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Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

some weeks before by a hogshead Of whale
oil rolling on it. The injured member was
in a terribly decomposed state and the man
was evidently suffering intensely, although
he gave no outward sign.
When the captain asked the doctor what
could be done, the latter started to tell him
in confidence. At that the sailor spoke up:
Don't be afraid to tell me, DOCTOR" he
said; II can stand 1t all right"
well, my man." responded DR.. Bean,
''amputation is the only thing that will
relieve you, but l have neither the neces-
sary instruments or anesthetics."
The sailor smiled.
Don't mind about little things like
that" he said.
But began DR.. Bean.
The sailor smiled again.
"oh, start in now" was all that he said.
DR.. Bean had with him a case of pocket
Instruments for dissecting birds. When he
pulled this out the sailor seated himself
on a cask, unceremoniously crossed his legs
and held out the injured foot.
The doctor started to work. He first re-
moved the toes with the little bird knife.
which hacked more than It cut. Then he
found that up under the flesh the instep
bone was affected for nearly an inch. So
he had to rip and turn back the flesh. Then
with tweezers, for he had no saw. he
shipped of the diseased part Of the bone
a little at a time. That done he pulled
the flesh down and sewed up the wound.
After an hours work he announced that the
job was finished. And the sailors foot
had not quivered nor a muscle in his face
moved in pain.
smilingly the sailor uncrossed his legs,
slid OF the cask. reached for the doctors
hand, shook it heartily. roared a grateful,
81 thank We, sir" and then hobbled OF
toward the ~fo'csle, whistling a rolIickine
sailors fig. WILLIAM MORRIS.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

There are now 1875 Young Mems Christian
associations, with a total adult membership
OF 284,9l2. The value of property held in
buildings exceeds $50 O,000.
Miss Althea NJ. Brown, a graduate of Fisk
university, and DR.. Lucius A.. De Yampert,
two colored missionaries, will be sent by
the Southern Presbyterian church to Africa.
Rev. John Edward Herman, pastor of
the Congregation church of Milford, n. H,
read the sermon on Sunday which was
preached 100 years ago by Rev. Humphreys
Moore at his installation as pastor of the
church.
Ground has just been broken for the
building of the $1,000 church in the Bronx,
which sum was b~equeathed In the viii Of
the late Charles b. Beck. The church is
to be a memorial to the testator's mother.
jeanette Beck.
There has been incorporated under the
auspices of the Protestant Episcopal church
OF the New York diocese an organization
called the Church Militant army. Its pur-
poses are to assist churches, missions and
societies and to engage in evangelistic work.
The pope has been happy in legacies. It
has been reckoned that during his pontih-
cate a sum OF more than &l,OOO,OO has been
b~equeathed TO him in various ways, 5000
having come TO him in one year, and one
recent bequest being for no less than
100000.
The Brahman attendants OF a famous Idol
god in India recently struck for more pay
and for eight days refused to battle the lido
or offer him food. The people would neither
eat nor battle until their idol was bathed
and fed. The district magistrate appointed
new attendants for the idol and thus ended
the strike. which threatened 70 end in a
serious riot
Thomas ]. Ryan's great gift OF Sl25, OJ
for a new Roman Catholic cathedral ir
Richmond, Va, has brought TO light the
fact that he was the hitherto unknown
giVer of the Sacred Heart parochial school
recently completed. The cathedral will also
be known as the Sacred Heart, and like the
present cathedral OF ST. Peter will be stu
"a anw "a nnEE IL dill h. arVV.NFaw-. go
resemble a famous European cathedral
built on a similarly shaped triangular plot
OF ground.
Rev. O. +. caches, d. d., OF Hightstown
n. j.. startled his fellow members Ot the
Baptist Ministerial union by declaring at a
meeting that the cost OF obtaining divorces
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

fruit, green coffee berries Just as they
have been picked and beeswax.
In looking again through this window Of
Uncle Sans we see that most familiar and
commonplace thing. the onion. But where
do you suppose we see IT coming FRONT
From Egypt, the land Of obelisks and pyra-
mids and buried Pharaohs.
We call on many other lands for onions,
too. England sends us the most. Then
comes beautiful Bermuda, the land Of lilies.
Then comes Spain, Cuba, the British islands
in the West Indies, Italy, Canada, Mexico
and France.
A few years ago we imported many thou
sands of bushels from Switzerland. Now
and then a few come from China.
Uncle SANS children really do need lots
of food. Such a thing as cheese, for In
stance. comes to them from twenty-one
different countries and some Of them are
the very last ones that you would think
OF as shipping cheese to America.
who would suppose that Uncle Sam got
some of his cheese from Turkey? Almost
a ton Of it was sent to US from that coun-
try last year. The year before we even
got some from Egypt.
Eggs make a curious story, too. The
Chinese empire shipped more to us last
year than did any other foreign country.
The Chinese hens had to lay fast to supply
our demand, for so. 1000 dozens were sent
to Yankeeland. Hens in Canada, Mexico,
Japan, England and France had to help.
The sheep herders Of all the world had
to watch focks for US. Rough. lonely men
in rude shanties in Australia and New
Zealand, half-breeds in the wide plains Of
Argentine, in South America; sedato,
haxen-haired little shepherd boys in Bel
GUM, Germany and France; wild armed
Monaghan rovers In China, mounted Tartar
herders on the Russian steppes, Peruvian
Indians, blanketed Uruguayans-all tended
sheep whose fleece reached Uncle Sam
Men fought wolves in Russia, jaguars
In the Argentine and in Peru, hesh-eating
parrots in New Zealand and robbers in
China that the big republic, Of which many
OF them knew almost nothing, might have
the wool at last. The clothing that you
are wearing now many be made from wool
that has had adventures that would make
the finest story book. and it would all be
true.
MI 49, = A. .lA-- - 49,
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Mrs. Roosevelt's dressing room is in paper
Of a gray tint, the pattern being Of a most
delicate rose. The curtains are Of silk,
also rose colored. but of a richer tone. The
carpet is Of a solid color in pearl gray.
Miss Alice's dressing room is papered
with a lattice pattern, with rich red roses,
and the chintz curtains match 1t perfectly,
and the carpet also.
The presidents apartment at the south
west corner of this floor consists Of a bed
room, private office, library and sitting
room. The bed room is papered with a
green ribbon pattern, and the curtains
match 1t. His private office is in rich
golden browns, and the library is a Colonial
blue.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

is too great i'm this country and that a uni
form rate Of $40 should be established. He
explained his position in this way: ''In this
state It costs anywhere from SIS to 800 for
a divorce, the amount being too great for
those OF the middle classes 70 pay. The
result is that instead Of being divorced they
simply part and marry at Will"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

gallows. A man now prominent in New
York City was assigned to the task of try
ing to prevent the expiration OF the crime.
His attempts resulted in failure, and the
day before the date set for the execution
he called on the murderer and informed
him hat nothing more could be done.
"All right" said the man. but they'll
hang the wrong fellow tomorrow"
To the politicians query whether he
could do anything for him, the prisoner an
swered mo-"
BIT what about a ~priest?" asked the
politician.
mo" said the condemned man. adding
a moment later: But there's a Methodist
preacher in town who's been kind TO me.
I'd like to tell him goodhy."
Half an hour before the time set for the
hanging, the sheriff went to the murderer's
cell. He had been a model prisoner and the
sheriff wanted to show his appreciation in
some way. so he asked
well. Jim, is there anything l can do
for your"
"ITn thank you for a good cigar was
the reply.
When the procession to the gallows
started the prisoner was calmly smoking
q cigar. Arrived under the moose the
sheriff spoke:
I'm sorry to interrupt you. Jim. but
it's time to quit smoking"
"T beg your pardon for delaying you,
sheriff" replied the man, without a tremor
In his voice And then with the calmness
Of a man taking a cigar from his mouth
and placing 1t carefully on the edge OF his
desk preparatory to writing his signature
to a paper. the murderer removed his cigar
from his mouth and placed II on the scat
folds rail. Then he crossed his hands
behind his back.
The cigar and the mans life went out
together.
A Policeman in Action.
Fifteen years ago there was a policeman
in New York Of the name Of Sheridan.
He had a side partner as extraordinarily
big as he was little. The big man one day
interfered with the doings OF the motor
ious East Side gang OF short Tails" wharf
rats and ~looters. and he was murdered in
| broad daylight on his beat for his pains,
When the captain OF the district heard OF
the murder he declared that now at last
the Short Tails" would be broker up and
imprisoned. despite the pleadings Of prom
inent politicians who were swarminE
around the station house. So he set about
forming a platoon OF police to take into
the haunts of the gang. As he was about
this duty the murdered mans chum, little
Sheridan. strolled in.
They murdered him, did they" he
yelled. And they've got bricks piled on
the roofs OF the tenements to throw at vi
when we march into their street. have
they? And they're standing on the street
corners looking for q hEhtl Well. -
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02
Fast Time

to New York or Philadelphia is made by
the superbly equipped trains OF the Lehigh
Valley Railroad. Double Track. Stone ball
lasted. Automatic Electric Block Signal
System in operation over the entire route.
stop-oyer allowed at Niagara Falls on
through tickets to New York OF Philadel-
phia.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

that touch Of reserve which marks tho
decoration OF the entire house. The parquet
floor will have a deep border OF marble
for the woodwork Of the wall. TIL ceiling,
in stucco, will be ornate. A large marble
fireplace is at the middle OF the west wall.
A great American eagle is an appropriate
and graceful feature Of the panel above
this fireplace.
One marked feature Of this room will
be heads Of American animals, such as
bison, moose, deer, and the like. splendidly
mounted, which will stud the frieze at regu-
lar intervals. Possibly trophies Of the
chase which the rifle Of the present strenu-
Gus president has secured may add a his
torlcal interest to som of these impressive
features of the room.
Between the Feast room and the state
dining room there are three smaller rooms
on the south side-the Green room, the Red
room and the Blue room. The Red room,
an oval 39x29 feet in dimension, is between
the two others. which are each 28x22, so
that this oval is in the middle OF the south
ern front. it's southern curve projecting
somewhat beyond the line Of the house and
forming a bay, which is continued on the
floor above.
These three rooms will be treated In
velours Of the several colors which have
given them their names. Although their
dimensions do not call for such elaborate
treatment as the enormous East room or
the state dining room, they will have in
hangings and furniture a harmonious and
delightfully."- decorative character.
The rest OF the space on the ground floor
is taken up by the vestibule which the
Pennsylvania avenue entrance opens into,
q spacious corridor, a fine stairway at the
east side and an elevator and small ante
room at the west side.
Tho annr nhnrn 10 nIrnn nrar 10 living
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02
said kindly; "Are you hungry, little girl3"

said kindly: Are you hungry, little girl?"
Eyes, sir" was the reply.
Then why don't you take a sandwich"
Because l haven't any fork"
Fingers were made before forks" said
the doctor, smilingly.
The little girl looked up at him and re-
piled, to his delight: mot my fingers"
How far back can you remember, Will
lie?" asked the inquisitive visitor.
"Oh, ever so far" replied the little fell
low. II can remember when l couldn't re-
member anything at all"
Mamma-You must be awfully careful,
darling. The doctor says your system is all
upset.
Little Dot-Yes, l guess It is, mamma,
cause my foot's asleep, and people must
be terribly upset when they go to sleep at
the wrong end.
Little boy" said the parson, 81 hope you
don't read those horrid dime novels"
mot me-" replied the wise youngster.
II know where TO get better ones for a
nickel"
A Brooklyn school teacher whose scene
OF labor is not on the "aristocratic Park
Slope" recently told one of his boy pupils,
who was insubordinGte, that he must be-
have.
IF you do not do better" said the
teacher. II shall go see your father"
Huh" said the boy, who was only three
feet high, yer will have to take n pick
an shovel to see him. He's dead"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02
Things We Buy Abroad Ct; 2Esa Ss%' E % S"%s S VI:

book. Pepper takes one into distant for
eign climes, indeed.
In Germany when big folk want to
brighten children they threaten to send
them to 1.-The land where the pepper grows"
That is most alarming to the German chill
dren and often they become quite good al
most at once.
Men have always wanted pepper, so much
that long ago when they still knew so lit
tie about the world that they imagined II
was fiat they made daring voyages to look
for it. The old Arabian sailors, much as
they feared the djinns and the great bird
roc and other terrors of the unknown
world, managed to make their way to the
East Indies and carry back great cargoes
Of It. The Portuguese ventured clear
around the Cape Of Good Hope to get 1t.
Uncle Sam needs an immense amount of
It. He imported more than eight tons of
It last year. All Of Uncle Sans pepper did
not come from the East Indies. One-half
ton came from the West Indies. Egypt and
China sent some, too.
Egypt is sending us many more products
than one would guess. We get tobacco, tea,
sugar. opium, olive oil. r~aisins. figs. dates,
cotton. hides and skins and butter from
thai ancient land.
Uncle Sam buys something everywhere,
even in the most unlikely places. The book
shows that he &epght horses in Sweden and
Norway; bones, AoAis and horns in all sorts
Of places from Ven&haela, in South Amer
ica, to Japan; milk in Denmark and Mexico;
feathers in Alden. on the Red Sea. and
China, ASstria and Guatemala; grease as
far as AustfAlia and cider in Cuba and Spain.
He sent to"the Island Of Malta. to Servia,
to Spanish Africa, TO the Canary islands
and to the mouth Of the Amazon river for
goat skins.
He bought sausages in Hong Kong.
Painted Fiji islanders sold his traders sau-
sage castings.
The free men OF Liberia, the African re-
public, sold him coffee, as did the yellow
Samoans, negroes from the Congo and the
Central Americans.
When you eat you mince pie and plum
pudding on this Thanksgiving day you
might remember that the plums, prunes,
raisins, lemons and other nice things that
go into the pleasing compounds are inn
ported from Turkey. France. Portugal. Aus
tria. Greece, the West Indies and dozens Of
other distant places.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02
II MUST COME.

Az inevitable as the changing seasons Of
the year is the change which comes to
every woman. And just as one antci-
pates the changes of other seasons 1t lie
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

For instance, where do you suppose most
OF our imported beeswax comes from? II
Is sent from the island that we made free
Cuba. And the neighbor in the Caribbean
sea, Santo Domingo, furnishes the next
greatest quantity.
The black republic, Hayti, which is on
that same island. also supplies a great deal.
In Hayti and Santo Domingo the beeswax
is brought to the dingy little seaport places
by natives from the interior.
Most Of these ports have certain days
when everybody comes into market. Then
one may see, early in the morning as
soon as the wonderful sulphur-yellow dawn
begins, long lines Of small, black donkeys
winding down the narrow paths Of the
beautiful mountains that rise almost from
the sea.
Each donkey has two cunning baskets,
one on a side. They are made Of plated
palm leaves and OF stout grasses and they
are stuffed full Of all the strange products
OF the ~land-great yam like immense
sweet potatoes. pineapples that fill the
hot morning air with delicious odors, fat
little red bananas, great plantains like yell
low bananas, only much longer and not nice
to eat raw; big piles OF oranges and grape
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

wise to anticipate
this change Of sea-
son and prepare for
1t. In this way the
discomforts and
disasters suffered
by nan women at
the period of
c change can be
avoided or over
come.
DIR. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription,
a medicine for
every Of
woman's life, will
entirely meet the
needs of women at
this period of
change. IL cures
the physical ills
and relieves the
mental anxiety and
denreesion usually
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

Oliver Wendell Holmes was one day seated
near the refreshment table at an enter
tainment and observed a little girl looking
with longing eyes at the good things. He
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02
The New White House

throughout the entire reconstruction OF
the new White House, or the Presidents
House. as II was called Of old, the prevail
ing simplicity and richness and the har-
mony OF all the details in furniture. hang
ings, carvings and marble show the domi-
nation OF one mind In the arrangement Of
the whole. That unity has been so per-
tectly secured with such grateful variety in
the treatment Of the several rooms lie due
to the presiding architect, Mr.. McKim.
The American citizen who sees the new
White House and has the opportunity OF
wandering through its rooms, relates the
New York Times. will feel that the presl-
dent is ftly housed. The condition Of the
White House was so bad as 70 necessitate
a radical nance. Some Of the woodwork
was positively rotten.
The great East room is already COM
pleesd. This runs north and south the
entire depth of the White House, making
a grandiose apartment 7sx3s feet. 1t is all
In white. The walls are marked off by duted
Corinthian pilasters and panels. There il
a liberal use OF decorative features and
rich gliding. so that. with a certain noble
simplicity in keeping with the architectural
character Of the house itself. there is a re-
fined dignity that accords with the large
public functions for which this room lie
used. There are windows on three sides Of
the room. and a veranda adjoins the east
ern wall.
The corresponding west side is entirely
taken up by the state dining room, which
has been considerably enlarged. so that
It is now 3sx49 feet, and the private dining
room, on the north side, which is 2sx25
feet. A large pantry adjoins this.
The state dining room, as BELTS its pur-
pose. is one OF the richest in its treat
ment. II is finished In lmnorted English
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

The state dining room, as BELTS its pur-
pose. is one Of the richest in its treat
ment. II is finished in imported English
oak-a wood OF a rich natural brown and
beautifully grained. The carving and gildi-
ing in this room are magnificent, yet with
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

Ethel lin the pantry)-shall l steal the
oranges.
Freddie (watehing outside)-No. the ap-
Piles. Oranges smell while you're eating
them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

II you should happen to see a little book
that Uncle Sam has Just published en-
titled Sources of the Agricultural Imports
Of the United States you would hardly
consider it a delightful story book. 1t is
full Of tables of long figures in fine print
and most depressing to the view, like a
rainy Saturday.
Yet that book really is as interesting as
a game, relates the New York Sun. You
can do with it what Robert Louis Steven
sons children did when they gazed out Of
their windows and over the garden palings
and imagined for fun that the land beyond
was a far, strange country and that the
familiar brook was a mighty mountain
river roaring through the heart Of Asia
and that the nelghbors we're men Of savage
climes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

Then there is the pepper window in the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

The floor above is given over to living
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

Sunday school teacher-Tommy, can you
tell me why the Israelites made a golden
calf?
Tommy-'Cause they didn't have enough
gold to make a beef trust.
II wish" said an anxious mother to her
indolent son., that you would give a little
attention to your lessons"
why, mamma" replied the little fellow.
II do give them as little attention as /
possibly can"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

Uncle Sans dry book Of figures is like
a window that opens into the storylands
OF the world. The stories jump all around,
from the Pacific islands to London and
from the Azores to Australia And some
most common articles suddenly get new in
terest when we see from what queer places
they come.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

associated with this critical period. Il
t-auquilizes the nerves, encourages the
appetite aud induces refreshing sleep.
!. G. Carlisle, Rsq, OF Manchester, Coffee Co..
Tenn., writes: ~ have been uSing your medi-
cines for the last sixteen or eighteen years in
my Poor house. am superintendeut Of the
Cohee County Poor-house and Asylum combined.
Your Favorte Prescription Golden Medical
Discovery aud Pleasant Pellets are the best
medicines for the diseases for which they are
recommended, that ever used. They saved
nv Wife's lie at the time Of change Of tlfe.' I
have been recommending your medicine to
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that if Il did not cure would pay back the
mousy spent for H. / have told our druggist
that II the people came back aud said poeter
Pierce's medicines did not give satisfactiou, TO
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Adviser is sent Ires on receipt OF stamps
10 paw expense Of mailing only. Send
Al one-cent stamps for the paper covered
hook. or Al stamps for the cloth bound.
IddTsss Dr.. r y. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02
"A Real Carpet Sale

One that's not all in the advertisement--for WE
A DELIVER THE o
Each item enumerated is exactly as represented.
Its a stock.reducing sale and we have cut the price on
goods we wish to close, just as shown in the following
list. On sale Monday morning at s o'clock.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-17
Much Grain in Default.

New York. July 10.-The Journal OF
Commerce today win say:
"On the New York produce ex.
change yesterday 10000 bushels OF
white clipped oats were bought in un,
der the suit for the account of the
Stuhr Co. of Davenport. Iowa. to fill a
contract made with the Shaw. Trues
dell company and the NJ. B. Jones
company in New York. The oats had
not been shipped by Stuhr Co. in &C
co,dance with contract. 1t is estimat
ed that over 100000 bushels have
been purchased by New York interests
from western parties and will be de
faulted upon"