Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 01, 1889, Page 5, Image 5
THE OMAHA DAILY BEM * / , APltIL 1. 1889. * ! TOE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER , A Thousand Mlle Tlokot For the Llvollost Bon. A FULLY PERFECTED SYSTEM. A. Drummer's Imincnl \ Trnvolor Whoso Ncrvo Fnlloil Him Sam- lilcn From the Grip Sticks . Notes Along ilio Ijliic , Scml In Your Sto-ilcn. T'no commorcinl travelers of this state have shown their appreciations ot TUB BBK'S efforts to afford thorn every Mon day intelligence pocullarly interesting and instructlvo to the crnft. They have contributed to our columns ( rooly in the past , and during March moro communi cations have boon received for our com mercial travelers' department than over before in a given time. There tire , however , a variety of subjects which luvvo not boon discussed by them in Tim BKK , and there are hu ndrods whoso personal reminiscences on the road would make Intensely Interesting reading. To induce members of the craft to contribute regularly to our columns , it is proposed to offer a thousand milo ticket , good on Nebraska lines , under certain conditions. The ticket will bo purchased by TUB BISK over the line chosen by the successful competitor , who must either represent , a Nebraska house or travel exclusively in this state for an outside firm. lie must present a letter from his house certifying that ho is a regular traveling representative of such house. A thousand-mllo ticket will bo pre sented , under above conditions , to the commercial traveler who shall bo first to contribute0,000 words worthy of being printed in THE BKK. Ho can count only that which appears in print. Don't bo afraid that your communica tions will not bo acceptable. Wo want the groundwork of your ideas or anec dotes or biographies , personal gossiper ( or anything that will interest the craft ) and wo will tone it up If necessary and put it in proper shape for the printer. The second bostj man will bo given a year's subscription to the dally. Each competitor must clip all of his commu nications as fast as they appear in the THIS MOXDAV BKK , forward them to this ofllco , and sign his full name and the house which ho represents. Lot's Smoke. " "It's a heap of fun to bo a traveling man , " said a knight of the grip last evening to the Merchant Traveler while Bitting in the lobby of a hotel near the corner ; "atleast those who haven't tried it think so. It isn't all that it is cracked up to bo , oven by the most enthusiastic of the boys who lug big sample cases around with them and jump from town to town , making the quickest lime and biggest sales possible. A few years ago the drummer load a happy life , but in those days ot competition moro work is expected of us and wo have a harder time to sell our goods. Our expenses are watched closer than in the days of yore and wo are expected to make better time in getting over our routes. But withal the right kind of a follow can have 'oodles of fun on the road. Occasionally when several of the boys meet at the same town , they 'whoop'cr up'fora few hours , but , de pend upon it , they never go BO far as to 'miss a trick' when it comes to making a sale. No , I have never written any ol my experiences , but had I the time I could toll you of some adventures that would make your sides split with laugh ter and the next moment cause you to Bhod a silent tear of grief. I don't like the business , but I guess that is be cause I have a darling wife and twc email children. They are all well and so on. but you know I hate to bo away from them so much. Sometimes ] think I will quit the road and settle down.but , blame the luclc , I ain't fit for anything else. I wish I was a butcher or a newspaper man. or some thing else besidesu worthless drummer Lot's smoke. " IIIs Ncrvo Fulled Him. Most men are courageous when there is no danger. It is easy to bo bravo when it does not cost uny effort to do so The following incident related by the Detroit Free Press illustrates how the bravest quail in the presence of imagin ary danger : It was on the line between Charleston and Savannah , and wo had run in on a siding to lot the express go by. She was behind time , and us u numb or of us etrollod around , some one proposed to stand alongside of one train while the other passed. The space between two tracks is little enough , but when you stand with your back to a car , the space is frightfully reduced. You can extend your arm and touch the passenger coaches. Only one man decided to try it. The rest of us stood on the plat forms to watch. lie stood midway'o our train , his back to a coach , and ho laughed at the idea of danger. - When the express finally appeared she was running at the rate of forty or fifty miles an hour , and there was such a cloud of dust that she might have > boon tukon for a oyolono. She nnmo with a roar and a scream. I saw the man turn pale before the locomotive was up to him , and the third car had not passed before ho wilted right dowi in his tracks , and when the express hat passed and wo wont to him ho had fainted na dead nway as any womai ever did. When ho hud boon revived ho said : "I thought I had moro nerve. From vrhoro I stood it seemed as If the tram was headed right for mo , and all a oncu I got the idea that one of the coaches would jump the track. The roar confused mo and the speed of the train nuulo ray llesh crawl. I would not' try that position again , safe oa it looks , for nil the gold you could pile into our baggage car , " A Hjstoiu. "No business man can succeed with out a system , which reminds mo , " re marked Frank Van DUben , "of a good Btory about a lesson on the Importance and olHcacy ol ayetam which a commer cial traveler for an eastern IIOUBO ro- colvod in Chicago. This gontloinan was a well dressed , bright , intelligent business-like Gorman. Ho entered the first floor ofllco of a prominent Chicago mercantile houuo and said ha would like to BOO the head of the linn , " says the Merchant Traveler. "Tho head of the firm la very busy , ir , ' replied the gentleman In charge. If you will kindly stale your business I may bo able to attend to it tor you. ' 41 'You vlll excuse me , sir , but mlno ) ocsnes9 ish mid do head ot do firm.1 " 'The head of the firm will only at tend to such matters as cannot bo loft , o others. If you will Idndly Inform mo of the nature of your business I will bo nblo to tell whether it is necessary you should sco him. " " 'But it is noccsaaryl Opsolootly necessary ! Mlno pcesncss is worry > res3lngl I shust must see hlml Did I TO avay mltout him seeing mo , and him Ind itowit , bo would bo worry angry , indeed , mlt you. ' " 'All right , sir , all rlghtl Just take that elevator and go up to the fifth floor. You will find some one there who will direct you to the head of the firm. ' "A minute or two later the eastern ircntlcman found himself on the fifth lloor. A man seated at a desk , appar ently writing letters , was pointed out to him as the head of the firm. The vis itor doffed his tile , and with Chester- lloldlan grace and dignity , but with an eye all the time single to business , said : " 'Ish mlno do distlnkwishcd honoh to snaak mlt the head of this gwcat business ? " li 'It Is , sir. What's your businos ? ' " 'Veil , sir , vltyour kind bormtsaion , I vould like to show you a few zamplcs I hat mlt mo to-day. I ' " 'I have neither time nor Inclination , sir , to examine samples. I pay a buyer $0,000 a year to do that work for mo. You ilnd him on the first floor. Good day , sir. ' And the merchant turned to his writing. " 'I pollovo I moot the shcntloman you shpcak of , ' persisted the visitor , but I dolt hcom I prefaro to talk poos- ness nut you. .My oxbcrienco dells mo dot puyors hat dee many irons in do fire. Your puycr would hat told mo dot ho vas foolly Bhtoekod mlt my line of goqts. lie vould hat peon mlshtakon. No house in disli gountrv carry faooch a line of goots as ours * "The traveling agent ran on in this charming way fora little minute , to bo interrupted by the head of the firm calling , in an authoritative and deter mined voice , for ono of his employes. 'Pat 1'ho cried. Patrick promptly"re sponded. The hireling seemed to know from experience what was expected of him. The head of the firm gave no command , but gave a quick , emphatic and significant gesture with his thumb backward over his shoulder. In an in stant Patrick grabbed with ono hand tlio back of the salesman's collar and with the other the seat of his panta loons. Then ho rushed the unfortunate man at a meteoric pace across the room and 'fired' him head foremost down a broad flight of stairs to the fourth story shouting as ho lot go his iron grip to some ono below , 'Pass him on I' "Tho fifth story act was repeated on the fourth , third , second and first floors , and the climax reached by banging him through the doorway into the gutter. The poor follow picked himself up , pulled himself together , looked around for his hat , brushed off his clothes , and as ho sized up the great building from pavement to roof ho was heard to say , a dominant note of admiration per cept iblo in the pained tone of his voice : " 'Veil , dot Ish not a worry shontlo- mauly vay to droat a peesness man , but moin Gott , vet a syshtem' " Samples. C. N. Smith , the rustling oil man of Omaha , was having a big trade on the B. & M. lost week. P. M. Garrett , formerly with , Nat Miller's celebrated base ball clubis now on the road for Raymond Bros. & Co. , J. , T. Kelly , representing the well known house of R. L. McDonald & Co. , of St. Joe , was doing the B. & M. last week. C. C. Caldwell , of Lincoln , and E. E. Hampton , of Iloldrogo , are matched for a foot race in the near future. See small bills. > Clnronco Price , formerly with Paxton & Gallagher , but now representing Julius Kuhn , of Atchison , was visiting friends in the west last week. George H. Root , the G. A. R. man , was working the Curtis branch last week. George is very popular with his trade and is a rustler. H. H. Cherry , the Swede from Hast ings , was visiting his trade on the Chey enne line last week. Ho sold his usual amount of "wash bilors" at Wallace. Stopping at the Murray last Sunday in rooms -10 , 42 , 44 and 4U were the fol lowing gentlemen representing the lon'dlng mulllor houses in Now York , taking orders for fall of the jobbing trade only. Mr. Weeks , representing Wilmording , Hoguet & Co. ; Mr. D. D. Tompkins , Greet & Co. ; Mr. G. M. Don aldson , Whitney & Co. ; Mr. H. Levy , Bullln & Bornman. Mr. Win. Vaughan , representing Mathows.Blum & Vaughn , was at the Paxton. They were in Chicago cage together , went in order to St. Louis , Kansas City , St. Joe , hero anil go to St. Paul to-night. By traveling this way together , they make it more easy for the buyer to bolect his line than if they cumo separately , as abuyoi couldn't well remember his former purchases and often saves a trip to Now York. They are a good lot of boys and goc us much pleasure us possible out ol their nomadic existence. Skin Diseases. What spectacle Is moro disgusting than that of a innii or woman \vitli a skin disease whichjsbows itself In pimples or blotches on hands , arms , face and neck I It Is simple 1m pure blood. See what BIIAXDUETH'S PILLS did for a cbronlo case : Gcorgo Chapman , Plncening , Mich , , snys For four years I was In the Mounted In fun try hi the U. S. Army , residing during that tlmo principally in Texas. Almost all o tlmttiuiol had n chronic skin disease , cliarac tori/od by an eruption over the entire surface of my logs and thighs , arras and clicst. The doctors termed It eczema. I had given up at hopes of over bolag cured , when UUAN DUHTII'B PILLS were recommended to mo , : concluded to try them , and did so , and I have thanked God daily since then that I did so I think I used them altogether for about three months , and , by that time , was completely plotely cured and have never had any trouble since. My akin is as clear as nqy one's. A Praying IJnso-Ilnllor , Now York Weekly : She "I under stand that you are ouo of the pray In g- baso-ball players , and that you are studying for the ministry. In fact. I am told you have just been ordained. " Ho "It is true. " "Aro you going to take charge of n parish at once ? " "Well , I don't know. I have received a call to a mission church at 9500 a your also , an offer from the Bostons to sigr for $10QOO a your , and I have boon won dering whether I hadn't bettor dovotoa few years moro to base ball praying before fore accepting a regular pulpit. " * i I like my wllo to use Pozzoni's Com plexion Powder because it improves her looks and is ai fragrant as violets. Titnt. Lent , lent , lent. Whore , ob , where Is that VI The liver 1 lent Is long aero spout , And will never coino back to me. THE REASON OPENED. Yesterday's Game nt the Ilasa Ilnll Pnrk Attended by Thotunnil * . The ball 8onon of 1839 was given a send-off yesterday afternoon nt the local park In the irosonco of probably three thousand people it was an exhibition gnmo between the Omabasnnd a tcnm of cx-profcssionals nnd amateurs yclept the McIColvcys. ThoOmn- ins , ai would naturally bo expected outplayed the picked nlno at nil points acd won In a canter. It was far from n brilliant Rama , but owing to the fuel that this was the first came the boys Imvo played together , and that dosplto the sunshine , the day was cool and disagreeable , it would bo Invidious to moke comparisons or criticize. Sufllco to say both teams showed up exceedingly well un der the circumstances , nnd made the gams far from uninteresting. Kennedy pitched the llrst six inning * for the Omahas , the op position making four hits oft of htm. two horn era nnd two singles. Willis did the twirling the latter part of the game , nnd allowed tils adversaries but three hits. Proessor played loft Hold for the picked tcnm , nnd managed to touch Teddy Kennedy for n homo run. Salisbury and Clarke were in the box for the "picked teum , the latter bolnij hit safely only twice. The Omahas hit well and ran bases admirably. Crooks' play at second ami Cooney's at chnrt were the features of the professionals' work , al though nil did splendidly. For the Mo Kelv.vs , the work of McLaughlln In center field Is worthy of moro than passing notice. Ho gathered in no loss than live dllllcult Hies and playtid an all-round game hard to boat. McKclvoy , too. despite his two errors Played brilliantly , and brought back to mind his old tlmo work with the Allcghnntcs. Uaudcl , also , did good work. All the now men acquitted themselves with as much credit as could bo expected of them in their Initial gamo. Many ot them uro yet slid from their winter's lay off , and Bore from recent practice. The unanimous verdict was , howovcr , that Manugcr Sclce tins got a crowd together tlnit will put up great boll by the tlmo the championship season rolls round. Willis nnd Kennedy alternated in the ' and satis umpire's position gave good faction. The four ball , three strike rule doesn't seem to have changed the general character of the game at nil , and will boa popular rule before the playing season is fur advanced. Following is the ofllcial score : Kennedy , p Totals 53 17 11 0 27 17 3 Earned Runs Omahas , 3 ; McKclveys , 2. Two-base hits Andrews , Kaslo nnd Leigh- ton. Throe-base hit Andrews. Homo runs McKolvoy and I'roesser. liasou on balls- Omaha , 7 ; McIColvoys , 5. Hit by pitched balls LoiKhton , 2 ; Orooks , 1. Struelc out Omahas , a ; McKlove.vs , 4. .Passed balls Unndol , 1. Stolen bases Omalias , 17 ; McICelvoys , 4. Time ot game Two hours. Umpires Willis and Kennedy. Will you suffer with dyspepsia and liver complaint ? Shiloh's Vitalizor ia guaranteed to cure you. For sale by Goodman Drug Co. NEUU/ISKY liEET OCLTUHB. , Ilio Advantages Offered in the Vicln- Jtyjot Kearney. KnAiixnr , Neb. , March 25. [ Corres pondence of THE IJce.j While the subject ot sucar beet culture is being agitated in d if- fcront parts of the state , nothing has been said about the country surrounding Kearney , and Its chances of becoming the sugar beet section of the state. It is generally known that n canal sixteen miles long , carried along the scries of hills , from three to sixteen , from the Platte river , is In existence west of Kearney and terminates in the city. It will at once bo scon that water from the canal may bo used successfully in irrigating grow ing crops in the country lying between this stream anil the Platte river. There is water sufllclent for irrigating the entire tract of land if properly used , ns the whole body of water in the river can bo turned into the canal ut a trilling ex pense. Old settlers In the Platte valley will attest to the great abundance of water in the river In the dryest part of the season , oven when the bed of the stream seems to bo perfectly dry. The presence of water just beneath the sand is always per ceptible nnd last year's experience by the Kearney Canal & Water company has proven beyond u doubt the great nlenty of water that can bo brought In iho canal during H.severe drought. With such facilities at baud , there can be no failure ot any crop in this particu lar locality when it is properly cultivated nnd the Hood gates used judiciously. The foregoing favors the production of root crops even it tup soil were not the best. From experiences tried by the homesteaders in garden patches , the boot stands nt the head ot all productions in size , quality and ease of culture. OA HKU correspondent has made n careful Investigation of the nature of the soil about Kearney , and its adaptability to the culture of the sugar beet , and has found that no country oifcrs superior advantages for this industry. In parts of Germany nnd Franco , whore this is the loading industry , nnd where the sugar boot became famous , tno expense of growing the crop must necessarily bo greater than hero. There the soil is made suitable for tbe crop by expensive fertilizers , npplcd ut considerable cost. Irrigation is used also , ditches and dykes pointing out to the traveler tbo homo of the sugar beet. Hero the soil Is a rich black loam , mixed slightly with sand In some places , and contains all the ele ments favoring the growth of superior BUgnrino vegetables. It is well known among sorghum manufacturers that u better variety of sugarcane Is produced on the valley farms tnan these on table lands. While the crop may not reach maturity as boon as on the hills it Is of a hardier growth nnd contains more moisture. Mr. O , O. Smith , manager of the Htato industrial school was Interviewed rolatiyo to his ex perience with root crops In various placed on the state furui and under different clrcuin- fltanccs. Ho said : "During the past year I have made several experiments with beets , both in the culture of dllTorciit- varieties and In analyzing the amount of sugar contained In them , The ordinary forage boot yields only about 0 nor cent of suearwhile the Im proved varieties contain as much as 20 per cent. To say that wo have ono of the best localities In tlio state for beet culture would bo putting It mildly. Wo have experimented for four successive years with nearly every variety of beet known. After a careful analysis of the sugar boot I am satisfied that this can bo made n paying industry If quality and quantity of beeUi grown figure in the profits. The percentage gained by irrigation * may be seen by the following experiment ; We have by ordinary farming raised from eight to ton tons to the aero. Last year wo watered a crop from the canal and scoured a gain of 300 per cent , or about thirty-seven tons to the acre. The largest and moro near ly perfect boots exhibited by the Industrial school at the utato fair last year were taken from ground where water from the canal ran continuously , It seems that a great quantity of water Is best where proper drainage Is provided. We can grow thous ands of tonu of beets of the very best quali ty , nna a beet sugar factory of no small proportions - portions can find steady and prollUblo em ployment. " An Absolute Cure. The OniaiNAL ? AUIBT1NE OINT MENT Is only put up In largo two ounce tin boxes , and U an absolute euro for old sores , burns , wounds and chapped hands , and all eklu eruptions , Will positively euro nil kinds of piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL AU- IKTINE OINTMENT. Sold by Goodman Drug Co. , nt S5 centa per box-by mall > cents. THE NEBRASKA- LEGISLATURE A Rovlow of IE3 Business Tran- Baotod Ducloff the Wook. THE TACTICS' ' 'OF THE HOUSE. . i Its Tardy * Action , pn tlio Appropria tion mils Prolongs the Session to nn Unusual Extent State I ( OILS o Gossip. A LcgUlntlvo Kcfluinc. LIXCOM , ' . Nob. , March 31. [ Special to Tun UEB. | This legislature lasted sixty-seven days. The last week : had some exceptional features. The men behind questionable claims nnd approbations had resorted to the usual tactics of holding thcso measures in the house until very near tlio close of the session In tUo hope of rushing them through the senate the last night under whip and xpur. 13ut the sonata was not composed of Jobbers , and It deliberately set about to thwart iho schemes of the plunderers. The first move was to agrco not to fix the date of adjournment until after the receipt of the appropriation bills- . The senate could have closed up shop n week ago but for the de termination to have tlmo to consider the ap propriations. The bill for the running expenses of state departments and Institutions was received from ttic house on Monday. It aggregated 91,131,157 when Introduced. The reductions made by the house footed up $107,000 , and Its additions 5180,000. Twenty senators met in conference that night and went over u third of the bill Item by Item with n view to lop ping off all extravagances without crippling the state.service or the public Institutions. An adjournment was taken Tuesday after noon and the trimming process completed. The amendments , over ono hundred in num ber were carefully prepared and distributed ninong the senators who had taken part In the conference.- When the bill came up for consideration Wednesday the amendments wcro flred in and tlio friendly ma jority reduced the bill about $270,000. When the bill for salaries was received another senatorial conference was hold , nnd It was pruned to the amount of $33,000. Thcso re ductions added to the $245OUO made in the bills asking for new buildings made an ag gregate ot $550,000. When the bills were returned to the house that body refused to concur. Its farmer members hold a meeting Thursday night mid agreed to suppott the action of the senate. Fifty-seven members of the house pledged themselves to concur in the ro- ductlont ) , but considerable resentment to wards the senate w.is worked up nnd a number ot the llfty-sovcn weakened. The result was n refusal by the house to concur , and a Joint conference committee had to bo appointed. The committee went Into session at 8 o'clock Friday night , and the repre sentatives of the two houses wrestled with each other until S o'clock In the morning. Disruption was threatened several times , but till points of difference wcro agreed in but the allowances for- the state university. Most of Saturday morning was spent in the latter with the result ot nn increase of $23.000 over the amounts allowed by the senate. Other small additions were made , the whole increase aggregating about $00,030 , The result Is n substantial victory for the senators who took : i stand for retrenchment. To their reductions of $550,000 are to bo added about ? 100OOU , cut out by the house. Tuko trom the grand total the $00,000 added by the conference otfnfhnttco and the not re sult is a reduction of/ nearly JOJO.OOO. The scnuto committee on , finance reported un aggregate of ? 24x,000 ; ( ) in the claim and appropriation' bills , and if the figures tire correct appropriations ought not to exceed 51,810,000. To still further prbtbot the state from the customary raid in the closing hours of the session , the senate on Friday , when it ap peared probable that adjournment would reach the following day , resolved to con sider no bills exccpt'Tipvropriatlons and bills then In their reading. This unexpected move took the Jobbers by surprise and shut out several schemes , among them ono to pass a bill ingeniously contrived to repeal the gambling law while purporting to do some thing entirely difloront. Another effort ot the resolution was to make the senate sit around doing almost nothing from 11 o'clock Saturday morning uutll final adjournment at 2 o'clock Sunday morning. The amend ments of the conference committee were not printed and ready tor adoption until 0 o'clock Saturday evening , and the legislature had to rnmain in session until the bills were en rolled and signed by the presiding officers in the presence of their respective bodies. During the week the senate adopted a resolution directing the heads of state in stitutions to let the contracts for furnishing their supplies to the lowest bidder as pro vided by law. It also provided that the bids shall bo iu the separate items nnd requires the various institutions to make a monthly report to the secretary ot state ot the sup plies purchased. A bill drawn by Secretary Dales ot the state university and purporting to draw the Hue between the university nnd the indus trial ( or agricultural ) college was killed. It contained u proviso that the agricultural ex periment station should bo maintained by the state it the government withdraw its annual allowance of $15,000 , and the senators didn't want Prof. Hillings and his hog cholera work perpetu ated at the expense of the state treasury. A fourth and last effort to pass nn nntl- bucket shop bill was made and defeated. The plan was to strike out all alter the en acting clause In a bill making it unlawful to publish lottery advertisements and to sub- atltuto the bucket bhop measure. The chair ruled it out of order , the same bubject mat ter having ulroady been rejected by the sen ate. A similar attempt was made to save the bill for the Australian election system after being defeated. The same point ot order was raised , but the chair ruled that the suu- stltutcd measure was an amendment. However - over , the scheme was defeated on tlio vote. The bill abolishing the live stock commis sion had been referred to the Judiciary com mittee , and Its friends dragged it forth with a resolution requesting the committee to re turn it. The house had amended the bill to retain the state veterinary and the quaran tine regulations with on appropriation of 810.000 to make them effective. The senate defeated un amendment to allow the veter inary to employ as many assistants as ho desired - , sired , also an amendment providing that the slate should pay for diseased animals killed. The house amendment was concurred hi by u voo of 33 to 9. Hall's ' house bill fixing n maximum sche dule of frolghtrutos.\vus . not reached in the senate. A resolution directing the board of transportation to fl\a schedule to prevent discrimination was "defeated by a vote ot 17 to 34. V A resolution was1 a'doptcd directing the commissioner of labor'to embody In his next report a chapter on ttio cultivation of sugar boots , sorghum and .Qitbor sugar plants nnd vegetable , the manufacture of sugar thoro- trom and statistlas in that Industry. Several attempts td'appropriate ' $30,000 for insurance in state bliTfillnjf were defeated on the theory that the Btato hud bettor carry Its own insurance. ' t < The senate by a unanimous vote adopted n series of rcsolutlonSjftynylng the allegations ot the Farmers' alliance memorial that the farmers of Nebraska are staggering under u load of mortgages. * " IIOCBE. The house got dojv to steady work the last week In the .session and transacted a surprising amount gf.buslucss. The pay of the members stoppe'd with the sixty days and the average legislator does not relish making laws for tbo dear people at his own expensed The friends of economy wcro vigil ant and active and kept a sharp eye out for bogus claims , but in 'ouo or two Instances the senate seems to have "let the bars down" and allowed a few claims of questionable merit which for want of tlmo the house was compelled to accept. Among these was a claim of 12. K. Hoar of Massa chusetts for $2,000 as compensation for borv- loci rendered the state soiuu years ago hi de fending Its title- against J. Sterling Morton to saline lands. But the Uutler claim for fT.0,000 , the Stout claim for $35.000 , and the Kcunord claim for $11,000 for alleged serv ices , were all laid away in their little graves to bloom and blossom again two yearn hence. The movement to establish a court of claims to bo compoiod of the various district judges , was allowed to quietly die. Nearly a mouth ago the judiciary committee of tbe bouse was Instructed to prepare a bill con- talnlug these provisions , but no action was token. The mutter will RO over tor two years , nnd it properly discussed In the state press the court will In tlmo become n reality , nnd when that day comes the Jobber , trick ster nnd boodlor will find spare picking in the legislative halls , nnd mny bo compelled' to take up some honest employment. The forty stinersorvlcoHblo employes were nil retained to the end ot the session. The speaker ruled that the committee did not bare the power to discharge nny employe , and It would require notion by the houso. The friends of economy , knowing that It the question was again otilleu up It would open n prolonged flght with doubtful results , con- eluded that as the session was Hearing Its close the time had better DO saved nnd n now leaf turned over for the future , Accordingly they gnva their attention to fixing n legal limit to the number of employes , nnd a bill was passed by both houses nnd signed by the governor , naming the highest limit for the senate nt sixty-six , and the house nt seventy- five about one-half the number on the pay roll this session , A desperate effort was made to detent this bill on the floor of the house , nnd it only passed by 51 votes , just the required number. The greatest cxtrnvnganco In this direction was In the number ot pages. Twenty-two were on the pay rolls , nnd nlno or ton others were present , acting without authority nnd expecting to draw the. ? salary. A resolution was introduced by Dempster on the last day of the session nnd nftcr n hard light wns passed by n vote ofUl to 39 , authorizing the chief cleric to plnco those pages on the pay roll. These voting to glvo these extra pages moro than $1,000 of the state's money were us follows : Baker , llalloy , Unllard , Kerry , Illsbce , Kabcock , Coleman of Polk , Collins , Cruzon , Dcnnian , Dempster , Dickinson , Dunn , Fen- ton , Fioldgrove , Fuller , Gllchnst , Hall , Hill of Gngo , Hooper , Hungato , Hunter , Leo , McUrlde , McNicklo. Meeker , O'Brien , O'Sulllvnn , Uaynor , Rhodes , Sntcholl , Sov- orln , Specht , Sweet. Towlo , Weber , Wollcr , Wells , \Voatovor , Whltehond , Wilcox , Will- lams nnd Mr. Speaker. 48. The noes were 89. Several members dodged the issue nnd allowed the resolution to carry. Majors of Komaha introduced nnd the house adopted a joint resolution instructing the proper officers to purchase nil sttito sup plies at wholesale , after advertising for bids ns provided for in the statute. It this prin ciple Is followed a good sized leak In the treasury will bo stopped. At present nearly all ot thcso supplies nro purchased nt hap hazard , nnd sometimes nt full retail prices. The Uuyner bill providing for u constitu tional amendment increasing the number of supreme judges from three to live , nnd n bill raising their salary from J2.500 to $3,000 , wns uasscd. The Johnson bill providing for n state printer was finally killed by a vote ot f > 3 to 23. Senate file 14 , the Keckloy bill to prohibit pools and trusts , was amended by exempting labor organizations from the provisions ot the bill nnd passed. The senate concurred hi this amendment and the bill has been signed by the governor nnd Is now a law. The bm providing for the leasing of the state saline lands nnd for their solo nt $20 per acre was amended by Cady. Increasing the minimum price from $20 to $150 nnd the bill passed. Thcso lands are nearly all lo cated in Lancaster county , nnd nro becom ing moro valuable every day , nnd if this bill had become a law In its original form it would have enabled speculators to obtain possession of much valuable property at a mere nominal price. Hall's maximum tariff bill , which , among other things , empowers and directs the board of railroad commissioners to reduce froleht rates when shown to bo exorbitant , by n majority vote , while requiring a four- flfths vote to increase the rate , was passed in the house by a vote of 54 to 33 , but did not reach ilrst reading in the senate. A scries of bills were passed organizing a county out of iho Omaha or Dlauuulrd Indian reservation with contiguous territory now attached to Wayne county , to bo called Thurston. There seemed to bo no end to the appropria tion bills. Two or three Items covering the same expenditure were smuggled into the various bills and It required close inspection to detect the cheat. Among the items of miscellaneous Indebt edness was ono for $2,01)0 in favor of W. H. Wilcox " , the architect of the capital building , for "alleged services. Wilcot , under con tract , wns to bo paid a certain per cent on the cost of the building , nnd it was stated that ho and Stout , the contractor , entered into an agreement to put on a number of "extras , " whereby the compensation of each should bo increased. Stout got his $10.000 for these "extras , " but the house refused by a strong vote to endorse the action of Wilcox in the matter , nnd his anticipated extra pay will not bo realized. At a meeting of the farmers' combine Thursday evening It was decided to agree to the senate amendments cutttug down the general appropriation bill some quarter of a million of dollars , and roach a nnal adjourn ment on Friday , but on the floor of the house Corbin. Scovillo , Coleman of Polk , O'Sullivan and others yielded to the appeals for n conference committee of the two houses to adjust the differences , nnd the motiou to concur was lost bv a vote of 22 to 45. The house members of the conference committee wcro Cady , Corbin , Qilchrist , Hall and JJaker , and after being out all night the joint committee agreed to ralso the appro priation for the state university about $45,000 , and increase various other Items. The con ference committee's report wns adopted. Among the important Dills that squeezed through In the closing hours was ono compelling - polling all insurance companies to pay a special tax of 2 per cent on nil premiums re ceived in any town or oily for the support of the local lire department , nnd compelling all insurance agents to give n $1,000 bond buforo commencing business , conditioned on strictly observing this law. The scuatobill | to establish n normal sataool at Neligh was lost by n vote of 04 to 32 , nnd nit house normal schopl bills were indefinitely postponed with very little opposition. Saturday was the longest legislative day of tlio session , and being the last wns noted for events not on the usuul programme. A large number of flno presents were distrib uted. The house , through Hcprcscntatlvo Cady , presented bpoakor Watson with an elegant silver tea set , and throughMr. . Towlo a flno silver service to Chief Clerk Slaughter , and n diamond pin was given toTem Tom Cooke , llrst assistant. The scat he occupied during the session was presented to the speaker , and tbo same courtesy was ex pended to the press reporters. The evening session was largely attended , and owing to the necessity of waiting for the routine work of enrolling and signing bills , was extended until lute in the night. The tlmo wns consumed by humorous speeches from Towlo , Uakcr , Hall and n largo num ber of outsiders. The two German mem bers. Ficldgrove and Spocht , wcro appointed special marshals , which produced much mer riment. The speaker suppressed nil boister ous conduct , and instructed the Hcrgoant-at- arms to arrest any ono found throwing waste baskets or other missiles. The clock was stooped at ten minutes to 11 , but the hours dragged on. Finally the routine work wns completed , and ut ten minutes uoforo 2 the speaker arose in his chair , and stating that tlio hour had arrived which was sot by the joint committee for llnal adjournment , de clared the house adjourned , and the legisla tive session of ISS'J passed Into history , , A Slamlor Ilol'iitod. LINCOLN Nob. March31. ' ' , , ( Special lo'l'nn BEK.I Following are some resolutions In troduced by Senator Church Howe nud adopted by the senate by a unanimous vote : Whereas , Certain persons , associated to gether under the title of the Nebraska Far mers' alliance , Imvo publicly stated that the financial obligations of the farmers of Ne braska nro an oppressive burden to said far mers , and that the general economic condi tion of the state is the reverse of prosperous , therefore bo it Hosolvcd , That It in the opinion of the sen ate of the atato of Nebraska that the no-called Farmers' alliance being n private and non- representative body , has no right nor title to sneak In behalf of the farmers of the state. That the recent allegations of certain mem bers of said alliance with regard to tlio eco nomic conditions of Nebraska are untrue In substance nnd fact. Tnat the mortgaging of their farms has enabled a largo proportion of the farmers of the state to establish homes for themselves and attain a decree of competency which would anvo otherwise boon beyond their reach. That U farm mortgages arc Increasing in the newer and not fully settled portions of the state , they uro being gradually extin guished In these older settled counties where n succession of magnificent crops lias ren dered the fanner practically Independent of financial assistance. That the Increase In the material wealth of the state , us evidenced by the number and value ol its Jive stock , and particularly by the largo amount of improved stock in the stnto , M also by the increased comfort of the homes of the farmers nnd the completeness ot tholr Appointments , has moro than kept traeo with the growth of t > opiilntlon , nnd af fords n certain guaranty that the financial obligations nro not of that burdensome chnr- ncter which has been so rashly alleged of them. That the agricultural prosperity , of which there nro abounding ovidonco-s on every hand , Is duo in n largo measure to Its mng * ulflccut corn crops , which for many yours past have averaged n larger number of ousli- els per acre , n larger number of bushels per capita , nnd n larger percentage of n mer chantable standard than these of nny other great corn producing state In the union. An Important Hill- LIMCOI.X , Neb. , March 3t. ( SpecialtoTnn IlEK.1 The following important bill wns passed in the closing hours of the session : Section 1. It shall bo the duty of nil officers of the executive department and ot nil the public Institutions of the state when making the report to the governor required by sec tion 33 of article 5 of the constitution , to tn > elude In such report n schedule of all per sonal property In such public institutions or under their control belonging to Iho state , and the condition thereof , nnd to account In snld report foe nil sucn personal properly belonging to the state as aforesaid , ns mny have been destroyed or In nny manner dis posed ot , whether by natural wear and tear or otherwise , slnco the date of the last re port made by such oDlccrs or their predeces sors In ofllce. Section 3. Any officer specified heroin who makes n false report phnll bo guilty of per jury nnd punished accordingly. Section U. All nets nncl parts of acts incon sistent with thojirovlstons of this net nro hereby repealed. Kcnnnrd's Claim. LINCOLN , Nob. , March 31 fSpoclal to TUB BEE. ] T. T. Kcnnard , whoso little claim of $1,100 for alleged services rendered the state in the capacity of n lobbyist nt Wnshlngton some years ngo , nnd which the rugged honesty of the house would not allow , grow confidential yesterday nnd remarked to a line representative : "It my claim had been allowed I meant to do n good thing by the boys , but slnco It Is knocked out I can't help them nny. The legislature Is the last place to come to get your rights , anyway. " Slightly Disappointed. LINCOLN , Nob. , March 81. [ Special to Tin : Most of the members of the house were fairly well pleased with tholr work , though the farmers are , as a rule , disap pointed in not.gettliig some rallrond legisla tion. The failure ot the bogus claims to pull through wiis a source of much congratula tion to the honest clement In the houso. Not Very Deadly. LTKCOLX , Nob. , March 31. [ Special to THE Ucrliu nnd Fioldgrovo became en gaged in the closing hours of the session in nlfricndly effort to incase each others heads Inn waste casket , nnd it required the com bined efforts of the scrgcant-ut-nrms and his assistants , re-enforced by an army of smull boys ? to separate them. Peculiar In medical merit and wonder ful cures Hood's Sarsaparilla. Now is the time to take itfor now it will do tlio most good. THE COLONEL HAS NERVE. Editor Hhopard'H Kcmarknblo Com munication to the Secretary. For spblitno and indestructible cheek commend to ua the author of tbe follow ing astonishing epistle , saya the Chicago cage Times : ' 'Njiw Youic , March 21. The Secre tary of the Interior , Washington , D. C. : The ohaiiRO of the hour for con vening the senate to 1 o'clock , instead of as heretofore , will bo a great blow to the evening papers all over the coun try , causing delay in receipt of tele graphic reports of nominations , con firmations , and other senatorial pro ceedings , and a corresponding disap pointment to the hundreds of thousands of peonlo who leave the cities every day for the suburbs and have boon ac customed to take the news with them. Will you not kindly do what you may to have the hour of 12 o'clock reinstated ? "ELLIOTT F. SHKL AUD. " The secretary of tbo interior should lose no time in ordering the senate to comply with Colonel Shopard's do- raands. The United States is now known among tbo nations of the earth as the country where Colonel Shepard lives nnd condescends to publish an afternoon religious journal , 'which con tains the latest theatrical and sporting news and whose racing tips are sure- enough winners. Colonel Shepard can not publish his paper at an hour to suit the convenience of the United States senate ; obviously , therefore , the senate should conform to rules and regulations made and provided to enable Colonel Shopard's organ to print the latest sen atorial news. In fact the senate should bo compelled to adjourn in time to allow Colonel Shepard to publish its daily record in full , nnd the reports thpmsolvos should bo promptly tele graphed to the Mall and Express nt government expense. When u man of ( 'olonol Shopard's moderation asks for the world only and docs not insist upon receiving the solar system bis requests should bo immediately nnd freely granted. Ueccham's Pills act Ilka inaglo on a weak stomach. Quito tlio Ilovorao. Chicago Tribune : John , I had such a funny dream last night. It seemed tome mo it was my wedding day , but the bridegroom wasn't you. Ho was u man I nwvor had soon before a tall , fine- looking Mr. Billus ( who la short nnd dumpy ) I'll bo hanged If I can see anything funny in that dream , Maria ! Charity Tlint Didn't Unln nt Homo. ' Chicago Tribune : "You poor little * boyl On the street in rags such a day us'thisl Have you no hoinoV" 'Yes'in. I live in that house on the other side of the street. " "You have no mother , have you , poor clilldV" "Yos'm. She nnd forty other women arc In there now , makin' embroidered nightgowns for the Zulus. " FIVE MILLION HORSE-POWER. Air. Sllns II. Ilninklton'a Unique Plnn ftjr UtMlxltiR NliiK rn Falls. cfThoro wns iv general impression nmong the sorlous-inindod and praotl- cnl that Niagara was having too much of its own way , nnd that it ought to bo turned to bettor account as a reserve of force. The ultimate destiny of that great power may bo safely predicted. Niagara will turn machinery , " said Dr. llussell , of the London Times , after a visit to the falls. Niagara Is already turning1 n good deal of machinery , about six thousand horse-power being obtained from the canal running though the town of Nia gara Falls , N. Y. , from above the upper rapids , and being used in part by Mr. B. Rhodes , the well-known manager of the local Brush plant to supply several hundred olcotrlo lights , many of which are on the Canadian side , on a circuit nt least a score of miles long , carried across the Suspension Bridge. A plan for the utilization of Niagara has recontlv boon brought forward by Mr. Silas llalnos UnmlHon , of Wash- n K ton , D. C. lie seeks to avoid the construction of expensive lo.ug tunnels proposed by some i\i well its the other schemes that would spoil the view by planting utrly machinery immediately In front of the falls , says Ilio Klootrlcal World. His plan Is to got in behind the big , plung- inir body of wntor , and there erect vertical tical pipes or Humes that shall catch a largo portion of the water on the inner sldo of each fall , convoying It down ward to ordinary "double discharge" turbines , directly connected with lines of shafting in chambers excavated under the falls , This shafting would drive dynamos of various typos , accord ing to the class of service to jbo res ' * 1 dored , ono circuit supplying power' foe an cloetrio road , another fop are lights , n third for ineandcsccnts , n fourth for motors in manufacturing establish- monts. and so on. It Is evident that Mr. Hamilton's plan , from the fact that the pipes are entirely masked behind the water , can not obtrude itself offensively on the spectator. The thickness of the body of water is also so great that a consider able part of it might bo thus diverted ; without any sign that it had been done. The Ilorseshoo fall , for example , is esti mated to have a thickness in the centre of the shoot of not less than twenty feet. Its height is 168 foot and its width about 2,370 feet. Fully 1,850,000- 000 of cubic foot of water are said to pass over that fall every minute. The American and Center 'fall , with the olcctrlo station between them reached by largo elevators , driven by electric motors , are a quarter of a tnllo wide , have a height of about 151 foot , and give vout to 150,000,000 of oubio foot of water per minute. It is not easy to estimate just how much of this power would bo saved , with oven the " * most available nnd least objectionable method , but it is safe to say that four or five million horse-power could bo se cured. The ( jucstion that naturally arises is : Supposing this plan to be successful , what will bo done with the power thus obtained ? The answer is that the inoffensive utilization of Niagara in this way would mako'tho broad plateau extending back from the falls for miles the greatest manufacturing center in the world. Mr. Hamilton's idea and it has boea mooted before is to convoy ! the cur rent as far as BulTulo , a distance , as the crow flies , of about twenty miles , and now that wo are familiar with arc light- in C circuits thirty miles in length , there is nothing absurd In figuring oa such a transmission. In this matter " the employment of the alternating sys tem would scorn desirable , and as a company is now building n huge cen tral station in London to distribute al- tornntlncr current for several miles , at a potential of 10,000 volts , on the For- rantl system , with a hollow concentric conductor , it will bo admitted I hi at this also is within the possibilities. , Mr. Hamilton's projects aro'not all 80 grossly utilitarian as to debar1 nny do- riving1 of pleasure from the work. He believes that if the plant , oven on the humblest Initial scale , were put in operation - oration , every visitor to the falls would want to see it running , would travel up 'and down in the elevators , and would certainly wish to banquet bnck.of the great veil of mist and waterfall , talcing the view of Niagara "behind * tb 1' scones , " as well as from the vast amphi theatre in front. A 60 cent bottle of Dr. pigelow'a Positive Cure will promptly n > a thor oughly euro the worst case uf recent cough , cold or throat or lung trouble. Buy the dollar bottle for Chronic coses. Pleasant to take. Goodman Drug Co. I Have Slot. London Judy : ( N. B And don't care to meet again ) The bumptious man , who thinks you n fool , and takes no pains to conceal his opinion. The horsey man who has always got a screw ho wants to sell you. The thickheaded man , who can never BOO thc point of your stories such capital otorlos a they are , too. The odiously-familiar , man , who slaps you on the back and pokes you playfully in the ribs. The selfish man , who will talk of himself , and not of you. The exasperating man , who trumps your best card , and ami lea blandly when you remonstrate. The impertinently-frank man , who tolls you you are getting stout , and "awfully bald a-top , old chappie. " Plenty ot Room. ' Now York Journal : Willie ( who U very observant , looking with' ' > ono ey shut on the picture of champion pugil ists bib father had lacked on the sitting room wall ) Ma , are these gentlomeBv going , to a ball ? | f Ma Not that I am aware ot Willie. Why ? sl Willie I think they would look bet tor with necklaces on ; there -is so-so much room. MUSTANG LINIMENT " -V " TVfctl9116 s yss ss ' * * wts < srti aS' L\\recut \ \ jS2Sfflfe.sAfe & - ° lfd S TOSS -SS.5R& . SfSgS * \ iAatcw * * * ' _ _ W- Thus the i' Mustang"conquers palny Makes MAN or BEAST well a ainl & . * 'I \ , ten *