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Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-16
Pointed Paragraphs

1t is no snap to make time exposure
with camera.
An allround writer ought to be able to
get up good circular.
The silent watches of the night hang in
front of jewelry stores.
Hunger is a terrible thing, but some men
consider thirst more so.
Only a strong minded woman can keep
her calendar torn off up to date.
The good may die young, but the bad
nearly always outlive their usefulness.
The crooked horse race is the result of a
lack Of straightness in the human race.
If an orator is a word painter lecture.
In deaf and dumb institute must be sign
painter.
An umbrella offers a good opening for
people who have laid away money for a
rainy day.
1t might be well for the conceited man
TO remember that the smallest onion is
stronger than the largest pumpkin
Capital and labor go we'll enough t, gether
but the trouble Is too many men are trying
TO get capital without labor
The tandem cycle is all right in its way,
but 1t will never see the day when IT can
supplant the hammock built for two.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-16
About Noted People

Captain Clifford Anderson of Boston has
in his possession the first letter written by
Zachary Taylor to his daughter after her
marriage. This daughter eloped with jeff
erson Davis. Captain Anderson came across
the letter in an autograph dealers stock
and will return it to Mrs. Davis. Zachary
Taylor was colonel at the time of writing
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-16

"As pulpit orator he had no peer in the
country. With his beautiful classic features,
his commanding presence, and magnificent
physique he impressed one as a sort of a
demigod when he was in the pulpit. The
range OF his voice was wonderful, though in
late years 1t lost some OF it's strength be-
cause of a throat affection Undoubtedly
the greatest sermon he ever delivered in
Omaha was on the four religions of the
world He took up the religions OF Con-
fucius Brahma, Mohammed and Christ and
compared them in his masterful way. This
| think was his greatest oratorical effort
In the pulpit. and the hundreds OF Omahans
who heard him will long remember his pas
sionate utterances on the occasion of his
last visit to this city.
Probably no man in the history OF Meth
odism in this country ever had mere firm
friends and more bitter enemies 1t has
been said that his election to the bshopric
was obtained through questionable means
and that he went too far in bringing about
certain ends for which he was striving. l
have heard men refer to his speeches as
fawning and servile. To me, with my
knowledge of the man and his sturdy inde-
pendence, this was altogether unimaginab,e.
He was an intense partisan, and after his
loyalty to the church came his loyalty to
the principles of the republican party. He
could see no good in anything or any one
who opposed these principles, but no man
could speak the naked truth more boldly
than the bishop when he was reused. His
steadfast adherence to republican princi-
pies caused him many bitter controversy
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-16
Pen and Picture Pointers

The recent visit OF Rear Admiral Schley
to Omaha and the west has awakened the
interest OF the people OF the state in the
navy In it's handsome frontispece OF this
issue The Bee presents likeness OF Ne
braskas first admiral, Bartlett j. Cromwell.
Admiral Cromwell has represented this state
in the navy for more than forty years and his
record is one OF which all Nebraskans may
well be proud 1t does not detract from the
interest OF the reader to know that for
time Admiral, then Lieutenant Commander
Cromwell commanded the United States
ship Omaha in the Aslatic squadron. Two
fine views OF the Omaha are shown in this
number The photographs were taken In
San Francisco some years ago before the
vessel went out OF commission. The Omaha
Is now member OF the naval hospital corps.
The decision OF Rev. S. Wright Butler to re-
move from Omaha to the east was sorrowfully
received by his many friends, whowere never
theess quick to recognize that with his well
known superiority as pulpit orator and a
lecturer 1t could not be expected that he
would remain here any great length of time
AS an evidence of the great and lasting
friendships made by Mr.. Butler during his
sojourn in this city 1t Is only necessary to
recall the reception rendered him by the
Commercial club few days ago, when rep
resentatives OF almost all divisions of civic
and social life gathered to express their re-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-16
July 16, 1899.

convinced of the righteousness of his cause
no length was too great for him to go to
further it.
In church matters many years ago he
was considered too broad in his beliefs, but
at his death the church had broadened so
that he was at times apt to complain on
this score. His heart was in his work and
he felt deeply the loss of many of his old
time friends within the last three years.
No better or filter sentiment can be ex
pressed than his own upon the death of
John McQuoid few weeks ago: Heaven
richer, earth poorer"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-16

and won him many enemies. He was the
lifelCng friend Of General Grant and 1t Is
undoubted that the immense influence of
the Grant family had a great deal to do
with his election to the bishopric. AS the
friend of the dead general, he was at his
deathbed, and 1t was fitting that when his
own last hours were few there should be
with him the wife and daughter of that
departed hero. For this friendship he
has been severely criticised, and none the
less stoutly defended. He was ever loyal
to his friends and held friendship as a
sacred thing. Once given, his friendship
could be depended upon no matter how Sc
we're the test to which 1t was put.
"As churchman he was heroic in the
discharge of every duty and imperious in
his demands upon his flock. He would do
nothing by halves. When he first came to
Omaha the First Methodist church was To-
Gated in what is now the headquarters for
the Salvation army. Immediately he began
a crusade for the erection of a suitable
building, and the present magnificent struc-
ture is the result 1T has been said Of
him that he at times used means to OBJ
tain an end that were not always justifiable.
This, however, cannot be substantiated. No
matter how deep was his devotion to a
cause, his conception Of right and wrong
never allowed him to be influenced into
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-16

city. The result of this trial has been that
Mrs. Cameron has been engaged for the
opera of that company next year, and her
friends accordingly jubilant
Mrs. Cameron Is a charming brunette and
her many friends have not been won by
her voice alone.
The SWEETEST thing in bachelordom this
year Is the Oriental room. Some years back
1t was the Chinese room, but the rich dra-
peries and ornaments of the followers of
Mahomet under the soft, subdued luster of
the occidental electric lamp have banished
the furnishings Of the more eastern country
and the luxurious surroundings of the Turk
are at present in high favor. The wealthy
bachelor Of today fills his apartments with
handsome rugs of the Orient and his bed
room Is such a luxurious palace as only the
sensuous inhabitants of the east can design
Above all things 1t Is never complete with
out the inevitable hookha and the we'll
filled jar of Turkish tobacco.
The photograph reproduced in this issue
shows the interior of the apartments OF Mr.
Hugo Brandes Of this city and is a model
of correctness and comfort. Most of the
furnishings were selected by Mr.. Brandeis
himself while In the Orient some years ago
and the remainder he secured through a
New York importer and the Syrian colony
OF this city.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-16
Suburban Joys

Detroit Journal: but 1t is not difficult
to keep hens in the suburbs"
The pale, gaunt man with the hollow eyes
gestured deprecatingly
"Oh, no." he replied, mot since the In
vention OF qunine capsules in the form OF
kernels OF corn"
OF course, now and then a hen with a
weak heart or something would succumb to
malaria, but only now and then.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-16

Mrs. Cotton, the success OF Mrs. Cameron
has been but little short of phenomenal.
Last winter she made short but none the
less successful tour through the east in
company with some other Omaha artists,
and on her return last month she was asked
to sing for the managers of the Bostonian
company, which was at that time in the
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-16
Not Ready to Accept

Chicago Post: Are the conditions for
the proposed fight satisfactory" asked The
reporter.
Perfectly" replied the pugirst.
Then you will accept?"
mot now We couldn't think of doing it
now. We wouldn't have anything to talk
about If we accepted the conditions right
away"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-16

gret at his departure and bid him hearty
Godspeed.
For many years DR.. Butler has been the
pastor OF the st. Mary's Avenue Congrega-
tional church and has succeeded In re-
markable degree In his duties along that
line. Nor has his work been confined to his
duties as pastor. He has always been found
foremost among those eager for the ad-
vancement and welfare of Omaha and his
faith in the future OF the city has never
faltered.
AS yet DR.. Butler has accepted no call to
an eastern church, but 1t is understood that
two or three excellent offers have been made
and are being considered.
-
An Omaha young woman who has attracted
considerable attention In musical circles
during the vast year or two is Mrs. Grace
Cameron. Mrs. Cameron came here from
Falls City, Neb., and Immediately set about
the cultivation of her voice under the di-
rection OF Mrs. Cotton of this city. Though
but three short years under the tuition Of
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-22
Substitute for Cut Glover and
Ground Bones.

II. E. Geer, in Farm and Ranch,
says the poultry keeper who has no
bone cutter, and no clover cutter, two
very handyand desirable implements
for use in the poultry yard, can in the
use of oats properly prepared, provide
splendid substitute, with hte addi
ton of little meat, for both cut bone
and cut clover, and, at the same time,
save the cost of the two handy ma
chimes named.
Our plan of preparing oats for the
hens is as follows: We get fresh green
bOnes small ones, of the butcher,
bones with some meat and fat stick
ing to them, as there generally is to all
fresh beef bones. Then we take a ket-
tie, get bucket of oats and put about
a quart in the kettle; then we put in
our bones or beef scraps, as the case
may be (bones are the cheapest, then
more oats, again more bones, and so
on, until the kettle is full. This we
do as soon IS supper is cooked. Then
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-22

we replenish the fire, put our kettle on,
pour water in it, put lid on and
weight on the lid to keep it from rising
up and letting the chen stew boil
over on the stove. The next morning
we have a pot of nice, soft, greasy
boiled oats that the hens would walk
a mile after.
Now, this, with the addition of few
potatoes or turnips before it is cooked,
comes mighty close to the ''Irishman's
stew" cooking it all in one pot; for
the kernel of the oat is the grain, the
fiber serves as grass or roughness, and
a mighty good substitute it is, too, in
the winter time; the boiled bones
thoroughly oil the whole, and the vege
table scraps give it the flavor Of vege-
tables. 1t makes a fine mess for the
hens; and the hen that kicks and won't
lay on such bill of fare for breakfast,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-22

greeS within a radius of thirty feet
ket, used was cast iron two feet long,
fourteen inches wide and fourteen
inches deep, with legs. The capacity
of the basket was one buShel of gas
house coke. At six p. m. the thermom-
eter standing at below zero the fire
was lighted in the basket and at eight
O'Clock, two hours, the mercury had
gone up sixteen degrees. At ten o'clock
it remained the same, and at six in the
morning had dropped only two de-
grees. The basket was not replenish
ed during the night 1t was a calm
night Mr. Reinhart says the cost Of
coke delivered at DeLand would be
about So per ton, with 81 buShrlS 70
the ton. The baskets would cost 21s
to 33 cents per pound.
From the above results it appears
that coke and these baskets are more
to be preferred than the wood fires
1t is cheaper than wood, gives a great
er and more lasting heat and with a
cover, the rain would not interfere
with starting fires promptly in your
groves. Thirty or forty baskets would
be sufficient for 100 trees. A basket Of
coke, costing about 20 cents, would
last all night. One man could start
the fires in the 80 baskets in few
minutes; the labor for their care is
then over for the night
The owners of Lakeside Grove have
been making tests of the baskets with
-VOlusia County Record.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-22

There are 1,459 submarine cables,
1,141 of which are laid along the coasts
and in rivers, says the Railway Re-
view. The total length of cable is 162,.
928 miles. Of this mileage corpora
tons own 143,224, and of the compan-
les themselves rs per cent are manag-
ed in London. France commands IL
cables measuring 2,O33 nautical miles
in European waters, and 33 cables
measuring 1886 miles in colonial wa
ters. Germany controls II cables Of
3,O4O nautical miles in European wa
ters, and 3 cables of 40 miles in col
onial waters.-S Scientific American.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-22

gested, and is eaten without harm by
many who find that the ordinary bean
disagrees with them.
The COW pea can be sown broadcast
OF in drills. 1t is a warm weather
crop, and nothing is gained by plant,
ing before the ground is sufficiently
heated. A week or two after corn
planting time is usually early enough
From a bushel to bushel and a peck
will be needed per acre.
Cow peas are a good deal like the
Southern ''razor-back' hog; they will
come about as near % living on moth
ing as any plant known. But, like
that enterprising animal, they are
wonderfully responsive to good feed
ing and fair treatment.
OF course the cow pea alone can not
accomplish everything for the soil. Al
though a wonderful fertilizer factory
when properly treated, it can not
make potash or phOsphoric acid, and
to grow WE'LL cow peas need a great
deal of both. This, however, is by nc
means wasted, for the most part is
given directly back to the soil "A
hundred pounds of muriate of potash
or four hundred pounds of kainit, and
three hundred pounds of acid phos-
plate should be Incorporated with
most soils, especially sandy ones
about the time of sowing.
The cow pea may be gathered and
saved for hay by cutting it, just when
the pods are beginning to form, and
allowing it to wilt, not dry. Prof
Massey's rule is to house it as soon
as it gets to the stage where water
can not be wrung from it, packing it
away i'll the NOV and letting it alone.
1t will steam a good deal, but will
come out green and fresh in the spring
and stock will eat it greedilX. The
manure from it is very valuable.
Or it may be allowed to ripen its
seed, and they may be gathered and
used.
Or, lastly, it may be allowed tC
stand, and everything be plowed I'M
der after the crop has become partial
ly dry in the autumn. Sometimes one
plan is best and sometimes another
depending on whether the grower has
stock by which the crop can be profit
ably consumed.
Unless the writer is greatly mis-
taken, this wonderful plant is des-
tined to be almost or quite as popular
in the North-at least, when 1t can be
successfully groWn-as it now is in the
South, and there is no reason known
to the writer why it's usefulness
should not be as great in the former
as it confessedly has been in the lat
ter portion of the Union
NORMAN ROBINSON.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-22
The Value of the Cow Pea.

The value of the so-called- cow pea
as an efficient aid in soil renovation
has been so frequently discussed in
AGRICULTURAL journals North and South
that there are very few progressive
cultivatOrs of the soil who are not now
at least in theory-familiar with the
claims that are made for it. 1t takes
time however, and sometimes good
deal of that, to induce farmers gener-
ally to try a new crop, however prom
Using, and this legume, which has done
so much for Southern agriculture, can
only win it's way Northward as actual
trial and local experience give ocular
demonstration of it's worth.
1t used to be supposed that Ken
lucky was the extreme northern limit
of the production Of the cow pea. Lat
er experience has greatly widened the
range of it's successful culture. By
the selection Of early ripening varie-
ties, it can now be grown almost as
far north as corn.
For the benefit of those who have
had little or no practical experience
in the matter it may be well to men
ton a few of the advantages which
cow peas possess over almost every
other known nitrogen-gath plant.
First 1t has the largest range OF sue
cessful culture Of any soil renOvator
known. Second. The variety Of soils
upon which it may be grown is equal
ly extended. 1t will do fairly we'll
where clover will hardly terminate,
much less grow. Third. 1t takes only
a single season of from four to six
months to produce it's abundant foil
age, mature it's seed and contribute
it's liberal quota of plant food and
humus to the soil. Fourth. When
properly cured it makes a kind of hay
that is greedily eaten by all kinds OF
farm stock, and which is in nutritive
value fully equal to the best clover.
Fifth. 1t is most excellent and
palatable human food, whether in
green or dry state. Cooked exactly
like other beans, it makes a dish that
most people greatly enjoy. Indeed, to
many palates the cow pea is a vege-
table of much finer flavor than the
ordinary bean. 1t is more easily di-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-22

with some corn for supper, ought to be
killed and stewed in the pot herself.
Surely, this kind of "egg food is with
in reach of all.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16

estimate, which leads us to believe that he
feels as though his original figures are rath-
er too low. Gables at our opening showed
gain in futures of 3-64 and Lied in spot
sales; Of the latter 10000 bales. While the
position of spots at Liverpool was aeeepta-
bic, stil deliveries were somewhat disap-
pointing in view of the big advance on this
side yesterday. Notwftths landing that Eu-
rope placed little credence in the govern
ment report, New Orleans opened six points
up, January, lis, shortly selling thereafter
at III. During the early morning rumor
had 1t that Ladysmith had fallen, the an
nouncement of which caused free selling.
This report was denied later by private En-
glish advices, but the. selling once started
never ceased. The light movement at the
ports today and small estimates for tomor-
rows receipts at New Orleans and Hous-
ton, not to mention the clearanees of 900
bales were all seemingly unnotieed; the
market closing at the lowest of the day.
The semi-weekly movement of the three
leading interior towns showed receipts to
have been $4,000 bales compared with 1884,
900 bales last year, and al 600 in 1879. 1t
also showed stocks to have increased but
1900 bales, against 10000 last year. While
the market looked though 1t would go
higher on its merits, still there were many
who exercised the better part of valor by
taking profits when the opportunity offered
itself today.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16
SHOW OF STRENGTH
IN STOCK MARKET
Large Operations by Profession
ais and Spectators.
HIGHER LEVEL OF PRICES
Sterling Exchange Was Dull But Inclin-
ed to Firmness - Moderate Activi-
y tyin Bonds, With Total Sales
Amounting to $1,61o,ooo

New York, November 15-There was a
show of strength in stocks today owing to
the large operations by professionals and
spectators in a number of prominent in
dustrial speeialties, notably Sugar, the
Leather stocks, some of the metal issues
and New York public utilities, all of which
show large gains. There We're strong adj
vances in New York Consolidated on the
announced settlement of differences over
the Boston and Albany lease in Southern
Pacific, on the continued large absorption
by banking interests, in Pacific Mail in an
ticipation of action of the dividend on the
eoalers, good conditions of the Anthracite
trade and In the Atchison stock.
The level of prices on the whole is high
er, but the activity was not very widely
distributed, and the general disposition was
to maintain waiting attitude pending fur
ther development In the money situation.
There was no recurrence of extreme strin-
gency in the local money market Secretary
Cages announcement that the treasury
would buy 25,000,0 900 of United States bonds
at the price at which they were quoted on
the New York stock exchange was not
made known until after the close of today's
market The sterling exchange market was
dull, but inclined to firmness in response to
the hardening of money rates in London,
where there was a special demand on the
market incident to the taking UP of govern
ment bills to provide for war expense.
There was moderate activity in the bond
market, and price changes were maintain
ed. Total sales, par value, 81 $4,000. United
States bonds are unchanged in the bid price.
/. New York, November 15.-Money on call
lost lnan af =
cent. ruling rate, per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 5d5A per cent.
Sterling exchange firm, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at $4.S5A@4S5ia for
demand and $4.S1q4S1A for 60 days.
Posted rates. $4.S11a@4.S2 and $4.S6Q4.S61a.
Commercial bills, S4s0A.
Silver certificates, 5SS4p60c.
Bar silver, 5Sa4c.
Mexican dollars 471ac.
Government bonds steady.
State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds irregular.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16

Fruits and Produce
Butter-Elgin, Csc; dairy, Mo. 1, zoe; dairy
No. 2. 15c: country, 121kc; cooking, lie.
Potatoes-Irish, 60c.
Lemons-Choice, $42561475; fancy, $4.25
Poultry-Hsns, z2@22hc: fries, 15@2ec;
small. S1hc; ducks, Zoe; geese, Zoe.
Eggs, zoe per dozen.
Tomatoes-25035c.
Cabbage, 1Ac per pound.
Onions, 1Ac per pound.
Grapes-75d90c per crate.
Apples, $3.25@350 per barrel.
Local staple Groceries
Flour-Best patent, s4.S5; straight, 1886;
patents, $500.
Sugar-Granulated s5.25; Y. c., 5d51sc.
Coffee-Green, S@11hc; Arbuckie's pack
ages, $11.30; Levering's packages, S11o0;
Lyons packages, $11o0
Lard-61kc.
Clear rib sides-5%c.
Mo1asses Centrifugal, 15@3sc; sugar
house, 20G35c.
Rice-466hc.
Corn-Mrxed. 4sc: white. 50c.
Pearl meal-90c.
Hay-Choice timothy $3.50; No. 1, $3.50;
clover mixed, $14.50
Oats-Mixed 36c; white, Csc.
Bran-Mixed, 100; pure wheat, $500.
Cotton seed meal, $500.