Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 17, 1890, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: 7W()\I)A\ THE COMMERCIA A Humorist Describes Hotel Com- foris antl a Novel Writing Table. , TRAVELER BMOOTH SCORING OF A POINT. Death of Two Drammers—That High Five Challenge Accepted—The Omaba Club—Samples and Personals. Burdette on Hotels. Did you ever notice—of course have—the attention paid to the art of making hotel rooms systemai eaily un- homelilic and uncomfortable? says Bob Burdette, I have been observing it for thirteen years, I suppose the object is to keep tho guest out of his room us much as possible so that he won't use the furniture, the soap and towels, the gas or the lamp. Tnthe average country hotel--by that I mean a hotel in a town of 5,000 or less—a guest has to keep up aconstant strugele in order to occupy his room at all. While he isat break- Tast o girl comes in, takes away all the linen and tosses the bed up into a volcanie bit of chnos, throws the pitlows on the lounge or sofa, if there be one, hangs the - bolster on the one chair or table, and takes away all the towels, There is but one: I use the word ‘‘all” out of courtesy, The idea that any- hody washes his hands ov face at any time during the day, save immediately after rising, seems never tooccur to some landlords, Unless you raise a row about it, after the towels (those towel) are (is) taken away during breakinst hour, no more are (is) brought in until after supper. Of course you never use the soap in a cheap hotel, so the fact of its presence or absence does not worry you, unless you should want something 10 shaepen your penknife on, and then { chieap hotel soap rises to the It beats an oil stone all to And in a hotel of what you the third, and often of the , it isa partof the land- s creed that no living man ever, , wants to write a letter in his own room. A table isno partof the furni- ture. When it is it is either a good saddler with a gentle canter or & “*single foot with a gait like a Ken- tucky “‘saudsifter,” and you have to hold it with your knees when you try to write. [ have quit using them. I talie out & burenu drawer, turn it upside down, push it back in place about two inches, and, defying the landlord, Liave a table it would break his heart to see. But come to the first class hotel Now and then vou get avoom with a drop light in it. You can then sitin your own room in the evening and read. Butas arule there 1s nodrop light. The bureau and mirror are on 1o side of the room, hea i ve, no sparing of expenst just'ns easy to huve the lone close to the mirror. Then ou shave, sce the parting of his hair and dress. But no; either there isa bracket jot away over on the other side of the room, or a dim chandalier hanging o high thata man of my height has to stand on a chair to light it. And you might just as well try to read the moon. And since the maller towns have got to using clec- tric lights I have had a time. The light in your room is a pear-shaped thit hanging @ the end of a string from t wenter of the ceiling. I chase the beg- garly thing all around the room some- times before 1 can geta grip on it to turn iton. Whenitis turned on it is ahout a two-candle power aud you cau neither read nor dress nor sit still and think by it. The hotel bedroom is e. clusively a bedroom. 1t's good to slecp in and nothing else. If there was any economy in making it uncomfortab! and inconvenient, 1 wouldn’t kick, But any man who has ever traveled knows that the landlord often goes to great oxpense of money and trouble to ange his bedroom to the greatest inconvenience of the guest who may have an insane notion that he would like to read and write in his own room. you The Club in Omaha. The directors of the Omaha Trav dng Men’s club held a meeting at Dar- row & Logan’s last Friday afternoon. A committee was appointed to get esti- mates as to furnishings for the club rooms and report at the next mecting of the directors. Neatness and elegance are to be distinguishing features of the club room appointments. No bus house will be approached in any shape ov form for u contribution furniture or anything else in the of furnishings. The club can aund w setup in housekeeping out of its ov porket—und thus will all the members feel the more perfectly satisfied, - [t haus been about decided. upon to take the suite of five or six rooms on the fifth floor of the bonrd of trade building, the officers of that institution having guaranteed elevator service at night, way, of Knew tis Bustness. 1t a drafimer for a cortain Cloveland grocery house meets a certain dommer for Pittsburg concern, of the same do- nomination, it is extremely probable that o sharp broadax will be utilized by the party of the first part. “I havo Bcard of gall,” said he. *1 have read 2l it, I've seen exhibitions of it, hut never until yesterday did I realize what it really wi I was engaged with one of your leading grocers from whom | expected to receive an order. While 1 was talking to him in came that little dude who travels for Blauk & Co, of Pittsburg. He waltzed in with his proty little Spanish walk, says ‘howdy’ to e and, asks if [ will excuso Mr. Groceryman for just a minute us he is in an awful hurey, Well, he didn’t have his grip or any ssnples with him o of course I said certainly. He takes mister mun over to a corner, bu him for five minutes, comes ack, says ‘tea la la' to me and futters out. When the merehunt came bacls 1 showed him an article that [ thought would hit him big. *Why, says he, '1 just gave Blank & Co.’s man an order for twenty gross of that.’ 1 had let that little Monongahels monkey skip in and take that ovder right under my nose. But nover mind, there will be an atrocious murder committed somo fine duy und Blaok & Co. will be hustling for a new man.” nted the Challenge. Neb.. March 3.—To the the Commercial Columus of Having noticed in a recent ssuc of Tk BEE a challenge from the complished daughters of the landlord idland hotel, Shickley, Neb,, to any two “Koights of the Grlp" for n sevies of highsfive. A very populur grocory mau aceompanied by a tobicco mun, after a sufficient amount of iusist- ing (on the part of the ludies) were in- d to try wseries of three gowes. Crer ditor of Tho story is sad but true. The first gamo resulted in a scors of fifty-two to twenty-six _in favorof “The Aagels of Commerce.” The_ socond fifty-two to six “in the ring,” in favor of said “angels.” ““We are the veople.” s &4 Te. March 13.—To the Editor of T I enclose you A few items wh o put in your Traveling Men’s column, which may be of use to Omaha in her jobbing inter- osts in northeast Nebraska, South Da- kota and northwestern lowa. I have been making this territory for an Omaha house for the past six years, and during that time have made my bome in Sioux City. I can see some big changes since I first came up here. Omaha boys were then few and far be- tween, especially in South Dakota and northwestern Towa. Now you can find them on nearly every train, and where the houses stand by them and are willing to sell goods on a closer margin in order to.open up new trade and give the boys a show, they are getting in good orders and holding their trade, notwithstanding poor railroad facili- ties, Omaha should get the Illnois Contral railroad in from Onawa. It would give an excellgnt outlet for heavy goods and a market for stock, The merchants along the lino want i They claim the Chicago & Northwestern makes an extra charge at Missouri Valley and California Junc- tion for freight on the Sioux City & Pa- cific, and with another charge and transfer at Onawa for the Illinois Cen- tral. They claim freight is higher and takes longer to get goods than from Chicago, with Omaha only fifty to seventy-five miles away, if she will brace up, with a very little capital invested control this te but she needs to realize the fact that 1f it is not svon done Sioux City, which is working lilke a beaver for good railroad facilities and getting them, will get 1n more and larger houses than they have now and will get such a hold on this territory that Omaha will have to hus- tle to gét her share of it. The mer- chants and shippers appreciate Sioux City’s efforts to get at them, but do not like the lack of push or interest in Omaha to reach this tervitory. The Omaba, Yankton & South Dakota line is what is needed and would be a big thing for Omaha. Why not have it? OMATIA TRAV AN, A Sentence Contaming the Alphabet. Noticing in one of your recent issues a short paragraph relative to the short- est sentence in the English language containing all the letters of the alpha- bet, I would like to submit the follow- inL', says a writer in On the Road: . F. Grave, pack with my box six d5uhn quills The above sentence contains thirty- four letters and ten words only. A Query. To'the Editor of Te Brk: Will you please answer through the columns of Tuk BEE whether or not there is such a place in Omaha as the Olympic the- ater, or whether there ever was such a place in Omaha?—C. E. W., Omaha. Ans.—Years ago, but not now. A Cent’s Worth, I was walking by the Hotel Bucking- ham the other evening, says a writer in New York Truth, when my ear was penetrated by hoarse shriek, * a! extra! full account of the fire down town—extral!” “Lot me see, boy, if y the truth,” said a passer by. The lad held up his paper to verify his ement, and showed the head- line, “§250,000 Bla: 18 “Oh,” said the inquirer, *‘two hun- dred and fifty thousand? Is that all? \\'ull I guess [ don’t want the paper “Ah, what's de matter wid you,” an- swered the newsboy; “do yor wint ter burn up de city o New York for a ou are telling Sampie Will Hedden. tnat amiable gentleman from south of Mason and Dixon’s line, 18 agaio circling in this vicinity. Jack Marshall has just finished an- other long and very successful trip, and floated forth again. C. K. Coleman, D. V. Farwell & Co.’s popular sale: n, tarried 1n Omaha a fow hours lust [riday. that spring trade is opening up in good shape. D. F. Stout returned from trip from we: Nebraska rado last wi 'he Southern Union Point, G Omaha veling taken from The Traveler zoing eight-paged weekly by Mr. J. R, Watts. Tug Bes will ‘add that the Omaha Traveling Men's club now has 175 members and is a hummer A deuggist in Texas got mad a man arvested for calling him a thief because the customer asked him “What is you robject in charging sucih a price? A Graud Island socie 2lle sends in the following beautiful little verse on the male betle of the ball: He aances divinely, Sings sweet accord, Paints like a Raphiel, And zets drunk as a lord, There is two feet of snow on Marshall Pass, four feor at Crested Butte, sis foot at Ited Mountain and we can’t tell low much in Silverton until next sum- mer; but the boys are making the tee- ritory just the swme, and are blowing holes through the snow witn their mel- low voi and low pric The Rio Grande aud the class of traveling mexn who cover that tevritorynever sy fail, but all koap right on gettin’ th Grant L. Davis, a commc eler, met his death at Auburn one night last week, and the starces attending the aoccident rticulnely sad. Davis took the t on the Southern Central at Weeds for Auburn. The train wus on time, and, in accordance with orders, stopped the bridge where the Lroad crosses the Owasco outlet, between Wost and Clark streets. This stop is made by every train to await a signal that there is no danger in crossing the Now York Central tracks, only a few rods distant. The stop was brief and s the signal was given the train started. Evidently with the idea that the train had made its stop for Auburn, Davis, who occupied a seatwith a friend in the smoking car, avose, grabbed his bags und left the car.” Ho stepped off on the west side into the creek, which is twenty feer below. Will H. Hearn, representing Gebbie & Co. of Philadelphia, made northern Missouri last we He selis ouly what is new,novel and artistic from the Quaker city, W, C, Gilbert travels for Swartchild & Co. of Chicy, He sold jewelers, fludings and optical goods through vorthern Missouri lust weelk. C. S. Seeber, representing the Stews art Bros, of St. Joe, was battling with the natives aut Burlington Jundtion, Mo., last Friday and succeeded in seouring several very valuable orders. Captain M. C. Christy, with the suc ful and Colo- Trayelor, published ot prints a column of Men's club news, of a week ugo. ¢, thorough ud had e Charley reports | Story & Clark ()rfnn company of Chi- cago, has taken charge of Nebraska for his house and will hereafter make his headquarters at Lincoln. The captain hes heretofore made his headquarters at Des Moines, and has been prominent in Towa politi He will be greatly missed by his friends. Ben Craig, well known Kentuckian, is at prosent on the road for K. G. Scud- |k‘r & Bro., of St. Louis, wholesale gro- C. L. Fearon, the genial grocery man from Council Bluffs, circulated through some Iowa towns on the Wabash road last week, He reported several good orders during the week. Charles R. Williams, who is well known by nearly every commercial drummer in Nebraska, has taken his old territory back in western Jlowa, where he traveled two years ago, Charley is very popular, and his old trade in Iowa welcomes him back to the old stamping ground with a hearty hand-shake. P. R. Shepherd, who sells cigars for Peregoy & Moore of Council Blufls, sold several fine orders in his line at Silver City, I lnst Wedoesday. He i sa1d to possess the most prepossessing moustache of anyone on the road. A. J. McDonald of the Consolidated Coffee company of Omaha, was accom- panied by his little five-year-old daughter through eastern lowa last week, He is corralling the orders by the score in the Hawkeyo state. H. Heckman, that popu'ar goods salesman from St. Louis, Mo., embellished the register of the Line- ville at Maryvii Mo.. last Wedne ny. Harry is well known to nearly man in the west, as ska for o eight taking orders for dry commerc s made y He is spring delivery. E. Streoter of Peycke Bros., Omaha, was cornering orders last weok on his regular run and reports business somewhat better. J. H. Sewell, the popular proprietor of the Commercial hotel at Burlington Junction, Mo., is one of the most ac- commodating landlords iu the “Sleepy old commonwealth of Missouch. This is a junction point and travelers are always anxious to make this point, as everything is so homelike. George Tracy travels for an Omaha clothing house in western lowa and he was doing a good business lust week. J. W. Porterfield, that pringe of good fellows, is always on home to relate a good story to his fellow travelers. FHo travels for a drug house from Detroit, Mich. He sold several large bills in northern Missouri last week. C. H. Stuck is ‘‘stuck’ on northern Missour: and will hereafter maks his headquarters at Ma ille. He sells boots and shoes for a Chicago houss. Dave Low, representing the Richard- son Drug company of Omaha, has been sick the past few days at Norfolk, but was well taken care of by his many friends. Major Suess, the genial represent- ative of the Anheuscr-Busch people, is out again after quite a serious attack of illness. A saioon is like a harbor—most of the wrecks are to be found outside of the bar. Tom J. Blocker. representing the P. J. Sorg 'l'obacco company, Middletowa, 0., was seen up the Elkhorn the past week, and the way he was selling the old rehiable Spear Head was a caution. Tom is a great man in his hue and quite corite with the boy W, W. Lillie’s smiling face was seen up the Elkhorn the past week picking up an order every few days. Will says if he only had a time table he couid make more towns. The Daily Hotel Reporter of dellnes our late visitor, “*La Gripp a distinguished foreizner, sired by Rus- nce and damned ebr now 1eago by all Amer M. Conlong. salesman for Keli ‘elt of Council Blufs, mude towns the Chicago & Northwestern this week, taking numerous orders. Abbie Hobbs, with the Consolidated Coflee company, proved a charaster the vast weelk’ at Missouri Valley, Logan, Woodbine, Dunlap and Deuni- sou, taking the scalps of numerous cus- tomer: 2 LZarl Gleason, with the grocery house of Groneweg Schrontgen, Couneil BlifTs, worked his trade nlong the line of the Chicago & Northwestern the pi weele. Earl has his trade down pat. C. K. Wilkins, the Iowa rostler for Peycke Brothers comp: of ‘Omaha, s0ld some good or this week along the line of the Chicago & Northwestern radlroad, Y its 100 towns in western Iowa every thirty days. Omaha houses will, ere long, monop- olize the jobbing trade of western lowa. ) L otels At the Windsor—L, Schwartz, Mil- waukee; I. D. Deifubnugh, Freeport, ; 1. Lehman, Chicago; Fd. Os Id, Wood River; R. R. Kuby, San Pranciseo, Cal.; S. Osthenur, Chicago; R. I, Townrem, Ohio City: 3. T, Town- rum, Ohio City: O. H. White, Lincolu: W. MeLaughlin, Milfords A\. Dou las, Mansheld, o Canudu, Omahay T. L. Osw lu Wood Ri H. A. Doruer, Cozad: Charles H. Saw- 3 San Francisco: A, Bowman, Gresham; E. Jones, Philadelpt M. L. Burnett, Iairmont; D. A. Campbeall Hillsdale: I, B. Compton, Waver] E. M. Wher erfield. Endicott: Robert cago; G. W, Gill,Chicago; St. Joe, Mo.; A. Gillespie, R. Montgomery, Los Byers, Chicago: Milton Doris, Fremont; 5. A. Cox, Freeport: J. W. Doris, Chi- cagoy M. Goodwan Famley, Chieago: W. Brown, Peoria, IlL.; Simon Zana sky, Chicago; F. C. Wood, Omaha. At the Paxton—Johu L. James Schmallz, Ch un, New Y Atfred Day, & o Ho sinson, Kimball, born, Phitndelphia; Charles Meredith, Chigugo: Fred R, Luce, Grand Rapids; Jame 20, Randolph, N. Y.; Robert Hood, Chadron; 5. Van Horn, fornia; George M. Ball, phin; J. Scott, George Von Schroed St. E. Cheuey, Marion. O.; Charles I, Bond, Beaver Falls: John H. Drake, Aberdeen, Dak.: S. C. Lippeln Aberdeen, Dak.: J. H. Flotcher, Aber- deen, Dal Jucoby, Des Moines: J, , New York; V H. Kil- . Beateice:; J. D. Kilpatrick, Beatrice IMisher, Wooid River; H. Alsop.ChicagosGeorge Mitehell Casper; B. Johnstou, Chicago; M. Bosworth, H. Hofferksmp. St. Louis Ustick, Chicago; A. M. Hludg tt, Kansas City; W, L. Sterns, Leavenworth; D, Weite, Buffalo: J. C, Gavitt, New York: R illen, Daveaport; George B, Kerl 5 Lake; W. B. Jones O. Brooks, Detroit Connolly,Grafton; R. 8. Towne, Kuunsas City; . Cusper, B. (. Robbins, New York; Dan Morgan, Cincinnati; John H, White, Salt Lalke Citys A, Mather, Chadron: P. M, Kerst, St. Paul; R, E. Lindsay. Daveuport; O. C. Hatch, Littloton N. Burrell, St Louis; S. S, Hadloy, Cedar Rapids, John Keith, North Platte At the Barker—T, B, Ferguson, St. Joseph, Mo.; Daniel Rufer, Red Oal, Ia.; M, Johnsen, Chicago: J. Dolan Atlantic, In.; E. M. McAdams, Port- patr land, Ore.; C. E. Thnmp son, Umnzo. L. Whitcomby' Chicago; A, Brockway, v Boston; Duzer, Abbany, F. C. Marshall, Pittsour lass, Mansfield, O.; J, Leaman, Co- lumbus, Pa.; C. N. Fogg, Lincoln; George Krug, S J. B, Fulton, Des Moines; L. Richmond, Albia,la.; J. E. Roper, Dayonpor 1 C. KK lor, Oampbell, Neb: William J Paul,Minn.; C.I.Oakfleld,Fort Madis A. W. Crans, Davefiport; J. P, Cobb; Baitimore; M. A. Sailor, Sioux Falls; E. L. Tate, Glencos; H. Messmore, nmmo 1 A. Ferris, DeWitt, N 30 snetziaty. RRock Island; . Rouse, Peoria = J. D. Draper, Marion \Vlllmm“om'dmnn New York; w. Wann, Chicago; C. H, Brainard, Green River: George D. Anderson, Topeka; H. M. Hoon, Plankington; J. Horton, Chicago; W. H. MecCreary, 3 Severance, Hu\k[uml Leonard, N. Stanton, an Francisco; Portland, Ove.: G, Wil- .‘lllll\.‘ hi Fred Cool, St. Louis: C. C. Phelps, Kansas Cit L. R, Mayne, Salt_Lake; R. G. Bloom, Chi- © H. R. Jac! Birmingham, Ala.; D. Ryan, York; W. H. 4 , Chicago: J. Oldfield, New York; Jumes MecLeod, Minneapoli Ww. 8. Helphrey, Baltimore At the Merchants K. Van Husen, J.UA. Zabriskie, Sioux City; J. A, Buehanan, Chicago; E. D. Shoemaker, Kansas City: J. I. Renfro, New Yor J. 8. Richardson, , Cal.: (. Perkins, H. worth; C. A, Brown, Booue, Towa City; T. B. Wis.; C. Hampton, T Millard and wif Collins, St, Lou and wife, Denve Minn.; V. M. C. Bradly, hl\l Kanss A. A. Doug~ san I'ra Thomas Appleton S. Wilcox. Kasota, Hl‘vhv St. Joseph; . D. Barn- H\nu. Lancoln: . M. Humme, York I’ Mont Nelson, (.u)\lllc Dalsy K. Bignell, Lincoln Kugene Hildebrand, Chicago: Hopkins, Sioux City; M. €, and wife, Kansas City: B. Howard, Kan- sas City: James Heatc Lincoln; A, Rothschild, Davenport; I, Ginnain Rawlins, Kan.; H. G. Moorehead, Chi- cago: L. C. Strasburger, New York L. J. McLaughlin, Ottumwa, Ia. I. F. Clayton, Chappell, Neb.: V )] Page, Chicago; W. H. Williams, Aiu worth, Neb.: J. C. Martin, Mendota, 11L.; George S. Foster, St. Louis; S. 1. Young, Philadelphia: S. H. Roht, Ben Hayden, Omaha: 1. D. Houlette, Lin- coln; J. 8. Creighton and wife, Creston; G. R. W ht, Sioux City; A, Greig, Beatrice; E. E. Gerry and wife, Chis cngo: 3. W. Duke, Kinsas City oA Terthuere, Deming, N M. J. A Hueston, Keokuk, Ia. G. W. Hell, Nora Springs, Ia.; E. S. Seitz, Tiffin, O. . P. Thompson, Netawaka ) I. Bensen, Des Moities: L. Richards, Buchuanan, Mich,; C. M. Adams, Ogden, Utah; M. T. Cox. Dubuque; John Stevenson. La Venue, la.: G. T. Pennington, St. Paul; A. Linton, St. Louis: P. Muchn, Chi cage; C. H. Tate, Boston, Mass.: Ed Stenger, Hermasco; Stenger: Her- masco; M. Bosworth. Troy, N. Y.; R. ‘W. Johnson, Omaha: Dr. Keller, Hastings; R. M. lhumpqon, Sutton: P. H. White, Red Oal; J. Crane, Chi- cago; I U, Rauson, Nebraska City; L. Angene, Fostoria, 0. Authe Casey—I. C'. Martin, Chicago; H. De Laurater, Jackson, Mich.: T. T. Townsend, . Townsend, Denver: IV H. Ste: 8, Bostoas W. L. Stevens. Chicago: H. D. James, Columbus, O. 12d McCombs, Des Moines: J. W. Por- terfield, Detroit; 5. L. Russell, Lincoln; W.V. Spinning, Detroit; L. M. Stevens. Des Moine \\'.lluhlendnrl‘, St. Louis: P. P. Mackey, Chicago: I". Kratzer, Columbus, O.; F. M. I~m-h, Seywmour Ind.: O. G. Walrath, Pittsburg, G. W. Jones, Omaha: E. C. Lee, waukee, [ B. Morian, Dun J. B. Martin, Lincoln; Paul Beattic ‘hicago; J. J. Jones, i Standart, roi . M. cinnatiy M. Markley, Moines: wton Rhodes, Moines: Belford, New 1. D. Humwmond. k\mlun Cumming: i Lincoln; | Torticill, Mil- Y alesburg. 111 indofl, St. Louis; George is, N. Hivsch, B.T. AL C. fohuson, Boston: New York: C m'li Hill W. ppett, . Bliss, J nkins, ooruu .’\!r-,l\m'(l. Burlington, . Wommelsdorif, Omuaha: W. (unk ‘Blue Rock. Ark.; C.M. Paris, Ruvids, [n.; J. H. Brotherton, Simms, H. H, K. Colems Sugust Bole, I s P. Kendall, . A. Puilen, George M. Lovelock, Charles:-A. Jones, A. L. Clark, I Isler, George A. Hill, M. Willner, M. K. Sherwood, Chicago; 1d Butler, L. H. Da Morris Huhn, Baruch, John P. Gill, . H. Good- tonehili, .. Powell m b onry Harrison, Aba scnener, 5. Bierman, August Beil s, . Lyon, R, I snaffer, J. A. Hamilton, w. nders, St. erly, Dewoit; M. l{m hester X A Taylor, Rock Island: C. C. Hoefer, Kansas City: O. Latham, Indianapolis; H. W. Anderson. Bostol W, J. Stoune, Kansas City: John Kinkaid, Burky, Col.; C. McCrave, Cleveland: A, Winkler, Milwaukee: S. Stin, Chester, 1. At the Millard Pittsburg, Pa.; C G. Hutchinson, St. V 1, Kansas Cit; i B.H. Fao Louis; Lonenthal, -G. T. MecComb, Hovay, Chicago; foseph, Mo.; A. B. . Howe, Des tt, Kansas City; New Orloans; G. O, Hewitt, 3 U4 . Coon, New York: W, North Platte; M. J. St Chicago; Rand, New York; Le I", Hart, New Yorlt: R, I. Millar, N Yorlk; H. KaufmanTP@oria: Lee Coode Chicago: P A. MoAllister, Milwnul P, T, Bu Dodson, 5t Mitwnuke u, Chicago; George TL uis: K. 1, Goodrich, New Brintnall, Willinm . s City; W Dennis, Rochester; C, Hellay, Chicago: Char Fabbrath, New York: George Spaugen- burg, Boston; Ed Crasman, Philadel- phia; B. L. Heine,” New' York; . lmhm 0, W. H. Wilbren- g v, Baltimore; ce and fapuly, Wheeling, W. helly, Chicago; H. C. Reed, 2 \lw\nlu, L. G. John- ston, Uincinnati, K. Jennings, St. Louis; Joseph l'un-, New York: T. R. Pyle, Akron, O.; Charles I\ Owans, Chicago; I, L. Stine, W. H Shobald, New York; W. E. Hall, Chi cago; T, R. Howard, Lou { ham N. Keteheum, Chica, Taylor, St. Josepl . H, I". D. Babeock, Chicago; J. Bing hulnn[.-n N, X Ben N York: G, Goodwin, P nm.mmu.; Chicug Philadelphia; E. L. Strong, 1. Alces, G. I, Hareis, P, W, Smith York; D. B, MeDohald, Detroit; G. Correll, Waltham, Mass.; H. 3 man, Providence, R. L Dr. Birney,practice limited to catareh- al diseases of nose and throat. Bee bldg, rett, Borgficld, Boston: Thowas M. | MARCH, 17, 1890. NEITHER BY MICE NOR MEN | Are Dahomey's Femals Warriors Ever Put in Fear. FIERCE AS WILD TIGRESSES Trained to Arms From Early Ohild- hood, All Womanly Tastes Are Crashed Out of Them—A Curious Institution. The Women Warriors of Dahomey About one hundred and sixty years ago the king of Dahomey, defeated in battle by a powertul enemy, fled to his cupital before his pursuers, In sheer desperation ho armed 2,000 of his pal- ace wemen and sent them out to turn the fortunes of war or perish in the downfall of their master. Victor sided with the female legion; they routed the invaders, and their deeds of valor perpetuated Dahomey to this day. It is not known whether women ever bore arms for their king in Dahomey before, but it is certain that ever since old' King Agaja's brilliant expedient of 1728 the most remarkable feature of the country been its regiments of Ama zons, and some of these celebrated fe- male soldiers were found dead the other day among the 200 warriors of the king, the victims of I'rench bullets, who were left on the battlefield in Porto Novo. There is uo doubt that these women died fighting desperatel They are soldiers by profession. says the New York Sun. Other warriors may expect as the meed of victory presents of wives and the pleasures of domesticity. But there is no such agreeable variety in the life of the Amazons. No man may marry them uuless the king himself chooses now and then to take a consort from his female army. Bound to a per- petual maidenhood. they know thava ath wiil be their punishment if found to violate the laws of ined in a school where every womauly sentiment is suppressed, where they are taught that they are not weak, but strong, aud that to know no fear is the crowning excellence they should strive for, no wonder thoy are unsexed and become unpaturally fero- clous. Itisa trite saying thiat women can fall lower than wen. It is cortain they can doand dare as much in barttle as men, especially in Dahomey. But it is not the policy of the king needlessly to expose his Amazon reciments when he has plenty of men to fight and be killed. In battle they surround and guard the monarch and are usually called into aetion only when the con- test is very hot and close, It has been the good fortune of two Englishmen, Skertehly and Burton, to study this unigque feature of militar; lafe in Dahomey. Burton says that a soldiers the Amazons are very formid- able enemies. Tk are armed with flintlocks and load and fire rapidly. Time and again they have shown the most desperate courage and reckless daving. Now and then, however, a greut reverse has overtaken the Amu- zons, as i and again in 1864, when they w ibly cut up by the Ab- beokut and are said to have been killed by hundreds, asthe relentless foe chased them toward the vtehly, who lived nearly a the king's great town, reports that the Amazens delighted in nothing more than in polishivg their gun barrels, which gleamed 1 Iver in the sun. He formed, how or, & very poor opin- ion of their marksmanship, and was tuaily so ungallant as to say that 1f the. hit a haystac iv would probably be purely accidental. The tlower of the fair se is likely to get into the army as well as nearly all the strong-minded women, the viragos, the unfaithful wives and the unfortunate females who. judged by the standavds of the country,are who!l upatwractive and uudesirable as a part of thehousehold furniture. Before a man can wed he mnust send the lndy of his choice to the king, who, if it pleases him, deafts ber into the avmy without any vegard for the feelings of the de- spoiled bridegroom. The army is a conveuient recentacle for women whose husbands, for or an other, desive to get vi em. a cul ous fact that while an Amozon can nev wed, marvied women who eunter one of the regiments are ailowed to maintain velations with their husbands: but all their female children are Amazons from bivth, and the ouly future before them is th libute life of the sold Whenever the amazons av vado ashow corps is little girls ten or fifteen who murch with toy weanons, dance and si and live with the warriors, butdo not go on campuigns with them until they are strong enough to handlo a llintioe They are the amazons of the future, undérgoing a process of hardening diseipline, bratalizing alike to mind and feelin which shall fiv them to take their places amo; the ce women fighters of Dahom 5 pge lives these women the streetsof the capital highways of the kingdom they are more isolated from the other sex than any nun. The man who daves to keep the road when u squad of amazons ap- proachs pays for his temerity with his life. "The well-known tinkle of the amazon bell makes proclamation to all the male creation that it is high tine to skurry down the byways or inglori- ously votreat to avoid mesting tho king's warriops. Skertchiy suys it made his blood boil to be com- pelled to slink outof view like a thief whenever he heard that odious bell; and the proudest moment of his life was when he was able boldly to face these astonished damsels, and thrust before their eyes the king’s lion stick, which showed that he had as goolaright to his majesty’s highway as any Amazon, and could even stave her out'of counte- naunce if it afford him amusement. Of course, on pubiic occasions, when the Amazons are out for exhibition pur poses, all the world may look at th but at other times it behooves the of croation, from the crown prince to the humbl slave, to take to the woods if they see these mighty beings ap- proaching, The fair warriors of Dahomey no‘menial drudgery todull the fine ec of their martial spirits, Women cup- tured in war, and not a few females oo of their own people,are cooks and water carriers and beasts of burden for the Amazon regiments. She is indeed a lucky soidier whom the king promotes to the most sacred precincts of the palace; for she becomes one of the Leopard wives, and nas privileges not concaded to the rest of the royul house- hold. Perhaps, however, she has yoarn- mgs now and then for the old life, when she shouldered a musket, dressed in a uniform of variegated colovs, wncluding jncket, skirt, cross straps and leather ammunition bag, and swaggered along the road while allthe gentlemen of the kingdom scamperod for dear life. Bur- ton says the training of the Amazoys begets in them a bold, free maunner, and a swagger in their gait which has ne of Dahomey ¢ on pa- , composed of avs of uge, In and on the re»oml»lunc to the cowed and humble bearing of most negro women, Independent and favored as thelr po- sitfon is 1n some respects, life is not ex- actly n perennial plenic for the three Amazon regiments, If they are not drilling of dancing or fighting for the king, they are apt to be scattered far and wide on hunts for ivory, or in othor ways adding to his majesty’s rovenues. Pariies from the elephant regiment are sometimes away from the capital two years at a_ time chasing the olephant. It they do not ve the drudgery of carrying the ivory.all the dangers of the chase are theirs, and on one melancholy occ sion, a few years ago, twelye of them were iilled in aday by a herd of un- commonly ugly beasts. Many of the men of Dahomey, deep down in their heart, regard the Amazons as an un- mitigated naisance; and little wonder, when in the streets of the capital, the poor fellows have to dodge under cover about once every twenty yards so that the uniformed ladies may have a wide berth, These fomale soldiers are at once the unique feature and the great weakuess of their country: for Dahomey is not so populous that it can afford to keep 4,000 or 5,000 women in its garrisons. [n the natural order of things these women would bo the mothers of twelve or fif- teen thousand children, and children are the great need of Dahomey. for her population is decreasing. Not only are the additions these women make to the populatior. most insignificant, but the women captured in war, who usually in Afvica become the wiyes of the ptors, in Dahomey, for the most part, ave merely the camp followers of the amazons and und the same restrictions. So, while the king regards the amazons as the mainstay of his country, forming as thoy do fully one- half of the regular army of Daliom the institution is actualf ning the kingdom of its population. The amazons also Lave a bad effect upon the country bec 1 large part of the best physical specimens of womanhood are absorbed by the army instead of giving hardibood and vigor to the rising generation. Burton s: he saw many young and good-looking women among the amazons, but to the jaundiced vision of Skertchly, who could never quite get over his long and monotonous expericnce of dodging these military females, they appeared to be an uncommonly tough-looking crowd. We shall hear more ‘of the king’s muskateers if the present fight with France goes on. -~ Clipped from Canada_Presbyterian, under signature of C. Blackett Robinson, Propr T was cured of oft recurring billious head aches by Burdock Ilood Bitters, AT SPELLING bCHOOL. Taught the Boston Man the Wisest Way to Spell, We were sitting about the fire in the hotel, says a writer in the Detroit I'ree Press, when the Story Teller, veferring to a yarn published in a current paper as to the rough usage of a man who “speiled dowh” a western country school, said: “That reminds me of a story. At this, of course, every oue urged him to tell his tale, and he said: It was away back in the early sev- enties, I was then traveling for a Bos- ton sehool book concern, and one night I brought up in aflourishing littlgtown in eastern Tennessee. | had never® been there before, but I soon made [riends with the landlord of the hotel, and when I asked him as to vossible means of amusement for th sning, he sai *Well, stranger, I can’t say as the much going on, butyou might go to the spellin’ school.’ It seemed that there was a spelling match to be decided in the town, and I, full of foolish confidence 1n my own ability, attended and submitted to the process of “choosing sid It nev oceurred to me that there could po: sibly be any fecling either between sides or between individuals as to the result. The building in which the contest oc- curred was a tumble-down frame and log structure, the lines of which out- side suggested an iminent collapse and witnin which a great fire in the stack chimmey at the end €ast the only light bare benches save. that which from the two candles burn- ing upon the desk of the schoolmaste: which was mounted upon a low and rough rostrum. When I reached the building it was reasonably well filled, € strapping youths in jeans or homespun offset the wirls—many of them very pretty, in homespun or calico. The only man in building except myself, who wore a white shirt and store clothes” was the lanky schoolmaster, six feet and a couple of inches tall it least, and grace- ful as o 10 months old calf. Mind. I never knew how serious a matte pelling down” is, and when. they asked me to go in, I simply went in, sure that the ould be no danger thatany of the rustic crowd could spell me down. The work began, and boys aud girls, vight and left, sat down on words of th 3 Soon there were only twenty of the original forty contestants; then only fifteen; then only ten, at last only five, The words grew harder and harder. T saw obvious si of discontent. The girvls did not like to be spelled down or the boys to have the girvls defeated. The words grew still harder. One, two, three of the five spellers fell Y the wayside and at last only two of us stood—the prettiest girl in the house and I At last the schoolmaster led out to me “*hippopotamus.” Tt was as casy as falling from a log until I felt a hot breath at my ear,and a voice hissed: *'Spell it with one mister, ‘nless you wanter got licked. That irl; spell” her down if you and sat it with one **p” dow . - Mrs. duces in teething. Soothing Syrup re. nmation while children ar 25 cents n bottle, - Effect of the Voice. Probably no one can e fully esti- mate how much influence he iscon- stantly exerting through his tones of voice. Nothing is so powerful to cheer the drooping energies of a discouraged graup as the inspiving tones of hope in the words of a new arrivak Who has not seen the immediate effect of a glud and sprightly voice breaking in upon o dull and vninteresting party of people? How their eyes brighten, and theic brows clear, und their forms become erect! says the New York Ledger. On the otuer hand, let a solemn or doleful or fretful voice break in on o gay and cheerful company, and how quickly the smile dies on the lips, and the depross- g influrnce goes rouna! The infant who cannot understand a word that his wother says is soothed and pleased or grieved and frightened by her tones. und the seeds thus of love and gentleness or of harshness and impa- tience, are sure to.bear fruitin hislater development, and exert n strong influ- ence in mellowing his future character and preparln it to contend the better with the roughness of the world, 4 e L Change of life, buokache, monthly irregu larities, hot flash 0 cured by Dr. Miles Nervine, ('ree samples at Kubo & Co., 15th and Douglas. THE BEER KEG WAS ENPTY, An Incident Which is Agltating the Prohibition People. THEMATTERTOBE INVESTIGATED Amicable Settloment of a Complalnt Which Had Been Filod Against the Railroads -Capit City Newa, Prohibitionists Excited, LaNcoLy, Nob,, Murch 16— Special to Tur Bek.|--The prohibition people are con siderably worked up over a disturbanco which oceurred at the Domorest medal con- testat Roca, a small town in this county, abouty welvo miles from Lincoln. While tho exercises wore i full blast some parties un- known threw a beer keg through the win- ow of tho Methodist church in which she meetiog was held, The keg struck on the organ and bounded off on the floor without hitting abyone, but a Mr. Stein aud the Indy oreanist were cut about the face with the flying fragments of glass, but not se viously injured. A panic among tho audi- ence prevented by the chairman ro- questing the choir to sing. No traceof tho fellows who did the throwing could be found, but theservices of a Lincoln detec tive have boeen secared. Parenthetically iv may be r ked that the keg was ewpty. STATE MOUSE BITS, Senator Sutherland of ‘Tekamah has dis- imissed tho complaint tled some mouths ago ugainst the railroads running into South Omana. Ho chargod that the rato of §2 o car from Omaha to South Omaha was un just. The matter hns boon amicably sottled. Jameson Bros. of Stella, owners of a_corn meal plant, have filed a complaint with tho board of transportation against the Missouri Pacifie, claiming that they are beiog dis- criminated against. They allege that the aiscrimination amounts to 5 cents per hun dred between Stella and St. Louis, and 11 cents botween Stella aod Hoston, und also that the wheat millers are given tho samo rato us they get, while the value of flour is four times grreater thuu that of corn meal . As the mattor ia interatate, it will be laid be fore the commissioners on their visit here Tucsday. CITY NEWS AND NOTES. Herman Waltemade has shied his castor in the ring for the republican nomination of alderman from the Uhird. This ward will probably seo the prettiest fight of all. Walte- made represents tho liquor interests, Har- greaves the busiess men, Burns the labor- ing men, while Griftith and Graham are dark horses. (-coruc Cranor, the bad _man from the who attempied to snuff out Theodoro ner's life light, nas been bound over to district court in the sum of e could not secure bondemen and now reoses in the county jail, A. Atkinson delivered an interesting address 1o young men at the assoclation par lors yesterday afternoon. Rev. I, S. Stein_preached at St. Paul M. E. church last night on “Legalized Crime."” Iv was a genuine profubiticn speech, A call has been issued by Chairman Tal- bot for a n:eeting of ail the ward committee- wen of the republicans at room 45, Burr block, Wednesduy cvening. This will bo the first gun of the city campaign. The oftices to be filled are police judge, cemetery trustee, three members of the school board, one councilman from each of the wards ox- cept the Soventh, which will vote for two. ‘I'wo boud propositions, oue for £100,000 in- tersection paving and one for $20,000 ' sewer on. will be submitted. The city at- has decided that voters who regi tered last fall need not do so for this elec- tion. The probabilities ave that Lincoln will not have over thirty-four saloons this year. Tho march of improvement has driven a half dozen or more out of their otd haunts, whilo the threatened oceupation tax has deterred some from entering. Mr. Mendelssohn, the Omaha architect whose plans have been adopted by the new hotel company, announces that contracts for preliminary work will bo let March and promises to have the building ready for oc- cupancy January 1 next. The building will be 12 et ‘on Niuth street and 134 on ¥, ecither six or seven stories in height, and will cost §200,000. The hotel will be fire- proof, with 15 or 200 guest chambers. A big delegution of the Lincoln lodge of Hibernians will go down to Tecumseh to- morrow worning to attend the St. Patrick’s day celebration. Capital lodge, No. Rauroad Trainmeun, tomorrow night. ‘I'ne regular monthly meeting of the Hay- den Art ciub will be hold at the university chupel Tuosday evening. The feature of the entertainment will bo a paper by Prof, Stierman on *‘The Utilitarian Aspects of Art." Dr, A. G. Warner, one of the best known political economists’ of the west, will spenk at the Chautauqua meeting ‘Tuesday night ou *City Taxes.” Detective Plunkett of Chicago is in tho city for the purpose of presenting a requisi- tion for a Chicago woman who is now in Omaha, J. W. Cutright, for the past year city editor of the Evening Call, will assume tho duties of Omaha correspondent of tho Lin- coln Journal ou the 25th inst. Colonel IHarry Hotchkiss was the unani- wmous choice for venerable consul of tho new Modorn Woodmen lodge. T'wo children of James Tylet and a son of J. Y. Lansing are down with scarlet fever, and the housos have been quarantiued by the board of healtn, W. Johnson alias James Ritchey was arrested last evening on the charee of steal- ing a horse from L. K. Holmes, but was soon afterwards released, us he proved to be the wrong man, Colonel Ritchey was imquiring for the whereabouts of a lawyer today, avowing his intention of bringing suit for damages. The aid of the police was asked and given last eveuing in securing the return to ber relatives of Betty Hall, who had left her cousin’s home because thoy desived her to marry & Nebraska City man named James Botts, who has beea paying the girl attention. Botts is u widower with two children, aad Miss Betty 18 in an interesting condition. All the parties are colored Brothertood of its anuual bull 170, hoids Beware of Pneumonia. Use at once Baker's pure Cod Liver Oil or Baker's Emulsion, The genuine only. Of druggists. To raveling Public. The great Rock Island route has pro- vided e convenience and comfort for its pas: going east over ity main line, Its solid vestibule express traing, which leave daily for Bes Moines, Daveuport, Rock Island and Chicago, are the finest in the world, They cons] of new and elegunt day couches, dining cars, Pullman pulace slecping cavs and free reclining chaiv ws, superbly appointed and fitted up with all the modern imorov ments that conduce tosafe and luxurious travel. Junetional and terminul con- nections are made in union depots and at Chieago with fast limited vestibule express trains forall points east, In addition to this magnificent train, two express and mail trains leave Omaha daily, carrying sieepovs and dining cars, Further information as to routes, rates, time, berths, eto., on or ud- dress J. DeBevoise, Farnam streot, Omaha, Neb. Telephone 7 1. ST, JOIN, JNO, SEBASTIAN neral Manager, G &2 Chicago. e Colnmbus' Bones, The government of St. Domingo, which claims to have the only original bones of Columbus, is desirous of for- varding them to the United States for use in 1892, provided there is given,in sturn for them 000 cash dowa, and 20 per cent of the receipts on public exs hibition of th Fit Vitus dance, nervousress and | goon cured by Dr. Miles' Norvine. 1'ree samplos at Kubn & Co., 10U and Douglas,