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_ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MODAY , &
THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER ,
How Easy It la For Pasaongors to
Bo Mistaken.
ALL CONFIDENT OF THE POT ,
Cut Alt Did 'Not Ilnlco It In-A Drum
mer "Who < q H'uiictlilnK of
nil I'.vntiKi'llst llio Club-
ItOOIII H.1lllple * .
AH Conllilfiit of the Pol.
Four traveling men from various parts
of 'ho stiito and a resident of Si-ranton
BU ! down to a friendly game of draw the
oti ) < n' night , sayaii Scruntoti (1'a. ( ) letter
to 'ho ' Now York Hun. Homo of them
wro going to leave Hcrnnton on the 1
o' < tork train , and it was agreed all
around that the game should end at
midnight , no matter who should ho
Ahead at thai hour. The game was 5
con Is , just enough to muko the game
interesting , and 10 cents was the limit.
Tim banker gave each plavor ten 5-eont
and ton 10-cont chips , and for an hour
the game was aboul us monotonous as
poker could very well bo. Then some
one proposed a jack pot , and from that
tilne on there was inoic fun. The
hanker then established a "kitty , " Into
which ho soon deposited enough chips
to pay fora round of bomcthing , and
tlio game got livelier and livelier all
tlio while.
After that every hand was a jack pot ,
nml the "kitty" kept collecting funds to
pay for more rounds. By 11 o'clock the
party was very jolly. A little after that
hour Uio fun became general , and it
wasn't long after that before something
unusual happened with tlio cards. Two
hands wore dealt around , and no one
was able to open the jack pot. There
was a dollar in the pot then , and after
the cards had been dealt the third time
nobody had enough to open it with. The
viiilt was Uio same at the ontl of the
sixth deal , when the pot contained SU.
It was so big a pot then that everybody
wanted it , and the papers were thrown
around for the boventh time. Then the
man at the loft of the dealer opened the
pot , and lo the amazement of all every
player came in. _ ln answer to the ques
tion , lkllow many' cards will you have ,
Bir'r" ' from the dealer , the man who had
opened the pot said :
"Give mo ono. "
"Hume hero , " said the ncvt one.
'Ditto , " exclaimed the third.
"Mo , too. " the fourth remarked.
"That's all 1 want , " the dealer said
ns ho helped himself to ono card. "Mow
jnako your hots , gentlemen. "
The first player bet the limit , the
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next raibcd h'im ton , and they all
btuid in. lie made it good and wont
them ten better , and the second man
raised it and the other three raised
him. It was getting decidedly intor-
Cfeting , but the men at the loft of the
Qualor covered all bets and came back
at them with 10 cents belter. In this
way thej kept betting and borrowing
chips from ono another until every chip
on the table was in the pot , which now
represented $7.50 | and still they all
staid.
Then pockets wore ransacked for
small change , and , after all the sub
sidiary coin in the party had _ been
dumped into the pot , dollar bills and
Bland cartwhcolB wore laid upon the
pile and bet by fractions until they be
longed to the pot also , and still there
were no signs of weakness on the part
of a single one of the plucky players.
bomebod.\ then put up a five-dollar bill
on the piio and took silver dollars in
the place of it , and the betting went
around a few times more. There was
then between $ ll ! and $22 in the pot , and
it looked as though that hand would
last until the midnight hour was
reached. The pot grew and thrived
until it contained $20 worth of chips and
solid cash , and then some one called. It
was the dealer , and ho said :
' That pot's big enough for a IQ-cout
limit , and so please show up.1
All did so except the man who had
opened the pot , and ho had hold back a
JIUtle. Each had drawn a card and
there were four fulls an ace full on
tons , a jack full on nuccns , a nine full
on deuces , and a seven full on kings.
Tlio other man then spread out four
fours and an nee , coolly remarking as
he did so : ,
"I had them fours on the start , and I
drew ono card just lo fool you follows.
I guess ihe pot't > mine , gentlemen , and
ho began to paw the pile over.
Hy this lime four disgusted men were
kiclting themselves all oven the room ,
and butting their heads against window
riibingH and furniture , and there was
Boinc tail and loud swearing byan angry
quartette of base and tenor voices , .lust
\ \ then the town cloek struck 12 , Accounts
wore speedily bottled. The last hand
hud been played.
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Memories ol * a Conductor.
' You have no idea of the annoyances
We have to sulTor from the traveling
public , especially from traveling sales
men. Lot mo give you an iiibtanco of
it. " Thus spoke a tall , full-bearded
conductor , whose heart I hud won by
the gift of a two-for-llvc-conts Flora do
f'abauas , says J. Von Dussoldors in the
IJoston Courier.
"As my train stopped ono daj between
rHptkuhnon lind Tosen two traveling
Balesiiion entered a second-oliisfa com-
parlmonl. They sat opposite each
other , and ono of the two placed n
pretty heavy trunk upon the &eat no.xt
to him.
" 'Look hero , ' says I , 'you'll have to
take that trunk oil the sent. '
" 'No , ' says ho , ' 1 will not take it
down. '
' 'NVoll.'saysI , 'wo will see. Will
ou take that trunk down , yen or no , '
" 'Hal ha1 ! laughed he , 'you are Jest
ing , my good man. '
" 'Nouo of your familiarity , ' Bays I ,
angrily : 'I shall inform the baggage-
master. '
" 'All rignt , I don't care a rush , ' re
plied Iho passenger , and withdrew
laughingly toward the corner ot the
compartment.
"As at that very moment the train
began to movii I had to defer informing
against the offender until the next sta
tion. AH been as it was reached I rushed
into the compartment , full of rage , and
asked : 'Now will you lake the trunk
down ? '
" 'Pleasedo not bother mo with thai
trunk or I shall complain of you at head
quarters ! ' roared the pussohgor , in a
voice of thunder. I never mot biiuh impudence -
pudonco before , but as the train stopped
tor a couple of minutes only I had
again to wait till the coming station.
There I infonjiod the station master of
the case , Ho entered the compartment
baying :
' 'Sir , the conductor is in the right ,
and I have to demand of you to remove
the trunk or to leave the train. '
" 'I rihall neither take it down nor
luuvo the train , ' answered the passen
ger , 'and as wo wore already live min
utes lute , I had just time to wire matter
to the next station.
" 1 enjoyed in advance the fecone at
the next station. Upon our arrival the
chief of that station said to the pas
senger :
" 'I have to nsk you to leave this train
at oisco.
" 'Sir. ' rejoined the now thoroughly
infuriated inib ongor , 'what dojou want
of mc'f I nnvo paid for my ticket and
have done nothing reprehensible what
ever , and yet this miserable hiroliiiL' has
not ceased to bother and insult mo. '
" 'Owing to tlih quarrel the train was
now ton minutes late and the fast ox-
prc H close behind us.
" 'Yoa'll have to leave the train if
jou do not at once lake Iho trunk down , '
shouted the enraged chief.
' "I Phall do thai under no circum
stances whatever , ' screamed the pas
senger , whoso frontal veins stood out
llko whipcord from his dark red fore
head ,
"At this juncture the head baggage
master entered tlio car. and. trying to
conciliate the warring elements , sai' . ' in
a boot hi 119 manner to the passenger :
" 'Hut whdo , you not take the trunk
off t ho seat i1 Don't you MJC that owing
lo your stubbornness the train is now
ten minutes late ? '
" 'Lut ! why on earth should I take this
trunk down ? There's no power on earth
to compel me to ! '
"All three of the rail road officials now
approached the pasfeengor to eject him.
when the other passenger , who was an
amupcd eye-witness to the quarrel , said
quietly : 'Uut why should ho , indeed ,
bo compelled to take it down ? It is my
trunk , and not his ! '
Tableau.
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An Kvnnccllaliu Drummer.
New York Sun : A tall , full-bearded
man , in a Sixth avenue elevated car the
other evening , slyly reached over the
shoulder of a young man in front of him
and dropped a card in the stranger's
lap. Two or three observers glanced
at him with wonder , and to each of
them in turn ho passed a card with a
quick motion , as if he wi&hcd nobody
to see him in the act. Then he smiled
with evident satisf.iction. Of course
everybody baw him , and as those who
received cards looitod surpribed and
amused , ho had presently to dive into
his pockets and supply tlfo earful with
documents. They were about as largo
as postal cards , and these words were
printed conspicuously on the upper half
of one side :
fPleaso till this up ami phico it over your
bed buforo retiring to rest. ]
If I Uio lo-nlght I will go to.- . .
Signed .
In spile of his secretive methods the
tall man talked freely about himself
and his cards.
"I am acomtnercial traveler , "ho said.
"I live in Crilla , Canada. All mv life I
had boon a wicked scolTer , much given
to lying and profanity. Two years ago
I was redeemed and regenerated , and I
take this moans , as I am traveling
almost all the time , to atone as far as
possible for Ihc past. I never enter a
car or a coach or a hotel without dis
tributing my cards.
"Y'ou will probably bo astonished to
know how many fill up the blanks as re
quested. Most'of them , of cour.se. do it
in a flippant spirit. At least half the
replies read that the person will go to
Chicago ! That doesn't offend mo at all ,
though I am grieved to see it. Young
men , too , have a way of signing ficti
tious names. Last night a card was
soberly returned to mo with Salt Creek
written in the lirst blank and G rover
Cleveland in the second.1
The redeemed drummer smiled with
condescending pity at the memory and
continued :
"But the cards undoubtedly accom
plish some good. The language is
startlintrly suggeslivo , isn't itV A great
many men take it in real earnest , and
write hell in the first blank and sign
their own names. I have no doubt that
the cards have been the moans of start
ing bomo sinners on the road to repent
ance and redemption. " "
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St. Paul VH Chicago.
St. Paul Globe : A Chicago commer
cial traveler , in this city the past week ,
was insisting that ho could always dis
tinguish the resident of the Big Lake
city abroad by his alert manner and
business-like gait. While the St. Paul
man of affairs had some of the symp
toms , there was still a palpable differ
ence. To lest his diagnosis of the gen
eral alertness , a small wager was staked
that in a crowd of strangers coming
from the depot ho could not pick out a
Chicago man. The man ho selected
was interviewed , and said ho was n
wholesale dealer from St. Louis a city
reputed by all Chicugoans as unsur
passed for conservative moderation and
lack of Chicago business gait. The
laugh was on him. But ho insisted
upon the evidence that St. Paul men
are slow ; that in n great majority of
cases , the men on meeting lady ac
quaintances on the street will not touch
ttieir hats until they pass , and of course
are out of sight of Iho Indies. In a lest
on Ibis point ho won , for live out of
.seven took their hats oil after the ladies
had gone by , and then in an embarr
assed way , as if they had made a blun
der. Thib was an evidence that their
minds were so engrossed in business or
religious problems thai lliey did nol
really observe , and the frequency with
which handbomo ladles are met on Iho
streets of St. Paul made them less at
tentive than a Chicago man would bo
on such an occasion. This it. . albo an
indication of innate and unconscious
gallantry in the removal of Iho hat
after tlio presence of the lady has be
come a reminiscence. On the whole
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the Chicago man did not score much.
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Tim Club.
The traveling man'b club room pro
ject outlined in last Monday 'B Br.i : is
being vigorously boomed by a number
of the boys. Let Ihoso who believe in
the scheme put their shoulders to the
wheel and give the thing a boodt. Its
advantages are almost innumerable , not
Iho leasl of these being the provision of
a comfortable loallng and reading place
other than the saloons and hotel ro
tundas , which are about the only re
sort of the unmarried drummer at the
nrcbont. Pine rooms , en suite , at No , 91
Dearborn street , Chicago , were thrown
open to the drummers and their friends
a short time ago and are duly appreci
ated.
Kentucky is , financially , the strongest
T. P. A. state.
Forty-nine railroads are accepting the
6,000 mile ticket ,
Colorado iu said to have the best or
ganization in the T. P. A ,
J , Garratt , of W. L. Parrotto &
Co. , is doing the eastern states and
Canada ,
It has been decided to hold a T. P , A ,
Imzanr in the city of Baltimore ; begin
ning the 10th of December ,
Messrs. Goldsmith Ss Allen , of the
North Carolina division , T. P. A. , are
receiving general praise for the work
they have done for the organisation.
The Indiana division , T. P. A. , was
the first to pay the extra assessment
levied for the purpose of paying the
national association's indebted ness ,
J. W. Hondeo , of W. L. Purrotto &
Co. , i spending his vacation In Hush-
neil , 111. On his way east Joe made a
mysterious stop over at Plattsmouth.
The Chesapeake .t Ohio railroad ono
year ago granted to commercial travel
ers 2,000 mile books at 2 cents per mllo.
The ineroaM3 of freight business directly
attribulablo to thifc eauso is said lo bo
very pleasing to the management of the
roail.
It is said that every Canadian com
mercial man belongs to the Canadian
association ; and that upon presenting
their ticket of membership at hotels
they are at once accorded the best va
cant room in the house and receive
special attention.
M. P. Mnuritsiiis , whose territory is
the Black Hills for I ) . M. Steele * Co. ,
has boon in the city for the past twi
weeks , having changed ofT for a short
lilno with one of the boys iu the ollloo ,
who has assumed the role of drummoi
for the time being while Mr. M.
rests up.
Charles Do Rodnn , an old-timo sales
man in this territory for Pnvton , Galla
gher & Co. , after a wild goose chase for
more than u year among Iho people ol
Minnesota and \Vibcousin for a St. Paul
grocery hout-o , has returned lo his lirsl
love and is handling his former lerri-
tory for Turner , Fra/.er fc Co. , of St.
Joseph.
Homer U , Stanley , the "Quaker boy
from Damascus , " is well known
throughout the stnto as the genial rep
resentative of Gronowog & Sehoentgon ,
wholesale grocers at Council Bluffs.
Homer's line personal appearance and
thorough business qualilicatioiis make
him at once very popular among his
many acquaintances at homo and
abroad , which wo are glad to note ,
comprises a goodly number of the fair
sex.
sex.Mr. . .T. A. Cllybo , for a long time rep
resenting the Woolson Spice company ,
of KaiiMia City , through the interior of
'
the state , was' in the city last week in
troducing the famous Lion brand of
coirco to the merchants of the metropo
lis. It is understood that the company
he represents anticipate the location of
an olllce in Omaha , and will make a
special olTort to work the trade here
and in Council HlulTs and Sioux City.
No butter man nor more perfect gentle
man could bo found for this position
than Mr. Clubo.
It. L. Pate , for.yearsroprcsontlngtho
hardware linn of 1'cavy Bros. , Sioux
City , iu the northwestern part of the
stale , was in the city a couple of days
the past week looking after a case of
litigation lie lias before the federal
court. Mr. Pate is ono of those repre
sentative traveling men who lias been
looking out "for a rainy day" by accum
ulating quite a litllo wealth , and is Iho
silent partner of the hardware firm of
Morse & Co. , Atkinson , Nob.
M. II. Van Horn , known as the "old
reliable , " is always on the dot for II. P.
Law , of Lincoln. The weather is never
too inclement nor the trains never so
much delayed but that Van shows up
in good shape with a pleasant smile
and a kind word for all. His many
customers are pleased to grasp his hand
in hearty appreciation of his good quali
ties , abide from their business relation
ship with him , and are made to feel
that it is au honor to bo in his com
pany.
"These , sir , arc not Christy's crack
ers , " as the waiter very politely set the
dish before her , "and I'll eat my oysters
without crackers if I can't get Christj 's. "
"You must have formed tlie acquaint
ance of IIul Stnpp , " interrupts her com
panion. " You bet I have , and he's just
one of tlio nicest boys on the road , and
he told mo to eat no other's make , and
I'm going to make them gellheiu here ,
too , or I'll not come here for oysters
again. " II is needless to add that Hal
will place a nice order with the restaur-
anteur ns well as with the popular young
grocer on his next trip to that city ,
Of the many methods employed by the
commercial traveler in advertising his
business none is more suggestive than
ono which happened to our observation
a few evenings ago. It is something of
a joke , but expresses the popularity of
our genial young friend among the fair
sex. While partaking of a stew of the
savory bivalvob in a popular restaurant
in a e'erlain town in the interior of Ihc
state , wo chanced lo overhear Iho re
marks of a young lady in whoso com
pany . was a popular grocer of
the place. The remarks wore
addressed lo Iho waiter in something
like the following language :
How strange it is that anyone who is
endowed with the good sense and busl-
11088 tact , the good judgment relative
to judicial management in tlio art of
selling goods promiscuously on the
road , should ever bo so devoid of prin
ciple as to belittle himself and disgrace
his family , as was the case with Harry
Boyland , salesman for the Jones-
Doughhus Cracker company , of Lincoln ,
a few wedis ago. leaving a loving and
devoted wife and child to mourn the
loss and support of husband and father ,
and so far neglecting the principles of
manhood as to take up witii an adven
turess , is worthy the condemnation of
all decent-minded people. Mr. Boy-
land has "skipped" with another
woman , leaving his employers in ar
rears , and his dependent wife to settle
unpaid bills. Traveling ifon , as well
as preachers , sotnot lines go astray.
William Bryant , roprcbontingW . L.
Parrotto & Co. , in northern Nebraska ,
deserves special notiro in the travel
er's column of TUB BKE. Billy , as ho
is more familiarly kno.vn , is an old-
time hatter , having made his start in
life as an errand boy in ono of the larg
est hut houses in the oast. Billy was
with this house eleven years , and before -
fore the expiration of thai time ho had
full charge of the entire stock. Billy
is now and has been connected with his
prcbcnl house six yours , making his
apprenticeship seventeen years in the
hal I ratio. It is really very intoroHling
to hear the old man , "although but
twenty-eight years old , " as the boys in
the house call him , tell of some of Iho
shapes in hats that have long since
gene out of date. Having been con-
nectcd with the hat trade so long , Billy
is a familiar tlguro to all the old-time
hatters , and W. L. Parrotto & Co. are
to bo congratulated that they have such
an elllcient salesman us William Bry
an I ,
"Hello , Ed ! " is Iho very familiar ex
pression heard on all sides by Iho pas
sengers gelling on or oil at any town on
the entire system of the Union Pacific
railway. Tliis ploasuit greeting in ex
tended lo Mr. K , J. Roe , representing
W. L. Purrotto & Co. , and not only
comes fiom the traveling bojs and rail
road men , but from towns people to
whom Mr. Jioo is a very familiar ac
quaintance. Well , my boy , if you have
been traveling in this state throe yoard
and have not heard of Kd Roe , il in be
cause you walk instead of ride , and
camp out on the prairies and sell your
goods in prairie dog towns. Why , Kd
has traveled in this country ten years ,
and bears the reputation of being not
only thu best hat man traveling in the
west , but one of the most courteous and
gentlemanly follows to be mot with any
where In a trip ever Nebraska. Mr.
Roe has been connected with the hat
business u grout many years , the last six
of which has boon with hia present em
ployers. Ed's salesmanship shows up
big on L. W. Parrotto & Co's. books ,
and to their entire satisfaction.
Standard shorthand school. 1G051 Far-
li am.
DRIV FROM HOME.
M. Quad in Detroit Tree Press : 1
resting on a log at a turn In the
road which ran along the Yadkln
River , with half a milo of the stream in
full sight , when I caught sight ot a
canoe coming down. It appeared to
have broken adrift , and as the current
set it directly towards the marshy spot
in front of me I waited and watched
with some interest. The craft finally
drove into the roods and cnmo tea
a standstill , and a minute later a man's
head slowly appeared to view. It was
the head of a real , live native long
haired , sallow-faced , high I'hcelt bones ,
unkempt whiskers and yellow teeth.
The bend regarded mo with surprise
for a lime , and Ihon a body came into
View. Its long arms , dun-colored gar
ments , tulon-lilte linger nails , stoop
shoulders and long neck proved the
presence of a native "cracker" . He
gu/ed and I gazed , and as ho did not
seem inclined to bo the llrst to break
the silence , I finally said :
"Hollo ! What are you doing lliorc'r"
"Stranger , I've bin driv from humV"
ho replied in n volco bo full of sorrow
that I could almost see a burying
ground behind him.
"Come ashore and let's talk. * '
lie used a piece of board to paddle
the craft ashore. A closer inspection
revealed that ho was the essence of
sorrow and dirt boiled down and caked
Hard. Ho was six foot tall , loose-
jointed , lanky , and evidently as hr/.y
as ho was long. Had I boon sure that
ho was 1,000 years old I would have hot
Si to a shilling that ho had not combed
his hair nor washed his face for i)0 ) ! )
years. Ho hold out a naw like a wash
board and greeted mo with :
"Stranger , oh ! Well , old Bill Smith
bids ye welcome. Las' nile he had a
hum to take yo toand a cheer to sot out
fur je , and some pone and bnkon to
oiler yu , but this mornin' ho kin only
shako yo by the hand. All is gone ail
is gone. "
"lias some calamity happened ? " I
asked.
"Somo calamity has. I've been driv
from home , stranger. I hain't got no
place to lay my head no more , 'cept in
that thar leakv canoe. "
"That's bad. Who did it ? "
"Solutha , sah and nobody else
driv me right away from the hum in
which I was born. "
"And who's Selutha ? "
"My wife the woman who vowed to
love and cherish and support me. Mar
ried her moro'u seventeen years ago ,
and we've got five children , and last
nite she driv me from hum ! "
" Vou had a fuss. I suppose ? "
"Furse ? Furso ? No , wo hud no furse.
She jist lit down on me and pulled hair
and clawed , and said she'd stood it long
enough. She driv mo out in the cold
world aim I went to bed in the canoe ,
cast her adrift , , and jero I am , stranger ,
I'm wus nor an orfun. Won't jou go
buck hum with mq and argify to the
old woman ? "
"How far is it ? "
"Six miles , and I'll take you ujr in the
canoe. Do it for me , stranger. Don't
stand by and see a husband and father
driv fj'om his home. "
We got into the calioo and he used
the paddle in a. vigorous manner. I
sued him up as a hi/y.good natured
native , and it wasn't long before he
"gave himself away. "
"Ar' yo a lawyer ? " he asked as wo
drove along up the river.
"Something of one. "
"Good ! I was in hopes you wa , You
can argify the ole Voman in ten min
utes. "
"What made the fuss ? "
" .list a notion o' horn. I hain't well
and can't work , and she's got a notion I
orter. Jist toll her that I look like u
man who won't live a year , Tell her
; hat hard work would break mo down
in a week. Toll her you never fell so
sorry for any one in yer hull life. "
Wo voyaged along for awhile in sil
ence , and Ihen I noticed that the man
was weeping. lie wiped the tears away
and asked :
"Stranger , was ye erer driv from
hum ? "
"Never. "
"Then yo don't know how it breaks a
roller down. In nrgifying with Selutha
jist mensun that I wept , won't ye. She's
lieu-vy on tears. ' '
Wo landed at the bank below Smith's
cabin about noon. lie decided to re
main in the canoe until 1 should go up
and "argify. " I cut across a field to the
road and approached the house from the
front. At the door was a broken gun
and throe or four steel traps which
bud been pounded out of shape. I also
saw a splintered powder horn and an
old fur cap , and there was a faint smell
of whisky from son\e \ broken glass. I
found Mrs. Smith to bo a nervous little
woman of forty , and the live children
were like a pair of stairs in height. I
was very kindly received and after a
ittle I made bold to say ;
"I met Mr. Smith about six miles
down the road. "
"What ! My ole Bill , the onory mule ! "
lomunded Iho wife.
"Yes1 , ma'am. "
"And didn't ye shuto at him ? "
"Oh , no. "
"You orter. Hcs the lankobt , laziest ,
shuekless man in No'th Carolina. 1
rule him out last nito. I shan't truck
with him no mo' . "
"Ho was telling me aboul it. Ho felt
very badly. "
"No ! Ole Bill feel bad about any
thing ! "
"Yes , ho actually shed tears when ho
bought he should never see you and
the children again.1
"Hills to bustin' , but what news !
Children , hear that ? Your father
shcddin' tears ! '
"Did pop heller ? " asked the oldest
DOV of me.
"Yes , ho cried. "
'It's ' impossible , " gasped the woman.
'Why ole Hill was too lazy to oven shed
tears What did ho say ? "
"Ho said that you were the bobt
woman on ton of the earth , and that
ivo bettor children could not bo found
in the state. "
"Ho did ! And what else ? "
"And that ho pldn't blame you ,
ilthouffh ho did Ih6 best ho could. Ho
, ioncd you will 'forglvo him you when
icar of his death , "
"His death' ' Is ole Bill gwino to
Irown hiesolf ? "
"I I shouldn't wonder. Ho has noth-
ng to live for now , you know. "
' 'Mam driv pap out to die , " sniveled
ono of the children ; and all got together
at the door and began to cry.
"Stranger ! " said the litllo woman as
she cnmo closer , "Olo Bill was lu/y and
onory , but I reckon I hadn't orter. Ho
VUB the father of them children , and ho
md some good pints , I'm a mind to go
irtor him. "
"Can you forglvo him ? "
"Sartln. I've smashed his gun and
raps and fixings , and I'm sorry.1'
"You'll take him buck ? "
"I will , "
"Well , he's down nt the lauding , Send
mo of the boys to cull him. Take him
) ack on trial. Toll him he's got to
work or you'll drive him off for good
loxt time , Lay Iho law right down
and lotlilm know what to expect , "
Smith HOOD arrived , Ho came in wip-
ng his eyes and seeming very humble.
Vs he entered the door the wife stood
Superior Quality and Reduced Prices.
Wo have decided to ofi'er for Uio bal-
( uieo of this month ! i special inducement
to cash huyors throughout the west to
purchase an o\oreout or ulster lit bol-
toia prices. Our entire wholesale stock
of $ TjO,000 worth to holcct from , onibrae-
iii ( * Fine lilyainns , Heavers , Chlncillus.
Meltons , Kor-iovs , and fur Heavers.
There is no fabric too expensive for
our reudy-m.ide Overcoats and wo
guarantee them to be hollar in every
rcspct than low pric'ul Custom work.
\\ro mention a few of the special lots
which wo olTer at the sale.
Lot No. 1 , Price $25.
Is a Diagonal Chinchilla In two colors.
BrowiuindBluelined throughout body &
blcovea with'Wm.Skiiiiicr&tion'ahost syt-
in it in every detail of manufacture , they
arc as near perfect as wo can make
them. Wo olTer those Ovorcouis to
gentlemen who can appreciate perfect
work and superior materials , but who
do not want to pay tailors $ .Vi , which
they would have to do for one of equal
quality , fcio each. Wo unhesitatingly
claim that the gnrnicntcannolho houghI
outbido of the Continental for less than I
15.
Lot No * . 2 , Price 20.
Wo olTer lf.0 . Illuo Chinchilla Over
coats , lined with a light colored woolen
lining , satin slceyos. piped edges and
inndo equal to any custom garment. Wo
expect that this will bo 0110 of the most
popular lots offered at this sale. The
price Is lower than the fciune coat can
be bought for in regular retail stores
and lor business men wo recommend
this ub one of the best values wo have
over offered.
Lot No. 3 , Price $15.
This lot Is made of blue chinchilla ,
perfectly fast color , made and trimmed
to give perfect satisfaction. No elionp
trimmings used in any of our low priced
garments. Wo recommend this lot for
a medium priced garment , knowing
that the purchaser will bo entirely sat
isfied with it. Price $15 ; all sizes ; 85 to
Lot No. 4 , Price $10
Wo ofTor 200 MOIIR' Plain Moscow
Heaver Overcoats in blue and brown at
$10. This is the lowest priced overcoat
that we recommend to our trade. Fou
, 810 nothing bolter can bo purchivRCJ
than this garment , guaranteed to bu
perfectly honest in every respect. All
bi Ps. We believe that the coat Is gold
for $15 in the ordinary course of trudo *
Men's ' Ulsters.
Mens' Chinchilla ribters $10 to $25.
Men's Elysian Ulbters , $10 to $2:2. :
Men's Ir'mh Friono Ulblortj.
Men's Capo Overcoats.
Men.s Fur Trimmed Overcoats.
Men's Fur Trimmed Ulsters.
Men's Fur Overcoats of all kind a.
MAIL ORUKUS.
Send for a sampo [ garment of tiny
of the lota advertised and if it IB no'8
eatibfactory in every respect , return af1
our expense.
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name and P. 0. address and $1.75 in Money Order , Express
Money Order , Registered Letter , or Check , for a year's sub illustrated
scription to the Companion , wo will send the paper
and for n full year from that date. This offer Includes the
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENTS , the PREMIUM LIST and
Sent to Each Subscriber at Thanksgivlng-Chrlstmas-Now Year'a-Eastor.
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Household Articles , Tides of Aih Allure , Illustrated Sketches of Trn\cl , 1,000 Anecdotes , Historical and Scientific Artlclen , Humor , Poetry ,
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THE YOUTH'S ' 41 Temple Place , Boston , Rflass.
with arms akimbo and looked him over
and exclaimed :
"Cum back , eh ! All broke up , was
ye ! Slept In the ole hot all night , did
ye ! Now , ole B'll. you look right yore !
\"ou kin cum back : but the gun is gone ,
the traps ib gone and the tarnal dog it
drowned in the river. From this day
out you had pot to work and he some
body. Do vo foller the track ? "
"I dew , Solutha. "
"Then you gii fur that axandthon git
fur the wood-pilo , "eauso wo've got to
pull up some dinner for this yore stran
ger , bon't you go fur to hois ono of the
children nor to think you kin run this
house , or out jo go fur good'n all !
Stranger , squat on that rockin' cheer
ever thar , an' Mothuiu , you wash that
bkillet an' git the bacon ready. Tie
that vtn * driv out has returned , hut he'd
better&tep high an' kcepupu-lliinkin' . "
"Woman's Work.
There is no end to the taskb which
daily confront the good housewife. To
bo a successful hoithckoopor , tlio first
rcquinito is good health. How can a
woman contend against the trials and
worries of housekeeping if she bo suf
fering from thoaodistiCftsing irregulari
ties , ailments and weaknesses peculiar
toherfio.xDr. . Pierre's Favorite Pro
scription ib aspeeille for those disorders.
The only remedy , sold by drullgibts ,
uudor u' positive guarantee from the
manufacturers. Satisfaction guaranteed
in'every cute , or money refunded. See
printed guarantee on bottle wrapper.
Cnu'l Kind Bottom.
A sink hole hnb been discovered On
the St. Paul & ] ) uluth road at Mission
creek , n few miles f-otilh of Ilinckloy ,
Minii.jhy workmen who were raising
the grade. Soon after the filling began
the track Mink nearly out of sight. The
track must have been sustained on u
mass of roots and vegetable matter
floating on the water below , and the ad
ditional weight put on the mass broke
down the support. For three weeks past
more than ono hundred car-loads of
filling a day have been dumped into a
bparo not more than ninety feet wide ,
and the track is in fail shape again at
tbi.s point , but another spot a short dis
tance nway is sinking out of lino. The
surface of the swump is seamed and
cracked In all directions , and in some
places upheaved and turned-complclcly
over. In ono place a pile of ties hua
boon carried forty feet away. In holes
thai have been opened sounding lined
have boon dropped down thirty-five foot
without finding bottom , and u number
of curious specimens of fish have been
caught. It is believed there is n sub
terranean river , as the fish caught do
not lire In tlio swamp poola.
'Just tlio Boy That's Wnntop , "
or the qualities which insure success in
thu leading professions , will bo pub
lished in the coining volume of Th #
Youth's Companion. General Nelson A.
Miles will write of the uriny , Admiral
Luce of the navy , Judge Oliver Wendell
Holmes , Jr. , of the bar , Dr. Austin
Flint of the medical profession , and 12.
L , Godkin of journalism.
*
hooking for Her.
Town Topics has this bit of gossip :
Another woman in the field of salacious
novel writing is the author of ' 'Tho
Fifbt or the Second ? " which the Ameri
can Kows company publishes ever the
nom do plume \Vonona Gilmnn. She
has written other novels for George
Munro , which wore printed in his Fam
ily Story Paper , but her last was found
a little too strong for family consump
tion , HO the virtuous JMr. Munro has
published in book form , and it ib creat
ing quite as much of a sensation nsdid
Miss Rives' "Tho Quick or the Dead ? "
It is a stronger story in every respect ,
and has the great advantage ever that
work of being written in intelligible
and correct Knglibh. "Wenona Oil
man" is the pen name ot a beautiful
young woman who lias a strange history
of her own , if half that is whispered of
her is true. She lives in constant ter
ror of death at the hands of a hiibbuiul ,
who has already killed one man on her
account , and who ; legend hath it ,
threatens to complete his unllniHhcd
tragedy if ho ever finds his hiding wife.
BWIJT'S SPECIFIC
Ii entirely a vecotnblo preparation con-
la ! ntng no Mercury , I'otaih , Arteolo , or otLu ?
polaouou ) itibatuucei.
BWIl'T'S RI'KCIPIO
Jim cured liuQJredi of cones of rplthtllo
aa or Canoor of Uio Skin , thounanii * uf case *
of Kuiroa , Blood Humorj and Bkla Dhcasoi ,
nil hundred ) of thousand * uf casoa of Scrof
ula , Bleed Polioii ami IJlood Taint.
OWIFT'B SPB01FIO
II rellcYcd thouiand * of ra c of llorcn-
tlul 1'ultonlutf , lUieuuiatUm uni Stlflnuu of
lie Jcintj.
CiiiTTAHOOOi. TKH. une.-w *
Bpn-ina Oe , . Atlanta , Oa.Btitlom u i In tli
fulyti&rtot til pr at ytuir , liitdoueof
tlooil puXoii appouvd upon mo. I ing&n.
n. a S , uufl r adrloc of aonther , ana1
to-day I foot rrtjutly lmpror 0. I cm mil
luInK tiie aouiuln * und nhall conllnuo to da
Hi until lac. /feolly mU. I Ullovolt wlil
tff c ( afxrleotcure. your triilr.
Jioo. 1 * . .
Ill WcitBIjtuBt.
COICCTU. B. O July 1 , \ -TtM Bwlfl
pecincUo , AtUlita , ( Qdutleruwn I wa
great luffcrer f fora inuwular fli umatl m
fnr two ytati , I cvald get nu p "n nunt r -
Ilyf from uny modlclne trucrlbnt ty rar
lihyilolan , 1 took ov r u doiui buttfua til
yuur S S 5 , nd now I am as VreUiln I uvor
w i In my litf. I ani turo your nuxllcln.
cunil inn , anil . I would ruoomuienil U loony
on > uaurlDv from nay blood olaio. . Yoori
* ulr ( O. l' JIoiiHiij.
Conduolcr 0. & U , it. R.
'WACO. ' T IA , Kay 9 , ISM-OuutUnmn I Th
* 2f/lf. ' " > . ot tnr customers ITM terribly
niloled with lpatbaome kiidiMui | , h |
f oyerod hu wliulo body , alia wna comiiittij
lo lif r b d for terenlybar * by thui fUlcUop ;
and could not btlu tivw-lf m nil Utie could
pt tlcep from n violent Itchliig and itloalng
/ thB iklu. The ( fUeM * Lim.J tlnnkfllot
11)0 phyilcjaM who tre tid It Uvr Su t > iia4
b * rdn llnallr ( tTloyjiU wif UwHtU flpccltlo ,
no § hc comrbipctd to ImproTe aiinul lia
Uudlatcljr. ndln ten weik hB wu op.
r nlly well , she It now lirartr Dui.
Lxikloa lady , wltb no true of lh ainictloa
li.ll. Vouii very truly. J. K. Hjitia ) .
wholwaU Dnigrlit , Austin Avenuix
t Treatise on Illood utd Skin Vtituci mill 4
tttf , IH * Swirr Ei-ftciria Co. Drawer I ,
Atltot * , Oa. | K w Vork ,
IMds for I'ulilic Printing.
&TAT1S 01' NHDItABKA.
QUICK OCTIIBbrATK IlOAIUIOI" rillNHMl - \
LlMOi.v , Nov. 15 , 1888.
NOTKK Til JIlDDMtS.
Fealed proposals will bo received at nnv time
ou or bctoru : ! o'clock 11. in. of tlio llth uiiy of
Decumhcr , A. I ) . 1BW. for tlio prliitliiBof all bills
for tlio iL'Klil.itiijo , with 8110)111111 ) tern HH wny bu
onli'rert by cltliur house thereof to be pilutedla
"bill form , " wlitdi Is lio\va and designated an
Tims ono 1 1) ) undei the printing laws of thu state
or Ncbr.iskn.
Tor the printing und blnillun In paper covers
onulhonHiuidd.ixOHopIcs eiu'li of the bli-miliil
l ppm ts of tint auditor public iiccoiuitMtreHSiir r ,
hei ri'tury or state and ( ommlatlonui' ol public
lauds anil bulldlnga ; and II vo hundred ( MX ) )
copies cnrli of the biennial repoitn of thu nttor-
ucy Kciivrnl , mipcrlntriulvnt jiulillciimtiuctloii.
Htiitn llbniilun und adjutant L'enuntl ; and all
othi'i luports und I'oruiiK'Ulh ' thai may bu or *
deicd prluUd by tii > li uNliumo , ( ! ici > pt niirli a
may > liter Into and form a p iijof the Journals ,
i of work In known "nil designated UH
Clahn .1 under thu piimliit'lii\vs of Nelnahlca
The bill work executed under CI.-IHH I hliall be
printed In Mimll pluitypo on papei tomteimM ( )
inches lout' by t litlil and omi-half ( t > V Inchon
wide , hiugle pa 10. paper to bo 'W pounds double
cup to the learn and exi ept thu title paj'o eurli
page Hhall contain not less than twenty-live CT )
llnea of Bolld mattei of hovtm I7iiiulien In length ,
uud the lines hliall UH nun esslvely numbered
with a blank only In each Rpaco between the
lines
The title pugo of sitd bills Hhall contain not
IOSH than oMitoon ( ] i > lines an nbovo , wlthl ( ! )
Inches aililitlonal Bjmfe allowabl" for display
title matter liar li bid Hhall Htato what thobltf-
derl- Illlne to do thu work complete lor pet1
liaxe , Includnmroiiipo'ltloii , jiapei , pressnoik ,
Kia uliiK. foldlujr anditll woik or uiateilal eu-
teriiin into th work iniilicd. |
Al workoxocut'id under ( lass 1 Khali bode-
llveiedln iood ; order by the eoiilraetoi to the
olllcuof lliehicretary of Htatoltlilu tliroo ( J )
ilayn utter tun luenipt of tlio order by Hald cou-
tun tor from thoeliiilrmauof the com inlHt'oou
pi Intlnfilln either lir.inchof tlio lei lauiii.
All work executed under Cluxt till oo : ii nil all
bj printed In lonx primer , lirovler uud noil.
li.irril type , ou pupefto bo nluo ( it ) Inrlim lenIn
In g.x ( ( > > wide. Kindle paije , paper lo bo forty-
llvuiiro lli. to the lenm , wlillo book. ICnch bid
tinder Clan It Hhall Htato what thu bidder In will *
IIIK to do tlio woric lomi'luto for per iiimo. on
each roporl or Item ill the C.I H , Includliu : com
position , paper , juoisnorlr , Htitelinifj , folding
und all work or miiti'tlal enturlnx Into thu worl (
reunited , liallry and pace proof niuxt b > > fur >
nlilirtl when required by Uio olllcera of the
exucutlvo department or thoilmirmun of the
tommlitoo cm in luting in olthtir branch of the
leglHlatuto.vork when romplctuilto bellvorud
flee of oxneiisn at tlio state Jumco
J'ropowlH for work on caiji of the nbovo
clutseH will not bo ronsldued nolens the Hamo
Hhull be uivoiiipauloJ by a bund I u thomim of
Jlvo ihoiiimml iJVXKIi dollam , witii two or morp
wilt tle , that In case tlio parly proponing for
biieli coat i IK. t shall bu awarded tlio mime ucli
party wlllwlthlii llvo ( lavs after the award to
him ( if fciah contract oilier Into bondu for tlio
WalHiful pcrformouio thereof , as provided by
law urid tlie lerniH ot theho proposals ,
I'topoMla Hliull be marked " 1'ropositla for
I'nbllc I'rllitlnu" mid addressed lo the fitato
Imurd or prlniltiK in uuo of tlio socretuiyof
btuln , l.lii'oln , Nub.
Coniiiu IHOU CluiHouo 'I ) us above specified
will be awarded as n whole ,
( ontrucU on CUMi tlirco ( 'I ) as nbovo uperlQed
will bo u aided In whole or In part , an the
board muy fleet
Hampleft of tlio work to l > u executed under
clussoh ono and three may bo tocn at UioolUco
of i no ei rctary of state.
t'ontructs ou ubovo clauses one and three to
run two jeur-i fiom Due. II , 16 > %
Thu Htato prlntlnu board leserves the right to
reject uny or all blda ,
(1. l < , ] .A WH. Hi-cretary of Htnto.
II. A HAI1COCIC. Alldlt'.t ' 1'nblle Acc'tS.
i' II. WUi.AU ! > . HtutttTnaninir ,
tuildtodiu Uf the HUio Hoard of I'rlutlni ; .
_ I'KNNYUOVABj WAiriCUS are
y uucci-bsf uliy usrd monthly by over 10,000
.adlcs Are Haft. Itfectunland n atum
Ntaltd
Tllli &IEKKJL CUEUICAI * Ou , , lJjrrMO'7. Hi' U.
aloaiulby mall by Gooiltiwn
Until Co. , Omahtt , tfeb ,
RYFR ARE THE BEST
UltO BOLD ut Uiioooufi.