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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1900)
BEGAN IN DISTRICT SCHOOLS Omaha rdocators Commenced Their Work in Little Bed School Hou. INCIDENTS OF THEIR EARLY EXPERIENCES I'rlnclpnl WntprlHiimr'n I'lrnt KnirngR niciil IJur- In IIU Koliunt rhrliie mid III Apiinrent Ability to Tlirnnh lloj-it. It has not been many years ago slnco tho teachers of tho Omaha publlo schools ilrat entered upon their professional career, but it has been Iodr enough for many of them to change their opinions of teaching ns n prcftsBlon and to get n broader and ileopor view of the science of pcdaKogy, as will bo Bhowu by ntatcrapnts of somo of them who have been Induced to talk of their carllcflt experiences In tho work of the school room. , In tho year 1877 C. 0. I'carse, nuperln tendent of tho Omaha city schools, recolved his first experience In tho art of teachlns chool. In twenty-threo yoarj thero has been little, change In tho country around Wilbcr, Sallno county, whero tho school was located, and of tho Nobraslta country nchools this waB among tho best. A Kod framo building and Improved seats had long boon a featuro of tho district, so tho efficient superintendent was far from being a pioneer toachcr. Spcaklug of htn ex perience, Mr. Pftarso cald: "In that school I had all classes, from tho lowest grado to high school work from Infants to boys older nud larger than I waH. My greateot trouble was becauao of my inexperience. I did not know how to instruct, ana for lack of proper instruc tion, tho pupils brcamo Idlo and careless, s was natural. My greatest satisfaction was found in tho higher chtasee. tbo mem bers of which wcro working upon studies more like those which I had Just com pleted. According to tho ideas of tho board, I got through In good sbnpr, but at tha cud of tho term I thought I would tako up some other lino of work. I con tinued teaching, however, for tho reason that I could realize moro money from this occupation than from any other that I could securo at that time." It waa strength of arm and physical skill which first brought Principal Vaterhouse of tho High school Into the ranks of tho pedagogues The scene of his initial wor't was tho famous Terro Couppo pialrlo of Indiana, In the district adjoining the home of Schuyler Colfax. In that day tho Hoot. inra elected their teachers at tho annual school mcutlngs nnd nt ono of theso meet ings Mr. Wntcrbouso was an applicant for a position. This Is the way he tells his experience: "I was asked to go to tho school mooting. Tho houso wa-i filled and there were sev eral applicants. Just beforo tho voting began ono of the patrons of tho school asked mo to stand up. As I nro.io to my feet ho remarked, 'You seem big enough and strong enough nnd 1 guess you will Io.' This seemed to sottlo tho matter and I was elected, which shows that bono and muscle, were more to be desired ta that district than brains and experience. There was no question of discipline iu that (school. Tho first week I accepted a challenge from tho leader of tho boye and In n wrestling match threw him twlco out of three times, My reputation was established and I re ceived Implicit obedience from tho entire chnol. "My chief difficulty was in keeping ahead of some of tho classes; my greatest pleas ure, tho younger children, who mado tho most rapid advancement In their studies, particularly ono class which entered with no knowledge of letters nnd ended the term by reading In the third reader. At the end of that t rm I did not hnvo the most favor ablo impression of teaching as a profes sion, ns wub shown by my desire to entBr some other lino of work. I needed money to oomploto my own education, however, and teaching gavo mo this money nnd tlmo to study, so I continued. Then in short tlmo I felt moro Micccusful In the school room thun any other place, bo I dpoldod to toy." In the town of Galena, 111,, no name Is more fnnilllar to thoso intorestod in the public schools than that of McIIugh. Kor over thlrty-fivo years tho father of Mlsi Knto McIIugh had been connected with the Rchools and her brothers had taught In them, so no one was surprised when Bho mado up her mind to follow in the parental footatcpH, but hor manner of be ginning was somewhat uuusu.il. The cchool board of Oulcmx nt that tlmo had adopted the merit system for tho employ ment of teachers. Whenovcr u vacancy was to bo filled an examination was called nd tho person standing highest In rank at tho examination was employed. Iu the last year of Miss Mcllugh's High school studies such an examination wns called. Tho senior claBs of tho High school was excused In a body nnd the members all tcok the examination, 'Juut for the fun of tho thing nnd tn got n llttlo recrentlon.' Tho next morning Miss McIIugh wns chosen to fill tho existing vacancy. Hers was a rcond-grado school, composed of thirty two llttlo girls, and this is tho way she talks nbout her first term: "I was surprised when I learned that I had secured the school, but tho fnct that Farmers and Furrows A farmer is known by his furrow as " the carpenter is known by hla chip3." It takes n firm hand und a true eye to turu straight furrow. No wonder the farmer wears out, spite of exercise and fresh air. One day's work ou the farnt would tire many a trained athlete. And the farmer works hardest of nil. The first up nnd the last to bed, feeding his team before be feeds himself, his work is practically never done. Why does not the fanner treat his own body as he trcnts the land he cultivates? IJu puts back in phos- Jihatc what he takes out in crops, or the and would grow jwor. The fanner should put back into his lody the vital elements exhausted by labor. If he docs Hot, he will soon complain of "poor health." The fjreat value of Dr. I'icrcc'n Golden Medical Discovery is in its vital izing power. It gives strength to the stomach, life to the lungs, purity to the blood. It supplies Nature with the sub stances by winch she builds up the Ixnly, just as the fanner supplies Nature with the substances tbat build up the crops. "I write to tell you of the great twuclit I tr celtrd from tlietucof Dr. fierce' (.olden Med. leal Discovery." write Mr. C. II. riml, of IJyru. ile, I'utmm Co., V. Vh. "It cured me of a vrrv tad case of Indigestion associated with loryiJ liver. Before I lcan the use of 'Oolden Med. leal Disciivtry ' I had no appetite; could uot sleep nor nark but very little. The little thnt I lc did not oreewith me, bowels cotinllpnted. and f life was a misery to me. I wrote to I)r, I'letcc Ivlntr the yraptoms, and asked for Bdvice, le advised me to try the 'OoUleu Medical Ills ccntry o I bcL.n the uc of it and after taking four bottles I ftu well that I went to works but toon got worse, so I agaiu began the ite of It nd used it atm tljlit weeks louger, wheu I was permanently cured," Ilr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigor ate stomach, liver and bowels. Use Uieni when you require a pill. Sl r mi, . .' riv I would do anything elso than teach school bad never entered my head. As my father and brothers wcro teachers, I had been raised in an atraogphcro which precluded any other calling so I started to work. With short dresses nnd my hair down my Dam, my greatest difficulty in that school was to couvluco tho visitors that I v.oj tho teacher. Thu pupils were dear little girls and never gavo mo any troubl"." In the beautiful county of Cattaraugus, in the state of New York, Miss Shlppey of the High school taught her first term of rchcol. It was In a country district, with pupils of all nges, nnd there Is llttlo won dor that the young girl sho was only 15 years old should become so mystified and excited that she forgot hersMf and walked six miles to htr homo nt tho end of the fiist day Ilut it was n good Hchool and Mis Elilppcy liked It. "Thero were nbout forty pupils In lh school and half of thtm were older than I," Bald sho. "Tho greatest dlftUulty 1 experienced was from the fact that I was too young to teach school nnd tho pupllt knew it. My greatest pleasure was! from tho formation of friendships, some tt which contlnuo to the present time. I had mado up my mind to follow tho profession of teaching and at tho end of the first term I rame to tho conclusion that 1 knew nothing nbout tho work. 1 then re solved to study tho scienco of teachlna und took n course in tho Oawego Normal school," From n family long connected with the local school thero entered tho vlllaco school of Kosevelt, N. Y., as teacher, Miss McKcon of Train school. Hers was a firm resolve to follow tho profession of teach ing nnd In this sho was supported by her futher. Hpoaktug of this first term she says: "My greatest troublo in that school of forty pupils was myself. I expected each pupil to be n model and when ho was not 1 waa dUcouraged. Then tho words of my father was an Inspiration to me. Ho cald, 'You cannot make the children over, you must take them as you fluil them und tiien do your best, no one can do more.' With this In my mind t changed my man ner of dealing with children nnd after that was fairly successful, I always did Ilka to work with children nnd my memories of that first term are alwayn pleasant. Of course I got tired and counted tho hours till thecloaonf the day's work many times, but ou tho whole the pupils and I got along very well. At the end of that term, how ever, I came to tho conclusion that I did not want to teach agHin for a. thousand yonrs" In a district school In Washington county, in the height of thu summer seaion, Mrs. Coe, principal of tho Central school, taught her first terra. Tho school house stood in tho mldjt of n cornfield nnd tho waving blades of maize. Its deep grcon color and the glint of tho dew in the early morning nre among tho pleasant memories of that first term's work. Speaking of thu work Mrs. Coe said! "I enjoyed nil of that term. Thero was no difficulty, and the pleasant phases wore bo numerous that It would be Impossible to say what gavo me tho most Pleasure, tin lca it whh tho feollng of independence which comes from being self-supporting, I lived at homo nnd rode horseback six miles to tho school whoro I wns my own Janitor that summer. At tho end of the term I wns resolved to tuako teaching my life work and left tho summer school Friday evening to uegiu a regular terra in a neighboring district tho next Monday. My ambition then wan to go to n training school and that ambition wns afterwards gratified." COMMISSIONERS ARE AT ODDS Difference- of Opinion Arisen Over He tontlon of Two County llcm liltal Kuiployen. Tho county commissioners am at odds over the retention of two employes at the county hospital. A. M. Tower and A. 13 Ane, druggist and mi rue, respectively, nt tho institution, wcro placed on tho pay roll by a two-thirds voto of the commis sioners. A circumstance having arisen making the performance of the customary duties by Tower and Augo unsatisfactory to some of tho coramtssionors It is their deslra to bavo the chairman of the hos pltal committee make such changes In the hospital ncrvtco ns ho sees fit. Thoro are others who docllno to give tho chairman tho opportunity to rvn things with a high hand, although they are in accord with thoir co-werktrs on the question of mnk lug a chnnge if it proves necessary. A settlement was effected by n resolution In utructlng tho superintendent at tho hos pital to direct his employes to give full tlmo to their duties under pain of dismissal. Tower and Angc are students nt tha Omaha Medical college. They took the po sitions now held by them as means of helping them to earn colicgo expenses. Thn necessary work nt tho hospital has been done at night, leaving tho day for study. The commissioners require soino one who con givo all their time to tho duties at the hospital, owing to tho Institution's growth A computation of election expenses shows that tho election cost Douglas county $2,741, most of tho money having been expended In calRrles at Judges and clerks. Sarah Dovltt has been appointed as nurse nt tho hospital to succeed Ida Nelson, who will return to Sweden on a visit. H. C. Foley was given tho position of onglneer at the court house. The applications of A. Sharkey am' F. H. Hamilton for admittance to tho Soldiers' nnd Snliors' homo wero re fcrrcd to the conimlttoe. The appointment of S. IJ. I.etovnkl as dopuly sheriff was concurred in by tho com mlbslonera. UNIONS WILL LEND A HAND Allied Trade Llxpeet to Contribute Klther Their l.nlmr or Money tn the Auditorium. The members of the building trades unlous of the city nro beginning to tako an Interest In the construction of tho audito rium and the scheme meets with much favor amcng Iho leaders of organised labor, who hopo to see after (he completion of tha building conio of tho international labor conventions held In Omaha. Among the members of the Omaha unions aro persons who were present nt tho build- Ins of tho first auditorium In Kansas City and thrso are (iideavonng to have the mat ter handled in Omaha us It wus In thnt city. At the building of tho Kansas City cdlflco each of the building trades unions contributed ore day's work for each mem ber of thn several Mtious as hn share of union labor In Hie construction of tho nudl torluui. In nddltton to this several of tho unions took stock In the enterprise. fieergo Hussoll, business mnnagrr of tho Klectrlcal Workers, will bring tho matter before tho next meeting of his union with the recommendation that It tako titock to tho umount of $:r, In the building, Other unions will be nsked by members to take stock in amounts varying from 425 to UOO. Itetnru TnUeu to Mucin, 'ihe accountants uf the county ilerk'a oOlcn wer occupied yesterday morning with the preparation of the ofhclal certifi cate; shuwins the votes cuot for each cnndl dato In tho county. In tho nftcrnoon County t'lerk Ilaverly went to Lincoln to personally dolher tho record to the secre tary of slate, Over X.'I.OOO.Oim In Oolrt Arrises. 8AN VKANCIHCO. Nov. IS. -The steamer ,Mftri"",i Willi: ii urriveii nere louay rrom Australia, brought $3,000,100 In gold. Till. OMAHA DAILY TIKE; SrXOAY. NOVBMRT3H IS. 1900. OK OA per cent off any brass bed In our store during this sale. Great November Special Sale is bringing tho crowds our way. To sell as low as wo soil, thero must bo largo selling. If conditions mako it possible any wheru to put prices lower, we mean that vou shall see them hero lirst of all. Keeping up Dining Table T h t ... !.. ,111.... . V. I - A - . best solect euarter-sawed oak, piano pol '"hed, very pretty shape nnd grooved rim all around the table top. Has French shaped leas. The center leg l richly ornu mentcd with hnnd carving. J15.0J value ut "J'VllUi u VIUUIT C3UIO ITlCe, 9J.I.U". $30 Sideboard $30 sideboards, made of select flirtm-d oak. nlmrter-snwcd golden oak, hand polished, fltted wtlh solid cast brass trimmings, top uruwars uro ovai grooveu iront, uno drawer lined. I.nrgo linen drawer und largo cabinet for illBhrs. 1 lent French buvel mirror x'ii Inches. Hlzn of top 23.x4S Inchon. This sldcbonrd is richly or namented with hand carving nnd is finely hand-polished. Special November Hnle I'rlce. $23.U0. $2.50 Dining Chair $2.G0 Dining Clmlr. made of select quarter-raw rd golden crk, hand polished In saddle Bhnpe wood or enno sont. Special November Bale l'rlce, $1.W. So'Jd oak Dining t'hnlrs, regular vnluo $1.0o to M.35, go nt Huoclnl November Salo l'rlcea, G3c, 75c nnd $1.00. Vory pretty solid oak sideboards, regu lar prlco from $13.iM to $23.00 go ut Special November Sale l'rlce ?W.00, $13.Wi and $15.00. Dresser Sale We have rnthered together for Ibis Spe cial selling the largest Hue uf fancy und odd dresfers ever exhibited In tho west comprising everythlni; that Is new, novel and up to date. They come in select onlt Imitation and solid mahogany, white ma ple nnd curly birch. Wry np"elsl values in our dressera during this sn!e $H.60, $10.00, $12.50, $H.U0, $10.50, $17 00 und $20. 00. Pantasote Leather Couch Hegular $20.00 couch covered in tho best pantasoto leather, bus seven row deep tufted top, spring edge. A row more left at HpeelKl November Salo I'rjco, Jlt.W. Seo our btj: assortment of other couches all at Special November selling prices, BACK FROM THE TRANSVAAL Sara Eonnenberg Tells of His Experience! Under Two Flags, 1 HAS BEEN IN SOUTH AFRICA THREE YEARS Wbb In Boer Army When It Win In PoNncnainu of VryliorK und l.uter Took Onlli of AllcKlnnoc tn HiiKlnml. Sain Sonuenberg, son of J. Sonnenbcrg, has roturnud from a three years' sojourn in South Africa during which he has lived undor two Hags In ono town, has served in the Iloer army nnd in tho English mtlltia as well. As mementoes of bis experience ho has brought to America tho guu which was Issued to him by tho llocr commander, together with a iiunntity of nmmuultiou of the various kinds used by the contending forces. It was Vryborg, Ilrltisb. Uechuanalnnd, where Mr. Sonuenberg resided during his stay in South Africa. Vryberg was tho scene of the llrat hostilities of the war. From this place n train started carrying provisions to Mufeking. This train was tired upou by tho liners und the escort captured. Tho town cf Vryborg was thrown open to the victorious Dutch by tho Dutch inhabitants uf thu place, immediately upon entering tho city one Ashford, a renegadu Englishman, was placed in charge of the city by tho Doer commander. Orders were issued for all English residents of tho placo to either enroll In the armies of the republic or to leave the city, As thu rail roads were In tho hands of tlio Dutch the only way out for thu English was to trek to Capo Colony. Notes taken by Mr. Son nenbcrg show that tho first trek was made up of tho following: Wagons, 22; oxen, 429; horses, 76; white males, 44; white females, 31; white children, 21; colored males, 122; colored females, 25; colored children, 9; male coolies, 19; femnlo coolies, 3; coolie chlfdren, 2; othor live stock, 50. After this others left, but not iu so largo a party. As Mr. Sonnonborg was an American clti- ren ho was permitted to remain, but was required to report to tho commander of the city, who Issued htm u permit. This was extended by tho succeeding com mander, who. however, ordered him to ap pear for service In tho llocr army, equipped with horse, caddie and brldlo. A gun was Issued to him, which ho has brought to America with him. Tho plcco Is of floor manufacture, apparently, of clumsy ap pearance, but ns it uses a rartr'.dgn simi lar to that of tho Iee-Metford, It is n very effective weapon. i.'UIkciin Conn elleil tn .loin Allies. During the occupation of Vryberg by the Uocrs nil citizens had to bo enrolled In tho armies of th allies. After several months It was rumored that tbo flying column under General Maban was coming to tho relief of Mafeklng, and the llocr forcos, to a large number, loft Viyberr;. Tho English and Americans left In tho placo arose, seized the guns of tho Dutch, pulled down the flag of the Transvaal nud hoisted the Union Jack. It was seventeen days after this thnt tho Hying column nrrlved. It stopped but a short lime, and when it left every able bodied cltlzei was sworn to uphold the honor of English arms and the supremacy of Queen Victoria in Vryberg. An English officer waa later put In charge of the town and ho has perfected a system which per mits tho tracing of every person leavlna tho city. Mr. Sonnenberg shows bis pass port, which permitted him to go to Capetown fur tho purpose of leaving for America, and said no ono could travel in the affected district without such a passport. When tho Boers entered Vryborg tho commandant in chnrgn of the forces Issued an order which permitted every noer house wife to call for 6 worth of any provisions In tho stores which had held contracts with tho English government tor supplies. This drew upon the houso with which Mr. Son nenberg was connected and he throw up hla Job, as the Doer commander Insisted upoi CHARD $ WILrlUM CARPET COMPANY. the big sale with values like these. November Clearing Sale Lace Curtains This sale has been a grand succeis nnd if jwj nam win in uuy now is tne tlmo to nno ronMJcrabto money on yo.ir ,i ir chifles. High grade curtains of every stle nt large ri'diirtions. The nsortmcnt com-1 prises Irish Points. llrtissel tn Mu-Ua Hiinny. ikuble nuts nnd thread lacr. Aru linn. Katttnbcrgs, l'olnt de Nutans, Iloco co, In fact all tho choice things. To this assortment we add a largo assortment of Nottingham Rnd fish nots, especially s.iltable for cham liors and dining roomsall at from one fourth to ono-thlrd below the usual prices, Odd lots of lnco curtains of every description of 2'j pair or less to close at big reductions, Remnants of muslins, nets, denims, cretonnes, etc., at Just HALF 1'HICK Sofa Cushions Muilln rovcrod, "i ll filled, size 10-In ZTC. lH-in niicSIMll 50p, 2'J-tti GOo, IM-ln 75c. Tapestry Curtains A lot of slnglii pairs and half pairs nt one-fourth nnd one-third off to close. Ladies' Dressing Tables Indies' Dressing Tables. I.anic assort ment of ludles' dir-Mlng tables JuBt re ceivedall put In this Special November aaie. wry iin:iiv eeieci iiuarier-saweii oak, bind polished In the ijolden llnlsli. Iirge French bevoi mirror, regular price $11 'iO--Hpeclul November Sale Price. 57.50 45 patterns to select from nt prices rnnu ing $0.50, $7.50, $3.00, $12.00, $13.50 nnd up. One-Third Off Regular Prices During- This Sale on Onyx and Brass Stands. DON'T MISS THIS. all employes of tho houses worklns with out salary for the love of tho republic. The siege of Mufeking Is represented In the collection of Mr. Sonuenberg by two! bills issued by n Mafeklug bank, one for shilling and tho other for 10 shillings. Tho bills are printed on newspaper and call tor the payment of specie nttor tho ro establishment of civil law In tho city. They wcro issued by command of Ocnernl Daden-Powell and countersigned by n chief paymaster of tho English army. Spcaklug of the merits of the contest be tween the Ilritlsh and tho noors, Mr. Son nenberg mys that the future of the country depends upon British success. The Doers nro good people, but nro densely Ignorant and unprogres3lve. All of tho development tho country has was done by English and American Immigrants, Tho war, he says, had dwindled down to guerrilla fighting on tho part of persons classed as bandits, who aro subject to summary execution upon capture. Incidentally speaking of Iho arms and nmmuultiou of tho two forcos, Mr. 8onnon berg arraigned the Uoers for using poisoned bullets and for fo altering their regular bul lets so they would produco a Jagged wound. NORTH SIDERS WANT PARK IlFNlilentn In Tluit Section Kecnin in e ml thnt Property Holder lie AnweHficil for Its (,'nM. Residents of tho north part of tho city held n maeB meeting Friday night at Mc Kennn's hall, Sherman nvcnuo and Locust street, for the purpeso of discussing the pro posed park on tho Bluff tract. Tho matter Is to como before tbo city council for dlrcus slon at tho general committee meeting Mon day nftcrnoon nnd tho meeting adopted a resolution advising that the money for pur chasing tho tweuty-thrco ncrcs of ground to be Included In tho park bo raised by as sessing a district bounded by Tarnam street ou tho south, by tho city limits on the e.i3t and north and on the west by Twenty-fourth street, from Fnmam to Cuming, und by Thirtieth Btrcct on tho north to tho city limits. Tho land has boon appraised at $19,400, a sum which tho meeting declared to bo a fair valuation. Tho following men wero named to attend tho committee meeting Monday nfternoou nnd urgo the purchase of tho park' Major n. S. Wilcox, Dr. Bryant, Judge Ferguson, Joseph Hnuska, Joseph C. Wceth, John Morrison, W. H. Mallory, O. A. Scott, Hugh Mjcrs, A. A. Lamoreaux, W. I. Kierstead, J. V. Craig. O. W. Holbrook, W. B. Christie, C. O. I.obeck, J. E. Wlgman, F. M. Youngs, William McKeuna, Frank Caso, Fred Mcngcdnht, 0. W. Baker. Dr. W. S. Olbbs, St. A. D. Balcombe, M. Wulpl. Oott Ileb Storz, Charles Orunlng, Itandnll Brown, V. S. Saunders, Thomas Stuart, C. D. Saun ders, Dr. C. H. Shepnrd nnd Joseph Redman. ViiKiier HhiMvn I'p Aim In. Con Dvyer, t tic car repairer who wrote a noto to Motorman Fred Wanner two dijs ago, threatening suicide, nas been found, lie dropped In at tho homo of Captain Jerry Sullivan of tho flro department vi.stnnluv. and, It li alleged, became vory anury wh-n shown tile newspaper mentio.is of his nnto and subsequent disappearance. He said he Intended only to play n Jolto on Fred Wag ner. nnd thought H vory mean of tho latter to tako lilm seriously and rive the mat'er to the pollco nnd newspapers. He rrallze.i now that the Joko was a roorback. "Strom and &smSv Esmr. Si. 2 JB rile IfW of n neiir nrrfi.nl in V, ally overcast by thu shadow of the pain and dis cs comfort the expectant mother must bear. 2j If she knew of and used " MOTHER'S fMLND," this would be all dispelled. Tell your friends about it, as beinjr n simple liniment, 3 exclusively for external use, that rclaxe.j tho muscles so that pain and sufferinjiare unknown. , u,t,"' J fP"Mpi4 n ttcelpt of.rlcr. HI. no err cH ;'e'Mr,0Vi1,,utK,u'l',,,1lll'elK,"'Wt'urfli. n..M tci. p thic niunriK. i nr aniftm lnMi t'P ''rn "JM ' h" , S percent off any library table in the house duriny this Jov imber sale. Folding Beds Very pretty hard wood folding bed, high ly finished, ornamented with carving, fitted with best supported woven wlro springs, November Special Sale Price, $tl.00. Sanltar Metal 1'i'ldliig Urils, nil steel, nicely enameled In colors, Special Novem ber Sale price, $10.50. Iron Beds Tho largest assortment of novel designs In Iron beds in nil the newest and latest llnlshcs over shown. $7.60 iron bed, heavy posts and filling, has full bow swell foot, richly trimmed with brnss rails, spindles ami rods Special November Salo l'rlce, $5.50. Rockers Very pretty $5.50 rocker, mado of select quartered-sawed oak, highly baud polished, golden or birch mnhogany llnlsli Special November Salo Price, $2.S0. Illg sale on fajicy parlor pieces nnd rock ers. Morris Chairs Morris Chairs. This very pretty Morris Chair, framo inmlo of select figured oak, nicely polished', lias mljuutiiblo back und reversible cushions, covered In the best high Brudc figured vcloura, any color. Regular $3,011 Chair at Special November Sule Price, $C50. CITY OFFICIALS BUY STOCK Auditorium Fund 1 net-rimed Nearly One Th on nit nil Dnllnrn by Tlielr .SuliNcrlitloiis. Civy officials and employes of thu city hall denoted their Interest In the audi torium by subscribing llburnlly to the stock of tho entcrprlso yesterday. A mass meeting was held nt noon yesterday in tho city hall and it was generally attended by the officials aud employes. Addresses were mndo by President Sanborn of tho audi torium compnuy aud Mayor Moores. Much cntlusinsm wns created by their remarks. They sot forth tho necessity of an auditorium being built in thlB city nnd called attention to tho fact thnt every citizen should tako an naive interest In the proposition. Just before the subscription blanks were distributed Mnyor Moores said: "Boys, wo ull ought to tako a personnl interest in tho success of tho auditorium. Sucli an institution will help our city aud will bo of advantugo to overy one of us. Sub3crlbo for tho veuture an liberally as you can, nnd if any of you get stuck on your subscription nnd can't tako up the stock I'll buy it for you." Tho mayor's generous offer and his hearty rympnthy with tho plan Berved to lgnlto an enthusiasm in which every man had n part, and all of tbo attendants upou tho mass mooting subscribed according to thoir respective abilities. When Chnlrman Chaso of tho commltteo on publlo buildings footed up tho total ho discovered that $S4G had been sulscrlbed. Announcement of tho generosity of thn city employes when made at tho noonday meeting of tho auditorium directors wa received with great enthusiasm. Their ag gregate subscriptions exceeded the amount expected from thnt source and tho rejoic ing was consequently tho moro marked. Chairman Chaso roportod that similar meetings of employes of tho court houso and federal buildings will he bold this week. Tho total amount of subscriptions reported nt today's meeting was $4,170, brlncing the auditorium fund up to $";i,18l. MAKES ACCESS TO OMAHA EASY . Improved Itnllvrny Service (Jive lotwina n (.'linnee to Vlilt the .elirnAl.n Metropolln, By means of tho changing of schedules on the Northwcstern's branch lino trains In western and rontrul Iowa facilities for pas senger travel between Omaha nnd a largo section of Iowa have been grcntly Improved and n number of business and pleasure fcockcrs aro now enabled to como Into Omahn Instead of going to Sioux City and Dos Moines bccauEo of the former moro convenient accessibility of tho Iowa cities. By means of theso changes passengers aro enabled to lenvo Omaha now In tho morn ing and mako connections at Denlson aud Wall Lako for nil points this sldo of and Including Movllle. Heretofore. In order to get beyond Wall Lake, n trip of about twenty-four hours was necessary. Similar Improvement has been made In the connec tions of tho enstbound afternoon trnlns. Coming this way passongers from a number of Iowa points aro now able to get Into Omaha without nny layovers at Intermedi ate Junctions, because of tho closo connec tions mado by tho branch lines with tho through trains from Chicago to Omaha. f.,. : . I IU HAVANA SMOKERS The peculiar oily, spicy richness of Havana leaf in years when the crops were right is probably what made you a smoker of Havana cigars. But have you not noticed that the Havanas you buy nowadays don't seem to have the same spicy smack you originally learned to like? It isn't a question of price; haven't you noted it's hard now to find the sort that will really gratify ? Now if you will waive skeptical smiles and seriously heed a suggestion you will discover something important Learn lm highly rich "edge" of "IMPORTS" and the sub stance to their flavor. They well positively give you that pleasure and supreme comfort at present missing from your smoking, if you will get acquainted and give them a chance. Cigars are like friends? you must get familiar with them to appreciate. They are a comlort when you get the corny forting kindf give "Imports" a good chance and you'll recognize much in creased pleasure in your smoking. The first one may seem odd (chanv pagne tastes a bit sour after flat cider), but smoke a number af "Imports;" you'll soon discover you've doubled the satisfaction you get in smoking 1 DISTRIBUTORS Perepy & Moors, Council Bluffs. Reid, Murdock & Co., Chicago. Chas. A. Tracy, Omaha, Salesman. 10 m 1 I 1 m m l a : i m i m M m n ii m M 'I fj 1 V. VA tn I