13 GRAND CLIMAX 1 Boys' $1.30 Suits at 75c Vestee and Sailor Cherlot Suits for boys. In sizes i to S-mrde to ell by tbo Dcllpee Cloth- w Ing Company for $ I. SO tomorrow at Ov $1 Eclipse Clothing Co. Pants 25c All tha fine boy a' pants from tho Eclipse Cloth ing Company panta that aro Intended to aell at $1 Excelsior waist bands suspenser but- C ton, all wool materials, etc., at mOw l UJrTopE OF THE GREATEST CLOTHING SALE T HI era If 111 La Ls i A II A LOW TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MAY 2. 1903. S Ail EVER HELD IN OMAHA. Entire Sample line of High Grade Boys' Clothing bought from the Eclipse Clothing Co., 18 and 20 W. 4th St., New York ON SALE SATURDAY. ft Eclipse Clothing Go's $2 Knee Pants Suits, Eolipse Clothing Go's $3 Knee Pants Suits, Eclipse Clothing Go's $4 Knee Pants Suits " Eclipse Clothing Go's $5 Knee Pants Suits, Absolutely the Most Gif antic Bargain Offers ever made in Boys' Fine Cltthin;: Boys' flno vestee, Norfolks, double' breasted styles and sailor, made to sell by the Eclipse Clothing Co. at $2, On Sale Saturday at High grade little suits In all the popular styles and cloths, made to sell by the Eclipse Clothing Co. for $4, On Sale Saturday at Very stylish sailor Norfolks, three piece suits, sailors, eta, made to sell by the Eclipse Clothing Co. at $6, On Sale Saturday at 1.98 Boys' fine Norfolks, sailors, double breasted styles, etc,, In pretty materials made to aell by the Eclipse Clothing Co. at $3, On Sale Saturday at Boys' three piece suits, Norfolks, sailors, etc., handsome style, made to Sell by the Eclipse Clothing Co. at $5, On Sale Saturday at Very highest grade suits for boys, prettiest ever shown In Omaha, made to sell by the Eclipse Clothing Co. tor $8 and $10, On Sale Saturday at All of tha Eclipse Clothing Company's $7.50, $9 and $10 Long Pants Suits at $4 98c Ca, urn J& m Qlf ffMWHP 2.50S MTR u il l !,5 rl til tha $11.50 Suits l $5.98 All tho $12.50 Suits at $6.08 All tha $15.00 Suit! at $5.88 An Immense choice of fine garments. Every buyer can be suited according to his taste. These suits were made for swell New York trade No offer like this ever made before. w mm 1 U H 2 Tomorrow is the last day of the greatest clothing sale ever held in the west As a record breaking offer for the last day we announce: Every suit in iho Ilackotf Carhart Stock tomorrow at This Is an offer that comes once la years. These elegant suits have been admired by thousands lor their beauty. We have taken suits from the entire New York stock and placed them In one lot at one price for a grand bargain Saturday, All the Hackett-Carhart Pants at $I-aii the j high grade separate pants from the Hackett VJI Carhart stock, worth $2 and $8, tomorrow at ... . 'SmMnjnnanjijxjiJaa..; i ""J)WJ"!BSBH Men's Correct Spring Hats ,r.-Ji;0,.-'C0rTl0MT KM Is Every Correct and Stylish abape seen first at Bran dels'. Stiff Hats -In all the Sprlti hades late shapes at-3, 12 and Jl Soft HatsThe swell brown, grays and blacks all the popular shapes? f CA at-W, 2and $l dl Brandels Special Hats are the swellest and must favored styles to be found In the country every one specially de signed fur style and durability Q-l a 13 hat at ...Jit 33c and 50c Neckwear AH tbe swell Spring styUs and shades tomor c f uxr at special sale 25c and . . . .' ' I J L Jl. "JT. Ptnnbtis $c &on Big Sale of Shirts and Underwear T5c Underwear at 35c The famous TVilZtcim Bros, make in French !( Hale and mercerized ilk, a doien different ahadcajust the weight you want for jfrjfz tpring and early aummer, at 50c 1.50 $1 Shirts at 50o Here are the swell new outing ahirtt for apring pretty new patterna every late novelty well made and perfect Jilting, at Illgrri Grade Outing- Shirts The swollest spring snirts that will be nhown thin season not a shirt that ls not worth double what we ask big special otlor at Big Sale of Suspenders, worth 50c, at 15c Great Sale of Caps at 15c All the Late and Popular Effects for lien and Boys. A manufacturers' entire sample line of men's, boys' and chil dren's Caps. Golf, yachting, automobiles and wide brim sailors swellest effects of -this season worth as high as $1.00 tomorrow only, in basement, at ?J. y ffcnhf pn?f. y. Ptnbtlc pen 15c FORAGE PLANTS FOR RANGE Alfalfa snd Broms Grw Beit Suited to 8 mi-Arid Pegion. CATTLEMEN DISCUSS SUBJECT AT MEETING Prof. I.yon ot Siebrak Eperlmt Station Vlnlt Colonel Torrr' Hork Conntjr Hnnr Adree Farmers on Korw Problem. Prof. T. U Lyon ot the Nebraska Bx perlment station recently visited tho ranch of Colonel Jay L. Torrey In Rock county, Nebraska. Tbo people In that vicinity wished the professor to discuss the matter of forage and one evening he gava the fol lowing addreat, -vhlch was followed by a general dlacwslon: "It was with great pleasure that I ac cepted your kind Invitation to visit your city and meet your people. I wish to ex press my appreciation of tbe kind reception you have given me and my regard for the people I have met. I have spent tbe day driving over the surrounding country and I have been struck by tbe great pos sibilities which it possetsrs for the produc tion of forage. Thto region lying at the very head of the Elkhorn river, and fur nishing tbe begtnnlnga of that stream In the form of innumerable small lakes and water couraea, produces a condition' that, while not peculiar in this respect, is, how ever, not found In a great many parts of western Nebraska and certainly no place In tbe eastern part ot the state. These long stretches ot country with soil saturated with water varying in depth from a tew Inches to twelve or fifteen feet, give prom ise of raising successfully a variety of forage plants, using the more shallow rooted ones on land nearest the water and the deeper rooted ones on land in which tbe water ia at a greater depth beneath the aurface. Tbe lower lands and especially tbe heavier soils now occupied by natural meadow are already producing much, but even here and certainly on the higher and lighter soli It is within the range of pos sibility that more forage can be produced. To Isartais Peed Salr. "Thar, in three lines alone which I nnMiiT ftfTort may well be directed to Increase the feed supply. These are at leaat worthy ot careful trial and should be tbe subject of systematic experimentation. They are: "First The use of pasture plants from The Best TONIC When you are worn out with the. day's neat and business cares, there fa nothing so-refreshing and invigorating as .iorsfard's Acid Phosphato A teaspoon to a glass of water fa a delicious thirst quencher ana tonic that revives and strengthens the entire system. other seml-arld countries sown on prairie spd. "Second The attempt to Increase the natural hay supply by raising annual tor age crops under cultivation. "Third Systematic treatment of the na tive grassee that will allow them to reseed themselves and to regain vitality. "It is not likely that any plant from for eign lands will ever entirely replace the native prairie grasses. It ls, however, pos sible and .Indeed probable that some plant or plants not indigenous to this region will be found that may be seeded on the prairie soil, and by growing with the native grasses Increase the feed supply. Such plants, to be useful, must possess qualities not com mon to native grasses. In looking for for age plants to fill this place it la first nec essary to consider the advantages and dU advaatages in the native grasses as we find them. In the first plao i the existence of a large number ot varieties of prairie grasses, each of different structure and habits of growth, ls a point of much Importance In affording a variety ot feeds and a succession of growth from medium early spring through midsummer and fall. Value of Prairie Grasses. Another point greatly in favor ot prairie grasses Is that they are here by reason of the fact that they have proven themselves capable ot maintaining existence under tbe most unfavorable conditions that our er ratic climate can produce. Unlike culti vated plants, they cannot be replanted after an unusually cold winter or hot, dry sum mer. So far as the ability to live ls con cerned It has been a survival of the fittest. Bo far as feed productloa ls conoerned this cannot be said to be true. It is not always the case, nor, indeed, generally so, that the hardiest plants are tbe rankest growers. In seeking for a substitute for these grasses it may be possible to secure a plant of greater productiveness, although it may be some what less hardy against the extremes of cold or ot drouth. Tbe native grasses do not, as a rule, begin growth early in the spring. The result is that the stockman must provide dry feed tor two or three weeks longer than he would if the native grasses bad the habits of early growth pos sessed by some of the cultivated grasses. In a word, the shortcomings of the prairie grasses when sumed up are on the score ot productiveness rather than hardiness. Aanaala Not a Suitable Graaa. "If any Introduced plants are to be valued for pasturage In the range country they must possess certain desirable properties. Perennials are the only plants worth test lug for pasturage, as the difficulty la se curing a stand of grasses under customary conditions would preclude the use ot an nuals. "The seed should be large and heavy so that it ean be deposited with greater ac curacy and can be covered with aoll thus making Ita germination more certain. The root system should he large enabling the plant to utilise a maximum of the moisture in tbe soli. As an example of this alfalfa is the most striking. On tbe university farm It continued to grow during the drought of 1901 when the soil under It con tained considerable less water than any other field oa the farm, yet growth had stopped everywhere else except with grama grass. Tbe enormous root system of the alfalfa enabled It to get moisture from the soil when other plants could not. "In times ot extreme drouth plants must be able to lie dormant without being killed. Most of the native grasses possess this quality to a marked degree, and among cul tivated plants we find It noticeably la al falfa aad awnleaa hrome grass. Bromo Graaa aaa Alfalfa Ahead. "During the last five years I have tried mere thaa 400 forage plants at the experi ment station and of these awnless brome grass aad alfalfa, either at the Turksstaa or of the ordinary varieties seem to me to be most promising for western Nebraska. There ls every reason to believe that alfalfa should give excellent results on much cf the land in this region. The soli in which the water level varies from three to ten or twelve feet from the surface or even where the surface rises to twelve or fifteen feet above water should produce a good crop of alfalfa. The only difficulty to be feared ls that there should not be sufficient mois ture In the top soil to enable the young alfalfa plant to continue Its growth until the subterranean supply ls reached. The danger of thla will, of course, vary with the height of the surface above tbe water level. ' "In seeding the alfalfa growing on river bottoms of southwestern Nebraska and western Kansas we find thai alfalfa there Is not gvown without irrigation on soils fifteen to twenty feet above water, and that in order to make use of the subterranean water supply the crop must contain Itself for a few seasons at least on water ob tained .from the natural rainfall. We find moreover, that these alfalfa growing re gions where there ls no longer doubt ot Its success are no further west and have prac tically no more rainfall thap this sectto of the country. On the other hand the sum mer temperatures and the rate of evapora tion are much higher In southwestern Ne braska and western Kansas than they are here. These facts are clearly In favor of this section in the production of alfalfa. Hints on Plantlna- Alfalfa. ' In planting alfalfa on the sandier soils It will be desirable not to stir the ground any more than is absolutely necessary owing to the liability of tbe aoll and the seed being blown out by the wind. On sandy land growing bunch grass and on which there ls no continuous sod, as ls usually the case on such land, plowing Is undesirable. The seed should be put In In such cases either by stirring the soil only with a disk and covering it with a harrow or by depositing tbe seed from a disk or press drill on land that ls already suf ficlently loose or that has been loosened by the harrow. The prairie grasses left standing serve as a protection to the aoll from tbe wind. ' The less sandy soil ls not so difficult a one to contend with and seed may be planted on such land after plowing, or simply turning the sod or perhaps In some caaea aftei merely disking, depending upon the character of the soil and the density of the sod. "Tbe occasional patches of ones eultl vated land that one occasionally meets with frequently offers excellent opportunities for tbe use ot the alfalfa grower. Such soils are generally sufficiently heavy so that they do not blow, and not so far above water that alfalfa cgnnot make use of the subterranean supply. Most ot them are now practically useless from tbe stand point of productiveness and their utilisation for alfalfa would be clear gain. Brome Grasa oa Hlaber Laad. "Awnles brome grass being ot greater value as pasture grass than for hay should be used on land not well adapted to alfalfa, On tbe higher lands there are numerous pockots containing considerable moisture. especially In the early spring. In an ordl nary season the soil in these places eon- tains sufficient moisture to successfully germinate brome grass seed and to main tain tbe young plant until It has a start. The use of awnless brome grass In such places would give a very early grasa In the spring, producing feed from two to three weeks earlier thaa the native grass. This grasa also continues growth much later In the fall and wouu furnish green teed at a time of year when all of the other native grasses are in the cured stage. "Awnless brome grass could be put in by disking and harrowing auch soils, where tbey are light, or where they are heavy with considerable vegetation en top, by poking and harrowing In seed after It has j been sown broadcast upon the plowed land. Brome grass makes very little growth the first year and anyone who is not familiar with ita habits will be discouraged with the prospects tor a stand for the first year after it la sown. At the end of that time. however, It begins to thicken up with won derful rapidity. It spreads by means ot runners, as does blue grass, and It a stand is obtained In any of these pockets it will work its way outward in every direction and spread as long as there ls sufficient moisture In the soil for It to maintain ex istence. Good brome grass seed is difficult to obtain, and before purchasing, It ls well to secure a sample and test It between moist pieces of filter paper kept in a room hav ing a fairly uniform temperature, as for Instance In the kitchen. Seeding at the rate of sixteen pounds to the acre should be sufficient In case the seed ls good. Disking Meadow' Beneficial. On some of the low, heavy land where the surfaoe varies from a few Inches to two or three feet above water, timothy would doubless add something to the value of the native grasses for hay. Soils so close to water as this draw up moisture from below and only In occasional years would there be a sufficient shortage to In terfere with the growth of timothy. A stand ot timothy secured by disking the native meadowa and harrowing in timothy seed would add considerably to the produc tiveness of the meadow in good years and be the cause of practically no loss In bad ones. The act of disking the meadow land is in Itself beneficial. On lands that are occasionally ever- flowed and where a forage plant that will stand being occasionally aubmerged in water Is desired, alslke clover and red top are the seeds to use. These may be put in by disking the land quite thoroughly and harrowing In. There is one phase of pasture and meadow improvement ot whloh I wish to speak before closing. This la the necessity ot allowing and aiding the Improvement of the native grasses as they find them. It ls applicable to both meadow and pasture land, but particularly to the latter, as It Is range land that Is moat apt to be injured iroin excessive pasturing and neglect. Most ot the native grasses while not dependent tor tbelr existence upon being permitted to seed themselves each year, are wcsKened and finally destroyed when not allowed to reproduce at all by seeding, and this la very frequently the ease on pasture laad. Jftaetlnar the Land Necessary, "As overstocking has been one of the chief causes of deterioration It ls reasonable to suppose that resting the land would be a natural way to restore tne stand of grasses. Such ls the ease whenever suffi cient grass Is present to reseed the land. It is, however, not as economical a method as alternating pastures. That is, resting them during different seasons of the year. Such a system necessitates fencing the land. It contemplates dividing the range Into a number of pastures provided with water, In each ot which cattle are allowed to run for not more thaa two or three months at a time and are then transferred to another. The succession of grasses that normally occurs In the prairie pasture ls In thla way allowed to bring about a renewal ot the different species. "Other methods of treatment such as disk ing In early spring to loosen the soil and thus promote growth of grasses as well as to prevent evaporation of moisture, and mowing pastures to keep down weeds to promote their reproduction are worthy ot trial. "With tbe proper attention to planting forage crops suited to this region snd to the care of native grasses I see no reason why the amount of forage produced, on at leaat some si the laad la this vicinity, should not be increased from 60 to 100 per cent" Cattlemen Give Their Views. An invitation was extended by Prof. Lyon to the cattlemen present to give tbelr views and narrate their experiences, with results as follows: J. W. Thompson said: "I have two pieces of alfalfa seven mile south of Baasett, from which I have good crops; the first piece sowed I did not give a fair trial, as it was sowed on an old piece ot ground which had been plowed and which had been blown some; I mulched It with manure and hence aucceeded notwithstanding the un favorable conditions. It waa three yeara ago that I sowed the first piece. It has not winter killed at all. It was too wet last fall to get a good seed crop; I secured a very good seed crop the year before. I think that we can grow alfalfa here as well as they can grow It In Kansas. A good deal ot our land ia especially adapted to It. Almost any of our aandy land Is good alfalfa land; it will not grow where there Is alkali; the atanding of water on the land In ths months of June and July will kill it quicker than at any other time of year.' When rata falls upon the ground just after the alfalfa has been planted It Is favorable to Its germination. I sowed my first alfalfa crop here oa April S and the seoond crop late in May. One corner of my alfalfa field ls In the valley where the water stands a part of the year; It Is entirely under water now; upon ex amination the other day I eould aee the alfalfa under the Water and that It was per fectly green. I do not believe this water will kill It out. From seven to eight feet above the water is a very good location for alfalfa. In the eastern part of the state they have been growing better crops on the hills than la the bottoms." Alfalfa Grown XToll. B. A. Thomas said: "I aowed alfalfa about stx years ago en land six miles south west of Bassett, where It ls about seventy- five feet to water; It waa right after a dry aeaaon and on a piece of ground that had blown. I had the ground plowed, harrowed tha seed sown and then the ground har rowed again; the amount was twenty pounds to the acre. Our endeavor waa to get It from an inch to an Inch and a halt Into the ground; it was cut twice the first aea- ;.. and the cutting left on the ground; the next year we cut It twice tor hay and realised about a ton to the acre at each cutting; the next year tho yield was about the same; the next year we got three cut tings with the result of about three ton to the acre; since then It has been pas tured heavily and damaged in consequence, I am satifled that alfalfa will grow on the majority of the land In thla country upon being properly started and taken care of. Prof. Lyon; "The more yon cut alfalfa the better the plant." , Mr. Thomas: "The first season a part of our alfalfa was not cut. I made a compar ison between that which was cut and that which was not, with the result of finding out that the roota of that which was eut bad penetrated to a greater depth than the roots of that which waa not cut. I believe in discing It In the spring of the second year and each year thereafter, the discs to be set straight after the first year; In disc lng as many of the crowns should be cut through as possible." Prof. Lyon: "In tbe eastern part ot the state we generally plant our alfalfa from an inch to an inch and a halt, but In this part of the state I think you eould plant It a little deeper as your aoll la a little lighter than ours." W. H. Peake said: "Two years ago I made an experiment of Bowleg Bromus In ermls and alfalfa seed together. On one ot two pieces of adjoining land I harrowed In tbe seed and oa the other I plowed It la about five inches deep; the stands seemed to be equally good; this was done from the ISth to the 20th of May." W. Ii. Dale asked Prof. Lyon at what time he thought alfalfa should be sown In this part of the atate. Prof. Lyon replied: I should say In tbe early part ot Apr'.l. Unless you have some pretty hard freezes It will not he affected to Ita detriment. We made our first sowing at the experiment station last . year March 7: we aot three cuttings last year from It. We sowed brome grass with success at the lame time. Ten years ago we thought that alfalfa ought not to be sown until the first of May, but alnce then have concluded that It can be sown to advantage on the first of April. I think that more alfalfa ls lost by drying out than by freezing." Mr. Thomas asked If he did not think we were likelier to have severe winds In April than In May and whether we ought not In consequence to sow the alfalfa In May rather than in April. Prof. Lyon replied that he believed the ground eould be suc cessfully seeded to alfalfa by discing the prairie sod and harrowing it In, and in oonsequence the danger from blowing would be largely avoided. Ia reply to the Inquiry as to how many pounds should be sown to the acre, Prof. Lyon replied twenty pounds, and added that last year inquiry had been made from about 1,000 alfalfa growers In different parts of the atate and the replies showed that those who had sown twenty pounds to the acre had gotten the best results; the replies also disclosed the fact that those who had aown It before the 16th of April had gotten better resVilts than those who had aown It after that date. TRYING A NEWS0DA DRINK Ezperleaee ot a Voatarcsoase Vosag afaia at the Opening of 'About now." said Mr. Nosileby. "ls the time when the dispensers of soda water aro thinking up new drinks for summer and trying them on an unsuspecting publlo to see .whether they sre likely to take or not. saw one ot these new drinks announced yesterday on a paper pasted on a aoda water signboard In front of a drug store and asked for one. " 'Are you la good health T' the man be hind the soda counter asked. " 'Why. sure." " 'Made your wilir said the soda man. " Tap.' "The soda man reached down under the counter and brought out a hatchet not to tomahawk me with, but to ebop off a chunk of tea. He explained to me casually that they hadn't got out all their Ice tools yet. "He broke up tbe chunk ot Ice he bad chopped off and put the glass under a syrup spout dowa at one end of the fountain and drew a little syrup into it. Then he shifted the glass along the fountain with halts at Irregular Intervals, until finally he had drawa Into It a little each of four kinds of syrups. Then he squirted Into the glasa a dash of something from a bottle, put a shaker on the glass and shook the com pound vigorously; put the glass under a aoda spout and filled It up with fist, and finally stuck s straw in It and set It before me on tbe counter; saying gravely: " To be takea with a straw.' I suspected that tbe reaaoa for this was that tha earlier purchasers of tbe drink could not absorb fhuch ot It at once, but must take It gradually; for this the effect could be observed In time to make It possible to take the bulk of It -way from the drinker and so save him from serious consequences It such a step should prove necessary. But 1 drank It, or most of It, and felt no evil effeots from it. 1 " 'What do ou think r said tha soda dispenser, more cheerfully. " 'I have seen worse,' I said; and ao I had once. "Once I knew a soda man who made a drink he called "Mystery.' He had a soda fountain that had set In the front of It a circular attachment of the shape and dimensions of small grtndsone, hut, of course, handsomely allver-vlated like all the rest of tbe fountain fittings. Around the vertical face were marked the namea ot the syrups the fountain contained on daugbt. Spinning the silver grindstone around to bring the 'lemon' mark, for In stance, over tbe syrup spout, you made connection with the lemon syrup tank and could draw lemon through the spout, and so on. But if you lifted the attachment up a little you could draw through the fits spout Into the glass a dash of every one of the syrups at once. The drink made with this compound for a foundation the soda roan called 'Mystery.' I took a 'Mystery' once. -s. . . "I said nothing of that experience to this dispenser, but rose snd pushed back my glass on the counter. " 'You'll mention It to your friends T said the soda man. " 'It I live.' I said. At which hs put the trmahawk back tnder the counter and I passed out into the cold world, and, being still alive, I am now mentioning It." New York Sun. 0VERW0RRY NOT OVERWORK One ot tho Reason Why Collea Girls r.nd Social Batterflles Need Athlette Stlmulns. College girls sometimes break down,1 writes Alice K. Fallows In the Century.1 So do society butterflies, and wage work-1 era, and hundreds of other girls who have not tbe wisdom or experience to establish a just relation between their physical In comes and outgoes. But It Is ovsrworry much oftener than overwork that sends the college girl or her non-collegiate sister Into nervous prostration. Just here la the sav ing grace of athletics, that sugar-coated ounce of prevention that prevents the bitter pound of cure. In tbe rush and whirl of some exerolse that uses every muscle and requires each Instant tbe judgmsnt of an alert mind, there Is no room for ths little blue demon ot worry that eats Into tbe foundations of health; the perplexing prob lem la forgotten; tbe player gains her poise aad takes up the next task with a fresbsned brain. i Tbe physical benefits of judicious athlet ics are almost axiomatic. But they are not all. In the education of girls the lncl-i dental lessons of college contests are not to be despised the value of patient work for an uncertain end, the sweetness of ef-i fort for tbe class, the grateful weariness of victory, and the pleasure of a just re- ' ward. R-B- QQOHEMIAN Pure, Pols and SparkHns. Bottled Only at tbe Brewery In St Louis. Order froso M. May A Company