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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1898)
HE OMAHA ; SUNDAY BEE PAGES 17 TO 24. I "II JUNE 19 , 1871. * OMAHA , SUXDAY MOK1MNG , MAY 15 , 1898. SIXGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. 3 GRAND SPECIAL SALES TOMORROW ON SALE MONDAY 10,000 Men's and Boys' 16th Mil Douglas SUITS tibana. bought from Benediot & - Co. , Milwaukee , at. 40c on JL11MDtlStSOK- , the dollar , PROPRIETORS. I SILKS-ORE : $1.00 Black Silks 29c A sacrifice Bale of many muntliH'acuiiniiilutlon of hitrn class black and colored China Silk In dross lengths nnd skirt length * , froml to 15 yards , all oxtru high clti's and many a yard wide , In fact the blggost bargain of fru.h , per fect goods over sold In our silk depart ment Wash Silks Stripes , Checks 50c quality , at Pure silk Black Grenadine in small and largo designs , the 75c quality , at Plain iron frame pure Silk Grenadines 24 inches wide , actually worth 1.25 on sale at Our best $1,00 Qualify Black Taffeta at. Black Satin Duchesse 98c Exceptionally wide , vury heavy , thu 81.50 quality , at. Pure silk Lam Plaid Taffitas lor waists , the 81.00 quality TO SUCCEED AS A SALESMAN Have But One Thing to Sell and Know Tour Line of Goods. ADVICE FROM A VETERAN DRUMMER Coticrnirntlou nn'd Truthfnlnria the Secrtn Work Uy Di yf Tr v l by Muht Home Sale * IB OB SeuNuui. I have traveled twenty year * and never tolssed a season. 1 have been married eight years and only spent ono Christmas with my wife. But I would rather be a traveling talesman than a lawyer or a doctor. Per haps It Is true that to succeed at anything a man must prefer that thing. If I am to bo guided by my own experience thcro nro also other essentials to oven a reasonable success ; Know your goods , know your mar ket , know your customers. Work by day nnd travel by night. Keep your digestion nnd your temper even. Keep your eye clear and your hand steady , and tell your customers the truth not fairy stories , not even "good stories. " The commercial traveler who carries a pistol , a pack of cards , a bottle of whisky nnd a box of cigars In his satchel doesn't hold out. As n type ho Is rapidly disappear ing. The merchants of the United States have gotten educated beyond him. Goods ure no longer sold on friendship. They must have merits of their own and they must bo offered for sale at the right time. Antlclpa tlon Is halt the battle. In the development of thla country the part placed by commer cial travelers Is rarely considered. Yet It Is a most Important one. But It Is a great deal easier to go out ami do a thing than It Is to tell how It Is done. Instead of the commercial-traveler's work being a picturesque spree , with good stories , good cigars and perpetual parlor car E-its. It Is after all governed , by exactly the same rules OB those which regulate any other business. Ho Is the middle man between the seller and the buyer and ho must com mand the respect of each of them. In orile- to do this ho can't well avoid being -iuth- ful , courteous and polite. Instead of loafing , drinking and exchanging jokes with the people along his route , he must work hard each day , say one town a day. and travel by nights to the next stopping place. U Is hardly necessary to cay that he must feel well and keep well to be able to do this , and his dlgrMjgn pnist be equal to almost any kind of food be finds. Jt my 6\vu cxperiCncil of any value to young men who may think of starting out in this business , they are welcome to it. I bo- Ban on tbo road about the time I reached my majoilty ; already I had served a useful ap prenticeship In the retail trade. Why was that useful T Because you can't sell goods unless you know them ; you can't convince a customer unless you can answer his ques tions and anticipate his objections. There's no use wasting time In trying to make friends with him unless you can sell him goods. Drinking with him and telling hint torlcs docsu't count tor much nowadays. Colored Dress Goods. Special puivhase of about two cases of strictly all wool and pure silk mixtures , 41 inches wide , in all the dc- sirublu summer col orlngs , a very pop ular fabric , that has never been re tailed at less llinn ifl.50 a yard , our price ; Another lot of AVool Checks in the new combinations of blue and white , M brown and white , black and white and green and wiiito , so popular for H entire suits , H the 2.JC quality at Everything that is new in the Covert line for tailor made suits , bicy cle suits , 52 in. wide , in all the new late shades , regular 1.50 quality , on sale for Monday at Black Dress Goods. Sl. 50 quality Mohair Frieze Crepons in the Bayadere stripes and plaids , also figured Granite Cloths , Lizard Cloths on sale at just one-half price 75 cents per yard $1.00 quality Black Etamines 44 in. wide , on sale at. . . It's more and more straight goods and straight business. I'lHtulN Are Not \ecen Hle . Every week I get letters from friends ask ing advice about the road. I believe It is true that I am the oldest man In my line , dry goods specialties , traveling out of New York. For twenty years I have made regular trips through the southwest. I have never carried a pistol In that time and never needed one In spite of the saying that when you need a pistol In Texas you "need It like h 1. " I never saw trouble that I felt I had to take any part in. Indeed I never carried a weapon since my early days , when there were not so many railroads , and I had to make wagon trips , sometimes by night , from one backwoods town to another , with a colored man driving me and a ride on the scat by my side. When a young man asks how ho can start all I can say Is , begin In a small way. Ex perience and reputation , in your line , arc absolutely necessary to secure employment by a good house at good money. Until you have these , try for them , as a retail sales man , anywhere. Unknown quantities arc not wanted In big houses. There are certain kinds of trade , such ns the shoe , the hat nnd the clothing , which do nearly nil their business by means of travel ing salesmen. And they do nearly all of It I In four or flvo months of the year. These ' salesmen go out in Slay and June to take j their Jail orders n.id they go again In iro- J vember and December to take their spring orders. A salesman who would travel ten month : ) In the year and carry five times as | mauv goods could not sell any more than tht-y fo ! In four ur five. Which Indicates that thcro are two kinds of salesmen , the "plliors , " who grind away all the time , and the men who bunch their hits , to use a basc- bnllism , anticipate their customers' de mands , sell spring goods , say , In my line , in j j November and December , go out In March to [ keep In touch wl h their customers and then spend , the \\arm months In Now York selling goods In their own houses to their road cus tomers who have como on here to buy for the fall. While it is true that It la the | advance business that pays , It Is also true that there Isn't any man who can make what I call a salary unless he sells goods In Now York as well as on the road. While mer chants came to New York twenty years ago more than they do now. It Is still true that they continue to come on now at certain times. It 1 > In New York , then , that the traveling salesman who has been In their stores , and mixed with them , knows what they want and how to sell to them. And It Is hero above all that the value ot the traveling salesman to his parent house Is proven , above all mercantile agency reports. Dealing With Cnntoniern. The best customer last year may not be so good this year ; discounts may have fallen off , Ill-health hurt his business ; ho may have quarreled by letter with the home house. Now , the home house not only wants to weed out undesirable customers , but to replace them with good ones. It Is the experienced traveling salesman who alone can know not only when but where to go. It I tell a southwestern merchant In July , In New Yoik , that I will bo In his place on December 1 , and I've always "toted fair" with htm , he'll wait to buy ray line ot good * until he sees my samples. I have traveled 2,000 miles In one week , and 000 miles In CARPETS. Tomorrow we will place on sale hundreds of rolls of the finest Moquettes , Wiltons , Velvets and Tapestry Carpets , bought at the great auction sale in New York. All absolutely perfect and in the newest designs. $1.50 CARPETS FOR 75e 90e BRUSSELS CARPETS 49c yd All the nioquette , axminster , Hundreds of rolls of the wilton and velvet carpets , 75c90e , best and prettiest worth up to $1.50 yard , all in 75c designs in 49c latest , designs prettiest patterns and colors , 10 WIRE BRUSSELS go at 75c a yard. carpet , go ak49e yard. On Bargain Squares in Basement , Infant's fancy colored * * Moccasins Ladies' black serge congress shoes Ladies' kid , comfort , OQp house slippers H ? ! Children's dongola button shoes , si KIM I to 5 Chilrts' spring heel , don- golu , button and luce , black and tan shoes , sir.cs 5 to 8 , go nt 05c und Misses' und child's black and tan , IUCR and button , phocs , 8i to 11 and 12 to 2 , go at OSc nnd Misses' and child's black arid tan slippers , und oxfords , gout7ncand Youth's summer , can vass top shoes Br.ys' nnd youth's black and tan calf shoes , go at $1.15 , OScand Men's $1 tennis shoes Ladies's black dongola , button and lace'shoes , Men's leather and velvet P ft ) sllppcro , 51M C goat 7. " > o , 09c and * ww another week , and made from flve to seven towns In each. Oa the 26th day of last November I was In Dallas , on the 28th In Waco , on the 29th In Oalveston , on December 1 In Houston , and on December 2 in Fort Worth. That would measure only about 700 miles over the state , but It was 1,000 the way I went. Expenses ? Expenses don't cut any figure. You must get the business , no matter what It costs. Your expenses may be $60 one week nnd $160 the next To meet them you draw drafts on the parent house not on a bank. I never knew a reputable house to refUBo to pay a draft drawn by .a reputable traveling man. And for integrity " traveling men ore away above the "average. The old timer who drank hard and told stories Is no longer "In It. " The merchant of today knows when he is "getting a run for his money. " It dosen't do any harm to "Jolly" him a bit ; naturally , you wouldn't take your troubles to him. Tact and truthful ness generally win. And sometimes you tell him a story you have heard. HlK Innomc * Made liy Good Men. Experienced men , who have their health , are never out of a Job. Such a one who travels with a special line of goods for a big house may make $12,000 or $15,000 a year in commissions. Many of them make from $6000 to $8,000. $ A good house salesman la a big house may eell In the market ( that Is , In Now York City , of course ) a million del lars' north of general dry goods In a year. But ho couldn't possibly go out on the road with general camples and sell half that amount In a year. Yet a good traveling ; salesman with a special line of dry goods j might sell on the load a million dollars' north of his specialty. So the cost to gen eral lous.s Is less than to special lines to sell their goods , and the general salesmen get paid le a. Concentration Is what pays the house as well as Its travelers. Know your market , know your customers and know your special line ot goods. Every successful road sales man has offers 19 take out side lines. But I have always refused ; Its better to have one thing to cell and to sell that and nothing else. In all my twenty years on the road I have never been Insulted , never had a personal altercation. And the one Christmas that my wife did spend with me she traveled 2.0CQ miles to do It. But I lore my builncss ; I wouldn't giveIt up , even If , like some habits , It Cess "unfit a man for anything he. " HENRY W. CHAPMAN. Major G. A. Studer'a Opinion. Tn a recent letter from Washington , D. C. , to an old friend. Major Q. A. Stumer , for twenty years United States conaul at S'oga- pore. saya : "White at De Molnes I became acquainted with a liniment known as Cram- berUla1' } Tiin uaiiii , hlh I found excel- luil ogaln&t rheumatism an well aa agalntt eorenras of the throat and cheat ( giving me much coaler breathing. ) I had a touch of pneumonia thla week , and two applications freely applied to the throat and cheat re lieved me of It at once. I would not be without It for anything. " A Rome paper caye that the pope Invited all his relatives to Rome a short time ago In order to arrange some family matters and to make them acquainted with the provUlons of hit private will. The pope has never I publicly left the Vallcan since his election to St. Peter's chair , and Is said to have' ' left the Papal palace but once secretly , and that by nlgbt. In order to vlilt his brother when ho was dying In a village near Rome , SELLING EXTRAORDINARY 2 shoe stocks and Price & Wolff's Sample Shoes. All on bargain squares. Bargain counters Nos. 4 , 5 , 0. Prito & Wolff'H ' suniplo chocs and oxford ties , worth from J.1.50 to $7 a pai.1 , nar- tow widths , all the ' .hifhest . grades . of shoo making in America - - ica , the finest shoos ovcc.put on sale , , 111 your choicn of the entire * lot ( ifrtainplos , worth up to 37 , goat Bargain counters No3. 7 , 8 , 9 , 10. 1.000 pair Of the flnb-tt Rochester made shoes in the oxtroraost of the extreme tiow-fttylos inado to retail at $5 und (3 ( pnir'gon.t $3 , $3.60 nnd $3.75. These in clude all the new silk plaid tops , silk vesting tops and Bcroll < pattern tops. On bargain counter No. 31 in-bascnient. 200 pairs lii * ? * t\ Ltidics' black , tarn Oxford Ties " ' roado to rotnU at two dolliiW-1 * go at 75o and > In centur aisle , main floor , shoe dopt. 30 CHKCS of ffl Lad it's' black , tan , JK purple , green und T 50 wine colored Oxford Tin all hand turned , worth up to (4all widths nnd < 9 fin " tees , goat fc'UU WAR EFFECT ON-LITERATURE Well Known Writers Who-Have Gone to the Front as Correspondents THE ' OPPORTUNITY 'of A LIFETIME Xt J' * I'ocni * _ nn ! ? oak on Wnr A Popular KaniinH Editor and 111 * Work Notenlou Book * and .Author * . Naturally the i most ! active branch of literary production now Is war correspond ence , and there Is a good deal of controversy as to how far It.is "realistic" and how far "romantic. " I Jcfoubt ( f any former war enlisted the pens of so many really capable writers as this ono ha * . A number of men ot such assured position as authors that they might have remained at home In their studies , comfortably writing books , have put aside the novels , histories , or whatever they were engaged upon , and hurried to the front , In the service of the newspapers and magazines. I have already noted how Richard Harding Dqvlu'ancl ' Stephen Crane abruptly concluded pleasant sojurns In Lon don at the flrst assurance * of hostilities , and got away to the scat of war as rapidly as possible. Davis represents the London Times ; Crane , as I mentioned In a former letter , the London .Chronicle . and the New York World. Representing the New York Sun Is John R. Spears , who has lately com pleted a history of th American navy from Its origin to the presently. He Is likely to bo able to write it .continuation of the ' work from his own ob er'vatlons. Frederick Remington , who Is TJetlrauthor and artist , Is out for Harper's \Yceklr ; and with him are associated the artists , R. P. Zogbaum , C. T. Chapman nndYA. / . Rogers ; nnd O. K. Davis , a well known newspaper man ; Casper W. Whitney ; u\nhor of "On Snowshoes - shoes to the Barren Grounds , " and the great authority on'sports-and athletics ; and Harold Martin , a young- man whoso name has not yet appeared , 11 believe , ' on a book , but who has published a tow short stories of no ordinary kind , and who , at the opening of hostilities , was writing tyery Interesting letters to Harper's Wtekljr' ' from Cuba , de scribing , especially , toe distribution of the relief stores among the reconoentrados. Writer * ni the'Front. Among o'.hers who are out representing Important Journals ar * Stephen Bonsai , whoje r.-cent to-k , "Real Condition of Cuba Today , " gave Just the Information the people of the Unltde States were wishing they could get ; Jame * Creelman , Morrtll Goddard , Edward Marshall ( the three last named representing the New York Journal ) ; Wilbur J. Chamberlln , jlarold M. Anderson and Walsteln Root ( all three representing the New York Sun ) ; and representing the New York Tribune , Charles M. Pepper , Henry M. Stcgmon and Robert G. Dill. Along with Stephen Crane for the New York World are Alexander Kencaly , William { Shaw Howen , Sylvester Scovel ( a man of old experience In Cuba ) , and Ralph D. Paine. Mr. Spears , In addition to the Sun , Mill represent also Harper's Weekly ; Mr. Bargain counter 1 , main floor. Ladies'$3 Shoes for $1,50 , 1000 pairs women's button and lace , S150 black and tan shoes , worth up to 93 , goat 'Bargain counter Wo. 2 , Ladles' $5 Bicyelo Shoes , $1.08. 400 pairs woman's flno bicycle nhoes , all differ ent styles , nil widths , colors and si-.es , worth up to 34.00 and $5 , go at Bargain counter No. 8. * 3 , 84 , ? 5 Vesting Top Shoes. Sl.OS. 500 pair ladies' black tan and fancy silk- vesting top shoes , inado to retail for $3 , 94 , * , " > , go at ( Remington , In addition to Harper's Weekly , will represent also the Now York Journal , and Mr. O. K. Davis. In additional to Har- | pe8 ' Weekly , will represent the New York Sun and McClurc's Magazine. For the Sun n'.Eo are Frank R. Richards , Benjamin C. Hcald , jr. , and Jose dc Armas. For the Tribune also are A. H. Mecklln , David B. Harris , W. T. Klrby , W. B. Cleague , J. A. Hr.lloran , J. P. Clarkson , and Marlon Lucas. Others that I know of as out for .tho Journal - | nal arc George H. Dickinson , Joseph N. i Quarl , Alfred Henry Lewis and Karl Decker. I Others that I know of as out for the World are Sepptnga Wright , Henry N. Gary , Ed ward D. Harden , Hilary A. Herbert , Mr. Cor bet and Mr. Tuoby. It would be fcorlng the reader , perhaps , to extend this enumeration , and if lists were J added for other New York papers and for ' 'papers In other cities they would only i emphasize what I think already clearly 'enough ' appears that enterprising editors arc not going to miss any news for lack of ' good men at the centres of action , and that men of the best ability and the largest ac quaintance with the people and localities In volved have gone into the service. Wnr lilternture. It was almost amusing , the promptness with which the war made Its presence mani fest In the publishers' book Hats. On the 'very flrst day after U bacamo a certainty 'one ' firm was able to advertise a full news paper column of titles of books more or less relating to war. Some straining was re quired to achieve the feat , the war element In several of the books named bolng much tin the proportion of fruit to pastry In the first straw bjrry shortcake , but still It was a pretty good show , and must have stirred some envy In pub'Ishcrs whoso stock , pick It over as they would , yielded nothing that Im plied or sympathized with a breach of peace. -Tho outbreak Is thus a lesson that , perhaps , 'publishers ' , like the government , will heed , I nnd hereafter beware of keeping too ex clusively to a peace basis. They will see to It that they have somewhere on their shelves a few good , fold ) war books , to be dusted off and brought out , and relied on , In any sud- 'denly arisen crisis. It Is a problem that Is giving publishers of books and of periodicals not a little anxiety , what effect the war Is likely to have on their business. On books of the less necessary kind books that require a particularly good humor on the part of the public in order to get sold the first effect can scarcely help but be disastrous. And the same is true of the more luxurious Journals. But books and Journals accordant with the war sentiment and Interest are likely to enjoy , for the moment at least , a distinct "boom. " Journals which depend fw their profits al most solely on the advertising patronage they enjoy are the ones that least know where they are at. for who can forecast what advertisers will do In such times as these ? H is not the war correspondent alone whose literary opportunity Improves under an outburst of actual hostilities. The war poet also Is furthered. While Mr. Kipling easily leads In this department , as In some others , there has lately come forward an excellent second to htm In Henry Newbolt. Since- the publication of his little book , "Ad mirals All" A book aimed more at friendly than at genera * circulation poems of his begin to be frequent In the English journals , and they are alio making their way Into the J3.AZG1JJVS IN MILJJNERY Monday We Place on Sale 500 Beautifully Trimmed LEGHORNS . . . WHITE AND FANCY- COLORED HAND MADE HATS-Trimmod with flowers , wings , chiffon , .ribbons and other popular fancies everyone ono worth $10,00 fresh from our popular work rooms and offered to you with the as- suranuo and puarantoo that they are the most btylish hats and greatest values of tliQ Boason as lony ns they lust at 81.03. $4,98 SHIRRED HATS Made over wire frames , trimmed with ilowers , silk Mousseline do Soic , ornaments and wings , black and white also the new pop ular colors , as shown in our windows , at $2.08 T\vo leading New York manufacturers * flower stocks the finest artificial llowors in the world AT 25c. ON THE DOLLAR , 900 dozen all told , including hand made , hand colored Flowers , the most striking and most fashionable of every conceivable kind , consist ing of sweet peas , poppies , crushed roses , violets , corn flow ers , American beauties , carnations , foliage and hundreds of others top.mnrisr.Qus.to mention Flowers worth $1.00 , 85a and 50c , all go at LADIES' BLACK PANAMA SAILORS , trimmed with ribbon and edged with 69c ribbon the § 1.50 kind at G9c American journals. I read in manuscript the other day one that had just been ac cepted for early publication In one ot our leading monthlies. It was a "hymn , " apt to the present time of "war and tumults/ ' marked by a flno exaltation of expression and sentiment and also by an Impressive and noble movement. Mi * . Newbolt Is a London barrister , In active practice , and Is now 38 years old. He Is a beardless , grave-faced , delicate and sensitive-looking man , and rather discredits In his physique the account that ho Is an ardent and skillful horseman and sportsman. He Is an Oxford man a contemporary at Oxford of Anthony Hope and like Anthony Hope , Is the son of a clergyman. Though his name is still new to the general public , ho has not just begun to write. Ten years ago bo printed privately a small book ot verse , and flve or six years ago be published a novel. Despite the exclusive form of which It appeared ( that of a do luxe brochure ) , "Admirals AH" Is having a large sale. A full grown book of poems Is to bo published by Mr. Newbolt this fall. A I'upulnr Knnmui. Of young American writers none Is hav ing a more enviable prosperity , at least so far as the urgency of the editors goes , than William Allen White , author of "Boyvlllo" and other stories and editor of a newspaper at Emporla , Kan. Mr. White's work has now appeared In the Atlantic Monthly , Scrlbner's and McClure's ; be has , I under stand , a story coming out before long In Harper's , and , the best of It for him Is , that all the editors for whom ho has written once are solicitous to have him write naln. The desire to have once or twice accepted au thors wrtto again Is not as Inevitable In the breasts of editors as persons not In the secrets of the craft might suppose. Indeed the doing of ouc acceptable story or article carries only moderate assurance of ability to do a second ; and many a novice lins . found his way just about as much to make after bnlf a dozen acceptances as before. 11 have known instances where , after that many und perhaps more , writers have failed to make their way in any Induring fashion and have had , In the end , to resign literature entirely. The special distinction of Mr. White , from the outset , has been that his work carried the conviction that what ho had done once could do again. This con viction lay In the perfect simplicity and genuineness of the work. It was not forced or made up. The material used was the material of cvcry-day life ; a material that Is always abundant ; and when a man has the gift of using this be Is not likely soon to write himself out. E. C. MARTIN. OUT OF TUB OIIUHVARY. In Switzerland , where the state owns the telephones , a message may bo talked to any part of the democracy for C cents. The "biggest vessel on the lakes" has Just been launched once more. This one Is 450 feet long and It has ben named the Superior City. City.Lord Lord Dufferln Is said to have twelve white cats , almost exactly alike , for which be paU te.ooo. The only three-story house outside of the South Gate at Hong Kong , and of which the natives are very proud , was built by a lucfcstlonal beggar. The wealth of the United States has In creased a little over { 21,000,000,000 In the last decade , ana H now stands at the bead of all nations In wealth per capita and at the foot In debt per capita. The trumpet upon which Trumpet Majoi Joy of the Seventeenth Lancers sounded thi order for the charge of the light brigade at BalaKlava , with Joy's four medals , was soli ! at auction In London recently for 7& ( gulreas. The mayor of Foggla , In Italy , hat granted a public holiday to tbo villagers ot that Interesting old town in honor of th < brptlsm of the children of a Slgnora Rosi Zurlo , who recently presented her husband with four sons , all born on the same day , nnd who ore now to be called Dante , Pet- rarca , Tasso and Arlosto. It Is said that Mary Powers of Milton , Pa. , on 'coming out of a trance , resulting from the administration of ether , given foi the purpose of extracting a tooth , predicted that a well known man of that town would die at 6 o'clock that- night , and that the death actually occurred. U la claimed for Amhcrst that It Is the banner town In Massachusetts as regards Its public library , there being In It 70,000 volumes to supply a population of less than 0,000. The townspeople , too , have access to the college library of 20,000 volumes , and to two other free libraries well supplied with books. The carriage In which the late Dr. Evans diovu the Empress Eugenie to the Norman coast In 1STO was to have been sold recently In I'nrls , but at the last moment It was de cided to place It in the' Evans museum and the coaihman who drove on the historic oc- cnnlon was given charge of the vehicle. Cossack regiments are being drilled In crossing rivers on a novel sott of Impro- vlRcd bridge. Seven or eight lances nro parsed between the handles anil tops of a dozen cooking kettles and are held firmly In place by the handles , beside being tied together with forage ropes. A dozen such bundles fastened together form ono section of n raft or lloatlng bridge , and are capable of sustaining half a ton of weight. A sec tion can bo put together In twenty-flvo minutes. Tlio reputation of the French ns a spe cially Hobvr nation Is suffering of late. It thi statistics of consumption may be relied upon. This increase In use seems to bo greatest In the northern departments , whcret beer Is rapidly supplanting wine. This cl'iulies the German conquest. In the south. cn-J especially In the wine-growing districts the national drink is still favored , and tbo cnntumptlon , of beer Is almost a negligible quantity. The Increase in drunkenness baa led the government to lower the octroi duty on wine and Increase the charge on alco < hells liquors. A 3IAIDU.VH "XO. ' Harlem Life. Long In secret liad I worshipped * Every winning girlish Krnce. And for long my heart had cherished All the beauty of her face. 'Till I asked , ono evening , chatting In the ilre'x dancing light , Would It very much offend her It I stole a kiss tonight ? "Yos , of course , " she quickly answered ! Adding sharply , "Don't you dare. The impertinence to ask me ! Why , you knew that I would care. " And she really iieemcd BO angry That I dropped the subject quite , And we talked of other matters Till the tlmo to Bay good-night. When she stood a moment , smiling- , And ho tosued her pretty head An she looked at me. and , laughing. Then thin little maiden said : "That'H tbo way with all you fellows Who write slfly little rhymes. In the tlmo you spent In asking You could kiss me fifty tlmetl1 *
