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Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
REAL 7
CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE.
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Large s-room house. diagonally across
from Rome Miller's 5000 country home.
Grand Ave and Florence boulevard. House
fronts south and east, in q setting Of fine
old forest trees; beautiful outlook to the
east over Mrs. Levi Carter park. the Mis-
soun river valley and the Iowa hills. Mr..
Morrison has removed from the city, but
is here temporarily and while here wishes
this property sold. Former price, 5000,
present price, 500. Act quickly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
Mexico.
DEAR MIR FARMER

Can you raise EIGHT CROPS OF AL
FALFA yearly and sell It for $3.50 a ton,
Also. TWO CROPS OF CORN? Can you
raise oranges, lemons and other semitrop-
YAQUI VALLEY
Sonora, Mexico, on main line of s, p. Ry.,
fronting east on Gulf of California. Fine
climate, good markets at hand, paying big
prices. 10000 acres under irrigation.
II you want to buy this land at SIS per
acre In five yearly payments including per-
petual water right, ACT NOW, and Join
NEBRASKA AND IOWA COLONY.
Excursion May T. Write for particulars.
Hackett- Stillman Land Co., Agts
s2l-S2 N. Y. LAfe. Omaha, Neb. Doug. ss72
CaOMSS6 q
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REAL ESTATE LOANS

WANTED-Clty ioans and warrants. "
Farrsw Smiths Co. 1890 Farnam 81.
Cx)-6S
SECOND MORTGAGE loans neEotiated
Apply Room n7-1S First Natl Bank RIie
BSn phone Douglas &16 QO-aN
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q MASON

WEBSTER sTA.-I5TH a WEBSTER
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$3.50 Per Acre
W. l.. Selby,

46 Board of Trade Bldg. Omaha. Neb,
(2)-2sT 70
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s Rooms: $1,000

Here is a real snap for home or invest
ment -Four rooms and bath up stairs; 4
very large rooms and hall down stairs.
Similar to st. Louis flat-can be rented to
two families. Beautiful so II. east front
lot. nicely terraced; cement walk; shade.
Well located. Rental -S27 per month.
$1,000 cash, balance SOS per month.
H. r. STRINGER,
$50 Paxton Block, r Phone Douglas GS1.
Q9-M37b 2
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OWNER SAYS SELL

Fine six-room residence on Burt ST. facing
the Boulevard, modern In every way, good
basement and walks. The owner 10 obliged
to go on his homestead this week. Price,
81, 800; 5000 cash, balance same as rent.
NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMPANY,
$50 Brandeis Bldg. Omaha, Neb.
Q9)-SH
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soULEvARD HOUSE. SaGs Horth 18th o.
rooms modern. only $3.50. Thomas
5FenHAn. room ! New York Life Bldg
Evening star., 1909-06-19

ton as it is beautiful. graceful and artis-
tic i'll outline. 1t is 40 feet in length
and has a width of 30 feet This means
that it covers considerably more ground
than can be found in the average blocl.
OF even a big city. The roof towers aol
feet in the air. and the top o the spire OF
the central towar over the crossing is
3o7 feet. The two main towers go aInos
as high as the Washington Monument.
being o37 feet high. winch is only a DIFF
ference of thirteen feet smaller than the
notable edifice at Washington.
The interior Of the cathedral has been
fitted up with lavish indifference to eN-
pense. The wealth of Europe has been
literally poured into the church or tn,
pacing of affairs, shrines yestments and
a host of other features of religious wor-
ship.
The foremost singers OF the world have
been delighted To sing in the famous
choir, and the organ is notable for it,
richness Of tone and the tame of thosa
who have played on its keys
Americans visiting Cologne have always
In great numbers made il point To At
tend services in the cathedral on Sundays
and there are times when it is little short
of impossible TO gain admission so great
is the outpouring.
Already money has been literally sub
scribed to assist in the work of saving the
cathedral, and the work will begin at
once.
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forbid you 10 speak. Don't say a word.
Generally John did not interfere be-
tween Edith and the children. This time
he broke that wise rule. He drew 4
nickel from his pocket.
WILL" he said, holding up the coin,
.come here"
In second that infant was in his
arms. his face shining through his tears.
Whats the matter with mamma, VII
liam" asked John.
"N lille, dear" cried his mother inn
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GERMANY Shocked by
~ Announcement That
Many of the Venerable
Stones of Which the Cathe-
dral of Cologne Is Built Are
Crumbling Away-U n e
Prompt Action Is Taken by
the Authorities Some Part of
the Historical Edihce Stands
in Imminent Peril of Collapse
Apart From Its Superb
Beauty, the Building Is of
Interest Because of It's Long
History, Which Goes All the
Way Back to the Ninth Gen.
tury.
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ploringly. but the allurement of the nickel
was too great for his filial affection.
Papa. don't you know what day il
is?" asked tho smiling William.
Great heavens thought John in con
sternation, 'l,ave the children begun ID
ask that Internal question, too"
He racked his brains for possible
neglected anniversary.
''Well. what day is it?'' he asked.
WHY, It's mammals birthday" said
William triumrhantIy.
She had risen and was confronting him
like an angry goddess. The fash of in
dgnation upon her cheek, the tear that
sparked in her eye-and Edith was one
of the few women who look pretty in
tears-made her fairly adorable. He
thought she lad never appeared more
teen. For an instant his admiration
shone in his glance, and the unerring
Edith was quick TO detect 1t. There was
an opportunity for him to get into her
good graces once more. Alas. Nemesis
must have been guiding him, for what
did John do?. His admiration faded into
an expression of amusement. He snick-
cred, he chuckled he laughed. He sank
down in the nearest chair and roarad.
Edith had never been SO furiously angry
before This was adding insult to injury.
As soon as she could make herself heard
sine began:
For my part. John Gordon. | soc moth
ing about which to laugh. You have for
gotten my birthday, thing you ha<e
never done since we have been married.
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Ry Cyrus 0ownsend R>uay

he had not forgotten. He had provided
her literally. in accordance with his
means, with the jewels which looked 50
pretty upon her beautiful hands. and lie
collection what she had long coveted, a
pearl. \ fine specimen which he had
purchased the night before. at that very
moment lay in his pocket. But John
gave no outward sign. The stock market
was in a feverish condition, and he buried
himself in the paper the moment he sat
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her. Wont you have birfday cake
wiv cannels on it. like l did,"
mo. nothing. nothing! Nobody cares
for mamma's birthday She's an OIL
woman now: So lonesome. her hearts
broken.
Wont papa give you somethin'." ,"
Hes forgotten all about IT. darling.
He doesn't care any more
Edith was SO absorbed in her grief and
William was SO absorbed in Edith thl.
they did not hear the hau door cpcn.
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why don't you eat your breakfast,
ma mmao' he remarked.
Again this caught the attention Of John.
What's the matter. Edith" he sad.
Aren't you weIlo"
who. I: Perfectly WELL" returned
Edith with rising Indignation. immediate
ly beginning to attack her waffle furious
ly. although every mouthful choked her.
John had finished his breakfast lie
excused himself, rose from the table,
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cd TO collect funds for the periodical re
pair of the building.
Becoming alarmed at the appearance of
cracks throughout its superb surface and
the doleful prediction of experts that II
was In peril. the society engaged experts
and ordered a most careful investigation.
The report just made public has greatly
alarmed the state and local authorities.
and the steps to make instant repairs
have been put under way
According TO the report there is a por-
tion of the structure where the need for
repairs has become SO imminent that
millions of marks Will be necessary 10
carry them out.
Moreover. it Will require not less than
ten years. and possibly twenty, before
the cathedral can be made safe.
According to the noted government,
architect. Harte' who had charge of the
Investigations stone after stone has peel
ed away from its place, rotting with time
and unsettled by the traffic and hustle
which have resulted from the constantly
increasing traffic which results from Co
togne's increa sing Importance from a
commercial standpoint
When the cathedral was built its in
ceptors had no idea Of city such rs
has now developed and the foundations
are said TO be not of a character 10 with
stand the constant rumblng and shaking.
Repairs can De made, for the structure
itself is most soldly built, but in order
to get results II will he necessary to
start work at once.
=
Any accident happening TO the cathe-
dral similar to that. for instance which
resulted in the loss of the Campanile
would excite the Indignation of the entire
world for there is no finer specimen OF
Gothic architecture III existence.
In all the many superb cathedrals OF
Europe. none Is classed with Cologne as
a sample OF pure style of architectural
beauty, and the man who would dare sug-
gest that any other edtice ancient OF
modern, bears comparison with it would
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been Jack III those DAYS Wnef llle
blood burned and the heart was prodigal
with vows and protestations; but that
time was long past. and the erstwhile
dashing Jack had developed into the
stout. somewhat prosaic. entirely unro-
mantle John a man eminently unsuited
l. play Romeo 10 Edith's Juliet.
Edith herself had not stood stll-out-
wardIy with the advancing years
While of course. the freshness of youth
features about which Jack" had been
wont To rave. but which John viewed
now with such complacency, had been
left unravaged by the course of time.
Tie gloss and sheen were gone from the
abundant chestnut hair that waved
above her swe-. low brow. but the soft
light of the somewhat premature gray
crown of advancing years provided q
substitute scarcely less charming.
Her figure. too. was not quite what it
had been. The fulness of ripe-Edith
-LGDuS0I SpIlttlfflPS Will blSTldS tHdL IL
was ning-deveopment of woman
hood had overwhelmed the slender curves
OF girlhood: but the result was still sat
isfactory. especially when aided by those
mysterious devices by which feminine
humanity successfully conceals the over
loading tendency of aging flesh. No
T,6a
Edith Gordon than to have said that she
was getting fat" No one In the house
said it. either. although ill-natured people
outside sometimes did not refrain from
such ISLANDER and evil speaking: but
Ediths heart was as young, as fresh, as
verdant: her mind as imaginative. as
subtIy apprehensive of the mysterious
The beautiful, the heroic, as 1t had been
when she was a girl.
In that sort of development she had
stood still. 1t was a nerer-ending source
of grief to her that John-she hated that
name. and never called him that except
in public; in private 1t was often Jack
tionate-that John was so changed, SO
unresponsive, SO unromantic. Why. he
had actually declared that he would
rather lie comfortable in his clothes than
look we'll In them any day of the yeari
That he didn't really care enough about
growing stout to diet himself. That
nothing on earth would induce him to
"bant." and as for exercise, he abhorred
it, He was never so happy as in Il
shabby old dressing gown and dis
reputable pair of his slippers. by his
own fireside. with Edith. more beautiful
than ever, he averred-and with truth,
too-in his eye, opposite him. and the
children of this singular pair, six in num-
Der, clustered around them.
But, after all, John was good sort of
a man. He was the best Of husbands
and absurdly devoted to Edith in his
own quiet way. lie really never left her
If he could help It. When he went away
from tho city on business he always took
her with him. lie delighted TO see her
times Knocked: he inwardIy approved Of
all her efforts to maintain and retain the
charms which had won him her affections
50 many years before. But he wasn't
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He Liked His Straight.
From Success Magazine

From Success Magazine.
'1ntemperance,' said Horace Bixey,
the Oldest Mississippi pilot. lis what kills
most OF us off. Once we fshed out a
passenger who had been soaking in the
river for half an hour. When the whisky
was brought the victims lips moved
slightly. and l stopped 10 get his last
words.
Roll me on a bari fust and get some
o this water out. he said, family. Itll
weaken the licher.'"
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cover what unrivaed beauties were be-
ing allowed to go to waste while the
cathedral remained uncompleted.
The Emperor Napoleon when he visited
the city declared it to have the possi-
bilities of being the finest cathedral in
the world, and other experts agreed with
the French emperor. who. whatever may
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OLOGNF. Cathe :
dral, which it re-
quired six centu-
ries to build, is In
imminent peril OF
disintegration.
Begun in the
middle ages and
not completed till
within little more
than a score or
years ago, the sD-
perb b II i | q ! n z,
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never been the great captain lie was
All Germany became aroused TO the
beauties of a building that had baen
studiously neglected, and in the excite
ment associations were formed which had
for object the raising of funds TO bring
it to a conclusion.
The wise men of the science of archi-
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have a very hard time making his case
good.
The mind turns almost dizzy I'm contem-
plating the remarkable antiquity of the
cathedral.
Way back in the middle of the thir-
teenth century II had its origin. Then
it was that humble building erected by
the Archbishop Hildebod was burned to
the ground.
Even at that early age this building
represented the survival OF a structure
that was already some four centuries old.
1t had been started by the good Hildebold
In the ninth century and served as il
place of worship before many of the ma
tions that control the destinies OF
Europe We're even dreamed of.
The devout knelt in the church OF the
sainted Hildebold for many a year. and
when 1t fell in a ccnfiagration. details of
which can still be found In early history,
there willing response to an effort
to raise funds for new church.
This new church is the beginning of the
cathedral. which is now to be saved by
tn. prompt action of its custodians.
1t took seventy-four years TO complete
the choir, which was the first part dedi-
Gated, for the work was done in the days
when the science of building had not
progressed to its present advance, and
men did not have the devices which now
aid SO materially in the quick uprising of
the wonderful buildings of today.
All of those who had had any part in
the original plan We're dead before the
time came for dedicating the choir in
1;i12 but the work was carried heartily
on. and never knew d stop until the COM
ing OF tie era of the reformation.
x !:
Naturally church designed for the
worship which ran directly counter to the
spirit of the reformation was not allowed
to go forward in the country where the
reformation had its greatest strength and
the building came TO a dead stop. and for
many years in a condition of only partial
completion, was allowed to remain as it
was.
j took the nineteenth century to dis
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which Is the pride OF the city whose name
fl bears, may crumble and collapse at
any moment.
The danger OF a catastrophe is pointed
aut in "A report made by tie Cathedral
Renovation Society, an organization form
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so absolutely scientific. i'm fact. that il
was not difficult to carry out the thought
of those who had dreamed out the cathe-
dral centuries before.
Funds We're not only forthcoming from
Germany, but every other part of Europe
promptly rallied To aid the cause. and
even from the United States the devout
sent their stipend 10 help the cause
On September 4, 1872. the King of Prus-
sia who had borne A big part of the
burden in collecting unds. and who had
also given iDerally from his own means.
laid the foundation ston of the transept,
and from this time great progress was
made, the builders straining every effort
with the idea of completing the building
while the monarch was still on the throne
II dream that was not designed to he real
lied
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The naves. aisles and transepts We're
opened in 1s4s, with most elaborate cere-
lnonials.
1t took eleven years more TO bring TO
completion the magnificent south portal
and the iron central spire, feature
which is admired by every American who
inspects the ancient pile. was added in
1860.
1t was in 1865 that tie building ex-
cepting only the towers, was finally COM
pleted. and despite the fact that the civil
war then raging in the United States had
done much to depiete the pocket book of
Uncle Sam. many Americans Went abroad
10 see the ceremonies that marked the
opening.
The towers were finally finished in 1880,
and on the 18th of October the entire
cathedral, after centuries of preparat tion
was pronounced at last 10 be flnished
down to the last detail, and i'll the pres
ence of the venerable William ]. most of
the sovereign princes of the Fatherland.
and the great Bismarck, the hero Of the
war that resulted in the United Germany.
the cathedral was thrown open To the
admiring gaze of the world with cere-
monies Of most impressive beauty.
The cathedral is as massive OF proper
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| dressed myself 10 please you. put those
chrysantllemums on tho table because
they reminded you always of our wedding
day and my birthday. | had the break
fast you liked. too and-and you never
noticed anything. If It hadn't been for
whether I was dressed or not. even
forgot my prejudice and ordered that
horrid. vulgar liver and bacon--a combi-
nation detest-tfor you especially.
don't believe YOU even knew what you
We're eating. And then when you came
back, | thought YOU had remembered and
turnS--and-and--''
But, my dear Edith
Don't say word. I never was ua-
happy in my life. 1t Is quite e,iden.
that you do not care FOR me now that !
am getting old. All you think OF is COM
fort, comfort and your children. AM.
I'm forty and married to a man who has
ceased to love me at all It's bad enough
tn be forty without being SO neglected
and SO lonesome
Here Edith put her head down in ,lar
hands and began to cry again. John was
sober enough now. although the remains
of his amusement were plainly visible.
It was William who broke in.
Papa, you're bad to my mamma.
don't love you any more
William said John. gravely. ASK
mamma the date of her birthday
''Thoughtless, cruel forgetful man.
sobbed Edith. ''he can't even remember
the date. It's November 9Th. if you will
have it,
II thought So" said John, "and Edith.
my dearest wife do you realize that -
day is the Sd of November. and your
birthday isn't until day after tomorrow.
John Gordon. you are deceiving me!
It's ono of your ways of getting out
Look at the calendar. my DEAR" said
John. 'You sce?"
Poor Edith. She was certainly two
days ahead. She stood looking at John
i'm hopeless dismay. John was making a
herculean effort to restrain his mirth,
but it was impossible Edith didn't know
whether to continue weeping or join III
his laughter. it was all fearfully un-
romantic William also was waiting To
see which way the wind was blowing.
Finally Edith caught the infection of her
husbands humor and Joined in his glce.
Williams high pitched staccato tril made
an appropriate obligato for the merry
conjugal duet.
well, now the thing has come out
said John. I'm his matter-of-fact way.
feeling in his waistcoat pocket, "since
birthday l might as we'll give you the
present 1 was keeping for you handing
her little packet. With eager fingers
she tore it open. disclosing the radiant
pearl. There was a little slip OF paper
inclosed in the golden circet of the ring.
Read it," said John.
ITO Edith, pearl among wives.
From her lover and husband"
Yes. and the name signed to it was not
John" but Jack" and there he stood
fat. unromantic. rather indifferent as to
dress. blushing like girl.
Edith flung her arms around his neck.
kissed him enthusiastically, then held him
at arms length.
John Gordon. she said. severely,
you really too provoking. How un-
romantic OF YOU. Now You have gone
and spoiled my birthday by giving me my
present today
Copyright, 1907
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down. John and Edith breakfasted alone
with William. The other children had
their breakfast earlier and had gone to
school when these two came down.
William was the youngest He was "goin'
on four as he proudly said, which
meant that he had just passed his third
birthday He was an observant young
man. Nothing out Of the common es-
capped his youthful eye.
Mamma" he said at last. "why are
you all dressed up?'
His father. who was turning the pa per
at that moment, fortunately caught this
remark and looked over at his wife.
'Well Edith, l must say that you look
very well indeed this morning, my dear
What's the occasion:'
Edith bushed violently and her heart
throbbed in spite of herself at the aues-
ton. She temporized. however. The pos
sibilities OF the situation were SO great
that she wanted to enjoy them little
longer Instead of the usual retort:
John Gordon, don't you know what
day it is?" she replied lamely enough
"Why-er-nothing particular
"And the flowers, too" said John;
they're gorgeous! They always remind
me of our wedding day." he added swift
ly, knowing that this was an exceedingly
safe remark to make; and then--will 1t DC
believed-the odious man calmly went
back to his paper and coffee.
Edith stopped eating al once and stared
at him in silence. Could II be possible1
lie had forgotten many things, but never
her birthday. William came to the
rescue.