THE OMAHA DAILY JiEE: FKIDAY, JULY 20, 1901.
AFFAIRS IN SOUTH OMAHA
Membm of Pin&ncs Cotnmlttts in Wrangle
Oftr Pajnunt of Bilk
SCME INTERESTING GOSSIP IS CURRENT
Storlr Aflont In (lie C ft cot (lint n
llnlceon In Dt-iiiiiiulril iiiiiI Drtclop
mrntn Are Kticcii'il Mnula
Ory Xews In Ueuernl.
Members of thn llnnnco committee of the
city council, which Is composed of John
ston, Vansant and Mnrtln, aro In a wranglo
over the payment of certain Mile and It
looks now as If thero mlRht be some son
snttonnl news coming from this direction.
At the lost meeting ot the council, when
other bills wero allowed on tho 1901 .ap
propriation, nn attempt was made to have
the hills of tho Omahn Water company
onrt the Thomson-Houston Electric Light
company allowed. The water company's bill
la for the six months ending July 30 ond a
balance of J 1,378 dun on back hydrant
rental, The total of the bill omounts, to
U0.455. The electric llRht bill, which has
been running for six months, amounts to
f 7,221.1 i. Although there Is money enough
to pay at least n portion ot this Indebted
ness, the council would not approve tho
claims. There Is enough money In the
water, fund to wipe out the claim, but In
tho lighting fund there will be a deficiency
If thn bill Is paid.
Certain parties want a percentage, so It
Is stated, before tho bills nro allowed and
this causal tho balk. It Is stated that n
demand has been mado of the water com
pany to pay 10 per cent of the entire
claim and rumor has It that the same
proposition was made to the light com
pany. An open rupture was Imminent nt
last Monday night's mcctlnK of tho council
when theso bills wnro crossed off the ap
propriation sheet, but President Adklns,
who occupied tho chair, stopped n fuss
by calling Johnston and Martin to order.
In speaking of tho matter a member of
the council said that tho bills, with ono
exception, were Just, tho ono exception
being the bill of $19.90 for clevatltiR elec
tric street lights. There Is a city ordi
nance supposed to bo In force compelling
th llRht company to maintain lights on
thlrty-flve-foot poles, tho changes to bo
mnde without expense to the city. During
the term of Mayor Knsor this ordjnnnco
was enforced, but It noeins that lately no
attention has been pnld to It.
When the bills come up again It Is ex
pected that there will bo something doing
In tho talking line, ns Vansant,' a member
of the committee, hns heard of the rumori
of hoodie and will talk about the matter
ns he thinks.
I.lKlit Deniniul fur Mrnt. '
Although the receipts of cattle and hogs j
at tho stockyards nre tho same as usual
for this time of tho year, packers say
there Is little doing In the retail line. On
account of the Intonso heat very little meat
Is being used by ordinary consumers.
Kvon the roatnurantn havo but few calls
for meats and tho falling oft In tho de
mand Is notlrcd almost Instantly at tho
packing houses, prices aro a little higher
thin last month, hut It Is stated that this
will not continue long Hfler thero Is a good
sonklng rain, all over thn west.
The otcatner Castalla arrived hero yes-
terday and will be placed In service within
tho next ten days. Captain Talbot brought
' the boat down from Sioux City and It Is
now tied up on the Iowa side, opposite-
. Missouri avenue. Work is to commence-'
n(- on.ee on, ,thn. Improvnmanta. to bo made1
by tho ferry company at tho foot of Mis-
sourl nvcnuo and also across tho river.
Tending the construction of a 'pontoon
bridge tho ferry will convey freight and
passengers across tho rlvor. Captain Tal
bot, who Is In charge of tho boat. Is every
Inch a sailor and he proposos to glvo to
South Omaha and tho people of Iowa nri
excellent service. Trips will be mado as
often ns occasion requires and as the boat
Is a capacious ono stockmen from Iowa
will doubtless patronize It liberally.
Mlilmiiiiiiier Hunk Statement.
On July 15 tho national banks doing busi
ness In thla city were called upon by .tho
comptroller of tho treasury to render a
statement of tho conditions of the banks
at tl'o dato tho call was Issued.
Three national banks are doing business
In South Omahn and the ntntcments show
that thore Is n steady Increase In deposits
since tho Inst call of tho comptroller, which
was mndo on April 21. On ho dato last
mentioned theso throo banks had on 'de
posit $0,169,219.78. On July 1, the dato of
tho last call, thero was on deposit here $(",
350,700.87. This shows an Increase In de
posits of $187,481.09. All of tho banks re
port a rcmnrkubly good business at this
time and dcposlta continue to Increase eaah
day.
Milk Inspector Frank Jones stated yostcr-
ilny that he had recently tested milk from
nearly all of the dairies doing. business In
' this city nnd that tho standard was being
maintained. Ho did say that the pastures
, wore getting short and that milk dcnlors
wero compelled to feed milch cows In order
to procure tho requisite amount ot milk.
As far as ho knows, tho Inspector said, thero
Is no adulterated milk being offered for sale
hero at this time.
Chief V.tivv Honored.
Yesterday nftenicu members of tho city
fire department presented U F, ktter, tho
chief of tho department, with a handsomo
gold fireman's badge, (iptaln Dave Garrett
. of tiro company No. 1 niudo tho presentation
speech. The gift was quttu a surprise to
Chlrf Ktter, but ho responded briefly ond
thanked tho donors In a few well cuoson
words. Chief Etttr leaves within a day
or two for tho east, where ho will attend
tho nnnunl convention of fire chiefs.
MiikIc City ftniNli,
A. I,. TroKt of the Mock yards otllco Is
away on a vacation.
Residents n Albright nro considerably
A GREAT RECORD
Hard to Duplicate It in Omaha.
Scores ot representative citizens of Omaha
nro testifying on the following subject.
Such a record ot local endorsement Is un
equalled In modern times. This public state
ment, made by a citizen, Is but ono at the
mnny that hive preceded It and the hun
dreds that will follow. Head It:
Mrs. Knud Thompson, SOS Douglas
street, eays; "It Is nearly twenty years
since I first had trouble with my back and
kidneys, and In splto of nil doctors nnd
medlctnei could do, I gradu!ly grow
worse. There are very few people In my
neighborhood who do not know how I suf
fered. Snoliig Doan's Kldnoy Pills udver
Used I sent to Kuhn & Co's drug store for
a box, After using It I found tho pain In
my back hnd pasted away, I cannot use
words strong enough to express my opin
ion of Conn's Kldnoy Tills after what they
did for me, whon everything else had
failed.
For eale by all dealers. Price, POc. Fes-ter-MUburn
Co,, Iluffalo, N, Y., sole agents
for (ho U. S.
Hemembcr the name, "Doitn's," and take
no substitute.
worried over n chicken thief who Is de
populating the henneries In that vicinity.
John F. Itltchart of Lincoln spent yes
terday In the city with friends.
Oeorgo II. Hrewer nnd wife have gone
cast for a two months' vacation.
Quite a number of prostrations from heat
were reported by the physicians yesterday.
Hlds from tho banks for city deposits will
bo received by the city clerk until 6 p. tn.
on Monday, Jjly 29,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Spear write from
San Francisco to The Dec that they are en
joying their Pacific const trip greatly.
Mrs. Oeorge HrnssnVId, who lived In the
I.lstcr block on N street, died yesterday.
Funeral arrangements wilt be mado later.
Joseph Homadka of Milwaukee Is corre
sponding with Secretary Christie In regard
to the establishment of a tannery here.
Harvey Mosely, deputy postmaster, write
to .Captain Kttr that his wife, who Is
seriously 111 at Boulder, Colo., is some better.
WHY D0LLIE IS HATLESS
Mr.'Clirlstlr'n Hot Wentlier Precaution
Make UN Drlvlnu Mure .Much
Too Vnln.
W. 11. Christie, member of tho Hoard of
Education, has some expert testimony to
offer on the use of straw hats to protect
horses'' heads from the heat.
Seeing a fine line of equine bonnets, Mr.
Christie concluded that he would buy one
for his driving mare, Dolllc. He selected
ono of dark yellow straw with pink trim
ming around the tarholcs and pink stream
ers that tie underneath tho throat.
The muro liked the Easter bonnet very
well. The first morning she woro It Mr.
Christie was In great haste to got over to
Council muffs.
When he reached Sixteenth street ho
notli ed that Dolllc had no care for the
itangerous holes In the asphalt paving. Sho
stumbled along and seemed to bo paying
attention to files. Mr. Chrlstlo climbed
out of the buggy and looked the horso over
carefully without finding any troublesome
flies.
For the next few blocks tho mare trotted
along at a good pace and ntteuded to her
own business. Then she began to looking nt
other horses and bounced Mr. Christie over
half n dozen holes In tho paving.
Before ho got to Doualas street sho hnd
almost Btoppcd and-wos looking Into stores.
Tho member of tho Hoard of Education
tlrojght Dolllc must h6 suffering with the
lient. She Is a faithful creature ordinarily.
Finally he stopped and got out to examine.
A drayman who was standing near began to
Inugh at Mr. Chrlstlo nnd asked him what
was wrong.
"I don't know." Mr. Christie replied.
''There seems to he something wrong with
my marc, I1 can't mako her go and sho
'wants to look around nil tho time."
" "I thbugh't so," the drayman exclaimed.
"Yuu'vo got n bonnet on tho old girl. I
tried hols on my marcs last week. I had
to take them off. The old girls spent all
their tlmo looking nt themselves In tho
store windows and rubbering at other
horses' hats."
Mr. Chllstlo doesn't believe In encouran-
Ing vanity, so Dollle Is now hatlcss.
REPUBLICANS IN CONFERENCE
Executive Committee of County Cen
trnl Oi-Kniilxutlnii DlNiMimie Af
fair of l'nrly Interest.
To avoid the heavy expense holding
two sots of primaries and two conventions
fdr the' selection' of delegates to the repub
lican state convention and tho nomination
of n county ticket tho executive commltteo
of the republican "county commltteo hns ex
pressed Its preference for but one set of
primaries.
''Tho rbmralttco met nl tho Drexel hotel
listcvbnlng and'iiftcr n' thorough dlscus
Bton'of the subject adopted a reebmmenda
tlon that the county nominating convention
bo set for tho end ot September or the be
ginning of October nnd that regular pri
maries no hold for1 tho selection of delegates
tnereto. f or too selection of delegates to
the stute convention, which will occur be
forp the tlmo deemed best for tho holding
of tho county nominating convention, It is
recommended that some system of caucus
nominations be adopted. Tho stnte conven
tion Is called to occur August 28.
Tho commltteo also declared It to be tho
sense of Its membership that tho chairman
of tho county committee should call thu
latter together Saturday, August 3, to tnko
dccislvo action on the subject.
Seasonable Fashions
BS80 Qrf's Sailor SdX
4 to I2yrs.
Girls' Sailor Suit. No. 3SS0. To bo made
With or without the applied yoke. No
model suits tho growing girl more per
fectly thnn tho Umple, natty sailor suit.
For summer wear It is made of linen,
pique and chambray. and for the cooler
months of cheviot, serge nnd flannel. Blue
and white nro favorite colors, but dull or
ox-blood red Is much worn. The smart ex
ample given Is of marine blue linen with
collar, cuffs and shlold of whlto and
stjtehcd bands of tho blue, and tie of soft
bluo silk The skirt has u front gore Joined
to wide, straight back portions that aro
laid In three box plaits on each side and
Is attached to a fitted body lining. Tho
blouse Is smooth across the shoulders nnd
can ,bo mado with or without tho applied
yoko. An elastic Inserted In the hem at
the lower edge regulates the fullness and
allows of drawing the blouse over tho head
without an opening In front. Tho sailor
collar Is seamed to the neck nnd tho shield
Is faced onto the body llnlug. tho standing
collar finishing It at. the throat. The
sleeves nro In bishop btyle with straight
cuffs.
. To cut this suit for a girl S years of age,
5H yards of material 27 Inches wide, 4
yards 32 inches wide, or 3ft yards 44 Inches
wide, will be required.
The pattern 3SS0 Is cut In sixes for girls
4, 6, 8, 10 nnd 12 years of age.
For the accommodation of The Bee's
renders theso patterns, which usually retail
at from 25 to SO cents, will be furnished at
a nominal price, 10 cents, which covers all
expense. In order to get any pattern en
close 10 cents, give number and name ot
pattern wanted and bust measure. Allow
about ten days from dato of your letter
before brglnnlng to look for the pattern.
Address, Tattern Department. Omaha Be.
GOLD FOR THE GREEN GROCER1
VtgtUblt Man Ta'xoi Bank with lei
Dtilir at an Auttorat
HIGH PRICES ARE FIXED ON POOR GOODS
Cnlilinurx, llrnns unci I'otntoen Find
Iti'(l Market nt Hntes Double
Those of ii Year Abo Doom
In Ilutternillk Market.
The long established exclusive autocracy
ot the Iceman Is trembling In the balance
and the vegetable man has entrenched him
.lelf alongside the former peerless auto
crat In administering to humanity's neces-'
sltlcs. The market gardener whoso crop
was not wholly burned out Is n bigger man
than n government land officer In an Indian
land lottery. Everything ho touches turns
to gold. .
It would be useless to undertako to re-'
count tho schedule of the Itinerant vegetable
man. He simply suggests nny price he may
want for his wares and It one person dos
not buy them another will. He Is en
tirely nonchalant nbout It. But down In
the wholesale markets where prices nro
established and the needy nro protected
by rules that require uniformity In trans
actions, ont cun obtain some Idea ot the
difference In conditions this year from what
those ot a year ago were.
"As a rule," said ono ot tho leading deal
ers down on commission row, "vegetables
aro selling this year 100 per cent higher
than they wero at this time a year ago.
They are of an Inferior quality nnd mighty
harJ to get. If wc could get hold of a few
vcgctublos ns good as the ruling qualities
prevailing last year, we could place almost
any kind of fancy prices upon them and
they would go off as If they were being shot
out of a cannon.
"Tomntoeii, which were selling last year
at this time ut GO cents a box, aro finding
ready and eager sale now at $1.50. Pota
toes, that were 50 cents a bushel then, now
go rapidly at 75 cents and $1. Cabbage
sold last year for from cent to 1 cent a
pound, according to quality, while this year
any old thing that looks ltko cabbage will
bring 2 cents without a quibble. Thero Is
no really good cabbage this year. YVo sold
dry onions last year for 50 cents; we aro
getting $1 for them now and havo to ship
tbcm In. Cucumbers that we sold for 15
and 20 cents last year are bringing 40 cents
this year. Orccn corn that brought 5 cents
a dozen a year ago now brings 9 cents. I
don't think there Is any prospect of veg
etables being nny cheaper, as wo will have
to ship nearly everything from this time
on.
Viix nraiis Are I'recloiin,
"A one-third-bushel basket of wax beans
thnt we wero glad to sell last year for 25
cents Is bringing $1 today and a basket of
peas ot similar size that wo sold for 25
centa last year Is bringing easily 76 cents
now. Iicets and turnips sold at this time
last year for about 50 cents a bushel. They
nro selling at a slight advanco over that
price now and aro about the only vegetables
handled that havo not doubled In price.
"Yes, there were a great many vegetables
shipped out of the Btatc early In the
season, going mostly to Kansas and the
west, but during the past week these ship
ments have stopped because local prlcea
are so high that thero Is no money In
shipping.
"In regard to fruits, the apples coming tn
are very poor, Uttlo better than nubbins,
and they nrc npt therefore selling at any
material ndvance, but It wo could get good
apples wo could get at IcaBt 100 per cent
more than 'we' got at this tjrao a year ago.
They sold last year for 75 cents and $1 a
bushel, nnd as good ones this year would
as readily bring $1.50 and $2.
"The Colorado crop of peaches Is short
and prices have advanced about 25 per cent.
Texas peaches aro selling 10 per cent higher
than last year. Last year four-basket
crates sold for 75 cents, but they are bring
ing $1 today. It Is too early tor home
grown peaches. I understand tho homo
crop Is short, but It Is never largo enough
to cut nny Ico In tho markets."
The milk man seems to be Joining tho
pntado of drouth season autocrats, for yes
terday ho ran the price of buttermilk up
to 20 cents a gallon. There Is n great ileal
of the beverage consumed In the saloons and
nt the soda fountains and dairy headquart
ers, and euloou keepers were grumbling at
the uervo of the dairyman In dnring to
boost the price of such a commodity to
such a Ugurc.
BOY VISITS JTHE PRESIDENT
Oimilin l,nil Drntlflex III" Ambition
by KxcliniiKlnK Fellnitnt loim with
Chief nxeeutivo nt Canf.in.
Gus Stclllngs, 15 years old, returned
from Canton, O., Wednesday, having srent
his vacation In gratifying a boylBh curiosity
Woman's Work in Club and Charity
A new mission was opened Mondny at 100
North Tenth street which promises to 1111
a need in that part of tho city. It 1j iha
Good 'Will mission and la to bo (.per.Ued
undor the management of ' Mutlisr" L.ce,
formerly of tho Bancroft Stroet home. The
mission workers of the city havo long real
ized tho iieccsslty of somo concerted work
among tho outcast women of that neigh
borhood, but realizing Ha dlfllcultles few
havo cared to undertake it und there has
been nothing upon which to support It.
Recently, however, Mrs. Leo haa suceeded
In Interesting E. It. Stewart, well known
as secretary ond treasurer of tho Oood Wlll
Templo mine of Cripple Creek, and ho bo
agreed to contribute $50 per month to the
support of the Institution, having given $1."0
with which to open tho butldlng. Mrs. Iee
gives her services and will use her Influ
ence for the extension of the work, which
Is to be carried on tn co-operation with tho
work of the Bancroft Stroet home.
It Is Mrs. Leo's intention to becomo ac
quainted with tho women and help them to
help themselves to a better understanding
and a better life In fact, to carry on the
work that It being so successfully operated
In other largo cities and which Is equally
preventive and rescuo work. Tho room6
are being neatly furnished and nn argnu
and good reading matter provided. TOero
will also be a small restaurant where tho
women can get their mculs for 16 cents,
the only suoh place that the neighborhood
now affords being a place conducted by a
colored woman where 25 cents Is charged
for a meal. Through this medium It is
hoped to reuch the women and Interest
them, ,
Mrs. Lee Is now making an effort to get
a sowing machine, that she may teach plain
sewing to the women,
In speaking of the work, Mother Lee
said: "Good Will mleslon Is a permanent
Institution. We have the moral nnd finan
cial support necessary and hopo before long
to buy or build a permanent home for It."
The Helping Hand society of Hanscom
Park Methodist church meets this afternoon
In the parlors of tho church. Tho meeting
Is called for tho hearing of reports and
every member Is urged to bo present.
The Young Women's Fortlgu Missionary
to see President McKlnley. Stelllngs paid
a visit to an aunt at Masslllon, O., nnd
during his stay persuaded her to accom
pany him to Canton.
After circumventing the president's resi
dence several times the boy summoned
his courage to the sticking point nnd went
In. Ills aunt awaited the outcome on the
sidewalk. Stclllngs greeted the servant
with western heartiness and so prcposcsted
her In his favor that she carried his name
to the president.
President McKlnley had other things to
do, but with bis usual kindness admitted
tho lad to his sitting room. "I came from
Nebraska, Mr. Dryan's home," stammered
tho boy, "to tell you how glad I am you
were elected."
"I'm glad, too, my boy," said the presi
dent with a smile.
"I guess my aunt will be looking for mo,"
said Stelllngs, forgetting the rest of his
speech. The president gavo tho boy his
hand and the event, momentous to the
young American, was happily over. Stel
llngs works at a boarding nouso at 2020
Harney street.
BOTH SIDES 0F THE CASE
Unlrjiiinn YounK mill Iimiiector lint
ton lCntrr Into I)ImmiiinIoii of
.Viltilternteil Milk Chnrtte.
P. K. Young, proprietor of tho Golden
Itod dairy, against whom a charge of using
formaldehyde to preserve milk Is pending.
Is preparing his defense upon the theory
that Milk Inspector Hutton singled him out
from among the other dairymen to vent n
personal spleen. He writes tho following
letter to The Hee:
OMAHA, July 25. In regnrd to this
trouble between Mr. Hutton and myself I
would toy to my customers and tho people
of Omnha thnt It Is all spltework. I can
nsslgn no other reason for tho course he
has tnken ii.tutnM mo A bill ncultint him
for milk, cream and strawberries, which
I have been some time In collecting, ap
penrw to have nettled him. I will udmlt I
am having some trouble with my cows.
They aro giving strlimy milk, which Dr.
Itamacclottl says Is due to overfeeding of
sugarcane, and he told me to tell tho people
that the milk Is not unwholesome. Mr.
Hutton stated In tho pajier that he has
had four samples of milk from tho wagons,
which Is not true; he hasn't had but onu
sample flnce Februnry. I took Mr. Hutton
a pint of milk July 22 nnd asked him to
test It. I supposed he would tell me what
was tho matter with the milk, nnd he let
mo know by filing a complaint In tho po
lice court and causing my arrest.
1 would say to tho public that the milk
I took Mr. Hutton wns out of a tank,
where all the cows' milk was strained In,
clean and sweet. This Is the way Mr.
Hutton helps mo out of trouble by ruin
ing my business. P. K. YOUNG,
Mr. Hutton wns shown this letter last
night. "Ot course, there Is no spltework
In It," said he. "Mr. Young und I novcr
had any trouble. About tho milk, cream
nnd strawberries, I offered to pay him for
them several times, but he would always
make soino excuso for not taking tho
money usually because he couldn't maku
change when ho would suggest that we let
It go till the next time ho called.
"As to tho samples of milk, I obtained
four ot them, as previously stated, and
when tho case comes to trial next Tuesday
there will bo witnesses to testify to that
fact. The sample he brought me was
analyzed with the others and by an odd
circumstance It was the only one of tho
four samples that was pure; formaldehyde
was found In each of tho other three.
Of these, one I took from his wagon on
the morning of July 22, ono enmo from
somo milk ho left at the home of Mrs,
Thomas Hcacock, 2807 Drlstol street, and
tho other from a bottle left with Mrs. J.
II. Tato, 1623 Lothrop. All were taken
on July 22, except tho ono he broufcut to
my house vohintnrlU-., and that came
July 19."
Detective) atorlen,
Conan Doylo considers Poe the Inventor
of the dutectlve Mary aud.ns pre-eminently
tho master, of the .short story and adds:
"Tho Imaginative quality, the Intellectual
skill, the keen nditptatlon uf menus to
ends, the subtlltty of Insight, the manngu
mciu of dramatic effects aro qualities upon
which I delight to dwell nnd I would cm
phnslzo my own Indebtedness to Pco and
my appreciation of hU groat abllltlts."
Do you know P03? Aud do you wish nn
authoritative memoir which gives the true
facts of tho life of the man whom Tenny
son considered the greatest American au
thor; ono which proves tho untruth of
many existing tybels? if so, address
OEOROK DAnniK & SON.
1313 VRlnut Street, Philadelphia.
AGENTS WANTED.
Sentence Channel to n Fine.
CHICAGO, July 23.-F. Wuylmul Drown,
who, with Dr. August Unger. was con
victed of conspiracy to defraud an Insur
hiico company In the fniiinux Defenbach
cuso. was today released from Jail hero
and the verdict sentencing him to the peni
tentiary vncatert and nn order Imposing a
tine of $2.0tX) (substituted.
Judge Tuley claimed upon tho announce
ment of the. verdict that he would be satis
lied with a tine, believing thnt Drown was
but Nllghtlv to blamn In the conspiracy.
Utown paid $1,B00 of tho fine today and lux
wife, tho daughter of a wealthy Cleveland
steel manufacturer, went security for tho
remainder.
socloty gives u -thimble party this after
noon at the homo of Miss Mattlo Langtrco,
2221 South Twenty-ninth street. An ex'
ccptlonally good program has been proparul
Thero was a good attendance at Wednes
day's meeting of tho Womnn's Christian
Temperance unlou, In splto of tho warm
day, and something more thnn the usual
amount ,of business eamo up for attention.
Mr. Alfred Kennedy was present and on
behalf of tho board of the old Omaha City
Mission notified the women of tho transfer
of tho property occupied by tho Tenth
Street City Mission, as the old Institution
Is now called, which will necessitate tho
union vacating the building, cow used by
their Industrial classes, by March 1. The
papers agreeing to vacate- were accordingly
signed and Mr. Kennedy agreed to pay tho
union tho sum of $50 for tho repairs they
put on tho building recently with the un
derstanding that tho building should be
turned over to them. While the women re
gret that the old mission will have to be
given up, they still havo It rent freo until
March 1, nnd this will practically cover the
psr'lod when the hardest work of the com
ing year is to be done and will allow am
ple time for the selection of a new location.
Now that tho children's industrial work Is
so well established In that neighborhood
the women have no Idea ot allowing It to
drop. Thero will be no further attempt to
Improve tho promises, however, usldu from
keeping the playground In good condition
for tho children and the committee ap
pointed for tills purpose was retained.
MlBa Magee reported an unusually large
attendance at tho Sunday school and even
ing gospel services; also that twenty-flvo
conversions had been made during tho last
four month In which the meetings havo
been hold there.
Tho cooking classes aro also In a pros
perous condition and under the efficient di
rection of Miss May Leeder. Tho girls'
clubs are doing much for their members
theso warm days and tho building Is kept
open nil of tho time for tho benefit of the
women nnd children, among whom thero Is
great suffering, crowdod as they aro Into
the close quarters of that district. The
mission Is cool and Miss Mngee has kept
leowater for their use.
She reports many of the children desti
tute of summer clothing, mnny of them
being unable to attend classes for want
ASLEEP UNDER THE STARS
Bern IngcnUni and Original lftani of
Oturtlog Mtrphsni Thai Hat Nifhti.
ONE MAN SWINGS OVER A TIN ROOF
Mnny n Front I,ntrn U Converted Into
n Dormltorj Hihikcs of Moatitillo
.NettlttR Favorite Hetrcnt from
9wnrm of Insect.
Over the tin roof of a laundry at Eleventh
and Dodge streets a hammock swayed gently
tn the breeze that announced the coming
storm. One of tho ropes .was tied to the
smokestack and tho other to a ring screwed
Into tho brickwork, nnd as was revealed by
the lightning flashes, tho net sagged heavily,
drawing the ropes taut. To tho officers nt
tho police station It was clear that tho
hammock had a human occupant.
Suddenly tho rain began to patter on the
tin; thero was a convulsion of the hammock
and n whlte-robcd flguro emerged, later to
perform the harzardous feat of clambering
down tho fire cscapo with a blanket over
one arm and a pillow under Its chtn,
"That fellow has been sleeping up there
for two weoks," sold ono of the ofllcers.
"He has to be at tho laundrv early to got
tho water hot for the day's work, nnd I
guess be found It pretty sultry down among
tho steam manglcrs and patent Ironing ma
chines, and that's why ho took to the roof."
Out-Door Sleep I l'opulnr.
Sleeping out of doors has become quite
general during the last few weeks, Many
a front lawn has been converted Into a
dormitory, whllo Jefferson square and tho
city parks offer havens to such of the heat
stricken populace as aro not afraid of ear
wigs, or are so fortunate as to evade the
park policeman. TIiobc who havo tried It
say the High school grounds have superior
advantages In this line, ns Capitol hill hns
a considerable elevation, and nny vagrnnt
breezu thnt may bo prowling around Is
likely to visit that quarter. Tho opposlto
Is true of liatiscom park, the ground here
being low nnd the air oppressively calm.
Hut there aro two advantages common,
from the standpoint of tho sleeper, to all
these plots of grccnswnrd, and these nro
that they are well ventilated and that they
save tho cost of room rent, Tho air may
bo still, sultry nnd henvy with humidity,
but generally speaking It Is pure.
To thoso Riven to early rising It Is n
common spectacle these mornings to see a
man asleep on n cot beside the gravel path
of his front yard. The blanket has becomo
disarranged during tho struggle ho had
with Morpheus and nt one end of the cot
Is revealed his open mouth and at the other
his bare feet, with toes spread apart. This
could hardly be considered a classical lawn
ornament, but It Invariably attracts more
attention than the fluent pleco of statuary.
IliiBd A ill! to Trouble.
Down where the population Is denso and
where the houses generally abutt directly
upon tho sidewalk, other means must ba
resorted to to luro the cooling breeze, nnd
as a result bedrooms lose their privacy
and tho home becomes a sort of a pavilion.
Doors, windows, wlndowshades nnd blinds
aro thrown wldo open and the sacred pre
cincts within laid bare to the vulgar eye.
Farther east discomforts other than heat
aro to be found. Tho lower slopes, ap
proaching tho river, nre Infested with
mosquitoes, with myriads of little grcon
bug.-i, resembling oats, which may bo
found by the hatful In the globes ot elec
tric lamps ot a morning and with great
droning beetles that fly blindly and strike
the faco with the force ot a missile from a
boy's slingshot. These ptats rcqulro
another system of defense. Mosquito bar
on tho windows has been found Inefficient,
as the average bouse of the poorer sort
has settled until there ure broad apertures
about the window frames, offering easy
Ingress to Insects of all kinds. Ono schemo
the riparian folk have Is to hang mosquito
bar from a frame tiuspended over the bod.
The most original plan, however, Is to
make u little house out of strips of plno
and mosquito bar, set the "houae" out In
the yard somewhero and sleep In it.
Scores of these can bo seen on the river
bottoms. Sometimes during tho day tho
"houso" Is lifted from over the bod or cot
and placed over a table, when the family
will alt down to a meal, Insured against
molestation from flics.
A Sure Cure lor Dlurrhoen.
Coming, as Ii docs, In tho busiest Bonsnn,
when a man can least afford to loso time,
a Rure und quick cure for diarrhoea Is very
desirable. Anyone who has given It a trial
will tell you that thu quickest, surest and
most pleasant remedy In use for this dli
raco Is Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea llemcdy. There Is no loss ot
time when It Is used, as ono or two doses of
It will euro any ordinary attack. It never
falls, not even In thu most scvero nnd
dangerous cases. For salo by all druggists.
of something to wear, nnd asks that boya'
pants, especially, and girls' dresses bo sent
to the mission.
The glrlB' clubs are Improving their
meetings during the warm weather by
patching quilts, which will be made up
when the sewing classes meet In the fall,
each girl keeping her own quilt. Mrs.
Shlnroik reported a visit to her homo of
n number of the members of tho temper
ance clubs, suspended for the summor, the
boys having come to ask that tho work bo
resumed and telling how much they missed
the meetings. Mrs. Shlnrock hus ugrced
to take charge ot the goipel work at tho
mission every Thursday evening;
The commltteo appointed at the Inst
meeting to seeuro an auditorium for tho
state Women's Christian Tumperance union
convention, to be entertained In Omahn
October 1, 2, 3 aud 1, was continued for
furthor Investigation, aud It Is probablo
thnt tho meeting will not be held at
Kountze .Memorial church after all, as the
lent It heavier than the women feci they
can afford.
Tho next meeting will bo held August
14 and as It Is tho annual meeting ami
election of officers It was decided to meet
at 0 a. in., as tho heat ot tho afternoon
prevents many from attending.
The Baptist Women's Missionary society
met In all-day session yesterday at F.monual
Baptist church. It wus their quarterly
meeting. Dinner was served in the par
lors of the church at noon nnd In tho aft
ernoon a most Interesting program waa
given.
The attendance at tho Young Women's
Christtnn association noon rest during the
last month has been 9,961, Owing to other
duties, Mrs, A. C. Ilawson hns resigned
her position as chairman ot tho lunch com
mittee and Mrs. George Hoobler has suc
ceeded her.
Today Miss Ferguson closes her work as
general secretary of the association and
after spending tho remainder of the sum
mer at her home In Ilolf, la., she will tako
the chal- of German In Mornlngslde col
lege In Sioux City. It Is with sincere re
gret thnt the members of the association
see Mlis Ferguson give up the work, for
she has won a host of friends during her
brief stay bore,
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soap. Jap Rose sells for that.
Jap Rose is transparent perfumed
with roses made of vegetable oil and
glycerin.
Better soap is impossible.
Jap Rose
Soap
This is Kirk's latest soap.
This world-famous soap maker says
that no man can improve it.
Yet it costs but a dime a cake.
UNUSUAL DEMAND FOR WATER
Tirintj-FiTi Million Gnllani ii tha Daily
Oaaiunptiaa in Umaha.
NOTE OF WARNING IS SOUNDED
Water Wnrki Now Hunnlnn; at Ab
normal rrcssiire anil Tliere la
Snlil to He Dnniirr of a Fiinilne
If Present Wnnte Continue..
Twenty-five million gallons.
This la tho amount of water which Omaha
has been consuming dally since July 12.
More than 200 gallons of water per day
for every man, woman and child In the
city.
The Omaha Water company has rallied to
the help of tho sweltering city. Extra
pumps have been brought Into use. Added
prcssuro has been applied to supply the
abnormal demand,
In St. Joseph, Kansas Citv and many
other cities sprinkling has been prohibited,
lawns nro burning up, gardens are scorch
ing and people- aro tiweltorlng with no
streams of cooling water to relieve their
misery.
Omaha has been fortunate, but tho water
company sounds a warning. If tho pres
ent reckless use of water continues tho
city may find Itself face to face with a
water famine, says the water works man
agement. Four pumps are working constantly at
Florence, vhro only two are used In ordi
nary times. Three pumps are In use at
tho Walnut Hill station. Ordinarily ouo
pump Is used there. Three pumps nrc
running full time at tho river station, which
has not been In uso tor some time.
I'renNiiro In DuneeroiiM.
The pressure has been raised to 133
pounds to the square Inch that tho abnor
mal demands of tho city may be met. This
Is said to bo dangerous. If It Is continued
a main may break and loave the city with
out wator.
General Manager VS. M. Fairfield of tho
Omaha Wator compuny, says: "Until tho
wholeoelo sprinkling of lawns and street
censes, clear water must not be expected
for domestic ueo. Tho water surges through
the mains at such u rapid rate that all
sediment Is stirred up and no opportunity
for settling Is given. Scores of firemen aro
laboring day and night to meet the needH of
tho people, but thu maximum supply has
been reached. Every main of the water
company Is laboring under a terrible strain
and the city may expect to hear of dis
rupted waterways at any moment.
"Tho reckless uso of wator In Omaha Is
dangerous. It threatens to rob families ot
the wator they need for domestic ptirposos.
Millions of gallons are wasted daily In
Irrigating lawns and gardcus. Such a
misuse of tha water Is selfish and threatens
to work a hardship on people who are more
considcrato. In somo parts of thu city
wator Is allowed to run all night on gard
ens and lawns. Wo havo even found places
where a hose was not used, but the water
was alloved to escape from tho tap.
"Inspectors nro visiting nil parts of tho
city, but It Is Impossible for them to check
Economy Is the Secret of Success
M:iko your old pluno like now Wo can
rrinove that dirty, oily look on the case
Wo can regulate tlint faulty action Wo
employ expert timers thnt can tunc. It
iih It should l)o tuned All tlila for Iltt!o
money Then your old piano Is practi
cally new and you avoid the expense
of buying a new one "A dollar isaved
!s a dollar made" Wo do not allow hot
weather to Interfere with our work.
A. HOSPE,
Music and Ait. 1513-1515 Douglas.
Misses' Shoes
Without any Intention to brag, we can
Kay that our inlstifH' and children's rdioo
department In the largeBt and moHt com
plete In the wem Kve-ry slr.e aud wldlh
In every style-so that we can lit per
fectly the narrow or chubby foot In any
of our linos from $1.50 to $2.50 Wo
have a splendid line of shlney shoes for
thu misses in the turn or welt extension-edge
soles These shlney shoes w4.!!
be worn more than any others tills sum
mer nnd we know we can please you
If you but give us the opportunity to
show them,
Drexel ShoeCo.,
CntnloKue Sent Free for Ilie Aaklnff,
Vmalia'M Un-to-iln te Shoe House,
HIM IMItNAM STllKKT.
the waste. Thoughtful people will not
make such Indiscriminate use of water.
We nre willing to supply a reasonable
amount ot water for lawns nnd havo not
contemplated Issuing any orders prevent
ing sprinkling. If the great wasto of wator
keeps up, however, wo cannot supply tha
demand. The amount ot water supplied
dally In ordinary summer weather vnrlos
from H.000,000 to 17,000,000 gallons.
"It Is estimated that slxty-flvo gallons
per day Is a liberal per capita allowanco
ot water In cities the size of Omnha, or
larger. In some cities tho per capita sup
ply falls to thtrty-flvo gallons dally. Theso
figures show that there Is n great wasto of
water In Omaha. Ordinarily tho Walnut
Hill station pumps 4,500,000 gallons a day.
It Is now pumping 10,000,000. It Is safo to
cstlmnto that two-thirds of this water Is
wasted."
aietrm for Everybody.
"Persons who pay for their water by the
year aro wasting millions of gallons. If
tho present rate of water consumption con
tinues It will bo necessary to compel all
1 consumers to havo meters," said A. B.
Hunt, superintendent of the Omaha Water
company. "Something must be done to
check tho awful wltstc. I'eople do not ex
ercise judgment In tho use of water. We
arc doing alt In our power to prevent tho
city from having a water famine, but the
public must assist us In saving wator."
Tho park commissioners have been noti
fied that they must limit the amount of
water used In tho parks. At Ulvervlow
alone 3,000,000 gallons were used last
month. Tho superintendent of Ilivervlcw
turned the city water Into the lake In that
park this week. Ho waa afterward In
structed to turn tho water off, however,
and the park commissioners have agreed to
' assist the water company In conserving lti
wator supply.
FINE DCG MUST BE KILLED
Xrl Scrnlrl'R Illr St. nernaril Mimt I'ay
Tenuity for Union Ilia Teeth
on Mm, Cnnnodr.
Mrs. Mary Carmody, 1018 South Twenty
second street, testified In polico court yes
terday that whllo on her way home from
church last Sunday she had been bitten by
a dog, and that It wns her confldont be
lief that If tho dog over wont mad sho
would be afflicted with hydrophobia. Sho
said she had heard ot such cases. Sho
know of one or two Instances wherein tho
dog and his victim succumbed to rablca
at the same tlmo, though several years after
tho human victim had been bitten,
Tho dog, a handsomo St. Bernard, six
months old, was the property of Nels
Senirl, a butcher at Twenty-seventh and
Leavenworth streets. Tho owner testified
that tho dog had never been known to
manifest a vicious disposition, but being a
mcro puppy, was very playful and ho was
sure tho woman had been bitten In a
spirit of sport. Tho woman testified, how
ever, that the bea3t hnd bitten her In two
places, onco on tho leg, and onco on tho
wrist, and that both wounds wero swollen
and Inflamed. She offered In evidence tho
wound on her wrist. Thero were the
marks of tho dog's teeth, aud around them
the flesh wiih swollen nnd discolored.
The hearing ended with nn order that tha
dog be killed.