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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-07
AFFAIRS At SOUTH. OMAHA
CLERK Nar,s Statement Of City Finanoss
Up to January /.
PARK BONDS TO 81 solD MONDAY MIGHT
Boys Build Fire on the Ice and 1t Is
Weakened So One Breaks Through
and Narrowly Escapes
Drowning.

The city clerk Saturday issued his
monthly statement showing the condition
of the finances up to January l, 1907. The
collections, outside OF the scavenger taA
sales have amounted to s5.24s.4e. At the be-
ginning Of the year there was in the treas
ury $2l6,642s4. This Is swelled by the
amount collected to S22l, $3.50. The dis
bursements for the last I'VE months have
amounted to $7.S9S.25. making an average
monthly expenditure OF slb,47sS6. The street
repair fund is now practically exhausted,
the general fund. considering the drafts
which are to be made upon II, is probably
the nearest depleted. The following is
the detailed statement;
Amount OF levy 1861. .S1e1, 10. IA
Balance OF levy 1906-6............... &,tTS.6.
Collections reported by treasurer
TO date, including licenses, fines,
interest ON alRnces..............,. 5.24s d
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-07
ow the example of
thousands and put your
ad i'm The Sunday Bee

Albach, W. c.. l0th and Farnam.
Beranek, 8. A., It02 South 10th street
Bechts Pharmacy. 72o South 10th street
Benson Pharmacy, Benson, Neb.
Caughiin, o. r., 9Th and Pierce. streets.
clifton Hill Pharmacy. 2213 Military Avenue.
Conte, J. B., 81st Avenue and Farnam street.
Crissey Pharmacy, 24th and Lake.
Cormak, Email 1897 South 13th street.
Eastman Pharmacy, 4o4e Hamilton.
Ehler, p. H., 9so2 Leavenworth
Foster 4, Arnold. ais North 25th street,
Freytag, John j.. 1914 North Gath street
Florence Drug Co., Florence, Neb.
Goldman Pharmacy, 1929 Lake street.
Green's Pharmacy. corner Park Ave and Pacific.
Greenough, q. A., 1925 South 10th street.
Greeupugh G. A., 10th and Hickory.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-07

Hayden. VIM. c.. 1880 Farnam street
Hanscom Park Phar., 1901 South ieth avenue.
Hoist John. GA North 1sth street
Huff, A. L., 2s24 Leavenworth street.
Kings Pharmacy. 223s Farnam street.
Kountze Place Pharmacy, 1904 North 18th
Patrick Drug Co.. 1901 North 14th street
Lathrop, Chas E., 1894 North s4th street.
Peyton. L. E.. gath and Leavenworth.
Saratoga Drug Co., a4th and Ames avenue
schaefers Cut Price Drug Store, 18th and Chicago.
Schafer, August, 26S1 North 18th street,
Schmidt, ]. H, gath ana Cunning streets.
Storm Pharmacy, 18th and Martha streets.
Walnut Hill Pharmacy, 4oth and Cunning
Walton Pharmacy, goth and Grace streets.
With, o. H., 40th and Hamilton streets.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-07

worse for his ducking and the fright. He
was drenched and chilled but soon became
his normal self on reaching home and
changing his garments.
Avery POstOmce DiscontInued.
The Avery postoffice turned In it's stock
and was discontinued Saturday. The rea-
son for the discontinuance was that the Of
fee did not pay and no one who was a
resident of the town was found willing to
conduct the business. The effects of the
office were turned in at the South Omaha
ONCE. There was little to check up. not
more than s n postage and the necessary
books. This section will now be accom-
modated by a rural free delivery route. or
at least such is the intention.
Pleasant Social Function.
One OF the most pleasant society func-
tons OF the holiday season was the after
noon whist party given by Mrs. d. l..
Holmes and Mrs. George Smith in honor
| OF Mrs. A. L. Coleman and Mrs. Ralph Hall
Friday afternoon. Forty-two women were
present and ten tables of whist players
were kept at the height Of enjoyment for
] the entire allotted time. AS another attrac-
| ion Mrs. William Brooks of Chicago sang
| several solos. Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Smith
| are royal entertainers. as all their friends
| testify, and the afternoon down to the
dainty luncheon did justice to their other
| we'll remembered efforts. Mrs. Coleman
| md son left for their home In Chicago last
| light. They have been spending the holi-
] lays with Mrs. Richard Gilchrist. her
| mother.
Park Bonds Sale Monday.
| The most important item before the city
council Monday night viii be the sale OF
the park bonds amounting to $4,000 and
accrued interest for twenty-one months.
II Is anticipated that the only bidder in
the held viii be Splitter q Co.. who already
have purchased so many OF the municipal
securities 1t is limited about the city hall
that this company will not be overly anx-
ious to take the bonds with the twenty zone
months .. accrued taterast to be paid. The
law requires that the purchaser shall bid
at least par with accrued interest. This
interest amounts to over 5000 at the pres
emit time. OF course this may not be g
stumbling block to the sale of these bonds
but there are some who are inclined to feal
that the council may not insist on th'
accrued interest for this length OF time.
Magic City Gossip.
| p. c. Caldwell, justice OF peace, notary
| real estate, fire insurance. 25l7 ~
The women OF the Methodist church will
hold bazaar at Twenty-fourth and {
streets January 10
1t is likely that the fornalities OF the lay
ing OF the cornerstone OF the new city hal
viii be held January H.
Mrs c. L. Campbell and daughter, Flor
ence, returned last night from q two weeks
Visit at Tilden and Chadron.
H. L. Howe has not yet entered upon hi
duties as postmaster, but Is expecting Il
be able 70 do so within few days.
Mrs William Welsh, 27os f street, re
turned last night from oNeill. where shi
was called 70 attend the burial OF he
! sister.
II Is reported by one OF the heaviest rea
estate dealers In the city that ChicaKl
J arm has authorized him to advertise for
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-07
Reports from the sicL.

Mrs. Maria WhitmArsh. IN at her home
on Georgia avenue, showed little change
In condition last night. failing TO rest very
easily up 10 late hour In the evening
John A. Creighton was said 60 be still on
the upward road to health early this morn
ing. but less fattering reports came from
the home OF James b. Kitchen While Mr.
Kitchen was not said TO be any worse, he
NRs somewhat restlesA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-07
OId-FnahIoned county Dance.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Thomas Of Keystone
ranch west OF Benson entertained over
sixty members OF the Maple Leaf chapter,
order OF Eastern Star, last evening at an
old fashioned country dance and card party.
Special cars left Omaha at o'clock for
Benson. from which point the guests. were
conveyed TO tho ranch I'm band wagons"
A large number Of old-time dances were
introduced. The guests dropped their years
and entered into the spirit OF the occasion.
Refreshments in keeping with the idea were
served at midnight
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
Marsh Gun Water plant

The plant that | found in the Hud-
son bay region which is most worthy
of notice grows in the messy mus
kegs, in places where there is little
or no grass. 1t Is remarkable for two
reasons-the beauty Of its flower and
its water containing properties. The
leaves, which grow fat upon the
ground, are broad and green. The bell
of the flower seems adapted as a nat
ural reservoir for water. of which,
from large one. there can easily be
obtained us much as an Egyptian cof-
fee cup will hold. But the beauty of
1t was that in the early autumn. when
the nights were frosty, but the heat
still excessive by day, the water it
contained was always iced. for these
charming flower bells are evidently
constructed 10 resist frost, and as they
close In toward the top they protect
from the rays Of the sun the lump of
clear ice formed within the calyx at
night. The result of this was that
often when toiling along at midday,
hot and weary, through stagnant
swamp all | had to do to slake my
thirst was 10 pluck few of these
miraculous flowers to obtain so many
small cups full of delicious water,
each with a little lump of ice floating
on the etop.-Blackwood's Magazine.
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A Sailor Made Suit.

On the summer day that Captain
Collins embarked with his ten-year-old
son for n lake trip on a lumber vessel
the weather was hot ana sultry. The
captain had more important natter
than his sons wardrobe on his mind,
and young Peter. with the shOrtsight.
edness of excited youth, left home
without his jacket
For two days the wind blew softly
from the south. on the third day 1t
switched suddenly to the north, bring
ing with it a cutting arctic coldness.
Mrs. Collins, lingering the forgotten
jacket. had visions Of her thinly clac
son turned blue with cold or perhaps
already stricken with pneumonia
Two weeks later the travellers re
turned, the father beaming, the boy
even more radiant in bulging flame
garment of curious but ample cut
You see" explained Captain Collins,
"Peter didn't have clothes enough, so
we put in Mt the nearest port TO buv
him coat But there was only one
store and not ready made garment in
the place, so l bought three yards of
red flannel and made him a suit"
Where" asked Mrs. Collins, trying
not to laugh. did you get the pattern ."
Used the boy" said the captain
proudly. Laid the flannel on the
deck, spread the boy on his back on
top and cut all round him with my
jackknife. Then l laid him on his
stomach and cut out the front. How
else could you make a pattern p
Youths Companion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
WinSton'S Work
BY HONORE WILLSE.
Copyright. 1907, by NJ. NJ. Cunningham.

The sun was just rising behind the
bluffs when Darrell strolled out on to
the veranda of the bungalow. On the
east shore the Mississippi was still
dark and gray with night shadows, but
toward the dim line of Minnesota the
water was liquid crimson.
Darrell II fine strong figure in his
bathing trunks, shivered as he paused
to look Mt the familiar beauty of the
great river. Then he took a breath
that Swelled his deep chest and plung
ed with great bounds down the bluff
side to the river far beneath. When he
returned, red and dripping, Jim, his
darky factotum, was setting the break
fast table on the veranda, and in a
short time Darrell was drinking his cof
fee and looking out at the tender
spring green of the midstream islands.
1t was for over Il year now that he
had piqued the curiosity of the ma
tives" by living alone on the bluff side.
Two isolated facts, however, known
to the gossips, accounted for all his &c
centricities. Darrell was a writer and
New Yorker. They called him surly.
They could not know that he was
merely readjusting his lifelong theory
OF married happiness. They could not
know that he was merely fighting to
recover his old time buoyancy that had
left him that spring morning when
Elizabeth had told him that she was
going to devote her life not to him, but
to her art"
Darrell sighed, then rose abruptly.
Jim" he said, Mr. Winston may
come today, so you had better watch
the bend sharply about noon.'
'Yessah.'
And you may as well fix up the
guest room this morning"
Jim looked around at the simple fur
nishings of the porch and living room
critically. Jim had served Darrers ia
ther and had privileges.
Am Mr. Winston very particular,
sah?"
Darrell smiled. Il don't know. Jim.
The publishers are sending him out to
get Illustrations for my book. This
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
What Boys Learned 300 Years Ago.

Schoolboys In old England took to
Latin and Greek at an early age At
st. Saviour's Grammar school, South
wark, in 1911 a pupil of seven years
and three months was admitted as an
ordinary occurrence, who signed his
form of admission, stating himself to
be reading and learning in the Acct
dence and entering into Propria quae
Maribus, etc. and also Tully his sec
ond epistle, among those gathered by
Sternius, and Corderius' dialogues,
etc" The hours of study We're long
too An old record says that from
March till September the child is to
come at g in the morning and be at
school till II. Again Mt / and tarry
eill g. The rest of the year he is to be-
gin in the morning at and leave at 5
In the afternoon. The maister will not
give leave to play but once a week"
The maister was to be skilled In the
Latin and able to teach grammar, or
atory, poetry and Greek, as also the
principles of Hebrew. He is to be of a
wise. sociable and loving disposition.
not hasty or furious nor of i'll example.
He shall discern the nature of every
child, If such may be discerned"
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ural result OF bringing such opposite
natures together and compelling them
to live beneath the same roof would be
trouble, Tip, serious trouble too.
would have to side with my wife
against my mother or | would have to
side with my mother against my wife.
In either case my position would be
decidedly unpleasant | don't expect
you to fully understand this. old fell
low. You were separated from your
mother when you were too young to
comprehend the meaning of filial af-
fection. But human beings are quite
different and have certain duty to
perform in looking after their maternal
relations. Now, these are the facts in
the case, Tip, and something must be
done, but l don't know what it Is
to be-"
The squirrel had disappeared from
view, and Tip fixed his undivided at
tention upon his master, evidently med
ttating deeply over the perplexing prob
lem. The stumpy tail ceased its pen
dulum-like motions, and his sharp ears
were pricked up In an attitude of ear
nest attention.
This crisis has come upon US sud
denly, my boy" pursued Granville aft
er few moments of silence. Things
were running along all right, and there
was no necessity for Immediate action
until this big fellow from California
Wentworth's his name-came upon the
scene. He's been showing Miss Brown
ing the most decided attention. Took
her out three times last week in his
auto and twice to the theater. In fact,
every time l went there she vas out
with this confounded Wentworth. and
| haven't had a chance to say word
to her since he came"
The terrier whlned sympathetcally,
and his master continued
He's twice as old as she is. TIP.
but that doesn't make any difference in
these days, when men of seventy mar
ry women of twenty There ought to
Se law passed that would prevent
people from marrying when there is
more than five years difference in their
ages, and If | ever go to congress I'll
Introduce such a measure That won't
help me now, though, and if | don't
make move he'll win out and leave
me at the post. There you are, Tip.
I've unbosomed my secret soul 10 you,
The only friend in whom 1 can confide,
and 1 look to you to straighten this
tangle out for me-"
If the fly that hovered about Tips
head had been Wentworth, Granville's
anxiety would have been at an end
After making sure that his winged tor
mentor would worry him no more Tip
glanced around and espied the squirrel
several rods away, engaged in making
his morning meal from some crumbs
that had been left in the woods. For
getting his masters troubles, Tip DASH
ed off in pursuit, leaving Granville to
solve the question that so greatly per
picked him. The young man. left to
his own devices. lighted a fresh cigar
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
-
STONING A TIGER.
The Punishment of Man Eater That
Killed a Tibetan.

Fifty years ago tigers were very COM
mon even in the high hills of western
Tibet, writes c. A. Sherring in his ac-
count of that country. At the present
time, however, owing to the increase
of population end the general spread OF
cultivation, they have become rare,
and the appearance of man eater
who carried off a poor old woman on
the slope of Chipla created consterna-
ton.
On the following day there were
gathered together a hundred grim men,
armed only with axes and stones, for
they had not a gun among them.
Fortune favored the brave, for the
tiger was found asleep under u rock
At once each man dropped silently into
the cover of the brushwood and piled
a heap of stones near to his hand,
while one of the most trusted of the
party was commissioned to stalk to
the top of the rock and drop a huge
stone on the sleeping brute.
SO well was the work done that the
stone fell true on the tigers back, and
Immediately, with roar, the wounded
beast sprang up and, seeing his enc
mics, who leaped from their cover,
charged the line.
But hundred men, desperate as to
consequences, throwing stones with
might and main, are not to be awed or
turned from their purpose lightly. The
stones broke the tigers teeth and went
into his mouth. and his body soon be-
came {. mass of wounds.
I Irning, he tried to escape and took
his pursuerS up hill for n mile, but
wherever he paused and whatever he
did he could not escape the pltiless
rain Of missiles. The blow on his back,
first given, effectively checked his
speed, and finally, worn out, he came
to bay under great cliff.
The rest was easy. He was immedi-
ately hemmed in, and the stones were
showered ON him thicker than ever and
hurled with cedoubled energy. AS he
sank down the villagers rushed in and
dispatched him with their axes. -
Youths Companion.
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and began a mental calculation as e.
the length of time that must elapse be-
fore he could hope for sufficient in
come wherewith to maintain his moth
er and wife in separate homes, pro-
vided, of course, that Wentworth did
not succeed in carrying off Miss
Browning before his eyes.
The calculation was interrupted by a
series of ear splitting yelps, and Gran
vile, fearing his pet had come TO grief,
arose and hurried down the path along
which Tip had disappeared. AS he
reached a clearing a hundred yards or
so away he stopped short, his eyes
resting upon curious scene.
In the center of the clearing stood
Wentworth and Mrs. Granville. The
former had one arm around the latter's
waist, while. with his walking stick in
his disengaged hand, he was vigorous
ly parrying the furious rushes of the
enraged Tip.
I'm so glad you've come, Jim" cried
Mrs. Granville as her son drew near
You are just in time"
at looks as If I'm around at the
wrong time" grimly returned the
young man as he proceeded to calm
the excited Tip. Il don't quite under
stand what it all means. | didn't know
you knew Mr.. Wentworth"
Not know Tom Wentworth ex-
claimed Mrs. Granville In surprise.
"Why. I've known him ever since l
was n child. He's Catherine Brown
ings uncle, you know, and while he
was looking up his niece he found me
out, and we've renewed our old friend
ship. Tom tells me'-a pretty flush
had crept into Mrs. Granvlle's cheeks,
and her forty-five years of life seemed
to dwindle perceptibly-'th he has
cared for me ever since he has known
me, and he has persuaded me to go
back TO California with him If you
have no objections, Jim. What do you
say?"
Il won't stand in the way of your
happiness, mother" declared Granville
with an emphasis that Mrs. Granville
did not understand until Wentworth
enlightened her
81 knew Jim would be all right" oh
served the hig Californian jovially.
Hes been making some plans for
himself, and 1 think we'd better make
double wedding of It,"
you're clever ally, Tip, even if
you're only a dog" remarked Gran
vile as he walked toward Miss Brown
ing's home. That wild bolt of yours
brought about a solution of the whole
mattprh
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
His Clever Ally
by.
W. CRAWFORD SHERLOCK.
Copyright, 1907. by Mary McKeon.
AsAexsksAskkexsxs&s4SAe,

"Now, Tip, something must be done,
but how I'm going to do it is more
than | know"
Jim Granville stretched his great
length on the grass beneath an old oak
tree and addressed his fox terrier, who
surveyed his master with evident inter
est and understanding. There was n
frown on the broad forehead of the
young man and troubled look in his
big brown eyes. Tip sat on his
launches, wagging his diminutive
stump of a tail vigorously, one eye
fixed intently on his masters face
while with the other he watched the
movements of a squirrel on an over
hanging branch.
Pm in love, Tip" continued Gran
vile, flicking the ashes from his cigar
with an impatient gesture. "You know
what that means, old fellow, since
you've been paying your addresses to
that little spaniel of Miss Browning's.
Yet you can't understand why l don't
tell the girl so and settle the whole
matter, do you? Tip, canine affairs are
different from human affairs. Men
have responsibilities, and dogs don't.
That's the whole difference in n nut
she'll"
Tip gave Il short bark, as if he fully
comprehended the distinction, and
Granville went on: 81 have a pretty
good income, Tip, but 1t is not big
enough to support two establishments.
If l get married, my mother would have
to live with us, and you know from
your own experiences that she is a wo.
man of decided convictions"
Tip shuddered at the remembrance
of a whipping he had received for the
slight ofense of chewing up one of
Mrs. Granville's gloves in moment
of observation-disclosures and then hung
his head
"Well, Miss Browning also has de
cided views on certain questions of
life, and she and my mother disagree
upon almost every subject. The nat
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to the places you want sketched FIRST,
Horace. so that 1 won't get confused
by seeing too much else"
They padded slowly up to the foot
of Gray Eagle. Darrell held the canoe
against the current and looked up at
the magnificent bluff side, whose great
face was deep and cool with pines.
The Mississippi bluffs were new to
Elizabeth. She sat I'm silence for q mo
ment, looking at the grandeur of river
and shore. Then she began to sketch
rapidly. All the brilliant spring after
noon they padded about In silence for
tho most part. Elizabeth slipped her
sketches as rapidly as they were fin
ished into her portfolio, and Darrell did
not ask to see them. He was grateful
to Elizabeth that she did not rhapso-
die over the scenery. Words were in.
adequate and idle here
At last the girl. with a tired little
sigh, slipped the last sketch into her
portfolio. "Now, if you will come back
to supper with me we will talk them
over" she said.
They sat on Mrs. Brady's porch just
before sunset, and Elizabeth laid one
of her sketches in Darrers hands. He
gave a little start of surprise. How
had she done 1t? The Mississippi, calm,
swift and deep. in all It's potency of
motion; then for miles bluff after bluff,
pushing into water, stern, forbidding,
yet lovely; the tenderness of the blue
sky, the softness of ragged clouds.
the
Elizabeth" said Darrell, and his
voice trembled little, 81 did not know
that you could do this. This is better
than Winston's best work"
Elizabeth looked anXiously into his
face. "Do you think that?' she said.
Darrell again studied the sketch. at
is wonderful" he said. You have told
more in these few strong brush strokes
than l have in my whole book. Eliza
beth" wistfully, 'how could you un-
derstand so well?"
Elizabeth clasped her hands softly in
her lap. "Oh. but you see I've read
the book and reread IT, so | was pre-
pared to see all that you did. The
book was as-as fine and strong as
you are Horace"
The man rose and walked back and
forth. Elizabeth, can you ever for
give me for being such Il fool as to be-
little your work. Why, do you know,
| admire Winston's work so much that
| was in the seventh heaven when |
found that | could get him to do my
Illustrating, and your work is far and
away better than his" He turned
toward the girl abruptly. Elizabeth,
why did you Gomez"
"Because"-the girl looked up at him
bravely-"I wanted to seq you again,
and She paused.
"And| suggested Darrell
"And when you asked for Winston
l was glad to come. l always sign
my work Winston. 1t Is my middle
name, you know"
Darrell drew her close to him. But
your 'artT" he questioned.
II wanted TO see If woman
could" she whispered.
And woman always shall" he
said Winston shall illustrate all
my books"