Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 18, 1895, Page 11

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, S EPTEMBER 18, 18953, 11 RAISED CANE AND A FORTUNE| The Foundation and Buperstructure of Olaus Spreckels' Wealth, A KING AMONG SUGAR COINERS Came Over from in the ermany Rudolph Spreckels, son of Claus Spreckels, \ ®he sugar king, was fmplicated in the last attempted revolution in the Hawalian islands. Ho is the youngest son of the millionaire and s scarcely 25 years of age. threo boys In the ckels family Rudolph and Adolph. John D. is his father's business associate, confidant and partner. When old Claus Spreckels was apprised of the fect that his son Rudolph was implicated | in the Hawallan conspiracy, relates the Globe-Democrat, he shook his gray head and remarked in the most matter of fact way: “Some time ago 1 gave Rudolph and Adolph $600,000 apiece. Since then [ have seen litti of them. They thought they ought to ge $2,000,000 aplece. They removed their trunks from the family residence, and now conduct their own affairs without consuliing me. If Rudoiph was connected with the revolt, as is s I attribute it to the fact that he is young and wild and without judgment.” The other boy, Adoiph, first gained na rlety over ton years It was on April 1884, that Michael Henry de Young, editor g and proprietor of the San Francisco Chron + icle, experienced one of the results,of fear- w Tess journalism being siot by Adol u by ecene of this shooting was in the office of the Chronicle, the cause being strictures on the conduct of Hawaiian and the evils of the reciprocity Spreckels was brought to trial on 22, 1884, and acquitted July 1, 1884 Rudoiph 1 very nautical in his tastes, and 1s commodore of the Pacific Yacht club. He is a handsome man, with dark hair and a heavy mustache, and a frank, manly face. The good boy, John D, Sprec- kele, is of trim build, and has Keen eyes, busines. which light up a very intelligent fac He 18 a shrewd and able business man. The father of these boys was a pretty lively lad himself, and for an old man is known to be as sprightly as they make them. He is a typical German of meager education. He speaks broken English. 1 remember him presiding over the dinner table in the cabin of the Pacific steamer gending his champagne around the wiole leugth of all the tables, and then, after the meal, leading the way on deck to see Who could sit on an inverted champagne bottle on the deck of the rolling steamer. His wife is a hearty-looking, kind-hearted Ger- man woman. Forly years ago, when Spreckels first landed in v York, having had steerage passage from Germany, he had but in his pocket. He had come over from Ger- many to seek his fortune and he was not very long in finding it. As a newly arriv emigrant in New York, he at once proceeded to hunt employment. Hoe was unable to speak the English language, and being a youth of no education worth mentioning, Was not at all particular as to the nature of the work he got, 50 long as it was work, and brought in the money he was after. But he possessed a commercial spirit, and ] an inclination to barter, and it was not long before he had a corner grocery, wore a white apron, and, with limping speech was booming the quality and economy of his stock in trade. But business dragged, and collections were somewhat difficult. There was a livolhood in the grocery, but Claus wanted more. He bought a_grocery at Louisville, but took up his march again, after the nimbler American dollar, and brought up at New Orleans. When he heard that gold had been discovered in California, he started straightway for the Pacific coast. Other men were taking claims, get- ting shot and cut all to pieces, and accumu- Jdating more or less of goid dust meanwhile, ut Claus was not of a speculative turn of mind at that particular period In his life. American dash and enterprise had not then made any impression on his German thrift and caution. Therefore, while adventurous spirits were out in the mountains fighting and digging like wikicats, Claus was content to re- sume his white apron and corner grocery, which he did in San Franclsco. Money was > plentiful and profits were large. Claus saw his bank account grow day by day. He sent to Germany for his brothers and they came in_the next ship. Then Spreckels ard his brothers bought an interest in a brewery. Thelr bank account grew lurger than ever, and when Claus was offered something like $75,000 for his interest in the brewery he accepted the money and invested it in a sugar refinery. The refinery was doing a large and profitable business. Claus thought the matter over, and concluded that the refinery should be his. He set about to get it. The shareholders objected to his busincss methods, whereupon he bought them out. In the course of tim refinery, roof and all. erman in wooden shoes he was getiing on amazingly He took a wife, a working girl, who could talk to him in his own language. The sugar refinery owned by Spreckels was making him_a rich man rapidly. The re- finery was all right, 8o far as it went, but it was only one, and there were three others in San Francisco. Claus got them all, either by purchase or subsidies. To the owners of tho largest he paid the enormous sum of $500,000, they agreeing to quit business for a period of five years. When the contract expired they atiempted to remew i, but Claus refused to have anything more to do with them. “We shall resume if you do not make another contract with us,” they sald “Very well,” replied Claus, “go ahead, I don't care vhat you do.” They went out to thelr idle refinery and found that disuse had completely ruined it. The machinery was worthiess. About twenty years ago Spreckels made his first voyage to Honolulu, the source of his sugar supply. He had beaten down all oppo- sition In the United States. Spreckels, at this time, was roliing in wealth. He had found something which pays better than a gold mine, & brewery or a corner grocery. It Costs a large sum of money to establish a sugar plantation on the Sandwich islands, be- cause every foot of land must be frrigited Spreckels looked over the field and was some- what dismayed. It would require a mint to buy out the planters, many of whom are Ger- mans, Mka himself, and equally as shrewd and ambitious. He found 10,000 acres of sand, mowever, low, connecting two mountain reglons, and dered uscless. He leased this barren waste from Kalakaua for a song, and went to work. There was plenty of water in the mountains, twenly miles away. He dug a caual fourteen fe:t wide and three feet deep, bullt aqueducts, blasted thirty tun- nels (hrough solid rock, and got water to his desert at a cost of somsthing lik> $500 000 He founded a town, ealling it Spreckelsvi i, He macadamized the streets thereof, planted shade trecs, bu'lt a church and a eirculat ng library, and establishel a club for tho en- tertainment of his army of employes. He ex- tended his main canal until it penetrsted cv ry part ot his barren estate. He caused five im mense reservoirs to be constructed high up in the mountains, so that he could have a per- petual supply of water. Meanwhile the cane he had planted had been growing, and a mill that scon proiuced 100 tons of sugar a day was being built un- der his personal supervision. Spreckels wiskel a une to get a stll larger for- tune, and won. All about him were plant- ers who were makig pots of mosey. Toe Pionser mills and plantation wer:> valued at $1,000,000, and were returning to their two owners a Qividend of 20 per cant on that vast sum. Labor was prze ically free. Chi- nese and South Sea islanders worked in the flelds and in the mille and got but a pittancs. They bound themselves out like slaves, ard 17 thrown lnto jail. After this Spreckels plaved the game of with the 0'hir sugir pan‘e He got to ba a fast friend of old Ka skaua loaned bim $1.000.000 at 6 per cent, piyable in gold, and becume a knight command.r of s order. Whea this little blue-eyed led at the palic2 the prime min- dster took off his hat and wade a bow. The queen ami'sd on him, for the que n kuew that when she wanted a new ring or a spring bonuet and the king was short of mouer, which was the invarlable rule, the fat and | Jolly Californian would give it to him. There are | John D, | they falled to regard thelr contract they were | | plylng between £an Francisco and Honolu u. | tor refinerers must ba subduel. They were tak- ing some of his trade. The old man had been out of the country. He bullt an immense re- finery at l-mud and began comp:ting for business ndhlle he ploated hunireds | of acres of be u in southera Cilifornia, and | rearcd a great mill to convert them sugar. He took alvantage of every circums stance and opportunity to make himself wh he really ls, the Wicrowned sugar king o the world His eldest son, John D. Spreckels, is the manager of the Spreckels lino of steamships John promises to equil his father in bu incss sagacity, and will doab pman as a sugar king the two other boys, Rudolph and are not looking forward to busine: y #re of the world, worldly. TAMPAGNE, ut Iph, cureors, is Made—lirands flerent Countries. People generally lave a false ides of how champagne e made, writes a Paris corre- spondent of the ''Brooklyn Eagle. In fict many have thélt bwa theories conceraing | this wine so extensiva’y drunk in Ame:ica and each theory is more or less erroneous From a treatite npon ehampagne I have culled interesting information, whose rellability 1 can vouch, for it was prepared ‘n the province of Champagne, where all the celebrat.d houses and brands are established. You probably suppose, as 1 have for a number of years, that champagne s made of white gripes, Only & very small part of the champagne vRieyard owners cu't vate the white graps, alout one-fourth, the rest yield red grapes. Grapes are never pressel in tubs with the feet, as it Is the custon 10 do with the Bordeaux and Bourgogne wmes They are mashel by means of fice pros then the skins are immediateiy laken av it Is the skins that contain the cclosin material; the juice of the graps when pressed into a liquid is slightly tinted, and it becomes white after the first furmenta tion. \ The grape harvests ara made with the greatest care in Champagne. Each bunch is carefully detached from the stalk, without the least crushing, chosen in a certain state of ripeness, picked 'with care, and every day the harvests ape crushed without delay in the presses, The liquid obtained from the three first pressings constitutes the one out of which the champagne is made. The remaining juicgprassed from the pulp gives an inferior wine,“which does not deserve the name of champsguy. The grape jpige Is immediately put into the barrels which the purchasers have sent, and is tested with particular care. It takes only a few days for this liquid to ferment and be transformed from a sweet wine or “mout’ into an alcoholic, spurish lquid, which now assumes the name of wine. As soon as the first days of winter appear the wine is poured into other barrcls and delivered of the sediment that remains in the bottom of the first barrel; it has then become pure and limpid. During the months of January and Febru- ary the wine merchant is busy mixing the different wines from tho different vintages. Experience has shown that to obtain a per- fect wine it is necessary to mix wines com ing from different localities in certain pro- porticns, The ~wine merchant for this mixture must be guided by the quulity of grapes that the harvests b produced. Wines of the same year m mixed, but habitually a good wine of three y2ars' standing is added to the year's vintage, and then a wine that can be con sidered of tha-same brand from year (o year is obtained When the composition of w nes is homogeneous. and harmonions, w the bouquet is obtained by certain quantities of each wine, and the head of the estabiishment, after tasting with nose and palate, has pro- nounced it good, the wine is ready for Lot- tling. Spring, when the sap begins to work, is the time for bottling champagne. The bot- tles are rinsed and cleansed with scrupu- lous care, and corking is done with special apparatus. Here, an explanation is necas sary in reference to the quantity of fro h re- served for each bottle. For over a ceatury into | ss succeed the od | ANTIQUES MADE IF YOU WAIT Profitable Business in Which Some Shrewd Operators Are Engaged. CLEVER FRAUDS IN OLD FURNITURE All Appearances of Age Given to Works of Recen Catering to a ¥ and HMaryvestl ow Yorkers spend thousands of dollars every year on ‘‘genuine antiques” that have never celebrated even so much as their first birthday. Any one who thinks for a moment, says the New York Press, will realize that much of the enormous amount of antique furniture to be seen In the store windows of New York is bound to be spurious. The craze began, of course, with the wealth- fest class, but now it has spread so widely that every storekeeper and almost every man who stands behind the counter and has a little flat of fis own must eat from a table on which stoops of nut-brown ale and cups of heady sacks have rested in the days of early monarchs, The.frauds in this line of goods are won- derful to look upon. The old-time furniture is copled so cleverly and with such attention to detail that it would deceive any but an ex- pert. According to the statements of several New York antique dealers there are at pres- ent for sale in this city three carved oak clocks which chimed away the passing hours to blind Milton, and no less than five chairs on which Cromwell sat. OF course, he signed the death warrant of Charles I while sitting in each of ther. There is also 8o much of Shakespeare’s furniture in the market that one mignt be forgiven for suspecting that poet of having run a furniture store. The fraud is practiced In the first instance on American importers abroad, and they, in turn—some of them—take it out on the cu- riosity fanatic in New York. American dealers go to Furope every year and buy large stocks of these goods, for “wooden nutmeg” furniture cannot be bought wholesale at_home. The reason for this is not far to seek. Buropean countries, and Eng- land especially, are so rich in historic ob- Jects that it is an easy matter for the ‘‘fake" furniture dealer to get correct copies of old- time furniture. THE KODAK HELPS THEM. This has been simplified since the kodak became so common. The little black camera s the furniture fakir's best friend. When & new design is required the dealer visits the various museums and sends his assistants to all the auction sales where choice collections are being offered and snaps off every design he_ desires to copy. In order to get the detall perfect the nega- tives are enlarged and prints are made the exact size of the original. These copies are handed_to the wood car: Special men are engaged to do the carving. They are men who have devoted their whole lives to this branch of their handicraft. Their prineipal requirement to be successful is the ability to keep their mouths shut. One of the principal reasons why it is so difficult to detect these antique frauds is that nearly all the articles are made from old wood. Cart loads of worm-eaten oak pews are bought daily by the furniture fakirs, who haunt the elties and towns where old churches are being torn down or renovated. Grandfathers' clocks, In fine carved oak cases, are in great demand. As a matter of fact, one or two genuine ones are known to exist. This fact does not feaze the antique dealor; old, carved clocks are ealled for, and he suppiies them. There are plenty of an- cent clocks with plain cases to be had, but these are of little value unthl the fakir has put_In his fine work. He renovates the works, which are seldom looked at, after wine merchants offered large rewards to any man who would invent a way of bo'tling champagne which, would prevent the froth from exploding; and breaking innumerable bottles. Up,tg 4§36 about half of the cham- pagne was lost by breakage of bottles and the explosions of corks. After much study and innumerable essays M. Francois, a chem- ist, by means of a gleucooenometer, and hav- ing a part of the alcohol evaporate, found the means of measuring the amount of sugar a bottle could contaln without running the dan- ger of exploding. If by means of thi gleucooenometer one finds that the wine not sufficient natural sugar, a_certain quan- tity of melted rock candy is added. With the increase of temperature and th> natural fermeyt produced in the time wh'n sap gives ranf\\gtgphs to the grape plant, the natural sugar,pr that which has been cdded is transformed fAto alcohol and carbonic acid. This gds, because of the air tight cork, can not escape, remains disso'ved in the wine and becomes the froth when uncorked. In this state champagne is extra dry, It s almost undrivkable, and time only corrects the acldity and brings back its first qualities It becomes then Necessary to restore the sugar that the wine had at first, and this is done in the following manner: The fermen tation which has developed froth has pro duced a sediment which must be extracted, and the extraction ls done iIn this wise: As s00n as the wine is 0d enough to be sent to the market the bottles are turned upside down and put inside of holes on tables that are tnclined to 6) degrees. Every day, during six weeks or two months, the bottles are shaken lightly with a rotund mo'ion. Litt by little the sediment falls on the cork, and the wine aboverbecomes perfectly limpid The laborer than takes the bottle and holds it in the left hand, always upside down, while with the right hand, by means of a hook, he breaks the wire which held the cork; the cork explodes, and with the ex- plosion the sediment comes out of the bottles and the laborer, at the right moment, lifts the bottle up. Next to the mixing of wines the most fm- portant operation s that of sweetening. Through fermentation, as mentioned above, the wine has lost all ‘its sugar and has be- come almost undrinkable. In every bottle there is introduced o certain quantity of a liquid made with rock candy melted in the very best and oldest of champagne. That Is how champagne is sweetened according to the taste of individuals or countries. A consid- erable dose of sugaris put in the champagne that is sent o Itussia; a little less sugar is put in that destined for France and Belgium, the quantity cis still reduced for the United States; finally. In England dry and extra dry are preferred, and even champagne in which no sugar has been added at all is sent in quantities. JEWIS - SOBRIETY. in Times of Storm and Stress hey Abstain from Liquors. During the current months, says the New York Post, a» many as 4000 men and women employed In the various branches of the clothing trades have been on strike and they have met with a measure of su cess that wad hdrdly expected, even by themselves, A par! rly interesting fea- ture of the strikes, which have taken place one af other sinc opening of the month, en the uni sobriety and peacefulne he people engaged in them, nearly all of whom are Jewish Russians, who have come bere within a few yea Not as many as balf a dozen of them w arrested for intoxication, and still few of them for any breach’ of the peace or other unlawful conduct. There was no per- ceptible increase in the amount of liquors consumed in the quarter which they i : (he period when they were o t. Mass meetings were held nedlate vicinity of drinking bulldiugs part of which saloons, the kecpers their sales of lighter than usual, were ne \s for stronger llmuunch of members of the Hrot of Tallors were assembled dally for ht in and around Walahalla hall, man of whom ever drank anything fecting than soda water or lemonade. There i3 & marked contrast between this stato of things and that which frequently existcd In former times in the case of other great strikes here. In the city there are over 100.000 Russian Jewish immigrants, and tho consumption of intoxicating Hauors by them is vastly less than among an equal number of any other portion of the Population of New York. il Dividendw for Broken Bank WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—The comptroller daily in the i in of the currency has declared dividends in favor of the creditors of insolvent national banks as follows, Twenty per cent, the Co the Hawallan conquest h»> came back | mercial Natl k Denver, Colo.; 10 lx"m. Iu!“. and ox ia Philidelpiia. I;u cent, .W- '{lu(hl:l" bank of s lo Aght.” The Bt which he proceeds to add some beauty spots The final purchaser, of course, has to pay the cost of shipping, customs dutles and every additional expense that the New York dealer incurs above the purchase price, and a little extra profit as well, The sale of these spurlous goods Is a study in fteelf. Many persons buy an enormous stock in Europe and furnish large flats in this country, after which they advertise in the newspapers that some hard-up nobleman has been forced by mdverse circumstances to part with his valuable collection at auction. Curlosity collectors flock there In hundreds and pay far greater prices than they would in a store, under the impression that they are getting the “genuine thing.” The sad awak- ening comes when misfortune forces them to sell them again. Much the same kind of frauds are practiced In the sale of ancient china and old armor. and the profit on these goods is equally enor- mous. Chinaware 1S the most difficult thing to copy %o as to avpld detection, and thou- sands of hands are empldyed in this industry. One of the greatest frauds practiced by the china fakir is to grifid down the bottoms of his reproductions, as if Worn smooth by long use They are then made to Jook grimy by rubbing in lamp black and benzoline, which is washed off again, leaying enough in the minute pores to praduce a look of extreme old age. AT Every Mile of the Ol Overln Marked by a Crin The old overland trail running from Inde- pendence, Mo, to Santa Fe is simply an clongated graveyard-says the Denver Field This old route has long since been abandoned, for railroads now traverse the vast extent of country, the Apaches are practicaliy subaued and the old-fashioned swinging stage coaches that stood the bullets of savages and desperadoes, as well as the buffetings of the wind and weather, have fallen into innocuous desuetude and decay. en who were killed or died on the trail were simply pulled to one side, and a little mound of earth with a pile of stones at the head is all that marks the last resting place of those whose bones ife_moldering in the dust On the trail near Wagon Mound there is a spot beneath which lies all that was earthly of Jules Burroughs. He was a gentlemanly highwayman and held up coaches, waylaid travelers and robbed promiscuously with a decency and gentility that was as unusual as Is was strange. One of his most daring ex- ploits occurred in the fall of 1868. Burroughs stationed himselt on horseback in a coulee, or depression in the prairie, near the Cimar- ron crossing, and as the coach swept around a curve the occupants were startled by the figure of a masked man, mounted, who, with a six-shooter In bhand, called out sharply: ““Halt and get out of the stage!" Passengers and driver first thought of pro- testing, but a shot laid one of the horses low, whereupon seven half-scared individuals stepped out on the prairle and threw up thelr bands, as they wer requested to do. The highwayman, covering them with his right-hand weapon, with his left hand pulled a little sack or bag from his belt, and, toss- ing it to the first man on the left, said “Place that over your head, please, and then ralse your hands again. Don’t make any attempt, gentlemen, to better your situation, for the a dead man in less than a second.” No. 1 placed the bag over his head and raised hi hands as before. No. and o on until the seven were served in the same manner, “What have you done with sald he to the fifth one in line watch,” was the answ have none now, but you h d Route your watch? T have ne ‘I know you first one who makes a move will be 2 was treated likewise, d one a short time it in remembrance of your noble loyalty to your profession. No lawyer can afford to tell the truth, and I admire you for your falthfulness to the cause.’ - UNITED STATES P en ax Much Mall Matter as the Whole of Europe. The United States has 70,000,000 popula- tion. Europe has 380,000,000, But the United FFICE, States postofice handles about as much mail s all Europe put together, the matter Philadelphia Press. In 1895 States raflway mall handled 1 pleces. Mulhall gives the number of pleces in all Europe as 9,237,000,000 in 1888, Some { Increase has taken place since then, and Russin {8 omitted from Mulhall's tables; but the aggregate today is not over 11,000,000,000, or just about equal to our railway mail sery- fce mall The cost of our mail service is far below the aggregate of all Europe. The entire cost of our postal system in 1393 was $84,321,480. A return just made by the Berne Interna- tional bureav gives the expenses of the eight Buropean nations, which combine post and telegraph expenses, at $185,000,000. The ex penses of nine nations which have a post office alone were $25,000,000. In all Europe handled in 1893 about 11,000,000,000 pieces for $210,000,000, while this country handled says the United about the same number of pleces for $55,- 000,000, This disproportion s, however, no credit to the United States. It is due to the fact that in almost all European countries farm- ers have their mail delivered at their doors. Here the farmer is required to go for his mail. Abroad rural and city distr are treated alike In free delivery, save that de liverles are more frequent in cities than in the country. The United States Postoffice department is not only the greatest in the world—and its expenditure is greater than that of any one country, Germany coming next with $67,700,- 000—but its growth is more rapid. In 1880, according to Dr. von Neumann Spedlart, Bu- rope handled 5,834,000,000 pieces of postal matter. The aggregate is now a little over twice this. In the same period the mail mat- ter in our own Postoffice department has grown nearly threefold. In 1865 the Frank- furter Zeitung placed the total number of letters in the whole world at 2,300,000,000. Down in 1888 this number, according to Mul- hall, had about trebled, rising to 7,762,000,000, In the last thirty years in this country the number of letters has grown about fivefold. A Suggestion, Washington Star: “I don’t know what's golug to become of Binx,” said one police official. *“He's an old man on the forc “What's the matter with him?” inquired the other. “He's getting near-sighted.” “That's bad.” “And hard of hearing.” “He always was that way."” And 1 hardly see what we're going to do with him. 1 can't discharge him.” U-m-m—wh t you put him on detective force? the Beechiam’s pills are for bilious. ness, bilious headache, dyspep- sia, heartburn, torpid liver,diz- ziness, sick headache,bad taste : in the mouth, coated tongue, 1 | loss of appetite,sallow skin,etc,, ago. What have you done with it2” “1| when caused by constipation; never had one,” surlily replied the prisoner. ¥ s % a a inquired Burroughs. | and constipation is the most “Then I forgive you for lying, for f f l that is a part of your profession. But by an | ifequent cause of all of them. examination of your vest button had a watch less than Now, where Is it? lawyer, for in truth at once that his captor was as shrewd, shrewder than he was, so he made no more ten minutes Tell me quick!” efforts at concealment, and answered frankly, out of the 1t is lying over “I tossed my watch and chain window when you halted us. to the case. A figure of some dead and gone monarch or celebrity Is carved on the door. The date of 1612 carved underneath the figure will add at least $50 to the value of the ar- ticle. The rest of the case #s usually orna- mented with conventional designs taken from the carver's big stock. If the oak has not the necessary worm- caten appearance, the energetic dealer will load up his shotgun and fire a charge at the wood. Tables, bureaus and heavy pieces of furniture get shot at more thap clocks. Great care is taken that none of the, leaden pellets shall be exposed to v In some cases they are extracted, and if in this pro- cess a panel should happen to crack, the pur- chaser Is informed that Oliver Crowmell, or some other well known gentleman, had caused the damage while on a spree, INGENUITY REQUIRED, The process of ancient clock making does not stop with the carving. The wood is rubbed down with sandpaper and artistically s‘ained French polish is then applied, coat after coat, so that the stain cannot possibly be washed away. The glossy appeirance produced by the polish is taken away by brushing it over with powdered pumice stone. A final brushing with beeswax and turpen- tine produces the softness to the touch that Is “only to be found in extremely old wood work.” A clock treated in this mannmer i< often sold for $200; the entire cost to the dealer here is never over $30, including pur- chase price, freight, packing and duty. This method of manufacturing Is confined to Bngland. The cheaper class of goods is made in Belglum. The antique merchant there belleves in turning out quantity rather than quality, and carries hls frauds cven fur- ther than the Englishman. All the furniture is made with new wood, which is softened with steam and stamped to tho required de «ign by steel dies under hydraulic pressure which leaves the “carving” in relief. The wood Is afterward immersed in a solution of potassium bichromate, which hardens and darkens it at the same time. After this it i put through the usual process of wax polizh- ing, and eventually finds Its way into the American parlor. An Englishmsn who fs at present in this city, and who at one time was one of the biggest antique manufacturers abroad, gives some interesting information concerning these frauds. When asked the greatest stamping ground for the “fakir’ he replied at_once, ““Americ “New York,” said he “is the greatest city in the world to buy faked furniture. The homes of the Goulds, the Astors and the Vanderbilts are doubtless filled with it. And after the dealer has sold his winter stock he spends the summer at the fashionabie re- sorts, where he opens up antique stores, apd, under an assumed name, sells more fakes to the confiding visltors, “I would guarantee that last week there were not two pleces of antique furniture in New York City that I would give $20 for. And T don't think a plece of genuine antique carved oak can be found here at all. A PROFITABLE TRADE. there In the grass. “I thought so,"” sal and pick it up forime." as requested. to make a dash, it possible, highwayman off hig guard, to catch but the the unhappy lawyer with his lynxiike gaze. ‘When the valuable time piece was placed in his hand Burroughs made a polite bow to the ““Take sald he, with safcastic grace, “and keep owner and handed it back to him. i, From early child- hood until T was grown my family spent a fortune trying to cure me of this disease, I visited Hot Springs and was treated by the best mcdu.al men, but was not benefited When allthings had failed I de- termined to try S.S.S. and in four months was entirely cures The terribl» eczema was gone, not a sign of it left. My general health bmlt up, and I have never had any return of the disease. 1 Liave often recommends od 8.8.8. and have never yot known a failare to cure, GEO, W, IRWIN, Irwin, Pa. Nevor fails to' cure, evon whon all othoer remedics have. Oui troatiseon blood and akin discases mailed freo to any address, SWIFT SPECIFIC CO , Atlanta, Ga. Searies & Searles 1416 Farnam St. S+ ECIALIST 3. All torms of Blood a. Skin Diseuases, cured for 1ifo and the pol: Qitheir many peculiar ail- holes and your vest pocket I am convinced that you ago. The he was a lawyer, saw it not the robber pleasantly. “Please remove the’little bag that conceals your handsome features, step over to the spot The lawyer did He ‘watched an opportanity the latter was not of that kind, and actually pierced d Byphells, Go by the book. Pills 10c and 25c a. box. Book free at your druggist’s orwrite B. F. ‘| Allen Co, 365 Canal St., New York. Annual sales more than 6.000.000 bozes. RAILWAY TIHE CARD Leaves [BURLINGTON & MO, RIVER.|Arrives Omaha|Union Depot, 10th & Mason S Mont. & 1uget Snd. X enver Bxpres ‘Nebraska Local (except Sunday). .Lincoln Local (except Sunday) “Fast_Mall (for Lincoin) daily. Leaves [CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & Q.|Arrives OmahaiUnion Depol, 10th & Mas: Omaha Tonia ), MIL. & ST, pot, 10th & Mas hicago Limited 11:50am. Express (ex. Sunday) Leaves (CHICAGG & NORTHWE T OmahaiUnion_Depot, 10th & Mason Sts.| Omaha astern Express. tibuied Limit Valley Local ‘Omaha_Chicago 8 [CHICAGO, R 1. & PACIFIC Union Depot, 10th & = : Omaha|Union 1 C‘Whm ¢ Chicago 3 (ex. Sunday) Express. _Vestibuled _Limited, WEST. Tonia & Ex. (ex. Sun).1 ...Colotado Limited L«-uw.- C BT, P "M & O - Umu\m’ Depot,’ 15th_and Weuster sta. Stoux, City Accommodation,... (Sioux City 0pIm..........BE Leaves Omaha & MO. VALLL h and’ Webster xpres Ex. (ex. Mon).. e Paul Express Leaves | K. C.. ST. J. & C. . 1Arring Omaha|Union Depot, 10th’ & Mason Sts.| Omaha .Kansas City Day C. Night Ex. via U Leaves | MISSOURI PACIFIC, Omaha| Depot, 15th and W s 10:4%m . Louls Express. . 6:00am son thoroughly ” cleansed ikt Pawl_Limit: T0:a5am Tom Lhe sys . Leaves HIOU CITY & PAC lFli' Arrives Anu‘.fi on _carotul gmuha’l' n Depot, 10th & Mason Sts. L and special attention for ail | ¢ oux City Passenger ! LSt Paul Limite Tf RH, Gleot, | oaves [ " UNION PACIFIC JArrives cele, Hydrocele, Gon Omaha|Union T 10th & Mason Sts.| Omaha orrhoea, —Loav Munhood | g.ggam ... Kearney Express..... R fcured Dy a special treat- : erland Plyer * NWWmen oopin. fieat'c tromab'g EX. (ex. Sun).12:30pi VITALITY ~ WEAK) /i 0L 2man WEAK MEN {0 56 by 100 close ap: Fast_Mall.... 4itopm plication to business or study, severe mental | Loaves WABASH RAILWA Arrives Strain or grief, SEXUAL EXCESSES in | ‘GuahalUnion Depot, 10th & Mason m-‘ Omaha middle lite or from the effects of youthful Louls Cannon Ball 12:55m follles, all yleld readily to our new treat- -NERVOUS -DYSPEPTIC ANT ATING VePEFTIC ACHiNG RALIZED (My mama used Wool mn) (I'wish ming hag) WOOLENS wi sot shrink 1t WOOL SOAP “klhlllll"’. m. g bath pure ‘n \pVien asked what was the usual pront in | follies, uil yield reilly o e ot e “fal usiness he sa a dedler | GrRITE Your troubles If out of the eity, | SUREDULE OF "STATE FAIR TRAINS :nm:lfln hllnue{(f d%\z poorly lnml".‘n(llnng ir 8 Thousands cured u't i‘l‘"# };y cor- Via Union Pacific. he did not make per cent, while in New | respondence. CONSULTATION FREE. d York dealers make as much as 500 per cent. é P Effective Monday, Sept. 16, to Friday, Sept. Dr, Searles & Searles, **'Smamar Nen' o B: inclstve, o P GOING. Omaha Shee e 0. 0 0 Ground A M. AM M. 06 Y 3 B0 Wity | Bids 1000 {10380 (1045 1 N i oo R ' 86 (1243 1 1:83 45 00 4i4d 46 300 3:36 43 400 4195 A5 5:00 5:35 45 6:00 640 ) 7:00 T:45 5 K00 B35 5 bico 938 | bids 9:30pm. St Louls Express.. G:08pm 3:30pm.... Nebraska JLocal (ex. San.)..... 9:00am | T SIOUX CITY & PACIFIC. |Arrives pot, 15th_and_Webster | "Om: Visitors to the Fair Open Evenings During Fair Week: Columbus Buggy Co. 1608-10-12 Harney St. FOR SALE BY GOULMAN DRUG CO. . . \ Are Invited to Call at our Repository And Inspect the Largest Line of Vehicles Ever Shown in the West. Over 300 Styles to Select from. Do not Fail to See our ‘Bargain Floor.” Thls great Vegotably Vitalizer,the presci i tionof n famous I sickan, will quickly curo 3 gamons Ercrieh physician, wiil quickly curo you of all ner. sy Palng i the fnc 8, stich ny Lost Manbood, EmlSaton, Norvmis 1ebiiy thess (0 Murry, b lin, Varicooed . 1t stopa all 16es by da e dischiarge, which 1 nckedt 1o B i ll“ the horrors of Impotency, CUP] NE cleaise: o Kidneys and the urinary organs of ull impurities. o2 eliver, tig rengthens and restores small weik organs, Tho'veison mifferers ata not cized by Doclors 3 becatse ninety per cent arn tronbied. wif &Il:' OUPI 1‘751:'!::!;1 dn::,nkgor:l’:u;:n '<'| l‘lx)(‘:‘rn 4 Ill;l‘hl ritlo 5000 testimon! "A Written guatantes given and mone: six boxes doen not ellect & permanent curg 8 box, 81 fF $5.00, by mal, Send for FRER clrcular and testinoniats, g BEFORE ano AFTER CUPIDENE Adiress DAVOL BEDICINE €O, P, 0, Box 2076, 8an Fraucisco, Cal, For Sale by 110 kurnam St. Omaha THE MORE YOU SAY THE LESS PEOPLE | REMEMBER.” ONE WORD WITH YOU SAPOLIO ORCHARD HOMES. The Land of Plenty Sure Crops No Drouths No Cold Winters The Land of Promise Big Profits No Hot Winds ** No Fierce Blizzards ORCHARD HOMES! situated in the mosl lvmle and rich vegetable and fruit growing re- gion of the world. The place where one-half the energy and perse- verance necessary in this western country to make a bare living, will in that glorious climate make you a good living, a bo and money in the bank. Here is a soil that will raise anything almost that grows and no such thing Is known as a failure. You are ot limited in the demand for what you raise by any local markets, On the cowtrary you have the markets of the World Buying all you can raise and paying the highest price for it. There Is no end to the season or crops. You can have a erop to market every month in the twelve if you wish to do so. You are the architect of your own fortune In this garden spot of the world. Now is the time to go south, It has been estimated that more people can be accommo- dated comfortably in the south and lay the foundation for prosper- ity than now live in the United States. 20 TO 40 ACRES. In that marvelous region with its perfeet climate and rich sofl if properly worked will make you more money and make it faster and easier than the best 160 acre farm in the west. Garden products are an immense yield and bring big prices all the Strawe berries, aprice peaches, pears, early apples, figs, oranges— all small fruits—are an early and very profitable crop. Timber of the highest quality is abundant. PUEL s abundant and costs you nothing. Cattle run out all the year, They are easily raised and fattened. Grazing is good all the year. Native grasses are luxurious and nutritious. CLIMATE 18 the finest fn the known world. ature and rendered year round. plums, The summers are even fn tempera- The nights delightf nl by land and sea breezes. are always cool. The winters are mild and short in duration. There are no extremes of heat or cold in this favored region. The mean temperature is 42 to 68 degrees. The average rainfall is GG inches. There 1s az abundance of rain for all crops. Oentral Mississippi offers to the futelligent man the finest opportunity for bettering his condition that was r offered. The health of this region Is excelled by no section of this country. The soll found here can rarely be equalled and never excelled for all good qualities. rly and sure crops bring you lig price ilrond facilities in the coun- try bring the entirg country to you as a market. One-half the work you now do to get along will render you u successtul money maker on any of this Orchard Mome lands. Work intelligently and success is assured. This is your opportunity, The friend), schools efficient; newspapers progressive; churches liberal. The enter: prising man who wants to better the condition of himself and bis family should matter and he will be convinced. The best r people are investi e this Care- lands in tracts of 10 to 20 liberal terms and reasonable prices. Corre fully selected fruit growing and g acres we now offer spondence solicited, GEO. W. AMES, Gen. Adent, 1617 Farnam St., Omaha, Nebraska, rden on