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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. FEBRUARY III 1880. THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER Death of a Well Known Omaha Commercial Mau. A BOOT AND SHOE MAN TALKS Beared Travelers Groccrymens' McctliiR To Cniup Out Tile 1C.-K. Twclvo Kurt Cloinl'H Cotitiii- cut-Grip Samples. Obituary. H O. Liobcrman , who covered the Elk- liorti county for M. K. Smith ft Co , , died lit his residence In Fremont. Wednesday night , of congestion of the kldnuys. A. C. Smith , on" of the employers of the deceased , who attended the funornl , sayn that Mr. Licbor- inan drove ttoro.is the country last week and that the exposure brought on Ills last Illness , but that , ns ho had Jmd similar attacks once or twioo t > oforo , no danger was npprcliomlcd until within a few hours of Ills ( loath. The deceased had been in the employ of this flrm Bliicc the llrst of the year nnd prior to that tlini * had covered the saino territory for Henry Fnhrnian , of Fremont , eight or nlno years. He was veil llkc-il and his death will bo a reat loss. There nro left a wife and a lov about two years old , who liavw a com- fortnblc home and a jjood fund of life insur ance Ono of his comrudcs pays the follow ing tribute : "Tho regiment of travelers representing the various wholesale houses of Nebraska IB composed of us line and intolllRcnt a class of men as can bo found engaged In nny other vocation In uny state In the union , With very few exceptions they are honorable RCII- tlcmen , courtuous , obliging , generous nnd enterprising , tin honor to their employes and the state. And among them all I venture the assertion that none of them was more popular throughout the territory ho covered than Hugo Lichcrman , who died at his home in this rity on Tuesday evening lust. Know ing him intimately for several years , I fully appreciate his sterling qualities of head nml licart , and with the rest of the boys will miss IIIH pleasant smile and hearty greeting. I feel that all the fraternity will Join me In extending genuine sympathy to the nflheted wife and the bright Httlo son Hex. who was indeed the king of his papa's ' heart. Mr. Leibernmn's death was brought about in the discharge of his duties as salesman for M. K. Smith ( Co. , of Omaha. On Sat urday ho made a hfty miln trip by team in the cold , came homo chilled through uud through , and not being very robust in con stitution , could not withstand the shock , nnd in bplto of the best of medical attention nnd the euro of the best of wives nnd friends , was obliged to obey the summons of the Great Master and start out on the unknown road cm his last trip. 1'euco be with him. " * * Scared Travelers. ' One of the tourists furnishes the following : January 30 , about 11:110 : p. m. , your corre spondent was Just folding up his grip after having fought a successful battle with his customer ( sold a car ) when the front door of the Trcmont hotel opened nnd u largo man entered , carrying a largo Colt's revolver ver cocked and liable to go off. Hu was fol lowed by eleven moro armed with ilrourms , nny one of which would down a man at 500 yards. These men till coming in the small olllco inoilo quite a rustle , and the cleric began looking over the boolctolind places for the company to sloop , but they wore not sleepy. On the contrary , they had "blood in their'oycs" and "wool in their teeth. " They were looking tor mon who had been con verting cattle , horses and llvo Block that run on the reservation , into money without the consent of the aforesaid parties with "blood in their eyes. " They inquired of the clerk "If ii couple of the much wanted parlies wcro there. " Ho stoutly denied that they were Itlieru , and at this the captain and his eleven wont out. About sixty mon had the house surrounded , also the barber shopadjoining. . It piovod that one of the men wanted was in the barber shop. Ho was armed to the teeth , but when the captain and his guards opened the door and there were twelve large holes presented to him , with trigger attachments , his arms went down , lie did not shoot , neither did the others. This was n grand victor. , ' . Enough glory for ono night. They toojc the captured man and .1. M. Moffut in u wagon , and the entire number of seventy- live mounted anil rode away. This wna 3 o'clock in the morning. In the morning you could hco two or three men wandering up and down the street , each with two Inrgo Colts revolvers strapped In a very conveni ent place , and were sadly humming the old song of "Dearest brother thou hast left us. " As to your liumblo servant and others present , I presume that words cannot express our feolhiL's. Having once got outside of the guard around the house and barber shop , most of you would have some curiosity to see what was going on. Ono of our party got rather ulose to tlit ) line , anil the man with along barrelled squircl rillc stuck tlio end up under the in truder's vest , and remarked , "if you have no business pn n on , " nnd ho passed , and several others , myself included , followed suit. Frank Ayres , traveler for .1. I. Case's plow works , was stopping at the Springviow house. IIo refused to get up until the porter accepted 10 cents and went all over town nnd returned and assured frank that the string band had left town. The Kichurtlson Drug company slnco dis continuing business in St. Louis n.id adding several of the best travelers of that tiouao to the Omaha force , have hcon overrun with orders , being literally smothered with them. The business of the IIOUHO is nearly double what it was last year at this timo. "I'arHon" King is holding dally seances along the Elkhorii line , heading for the Ulnok Hills. Kin ? is a new man but is coming to tlit ) front llko an old timer. W. C. Pomtrot , with headquarter * ut Lin coln , Is gathering very nice orders all along the H. & M. , and "l > omf " is smiling. II. S.Veller heads the list on sales. Harry doesn't , lot , any moss grow on his territory , particularly Kansas. Kd ( J , Must , the tenderfoot of the housewas tit Alliance last week forming tin ; acquaint- nnt'o of Kilpatrick's "hobos , " Kd is hound to ' 'Hoe-bo-Low" all competitors on prices , and his order book gets "Fuller" every ctny. "Tom" Wiley rested from his labors among the prohibitionists over In Iowa long enough to run in nnd sea stock on "cherry tonio" and to llnd out if anybody got seriously hurt by tlio stulJon collapsaof the now city hall on Jefferson square last Tuesday , F. U. Orosholl is rusticating among the mountains in Montana , nnd if ho doesn't sun many flowers in bloom , ho succeeds In send ing in some daisy orders that puts everybody in the house "in the hole , " rattling even "Aletz , " nnd snowing "Mendel" under. Leo Webber , who hold down Now Mexico , Texas and Arizona for the St. Loins house during the past few years , says that when lie asks a man to ship from Omaha ho Is mot with this : "Tho Klolmrdson Drug company is all right , but where the d U Omaha ! " 33tit , nevertheless , ho Is sending orders from down there. It won't be long till they will all Itnow where Omaha is. M. W. liycrson. for a long time on Union Pacltlc territory , 1ms boon nucci'oded by Ed. ( } . Uust , Into manager of the Northwestern Uriigglst ngeney. Mr. Kyerson is in uhurgo of the travelers' department mid com-spaud- cncoof the Him. * * The K. K. Twelve. Tivo weeks ago you noticed the movements of one-third of the above force , and If you have room in your columns we will try and Introduce four moro. Foremost in point of years nnd varied ex perience is "Cap" U , W. Holly , who has represented the 1C , 1C. company suicn its or ganization two ydars ago. In-the enrly days Mr , Holly represented St Joseph when the country had but few railroads , and ho has inuny interesting tales to tell of those times , In those days hewn ono of the leading sales men in this suction of country , and an old Omaha traveling man Informed the writer thut when he was the only dry goods man going out from our city the "captain" was the only competitor he acknowledged or feared. After leaving St. Joseph ho went south , bout-lit a vessel and assumed com mand , Hccomlug tired of the monotony , however , ho drilled west again , and realiz ing that St. Joseph must very soon take a back seat us u Jobbing center , ho cust his lot with the future great , and throwing into the business nil his old-time energy , rapidly cuincd tUo frout and to Uuy is again near the head of tlio profession. His terri tory OK ) en 'Is from Ashland through the southenci part of the ittate. On the other siilo of the Big Muddy the house Is repre sented byO. Marty. Marty's frooJnaturod face Is known to many and welcomed by nil. Coming to this country when a boy , tne fam ily settled In Ohio , and during the wnr , filled with devotion for his adopted country , bo Rhouldorcti his musket and marched to the front. On traveling rnen'a day Marty was an attractive ) figure with hit smiling counte nance entering Into tno whole thing with en thusiasm , and marching to the music of the band like n drum major. AVhlle spending most of his time In Iowa , ho Is not a believer In prohibition , but thinks high license a muph better solution of the question. Ho really enjoys the freedom with whuh ho can visit Kd Maurcr's ' whoa the thermometer Is up In the nineties ana nucnrh his thirst or refresh himself with either n glassof mineral wa'cr ' or an eltistoln. I1H trade stnrU in at Council IJluffs and reaches cast half through the state. John J. Fleming Is ono of the hcavyxvelghts. Ho formerly represented McCord. HraJy & Co , but a year or so ago took a fanry to the dry goods business and started out with his grip. Ho maites his home at Fremont , mid no man is bfttcr known from Omaha tn Huiralo Gap. Dakota , than John. Hail fel low with everyone , while not n dry goods man , he is bulldinir up a large trade and quickly getting to the front. J. C' . Ghison , or Jnc'K , as he Is familiarly known , spends most of his time in Utah , Idaho mid Wyoming. Dntno Humor says that tlio Mormons have taken a great fancy to Jack , and It would not be surprising to sec him a pillar of the church ere long. Until within a year .Tuck sat on the high stool and drove a quill ns entry clerk for the linn , but being ambitious to become acquainted with the followers of "Nophl. " or to liocomo distinguished ns a disciple of the llrst travel ing man , whoso history was so fully touched upon at the mcetinif of the knights of tlio grip in the board of trade rooms , ho started out a year ago nnd to-day Irai n largo con nection. 'Iho boys say Jack Is n Jolly good fellow , which nobody can deny. The aforesaid quartette are all brothers , n credit to their house and our city. Next week wo cloio out the remnant of the twelve , and after the Introductions hope to give you occasionally some spicy news. 4r * ' < Y ( toot nnd Shoe ainn Talc ! . "I have boon traveling on the Union Pa- clllo road nine years for this house , nnd I never saw n season Jilst exactly like this , " said un Omaha boot and shoe man. "The weather has boon exceptionally line , and there has been scarcely any severe cold to spcait of when you consider what real winter is made up of. and the merchants throughout the state , if proper deduction ha made for the open climate , have been driving mi ex ceptionally coed trade. "There is , und has been for a number of years , a movement of eastern travelers to western houses , that I think is of much significance as pointing to the building up of western jobbing. Ucasons for this nro many and apparent to almost any man who will give casual atten tion to the subject , Tlio representative of tin eastern house in this section of the coun try has to stay away from homo n whole season without , being able to consult his firm in the various exigencies of business such as iho cuts in prices , freight rates , ci edits , and the Ions : distance is a serious hindrance to the shipments of a size suited to western stocks , while n western man can roieh hc.idquartor.-t generally by a night train , or by losing a day at the most , and the distance enables him to place smallstoclts in short time. Again , western houses are able to sell goods oa sixty cr moro days' time because they have theilebtor constantly under their eyes and can secure themselves at short notice. And it is a fact that most river houses are four month houses , while eastern dealers stop at , sixty days. "Yes , wo do sell n superior quality of boots and shoes in this part of the country. Now , in the south , the demand for cheap goods ob tains ; that possibly might be accounted for in a measure by virtue of a milder climate. However , one fact is patent , and that is that the goods for the western trade cannot well bo of poor construction and material. "Tho factories at Hoston , Hoverly , Now York , Cincinnati , Baltimore and Washing ton Courthouse , Ohio , deal direct with retailers tailors , but our river houses are able to moot them nnd distribute goods more economi cally. There is no questioning the increasing importance of the river jobbing industry. Its travelers are able to secure better salaries and to make moro of this territory than the eastern trav eler can obtain. AVhy , here is another important clement of the success that i had almost , overlooked. An eastern man makes his season and goes home , while we , on ac count of our proximity to our customers , are able to go over our route between seasons and "sort up , " that is , lill out lines that have had a run , and wo sell about as many goods in that way as we dispose of during seasons. "I have talked lengthily on my own line , but may say that pretty much the sumo line of argument could bo applied to all other lines. I know that the western jobber is making great strides after thu trade of the country naturally his , nnd as a final state ment in proof , when 1 first commenced run ning out of this town 1 had not to exceed one hundred contemporaries , but to-day 1 have over sis hundred. " * f- - * To Camp Out. The discussion of the 3d at Lincoln on ar rangements for the midsummer camp-meet ing at Cuahnmn park , led to the appointment of an executive committee composed of the following gentlemen : F. A. Falkenburg , chairman ; John M. Cotton , secretary ; John K , Utt. treasurer ; It. M. Simmons , S. S. Leland nnd L. W. Oarnutto. A general committee to co-operate with the executive committee in perfecting arrangements is constituted of representatives from various cities ns follows. Ashlunii , W. 15. Laino ; Falls City , F. L. Sandusky ; Columbus , C. II. Jackson ; St. Jos eph , Nut Miller ; Chicago , Charles N. llcmluinn nnd Fred A. Wilson ; Council muffs , K. E. Hay worth ; Atchlson , W. Wol- cott ; Sioux City , Lyiium 1'unc ; Kansas City , I'll 11 Jacobs ; DCS Monies , Dr. Meyer ; St. Louis , II. F. Hnbbard ; Denver. H. F. Strlngfollow , Milwaukee , J. T , Lilt ; - Lin coln , L. W , Onrroutte ; Omaha , C. O. Lo- becit ; Fremont , .loo May ; Norfolk , Hen Hlgdon ; Hustings , H. II. Cherry ; Kearney , Mr. Metcalf ; Holdrege , Isaac Hill ; McCook , Harry Waterman ; Hed Cloud , W. M. Dong- lass ; Beatrice , A. J. Conlec ; Nebraska City , Henry Schmidt ; Fairbury , James P. llieks ; York , W. M. Wledner ; Seward , Jen Ogg. Another meeting will bo held on March ti , which will push on the work. * * * 'Irnvollnc Oi-ocoryweti , Attention ! The traveling grocery salesmen will hold a social session In Lincoln , Saturday , Febru ary 23 , 1SS9. You will all bring your sam ples of eastern half peaches and 1SS7 Turkish prunes for lunch. Water will ba furnished from Seward or some other town , so do not suffer any from dread of the city water , You will got the passxvord by applying at the ouloo of Hararcavcs 13ros , nt any time nftor 1 p. m. Any member of the T. M , i' . U , not present mid failing to furnish proper excuse will not be allowed to sell a car of salt for two weeks. Uy order of executive committee. * . # About Town , Omnha Hardware Company : C. O. Lo- bcck has returned from a trip on the Chicago cage , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha rail way. Ho was looking over the country for his house , and during his four or five days absence met Messrs. George Davis , of Hector , Wllhclmy it Co. ; Jake Milljr , of the Leo-Chirk-Andcrson company ; Mohogan , of Hibbard & Spencer , Chicago , and Hunter , of the KmUle Hardware company , Council HI uff . It is the opinion of Mr. Looeck and of the other gentlemen mentioned , that the hardware trade Is in a fair way. C. S. Hrown , with headquarters nt Osden , hit sampler for the Mormons , Kuntlny Visitors. At the Murray : O. H. Smith , Chicago ; C. H , Potlck , St. Paul ; C. W. L.vford , Now YorkjJ. C. Aculerman , Now York ; J , W. Kbcrl , Kansas City ; S. H. Clark , Cincinnati ; C , H. Hoffiran , Chie.-.go ; W. A. Kcrr , Cluvo- hind ; J. 1C. Pollock , Lincoln ; H , S. Lclch- hardt , Chicago ; J , Sclulf , Denver ; J. U. Circcr , Minneapolis. At the Puxtoii ! J. M. Welsh , Chicago ; U. 1 $ . Naglo , Erie , I'n.t K. O. Nicholson , Minno- upalis ; F. O. Wbltfut , Chicago : K. S. 'ravis , Now York ; W. C. Hlchmond , Chicago. AttheMIllard : O. W. Norcross , Mass. ; H. A. Hrown , Kansas City ; O , K. Hrown , Indianapolis ; John W. Hrooks , Chicago ; George Le Blanche , New York ; Charles ( Jileason , boston ; James H. Uourlcc , Chicago ; F. W.Jonos. St , Louis ; W B. Loomls. St ; Paul ; A. M , Lymau , Milwaukee W , S. Lommou , rsew York. Hcd Cloud'H Contlnsont. The following boys maKe their headquar ters at Hcd Cloud : Asa Hollobuugh , with Turner. Frazer Mercantile company , St. Joei Clarence Price , < Vth ( Pa\ton < fc Gal lagher , Omaha ; P. W. Shea , with Stcelo & Walker , St. Jos ; J , K. Hrown , with Hlako , Hrucc it Co. , Omaha ; Hilly Duglass , with the C. D. Smith Drug company , St. Joe ; William Athon , with Tootle , Hosea & Co. , St. .loo ; C. N. Smith , with the Western Tank Line comtunv , Omaha ; Ivl. Allen , with Hrit- tlnn , Uichnrdson .t Co. , St. Joe ; L. Ulster Hones , with the Crown Uhicklag company , Chicago , * Samples. Ocorpe Hoot , the popular hide buyer from Lincoln , spent last Sunday at Hud Clood. C. M Hrown , with Hlnkc , Hruoo it Co. , made n regular trip last week in the Hepub- llcan valley. Kd McCraclcon , the popular salesman for A. D. Morse it Co. , was working the Kcpub- licnn Valley last week. Keddy Mclntlro , the furnlturo man from Hurlington , lit. , is having n fine trade. It's a cold day when "Heddy" gets left. Jim Porshlng , with Kuh , Nathan < fc Fisher , Chicago , has finished n successful trip on the west end of the H. it M. Jim's all right. Johnnie Hcall , the old war house who rep resents M , C. Smith it Co. , Is having u nice trade. Johnnie says that it is not too hot to sell goods noxv. Kd Hanna , the young man that carries a grocery grip for Pltimcr , Perry it Co , , Lin coln , was looking nfl r his customers bo- twccti lied Cloud and Lincoln last woclc. Kd Drew nnd Clarence Price , the noisiest firoeerymen in western Nebraska , were working their trade west of Hed Cloud last week. It would take llifoo bis ? ones to boat this pair. The rotund nnd genial prince of grocery brokers , J. 1C. Armsby , of Chicago , was en tertained Thursday afternoon by a number of his friends in the trade hcre.at the Omaha club rooms. An I'legant luncheon Hanked by the twins , "Pom" aim "Cllii , " was served and with the best wishes of the company Mr. Armsby took the Overland llyer for the Pacific coast. The establishment of club rooms including n restaurant similar to those at Denver has ngitatoil the enterprising bosoms of Omaha travelers moreor less for a year past. The benefit of such a place of rc.-it nnd refresh ment for travelers and their customers are apparent , and Mr. Otto Lobcok , with the Omaha Hardware company , will bo pleased to hear from anyone interested in the project. A drummer says that two of his intimate friends , William Uarnes , of popper whisky and race course fame , and Isaac Liohold , car rying Mcltrinr , are using the telegraph nnd a mutual friend at St. Joseph to establish their ngns. and that , having made a joint stock company of their stomachs and sam ples , there is danger of u. personal application of ( ho dispatches. Neither of the gentlemen nro spring chickens , according to our inform ant. Cure of I'nciunonln. William A. Sawyer , Hcss Head , Niagara Co. , N. Y. says : "About n year ago I was taken with a severe pain in both lungs. I wns llrst at tacked with a violent chill , then a dreadful pain and then a cough accompanied by con siderable fever. It lookeu very much llko a bad attack of pneumonia. A friend of mine procured live AI.ICOCIC'S PLASTRUS. One he put under oaeh arm , ono under each shoul der blade , and ono on my chest close around my throat. In a few hours the cough ceased , the pain gradually abated and I broke out in n profuse perspiration. I fell into a pro found sleep and the next day was almost well. I wore the Plasters eight days after wards , nnd have never had any trouble since. " South Omaha Notes. Mrs. William Trouson is very ill. Little Kate Kowley is sick with bronchitis. David Anderson has returned from Colum- DUS. DUS.F. F. Graham will leave Tuesday for Port land , Ore. The board of directors of the Emanon club will meet Tucsda.v evening. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Evans left Saturday for Lucas , la. , where they will reside. The ilrst regular shoot of the South Omaha Gun club will be held Sunday , April 7. A social dance was given by Mr. and Mrs. James Pivonka at the National hall Sunday evening. Mrs. Thomas Rock Sunday evening re turned from Denison , la. , whore she was visiting friends. Walt Phalan will have a hearing before Judge Uimlher this morniiigoii tlio charge of assaulting Patrick Gannon. Saturday Uruen it Carpenter furnished thirteen moro horses under contract with the government , making in all 14U horses under this ono contract. Henry Miller accuses Richard Crowley of disturbing the peace , and Mr. Crowley will answer before Judge Ueuthcr's ' bar at 'J o'clock this m3ruing. At the practice gun club sboot Sunday forenoon , twenty-five bHiorocks , Simon S. Koirter got 1 ! ) out of 23 , Hermann Kobert 17 , Niclmll Keuier 1'J nnd U. Uluin 1'J. ' Owing to the siipiior to be given Friday evening by the King's Daughters , the Pres byterian social , appointed to bo held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Max well , has been postponed , The King's Daughters will give a supper Friday evening. Supper will bo served from 5 to U o'clock , und then another supper will bo prepared for those attending the Euionon phantom party , to bo served at H o'clock. All of'the provisions will be donated , and thu proceeds will be used for the bunellt of the poor. At the meeting of Local Assembly , No. 8,010 , Kniyhts of Labor held Sunday after- 'noon , It was decided to hold a public mootintr in conjunction with Union 1112 , Hrothcrhood of Carpenters and Joiners and Messrs. Al fred Anderson , Edward Elster and R. C. Hillikcr were appointed a committee from the assembly to have charge of the same. Catarrh cured ; health nnd sweet breath scoured by Sluloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price 60 cents. Nasal In jector free. For sale by Goodnmu Drug Co. The Cnhinct Outlook. Ixnux.u'ous , Fob , 10 , General Harrison went to church this , morning and spent the rest of the day with his family. Thb recent visit of Senator-elect McMillan , of Michigan , is now said to have been for the purpose of urging the selection of Senator Palmer ns the head of the department of agriculture , and that ho went away satisfied that Michi gan would got the place. Ills visit , how ever , has given an Impetus t.o the talk of Algcr for the war department. Major Calkins , ox-congressman from the Thirteenth Indiana district , has just re turned from n visit to New York , Ho re gards the situation there ns being too deeply involved for the general to settle It satisfac torily by cabinet appointments. Ho says that the farmers nnd all church elements support Miller , while the party machinery is allied to Plait , and that no peace U possible between the two factions. Minister I'ondleton's llonltb. HEIILIN , Feb. 10. The North German Gazette says that a gratifying clmngo for the Dcttor has lately occurred in the condi tion of Mr. Pondleton. justifying thu hope that lie will soon personally assume the direction of affair * at the American legation. Mr , Peniileton returned to' Ucrlm on Now Year's day , and the olltclal American over tures regarding Samoa , which were inndo at the foreign ofilce on January 7 , are attributed to his In ti alive. Beware of worthless Imitations of Dr. Jones' Hed Clover Tonio. The genuine euros headache , piles , dysjiopsia. a uo , nmliirin , and la u perfect tonio and blood purifier , i'rico 60 cents. Goodman Urutf Co. TALKING UNDER THE OCEAN , How the Boo's Cablegram's Got Across tfio Atlantic , SOME VERY REMARKABLE FEATS , From Iiomton lo New York In l-Mvo Minutes A. PfiTBlclnii's Trans- tun fine Consult at Ion Meml- ing n Krokcu Cfililo. Deep-Son Conversation. There is down in Broad street a whis pering gallery where the secrets of the world uro repeated in forty different languages , says the Now York vcorre spondent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Here you may ask a question of London and got an answer In live minutes. In two houra you may hear from the utter most parts of the earth. Europe , Asia and Africa are within call ; Central and South America are almost within hearIng - Ing ; Australia Is not far away. This is the central ofllce of the Western Union Telegraph company. It is an unpre tentious place , but it boldly professes to hold communication with any civilized part of the globo. Men that have passed their lives in any business that makes electricity its servant get to have an odd enthusiasm for the mysterious force and a supersti tious faith in its possibilities. They BCO miracles performed every aay , and yet never quite cease to wonder at them or to look for moro marvelous tilings. Wall fatreot growls now if it does not re ceive an answer from London in ten minutes. Young men remember when communication wltli London was an all day alVair. Editor Stead of the 1'all Mall ( Jazetto in London , once held a two hours' consultation with a corre- pendent at Victoria , British Columbia , and more recently a London physician consulted for three hours with a practi tioner nt A'ictoria when a nobleman M son lay grievously ill in that far northwestern city. Telegraphists have ceased to wonder nt these feats. It is only communicating by several repeti tions through U,000 misos of submarine cable and 4,001) ) or 0,000 miles of land lines. A small matter , they say. It is an every day alYalr to hear San Francisco'calling Halifax , and London calling Bombay through 7,000 siihKS land lines and cable. Telegraphists admit that the human relay system is n neat thing. It is worked on the ludo- F.uropean company's line from Pcn- y.auec on the west const of England to Gibraltar on the Mediterranean sea to Malta , thence by cubic and land lines to Aden , at the southern extremity of the Red sea , thence by cable under the Indian ocean to Bombay. Hero is the way it is done : The message start nt Peii/yuice , and as soon as the operator at Gibraltar gets the first letter ho tel egraphs it to Malta. Malta sends it on to Kuon and Eden "signals it to Bombay. If Gibraltar misses a letter and receives ono that makes mere nonsense , ho docs not break the circuit to make a correc tion , but cables the mistake to Malta. Malta disregards Gibraltar's error and nny of his own that may occur , and Aden unquestioning ! ) ' sends to Bombay whatever comes over the cable. By the time the message reaches Bombay it contains perhaps three or four errors' , but already the work of correction has begun ; for as soon as Bombay receives the first letter from Aden no sends it back by another operator' ' to another operator. Operator No. 2 sends it on to No. U at Malta , and so it goes till it gels back to Pcnr.ance. There the errors are detected and corrections are sent flying over the original course. The delay ol writing down the message at each station has been saved. If the Morse signals could bo cabled by sound under the Atlantic it would bo possible to telegraph direct from any inland city of this continent to London , nnd perhaps in time to nH , parts of the earth. Tlic sound did work feebly over the cable at the rate of three words a minute wluiti the earliest submarine line wns laid between the old world and the now. This was lee slow and un certain. Now cable messages are re ceived by the Hash light and mirror at an average of about twelve words per minute. ' Invention is constantly directed towards the utilisation of sound signals by cable , and telegraph ists , with the sorotio confidence char acteristic of their trade , have no doubt of liniil success. When once this has been accomplished Now York will hayc instantaneous communication with Lon don , and the precious minutes that make Wall street chafe will no longer bo lost. The Morse telegraphic alphabet has practically given commerce A ,1'lfIVKUSAI. TOXOUK. Whatever language can bo expressed in Roman characters can be cabled by the Morse system from one end of the world to the other. The telegraph operators - orators at cable stations do not under stand one word in 1,000 that they re ceive. Messages arc sent in almost every civilized language of the glebe and in a hand rod secret codes and ci phers. These strange tongues and signs como Hashing in at Canso , at Rye Beach , and at Duxbury , to boconfidon- tialy ! rctolographed to their various inland destinations. The Chinese mer chants at Shanghai tclcgrup San Fran cisco via London , Now York and the transcontinental lines of this country. Perhaps the message is in cipher , or perhaps in some strange Oriental lan guage , but whatever It may be it usu ally reaches its destination in San Francisco and tolls a truthful tale to one who undorsttuids. It may bu tin ' order to buy and 'soil property valued at thousands of dolljirs ; itmtiy bo a state secret ; it mav bo merely an invitation to dinner in Shanghai four weeks later. Invitations to dinner , by the way , are sent by cable , and so nro tightly packed LITTLK LOVK LKTTKI18 , as well as every other conceivable form of social messages. But the cables are busy , by far the greater purl of their time , with matters Qt dollars and coats. Even the long dispatches of the news papers aggregate .but a very small portion of the business compared with the vast volume .of commercial mes- eagc8. The difference of time between Now York nnd London is five hours , When the London exchanges open ut 11 a. m. it is U a. m. liuro , and when the London exchanges oloso at 4 p. m. it js 11 a. m. hero. Thus the cables are busy with commercial 'messages ono way or the other from curly morning till after.tho exchanges here are closed. Later begins the mass of morning news paper business , and this is kept up until 1 or ti u. m. , our timo. After that hour the cables sometimes have a short rest. And oddly enough this is re garded by electricians as almost a ne cessity for the satisfactory working of the cables. The meval needs an "electrical rest , " is the explanation , After hours of use the cable becomes saturated with elec tricity , and it must huvo rest to dis charge itself if it is to bo in good con dition. The molecula'r condition of the cable is changed with each counter cur rent , and rest.from this constant moloc- ulnr movement is needed , Even when the cables are not in use , However , thoj nro not entirely free from electrical nctlou. The operator waiting for the "call" from Europe sees strange flashes in his mirror and knows that the cartli , currents of the two continents are seek ing to establish an equilibrium. Back mid forth from Europe to America , from America to Europe , In Till : SMAT.IjKST FtlACTIOX OK A SlXON't ) rushes the invisible fluid through tt : i,000-milo ! wire. This wild plav Is kept up until something like equilibrium is established and the ngitntlon for n time is stilled or shows Itself only tn falnl tremblings. Sometimes the play ol earth currents is a serious intorruntiQti to the business of the cablo. Inuoed , the deep sea wires are subject to dis turbances very like these that delay business on land lines. Nobody knows just what Is going on nt the Atlantic's bottom , but auroral storms nnd like electrical displays at the surface nro seriously felt in the course of cabling , Now and then borne great disturbance , n submarine earthquake perhaps , breaks a cable far at sea and business on that line comes to a standstill. Perhaps thu cable has become suspended between two mountains at the bottom of the ocean and has broken of-its own weight or worn throui/h by attrition upon deoji 'sunken rocks. In the southern seas 11 submarine insect bores through nrmor , insulator and core , rendering the cable useless. When any one of tlieso things occurs , a cable repair ship is hurried out to pick up and splice the broken ope. Captain Samuel Trott is the greatest ol cable fishermen. It Is an elusive cable end that escapes his grap pling. Some strange Ihlngs have hap pened in the course of Captain Troll's labors. Time and again he has picked up a cable end and telegraphed from mid-ocean the movements of ves sels. On ono occasion whllu two cable repair boats we.ro working far at sea ono received telegraphic orders for the other and signaled them with good ef fect. Down at the Diicet Cable com pany's olllce , at10 Broadway , Superin tendent .lames Brown exhibits a photo graph of a cable end broken by A srilSIAlUXK HAUTlHJt'AKK. It looks like the stump of a long-used wcalc-boiio carriage whip. One of Cap tain Trott'catches was a bit of cordage from a ship sunk twenty years before- The rope was as sound as when it was first spun. This sot the captain to thinkimr. and it is probable that as a result of Ills discovery woven hemp will be the outer covering of future subma rine cables. All other material thus far tried soon yield to the chemical ac tion of the waters. Captain Trott's great performance was fishing up the ends of the brpken French cable from Brest to St. Pierre at a dentil of 2,000 fathoms or about two ami one-fourth miles1. This was done in July of last year. The broken cable was promptly spliced and dropped to its bed at the bot- tpm of Iho Atlantic. ] f all the cables between North Amer ica and Europe wcro brokentelegraphic communication between the new world and the old would notSbe interrupted. There arc two cabius between Lisbon , Portugal and Pcrniimbuco , Brazil , and there are cables from Gnlvoston to Vera Cruz , and thence to points in Central America and via the isthmus to the western ooast of South America. Com munication with Rio Janeiro is some times obtained by way of Central and South America to"Valparaiso in Chili and thctice across tlio Andes by land lines to Riounit at others by way of the Atlantic cables to Pcnxnnce , England , thetico to Lisbon , thence back under tlio Atlantic to Pornambuco and tlicneo by land lines and short cables to Rio. " "Mr. W. J. Uealy , cable manager and manager of the general operating de partment of the SVeslern Union , esti mates the world's cable lines AT 75,000 JiiI.US in length. Of this mileage about one- third is included in the various Atlan tic cables and their anchors. The Mediterranean is spider-webbed with cables , and &o uro the narrow seas that lie about the British Isles. There ara 0,500 miles of cable connecting British India with Australia and the tropical islands of the Indian ocean. The West ern nnd Bra/.ilian Cable company has nearly 4,000 miles of cable connecting various points on the eastern coast ol South America. The Central and South American Telegraph company has webbed the Caribean sea and the waters olT the west coast of South Amer ica with moro than ! > ,000 miles of cablo. Mr , Dealy regards the report of Iroquois' victory at the Derby of 1S8I5 as the most remarkable feat of rapid cab ling yet accomplished by the Atlantic cablo. In five seconds after Iroquois passed the winning post his victory was announced in the olllce of the New York Evening Telegram. The news was telegraphed from Epson to .London , was there probably transferred to the direct cable and after another verbal transfer at this end of the line was delivered in this city. The one word , "Iroauois , " waa all that came. "That was very good time , " said Mr. Doaly , "but J think wo could do it now in two nnd a half seconds. I think wo could communicate with Aus tralia in live minutes. " Electricians find the idea of telephon ing by cable a most fascinating one , and with characteristic optimism they nurse the hope that ono day Now York may exchange verbal messages with London. Experiments to this end have been made with what is known as an "artificial cable , " that is , a short land line so contrived ns to reproduce the supposed obstacles to submarine cab ling. An "artificial cablo" supposed to bo equivalent to i,500 ! miles of subma rine wire transmitted through a tele phone the signals of n telegraphic sounder , but when the experiment was tried through 1,000 miles of actual sub marine cable. , not a "tick" was heard. Competent electricians believe that in even this instance the real dilliculties of telephoning through 2,400 miles of actual submarine cable were not repro duced in tha "iu'tUioinl cablo" through which the experiment was tried. Since the disappointment of the experimenter almost ! nothing has been done toward solving the problem of submarine tele phoning. ' We have advertised a great inimy different patent medicines , but have never tukon the pains to editorially "puff" ono. We are going to do it now for the fir.st timo. Chamberlain & Co. , Uc.s Moincs , Iowa , manufacture n cough remedy which is absolutely the best thing wo have over BOOH. Wo have used it in our family for the past year , and consider it indisponsiblo. Its ef fects are almost instantaneous , and tliuro is no use talking , it is a dead shot on a cough or cold. We don't ' say this for pay , but because wo consider Cham berlain's Cough Remedy the best made , and we want the people to know it and use it. Lewis Iowa Independent. A Masterly Itetrnat. Now York World : City Hay , this is un old revolutionary house , isn't it ? Farmer Yes , sir. City I thought BO , for I was driven out of bed last night by red-coats. An AliHolurn Gum. ThaOmOWAT. . ABIETINJ2 OINTMENT Is only put up In large two ounce tin boxes , and U an absolute euro fur old sores , burns , wounds , chapped hands , and all akin erup tions. Will positively care all kinds of plica , Ask for the OHIOIHAL , AHIETINE OINT- MEriT. Bold b.v Cloudman Drug Co. , at 183 cents per box bv mull 3U cent * . MORE RAPID TRANSir SOON The Consolidation of Btroofc Rnil- Menus Something. HORSE AND CABLE TO UNITE r.xtonslons to Ho Mntlo In llvnry Di rection ns Soon I R Possible anil tlio Itcst System 1'or- fectcil. Consollilntlnc Street Cnr lilnci. It Is now definitely settled that the cable nnd horse railway companies will consoli date. In order that the corporations could become one. n bill empowering street rail ways to consolidate , was Introduced in the legislature and was passed Friday. Oflleers of the respective companies emi' fcrrcd with ouloials of eastern street rail ways , ami it was llmilly determined that it would bo advantageous to the local corpora tions to secure speclllo legislation on consoli dation so that they could llont a good bond in the eastern markets. Accordingly the hill was Introduced nml passed by the legis lature , and Is now awaiting the governor's signature. At present all stock of either corporation Is belli by Omaha men. As Is now proposed by the consolidation the street railway men say they ran issue a gilt edge bond. The motor company mane a tight against the passage of the bill in the house , for it thought that tho''comblnatiou of the cable ami her o railways might Interfere with the extension of tlio motor lines. Over three-nuartors of a million dollars will be expended at once for extensions of the consolidated system. One of the ollleers of the cable company , who is much interested in the consolidation , In speaking of the results which would ho se cured lor Omiiha through the passage of the bill , said to a reporter for Tin : iliu : last night : "Tho cable and horse companies have , since the bill was introduced in the legisla ture , come to n definite agreement In regard to consolidating. As yet 1 am not nt liberty to make public the details of what that agreement is , but It is suflleiont to sny that by it the two companies will bo merged Into another corporation which will bo directed nnd managed by the parties now controlling both railways. The property will be bonded as one corporation , and from tnc sale of the bonds threo-lmartors of a million dollars will be ut once laid aside for immediate extensions in Omaha. We propose to give to this city the best sys tem of internal rapid transit that is Known In any city of Omaha's size in the United States. The cable lines will bo extended north , south , cast and west. Arrangements will soon bo perfected for quick transit to South Omaha by the cable lino. To make these extensions over a million and a half dollars of Omaha capital will he unlocked to put into the enterprise. " "Who are the principal stockholders in the two companies ? " " In the cable company the heaviest stock holders are Senator Paddock , S. R. Johnson , W. V. Morse , H. F. Smith nntl Captain Rns- tin. In the horse railway company the lead- era are Captain Marsh , Frank Murphy , Guy Harton , W. A. Marsh and E. W. Nash. These will bo the Incorporators' of the con solidated company. " "Will the consolidation have any effect on the horse car company reverting its equip ment back to the citd at the expiration of its llfty years franchise I" "No. That was an act of the territorial legislature of 1SVT. ( The horse car people have twenty-eight years yet before their plant goes to the city. The consolidated company has no now rights only these given to any company. It will rest under the same public obligations as if they were two sepa rate companies , or had never consolidated In order to make it perfectly clear that no right of the city will be affected , the bill specifically provides that nothing in the act shall bo construed so as to affect , any revor- lonnry right of any city in street railways. " EASTERN BrANUATj TRAINING. A Correspondent's Visit to the ISnlti- iiioro School. BALTIMOIUS , Feb. 5. [ Special to TUB BICK ] From an antiquated but spacious building-in the central portion tion of this city , tlio continual rin of Lhc blacksmith's anvil and repeated sound of the carpenter's hammer fall every week-day , upon the ear of who ever happens to puss by. It is an old 'our-story brick building which dis plays at its entrance a dingy-looking sign bearing the words , "The Balti more Manual Training School. " This institution is now enjoying the ilfth year of its existence and seems to bo : > ursuing a successful career , feomo six years ago , a resolution was adopted by the board of public school commis sioners calling for the appointment of a committee to investigate the means of otaining scholars longer at school , and of fitting thorn as quickly as possible 'or their self-support. The report of , ho committee recommending the ntroduction of industrial cduca- , ion was adopted , and means of currying out the plan were ininicdi- itely sought. The obstacles to its ac complishment in the school law wore omovcd , and an olllcor of the engineer1 corps of the navy was detailed by Presi dent Arthur under authority of a general statute , to tnko cliargo of the department of mechanics mil steam engineering. The school was opened March 3 , ItJSl , and so was ono of the pioneers among the public natitutions for industrial education. It s claimed that it was the first to he- 'onductcd in connection with tlio pub ic school b.ystom. Tlio object of the school is .stated as the instruction and iractico in the use of tools and such in- ilrucUou as may bo doomed necessary n mathematics , drawing , nnd the K\\ \ - ish branches of n high school course. Though a part of the nublic school sys tem , it is an entirely independent in stitution intended to take the place of , he high school to these mechanically ncllned. Tlio dead languages nro alto gether discarded and little attention is paid to the nbalraot scloneos. tloj who nro fourteen years of Ago anil who have passed through the required grade of the common schools , nro ontltlou to nd- inls-iloti. Young ladles hnvo tut oppor tunity of learning to bo mechanics. Ib is a frco school , stltlunigh , of course , non-rosidonU nro charged ti nominal fee. Uy free is meant free lo hoys who reside in the oily , but this dono'toa in clude colored children. Dlstinrtto si made between whlto nnd blacks with true southern spirit , so that the colored boy who would perhaps reap the groat- et advantage , Is given no opportunity to received manual training even in ii separate school. At the opening of the Institution sixty students were enrolled , ao that at prnsont there are about three hundred intpils in attendance. The ground lloor consists of an ordinary assembly anc study room , tilted with desks , and fur nishing accommodations for about three hundred and titty sttutonte. The next story Is divided into throe rooms , pro * viding n laboratory , drawing and reciliv lion room. In the llrstaro work tables , upon which are sots of chemical rctt * gents for analysis and compounding and also apparatus for experiments in natural philosophy. I'.vorything is ar ranged und condncled s-ons to btlng out the practical side of overv study. In the drawing room may bo seen th4 working models and specimens ot freehand - hand and architectural drawing. The other room contained husidos the recit ation chairs , several eases containing specimens of the work done in tin various departments. Most of thesq samples have the same appoaraneo in similar articles made by professional moi'hanles. The lloor above is used mainly for recitation rooms for instruc tion in the theoretical branches of thu curriculum. The workshop ? nro chiolly in the Imsement and form Iho center of activ ity , as well as of interest. Manual in struction i" given in carpentry , woodturning - turning , pattern-malting , chipping and filing , forgo work , moulding , soldering and brn/.hig , nnd thu \\fo \ of machinery. The wood working department is fitted with n number of carpenters' benches nnd sup plied with the necessary tools. In ono part are the turning lathes l > et > ide a jig and circular saw ami large grind stone , all run by bteam. The next room is devoted to metal working , ll is Mtr- rouiidcd by benches equipped with vises und other instruments. All the avail * able lloor space is occupied by machines for drilling , turning and working the mcltil. The gearing is connected with a nine by twelve inch cylinder steam engine which furnishes all the power required. This engine was made en tirely by members of the first graduat ing class from their own drawings and patterns. Beside it is another similar engine made by last year's class , but not at present in use. This is an illus tration of the practical work to which the instruction leads. In the adjoining apartment a number of portable forges and small anvils are situated for use Irt training Bomo future blacksmiths , Many of the tools are the result of the students1 work. The time spent by the scholars is equally divided between manual nnd academic work. But the members of the junior or preparatory department ) devote but ono hour per day to the use of tools and forty-live minutes lo froo- liand drawing. The remainder of their time is spent in the regular work of the corresponding grade in the gramma * school. The course extends over three years. Instructions is given by class recita tions , lectures and experimental work. Visits of inspection are often made to manufactories and machine shops in or der to see the practical working of tha artisan and to become acquainted with work upon a largo scale. The school does not attempt to teach any ono a trade , but a basis for many trades. It aims to give ii foundation lor mechani cal work , so that any ono who hits gone through its course will bq enabled to make his way successfully in whatever branch of industry , fortune or ohoico may bear him. Up to this time it has mot with success and is continually at- trncting moro and moro to its atten dance who would otherwise either im mediately have ventured Into their oc cupation in the outside world or by giving attentions to other schools , have swollen the number of those engaged in the already over crowded professions. Tlio opening of the institution was fol lowed by the adoption of similar sys tems of 'industrial education in many cities throughout the country. If all attain a similar SUCCC.SB and give Iho same satisfaction , it is reasonable to suppose that manual training will soon bo given in connection with all our public schools. V. It. rt Ijiist Kiss. I'liltiulrlvlita Istljcr. Sad was the kiss the peerless countess gave To him , who Hick with love , came o'er thu Rea ; The princely Troubadour , who on the wave Lay dying then by ( tunny Tripoli. Kneeling beside him , on his lips' cold blue yhe pressed her own , ripe with love's crimson charms ; Ono moment's ccstncy his spirit knew , Then his worn frame lay lifeless in her arms. And she within a convent from that day , Smitten with loss no bliss could c'cc ' efface , Hurled her grief and all life's hopes away , Her only Joy that one sad , fond embrace. AITalr ; in Mexico. Cmor Mn.xicS , Feb. 10. Mishop Suald- Ing , of Pcorln , arrived hero to-day. The flr.it vestibule train from New Orloina arrived hero to-day. It made the run in sev enty-three hours. An Immense crowd ( / atli- crcd ut the depot to witness tlio arrival of tha train , Luis Ilullcr , concessionaire of tlio I.owei California branch of the International com pany , is accused by thu stockholders with misappropriating funds , and Iho authorities have ordered his wrest , but he has con cealed Himself , President Dhu is person ally proceeding in the mutter. Croat denoue ments tire expected. lta Jwdtconvtoce o , gon. . . . -rr tnaiturn , ' . niu > _ ascu c'-- . . , . Thus the , ' Mustang" , conquers pain , flakes f AN or BEAST v/ell again !