Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 17, 1901, Page 9

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: BEGCARS 0N WALL STREET of Mendioants Bwarm About the Bteok Exchange. OUTSTRETCHED PALMS SOLICIT THE COIN Brokers Listen to Mard Luck Storien | and Submit Graclously to the “Louch"=Poverty ll ny. In the higher racks of beggardom it has long been a saying that Wall street is tho | beat puying place in America for th practitioner of the art of touch and go. | The bunco steerer's ndage, “There's o sucker born every minute,” they ha amended to read, “And all of them get to Wall street before they dle.” Every form of begging game flourishes there and that form flourlehes best which the most genteel aud ingentous. The financial district ot New York, or, a8 somo deacribe it, the financial center of the world, has always been the Mecca for those Who belleve that the world owes them a | living without any return for it, but of Iate there has been guch a wholcsale descent of the begging fraternity that the brokers are crying out for rellet from the nuisance The sudden increcse of business in Wall street and the dally reports of immense males of stocks and the stories, real and | funciful, of the making of vast fortunes by & turn of the wheel, have convinced out- sidern that the strects of the financlal sec- tion are bestrewn with gold and brokers are waltlng only to be asked to hand out geners ous donations to any possible charity 8o long as the begging was done with | some degree of finesse Wall street endured It cheertully and gave freely. Lissome young women with soft volces and appeal- 1ng eyes who wished (o sell tickets to pers | formances that were never intended to taks place found a ready market; suave | gentlemen In ellk hats who politely sug- | gested subscriptions to organizations which | existed chiefly within those hats, coliected an occasional bonus, while the hard-luck story, bucyantly and genlally presented, was almost sure to be rewarded with the price of a drink. But the plain, uovar- nished “bum’* with a five days' undergrowth of whiskers and too well ventiiated clothing Is not popular on Wall street and this kind | has become very prevalent of late. Along | with hin have come a horde of subscription agents, who Invade bulldings lke a swarm of roaches and are as little welcome. That 1s why Wall sfreet ts now fn revolt Valuable Information, The publication of illustrated volumes on Wall street and its prominent men has made It possible for the charity flend to | recognize a Stock exchange man in the street and it is quite a common thing for one of the hoard members to be approached by a seedy stranger and addressed by name. “Mr. Clews,” begins the stronger, “'I used to speculate n your oftice and had a run of luck, but I got on the wrong side of the market and now I am up against it. I want to ask you for a small foan until 1 sell a house I own In the country. When I get the cash for this place I shall be back in your office rolling up the money again.” Like many other cases, the broker thinks he recognizes a casual customer in the ap- parent stranger and the lcan is forthcom- ing. The ups and downs of Wall street life muke 1t necessary for everyone to be kindly disposed to the man who s temporarily out at elbows. Tbe borrower may be the lender in a few weeks' time. But when the same broker is approached a second time with the samo tale of hard luck It begins to look lke “‘Queer street,” and of all people in the world the Wall street broker is the most resentful when victimized. At the same time the broker must be cautlous in his dealings with the stranger who accosts and clalms acquaintance with him on the street. There are many varie- tles of speculators, and some of those who drift in from the country districts wearing clothes tbat would make a hit on the va- rioty stage are too good customers to lose. A certaln member of a blg Wall street firm had an unpleasant experience In this line recently. As he was going to the exchango an elderly man in shabby clothes addressed him timidly: “Aln't you Mr. So-and-So?" “Yes, I am; but I'm in a great hurry." “I just wanted to ask you ef you uldn't—" No, sir, T can not" said the broker 'phatieally, scenting a “touch.” The Broker Apologized. is \s he stalked away he was dimly aware some messenger boys laughing at the figure his interlocutor cut as he stood, staring and discomfited. Half an hour later the broker came out upon the street again only to run into the seedy little man. “'Mr. So-and-so," began the little man, “I only wanted to aek you ef you couldn’ “'Now, see here,” cried the outraged broker, “I won't stand being held up this way. It you do it again I'll have you ar- reated.” “Then give me back my $20,000," little man patiently. “What?" “I've got $20,000 with your firm In com- | bined wheat and 1 just wanted to ask you | it you eouldn’t tell me whether 1'd better | hang on or sell." The seedy little man was a country mill owner and a considerable speculator. It took the broker ten minutes to apologize in & manner befitting the occaslon. Another class of beggar that the stock broker seeks relief from is the Insistent man who collects for a charitable instita- tlon, real or (maginary, principally the lat- | ter. He Invarlably descends on his proy at | the busiest time fn the day, bursting In on the broker's study of the all-important ticker and reellng off a begging petition while holding out a book fn which appears the names of well kndwn men as sub- scribers to the charity in question. Most of the names are Inserted there without thelr owners' permission, but the list serves to lend emphasis to the collector's remark that “1t will look very queer when the list 1s published if your name does not appear | there.” Even Wall street men have their EASILY DECIDED id the This question should be answered | easily by Omaha people, Which s wiser, to have coufidence in the | opintone of your fellow citizens or depend | on statements made by utter strangers? Read this Mr. F. B. Kingsbery of 1523 Dorcas st carpentor by trade, saysi—'Doan’s Kidne: Pills are a good medicine and I can rec ommend them. 1 had an attack of kidne trouble for two months and for two weeks before 1 got Doan's Kidney Pills I could not work on account of my back. I com- menced using the remedy and soon noticed its beneficlal effect. The pain In my back left me and the irregularity with the kid- ney secretlon was corrected. 1 consider Doan's Kidney Pills the best kidney and urinary medicine 1 ever used alo by all dealers. Prico 8 cents Milburn Co., Duffalo, N. Y., sole ugents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan's—and take =a ather. t little hobbies and figuring 1n the published lists of a charitable organization always Kives a certain standing toae to a firm It is too late to recall the money when the broker learns later. comparing not with his frieads in “street,” that hls name as well as theirs has been used in wholesale gathering in of funds, which never reached the charitable society they were intended to benef It is very easy in the rush and whirl of Wall street life, where time {8 so precious that the simplest way of saving It 18 usually chosen, for a fraud with a good face and a little brazen ussurance to carry his ends and coln woney without troubls Persinteney of the by he So persistent are some of the bogus col- lectors of charity that it is all the door- keepers of the exchange can do to pre- nt their penetratiug to the very floor rch of victims, They are ousted om one entrance, only to seek admis- sion at anothei; they lie in walt for brokers kolog In and brokers coming out, they fall in step beside him and walk and talk until the money 13 given as the easiest way of saving a scene, they ignore signs of private doors, are past masters at the art of “bluMng” office boys and when not fat- | tentng at the expense of the broker they are pleking up crumbs and whole loaves from | the customers who throng his ofice and are always liberal and open handed when the market s going thelr way Of late a new apparition has appeared n Wall street. It wears a bonnet of coal scuttle shape, bedecked with sear- {let and gold ribbon; it stands patiently outside the entrance to the Stock ex- change holding in its extended hand a tambourine. It s a silent apparition, so far as vocal evidence of its presence is concerned, but the tambourine fs thrust out tn a way that explains its object very forcibly and the attention of the passersby is attracted to the object by the eign on a hand organ in the viciolty of the tambourine. On the organ there Is & printed appeal to the worid lu general and Wall street in particular to “help the homeless.” "It was self-denial week, the sign informs the brokers. “Give to worthy charity and help save the lo says another sign. The organ plays rag- time alrs; the girl in the poke bonmet rat- tles the small change in her tumbourine and the brokers smile and swell the fund | not because the signs touch them, but for [ the reason that they are mostly large | hearted men and the sight of a sweet-faced | girl standing asking alms is calculat awaken sympathy in a monument. Never- theless, the brokers protest against this | begging plan with the others, for they feel It is out of place in a busy business center like Wall street Of begging eplstles every man of prom- inenco in the “strect’ gets u waste bas- ket full daily. This particular line of begging I8 regarded as one of the afic- tions that will always be part and par- cel of the prosperous lfe of the district. Is s the brokers' natural cross and is borne uncomplainingly. But the army of beggars that is becoming larger daily, the army that invades the most remote of private offices, that 18 ever hungry for more and stops at nothing to gain its end, has become such a nuisance that the brokers have under consideration a plan of or- ganization in the llne of a boycott on begging to rid lite in the financlal district of this unbearable burde: THIS WOMAN K! s Pa Comprehenaive p of Boaton' teal Machine, Though nominally executive clerk, she | occuples & position which is belleved to be unique In Amorican political machines, re- lates the Boston Post. Miss Mary Meyer s in reality acting secretary, assistant treasurer, right bower to the president, the encyclopedia of rules, regulations, laws relating to conventions, | caucuses, candidates, nominations, elec- | tlons, Tepository of the secrets of the| leaders and of the machine, and must from almost any point of view be considered as part of the machine itself. “Mary," as she {s generally known, and her abbreviated title is given her with no slight, but as an indication that she ia re- garded as one of them, knows every demo- cratie politiclan in Boston, She kmows them by acquaintance; she | knows their political ‘linclinations, thelr | strength, their abilities and their relia- | bility. She can tell to a dot the voting strength | of every faction In the city and the pros- pects of that strength being lessened or in- | creased. She can separate the wheat from the chaff, the big fry from the small fry. She | knows who are the ‘“real things" and who are the heelers. She knows whether a leader {s in touch with a machine; whether he should be recelved with a happy, wel- come smile or be given the Alaska treat- ment. In fact, she may be called the democratic Bradstreet. She knows the ratings of all. Mary Meyer came in during the last campalgn of Hugh O'Brien for mayor to assist in addressing envelop In 1889, under the late Mathew Keany, she was again employed and showed such proficiency in mastering political detall that in 1890, when the democratic state organization re- organized, she was employed permanently clerk, In 1897, when the state and city democ- racy separated and decided to have sepa- rate headquarters, Miss Moyer was offered her choice of which organization she would go with. She chose the city organization and has since remained with them. She has been In the most confidentlal re- lations with all the leaders of the party, including Hon. Joslah Quincy, Hon. Willlam E. Russell and Hon. John E. Russell. Miss Meyer Is a versatile woman. Upon assuming her clerkship she found the necessities of a knowledge of typewrit- ing and stenography and her evenings were then spent at a business college until she perfected herself in those accomplishments Miss Meyer's courage has been often se- veroly tested, but it has never failed her. Her experlence in the city committee head- auarters would make Intoresting reading it ever complled An ordinary riot has no terrors for her Every year there s a struggle in the ling of delegations and the sea of pushing, gesticulating, struggling men, who strive to have their papers filed first, I8 a sight to strike terror to the uninitiated But Miss Meyer views matters with equanimity and coolly knows from whom to take papers first and on whom to close her eyes As a worker she ls indefatigable. During campaign times it 1s no unusual thing for her to work forty-eight hours at a time with no Intermission for rest. She enjoys the excitement and has a real love for polities in every detall. She has the reputation of being a “good fellow' and many a hard luck tale s daily poured Into her ears by those who are in need, and Miss Meyer generally responds. Despite her masculine assoclates Miss Meyer s essentially feminine in her tastes She makes her own clothes and designs and makes her hats. She {s fond of lterature of any kind, from “David Harum" to Brice's ““Common- wealth;" likes fancy needlework, has a | passionate love of flowers, knows some- | thing about photography and can differen- tlate between every variety of “hot air" | known to her political environment She s sald to be the only woman who thoroughly “knows™ politics {n Boston. | | The greatest healer of modern tim: Banner Salve for cuts, wound: s sares, piles | 1 the other countries and the quality much | interior, 1 entire rellance placed upon “the states. | ing cargoes of the south’s king staple at | out above the water line for ventl | twelve hours) and the boat gotten off im- and all skin discares. It is guaranteed Cao no substitute, OUR MULES INTHE BOER WAR How the Uaited States Has Contributed te Awist Great Britain. ANIMALS TO CARRY ON THE CAMPAIGN Shipments de with Regw rom New Orleans to South African Ports Under Great Difficalties By a stroke of the pem declaring live stock contraband of war this country could bave added, at a moderate estimate, a year to the war in Bouth Africa. We bave mounted and remounted the British cav- alry, supplled and resupplied the muscle to move their artillery and furnished and refurnished them with pack trains. Texas has been drained of mules and Kan Wyoming, Missouri and the other stock raising states of the west have been so nearly depleted that the $40 animals of 1899 bring $90 today. More than half as many mules and horses as men have gone to the English army. Onme hundred and one thousand have been shipped from this country alone. And still a transport a wevk with a thousand or more head leaves New Orieans, This is by far the largest exportation of live stock for military purposes the world has ever kunown It bas turned not only the great commerclal eye of all natlons toward this country, but also at- tracted general diplomatic notice. Along with the glgantic purchases of live stock | millions of dollars have been spent in fodder and lumber, in equipping large stockyards, hiring an army of laborers, veterinary surgeons, carpenters and ma- chinists and in maintaining an official staff here. General army hus been vember last end to Samuel Pearson of the Boer | in this country since No- working diligently to put au this mule supply. The English him here themselves. They cut off Il party of which he was in com- mand from the rest of Dewet's forces and drove them across the Portuguese border, ad scattering and reachlvg neutral ground by Individual fiight. The general came here to conduct a legal campaign against his enemies. His suit in the fed- eral court at New Orleans to stop the ship- ments, Judge Parlange decided, was not a matter the court could pass upon; it was for the cabinet to decide. General Pear- son was unsuccessful in his efforts at Washington, but he I still at work and is about to reopen the case at New Orleans on new grounds. Began Buying Barly. Two months before the hostilities began England had officers in Austria, Portugal, Canada and the United States purchasing animals. Al these stations were opened that no delay should be suffered, but the cost being from 50 to 100 per cent higher they were soon sbandoned and The first shipment safled from Southport (just above New Orleans) October 10, 1899, a month before war was declared. The Prah carrled out that day 671 mules—a small load. Subsequent shipments all rao higher, the City of Manchester, which salled on the 21st of the following month, carry- ing the largest cargo ol stock that ever sailed—2,080 mules and horses. Mules formed by far the largest part of all the shipments. Regular cattle ships could not be se- cured. The growing live stoek industry could not spare one. But the prices of- fered were sufficlent to make the owners of a number of eotton carriers, then await- its king port, turn them into equine trans- ports. These ships are bullt almost air- tight, so that when a fire occurs they can run for days before it becomes masater. Shcets of their steel sides were huc:(‘ll tion, and great canvas windsails reaching half as high as the masts were installed to convey fresh air through tubes to the lower compartments. The nall, chisel and saw had no more regard for the carved cabin woodwork than they had for the rough pine of which the stalls were bullt from wheel to keel. The alr sheets face forward and the vessels are required to be under way to force the draft. So the animals are loaded hurriedly (it gemerally requires about mediately upon the last animal crossing the gangplank. Losses Are Heavy. In rough weather the waves often roll in through the holes in the sides and douse the animals, but that 1s a blessing, for in long trips across the torrid zone the heat down In the hold becomes awful. The ani- mals are packed closely side by side. There is “standing room only.” A loss of 10 per cent on some trips in the summer is con- sidered small. There Is & veterinary surgeon aboard each boat and from 75 to 100 muleteers. The latter, after feeding and watering the stock and cleaning the stalls each day, have to give band dosing the sick, binding the bruised sufferers from the ship's rolling, and slin Ing up those too weak to stand longer. There 18 another task—that of holsting over the dead. The transports seem to be known among, and spotted by, the great fishes. Porpolses, sharks and the like fol- low them for days, for they are sure of at least three good meals of mule per diem. The swiftest vessels of the fleet make the distance to Capetown in twenty-elght day: By this time many of the poor creatures, from standing still so long, with not room to turn around, are too stiff to move and have to be lifted out of the stalls. They soon recover—those not too far gone—and when they realize that they are again on terra firma they jump and buck with Joy beyond control. But it is simply giving them another taste of life before the slaughter, for fever, insects and bullets make short work of them. Occasionally storms are encountered that toss the ships about 6o that many of the beasts are maimed and crippled beyond re- covery or killed outright. The Corinthia encountered a gale that blew It upon a reef off Hayti in January, 1900. After five days' work In attempting to float the vessel it was given up. More than a thousand | mules were taken up on deck and after their noses had been pointed toward land, 50 that they might see and scent it, they were lowered overboard. Four hundred swam the distance. The others were efther unequal to the effort after being penned up 80 long or spent thelr strength in vain efforts to get aboard the ship and the tug boats about it. Detalls of the Work, Of late the percentage of loss among the animals has been growing less. At first any mule from thirteen to fourteen hands high or horse from fourteen to sixteen, sound of limb and In good condition, after three days’' rest to recover from the rallroad | journey to New Orleans, was loaded for Capetown. Now only an animal with a tried constitution is sent. The whole workings of the department are now complete. In Kan- sas City, St. Louls, Dallas and Houston corrals for collection are maintained. To these recrulting stations candidates are brought Any that pa be they one or Atty, are retained untll the number has own large enough to Warrant the charter ing of a train. Then they are shipped to ew Orleans, where atables that will ace for shipment. The first assortment is the sick and brulsed from the well. The former are sent to the hospital department. They are exercised daily and fed up for the journey. Each animal s vaccinated Then they are as- sorted for fitness for the various service Each {s numbered on the hoof and mark with & broad arrow if for the heavy artil- lery, a small arrow for the light and a double cross for the cavalry. Those simply numbered go Into pack trains or are as- signed to some other routine work. Haven for Hohos, With the muleteers the qualifications have grown less rigld. At first at the offer of free transportation the officers could plek thetr men. All the discharged Spanish war soldlers who applicd were chosen. But particular care was taken that they should not get near a Boer recruiting station Finally when the South African enthusiasm began to wame the price had to be raised; return trameportation Was added. Later return transportation and §15. But New Orleans was drained. Now hobos and tramps are enlisted from any old place. They get free transportation on the tops of the stock trains from as far away as Chicago and the Britishers aro scratching harder for tbem than they are for mules. It {s (nteresting and pathetic to see (he anlmals shipped and it is amusing and ludicrous (o see the motiey conglomeration of vagabonds. Besides what covers hi bide a red handkerchief slung over his shoulder generally contalns the entire worldly outfit of the Americo-British mule- teer of today. Bach goes with the {oten- tion of letting the lght strike him only at meal times and 1yIng in the hay under the shadow of the mule the rest of the day. Each thinks he is “slick” enough to evade the “‘cockney” boss and has the idea that his destinstion is a land of free gzold and diamonds. Bach meets a sudden and soro awakening when once aboard ship. The British oficers were very much agi- tated the other day after one of the ship- ments to see the name “Samuel Pearson’ on the list of muleteers. It didn't scem possible that it could be their arch enemy, the Boer general. Yet they were prepared to fear almost anything from Roor strategy and they were {ndeed relleved when tha ship arrived at the other end safe. A hobo had shipped in allas Cm———————— T———— . - L Table and Kitchen tions About Food and Dafly Mennn, THURSDAY BREAKFAST. Fruit Bacon Grilled Tomatoes. Coffee. LUNCH Lamb's Liver and Mufi Canned Salmon. Green Peas. Lettuce. Soft Gingerbread. Lemonade DINNER Cream of Tomato Sou Brofled Steak. Btewed Mashed Potatoes. ice Cream Frult P corn Cold Blaw. Berries. Coffee. FRIDAY BREAKFAST. Cream Toast. Black! ry Mush, Botled Balt Mackerel, Parsley Bufter. New Potatocs, White Muffins. LUNCH Sardine and Olive Sundwiches Berry Shortcake, Cream. Iced Tea DINY Iced Clam Planked Whitefish, Mashed Potatoes. Lettuce. Pineapple Bavarian Cream. Coftee. BATURDAY. BREAKFAST. Sugared Fruit, Beauregard Eggs. 2 Brolled Tamatoes, Rolls. LUNCH. Cold Bolled Leobster. Mayonnaise Saace. Btuffed Tomato Salad. Wafers. Cheese. Fruit. Lemonade. Coftee. ER. Broth Cucumbers. New Beets, Bacon. Coftee. DINNER. Iced Tomato Boulllon. Breaded Veal Cutlets. Cream Bauce. String Beane. Okra and Corn. Frult Salad. Cheese. Waters. Cofte SUNDAY. BREAKFAST, Chilied Frult Molded Cereal. Whipped Cream. Breaded Tomatoes. Cream Lyonnaise Potatoes. Toast. Coftee. DINNER. Teed Boulllon. Cold Boned Chicken. arnish of Jelly, Creamed Mushrooms and Peas in Cases. Gratinated Cauliflower, Lettuce. Cheese. Iced Rice Pudding. Coffee. SUPPER. Deviled Sardines. Fruit Wafers, Fruit Compote, Potato Salad. White Cake. Tea. THE OKRA OR GUMBO. A Southern Vegetable Favorite Little Known in the North. This {s a vegetable par excellence in the hands of a good southern cook. This vegetable, so distinctively a south- ern favorite, s uot so well known to north- ern cooks except in large cities, The seed pod is the edible part ot this plant and is wholesome and nutritious There are two varieties grown for the mar- ket; of these the best is the short, thick, green pod, which will remain tender longer than the long, slender pod, which is pale green and wiry, The Iiking for okra I8 ap acquired taste with many, and those whe are first intro- duced to it in the south may not like It. The creole method of cooking is to stew 1t in as little water as possible and until it is & sort of mucilage. If plenty of salted water be used and the cooking mot pro- longed after the okra is tender this pe- culiarity is avolded. Of course the pods must be very young and tender or they cannot be cooked in so short a time. Many do not know that the deliclous fla- vor of the famous Georgla Brunswick stew 1s due greatly to the presence of okra well cooked in the compound. Tomatoes and rice seem to be the proper accompaniments for this vegetable and corn Is very frequently used. The okra may be canned or dried for winter use, and when not to be had fresh in the market can in this manner be used all the year round. It ls especially nice for winter soups. Dried Okra, This may be obtained in the market when the tresh Is out of season. It is sliced in rings and evaporated like apples, small tender pods may be canned whole. When dried it must soak In water for an | hour before cooking and then boiled in alted water until tender, which will re- quire about twenty minutes. Okra may be dried at home with very lit- tle trouble. Cut the pods in rings, string these on cords and hang them where they will dry quickly Stewed Okra—Take young and tender pods, cut oft each end and wash them thoroughly, boil them in salted water until tender (about three-quarters of an hour), then dralo off the water; season with ralt, pepper and butter and serve In a covered vegetable dish. Okra Gumbo Soup—Cut two quarts of okra into rings and add two quarts of tomatoes and three quarts of water: put over the fire and let it boll; take a young, tendpr chicken, joint it and fry a nlce brown; put it into the okra and tomatoes: make a brown sauce with the fat remalning 1o the pan and add to the soup. Add three commodate nearly 7,000 are operated. Hers they are assorted and gotten late condition small onlous, chopped fine, a cup of corn and cup of lima beans and salt and pepper WEDN ESDAY, JULY The very | 17 — of the vacation trips offere coupons which appear on young lady who earns her o test. Which Girls? The Bee wants to know which girls in the territory in which it circulates az: most deserving d to the girls who work for a livelihood. We would like every reader to vote the page two each day. Any wn living may enter the con- The Bee will pay all of the expenses will not be necessary to go carefully. waukee Chicago to Buftalo via Nickel Piate. borough and position. day at the Grand Pacific hotel From Omuha to Hot Spring: the Pan-American 48 D, Valley raflroad. ' Two weeks at HMotel Evans at Hot Sprin, with privileges of the plunge and Laths. Northweatern. Lake Minnetonku over the St Louls. From Omaha to Chicago on the Chi- cngo, Burllngton & Quiney at the Grand Pacific, Chlca deneva, Wis, on the N Two weeks at the Garreson house. Return vie the same routes, From Omaha to Northwestern with a day's Grand Pacific hotel. From Chicago to Waukesha, Wis., with (wo weeks at the Fountain Spring house RULES via the op at the Omaha and South Omaha receiv! votes. highest second cholce, and so on. {zed ngent of The Bee. tions sent them. July 22, 1901, Office or mailed addressed the en days at the Mari- x- Return via Chicago with a over the Fremont, Elkhorn & M ll«uhrl the From Omaha to Minneapolie on the From Minneapolis to Great Northern, with two weeks at the Hotel Two days The trips will be awarded as follows: of the trips and furnish additional transportation, so it alone. Read over the rules From Omaha to Denver over the Burilugton. Three days ut the Hrown Palace hotel, & day's excursion to Georgetown throush Clear Creek Can. gon From Denver " to Colorads prings on the Denver & Rlo Grande to the Oarden of the Gods, a trip up Plke's Peak, with hesdquarters for ten days at’the Alta Vista hotel at Colorado Springs. From Omaha to Lake Okobodt on the Milwaukee. Two weeks at The Inn at Lake Okobojl. Return via the Mil- waukee I'rom Omaha to Kansas Clty over the Missourl Pacific with three days at Kansas City at the Coate Kansae City to Pertie Spri with two weeks at Hotel From Omaha to St. Louls over the Omaha & St Louls and Wabash lines, with three days at tha Southern hotel From Bt. Louls to Toledo with a day at the HBoody house. From Toledo to Put-in-Bay Via the Detrait & Clave- land steamship, with two weeks at the Hotel Victory. 4 Tsland Palace hotel, Colorado road through Clear Canyon to (eorgetown and The From Denver to the Denver & Rio, Grands a Springs. Knutsford, of Saitalr Bei acific via Den: Tlinols _Centr: Grand Pacific via the Pere Marquetie rallroad. Ten days at the Hotel Belvidero at Charl volx, to Chicago. the llilnols Central Twelve Splendid Vacation Trips From Omaha to Chicago on the Mil- From Omaha to Denver on the Rock Thr an; at ths Nrown A day’'s excursion on the Creek Lou lenwood Springs vla the Hotel Colo Return via thi From_Omaha to nion Pacifi 0, Glenwood same rontes. It Lake via the Ten days at the Hotal Inlt Lake, with privileges ash. “Return on the Unlon hree days At the Brown hotel,” & excursion from Denver ' to ‘getown and the Loup through r Creek Canyon on the Colorado op Omaha to Chies with a da; Chicago to Charlevolx Return via Steamshij Manitou Chicago to OF THE CONTEST: No votes will be counted for employes of The Omaha Bee. The vote from day to day will be published in all editions of The Bee. The contest will close at § p. m., Omaha Bee, Omaha, Neb. Four trips to the four young ladies living in Omaha recelving the most votes; one trip to the young lady In South Omaha recelving the moet votes; one trip to the young lady In Council Bluffs recelving the most votes; three trips to the young ladies living in Nebraska outside of g the most votes; two trips to the young ladies living In lowa outside of Council Bluffs recelving the most votes; and one trip to the young lady in South Dakota receiving the most The young lady recelving the highest number of votes will have the first cholce of the trips, the next No votes will be counted for any young lady who does pot earu her own living. All votes must be made on coupons cut from page 2 of The Bee. Prepayments of subscriptions may be made either direct to The Hee Publishing Company, or to an author- 0 votes sent in by agents will be counted unless accompanied by the cash, In accordance with instruc- Votes will be counted when made on a coupon cut from The Omaha Bee and deposited at The Bee Business “Vacation Contest Department,” to taste. Let it simmer gently for several hours. When this soup is served a table- spoonful of boiled rice and a tablespoon- ful of sweet green pepper, cut fine, are put into each soup plate. Stewed Okra with Tomato Sauce—Trim the tender pods same as for stewing; cover one quart with salted water, add a slice of bacon and cook until nearly tender. Then drain and add one cup of tomato and one cup of brown sauce; salt and pepper to taste and simmer until okra is done. Okra with Rice—Prepare one quart of okra as for stewing; put them in a sauce- pan with a pint of tomato pulp, half a pound of ham or lean bacon cut into cubes, a small onlon and a red pepper chopped fine and a pint of good broth or stock. Simmer gently for half an hour. Just be- fore serving add a tablespoontul of gumbo fillet powder; let it boll up once and serve with bolled rice. In the center of the dish. Okra Sauted, Creole Style—Wash, trim and cut into elices a quart of young, tender okra; place in a granite saucepan two table- spoonfuls of butter, a medium-sized onlon, a medium-sized green pepper, both minced fine; stir over the fire until a golden brown, then add three large tomatoes peeled and cut Into pleces, three tablespoonfuls of Spanish or eome hot pepper sauce and salt to taste, and the okra. Cover the saucepan and simmer gently for half an hour. Turn out on & hot dish and sprinkle over with a teaspoonful of minced parsiey and serve. Brunswick SBtew—8tew a large fowl until the meat leaves the bones; remove skin, gristle and bones and chop the meat in coarse pleces. Return to the liquor; add a pint of corn scraped from the ears, a pint of young lima beans, three cups of tomato, & good ed onlon, minced fine, a pint of young okras, a small red pepper, mince | little celery seed, two tablespoontuls o | butter and salt, pepper and Worcestershire | sauce to taste. Simmer until okra is tender | and then serve. | The addition of a little paprika just be- | fore the stew 1s taken up improves it greatly. Okra Fritters—The large pods may be | stewed in salted water, cut into rings or in long slices, dipped in batter and fried. Medicinal Value of Vegetables. We do not desire to impress upon the minds of our readers the idea that any class of foods are to be regarded in the lieve too much thought is already given to means of overcoming aflments that fro- quently originate in morbid imagination only. But many vegetables do exert very direct medicinal effects, and it may be well for the housewife to inform herself as to | the nature of these In order that she may work more intelligently in constructing datly bills of tare. A well known authority | gives the following table Asparagus Is very cooling and easily di- gested. Cabbage, caulifiower, Brussels sprouts and broccoll are cooling, nutritions, laxa- 1t should not be eaten too freely by dell- te persons. Celery is dellclous cooked, and good for rheumatic and gouty people Lettuces are very wholcsome. They slightly narcotie, and lull and calm mind. Spinach is particularly good for rheu- matism and gout, and also in kidney dis- eases, ' Onlons are good for chest allments and colds, but do not agree with all. (We may add, uncooked, they do not agree with many.) Watercresses are stomachic and cooling. are the an exeellent tonlc, tritlous, owing to the amount of sugar it containa. Parsley 18 cooling and puritying. Potatoes ranipa, earrots. turnips and artichoke bighly nutritious, but aro The rice may be heaped | light of medicine or remedlies, for we be- | tive and purifying to the blood, as a tonle, | Beetroot is very coollng and highly nu. | 'not #0 digestible as some vegetables. Po- tatoes are the most nourishing and are fattering for nervous people. Turnip tops are valuable when young and tender. Tomatoes are health-giving and purifying, either eaten raw or cvoked. Chill, cayenne, borseradish and mustard should be used sparingly. They give zest to the appetite and are valuable stomachics. Radishes are the same, but are {ndigestible and should not be eaten by delicate people. Cucumbers are cooling, but are indigestible to many. Radishes The amount of water contained in these two vegetables make them most valuable as summer additions to the bill of fare. The radish should not be eaten unless it i very tender and crisp, and in preparing it for the table do not cut off the tiny heart leaves, as these are sald to aid digestion, and they at least add greatly to their a | tractiveness. The skin of the radish is the | most indigestible part, and many remove | all but a narrow band of the bright red | around the center of the radish, although | they are prettier if left unpeeled. If one 1s denled the pleasuro of eating them, a | #mall dish of red radishes with the green | tip showing, Imbedded in cracked ice, will {act as an “inducer” to the critical appe- tite on a sultry, hot morning and in this y serve their purpose well, One reason why cucumbers so often cause trouble is because they are not prepared in proper manner. They should have at least an inch cut from each end and car: fully pared to remove all the green part, sliced thin and soaked in cold water for at least half an hour, and an hour is better. It the cucumber is at all wilted it should | not be served, it 1s tough amd indi- estible. Cucumbors frequently cause indigestion because they are mot thoroughly mastl- cated. They may be grated and served as | & sauce or relish in this manner, for those | | who find it difficult to digest them when | served in any other way, There {s something so pecullarly refresh- ing and tempting in the odor and flavor of the cucumber it is very hard for most people to resist eating them, even whem they dread the consequence. d Cacambers. DANDRUFF CAUSED BY A GERM, t Kills the Baldness, Germ and Preven Pretty nearly all the hair preparations | for dandruff have some merit in allaylng itching of the scalp and in being a fairly good dressing for the hair, but there is | only one that recognizes what causes | dandrufr, falling hair and baldness and thay destroys that cause, a little germ— and that s Newbro's Herpicide. This | Berm eats its way into the scalp, down to the halr root, where it saps that vitality, causing dandruft as it digs up the into little white scales, troved there's no permanent stopping of talling hair and cure of dandruff and | baldness. Newbro's Herpleide kills the germ. “Destroy the caus:, you remove the effect.” | scalp | Unless it is de- | Mob Attacks a tn, 8T. LOUIS, July 16.~A special to the Globe-Democrat from Cordova, Mex., naya: A train on the Vera Cruz & vacific road wae attacked by a large force of armed men at Tierra Blanca, a small station Seven men on the traln were killed. As s0on as news of the attack reached Cor- | dova a force of ruraics wis sent to the ene und s now In pursuit of members ot the mob. The cause of the attack is | not known here. [t ix mald to have been made by men who were formerly employed | in the construction of the road Some of the Brewerlca Agree CHICAGO, July 186~0f the ffty-twn brewerles in Chicago, six have agreed to the demands of the stationary firemen who atruck yesterday and operated as usual today. The remainder were idle. 8They de- mand §2 for an elght-hour day, | Mexico, Montana and Idaho can a | tions s 335 feet. | Ing 1t in height Is at Loa, OUT OF THE ORDINARY. Philadelphia’s _chlef department stores close at 5 p. m. dally; Saturday, 1 p. m. Every week more than $1,000,000 is sent out of the United States in payment for coftee. A_new record in made at a Penobscot A 53,000-ton block of itted. Dr. Frank 8. Morria of McCool Junction, Neb., keeps in communication by means ot for doves with patients living over & circuit of fifty miles. The appellate court of Indlana holds that the relcase clause of a rallway pass doos not bar a sult for damaged sustained through the negligence of an employe of the road. The sentences recently imposed upon an Italian prisoner for a series of forgeri Aggregated 1,088 vears. This recalls the story ol the condemned man not far from New York who ask.d the judge to commute his term to imprisonment for life. Teleerene de Bort, the famous Fronch aercnaut, has secured the lowest tempera- ture mark on record, 72 degrees centigrade, or 416 Fahrenheit. The reading was regis- tered on a thermometer in a trial balloon recently sent up to a helght of 3%,000 feet. Thore was a teachers’ institute the other day in Eldorado, Wan, and some of ti young men, habited (n gorgeous shir Wulnte, took thelr scats in a row in the rear of the' room. The Instructions were going Wlong n few minutes later when the ol professor looked over the top of his specs tacles and said: 'For this question I would like ar answer from one of the young ladies In the back seats.” If the Inhabitants of Wyoming wanted t spread themnelves out each of them coul have a little more than a square mile all ta Imself. In Nevada every four peo ave ten square milcs, Arizona, dynamiting has beem ay quarry in Main granite was eas New ord most & square mile each to their men, women and children, while up in frozen Alaska, thore are ten good square milex for every soul of population. Rhode Ialand ig the fulleat state in the union--with 407 peoe ple to the aquare mile. But even that leaves & 800d deal of extra room. Massachusetts, 9 peaple to the square mile, follows Rhode leland “Then come New Jiraey, %o; (o necticut, 187, New York, 163.6; Penns: 10.1; Maryland, 120.5; Ohlo, Tog Y renit Amerfean bridge bullders have rece constructed the Goktelk viaduct {n 'ri\lrn‘::l which ia the greatest work of its kind in the world. 1t (s the largest and with one exception the highest. 1t Is 2,26) feet long and ita extreme helght above the founda The only vinduct exces n Boliv Antofogastn’ railrond, that stfioetire hein 3614 fect high, but If s only &0 feat lon, Moreover, the foundations of the Gokte! bridge rest upon a natural tunnel. Thy highest viaduct {n the United States in tha over the Pecos river in Texas on the Bout ern Pactfic raflrond, which fs 321 feet hig and 2180 feet long. ‘while close behind it {he Kinzua viaduet o the Erle railroad i insylvania, whic 0 Lairayivania is 301 feet high an Tt Is known to sclence as caffeln. Tt wag discovered by a German chemist more thag half a century ago, but thousands of people have not found out that this subtie potson s @ of the headach+s and rheumatic pains epsin, slecplensness nervousness, ¢xhaustion and number other lls from which they suffer. T Hattle Creek Sanitarium medical experts found this out more than thirty years ago, nd began making a coffes wubs itite, which, In its latest and most improved form Is known as Caramel Cereal, a pure grain product. Contalns no chrap sugar-house refuse, as do many so-called cereal coffee substitutes Every package bears a world-famous Battle Ask your gracer for it vet dy plcture of the Creek Sanitarfum.