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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1890)
r THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER. Heal Meaning of the IFamlliar Phrase "Only ' 'Ono Per Oant , " THE ROMANCEtOF A QUEER CHARACTER. Jinny I'coullnrltlos Explained After Ills -JJcnlh Various IlcnnonB Tor JinnlncsscfTB Atiinlrntlnn for Illtii'cir. Bad debts nro Inevitable whcrovcrbuslness I * conducted upon the credit systemsays , tbo American Grocer. That system may , In lime , be overthrown In the retail trade , but the chances are that Itvlll exist long after the present readers of trade journalnro dead. There nro many points la its favor , wit the ono which ilnds expression at the head of this nrtlclo must not bo considered. . 1'ot there nro thousands ot retailers who nro cotltcrvtotl with their sj stem of creO Its because Jesses from ba < ! debts "aro qnly 1 per cent. " Wonrolrequcntlynskcd If this is too largo , fend unncsltatlngly reply Yesl It Is fully cno-olghth of the net profit of a well conduct- Cd retail business , and is a burdensome tax upon the earnings. Many are contented BO Jong ns the year's showing Indi cates no greater loss , congratu- Jatirig themselves thnt only $1 out of every $100 credited Is lost. If retailers would llguro the per cent of loss on the not earnings rather than on the volume of credits , they would llnd thnt their loss of "only 1 per cent" 1ms Increased to 10 or 15 per cent of the foward of their year's labor. Tulto , for Instance , a business of $30,000 per pnnuin , with gross prollLs equivalent to 10 per cent on the cost of the goods. This would " hi a not profit of about S'i.OOO . , provided jitoro otpcnscs were not ever 8 per cent. A Joss of "only 1 per cent" moans 15 per cent of the net profit. Is not this , then , a serious In our conversation with tradesmen wo bear frequent complaints about the amount tied up In credits. All mention a class who , to glvo ono dealer's expression , "pay JB on account nnd trndo $10. " There is n fear which almost amounts to com mercial cowardice , that If such an account Is checked or stopped -H Involves a loss of the entire credit. Rather than take that risk , Jom , Dick nnd Harry nro permitted to trade end nay on account , doing It In a mitnner thnt keeps the balances steadily crowing larger. Jt Is the exception when such nn ac count Is desirable. Sooner or later tlio most of such customers leave the rotnller In iho lurch. As a general rule no such credit Bbould be extended , unless to n party of ro- iponsibillty and holding title to real estate. Know your customers thoroughly before extending nn account , nnd , far 'better , find put nil about thorn before granting'credit. Kcndcr bills promptly and mnko It the rule that all accounts shall bo settled at least bnco a month , nnd In cnso ot delay close the Account. Better lese a few customers through being ever careful than to PJSH to profit nncl loss a consider able sum. A credit business should bo kept ns close ns possible to tho-llno of sharp cash. Cater to the good payers nnd weed out the alow nud risky patrons. Do not hositdte through fear of giving offense. Money is a { eel , and If tied up In accounts lessons the efficiency of the merchant , robs him of oppor tunities for bargains nnd deslniblo purchases , lessens his powers of expansion , robs him of confidence In himself , sets him to shunning nnd malting excuses with his creditors , That Is a great deal of mischief for only " 1 per cent" lo accomplish , anil excuse enough for our opinion thnt such un annual Joak Is too great for the permanency of a well regulated retail store. "To My Own Estate. " Ho wns the queerest specimen I ever met In all the years I have traveled , and as imper vious to Influences thnt effect ordinary tumnnlty ns a duck's coat Is to water , said a jcniebt ot the road In spcaklncr of the recent death of a follow drummer. Murders nud pocidcnts occurred ; great calamities startled the world and yet ho was not shaken ; that which excited most men produced no percep tible effect on him. Ho was of good habits ( md friendly with all ho met ; yes , ho formed jio close friendships nnd no man was tbo recipient of his close secrets. Ho changed > TSoOstt often and very frequently I found him Jiot only with a now house but au entirely , now line of goods. It was not Incapacity that led to these frequent changes , for he was the very contrary of inconipotoncy. It may have been that with him , variety was the curtain thnt shut out memories of long ago. His eyes scorned open to nil the bounties of nnturo and tbo no bio things of jlfo ; yet ho saw with the sight of the sonam- butlflt , nud no deep Impressions were made by the beautiful aud grand. Ho might hnvo been likened to the flint found on tbo seashore , Showing no marks of the violence thnt bos mot its course and determined IU place in tbo world. This man who was nlwavs changing seemed tmcbaiignblo himself , Isovor grave or gay. never shedding a tear or vent to mirth , Cover onthusinstio or excited , his ac quaintances pronounced him "queer , " and often wondered "what manner of man Is this , " Finally , in n fnraway south ern city ho sickened nnd died died very much as ho had lived , Tboro wns no raging delirium or agony of pain , simply a fading fr faculty after faculty , until strange hands folded his across his breast and strange men invoiced his effects. A llfo insurance policy > wns found uindo paynblo to "my own estate , " and when to this was added n little lock of nut-brown hair nnd a bundle of oft-read and tlmo-ycllowod love letters , the Inventory was complete and the llfo secret of this "queer" traveling1 man has been eloquently told. The Journal of Ivnn BttslaossnfT. December 4 Yesterday at 1 o'clock i left Pa-dunk , tuo metropolis , and oamo hero Into - the country for my vacation , Tuo ride In the cars was Incontaitably desirable , but In- : cxctunbljr tiresome. It Is strnngo the country U always so far from the city. It would bo - Ciuch bettor to have the cities built In the country , so ono would not hnvo so fur to iao. I am stopping with a farmer an honest man and well-to-do. The house has but ono story , small with a largo and Ill-kept garaca. Cows nnd horses nro in the barn. A road runs pnst the house lu the front. I have been amusing myself by talking to the people who go nlong the road. Ono ry tall , rawboned fellow had a queer looking thing * on his head. What should liavo been the rim was broud nnd Irregularly regularly drooplyg In different parts , Irnd what was In the plnco'of a crown wasDolutod at the top. It wns made of straw nnd I sang out , "Whero did you cot that hall" But the fellow looked at 1110 sullenly and stalked nlong In silence , never saying n word. Tucro was another arrival a httlo while w offo a dude from Phlladolphia , Ho brought ; n rod ana a fish basket with htm and bo wears glasses. Ho is said to bo stupid , but ho con verses on two subject , the opera and the dross. Ho don't know much about business affairs , I promised myself I would bo silent on this Bubject , fearing to cinburius him. But at dinner I forgot myself. I had my new tennis blazer on aud I felt particularly well. I spoke about tba recent rise in stocks , the Hurry In Wall street , the break In the west L , -Jiound freights , aud the proapoc- § if tlvo earnings of the railroads for the your , I mentioned the suc cess of the English syndicates In buying ucup good American Industries , the wonderful pronU of the telephone companies , and out lined In a few choice sentences the course atof our South Auurlcnn trade during the past tow years , I touched upon the imporUiuco of reciprocity with Caundn nud the desira bility of ocean cables in the Pacific , the ramo us now exist In the Atlantic , I gave the figures of our exports of petroleum to China and Japan , nnd incidentally praised hoed btandard oil company as being uu unmixed blessing to humanity in general and to the people of the far east in particular. In uu- Mvor to a question put to mo by tbo : local doctor , who happened to atop ncro N today , I noli 1 thought boys of the present tiny knew a great deal moro than the men of a provlousRcncratton. Ha looked as though ho would have argued tha point with mo , but I did not propose to glvo him any ndvantazo , and sol continued without pause , I explained why agriculture does not pay ns well HS It did formerly , nnd showed why the cities nro Raining in population at a much moro rapid rnto than the country dis tricts. In a similar manner I demonstrated the principles of llfo Insurance und endow ments find pointed out the difference between local savings banks and national building as sociations. All were charmed with my talk nnd lis tened most attentively. Tbo honest old farmer , who sat nt the table In his shirt slcovos , rnmlo heroic efforts to conceal hlsprldaln mo and his admiration for my blazer , which Is moro showy than any garments no ever woro. Illi wlfo cried out that I was aston ishing nnd that there was nothing In the world of which I could not speak and no sub ject of conversation where i was not at my cose , nnd * o young , too only n Httlo past tlf- tccn years , nnd only In business n short tlmo. When she had said this 1 felt the greatest admiration for myself. Prominent clergymen , physicians and all classes of citizens are unanimous In the en dorsement of Salvation OH , tbo greatest cure of rheumatism , No greater guarantee of the excellence of Dr. Bull's Cough yyrup could bo furnished than that It Is recommended by all the leadIng - Ing druggists. A UANGHKOUS TRIO. Tlielr Arrest Prevents n "Wholesale Jtnlil 011 Oinnlin Safes. Frank Rogers , John Clark and John Cnbe are booked nt the police station as suspicious characters. This charge covers a multitude of sins. In this cnso the prisoners belong to n notorious gang of ' 'strong-box" ' men and are among the most dangerous snfo blowers in the country. They hnvo Just been , released from the Jeffer son City , Mo , , penitentiary , where they served a term of two years and a half for blowing a snfo in St. Joo. Jack Scott , alias "Sketchy,1' the fourth member of the gang , died in prison at Jefferson City about a month ago. The prisoners nro not unknown to the Omaha police , who have had some exciting - citing tussles with them on tanner occasions. During fair week , in September , 1830 , liogers , who has been arrested hero under the aliases of Frank Williams nud Frank Adams , and a partner named Taylor , at tempted to rob n man in broad daylight nt the corner of Tenth nnd Iioavcnwortli. Detective Haze , who was then the patrolman on that beat , attempted to arrest them , when both Urow their guns nnd opened flro. They were captured , ho wovor , nnd bound over to the district court. The prosecuting witness failed to nnpear nnd they were discharged by n Jury. They were rcarrested nud were each lluoil $50 and sentenced to sixty days in Jail for carrying concealed weapons , but their at torney got them out on a writ of error. The gang kept out of sight until the follow ing Juuuary , when Captain Mos- tyn nnd Sergeant Ormsby ar rested Kogors , Yorkle Carroll nnd 01 ark , whoso right name Is Johnny Murray , In n wino room ever Lew HIbDen's place. Shooting Irons were drawn , hut the olllcers got the drop , nnd the crooks again went be hind tbo bars for a short time. Shortly after their release they burglarized and blow the safe ut Evans' steam laundry. Bonl & Behrns' store ntTcuth nnd Dodge and a hldo store at Twelfth and Jackson. The night following the blowing of Deal & Bobrns' safe Captain Cormnck arrested Scott at the foot of Douglas street. No weapon was found on tilm aud the olllcor started with the pris oner for the station. Scott had a revolver slipped up his sleeve , nnd on going n couple of blocks opened lire on his captor. Ono bul let passed through Connack's trous ers nnd another cut a hole through his coat. Ho returned the flro nnd Scott ran toward the river and escaped. It was subsequently learned that ho was shot through the leg , and ho was har bored by Victoria Howell , a colored woman , until ho recovered. The three men were arrested yesterday morning by Detectives Harrigan und Ellis , and were found at a place kept by the Howell woman ot 1217 Vinton streo * , whcro they were keeping out of Blent as much as po s slblo. They arrived In tua city last Monday and were planning a wholesale raid on Omaha strong boxes. So far ns _ known they had not commenced operations , and the alertness of the police has frustrated tholr schemes. At the tlmo of his arrest In 18S7 , Rogers made an nttomptto oscnpo irom the ofd city Jail at Sixteenth nnd Fnrnan ) . The ceiling was of two-Inch bard plno , and ho had cut a ten-Inch hole through it when discovered by the jailor , wheat at that tlmo was Sargoant Slgwart. The tool with which ho did the cutting was a small penknife. The authorities will not allow the gang to stay In Omaha unless It is lu Jnil , and if no .charge will hold them they will bo railroaded to other llelds. Burdock Blood Blttors tnkon after eating will relieve any foollugof weight or over fullness - ness of the stomach. Sold every whoro. * Dr.Birnoy. noao and throat. Boo bldg , No Now City will bo started during the next quarter of a century offering such grand oppor- tuultios for investments as Arunsos Harbor , Texas. r Under the Motor 'Wheels , Thomas Smiles , who resides at the corner of Eleventh and Leavonworth , mot with a painful accident yesterday afternoon while alighting from a car at the corner of Twenty- second nnd Tjcavonworth. Ills foot cauglit on the step nnd ho was thrown violently to the ground , and the wheels of the trailer passed over his foot. Ho was removed to his homo and n surgeon dressed the wound. isO [ will not lese the use of the injured member. Mrs. WInslow's soothing syrup reduces In flammation whlla children are teething. 2 cents a bottlo. Dr.Birnoy. nose and throat. Boobldg. Through couches Pullman -palace Bloopers , dining cars , free reclining chair curs to Chlcnco and intervening1 points via the great Kock Island routo. Ticket olllco 1G02 , Sixteenth nnd Farnum. A Much-Named Family. There Is a family living near the fair grounds In Athens , Go. , consisting of Bovon children. Tbo paronta sooin to like a superfluity of mimes. The first child , nccordingr to the Ledger , la niuned Mary Mngnllna Mundy Mectum Ellzaliotli Betsy Polly Muck Barrett. The second child Is nnmod Alice Georgia Ann Yoromi BarfoU. The third child is nnmod Mattie Fruncls Anna Triinna Uiirrott. The fourth child is named Emory " Sopor "Walker Buster Bitrrott. The fifth child is nnmod Tllo Cory Coston Kstollo Llnlinout .little Isidulor Barrett. The sixth child Is named Monltlno Cinlcar Barrett. The seventh child Is named Efllco Bozma Mondoiiay Virginia Barrett. Dr.Birnoy , nosonnd throat. Beobldg. ' Oanrela Mr. Thomas Grnsharn lias loft at this ofllco a couple of relics that have boon handed down for 200 years , says the Ainoricus Recorder. Ono is a small hatchet , resembling the ono Geortro Washington used , that was given him by his mother , who died sixteen years ago nt the ugo of eighty-six. It was clvou her by her grandmother when fiho was nuito young. The other is a pint flask that is known to bo 125 years old , us it has boon In his father's family that long. It ( s a queer looking , short round llaslc , with the face of Qoorgo Washing ton biowu in the sides. IIo will now glvo thctio relics to his children. The best and surest dye to color the board brown or black , as may bo deolred , Is Buck ingham's dye for tao whiskers. U uovcr folia. THE NEW THEORY. Rev > N. ? T. Mnnn'n Bormnn nt Unity Oliuroh Yesterday. It used to bo said that man began his career In n paradise. The opposite vlow Is now fast coming Into acceptance ; thnt the human be ginnings were very rude indeed , In n world that won no paradise at all ) that the first man was ot the earth most decidedly earthy , and thnt.only by slow nnd unsteady steps hns the , race come forward to bo as wo find It by no means perfect , but measurably civilized , quite immeasurably refined nnd ennobled , In fact , compared with what It once was. Instead of a fall of man there has been na ndvanco of man from the utterly brutish conditions In which ho started to an order of Ufa whloh in Its best forms Is high nnd admirable. The foolish prejudice Is sometimes appealed to that there Is disgrace in tracing one's oriRln ton low order of creature , Just rising above the brute. Surely the ngreeablencss or dUagrccablcncss of an opinion Is not to put forward ns n test of Its truth , but If It wore , it seems to me tbo modern view would lese nothing on the score. To my mind thcrcflls no advantage in having n highly exalted first ancestor whoso excel' lencles can never bo approached. This be ginning high and ending low Is of all concep tions the most nbhorent , It Is the upward tendency thnt Ocllirhts and Inspires , however low the beginning. Small matter Is It where you start from , if your aim Is high nnd your achievement good. As you snueczo the luscious orange you do not object to the sources from which Its Juices came. With out disgust your thoughts go to the roots of the tree , where nature , marvelous alcnomist , Is busy all the year sucking up the vile , ma lodorous com poit to mix with dow and sun- shlno nnd pour out as wlno Into that yellow cup. The result of the process Is good , no matter how it began , There Is delight and satisfaction In all pro gressive , upward moving courses , and It Is in conceiving and executing meas ures of improvement that the chief glory of life consists. Nature's process is evolution , growth : and goodness reached in thnt way is Infinitely better than goodness produced by supernatural flat. Still every theory must nt last stand not on its agreoabloncss , but on Its truth. Is it true that the humunraco had a low orlginl Cer tainly the evidences now all point that way. History itself , as far as It goes , is an Indica tion. It Is a record of progress. The forward movement has not always gone on nt the present rate ; It has at times been arrested , turned back even , but always to be resumed again : so that progress hns been a distin guishing feature of mankind in the largo viow. Marking tlmo by long periods , man Is unmistakably a lower order of creature the farther b.ick wo can tracohlm. Archaeologists determine ) the ago of ancient implements by their rudeness nnd the ignoninco and Im potence shown in the choice of material and In the manufacture. All this points to nn original man of very slight faculty and very poor quality. And this vlow is supported by the whole testimony of geology in respect to animal llfo. liver the observed rule Is that the lower order has preceded the higher. First , the simple , nnd afterward the complex , with mighty interval of progress betxveen. Geology has helped us loan intel ligent notion of how the earth has been shaped by Just disclosing to us the operation of causes now at work. So present human progress , going on before our eyes , opens the secret of the past and the futuie , bringing us by Irresistablo inference to some faint per ception of the loathsome objects who wore our llrst ancestors , nnd pointing us a-down the far luturo to the perfect man dwelling in n vcrltnblo paradise. In this view of thtnra thcro Is room for nil enthusiasms. Wo see that It is not a lost , bankrupt world , condemned and under sus pension of sentence , but a world that is steadily acquiring moral as well as material capital , n world in which every good stroke of worlc helps to build tbo real Eden. It is faith In this idea that has kept the eyes of all the best teachers turned to the future ; that inspired the glorious visions of the second Isaiah ; that llllcd the breast of Jesus with such confident hope of a coming heavenly kingdom. To them the good things were not behind , but before , and this faith it Is , however it is dis guised by strange creeds half believed , that gives the Impulse to every blessed work of human advancement. It Is not to restore a lost paradise tnat the lovers of their race are now laboring , but to create one which no ancient bard or scor'could have dreamed of , and whoso pattern Is not yet fully disclosed. Littleby little old errors and wrongs are put osldo , and the heavenly vision comes to vlow. CATCHING COLD MI2ANS HEAT. Sitting In Stuffy Air Far Bloro Danger ous Thau Itrafts. At this time of the year nothing is more important than an answer to the question , What do wo mean when wo say wo have taken cold ? In a literal su'nso , wo have done no such thing ; nnd a modern writer has suggested that what is called "catching cold" would be bet tor expressed by the phrase catching heat. heat.What What actually takes place is some thing as follows , says the Now York Morning Journal : Wo expose some part of the body to a draft : the surface bo- corao I chilled , and tuo circulation , to II some I extent , Is arrested ; the blood and other lluida are sent In another direc tion. What should have boon 'thrown nut through the surface is turned in on the mucous membranes , and , as tboso parts become congested , sneezing takes pluco ; there la an abnormal quantity of fluids thrown upon the mucous surfaces , and the system makes an effort to got rid of it. 3ty This "taking cold" may bo caused 3tf sitting for ii few momenta In a strong current of cool air. It may bo the back : of the neck that is exposed , or it may ) kO some other past of tbo body. Holding ' the hands in very cold water for a con siderable length of tlmo will cause ono to take cola. Or sitting with cold feet will do the same tiling- , es pecially If the general circulation 18is fooblo. Clothing ono part of the body too much and another part too little will frequently give ono a cold. Anything > that arrests the free circulation of the blood und sondo it in on the mucous sur- face may produce this effect. rr The most frequent cause of all , per haps , of taking cold is the ono stated , that of "catching heat. " Sitting for hours in n room whore the temperature Is 80 degrees or upward und then going } f out into a colder atmosphere frequently produces n cold ; this Is particularly the case where the air is not only hot but Impure. In fnct , wo tnlnk the Impurity has moro to do with it than the heat , and the two combined will rarely fall to cause an iulluonza or u sere throat , sometimes o full fledged pneumonia. By exposing one's eolf to hot , foul nir the l whole skin ia for the tune debilitated , and on reaching a cooler atmosphere the blood is driven from the surlnco , nnd congestion from the mucous membranes will almost certainly follow ; either there Is "cold on the lungs" or a sere throat , or there Is an attacic of acute catarrh. Mnko n Fortune. Don't fail to visit tbo auction sale of city lots nt Aransas Harbor January 7 an idS. Boimots In Oio Tlmo of Henry VIII. In speaking of Milan bonnets , so named from the duchy in which they were first made nnd which were also so fashion able In England in the reign of Henry VIII , Hall says : "Thoy were worn by both BOXCS nnd were composed of the costliest Btulls , cloth of gold and silver , velvet and satin , slushed and puffed keen ? dresses and decorated with a profusion of jewels , spangles , aylots and other pendent ortmmonts. " Don't Forget It , The great auction sale ot city lots takes place at Aransas Harbor , Tox. , January 7 and 8. The tiniest Mourning Fad. Of all the fashionable fads of this great metropolis that accentuation of bomostio crrlof which shows itself in a black shirt , black collar and cuffd and white studs , whlto cuff buttons nmVuvlilto nooktlo la about the most ridiculous , says & Now York letter to the Plttsburg Dispatch. FaeUlonablo Now Y9rk will soon bo din ing nt Dclmonlco's ahu promonnding Broadway with miniature cofllns for jewelry tvnilartlflilnl'tonrs painted on the checks. It ia ' doubtful wliothor suoh people could really shed any , other kind but gonulno hand-painted tears. When women put tholr toddling children In deep mourning1 and rode in the park with their poodles docycd vvlth crape It seemed Unit this sort of thing could ao no further. Now that inon have taken to black shirts nnd table handkerchiefs , however , the onus of tomfoolery Is re moved from the shoulders of woman kind. It is enough touiak'o the dead turnover ever in tholr graves and tear tholr shrouds to ribbons. Dr.Birnoy , nosonnd throat. Bcobldg. 1'nloologug. Jn the parish church of Landttlph , In the eastern extremity of Cornwall , is a small brass tablet fixed against the wall , with the following inscription : "Iloro lyoth the body of Theodore Pnloologus of 1'osaro , In Italy , do- scondcd from the Imperial lyno of the last Christian emperors of Greece , bolng the sonno of Ca- inlllo , the sonno of Prosper , the sonno of Theodore , Iho sanno of John , the sonno of Thomas , Bocond brother of Constantine Piiloologus , the eighth of the name , and last of that lyno Unit rayncd in Con stantinople , until subdued by the Turks ; who married with Mary , the daughter of William Balls of Htullyo , in SulTolko , . nnd had Issue Ilvo ' ' gont. , children , 'i'heo- doro , John , Fordlnando , Maria and Dorothy ; nnd departed tills llfo ut Clyf- ton , the iilst of Jan. , 1030. " Above the Inscription are the Imper ial arms , an ouglo displayed with two heads , the two logs resting uoon two gates ; the imperial crown ever the whole , and between the gates a crescent for difference us second son. Clyfton was an anclons mansion of the Arhndol family in the parish of Lundulph. Big Snlo of City Iiots. The largest auction sale of city lota ever hold in the south will take place at ArunsaR Harbor January 7 and a. When Spectacles tt'oro Invented. Dr. Johnson expressed surprise that such a benefactor to the human ruco ns the discoverer of spectacles should have boon regarded with Indifference. Por- bans this may bo owing to the unfortu nate fact that wo do not know with cer tainty the name of our bonofactor. Popu lar opinion has longngo pronounced In favor of a Florentine monk as the right ful claimant , although some are in favor of Roger Bacon. M. Spoon , in his "Researches Curl , ous'os u'Antlquo ' , " fixes the date of the invention or discovery of spectacles between - twoon the years of 1280 and 1011 , and says that Aloxandro do Spind , having soon * a pair uindo by some other person whowttB unwilling tp communicate the secret of their construction , ordered a pair , discovered the secret and forth with mndo it public. * Italian antiquarians say that the per son to whom Spina was indebted for his information was Salvlno , who died in 1318. and quotes from an ancient manu script his epitaph , whloh says : "Horo lies Salvlno Arnota do Armntl of Flor ence , the inventor of spectacles. May God pardon his sins.1' ' An Italian's Ingenuity. An Italian on the river bank hns solved the problem of giving the child ren an outing with the least'possible oxj ertton to himself , says the Springfield cI Republican. Ho places his three chil dren in a baby carriage , to the handle of which a rope about twenty foot long is tied. The uank behind the house has a gentle decline , so that a brisk push from * the father sends the carryall flying down the grade. When the water's edge is reached the vehicle's flight ti ti is i checked by a cord. But the most ro- murknblo i part of the contrivance is the goat f which draws the contrivance back up i the inclined backyard. The animal is i raado to trot through a long'hall from ono < end of the house to the other. Thus the man can sit inside the rear outside door of the hallway , away from the sun's rays , steer the goat by a well directed kick , while at the same tlmo the Httlo ones are enjoying a delightful toboggan slide amid the refreshing breeze wafted across the stream. Fall Plowing.t There are nearly as many different opinions about the advisability of plow ing land in the fall for spring crops vIS there are persons who write upon the subject , writes Galen Wilson In the National Stockman. Some say , "Plow all the ground you can In the fall , when work does not drive , for it will bo so much gain in the busy spring and crops can go In BO much earlier. " Others ob ject to fall plowing "because it exposes u nude surface to the elements , which in a manner , boat the lifo out of it. " Both classes may bo right and both wrong , according to the quality of the soil and to the weather subsequent to plowing. Hence fnll.plowing is a matter entirely of guess work. It may bo advantageous and it may not , consequently to po slow with this plowing would bo a wise , con servative course. Field after Hold ol sod ground within my observation was plowed for corn a year ngo. The following spring was so wet that the ground could not bo worked until after the grass had grown up between the furrows BO much that to look across them the fields appeared nearly like meadows. Some of these fluids woru planted ut last , but with all the working that cquld bo given them the grass could not bo thoroughly subdued - duod and the crop was monger. Those who plowed In the spring got their planting done earlier and had butter crops. Certainly this-fall plowing was not a hol ] > . Had a/snow como oil soon after plowing nnd remained until spring , and nftor It wont bit there had BO alternate freezing ami thawing , ut heavy rains , then the fall plowing would have boon advantageous. Others of these fall plowed sod fields were allowed to re main until the Invortpd. sod decayed , and then were turned ever and sown in buck wheat. ' I have soon stiff clay fallow land turned in the fall tlfot the elements in winter might pulvnrlzo and render it friable , and the olemants had the con trary effect , for the hoiivy rains fused it so It ran together iJko molten lead and came to plow it again * in the spring ; it was lumpier than Over before ; nnd I hnvo soon this samb soil turned ia the fall and the next spring was "mellow as an ash hoop. " Notably three years ago a field , part of it heavy clay and the rest sandy loam , the clay portion turned up so lumpy that the lumps could not bo re duced. Winter wheat was sown with out the oxpoctlon of getting half a crop on the lumpy part ; but the winter hap pened to bo just right to pulverize1 the lumps , and on that portion of the field the crop was full 50 per cent the bettor. Sometimes there is the advnntngo of fall-plowing that land can bo worked qnmor in spring ; but this is not always so. If the Boll was loam , I would risk fall-plowing for early potatoes , but not for late. Wore I to-grow both oats nnd barley , I would also risk plowing fur the latter , but not for the former , on the principle- that it Is no ! safeto ca y too many eggs in ono basket. I do not Mlovo that rains vrnsh the llfo of soil if there is a compact subsoil. What really occurs is n portion of the soluble fortuity ia carried down no ( loop as plowed , or nonrly so , This In n nJonsur6 takes it out df the rcnoh of surface-grow- ing plants , ns oats nnd barley , Hence freshly plowed land ia bolter for them , Fall plowing is an uncertainty a lot tery. If ono could foretell the vroathor until planting time ho could toll exactly wliothor to plow or not. This subject can bo placed with the Insurance echod- ulo ns "extra hazardous , " A Ilcinnrknbto Crop of i'otntoca. Nonrly ono thousand bushels of pota toes , or , to bo exact , 074 bushels nnd forty-eight pounds , have boon grown on ono ixoro of land In Johnson county , Wyo ming , the past sonson. This crop wins the first prize of several hundred dollars offered by the American Agriculturist for the largest yield of potatoes on ono exact acre. It was grown on virgin soil , without inauuro or fertilizer , but the land wns rich in potash , nnd the copious irrigation was of water also rich In saline material , There were 22,800 hills on ono aero nnd 1,6GO pounds of sots , containing ono , two and three eyes were planted of the Early Vermont and Manhattan varieties. The profit on the crop aero was $711 , ox- cluslvo of $500 In prizes. Another largo croo wns that of U. A. Chlsolm of Del Norto , Colo. , ol 8471 bushels on 1,000 pounds of fertilizer. There was a great interest in the competition in the famous potato growing county of Aroostook , northern Maine , where the crops secured range from 450 to 740 bushels per aero. These crops largely exceed these grown in a similar competition hist year , when 7381 bushels ols of potatoes iu Aroostock county took the grand prize of 81,100. Other prize crops last year wore 105 bushels of oats on ono acre , 80 bushels of wheat nnd 255 bushels of aliollod corn. It appears from the I'osults of the contest that the average - ago western potnto crop on virgin soil Is hnrdlyup to that under ordinary culture in the east , while intelligent fertilization seems equally profitable In bothsectlom. The wonderful operation of the myster ious labrorntory of the soil Is emphasized by the evidence in this competition that crops were increased CO to 100 per cent by the application of actually pure plant food ut the rate of only ono pound to 100 or 200 square foot of land. The buporior- ity of fortizors or choiiiical manures ever stable manure for potatoes Is also onr pluislzcd by the two yoars' ' contest. She Wanted to See n "riK-SticUer. " There's n true story about the Princess Engolichioli fresh from the fair city , Bays the Now York "World. Not long age that beautiful Russian ludy attended n reception given at the Calumotclub. She was regal in old satin and old jewels nniJ was escorted by ono of the handsomest olllcors of the club. In the old settlers room the portrait of Long John Wentworth - worth was pointed out to her. Now , the Into Mr. Wcntworth was far from spir ituollo , and nt the first glance the princess , with a Httlo start , exclaimed looking at a circle of friends , "Do show mo u pig stickorl I have heard so much about the Chicago pig sticker. " The gentleman flushed a Httlo ; there was nn ' 'nudibln sllonco" nnd her hostess replied plied , "Princess you nro on the arm of ono. " Had Hogs on Ills Itlind. Some years ngo there lived in the couhty of Upton , Go , , a pious old divine who was regarded ns ono of the bcs mon in the county , though very occon trio and nt times somewhat abson minded. On ono occasion ho wont on early in the morning for the purpose o separating and penning some hogs after calling and wearying for SOUK time , ho failed to make the desired divi slon and was about to glvo it up In des pair. About this tlmo his old lady callct him to breakfast ; ho at once obeyed th summons , with nothing on his mind bu his hogs ; ho hurriedly entered the din ing-room , throw down his hat , seatoi himself at the table , drooped his hoa < imd with uplifted hands cried alou' "pig-goop. " If a a tign that you need bofpwhen pimples , blotches , and eruptions begin to ap pear. Your blood needs looking vafter. You'll havo'graver matters tlinn pimples to deal with , if you neglect it. Dr. I'icrca'a Golden Medical Discovery prevents and cures all diseases and disorders caused by impure blood. It invig orates the liver , purifies the blood , and promotes all the bodily func tions. For all forma of scrofulous , skin and scalp disease , and oven Consumption ( which is really limg'- Bcrofula ) in all its earlier stages , it is a certain remedy. It's the only ono that's guaranteed , in every case , to benefit or cure , or the money is refunded. It's n matter of confi dence in one's medicine. It is the cheapest blood-purifier Bold , through druggists , because you only pay for the good you get. Can you ask more ? Tbo "Discovery" nets equally all the year round. To euro nillopinoss. Sick IIciuUclio. Constlpatldo , Idalarlo. l.lior Complaints , take the eolo and certain remedy , SMITH'S BILE BEANS TTco the SMALT. SIZE (40 little bonru to fbe bet tlo ) . Ther are tbo moat convenient : eult all wu. i'tlco of cither elio , 28 cenu per buttle. 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" th Wonderful Spanlih Ilcmrdr , cnrcs all Nervous UlBcaici , such m Weak Mem. cry , Iosa of Bruin 1'tiwer , Headache. \Vnkefnlne s , Lo l Mnnhood , Nervous- nee * , J.xteltudo , all drains and loti ol power of ihe Oencrntlvo On-nti" , In either icr , cmucd bjr ovcr-excrtlon , youthful InillBcretloni.or the exccMvo u e of tnlmcc < ir > plnmor etlmnlajti , ublch ultimately lead to Infirmity , ContnmiilloD nnd Insanity , Put un In couvcnlaut form to c rry In the veil pocket. Prlcu $1 npacknce , orfl for Si Sent by mull to any mtdrcso ) Clicular fmc. ilea tlon tills tmpcr. Ailduxi niDniuciiKmuLco. , m itarbornfn.ctitc < roiil. HJ1CHAI.K IN OMAHA. Nl.ll. . UY Kuhn A Co. Cor , ISIIi & . DouclnH Mrret * . J. A. rullcr A. Co. , cor. Hlli cV lout'ln StrccU. A , II Kortpr & Co. . Council Illutli. Iowa. NEBRAS/CA National Bank IT. 8. DEPOSITORY , OMAHA , HUB. Capital. - - - - $40OOOO Surptun Jan. 1st , 1890 - B7.0OO Offleiriuul Director-- Henry W , Y tei , Vreilden j litoltS. li d , Vloo-rrmldcut ; Jarnn W. Hkragii , W , vTuorM , John B. Coilloi , It. C. Cmhtm , J. H. K Fkltlok , W , U. B. nuiiliu , ctihlcr. THE IRON BANK. Corner 12tb and rarnara 8t . Ocnnrnl llanklnir Dunlnoii Trnmiiotnd Foulamci Ovr.v-.pr. Ixtnuo'i I'orlodlcal Pllti oKrontUrumDiljr. nelon the memtriml tjtiem and cure Bupitrcixlon irouarliatUTer ciuiio. I'rocaot * KiKU t. , near . O. , Uniaia ! . . ucer , Ho Omalmi M. I' . Kiln. Oounoll IlluUt it. ur 4 for U DR. GlaUOK. EYE AND EAR , Barker lllock , IStliaod Varuaiu. TeUpaouoGM