THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: Til lASPA Y, MAY 2.), 1001 V ILLUSIONS OF THE TRACK Ixperitoeet that Curl tht Hair of Lcco rattir Enjinien. CASE OF A PIG AND A RED SHIRT Ilarmlmn Object tlinl Simulate 1'rrlM of the Itnll Iniira, the I'lianltim I'Imkihuii mid thr Ae. I wonder what wo the llrst, Instantane ous sensation of that Cnnartlnn etiKlncer who ran ilown Jumbo In the Iok. I'robably no engineer ever had a stranger shock, but shocks, strange and otherwise, aru the por tlon of every man wlio stands at a loco motive throttle, lie must net used to them and stand them tin best he can or find lornn occupation with less nervous strain to It. Most of them In the business net hardened to the unexpected, which Is ul ways happening on the rails. Ono of the worst starts I ever hud was due to a large, lazy plf? who had got on my mind, Nothing will slide a train more easily and destructively from the rails than live. pork. This particular specimen had a habit of burrowing alongside the track and It was a fair presumption that. sooner or later ho would And something to Interest him between the ralla and somebody would go "down the bank." I was coming down thu hill ono day nt high speed, and craning my neck for a comforting sight of piggy In his accus tomed place, when, as I popped around tho curve, a bright red (lag assaulted my anxious gnse. The connection between that flag and the pig was only a bit of mental aberration on my part, but It was very vivid. I shut off rind grabbed the whistle cord, but before I could even creech for brakes I saw that the ting was only n red flannel shirt, which tho good woman of the shanty to which tho pig belonged had hung on an Improvised clothesline between thu telegraph poles. That may not sound llkp much of a ncarc, but It represents a type that turns the railroad man's hair to a delicate ash color. Amended Itulm. Railroad men have supplemented the rules with additions of their own. for tho akn of convenience and to expedite the work. When a man Is sent out to Hag he gets Instructions. Perhaps he Is told to let all regular trains pass, but to hold everything else: then ho understands that his conductor will have his train In the siding when those trains arrive. A freight train had occasion to cross to tho other track, but there wasn't time to cross ahead of the limited. A' man was sent ahead with orders to let tho limited by and hold everything else until ho should be called In, 1 was llrcmau on tho limited that night, nnd the place I write of was In the middle of a twenty-mile run, where the engineer made a practice of "kctchln' up" any little time previously lost. I heard a sudden exclamation na George, my engineer, shut off and snapped oi) tho air. 1 stepped to tho gangway and caught a glimpse of a fellow waving a red light frantically na ,,wo flow. by, In another In stant we rounded tho curve nnd there was a headlight, right In our face nnd eyea. George "horsed 'er over'1 nnd I thought he would auroly pull the -sand lever out by the roots, but In splto of nil that headlight came up on us like n cornel, Of course, we thought tho other fellow was crossed over on our track or ie wouldn't have flagged us; It didn't make any difference that ho had no right to be there, there he whs. George, yelled for me lo "git off,"bH a fled me. with my chances where 1 was. A moment later we rolled past the engine and half the train which was on Its own track. The freight conductor climbed up on our engine nnd asked tJcorgc If that blanked fool had nagged him. George spilt tered and stammered with nervousness be fore he found his tongue, but when he did that conductor heard something that was well worth listening to. Such n salvo of verbal pyrotechnics George expressing himself about the conductor and ho about the flagman one hears but once In n life time, lliirntlr Scnrc. A newly located watchman's shanty- looking exactly like the end of a boxcur set my scalp to tingling one. night. There had never been anything there hut the river before and when the headlight glared on that very substantial structure I was sure my call had arrived, Another time a toolbox In a tunnel, partly covered with overclothes and a coll of rope, smarted me for the step, under the Impression that It wan a rock fallen from the roof. Hut these are mere, harmless senrcs which help to keep one awake. The engluo gets by them before you get off and you are back In your seat again, breathing "anathema maranatha" against the thoughtless Idiot who was the causa of It all. Then there re the other kind. I 'was poking up a long hill one night when a red light suddenly showed up, fol. lowed at once by another, Indicating that the caboose of the preceding train wa Just ahead and I waB coming up to It with as tonlshlng rapidity. 1 yelled to my fireman to Jump nnd we had barely landed In the ditch when six inrs and the cnlmoso of tho train ahead climbed all over our engine. The train had broken In two nnd this was the rear section that had trundled down the hill on top of us. Are llnllronfl Men Superstitious f Frequently I hnve been asked If railroad men nre superstitious. I think not, though thty might be pardoned If they were, One night, nftcr tho meeting, Fred .lones naked, with fairly well assumed Indlffor ence, If "any o' you fellers" had seen a mysterious flagman at night near, the eld atone house, this side of "Ollendorf's Fill." Two or three of the men looked around quick nnd sharp, as though the question reminded them of something, but nobody admitted that ho had, "Darn funny," said Fred, pining away nt his cigar lke a "mog" on a grade, "I've seen 'lm twice, 'n dnnged if c'n make It out." In responso to careful pumping Jonesey told me that on two occasions, on the night trip, a fellow hnd sprung out from behind the ruins of tho old stone house nnd flagged him not with a lamp, although It was night time, but with n flag. Ho stopped both times, but no man was to be found, nor was thern any occuslon for flagging, On the second occasion his con ductor hinted with railroad frankness that Jonesey was "dopey," so Jonesey said ho would disregard the fellow's signal if he ever snw him again. As to details, he te membered only that both nights wcro bril liantly moonlit nnd that a good breeze whs blowing. About two mouths later, along In the fall, after a heavy rain, Jonesey ran Into a bad rock-slide a qirarter of n mile beyond tho old stone house. Ills fireman was killed, hut he escaped with a sprained ankle. He came hobbling up to me a day or two later as I was oiling 'round and paid "Wnl, I done It," "Done what?" "Run by that stone house flagman t was tellln' ye nbout; wonder If they'll think I'm dopey now?" He went on to tell me that the snmo fellow flagged him the night of the accl lent, but. with his good name In mind, he dropped her down n notch, breathed de fiance at the tpook through hi teeth and STIRRED BV FIGHTING AT LEXINGTON The MecUlenbnrn Outburst for Free dom Set the I'nec for .orthrrn Colunlrs I.okhI llolldny In rth (,'nrolliin. That there whs a prior Declaration of In ierxmlenco to that of July t, 1776, will be surprising Information to the general mass of people In the United Slates and else where. It Is certainly a record not In cluded In text books or standard American day of great celebration, with parades, meetings and patriotic speeches. Tho history of the Charlotte or Mer. leuburg Declaration of Independence fis ac- went through the cut "till on end," only ANTF)ATfS FM'ttTII OF 111! Y to pile up on the slide a moment later. nil 1 Litfrt 1 LO LULU III Ml JUL I Too Much Moon, , One night, a long time after that, I was' killing time on a clearance. The moon wasl GiUbratiQ; tt First Declaration of Indi- anoui run, pretty wei town in mo wesi.i t and there was n. stiff hreeze from the I pnd.BC4 in America. same quarter. I remembered Jonejey's flngman and decided he would never have a better chance to get caught. I shut off nnd let her roll on approaching the stone house. Waving shadows on the track, cast by trees nnd bushes on the bank above, suggested a possible solution of the mys tery. I kept my eyes fastened religiously on the spot Jonsey had described and preiently saw there was something there. Gradually the thing look form, until, when within a train length, I could have sworn that a man was In front of mo waving a ling. 1 put on brakes, slowed right down nnd gave an answering "toot-toot," but he paid no attention. Then 1 crawled out on tho run-board and looked at the moon, which wns Just visible above the bank nt my right. As tho moon, myself and the man came Into lino ho became blurred and Indistinct and I observed that a small pine tree on the bank was nlso coming Into line with us. When the line was complete the flagman spread out and lost form, Next time 1 saw Jonesey I told him about It nnd he exclaimed; "Well, I'll be darned!" On his next day off Jonesey dead-headed to the station near the stone house and tramped tour miles with au axe. The spook flagman never bothered him nor any one else thereafter. Mtaiilnenl Confidence. A ludicrous case of misplaced confidence In the evidence of his own eyes was that of Pete Schufcldt, n crabbed, contrury "lyehlgh Wallcy Dutchman." Tete had en Joyed n ten days' Involuntary vocation through belnc "outllcd" by his conductor nnd crew In regard to an open switch and ho hungered anil thirsted for revenge. Coming eat shortly afterward In n denso fog and carrying white flags they crossed over nt h water-plug and left some curs on h siding. They backed on to the train again and while the fireman took water Pete got down to oil. Ho found n warm wedge on tho front driving box on his side nnd pulled It down a bit. While he was under her the conductor passed and told him to call the nag when he was renefy tp go. Fete got hta tallow pot, gave the wedge a good dose of cylinder oil, put the pot on the run-bonrd, finished oiling nnd climbed Into the cab. He wns In the very act of reaching for the whistle-cord to call the flag when he saw what looked like the target of an open switch right ahead of tho engine. It was really the staff of tho white flag, helped out by the tallow pot, which he had forgotten and left on tho run-board. Put the heavy fog, aided and abetted by the simmer of the safety valve nnd escaping steam from the cylinder cocks, obscured his vision and distorted his perspective. Hero was n chance to get square with that "Hchinard" conductor. A local wns following them pretty close and n few mln utes' delay would "lay her out" and neces sltnta nu explanation from the conductor as to how he came to leave that switch open. Fete sat down comfortably In Us cab and awaited developments. When the conductor camn up fuming Fete told him with flne snrcnsm that If he was In a hurry he had better close that gate In front of the engine. During the Interchange of courtesies which f 1 lowed this shot tho flreman noted the nb seilce of the tallow pot nnd asked Pele 1 he had had It. The conductor referred In n scornful manner to Pete's cranial density nnd told him he couldn't see the switch from there, nnyhow. "Ish dot so?" roared Pete, foaming wllh righteous Indignation. "Better you git you eyes fixed. Vnt you call dat, hey?" and he pointed triumphantly nhead. Just ns the fireman reached up and lifted the tsllow pot down from the run-board. Of course, tho supposed open switch tar get disappeared and Pete has been trying to explain ever since. committer before Its assembling, urging a firm stand. What the committee hail originally de cided to do Is not clear, but about this time there reached the North Cnrollnn copi munlty the echo of "the shot that was heard around the world," from the en gagement at Lexington cn April 10. That was decisive. The whole assemblage was stirred to Its depths by the news. The old account of what occurred says: "The speakers addressed their discourses to the spectators as well as to the general com mittee nnd those who were not convinced by their runkonlr.g were Influenced by their feelings and all cried nut: " 'Let us live Independent' l,et us decltrc our Independence nnd defend It with our lives and fortunes.' " IIIrIi llmoWea. A committee composed of the men who hnd planned the whole proceedings was nppolntcd to draw up resolutions. These T exerel'o the s.inu puwers nnd nuthorl!les( which Is now lit the archives of the I ri ng heretofore, that eery member of this verslty of North Carolina, ha mlmlttedb delegation slmll henci forth be a civil olP.cer errors In the text and omits the sixth I wo und exercise the powers of n Justice of tho lutlon. Mr Alexander ndded a certlnVnto peace, Issue pmcoss, hear mid determine vouching for Its substantial nccuracy, bit controversies at cording to law, preserve qualifying his statement with tho pro.iso. pence, union and harmony In the county,1 "That the foregoing statement, though and use every exertion to spread tho love' fundamentally correct, may not literally of liberty nnd country until n more general; correspond with the original record of the and better organized system of government ' transactions of said delegations." be established. htmr(p. In Chnrlottc. N. C however, n read: Declaration of Independence from Great I. Resolved, That whosoever directly, or Ilrltnln was drown up nnd signed more Indirectly nbots. or In nny way, form or than a. year before the United States of j manner countenances the Invasion of our AmeHrn-s first Fourth of July, nnd May ! rights, ns attempted by the Parliament of 20 Is still n legal holiday In the state of I Great Hrltaln, Is nn enemy to his country, North Carolina, while In Charlotte It Is n : to America, nnd to the rights or men 111 .III lull W iM. V v. ii naniv,l. That wo. the citizens of Mecklenburg county do hereby dissolve the political bonds which have connected us with the mother country, and absolve our- Old MECKLENBURG Court-House. VI. Resolved, That n copy of these resolu tions be transmitted by express to the1 President of the Continental Congress as sembled In Philadelphia, to be laid before tlint body. There was seme discussion nnd ntter sitting In the court house nil night, neither sleepy, hungry, nor fntlgued, the delegates ndopted the resolutions nbout 2 o'clock on tho morning of .May X and. led hy Abrn ham Alexander, chairman, appended their signatures to tho document. SeiiillitK the .North. A few days Intel Captain James Jack of hnrlntta wns dispatched with the account f the proceedings to tho continental ion- gress nt Philadelphia. According to the hnrlotto version the president of congress returned a polite answer to the address hlch accompanied the resolutions. In hlch he highly approved of the measures dopted by the delegates of Mecklenburg. but deemed the subject premature to be laid before congress." At this Identical me congress was preparing n petition to the king, which -was signed by every mem her on July s, 1775. stating in part: 'We ae not raised nrtnlcs with tho nmbltlo'is design of separating from Great Hrltaln nd establishing Independent stntes." " "c original Mecklenburg Declaration of ndependeiice Is not now In existence. That, together with nil rue records of iho general committee which signed It, v.ns burned In April, in the llro which lestroyed tho house of John MrKnltl Alx- inter, the secretary of the general com mittee and the custodian of nil ItH recntds. fter the lire he prepared n copv of tho Mecklenburg Declaration for his friend, encrnl William R Davie. This copy, AUTOGRAPHS Or THt iSIGNERS OF THE MECKLENBURG. DECLARATION! Q7 JAvojh-MtT J a v )? 0 Mitt. MAHV CiRF.tiOVICH. Of riiMliiihiim. Montnnn, Tell How She Wan Cured of Dandruff. Mrs. Mary Grcgovlch ot. PhlllpBburg, Mont., under date of November 26, 1899, writes: " Ihad typhoid fever this summer, consequently was losing my hair terribly, and my head In places was perfectly bald. Newhro's Hcrplcldo had Just come Into use In rhlllpbburg and the doctor strongly recommended It to me. After three or four applications my hair stopped falling out and Is coining in again quite thick. I used to be troubled greatly with dandruff, of which I om now quite cured." Kill the dandruff germ with Herptclde, Dins C'onnrntulntes Iluffnlo, BUFFALO, May 22. The following tele gram from Presldont Diaz of Mexico was received today by Mr. Uuchanan, director general of the Pan-American exposition: Permit mo to be one of the first to present my congratulations through you to tho worthy peoplo of Uuffalo. nnd Justly to felicitate them upon their activity In Inau irirntlnir the first exnnsttlon with which American civilization salutes tho twentieth century. r- Advertising Comment Fables.P V S "ITS ccpted by the peoplo of that locality Is as selves from all allegiance to the Hritlbh follows In the months of March and April. Ii75, some of the more energetic men of Meck lenburg county, North Carolina, held meet ings to agitate the question of opposing Parliament's claim to Impose taxes, wllh out representation nnd regulate tiio colonies' Internal policy. The sense of the people being for resistance to Parliaments policy, Thomas Polk, then colonel commandant of the county, was directed to Issue an order calling upon each captain of the mllttln to call a com pany meeting, ench company to elect two delegates to meet In general committee n May 19, 1775. To these delegates ample power was given to adopt such meojures ns they thought necessary to defend the Crown, abjuring all political connsctlsn wllh a nation that has wantonly trampU'd on our rights and liberties and Inhumanly shed Innocent blood at Lexington and Jon- cord III. Resolved, That we do hereby decluro ourselves a frco and independent peoplo that we arc, nnd of right ought to uc, a sovereign und self-governing people under tho power ot God and the General Con gress: to the maintenance o." which In dependence we solemnly pledge to each other our mutunl co-operation, our lives our fortunes and our most sacred honor. IV, Resolved, That wo hereby ordain nnd adopt as rules of conduct all and each o our former Inws, and that the Crown of Great Britain cannot bo considered here colony's rights, and to mnke common exuse after ns holding any rights, privileges or with tho people of Massachusetts, already. Immunities nmongst us aflame with resentment ngnlust the mother' V. Hesolved, That all officers, both civil country. Various lenders addressed the' nnd mllltnry, In this tount be entitled lo Fnhle .No. Our, cause one mouthful did not satisfy her huu- yours, that your advertising should pay, nl Once thcro wns n mnn who started to ger has a sister who wrote mc tho olhor low rao to malco a few suggestions which build n bouso. Ho hit ench nail a single oay sometning iiko mis: -i nm very mucn it carcruuy rouowefl, win neip to mane u blow-, and was much surprised to find that disappointed because my half-Inch ad, pay one hinw did not drive the nail home, As which I had in your paper ono time, has Use spaco Intelligently. Hemeniber th ho mndo no headway whatever, he asked rot made any sales, I expected better Irishman who bought number twelve boot his nelnhbor across the way. who had a tnings rrom your journal." wnen nuruher eight were large enough, bo Vionutlfnl hmme how h hulll It "Oh 1 na people wuo expvci me single uiotr- cause ne wunieu mosi lor ins money. km the neighbor. "1 lust kent hammering lon of Ir ul will cause the public to Some advertisers think the way to get ., , i, n rush their way all at once, are simply tho most for their mnoy Is to attempt put - v v AnArn I U A n.lnAl,.!,, nAvnwtim- I , In n ...... IY. r 1 . IRI.UIUUL Ui IIJV 1,1 OV 'l 1MWVW W. (iU.Whin- btlltj 1.4 I UUV'-lllbll 0iHV.u IIJIIIICI CUUMfeU ruoie .. lnB for four Once upon a time there was a great war it g the "single Insertion" peoplo who It Is a mistake. The printer has no and one of tho generals directed his gunner are always sure that advertising doesn't chance to make any display, it must all be to fire a shot at a big fort. Ho was much pay. Sometimes I feel that It would be set Bolld in bmall type to get in, and half surprised that the fort did not tumble down wise to refuse all such business, the effect Is lost at once, nnd asked anotner general, wno what seems strange to mo, is the fact when writing your ad think about th had mado nimseir laraous uy tearing uovu inai me successes oi inc regular auveruscrs buyer and what will Influence him. Many the forts of the enemy, how he did It. do not seem to teach these people anything. n(js nre Ineffective became thev &!i!mlv rn. "Oh," said the successful general, "I Just The other day a man Informed me that fleet the great desire of the advertiser to kept firing away at them." nts goods wore in every way as gooa and Bell hla goods. Fable ,. Three. -', e' "e" ""lllr Tnc buyer docs not care a single red cen Once upon a time a very hungry woman "lJ" i!luW"' I.m how "ad want ,0 RC" n,lrt 8,lch " "P ..,-.... rif a I nnPH nnt mnvn n m in nnv T at t pat down to a well nilcil table. After eat- Ing one mouthful she stopped, and was "" " J, The fact Tha"thr other 8f "how the great advantage and profit thn murh surprised ,hnt her hnnncr was not '"i If?1 l " V L. 'C UJ." ! come to him In the purchase of wha satlsned She complained to "the lord of SrsTbouT his goodsTor JZyZ ' tho manor about the poor quality of the nnri ,h. ,... in(tividiial had oniv lust h,.. " y ,r n' food, saying It would not satisfy hunger. Itemeraber nil! Nye s story about th She was asked how much she had eaten. .... ,,- m ,(m ,. wan who charged him 2 for a plo at a rail "Ono mouthful," said the woman. "Do you rauae he knows whal ho hae t0 RCll u alI wy eating station, mil said he had no expect' ono mouthful to appease your hun- right, that, consequently, everybody els? hJc':tlna whatever to paying the price, ger?" asked the host. "The way I satisfy TOll8t know It-hcnce, etc. but h0 was c"oug t0 know why such an my hunger Is this, I keep on eating until Well, the way to let them know it Is to .... " i-ieman iiinnniy I am niled," select some good Journal like this one,with a circulation so big It does not have to exclaimed that It was because bo neede the money. I have put these fables here for th. pur- " about raako a '" Whatever reful always In your dv.rtlBlnc nt HhoKinr the fnniiihnena nf P you ran ug0 to ndvantago In a year, ,0 Kte some better reason than that, aa Si01 umJlMstxouz then vr d' ! bu;nvdrnrds'or a pos9,b, ci,8tomcr 10 tiilt.il, mm ni iuu v.tu inv j.,., nm - pos peopl llini imcio io - yu,t su uuicaauuuuir .... ... , ... n.i. , - y,,, u.. . . . . ,h. m..i.a in tn.. f.M. I promptly renon n u. u '" -J -"" us me omer no wsv " ' ' MW fc K.t.- I ba.-., Im Iklo Iniirnul a m ilntn tr fol Inw hnti' ha rnn n rnil ra u.. Do as reasonable about your advertising mamng prominent your dcslro In that dl as you are about other things. rection. "Ono step don't take you very far. When you have once commenced to nd you've got to keep an going,' and one ad vcrtlse never stop until you go out of the f eggs whero tho disagree with them The man who thought he could drive a nail home with one blow has a brother in business, who became very Indignant at "rtrZ: o0fnCood"r!ornMrnh,B -"Tdo 'mhor' but many ol them taiMT c miL o did not sell a lot of goods for him. , accompllsh n greal dMli a natcn from a B,unR 0, ww Kcori.i hu ...Uum.w ,.. . ul .....a Vou rto not expect Impossible trtlnH fllonK hen. during the Incubation period. Btave a nun wniiM Hpfitrnv n fnrt ts flmt rnnnln .lt .... . ... . . , . . 1 oiayw bm ..WM - . tuner lines, ana wnue aavcrusinR nas aoue on tne net tnree unys ami was off three lO U leimW WI1U UUCI f U UIC dl IlllBrtUrC la ,4i no. mnA ...111 nAnl In H wnmlara T-U 1- M i l I i .... wuihsi mu nm iiiuuiiuc iu uu wmuvj nt uiijn, i ma uu uihi uu uuineiis noes no senmuon ueciwoe ne sai.i i ciaimro mis (t cannot accompllsh impossibilities. work to any better advantage In advertising paper was a good advertising medium, nnd ne reasonable, be patient, be Just. "Keep than It docs In any other line of business once he put an ad In for a single insertion hammering away," and you will purely "go, but It seems to take some good people for-' and did not sell a thing. there." ever and a day after to get this fact into me womnu woo wu su eurpnscu oo- fsow, as n is ne mucn my interest us their nead. I'oetlcnl Criticism. That there were those In North Carolina who did not sympathize with tho work of the convention Is attested by n ctiilous poem In the Mecklenburg Censor, which wns printed nbout that timet "When Mecklenburg's fnntnstli rabble, "Renowned for censure, scold nnd gnbblo, "In Charlotte met In giddy council, "To lay the Constitution's ground-sill, "By choosing men both teamed nnd wise, "Who clearly could with half closed eyes, "See mill stones through a spy or plot, "Whether existed such or not; "Who always could nt noon define, "Whether the sun or moon did shine, "And hy philosophy tell whether. ' It waa dark or sunny weather; "And sometimes when their wits were nice. "Could well distinguish men from mice. "First to withdraw from Hrltlsh trust, "In Congress they the very flrat. "Their Independent! did deelnre." When the royal governor of North Caro lina heard of the resolutions ndopted May 2i 1775. h" .iddresscd. the executive council upon "tho lale most treasonable publica tion by u committee In the county of Mecklenburg, explicitly renouncing obedl enco to his mnjestys government, nnd nil lawful authority whatsoever." Klvr days after this nddress the governor wroto to Karl Dartmouth: "The Itesolves of the Committee of M'ckleiiturg. urpani nil the horrid nnd treasonable publications that tho Inflammatory spirit of this coun try hns yet produced." Although the original document Is Umt, there Is abundance of proof of Its formula tion nnd adoption In personal statements nnd writing preserved from the early years of the nineteenth century. tit vivr i i:riHf.H or urn. Near Itridgeport, Conn , a trio of men named England, Ireland and Scotlnnd run a drapery ktore. They all come from the north of the Tweed, hut met ns entlie strangers in America. Kngland's parents emigrated to Connecticut twenty years ng , but Scotland nnd Ireland nre recent ar rivals. Scot land is married lo one of Kng land's sisters and there Is n hoy of tho union, nnd Ireland Is engaged to another sister. The boy Is named nfter his uncle and prospective uncleIreland Kngland Scotland. Kva Ilarlholoiiiew of Now Haven, Conn., wns glen Just J1.W0 damages In her suit against Charles I) Parnielee. who Jumped out of the bushes, yeled "booh," and frightened her so that she wll bo practi cally speechless for life. The end of tho famous "booh" rase came on tho "th Inst , when tho decision of the Judge wns an nounced, Miss Harthnloiucw says she Is Incapacitated for school teaching as n re sult of PnrnielecN practical Joke. Some years ago an old woman of Adams county, Illinois, was deprived of her farm by her son-in-law nnd wns obliged to go to the poorliouse. Sho died recently nnd her son ha had the following epitaph engraved on her tombstone: Robbed of all her earthly posses sions; Hy one who mndo such grent pro fessions; He's worse thnn a rascal, thief or nnvr, He sent my poor mother to n pau per's grave. In that grand mom when the trum pet shnll Found, My mother will rise from this pau per grave: Her robes shall ho whlto, without spot or shade; Hut whero Is S. C? Not far from hades. Conk's Imperial Kxtra Dry Champagne Is tho wlno for Americans. Its purity and bouquet commends it to them. UBS A Household Treasure Mllleritown, Ohio, July 2, 1900. Wine of Cardul hat been a household treasure wllh ui. When I married Mrs. Snapp my friends ridiculed me and atked mc why I married a dead person. They said she would not live until fell. She then weighed less than 100 pounds. Now she welths US pounds. She has three boys, the last weighing 9 pounds at birth and the other two 10 pounds each. 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