Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 24, 1889, Page 5

THE MAN WITH THE GRIP. Programme For His Grand Blow- Out at Lincoln, CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLOOD FUND @eneral News and Notes of Interest o the Traveling Fratornity—In EBarly Days—A Station Not On His Route. Outing and Tournament. ¥or the outing and tournament, at Cush- fan park, Lincoln, commencing June 24 and oontinuing to June 80, inclusive, there has Dbeen prepared the following PROGRAMME, Monday and Tuesday, June 21 and 25 gen 1 preparation, and erection of the state El'\ll.l for free use of commercial men and eir families and friends. The formal opening will take place Wed- nesday, June 26, at 2:30 p. m., with speeches y Governor John M. Thayer and Liecute! t-Governor Meikeljohn, and thereafter If a dozon prominent and interesting akors, announcements for which will be ade known from day to day. The tourna- ent will commence Wednesday, June 26, mediately after the governor's speech. A SPECIAL ATTRACTION, The interest taken in the ring tournament ru suggosted o the outing committee tho dea of allowing the knights themselves an opportunity of giving the boys an exhibition t their skillof taking two rings be- jween which a ditch and a hurdle will cncountered. The veteran lover of good orsemanship, Cuptain Agoy, of the Quincy tove works, assisted by illiam Rugner, 1d Lawrence, Harry Meyers and Major Andrus, of the Cushman management, ¢ hereby appointed squires and masters of urney to prepare the course and a relay of extra saddle horses for visititing knights, wmany of whom have expressed a desiro to . enter the lists, providing steeds are at hand for their use. Mr. Frank Osborne, of the Crete Cosmopolitan, he of the sable hue, has agreed to be on hand with his horse laugh, to encourage any knight who may nced assist- ance in attempting the hurdle or ditch. The 1adies will generously feast and console the wanquished at a cake and cream banquet im- mediately after each day’s contest, and at the same time crown the victorious knight and the fair lady of his choice, tendering them also a grand reception at the pavillion in the evening, Those wishiug to engage tents or tourna- ment equipwents will please address Tourn- ament committee, e of Phil Jacobs, No. 142 North Eleventh street, Lincoln, where the register is now open. Speakers will be announced daily. Rev. Savage, of Grand Island, will deliver one of his practical ser- mons to the boys, on Sunday, June 30, at 2:30 p. m. All roads have announced a one and one-third fare for round trip from all points in Nebraska, commencing June 23, State papers please copy. CoMMITTEE TRAVELERS' OUTING, Lincoln. Drummers Contribute. Much credit is due to A. M. Lyneman, the popular traveling man, for his commendable efforts in collecting a fund for the relief of the flood sufferers in Penusylvania. Tho Tollowing is the petition circulated by him, gnd the names aud amounts subscribed thereto: We, the undersigned traveling men, Sun- daying at the Hotel Bostwick, Hastings, Neb., Sunday, Juue 9, 1889, realizing the Preul, 1oss of life and property and the suffer- ing of the survivors of the great flood in thoe Conemeugh valley in the state of Pennsyl- vania, and beinz desirous of assisting our brethren in distress and afliiction, and as a means of extending to them substantial sym- Ppathy, hereby agree to pay the sum set oppo- site our names, the amount hereto sub- scribed to be sent to General Hastings, Johnstown, Pa., chairman of the relief com- mittee: M. A. Lyneman.... W. L. Elledge. ¥\ G. Patrick,... Jared J. Smith. . Will Whitmore. . 0. R. Wainwright William West K. D G WP PLLILW woLLLE © F. A. Falkenburg Dr. W. H. Yarnall, . Charlos E. Michael F. C. Follott Payne . Eastman, . Patterson . . Killmer. 1000 4 2030 o 1. Kirke y Partridge. 1529402920 8010 1 WS D 4O B. Berkson. 3.0 B B H C. A. Diamond.... 3. . Beall.., o , C. Walraat l, H. Will W. §. Caldwell, 0.'C. Weesner W. 0. Lewis A. 1. Philips. Adolph Michacls. Georgo Banchba Witliam A. Kerr. Hronson. % Kmden. % Snow., Phillip Jacobs Moses Mark J. K. Weyer..... John Messeman., . A. L. Sheotz Willis Brown E. B, Stewart J. M. Siws R. F. Ralston, A. W, Hurlan W. D, Tompkins D. G. Geisinge H. V. Harward, E. M. Guinzbur, B. E. Hamilton T, . .$116 00 The memey has been collected by Mr. Lyncwan deposited by him in the City ational bank of Hastings, to await the or- ders of General Hastings, Johnstown, Pa. 0151520 10 D Bt ek 12 1 £E=88888 A Station Not His Route, Awecricoan Comner Traveler: ‘‘Come quick, Willle is dying," the telegram read. Al thoughta of business were instantly dis- wissed. What did he care for orders now? Ho had but onathought—home, wife, Willie. There was just time to catch his train, s sawples were quickly packed. His cus- tomcr grasved his hand with a wavin, sym- pathetic pressure and said in a husky voice, &s s eyes filled with tears, **Good-bye. God bless uud speed you Lowe in time.” In time? Time for what? The train flew over the track almost with the speed of the wind, Aud yot bow slow it went. The minutes scewod like hours. A balt. A telegraw for Jolin Blank: is he ia the cari” the porter shouted. With foverish anxicty he tore the message open. “Willle is sinking fast, hurey,” it read. “Hurry! My God, why don't we go!” Again the train ilies on. An- othor stop. The porter kuows bim now, aud !:Iut s auother telegram in his hands, ‘'Wil- e is dead.” That was all. “Dead! Why "tis bardly & week ago I left him. He put his little chubby arms about my neck wad Lispod, ‘T liome, papa, 4id stay wiv Willia and mamma.' Deud!QNo, no, it n ot be,” And, strong man that he y E foll fainting 1o the floor. Kindly hands ted him up, and warm tears straight from heart ocoursed down the faces of more one rough man who had long been un- fof, o poor, patient, loving wife at home. ot host " Alone with hes 'desd: How THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:'MONDAY, JUNE her neart was bleeding. How she longed to weep out hor sorrow in the arms of Ler hus- band. Her ohild, her ilol wns dead. How dark and cold the world seemed. How the hours dragged themsolves along. During all the weeks and months that her husband was away what a comfort and joy her boy had been, And now he was ?mo And no ono there to comfort her, Oh, the memory of those bitter hours, Time will never ef- face 1t, Think of it, you who have your loved ones with you, whose homes are blessed by loved and loving ones in times when most you noed their cheering presence. The picture is not overdrawn, It is but a chapter in the iife of a traveling man. In Early Days, The Boston Globe gives some interesting information concerning commercial travelers away back in the fifties: “Tho commercial traveler has not alwi existed as heé does to-day. He and his busi- ness are both growths of rocent years, I have boen out on the war-path, with the .| tontion of finding a man who know something of the time when the drummer’s occupation was born in this country. I have found him, and he is not a very aged son of Adam either. His beard is not. gray, neither is his step slow and infirm; but, on the contrary, he is in the full vigor of u sturdy, energetic man hood, at the age of fifty-five years. . “This man’s name is Joel C. Page, and he is an ex-president of the Boston Boot and Shoe Travelers’' league. He is, without doubt, the first man that sold shoes by exhi- bition of samples to customers in the United States, ‘‘His first trip out of Boston was made for the Merchants row house of James C. Bastor- brook, in the autumnof 1853, His trip was made more by accident than by design, Mr, Page had been working. about the store of Mr. Easterbrook during the spring and sam- mer of the year when he mude his first venturo as a drummer. ‘‘The dropping leaves and early frosts of the fall reminded him of the old folks and the girl that he had left behind him up among the green hills of Vermont, when he came down to the city to labor for his daily bread. He wanted a vacation, and his re- quest to his emnloyer that he might take one was favorably considered. “Just before starting out for the country he requested Mr. Basterbrook to allow him the privilege of taking along with him on the trip some sample shoes, with the hope that he might by their aid succeed in selling a few Dpairs to his acquaintances and friends among tie storekeepers of his native and neighbor- g towns. “His employer's reply to his request was that he might take as many sam- ples as he desired, but that it was ab- surd to think that anyone would buy goods simply upon the display of a sample of them, I promised Mr. Pawe, however, that if 2 should succeed in making a sale, onc-half of the aceruing profits should become his. “The result of the trip turned out to be most gratifying in every way. A large num ber of shoes and _boots~ were disposed of to the country dealers, and the pioneer of all commercial travelers returned to Boston at the close of his first tour with a well-filled order book. ““I'his unexpected end of a venture that promised so little at first led to the establish- wment of a regular force of drummers among the wholesale shoe houses of the city. To-day a fair conservative estimate gives the nuniber of men that are employed us drummers in this trade interest alone as at least 1,500 “Mr. Page, on his semiannual tours among the towns in_northern New Bugland, which were made when spring mud and au- tumn’s [gay-colored leaves were on the ground, was the only commercial traveler that took his gripsack loaded with samples out of Boston for several years. “During the year 1857 the drummers came out in considerable numbers, and they have been increasing the size of the busy army to which they belong ever since.” Samples. We, the undersigned, who at the request of W.'A. Page, president of tho W. A. Page Soap company, of Omaha, sealed a jar con-- taining one quart of corn, certify that the corn has remained sealed’ until to-day, when we opened the jur, counted the kernels of cornin the jar, and find that there was 2,000 kernels. C. H. Pavr, M. F. Seaus, Ciarres C. KiNsuey, June 19, 1889, e Sle S Have You Catarrh?—There is one remedy you can try without danger of hum- bug. Send to A. G, Coleman, chemist, Kula- muzoo, Mich.,for trial package of his catarrh cire. ' His only mode of advertising is by giv- ing it away, Postage 2¢. Judge for your- sell. Mention this pape e LITERARY NOTES, “People I've Smiled With, or Recol- lections of a Merry Litile Life,” is the happy title of Marshall P. Wilder’s forthcoming book, which Messrs, Cas- sell & Co. will publish witnin a few s. ILverybody knows Muarshall or, and everybody likes him and y fight he has made against physical odds. He gets an un- usual amount of pleasure out of lifeand gives a great deal to other people, t00. He has a sunny disposition and he lkknows how to make people laugh; the consequence is that he is in constant de- mand for public halls and private houses, and he has not only made a lot of money, but ho has made & host of friends. ~ In this country he counts among them the late General Grant, ex-President Cleveland, the late I, W, Beecher, General Sherman, James G. Blaine,General Horace Porter, Chauncy M. Depew, and scores of othors. In England he hob-knobbed with the “swells” from the prince of Wales down the list. All of these he serves upin his kindly way as “‘People I've Smiled With.” Tho vererable Cassius M. Clay, twico United States minister to Russia, con- tributes an article to the Independent of May 23 in answer to the Russian articles that have appeared in the Century Magnzine by Mr. Kennan. Worthington company arnounce Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne's new volume entitled ‘‘Poems and Ballads,” third series. It is a volume that the Loudon Times predicts will be welcome to all lovers of English poetry, and it 13 siid to be of s high an ordor as any- thing he has written. Aaother critic in the London Globe speaks of it as con- taining some of the most lasting works roduced by the poet in the maturity of his genius, Altogether ‘‘the lover of Swinburne will find here the Swinburne of his love,” as the New York Herald puts it. Joseph Jefferson shows the charac- teristic of muny other geniuses in be- ing dissatisfled with the reward which fame has given him, It is known that George Blliot desired above all things to bo a poet. CGoethe entrusted his rep- utation to his scieatific discoveries Charles Reade was proudest of his dra- matic works, and Frederick the Great would have sac od all his military reputation to have been the author of an ephemeral novel, In the June num- ber of the Cosmopolitan, William Hosea Ballou, describing a visit to Joseph Jef- ferson, in Louisianian, depicts the im- personator of *Rip” in s studio, and mentions that the great actor regrots that he did not devote his talents to vaiating, to which artall bis leisure, amounting to six months a year, is glven, Oliver Johnson, the last of the coterie of anti-slavery agitators, who founded, with Wiitliam Lloyd Garrison, the fivst anti-slavery sociely, hus written for the June number of he Cosmopolitan, an article on *“Anti-Slavery Societies,” which is the most interesting chaptor thus far coutributed to the series of anti-slavery articles, entitled *“The Great Agitation,” now appearing in that magazine, Oliver Johnson's por- trait is one of & number of cungravings illustrating the avticle. Messrs. White & Allen aunounce that by arrangoment with Messrs. William Blackwood & Sous, of Edinburgh and London, they are enabled to publish simultaneously with® their appearance in London the uew series of tales from feed themselves Blackwood's Magazine recently inaug- urated. For many years no collections of these justly celebrated -tales have been made, and book lovers and the rending public generally will hail these charming little volumes with delight. Brentano's will issue siroultansonsly in London and New York the ‘‘Romance of an Alter Ego,” a new novel by Lloyd Bry The intricate plot of the story is cleverly thought out, and developed with studious care, holding the interest of the reader until the last page, and bringing him face to face with the con- ditions of contemporary life and civil- ization, which grow daily darker in as- peet, and begin to change the interest which economists have taken in them thus far into serious apprehension of what the future has in store. A clever use is made in the unfolding of the story of the Iatest discoveries of Dootor Charicot, and other students of mes- merism and hypnotism. Tur AMERICAN STATE Reronts, by A. C. Framan and the associate editors of the “American Decisions,” the Bancroft Whit - ney Co., of San Francisco, Cal., oct. The fifth volume of this series is now issued, and so far subscribers have nothing to complain of regarding punc- tuality. This volumn contains cases fiom eleven states, which have evident- 1y been carefully selected and clearly reported. Lawyers will find that the syllabi may be velied upon as express- ing accurately the points of law de- cided, a virtue by no means common in roports. 'The foot notes appended to the cases, containing cross-references, give ovidence of exhaustive and methodical labor. In these notes eavh main head of jurisprudence, touched upon in the case, is taken, and under 1t the rules of law, as modified by different propositions of facts are laid down, with A\:\Uuus to the authorities supporting them, or a countra when the authovities conflict, thereby forming a complete digest; which bemng indexed the advantages of the text-book are in a measure obtained. These notes are more especially useful to those law, posses the *‘American ports and American decisions,” the ref- erences being to that system, when the case cited is therein repor By giv- ing the citations to the official reports of the several states, the general use- fulness of the book would bé enhanced. et e OUR LEGATION IN PARIS. Some Account of Former Members— Mr. Reid’s New and Gorgeous Home. The new United States minister has taken, at a rental of ear, the Comtesse de Grammont’s house in the Avenue Hoche. The residence has two carriage-way entrances, presents posing air, is spacious, and Americans expect that that it will be the theater of sociable entertainments of a nature to increase respect for the Stars and Stripes. S g wwilord in a Pavis letter to London ‘Uruth. In the carly days of the republican party, to which Mr. Whitelaw Reid belongs, the United States legislation used il o were unpleasant intriguc on at the Tuileries against The United States ministor, E could not gather around him the ing men in opposition to the empire; but Consul (afterwards minister) Bige- low, thought it a patriotic duty to throw his house open to them. Mrs. Bigelow had nothing short of a genius for promoting sociability. As ‘onsuless, she was very pretty, very un- affected, arch, original, and never let Frenchmen gather at one end of her drawing room and French ladies con- gregate at the other, but was constantly shufiling her guosts up. There was no display, unless in the dresses of some of the ladies, and the only expense gone 1o in providing = ten. As ministress her drawing was n less great success, it was filled with pretentious off people, who gave themselves airs. The big official personage is too apt in this country to be pompously alive to his own importance, unless when heis in demi-monde society, or perhaps at the opera house in the foyer du corps de bal- let. General and Mrs. Dix, and their daughter Kitty, were hospitable, but they had not the sweet, unassuming cordiality of the Duytons. The Wash- burnes came here to save money, and succeeded. General Noyes was minis- ter at a time when, to keep out of scrapes, he thought it well to be a good deal in North Af- rica. The struggle was going on then between MacMahon and his ducal friend on one side, and Thiers and Gambetta on the other, and the general felt that he could not help sympathizing with the lattor if he stayed much in Paris. He was not rich enough to entertuin beyond the limit of his salary, and his moral courage, he used to say, was not equal to the tea-and-turn-out mode of treating guests. This was a pity, as he had high spirits, and his wife was o nice woman. People who can afford to at home would not have asked for more than tea-and-turn- out. The Mortons were wealthy, hospita- ble and guve very smart parties, but they were perhips too much in the “high life” part of financial inferna- tional society. Mrs. Morton was aflable, very beautiful,and, of course, not insen- sible in this social zono. Her one defect as a hostess not to know how to shuflle her cards. Like-to-like is a bad rule when one is trying to have pleas- ant dinners and interesting varties, most people of any intelligence prof ring to go out in the evening for a change. Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, the new United States ministress, is a lady of good men- tal poise and of intellectual cultu She was much in her girlhood in Cali fornia, but has the good Bostoncum- New York manner. Still young, she has an air of native refinement, is free from all trace of -assortive habit and will take up her position with quiet- unobtrusive dignity. There is distinc, tion in her manver and mode of dress. Her figure 1is slender, not tall, and being symmetrical and grace- ful, is what the French call mignonne. So far, Mrs. Reid (being 1n mourning) has dressed in black., She pins the lace strings of her bonnet with an enamel brooch representing a clus- ter of violets. on which brilliants stand for dew drops, Mr. Reid husquiet gen- iality and is also unassuming. He isan able newspaper editor, Though not yet,I should faney, on the shady side of mid- dle age, Le has done a deal for strays and waifs, and for the infant population of the close streets of New York. His first work, outside of politics and newspaper editing, was to send male waifs out west, where situations were obtained for them as farm helps. fis next work, which still zoes on, was the creation of an open-afr und to board and lodge children of poor people in farm houses in salubrious lo- calities. The total number of children sent for several consecutive seasons from New York (where in summer the heat is, day and night, often that of an oven) would appear so prodigious that I do not dare to give it. Chicago has now taken up the idea. By the bye, did Mrs. Jeune follow the example of Mr. Reid, ordid Mr, Reid take pattern from Mrs. Jeune? The fashionable ladies’ corrective tonic is Angostura Bitters, the world renowned tonicof De. J. G. B, Siegert & Sous, Ask yowr druggist. TRAVELING MEN'S OUTING. A Week of Gefiulne Pleasure in Store For Them. p—— A FINE PROGRAMME PREPARED. Many Visiting Friends of the Tour- ists Already in the Capital Oity— Coming Excursion of Ne« braska Kditors. LINCOLN BUREAU 1020 P Streer, LiNcoLN, June 28, The wock of the traveling men’s outing is at hand. Indeed, to-day, May 23, may be regarded as the opening day, though the ex- eroises of the week proper will not be on until to-morrow. To-dag’s programme was interestingly varied. Miss Almana Parker, of the Weslyan university. assisted in the literary part of it, e 18 an excellent reader, and her selections were popular and well rendered. Madame Weber gave her farewell concert at 4 o'clock, It will be re- membered that sho has been a fixture of the park for several weeks, and the announce- ment that she hias said her good-bye will be received with regret. The week, however, will doubtless prove to be a great one at the park, Traveling men are flocking to ti city in large numbers, To-morrow an! Tuesday thoy wiil pitch their tents along the streams of the purk,.and prepare for the royal programme of the last four days of the week. Governor Thayer and Lieutenant- Governor Meikeljohn will address the boys on Wednesday, and Fred A. Wilson, one of Fho favorite knights of the grip, will follow in the toast, “Our Wives.” And, after some readings by the Misses Effie Koyer and Josie Lottridge, intorspersed with singing, the tournament will commence, It will bo a jolly week for the boys who work the re- tailer from day to day, and they will make it pleasant, for vheir friends and visitors, Though many of the boys will get ready during the two first days of the week, there will be many unengaged to look after the pleasures and comforts of all who miay be with them. Interesting programmes will be on from first to I Kuights of the grip ure alroady in the city as follows for the week: At the Capital: James F. cago; J. H. Schrit Boston; W, ‘Woolley, Lincoln; H. Ives, Boston B M, F Minueapol ! S. Bristol, W. Duncan, . Joe; Frank Hitt, b ; P. G. Mcl . Sedalin; Ed ain, St. Joo; S. I, Chicago; Hambleton, George Mo~ ald, Kansas Ci . 3. Sperry, Balti- Mort Greeley, oago ; Baird, Chicogo, At the Windsor: Ben Leiberger, New York; Granville Phelps, Council Bluffs; S. Strauss, Omaha; W. A. Shannon, Chicago: 1. G. Bennett, New York; Georze S, Shuw, W. L. Wheeler, . Joe: < Louis: M." A. Moore. T. Lawrence, New . Chellgord, St, Joe: Adams, New York; H. Levy, ! enworth; A, Weill, Baffalo; G. T. Ingersoll, Boston; C. W. Frankel, Buffalo; H. Per- linsk, Chicago; D. K. Jones, Boston; Charles H. Connor, Chicago: George Rogers, Council Bluffs: J. W. Buchunan, Chicagos F. B. Ober, Cleveland M. Murdock, Chi- cago; Phil Jacobs, Kat City: Charles F. 4y . New York: R. C. Duncan, Chicago; Ben Bergtfield, New York S. Anable, St. Louis; I Galling, Chicago; J. MecDonald, 1 ubuque; J. H. Parker, Chicago; Bugere Brubaker, Boston, dnd I'rank Roche, Chi- cago. At Opelts: Ed F. Davis, Kansas City; E. H. Meyer, Milwaukee; W. S. Goembel, Janesville; C. I, bhiltfle, Tamogua; J. M. Jerrell, St. Louis Clarke, Omana; H. G. Logan, Downers‘Grove; W. W. Jenne, St. Joseph; Joe Miller, Quiney; C. W. Batz- ner, Burlington; A. L. Carleton, Milwaukee; C. E. Owens, St. Joseph; R. R. Waugh, Peor . C. ‘Hoadley, Omaha; Frank S Stevens, Kansas City; Will Fyson, P ladelphia; Dexter; Chicago; B. C. Arnoid, al J. Whipple, Mu- lone; J. T. Hodson, Chicago; W. A. Reed Holyoke, and W. B. Towles, Quiney, or Tis Ovaan Ben, } Parshing, Nebraska Kditors. The Nebraska editors will start on their annual excursion, July 6. Over fifty names have been enrolled for the trip, which will doubtless be one of the most delightful ones ever taken by the knights of the faber. The chairman of the excursion committe, Mr. Lou Waessel, states that he has concluded to keep the books open a few days longer, at the re- quest of some of the boy: 0 arc not yet sure they can go, but who expect to be able to join the party. He thinks iie will thus be able to add ten or twelve names to the list., T'wo of the finest new Pullmaus have been secured, and elegant streamers will grace the sides of each car. Clarence Brown, of the press department of the Union Pacific, will accompany the party, and will see that the voys lack for nothing that can be had. Ban- quets, receptions and local excursions have been arranged for during intervals of the trip. The celebrated Pudget Sound country. and many other places of interest will be vis. ited. ‘It is the opportunity of a life time,” suys Mr. Wessel, and *“the excursion party ought to double What it is now. City News and Notes, ‘Work on the new soup factory, West Lin- coln, begins to-morrow. Farragut post No. 25, G. A. R., is kicking on the ratos to the national encampment at Milwaukee. The boys don’t want to pay but one cent per mile, The ladies’ central committes of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor will hold & meeting at the Y, M. C. A. parlors a! 8 o'clock to-day. It will be held to make final arrangemonts for the social of Wednos- day evening, which promiscs to be of great interest, y There was a wicked fight at Noonan's P street saloon, last night about 10 o'clock, be- tween L. W, Cole and J. K. Wolfe, both car- penters and builders, They were arrested and will have a hearing in the police court to-morrow morning, Yesterday afternoon while Fred Mickel- wait, the, portly Missour: Pacific con- ductor, was removing from 1225 P street to a house on R street, a sneak thiof, who was passing, opened a pocketbook on a stand sit- ting in the yard, seized itpnd skipped at a sprinter's pace, but was so hotly pursued by & drayman, whose attention was atiracted by the outcry of Fred's father, tuat he dropped it It contaned $10. Tho snoeak escaped, but Frod says his 840 pounds avoirdupois would have snaked him in had he been present, and the boys who know him say that he was not jesting. The following cases will be callea for trial in the district court to wmorrow morning, Tyley vs McDonald,! ‘Benedict vs Barr: Rothe vs Rothe, Fullerton vs Jenks, May vs Lohn, Bumban vs Pistman, Boggs vs Poor et al, Harrington vs l}qruuuuu. Holyoke McMurty, the cases of tiie Badger Lumber company vs Arnold, Dauton, Andrews, Bur- dick, Bucham, Bedfora aund Roberts; ANOTHER BARGAIN WEEK A visit to our second floor, where we keep our Summer Goods will convinoe every- body that we are selling more light Coats and Vests than all the clothiers in town to- gether, Tho large volume of business transacted in this department the past week is proof positive of the remarkable values offered. This week we shall present even still greater bargains. We have just opened a delayed shipment of several hundred Men's Mohair Coats and Vests in two handsome shades which we offer at $1.50 for the Coat and Vest. Think of it! at £3.00. Boys’ Flannel Coats and 18 at GOo. WORTH DOUBLI. 150 pair Boys' All Wool The above Pants are the 200 pairs Boys' All Wool Pants, excellent quality, at §1.25. Only $1.50 for a Mohair Coat and Vest which would be reasonable Vests, in handsome patterns and well made, sizes from 12 to Special in Men’s and Boys’ Pants. 300 pair Men's fine All Wool Pants in elegant stripes at §1.75, POSITIVELY . Pants at £1.60, best values we have ever offered. SPECIAL IN THE FURNISHING DEPARTMENT. 50 dozen very fine Silk Striped Flannel Shirts in choice $2,75, worth £4.00. patterns, elegantly made, at 85 dozen fine Fancy Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, silk trimmed, pearl buttons, in two beautiful shades, fast colors, at 35¢, worth fully 60c. SPECIAL IN NECKWEAR. We open today 10 cases of fine Pigue Scarfs, handsome and large shapes, in splendid patterns, which we offer at 25 sell at 10c a piece. 100 dozen fine Windsor these goods is 35c. ¢ per dozen. These are goods which other houses usually Scarfs, this season’s importation, at 15¢; regular price for SPECIAL IN SHOE DEPARTMENT. In our Shoe Department we offer this week an extraordinagy bargain. 200 pair Russet Low Shoes, excellent stock and solid throughout, at $1.90. The identical goods are sold in all shoe stores at $3.00. Nebraska Glothing Gompany Corner Douglas and Fourteenth Streets, Omaha. Deoigue vs Deoigue, Nebraska Planing Mill company vs Clay Manufacturing company, Hawians vs Lancaster County bank. The Lancaster county teaches normal - stitute closed the first weck of its session last night, and whe interest and attendance has been very marked from the first. Super- intendent McClusky says that he has never known so great an interest in school matters since his election as county superintendent of public schools. Nearly every teacher in the county is attending the normal. School ofticers threughout the county attend as never before. During the coming week there will be several social events, among them the “Teachers’ social,” which takes pluce to-morrow evening. = On Thursday night the teachers of the county will give an entertainment at the business college rooms. The following will be the programme of ex- ic; address of welcome, D. R. ddress by Prof. Hunt; recitation, Pepple; vocal solo, MeClusky; address, State Superintendent Lane; music. SR For a disordered liver try Beecham’s Pills. Lillibr The Points of a Good Butter Cow. A good butter cow should have a long face, wide betweon the eyes, the eyes alert and expressive, and placed a long way velow the horns,says the American Agriculturist. A cow with eyes near the top of the head does not know an more than a man with eyes so placed. She should have a large muzzle, a slim neck and yellow skin, especially inside the ears; the breathing should be regu- lar, the back and abdomen strong, the udder wide where it connects with the body, the teats squarely placed and the tail slim. Over and aboye all these points, she must have the dairy form. The points at best are only indications. The dairy form 1s inseparately con- nected with a good butter cow. The desirable dairy form is alway the best types of Je Guern Ayrshires and Hols! o v beef form is presented in the Short- horns, Herefords and most of the polled breeds. The intelligent dairy- man, witha knowledge of born experi ence, desire and cdpacity for the busi- ness, never makes the mistake of choosing hiscow with a beef form. While it is not difticult for a dairyman with a knowledge of his business to sclect a cow that will make ten pounds of butter u week, provided always that such cow is within the drove or herd he 1s inspecting, cows that will make fourteen pounds of butter a week are not to be found in the droves that are driven about for sale. Such cows are seldom for sale oxcept at breeders’ prices. A novice might by ‘chance select a cow that was making ten pounds of butter a week under the vight treatment, yet if he. kept her in a cold stable and gave her ice water to drink and fed her on timotvhy hay and ground barley and corn meal, all of which are lacking in protein, the cow would soon run down to three and one half pounds a week and stay there, or make less and less. Another man who knew his busi- ness might have selected the same cow and kept her in a warm stable, given warm water, warm ensilage made from sweet corn well matured, two or three pounds of clover hay anda plentiful supply of wheat bran or middlings, ground onts and peas, or a little oil meal or any other food containing pro- tein in libéral proportion, and the cow would probably have increased to twelve pounds a week if her limit per- mitted. ears Soap Fair white hands; Brightclear complexion Sqft healthful skin. { PEARS'~Tho Great English Complexion SOAP,—Sold Everywhere, ADWAY’ auee B | L L e For the cure of all DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH, LIVER. BOWELS, KID 'S, BLADDER, NERVOUS DISEASES, HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION. JOSTIVENESS, COMPLAINTS PECULIAR TO FEMALES, PAINS IN THE BACK, DRAGGING I'F IN ¢ N STION, BILLIOUSNESS, FEVER, INFLAMATION OF THE BOWELS, PILES, and all derangement of the Inter- nal Viscera. RADWAY'S PILLS are a cure for this complaint. They tone up the internal secretions to healthy action, restore strength to the stomach and enable it to perform its functions. Price 25¢ per box. Sold by all draggists. RADWAY & CO., New York HARDWARE ey Wlepes k‘“» TIN PLATE METALS, NAILS, HOUSE FURNISHING «pe | 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 AND 32 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. 1. W. YATES, Trensuror, [, JOSSELYN, Secretary A. J. POPPLETON, Prestdent, J.JBROWN, Vice'President, A SOLID NEBRASKA COMPANY. The Omaha Fire Insurance Co. OF OMARA, NGB, Paid Up Capitak * - . . . . . . $100,000 Fire, - Lightning - and - Tornado ~ Insurance, Offices, 8. K, Corner Douglas and Sixtee! h Sts. Telephone 1,438, Directors: A, J. Poppleton, J. H. Millard, Wm. Wallace, J, W. Gannott, H. W, Yates, N, A, Kubn, E. L 8tong, 0. 0. Woodworth, 1. 8. Coiling, J, J. 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