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Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
MPsOns Elect officers.

EMERSON, Neb., June 3.-(Special.)-
Magnolia lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons, elected the following officers last
evening: +. o. Paulger, master; Frank
Coye, senior warden; A. A. Davis, junior
warden; George Haase, secretary; H.. f.
Moseman, treasurer.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04

Get a map OF Cupa and get the best and
most complete. The Bees combination map
of Cuba. the West Indies and Of the world.
With a Bee map coupon, on page 2, 10
cents. at Bee office, Omaha, South Omaha or
Council Bluffs. BY mail, IA cents. Address
Cuban Map Department.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
Elephant Kills Its Keeper.

RACINE, Wis, June 3.-Joe Anderson, the
elephant keeper with Wallace Bros circus,
was killed here today by one of the ale-
plants that became ugly. The animal broke
away and chased the whole police force and
an excited crowd of citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
acknowledgements

HEBRON, Neb june Especial. Mr..
Alexander Caldwell and Miss Margaret
Thompson were married last night at the
brides home about seven miles northeast
of here, Rev. H. G.. Wilcox officiating.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04

M'COOL JUNCTION, Neb,, June 3.-(spe-
cial, )-Persons returning from the opening
of the exposition are profuse in their praises
of Omaha business men for their enter
prise in giving the west such a magnificent
display. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04

TILDEN, Neb., Juna S,-(Special .)-While
engaged in moving chairs for the accommo-
dation of the audience attending the gradua-
ting exercises, Bennett Whitney was thrown
from a wagon and received a badly fractured
ankle ...r
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04

Eastern Star, of which his wife and Oldest
daughter were members, was also in the
long procession. 1t was one of the largest
funerals held here in a number of years.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
Supervisors In Session.

COLUMBUS. Neb.. June 3.-(Special.)-
The Board OF Supervisors for Platte county
met today and will transact what business
comes before them. They win meet tomor-
row and continue In session for three days
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
The Leading
Dress Goods House
of the West.

A stock of dress goods equal to the four
largest stocks west of Chicago.
$50 pieces of novelties, worth 25c, on
Saturday .12kc
200 pieces of novelties, Jacquards, Hen
~riettas, etc, worth 25c, on this sale. 15c
275 pieces of wool mixtures, worth Csc,
at &c
$50 pieces of German J~acquards, all
colors, better goods than is sold any
where else for 4Oc Observation-Disclosures. 25c
All our mixed novelties that sold at
Acc, SOC. CSC will go on sale at only. 800
All our novelties that were 75c, roc, soc,
soc, all go on one lot at............,.. 49c
All goods that sold from $1.25 to $3.50
will 90 49,. 9Sc
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
Towels and Linens.
Special EXQUISITE Millinery

All the prettiest creations in flowers dis
played in profusion in the big millinery
department, Trimmings and
without end.
Great reductions on trimmed pattern
hats, Copies of imported Partisan. hats,
$500, $3.50 and $1,000.
Special sale on new white trimmed sail
ors at soc. Everything in sailors at SOC
W..
Very low prices on children's stylish hats
Saturday.
Jewelry Department.
Headquarters for souvenir spoons. The
largest assortment of sterling silver SOU
venir spoons in Omaha
Sterling silver spQons,I 25c up.
Headquarters for ladies and gents fine
watches.
Ladies and gents gold filed hunting case
watch and fine Elgin or Waltham works,
cases warranted to wear 10 years, $3.50,
worth $1,000. '"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04

Board of Education presented diplomas to
tho graduates.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
Special Sheeting and Muslin Sale.
Prices Lower than Ever.

10 bales heavy l.. l.. muslin ........... 3I4c
~ bales heavy ga sheeting at ......... .12lac
10 bales soft finish bleached muslin. 41Rc
D cases Lonsdale Cambria at .......... 7l:C
Come and get our prices on ready to use
sheets and pillow cases, big stock and low
prices.
Towels and Linens.
The finest stock of towels in the country.
SOC satin damask towels, knotted
fringe, size E5X54, Observation-Disclosures. Doc
25c satin damask and buck towels at. 15c
15c damask, buck and bath towels, big
size, at 10c
10c large size cotton and Turkish
towels at sc
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Big Hat Sale.

Newest styles in hats at lowest prices.
A very nice felt hat at 4Sc
Some special bargains at 9Sc, ST. AS and ST .9S. Drcssy
and durable.
The most complete assortment of straw hats in Omaha,
at l5c, Csc, 45c, 75c.
Children's hats at Sc, 1Oc, 15c, Csc, 35c.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
For The Exposition Opening Go on
Ladies' and Mems
Furnishings.

The greatest values in their lines ever
shown i'll Omaha.
Mems extra fine suspenders, the best makes, worth soc
and Zoe, and sale at Csc.
Mems black and brown socks, worth 15c pair, 3 pair 25c.
Mems fine balbriggan shirts and drawers, in plain and
fancy colors, worth SOC, at 25s
Mems fine Numbered percale shirts, worth 75c, at Doc.
Mems extra fine colored shirts, in all the newest patterns
worth 81, at soc.
All the newest styles in neckwear at 25c
Ladies' fine black and brown seamless hose, worth DC, at
3 pairs for 25c
Children's bicycle hose in black and brown, with double
heel and toe, worth 25c, at 12tc
Ladies' fine vests, in assorted colors, worth 25c, at l2tc
A full line of corsets and ladies' furnishings.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
China
Depart1t1e

Elegant decorated toilet sets ...,...Sl.9S
Decorated dinner plates ........ ........ DC
Decorated cups and saucers, each -. sc
COZ. S-oz and i0-oz handle beer glasses
dozen ..,..... ........ ................ soc
10O-picce decorated dinner sets ........S5,95
Crystal wine glasses ...... ............ &c
Plain white cups and saucers, EACH. &c
Complete kitchen lamps, with retlectors l9c
japanese lantern from SC up to 1900. 15c
Fancy china cups and saucers ........ 1Oc
Exposition stamp plates 400. ........ 1Oc
Jardineres. from ACC up.
Complete stand lamp ............. 800. zoe
Plain white plateS-2c, 3c............... iC
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
3 Big Silk Specials
for Saturday.

CHANGEABLE AUSTRIA SILKS, all
the new color combinations, on Satur-
PLAIN BLACK INDIA SILK, fine
quality, on sale Saturday. ............. So
BROCADE BLACK GRO GRAINS,
the biggest lot, in the handsomcst
designs, all placed on sale Saturday
AT ...::...';'.'''."'' "..'..r'..',. ~
This silk sale commences Saturday morn
ing promptly at s o'clock.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
Blask Dress Goods,

Black Dress Goods.
We have no competition on black
goods, 15c. 19c, DC, 29c, SOC, ACC up to. 81. 80
We are exclusive agents for Priestley's
black goods in Omaha.
We sell black goods for skirts at 35c that
can't be matched in Omaha for 75c.
Mail orders promptly filed. Satisfaction
gunrnnteen or mOneN rcfunded.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
More Bargains

We give away free with one pound OF
japan Tea a fancy decorated cup ana
saucer. Why do you pay 75c for tea when
you can buy fancy basket fired uncolored
Japan for 35c?
Japan Tea Dust, only.................'l21ac
| New Spring Leaf Japan for............ l9c
Extra choice Blend for Ice Tea, only. 25c
Cev,on Oolopg. Assam, Formosa only. CSC
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
Housefnrnishing goods--stoves

The Mason & Davis 6-hole Steel Range
with high shelf and water front,
large oven; regular $4,000 range,
Special ......s29 so
6-hole Cast Range, 20-inch oven -. 1896
6-hole Steel Range, as fine as silk, with
high shelf, low warming closet and
reservoir, regular $500 special. . .$25 so
3-burner Gasoline Stove ............ 81 60
Stove Pipe &c
Elbows .......... ................. &c
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
Tea and COffee~~sxaass

Fresh Roasted Rio Coffee, only 10c and 12fac
Choice Santos Coffee, only ............. 15c
Golden Santos Coffee, nly............17Rc
Golden Rio Coffee, only zoe and ........ 22c
Mocha and Java Blend Coffee, only. 25s
Pure Mocha and Java, nly............ $50
Best Mandheling Mocha and Java Cof-
fee, 3 pounds 10
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

of "Ohs," from the ladies, intermingle with Great Scottsi' from the men.
 Each one wonders what next. They would be in total darkness except for two straight shoots of light from bulls eyes opposite and faint green gleam through a crevice in one corner. At the farthest end great iron bars loom dimly, and in the red light from be- yond are glimpses of dusky figures in convict stripes walking to and fro Low, weird music, as of muff1ed voices, sepulchral in their dirgelike chant seems to come from under ground
 A moment for all this. Then an elec- flooded with light. Such a commotion! In one breath the ladies declare they are frightened to death and in the next that it is perfectly jolly"
 But what on earth is it?' they ask "A real. true dungeon? My, but those bars make me shudderi
 We cant have dinner in such place" says another. Why, there are no tables and chairs"
 What is that wire thing over there in the corner?" third wants to know.
 Some man explains that it is a rat trap, and everybody shrieks according ly-and from that moment Bedlam reigns. Opera wraps and top coats are gotten rid of, and every one enters into the spirit of the occasion. It's a jolly lark, and they like it immensely Butchers aprons are passed around and there is lot of fun in helping one another get into them.
 Then the beefsteaks came on and the colored attendants in convict garb whisk to and fro. First they bring in tray of cocktails, of the old-fashioned kind. The beefsteaks are then served on thin. square pieces of bread, and are taken directly in the fingers. for there are neither plates nor forks to be had
 This is shocking!" the feminine nov ices in Bohemianism declare, but it is also delicious" And they are served again and again.
 The guests are seated on benches built into the wall. A rickety wooden box stands in front of each, and on it
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
MYSTERY OF TIE SEA OF WORMS. Professor Woodwork of Harvard Has Just Arrived Here After Careful Study of the Curious
 Freak of ADrnu Life

"HE pablo, tiny, thread-like sea
 worm. is one of the unsolved
 mysteries of the great Southern
 l Seas. There is nothing like it
 known in the whole world of natural history, and scientists have hitherto been at loss to solve the problem of it's brief existence. It ap- pears only in Samoa and Fiji. and then but once year, just before sunrise. It's brief existence is limited to the space of an hour or so at the most.
 To the Samoans the Pablo day con- stitutes feast of the utmost import ance, followed by morrow of sorrow and dyspeptic repentance. The worm always comes to the surIace on the last day of the third quarter of the moon in October or November. If it does not appear on the first month. then it is sure to be seen on the second. I re- member, when I was living on Manono. attending one of these great fishing ex- petitions. For days we had been pre- paring for the event. We had made closely woven baskets for holding the pablo, and elaborate hand nets for scooping them out of the water. Be- ing a foreigner, 1 used mosquito net ting for my scoops, but the natives. not being inclined to extravaganza, were contented with finely woven matting
 Long before dawn on Pablo morning the whole village was astir. Men ran hither and thither, carrying huge cocoanut torches, by the light of which they dragged their little outrigged canoes down to the water Women and girls hustled about, carrying the necessary paraphernalia down to the boats, and soon we were off, steering, I could not tell where. through the | blackness of tropic nioht.
 It was long pull across the silent | glassy lagoon to the Falealili Passage through the reef, where pablo were to |
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"Oh, any old kind. See here?" Step ping behind the bar he took from a drawer handful of imitation coins of all sorts. They were all, it was mo- tlceable, exactly the size and shape of nickel. Some betrayed their origin with the name and address of the maker, and sold in the first instance Tor perfectly legitimate use in the tele- phone. It is easy to see how they be- came diverted to their present knavish use. Others were simply plain, flat disks of white metal, obviously manu- factured for the purpose, for it is diff ficult to understand how they could be put to any other use
 As nearly every saloon in the city has a gambling machine of one kind or an- other, very large number of those dumps can be put in circulation daily and probably good many rogues make a dishonest living by cheating this il- legal machine. Still we need not waste any sympathy on the machine. Ii has no legal status and really has no right to exist.
 The game is perfectly safe one. for even if detected the spieler cannot be prosecuted. The machine is outside the pale of the law, and the worst the gambler need expect is a vigorous kick
 
 suspicion, generally purchases two or four bits worth of nickels to start the game with. If watched, he plays only the genuine coin, but he soon finds an opportunity when the bartender is busy, to slip in some slugs, and of course stands a certain winner.
 The proprietor of large number of these machines told me that most of the slugs came from a certain saloon on Bush street, but probably the swindlers would soon change their base of operations. The internal con struction of the machine renders inc game particularly easy. At the start the machine is stocked with ninety-siy nickels, or S4 80. These, of course must be genuine coins Whatever money goes into the machine beyond this amount passes into the overflow bag, and it is from this receptacle that the dumps are taken in such numbers It is strange comment upon our an tipathy to the Mongolians that. though the heaviest play on this machine takes place in a Chinatown saloon few if any slugs are found in it. The Chinese are heavy gamblers. but they always play fair, and the Caucasian trick of using imitation money has not vet been adopted by them
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The moments of suspense seemed hours, until at last, looking out over the surface of the waters, caught sight of tiny floating worm about six or eight inches long and as thick as a piece of packing twine The chief sit ting beside me caught sight of if as soon as l did, but said nothing. He only sat still and watched, until an- otner worm and then another and then dozens more appeared on the surface.
 A chorus of delighted approval went up from all the canoes, "Hurrah, hur- rah, the pablo has come Soon the lagoon was thick with the shimmering Dlue and gray mass; the worms were literally countless in number. and we were all hard at work baling them up into the boat as fast as we could It does not do to delay making your catch. The pablo is not long for this world AS the sun rose above the horizon and cast it's golden rays over the wateS the worms dissolved, as If melted by the heat. In few minutes not a speci- men was to be seen.
 We haStened homeward. anxious to reach the shore before the heat of the tropical sun made rowing an unbeara ble task. In the cool shade of the thatched houses the women and girls divided the haul into little leaf GOV cred bundles, while the young men and -noys heated great piles of stones for the oven.
 The favorite native way of preparing the pablo is simply to bake it, well wrapped in leaves Tn the national oven the oldest kind of cooking appliance known to man. The food Is placed on a bed of hot stones, Is we'll covered LID with leaves and more red hot stones are piled on top. until the whole is per fectly fnclosed. Then in the space of an hour or more, when the stones have grown cold, the meal will be found per fectly cooked.
 In Fiji. where they call the worm the bolole, similar event takes place ey- cry year. But strangely enough, mo- | where else does this remarkable crea.
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a'stone mug and clay dish filled with

stone mug and clay dish filled with salt.
 The kitchen is separated from the revelers by a formidable looking door of iron bars-the same through which the red light had gleamed upon their entrance. Tempting whiffs and sput- ters from English chops and the beef steaks cavort through the opening.
 The cook peers out every now and then. Sometimes he Is greeted with cheers and shouts of Long live Bennie, king of the dungeonl" He Is short and round, with face as red as a Christ mas apple. Ale flows like water from a cask embedded in the wall, and a great part of the fun lies in the draw ing of it.
 "A toast to the jolly dungeon!" a pretty woman laughs, and it is drunk with hearty good will. "A toast to our fair companions." some masculine voice proposes, and it is given again and again.
 and some one plays a rollicking tune, the boxes are set aside and dancing is begun.
 Never were gleaming shoulders set off by weirder background-the dull gray stone of the walls, roughly hewn, and scattered over with rusted flint locks, old carbines and grewsome i'm plements of murder and war; pair of handcuffs that have bruised wrists for half a century, slave shackles from African horrors, queer blunderbusses of Revolutionary days. Along the raft CTS overhead are beer mugs of every make and mold.
 Between the dances there are songs and choruses The banjo and guitar are taken from the colored attendants, who have twanged out their racial melodies during the early evening, and the dungeon echoes with the merrymaking.
 It is late, quite late, when the rickety stage coach finally rolls away and the great iron door clangs on the deserted dungeon, and New York society folk feel well assured that they have been bohemian and have had no end of good time as we'll
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score or more to dine with him at the Waldorf, mayhap, and when they come he bundles them, one and all, into a rickety stage coach and whisks them away to the dungeon.
 Arrived at Twenty fourth street, on the sunset side of Fifth avenue, they are led through a long, dingy passage way toward flickering light, which is seen on coming nearer to be set back in recess, half hidden by cobwebs The air is musty. The dull, half dead ened echo of footballs makes the flesh creep.
 The men wonder what is to come next, and their feminine companions are nearly frightened out of their wits. Then the host fetches forth a mon strous key and coolly fits it into a pad lock, the like of which was ne'er seen before, when clang. the great iron door swings back and he solemnly bows his guests in. There is more rattling of chains and the monstrous key has locked the door behind them. A series
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
Champagne Punch.

- o two-gallon bowl strain the juice of six lemons . caieiuiy then add one pound of pure loaf snear two quarts Of mineral water Mix ths ong ano come come syrup Add slowly one quart of pure dry sh w two quarts of pure Moselle wine one sherry in ~ s - h,afascnlno two sherry wine gassfuls of o,,
 h oe sherry wine glassfu of chartreuse yellow. two brandy. e pm. or very old
 Al,er Joining let this ten minutes and ada civ very ripe oranges in thin also six very rire
 M li Slces TO make it perfect put four ouartc of aiiPasne It should be borne in mind that the ,r,a pc cold as ice; that all ingredients shord he s @ ee oelore using If desired lump of ce ond S
 s. , III equal quantities vice versa Serve in san.
 glasses at once after mixing m sauterne
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ture appear. and scientists have long been puzzling their brains to account Tor the phenomena. Macdonald, who first discovered this curious marine creature, christened it, for lack of a better name, Pablo Viridis, but hc failed to assign it definite place among the genera of tropical waters. Various other natural science investi- gators have made casual investigation into the pablo mystery, but it has been left for Harvard University to achieve anything like definite results.
 So few months ago MT. Woodworth was dispatched to Samoa with orders to solve the problem at all costs. He returned to San Francisco recently on the Alameda and is now preparing
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
Special to The Cail-Herald.

T HINK of dinner party in a
 dungeon-the menu served with
 such aecompaniments as clank-
 ing chains on ponderous doors,
 great iron barred windows, and
 swarthy, w-browed attendants in prison garb stalking in and out with the steaming viands. It makes you shudder. doesn't it? Yet just such dinners as these promise to be quite the Jolliest of the winter season, if the few. in which society has already indulged may be accepted as criteria.
 The Jolly Dungeon'-for such the scene of these grewsome festivities is designated-has been known to New York for only few weeks. It is quite the novelty of the hour. For weird ness 1t equals anything in the old world. Just now it affords a lot of fun to the man who enjoys spring ing surprises on his friends. He asks
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II
 fore his own bar, careless and
 at his ease, apparently engaged
 in friendly conversation with
 a customer. But in reality he
 had his weather eye open. and was keenly scrutinizing the doings of an individual who worked the gam bling machine.
 It was one of those big, ornamental affairs which have become so common of late in San Francisco saloons. These machines, which come from some mys- terious factory in Chicago. are similar in size and shape to an old-fashioned eight-day clock, such as the one which stopped when grandfather died. The only difference is that the face. instead of indicating the hours, is divided in numerous different colored sections. ranging in value from 10 cents to a dol lar.
 There are five colors which may be played. You put nickel in one of the slots, give the handle strong push. and the dial revolves with great rapid ity, so that all the colors seem blend- ed. If it stops on a winning number the machine, actuated by some hidden mechanism, which is almost human in It's intelligence, performs the opera ton technically known in the argot of the saloons as coughing up." It makes a peculiar noise. something be- tween a sigh and sob, and drops the sum won into pocket at its base. It is easy to understand the machines grief at yielding up any portion of its ill-gotten gains, and the ingenious in- ventor did we'll in providing it with the means of giving expression to it's sor- row.
 The visitor who stood before the ma chine, though young in years, bore the word spieler written all. over him, from his fiashy clothes and cheap jewelry. to the cunning wrinkles round his sensu- ous mouth. He played the game with the determination of practiced hand put ting in three or four nickels at a time, while the machine coughed up with alarming frequency. At last he went away, a dollar or so ahead. and the saloon-keerer looked relieved.
 T am sure that is the man who has been putting slugs in.' he said. but I watched him too closely this time"
 What slugs?" asked.
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oooo oooo coco oooooooeooooooooo GAMBLERS TRICKS
 ON THE SLOT MACHINE.

\ HE little saloon-keeper stood be- fore his own bar, careless and
 at his ease, apparently engaged
 in a friendly conversation with customer. But in reality he
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
THE PALoLo, BEFoREIT IS THROWN OFF

THE PAlOtO, BEFORE IT IS THROWN OFF.
 The pablo, tiny thread-Ike sea worm one of the unsolved mysteries of tie great southern seas. There is nothing like it known in the whole world of natural history, and scientists have hitherto been at loss to solve the problem of its brief existence. It appears only in Samoa and Fiji, and then but once year, just before sunrise Its brief existence is limited to the space of an hour or so at the most
 be found in the greatest numbers.
 We found hundreds of other canoes. gathered from all the surrounding viii iages. at the. rendezvous, and pleasant greetings, mixed with good humored Gnaff, were banded from boat to boat. But all the time the party scanned the surface of the water with serious in tent.