Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 22, 1902, Page 4

e t ] ¥ 3 * powerful tail, leavin THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY',*TUNE 22, 1902. CREW FIGHTS FIRE AT SEA Flames Rage Four Days in Hold of British 8hip Monkbarns, CARGO IS FINALLY THROWN OVERBOARD Goods Consist of Oakum, Felt and Chemicals and the Fire In Probably Result of Sp; taneous Combustion. BAN FRANCISCO, June 21.—That the British ehlp Monkbarns, which has arrived here, 149 days from Liverpool, ever reached its destination is due to the gallant fight against fire made for four days and nights by Captaio McNeely and his crew. The Monkbarns left Liverpool January 22. All went well until February 21, when, at 4:30 a. m., smoke was dlscovered coming out of the ventilators leading to the fore- hold. An investigation revealed the fact that the cargo was on fire. Four holes were cut in the deck and water was pumped on the blazing merchandise until the flames were subdued sufficiently to allow sallors to descend into the hold, fix tackle to the smoyldering ba and hoist them to the deck, from whence they were promptly thrown overboard. Nearly all the cargo In the forward hold was jettlsoned before the firo was ex- tinguished. Little harm was done to the hull of the ehip. The cargo jettisoned and In which the fire started, by spontaneous combustion, it s thought, conelsted of oakum, felt and chemicals. SAILORS' YARNS THAT ARE YAR Skill of Seafaring Men e in Drawlug ng Bow. Landsmen are queer folk, In the opinlon of the “folly, jolly mariner.” They won't belleve a sallor when he tells the truth about the queer thiugs he has seen, reports the New York Times, but when he draws upon his Imagination they sometimes be- lieve everything he & At least this bas been the experience of one veteran skipper. “It reminds me of the story of Jack and | his old Beotch mother that used to be told when I was at sea,” he said the other day, al ing this perverseness on the part of the landlubber. “Jack had just returned from a crulee around the world, and at the supper table was telling about his experl- ences. He told about the fiying fish, and his mother gently rebuked him for trying to decelve her. He epoke of whales and porpoises, and the old lady shook her head and sald that, as for her, she didn't belleve a word of It. “8o it went on until Jack, in a spirit of mischief, told her that when the ship was in the Red sea they had pulled up anchor and had found tangled In the flukes some of the charlot wheels of Pharaoh and his army. “‘Oh,’ sald the old lady, ‘certainly I belleve that, for it's in the bible.’ ‘Captain Kelley, the noted whaler, once told me of a similar experience. He was retailing some of his adventures to a group of ‘store loafers, when a tall. thin fellow rose from his cracker barrel and asked: ‘Say, Mr. Kelley, tell us how big is a whale, anyhow.’ 3 ““The captain tried to give him some idea, and a murmur of incredulity went around the clrcle. “‘How big is a whale's meuth? asked another. *“‘The jaw is fourteen or fifteen feet long,’ replied Kelley. ““There was a general unbelleving laugh. * ‘How much can you get from one ‘was next asked. “'A good whale will make about 240 barrels.’ “They didn’t belleve it. They weren't to be fooled' that way simply because they were countrymen. “The captain finally grew reckless. ‘Well, be said, ‘T'll tell you of a little experience I once had off the coast of Peru. We'd sighted near the shore a big whale with & calf by her side. The boat put in after her, and I was in charge of the har- poon at the bow. “'A temale whale with a calf, you know, is very bad tempered, and will protect her young against almost anything, but we reckoned we'd sneak up qulet like. Well, sir, wo'd got within twenty feet of the fish when something happened. The mother whale lit out with her tall, the boat wi stove In pleces, and I found myselt salling through the air toward the shore. “‘I alighted in the top of a cactus tree, where I thought myselt at least safe from the whale. But bless me if the old lady dldn't measure the distance carefully with her eye, turn about and slice that cactus tree off nicely near the base with her me up there without any way to get dow ““The captain paused, and there was a gonersl chorus of ‘Go on. That story sounds a little more reasonable,’ said one of the auditors. FOUND THEIR SON AT LAST. Quest of Paul 8. Bolg for Its Walter H. Bolger, the 18-year-old youth who disappeared from his parents' home in Youkers, N. Y., 8o mysteriously six months 4go, has been found. His father, Paul 8. Bolger, whose hair has turned white in the interval, and who has made the most ex- iraordinary search for his boy, met the truant in the Bt. James hotel, in Washinz- ton. Mrs. Bolger sald she was the happlest woman in the world. The boy was found in the United States mavy. He was on the tralning ship Franl Un in Hampton Roads, reports the New Sty HOW TO FIND OUT il » bottle or common glass with your #ater and let it stand (wenty-four hours; & sediment or settling indicats lealthy conditicn of the kidney stalus the linen it is evidence of kidney trouble; too frequent desire to pass it, or paln in the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order. WHAT TO DO, There is comfort in the knowledge so0 aten expressed that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- Root, the great kidney and bladder rem- sy, tulfl ery wish in curing rheuma- dsm, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, dladder and every part of the urimary It corrects . inabllity to hold and scalding paln in passing i, or bad eftects following use of liguor, wine ar beer and overcomes that unpleasant Decessity of being compelled to go often luring the day and to get up many times Juring the night. The mild and the ex- traordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon tealized. It stands the highest for Iits wouderful cures of the most distressing wees. If you need a medicine you sbould Jave the best. Sold by druggists in Afty- tent and one-dollar sizes. You may have & sample bottle of Swamp- Ropt and & hook that tells mere about It t0th sent absolutely free by mail. Address Or, Kilmer & Co, Binghampton. N. Y. When writing meution that you read this (enerous offer in the Omaha Sunday B Jon’'t make any mistake, but remember the wme, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swawmp- Root, and the address, Blughamten, N. 1., on every botue. a0 York World. A few days ago the father, who has been unceasing in his search, met a soldier in uniform In the Grand Central station and talked with him as he has with every man, woman and child in the last six months whom he thought he might enlist in the quest. He asked the soldier about en- listments and the record kept of youths who entered the army and navy. He was told that every mark and scar on the body of an listed man was recorded in the depart- ments at Washington. Mr. Bolger went to Washington ans As- sistant Secretary Sanger of the navy gave him every possible ald in his search of the records. The father scanned carefully the elgnature of everyone who had enlisted in the navy since November 19, last, to go in the navy since November and later several hours of patient work he found a bandwriting that he recognized as his son's The youth left bis home on November 16, last, to go to the dentist's. He was not seen or heard from after that. He did not go to the dentist’s, His father offered a reward of $500 for information leading to his discovery. He furnished pictures and descriptions of the missing boy to the lead- tog newspapers. Bvery police department in the country was enlisted in the search. The departments at Washington were called on for ald, nnd everyone responded promptly. All the forefgn consuls were appealed to. Just & few days before he was killed In the destruction of St. Plerre by the erup- tion of Mont Pelee, Consul Prentis wrote a letter to the Bolgers contalning as- surances of his interest in the quest and holding out encouragement. The ‘oy's disappearance was always & mystery which he alone has been able to unravel. He was surrounded by every His father was a suc- cesstul business man. His mother was his warmest admirer. He had an elder brother, Walter, and several beautiful sisters, and ail the members of the household lived to- gether in an/atmosphere of affection and love The fnvestigation conducted by the dis- tracted parents was so far-reaching that it would take columns to tell all the de- tails. Mrs, Bolger sald “Happy? Yes, indeed, I'm happy. I've found my boy. 1 know it now. I heard his volce over the telephone. Every concelvable place has heard from us {n the last six months; every police station In the United States, every publlc man, the heads of all the national depart- ments, every American consul abroad. We bave been in communication with Europe, Asta, Africa, North and South America and Australia. Army and navy officers from all countries have been communicated with General Kitchener and Boer generals in South Africa, General Chaffee and the gov- ernment authorities at Singapore. Not an bour that we could devote to the work of search has been allowed to pass. “Bvery ship that has left port has heard from us. Mr. Bolger took a trip through Texas on horseback and he journeyed through many other southern states on vague reports that seemed to hold out some slight hope. Our correspondence has been simply tremendous. The reward of $500 was to have been doubled on June 1 “The New York police gave us great as- sistance and Robert Pinkerton told Mr. Bolger personally that he had never heard of such an Investigation.” comfort and luxury. WOMEN LAWYERS, Some of the Successes and Experiences in New York City. There are about twenty-five women law- yers in New York City actually engaged in the practice of their profession, some In business for themselves, and some acting assoclates with their husbands. Thor engaged In the law practice alone follow & general practice, while others who do mot care to appear in court have taken up some special branch of law, such real estate or in handling of estates. One woman lawyer claims that there are many women who prefer to consult with women lawyers as they would with women doctors. They feel that a woman lawyer would not take advantage of thelr ignor- ance as & man might, and they can ask more questions of a woman than they can of & man without being turned down with scornful looks and gruff answers., As to fees, the women admit that they do not receive as much money for the same class of work as men do, except in trial cases, but they seem to be pretty well satisfied with their Incomes and do not complain of business being at all slow. “How are you treated by the men in court?” & prominent woman lawyer was asked. “When we appear In court,” she an- swered, ‘we try to be as quiet and un- obtrusive as possible in our manner of conducting cases, and in the court room, as everywhere el in this country, If a woman conducts herself with dignity and courtesy she will recelve courteous treat- ment from men." It a woman lawyer loses a case there 18 mo outburst of tears, she puts her hat on, gathers up her papers and goes back to her office to prepare a motion for a new trial or an appeal to’s higher court. Educationnl Notes Willlams' college will hold its 108th com- mencement on June 24. The executive committee of the hoard of trustees of Wellesley college announce @ new scholarship of $10,000, to be called the Anna Palen scholarship. Vassar girls have organized a wake robin the object of which is to keep the ts posted as to the arrival of new A bulletin board furnighes the in- public _meeting held at_ the Mer. club, Baltimore, about $60,00 was ubscribed toward the ,000 necessary to complete the endowment fund of §1,000,- 000 for Johns Hopkins university. The contributors to the $700,000 alreauy raised include many bankers and business men. At a mass meeting held at Cornell last week in honor of Lord Kelyin, President Schurman_announced that the '$250,000 for the new hall of physics would be forth- coming. This sum was gromlied by John D. Rockefeller, the condition being that the univeraity should ralss & like amou: a Cornell will e the full $500,000 on com- mencement day Dr. Dunn, who been selected to All the chair of Celtic language at the Cath- university at Washington, is now at university and will mer and_autumn in the wi among the Irish-speaking people of that locality Work was begun last week on the con- struction of the new Denbigh hall ot Bryn Mawr to replace the one destroyed by fire Beven bathrooms will be added. making the total in the hall nineteen. Brick fire- walls will be run up from the cellar to the roof and automatically closing fire doors will be put in. Every precaution wiil be taken in order that the disaster may mot be repeated. Harvard university lg to have a musie department, and plans have been made for an- old-fashioned red brick bullding com- bined with white limestone, two stories high, with a pillared portico in front. A site has been proposed on Holmes fleld between the Jefferaon physical laboratory and the engineering buliding The oldest public school in America 8 the Boston Latin school, which was es- tablished two and two-thirds centu; the anniversary of its estabiishment celebrated on April 2. The school was founded on Shakespeare's birthday. The olly presented a-new flag to the school, whioch was displayed for the first time In order to fitt! commemorate the event the class day exercises were held on the anniversary ago, eing BANKERS OPPOSE MEASURE Objects to Terma of Fowler Bill Pending in House of Representatives. WILL WEAKEN SECURITY FOR CIRCULATION e of Billa Against Anything but Government Bonds Denounced s Unaafe by Nebraska Financle! Bankers of Nebraska are devoting con- siderable attention to the terms of the Fowler bill now pending in congress. They do not belleve that it will pass at the present session, but are expecting it to be pushed at the next sessiom, and for this reason they are studylng its provisions, 80 that they can take a stand either for or against the bill As a general thing the bankers of thts state do not favor the measure, and sev. eral of the bankers wrote to Nebraska representatives to oppose the bill when it before the house a few weeks Ago. The principal reason for the opposition of the western bankers to the Fowler bill is given by an Omaha banker as follows: “The industrial world has lately experi- enced a new movement. Napoleons of finance have taken seventeen tottering con- cerns, have combined them into one com- pany and have ed stock to the value of four times the amount for which all the concerns could have been bought before they were combined. The New York bank- ers are loaded down with these securities, which they bought as a speculation. The western banks are free from this form of paper and will not invest. They are hold- ing their money and the New Yorkers can- not get hold of it with the trust securities they have to ofter. Now, the New Yorkers think that If they are given the right to purchase banks In the west, they can use the money of the western depositor to help them carry the awful load of se- curity which they have piled up. The west- ern banker does not want this for he believes that the securities are not as good as other forms of Investment, and has shown this belief by keeping his money out of them. How It Affects Circuiation. “Agaln, the bill Is wrong in the opinion of the western banker from the fact that it will permit banks to issue bills for circulation based upon securities other than United States bonds. At the present time our bank circulation is absolutely secure. There 18 a way specified by which the banks can increase their circulation, but they have to Invest in securities which are absolutely good. Under the terms of the Fowler bill they can invest the money of the depositor in almost any form of security, and against that security they can lssue bille for circulation. Then the bills thus iseued become a first lien on the securities pledged, and the depositor, whose money has been invested In the securities must wait for a dividend from a defunct bank until his money Las been paid to the man who holds the bill of the bank, based upon that security. If that is safe banking, 1 have learned little of the business during all of the years I have spent in it." Other points have been urged against the bill and few if any of the bankers of the state have favored any of the provisions of the measure, except that providing for the retirement of the greenbacks. That clause meets with general approval, though a large number of the bankers say that there 1s no immediate necessity for such on. The measure will probably be one of the principal things discussed at the coming session of the Nebraska Bankers' association and a paper on the subject may be presented by some mem- ber. PLEA FOR PACKING HOUSES 01d Argument Advanced Again to Justity Their Evasion of Thelr Taxes. OMAHA, June 21.—To the Editor of The Bee: We are again hearing more or less of the regular annual complaint about the packing houses of South Omaha not belng assessed for taxation on as big a basis as smaller properties. Suppose they are not; are they not entitled to consideration be- cause of the fact that {n addition to $48,- 714 of taxes pald for 1501 they are dally and weekly contributing to the welfare of the city, county and state by paying out millions of dollars each year for wages and stock purchased. Fault finding and com- plaining Itke smoking, soon becomes & babit and so accustomed are some people to mak- ing these complaints that I cannot believe they have ever stopped to comsider our loss should our four packing houses be driven to other cities; or of the vast amount of money they bring to our state and pay out for stock, wages and other disburse- ments. The weekly pay roll for wages for ‘laboring men, girls, clerks, salesmen and others amount to about $85,000 per week; or $3,380,000 per year. For stock they pay out over $60,000,000 dollars annually, most of which is for stock from and this too Is nearly money brought in here from other citles, states and foreign countries all over the world, Unlike many other Institutions—take the mercantile concerns for instance— that send out of our state large amounts of money for goods, only the small percent- age of profits remain, while with the pack- ers about $66,000,000 are brought into our state and only the small percentage for profits s sent out to such packers as are nonresidents. The packing houses bring fn foreign money—others send It away. They sup- port several coal mines, several salt mines, and an almost endless number of firms and iostitutions that are doing business in the e and developing the wes are the direct means of bringing two ad- ditional new rallroads to Omaba. are days of consolidation, economy t and centralization. Pack- maintaln stockyards. It s not unreasonable to suppose that some day in the near future there will be but three and probably only two stockyards in the United States. Omaha should be the loca- tion of one of them. We are now second to Chicago in the volume of stock busi- ness. We have already lost to St. Joseph one blg packing plant—the Hammond: Council Bluffs and other cities would wel- come the rest of our packers and ex- empt (hem from all taxes for years. I hap- pen to know that all the packers regret the mistake of locating In South Omaba with the cramped and hilly surroundings in place of the broad bottoms near Council Blufts. The packing house owners and managers are willing to stand a fair assessment and we should encourage their good will. I belleve that every corporation or individ- ual that & a la employer of labor should recelve the utmost encouragement aud consideration by the tax levylng pow- ers and our citizens generally and rather han lose one concern employing even fifty men we had better exempt from taxes for On June . durini he commensemant exercises at Bowdoin“college, the centen- nlal soniversary will be The charter of Howdain colley ranted by the general court of Massachi June 34, 1797, and was signed by Bamuel Adams. In the spring of 1802 the college was opened in the bullding now known as Massachusetts hall. The exer- usetts on Governor cises on June 28 will consist of an oration ;) ex-Speaker Thum‘ B. l\-‘dnrf IV aas oL s poust by Rav. Banel ¥ numbered the of Maine is alumn{ of Bowd among twenty years all new concerns that will lo- cate n the city or county. W. L. SELBY. A An army officer who has just returned from the Philippines says the native women are imitating the American women, school teachers and wives of army officers, in the matter of dress, personal adornment and mauners. During the last year & great change of this nature has been observed among the native women, who have been thrown into contact with the “Americanos.” The Philippine women now insist not only upon having more clothes, but better clothes. and the result is a marked im- provement In their average personal ap- pearance. A year and a half ago this officer passed through a village in Luzon. In the house where he lodged was a girl of 10 to 12 years who smoked big, black cigars and apparently enjoyed them. Visiting the same village a few months ago the officer called to see his friends, the native family. He found the girl, now a little larger, ot course, and also very much better dressed. “You are not smoking, I see,”" he said to senor.” , try one of these,” he sald, offer- ing her his cigar case. *'No, thank you, senor,” replied the gir) in fair English, “me no smoke now. Ameri- CADO women no smoke. A YEAR OF DISASTER. Record of 1902 Already App Magnitade, ling In “One woe doth tread upon another's heel, %0 fast they follow.” Public interest in the recent disasters among the West Indian tslands has hardly begun to abate before reports come of others which, but for the exceptional magnitude of the former, would be regarded as unusual in thelr fatality. The cyclone which struck the little town of Gollad, Tex., recently not only nearly de- stroyed the place, but left in its wake ninety (dead and over 100 injured—an unusual cy- clone” record for a single locality. The mine explosion at Coal Creek, Tenn., is the worst of the year, not one of the 150 men employed in the mine escaping. Simul- taneously with these events comes the news of a terrible hurricane which has swept over the province of Scinde, In British In- dla, carrying away houses, bridges and em- bankments and washing away miles of rail- road track. The few words, “many lives were lost,” are significant. The prophets who predicted that 1902 would be a year of dlsasters, says the Chi- cago Tribune, were correct. They have been in the habit of uttering these prophe- cles year after year without reeult, but (his year they have been verified, though but five months havs passed. 1f one only prophesies patiently and persistently he will assuredly be right, as the almanac in the country fnn which had the legend, “About this time expect rain.” Nature has not been 80 busy with her forces of devas- tation for many years past as she has been during the first five months of the present vear. Volcanle eruptions and earthquakes have destroyed 48,460 lives, storms 704, tor- nadoes 416, cyclones 220, floods 333, ava- lanches 228, tidal waves 103, snowslidea 39 and waterspouts 12, a total of 50,505 lives destroyed by nature's elemental disturbe ances. If to thts total were added the lives lost by agencles over which man has more or less control, such as fires, mine dis- astere, explosions, rallroad sceidents and vessel wrecks, it would be increased to over 60,000, and thls takes mo account of in- dividual lives lost In this country, which would bring the grand total up to about 100,000 lives lost In the short period of five months, In the presence of these great natural convulsions man is powerless and probably always will be. As to the disasters oce casloned by human ignorance or carele ness or neglect the despair of the situation 1s that the catastrophe of today is a sen- sation for the day and tomorrow is gen- erally forgotten. It has its lesson, but it is not often read. Even if read it is rarely heeded. DISASTERS AT MARTINIQUE. Havoe Wrought by a Hurricane Eleven Years Ago. The recent appalling disaster which has befallen Martinique, although the worst, is by no means the first terrible catastrophes which has visited the fsland, relates the New York Tribune. Indeed, the very dis- trict which was wiped out by the Mont Pelee eruplion the other “ay has been thy scene of many destructive storms, and many of the persons who perished under the rain of fire had witnessed natural dis- turbances which left a broad trail of death and destruction. The hurricane of August 18, 1891, lald the greater part of St. Plerre in ruins. Not only the light wood struc- tul but the more massive modern houses In the new district were destroyed, and great rows of trees were uprooted or soapped off before the storm subsided. Seven miles from St. Plerre is Morne Rouge, a residence spot which usually has & population of about 3,000. In the warm months, when persons go up from the lower lands on account of the superior climate, the population grows tc more than twice its pormal size. The place was densely populated and all its cottages were occu- pled In August, 1891, when a hurricane struck it and In a few moments wrecked the town and killed many of its inhabi- tants. ‘When the ruins were inspected it was found that the shrine of the church, with a fine statue of the Virgin, had been left intact. All about it was absolute ruin and the inhabitants of Morne Rouge looked upon the preservation of the rine as & miracle. When the place was rebullt the shrine was allowed to remain where it had been left by the storm and around it a new and imposing church was erected, to which pligrimages are made by great num- bers of persons every year on All Soul's day. In Frederick A. Ober's “Josephine, Em- press of the French,” the great hurricane of 1766 is described. This began at 10 p. m, August 18. The horrors of the occasion were ‘ncreased by an earthquake shock at midnight. “At 3 a. m.," says the uthor, ““the gale abated and the streets of St. Plerre appeared covered with ruins The roads were blocked with trees torp up by the roots; the ruins had brought down stones of enormous size and the shore was strewn with wrecks and dead bodies. At G a. m. a waterepout burst upon Mont Pelee and overwhelmed the nelghboring plalns. At 6 it was quite calm and the sea was smooth.”” After the storm it was found that twenty-eight French and seven English vessels had been wrecked, besides twelve passage caupes. Ninety persons perished under the ruins of their own homes and twice that number were wounded in St. Pierre alone. CITY'S INFLUENCE ON THE EYE. One Reason for the Multiplication of Parks and Avenues. “Speaking of the practice of wearing glasses,” sald a well-known optician, quoted by the New Orleans Times-Demo- crat, “there is a curlous thing about the buman eye that the average person Is con- stantly overlooking. We talk & great deal about the influence of color, about glare and all that sort of thing. Unquestionably color has a great deal to do with the weak- ness of the human eye at this time. Glare figuree as an important factor In the im- pairment of the human sight. In the mai- ter of color there is so much rioting In these latter days that the eye s kept in an almost constant straln. Red is violently red, green violently green, and so on, until the eye 1s simply stralned beyond the nor- mal in an effort to visualize the hue, and hence the optic nerves are, in a measure. stralned and Injured. But this is not the greatest danger when we come to think of modern tendencles go far as the human eye is concerned. There are other conditio which are infinitely more injuriousfban the matter of color. The glare is bad enough, too. The electric and Incandescent lights are simply fearful on one's eyesight “‘But the thing I quarrel with, more than with any other Influence, is the condition which limita the scope of one's vision. The eye should have a broad range. Ove should have the opportunity of seeing & long dis- tance. We are denled this opportunity. We are hemmed and hedged in until the dls tance wo are capable of seeing is very short Indeed. This is why I am a strong advo- cate of parks or promenades. Green fs nat- urally a restful color, and if the city could be provided with long averiues and splendid parks, where one's eyes could stretch out In a long vista, it would be a great thing. | When we come to think of the thing se- rlously, the benefit to the human eye alone would amply justify the eity in bullding | roadways and parks and things of that sort to rest the human eye. | “The human eye needs rest. It may hurt my business, the business of the optician, but it Is a good thing. High buildings and loud colors and the glare of many lights are conditions which simply force a majority of mankind to resort to artifictal means of seelng, and these conditlons are rapldly producing a race of spectacle wearers. The conditions are bad. They should be cor rected. Or at least the bad influences should be minimized so that the injury would not be so great as it fs. The eye should be given sufficient scope. It should | be given that range which would cultivate | the finer qualities of this, the finest and | most pertect of all human organs. That's why I'm in favor of parks and roadways and all that sort of thing.” AND THE CAT CAME BACK. A Feline Arouse One's Supers Incident Calculated to on. There Is a family on New Jersey avenue, relates the Washington Post, the members of which are devoted to cats. Sometimes | they have too many cats to sult their| neighbors, but the number must be large | indeed to exceed the limits of thelr own patlence and force them to give away new- born kittens. The other evening they had | an experience with the feline tribe, and thus far they are not able to decide whether to cataolgue it as a tragedy or a comedy Mrs. Blank looked out of the window after dinner and noticed In front of ! house one of those large and curfous crowds that denote an event of more or less importance. She saw that a car had | stopped, and that the motorman and con- | ductor were the center of the throng. Thinking that someone might have been hurt and that she could be of assietance she went out and stood on the outskirts of the crowd. Lying on the ground In the | middle of the group she saw a large white and black cat with its hind legs crushed by the car that had passed over it. Her heart leaped to her mouth, for she recog- nlzed the pet of the household, the mother of the numberless iltters of kittens ©he rushed back into the house and sobbed to her husband: “Delly has been killed by the car. Come out quick.” Mi. Blank did not walt to get his hat on, but went to the scene of the accident. Sure enough, there was Dolly, with the familiar white and black markings. She seemed to recognize him, and mewed plaintively as | she tried to move. Several men in the crowd decided that It would be best to kill her and end her agony, and a police- man was soon brought to the spot. He pulled out his revolver, and the crowd scattered. The bluecoat came to the decls- fon that it would be dangerous to shoot the poor thing as ehe lay on the asphalt, as the bullet might rebound and hit some- one. But he did not care to plck up the cat, fearing that in her suffering ehe mirst be mad and rabid and bite him. Mr. Blank volunteered in spite of the protests of his wite and neighbors. But he is a brave man, and tenderly picked up his old pet and lald her on the sod near a tree. Then the po- liceman stood over her and fired the fatal shot. There was mourning in the Blank house- hold that night. Mrs. Blank was sleep- less, and disturbed her husband several times by her sobs. As soon as daylight came she went out to the kitchen and opened the door leading to the porch. In bounded Dolly, followed by the other cats Mrs. Blank gave two shrieks, one of al- most superstitious wonder and another of delight. She picked up Dolly and squeezed her to see if any bones were broken in her hind legs, and was really eurprised to find the members intact. Her husband came out to as tain the cause of the tumult, but he took the matter philosophically, al- most cynically. “To think that I practically took my 1t in my hands by moving that strange ca he sald. His wife made no reply except to hug Dolly, who is mow known in the Blank household as the “ghost cat.” can be no doubt or no quibbling. b Jthe Americans, numbering hundreds prominent in the affairs of business and State. Their absolute worth is no longer questioned, but only a few can afford the time and expense of a visit to the Traubenkur. gratified at the results. may have their money back. Shiverick Furniture GCo. Half Rates FOLLOW THE FLAG. It has remained for an American Chemical Co., Rock Island, to combine all the best elements of the Traubenkur in MULL’S GRAPE TONIC and it has now been placed on general sale throughout America in drug stores at only 50 cents per bottle, so the suffering of all classes have the full benefit of these great curative agents, Think what it means to you if you are suffering from any of these troubles. important development in a medical way in America for a decade. We have secured the agency for this city, and know of the great work it is doing. 1f you are suffering from dyspepsia, constipation, liver or kidney trouble, or nervous exhaustion you owe it to yourself to give Mull’s Grape Tonic a trial. Our faith in it is so absolufe that those why buy it and get no benefit The LAST WEEK BEFORE INVENTORY. A Record Breaker IFor one week we will make startling reductions on all the odd pieces in our store, prep: annual inventory. This, in connection with our great sale of sample furniture, gives you an opportunity to buy high grade furniture at nearly half its ORIGINAL VALUE. If you are interested in SIDEBOARDS, BUFFETS, you should not overlook this great sale, as the prices ~—-you should not overlook this great sale, as the prices we have made for this week are truly REMNANT PRICES that would make any BARGAIN ROOM in the city an ob- ject of interest to every Omaha buyer. ORIENTAL RUGS In small and carpet sizes. Our line embraces all the quali- ties and some very special desivn« and colorings, and we will make for this week, a semi- ratory to our Speciai Discount of 5 per cent from our regular marked prices. We will place on sale Monday, 25 9x12 tapestry rugs that sell regularly for $17.50, at $10.00. We will sell 100 of No. 1 brush door mats, worth 75 cents at 29 cents. We have about 25 pat- terns in Brussels and Duchess curtains in two and three pair lots that we will place on sale at $4.98—some of them are cheap at $10.00. We will place on sale about 100 pair of repp and tapestry portieres, in one pair lots, at $3.50 and $5.00 per pair. These goods are worth from $5.00 to $12.50. Providence, R.1. and Return: Sold July 86, 7, 8. Nsrs norn SO0 Stepovers Allowed at Niagara Falls. CALL AT Wabash New City Office, (601 Farnam St Address HARRY E. MOORES, G. A. P, D., Omaha, Ne THINK WHAT IT MEANS TO THE THOUSANDS SUFFERING FROM Dvspepsia, Liver and Kidney Troubles, Impoverished Blood and General Exhaustion. During the last year thousands o! Americans have flocked to the Riveix Rhine and Neckar in Germany, t avail themselves of the wonderf. curative powers in such diseases of t famed TRAUBENKUR OR GRAPE GURE The fame of these cures for such diseases is world-wide and the aston ishing results have been recognized by physicians the world over. Ther The grape cures have restored to health many thousands of the Lightning Medicine Co. of It is the most The cost is small, and you will be astounded and NOTE —1f used with a little chopped ice in hot weather it will be found a delicious drink SHERMAN & Icfiprliu DRUG GO, P $.W. Cor. (6th and Dadge Sts., Omaha, (