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Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

There are 1900 actors who claim their
homes are in New York City.
A woman in Oklahoma stumbled over her
husband, who was kneeling down saying his
prayers, and broke her neck. Husbands
not of a devotional cast OF mind will not
be slow to point the moral
A Chicago photographer claims to have
taken the largest photograph in existence
1t is a full length portrait of DIR. Do~ie
and measures eight feet by four feet. This
portrait is not an enlargement, but a genu-
inc original photograph.
Tom Mosteller, the largest man In Mis-
souri,, is dead at his home in Hazel Run,
near Pennington. Shortly before his death
he weighed go pounds. Fifteen years ago
he weighed 400 pounds less. Mr.. Mosteller
was successful farmer.
The lovers OF maple sugar syrup will be
interested In the statement that of a recent
analysis of eighty-five samples Of the tooth
some delicacy made under the auspices of
the Canadian government. only twenty-five
were found to be genuine. Things are not
always what they seem to be.
The absence habit" is a menace to the
United States army. This is the statement
inf the Department of Dakota, in his an
nual report. He calls attention to the great
number of officers now absent from their
regiments and says that the number is
steadily increasing from year to year.
Prince Victor Dhuleep Singh, an Indian
who has long had his residence i'm England
where he married daughter of the earl
of Coventry is compiling cook book de
luxe. The work is devoted largely to the
theory of the cuisine and is appropriately
entitled THE Last Word" 1t will contain
menu for each of the years 355 days.
Sixty families OF Kaput. German conf
munity established northeast Of KeWanee,
Ill, fifty years ago. petitioned today that
their settlements name be changed to
Brandenburg the town In Germany from
which the pioneers came. Kaput is a de
risve term. meaning broke" which fast
ened itself on the village and for half a
century the place has had no other name.
In the ancient land OF Seistan, on the
borders of Persia and Afghanstan, an ex-
traordinary wind blows in the summer 1t
is called the "Bad-i-sad-o-bist roz'' or wind
of 10 days. Colonel Sir Henry McMahOn,
a British explorer, says of the wind: 1T
sets in at the end of May or the middle of
June and blows with appalling violence and
with little or no cessation till about the end
| of September. IL always blows from one
direction. little west Of north and reaches
| a velocity of over seventy miles an hour.
| Peter Couture, for eighteen years an OBJ
scure mill employe and small shingle manu-
/ facturer in Washington, has gone to OF
tawa to claim one-third of SO. OO0, OC0 estate
| that he and his two brothers will divide.
! Couture left home after a violent quarrel
with his parents twenty years ago. When
| the news OF Couture's fortune reached him
a month ago. he refused to accept the
| urgent invitation to go east and aid in
| settling the estate. He had become en-
amOred of the work in the woods, but
! finally, finding that proof of his inheritance
was indisputabe, consented TO go. He de
! Clal6s e VIA return 20 tie far northwest
when the estate is divided
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
Advances In Hardware Market.
Fair weather Friends.

The late Thomas Coldwell. the inventor
OF the lawn mower. was noted In New
burgh for his charity.
citizen OF Newburgh once stole some
money. He was bitterly attacked in con-
sequence. But Mr.. Coldwell stood by him.
and to a certain man who was maligning
him he said one day:
You. l see are fair weather friend
George. Well, you are not singular there.
Most friends are like you.
Wet;
Always do right and your friends wilr
stand by YOU
Yes, the convict answered bitterly.
but the time a man needs friends 70 stand
by him Il when he does wrong "-RostaA
Globs-
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to answer, and, realizing that a pack of
the animals were between her and her
home. the young woman became frightened
and started back to the shore.
The wolves struck her trail and fol-
lowed her, being only a few rods behind
when she reached the shore. A number
of boys on the dock had heard the howl
ing of the wolves and hurried across
the harbor in a boat, reaching the shore
just as Miss Bergsland appeared. She
hastily entered their boat and was rowed
out of danger.-St. Paul Pioneer-Press
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

California has 5000 miles of oiled roads
zoo miles of oiled streets and LOO miles
of oiled railroad track II has laid the
dust.
How large the clothespin industry really
is may be gathered from the fact that no
less than 600 flve-gross boxes are manu-
featured every year in the United States
alone.
Practically every industry in the country
Except where strikes prevail or are threat
ened), led by iron and steel, is crowded to
them having booked to their capacity for
the first half of 1907.
Binder Irvine is a good barometer of the
wheat crop, as fertilizer is of the cotton
crop Indiana reports the close of the
biggest season In binder Irvine with the
exception of 1902. The sales were 20 per
cent larger than last year.
In 1905 the output of coal in the United
States reached the tremendous quantity Of
S92,s19,Sh short tons; In 1881 our produc-
ton amounted to S5,Ssl, $50 tons conse-
nearly FIVE fold in the brief space of a
quarter of century.
In five years, 1sOO-O5, the larger American
factories increased their invested capital
10 Sl2,6S5. 100000, a gain of l.S per cent;
their yearlyrproduct to sl4, So, 600 gain
Of 297 per cent, and their yearly wage
earners' pay rolls TO SSH 10000. a gain Of
z9S per cent. The number of wage earners
increased l59 per cent.
The discovery of new vein OF coal in
the Pennsylvania anthracite regions, which.
according to the surveyors, is a mile long,
an eighth of "a mile wide and twelve feet
thick, is of decided Importance to the in
dustral world. The new coal find is in
the heart of Schuylkill county, traversed
by a large number of railroad lines, and
its development will furnish another outlet
for the labor market.
Arizona ranks third among the states and
territories producing copper ore. It's man.
ufacturing capital census OF 1899 is Sl4,-
$4,000, an increase of N,S1sOOo in hve years,
and its yearly manufacturing output is
SIS, GS3,O00. an increase of S10i4,OOO Its fe-
male school teachers are better paid than
those OF any other state or territory ~ the
union; ii has nearly Sl2,O00,OcO on deposit
i'm its financial institutions; only thirty
three women and eighteen children are liz
Guided in its 4,193 wage earners, or 4S-6 pei
cent less than in 1900; of its 10000 popula-
ton $500 are white; II is in good shape
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
Harold the slow.

Sam Small, the Teconverted evangelist,
said in Atlanta the other day:
II believe in religion OF the old-fash-
Toned kind. New tangled creeds and
bizarre faiths repel me- There is safety
in the old rut after all.
Thus / know a cemetery where all the
inscriptions being conventional, remain in
tact. But one. a bizarre inscription, has
been tempered with and made ridiculous.
THE tomb has on it, at the top Helen
Vance, wife of Harold Vance, 1854. l await
YOU Then. beneath. is carved. Harold
Vance, 1889. Here am l.
AT the base Of the inscription someone
has written:
He took his time. Atlanta Constitu-
tlOn.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
Girl Hended on Inv WnINen-

Wolves are becoming numerous in Door
county. Michigan. especially I'm the vicinity
of what is known as Government BLUM, a
few miles from this city.
Miss Anna Bergsland crossed Sawyer har-
Dor in a boat and started 10 go home by
a road through the woods. She had gone
but a short distance when she heard
wolf howl In a few minutes other began
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
Cbri.tian CHURCH Conyention.

BUFFALO. y. Y, Oct. l3-The conven-
tion Of the Disciples OF Christ began its
business session here today. Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Wiseman OF Iowa led devotional services
at the session Of the National Society of
the Christian Woman's Board of Missions
which Is holding it's meeting in connection
with the convention. DIR. W. F. Richard
son OF Kansas City gave a resume OF what
the society, through its missionaries, has
accomplished in Jamaica
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

are going to be short on many lines,
notably, apricots,, cherries both white and
grade pears Hawnan pineapples, which is
largely marketed through the California
nation is to the effect that orders win have
to be scaled down.
Under very active demand gallon blue
berries have advanced 81 or more above
the opening price. Two-pound Maine and
similar blueberries have also advanced 80
to ~ cents per dozen over the opening
price Jobbers would not be surprised to
see decided change in other two-pound
fruits, as they are low compared with
The oyster market is very strong and
every cheap lot is being quickly picked ny.
from 10 to % cents per dozen above the
opening prices of last season. Unless
Baltimore comes TO the rescue, high prices
are bound TO rule throughout this season.
The sale and consumption OF salmon Is
unusually heavy for this season OF the year.
and justly so for salmon is one of the
cheapest food products on the market to-
The dried fruit market continues very
active, but jobbers are seriously handi-
capped on account of the difficulty In
getting goods from the coast. 1T is almost
secure box material. Labels are coming
from the photographers very slowly cartons
is almost impossible to obtain sufficient
labor to take care of the business presented.
AS a result of these conditions, ralslns
continue to advance. Most all packers are
marking prunes up from TO N cent,
while apricots and peaches remain stations
Head rices have been advanced u TO u
cent in the primary markets. and desirable
lots are quickly sold. New Japs are oc-
supply and are held from a to " cent per
pound above the price of the old goods,
with the quality only fair, Another month
ought to give a liberal supply OF this
grade Of goods,
Paints, Oils and Glass.
The glass market remains firm and there
is every Indication that prices will advance
somewhat and remain up for a long time.
There is a big demand for all kinds u
glass because of the extensive building OPP
erations and a desire on the part of the
builders to have structures enclosed Tur-
pentine has taken another slump, now
being quoted at &c; Lead remains the SINE SINE
boiled being SSc. while raw is S6c. There
is a fair prospect or 9eing sllgnt ,, aG,
good and the prospects are that the de-
mand will continue good during the winter
The Midland Glass and Paint company
last week closed contract for the biggest
order OF it's kind ever given a western
firm II was for American three-way vault
lights better known as sidewalk glass, ana
| the new Brandeis store. This glass Is 10
! be used ON three sides of the building for
width of ten feet
Advances in Hardware Market.
As is invariably the case. the observer
OF the hardware market this week notices
some advances, but no declines whatever:
The general tendency is rising, though or
course when there is decline the tobbers
do not advertise il as they do an advance
| little in the last week. Tinware is up all
along the line. Soldering copper has al,
vanced lc pound. Tacks, nails and baroed
wire have been advanced by the manu-
| facturers. Sledges and wedges have been
advanced IA per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

WANTED-Good active bust
ness man, with some means,
for general agency of acetyl-
enc house lamp. Fine seller.
No competition. State exper-
lence and references. Acetyl
enc Lamp Co., so University
Pl., New York.
Y-T3s lax
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

AS will be observed by a study of the
table given above, the price of foods has
gone up to 100 per cent, the average in
crease Of all the staple products being 20
cents on the dollar.-New York World
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

FOR SALE-Hotel doing good business in
one of the best railroad towns in south
western Iowa Population 1000 Fine
mouth, Neb. Y
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

FOR SALE, .CASH-Hotel furniture and
fixtures, with forty rooms; doing a good
business; three years lease: In town of
5000; southeastern Nebraska; only 81 %
Address L 81, care Omaha Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
Fortunes

are nearly always acquired through
tudicious investments. IL you are inter-
esttd in knowing the enormous possibilities
of intelligent Investments II you want to
know how small sums often grow into
fortunes, IL you want to know something
OF the real earning power of money, IL
you want to keep posted on good invest
ments, II you want to know how, when
and where to make money, send in your
address on a postal card today and we will
send you our magazine free for three
months. You cannot afford to be without
II. 1t may put you in possession of in
formation which will be of inestimable
value to you.
The Commercial Review, Clio Fullerton
Bldg, st. Louis.
Y-722 lax
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WANTED-T0 BUY

SECONDHAND clothes Tel Red 1928.
N-M942 Is
furniture, stoves carpets clothing and
shoes; pay the best prices. Tel. Douglas
S971. N-5S4 NoYll
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
GUARANTEED

Patents Secured or Fee Returned.
Send model or sketch for free opinion as to
patentabllity. Send for illustrated Guide
Book. Contains 100 mechanical move-
WANTED. Particulars NEW TRADE
MARK LAW, COPYRIGHTS, etc. Pat
ents advertised free in Worlds Progress
EVANS, WILKENS & CO.,
Reg Attorneys,
tss F st. Washington. p; C.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
RAILWAY TIME CARD

UNION sTATIoN-TENTH AND MARCY
Union Pacihc-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

FOR SALE-Furniture complete for a r.
room house, in good condition, including
cooking utensils, etc. 511 N. 18th st.
Y-M799 16x
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

FOR SALE-Oldest established stock of
hardware in Giltner, Neb. F. c. Mather,
Aurora, Neb. Y-737 lax
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FLORISTS

L. HENDERSON, 1919 Farnsm. Tel:
Doug. 1858. 695
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j. N. Msetarland. sos N. Z. L Bldg Tai
Doug. 6s6A Ia NoVe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03
Sale Starts Monday Morning, June 4th, d

40 dozen 5-S and 3-4 size UNBLEACH- ED NAPKINS. the German linen dice pai- terms and all pure Linen Austrian Napkins. worth v. s'.25 dozen 87 1-2c at. .....' '''.
 34 dozen 3-4 size BLEACHED NAP KINS. of all pure linen damask. both sides fast edges. an elegant line of Cf n patterns at per dozen only. ..p 1'0o 100 dozen 3-4 NAPKINS. of highly finished satin damask. all pure linen. beau- tful line of patterns in this lot, they're already hemmed. the regular price of these is SZOO dozen without the hemming. %1 L0 for this sale complete at. .... pl.OO 60 dozen EXTRA HEAVY NAPKINS. of all pure linen Irish Satin Damask. 3-4 size. only one pattern in this lot. all are the snow drop patterns with Grecian border. these were made for hotel but the border does not match the cloth. hence we closed them out at a great concession. so here they are. even though they are well worth $500 dozen we offer them in this sale at @ m only ... .. ..
 y 300 dozen HEMMED COTTON NAP: KINS, just the thing for restaurants and boarding houses, they are nice size and wIh wear well, we will include the lot in this sale at per dozen 48c only. .'.' .''''.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-27
Fine Old Netherlands Repartee,

One Barend Vet Of The Hague, had
recently the misfortune to call a con-
stable monkey, an accusation which
one of the local papers pointed out
as being. of course, untrue" and
which, moreover is a form of untruth
not permitted in Holland. Vet was ar
rested and brought before the Judge
On a charge of insulting the police"
being sentenced to As days imprison.
ment. Before being removed he turned
to address the court. Then mustn't
call constable monkey?" he said.
Certainly not; you must not insult
the police" The culprit reflected.
MAY call monkey a constable?"
he asked, with flash or genius. The
judge shrugged mis- houlders, and,
holding no brief for the animal, re-
piled: IF it gives you any satisfac.
tion." With a smile of qualification
Vet turned on his heel in the dock
and bowed to his prosecutor Good
day. constable" he said.-St. James'a
Gazette.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-27
North Dakota Solves the Adultera.
ton prDDlcm

! North Dakota seems to have found
the key to the question, How shall
we protect the people from frauds i'll
manufactured products?" plan
which is applicable to foods, bever-
ages, materials used in the arts, etc.
A new law has recently gone into es-
feet designed to make it impossible
to deceive people into buying inferior
and adulterated paint under the inl-
preston that they are getting real
paint, VIZ: pure white lead and lin
seed Oil.
The North Dakota lawmakers did
not attempt to absolutely prohibit
the inferior pigments, or mixtures OF
pigments They adopted the slogan,
Let the label tell" and then left to
the people to buy whichever they
wished
Under this plan, if any one wishes
to buy mixture of rock dust, ground
quartz and other cheap elements
which are found in many paints and
so-called white leads" no one can
object; for they do it with their eyes
open. But ii they prefe, genuine
white lead and linsoed Oil, they can
be sure of getting it, for none but
the genuine article can bear label
which Gays pare white lead.
In Il; 0'le.' States i.li,:t lures a-n Of
ten sold as pure white lead which
con- ain little-sometiMc IS no--real
white lead.
il would sem that wcro us same
principle applied to food, beverages
and all other prepared articles, whore
deception is practiced upon the buy
Ell, the question would be solved. 1t
would leave US free to buy what we
pleased but woGld protect us from
unwittingly buying what we did not
want.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-27
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Monks as ChauffcurS.

The monks OF the Grand st. Ber-
nard will soon make their debut as
chauffeurs.
After a struggle lasting over a
year they have received the permits
sion from the Valais and Italian au-
thorities to run motor car service
between the hospices of Grand st.
Bernard and Simplon-their proper
ties-and Domodossola and Aosta.
The chauffeurs will be chosen
from among the monks themselves.
who will wear coWls.
The cars, which are being special
~ constructed to climb the steep
gradients, will at the beginning be
employed for the transport of sup
plies only.
Later, however. the monks intend
to start a service for tourists who
wish to visit their hospices in the
season. - Geneva Correspondence
Z
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-27

The newly patented eli ,tric cook
Ing stove of Professor Elihu Thomp-
son is heavily jacketed outside with
a layer of asbestos, fire-clay or min
eral wool, and is provided with lid
of the same character Inside is
placed a mass of refractory SUBJ
stance. within which is embedded
granular resistance material Silicon
is recommended as resistance ma
terlal, as it has a high specific re-
sistance, and acquires a suitable tenn
perature without fusing or oZidizing.
The whole interior of the stove can
be kept red hot, and it is anticipated
that the running cost for cooking
through the day will not be excess
sive.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-27

BY galyanofavadi1ation, Dr. 7. !.
andoWski. ali Austrian physicia,
Claims to have solved the nroblon
OF removing troublesome scars 4
Satyanic battery and an induction
col are so connected that either III.
direct or the alternating or faradie
current can be used, Or both togpth,
er, and a large plate electrode at III.
negative pole of the coil is passed
over the scar for fifteen or thirty
minutes, another large electrode At
the positive OF the battery being an.
piled to the sacral region. In thirty
to sixty sittings the scars nearly dis.
appear, the disagreeable redness be.
Ing quite removed, while the tissue /,
made soft and flexible. A specimen
OF about thirty bad cases successfully
treated is that of a soldier, whoss
chest was covered on one side with
the scars of an enormous powder
urn and who had the use Of his arm
restored and tie scars nearly obiter.
sted.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-27
GOOD .i-.D i.....D


1t it remarkable what sufferia%
some persons put up with just to sat
isiy an appetite for somethinS.
A Mica. woman Gays: Il had been
using coffee since was old enough to
have cup Of my own at the table,
and from it I have suffered agony
hundreds of times in the years past.
"Mr trouble first began in the form
of bilious collie, coming on every few
weeks and almost ending my life.
At every attack for 8 years l suf-
fered in this way. used to pray for
death to relieve me from my suffer-
ing. l had also attacks Of sick head
ache, and began to suffer from ca
tarrh Of the stomach, and of course
awful dyspepsia.
For about year lived on crack
ers and water. Believing that coffee
was the cause of all this suffering.
finally quit it and began to use
Postum Food Coffee. It agreed
with my stomach, my troubles have
left me and l am fast gaining my
health under its use.
mo wonder I condemn coffee and
tea. No one could be in much more
critical condition than I was from the
use Of coffee. Some doctors pro-
nounced 1t cancer. others liberation,
but none gave me any relief. But
since I stopped coffee and began Pos
tum am getting we'll SO fast can
heartily recommend It for all who
suffer as I did" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" There's reason
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-27

\ fOr:2G::1,,nie Il, o. persons killed
and injured in ore month by eating
adultecatad food has been compiled
by q current magazine. The list of
tie dead include four persons who
died from eating toadstools mixed
with mushrooms, three poisoned by
candy, three by wood alcohol con-
tanned in lemon extract, and many
By the same substance in whisky;
foar infected by typhoid fever germs
contained in ice cream, twin babies
poisoned by formaldehyde used to
preserve milk, and hundreds of per-
sons poisoned by beer manufactured
from glucose, in the manufacture of
which sulphuric acid, made from an
arsenic bearing mineral has been
used. Many of these cases were re-
ported by health officers and food
commissioners OF the various States
in which they occurred
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-27

~ All, II List Baton Itouge shai
| o,,,na>n H. twarry-Sacond district.
The parish OF St. Mary STALL compose
the twenty-third district.
The parishes of East Feliciana ana
West Feliciana shall compose the TWEEN
ty-fourth district.
The parishes of st. Helena, Living
ston, and Tangipahoa shall compose the
twenty fifth district.
The parishes Of Washington and st.
Tammany shall compost the twenty-sixth
district.
The parishes Of Ascension, st. James
and Assumption shall compose the TWEEN.
tv-seventh district.
The parishes Of st. John the Baptist,
st. Charles and Jefferson shall compose
the twenty eighth district.
The parishes Of St. Bernard and Pla-
quemine suan compose the twenty ninth
district.
Inc judges provided for in this article
shall "ech receive salary Of three thous-
and dollars per annum such salary to be
palu monthly on their own warrants,
provided that the General Assembly Of
the State of Louisiana may in their
discretion redistrict the judicial district
provided for IN this article.
Provided that in no case shall the sal
airy of any district judge exceed three
thousand donars per annum.
J. w. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and Pesident of the
Senate.
Approved July u, 1906.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN r. MICHEL,
Secretary Of State.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-27

John Giliner Speed has written for
Success about The Romance Of the
Savings Banks" According to statis-
tics, he finds that there are 6,770.sG7
men, women and children in the United
States who own deposits in these banks
amounting to $2.1Io,3SS, e56. The av
erage belonging to each depositor is
$4,000. Women, it appears. are better
savers tia, .le;i.