvlavs. blncothe history of inedicirm a tnio specltlc for Svphllli has been sought tor b mover found until our wasdiscovereJ.Biid wo are Justillolin saylnj IMs tlio only Uemedy In the Woild that til pos itively cure , because thu latest Medical Works , pubils-hed by the best known authorities , say thttro was noreru true specltlc before. Ourrom- oily will cine when everything elie ha * fulled. Why wustu your time nnd money with patent medicines Unit never liad virtue or doctor with physicians that cannot euro you , you that have tried everything else should come t-j us MOW and cot permanent i-Hiiof , you never can got Itolne- whore. Mark what we say. in tuu end vou must tiku our remedy or NI2VK11 recom and vou that have boon nflllcted bui n hnrt time should by nil means comn to us now lot one In ten of new cases ever get permanently cuied. Many get help and thluK they are freu from tlio rtlse.ise , but In one , two or three yoaia after It appeal * again in a moio horrible form , This is a Blood Purifier and will Cure tuiy Skin or Hlootl Disease whoa ' Everything Else Fails. THE COOK REMEDY GO , Itoom 10 and 11 , U. H. Rational Hank building , Oiniilio , Nell. Public sate of imported drafthtalllons and trot- tlnghtnclc at York , Neb Nov.UT. 188 , commen cing utUni : : a m , Wo will oiler our entire stock of horses , about i ao In number. I ) Per- onerous. 1 Clydesdale , 'l.Shtrc , I Trench Puna- nlau , several grade draft nnd one trotting stallion The balance consist * of trotting breJ mares , t llilen aud drlv- 'linMH : One years time , good bankable paper tAqulrod. 5 per-cent discount for cash. BALK 1IAIN Oil AllNB. M. WOODS. Auctioneer. To tdn SlouUlioldrra ofilio Land nml Cnttln Company , Notice U hereby cireu that the annual meet- lug ot the Stockholders of Ihe Ogululla Laud uud 2uulo Company , will be held at the Company's olllca In the city of Omunu , Nebraska , on Wednesday , December nth , VM. at U o'clock p n. , for t lie election of directors for the ensuing f ft.r , nnd for the truiiHactlon of such other bus- ntta us may come buforuthe mooting. WILLIAM A. PAXTOH , Protldent. . . . , . , THANK. Secretary Omaha , Neb . .Novonibarmu , I8 < M , Uov-17-to-dec-i Bias for Public Prliitlne. STA.1E OP Nr.IIUASICA , OFFICE or THE STATE liOAituor PUI.NTINO , LINCOLN , Nov. K > , 1888. NOTICE Til IlIDDKHS. Sealed proposals will bu received at any time on or her era 2 o'clock p.m. of the Jlth day of December. A D. 1NJ8 , for Uioprintlngof alllillls for the legislature , with duch matters as may be ordnred by cither house thereof to be pi luted in "bill form , " which Is shown and designated ns Class one (1) ( ) under thopitntinglawa of thestato orNubiaska. 1'orthepilntlng and binding In paper covora one thousand (1,1X0) ( ) copies radi of thn biennial reports of the auditor public accounts.tieasurer , secretary of state and commissioner of public lands and buildings ; and flve huudied ( fiUO ) coplus each of the bionnfal reports of the attor ney general , supeilntendent publloinstructlon , stall ) librailan and adjutant general ; and all other icpoits und I'ocumcnts that may boor- doled printed by tli legislature , except mich as may enter into and foim u part of the Join nals , n Inch class of work Is know n and designated a& ( Muss ! l under the printing laws of Nebraska. Tha bill work executed under Class 1 shall be printed In Bimxll pica type on paper toui teen (11) ( ) inches long tiy eight and one-half ( tW Inches wide , slnglo page , paper to be " .S pounds double cap to tli ream and except the title pagauHch p.ige shull contain not less than tw enty-tlvo ( Ifi ) llni's of solid mitttc-rof seven ( Tilpches In length , nnd the lines shall nn hucccsslvely numbered with a blank only in each spuco oetweon the linen. ThH title page of Raid bills shall contain not less than eighteen (18) ( ) lines as above , with Cli Inches additional spa e allowable for dlbplay title matter , Itach bid shall .statu what thu bid der is milling to do thu work complete torpor pane , iucludfngcompoiltlon , paper , pri'ssnork , Btttctilne , folnlng and all work or material en tering Into the work reunited. All work executed under ( las 1 shall be de livered in good order by the contractor to the oflicoof thosscrotaiy of state within three ( .t ) dojs after tno receipt ot the order by said con tractor liom the rhulrmun of tha com mlttee on prlntlngin either branohof the le/lslau re. All work executed under Clais thre < : i ) .shall ba pi luted In long pi liner , brevier and non pareil type , on paper to bo nine ( to Inches long by Hlx ( ill Vf Ide , Mtiglo page , paper to bo folty- llvo (451 ( Ibs. to thu ruum , white Vook. Kuch bid under Class : i shall stuto what thu bidder Is n til ing to do Ihe work complete for per page , on each report or item In tha claw. Including com. position , paper , pre.sswork. stitching , folding und all work or material entering Into the work required. U alley imd page proof must bo fur nlHlipd uhen renulrcd by thu olllcera of the executive department or ( ho chairman of the committed on printing In either branch of the legislature. Work when completed to Delivered free of expense at the state house. Proposals for work on each of the alwive classes will not bo considered nnlcus the sumu nhull ba accompanied by a bond In the sum ot nvo thoufand i5nO ( ) rtollnrx , with two or raoro Hiirotles , that In rose the party proposing for Hiich contract i > hall bo awuidod the tmmesudi party will within flvo dayB after thn award to him ot Kiuh contract entt-r into bonda for the faithful performonce thereof , as provided by law and tua terms ot thee proposals. Proposals shall bo marked "Proposals for Public Printing" und addressed to the state board of printing in care of the secretary of stnto , Lincoln , Neb. Contracts on Class one ( I ) as above specified will be awarded as u whole , Contracts on Class three (3) ( ) as above speclfled lll ba awarded in whole or In part , us thu board may Bluet. Samples of the work to bo executed under classes one and three may be teen at the ottico of the secretary of tato. Contracts on above olasnai one aud three to run two yearn from Deo. 11 , l&tf. The Mate prlntlnc board reserves tha right to reject any or all blda. O. I , . l/AWS , Secretary of State. H , A. IIAIICOCK , Auditor Pilbllo Acc'U , O. II , WlUAKD. Htat Treasurer. Of the btate Uoaidot Printing. ufTtrlnr If " l 1 BMIISlranJ"eirl > d cy , iott roftnl ) * , * tv. J will teud a Tfcftt4blff inMlw ( l JI coni.lilur full puKuuUri tor ImtNA cure , fre of chore * AiKriM , PROP.F.O , FOWLERMoodui.Oonn. Yoor Left Liver IS OUT OF ORDER ? READ THIS IF IT IS , MeUlcinn that nee \ to prom 1U north. Or , Calhder's ' left Liver Hitlers * _ Ttoe only Dlfltllled Hitters In the Unite * 5rUA09 : Tllt enl ? flttl recoRiilzod by thd United States Internal rnv nua laws as a Pro- * prletary Medicine. Lawfully Patented. No. off Patant 1O.G73. Contains no fusil oils , not i.iontliu oils , no foreign substance or rtamaip lag drug ; . A perfectly pure medicine , com pounded from Pure fleet Herbs aqd Old Peachiti pleaiantto the taste , quiet and duclslre In It * affect. Curca Dyspepsia or Yellow Jaundlc * In ) BT dayg Itejnilates tlu Bowels. Inrleorate * InactlTe tivar. Curni Disrated lArttr , HeylveS tea Kidney ; . Jmprovas the Appetite Quickly ? Begulato/ithetToolaiyatem. New Ufa to thr whola ayBtem. ol.olil.lrtr nittor nro old In Omaha , Nol ) . ! > jrth llowinc druBitutii , itliham m lm ( i ) , Hpceml unariai lbllo S ° < 1""r lnlcre > t ° r Nibrajka. He- Uooiluian Uruz 'Co. , W. J Wliltchomo , T. W.Sp f- ' ril. E m U , Ksrniwortn. Htlirotor's Pliunimof Kubn&Co.JolinUuaiili , M. 1'urr.J.A. fuller A C . W JIIuvli i , .Icilm II Contn. t' J. Krlco , M.J.I'onell V , ll.Ci-nl'Cli.Jnhu v. Ilumi < r < Morrall'i riumuncr .lurapi I iirsjtli. U. C lloll , Di.J.J H.iTille , C M.Crix cor , V Chutiillnr , llnlm's Phannaor , flurnejr A l ) r' .1.0. KiiiK.J W ' 'larko , J. 11. KchruUlt. Mm llecht.J H. ( 'hrlmoruon , IV. If. l , nil > er ou , II H. Coi , MAC Coniiil , Knu.kY. . 1'ngV , It. llaiinuison , ( ] ou , lloodor IJord'/i rti rm > rr. C. A. MolcUor , llowant Uerori , Irniik Dclliinn .V Co. , wlialoiitlu Uoslnri In ( Jlunri ua I.ettl.lvcr . Ulttori. THE CHICAGO A OmaSia , Gouncii Bluffs And Chicago , Among : a fair of tb noracrnui point * of iopt ilcrlli ni Vhlrt J"1"1"1 " ° tw 'Oa4telir iioifaiJ ) ' * A" " ' COACIIJM , wiilohVua thi'flBeitNS ! I out oultr ran et iU > . lu I'AlIXck L IU rju lofwhlcbc n not * f6nndelTawiia * ' B < .UBCII lilaffi. the trulai of tb. Jslon r"ij"ji wnf conndct lo vnloo dtpot with tbqta ot iko ctn * . fW. . * ' " "rtnwftHarn KID Ctiloip Ilia tr l § of KaitJrn finri" ' * eonncllon Wltlj [ heaa al ill olLt * jioitoa , Nuw York , Plill&dtlpblji , htlllnbta. Wkthi fojtou , ana * ll MnU In tba ft it , Ait for lUttti vS . ' 'NORTHWESTERN" " U you irlab the beil aooouDioiUliOa. A'talwra"- ? rffM' ' " - , . Uen'f M n i r. II. 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