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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 15 , 1800 , 5
'THE COJIMCIAL TKAVELEll ,
Boms Interesting Ivents In tha Ufa o/a /
i Lady Commercial Tourist.
V MISS ! MARIE STOCUM'S ' EXPERIENCE ,
How .in KnlcrprlsliiK Ilmllc-r of the
Al\\ayn MIIIIHUCH tnSncuro
Lower Ilorlli In a
Car.
Ml * * Mnrio Stocum , vho enjoys the dis
tinction of being tlioonlyrogulnrlycmplojcd
truroiltiR snlcswomnn in tlio ws < t , ha-t tKcn
cnjMgo < l by the CoiuolidnJetl cofTcc coinr my
of Ouuitiii , and will make lierhca < ] iuartcrs |
la this city licrcnflcr. In rapomo to an
urircnt request , Miss Stocutn luw furnlslicd
the following loiter for publication in this
ilepirtmcut :
I have been nsltcJ to contribute an nrtlclc
roiinlln ( ? mycxperlonco 0.1 tnivcllnff sales
woman. Hud I the chance I could tnllf to
people ? until they would bog of mo to deslU ,
that beinff an essential Item In the constitu
tion of a iood siUiismau , I may say Hack not
there , but when It comes to writing , being
weighed In tbo balance , I'm fearful of being
found wanting.
My career M comincrcl.il tourist is not a
very extensive one , and yet , perhaps I pre
sume to say , that in the ono short year and
one-half , which time I have "hustled the
Crip , " I have seen more different type ? of
humanity than the average woman of twlco
my years.
C.illini ' , upw the xroccry trade , ai I do , I
am thrown a.nong all classes , nationalities ,
tc
Iromctnb"rn trip I once tok In. Missouri.
No\v the MisaourliinA are nlco people , but
very iM-'cullnr. I liivo been scllinpChicago
ye'at poivder , and wai nt that time. I would
call upon thosu people , most of them Illiterate
in every scnso the word Implys , andustinlly ,
nfter uMtip considerable of my valaablc ( I )
time In lauding the yeast powder I wa * sell-
in ? to the very sltloi , as It were , I would re
ceive an answer something like this ; " "Will ,
I'll toll you , Miss Stocum , I'd like right well
to take your powder , but I reckon I can't. ' "
'TIs unnecessary to say it struck me as very
Jinusiiig , having nstrotigsctise fortbolmmor-
oui , peilwp * ) ridiculous will express It more
perfectly. I became on that one tilp utterly
disgusted with the Missouri trade In
general. To 1)0 ) sure there are Mls-
sourinns whoaro learned and are fiuo tyxs {
of character , but I speak of the majority of
my trade. Hut rrally , did It ever strike you ,
that you ask a Mlssourlan where he is from
mid ho will invariably s.iy St. Louis ,
HI. Joseph , Kansas Citv or near some one of
thu largo cities , never from Missouri }
After I R.IVOUP Missouri I annexed No-
biaUcnto Iowa in preference , and hnve been
making this state for nearly onoycur , and
worked up a very nlco trade In my line. Of
ur o there are a grtat many obstacles to
surmount , but ! presume I suffer no moro in
conveniences than the type-writer insomo
oflAco or book-keeper In my customer's store.
Of course mine is of a different nature , but I
have a faculty of lookine upon the brightest
slJc of overythinir , whiio they may become
depressed and feel that the world and all is
agninst them. Previous to my going into
this business I lived in a town of about
eighteen hundred inhabitant1) ) . Ono -\Yhcrein
nobodys business is overybodys. Having sr c-
ccededlii gettlDgmy position us an "aogel of
couuncrcc , " of c urao my friends began to
under advice. I know that I needed it ,
bciti'extremely greeu , but not such sdvico
asthey gme I was uctuallylcd to bclievo
that I must shun the traveling men , as they
vrcroon the road to perdition , and all \\l\o \ as
sociated with them would fall into the same
way. That IS wrong entirely. Allow ine to
remark , and you women who huiro an cs-
pecUiltrrttdgo against traveling men , heed
What I say. They are as a chiss the most
courteous gentlemen with whom I meet.
To bo sure , there nro some
ornoiif ; the traveling community who
are utterly beneath our cofjnlzauco , but , Isn't
it tbo biuno in every business ? Take from
your professional ra * n to your poiters. The
rich mun to the poor one. Oftcu-tiinea when
it comes to frce-hcartcdness and pure manli
ness , the latter will bo the most worthy of
prnlso. Thus it is among the traveling men ;
did jou ever ask a travel lug man for a cent In
\vayofbcnevolcncobutwhatyou got itl
Did any poor lady with several children , ever
need assistance on. tbo railway train , but
what Mr. Traveling Man was ready and
willing to lend a helping hand ! I mny have
too good an opinion of them , but I think not.
Stop and consider that I am in the so-doty of
men almost entirely , and they traveling men ,
and never by word or action have they over
treated mo other than a lady ,
i I make mybclf conspicuous to a decree , be
cause I have an Idea that it furthers the in
terest of my business. Did I not , I'm fearful
Of being forgotten almost as quickly as I had
left the town and upon my next trip it would
bo necessary to Introduce myself again and
It's very humiliating , to myself at least , to
walk into a man's store with a be.uning
countenance and a fcolin of acquaintance
ana have the proprietor fail to recognize mo.
I don't keep him long In doubt.
Omaha trade has nrways treated no
especially well , and I have customers in
Omaha whom I look upon as personal friends ,
mid right hero ! must siieak of the hotels.
I cau perceive a decided improvement in
the western hotels within the past
year. I have some very comical exper
iences also in these country hotels. It is a
business habit of mine to vralu into all hoick' '
. ofllcc , register , call for my mail , etc. : but oc
casionally , going into some hotel where I'm
not known , the porter will lead me to the
lady's entrance of the house , Into thQ parlor
> iiiil bad them offer to bring the register in
there , rather than have mo invade the pre
cincts of the ollk'o. 'I'licu tbo questions \vliich
are inked and which I oftentimes evade an-
swcrliifj are amusing. Ask If I was a book
ng-cat ; uow if there Is anything I dislike it
is being taken for a book agent. When they
ascertain to a certainty what my business
is I am looked upon utmost the sama as a
Ircak of nature. I enjoy their looks of
amazement.
Oftentimes traveling men will say , "Why ,
they never refuse to buy from you do they I"
* I should say they didl While , I am conH-
dentof nmkingasaleif there is any need for
them , I say nobody can sell an article If tha
dealer makes up his mind he doesn't wont it.
1 remember once taking an order fro ma
man , in a town In Iowa. Ho p.wo mo the
order as I learned afterwards simply to get
rid of mo. As I have a peculiarity o'f making
visits of from two to three hours in lengtn , of
course it nil depends on the dealer , you could
not blame him much for his notions , bull
did. His order had not been in the house
moro than twenty-four hours , before they re
ceived a letter from him countermanding
said order , Tbo same together \\ith
order owns Immediately sent to mo ,
I thereupon sat down and wrote a letter to
Him , such as ho never received before , I
guarantee , hut tbo Joke was I addressed it to
the 11 rui and this man's partner ( to whom ho
nude his brags about giving me the order 10
as to get rid of mo ) got the letter first and
read , It was suck a Joke on the buyer that
ha was unable to keep it to himself , so told it
about town. I-was led to bclievo that the
gentleman in question left town for the
summer , or something to that effect , I never
called at that gtoro again. It is strange so
niauv people think that just because I
solicit their order , they can take their tlmo
about giving It , and then perhaps , as I say
countermand it , giving some plausablo excuse.
They consider it child's play apparently and
not a matter of business ,
People say , "Do you get n man's salery for
man's work ( " Xo , I do not ; but 1 vet a good
salcry. Moro than the average of working
women. But , if I am comparatively young
in my business and there is plenty of tlmo
and chance for an improremcnt in my ability ,
as well as salery. I huve found it tUo same
in this as every other business. If ono goes
to work with a determination to make a suc
cess , thcro is no chance for failure.
I've- ' been told that until I have boon the
victim of a snow blockuco or araUwaystnash-
up , I'll not bo a full fledged commercial
traveler , I'm not nt all anxious to become
one If such ii the case. MIUIB S roc CM.
Traveler * nml Regular Roanlcr * .
Let ma give the traveling man who kicks
ealnst paying (1-t a week for the same the
regular boarderIpays $ .1 for , some healthy
advice , for twenty jenrs 1 hnvo been a
tnvelin ? man , snys O. D. Bnll In the Hotel
World , and have ) learned Ion ? since not to
hick n/alnst notcl prlc-ci , Ifjou don't like it
BO to some other house next lime. Don'tyou
know * that the regular bonnier is to a hotel
what tbo swine is to the slaughter shop I The
hog knows not what ho eat. * and yet he pets
fat , and the butcher saves that which but for
thu heR would bo wasted , and In turn ho re
ceives from the swine many dollars ; sowith
landlord and regular boarders.
Then , a nln , u regulnr Ixmnlcr cts on the
good Ma of a brlitht-fiiccd ualtcr girl ; ho
sees she Is attentive to her duties , neat , intel
ligent and attractive , nnd she llnds In hitn
qualities which she admires anil nn affection
springs up between them ; cnpaement fol
low * , when along comes noinc unsophisticated
dude of n traveling man nnd "knocks his eye
out , " and then chuckles over the victory !
Then , again , the traveling man has a nice ,
warm room to retire in , where the r. b. goes
to bed In a room twenty degrees below zero.
The traveling man's room Is swept
every morning when the regulnr
boarder1' * room gets a lick and "that's good
enough" once a weckj the same data his
towels and sheets are changed. The t. in.
gets a porterhouse steak , \vhlle the r. b. cots
nnywhere from the neck to the horns , The
t. m. can lean upagalnst thccounter or sit on
the desk and enjoy the stnoko of two-for-5
cigars In the mouths of town loafers who oc
cupy nil the available scats , where thor. b , '
mustscck shelter on dry goods boics on
the streets. The t. m. cm ho mot
at the oftlcc door lit the morning with n whlsp
broom in the hands of ttio porter , and icceivo
a lashing over the back anda bohlnd-the-back
volunUrv cussing for not "scaling the per
ter. " why , you poor , miserable , grumbling ,
fault-finding , crabbed dude , don't you know
that the cjes of tbo whole iraternity of the
natrons of Industry arc onto you ! Don'tyou
know that you are classed as "lazy
buminors ! " If you don't , I do. I
used to bo Just foolish enough to
think I could dictate the hotel bus
iness and attend to my business as well as
cverj body's else. I have licked landlords ,
cussed waiters , found fault with the cook ,
thrown iwrtcra through windows , paid lines
for auault with latent to kill , and whit does
It all amount to I I have fetched up bald-
headed , ono eye gone , minus three lingers ,
and doomed to get around on crutches the ro-
inninder of my life , and all for telling a Texas
widow landlady that she didn't know how to
run a hotel.
No Uppers for Him.
"Travel never sharpens some people , " said
the drummer , at he threw tbo stub of his
cipar out of the window
In what respect * "
'Well ' , I've ( joen on the road for eight
years , traveling by day and by night , and
I've never had to take au upper berth yet. "
"That's luck , "
"No , it isn't It's management. I , of
course , buy n lower berth when I can. When
I can't I take an upper. 1'rlco Is the same ,
you know , but there's n heap of difference In
the comfort. Then the management comes
in. "
"But how "
"See this bottle of camphor ; I've carried it
evcrslncol rlrst started out , buthaxo had It
refilled about once a month , When I get
seated in the carl am suddenly taken faint ,
I pull out my camphor bottle. You can
smell camphor from cud to end of a car. It
isn't two minutes before soiueanc comes to
ask :
"Anything wrong , slrl' '
' "I'm '
feeling very badly.
" 'Can I do anything for you V
" 'No , thanks. That is '
' "Doii'tbo ' afraid of making me trouble.
What is It i'
" 'I have an upper berth , and I'nI'm
afraid I can never get in to it. Been troubled
with palpitation for the lait ten years. Heach-
ing up increases it. I don't want to ask any
one to exchange with me , but '
" 'Why , certainly , I huve a lower , and
under the circumstances I shall only bo too
glad to exchange with , you.1
"That's all there was to it , " said the drum
mer , as ho opened his grip for a novel ; "it's
all in the management. A proper demeanor
a little camphor a few words of thanks
and I snug away into a Lower and sleep the
sleep of the lust. Tne other man has got all
ho paid for , any way , and If ho doesn't ' sleep
well that's not my lookout. "
samples.
Sam Taylor , who represents Messrs. Mc-
Cord , Brady it Co. , wholesale Rrocers , in
western Nebraska and eastern Colorado was
In Monday last for a few days , looking over
stock and selecting bargains for his trade.
He loft again for his territory on Thursday.
Mr. Taylor Is getting a good trade in his sec
tion of country , ills home is at McCook , Neb.
Mr. Clew , a traveling- representative of the
William Deering manufacturing company of
Chicago , had one of his traveling hags stolen
from a train at Oxford iast Friday evening.
One of the citizens accidentally found the
prlp In. a secluded spot near the river , where
It had. been cut open and cast away by the
'
thief. As It contained nothing of 'valuo to
any ono but the owner's employers , its con
tents were left undisturbed. Among the pa
pers were notes amounting to nearly $4OUO.
According to the Norfolk News Jay Hcl-
phroy was so busy watching- big Iron dol-
lurs grow on his sugar beet crop that ho for-
pot to remember that Monday was his thirty-
fifth birthday until his wlfo presented him
with a beautiful painting of "Pharaoh's
Horses , " the work of her owe deft fingers.
Jay Is not very old , but ho bos lived lonjr
enough to become ono of , the most successful
nnd popular traveling man on the road , and
the Ne hopes that many recurring birth
days will find him a resident of Norfolk.
3IIAIIVEST EXCUUSIO.VS SOUTH 3
Via the \VuV > ash Iloute.
On September 9 , 23 and October 14 the
"Wabnsh will Bell round trip tickets to
points in Texns , Arkansas , Tennessee ,
Mississippi , Louisiana , Alabama , Geor
gia and Florida nt Ilalf Faro , good for
30 days. "Eemombortho Wubnsh is the
quickest route South nndSoutheast ,
lleclining- Chair atid Pullman Buffet
Sleeping Cars on all trains. Only
15 hours ) to St. Louis ,
32fr " Chattanooga ,
40 " " Noiv Orleans ,
46J " " Now York ,
with corresponding- time to all
jwints South und cast. For tickets and
lull information in rejjfird to routes , also
fop a copy ol the Southern Homeseokors
Guide , cell at tlie Wabash Ticket Olllco ,
1502 Fnrnam street , Omaha , or write G.
N. Clayton , Is'orthwestern Possongor
Agent , Omaha , Neb.
Naming the Uaby.
A Boston man will toll you that his
lack of success tn life Is entirely owing
to the mistake ot his mother in giving
him \rouk middle name which matches
him about ns well as patent leather boots
would ii pedestrian. Ills aversion. Inlifo
\\ns Ills middle name. Ho blushed ( or it
the flrbt time he nwoko in thomornlnpr ,
not to mention awakening- the night
sometimes overcome with a sense of
fhnmo. JIo was in hourly horror at
school for fear the boya would call it
nftor hitn in. the street , nnd the only
times that ho could brnco up at all was
llio first day that a now hey catno to the
Bohool. botoro ho hod had time to find it
out. Even then ho wus oppressed with
druad imd would eye the hid furtively ,
wondering to hlmsolf , "How soon -will ho
ijnd it out'i1" Parents
are very thoughtless -
less uboutthls-thlng , according to the
Homo Journal. They do not look ahead
and remember that it is selfish enough
to invite a youngster Into the world
without nt least asking him what ho
would like for a muuo which has got to
stay hy him day and night , bo the only
thing loft of him when ho makes hU
exit , and to live after him on a tomb.
Btono when all else of him is forgotten.
It would bo a kindness to nurabor children
ron when they nro born , as Jones ono ,
Jones two , or first Jones , second Jones ,
nnd BO on , and allow the youngsters to
select a natno when they nro old enough.
Then at least they would have one thing
loss ( or which to blame mamma and
papa.
The use of calomel for derangements of the
liver bos ruined many a duo constitution.
Those who , for similar troubles , have tried
Aycr's Pills testify to their efllcacy In tbor-
oughly remedying the malady , without la-
Jury to tha system.
SOUTHXVKSrEUN MINES.
A. Ooixl Vcnr Tor Prospecting In .Ari
zona nml New Mexico ,
"This will bo one of the best seasons
for prospecting that the miners of Kew
Mexico nnd Arizona have seen for the
last four j'enM , " observed Slnson Jordan
ot ] Sooorro , If. Jtf. , to ino at Iho Cole man
hoiHe , suys n writer in the Now York
Star.
htl
"Tho rainfall during the rainy season
this year hns been heavy , and every
vrntorcourtje Is full , \vlillo In the moun
tains all the tanks or crevices in the
rocks are ovorilowlng. The want of
water on the Southwest frontier has
always boon the great drawback In the
discovery and development of the liu-
incnso mineral wealth which Ho3 hidden
in the mountain ranges of Ari2ona and
New- Mexico and In these o ( the border
ing Mexican states of Sonora and Chth-
uiinua. "
"Is there mucli prospecting being ilono
Intho southwestern territories just now ? "
"Considerable , but not anything- like
so much as was done In past years. You
see , both Arizona and New Mexico liavo
gone beyond the moro prospecting'stage
und are engaged In the development of
established mining properties instead of
speculating with holed in the ground
through middlemen , who In turn
seelc to unload them on eastern
capitalists , la the old days , when rail
roads had just opened up in the terri
tories , when a prospector found mineral
thnt tu-tnyed well ho dug a hole on his
claim about twelve foot deep and bonded
it to a middleman , who went cast nnd
sold it ( or a mine. Kinety per cent of
these so-culled mines turned out
to bo worthless. St. Louis was
flrst In the field buying up
prospects ( or mines , und n number
of ita promln-jnt citizens burned their
fingers in the attempt to find material
where nature had never placed it at
least In paying quantities. Among them
were ox-Governor B. Gratz Brown , Otis
11 Gibson , nt ono time minister to Ger
many , and General John Uoyle.
"It is altogether dlJTerent now. A
man cannot sell a prospect except ho has
developed It sufficiently to show nn ore
body In bight , and BO it follows thnt
prospectors who have anything llnd it
moro profitable to work on the claims
they hnvornthor than gq into the moun
tains searching for others. Moreover ,
the mountain ranges on our aide of the
border have been so thoroughly pros
pected that it is only going over old
ground , and the chance of finding any
thing Is about equal to the chance of
drawing the capital prize in the Louisi
ana lottery. "
'Whore do the prospectors go. thonV"
" They are nearly all going into Old
Mexico now , unreadingthenrelves
among1 the foot-hills of the Sierra Madre
on both the Chihuahua and Sonoro
slopes. I firmly believe you'll hear in a
month or two of some wonderful dis
coveries in that region , if the Apaches
do not go on the war path. It is won
derfully rich in minerals. "
"Is there any danger of an Indian
outbreak ? "
"There always is and there always
will bo as long as the government inafn-
tains the San Carlos nnd Mescalero
agencies close to the Irontler line of
Mexico , nnd no amount of troops can
give protection to prospectors , isolated
mining camps or ranches. When I left
Doming about ten days ago , there was n
small band of Apaches raiding in the
Hajchot mountains , and It was reported
that several men had been killed. "
" "What effect has Secretary Windom's
decision against the admission to the
United States of argentiferous load ores
hod on the mining industry of the south
west ? "
"A very bad one. It has put an ef
fectual stop to the Investment of capital
in smelting1 and reduction works. With
out the cheap lead ores of Mexico , of
course the low grade , dry silver
ores of New Jlexico tuid Arizona cannot
bo treated with -profit , as wo have only
a lunited supply of load ores in the Ter
ritories. It has had another bad effect.
The capital that \\oulcl have been in
vested In smelting works on our side of
the line is now being invested in Chilna-
luia and Sonora und the business of ex
porting ores from Mexico to the United
States will soon die a natural death , to
the detriment of our railroad interests. "
George Campbell , Hopkinaville , Ky , , says :
Burdock Blood Hitters is the best prepara
tion for tbo blood and stomach over manu
factured ,
IT HAS A HISTOIIV.
Interesting Story of a Bell Taken
From a Submerged fclilp.
"When you visit tlio rooms of the
natural history society on Boylston
street ask the custodian to point out to
you a ship's boll which rests upon a
shelf , says the Boston. Saturday Even
ing Gazette. This bell litis a history
attached to It. About the year 1850 or
1857 a firm in this city sent an expedi
tion under the charge of. ilr. "Whipplo ,
the noted submarine dlvor of thj ) day ,
fully equipped with armor and divert , to
explore the banks of thoGulf _ of Mexico
f or submerged articles of valuo. The expe
dition returned in due time from a suc
cessful trip , the vessel loaded with kent
ledge chains and anchors. Among the
many crafts discovered and explored
was a British frigate. From this was
taken the ship's boll , stamped with the
broad arrow ; also , from the hull , several
sheets of copper stamped with the ini
tials of the dockyard in which the
frigate was coppered , and also the year
of Ha application. A statement of these
facts , -with u sheet of the copper , was
was sent -to the late George Suraiior ,
who was then in Lonuou. Ho placed
thorn before his friend , the earl of
Clarendon , who waa then connected
with the British admiralty. On
examining the records of the
dock yards , It waa ascertained that two
frigates were coppered the year of the
stamp , and were sent on their wuy to
join the lloct about to attack Now Or
leans at the time of itssuccessf ul defense
b.v General Jackson. They were not or
hoard of after leaving their moorings.
Ono of these was the frig-ato discovered
by Mr. Whipplo. In this uccldonlial
way was communicated to the govern
ment and friends of the oflicors nnd
crow intelligence of the fate of the
ship. Perhaps a second Whipplo maj-
dlscover the resting place of the
United States sloop-of-war Albany , whlcli.
disappeared in the same waters , carry
ing to the bottom , unions other noble
souls. Lieutenant John Qulney Adams ,
grandson of the president of that name ,
who , if he had lived ton years longer ,
would have added luster to his patriotic
name und family. A moro accomplished
nnd gallant olllcer than Lieutenant
Adams never trod the quarter deck.
The boll is overhung with n massive
canopy of coral , which is considered fo
{ rent scientific value as showing the
growth of coral In a detiulto number of f
years.
Beware of frauds--Bo sure YOU got the
genuine Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil. It cures
colds , croup , asthma , deafness and rheuma
tism.
-
Tacking a Imncbeon.
Luncheon should be carried If possible
in a bosket nnd not In a close box , be-
caubotho free entrance of air that is pos
sible In a basket keeps the food in abet
tor and moro healthful condition , says
the Philadelphia Record , A fresh wrap
per for the luncheon should also bo used
each day n linen one is daintiest , to bo
sure but if that is not to bo had then a
fresh ' ' fiquaro of confectioner's pnperor n
Jnpnncso niipor napkin should bo used.
The iiacklng of many dishes In the bas
ket Is out qf the qiusstlon , but there
should surely bo soiao arrangement by
which a llask of cold tea or milk or
bouillon or Icmonailo can bo carried.
An ordinary boltlo will nnsnor every
purpose If it bo carefully stoppered , but
IIP inoxiwnslvo llajk , with a drinking
cup fitteti to the bottom , it most conven
ient nnd best. Salt nad | > epper In very
snuill cruets should Iso bo carried.
Headache , ncurai u , uimnesi , nervous
ness , spasms , slccplcssuccM , cured by Dr.
Miles' ' Nervine. Samples frco at ICunu
Co. 's , 15th and
ICEii ; VOUIl IIA.T4 OX
Matter of Ulevntor IHIqnctto nntl
Uocllly Health.
The matter of elevator etiquette hav
ing struggled to the top again , the views
of ono mm upon the subject may bo in
teresting , says the Times.
"In the first place , " tald the man to
whom the question was submitted , "I
would say thnt under no circumstances
should ladies expect men to remove their
hats if there be the si ightcst suspicion of
a draught In the elevator , and my own
experience has been that they are
beldom without it. To wiy nothing of
lessor nnd simply annoying ailments ,
some of the most serious maladies are
traced by physicians to a no moro
serious cause than u brief chilling
draught.
"In the pccoud place the question
would bo where the elevator Is situated.
If In a business building , whore people
are supposed to go only for busi
ness purposes , and where the ob
servation of social forms and ceremonial
etiquette is not important , and
porhapsnot oven sensible , 1 would say
that men should not bon kcd to remove
their hats , nnd I do not think that they
nro disposed to do so.
"When we come to n hotel elevator
the question grows finer. There are
hotels whore It would Iw a llttlo preten
tious and almost out of place to Indulge
in such a ceremony. In thu smaller coun
try hotels , for instance , and in hotels
generally where theno is little preten
sion to social style , the removal of hats
in elevators would hardly bo necessary.
In some places I think it would bo oven
impolite , on the principle observed by
the Gorman prince who , when his rustic
guest poured out his colTee In a saucer ,
did the same thing himself that the un
tutored fellow might not suller from his
blunder.
"On the other hand , in hotels where
there is a general observance of social
forms , I think that If , us already sa'd ' ,
there bo no draught in the elevator ; the
hat should bo removed in the presence
of ladies , and my experience is that it is
an invariable custom ( or men to do so in
such places.
1M may add , however , that it Is a cus
tom which obtains only in America. In
England and on the continent no gentle
man thinks of doing such a thing. "
There is comfort f or " " the man with a pre
maturely cray beard in Buckingham's Dye ,
'because it never falls to color an even browner
or black as may be desired.
A tilglit In livery llcrtli.
To the Chicago , AEilwaukco & St. Paul
railway belongs the prodlt of being the
lirst in the country to reduce the matter
of electric lighting of trains to ' intiflc
perfection. One of 'the novel .cut ures
introduced In the sleeping cars is a
patent oleclrio reading lamp iu each
section , "With this' luxurious provision
reading at night before and after retir
ing becomes as comfortable as by day ,
nnd when retiring the toilet may be
made in comfort and seclusion. The
berth reading lamp in the Pullman
sleeping cars run on the Chicago , Mil
waukee & St. Paul railway , between
Omaha and Chicago , is patented , and
cannot bo used by any other railroad
company. It is the greatest improve
ment of the ago. Try it and bo con
vinced.
Sleeping cars leave the Union Pacific
depot , Omaha , at 6:10 : p. m. daily , arriv
ing nt Chicago at 9:30 : a. m. Secure
tickets and sleeping car berths nt Union
Ticket oIHce , 1501 Fiirnam street ( Barker
Block ) , Omaha.
J. E. PUKSTON , F. A. NASH ,
Pass. Agent. Gen'l Agent.
WHO BIADE TIIE FOOTPUIMS ?
A Point of Dispute Between Mahom
etans and Buddhists.
The many curious legends concerning
Adam which have already been pub
lished in "Notes for the Curious , " savs
the St. Louis Republic , would lack In
completeness wore wo to omit giving an
account of the Mahometan superstitions
regarding nn impression , supposed to be
a footprint , found in the solid rock on
Adams' peak" , or Mount Snmanaln , a
high mountain in Ceylon. According
to the Mahometan legend , Adam , nfter
the fall and expulsion from the garden ,
was taken by un angel to the top of this
mountain , where his mind's eye saw a
panorama of all the Ills that should
aflllct mankind. These harrowing eights
were such a weight on the mun , who ,
notwithstanding Iiis sin in the garden ,
was yet a good man , that his foot left its
imprint on the solid rock ; his tears form
ing n lake , both the print and the lake
being still visible.
The Buddhibts have their own legend
of the Sripadn , or S.icrod Footprint , ac
cording to which Buddha , ascending to
heaven , left the impression where Ins'tho
touched the earth on the rocky sides of
Snmanalu. The Brahmans also and the
Chinese have their legends , and for
moro than two thousand years all have
worshiped in their own way around the
gigantic imprint. The footprint itself is
live and one-half by two and one-half
foot ; the site In a rocky basin ; much
faith and a lively imagination being nec
essary to aid ono in discovering a very
great likeness of the outlines to that of a
human foot. To perform a pilgrimage
to this slirino nnd to lay an ottering upon
it is to the Buddliist what a visit to
Mecca is to n Mahometan. Tradition
tells us that the iron chains fastened in
the rocks to glvo safnty to the pilgrims
In crossing rocky canons.noar the Sacred
Footprint were put there by Alexander
the Groat. ,
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ioit ,
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cnroj In to to VO d y .
_ _ _ _ _ _ Wo eliminate nil polwn
fiom lh FjTU'iu , o that tlit.ro imiueicr lie * rrturn of
Ilio illsrnie In my fonn. 1'artlrs Mil be trcatrd t
homo A > M ell here , ( for ttie game price and umlor
tlio fuino inurantee , ) but Kllli tim-o vho | ircftrto
come here , wo Mill contract to euro them or refund all
money nd r T entire cxjwnbo of coming , rallroid
faro andtioU.1 Llll * .
v * * * * I * H * ' * * I * I * * A A jWr r * J tiltfl
to cure the most olmlnato caeca. AVe < lulcnpo tlio
world for a ewe wo can nottnre. BInce the his lory of
meiV clna a tni fp aiflcfor HjphilU Ima Iwen poutiht
for blut never found until our Ma trio Hciut-Uy wu UU *
rorer l. Xono other genuine. Wrltw for refcrem-ra.
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OfIlw,8t.Clalr , Hotel. Cor. 13th and Rod joSta.
DRUNKENNESS
m& LIQUOR. HA.B1T.
IN AIL THt WOHLD THERE IS BUT ONE CURE
DR. MINES' ' GOLDEN SPECIFIC.
It c be aln I * * run f tuffem * r UB. ur U >
IU1 f food , without tbo knowledee of tbe ptileot ,
lfn * < iei ry. It I. Uoluulr b ralim na vrUUHeot
K portuinenltnd ip dy euro , wlitther Ibo patunt
* raod r t < trlaliororaa * teoboUowr ok. IT > K > KU
KA1M. It opiratei BO quietly &ud wltli fluch oer-
Utalrth > t Us p.tlent undurgotl uo IcooHTonlence.
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tir oud. 4Spire book of p rtlculinfr0 Totxhadol
KUltMtc CO. , Ifitb & Doujl e , It Utll * Cuuilcj UK.
C"/-Trnla ticplliKl t > / lJI.AK.i. IIHUCB & CO , and
UICU1KD9ON DKUQ CO. . Oruidi.
"TO WE A"K Sl wr
Buffering from Uia f rircu ot youtliful fnorn , rlr
dectr , waillDK nrtkneM , lo t inuihonl.rtc.,1 win
na a valuable trentlit ( f ali > < l oontaluliif full
partlrulanfnr home cnrr. FltKI ! cl chare * .
plendia tat dlcal work i thov < d l rrad by
HIAQ irho U nvrrnua an'l
x > /or.
DE MILEY ,
Graduate Dentist ,
A. Pull Set of Teeth , on Rubber
For Five Dollars.
A perfect fit stmrnnteed. Tectli extracted
without jj.iln or dunicr. unfl wllloitt nnnon *
tlic lies. Gold and silver ( llllus nt lowest
rutos. Brlilpo nud Orown l\ork. \ Tuutli wlth-
out plates. All worU warranted.
OFFICE PAXTON BLOCK. 16TH AND FARNAM
Entrance * Iflth street olciator. Openuvon-
Inss until H o'clock.
MANHOOD RESTORED.
"SANAT1VO , " th
WoiKlrrfu 1 Sn
Ili-meiJy , in mild wllb
nlVrlllen Ciuarun.
Ire to core ullJJerr-
( U9 DUia eiucb 11
Vilj , , Wenlc HcmurrAM \
i&ft of HralnPimerh
aclje , U'nkefulneff.
Before * . Attor i _ . Ix > t il uhi > cil. Nery.
rtiutuurt | > lml ( mm lilt. OIIKDCM , I.aiillude ,
all dralm and li > of power cf tlio Ui-ucritlvc Or.
pnnp.ln either ieicni ed by orer-tiprtlc.il , youthful -
ful luUlacri'tlont , or Die exceptive me of tonacco.
opium , or tltnnlanu , wnlth ultlmttelr | rad la
luflrmlty , Uonnnm ; > tlnn and locnnky , 1'ut np In
coiivonk'iil form la carry lu tliu vent pocket. I'rlce
$ l > pacliaso , o0 fur JS.lib ovtrjr Sorder wo
Cl > ea itvltten guaruutra to rare onrfitni
the nianty. N'li thy mill tn nnj ( rtdrtii. Clr *
cnl r trc. . Mentlou I tile paper. Adrtrmj
MADRID CHEMICAL CO. Ur neh Ollro fi.'U. S.A
ICulin &Co. . Cor. 15th and Dounlu * Strrot * .
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A. 1) . Poster Jc Co. . Council IlluIR Iowa.
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DENMAN THOMPSON'S
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Anl continuing on Monday , Tuesday nml
\VVdncsdajr Ifr
The sate of > .cats will coniinrncc Btturtlay
THE GRHND , Tonight.
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PROM TUH
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JOSEPH GILLOTTS
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GOLD MEDAL , PARU EXPOSITION , 1889.
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