Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 23, 1900, Page 12

Toys, Books, Games, Dolls and Sleds almost given away. This is your opportunity to buy Fine Furs Our purchase of a New York manufac- turers’ entire k of furs at about the of the raw sking, enables us to offer argains you ever heard cost you the greatest of. Collarettes fine, well made garments, all nicely lined, b mely trimmed ‘)Sc for coll $'5‘) :‘ ‘l ”'l. 21”‘.'511‘ arcd collarettes— $2'5(' :v’ ’ -' le “(‘I‘IIV‘HH‘;:I'.: ollarettes, tab $3.08 for combination fur collarettes— $4.0H :‘v ':’x‘”;‘v L .I\'\“v:‘h Ys'j‘r\ collarettes, Stolls and Scarfs Come and inspect the garments and vou will realize that they are worth every cent we claim them to be worth 2087 worth § 4.90% 4.90 Wi h ten scarfs— worth $17.00, Muffs of All Kinds We mention but a few of the grades, but « offering exceptional values in the finest furs for half sheared muff, worth $2.00 for electric seal muff, worth $i for astrakhan muffs, ‘worth $3.00. for near seal muffs, worth $.0¢ for near marten mufts, worth $6.00. Children’s & Misses’ Sets $1.50 for combination sets, worth $2.50. % for white thibet sets, worth $1.00, 8 for near seal sets, worth $6.00, G0 for imitation stone marten sets— worth $6.50. ottes worth $3.0 near mar- Searfs— red fox Arfs—worth FOR $2 ASTRAKHAN AND $13.50 i\ RIC SEAL JACKETS, These garments are mostly from the New York purchase—but we have supplemented them with those from our regular stock that sold for $20, $22.50 and $25. Investigate this offer—it will pay you. FOR $100.00 PERSIAN LAMB $57.50 NI LNE You e heard the equal of this offer? “The: made with blended mink collars and e vercs, strictly high grade In every particu- Jar, | Actual i, 86 and $100 values for 57.50. 08,00 LOR $17 SEALSKIN JAC & ETS-If you ever expect to buy one, now fs vour chance. We are sell- ing all the sealsking that were formerly sold for $1 and ‘up 1o $LTS0 ut 8980 tomorrow. They are all this season's stock very garment i elegantly lined and 1l made. e for holiday p only way to force this cle HA DAILY PRICES CUT AGAIN FOR TO-MORROW (...~ cery department in our establishment is still complete- Tomorrow we will close out The Entire Stock of Silks Purchased from a New York Importer at ONE-THIRD THEIR ACTUAL VALUES. They are all the newest styles and latest colorings and at low prices, we are offer- ing them at, are by far the best sill values of the year. All kinds of Fancy Silks-—-surahs, brocades, etc., suitable for fanoy work, trimmings and waists—worth 50c a yard-- ] C Fine waist silks, dress silks and satins, taffetas, black and colored, China silk 27 inches wide, 36-inch fine plain and chamgeable lining silks, plain and figured drapery eilks, that usually retall at 75c a yard— all gc on sale Monday, per yard.. . High grade silks in the new and most fashionable designs--light and dark silks including a lot of printed warp satin brocades, black and colored dress silke, Cheney Bros.' foulards, 27-inch rustling taffetas, 36-inch best Lyons dye Japanese ;::‘\;.!:u":q:;‘ll: and all colors, actual $1.00 490 and 690 per yard .. “ Enterprise Silk Flannels -39 piec of this popular fabrle came in the other day. We are offering them at a very special price—t8c a yard. The following shades Lumineux, peau de sole, caghmere, gros predominate—cream, rose, -old rose, apple green, automobile, yachting, porcelain, wil- low silver, navy, cardinal, turquoise, clel anteed taffetas. These silks are worth $1.50 and black. We are sole agents for this fab- and $2.50 a yard—tomor- extra fine” on the salvage C o BT RY YR varseernanan Monday, per yard.. .....s sus Extra Special Silk Waist Patterns $2,98 We have taken from our silk department all tho fine walst eilks, (In both evening and strect shades), all the odd lengths that range from 3% to 4 yards, and offer cholce patterns Black Dress Silks—75 pieces on sale— in satin regent, porelt merveille, satin grain, faille solide, pure dye bonnet guar- you the cLoice of the at less than half thelr worth.. .. is a royal Xmas gift for any lady. Buy Dress Patterns for Christmas Gifts Entire Dress Patterns at $1.75 — Entire Dress Patterns at $2.98 — Bach pattern contains 7 yards of very This lot includes a good assortment of new choice dress materfals Including silk and imported dress fabrics for tallor gowns wool mixtures—two-toned granites, home- and swell street dresses—such as silk and spuns, Roman plaids, mohair, jacquards, wool bengalines, English vigerouxs, mo- melrose sultings, English coverts, tweeds, hair, poplins, habit cloths, armures, change- diagonals, whipeords, Bedfcrd cords, Ger- able velours, prunellas, satin soliels, and man henrlettas and French serges, in many other desirable weaves in all the black and all colors. Dress patterns aro leading skades. These are extra wide practical Christmas gifts. The price we goods and are being sold for up to $1.50 a offer these fine 7-yard pat- yard. Entire dress pat- terns at is really marvel- 1.75 terns of from 6 to 7 yards 2.98 OUBe sove sove osos sose avoses B0 tOMOTTOW fOT.. veve eve $10 and $12 Dress Patterns on Sale for $5.00 This lot is comprised of extremely stylish imported and domestic dress fabrics— Including the following—new satin faced Venctians, English broadcloths, came hair, zibalines, pebble cheviots, Empress cloths, kerseys, vicunas and silk and wool p 1 rolas, in black and colors—each plece contains from 6 to 7 yards—enough for a full dress pattern. The goods are worth up to $2.50 a yard— entire pattern on sale tomorrow i partment in the house has wents—Your choice, right now, is almost unlimited—and yet we must—ABSOLUTELY MUST wring-—is to cut the price——and this we have Uone with a vengeance, Xmas Slipper Sale. Everything in Slippers for Everybody Our grest stock of fie curing Sets, Tollet &c must be disposed of. Silverware, Jewelry, Sterling Noveltics, Manl- Shaving sels, Vetken’ ks (5608 WITE 11 robice i Neckwear A very cholce line of jewelry on sale at 25c; Including handsome tle pins, different designs, with beautiful stone cushion. Also fine clains, ch. pens and pencils -. v 25C brooches, studs, i hundreds handle knives, and pearl handle (2 in box) worth up to $1.00— Men's Leather Lined Slippers. ... $1.50 Sterling Silver Noveltles of ever 1aing button hooks, ¢ n&, darners, manieuring brushes, c¢bony handle sterl- ing trimmed Sterling Stiyer thimb Men's Beaver Slippers solfd " gold, with and full ealf, ther lined, @ Men's Kid Lined Slippers ........$1.50 Buy Handkerchiefs for Gifts |- idkerchief and every style of Wo have an Men's Leather Slippers . sheer, linen, lawn and 1, Swiss eme handkerchief We are offering some very exceptional values that you ought to take advantage of tomorrow. Plain white and fancy bord embroidered handkerchiefs in all widths of hemstitching s—good qualities, 32|C, SC nd Fancy Silk Handkerchiefs—every imaginable sty including initial, drawn thread open work handkerchiefs—worth up to $1.00 2C, 19¢, 25c¢, 49¢ Fine Imported Handkerchicfs high class goods, made especlally for fine trade—50c and 76 on sale tomorrow-— go in four lots Swiss embroidered and lace edged, all embroidered handkerchiefs, open worked and drawn thread hem- handkerchiefs, worth $1.00— 49C Ladies’ Strap Sandals, 98¢, $1.25, $1 50, $1.75, $2, $2.50 Ladies’ Warm Slippers, 29¢, 39¢, 5%, 75, 89c, 98¢, $1.50 PLKN H)OTFD TO A FWISH later wo were moving up the road at a pace | ihe famed Ming dynasty, and carrled fire | carried N L " I\ which forced me to trot my pony to keep and sword to the very gates o? the Temple 'any one could say, “Why, T boug! up. The coolles were trotting along, bend- of Heavenly Peac y que could say, “Why, 1 bought this at ing low under their loads, their bare backs | Manchu N 4 covered with perspiration. There were some Pekin and placed a prince of their own | What were some . e Bpecimen Instance of the Riot of Robbery | shots fired in our rear and turaing in my | blood on were gome of the valuables and Murder in Ohina's Capital, | gaddle 1 saw a troop of Chinese cavalry itating the last of the Ming emperors. In baliing 800 yards away on a little knoll. 1860 the British Cold-Bloo ng Allied Vanguard o Civilization in the L of the ¥ Rec fukling of the friction that recently pre- [ Japauc al Chaffee, com- "l valled betweeu Gen mander of the American forces, and Marshal von Waldersee, commande nts, General Chaffee wrote & warm | letter to the field marshal condemning the & count ting of cities by the allies. The fleld | to move forward. marshal took offense at the expressions of the American commander and returned modified the phraseology employed, the field marshal accepted the amended letter, The exact words employed by General searched the vast vocabulary of the English forces of the civilized powers operating in China, Some Idea of the extent of the Jooting of Pekin may be had from the fol- | Jowing letter written by James Reed Hull, correspondent of the Minneapolls Journal in China I shudder at the mere thought o certain events, Much has been written in regard to the cruelty of the Japanese | and Russian soldiers, and yet there 18 much | Jeft to tell. The two incidents which I am about to recount will give a fairly good 1dea of what the soldiers of the two great- est powers in Asia are capable of dolng when in hostile territory. One day I was riding with a Russian pack train from Tung Chow to Pekin. packers were Chinese coolies who had been impressed by the Russians. Our road Jay through the cornfields. The alr was 4 Some of the cavalrymen dismounted and be- SCENES SKETCHED BY AN AMERICAN |#2n to fire at us. Orders were given to of the first Manchurian, destroying all in money our guards not to answer. Several of the its path and as a final blow looted Pekin that would upset the mind of the | packers were wounded by the Chinese fire. and butchered thousands of its inbabitants. astic cting and Loot-| The Russians immediately strippe { o nt dispatches from China gave an | pack train, 1 | 1s very stro: -in- | ese chiet of the allics. According to the ac- | dapper Al ) t The coolles, still trembling with fear, the letter. Thereupon General Chaffee | pogyined their packs and the march was resumed. 1 was riding in the re not mad the tolasat Hosed | Who must have been at lesst 60 years of age, fall beneath his load. A guard, with Chaffeo are not known, but he might have | oo T I GOk 4o exhausted man with his bayonet. The old fellow strugg! carry the old consented and th lond two s shoulders and threw him roughly to one When I recall my experience during the | (0ot 7 ) “hina. Then they began to prick recent campaign with the relief column | yin' v ine chest with their bayonets. The old men shrieked for mercy. 7The captain, hearing his crie in charge twice before his bayonet point found heart. The old man fell to the ground shivered and died. I let the train pass, threw the Russian p into the corn and rode after my com- panions. In A. D. 1664 ] s e the Chinese throne after d | burned the summer g were issued with poor grace, thanke o officer who had led his cavalry | riches of thoe Chines & betw ance, gave the order for the train! eral days and then a change came. Those in command began to regain thelr reason op and, although looting went on just the same, it was on a different scale. Americans Al “KAIl the Cruel. r when 1 »1 one of the oldest packers, a man oolle’s pack. The soldler pack was handed to me. The moment the coolle was relleved of his diers grabbed him roughly by W ripred out an oath he cried to the corporal “KIIl the fool The corporal lunged at the Chinese| dlstrict. His orders from and, although it tried him sorely plned in my horse. s until one day k| out his orde He did not have the heart to put the men to death for so trivial an offense, espoc ‘ragedy in a Melon Patch Another day, while on the ma close, being Hlled with dust, and tho sun’s | tween Chan Chia Wan and Pekin with @ clothing to keep themselves warm during | the rays beat mercilessly upon us. By noon | Japanese field battery two of the artille the packers began to grean under their | men and myself went nto o melon PAtch (5 General Chaffee and agked for instruc- | General Fu heavy loads. The captain in command | that had been sighted from the roal we were s gave orders for the traln to rest ten min ing madly up the trail, his hor the love of the ‘little father,'| hasten,” he cried. “Chinese cavalry is in| & Chinese boy whom I judged to be about yng (emple had orders to pursuit of you and only a mile away." o years old, hiding In the corn. T Inter-! y.qqing in except commissioned officers and Japane e A aafa el Bad [Crose nures| cadsd for fhe Liitle tellow's 1ife but thel 0 oounacata artioles that spoeared. to el iobt) with the train, who shrieked with fear and | “Japs” only grinned and shook their heads. | joor. In this manner vast quantities of the Pundled herself into her rickshaw with| One of them grabbed the boy's queue aud yuluable silks and furs came into the pos- rds, who had been ly- | held Lim u: little grace. The g of their rifles, Prodded with Bayonets, The shrill order for the packers to re- sume (heir loads rang out. Some of the more fatigued rose slowly, expressing their discontent in low murmurs. They had not cbamb While e of tions. His orders wel arching for ripe me ns sant hiding in the corn nearby. ) interfere beheaded him With| of Agroulture. whither artillery sword, Five minutes later another soldier found the emperor u to go every three years to pray for good | the capitated the ¢hild. | ant fortun '("’y’;:' The little head rolled among the melons The Baglish Byatem and the Japs sat down in sight of it to By ; The English adopted an auction system.| Once we discuss elo) e nd o] discuss & melon. Horrifled and s1ck at| 1 yicided a galn o the men an woll as | 5000000 —es % the officers An auction was held at the sides sacking of Pekin, British legation. At this plunder that had | ware in China, This 1s the story of the recent sacking fallen to the share of the British was sold. Chaftee Understood the cossack's words and were of the Chinese capital by the allies. Chinese These sales took place daily for two weeks. | of it by the French not aware of the danger that was threaten- | historians record similar occurrences in the The proceeds were equally divided among be jug us. The guards put an end to this| thirteenth and seventeenth centuries. In the companies comprising the English con- | Chang. the thirteenth century the Mongollans, or tingent. fugubordination by prodding the dissatis- fled packers with bayonets, Three wminutes western Tartal a certain amount of goods suitable and particularly adapt —AND - sell out all such goods by tomorrow night-—-"Thel Bric-a-Brac, will be closed out At less than Half Price. Silverware and Novelties at Half, | Great Redactions on Men's Fine Xmas Albums, Watches, Clocks, etc 1.60 kwear for 502 We offer you choice of any man's neckties in the house. They com- prise the ~ newest styles and patterns ond richest designs — values up TS 0c allgo at ms, pearl Beautifu! chain bracelets, with lock !f:.\"" rolled gold OS¢ Mok, worth e for. e ... .. 49€ Tollet sets, consisting of comb, brush ‘ 5 L i B 1 %5 50¢ Neckwear for 25¢—All our 50¢ 'J* satin lined case i grade of neckwear, including four-in-hands iving sots in handsome satin lned case only ... 139 [ tecks and tmperiats, 1n almost endless va- Abums at Just Half Price. rlety of etyles and patterns Boys ew England watch upen face, fine movement, dliver nickel wars | §1,00 Mufflers for 80e— fol o S o) . ... 2.49 | your choice of all the $1 Men's 16 slze watches, Issex case, oxford style year guarantes, stamped and w ranted, Elgin moy mufllers |(-mnr-50‘ 15 Jewel-—spectal & 1298 | 1ow for ... Ladles' 6 size hunting case watcn hand ,r‘m‘r‘n“; ‘I‘m' “v.l ralsed f $2.50 Mufflers for $1.25 ures, with 15 fewel, Elgin movement 1 ; | — Your choico of all th L1598 1 \ford etyle mufilers that warranted for 20 years sold for up to $2.50, tomor= % —epecial Smoking Jackets at less than cost, y in- 25C All the Smoking Jackets In the house i ; that are worth up to Pure Irish linen handkerchiefs [ §5.00-go tomorrow— 50 for ladies and gentlemen, nicely hem- . 9. stitched, all widths of hems,also hand embroidered Our finest golf cloth and all silk Smoking ;““‘1"11 IO l5 Juckets, that sold at § 5 OO handker- 8.50, $10.00 and $12.50— chiefs, at. c, c, 25C 1 L . manding officer, urs, being apprised of the whe of the treasure by his Chine Chaffce and s and great deference requested the ¥ American general to ex tend the French district a short ways into the British sale. have you to blished themselves in take it from me e interpreter, called upon p- found in verything one would associate with the and French looted and ' Orient ¢ of a descendant of the his willingne with the French request, collector and off the The allies came to Pekin to revenge a rare ermine pucks and bayoneted the wounded men.| great wroug and found a partially des nd When our position was most perilous a city of great wealth. The strictest or troop of Japancse cavalry came to the re connotsseur and sable robe rted rough Russians from Stberi ™6 viets, sleeping on furs inst looting, but the lust father” himselt does cue and put tho Chinese to rout. for loot seemed to have seized the whole of these maltre he Russian captain in charge of tho| allied army and men risked reputation and in their brocade the | hope of promotion in the mighty rush for fmperial family of China o capital. It was only golden o our assistance. The fecliug of animosity | human nature for mep to act so. With| Many magnificent pearls fell into the hands on Russlans and Japan- | unclaimed and unprotefted wealth in abun- of the vandal allies. Gracefully saluting, however, the dance on every hand it was almost too much | princo little *“Jap” rode away and the to ask men to keep hands off. partially removed by a detachment of Gen surly Slav, with a scowl darkening his| This condition of affuirs existed for 8eV-| cral Ma's cavalry before patrols were were on guard at sons of con: such as th rewoved to the French cathedral s had embroldered crest of the s for Li Hung Cha ful recollection of porcelain (igon and Tonquin made tews in vise were commi Ching's renowned And in course of time the of the collection was reduced tniperial household from Pekin, but sever When affairs became mor containing jewels inestimable value were taken by the of the dowager's re entered and de m was looted, the Hung Cheng collection, and the story siuns. private palace w If & Chinaman with loot was caught In| and the en {that part of the city guarded by the British American troops he was usually put to| tiete death without even so much as a trial. In| quantities, other parts of the city, guarded by the | share of it 3| troops of other mations, he was given his | Chinese language without finding words of hdequate | ¢ 'y roet and trudged on. 1 watched him life and allowed to take such things as| {n the interlor is invariably carricd on with strength to condemn the orgle of murder | o ouri along for o time and finally sug- | WOre necessary for his personal comfort. | small and robbery indulged In by the allied g AT B EE LGt be allowed to| The Americans were the only omes who value from 75 cents to §5. . made use of the death penalty to punish| now and then appear in circulation looters and on account of the fact that it | primitive was very difficult to discriminate between | Chinese at a disadvantage, when it came to the looter and the man who was carrying | conce away his own property many innocent men | possible to keep from the prying looter's ro shot eyes a room resembling o To Lieutenant Kilbourne of the Four- | the celling with silver teenth infantry, a young officer who had| word is the Chinese for women distinguished himself by his work in the| the name is applied to the sllver pleces be sanitary department of Manila, was given | cause in the olden time in China be the offic of chief of police of the American | government neral Chatfee | and bargains made by Hence when the gov- re established th the discomfiture of a connoisseur of pottery and himself qui Silver bullion wa Jupanese getting the larger Chinese war of the most striking features of the looting was the punishment glven Chinese caught in the act of looting in thelr district In the Japanese district the Chinese were given to understand that they were priv- they were pro- guards while doing What was more natural for a Chinese looter than to wander ac: r fnto our territory, where, instead of protection of the guards, he s promptly placed under g the semblance of a trial exocutions took place betfore th learned to avold that portion of the city A few gold | exchange placed tected by the Japanese ling their wealth was quite im- )58 the Japanese coal-bin piled to rrest and shot mints existed debts the' Were to put to death all Chinese caught| shoes full of silver. looting. Kilbourne was a good soldier,| ernment mints w be carried | was minted in the form of a patrol | the custom today. brought before him nine coolies who had | the desire of the Chin been caught in the act of taking clothing. | customs and laws of antiquity ps Were “On" districts they were allowed a fr This is a fair example ot o to adhere to the ht it would seem that the 1y | The reh be-| geror he learned that they had taken the| pekin from time imume the cool nights. He reported the matter | cealed Yamanguchi and they acted ac- leaving a great » finally modified to | cording instructions such an extent that it was left (0 his own | when they took immediat utes. The Chinese were just on the point | my “Jap" companions discovered an old| giserotion whether ho would make use of | fmperial of removing thelr packs and the Russian | Chinese p guards were about to seck shady nooks | He caught the old man by the queue, pulled | "4 porijon of the Ame in the corn, when a Cossack came gallop- | him out into the open and before T had an | gncamped within the walls of the Temple | chambers overed | opportunity t with foam and his rife in his hand. one stroke of his the death penalty or not. the silver to the Japanese legation, were in full an contingent was | when I left Pekin, there were thr ed | wealth Tokio and he crops. The guards at the entrances to| the expense of maintainir search every one army in China Aside from t} 01a men and the biggest haul of jewels suffering with infec oncering of loot, were more than Y o are pensed for the hardships of the cam- by it, while another bared goggion of the officers, the sale of which | paign, but what the Americans got was in ing 1o the corn smoklug clgarettes, sprang | his arm, drew his short sword and ‘#ith| would have ylelded each oue an independ- 1o thelr teet and slipped cartridges into the ' one strong stroke de single-handed been relleved departments panish dollars in our The house or palace was on the outskirts of the territory The French com- | that looting should be overran China, then under | After these sales commenced, loot was| Americans to guard. T death. Tt is sad to say, but nevertheless true, that on one or two occasions, poor, | him $10,000 aplece. haif-starved coolies, suffering from ex- | —_— posure sought refuge In houses in the American district only to be turned out next morning and shot AL the time it didn't seem so he dozen, acquired in a similar way, that cost J. Smith, the well known politiclan and ex-sheriff of Emmet county, Ohio, is circulating a petition to clear his farAbaitis aak (n the aln aoa ””‘" S 'record in the civil war which reveals a liak 3 '” "" : ath was pomantic statement of facts In the early moment. Ve g My ome of us at any gog his older brother, Garrison E. Smith Buktomatit had all become quite ac- of §t. Clair, was enlisted in Company H, ©d to viewing decomposing bodies. Fourth volunteer infantry. When he to come to I had seen dogs and pigs n the Philip- 'to start his wife was sick unto death and pines tearing at en human flesh with Flavel J., by consent of the officers, took & much gusto if regaling themselves his place, served and was mustered out on rare bits, but not until I went to Pekin under the name of his brother, Garrison E did T bebold cannibalism resorted to in Smith His petition asks that the record order to maintain 1t be corrected to carry his name. Unquestionably many lawless Chinese ;‘.'::.;:\Su‘|‘w.‘,| lll.::,.'u.l the pur)wm of 1t would appear that a man’'s life may UL ’\w;“]r" . “’n»vwlxl-: rl'l |\: 5 hm: twice be put in jeopardy for the same of- ety foowlodge of tho rich stores of fense. Howard Curtis Benham of Batavia, a8 ”"“I. L "l] n Il reveal N, Y., was charged with poisoning his wife, . purbose ot Uhe frst excltement but was acquitted by the jury, Now the Jox oy 3 i wos too | guardians of his infant son bring sult to highwaymen were abroad, who would prevent Benham from taking possession of Just as soon spit a Chinaman us eat @ good the property for which the crime 18 said to dinner. These highwaymen — were re- have been committed. The only issue in crulted from all classes. Anyone with a this new suit is as to whether Benham did white face was eligible to become a bau- | or did not kill his wife, and & curlous dit, then a most profitable role because situation will develop should the present it only required an hour or ko of careless case go against him. loitering in sparsely guarded districts to — come upon a rich Chinaman and relieve ara s B % ;I»I“']v:" Ir‘(' m]u’»jn“ the distance through |Nicholas Creede, the Colorado millionaire, s heart with a sword’s point providing she leads a proper and virtuous —_— life until she is 20 years old. ®ica are e T or I: ;lll‘l:l " } the terms of the will. Little Dorothy's life . Ingerson of Hutton, Ind., says he |thus far has been as romantic as novel nd not epoken a word above a whisper for gho fs the granddaughter of a California months, and one bottle of Foley's Honey |pionecr named Walker, but her father com- and Tar restored his volce. It is usel mitted sulcide when {1l luck fell on him, largely by speakers and singers. Take 00 and the mother was thought to be on her substitute. Myers-Dillon Drug Co., Omaba; dying bed when Creede stepped in and Dillon's drug stcre, South Omaha, adopted the girl bab: he made his home L ———— happy for one year. Then he died and QuaIN ; RES OF L1 willed her his fortune. She is now in her — mother's charge and s to be carefully Atter working as a locomotive engineer . A iy on the Baltimore & Ohlo rallrond for Just Frespencany — T/ the conditions of balf a century Joseph West of Cumberland Md., has been retired on a pension at the age of 75, In all the years of his employ ment he never recelved the slightest injury, never had a wreck of any consequence and at no time was a man of his crew killed Does Your Wife Suffer? Ladles suffer terribly from constipation. ick headaches. Cascarets Candy Cathartio glve quick relief. Keep a box handy. All drugglsts, 10c, Zie, G0 Thomas Gaither of Hancock on, Md killed fous big porkers that hed heen fad| TRYARiRE of an Widexiy Aninnten o atune” thom o alning car. While | Chicago Tribune: Anyhow, it's my own making the sausage a hard pstange | fault stopped tho grinder. When removed it| 1Yo had plenty of offers in my time Droved to be a beautiful solitaire diamond | That's more than that sneaking Della Hykes can say. Men used to rave about my complexion. It hasn't changed o much. I've never seen a man that was worth sitting up till after midnight either with or &7 tor. I conld have had Hal Quinby it T had wanted him, but who would marry a man that had swallowed his chin? 1 don't have half as n ving. It was sent to Baltimore for insp tion, and came back with the information that the dlamond alone was worth at least $600. The ring was mutilated, but the stone was unharmed Unique, indeed, was that dinner given in Philadelphia the other day, where a justice whose hobby is his- | of the supremo cou torical portraits was invited to h trouble as rides Muk Sputterwell has, and she's only been with & score of guests, each of wh his own particular hobby. One's hobby was | Married ten years. Looks 100 years old engraving, another's was autographs, an Still, 1 don't like to see impudent men other's was preclous stones, another's wa t up and offer me a seat when I go In- original manscrip another's was stamps, | #1de a street car. I take the seat, but I and g0 on through the whole category of 100k daggers at 'em, hobbie There's some married women that don't want to acknowledge they're growing old Colonel George P. Gross of Kansas City Mra. Higksworthy tries to dress like a has a spoon that cost him $19,000. rs | voung girl, and she makes a perfect guy ago he was offered that sum for k hare of herself. 8h 71t she's a day in & Mexican He refused, and a1 suppose 10 men would laugh at mo two Inter the property was flooded | because I think so much of Tabby, but I aln Then came a cave-In, which Wwould rather have a cleun cat about the the property. Out of the ore on the | house than a man with a nasty old pipe Mr. Gross had a silver spoon made, | and a three day's growth of beard, I and that is all he has to show for his| don't have to sew anybody's buttons on $19,000. A former Indianapolls man had a | clther,