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Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
DREAM OF FAIR THINGS
Editor Shunted from Paradise 10
Earth by Composing Room
Tragedy.

Il had a dream the other night" said
Bert Walker, editor of the Osborne (Kan.)
Farmer.
"Unburden your soul" was the invitation
extended.
II sat IN my chair and closed my eyes,
replied Bert. 1T had been a hard day and
the poor editor had gotten his "a hundred
fold 1 prayed for that land over Yonder.
where the surges cease to roll. An unac-
~countable calmness came over my nerves
and the world appeared to grow brighter
and people actually smiled upon me. In
walked a man to pay his subscription.
Ny dear editor he exclaimed, on being
told how much II was, you are certainly
mistaken. 1 know / owe twice that much.
Take it, anyway. Your paper is WORT.
three times what you charge for II. 1t
the best paper l know Of in the world, Nj.
family couldn't get along without 1t, Thu
children cry for il and we always believ,
every Word we see in II. You are so fair
and so honest, and SO charitable. Tha.
jo) work you did for me was perfect. Here,
smoke a 1O-cent cigar on 1t. Any time
can do you a favor, let me know. l will
send you a big turkey for your Christmas
dinner. This community could not get along
without you Good-by, my honest friend.
There was a crash, and a gruff voice
shouted: Hell again 1 awoke. The fore
man had dropped a page OF type of the
conference minutes on the floor and the
work had TO be done all over again. Kan
sas City Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
MEXICO HAS HUMOROUS BEANS
Peculiar Vegetable GrOwths that
Have Made sister Republic
Famous.

Common enough in some store windows
in New York are the Mexican jumping
beans, and those who ask are told that a
little worm inside the bean makes 1t jump
so oddly, but that is about as far as any
one gets who seeks for knowledge. Really,
however, the jumping bean is one Of the
onde of the vegetable kingdom.
In the Yaqui river country OF western
and northern Mexico there grows a bush
which looks very much Ike the ordinary
coffee bush. 1t ranges from three to four
feet in height and bears hundreds Of bios
SONS that are a soft olive green lint before
they rlpen, when they turn a buff gray.
Each blossom holds two fertile seeds, and
a third, or living seed, which is the home
of a small, exceedingly active worm,
which becomes a beautifully colored moth
when 1t escapes from its prison cell.
The seed of the "C~arpo-Capsa S%aItitans"
dumping beam are planted in January and
as the climate is always mild in the low
lands Of the Yaqui country they blossom
in May. Then the female moth deposits one
egg on the pollen Of the flower. AS the
flower develops 1t forms a triangular
| shaped shell on two sides, with a convex
shape on the other side. Within this the
chrysalis develops into a grayish brown
worm about one tenth Of an inch In diam
eter and a half inch long, This worm
ives on the inside Of its prison cell Of shell
or six months, or until the month of Nov
mber. Then. II the climatic conditions are
favorable and warm, it bores a hole
through the end Of its shell and flies away
as a beautiful moth. TO mate in its turn
and peTpetudte its species.
II, however, it 10 brought in the bean to
a colder climate the worm will die in the
shell. II one cuts a tiny hole in the end OF
a jumping bean about an eighth OF an inch
in diameter in less than one hour the worm
will cover the bT AK with a white fiberlike
emulation from It's stomach, working the
mouth round and round the opening until
tho hole in the shell is completely closed.
The Yaqul Indians use the jumping beans
to cure insomnia Placed in a piece OF dried
palm leaf or bark they make a noise not
unlike the patter,ng OF rain on a tin roof.
which they say Is very conducive TO sleep
Put IN a wooden r paper box and placed
on a table or chair near one afflicted with
insomnia and the soothing effect OF a dozer
OF these living beans jumping about Ia the
box viii be truly marvellous, say the
lYaquis. The trade In them Is increasing
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08

on the latter such gifts as good temper,
Increased intelligence, patience, cheerful
ness, hope, and other such gTaces and
qualities, and stop there, or whether they
win instill into their friends financial
sh%rewdness and the money-making ability
that will enable them to supply the ma
terial objects that the tree lacks remains
to be seen. Since it is one Of the teach
ings Of new thoughters," mental scien-
lists and others that to think a thing is
true brings that thing to pass, 1t is posi-
BILE that the applied thought concerns it.
self with concrete matters, and that pres
emily the beneficiaries viii find them
selves possessed In some seemingly occult
but, as the thinkers would answer, per-
fectly natural way Of the articles their
friends would have hung on the tree for
them If they had the price.
However this may be, the new plan
opens a delightful vista to the tired and
distracted shopper for objects by no means
invisible or ethereal. To think gifts to
ones friends and relatives at Christmas
time would save an incredible amount of
mental and physical wear and tear, for
the strain Of trying to buy with s., gifts
worth at least 81 each for ten persons Is
necessarily vastly greater than that Of
Sa'hlS appISAHs 'Hea nm ~ the SUI ~
be bestowed, and letting that settle II.
Moreover, another thing that tends to
peace and comfort is the fact that this
method costs a lot less ~money-this. even
when one has Thought" say for his best
girl, a diamond ring or a string Of pearls
when he would otherwise have had to con-
fine himself to a box OF candy or a $3.50
book. or course, the articles will have to
be paid for by some one, but the thinker
has no concern with that; all he has to do
Is to put mental wires in motion that will
bring the specified object somehow. Natur-
ally, too. merchants will suffer no loss by
the mental gift-giving plan, and their bust
ness may even be increased, since the
things thought Of will be more costly and
more numerous tran the thinkers would
nave bought.-Indianapolls Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
NEW THOUGHT SHOWS WAY
Boston BiazeE a Trail by Dis
pensing "Mental Christmas
Gifts"


1t has remained for a body OF believers
in the power Of mind to evolve a new and
Interesting method OF celebrating Christ
mas. II is this way: The Church of APP
piled Thought in Boston had a Christmas
tree, but no material gifts were handed
out. for none hung from its branches,
or rested on the floor beneath It. 1t was
adorned with candles and streamers of
tlnsel, but its uses were purely sym
bollcal, its service perhaps being that
Of suggestive point upon which the think
ers, meaning, Of course, all the members
Of the church, may concentrate their
minds. The gifts were made mental and
spiritual, yet, as the faithful piOusly, but
somewhat obscurely observe, none the less
real.
The public is left in doubt as to the
exact character OF the mental donations
to he conferred. Whether the persons ap-
plying their thoughts for the benefit OF
their associates will undertake 10 confer
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08

engineering department a man has no eX-
penses of any kind.
THE best Of every kind of food obtain
able is furnished, the best grade of Cali
fornia fruits and vegetables, canned. Of
course, are served. Many steers are i'm
ported and slaughtered at Porto Velho, so
that there is an abundance of fresh meat
IL you do not get too far away from head
quarters. and there is an Ice plant with
a capacity of two tons a day.
only the men higher up in rank are
allowed 10 have their families there, and
there are few OF these. They don't want
women down there. The country is bad
enough for white men.
It's a Hard Job.
Surveying down there is a pretty hard
job. The line follows the river bank, never
going more than ten or fifteen miles away
from it. There are store-houses on the
river at every fifty miles. From these we
would take mules and provisions. Horses
don't stand the climate.
THE surveying parties are kept supplied
by pack trains from these store-houses
We might have to cut lines out twenty
thirty or forty miles from the river, but
all provisions are carried out from the
store-hOuse as a base.
In a party ere usually ten or twelve
Americans, two men for each job, so that
the work is not likely TO be held up by
sickness. and about fifty natives. 1t is no
possible TO use more than that number OF
natives, for their business is cutting away
Jungle, and any more would be superfluous
Sometimes the supplies are not forth.
coming. nave been up there for a month
at a time with no supplies coming up, and
we had to live on beans and crushed mani
oca root, which looks something like q
radish and dried makes a sort Of meal
Then you can shoot monkeys, which maxi
good food, especially the little fellows 4
trifle smaller than rabbits. II they arr
nos cooked whole you can eat them, other
wise you get the feeling that you are
sort OF cannibal. Monkey meat tastes
something like squirrel.
Then you nave wild pig and deer, and
there is the tapir, or ant eater, which 1
edible. They also have a beast about thu
size Of a COW. but which swims in thu
water, and which they call the anter dowI
there. Its meat is like beef.
Then there is a wild turkey that 4
absolutely black, with red comb, which ha
an excellent flavor, There Is another blr'
that they call the jachoo, which is abou
the size of a hen. is the color OF a part
ridge and has a big bin, but is rattle
tough.
work I'm the Jungle.
We'll. when the trail is cut the mex
| thing Is to make a camp and then YOU Gu
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
Extra Specials on Clearance
in Our
High Grade
Linen Department
Saturday

Mercerized Table Linen -
good width, worth soc; Sat
urday 49,. .39c
Imported mercerized satin
damask, Ga inches wide =
worth Use; Saturday, soc
Large size hemmed Huck
Towels, well worth 15c; Sat
urday, each ..........1Oc
Extra large, heavy and absorbent,
hemmed buck towels, well worth
19c, Saturday, each .12kC
Heavy seamless Sheets, size S1x90
value SIPS, Saturday, each,
now at .....
Grand clearance on Pillow Cases,
size 42xS6 inches; 1Sc values,
Saturday, each ~. .....l2HG
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08

that you go almost crazy for it, and are
willing to pay any price.
THE first house they built down there
was an ordinary four-room pine building,
but it cost the company $4,000 to put it
up. The lumber was imported from the
states, and this is much cheaper than
to try to use the timber down there. There
are all sorts Of beautiful hardwood trees
about, and they nave put up one saw
mill, but they can do better importing
lumber and paying duty, owing to the cost
of getting that hardwood timber ready to
use"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
CUTTING A JUNGLE TRAIL
Adventures of American Engineers in
Western Brazil.
JENgLE DARK AND VERY HOT
4 Monkeys, Tapirs, and other
Queer Foods 20 ERt-Indians
waiting About to Pick Off
stray White Men.
DARK AND VERY HOT

NEW YORK. Jan, 5,-Through the jun
giles OF western Brazil, not far from the
Bolivian border, American engineers and
constructors are driving a railroad. 1t will
be only $50 miles long when completed, but
It will be OF importance TO the whole north
ern part OF Bolivia and western Brazil, for
It viii open up vast regions to
and permit the development Of the rubber
industry, which has been backward there
because Of the difficulty of transportation
This railroad, the Madeira & Mamore, is
being built 10. connect two. parts Of a river.
The Madeira is navigable for boats OF 10000
tons all the way up to Porto Velho, which
is almost $500 miles from the mouth of the
Amazon. Five miles above Porto Velho
are the falls Of San Antonio, and for more
than $40 miles, as you 80 up, there are falls
and rapids which make the river unnavlga-
bic except for small craft, and in short
sections. Then you come to deep water
again, and for 100 miles up the Madeira and
Mamore rivers you have enough water 10
float a ship drawing twenty-five feet, until
Indeed you almost reach the base OF the
Andes.
story of a Returned Man.
A. w. Chester. a civil engineer whose
Nome is In Nashville, Tenn, but who has
spent years in railroad work in the tropics
returned from the Madeira region the Other
day after working almost a year with the
survey corps of the Madeira q Mamor'
railway. Siekness-blaekwater fever-wa'
the cause OF his quitting, and he cannot g'
back there because the American doctors
IN charge OF the hospital the railroad com
pany has built told him that TO return
would be fatal. Mr.. Chester says that II /
were not for the fever and other diseases
shat one Is likely to run into working Their
ould be delightful
M pay IL good" Mr.. Chester
.'salaries for chiefs OF sarveying partie
are $500 a month, and camp foremen sc
from ta50 70 S25 a month-two or tire
times the pay in this country. Then in IN
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
May Have Been Cured.

A colored man complained to the store
keeper that a ham which he had purchased
there was not good.
The ham Is all right, zeph," insisted tho
storekeeper.
No. Il amt, boss" Insisted the negro.
pa hams shore bad"
How can that be- continued the store
keeper. when It was cured only last
week?'
fiectively, and finally suggested, well,
sab, then it must have had a relapse
Cosmopolitan,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08

Every item is a real bargain for
one day only.
Large Japanese Coal Holds, worth
soc, only loo
Galvanized Tubs, No. 2, worth 75c,
at, only 'oOc
Frisco Lantern, worth 69c. at zoe
Frisco Lantern, worth 81, at SOC
25c Savory Corn Peppers, at 15c
Barney & Berry $1.65 Skates -
nickel plated, hardened steel -
best quality made, at -. .$1.O5
Barney g. Berry Skates, 75c quail
lty, o .4Bc
Ladies' Nickel Plated $1.75 Skates
for .$I.1O
Ladies' Barney & Berry $3.50
Skates, Tor DOC
Mems 81 Handled Axes, only SOC
soc Solid Cast Steel Warranted
Hatchets, only .25C
soc Solid Cast Steel Hatchets Ice
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
READ THIS FOR SATURDAY IN GROCERIES.
Il Means a Biz Saving TO You on Your Housekeepina Expenses.

4S-lb. sack best High Patent Flour,
per sack -..... .$l.4O
s lbs. best Rolled Breakfast Oatmeal
LOT ...s' '..'.....s. s...'..EoC
24-lb. sack best Rye Flour ......75c
6 lbs. best Pearl Tapioca, Sage, Fa-
rina or Barley .25c
6 lbs. choice Japan Rice. ........25c
4 lbs. fancy Japan Head Rice ...25c
Majestic and On Time Cold Water
Starch, PKG. &c
Champion Lye,, 20-oz. can ......7Rc
~BromangelOn, Jellyson or Jello, INC
Campbell's assorted Soups, can, INC
Peanut Butter, per ID. .....,...1 5c
Large bottles French or German Mus
tard Lac
Large bottles fancy assorted Pickles,
pure Tomato Catsup, Worcester
Sauce or olives, per bottle. ..Sbc
Lavaline Securing Soap, per an. &c
Corn Flakes Breakfast Food, PIX. INC
2-lb. pkg. Self Rising Pancake Flake
Tall cans choice Alaska Salmon .l0c
Choice California Prunes, per h.. 4c
Fancy Italian Prunes, per h.. .7hc
Fancy Muscatel Baking Raistns SIC
Fancy yellow Crawford Peaches sac
Fancy imported Sultana Raisins, per
Id. ,,........ .12hc
The best Tea Siftings, per h.. .15c
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08

hurry, old man2
Pyker-Im going to consult a lawyer
about having my wife indicted for making
incendiary speeches.
HykeT-You don't mean ia
Pyker-Yes, / do. She Insists on my get
ting up and starting a fire every morning
Chicago News,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08

trails around in different directions. Elk
ploring the country down there is like
feeling in the dark. You cannot get on a
hilltop and look around.
THE heat is so Intense in the jungle.
There is no sun and the fellows come out
of the woods after a few weeks as white
as a sheet. The long walks are the worst
feature about that work.
One great annoyance in the jungle is
that you are apt to run out of tobacco.
You can drink a little liquor, in fact the
doctors tell you it is beneficial IL not in
dulged in to excess, but If you drink much
it is far worse than in this country. In
these surveying parties you nave to wear
a heavy flannel shirt all the time; il you
don't you will catch a very hard cold.
None of the camps is ever attacked by
Indians, though there have been cases in
which one or two men have gone from
camp and never been heard of. Sometimes
they find their bones long afterward with
an arrow beside them.
"The Indians are afraid Of anything that
will shoot, consequently no white man
ever goes about without a revolver. If
you carry one the probability is that you
will never nave to use it; but If you don't
carry one the Carapamas will get you
| EQAG2 NAAohbh AhNg ANNSA NNN1Nh - f1AN9 ~
more than " white men If the latter are
armed.
Features of Local Life.
Usually the only thing seen OF the
Carapunas is when they com out Of the
river bank TO meet the rubber bataloas COM
ing down the river. They sell skins, mostly
In exchange for cartridges. These they
string about their necks, not to have ready
Tor use, because they don't use firearms,
but as
Those bataloas are big boats and can
be taken all the way from Bolivia down
within fifteen miles OF Porto Velho, where
are the falls Of San Antonio and then you
have to get out and shove or pun the boat
through the stones on one side. Going
up there are lots OF these places where
you have TO get out and walk, but you
can shoot most OF the rapids coming down.
LAS to the difficulty Of transportation
up the river under the present eircum-
stances, you may get some idea from the
cost Of things up the river. For instance,
at Jaci Parana, about flfty-six miles above
Porto Velho, a bale OF hay costs $50. A
bottle of dollar whisky brings Sc.
'srhe contractors get all the money that
is made from the sale OF things, except
5 per cent that goes to the company. Even
at Porto Velho, a pair Of 81 boots fetch SIS
1 Chickens bring the tidy little sum of q
apiece. Eggs are rs cents apiece. and eheaI
at that When you cannot get food like
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08

OOTo saving LII uedI4y every IL
Mems ALI Wool Union Suits;
regular $3.50 values; on sale
Saturday; choice. $500
Mems Union Suits, that sold
to $3.50; on sale. ,.S1.5O
Mems $3.50 Union Suits; silk
and wool, garment, $3.50
Mems all wool and wool fleeced
Shirts and Drawers, to $3.50 val
ues, at Use
75c quality Fleeced Underwear;
all sizes, on sale, at ......39G
$3.50 Lined Kid Gloves ..S1.OO
soc Suspenders, pair ......25G
Mems blue flannel Overshirts, 50
values, On sale, at .... $3.50
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
Extra Specials for Saturday in
Our Famous Domestic Room

One case of fringed Table Cloths, some plain white
and some white with red border, worth $1.75 and
$500 each. 10x4, worth $500. ......... .S1.25
SKA, worth $1.75 ...... ............... .96c
8x10, all pure linen hemstitched Pattern Cloth,
worth $3.50, at .$1.69
8x10 also, worth $1.9O, at. ............ .S1.59
SKA also, worth $1.65, at. .............. .S1.26
SKA all pure linen bleached pattern Table Cloth, worth 81. SO
each, on sale, at Sl.7S
Extra specials on napkins; odd lots to close.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08

Mems 25c Linen Handker-
chiefs local linen and
mercerized, in white and
fancies.
Mems 25c Sox at 12hc-
Wool, fleeced and in fancy
cotton, great bargains.
Wool and Leather Gloves and Nit
tens, big bargains, at SOC 25C
Mems Outing Flannel Gowns and
Pajamas; values to $2.00, on
sale, at SSc
Mems Laundered Shirts; white
and colors, $3.50 and $500 val
ues; all new styles, on sale CSC
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
Sweeping Price Reductions in the January Clearance of Winter Merchandise
the RELIABLE SroRE
Big January Shoe Sale

MEMS, WoMEN's, MISSES, CHILDs'
and BOYS shoes at less than the cost to make.
ALI good shoes and this seasons goods but odd
lots that showed up during inventory and lines
that will be discontinued.
$500, now at ......... $3.50
Women's Gun Metal, Vici Kid, Patent Colt and Storm
Calf Shoes, worth up to $500 a pair, at ..... $3.50
Misses and Childs' Shoes; button and lace, box calf, kid
and tan calf bluchers, worth up to $3.50, at. .S1.25
womens Box Calf Butchers, regular 81 sellers .S1.25
Childs' brown, black and red button or lace Shoes, worth
$115, now at
All the 81 Crocheted Slippers, always sold for 81. o
Baby, Gents and Childs' warm lined Shoes, worth up
We have a combination last for ladies who are bothered
with bunions; made by Grover; that will give absolute
comfort and satisfaction to the wearer of it -. $40
HEADQUARTERS FOR RUBBERS AND O~VERSHOES
Stetson and Crossett for men-GrOVer and Queen
Quality for women.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
Deep Cut i'm Hardware

$1.25 No. 8 Enameled blue and
white Tea Kettle SOC
No. 8 Solid Copper Wash Boiler,
worth $4.75, at ..... .$2.40
Family Scales, weighs "a lbs, 69c
17-qt. Enameled Dish Pans .19c
14-qt. Enameled Dish Pans ..15c
Boys Iron Wagons, worth SAYS,
only SI.4H
Boys Tricycles or Velocipedes, at,
only ..,..,.. .$l'40
soc Steel Snow Shovels, only 25c
75c Furnace Shovel, only ...25C
Zinc Wash Board, worth Acc ..25C
LOOT blue and white Pudding Pan
now at .1OC
No. 2 Western Washers, only S2.0s
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
" China Dept. ~
Clearance Specials

Several matchless special
offerings for Saturdays
sales. Come early and get
first choice.
Fine China Bread and Butter
Plates. worth to soc each, on
sale, at lOc
Fine China Cups and SauCers;
also Salad and Berry Bowls,
worth to soc, on sale, at 1OC
One big counter of fine Bric-a-
Brac, Salads, Vases, Plates, Plac-
ques; some worth to $3.50, and
none worth less than $500, on
sale, at $50
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
UUT ITUUSthttPTTY LAP6H5t5s
Grand Opening Sale OF highland

Navel Oranges Saturday.
Our first car Of Highland Navels
for the aso will go OF sale Sat
urday. The Highland Navels are the
sweetest, juciest and richest favored
oranges grown in California and
excel all others. Every one of them
have been sun kissed by the sun
moon and stars and are recognized
as the Orange of Quality"
Saturday opening sale prices:
Regular zoe per dozen size, doz., 15c
Regular Csc per dozen size, doz., zoe
Regular 35c per dozen size, doz., 26c
Regular 45c per dozen size, doz, SOC
The Greatest Market In Omaha for
Fresh Vegetables
Fresh Spinach, per peck. ....,. zoe
Fresh Cauliflower, per b......1 0c
Fresh Beets, Carrots and Turnips,
Fresh Shallots, per bunch ........ 4c
Fresh Brussels Sprouts, h.. ..15c
Fancy Wax Beans, ID. ..... IL u C
Fancy Ripe Tomatoes, Id. ...... zoe
Fancy Celery, w for ..5c
Fancy Cape Cod -Cranberries, OF. 7 W
Large Grape Fruit, eac ........ &c
Fresh Cabbage, Id. ..,....,.... .2c
Fancy Jersey Sweet Potatoes, lib. ~ c
Fresh Parsley, per bunch ..,. .4c
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08

The Bee for all the Sporting NewA
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08

well. when the trail is cut the next
thing is to make a camp and then you cut
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
Mems Winner Underwear and
furnishings Ar a, s ss2Tda H pnc ss'",

It will pay you to buy now even for next season; there's
500 saving in nearly every item
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-03-18

The waters Of the seas, lakes. rivers
and streams In general are very often
colored. For instance, the water Of
the Mediterranean sea IL not colorless
but green-bue; also there Is brilliant
red river In South America. The st.
Lawrence, In Cannda, IL pale green
and the Ottawa golden brown. Where
these two rivers meet quite frequently
whole broad patches remain unmixed.
Here Is gold patch and there green
one. Otherwise than this water re-
fleets the colors of Its surroundings.
and so called Emerald pool" in the
White mountains Is green because the
birches on Its borders In early summer
are brilliant green. The Blue grotto.
I'm Capri. Italy, shows a remarkably
rich color, near to green-blue, because
all the light received In that grotto
comes through the water at Its en-
trance. and, ns has been said, the Med
iterranean Is green-blue. The water
Of the geysers In the Yellowstone park
are also colored by natural mineral
dyes. You can dye your own glass Of
water by piece Of the bloodroot plant.
Try It. That will be vegetable dye
st. Nicholas.