THE OMAHA DAILY BEM * / , APltIL 1. 1889.
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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
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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. "
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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
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