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The Washington times., 1906-07-29

STE which une 1 would go on the I'D
Tor. After I had taken a seu'nt a.
several Of them. ! walked into one aud
asked % see the ram who hired the
crummers.' a small by asked me n
/ had ard. About that time my
mouth began to (which and I lost part
Of my vo.ca About the only cards
had ever known anything about were
the kind that had fancy backs and
came ffly-rwo and ioker to the
d'cH. ! sai', No. sir 3 haven't any
card have never W rEed FOR any
firm ard had my name on one. but
want "a start In here and 60 on me
road
The boy nrumb'ed sonnet hf~G 10 the
old man IN the Office. wFo said some
hing back without even looking up.
thcn my vouug fr end who had asked
sae for the card said 10 me. Don't
want inexperienced man. and started
addressing an envelope. That was the
first tire that a deal had come 10 mo
Ike this simply got huffy and
walked proudly OUT bat humility came
10 me before the dsy WIS over. III
tet I went iuto forty places. More
fhau once ] felt sorry that had given
my bosom friend my old Job al clerk
ing. and wanted 10 90 back 10 the
little village and hitch horses Tor the
farmers wiv,s who came 10 town.
Yet. had grit and that wad in my
pistol pocket. and ] wasn't going TO
sive up.
THE E,>- morning I walked into
big yshoIes le cigar house. and by this
time Z mad learned 70 pick out where
the boss STAYED myself As I went n
the door saw an old gentleman sit
ting in a little glass Office to the right.
lie wore a long white beard and
pair II gold-rimmed spectacles. This
time Z braced him straight Good
morning. sub Faid l. Good morning.
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tent. but TO get them there you must
post up your fancy show bills and
give a good street parade. The show
bills were enough 10 catch me when
was boy. ! recall how ! used to go
down and stare at the flaming colors
posted up on the side Of the black
smith shop. I didn't pay much atten-
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An Episcopal Bishop Adventures as a tramp

to the other; Poor fellow! Too
much booze, / suppose
Il could not let that Impression
get abroad, So I opened my eyes
and spoke 10 them. They saw their
mistake and apologized.
The people l meet are generally
kind hearted and generous. ! find
all sorts of accommodations and all
sorts of meals One widow who
kept an eating place gave me
good dinner, ard ON finishing l
asked her charge. Well she said,
locking me over from head 10 foot,
my charge is 50 cents, but l can
ask You more than p cents.
Thinking it shame to despoil
her of the opportunity of doing
charitable action, ! paid her the
quarter and pockcted the discount
] suppose she thought ! WAS some
poor old man and that l was not to
be imposed upon"
BISHOP Coleman is seventy years
old and of the high church school.
He does not look his age. however.
and is very active. He holds nu-
merous chairmanships ina the Amer
lean church. and is a leader i'm all
its activities. Is has never been
sick-a fac; he ascribes to his nom
use of stimuIaEts in any form, hav-
ing never tasted tea, and coffee but
once, and bun two cigars during
the whole of his long life. He is
an eloquent preacher. sdirect and
charming in his simplicity. He is a
good example of a man living close
10 natures laws, both intellectually
and physically. and thereby inn
mensely benefiting his brother men
by precept and example.
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chest and cooked up my cigar I'll the
lii end almost burned my eyebrows.
Down Ia my country they say. a
fool Ter luck and a bob-tail dog for
'possums' reckon because ! knew
50 little / got along. There wasn't
any house in the country. when talk
ed 10 a merchant. that was as good
as mine The end Of the month went
IN and the old man said 10 me. Well,
sir; you've done hrst-rate. You've
made good record and you can keep
on down there where you are at
salary OF $50 a month That was when
/ became too proud TO count eggs. Nc,
Stree. no more rafting coal oil pumps
for me. was a travelling man.
III had just kept my common sense
and gone right on. Ia have been lots
better OF. but after q while / felt that
! must fash a diamond stud and I
spent all my salary on Jewelry and
clothes and renting poker chips.
made a good salary. all right. but after
four or five years I got 10 be simply
downright ornery-yes. sir, ornery. I
had to change houses a time. or two.
and get on my uppers before ever got
a grain Of common sense.
Now. I've not been 10 college a.
M young friend here has. but I have
bumped It around the country for q
good while. and want 20 tell you
that even II a man has something
good 70 sell he must keep hustling 20
sell it-and it's getting harder and
harder every day. Competition u
growing keener and keener. II was
easy enough when I first started out
TO sell goods on personality. and
while this goes a long way yet. good.
clever work must back up good stuff.
You can't distribute your employers
goods TO any alarming extent unlsas
you first hand out heap OF enarEy.
attenuveness and all round hustle"
CCapter VIII. "Jobber and Manufao-
turer." Will appear In next Sundays
issue)
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sell everything" began the specially
man. "Eme -son's college ideas about
business are all right, but they won't
work I'd a good deal rather listen
10 what the Emerson that makes
shoes says than 10 listen 10 what
Emerson. who wrote books. has 10
say. I used 20 think that selling was
a very easy thing. ] was raised on a
farm and after / began 10 wear cuffs
and sneak out dads razor 10 NOW the
fuzz of of my face and feel rich
enough TO go to dances and throw n
half a dollar when the darby fid'ner
passed the hat around, / thought. it
was A little more honorable occups fion
to rattle at a coal oil pump In groc-
cry store than TO curry horses. j be-
came "A clerk. ] used to see these
smooth. slick fellows from Louisville
and Cincinnati coming into t'Ae store
where I worked. beam out a glad
smile 10 the old man who E1ed the
business. pass around a few Spotted
FdNu ClE0TS 10 us boys uANAlL "a iLtAF
while book a nice order. Then ne
would either have the livery man
drive him 10 the nest town. or Use
Kick up his feet on the bhnistcr Of The
hotel porch. ana take Jae world easy
until train time.
"ThIs looked good 10 one, and after
had grown enough ia wisdom 20 wear
patent leather shoes a couple Of sizes
too small, and 10 lave my trousers
creased by a wash ervomaa. ! made
up my mind that I. would so 90 Gin
cinnati and look around 20 see which
Wholesale house would go on the
road for.
Just before Invent 10 cIerkmg my
father gave mo colt. which turned
out TO be bird of q horse. sold
this horse and got for him "a hundred
and fifty dollrrs in new ereenbacks.
This wad looled as big to me as s. roll
The Washington times., 1906-07-29
When Death Became q Jest

Il has been suggested by enthusi-
astic patrons Of "The Tombstone Gar
den" that the s8rIsh electric lights be
bauished and Illuminated uatrains
from the Immortal Cynic be made the
only darkness dispe;lers as well as
decorations for the nightly abode of
the faithful
One Of this number while i'm no
wise herctcally inclined. would Vet
admit a lesser poet into the scheme
of decoration. His suggestion, which
now awaits a formal vote. is to erect
above the cold gray stones and marble
shafts. facing the garden. a suita bly
supported tablet on which Is To be in
sCribed the following verse from the
poem by Bartholomew Bowling anent
the reVelries in India when victims of
the cholera grew so numerous that
death became a jest:
'Ho, stand 10 your glasses steady!
This world is a world of lies;
a cup TO the dead already
Hurrah for the next that dies"
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hllf-enaced recollection OF a suitable
qgatrain-
All. my beloved. fn the cup that
clears
Trdav 81 past regrets and future fears,
Tomorrow why tomorrow I may be
Myself with yesterdays seven thou
SAND ~ ATS
Angelina ventures this furrively.
fearful OF the sentiment. and fearful
that she has buneird the lines but
convinced That though tho skies should
fsI and envelope her. the only pos
-lhIe tnlne. under the circumstances
is to quote Omar Alrernou Charles.
having taken ~UeBkiug glance
through his little gilt and silver vol
umc f. TIE afternoon. makes haste %
come back ut her with "a Eilh alluslou
10 "A jug of Wine. a Loaf Of Bread.
snh Thou Beside Sic Singing In the
Wilderness and the deco is done.
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igrore the Angel of the Barrier
Drink

And the stones. having done their
best for the passing throng. await the
next conner And If the AngeI of The
Darker Drink invite their souls. his
calling is quite lost in the din of fes-
tjvitieS.
For the first few minutes of every
visit 10 the unique place Omar is
rampant. Never was a beautiful.
ElitteriUE poem more Iacerated. more
torn apart and reset with bungling
fingers. than in the first moments Of
surprise oCCasioncd by the incongru-
ous stones But since the average
everyday mortal only remembers
Omar once or twice year. and then
only or some startling occasion such
IS this. the eXacting mortal who would
have accurate quota tions Is unreason-
able-and generally disappointed.
Il needs only an arrangement with
the stone cutter 10 turn on electric
lrhts and work a night shift for a
perfect rounding out or the Rubaiyattfa
atmosphere OF the garden. Then could
the true believers" quaH their cups
In the accompaniment OF TeveTberating
chisel strikes on the CHASTITY white
faces Of the tom bstones. With such an
inspiration might not even the
humblcst devotee be pardoned for his
faleriug stabs at the elusive qua
trains3
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any man who can afford To ride
would prefer 10 walk Once, when
/ was tramping in the Shenandoah
Valley, "n arriving at place where
the roads bruuched. I asked "a man
about eighty years old the way to
Painted Post. That is the direc-
ton said the old gentleman. But
you are not going TO walk"
d" Oh I said, I think / viii walk
But said the old gentleman,
You don't know how far il is
THAT does not make any differ
ence,' replied. 1t is my purpose
TO walk
Why. 1t is eighteen miles, he
said, and the ears will take YOU
there for 80 cents
Il replied: 4 would rather pay
the 50 cents and walk
well was the rather uuex-
pected reply 4 think you are
fool; and Off he went, Disguised, 1
walked, Most men, apparently.
would rather chase a horse around
a field half an hour 10 mount him
and ride half mile than walk the
distance.
"Of late years l have been taken
for Santa Claus and the children
invariably greet me as such. They
tell me what they want for Christ
mas, and / listen and enjoy their
merry talk. In fact, some older
people greet me in the same man
ner. One little fellow was sure [
was his uncle. the scissors gridner.
whom, he declared, ! resembled
very much. One warm day about
noon | was resting on the porch of
a vacant store when two men drove
up, and, seeing me asleep, said one
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

Of rag carpet. stuck the hundred
and fifty into my pistol pocket and
went to the city feeling Tich as Jay
Could
1t was lucky for me that / had
that wad alo-,. got TO Cincinnati
and put up 80 two-dollar-a day
house. Nm, bot J was flying. Then
] went ont into the c.t-- 20 size up the
various grocery and hardware houses
these were the lines that I knew-to
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CHAPTER VII.
copyright. 1906. by Joseph b Bowles)

Copyright. 1906. by Joseph B. BowIes)
n IT'S EASY enough to manu-
hhV facture." remarked Wat
kins. the Chicago salesman.
..but the real job is scat
tering the stuff after you
4 make It."
.T don't altogether coincide with
vour idea" remarked Joannis caro-
uaDus. the young college man who was
ont n nick up points and who. after
having listened 10 the company OF
plaln. blunt business men for a time.
had grown little more at ease. Does
NOT Emerson tell as that man NAV
make poor things and fail 20 sell them
on the busiest thoroughfare. but let
him make good things-aye, a mouse
tran. even-and though he be In the
midst Of a dense forest. people VIII
make their path TO him. haven [
quoted Emerson exactly right. but ]
have given YOU. Notwithstanding. the
essence Of his conclusion"
II don't know much about what
Emerson thinks Of business an
swered the hat manufacturer, but 1
do know that it doesn't make any
difference how good YOU make stuff,
10 get rid OF il YOU must hustle. II
Is all right 10 give a good circus to
the people after you get them in the
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"The Skeleton at the Feast "

The powpuus slabs. with a few stiff
angels pointing uTClessly shyward.
form a rr,Wsame background for the
cheerful glow euv,lop5us the porch
garden. brt the patronage suffers no
diminuJion because OF 30. and If any
thing. IN, Esy Utue company seems
rather 20 Cuiov o.
Every bon vivaut who retains
ghost Of the EpicWean spirit has an
innate relish for The sko-stou al The
fessJ. without which the most fuiSome
array 90 tempting zi1nds is as favor
less AS the proverhidl uus1ited rsg.
and Il some wisea.res are Inclined 20
think the skeleton rather too boldly
obtruded mere, The zest OF the mercy
makers is certainly not influenced.
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Better a Poor Fin Than a Mem Deal

See here. Name he SAYS. with q
Jerk at his collar you don't know
what might happenrto YOU before Won
can get better chance than me-
though Of cours - J amt much So
take your chan ccs. and get in IN.
game a queen and a Jack amt much
10 draw 10, but we might hH. and IFS
more worth trying than waiting for q
new deal. You. can't ever teu ,,,b.,
might happen yoU know, Mame''-tbi-
win an uneasy glance toward the
waiting tombstones i'm the ward below
ana IT'S champagne 10 plain Poto-
mac that size viii be scared into the
game.
Perhaps my lady Is a follower Of the
IorVid ON T himself. and she must be
Moocd In subtler fashion Algernon
charles decides that the artistic thing
10 do Is Ia surround Angelina with
suggestive and artfully convincing at
meSphel@. Along they stroll Tin the
yellow globes of the porch. looking
Tor all. he world like celestial moons
with "a little plain American To ac-
count for their multiplicity. which
light the tombstone display with a
Ehas'tly paIeness, assan their vision.
Angelina begins 10 cast about in her
maud Cor fitting quotation from her
Gu ding Philosopher. while the lifting
sounds of horn and violin and the
s-ATlH laughter of many women drift
10 her across the gray slabs.
The lights on the inside wall are ant
10 silhouette the head of "a womin
against the blank space on the grave
stones reserved for the name and
date H. fact, there is no combination
of the gay and the grave which isn't
likely TO catch the watchful eve Of
Angelina, still struggling with the
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size Dut mas ll = GU
rrrf, ,r ..r-,,a r.-lfa,-ers.. i'm the philozo-
rbv NJ the Persian cvnic. n has re-
r,af,a5 for Washington 20 achieve the
.r,v-rfnp rrfhrte The CapitsI City
r,o.,srz . ,-.rrr,l. z.crist,- an eD,bodi-
ment Of all the tangled paradoxicaI
metaphors which delighted the soul 81
the unhappy poet-a summer roof
garden" whose sole outlook is upon
the advertising display Of grave
stone cutter next door.
The garden is. IN bald phrases. strip
ped of poetic alIusion, side porch.
.,-fFrr To- ,,.-..4 f-. ....-f.. 90 81
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FOREVER AND FOREVER.

once there was a maid who used 10
ilnSer al the garden gate
Same old garden gate, YOU know
W hen the katydids and thrushes
And the cTicketS woye q fate
For the lover standing closely,
In the sweet old long ago.
once there was a maid who used 70
stroll along the shady lane
Same old shady lane YOU know
With her lover close beside her
And he told the tale again.
Lovers. an before have told 10
Maidens IN the long ago.
once there was a maid who used TO
Lean upon the rustic rail-
same old rustic rail you know
There above the sparkling waters,
And she watched the mOoUbeams tran
As she listened for ms footsteps
In he sweet old long ago
Where are all the maids who used to
Wait their lovers coming there
Waiting just the same. you know
in the purple twilight shadows.
Crowned with glory eV'rywhere7
And the lovers still are coming
As i'm sweet Old long ago.
Horace Seymour Keller IN y. J. SuA
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PUSHING OUT YOUR GOODS

smersons Saying That People Will Seek Out the Nan With
Good Goods Out Of Date NOw--To C6t Rid Of Them
You Must "Hustle"-SpecalN Man Tells Some Expert
-"YOuCaRtDistribu Your Employers Goods TO
Any Alarming Extent Unless You First Hand Out a
Heap OF Energy AtentveRess and An-Round rustIe." "
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Ye Who Reeve

the followers OF
Gmars creed have
been multiplying in
The land and scarcely
q township OF humble
size but has IL s CO.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-12

ROBBED WHILE PRAISING GOA
superintendent Morris Loses Five
Dollars while Singing in saIOoa
for TOrrey Mission.

Not since the time when Painting Bertha
robbed a Sixteenth street shop keeper Of
his watch while the man was IN act OF
giving her money which she was soliciting
for a charitable purpose, have the police
heard OF a meaner trick than was played
on Stephen p. Morris, member OF the
business mems quartet that sings In saloons
Of nights in the interest OF the Torrey mis-
sion. Monday night while Mr.. Morris ana
his associates were lifting their voices III
songs Of praise 10 the Master a bar rooni
habitue reached IN Mr.. Morris pocket and
took therefrom So In cash
Mr.. Morris is superintendent Of the As
ISOLATED Charities. He knew nothing OF
the robbery until the evenings tour was
completed. The pocketbook was taken fBsa
his ~ keGksk
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-12
LEGAL NOTICES

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
Office of Lee-Giass- ANDERSEN Hardware
Company, Omaha, Neb., December 9, 1906
Notice Is hereby given to the stockholders
of the Lee-Glass-A ANDERSEN Hardware
Company that the annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of the company will be held
at the offices of the said company, corner
of Ninth and Harvey streets, in the city OF
Omaha, in the state Of Nebraska, on Tues
day, January s, A. D., 1907, at 3 o'clock p.
m, for the purpose Of electing IA board OF
directors for the company to serve during
the ensuing year, and to transact such
other business as may be presented at
such meeting. Attest;
w. NJ. GLASS, H. j. LEE,
Secretary. presidents
D-9d ait
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-12
FOR SALE-MlSCELLANEoUS



n you contemplate making presents, this IS
the chance Of a lifetime. Will sell very
cheap all the furnishings OF my beautiful
home, which are as good as new and with
out scratch or mar. Everything is of the
best material and workmanship. l have
ive-piece mahogany and tapestry parlor
suit for S35; brass bed, hair mattress and
box springs; beautiful brass costumer or
hall tree; dressers and chinoniers in Toona
mahogany and quarter-sawed oak; an ele-
giant oak sideboard and dining table,
leather couches for s35, cost SIS; over
stuffed Turkish chairs In Harrington
frames; leather rockers In oak and ma
hogany for So cost 49, odd mahogany
paTlor chairs; very fine mahogany library
and parlor tables; lace curtains and por-
tieress fine pastels and paintings; 9xl2
Administer rugs; perfect tone upright
mahogany piano. Also other furnishings
too numerous to mention. These goods
must be seen to be appreciated. Must sell
within the next ten days. Call at once
for choice selections. Call from a. m
20 D. m. Take Harvey st. car, get on at
Pierce and Park Wilde ave. l23l Park
Wilde Ave. Q-M465 l5X
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SPECIAL NOTICES

Advertisements for these columns
will be taken until ~ m. for the
evening edition and until y. m. for
the morning and Sunday edition.
Rates ! 1-2c n word hrst insertion,
1c a word thereafter. NOthinE taken
for less than zoe for the hrst inser-
tion. These advertisements must be
run cOnsecutiveIy.
Advertiser, ny requesting NUM-
bered check, can have answers nd-
dressed 20 a numbered letter in care
of The Bee. Answers so addressed
will be delivered on presentation Of
check.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-12
DEATH NOTICES

sNODGRASS-Flo NJ, December
1895, aged 81 years, at the family reg
dcncc, i1O3 Pacific street
Funeral services from residence Wedne r.
day, December 70 at o'clock y, m. inter
ment Forest Lawn cemetery. trlenos IN
vited
NELSON-LiIie c., December ., 1905, aged
Is years.
Funeral will be held wednesday, Decem-
Der p 1906 from family residence, ~
Pierce street, TO Third Presbyterian church.
Twentieth and Leavenworth streets, AT 1'V
p. m Interment, Forest Lawn cemetery.
Friends invited.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-12
PRIN
DANCING

MORANDS winter term for children at 2li
s. 18th, Creighton Institute, will begin
Saturday, December S; beginners, ? p. m. /;
advance, $3.50 p. m; terms, four months,
beginners $40, advance S.. Phone Douglas
l0l. Adults, 18th and Harvey; lessons
Tuesdays and Fridays p. m; assemblies
Wedn eslaV -Mhl2 rs
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-12

FOR A SQUARE DEAL Coz TO THE
PHOENIX CREDIT co. For chattel or
salary loans. 633 Paxton block. Phone,
Douglas-I45. X-MSl6
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Julia j. Cummings to Ella Mcdonald,
lot g. block "a, South Omaha. ........$
James NJ. Green to J. A. Linahan,
west y lot ?, block 3, Sweesy' So
Frank Depugh and wife to Peter ].
Olson ana wife, soues n west 1925
#. lot "a KOuntZe second. ............
Cora Windheim to Ernest Windheim,
south % II. west 1925 II. lot "a,
KountZe second ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Hugh S. Thomas and wife to Adam
Kundert, lots 10 and Is, block ll6,
Robert o. Fink to Ada Clements, lot
Is, block 4, Cotner & Archer's........
Same to Jennie w. Smith, lot u, block
4, Cotner x Archer s...................
Orilla NJ. Butterfield to Albert p. But
terrified, north " lot TO- block IL
ShulIs second .';'....'';'';,;,.,:.;;.;..
John Mcdonald to Anna ]. Partridge,
lot g. block 70, South Omaha. .......
Edwin l.. Patrick and wife to Hast
ings & Heyden, lots and 5, block
2 and lot TO- block Z, PatPick's End
sarah o. Patrick to Hastings & Hey
den, lot block and lot Z, block Z,
Patrick's End Saratoga. ..............
Frank G. Anderson and wife TO Peter
julius Johnson, east n lot 3, block
81, Shinn's 2nd......' = -, -, Z;
Patrick Land company to l.; ID. Spald-
ing. lot Is, block IS, Dundee Place.
l., ID. Spalding and wife TO Sarah 70.
Kitchen, lot Is, block 20, Dundee
Place ........,.........''''. - '''': 49,.
CHRISTOPHER Hewitt and wife 20
Everett c. BallOu, lots 3 and 4, block
5. Everett Place .......................
William X. Potter to Gilbert 4.
Frazer, part lot II, block Is, Dwight
q Lymans .....-.,..-......''..s ........
Antonio Rack to Anton Stecker and
wife, north X lot 5, block z, Kountze
4th supplementary add ..............,
Grove Wharton Construction company
TO Iibbie Schmidt lots Z, s, 8 and TO-
block "A, Halcyon Heights .,.........
I,ysle l. Abbott and wife to Edward
Gisin, lot IL, block IA, West End add
Julia =. White 10 Barbara Cooper,
lot 8, Pruyn's ub........,,..,........
Total transfers .......................S
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-12
HORSES AND WAGONS FOR SALE

HORSIS wintered: large box stalls; no
barb wire fencing. keystone Stock Farm.
Tel. Benson 1881. p. o. address, Benson.
P-M329 %
HoRsEs-All kinds. Myers. 1715 Jackson.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-12
WANTED-MALE HELP
b aAI.EsAFAN- n-Eln-

TRAVELLING SALESMAN, $3.50.
Btenographer and bOokkeeper, so.
Lumber bookkeeper and general once
clerk, SO.
Bank, two stenographers, $50, out OF uoWh'
Three ONCE clerks $50 to $40, wholesale.
Two Office clerks, young men, $50 TO Sio
Call and see us personally or write for COM
plete list Of vacancies. - ..~,
WESTERN REF. 4 BOND ASSN, INC,
Suite S40-2 N. Y. Life Bldg.
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