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THE OMAHA D4ILY BEEi SATUKDAY, JULY 25. IPOS.
Jfol
Jf. Pranftrt tt pan
Bg Reductions in Shirt Waists
Down go flic sliirt waist prices! Wc must clear
away our Irom jndous stock-Waist at one-third value.
Kat'imlny we make the deepest cut in shirt waist prices ever
attempted in our whole hintory. Thousands of waists from our
great put clinses grouped in thiee big lots for one day's tremendous
bargain oflcrin;?. All'these waists are of this season's swell styles,
made of
thousand
Saturday
All the
Embroidered y tMen Waist
We have boucht from a renowned importer a great shipment
of the most stylish Irish linen embroidered waists. On account of
late delivery he was willing to accept a loss and we bought at
less than half price.
These highly fashionable patterns oime In separate boxes.
They will not only bo very, stylish this summer, but th)y will
be extensively worn In the fall.
On Saturday any $3.50 Waist Pattern . . .
Clearing Sale
lMf!t2 homespuns,
pom up lO
Saturday
llV&tpvr SR n1f Skirts nt S1.QM Golf and walk-
. ine skirts, made
tom and button
told up to 5,
Ladies'
pCv$S& $B.50-Splendid
Kga W. HSU
8kZ&MglS$i Saturday at y,UV
935 Tailored Suits. $14. SO Votle, famines, etc. all silk lined, $14. 50
$2.50 Shirt Waist SuitsSwell styles and fabrics, at..; SI. SO
Swell $5 Shirt Waist Sults-In popular wash fabrics, at $2.50
$7 Shirt Waist Suits Very stylish and finely rande, at l..$3.50
$1.50 Shirt Waist Suit 85c Wish Suits at $7.50. .
Shirt Waist Suits, worth 11.50,, Q Wash Suits, linens, & wiuses, P1 Cjf
basement at OOC etc.; at
IT IS UP TO THE BoRGLAR
tJnole Earn Thinki He Ea a Device that
Can't Ba Beat.
CRACKSMEN HAVE THE, CALL SO FAR
Iastalllna- a Slew ! at Blectrlcltf
to Protect I'eaple'a Mone-r
Ho Vault Eth Adequately
Baralar Prool.
Just now tho government admits defeat,
and the profesnlunal burglar and safe
cracker is on top, The confession was made
in. a practical way immediately after July
'1. the first day of the fiscal year, reppiU
the Washington Post. It vas In the sliupe
of an abandonment of every present devlc
lot the protection of the government funds
and the Installation of a system elong en
tirely new linos. The old style, Immense
swinging doors, cunningly devlaed locks
and massive walls of masonry und steel
were abandoned. Insteud. the subtle elec
tric current le to be rallsd Into play and'
Is ' expected to do what it Is admitted a
half century of Inventive genius und scion
tlBa study and W.chnlcW 8'4ill littVS Pigually
filled to do.
Arrangements live bean made for the
jiw system, end In faut a first step has
elfeady been taken at the government mint
In Sun KraiieUoi, There the coin room has
been supplied with u vault whose wkH are
only of the usual strength pnd thickness of
masonry In ordinary fire-proof construc
tion. About the vault, however, has been
thjrown the protecting screen of a mild elec
tive, current. The same plan Is to Vie fol
lowed with the great sllvt r vault under the
central court of the muasive treanury build
ing In Washington; abo th,o smaller j;olrt
vaults. The solid structures of these vaults,
although admitted to ba vulnerable to the
eeaault of tli professional crurk"i)ari, ate
not to be disturbed, becuuse of the expense
of reconstruction. The new device Is to be
applied to the present structures. It is
simple end Ingenious and liiterrpttng. The
government Is umiMe to secure exclusive
control of It, and do Its ewn construction
work. U le obligtid te ctmtr'ut with the
private corporation owning ?he putents and
Hair Vigor
Turning gray ? Why.
not have the curly,
dark, rich color re
stored? It's easily
donewilliAyerVJinir
Vigon A splendid
dressing, too.
Amrs
the daintiest fabrics. I-uuy a
waists in each lot and all going
at about one-third price.
AH the fine shirt waists
that earlier in the sea
son sold for $1 & $1.50
in one big: lot at ... .
39c
AUthcswcllshirt waists
that earlier in the sea
son sold for $2 and $2.50
in one big lot at
75c
elegant shirt waists
fa 4
that sold earlier in the
season for $3 and $4,
in one big lot at
$1
Patterns at 98c
98c
Ladies' Suits
J8 Tailored Suits at $2.98-Odda
and ends of cheviots, coverts, Venetians,
etc., that
2.98
;?
at
with kilt-bot
1.98
trimmed, have
Saturday
Swell Tailored Suits at
tailored auits, of eta-
to pay en annuel rental for the protection
afforded.
Will Install Electricity.
First of all, the present vaults are to be
lined with hard wood, tightly joined at
every oorner. Inelda this lining will be
laid a thin coating of tinfoil. On this tin
foil will be placed what will look like
strong netting or the ordinary solid sheets
of fly screen, except that the small wires
of which It Is composed will be most care
fully Joined and will be highly polished.
Over thli ecreen of wires, another lining
of hard wood will be built, Thus will the
wire netting be sandwiched between two
great wooden boxes. The meshes in the
ecreen of wires will hardly be more than
an eighth of an Inch apart. The wires will
run continuously in every strand, from the
floor up the sides, and will Join correspond
Ing wires at the celling of the vault. At a
point on top there will be a feed wife,
which will connect with the wires of the
netting and form complete circuits. This
feed wire wlK lead off from the vault to a
central electric station, at which a mild
current of electricity will be generated.
The current wl'l not be of tho ordinary
kind, but will be alternating In Its strength
and Intensity. Three .times every five min
utes the current will be varied. The ma
chinery will offer fifteen different currents
every twenty minutes, so that no succeed
lng five minutes, with Its three currents, j
will eorrespend wllh another five, minutes.
A peculiar end Intricate mechanical con
trivance wi) be located n the top of the
vault, which will automatically give notifi
cation at a central station if the electrical
apparatus falls to work or If the currents
fall to charge all of the wires In alternat
ing shocks. The device will bo In operation
night und day and can be so arranged that
the opening of the vault door In the day
timo will not disturb It. If the waits or
ceiling or floor of the, vault are tampered
with during Ibe dy an alarm will be rung
at a central elation. If the anme thing oc
curs at night or the vault door Is touch
then, the alarm will be sounded. It Is the
Intention to have th central station within
nu.r dioch of the Tscasury building,
where (he slarrns will ring, and a'.o to
have connections wltn the central police
station of the city qf Washington, eoumllng
the alarms near a dcak where there Is a
sergeant of police always on duty.
Government officials point oVt (hst If such
a .levb-e md been In operation n the Chl-c-kt
pcslottlce last winter the 70.000 woith
Ut stumps which wora secured by burglars
who tunneled thrqugh the. floor of tke
vault could never have been taken. Ir"
suming that a burslar could get up to ihe
flour of the celling pr one ef tho wall of
tle treasury vaults, he would be sure to
be detected .in trying to. ,drll or force his
way through at the point pf attack. Even
If he should be fully wae of the exist
ence of th charged wire retting, his task
would be an Impossible on. It Is true that
he could have with him a electric battery,
with which !.. .-mid attempt to charge the
wires after be hd temporarily detached
a squire from ha rest of the netting. Hut
he would have no means Cf knowing when
the strength of .hs current would change
end to whet die of intensity it would
be altered. At any tint esch five mln
utes the change of current would Indicate
the disturbance of the wires, because of
the break In connections, and the guards
woulJ come tumbling Iq after him.
Treisury officials have witnessed some
wonderful tests with, the appliance, and
have come to the conclusion that so far
human Ingenuity has not discovered a
means oX circumventing- u, jt wm Mt
Most liomarlcahlo of A.U Shoo Salos
Aost Wonderful ot A.11 Shoo liarfralns
The Greatest Shoo Values J3vor Offered, for the Money
$55,000 Worth of Custom-Made Shoes
at a Slight Fraction of Their Value
Men's, Women's, Boys' and Girls9
Shoos, Oxfords and Slippers.
The Greatest Shoe Bargains in the Annals of Omaha Shoe Selling
Jlt8 O'cloolc Sharp
This, Saturday Morning, We Begin the '
SALE OF SHOES
REPLEVINED BY THE CREDITORS
from the
Great Boston wholesale shoe house of Lamkin t& Foster.
The entire floor stock of men's shoes of the Warren- Thomas Shoe Co.
The women's' slippers and oxfords from the Thatfer, Maguire & Field factory. ,
The women's street and dress shoes of the Boston wholesaler.
The boys' ', youths', girls' and misses shoes.
AT PRICES NEVER BEFORE EVEN DREAMED OF
for such high grade, up-to-date,1 swell footwear.
We guote below just one or two of the
BARGAINS IN THIS SALE
Telling you without the slightest exaggeration
What you are to expect
When you come to the store.
Leaving the greatest of all the bargains in the highest grades
To speak for themselves.
Shoe Bargains
on Second Floor
Ladies'
$3.00
Oxfords
and
Slippers
These have been displayed iu
our show windows during the
last three days.
Shoe Bargains
on Second Floor
Children's
and Mieses
Roman
Strap
Sandals
98'
All sizes, all widths, all -leathers,
every pair a truly retttarKable
the company owning the patents some
thing like 120,000 to Install the netting and
make the necessary electrical apparatus.
When compared with replacing the, great
vaults, the largest of which Is 60 by 90
feet on the floor and 11 feet In height,
with the approved vault construction of
massive steel or chilled iron, the expense
Is not great. The only objectionable fea
ture of the apparatus Is the Inability of
the government to obtain exclusive control
of It.
No Vault Deralar Proof.
The conclusion to adopt this new means
of protecting the government funds In
Washington was reached only after ma
ture deliberation and an inquiry which has
been In co'urse since 1894. In that year a
commission appointed under authority of
congress, investigated the different meth
ods of vault construction and made an elab- i
orate report. It included not only an ex- I
haustive study of every form of vault
construction, but It gave the details of ex
periments In forcing ppen vaults and safes.
It contained diagrams and plans, and the
names and a discussion of the character
of the most effective explosives. The re
port Is Illustrated with photogravures. It
was printed as a public document, formally
numbered, and given out for distribution.
Immediately there was a grea,t hue and cry
from conservative members of both houses.
The document was dubbed "The Govern
ment Guide to a Successful Burglary," and
the clamor was so great that Its further
distribution was prohibited.
The commission which prepared the re-,
port, and succeeding experts whq have
made a study of the question, reached the
concluHlon that no vault or safe In this or
any other country could resist the skilled
professional cracksman. Every advance
made by the safe makers was met by a new
scheme or device by the safe crackers.
Improvements in the character of the metal
used were mtt by Improved instruments
for drilling and boring or forcing by hy
draulic pressure. Apparently perfect Joints
and the absence of notahle cracks or boles
In doors were met by the use of liquid ex
plosives, which could be used effectively
wherever air could be forced. The most
perfectly constructed safes were opened by
cracksmen who carried no oilier appliances
than a common bicycle pump and a bott'.e
of nltro glycerine, which could be concealed
In a vest pocket
The safe makers, aha saw how easily the
ordinsry metais were drilled thrqugh by
the cracksmen, Invented new walls for safes
j and vaults. They were composed ot alter.
nating layers of steel and chilled Iron and
newly dissevered metals all Joined together
In a sir gle. mass npt more than an Inch In
thickness. A new kind of metal called
"franklinlte." which was held in place In
the inside layers of vault walls by a sue.
ceselui) ef steel rods, was tried, but this
was Ineffective, After the burglar had
With a blowpipe taken the temper out of
' the p mer coating of Inch metal and found
It easy tg drill through, he would attaek
: this new substance. He fund his drills
would net pleree It, but that, la spite of
the steal rods. It could be broken and die.
Integrated by Immense pressure with the
leverage easily eeeured through the ho'.e
alreafy made. The vulnerable places of a
vault are at the edges of the door. For
mcrly the favorite plaoe fos a creek man to
operate was fi the holt through which the
steel rod passes to receive the tumbler of
the combination. The safe maker did away
! with this piercing of Ihe door by Inventing
time locks for the Inside of the deore, which
threw the belts automatically at a time
for which they are set. But even this could
not discourage the oraeksmaa,- lit found
Shoe Bargains in Basement
Men's Shoes
Real Goodyear welt, vici kid
Men's patent calfskin
Men's velour calf shoes
Men's box calf shoes
regular values up to three
lars. y
Shoe Bargains on Second Floor
Men's Shoes
ReaiV Goodyear 'weltj vici kids,
velour , calfskins, box calfskins,
etc., regular value up to four
dollars.
We quote as you see only four of the lots on sale.
There are thousands of others at equally good bar
gains, both on the second floor and in the basement,
which must 4e seen to be appreciated.
that the edges of the doors of vaults could
not be made perfectly jtight, no matter what
care or skill Is used.j After the most per
fect Joint possible Is made and a packing
of hard rubber added, there Is found to-be
some point as big as a head of a pin that
le not perfect. This Is all the cracksman
wants. He locates this defect, which could
not be detected by any but the moat skilled
eyes. Then he crosses the room to where
the soap dish Is standing, If he failed to
bring a cake with him. He works the soap
Into a hollow cone and applies It to the
point where the slight depression, has been
found. Into the cone he pours his nitro
glycerine. Perhaps the defect Is not en
larged more than half of Its own diameter
by the explosion, but succeeding shocks
gradually wear It away until the desired
entrance Is made.. Where the air can go
the burglar can force his liquid explosive
with an air pump. He needs only to plas
ter the crack onhlch he is working with
mud e-soep t prevent the liquid from
spreading, and can work along wlthoul
danger of detection. The charges which a
professional burglar uses do not make suf
ficient noise to alarm a person in an ad
joining office separated only by a wooden
partition. The great charges of dynamite
which wreck buildings and alarm towns
are used only by the amateur,
The average business ma)) feels content
with his books, securities and cash In
closed in the ordinary safe, with a com
bination lock, His peace of mind would
be much disturbed If ha rquld ee any ope
of half a d"en government experts who
can open any Known safe or vault after
five minutes' manipulation, and without a
hint as to the combination. The touch qf
one of them la so delicate that he can ppen
a combination, which is In working order
in three minutes with his back turned to
the safe and his hand and arm brought
around In a necessarily cramped position
behind htm. (
Kltunlaa- Hecretary Ihaw.
How the professional burglar .has kept
pace with the safe maker was strikingly
shown the other day In the office of the
secretary of ths treasury. The agent of
the electrical dsvlee already , described
made the declaration that there was no
substance of steel or Iron that he could not
pierce la half an hour. The supervising
architect ef the treasury, 'j. Knox Taylor,
and a number of other experts of the de
partment, were present and looked skep
tical. A vault manufacturer was also there,
lie had a sample of a new combination of
metals used by his firm In the room, far
which much had been claimed. He offered
It for any experiment which might be made
to test the assertion. Ha was warned that
ths metal would be rulaed. but declared
that U oould net be marred. The agent
who made the assertion took from his put.
side coat pocket a coil of wire, a socket
and a earbon point ef peculiar construction.
He explained that It came rrom a captured
kit of profeselonal burglar tools. He stepped
up to the elaetrle light which was swinging
over the desk ef the secretary of the treas
ury and took from Its socket one of the In
candescent globes. In Its place he slipped
the socket he held la his hand. Then he
turned on the eurrent and with ths thumb
and forefinger of Ms Jiend. and with ap
parently little pressure, he applied the car
bon point to the face of the metal. Twenty
minutes leter he had a hole through which
he wes able to thrust his arm. while he
banded the disc he had cut out to tee vault
manufacturer as a souvenir of ths experi
ment, i
It being established that honest human In
genuity cannot erect a barrier ao strong
tnat if eannot do overcome by dishonest
human ingenuity, the questlos of safety for
,
59
Tnege jiaTe Deen display-
dol - ed In our show windows
this week.
98
all good shoes
shoe bargain.
government funds resolved Itself Into one of
simply having them watched almost al
ways. It Is a case of honest men guarding
at all times' against dishonest men. So far
as , possible this watching must be made
mechanically perfect, and human lapses
filled by reliable mechanical appliances.
This is what the charged electrical screen
proposes. That it is the moat modern end
best aid to protection Is attested In Us
adoption by the government. It Is not ex
pected that perfection has been reached by
the device. Past experience with the cracks
men has led the experts to believe that he
may successfully overcome even this, Thefts
will continue. No device can overcome the
skill and Ingenuity of the. dishonest man
prompted by cupidity.
If the new system works as It Is expected
to the government will In future do away
with heavy vault construction except so
for as It Is designed to resist the assault of
a mob or the effects of a conflagration.
With the protection of the new electrical
device and a sufficient force of guards to
heed the warnings which It Is expected to
give, the experts of the department rest
from their latest work and remark! "It's
up to you, Mr. Burglar."
BEER DRINKNQ INCREASING
Less Whisky an Wist Cenaomed
Than Ten tears Asrp, aa To
v aee Holds Ma Own,
Interesting details concerning some of the
small vices of Americans If consumption
of spirits or tobacco 4s a vlcere given In
the statistical abstract ef the United States
for whch has Just been published by
the bureau ot statistics of ths Treasury de
partment. The book la entirely composed
of rows und columns V figures, with the
proper explanatory titles, and la wholly
without ordinary reading matter. But the
stories which the figures tell are many and
varied.
It Is learned, for Instance, that whereas a
half century ago-n 1S50, to be preclee.
when the first report was compiled the
American of the tiroes was satisfied to get
through the rer on an average per capita
consumption of 4. OK gallons of wines and
liquors, his successor of today requires 19.48
gallops. Tbs comparison, however, would
not be complete without the further Infor
mation that In ISM the American cltlsan
consumed, take Mm all around, 1.23 gallons
ot distilled spirits whisky and brandy -as
against only 34 gallons by the American tf
1902. It Is In malt liquors, beer, that the
American nowadays has so far outdis
tanced the American of 1850, raising the
average from. an Insignificant 1.68 gallons
to 17.46 gallons.
In the matter of wine the cltisen of the
United States has never been a large eon
sumer. In 1830 the per capita average was
but a paltry .17 of a gallon and In 1802 It
had risen to only .a. Parenthetically. It Is
noted that during the last ten years there
has been a considerable falling off In the
quantity tf wine Imported from other coun
tries. In 18&! the Imports amounted In value
to tl0.t0t.S5S. while last year the value was
only St.921.U8.
That American taatt In whisky has un
dergone a ehange of recent years Is prob
ably known to those who have an Interest
In such matters. It Is graphically shown In
the figures la the Statistical Abstract. Ten
years ago In 11 the production of Bour
bon whisky la the United States amounted
to eS.8Sf.S7S gallons, as against 1I.TO2.240 gal
Ions of rye whisky; last year the production
was SO.tM.JM gallons ot Bourbon whisky and
B.HT.tn gallons of rye.
It Is, perhaps, not uninteresting to know
treat the seme source that to Illinois be
LOU
Ladies' 25c and 50c Neckwear 5c
An eastern manufacturer's sample lino of pretty summer
neckwear, genuine silk and satin string tics in every shade, fancy
hemstitched tics, white lawn embroidered ties, all lace ties, plain
and fancy silk stocks aud wash stocks. Splen
did variety or the daintiest ties you have seen
this 'summer worth 125 cents and 50 ceuts
at, special
20c Handkerchiefs at 5c
The Biggest Handkerchief Bargain of the Year.
Ladies' and men's sheer cotton and all pure linen
handkerchiefs, with plain white and fancy col
ored borders all widths of hemstitching
would be a good value at 20c each
Saturday, at
Ladies Hosiery
Lace effects, drop stitch, etc., mad
of lino lisle, at lens than half cuit
25c, 15c and 81c
All Over Lace Vests have been tolling regularly at 16o and 20c each '"T
special clearing-sate value, at
Niflrht Gowns. Corset Covers and I)raw- CJo-lQr. Or
ers of muslin and cambric, worth up to at. ... UC"4yC0"C
gH55"5' Summer Millinery
$10 S cft Hos-r 1
$12.00 rcuiwi ii liaio
fir, Trimmed Bats
$1. 50 Black Chiffon and Straw 9 cr
Shapes at ..."d
SnsTrimmed Hats 95c
$5 and $3.50 Ladies' Trimmed Hats 555"S!, 50c
Special Sales Neckwear,
Mn'
75c and SI.OO Straw
Hats
Stylish straws and late CJr
at..,,.,',, ..t"
etylea,
longs the distinction of .being the greatest
whisky-making state In the union. This Is
no new honor which has come to Illinois,
for she has maintained her load from as
far back as the records go, and well in ad
vance of that great whisky state, Kentucky.
Last year Illinois produced 89,742,870 gallons
of distilled spirits, and Kentucky, which
ranked second, J,019,lil6 gallons. 3pt then,
the Statistical Abstract, takes no account of
.vhlsky which is made by moonlight, so
cfter all, Kentucky may have been first.
New Yorkers may derive whatever of
pride there may seem to be In the distinc
tion from the Information that their state,
though only seventh as a maker of whisky,
ranks first as a brewer of beer. Beer may
have made Milwaukee famous, but the
state In which the letter city Is produced
only S,T0fl.048 barrels last year, as against
10,473,640 barrels by New York. Pennsyl
vania stands second on the list, with a reo.
ord ot B. 607,040 barrels.
Just how much tobacco the present day
American smokes as compared with the
American of the past Is not so easily deter
mined from the figures given. Duties anil
taxes are paid on the quantity of the weed
imported and grown each year, but, of
course, considerable quantities remain In
stock at all times.
In Imported tobaceos and cigars there has
been no appreciable Increase. In 1893 the
value of all Importations was 117,618,640;
'.ast.year It was $17,715,481. Tn tobacco of
domestla growth, however, the Increase was,
apparently at least, marked. Deducting the
value of the tobaeco xpirted from tho
value of the crop grown, there remained In
this country In leot tobacco to the value of
I53,5!U.2)1 In 18M the value of the crop re
tained amounted to 24.8i!2,738. Chicago
Tribune.
SMILES ON MEN, THEN SUES
Lawyes Telle of a Woman Wbo Car
ries on a Breach of Promise
'Business."
"You dop't have to be a sucaassful lawyer
to make a good living out of the law," bui.l
a lawyer who keeps tab on queer rases In
connection with his profession. "If you're
smart enough and devoid of scruples you
csn be a professional litigant,
"About nine years ago I won a breach of
promise suit for a woman who had been a
sehool teacher. The defendant was an
elderly contractor, and we got JS.dOO out of
him. He was a widower, and, like a good
many lonesome old men, he had been pretty
mellow in his correspondence with my
client, which won out for us. The woman
wasn't especially pretty, but she was win
some and attractive.
"Well, that woman has been a profes
sional litigant In the breach of promise line
evjr since, and she has made herself well
pff out ot It. She has Instituted more than
a dosen breach of promise suits, always
against wealthy and elderly men In In rue
olls of the United States, and she has
won the majority of her eults. I know
these things because, with a frankness as
naive as It was overwhelming, she told
them to me herself not long ago,
"She told me at the same time that she
had beooma so well to do through her
breach of nromlse 'business' she called It
that that she had decided to give It up and
settle down. She is still under 40 and as
winsome and attractive as she was when I
put her first breach of promise suit through
for her.
"I leave you to Imagine my state of
mingled feelings when, after telling me of
the remarkable suooess she had achieved as
a professional breach of promise plaintiff
all ever the land, she thanked and praised
ma as bee "beaef actor," the man who had
5c
sample
Ladies' Knit Vests
I'laln and fancy lisle and allk finish
cd vents, summer weight, at
25c, 15c and lOc
RHP?
.uu
$1
Belts, Shirts for, Men
DC
Men's 35cWecktles ot 8 l-3o Pretty and
stylish summer ailks, made in shield,
bows, four-in-hands and tecks,
3 for 25c, eaoh
Sic
79o Sample Belts at lOc All the swell new
leathers and the new style buckles, Just what r
you want for summer wear special at vrC
Men's $2 Shirt Waists can be worn AChr
either as shirt or shirt wuUt. Saturday . . . . "
Men's $2. SO Outing; Shirts at 98c made
of fine imported shirtings speolal AO
Saturday, at , "OC
Men's $I.OO Underwear at 23c made pf
fluo silk lisle, llfht summor weights,
Sixturday, at. . OC
Children's Wide Brim Sailor
Straw Hats worth 60o and 4
eaoh in basement, at. IIC
my
S-3. .l M I V' .Bk
w st
pointed out to her the road to fortune it
assuredly made me feel, somehow, like an
accessory both before and after the fact
"Her game must have been unimaginably
easy, from the way she described It. Her
story certainly went far to convince me of
the truth of the adage that "there's no fool
like an old vfool,' She made a specialty of
trapping elderly men Pf means, widowers
III all cases. She so contrived matters as
to get her victims to write many jromlse
filled nnd affection leeking letters to her
'such ink sllngers as the old parties are,
to be sure!' was her artless way of put
ting It and these bundles of documents
were, of course, her potent weapons.
"In several cases, she told me, her com
fortably fixed elderly rlctlms were really
willing, not to say anxious, to marry her
which was annnoying. she said because It
spoiled everything. She wanted 'them to
sidcBtep the marriage proposition and fight
it out In court, of course. Those who
were really willing to marry her she had
to run away from, of eoursa, because she
wasn't In the marrying business.
"Several experiences nt the outset with
eligible elderlies who were mere thun will
ing to bestow their names upon her taught
her the wisdom ef selecting as her victims
well to do widowers who hnd grown chil
dren. She found that such men were'
nearly alwsys liable to hesitate when It
came to the actual point of marrying, en
acccount of the expected opposition of the
grown children, and at this stage of It she
could always find mesns to pick a quarrel
with him, thus clearing the vay for the
framing up ot her breach of pry miss suit
against him.
"Besides the suits that she won In court
she hud forced quite a number of elderly
parties to settle with her under her threat
that she would have recourse to the law,
and she said that some of these settle
ments were isyore remunerative than most
of the rases that she had won In court-
"You may believe that I was In a State of
stunned surprise, p-irhnps not unmixed with
curiosity, as I listened to this woman's
calm and connected narration of the su
perior form of bla kniHll In whlcn she had
hcen engaging 1 was relieved as to my
own connneitlon with l.er when she told me
that the case which I had won for her
was a genuine affair, nnd that she hsd
really been befoooled by the Brooklyn
contractor from whom I had attained the
$5,0W award fur her.-Chloago Tribune.
WIHHI.UsS TICI.KUIIAPHY,
Is the Result of Iulnase4 gtady aart
Deep ftesrarcli.
Marconi the wlreler wizard dd not
stumble accidentally upon the principle of
his marvellous Invention.
It was only by deep and prolonged study
of the cause of certain known phenomena
In nnture that he was able to produce the
startling effect.
Many people. In speaking of hair restor
ers, have a way of bunching thsm all to
gether without discrimination.
Harplclde Is as different from ether so
called "hair restorers" and "remedies" as
day Is from night. '
It Is a scientific preparation prepared f ir
the sole purpr.se of destroying the scalp
microbe that causes dandruff aad faring
hair.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c In
stsmps for sample to The HerplcMt Co..
Detroit, Mich. Sherman WcConnell Drug
Co., special agents.
MM
The Ulrl Valuable.
A girl who owned forty odd beaux
Accepted some twenty of theaux.
And to each she did swear
That his ring she would wear;
he had 'em on Angers and teeux!
-New Orleans Tlutct-Demeorats