Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 15, 1889, Page 5

THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER How He Fares in Omaha's Tributary Territory. THE PART HE PLAYS IN BOSTON. Wonrists Who Sundayed in Omana— Caught on the Fly—Propara- tions for Drummers’ Day in Merchants' Week. “Dor Drammer.’ Who puts up at der pest hotel, Und dnkes his oysters on der shell, Und mit der frauleins cuts & schwell? Der drummer. Who vas it gomes indo mein schtore, Drows down his pundles on der vloor, Und nefer schtops to shut der door! Der drummer. ‘Who dakes me py der handt und say: *‘Hans Pfeiffer, how you vas to-day 1" Und goes for peesness righdt avay ! Der drummer, Who shpreads his zamples in a trice, Und dells me “look und see how nico,” Und suys I gets “der bottom pricei” Der drummer. ‘Who says der tings vas eggstra vine— “Vrom Suarmany, upon der Rhine"— Und sheats me den dimes oudt of nine? Der drummer, Who dells how sheap der goots vas bought Mooch less as vat I gould imbort, But lets dem go as he vas “short?” Der drummer, Who varrahts all der goots to suit Der gustomers upon his route, Und ven dey gomes dey vas no goot? Der drummer, ‘Who gomes aroundt ven I been oudt, Drinks oup mein bier und eats mein kraut Und kiss Katrina in der mout? Der drummer, Who ven he gomos again dis vay, Vill hear vot Pfeiffor has to say, Und mit a plack eye goes avay! Der drumimer. The part which the drummer plays in the drama of commercial lifo in Boston is a most important and interesting one, says the Globe. Tmportant it is because in_various parts of this country and of theold world he 1s all the time making the good or evil reputation of the merchants of the city. Interesting it is becanse it is not common- place. The 20,000 commercial travelers that radi- ate from the hub of the universe to every land and nation beneath the sun where men and women hava the wants and needs of civ- ilized human beings, lead a life that is much different in its daily course from one that is is pursued in a humdrum sort of way by the remaining 450,000 of the city’s populition. “Der drummer” is literally a man who knows not where the night that follows each day will overtake him. 3 When he retires to rest one evening, for- tune may favor him with a soft luxurious bed in a handsomely furniehed room. The next night he may slecp upon a mattress of stony hardness, Out on the road with his heavy trunks and gripsacks, he is tho bane of life for the bag- age smashers, who earn their puy with as fitfle ‘physical exertion as possible. I tho cars on his travels, he is the boon companion of the lonely journeyer, whether man or woman, Especially does he make himself interesting, and find much that is of interest, if the sojourner on the rail is of the latter sex. His nccommodating manner to the lady ravelers will lead Lim to aive up for their benefit his seat,. his newspaper, his berth, his place in the dining car. The drummor 1s a cosmopolite. He has been everywhere, and he has the graceful, easy airs and knowledge of men and things that aro essential parts of the maie-up of the man of the world. He is the hotel man's best patron and friend. The bedismonded clerk of the city tosteiry and the mau of many dutics who presides over the register aud mukes the Hires in the country inn, alike put on their most_gracious smilo when they sco him looming up in the distance. Ho carries with him on all occasions, a stock of stories and of good humor that is inexhaustible, The 1mpecunious hotel waiter loves him and cares for him like a brother, in obsc- quious exchange, of course, for Uips that are frequent and lLiberal. Apparently the drummer’s life is an ex- quisitely havpy, easy, and pleasaut one. Literally ho livéth at'the best hotel and takes his oysters on the shell, and perhaps in a flirting happy-go-lucky way with the frauleins, cuts something of a swell. He always has the best and most desirablo seat in the parlor car, and ho has a knack of coming up & few minutes before the train on which he is to Lravel at night is to depart, and after half a dozen other passengers have begged and beseeched for a center lower berth in the sleeping car, of walkiag right into the place they have sought for in vain. He is always polite, and he always has the very best that the market affords in every line. Nobody ever undertakes to impose upon him, and he bows o no one but the customer whoso order he is zealously seeking, Then add to the vim and dash of his eve varying and changing carcer, the romance the' poetry, the wonderful scenes of the rond; why should ke xot be happy The Difforence. Speaking of the points of difference in salesmen, F. Gada said: One introduces himself as the representa- tive of a house; his address is respectful and pleascat, and the merchant glances over his samples and listens to his arguments respect- ing styles, qualities and prices, put forward in the usual manner, from the manifest standpoint of self-interest and desire to ef- fect n sale. Atlength the merchant says, “T am glad v make your acquaintance, but trade is dull and collections slow, and I don’t foel like buying to-day. I will' keep your card, however, and when you are in ftown lfiin. rop in and we mway give you an orde The next day, perhaps, another salesman calls with similar goods' and prices. But, somehow, he gets nearer to the merchant. His talk is quiet, sensible, not stereotyped, andit inverests him, He seems to enter into the practical spirit of the merchaut's busi- to realize s hopes and his _struggles, and to appreciato his prudence. He touches upon details, and every day resuits stand clearly out. ' He makes it plain that goods must be bought or they can not be soid; yet he does not try to sell him more than he thinks it prudent for him to buy. In short, his suggoctions and recommendations are characterized by an intelligent interest in tho welfure of the man he is dealing with, He aims to do as he would be done by, and he shows it, The result is, he goes away with an order and leaves benind him a custo- mer and a friend. In such things lie the difference in saleswmen, both in the wholesale and retail trade, Twenty Years on the Road. W. H. Paddock, the corpulent. representa- tive of Fiteh & Howland, wholesale grocers, Chicago, has been ‘“‘making” Omaha for twenty years and is notan old man either. Ho was &t the Millard yesterday, where a Hes reporter had yn interesting chat with bim. The conversation was opened by Mr. Paddock saying that business genorally is better this year than last, and merchants everywhere scem to be feeling good. His territory lies betweén St. Paul and Kansas City, along the two big rivers, and Omaha is of the best towns in it By of the fact thet she has more jobbing houses, Kansas City is a better fromy war- bu't her average is not nearly so good. ‘wenty years on the road,” said Mr. Faddock, ‘48 a long time, and one naturally oes through an experience full of accidents focidents and variety. What I bave heard and kuow from personal observation would wake a large-sized book. This city is, to me, @ marvel. Its recent growth, doth in’ extent snd charactor, has been something wonder- ful. t now the trade, according to Mr. Pad- dock, is cunsiderably distur] on account of unceliability 1o the coffee aud sugur marke's, two staples are ver factory and unsteady, They slide up and down the scalo 8o rapidly that country deal- ers refrain froni buying more than enough to keep their customers supplied from one day to another, At the Murray. Day Clerk Ira Higbee beamed genially over the desk at the Murray yesterday and exchanged greetings with the throng of trav- eling men that poured in from the morning triins, Tho house was crowdod. In the number of representatives, Chicago led. The City of the Lake was represented by J. K. Armsby, jr, Charles H. Conner, Chicago; I Strauss, H, W. Pouter, J. B. MeGuire, L. Donald, 134 A. Friedman, T. L. Vignoas, A. M, Pullim, A, J. Fisher, C. A Mclean, C. H. Smith, ipman, W. H. Haskell, H. Rinaldo, G. W. Whoeler, A. H, Wolf, D. Frensdorf, W. Van Brochen, P. J. Hale and wife, George B. Holcombe, I. Guthman, P. Uliman, J. Lewis, G. W. Boyse, B. T. Ardner, R. Barber, J. T. Bornvaugh, T. I. Godfrey, d Guthman, N, 8. Jacobs, M. Schwargman, W. Swift, C. H. Davis, Dave Brichner, From New York were C. H. Dayis, Dave Brichner, John Perrin, Strauss, M. Rauch, A. M. Burns, J. Arnold, James Murray, B: 8. Klee, Frank Hoight, G. E. Angier (and wife), C. H. Davidson, P. A. Hindner. And for the rest, J. Hartloy, E. R. Ken- H. B. Hachman, W. ankamp, *. Forguson, P, Goomer, St. Louis; . Chaffee, (3, A. Worton, A. J. Barnes, G. J. Spitz, Hoston; W. L. A Moines; J. E. Worth, : Boardman, Middletown, Conn St. Joseph; K. . Hall, Petersburg, Va.: W. H. Swift, 'Chicago; 'A. J. Taylor, Rock Isiand: Max Glazier, Chicago. Tho boys were not haty in the matter of rising, and but few of them came down to breakfast. If uny of them went to church they did so without Ira Higbee's consent, which is positively against the rules. G. E. Augier, of New York, has just been married, and he and his charming wife re- ceived the congratulations of many of the “knights.” Merchants' Week and Drummers. OAKLALD, Neb., July 13.—To tho Editor of Tue Ber: Please ask through your col- umns what the travelers are going to do this fall. Request, the hard workers to call a meeting and make arrangemeats for a pa- rade one day of Merchants' week. The writer has but little time to work, and will call the attention of such well known men as Lobeck, Eastman, Fason, Roth, Cole, George Swagart, George Darrow, W. Helpn rey and many others who are wi work. TRAVEL N, Those who are interested in the scheme say that_arrangements are being made to have a Traveling Men's day during Mer- ohants' weeck. The committee on arrange- ments is now waiting for a report from the commereial men, and expect them to oceupy a prominent place in the programme. Invades the Prohibi‘ion States. Charley Townsend, one of the handsomest, most affable and best known commercial men in this country, was a Suaday guest at the Millard. His card has printea on it, “Taylor, Williams & Co., wholesale dealers in wines and liquors, Logansville, Ky.," and their goods come unde r the head of four X quality. Mr. Townsend has just returned from a trip to California, and he reports great prosperity 1 business circles every- where. Ho says: *'I even invade the sacrod preciucts of prohibition Kansas and sell large quantities of zood old rye there. Pro- hibition prohibits about like a duck swims.” Home on a Visit. C. B. Welch, who once belonged to the Omaha grip brigade, but now resides at St. Joe, is In the city on a visit. Here he be- longed to the firm of Farrell & Welch, man- ufacturing company, ayrups and canned pre- serves being thewr product. He says the old town is haviug a steady growth and business is bettor than it was last year. The editor of the Burlington Junc- tion (Mo.) Post has for years been sub- ject to eramp colic or fitsof indigestion. Mr. Butcher, tho leading druggist there, advised him to try Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and_Diorrheea Remedy. He says: “We took the medicine and not only found relief on that occasion but have several times since tried its iis virtues and founa relief in every instance.” e A Pathetie Incident at Yale. One of the most pathetic incidents ever connected with a Yale commence- ment occurred to-day, says a dispatch to the New York Herald. During the general jollifications, and especially of those of the class of '86, united for the first time since gradua- tion, & young lady in deep widow’s weeds stepped timidly on the campus and in- quired where she could see an official of the college. She was directed to Professor Dexter, the dean of the faculty, to whom sho introduced herself as the widow of Thomas Waterman, of Detroit, Mich., recently deceased, who was one of the most popular members of the class of 86 and had intended to be present at his class triennial. She explained that the purpose of her visit was to carry out the dying wish of her husband to endow two scholarships in his nume, for which he had set apurt the sum of $10,000. After the business was duly settled Mrs. Waterman begged that she might be shown the rooms which her hushand had occupied as an under-graduate, tho house he boarded at, the places he used to frequent and the classmates he loved so well. Although Mrs. Waterman’s visit may have cast a shadow of sadness over ti fun and frolic of '86, there wus never a triennial before at Yale when the sweet and gentle influence of a bereaved woman held such complete and pathetic sway. Mothers, Read. The proprictors of SANTA ABIE have nuthorized tne Goodman Drug Co, to refund your mouey if, after giving this California king of cough'cures a fair trial as directed, it fails to give satisfaction for the cure of croup, whooping cough and all throat 'ts rh, nothing is 8o effective as CALIFORNIA CAT-R-CURE. Theso proparations are without cquals as household remedies. Sold at#l a package. Three for §2,50, L An Ancient Turk. Those who are anxious to rewain in the flesh beyond the ordinary duration of this mortal life will be interested in the habits of the old Turk who has recently died at Haddatha, aged 130 years, suys the Pall Mall Gazette, Old Hadji Soliman Saba had seven wives, all of whom died before him; he was the father of sixty sons and nine daughters, who have also goue tho way of all flesh, and the year before his death ho was thinking of merrying again, but coula not obtain the necessary funds to buy a bride. Saba was a farmer unto his life’s end; his dict consisted mainly of barley bread, beans (vegetar , take vote!) and water, and only twice a year, on high festivals, did he eat meat,” His clothes were even more simple than hi diet, consisting of a sbirt only, and, when ue truveled, a pair of trousers. His bed was & mattress and a straw mat, and it bad never been a “bed of sick- ness” till three days before his death, Have You Catarrh?—There is one remedy you can try without dang, hum- bug. BSeud o A. G. Coleman, chemist, Kala- maxoo, Mich.,for trial package of his catarrh cure. ' His ouly mode of advertising is by giv- ing it away. Postage Judge for your- sell. Mention this pap Devvislies Lose Ninety Men, Caro, July 14.—In skirmishes with tho Egytian troops che dervishics bave lost ninety meu, Rup:ors are provaleut here 1o the ef. fect that a combined ilritish and Egyptian advauce will be madeon Dougols iv sutuma, THE GROWTH OF ALFALEA. Tts Introduction Into Thia Country Thirty-five Years Ago. CUTTING AND CURING THE CROP* How it Sucoceds as a Renovator of Worn-Out Soils—Its Compos tion as Shown By Chem- ical Analysis, The Value of Alfalta. The state agricultural college of Colo- rado, situated at Fort Collins, has just fssued u pamphlet on alfalfa, its growth, composition, digestibility, ete. The pamphlet will prove very valuable to those interested in the subject. It says: The perennial plant known and called alfalfa by the Spanish, and by the French, lucerne, has been grown ex- tensively and for many years in the southwest, under the name of chilian, or California clover. The Romans brought it from Media 470, B. C., hence its generic name. It was introduced into Mexico in the time of the conquest; thence into South America, and from Chili into California in 1854, where it has been grown more successfully and in greater quantities than clsewhere. It found its way into Colorado early in the sixties, having been raised for the first time in the state in the Platte valley, near Denver. It flourishes at all altitudes below 7,000 feet, and in all soils that will pro- duce other good crops. Sandy and clay lonms are best adapted to its habits, Soils underlaid with shale, or hard pan, are not conducive to its successful growth, innsmuch as the roots of the plant must penetrate the sub-soil until they find moisture. Where sur- faco drainage 1s good, and the land not too wet or too alkaline, it readily sccures a stand and the first season makes a crop of one or two tons per acre—often without an irrigation in this arid climate. It is the most tenacious of all forage plants, enduring more harsh treatment, more dry weather, heat and cold, after making a stand, than any of the others. It is, indeed, ‘‘a child of the sun,” de- fving the hottest suns, the driest soils and the greatest variations of tompera- ture—in fact, it keeps fresh and green while all other plants dry up and die around it. Its growth is exceedingly rapid. In some soils and under certain conditions it makes a growth of thirty to forty-five inches a month, and in some localities a cutting every month in the summer season. ‘The first cutting is ready about the middle of June—just before bloom- ing—and is considered the best for workiny teams, inasmuch as it contains more fattening elements, and hence is a stronger fooll. The second crop is cut in July, and the third in September, and if the fourth is cut, it is ready in October. The second crop and par- ticularly the third, is better for milch cows, and animals that do not work, in- asmuch as it is more succulent, contains fewer course stemsand is more easily masticated. The feeding value, as seen in the tables given, is clearly demonstrated in practical stock feeding. No other clover, grass or fohiage plant compares with it, or contains a greater per cent of protein substances. Horses grow fat on it alone; cattle make fat, lesh and milk; sheep thrive and are perfectly healthy when fed on it, and even hogs, when pastured on it, need no other food. The preparation of the soil for sowing alfalfa is about the same as for clover, or other small seeds; if quite moist, good stands are secured on the raw sod merely by harrowing or drilling the seed. The condition of the soil is everything, 1n rapid and successful germination. Being a rapid grower, and very succulent, it requires a large amount of moisture to start it successfully and keep it growing until well rooted, as when once rooted itis safe. The amount of seed per acre nece: sary to secure a good stand for hay is twenty to twenty-five pounds; for seed, twelve to sixteen pounds are sufficient As the plant bears its seel ently from red clover, th seeding is detrimental to the propagation of a large yield on account of its growing not on the top like red clover, but upon the entire plant, from bottom to top. For hay, the seed on sandy soil At be sown aloue; on cloddy, clayey soils, wheat. oats or barley 1 small’ quantity can he sown with it for shade. Timothy and orchard grass, when sown with al- falfa, serve to keep it from lodging, and when in sufficient quantities, they be- come a preventive of hoven in the feed- ing and pasturing of cattle and sheep. The seed should be sown with a drill,as it is more evenly and uniformly dis- tributed, and after drilling a light har- rowing crosswise assists in an even stand, and hastens germination. The time to sow depends very much on the soil and climate. So soon as all fear of frost isgone and the soil is moist and warm, sow—about April 20 to May 10. Even earlier sowing has proved very ssful in some soils and se: pecially where it is done in old wheat or ont “stubble, without previous pre- paration. CUTTING AND CURING. Alfalfa should be cut just before blooming, somewhat earlier than red clover. At that stage of its growth the plant contains the greatest amount of valuable feeding substances. When slightly wilted it should be raked into winrows, and then put into small cocksto be cured. If left to cure before raking, the stems be- come hard and dry, the leaves drop off, the color is lost, and much of the hay is rendered unfit for feed. Cur- ing is the most important operation of all in making alfalfa hay. In the experience of many farmers, al- alfa is the best renovator and the best green crop for fertilizing soils of any thus far tried. It not only kills all nox- ious weeds, but puts into the soil in quantities manurial elements found to luable to the growth of any crop. )eriments among farmers, but nob at the experiment station, have proved it to be 50 per cent better than red clover, The roots being very large and long, not only enrich, but make the soil porous and well suited, not only to its own growth, but to the growth of any other plant. Just why alfalfa has, whon fed green or wet, a greater tendency to bloat cat tle and sheep than other forege, has not yet been fully or satisfactori ex- plained. Whether it is due to the alkali of the soil absorbed by the plant, or to ita very succuleut growth, or to its quality, remains to be demounstrated, It is a fact that it is a dangerous pastu; for eatiie und sheep, unless the weuther | is very dry, or unless the ste fed with dry feed upon it. Alfulfa seeds are about two lines long and about one and one-fourth woile dodder seeds are n than half the size. 1f clover sud alfulfa seeds are well § before being driven | broad, | little more d throughi Seive of propor s the dodder wil¥ ¥ readily separated. 1If crops are to be free from the dodder pests, the farmé?®"must seo to it that the seed for thd'crop is clean. The ash of spdéimen No. 1 was anal- yzed show'ng th€following composition Silica (S102).. . Carbon (C)..., Sulphuric acid (&, Tron oxide (Fe O Chlorine (C1) Magnesiam oxi Calcium oxide (Ca Q) . Phosphoric acid (P O5) . Potassium oxide fK2 O) Sodium oxide (Na24@) . The proportion of ash ingredients in the plant is variable within a limited range, such variation being due to vari- ous circumstances, as the green or ripened condition of growth, the differ- ent parts of the plant taken, the soil on which the plant has been grown, the species of plant and 1ts treatment and culture, The question is often asked, at what period of its growth should grass be cut for hay? The albuminoids being the most desirable part of the plant, the greater the per cent of albuminoids, other things being equal, the more nu- tricious the grass, The albuminoids decrease as the grass matures, but on the other hand, the amount of dry hay increases with nge; the crude fiber increases with the age of the plant. The analyses show that about the time of bloom, or a little later,is the most economical time to cut grass for hay. That alfalfais no ex- ception to the rule, is shown by numer- ous analyses of forage plants made by the department of agriculture. A full comparicon of alfalfa with other forage plants and food stuffs in- volves a consideration of two factors— the fh)hl per acre and the ease with which each can be cultivated. In the first place, alfalfa stands pre- eminent, as, with its three and four cuttings, it is an easy task to average five or six tous per acre over large arens. Much larger yields have been realized in exceptional cases. In the second place, alfalfa is an eas; plant to cultivate when once started, and even in the beginning, 1s not more difficult to start than other small-seeded lants, as red clover and the grasses. When a good stand has been secured, with ordinary caro it dpes not kill by freezing or other hardship, provided ir- rigated in fall and reasonably early n the spring. This being the case, all can see what an advantage alfalfa has over other forage plants in the arid re- gion. This does not argue for its ex- clusive cultivation, for other forage plants, as_millets, corn, should supple- ment alfalfa, the main support in mixed farming. DIGESTIBILITY. In connection with thechemical anal, sis of the alfalfa, the following feeding bility: | growth nor yiel | valuable than the other clovers -experiment was tried to test its digesti- | Two steers were selected. No. 1 was a seven-eighths - Shorthorn, and was ! thirty monthsold, and weighed 1,050 pounds. No. 2 was one-half Devon, and was twenty-three months old, and ! weighed 1,075 pqunds. Thé animals were healthy and in good condition; | they were fed two weeks on the alfalfa before the experiment was begun, the object being to cloar the digestive canal of previous food. During the expori- ment they were kept in stalls in the basement of the barn,and were taken out once a day to be weighed; they were watered and’ fed alfalfa three times a day, eight pounds at edch feed, One day the feed of alfalfa was increased to nine pounds, but.as the animals showed signs of bloating, it was reduced to eight pounds. The dung and urine for twenty-four hours were weighed ot noon each day, also the steers before they were watered or fed. A harness provided for the animals, to which rubber bags were attached to collect the dung and urine; the auimals were watched day and night to see that all | tne excrements were saved as soon as voided, and placed in suitable vessels to receive them. An accident occurred with No. 1, causing two days’ result to be reiected. The refuse hay was carefully collected after each feed, and each day’s refuse kept by itself. The dung, urine, refuse hay and water were weighed to a half ounce; the animals to a pound. One- tenth part of the dung and urine was saved in large salt-mouth, glass-stop- pered bottles that were air tight: one- tonth paat of this was carefully sam- pled and analyzed, The original weight Ate hay in 24 hours. Drank water, 24 hours Total....... Refuse hay for that .1,050 1bs. 24 lbs. 1bs. 12 The dung weighed. . Fhe urine weighed., , The animal weighed 1bs. 93 oz 1bs. 8i{ oz. 1bs. Total ..1,18 The animal, food and wate) weighed . .1,149 1bs, The animal 8 weighed. W13 1bs, There was up phosphori the urine. The nitrogen in the urvine of both animals was the same, 8.6 parts in 1,000, equal to 1.85 per cent of urea. The total sotid of dry dung was four and a half times as much as the solids of the urine. The ampunt of water drank was, in the case of No. 1,38.81 times the hay eaten; in the cnse of No. 2, ,8.83 times, The live weight includes the food eaten, the dung, urine, ote. When the stomach alone will hold 100 to 150 pounds of water, and the ex- cretion of the dung and urine is more or less irregular, we may expect a var- iation of from twenty to fifty pounds a day. In tho experiment it obviated, as much as possiblo, by weigh- ing the dung and urine at noon and the animals at the same time, before they were fed or watered. Tt will be noticed that it wasthe third day before the animals came back to, or exceeded, the original waight; this may be due to the animals taking some little time to get accustomed to tho rubber bags and harness attachment to hold them in place, and to the excitement it would naturally cause. The average refuse hay of No. 1 was 5 6-13 ounces a day, and was about 1-77 of the hay fed. The average refuse hay of No. 2 was § 7-15 ounces a day, and was about 1-128 of the hay fed. The ether extract of dung of No. 1 was colorless, containing no chlorophyll, while the ether extract of No. 2 was distinctly green. The ash of the dung is about double that of the refuse hay. he alfalfa fed was the second crop, and the chemical analysis shows that it was too ripe when cut; alfalfa cut earlior would show bet- ter results as to its feeding qualities. It took, in the case of No. 1, 18 pounds of hay to make one pound of increase of live weight; in the case of No. 2, it took 10k pounds, or an average of both ani- mals of 14 pounds. After all, the vital question to the farmer is, “Does it pay?” This experiment shows that the nutri- tive ratio of alfalfa is quite good, and that average animals, like those fed in the experiment, will gain seven pounds weight.for every I()flriunds of hay con- sumed, or a gain of 140 pounds weight for each ton of alfalfa. Jn determining final results, there are three important factors broght in question—the price of alfalfa, the cost of transportation, and the price obtained for the beef when placed on the market. Whether it will pay, or not, isa problem which can be solved only by the farmer or stockman, each in his own locality, after a knowl- edge of the ‘wocu(liuu data, To conclude, we believe alfalfa to be the best forage plant for Colorado, and the whole arid region, for the foliowing reasons: 1. It is easy to raise and secure a fine stand of plants, if the soil be put in proper condition. 2, Tts s g qualities are good, as the oldest fields show no diminution in 1 neither does it kill by winter exposure. if given the least care and irrigation at the proper time. 8. The quantity produced by the many cuttings make it much more or grasses. 4. Itisas digestible as clover hay, constituent by constituent. 5. Its chemical composition that it is a rich, strong food, properly cured. 6. Its feeding qualities are excellent, being relished by all farm animals. It is also an excellent flesh and milk producer. In general, iv will do to say that it has about all the good qualities ofa forage plant, with very few poor ones. It has chown a tendency to split up, or diverge into soveral well marked varieties, under careful cultivation. In a future bulletin, these, together with the rooting proclivities, with or without irrigation, will engage our at- tention. shows when Sotdlis bt Will you suffer with dyspepsia and liver complaint? Shiloh’s Vitalizer is guaranteed to cure you, el Oklahoma Hotel Rules. A commercial traveler who stopped at an Oklahoma hotel found the follow- ing rules pasted on the wall of his room and he forwarded themto the Philadel- phia North American: If the bugs are troublesome you'll find the chloroform in a bottle on the shelf. Gents goin’ to bed with their boots on will be charged extra. Three raps at the door means there is a murder in the house and you must get up. Please rite your name on the wall per, s0 wo know you've been here. The other leg of the chair is in the closet if you need it. If that hole where that pain_ of glass is out 18+t00 much for you, you'll find a pair of pants back of the door to stuff in it. The shooting of a pistol is no cause for any alarm. If you're too cold, put the oilcloth over vour bed. seen lamps extra; candles free, but they musn’t burn all night. Don’t tear off the wall paper to light your pipe with: 'nufl of that already. Guests will not take out them bricks in the mattres: If 1t rains through that hole over- head you’ll find an umbrella under the bed. The rats von’t hurt you, if they do chase each other across y Two men in a room must put up with one chair. Please don’t empty the sawdust out of the pillows. Don’t kick about the roaches; we don’t charge extra. If there’s no towel handy use a piece of the carpet. . Used by the United States Government. F: 3 Fui ntain Ammonia, I.imeor Alum. Dr. Pri 1, Orange, Alniond, Rose, ete POWDER CO., and Public Food Anal Baking Powder does 10 tracts, Vanilla, Lem PRICE BAKING s, a8 the Strongest TOHINGS, ENGRAVINGS, FRAMES, 1913 Douglas 8L & < - dorsed by the heads of the Great est and most Healthful. Dr. Pr avori: isonous Oilk or Ch St. Lour ,do not contain e New York, Chicago. t EMERSON, HALLET & DAVIS, | ARTIST SUPPLIES, KIMBALL, MOULDINGS, PIANOS ANDORGANS SHEET MUSIO. - Omaha Nebraska BAPTIZED BY THE ELEMENTS The Methodist Camp Meeting Gets Tta Nightly Sprinkling. WATER ENOUGH FOR BAPTISTS. The Big Tent Collapses Again and the Little Ones Flooded—The Fall Campaign— City News. LINCOLN BUREAU oF THE OMAMA Ban, 1020 P Streer, Lixcouy, July 14. The big Methodist camp meeting at Cush- man park is prospering, notwithstanding tho many drawbacks and adverse circumstances, It has rained every night on tho people who have camped thero, and twice has the big tent been Inid flat on the ground by wind. On the first night the tent was blown down, and the plano and organ received a thorough drenching. Saturday evening the wickedest looking storm that has visited this section in many years came up and the tent went down again, This time the piano and organ were carried to a building nearby and kept until morning. On the first night the campers had neglected to ditch around their tents, and everyone got a thorough dreuching. Theso things, very naturally, have had a dampen- ing effect on all connected with the work. However, the Rev. C. I. Creighton, who has taffon off his coat and rolled up his slecves, is infusing new life into the meeting. ‘Through his efforts the big tent was put in place this morning and the good work goes on as before. There was considerable growl- ing and kicking over what was deemed the crankyness of the management in refusing to allow the running of traina to the park to- day, and many accused them of over-pious- ness in this matter. The general public could see no moro sin in running trains than in driving teams out to the grounds, and tho attendance to-day, though large, was not one- fourth what it wobld have been, The exer- cises were carried out as best they could be under the circumstances, and were briefly as fotlows 6 a. m.—Prayer meeting, lod by W. Prescott. 8 a, m.—Love feast, led by (. H, Presson, 10:30 a. m.—Preaching by Bishop New- H. man. 2:80 p. m.—Preaching by Dr. J. H. Creigh- ton, 5:30 p. m.—Preaching by the Rev. Camp- bell. 8 p. m.—Preaching by Evaneelist Webber. The camp meeting will coutinue soveral days this weck. The Fall Campaign, Many of the politicians are not particu- larly pleased with the announcement that the county republican convention would bs held as early as August3l. They see no nocessity for 80 long a campaign, and were kicking lustily to-day. The demoerats, they claim, will be the gainers by such a deal, as they will not attempt to do anything until after the republicen nominations are ma and this will give them lots of timo to per- fect details. Many want it hoid as lato as the middle of October, and claim that a campaign Of two weeks is ample. Then there are dolegates to elect to the state can- vention, and as that has not yet been oal it is thought that our committee ought not! act hastily in this matter, Candidates are springing up at a lively rate all over tho county. John Graham, of Mill precinct, a brother of Mayor Graham, is announced as a candidate for county olork, and ex-Policeman Bates is in the race for shoriff. 1t is said that some of his frionds ave urging him 1o be a candidate to tho fi uluh, rogardless of tho action of the conven. tion. City News and Notes, Lincoln water again has a salty taste, T. F. Barnes, the capitalist, is off oma brief busimess trip to North Platte. Measrs. Casoy and_Edeo, of Pawnee City, were gucsts of the Capital hotel to-day The next meeting of the Lincoln branch of the Irish National lengue will be held on the 8th, Arthur 1. Smith, assistant general passen- ger agent of the Hurlington, was in the ciky to-day. Mayor Graham and family aro enjoyh the cool broezos of Coloradd - Springs ang Manitou, The East Linooln lodgo of Modern Wood- men will dedicato their now hallon the evon- ing of the 23d. An fce croum social will bo given by the ladies of the West Lancoln M. E.churah Wednesday evening, Mastor Mechanio Saulsberry, of the Bue- lington, is out on a tour of inspoction of the northern lines of the systom. A lively game of ball will be played at Randolph and Twenty-first, on the afternoon of tho 22, between picked pines made up from tho lawyers and the merchants. A happy wedding took place this afternoon at tho residenco of the bride's parents at 1620 Q street. Mr. James M. Cochran, pro- prictar of the Cavital barber shop, and Miss Rose Barwick wero linked in the holy bonds of matrimony. ‘Theyoung girl, Frankie Curry, who worked Ashby & Millspaugh for the suin of 8375, hes nimost been forgotten, except by the jailer und his_ wife, re was talk that a com- mission would be appointed to inquire into her sanity, but nothing has been done as yat. A gentleman by the name of Allen, at the head of @ large printing establishment at Clinton, Ta., is stopping for a few days Windsor. Twenty-one years ago he came west to buy the Lincoln Journsl, but chaoged his mind, and now he wishes that no hadn’t, Richards has skipped with his children. He is tho man whose brutal treatment of his thrco little boys caused lder Howe to fila with the county court an application for the appointment of a guardian. The Rev. Henry Heiner, of the Gerinan_Evangelical church, was appointed, and the boys would soon have bech placed under the protecting of the German orphan's home of this city, but for his sudden skipping out with them. Tho committee appointed for the purpose of reclaiming the old ety park well has agreed on a lino of action. They will pump the well dry, and if tliere 1s_only one place where the sait water comes in they will at- tompt to stop it; if there arc several, they will probably cement the walls and turn the well into a resarvoir. Thero arc muny who think that that is the proper caver to begin with. The water question has been quite.a serious one in_this city for three years, and m0 one can measurc the damages that this one thing has occasioned. The committee of twenty-fivo recntly aspointed to discuss the water question and locate a new plunt has been called to meet at the council chamber Tuesday evening at 7:30. Since the succeas of the Rice pumbping station on the Antelope has beon so marked, there are muny converis to the theory that that is the propar pluce w0 get water, though the Platte river and the Blue river schewes still have their advocates, Have you used PEARSSOAP? jnstantly stops the most excruciating Yor PAINS, BRUISES, BACKACHE, CO. SCIATICA, HEADACHE, TO( pain to & PIT TS BURGH ha, Nebraska, ns; never fails t) zive ouse to the sulferer ESTIONS, INFLAMMATIONS, RHEUM ATISM ACHE, or any other PAIN, a fow application tantly stop. A CURE FOR ALL BOWEL COMPLAINTS Internally taken Indoses of from thirty to sixty Aropa {n half a tumbler of water will surein a fow minates Cramp Spasms, Sour Stomach, Col X it Diarrho 50 Uents a Bottle, IMPORTERS ‘lantulence, Heartburn, ( eaduche, Nauses, Vomiting, Nervousnoss, 5 Dains arising from change of Alot or water OF OtHOF Causes. 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