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A $4,000 deal was closed a few days ago and a.
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FOR REKT-FURNISHED ROOMS

DEWEY European hotel. 18th and SaTgsssm-
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MANIFESTATION

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as bookkeeper; fine
penman: best references, Address Box So,
r. d. ?, Murray. Ia A-M5OO Six v
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WANTED-AGENTS

NEW sleeve protector for once and house
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SALARY and commission will be paid to
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J-773 NOviS
HAVE your dollars earn others by Fetting
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ganizing. Agents wanted. write TO- par
ticulars. O. II. Jackson a. Co, Postal
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FOR SALE-New and secondhand billiard
and pool tables we lead the world in
cheap bar fixtures: easy payments.
Brunswick Bake Collondar. 4o7 S. 10th st.
Q-610
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-30

We can use Immediately:
Several bookkeepeTs.
Several stenogra pliers.
Several stock clerks.
Several Office clerks.
WESTERN REF. a. BOND ASSN, INC.
s40-S41-SG n. Y. Life Bldg.
B-AIS7J 80
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MEN WANTED.

The Business Mems Association of Wagner,
S. D., will guarantee work TO common
laborers, either on sewer or school house
now building, or furnish thousands of
bushels Of corn TO pick at cents per
bushel that will go fifty bushels TO the
acre. Wages on sewer, $3.50 per day
board $500 Can furnish employment for
good carpenters: work until January L,
1907 Address the undersigned, or come
At once and apply in person. w. @. NC
Donald, Sec. Business Mems Association,
Wagner. s. y. B-M6M 81
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-30

WANTED, for the u. S. marine corps, men
between ages II and 25; an opportunity
TO see the world. For fun information
see poster in postoffice of any county seat
in Nebraska for the address of recruiting
officer thereon. B-Ml9 81
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-30
MUSIC AND LANGUAGES

MISS IRAdA SPRINGER. piano lessons q
cents 1870 n 41st ST.. Walnut Hill car
MOS NOV. 70
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Doug. GIL o. NJ. E. Haul Trunks
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PATENTS

patent book free. Bee Bldg. Omaha, Nsb
-692
SHARPE MACHINE WORKS-Patents
procured. inventions deyeloneS Ora virrs
patterns, castings. machine work 0Ol-sis
s. 10th ST. -6s3
PATENTS procured and sold. l Zee Natl
Investment Co, Douglas Blk. 10th ana
Dodge M-ti2 Nov.6
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PERSONAL

DR.. ROY. ehirOpOdy. Doug s's5. IgC5 Ear
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DETECTIVE SERVICE

WETMORE detective service. Phone Red
1901 Rooms IL aud IA Union Blk. IN
and Farnam. -As2s Mo
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-30

MCDOWELL system Of dressmaking and
cutting; patterns cut to measured lessons
Tuesday and Thursday evenings. 1928
Farnam -Mol2 MO
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LAW AND COLLECTIONS

J. NJ Macfariani sOs n Y. L. Bldg Tsl
Doug Sass IA Nov9
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MEDICAL
DRESSMAKlNG
NINE. WOODRUFF

Wishes to announce that on account OF
close quarters she is Obliged to move 20
her home, 6l5 n. 4lst Ave. for the present.
MSS Nc
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FENCING

ANCHOR and Iron Frnring Wire Fencing
Sb-Nov IL
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DEATH NOTICES

MT-RPHY-Michael J.. aged 50 years.
Funeral October Oh az $40 from farr9
residence. GlS North 2eth street. 20
johns church. G1lh ana California ST
lnterment Holy Sepulchcr.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-03
Wild Geese Killed in Flight.

The southern migration of wild fowl
this winter was unusually late and re-
suited in many disasters. The wild
geese are reported from the northwest
to have been especially severe sufferers.
The large black-headed goose is a
strong, hardy bird, generally remaining
on its own native water until the ice
forms firmly. In the South it is only
a visitor for the winter months. Born
o n some lake beyond the northern wa
tershed, or perhaps on some inlet in
Hudson Bay or the Arctic Ocean, its
heart is ever loyal to the land of its
birth.
Sometimes. when the cold weather
sets i'll late up North, as IN all proba-
bility it has this year. the wild geese
suffer from their devotion to their ma
tive place. They may at this late season
fly right into a streak of real winter,
with driving snow to blind their vision
and bitter frost to halt their flight.
If there is storm. their way leads
right through it, until the leaders eyes
are closed by the freezing of the snow
about its head or its feathers become
too heavy weighted. When the sight
has gone and the birds are wearied, it
is easy t o see how misleading is much
of the talk about the leadings of an
extra sense. Like a ship without a
rudder, the V-shaped flock will make
for any low places.
Once a flock came tumbling into the
street of an Eastern townships village,
where the half-blinded things became
the easy prey Of the boys and the dogs.
In another place a farmer Glanced
one spring to find the frozen carcasses
of more than thirty fine geese in a drift
in one of the fence corners. The birds
had evidently come to earth in some
binding storm, and, imagining they
were nearing water, found instead the
hard. s~now-coyered ground.
There are several instances recorded
of focks of geese in a storm running
full tilt into the ends or sides OF farm
buildings. A large brood flew at full
speed against the rigging of the whal-
ing steamer Dart this month off the
Newfoundland coast. A damp, snow.
laden wind was blowing at the time
and eleven dead or dying geese fut-
tered on to the deck, the others alight-
ing in a half-dead condition upon the
waves.
A more pleasing story is of domestic
geese in a large, w~ell-appointed farm
yard hailing with their hearty honks.
a short time ago, a passing drove of
twenty-five black bills. The strangers
came down and followed their tame re
lations into the stable, where they have
since stayed.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-03

look her in the face. but began to walk
al her side, forgetting to offer to take
her books as usual, until they had gone
some distance and he made an awkward
attempt to relieve her, dropping hall
OF them on the ground i n his confusion.
As he stopped to gather them up the
Hateful letter rolled out from between
the pages of one of the books, and
there was nothing for him to do but to
pick it UP and hand it to her. A
shamed, side-long glance at her face
told him that his doom was to be set
tied. He walked along, waiting for the
verdict like a hero.
Did you tell Jack Crawford to put
that letter on my desk?" the school
teacher asked, at last.
Eyes, Miss Elmira," was all he could
say.
Then I presume that you want my
answer" was the next question deliv-
cred in a suppressed tone.
"1-I-come here to git it." Wesley
stammered.
Then I'll give it to you now, and
it's just mol" she said bluntly, not
slackening her pace and looking straight
ahead Of her.
1t came like a thunderbolt, even though
he was in a measure prepared.
Miss Elmira, I'm sorry. but"
Il hate Silas Mansur, and he had no
business writing that letter." she in
terrupted.
Wesley hung his head, his face
flushed to the roots of his hair.
Il didn't know you'd be able to tell
by the writin', deed | didn't; | reckn
1t warn't actin square, but Silas kin
write an"
II don't care if he can write" she in
terrupted again. DO you suppose I'm
gong to marry a man just because he
can write; and after all, I'd rather mar
ry the man | loved if he couldn't write
his own name than one | don't care a
straw about. even if YOU are SO anxious
to make the match for Silas Mansur.
and thought you'd be the last one to
She broke off with a sob, turning to
dash away the tears that sprang to her
eyes.
Wesley felt the earth slipping under
his feet, the sky seemed a dazzling,
crimson vortex whirling above him
through the dark tree tops.
Miss Elmira" he cried at last, did
you think that was Silas's own letter ?
for 1t warn't, deed it warn'tr' he pant
cd. 1T was my letter, Miss Elmira,
every word of it, only I got Silas to
write it fer me, cause-cause,-well,
amt shamed fer you to know now,
can't write my own name"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-03

hills, filing gulches, setting and lamp
ing ties and laying rails. The work
demands that she be a skillful man.
ager of men. She knows man as few
women do-she directs their energies,
gets out of them the most work pos
sible, pays their wages, employs or dis
charges them. Men, mules. steam
shovels and dynamite are her obedient
agents. Necessarily she is a tinancier,
talks and figures in the hundred thou
sands and the millions as readily as
most men talk of dollars. In the par
lance of the street she long ago made
her stake and today is accounted the
richest woman in Michigan and one Of
the very rich women of the world.
She has made estimates and carried
out contracts on some of the longest
and heaviest pieces of railroad con-
struction in the country. Though her
occupation is strenuous it would do
Mrs. Beaeham rank injustice to say
that it has %roughened her. There Is
a certain set of determination and firm
ness about her features, but her man
ner is feminine, and so are her tastes.
She is such a good judge of men that
she rarely has any trouble with them
anu II Is HUI Oilcn illCI al SIlplOSt l
is so genuinely popular with employees
as Mrs. Beacham.
AIRS. Beacham has been making and
executing railroad contracts for twen-
ty years. She has two sons Claud and
Erwin and her husband, though living
is an invalid.
Much of this remarkable woman's
work has been dope in the southern
states where railroad building has gone
forward with Titantic strides in the
last two decades and where a vast
amount of building is now under way.
IN n contract with the Tennessee
Central railroad, Mrs. Beaeham's profit
was $4,000, and it is calculated that
her average annual earnings are about
$4,000. The contract which she is
now engaged in executing is the con
struction of five miles of railroad from
Kirby Station, Virginia, westward. 1t
is part of a contract for one hundred
miles of the coal mine to sea rail.
road which was secured by Sands and
Oliver of Richmond. These contrac-
tors sublet a short stretch of the work
to Mrs. Beacham.
At present she is employing only
about one hundred and fifty men but
the proper control of this force and
the purchase of the necessary supplies
calls for the exercise of no little ex-
eeutive ability.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-03
New Chinese Methods.

Chan Chun Man, head of a Canton
firm employing over ten thousand hands.
has been studying American industries
In Philadelphia, apropos of the Chinese
awakening, he said: China has for
thousands of years been highly enough
civilized TO despise war. Her newborn
respect for wal is not an unmixed good
There is, perhaps, a little of degenera-
ton, of barbarism, in ii. But at least
China will no longer be the laughing
stock of nations more warlike than her
self. 1t will no longer be possible to say
of her, as a Chinese general once ex-
planned a defeat with the following re.
port: The ignorant enemy, unaware
that guns could not be fired against ar
object behind them, came upon us from
the rear and thus rendered all our can
non useless'"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-03

Silas was seated on a high chair behind
the counter RECALLING himself with the
latest postal card news that had come in.
"Howdy, Wes'," he greeted. reluctant
ly placing the cards in their respective
pigeon holes as the visitor came behind
the counter, An ye through cuttin' p
Wei, IL amt clean through" was
the embarrassed answer-"but | lef' off
for a little spell, as l got a matter |
want fixed up, an | thought this would
be the bes' time of day to ketch you-"
Well. eft its that little loan, l
reck'n-"
mo, I amt after pesterin' o bout
that, ST." Wesley interrupted, to the
others relief, and tattooing awkwardly
on the desk, he blurted out:
Isl, I've come down here to Git YOU
to do sump'n | can't do myself, an that
to write a letter fer mel7
"Oh, that's it, is it?" Silas asked, with
a grin, noticing the others embarrass-
ment. well, l reckn | kin 'commodate
YOU" he added. ta'.ing Is pen from be-
hind his ear. "Who's the Lady," eye
ing Wesley suspiciously.
Il reck'n you know" was the answer.
WIN iS9BC.9iNC Sll u niue HIS GILL
barrassed flush.
Then as Silas beran to drawl the
school teachers name, writing it at the
same time with many hourishes at the
top Of the sheet he had spread before
him, Wesley grinned broader, and con-
fessed with bushes that that was
the young lady in question.
Now about the beginning?" was Sis
next question with his most professional
air, making ready to start. you kin
make It a little stronger by adding some
words on the next line Silas indi-
Gated with his pen the line below the one
upon which the lady's name was in
scribed, for the benefit Ct the uninitiated
Wesley-"but that's accordin' to your in
t%entions to the young lady" He paused
for Wesley to intimate.
Then you might make it a little
stronger" the other suggested sheepishly
after a pause.
TO the young lady that has my
heart, how is that?" Silas poised his pen
inquiringly.
Wesley nodded approvingly. "Thats
it," he said, and as Silas waited for
further instructions he squirmed awk-
wardly in his seat and began t. wipe the
perspIration off his face.
It's kinder hard to know what to say
J when you amt exactly certain bout tht
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-03
Royal QuarreIs Over Chess.

King Edward, we are told, is devel-
oping an enthusiasm for chess. In that
case, according to a writer in Tid-Bits.
he is only following in the steps oil
many of his predecessors on the throne,
including his namesake, the first Ed
ward. Says the writer:
Whether or not players were more
irascible in those old days than now, it
IS a curious fact that chess was often
more stimulating to the royal tempers
than is golf in these latter days, and
many a game peacefully begun ended
in broken heads. When Prince Henry
-afterward Henry I.-once paid a Wis
it to the court of France, she war so
much at cheese of Louis, the kings
eldest some, rs he, growing into chol-
Ter, called him Ga naughty name) and
threw the cheese in his face. Henry
takes up the chesseboard, and strake
Louis with that force as drew blood,
and had killed him had not his brother
Robert come in the meantime and in
terposed himselfe, whereupon they sud
denly took horse and gat away"
King John in his younger days had a
similar experience for a game of chess
III WHICH MS Was one fulk
Warine ended in a royal row, during
which Fulk gave the prince so griev-
Gus a blowe as almost to slaie him on
the spot" John never forgot the blow
nor forgave his iracible opponent, and
punished him, when later he came to
the throne, by Withholding his heri-
tage-Whittington castle-from him.
William the Conqueror more than
once lost his temper over the game,
and on at least one occasion with SER
ious consequences. He was playing
with the son of the king of France
when a dispute led to hot words, and
eliminated in William bringing down
the board so heavily on his opponent !
head as to render him unconscious.
Louis XIII. OF France was SO infatu-
ated with the game that wherever he
went he was accompanied by his chess
board and men and invariably played il
in his coach when he took drives
abroad. Charles /. found il so fascin-
ating that he almost literally played il
to the foot of the scaffold; and wher
once his game was interrupted by new:
that the Scots had decided to sell him tc
the parliament he proceeded with hi
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-03
Using Old Shoes.

Janitors collect the shoes cast away
by tenants and send them to auction
rooms, where they are sorted into piles
marked "Men," "Women," Children"
In a recent sale in one of the big
cities, a the "Shoe Retailer" several
poor people made fair bids, but the
auctioneer did not seem eager to sell.
Finally, a red-faced man pushed his
way through the crowd and offered 10
cents apiece for the whole lot. His bid
was successful.
81 was killing time with talk waiting
for that fellow" said the auctioneer
afterward. "He always pays high for
these shoes and he does not want them
for wearing, either. He wants to beat
them out for the heather in them. He
gets what material there is, puts it
through a process and makes stamped
frames, bags, pocketbooks, penknife
holders, and even chair backs and seats.
He finds a ready sale for these novel
ties and gets a good price for them"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-03

young lady's feefin's," he stammered.
but | like that beginnin' an | reckn
YOU kin put it more fancy like; but |
want you to be sure to say I'm waitin'
for her answer very patient, an eff she'll
say yes, I'll be the happies' man In
Chinkapin Hundred, an eff she says no,
it'll drive me to do what it will hurt her
Tell her I'm able TO take kere of her,
that I'm workin' the place on sheers
this year, but pa, he's promised to deed
me a strip of Ian down by the fur gate,
an eff she amt a mind to live with the
old folks I'll build her a house on my
own Ian, an say I'll make her a sober,
industrious husband, an II treat her
like the apple of my eye, which she IS,
an ever will be, even if she don't recip-
create my affections, an then you kin
win up, ST" he finished, taking the first
breath, "only as I'm particular bout
folks signin' other folks name, suppose
you jes say goodbye, my angel, till !
hear from you, an that'll do"
1t seemed an age before Wesley had
converted all this in a sure enough let
ter, even taking into consideration the
beautiful hourishes with which it was
embellished, and he had it in his coat
pocket on his way to deliver into the
hands of the school teacher. Then it
seemed another age after he had in
trusted it to the care of one of the
school children and watched through the
open window TO be sure it was laid on
the teachers desk, before school was let
out. though at last when he saw the
children pouring out the door, the pref
ty school marin bringing TIP the rear, a
real stage fright possessed him.
The idea of flight presented itself, but
he dismissed il with a manly determine
ton to stand his ground. When the
teacher came mp by him he could not
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-03

win half of his muscular power to re-
pace a deficiency that he feared would
pe an unsurmountable barrier between
liiI and the young school marin.
1t was a common enough failing in
lne neighborhood in which Wesley lived,
ana SIX months before, the fact that he
could not write his own name, would
eot nave embarrassed him a great deal.
5ilCe the school teacher had come into
nus lie, however, it had become a real
ulorn IN the flesh. Vainly he struggled
WIN the little imps of the alphabet in
ms room by candle light when all the
o.ler members of the household were
wrapped IN slumber; but the goal of his
dllotion measured a distance that was
oe5onu the feverish Impotence that pos
wesley had been trembling on the
nelge OF a proposal many times and
nouia nave committed himself long ago
pst Tor this barrier. For the idea of
suuressing the school teacher in writing
seemed to have fixed itself in his mind
a. oeing the only method of procedure
through which he could hope for a re-
sprocation. So it was an overwhelming
b beSlIe TO settle his fate, coupled with a
nopTlessness of attaining the educational
daaIilcatlon of being able to pen his
WI epistle, that led him to procure the
ssney OF another party, upon which
'. Tlo he was bound this afternoon.
me party he had decided to utilize
was one Silas Mansur, postmaster and
SSG1nerai groceryman combined; and as
aias was under obligation to him for
h Sl1ali loan, Wesley thought he might
u. gag TO have it Cancelled in this way
bo nad chosen a time of the day when
"e would nun the least chance of en-
sUan'erlng loungers about the store, and
sure enough the coast was clear and
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-03

A. Wesley plodded down the main
n he glanced euiltily back over the
rreen fields where straight rows OF to-
Eco spread their broad leaves ripe Tor
..,,t;no. There was deeper guilt in his
ut too. when he thought of the pro-
neai5 ,,oon which he was bent. Never
80 had he done anything that he
D"a',id have been ashamed to tell out
!. class-meeting at the little cross roads
lh,nsl where he was one of the younger
iasders. The tall, gawky shadow he
H.s. alonq the white road seemed a sort
20 oremonitory figure of that better self
hat would follow him the rest OF his
life like an accusing angel. And it was
III on account of a woman; not that she
aus ~ blame. except for the fact that she
had soft white skin and fair hair, and
.Lo t;niest of feet that made his own
.% NJ monstro1s, and the daintiest little
eu,,re the kind that a big muscular fell
Low ike Wesley yearns to hold in his
arms.
...,l the school teacher came into the
naighborhood but he had been captured
tom the evening he drove to the sta
t;on and she had sat beside him in the
little spring wagon during the five miles
thew had to 60 in the September twi-
i;gbt The scent Of her gauzy handker-
.5;ef n1aved about his senses for a week
.ftsryard; it was different from any
oerfi,me that had entered his nostrils,
before accustomed TO the odors OF
ssweet BASIL" marjoram, and a gen.
erors s%orinkling of musk in the closely
hacked little chapel of Sunday mornings.
Propinquity, that strong promoter OF
,he tender passions. sealed his doom,
for the school teacher boarded in his
own house and came TO bear upon him
al the varied and wonderful charms of
a woman.
He felt himself the most highly fav-
cred man in the universe TO be able TO
live under the same roof with her, and
10 keep the little box behind the sheet
iron stove filed with wood sawed and
solit to a nicely, to handle a refractory
how behind the school house as an ex-
ample to all others who should dare to
defy the teachers authority, and a hun
dred other Offices that a big, strong mar
can perform for a young and fragile
member OF his household, that brought
him unspeakable JOY.
So far. however, from believing these
Offices were gaining for him the desired
favor, Wesley would have dispensed
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-03
She BeSfcd The Emperor.

The great opera singer, Nine. Grisi,
who was married to Signor Mario, the
tenor, was singing in St. Petersburg
The emperor, the father of the present
Gar gave Nine. Grisi permission to
walk in his private park. One morning
the emperor met Nine. Grisi, accompan-
led by two little girls. The emperor
saluted her and said: "Are these two
Grisettes p mo, your majesty" replied
Nine. Grisi, these are two Marion
cites"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-03
SUCCESSFUL WOMAN BUILDER
Mrs. Theodos a 3eacham, of Michigan
Enterprisirg Railroad lontractnr.

There are few fields Of endeavor in
which woman has not acquired a foot
hold. She is conspicuous in the arts,
sciences and professions and she makes
her presence felt in trade. Yet 1t is
believed that one of the few of her
sex to essay and succeed in railroad
contracting and construction is a Mich
lgan woman-Mrs. Theodosia Beacham.
She is not notable for home-staying Or
housekeeping qualities, for her bust
ness calls for her presence in many
parts of the United States and she has
to deal with vast engineering prob
lems-felling forests, tunneling noun
tains, bridging gorges, cutting through
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-03

move as unrufled as If, instead OF hear
ing his doom, he had received a sum
mons to dinner. And when John Fred
crick, Elector of Saxony, heard over
the chessboard the news that he had
been condemned to death, he complet-
ed his move and s.as again immersed
in the game before the messenger had
had time to withdraw.