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To R t.tj and Manha'.'.an Ii'ind.
LATEST DEVICES FOR SAFETY OF WORKMEN
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v road Enterprise.
Otail of the method to be employed
by the New York. New Jersey and Long
Island Railroad company In building the
Pennsylvania railroad tunnel under the
North and East river and Manhattan
Island were made public last week by
Alfred Noble, chief engineer In charge of
the East river work and on of the lx
consult)- engineer who drew up the plan
and specification for the whole undertak
ing. The other five Who aided In the work
that began In March, 1902, are Lieutenant
Colonel Charles W. Raymond, corps of
engineer, United States army; Gustav
I.indenthal. bridge commissioner . of this
city; Charles M. Jacobs, who designed the
tunnel In the beginning; and Is now In
direct charge of the North river work;
William H. Brown, the Pennsylvania rail
road' chief of engineers, and George
Glbbs, the mechanical engineer expert con
nected with the Interborough Rapid Tran
sit company.
According to the book of specification
which Mr. Noble I handing out to con
tractor wishing to bid for either of the
three sections, the approaches to the tun
Del, both In Long Island and New Jersey,
are to be constructed by open cutting, the
aubway under thl borough by "ordinary
methods," and the river tunnels by the
shield proccs. The tube, or shells, under
the water must be of metal, either, three
quarters of an Inch thick If Incased In
masonry, or one and three-quarter Inches
thick If of cast Iron. The latter form Is
practically sura to. be used, and the con
crete lining Inside the tubes must be twenty-two
and a half Inches In thickness. The
work of driving the shied I to be done
with compressed air, and It Is stipulated
that the contractor must lay the concrete
In air of normal pressure to Insure Its
good quality and endurance.
Over the contractor the railroad' engi
neer I a supreme bona; The contract leaves
In hi hand control of all the builder'
operations, Including the care of the men
employed to do tha comprised air work,
the hospital staff and medical supplies In
each shaft, the directing of safeguards, for
property and underground conduit In
danger of being damaged In tha city, and
the general maintenance of plant of all
kind
The distinguishing feature of the book of
specification la the rigidity with which the
contractor Is to be tied down In every re
spect. A an example of thl may b noted
tha paragraph that says that the piles to
ba left In any permanent structure "must
be of oak, yellow or Norway or white pine,
hemlock or black spruce cut from live tlm- !
ber, not more than on year previous to
driving In tha work; free from wlndshake.
rotten knot or any indication of decay,"
and must be of certain measurement Indl-
cated down to the fraction of an Inch.
Not onlx ha every precaution for the
safety of passengers In the tunnel been
considered, but the contract will provide all
safeguards possible for those , doing the
work of construction. "The contractor,"
ay tha announcement, "must provide at
each abaft an adequate plant, Including
boiler, air compressor,, hydraullo machin
ery, dynamos and all other necessary plant
with' a reasonable duplication to meet un
usual and unexpected emergencies." There
must be tha finest apparatus for supplying
fresh air for the workmen and for keeping
It fresh. Bulkheads must be built every
1.000 -feet or less out of concrete, sat In
Portland cement mortarl Each bulkhead
must have In It two air locks near the bot
tom,, at least .six feet In diameter and
twenty feet long, for the passage of men
and r materials; one emergency lock near
the root for men only, and a pipe lock
twelve lnchea In diameter through whlcb
to pa ralle. , ,; ,
Safeguards for Men and Shield.
When a shield has been driven GOO feet
at least two bulkheads must be In use and
neither Is to be removed until a third Is In
place. Small charge of dynamite must be
ued( to blast In advance of the shield where
rock I being excavated and enough of the
material I to be removed to permit of the
shield being shoved ahead without touching
the rock. If necessary, the engineer can
force the contractor to lay steel rail upon
which to slid the shield and adequate sup
port roust be used In every case to prevent
possible Injury from loose earth that comes
In tbe way of the excavators.
From every heading a telephone will
reach to the office of the resident engineer
near the shaft. At each bulkhead will be
an 1A-In"k air pressure gauge and a foul
air vent pipe at each shield. Every shaft
will be equipped with enough elevators for
man. and materials, and the hospital ar
rangements In the shafts, although they are
not based 'tpon any nw principle, are
claimed to be the most complete ever de
vised. In. the shaft will be a "compressed air
hospital," at least six feet In diameter,
with two chambers wherein men can be
subjected to the regular pressure If at
tacked by the caisson disease. The road'
afiglneer ha ' full- authority to prescribe
What sanitary safeguards are to be adopted
and he Is instructed to spare nothing to
tuake them complete.
In the quarter of the compressed air
worker are to be provided hot and cold
water for bath and for washing clothes,
a well as hot air for drying purposes. Day
and night, without intermission, there will
be ready for the workmen plenty of hot
cofTee prepared by a forer of attendants
always on duty. In each shaft will be a
physician's office, and a doctor, with all
the necessary assistants, will be on hand
continually. The engineer has power to
dictate the arrangements pf the doctor's
apartment and no luborer ever will be
em ploy el to work In compressed air until
after he haa been examined thoroughly by
the medical man. All these safeguards
are at the cost and hasard of the con
tractor.
The binding nature of the contract Is Ira-
pressed upon the contractor In almost every
paragraph. On stipulation In this:
"No Information relative to the work Fhall
be given by the contractor or any of his
employee to any person during the progress
of the work unles by authority of the engi
neer." The contractor further assumes the re
sponsibility for any damages to buildings,
street or other structure abutting or af
fected by the wprk under the city proper,
and he must defend all suits and pay all
cost without recourse to assistance from
the railroad company. Ills liability Is ab
solute., and he may not receive an extension
of time for any cause even Indirectly trace
able to. his own fault. Not even the negli
gence of the engineer In giving Instruc'.lon
shall absolve him.
Ho must furnish proper supports for alt
sewers, repair all Injured pipes, hold up all
structures needing artificial supports, ob
serve all city ordinances and take all
chance- at Mi own risk. In regard to it a n-
tainlng plants or removing unsatisfactory
machinery he must obey the engineer abso
lutely, and If he wants ah extension or
time he cannot plead that the delay was
caused by accidents, weRther conditions,
flood, fire, sickness or legal proceeding In
volving himself. The only cause he can
assign a ground for an extension 1 tha
failure of the company to provide r.ie
needed rights of wsy. . '
Tunnel Tlirosjah Manhattan.
The tunnel as far as it runs beneath the
city is to be pierced without shields by
methods approximately the samo as . those
employed In the deep underground sections
of the rapid transit subway for Instance,
those under Wsshlngton Heights and Cen
tral park. The wall' will be of masonry,
the arched roof of concrete or brlrk, ac
cording to the lay of the land. For the
arches a centering of steel must be used,
to remain In place as long as the engineer
orders, and wherever It is deemed essential
there Is to be a castlron lining supplement
ing the masonry wall.
No blasting Is to be done In the vicinity
of pipes and sewers or where the construc
tion of nearby buildings makes It danger
ous. In such place the work of removing
rock must be done by drilling. The care
of pipe under the streets will be along the
lines enforced In the rapid transit subway
operations, and where blasts leave inter
stice between the rock and masonry
wall the gaps must be filled In with con
crete or "grout." The roof must be water
proofed and the floors built' of cement, with
water proofing where necessary.
In regard to the concrete sidewalks,
which were designed chiefly to provide an
emergency exit for passengers In case of
accident, it is explntned that they have
additional value In that they will become
buffers for trains that may be derailed In
the tubes, preventing the pars or loco
motives from dashing across the cast iron
sheet. In these walks will be carried the
conduit for lighting and signal wires also.
No two trains going In the same direction
will be permitted In the tube under the
liver at the same time, and In the case of
the North river tube, that will mean a
headway of two minutes, as the tunnel
there will be a mile long, and the time for
transit through it about two minutes.
East Of Second avenue, where the tunnel
passes under private property to a large
extent before entering the river bed by
meana of two tubes from East Thirty-sec
ond and East Thirty-third streets, the depth
of the work will be between sixty and
seventy feet, and according to" the engi
neer the people living or doing business
above the excavation will not be Incon
venienced at all. The entire work from
Long Island to New Jersey, they announce.
will require three year for actual con
struction, but It may be a longer tlm
before, .all the finishing touches are put
on the. road, i The great station between
Seventh' and Ninth avenues and Thirty
first and Thirty-third street will tiavs a
capacity-or '200,000 passenger a day, or
nearly 80,000.000 a year. Between twenty
and thirty train a day can be run through
the- North River tubes,, and between forty
and sixty in that part of the tunnel be
tween the main station and Long Island.
No freight will be transported In the
tunnel. It will go on floats, as heretofore,
between Greenville, near Bergen Point, and
Bay Ridge, whence the route will be over
a spur from tho Long Island railroad
track In East New York. . After that, In
going east. It will reach. Port Morrta via
the bridge projected from Long Island by
way of Ward's Island.
The minimum cost of the tunnel Is esti
mated at $50,000,000, and the announcement
that It was to be built was mad3 first on
December 12, 1901. After many vicissitudes
the franchise wa granted by the Board
of Aldermen, upon the recommendation of
the Rapid Transit commission, and the
agreement with the city provide that the
Pennsylvania railroad shall pay to the city
an annual rental of 175,000 for twenty-five
years, after which there will be a read.
Justment of - the terms, arranged by the
city officials In conference with representa
tlves of the company and approved by the
aldermen In the usual way. New York
Time.
LAST CHANCE FOR CITY PLANT
rinal Opportunity for Municipal Eleoftic
Light Comet TnetJaj.
MAYOR'S ORDINANCE MAY COME UP
Mrholsoa ' Announces Intention to
Call t'p Measaro and Fore
Connrll to obmlt It
t to Voters.
The last opportunity that the council
will have to act on the mayor's sugges
tion and submit the municipal electric light
plant proposition to the vote of the people
November t will be at the next meeting,
Tuesday night. The ordinance wa pre
sented by Mayor Moore and Introduced
by President Zlmmrm two weeks ago and
has since been In the hands of the street
lighting committee. The vote on first and
third reading stood with Zlmman, Nichol
son, Hoye and Huntington favorable and
Schroeder, Evan and Back against It.
Dyball and O'Brien were not present.
Councilman Nicholson has announced hi
Intention of calling the ordinance up for
consideration at the commute meeting
Monday afternoon, -.
"I propose to at least get an expression
from the other councllmen." be said. "I
am anxious to have the proposition go
before the people.' Should an electric light
plant be established by the city It will
cut Into the gas company more than the
electric light company, because electricity
Is rapidly gaining . In domestic lighting.
The gas company opposes a municipal elec
tric light plant because it would mean
probably the loss of revenue amounting
to about $40,000 a year, as gas lighting on
the streets would very likely be dispensed
with altogether. For thl reason you may
see about the same line-up on the munici
pal proposition as on the ga contract ex
tension. It Is possible that Councilman
O'Brien and Councilman Huntington may
cast their vote in favor of submitting the
question, and In this case the ordinance
will pass."
Mayor Mnat Proclaim It.
In order to get the question of voting an
Issue of $600,000 bonds for he "consructlon
of conduits and subways and the construc
tion, appropriation or purchase of an elec
tric light plant," before the voters at the
coming election, the mayor must include
the notice in his proclamation. This Is Is
sued not later than twenty days before tha
election, which would ba on Thursday of
next week.
It Is said that O'Brien's democratic con
stituents have been telling him that he
made a mistake on the gas deal and will
Insist that he live up to election promises
and vote for the municipal ordinance. Coun
cilman Huntington haa not committed himself.
President Zlmman 1 still beating up the
agitation In favor of the municipal owner
ship submission, but It is plain that he feel
no great hopes over its fate In the council.
Nevertheless he and Nicholson will Insist
upon action of some kind and will demand
a showing of hands all around.
summits generalship was required In the
ndertaklng, for every minute saved or lost
represented the gain or loss of thousands of
dollar. It meant that every Inch of track
f the 400 miles of trackage had to be ad
justed to the rew guage, the bridges,
round-houses, station platforms, stations.
elevators, switches, sidings, had all to be
cared for so that they would conform to
the changed conditions. And all of this
had to be accomplished in a single day.
Before the day was over the work wa
done. '
Remarkable as this achievement may ap
pear, It Is not mora remarkable than the
things which Superintendent Patrick Henry
Houlahan has made the old Hannibal and
St. Joe do under his skillful direction. Dur
ing the recovery period after the recent
flood at Kansas City, when It was the only
road In operation, he handled a high as 100
trains, principally passenger, on a single
track, running a many as fifteen passen
ger train of other lines as section of one
train belonging to the Hannibal and St.
Joe, In fact, the superintendent of the
Hannibal and St. Joe, the oldest line be
tween the Mississippi and the Missouri, and
road which is heard of in these times only
in connection with the great system of
which it forms an Important link, was
practically handling the large share of the
traffic of a dozen western railroads and
dealing with the operating official of those
companies telegraphically as they under
normal conditions deal with their own con
ductors, for some time during and after
the subsidence of the floods.
Patrick Henry Houlahah, the man who
did all this. Is still on the sunny side of GO,
well groomed, well preserved man. He re
sides with his family at Brookfleld, Mo.,
where he Is a universal favorite, but Ot
tawa, III., still claims him as Its own. Un
like many men who have climbed from the
bottom round well up toward the top, he
as never forgotten his early struggles, and
is never forgetful of those who are striving
to forge ahead against the odds he had to
contend with. He haa written a handbook
for railroad men, which In reality Is a
pocket compendium of good advice com
piled from his own experience. The love
he bears the railroad to which he has
given the best years of his life Is only
surpassed by the love he bestows upon his
ged mother snd Tils wife and children.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Acid Bottle Tells tho Story.
CHICAGO. Oct. 10. Dressed In full uni
form. Lieutenant John Duffy of the Chi
cago fire department was found dead today
on the banks of Mud lake, with a bottle of
carbolic acid beside him. Duffy is said to
have suffered from intermittent mental
aberration, as a result of Injuries received
during a fire that threatened the destruc
tion of the Chicago packing house district
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
W. a. Sears of Tekamah Is a guest at tha
Merchants.
W. G. Gordon, Grand Island: 8. W. God-'
dard. Arcadia, Neb.; W. H. Wlnslow,
Genoa, and N. Anderson, Hartlngton, are
at the Murray.
K. K. Barley, Eureka. Cal.; W. C. Francis,
Cheyenne; C. H. Anderson, Opelouoas, L,a. ;
C. G. Kathbun. Mitchell, 8. D. ; George It.
Brown. Koaebud, 8. D and W. B. Bacon,
Los Angeles, are at the Her Grand.
A. W. Kuhn, Denver; Mr. and Mrs. N. A.
Cumpbell and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ray, Sun
Francisco; II. Meinhard, New Orleuns; 1
If. Nelll and family, Huron. B. D.; Mr. and
Mrs. C. Kahley and F. Faulkner, Bchuyler.
are at the Millard.
Harrie Franklin, Dead wood; Mrs. Herbert
M. Walters and son, Anaconda; William
Kearnvllle. Butte, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. I. L.
Albert, Columbus; H. W. Dills, Borlbntr;
K. L. David, i'aikman. Wvo. : A. R. Kellv.
Douglas, Wyo., and John Heathy. Falrbury,
are r-i ma raxtun.
W. H. Dean and G. B. Slmpklns, Lincoln
C. F. Covey, Fremont; Kd Reynolds, Ful
lerton: K. IS. Smith. Wayne: M. L. Han
cock, II. Brown, Smith Brown and Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. Waldron, Waterloo; II. J. Alex
ander, John Iv tialtsan, J. T. Uodds and D,
AicDonuld. Columbus; J. W. Van Morn.
Belln'ouiihe, and C C. Burkhalter, Fon-
mnelle, Wyo., are at the Merchants.
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gel smile at and commend the
thoughts and aspirations of the mother
bending over the cradle. The ordeal through
which the expectant mother must pass, how
ever, is so full of danger and suffering that
Hie looks lorward to the hour when she shall
feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and
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Career of av Western Railroad Mas
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y. ! over Came His Way. '.
Patrick Henry Houlahan, general super
intendent of the Hannibal & St. Joseph
railroad, la a self .made man, who has not
wasted any time in the making and has
done the lob very thoroughly. He began
It thirty-six year ago, when a a vary
small boy he applied ' for work on an
Illinois road thati was then building. Ho
was not big enough for any real work, buf
they gave him a job furnishing drinking
water for the section hands. He got them
tho very best water h could find and saw
thai., they h,ad plenty of It. The position
was not- one that called for the exercise
of any particular talents other than the
talent for walking and keeping friends,
which young Houlahan displayed even
then.
. Her Is his record from that day to this
"A water boy and train hand on the
Ottawa & Fox River Valley railroad (now
merged into the Chicago & Alton and the
Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy systems)
from 1867 to 1870; a train hand, check clerk
baggageman and depot agent of the same
road from 1870 to 1875; brakeman and con
ductor on the Fox River bramh of the
Burlington road from 1875 to 1880; conductor
from 1880 to 1881; assistant trainmaster from
November, 1881, to July, 1884; trainmaster
Bt. Louts division Burlington system from
July, 1884, to May, 188; master of transpor
tation of the St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas
railroad, Missouri division, from May to
November, 1886; trainmaster Hannibal &
St. Joseph railroad from April, 1886 to April,
1890; assistant superintendent ' Hannibal 4
St. Joseph from April, 1SS0. to May, 1891
superintendent western division same road
from May, 181)1, to June, 1892; superintendent
of same road from, date last named to the
present time." . ,
Little Pat Houlahan was fond of work,
fond of play and, as tbe facts will show
presently, fond of adventure. When he
had been iiomoted to a position a track
hand and wa earning his dollar a day
came the overturning of a lamp by Mrs.
O'Leary' historic cow and the consequent
burning of Chicago. Hodlahan was living
at Ottawa, 111., eighty miles to the south
and the red. glow ot the burning In the
northern sky fired his desire to plunge into
the smok and debris of the burning city
He got permission to lay oft for a few
days and a puss to Chicago, when every'
one else was figuring how to get away
from it.
"Although . I was privileged to fide I
the caboose," ha says, referring to this
trip, "I could only content myself by sit
ting on the rear brake wheel of the rear
car. The cenery was better from this
point of observation. I ran a better chance
of being killed, and, besides, all along
up there, I felt that I bad already begun
to rise In the railroad business." Reach
tng Chicago on th morning of the 10th
"the crowds were coming on way and
was going tha other," he says. "They wer
trying to get out of the heat and smoke
end I was trying to find a place where
could get a doughnut or a piece of pi'
for a dime.".
The little country boy penetrated Into tbe
south sldo and into portion of the nort
side that were smoking heaps of ashes,
unmindful alike of ruin and of riot. Many
times after that he wept to Chicago, an'
watched the new city rise on the ruin of the
old He was never satisfied until he had
climbed to the top of every one of the hlg
buildings, his mother accompanying him.
Curiosity was not the Incentive. He was
studying their construction. H made fre
quent trips to the city from Missouri during
the building of tho Auditorium, and ful
lowed the work, through articles in the
newspapers, from th sinking of the pile
to th decoration ot the Interior. Man an
boy be has always been Infatuated with
big things."
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It wa during hi brief connection with
th Et. Louis, Arkansas and Texas railroad.
which he was compelled to sever on so
ount of falling health, that he perforine
one of the most remarkable feats In the
history of American railroading. As master
of transportation of that line the task of
changing the road from a narrow to
standard guage fell to bis lot. He laid out
all the plans and made all the arrangements
He assigned every man of an array of
workers to bl post and Un of duty. Coo-
MANY RIP VAN WINKLES
Persons Known to Sleep for Months
and Years, bat Awskenlsg Gen
erally Mean DentU.
Rip Van Winkle, created In fiction, has
rivals In reality, for scattered over the
world today are men, women, and children
who have been sleeping for months and
even years, and who have defied all the
efforts of the greatest savants of the atr
to awake them from their slumbers.
Perhaps the most recent Instance of a
lengthy sleep comes from Paris, where the
victim died last May after a nap which
had lasted two years. Jn the. latter week
of April, 1901, Marguerite Boyenval of Thes-
seles, near Bt. Quentin, was engaged In the
kitchen of her home, ironing some hand
kerchiefs, when a girl friend ran In and
jokingly exclaimed:
"Fly, Marguerite, the gendaTmes are com
ing to arrest you!"
With a cry the girl' fell to the ground In
a cataleptic sleep, from which she awok
on May 26 last,
Dr. Cherller an eminent French phy
sician, tried every mean to awaken the
girl, but without success, and, at last,
abandoning hi effort In that ' direction.
tumod his attontlon to the best mean of
nourishing and sustaining the patient until
she should awake of her own accord. Tha
method adopted wa to bath the sleeper
night and morning In thin gruel and milk.
Injecting a little of tha same fluid into the
throat by means 'of a reed; the liquid thus
absorbed by the pores of the skin being
found sufficient to keep the heart beating
and sustain life; -
When the girl fell asleep In 1S01 she was
pretty, fair In complexion, and about If
years of age, but a the month rolled on
the flpsh wasted away, the eye, over which
the lids were ' closely ' drawn, became
sunken, while all the. facial bone could
be counted. The skin turned as white a
marble, and when th flesh wa cut by one
of the surgeon the blood, instead of being
red and flowing easily, was white and of
the consistency of glycerin.
Doctors went from all part of th conti
nent to visit the Blumberer, but among
them all there wa not one who could suc
ceed In arousing her. During the last week
in May of this year the sleeper, who was
closely watched during every moment of
her long slumber, was seen to move her
right arm, then her head, and at lost.
lowly opening her eye th young girl
now in appearance an old, old woman-
looked wonderlngly round the room.'
The physicians present spoke to her, but.
though she apparently had a desire to re-
ply, no words came from her mouth. For
twenty minutes the heart continued to
beat, and the doctors were In high hopes
of saving her lif, when, raising herself
by soma extraordinary and momentary ef
fort, she uttered a few unintelligible words
and fell back dead. ,
Men and women who have slept for per
iods of six months and longer seldom live
after their awakening. An exception to
this, however. Is found in the cas of
KusHlan of the name of Platkowaka, who
1 reported to hav lept for seven month
In his horn In a small village some twenty
mile from Moscow. Platkowska, who had
served ten years In the mines, was a man of
40, strong and wiry, though he had always
been subject to periodical fits of slumber
which had lasted for two and three day
at a tretcm w
In 1893. , according to a Russian writer,
he fell asleep while working In the field
and wa there found by his wife. She had
hira carried to their cabin and laid on the
trestle bed, so that he might have his sleep
out In, comfort, as he had don on many
previous occasions. The next day and for
several days he still slumbered, and when
a week ad gone by his wife became
alarmed.
She managed to secure the service of
a local doctor whose practice was among
the peasantry, but though he tried his best
to awaken the sleeper all his efforts were
futile. The doctor visited the patient for
five months, when his duties called him to
St. Petersburg, and he was obliged to re
linquish the case.
Another physician, however, undertook
to watch the man. and two more months
passed. No effort was made to feed the
sleeper, and he did not appear to hav
loat flesh to any great extent.
In the spring of 1894 the man, who had
been lying on hi back, wa found to hav
turned over on hi left aide, his left arm
being turned under his head. The doctor
was quickly sent for, and after examining
tho patient he Injected a powerful hypo
dermic, which took Instant effect. The man
opened hla eyes, atretchrd his arm abov
his head, yawned, and attempted to get
out of bed.
But his limbs were week as an Infant's,
and he would have fallen had not the doo
tor pushed him back. He was carefully
fed and nursed and In a fortnight waa suf
ficiently recovered to go about his work.
A more recent case was that of Winifred
Earls, living in Sixth avenue. New York,
who fell asleep In December of last year,
and after slumbering for three days.
sent to Bellevue hospital to see if th phy
slclans there could succeed In waking her.
Everything, from electric batteries to
saline Injections was tried, but without
success.
The girl, who was only 14. continued te
slumber peacefully for three weeks, whea
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Bargains in
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Used Pianos
Several more uprlgbta and squares
takeu In trade durlnjt our recent v
.le, will e sold ut prices ranging
from $10.00 to 138.00 for the
sqtuires and from $40.00, $02.00,
$88.00, $110.00 up to $155.00 for
the uprights, some of which tfe
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Used Organs
Several used organs that will go at
?5.(K), $8.00. $12.00,- $14.00, $18.00
to $20.00. The makes arc Ester,
Itimlptto. Storv &. CJarW. iKlmhall.
Mason & Hutulln, Crown, Tery, 1
Wilcox & White. Shylts...TheAA
will be sold on tue easiest gina ot
payments, and If you wish , a
piano later we will take the or
gan back.
a slight ir-jvement of tha eyelid ,wa no-
' . . nk. v.-f.a i v
UCea. A Strong ugnt waa uciu umuiv uer
eyes, and In a few moments she awoke.
Bo weak had she become, however, that
though. every effort was mad to save her
h gradually sank, and after two days
fell Into that deeper slumber from which
there Is , no awakening. Chicago Tribune.
AT PRIVATE SALE
LOU ALLEN
no white except star and a little white on left hind f oof : yar old.
. welKht 1,0(K) pounds, absolutely sound, without car or blemish, witn
L v. , . .. i. Mni ,,u.,in ,n ...rv rMnrt: nimtr; been nar-
AMERICAN KISSES HIGH PRICED
Involuntary Smacks Command Vary-
, Ins; Price Thronghont th
World.
American kisses are th highest priced
In th world.
That, of course, means when they are not
given away. Generally they are exchanged
without barter, but once In a while and
this happens In . all countries kiss is
taken without consent.
Thereupon It ' Immediately In all coun
tries becomes a thing of value, for which
the young woman may collect money, and
for which th young man must pay a
price.
For It has been decreed that the kiss be
longed to the young whman. It might b
assumed that the young man had an equal
shar in It. but this is not the case. There
does not seem to be any demand for young
men' kisses. At least, young men don't
want them and- young women affirm that
they don't. They may not be telling the
truth, but no one ever found a bidder In the
open market for them, so It must be ac
cepted that the young women ar telling the
truth.
It's a stolen kiss that ha a monetary
value. Russia puts a comparatively low
value on them. America puts the highest.
In Russia, If so inclined,- you may get a
kiss for tX Thero is a special rat of .40
If th kissing be not In an extremely pub
lic place. But If you were to kiss a young
Russian girl on a street oar tha magistrate
before whom you would appear the next
day would look you over and remark that
It would cost you )S. Th lesson Is plain.
In Russia It la assumed that a young man
and a young woman, ' even If engaged,
should not kiss each other In public. The
same thing is assumed In Chicago. To em
brace one's fiance before the eye of men
in Russia Is subject to a tax of 12.40. You
can hav the privilege If you want to pay
for it, but a police court clerk will collect
the next day It a policeman see you do
ing It.
Russian authorities carry their rigor a
little further. If a young man be seised
with an inclination to propose marriage to
a young woman and uses a postal card for
this purpose tha authorities wlU track him
down and assess him $3.40 for the privilege.
In Milan, Italy, kissing is even cheaper
than It Is In Russia. If engaged young peo
ple klas each other In public there the po
lice magistrate will tax them $1.S. lst
year in that city there were Just 771 couple
brav enough to say they didn't care who
was looking. They all paid the fines the
next day. There may have been more than
that all told. That number were caught.
In France kisses ar not rated at a high
price commercially, and Germany doe not
assess the offender severely. England Is
a-.blt harder, but for the full value of th
kiss It Is necessary to coma to the United
States.
Prices range alt the way up to $100. Her
In Chfcago recently Justice Pooley decided
that a young man who had klaaed a young
woman had received Just S25 worth. Tha
young man waa given the choice of paying
It or going to th Brldawell.
Why there should be su:h objection to
public kissing Is a question which may
punle some people. Of couise, there I th
hygienic side. Th microbe objection might
be raised. Then It might be assumed that
if the practice were encourag. d there would
be a blockade to traffic) on buxy streets.
If it were perfectly pern-Jssible for a
young man ta kiss a young woman In part
ing, Just a he would shake hands with her,
there Is no telling how long he would be
about It. Imagine State stre-t if all the
young men who shake hand with young
women were kissing th young women
Instead. Th city would have to double
deck th sidewalk to get enough room.
Bom way or other kissing always has
been considered Just like cleaning your
teeth. The best society frowns on public
exhibitions of either. There must b good
reasons for this or it would not b so.- Th
legislators In all countries seem to agree on
the proposition. Chicago Tribune.
Bay mare,
1K han.la Vilirh
beautiful ciran head and neck a real bargain in every respect;
r-.ri hut aho.ws beautiful trotting action; wlllbe very fast if
tainly an extra good individual
him; sired by ETH
never' been har-
trslned. She Is cer-
i.ua ....it Ku airiA hv Rnm Rllr.k and bred baca to
. VT AIT 1TKT 'lnnarM In l u... a, a a Thnminn'l Tthan Allen? rSCOrd.
I , ureu u y 1. 1 1 i a , "".'" ins . V ' : . . r, r . -
:37W. by King Phillip, by Old Ethan Allen; record, .:it in oouoin nnnio, ur
Black Hawk IV; Thomson's Ktnun Allen s nrsi aam, in mm mms"" "J ,"
Fox; Lou Allen's first dam, Ivah Sheppard, by Jack Bheppard, Jr., by Jack Bliep.
pard. record :25 as a 4-year-old, by Hambletonlan X; second dam, Nancy, by lorn
flyer, record 2:28, by Hill s Black Hawk V. Will sell her when wit Is weaned. Price,
$20. . . vi. -a larn Sa kl IS.'
1 nave anomer mare, i years oiu, m. iuu uwr m V J ,. ? .. -7k.
with colt at foot by Allen P. and bred back to hint that I wouui sell at JU when
colt 1 weaned.
ALLEN P.
Chestnut stllllon. years old, no white except a nnrrow strip In face. U hand
high, weighs l.Ouu pounds. His body Is vory lond and round, with deep flank, deep
large hind quarters, small head with clean neck, thick muscular shoulders. He is in
--- .. . . u, .... n- ui. ... I ,.r.. win ,hnw H, haa more Morffan blood
In him than any horse r know or have read of In the last IS years. His pedigree is
ss follows: Sired by my horse Ethan Al n, 'i:37l4, known in the west as Thomson s
Ethan Alien, lie waa raiica in wniuneni, u "" , "r 1V"",.,V !S. '
Kthan A'len, record 2:16-4 In double harness,' by Hills' Black Hawk V My Ethan
Allen's dam was in Inbred Morgan, sired by Morgan Fox. out of a Morgan mare.
Allen. P.'s first dam. Batsle Baker. 2:36-4. by Little Crow, 2:28; by Reconstruction, by
Vermont Hero, by Hill's Black Hawk V. I drove this colt eleven times before I wa
taken sick thre years ago and he showed lots of speed and fine aoUon. Hince tnn
he has run in the paddock and box stall. This colt is absolutely sound, without scal
er blemish. Price, $350. ' - -
KING EDWARD VII
Fifteen snd a half hands high, weight 1,100 pounds. 6 years old, a bright chnrry
red stallion, no white marks, a line Individual and good enough for any show ring.
He Is unbroken and as yet shows no gait but a square trot and has every Indication
.......... t v,... k.n i j i.i un aih rhviimitlo fever fof tho lust t tires
wmh in r r-1 1 an a,. ,o v-tr - -
Almont. by Mammont. full brother to Piedmont. 2:17-4. by Almont XXXIII, by Alex
ander's Abdallnh, by Hambletonlan X; first dam Ivah Bheppard. by , Jack- 8 'ePPrd.
Jr., by Jack Hlwppard, 4-year-old matk 2.2j, by Hambletonlan X, Ja ck Bheppard, Jr.
nrit cfam by the Ylamrnlt Horse, by Wlck.i Will by Hill's Black Hawk V This coU
Is absolutely sound, without scar or blemish and ha th best of legs and feet. Price,
M00,
BANNOCKBURN "
Wmwn stallion. ltPA hands, weight 1,200 pounds, no white except a small srar ana
with him the mile would have been better than 2:20.
Although strictly trotting bred, he U a pacer, needing neuner noomes, weignis or
bocvt No horse blv a b"tter flight of -pc4d or Is a better laster. In condition h
certainly can beat 2:10 and Is very l-vel-headed. He was sired I by Tribune, record
ri by Vnl?kerborker. by Hambletonlan X'; first dam,"Ttllie Thomas by Enil,
the air of Blue Sign, record 2:08-4. by Enchanter, by Hambletonlan X. Bannock
burn is absolutely sound In every way. Price, 1750. ( (
SAM SLICK
A beautiful cherry bay stallion, 6 years old, lB hands high, weight 1,0M, no white
exccDt a little on both hind coronets; a fine individual and good enough for any
ehowring. He Is unbroken and as yet shows no gait but a square trot and has every
Indicaticfn of a fast trotter. He was sired by Prince Almont. by Mammont. full
brother to Piedmont. 2:17U. by Almont XXXIII, by Alexander's Abdallah XV. by
Hambletonlan X; first dam by a full brother to Little Crow, record 2 2S, by Recon
struction, by Vermont Hero, by Hill Black Hawk V. Thl colt I absolutely sound,
without scar or blemish and has tils best of legs and feot. Price, 1360.
ADAM THOMSON, OMAHA, NEB.
402I NORTH I6TH ST.
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Mrs. Rrln Meyer Selected. .
CHICAGO, Oct. 10 Methodist laymen In
conference st Auiora he ruoaon Jura
Lucy luder Mryer. leader in dtsaconnrxs
work, as a drlrgate to ths quudrler.nlal
conference of cuurcU al Iai Angelas,
Cal., next May.
A Corner Suite ' '
Facing Farnam Street
This suite connists of a waiting room and two
private offices, a small laboratory or cloak room
and a large burglar proof vanlt. There Is no
handsomer oftlee in
The Bee Building
The suite Is particularly well sdap-
ted the offices of two doctors, law
ycrs or deutists. The rent Is $50.00 per "
month.
R. C. Peters 5c Co..
Rental Agent.
Ground Floor
Be) Building.
PINER0 PLAY GREAT SUCCESS
Advance Sals of Seats om ths
First Day Amounted to
. fUU,800. '
(Copyright, I!w3, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Oct. 10. (New York World Ca
blegram Bpecial Telegram ) Ktw theatri
cal events In years have inat-d such wide
spread Interest as C'harli Frohman's pro
duction of plnero's new Uy, "Leity." The
demand for seats for th first night was
unprecedented and the sw ll and political
world of London was reirented. 8ome
Idea of the new playwright's popularity
may ba gained from the, (act that tha ad
vance sale at noon on tbe oiwnlng day
was ISoO. The pUy was mpst favorably
treated by the critics and Pliero's conces
sion to tho popular lacllag It th nun or
less conventional ending, though deplored
by the problem mongers. Is gonerally hillei
with relief.
1-ole Puller Is having great success at
the Palac theater in her nw serpentine
dances, which afford a bwlldrlng feast
of the most exqulslt color combined with
the poetry of motion. In on some repre
senting Ar she wears a sliver costume,
with (iiwrncr wing twenty ltel broad,
which are marvelously beautiful when th
dancer auuareiitly la enveloped in Same.
lacllag br
1'atrlek laaaot Kaeape.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 Assistant District
Attorney (Jans, who has ri.arge of the sp
lriil,bniu of the district attorney's otlU e.
Slllll IUUUJ 111 a v ma PlWl f INBi
AlU-rt T. Patrick, under sentence of death
fr the murdi-r of v ,111am Marsh Hue.
might escape th sentence of tiie court on
tei'linlcalities. that this was incorrect. Mr.
Guns said: "T hr Is nutlilng In U con
tention that the court " appea.1 cam.ot
I resentence, fur, If It affirms tU decision,
ii cei tululy can rulnc."