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Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20
CASH SHY FOR THE DASH
Bunch of Money Needed to start
Penry ON for h North
Pole.

Confident OF his victory to carry the
stars and stripes to the north pole, Com
mander Robert E. Peary, who is now in
Casca Bay, Maine, for a few days, has
made preparations for another arctic dash.
The steamer, Roosevelt, which the Peary
Arctic club built for commander Peary
and which carried him and his little party
on the last ~northward journey, has been
o~verhauled and put in better. condition than
ever for It's expected battles with the Ice
barriers of the frozen north.
Peary's present plans contemplate his
departure from New York about July l.
but lack of sufficient funds to finance the
expedition may prevent the start. In fact,
unless SIS, 900 is forthcoming by the LIST of
July the project will have TO be abandoned.
north and already has put into the work
Peary has devoted nearly twenty years in
efforts to solve the great problems of the
all Of mis- personal means amounting to So
900. He has had a greater experience in
arctic work than any other man living.
His work and objects have the endorsement
of President Roosevelt. who says that fall
ure properly to equip his expedition will
be "a real misfortune from a national
standpoint"
Peary is hopeful that the comparatively
small sum necessary to complete the ex-
ploration fund may be raised in time to
permit him to carry out his plans. He
expects to accomplish the journey to the
pole in fifteen months. but will take with
him supplies for a three years stay.
One very important result of my last
expedition as bearing upon the success of
the coming one" said Commander Peary
recently, lis the improbability that condi-
lions in the comparatively short distance
of 300 miles between my furthest north
point and the pole itself will be in any
way different form the conditions en-
~countered by me for the last 100 miles OF
my journey. II conditions are no worse
In the next season than they were during
the last voyage l shall hope to accomplish
the object Of the expedition and return in
about fifteen months-October, 1909. ! ought.
however to have supplies and equipment
for a stay Of three years.
1.-THE total number aboard on leaving
here will probably be twenty, the same
as formerly. Charles Perry, my steward,
on two previous voyages, will go again,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20
Railway Notes and Personals.

Darius Miller, first vice president of the
Burlington. in charge of traffic, passed
through Omaha Friday enroute to Denver.
w. l.. Park, general superintendent of the
Union Pacific. who. with a party of Union
Pacific officials, has been inspecting the
northern transcontinental lines, reached
Granger Friday morning.
Tn annual superintendent meeting of
the Union Pacific, which was to have been
held in Denver June % and %, has been
Indefinitely postponed. The superinten-
dents are too busy repairing tracks washed
out by the recent rains.
Although most Of the heavy washouts
on western lines have been repaired, many
OF the tracks are still too soft for fa a.
running. The Missouri Pacific from the
south was four hours late Friday morning
five minutes late. The Rock Island wash
out at Esmond Kan, has been repaired.
Illinois Central was one hour and twenty.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20
PERIL OF THE FLY PEST
Crusade Against Disease Dissemfna-
tors started in Various
Communities

SLence is lust now sounding the tocsin
of a crusade against the fly as the dis
semlnator Of many deadly diseases. A en-
mlttee in New York and a ami In
Liverpool have published reports cf in
vestigations showing that the common
house fly Is responsible for an enormous
human death roll. THIS familiar occupant
Of our homes, feebly Comba;e1 with
screens and sticky paper. IL. one Of the
chief causes Of $50 deaths from typhoid
fever and 1900 deaths from other intestinal
diseases in New Yor,: every year. He Is
not the originator Of disease, but the cur
rier of II. and all his habits make him an
ideal agent to spread tie germs OF sckne's
and death. One New York fly, captured
while ION the way to the nearest milk
pitcl. er" and put under the microscope
was found to be carrying 10000 fecal b1c-
terra on his mouth and legs. Another speci-
men was allowed to wax on the surface Of
a sterile culture solution and in a few
days the invisible zigzag tracks blossome1
into sight with a myriad bacteria Of dis
ease.
a physician, as described by DR.. Gordon
X. Dickinson In the Medical Record, who
saw flies soing back and forth between a
milk pitcher and a vessel tainted with
typhoid excreta had no difficulty In under
standing the cause OF an epidemic. The
coincidence OF many flies and much In
tes.inal disease has been noted by several
observers. Flies swarm around the sore
eyes Of rntives in tAe oriental countries,
and probably spread the prevalent eye dis
ease. Laboratory experiments have been
made to show that flies can contract germs,
develop them Internally and discharge
them in a viTulent state, The baeilli OF
typhoid fever rave remained in a fly as
long as twenty-three days. Tubercuiosis
germs have been found in the abdominaI
cavities of flies caught in a consump
tive's room and in fly specks on walls and
windows OF hospital wards occupied by
consumptlves. These flies evidently fed OF
the sputum of the patients. An observer
in india exposed boiled milk in different
parts OF a Jail where cholera and flies
we're prevalent. Only one department OF
she' Jail had cholera. and 1t was separated
from the other part by high walls, yet tht
cholera germs were speedily carried &c
'he milk I'm the non infected division.
House flies allowed 10 walk over sterile
culture solutions and one with diphtheris
Eerms. alternately. soon infected the sterile
plate. Cultures OF typhoid and dysenterl
germs were made from tracks and specki
Of flies that had fed on the objections o
typhoid and dysentery patients. One fly
taken from n plague victim. crushed ant
nocuiated into a guinea pig, caused. IN,
aeath OF the guinea pig from plague in twl
lays. Typhoid fever spreads even amonI
lhose who do not drink the infected water
This is due to the agency of flies. as wa
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20
THIRTY THOUSAND FOR A FOOT
Damage IL Asked by Boy Who f.
ManEIed by a Street
Car.

Thirty thousand dollars for a crushed
foot is demanded by Leroy Goldsmith, an
S-year-old boy. in a suit against the street
railway COMPANY begun Friday in his be-
half by his mother. Mrs. Palmyra Gold
smith. The petition says the boy was
crossing the street car track on twenty
fifth street, between Davenport and chi
cago. when he was struck by a car and
his right foot mangled. The petition
charges the accident up to the motorman,
asserting he could have stopped the car
ana that he did not use the fender in time,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20

Chicago is soon to follow the example set
ty New York's police commissioner in
dumping confiscated firearms into deep
water. For years the city by the lake has
lag an annual auction of guns gathered
by the police. The result has been, OF
course, just what 1t was. In, New York
the strong arm gentry and hold-up artists
obtained ordnance at a cut rate. Now,
Chicago's municipal judges have voted to
turn over to the city custodian all con-
traband dangerous weapons, and they
will be consigned to the depths Of Lake
Michigan. "A good radiance to bad rub
bish" Is the verdict OF the Windy City
newspapers,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20

He is gentlemanly, courteous and willing.
He has made many friends, and these
friends in a number of cases are men of
wealth and Influence in the loop district.
They often ask for him personally and give
good advice as to what to do with his
money for a safe investment. That ex-
plains how he has been able to do so we'll
No one enVies him his wealth. He has
we'll earned it."-Chicago Record-Herald
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20
DENVER MINING MEN HELD UP
Robber Secures Forty Dollars I'm Cash
and Large Block of Min
ing Stock.

z. T. Weber. a mining man from Den
yer. was help up about 1870 Friday morning
and robbed OF mining stock OF the face
value OF SIS, OOO and $40 in cash.
A colored man assaulted him with a stick
Of timber at Twelfth and Jones streets.
striking him over the head and across the
arm. Though Weber put up a fight his
assailant got away with the valuables.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20

as will also Matthew Henson, my colored
assistant. ny surgeon is yet to be selected.
1 shall take aboard from twenty to twenty
five OF the most effective Eskimo hunters
and dog drivers. who will be accompanied
by their wives and children, which will
make the Eskimo contingent going north
from the Whale sound region from forty to
fifty. I shall require from 200 to $50 dogs
New York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20
Ofnce Cat Was Fortified.

The office cat has turned up at last,
and a prank Of a printers devil OF thirty
years ago has come TO light In Greensburg,
pa. In tearing out a portion OF the Mitin-
ger building recently, workmen found the
petrified body OF the pussy, incased be-
twee,. floors. Every feature. except the
Whiakers 10 we'll preserved, and the curio
has caused much
nrtnterS and veteran Newspaper
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20
ACTION ON TEACHERS PAY
Committees Discuss Matter, hut VIII
Not Pass ON IL Finally
for Weeks.

Several weeks will elapse before definite
action is taken on the matter OF raising
the salaries OF public and high school
teachers in Omaha. The finance and high
school committees Of the Board OF Educa-
ton held a meeting Friday and discussed
the proposition, but decided that IL IA
'-4 SERIOUS \ mAttsr to pass on without
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20

men are racking their memories To recall
the disappearance OF the cat. but none
has been found who remembers the cir
cumstance. Thirty years ago the Greens.
burg Herald was published in the Mitln-
ger building, and IL is presumed the devil"
finding the hand-set galleys scarce and
little work to do, caught the cat, cunningiy
concealed II between two floors, and
nailed shut the opening.
The piece OF petrification is heavier than
stone, OF a grayish hue, and even the syea
Of the feline retain a luster.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20
SOME GOOD THINGS TO EAT
Potato in the Local Mar
ket Reaches Point of Real
Severity.

The potato situation in the local market
has become what commission men term
severe" The heavy rains of the last
few weeks have seriously retarded the
crop. resulting in a shortage that has
raised the price of both old and new
potatoes. Old potatoes that would have
dore we'll to bring % and 30 cents last
week, sold Friday morning for 81 a bushel,
and potatoes that brought 80 cents last
week are selling this week for 81 and over.
New potatoes that sold for 81 a bushel last
week are now selling for $3.50. Potatoes
are scarce and the price will probably keep
up for a while.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20
The yellow Peril.

Jaundice-malaria-biliousness vanishes
when Dr Kings New Life Pulls are taken.
Guaranteed. sc. For sale by Beaton Drug
Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20

more elaboration. The situation will re-
ceive thorough consideration and no step
will be taken until the committees are
sure Of their way.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20

A few blackberries are coming in each
day and are selling from 81 to $50 a crate,
wholesale, and retailing for about 10 cents
a box. Raspberries are slow coming IN
and the black are selling at So a crate,
wholesale, or 10 ceEts a box, retail. Red
raspberries, wholesale. for SO a case Of
twenty-four-pint boxes. A few homegrown
Strawberries are to be had and wholesale
from $3.50 to s. a crate. The only car Of
Hood river (Oregon) berries that will be
shipped to, this market this year came in
Thursday. and they are selling for 20 cents
a box.
A few shipments OF Florida pineapples
continue TO come, but these will not last
much longer, and the price has already
raised, the. better ones now selling from s.
TO $3.50 a crate.
California cantaloupes are selling whole
sale at 81 a case OF forty-five melons, but A
drop OF 81 a case is expected by next week.
A few punches OF red Cuban bananas
were among the novelties on the market
Friday morning. They are Of exceptionally
fine flavor and unusually sweet. They sell
at 5 cents each.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-20

Creamery butter is selling at Is and Is
cents a pound in packages. and the best
tub buffers sell for p. "a and 3 cents a
pound.
Fresh eggs sell for 20 and % cents a
dozau
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09
SYNOPSIS.

Returned to London from a hard campaign
In Afghanistan. DR.. Watson In seeking a room
discovers Sherlock Holmes similarly employs
and the two cast in their lots together. Mr'
Holmes Is summoned to investigate the APP
parent murder OF a man named Enoch J;
Drebber, Cleveland. Ohio. u. S. A, the fact
that there had been no robbery or other APP
parent motive increasing the mystery or the
affair. A singular occurrence. In eonneetlon
with It was the scrawling in blood-red letters
on the wall of the room In which the body was
found OF the word. ''Rache,'' the German for
revenge apparently intended to deceive the
police. The story of the constable who diseoy-
cred the body dlscloses only that the probable
murderer had escaped through feigning
drunkenness. A woman's wedding ring found
upon the floor seems likely to furnish a clue.
Arthur Charpentier. a naval lieutenant. Is ar
rested on suspicion. The murder of joseph
Stangerson. Drebber's secretary, further coinpl.
Gates the affair. The tangle seems at It's most
bewiidering stage when Holmes elecfrihes the
detectives by ~clapping the handouts on a cab
driver whom he Introduces as the murderer.
The scene is then shifted to the sierras, In this
country. where a man and a little girl, VINO
have become lost, are confronted with starva-
ton. A long caravan of Mormons travelling
west passes the two castaways, John Ferrier
and Lucy, who join the band. Lucy grows up
a beautiful girl. and becomes the promised
bride OF Jefferson Hope. a non-belieyer.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09
GUffb the Needle and Thread.

A street skirt Of noticeable beauty
was made with two slashed seams
upon the front breadth, each seam
closed with very small buttons. The
slash extended to the knees. The side
or hip seams were trimmed with but
tens, and while in the front was ex-
tremely plain yet the sides were plait.
ed full length.
The extremely large buttons used on
coats and skirts have brought a new
way of cutting the buttonholes, for
now instead of being just a straight
slit, vertical or horizontal, they slant
upward, and the button Is sewed so
that the lower end of the b%uttonhole
just reaches. This is quite an i'm
provement, for buttons cannot easily
slip out of these holes.
A smart coat is fastened across the
waistcoat with frogs of green-corded
silk, slung across from buttons on the
mitred cloth. The waistcoat is out
lined with a piping of this silk. The
skirt is high wasted, and comes from
beneath a draped belt of black satin,
drawn through a buckle. There is a
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09
OUR CORNER
THE ADVENTURES.
-HIS is a very good game, and VIII
combine instruction with amuse-

combine instruction with amuse-
ment. The idea is that the COM
many imagines itself to be a party OF
travellers about to set out on a journey
to foreign countries, A good knowledge
of geography is desirable, also an Idea
of the manufactures of the foreign parts
about to be visited.
II would be we'll to nave a map handy
for reference, and to decide any mooteo
questions.
A place for starting having been DO
cided upon, the first player sets out
upon his journey. He tells the company
what spot he intends to visit Cn mag
ination) and what kind of conveyance
he means to travel In.
On arriving at his destination the
player states what he wishes TO puy'
and to whom he intends to make a
present of his purchase on returning
home.
This may seem very simple, but 1t is
not nearly so easy as it appears. Tne
player must have some knowledge OF
the country to which he is going, the
way he will travel and the time 1t Will
take to complete the journey.
To give an instance, 1t will not do for
the PLAYER to state that he is going to
Greenland to purchase pineapples, or
to Florida to get furs; nor VIII It 90
for him to make a present of a meer-
schaum pipe to a lady, or a oashme
shawl to a gentleman.
The game continues, and the second
player must make his starting point
from where the first leaves off. OF
course, all depends upon the magma
ton or the experience of the player; II
he has been a traveller or has e a
great deal, his description should be
very interesting.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09
TIE Eyerfng Stars Cook
Book and Daily Menu.
Recipes for .~SeaSonabhe Dainty Dishes.
A DeAcacy.
BY AUNT MATTY.

layer of stewed peaches. Beat the
white Of the Egg stiff, add two table,
spoons of sugar and ten drops of va
nilla. Spread this over peaches and put
on top slide Of oven to brown. Serve
colds
Mushrooms With Crab-Take mush-
rooms, the larger the better. remove
the stems and fill each mushroom with
chopped crab meat, highly seasoned.
Press the stufing firmly in place in
zach mushroom and sprinkle the top
with bread crumbs. Bake in the oven
in q pan slightly filed with water.
Serve. piping hot. On pieces Of buttered
toast, cut In fancy shapes.
A DeIicacy-You who have enjoyed
the delicacy in toasted cheese and
crackers will be pleased to learn Of
something more tempting which can be
served at a fall party. Get unsweet-
ened crackers and place on each a
marshmallow and q piece of butter
sufficient to make tho marshmallow
spread nicely when heated in tho stove
oven. Plain square crackers. unsalted
and covered with an icing made Of pull
verified sugar and water and literally
sprinkled with ground nuts. makes a
tempting morsel too.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09
NEWS FOR SHOPPERS


A shfrtwaist set, consisting of three
narrow pins and q wide tie pin, may be
had in either gold or silver at w. V.
Snyder & Co.'s,
A sale of linen doilles, showing dainty
designs in drawn work, Is being held at
Hahne q Co.'s.
A half dozen teaspoons of triple plate
may be obtained for a very small sum
at L. Bamberger & Co.'s.
At L. s.. Plaut & Co.'S there is an
attractive display of new veilings, some
showing dainty and new borders.
A pretty string of coral beads in
graduated sizes may be purchased for
a tiny sum at the Goerko Company's.
Many shoppers are being attracted
to the David Straus store, where won
derful bargains in millinery are being
offered this week.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09
Costume
From ladies' Home Journal
Patterns Nos. 407s-404e


Nothing smarter in street suits has been
shown this season. and 1t could be made
up in broadcloth or chevlot, in catawba,
taupe, or smoke-gray, or with skirt of
cloth and coat of matching velvet or rep
silk, a distinctive costume, adapted for
walking or visiting is achieved. The
coat is built on Directoire lines, though
not in any way extreme. and is semi
fitting. There Is no seam at the centre
back. and the slde-back seams are cut
with an extension from the waist down,
which forms a small plat. The fronts
may meet In perfectly straight lines, but
perforations mark where front and side
front sections msy be sloped off to give
a cutaway effect, If this Is preferred.
While the back shows the fashionable
Empire waist line, 1t is perforated for a
closer fit. 1t is a matter of individual
choice whether the standing or notched
collar is used. md the pocket laps, re-
yers aud turn-back cuffs further empha-
size the Directoire effect.
In the popular coat style, opening the
entire length of the front, is the accom-
panying eight-gored skirt. 1t fits the
hips in sheath effect and may be finished
In habit style at the back, or with an
inverted b~ox-plait. Coat No. 4078 is cut
In six sizes, 80 to AZ inches bust. Size
36 requires az yards 4i-lnch material with
out nap. Skirt No. 4049 is cut In six sizes,
20 to 80 inches waist. Size "a requires 3B
yards 44-inch material without nap. Price
Of each, with Guide Chart, Is cents.
l.. BAMBERGER s. CO.,
SOLE NEWARK AGENTS
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09

eF1< W
n is a duty which we owe to each
other to prevent the spreading to 9TH
ers Of any infectious disease we may
have among us, but many well-mean-
ing people are often careless In little
matters, such as writing letters from
O sick room, etc.
Children should not be sent to school
from a house where any infectious dis
ease exists, nor to church, meetings,
inside obnibuses or cabs, nor indeed to
any crowded places.
Toys should be burnt after the in
valid has used them, and never sent to
any other children.
Linen and bedding, of course, must
be ~disinfected before sending to the
laundry.
Letters should not be written In the
sick-room.
Books from a circulating library
taken into an infectious room, and then
returned, Is a very usual way of spread
ing disease. All books and papers which
are used In the room should be burned.
Dogs and cats should never be al
lowed to come near the patient, as they
may convey the infection In their fur
to other people.
Every utensil used by the sick should
be frequently washed in disinfectants,
and Glso the nurses hands, n water,
soap and a clean towel should be ready
for the doctor to do the same.
A sick-room is better without carpets
or hangings, but, II there are curtains,
let them be of some washing material.
Food must never stand in the room,
y and cups, glasses and tea cloths may
be kept on a table outside.
Care of the Hair.
Daor KEaJopa a A15a.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09

wide panel down the front, braided for
some distance down.
From printed cretonne may be con-
trived the most attractive of travelling
sets. One of these is the chintz-covered
box which is to hold all the toilet arti-
cles. 1t Is primarily a shoebox, with
the sides of the cover cut away and
one edge of it attached to the box by
means of ribbon hinges. This is di-
vided into cretonne-covered cardboard
compartments to accommodate the
brushes, combs, soap and powder boxes
and the inside of the cover is thickly
padded to hold all kinds of pins.
A cape in the old-fashioned delman
shape, with angel wings, is really a
circular cape affair with the side por-
lions divided by satin bands, thus max
ing immense b~ell-shape sleeves, slight
ly uplifted and held with button trim
ming and white satin cords. This cape
is lined with white satin, having a bor-
der effect in striped corn color. 1t was
collarless, but rather deliberately trim
med to a depth of three inches around
the rounded neck portions and down
each side.