Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 24, 1890, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1890 THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER Anothor Rousng Meeting for the Organization of a Club. THE PAPERS ARE ALL DRAWN UP, A Fine Variety of Gossip from Among Those on the Rond—Some Point- ers of Value—Sandaying in Omaha, The Drummer's Last Trip. Lieno in New Orleans Critie. A drummer sat down at a table one day, And asked for something to eat; Ho w and weary and hungry, 0o, uidly dropped in a seat, veled that day over many a mile, Good orders ho had by And many a time he fen He sold would class him a bore, 1ut what cored he what others thought, So long as he ‘‘got in his work." He'd tackie a preacher, a lawyer, a crank, hodist, Jew, or Turik. side with au infidel or heathen Chineo 1t bie vould but “‘wire” at night: *‘I've scooped the town, filled it chock fall, Smith and Jones are nowhere in sight. For scnsitive feelings, drummers have none— Such trifies as theso whey leave home— ‘When they hastily start, griv in hand, Their o1t trodden district to roam. “Landiora!” “Waiter!" he hungrily cried, As he nervously grasped his mail, ‘‘Pray, give me a dinner and quickly, too, For, oo the next steamer 1 sail.” Then over his letters he eagerly scanned As one by one he laid down; The little, square, bulky one was not there, And over his face swept a frown. “‘Alas, I thought I would hear from her, Whom I lefu six long weeks ago; is here I told her to write me eure, As often she had done before. And Low happy I've been, as the train sped on More swift than the winter wind, My soul 80 engrossed in the fond, cheery words That here T expected to tind, That hunger, nor thirst, nor busincss cares Could depress my lightsome heart. Oh, how I remewber her last embrace, Tt almost killed us to part. No letter from her! Oh God upon ihgh, st no harm befall my wife; ‘Tis my last time “*to go out on the road,” Next week 1 ohange my life, No, landiord;; you're right, I've np appetite, I thougkt I had when I came; But we drummers, you know, queer fellows they suy, Tho' all pretty nearly the same. When the heart’s satisfied, and all foars are at rest, How Joily, how gay and how free! Gaod eating and drinking we enjoy with the best— Nota thought of dull care have we. But when many long weeks creep slowly by, And from home we get ve'er a line, No food nor drink can quench the firs That consumes this breast of mine.” The drummer went out with sorrowful mein, To fight the oatties of trade; His heart bad sank in his bosom deep As good-bye to his friends he bade.” oM S T TR S R S In a littic white cottage, so cosy and clean, A woman lay moaning in pain: *Oh, husband!” she cried, *‘my life! my love! Oh let me but see you again, To show you our Robby, our sweet-faced boy, So like you.” It's all she said! Butthe drummer heard not; when home he ‘was calle His darling, Yes, d, is wife, was dead! Gmalia' Traveling Men's Club. The parlors of the Hotel Casey were overflowing with traveling men last Saturday evening upon the occasion of completing the peamrnent organization of Omahu traveling men. Enthusiasm was at a high pitch over the business in hand. Before the call to order was an- nounced Will Parker gained a number of signatures in addition to the 125 which alveady had subscribed to the idea of having an organization and pledged themselves to join it. Mr. C. O. Lobeck presided and Mr. Ryerson acted as secretary. Reports of the committees appointed at the meeting held a week previous were first called for and presented. Mr. Parks, chairman of the committee on by-laws, responded that he had spent most of his time securing names, and referred o Mr, Kessler of the same committee, who read a letter of suggestions from a member of the Peoria Traveling Men's association, regarding that organiza- tion. The letter soid, among other things, that the association was caleu- lated to promote an acquaintance, a brotherly love, and to accomplish any needed reform which will better their condition as traveling men. The dues wero stated to be 86 per year, covering everything, even to giving entertain- ments. They have monthly meetings, reading rooms, ete, No gambling is al- lowed, though card playing is. The in- itiation fee is #3, The organization places members in a position to take ac- tion in case of distress, and to assist in matters of legislation governing trans- vortation, and also to securs better ac- commodations at hotels. A general discussion of just what the club or organization should be, being indulged in, several gentlemen present ave thoir ideas on the subject. Some suggested that 1t be an organization much after the fashion of that at Peo- ria, with club rooms thoroughly com- “fortabie, ete., but not of the ultra-swell order; a place not only where the mem- bers can go to feel at home, but where they can take and entertain their customers, The question of a kitchen or grill room attachment was talked pro and con, principally con. Mr. Lobeck of the committee to look u rooms said that it would be difficult nns expensive to secure quarters with culi- nary accommodations. Finally, on mo- tion of Mr. Kessler, the committee on constitution and by-laws was instructed to ignore the culinary idea in doin, their work. Mr. £, I, Goodson wante; to amend by leaving the committee un- instructed, but his wotion was voted down heavily. The committee on constitution and by-laws, consisting of Messrs. Cole, Meyers, Parks, Kesslor and Carson, then retired to confer. Mr. Arnold, chairman of ‘he commit- tee appointed to look up rooms, made a report. He said thut $60 was wanted in the New York Life building for one big room; four rooms could be secured in the board of trade building for $650 a {our. and three rooms in the Ramge uilding could be had for $900 per aonum, Mr, Arnold and Mr. Lobezk, the lattor also of the committee,thought particularly fuvorably of the board of trade rooms. Soveral of those present thought thut before uny definite action could properly be taten in the matter of rooms the organization should be incorporated, Acting on this sug- estion & committea, consisting of fessrs, M. W. Rayley, & B. Miles and ¥, F. Goodson, was appointed to draft articles of incorporation, @ Mr. Goodson wanted -to koow what Wwus meant by a firm name appearing on the list of momtership signatures., It was explained that u member of the firm thus sgned could be decided upon later us the gentloman who would be known as & member of the club from that firm, and the mewmbership would be issued to one name only, although as many members of a firm as desired could secure membership tickets. It was the emphatic sense of the meeting, however, that the traveling men of a firm would be given the preference in the matter of becoming charter mem- bers. The committes on constitution and by-laws reported and the same was con- sidered in soctions. First came the constitution, the leading article in which provided for a name of the or- ganization. “The Omaha Commercial Men's Club”’ was reported but gave dis- satisfaction, as there is an ‘“‘Omaha Commercial Men's association,” and the two names were too nearly alike, and niso that the proposed name did not give the real and genuine idea of the organization. It was then proposed to call it the ‘“Omaha Traveling Men’s_ Club,” and so voted unanimously, and with great applause. All traveling men of good standing, members of firms, and book keepers who act as salesmen will be eligible to membership, subject to the vote of the club. Tive black balls will reject, the name proposed for membership first having come before the board of divect~ ors for approval. The membership feo shall be 5. The officers shall consist of a president, theee vice presidents, eight directors, a secretary, treasurer and marshal. The secretary shall give a bond of $500, and the treasurer a bond of 81,000, It shall be the special office of the marshal to introduce visitors. Only members can attend regular moetings, though any number can in- vite friends to the club rooms and social affairs that may occur there. The annual meeting shail be held on the evening of the last Saturday in December. The by-laws, for the most part, con- sisted of hints on parliamentary points. They did say that no games shall be played for monay in the the club rooms. There shall be no assessment on mem- bers except for quarterly dues. The constitution and by-laws were adopted. The election of officers was postponed until next Saturday mght. heve are now 138 traveling men who have joined the club, and the comple- tion of the permanent organization was simply deferred to next Saturday night to give a few others, who have been heard from and all others who desire, an opportunity to get in as charter members, The Cost of Protest. Shoe and Leather Reporter: A Chicago salesman sold quite a bill of shoes to the keeper of a general store inone of the new states. The buyver asked for time, and as the man owned a house and farm the jobbers agreed to take a note on four months. It was to be made payable at a bank in a neigh- boring city. Tho salesman whs in- structed to impress on the storekeeper the importance of taking up the paper when due. A blank note was sent on for signature. *Now, Mr. ——,” said the salesmun, ‘‘you must be at the bank the day this note is due, with the money to pay it, or it will be protested.” “What will happen then?" “Why, you il HRyaRto bay the cost of protest in addition to the amount of the note. “Oh, well, just add tho cost of the protest now, and i will give yon a note for the whole thing.” Nov Bad. Drummer for wholesale confectionery house: Let me sell you a case of this Vermont maple sugar. Best you ever tasted. Warranted genuine and strictly pure. Village merchant: I don’t need any. Got plenty on hand. I buy all my maple sugar from & man out here in the country who makes it from his own trees. Drummer (eagerly): That so? Give me adime’s worth. [ want some to eat,— Chicago Liar. Jack—Shall T kiss you? Nellie—Do it if you dare!—Puck. Harry—Are you singing in the choir now? Howard—No, I have joined church.—Kearney Enterprise. *Yes, I am badly in debt and can’t meet a man who isn’t my creditor,” re- plied & young man the other day, as he stood off a creditor for the dozenth time. ., **But can’t you set a time?” ‘“‘Havdly. I may, however,call a meet- ing of my creditors soon.” “What for?’ “To lay a plan before them by which they can’ get their money.” “What i3 your idea?” “To have them elect me president of the United States. The salary is $50,000 a yenr, and I can easily live on $10,000 und divide the rest among my creditors, Just mention it to your folks, will yo —Ex, 1t is hard to quit play while we are winning. It isjustsoin morals; men seldom undertake to get religion as long as they ean get anything else.— Philadelpia List ar.d Price Current. High F.ve yers. The traveling men all seem to be very desirous of making Shickley, asmall town on the Superior branch of the Elkhorn road. Upon investigation 1t was learned that Landlord Coffey of the Midland hotel has two very handsome and prepossessing daughters who enjoy o social game ot high five. The young ladies play partuers and have failed to find any two carriers of the grip who can distance them, Iv 18 not an un- common thing to see two traveling men, after their ignonimous defeat, march across the streot and secure several pounds of candy and nuts to sguare the uccount., Miss Anna and Rliu May Coffey challenge any two members of the {rln brigade to a game of high fiye for the candy, the HAsTINGS, Neb,, Feb, Editor of T Beg: Iamglad w0 see that the boys are awaking up to a re- alization of what they can do for Nebraska by haviog a first class travel- ing men’s association backed by the representrtive business houses, Every wholesale merchant and traveler should join, for they can do more to build up the many industries in Nebraska by meeting together and adopting plans for Wie success in thestate and western country thau anything else in the state, Tho commercial traveler is a vower only when they work together. A lsushlg railvoad official said to me to- day that the traveling men had no idea what: an influcnce they could be if they would only concentrate their ef- forts, Omaha is bound to be the largest distributing center west of Chicago, and when the railroads realize that the commercinl traveler will use every menns in their power to help those roads that belp them they will then give them every facility of cheaper commercial tickets and better freight rates and transportation. 1he local freigha trains should have more com- fortable wuy cars, divided into smoker and day coach, not have o ride hun- dreds of miles in & villainous caboose. The traveling men are the ones who have to put up with the discomfort, and they should see that they have comforts when half the time 80 as to get over the road they are compelled to ride in them. The Union Pacifio railrond has one from Grand Island to Ord, Neb, There are very few points along the line on the B. & M. but what are miserable. I see an article, taken from the Chicago Tribune, in regard to the way the United States government is party to the robbery going on in rates on the Unfon Pacific railrond in Nebraska, and the B. & M. R, R. are doing the same, 8o as to travels on the same class, ONE OF THE SUFFERERS, Samp D. J. Strykes of Lowell, Mass., wus at Grant last week. M. M. Gault of Farewell & Co., Chi- cago, was in Hastings last week. D. Drake of the Sleepy Eye was selling flourat Red Cloud last week. Star Plug Whiting spent last Friday at Hebron selling his favorite brands of tobaceco. J. A. Pearson of St. Joe was over the B. & M. last week at Curtis and Wallace. A. T. Hayman, the implement man from Council Bluffs, registered at the Millard last week. J. Klein, representing Max Moeyer, sold cigars in Fairmount and neighbor- ing towns last week. T. J. McKibben of Kansas City is out in his Nebraska territory again with his dry goods keisters. Stemer, the grocery hustler from Lincoln was in Beatrice last Thursday after orders for his house. W. G. Gregg was called for a7a. m. train at Shickley'last Thursday morn- ing. He made itall right, J August Meyer, the handsome and propossessing man from Omaha visited the trade at Crete and Beatrice. E. T. Wilson, who travels for a San Francisco tea house, is rustling the trade at Wymore and Blue Springs. M. G. Grebe, the high five fiend who carvies a grocery grip for H. P. Lau of Lincoln, made his regular rounds last week. John C. Metzler, who frequently re- gisters as “McGinty,” was discovered “napping” at some B. & M. towns last weel. Bob Bucon of McCord, Brady & Co., left for the Black Hills country a few daysago to make friends in his new terrritory. George Mitchell, the soft soap mam from Omaha, discovered a few more new customers last week over at Seward and Nelson. Feeny, who travels for Garneau's cracker house of Omaha, made a num- bor of prosperous towns along the south branch of the B. & M. H. J. O'Shea, with Steele & Walker, St. Joe, carried his grocery grip into Hebron last Friday and paralyzed sev- eral merchants with low prices. F. F. Kochule, the hardware man from St. Joseph, with headquarters at Grand Island, went over the branches of the B. & M. during the week. H. L. Willis, the dry goods man from St. Joseph, carries four trunks and when he displays his samples he can al- most secure acustomer on the first flash. James Kirkendall, the clothing hustler from Omaha, npl)curod in the commercial arena ngain last week and transacted business with old-time vigor. ‘W. H. James, the wiley travelerfrom Sandwich, Ill., floated into Shickley one day last week and embellished the register at the Midland with his cogno- men. Ben C. Kunz is another one of those millinery meandorers and as a natural matter of fact stands a better show than the boys in other lines. He deals with the ladies. James T. Thompson of Dubuque, which is in the deadlock state, came over the troubled waters of the mighty Missouri and sold goods on Nebraska territory last’ week. F. E. Rood, traveling agent for the Armour-Cudnahy Company of South Omaha, will in the future make Omaha his permanent home. He formevly lived 1n New Jersey. Ed C. Brown, who formerly soid phar- muceutical poisons back in Hoopalo township, Posey county, Ind., is out now traveling over the virgin hills of Ne- hraska for an Omaha house. C. L. Smith of coal oil fame, was sauntering among the masses with his tiny sample bottles ana leather case. He secured several very creditable orders along the Elkhorn road last week. w. Place of May Brothers, Fre- mont, was iu_Fullerton last week and succeeded in corralling one order amounting to over $650. This is the largest grocery order ever taken by Mr. Place. M. C. Jones of Paxton & Gallagher returned on Friday from his Salt Lake trip. He says that business genevally iv the Mormon town is a trifle slow, although personally he had no reason to compluin, ) George W, Duncan, who travels for Kennard of St. Joseph. carried his cigar sample cases into Shickleylast Wednes- day. He is a uoble specimen of human- ity and would be a good cateh for some haundsome and vivacious young lady. 0. J. Kenyon, solicitor for the Lortz ‘Wall Paper Company of Chicago, has been in the city for a week hustling trade among his customers. His suc- cess was 80 great that he will remain another fortnight, Kenyon is & popular salesman. Mr. M. J. Franck, formerly proprietor of the Cozzens hotel, hns "leased the Canfield house and on February 25 will n as the New Cozzens hotel. Mr. Franck is iuszl,v vopular with the trav- eling public and professional people and will no doubt be well patronized, Jack B. Macshall, the plug tobacco flend from sleepy old St. Louis, 'way down in Missouri, talked several cus- tomers ulmost to death at Hastings last week. Jack is no slow coach and can dispose of us much *red label” plug ns any other man in the profession. Thomns B. Lattier, who travels for a Middletown, O..tobacco house, sent orders by telegraph from Grand Islund and Hastings last week. He is one of those commercial hustlers who pos- soss o pugilistic temperament. He had a little encounter one day last week at Grand Island. Bob Simmous. the XXXX coffee man, was met in the lobby of the Union hotel at Superior last Friday evening, Bob is considerably reduced in avoirdupois, but made some pertinent remarks in rvegard to trade. He said: *I have been sick for the past two weeks and of course awm behind with my trage, but if 1 can dispose of a ton a day of XXXX, 1 can s00n catch up and be in live again. Coffee has advanced but we are selling the goods just the same.” E. W. Curtis, who sells wagons for a Stoughton, Wis., firm, was working the towns on the main line of the B. & M., last week. Curtisis a staunch demo- crat and so confident was he that Cleve- land would be re-elected that be had his resignation all ready to hand in to his firm with the expectation of taking charge of the Stoughton, Wis., post- office for four years, but there is many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip,und Curtis is still traveling. He pow has uo desire to serve Uncle Sam, and will move his family to Lincoln, where he will make bis future home. He says traveling on a fat galary is good enough for him., Omahn's Su@ay Gueste, At the Millard—T.. Ms New York; Sam Dickee, New York; N. S, Onkley, Boston; J. J. Rosenthalt, w York; New York; John H. s orkg «J. T. Poller, New F. Sulect, New Yo H. Douglas, Chicago; A. King, Chi- G. Iessenden, Chi: J. Misstor, Chicago; Tomson and' wife, Lincoln: J. H. Jormick, Chicago; D. E. Pillenger, O.; Ey.W. Barush, New 3. 8. Root, New York; T. W. Brentwell, Kansas City; Goorge B. Miller, New York; D. M. Parry, In- dianapolis; L. Schlesinger, New York; George G. Sayer, Chicago; M. G. Thomas, Chicago; B. H. Dhnner, Buf- falo, N. Y.; C. Champlain, New York; W. M. Dietrick, Chicago; R, Hoff- man, Chicago J. Copp, New York F. E . K. Sherwood, Chi alltown; R. Zunn, D. I, Gibbons, Chicag s Dogen, Milwaukee: William M, Kennedy, Harvisburg, P C. R. Hooker, M. B. Thigft, Chicago; J. Kraus, New York; M. Smith,J.J. Smith, Chicago; A. F. nderson, Davenport, Stapp, Des Moines, D. Gardner and wife, Marshalltown, Ia.; I. L. Loomis, Minneapolis; C. W, Pratt, Philadelpl George L. Buchanan, St. Louis; C, E. Bilis. Louis; J. B De Wolf, Chicago; William Murray, Buf- falo, Y. Y.; W. D. Hawk, Rock Island; Count DeBarni, Pans, France; L. G. Cook, Chicago; H. E. Long, Des Moines; H. Snyder, Des Mot cago; Goorge Colin; Chicago: J. N. Webster, city; Chicagoy B. Le Fevre, Lincoln; A, E. Hargraves, Lincoln; I, Plummer, Lin- coln; F. A. Gebhard, New York; C. Renunelt, New York; M. Hayw: ton; D. J. Flyon, New York Sloat, New York; T. H. Shepard, New York; J. E. Hannagen, Cedar Rapids; W. H. Firth, Kansas City; W.J. Leahey Buffalo, N. Y.; H. F\. Phillips, Montreal; R. E. Ledgerwood, Chicago: F. E. Shaw, Dunkirk. N. Y.; C. R. La Mena, Dayton, O.: C. F\. Potter, R. W. Crom- well, N. D. Widder, Washington, D. C.; S. N. Kohn, D. S F. C. Marshall, M. Marcus, Chieago; E. I. Delimn, Albany; N. S. Jacobs, Chicago; C. H. Wolf, M. Lobenthal, New York; J.S. Wright, L. C. Elkin, Des Moines; H. E. Vernal, New York. At the Merchants—J. A, McCullough, San Francisco; J. E. Rice, Rawlins; J. W. Miller and wife, Ogden; Chas. E. Benson. Des Moines: M. 1. Griffith, Gedar Rapids; M. S. Larrabee, Chica- go; G. Schmasse, jr., Rockford, I11.; H. L. Stauffer, St. Louis; T.G. Cusack, St, Louis; J. A. Hainer, Storm Lake, Ia., J. W. Martin, Rocliester, N, Y.; J, M. Ruckerford, Lancaster, O . G. Mills, New York; B. Rousenthal, Chicago; R. C. Mitchell, Kansas City; G. Nix, Hamburg; W. J. Studly, Des Moines; F. L. Palmer, Bloomfield; R. R. Richmonav Josephy J. ¥, Wilkersoh, Hamburg; Charles Camp, F. F. Walker, Greeley, Col.; J. Paimer, Kansas City; W. S- Van Alstyn, Lin- coln; N. F. Chamborlin, Hastings; S. H. Buck, Syracuse; .Ed Stafford, Cin- cinnati; T. J. Auderson, Topeka; A. B. Farnsworth, New York; D. B. Davis, F. D. Adams, Fremont; Gus San- ders, George Van: Houten, Lincoln; S. N. Hawes, Chieago; B, W. Hen- shaw, Denver; H. Haberfellner,Charles Dreyfoos, Chicago; ,J. W. Jones, Phila- delphia; C. E. Melhorn, Hanover, Pa.; Mart G. Huight, Burlington: Royal Roche and wife, Fantasma; E. D, Jef- feries, Cleveland; John Taylor, Guth- rie, I. T.; C. McMenemy, Blair: H. H. Vanarman, New York; Ben Howard, Kansas City; W. W. Finch, Central City; John H. Jones, Onawa, In.; John J. Fallon, Helena, Mont.; J. H. Peter- son, Chicago; R. F. Nix, Hamburg, Ia. At the Casey—G. H. Wood, Sioux City; E. D. Denham, Chicago; H. Lit- tle, Denver: William Jerso, Chicago; E. S. Fay, Big Rapids, Mich.; E. T. Page, Sioux City; Johv Phillipi, Chi cago; F. Sullivan, Pittsburg; R. S. Tuttle, Joseph Juhl, Muskegon, George L. Rli, St. Louis; . E. Baldwin,. Grand Island; J: B. Corbett, Spring- field; Charles J. Manning, Utica. N. Y.; C. W. Leffingwell, Portsmouth, O.; W. J. Schubert, St. Louis; C. €. Far- rington, Chicago; . H. Babcock, Detroit; E. B. Morian, Dunkirk, N, Y.; ‘W. Torrence, Keokuk; A, Stevens, Chicago; J. Bard, Quincy; E. add, Lincoln. G. D. Clark, Des Moines; J. J. Jones, Sioux City; John Hess, Chicago; E.P. Fountain, Chicago: J. A. Casebeir, Cheyenne; E. M. Prass, Omaha; . Holyoke; S. Lippman, St. J. Leon Fourneir, Columbus, . M. Lee, Chicago; S. J, Korpps, Chicago; G. W.. Jones, Omaha; J. 8. Johnston, St. Paul; T. M. Scog- gin, Chicago; D. W. Gunn, Denver; k. E. Edwards, Omahn; J. Forbs, Peoria; Josiah Brown, Quinc; 5. M. Painter, Des Moines; S. E. ing, Lincoln; Karl Steinberg, Chicago; I, M, Wilson, Toledo, O. chuman, Grand Rapids, Mich.; J. K. Soden, Chicago; R Baker, Indianapolis; Gus Millard, Chi- cago. Atthe Windsor—W. F. Ross, Pitts- burg, Pa.; P. Morton, Oakland, Cal.; . Hosey, St. Louis; W, B, Ga, Rock; Sam Ehrhich, C Tiemery, Albany, N, Y.; Omaha: W. W. Finch, Central City: W. Armstrong, Buffalo, s Ya Kauffman, St. Louis; George Hill, Chicago; J. T. Yerks, Cnicago; R. G. West, Leavenworth, Kan,; Ike W. Hahn, St. Louis; Thomas A. Brown, Kansas City; A, H. Merrick, New York; H. C. Brodbeck, Lynn, Mass.; J. C. Brennan, St. Louit; W, H. Davis, St. Joseph; C. N. Boyd, Shef- field, Til.; H. Hetz, New York. . Chicago; O’Donnel, e A Curs for lheumatism, They know how sto-icure rheumatism in Pennslvanial Mw.J. F, Meighan, a Pittsburg cigur dealer, awoke one morniog with an attack of rheumatism in hisright arm, ‘Working around the store during thei forenoon made it worse. By noon the'pain was so severe that he could not ¥#ise his hand to his head and had to carty his arm in a sling, Oue of his ‘Sfistomers, on learn- ing the facts, went #oross the street to E. E. Heck’s drug'stbre, and at his own expense procured d ‘hottle of Chamber- lain’s Pain Bullll'.%l)d persuaded the cigar dealer to try 1.’ It eased the pain and reduced the swe ling so that by the next morning he coyld use his arm, and by the second morning was entirely well, This is only one of the many severe cases of rheumatism thav have been cured by this valuable remedy. Fifty cent bottles for sale by all drug- gists. ——— Waste Paper Baskeot, Select Arwh basket of pretty shape and size (the effect is not as g if the busket is too large.) Run a ribbon abbut two inches in width around the basket jult above the middlo band, let- ting it between the slats over and under alternately. Having passed the ribbon around the basket, tie a hand- some bow on one side, The ribbon may be of any color preferred, Light olive has a pretty effect. To gild it, it is necessary only to buy a litule gilt ata drug store and a bottle of medium or gold paint liquid. STUDENTS' DUELS IN BERLIN They Ars Usually Very Bloody and Often Fatal. WHAT A NEBRASKA MAN SAW, Soveral Contests in~ Which Goro Flowed kreely and One Youth Had Ris Nose Cut Of—A German Institution. A G Branch of Kducation. BERLIN, Fob. [Special to Tire Bk, ]---The 1st day of kebruary in Ber- lin was very clear, cool and sunshin and somewhat interesting in certain of the city—one place in particu- lar. My friend, Mr. Alexander, from San IFrancisco, ana myself, took the train at the Ikriedrich strasse Bahnhof, | and aftor a fifteen minutes’ ride, landed somewhere in the eastern part of Ber- lin, Here we traveled leisurely down Koppen strasse until we came to an open alley leading back intoa vestaur- ant, Upon entering this we called for a couple of glasses of beer, and while we were drinking it we picked up a conver- sation with the proprictor. We told him we were Americans and wished very much to see a duel, and that we had ‘been informed that the place where one was to be fought. was mot far distant. We asked him to intercede in our bYehall. He dis- appeared an in a short time returned, accompuuied by a student of German descent, about twenty years of agent, who had notless than six or eight wounds on his left cheek, not more than a week old. He very politely in- vited us to join the party. From here we passed down a small stairway, and through an open conrt, into a room which was filled with stu- dents wearing caps representing the different corps they belonged to. Many of them wore bands over one shoulder, crossing the breast, which, I learned, signified that the wearer had fought three duels, in which a decision was ached, and was therefore ex- empt from taking part in further fight- ing unless they chose to do so. I was also told that they continued to fight, as dueling seemed to have charms for them. “I'ne room was about sixty feet long and thirty feet wide, and the furniture consisted of several long tables extend- ing around the room, at which were seated qnite & number of students drinking beer, smoking and chatting. The floor was carpeted only in the cen- ter, a space about twenty feet squar On one side were four or five trunks filled with swords, bandages, leather shields, iron goggles, etc. On the other side were two surgeons standing ready .with antisiptic dressing and bandages and everything necessary for the care of the wounded. Business had alreadv begun betore we entered the room, as two of the stu- dents were standing in the middle of the afore-mantioned carpet fighing ast if for life or death. Both were covered with blood, and still they fought harder than ever. The pain and_irritation from their wounds scemed to give them renewed strength and vigor. and the blows fell faster and heayier and fire. flew from their swords and hair from their heads. They were stopped _occasionally by the umpire to allow the doctors to examine their wounds and see if they were liable to prove fatal. They both had several deep scalp wounds and many cuts about the face, but neither showed any signs of giving up. This bloody battle conginued for about thirty minutes; then the time was up and they were placed under the doctor’s care. They were seated in chairs and the doctors dressed and ban- daged their wounds, and it was remark- able how those fellows would sit there and never move a muscle, flinch or groan while their wounds were being sowed up. During the time they were being dressed the students gathered around the tables, sipped their beerand smoked and chatted freely. Thisal- ways takes place between the acts, sand and sawdust were sprinkled over the blood and, as soon as their wounds had been properly dressed and cared - for, two more prepared themselves for the next fight. They first removed all their clothing above the waist and put on a long white gown, reaching to their knees. They then put on a buckskin glove on the right hand, which reached nearly to the elbow, and resembled somewhat one of our American boxing gloves. One of the assistants then wrapped his arm from the wrist to the shoulder with a heavy felt and leather roll, bandaged and rebandaged, and over this still an- other heavy leather is buckled. The arm when prepared resemblesa com- mon stovepipe. They then place a heavy leather pad over the heart and one over the left shoulder, and the left elbow is also protected with heavy leather bands, as the arteries in this region are superficially seated. The neck is bandaged and rebandaged, the heavy leather roll passing around the neck uatil itis wound outeven with the face. Thoir eyes are protected by a heayv pair of iron goggles, without glasses, the leather strings of which pass back over the ears, binding them down close to the head. This is the only protection the head has. Their left hand is fastened behind them at the waist, and they are handed a sword with a protecting guard for the hand, and are led up facing each’ other, just a sword’s length apart. Each has five attendants, One holds the right arm to keep him from striking before the signal is given. A second examines the sword to see that it is kept in good order, straightens it when bent, and wipes off the blood. A third, well padded, stands on his left side, sword in hand, as his second, The fourth stands behind him with a chair in his hands, ready to catch him if he faints, or falls from the loss of blood. He also administers the neces- liquids, such as beer, ale, soda water, ete. The fifth attendant is the doctor, who stands ready to examine the wounds, and steps up coolly and passes his fingers up and down the cuts to see if the bone is injured. They also have a student who keeps the score, tame, first blood, location of cut, ete. They usually fight from fifteen to thirty minutes, pauses counted out, and not a blow is struck after the time isup, A thirty-minute fight usually lasts about fifty minutes, pauses and all, The law is fifteen to thirty minutes, it they can hold out. They are put asword’s length apart and are unot allowed to move or dodge. If a blow comes they must take it, no matter where or how it comes, or how severe. If a man flinches or dodges a blow he is dismissed from his corps in disgrace. The swords re four and one-hall feet long, flexible and as sharp as razors, The blows are always directed for the head and face and are struck either down or sidewise. The seconds cry **Auf mit dem klin- gen,” and they raise their swords ready to strike, und stund with overy muscle in the body on astrain. The signal is given, and the bloody fight begins, In less than three minutes the contestants are unrecognizable, One received a cut about three inches long in the left cheek, and the blood poured out over his chin, and in a short time ho was standing in a pool of blood, They al- ways stop as soon as they have drawn blood, in order to let the ‘surgeons ex- amine the wounds. This fight lasted about fifty minutes and was a very bloody one. The third fight was a hard one, both parties receiying many cuts on the head and face, but the wounds were not of a serious nature. The fourth fight was the bloodiest of all. One of the combatants was a very handsome young fellow of eighteon or nineteon years of age. They had fought but a short time before ho had his nose cut off, dropping down on his upper lip and hanging by half an inch on each side. 1 thought this would end the fight, for d out through his nose and mouth; but the doctor stepped up, pressed the parts of his nose together for a time and the blood lessened some- what. Then he withdrew and the fight was again rencwed. In less than two minutes he got a side hit and | lmd his face open over the lower jaw to the bone. They stopped for a time, The doctor again used compression and the bleeding partially censed; and again the doctor retired, and he soon received a second cut in the cheek, a little lower than the former. The doctor was again called in; and this timo the follow didn’t even flinch, or show any evidenco of pain, On 1he contrary, with his nose on his upner lip, and two big cuts on the side of his face, and many small ones about the head, he would smile o onally. When the signal was given he seemed endowed with now strength and vigor, and in less than a minute ho gave his oppo- nent, who up to this time had received but slight cuts and bruises, a side stroke cutting a gash in his face four inches long and severing a branch of the tom- poral artery, The performance ceased for @ time, and they were two very bloody looking fellows. The doctor was again called in, and compressed the parts for a time, and the hemorrhage abatea somewhat. Ho then retired, and the fight was agained renewed. Cut-nose came to the frout, and landed a second blow on the blood | the side of his opponent’s head, cutting AEBLHER KFARERIOL (NS temporal artery, and the blood flowed so profusely that the judges favored a discoatinuance, and they were turned over to the doc- tors, who sewed up their wounds. The nose will probably be saved, although somewhut disfigurea in ap- vearance. The fifth duel was of short duration, as one of the participamts had heart dis- ease, and was not able to fight long. This was not a very bloody affair, although both received several sealp and face wounds. The five auels were fought in four hours, from 10 to 2 o’clock. I received a very pressing invitation, which I accepted, o be presont at a sabre duel which isto be fought next Saturday. This is a very dangerous duel, asthey only protect the eyes and bandage the neck and elbows. ~ One of the main objects of the duel is to cut the muscle or tendon supplying the thumb of the right hand, as this disa- bles an opponent and he can no longer carry on the blondy struggle. It is said that duelling in this country causes every year from one to three deaths. Still it has been carried on for over two hundred years and there are no sigus of its abating. DR, E: G. WATSON. ——— “It’s only a question of time,” and a short time,100, as to when your rheuma- tism will yield to Hood’s ‘Sarsaparilla. Try it. i ciles ety SNOW-PLOW FAILURE. The Cyclone and the Rotary Van- quished By Big Drifts. Yestorday morning the Cyclone wus at Cascade. six miles west of the sum- mit, where the deep snows recontly held back the trains so long, says the San Francisco Chronicle of February 10. It was ready for full operation, and was to show what it could do by clear- ing the buried side track there. = To see this new invention in operation and to see the condition of the road in the mountains generally a large party of railroad officials went up to Cascade in two special pal- ace cars on Sunday night, arriving there eurly yesterday morning, The excursion was managed by General Supevintendent J. A. Fillmore, and among the others in the party were Vice President J. C. Stubbs, 'S, T. Gage, George F. Richatdson, A. D. Wilder, Master Mechanic A. J. Small, Arthur Brown, superintendent” of bridges and buildings; Roadmaster Kellogg, Freight Auditor C. J. Wilder, William M, Kenzie, and others. The inventor of the plow, Mr. Caldwell, was on hand, and Mr. Jones, president of the Chicago company owning the patént, had made a special trip from Chicago to see the first critical test of the great invention. . The test was a sad disappointment. The snow on the side track had origin- ally been nearly twonty feet deep, but | it had packed and thawed until it had become a compact mass about iwelve § foet doop. Aftor . good deul of the | bright, beautiful morning had been | spent in tinkering and getting pounds of steam in the snow plow’s boil- ers, two locomotives slowly forced it to the side track and against the shiving wall. The great auger which bores 5 out its path whizzed around at lighte ning speod, the fanf which take up the white borings and send them high and far on oither side wnirlod faster stilt, and the crowd which stragglea about on the cleared track and the high walls of snow on either side waited to see & resistless advance through the long bank of snow as high as the engine tops. - But after a minute’s work the snow stopped flying and the plow backed out. The stoam had dropped to sevontye five pounds through some boiler de« foct. A lator trial was also a failure, and then, to improved the timo, the company’s rotary steam plow, which aiso there, was started in on the other end of the switch, with two big engines behind it, This was closo to whero the rotary broke down during . the blockade clearing the main track, leving several feet to shoveled out. The drift proved too deep and hard for the , and all the power of the envines, whirling its blades and nd the power of the two locomo= tives crowding it against the bank, failod, nftor repented attempts, to dig out over three feot. The trouble was that the drift was too high, and the front of the plow above and around the circle of knives pressesd against a wall of snow which tho blades did not dis= turb, It was then nearly noon, and the Cy= clone was ready for anot attempt. When it got fairly stavteda sylindor cross head broko and nobody wanted to wait an hour until it was fixed. or Pills hey act on the - Miles® Nervo and L An important discovery. liver, stomach and bowels through the nerves. A now principie. Thoy speedily cure billiousnoss, bad tasta, torpid livor, piles and constipation, Spiondid for men, women and, childron. Smallost, mildost, surest. 80 doses for 25 oents, Samples froe at Kuhn & Co.'s, 15th aitd Douglas. The Killer ot Lord Nelson, The man who shot Nelson has been discovored, through his own memoirs, to have been Serseant Robert Guille- mard. He was stationed in the rigging of the Redoubable and busied himselt picking off men on the Victory. He writes: *‘In tho stern of the Victory stood an officer covered with decora=~ tions, who had only one arm. From what T had heard of Nelson I had no doubt that it was he. As I had received no command to come down out of the rigging, and found mysell forgotten in the top, I deemed it my duty to fire into the stern I3 glish ship, which 1 saw unprotoc and quite near. [ might have aimed at particular individuals, but [ preferred to fire into the sepurate groups which surrounded the different officers. All atonee I perceived a great commotion on board the Victory. The people crowded around the officer whom I be- lieved [ had recognized as Lord Nelson. > had falien to the deck and they car- ried him away at once, covered with a mantl The excitement among the s crew confirmed me in the Dbelief that I had nov been decived, and that it was indeed the English admiral. A moment later the Victory coased firing.” T ey e The Only One, The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R,ui\wu{ is the only line running solid vestibuled, electric lighted and stenm ) heated trains between Chicago, Coun- cil Bluffs and Omaha. The berth reading lamp feature n the Pullman nlfiu;)inf cars run on these lines is patented and cannot be used by any other railway company. It is the great improvement of the age. Try it and be convinced. Sleeping cars leavo the Union Pacifio depot, Omaha, at 6 p. m. daily, arriving at Chicagoat 9:30 a, m, Passengers taking this train are not compelled to get out of the cars at Council Bluffs and wait for the train to be cleaned. Get tickets and sleeping car berths at Union ticket office, 1501 Farnam st. F. A. NAsi, Gen. Agt. J. E. PRESTON, Pass. Agt. Eo— Dangerous ryness in Homen, Suid a lovely hostess to her guest— laying by her needle-work with a sigh —"1 wonder why my eyes smart and feel s0 rough of late.” When a lack of moisture in the room was suggested as the cause she complacently pointed to the pretty brass receptacle Fraterion the stove as being a sufficient refutation of that idea. But no steam wus over visible therefrom, and its presence as a corrective was but a pleasing delusion. The little moisture evaporated was con- sumed by the arid heatof the buse- burner without imparting the least humidity to the air of the room. The children’s hands, which wore aiways carofully washed at the lavatory, and and never exposed to the outside cold unmittened, were always chafed, ns were also their lips, and vasaline was in constant demand. 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