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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1904)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1001. 1& MIMIC WAR" IN OLD VIRGINIA Soma Sid, Lights on tha Army Kanauran Ofer Ifvuuaai Field. N ATI YES DISTURBED BY THE DOINGS oraaoleae ol th Section Rudely la terra pted by tho Movemente ml La rr Bodle of Soldier la Military Array. era Virginia, but you sea Bona of them be tween bara and Washington, neither In tliaUott that (uch ever existed In th days of avid lane srn. Every atata militiaman must ba paid be- fort ha learns camp, hla time being, oom puted from the day ba left bis home eta tlon to the day of hla return. Twelve army paymaster are on the grounds figuring out each min'i account, and Thursday night. Friday and Friday night each one must re eelve his money personally. BRAD. D. 8 LAUGHTER. dl'AIHT FIE A IT RE 9 OP L.IFH. William Watta of Godfrey township, Mo who died recently, waa laid away In i vault In City cemetery In Alton, which he built forty years ago. Mr. Watta, when In middle life, built the vault, planning to have It ready .for the reception of his own body and that of hla wife. ,H waa 83 years of aga. THOROUGH FAR E. Va.. Camp No. I, Bept. 1 (Special Correspondence to The Bee.) Twenty-two thousand etate milltia tien, coming from the New England, mid Ue and southern states, are encamped upon h hlstorlo battleground of Manassas. Four thousand regular troops, representing every arm of the service, are sandwlohed around among the state troops, a battery of artillery here, a squadron of cavalry there, a battalion of Infantry In another place, the Phglneer and signal corps men scattered all around. The hospital corps organisation Is In charge of the field hospitals.- Everything is laid out as If there waa an army In the field bound to deatroy the opposing forces. pne-half of this force la under command of General Fred Grant, the other com manded by General J. Franklin BelL Both generals have been on the grounds for ten daya atudylng the strongholds of their po sitions and the weak places la their ad versary's lines. Since the troops arrived pys have Invaded the lines of the opposing; generals, each trying to discover and re port where every organisation waa located. Last Sabbath the churches were closed and all natives who were passing around were halted and required to explain why they were outside of thole hnm.. M.m touvH- able happenlnga are going the rounds of the camp, showing the unsophisticated na ture of the colored men and women Mho are residents of the towns and the sur rounding country, Adventur of Two Darkles. Two old white-headed negroes, undoubt edly members of the same church congre gation, strayed Into the chief paymaster s tent. It waa Brudder Jonea this and Brud aer Smith that Each had a stick on which ha leaned and by ,whloh he eased his trembling legs as he carefully picked his way around. "How are youT" aaked the chief. "Putty fairly sahl We's done gone found our church all locked up We-alla broke up over dat aahl No satisfying of the crav ln's of our heart dis day, sah!" "What church do you belong to? Are you Methodists?" "Oh no, sah, we-all ain't Metodlsts, no aahl We-e's Baptists, sah! We-uns be lieve In do baptismal of water, sah! Not of fire, sah!" Not a drop of liquor can be sold upon the ground where the maneuvers are to take place. 80 for miles around Manassas, Gainesville, Thoroughfare and all over this great battleground It Is Impossible for the natives to procure their desired stimulants. These two old darkles looked around the headquarters tent with anxloua eyea try ing to spy out some signs of a "wee drop of spirits." Not seeing what they wanted the elder one said: "Has you-una any gin.? 'Twould do we uns a powerful sight of good Just a little bit for de rhumattsm, sah!". "It would almost equal taking1 cony munlon, sah." ' "And we-alls don't need Individual com munion cupa nelder, sah. Deed we doesn't." General Wlnt la with the army under General Grant. General Lee Is with that aide commanded by General Bell. Northern and southern troops are mixed In equal pro- ''is her girdle to the back. portlona In both armies. When the First Texas Infantry regiment was unloading, a train rolled Into the yards with the Eighth Massachusetts and "Hello, 'Fed" shouted one of the northern boys. .. "Hello, Tank," came back the shout and the men from Texas and from Massa chusetts shook hands as heartily as though both were citizens of the same common wealth. Dattle In Progress. The battle Is now on. It Is high noon, Tuesday, September 1 No one can tell which side will. gain the victory. Here at Thoroughfare In Camp No. 2,, the officers and men think General Bell will be able to outwit the others, and Manassas, In Camp No. 1, think that General Fred Grant will be the victor. Last night at midnight the thousands of men quietly stole away In the darkness. Not a trumpet sounded, not a bugle note, not the tap of a drum, not a loud command.- Silently as shadows passed regi ment after regiment, brigade after brigade. to their alloted stations. The division and J-wnen j went in. uutfau iieauquaners are-ciostra. jne great camps of the several regiments and other organlsationa are vacant, except for a small rear guard necessary to protect them from hangers-on and petty pilfering. Suspense haa hung over the whole camp all tho day long. Not a park of artillery hns as yet sounded a note that would tell either friend or foe when they have been placed. It Is the stillness before the storm. While Russia and Japan are struggling for Its) mastery In the far east, while they are touring out blood In streams and offering tens of thousanda of Uvea on the field of carnage, our men during the same hours of the same days are striving to win a bloodless battle, that they may ba educated In tho arts of war, so when needed they can plan victory. Soon the rumble of great guns will again disturb ths fastness 0 these mountain rangea. Thoroughfare Gap will echo and re-echo the thunders of can non, and the rattle of email arms. In the '60s the old Springfield rifled muskets were not as sure to kill aW200 yards as Is ths new army rifle at two miles. This morning's papers quote the Russian general as admitting ths loss of 10,000 men killed In the laat battle and claims the Japs must have lost twtce as many, they being the attacking party. Probably the truth la not half told. . Last night waa cold too cold for com fort In camp. Today la clear, bracing and fine for maneuvering. The people of this country desire that the preeent generation will never he called upon to utilise the knowledge gained by these yearly schools of Instruction, for. In the language of Gen eral Sherman, "war la hell." Oa Htstorle Groaad. The ground over' which this battle will be fought la that on which the "Second Bull Run" was fought out by Stonewall Jackson and tha union army under Gen eral Pope. The "Warrington pike," the positions around Wellington and Qroocton were all to be occupied by daylight this morning. It may. be that General Wlnt will attack the forces under General Lee about the aame time la the morning as General Blgtil daahed Into Btonewell Jackaon's . army.. One thing Is certain, thla fight will not make the wldowa or destroy the thou sands of sons of loving parents aa did the memorable conflict of pearly forty years ago. Thla Virginia soil Is red as half -burned brick. The corn Is poor the best poorer thsn the poorest In Nebraska. Sfasll grains Lroount to nothing. Apples are taatelese, grapes are good and peaches are fair. Pine barrens everywhere. Decay seems to be over all this country. It needs a rest or re viving by strenuous artificial methods. Rail fences and unworked lanes mark the coun try roads. It Is worth while to visit other states so as to appreciate the rich eoll and the husbandry of auch states as Nebraska and Iowa. be lordly plantations la east- Something like a panlo was caused in the streets of Lisbon, Portugal, the other day by the extraordinary antics of a young man named Albano, who suffers from a most exceptional form of epilepsy, during whloh ha runs rapidly on all fours like an animal, cries, grunts and barks and dis plays almost superhuman agility. Suddenly seised with a fit in the street. Albano leaped over tha beads of the terrified passersby rushed Into electric oars by the door, and lumped out of the windows. A flight of fifteen wide stone step was cleared at a flying leap. Finally, he stumbled and ap peared to com to his senses. x - 1 Arohte MeESroy of Ansonla, Conn., won a wager and paid a fine of H7.S0 In the city court for kissing pretty Miss Anna Wed In. Miss Wed In, accompanied by Miss Augusta Speed, was on her way home, "and while stsnding under an eleotiio light McElroy and Michael Sweeney got Into an argument with a crowd of young men, and finally McElroy made a wager that he would kiss Miss Wedln before she went home. He and Sweeney grabbed the young girl, McElroy succeeded In kissing her on the cheek. The cries of Miss Wedln and her companion brought assistance, and the young men were arrested. It Is commonly "supposed that man can die only once, but ran old Russian peasant named Samsonoff, who expired recently In the village of Lotoschka, at the age of t6, held a different opinion, boasting that he had been dead twice and had come to life again. His first demise took place during the setge if Sebastopol, when the waa 46. He was struck by a fragment of shell, picked up for dead and thrown on a heap of corpsea awaiting burial. After three days he regained his senses, managed to free himself from the bodies which had meantime accumulated on top of .him. crawled to the hospital and was ultimately cured. In 1879, having reached the alloted span, he died once more, this time sud denly In his bed. Arrangements were made for the funersl, but four daya after hla decease he sat up In bed and clamored for pipe. Mrs. J. W. Gerard of New York, a close friend of Mrs, Astor and a leading light In her circle, has- set the fashion of wearing a diamond horseshoe between her shoulder blades, which are liberally displayed In tha costumes she affects. Mrs. Gerard's horse shoe Is about two and One-half Inches long and two Inches wide, composed of large diamona set In platinum, which makes the mounting almoat Invisible. It gleams with great brilliancy against tha background of her dress, and attracts great attention from the spectators. Mia Gerard first appeared with the horseshoe between her shoulder bladea at a lunch at Sherry's, where, her sister, Mrs. Brown of Baltimore; also wore a diamond horseshoe aa a belt pin, fasten- "Tls done, 'tis done, the great transac tion's done," sang Thomas Shannon, a gro cer at Flndlay, O., as his entire stock of tobacco, Including many choice brands of cigars, went up In smoke from a fire kindled by his own hands. Shannon at tended the religious meetings at Byal Park and became converted. He then felt that he waa doing wrong In selling cigars and' tobacco In his store. In the presence of the Rev. Mr. King of Columbus, George Sessions, and a large crowd. Shannon built a bonfire and burned hundreds of dollars worth of the stock. Hs did this, he said, to ahow the world his attitude on the to bacco question. The case which contained the cigars will be thoroughly cleansed and used for soap. '1 called on Perkins last evening," re marked Mr, Brown. "Did you have a pleasant time?" Inquired Mrs. Brown. "Very. Perkins was beating his wife "What!" "I say Perkins was beating his wife, but, of course, he stopped when I went in." "Well, I should hope so." "I begged him to go on, but he said some other time would do Just aa well." "You begged him to go on?" "Why, yea, I - didn't want to spoil the fun, you know." "Oh, you brute!" "Eh!" "Do you mean to say that you could have looked calmly on while he beat his wife?" ' "Certainly. Why not?" "I thought you" had at least a spark of manhood left. I suppose you will be beat ing me next" "Yes. I think I could If you would play crlbbage with me." "Play crlbbage r , "Yea. That ia what Perklna and hla wife were doing." "You horrid thing!" Atchison Globe. CHANCES IN SCHOOL WORK Saw Court of Study for Elementary Sohoola Adopted in Chicago, MUCH USELESS LUMBER ELIMINATED t'tlllslas; Healthy Activities and la ter cet of the Kormal Child la New Direction Systematic Care of Children's Eyes. RELIGIOUS. Y Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salva tion Army la to bid farewell to the United States about jthe middle of November. The bishop of Long Island haa refused to approve a vaudeville show which waa to have been held for the benefit of one of the churulvrs In his diocese. Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, head of Armour institute and pastor of the People's churcn Chicago, Is said to be favorably considered by many Methodist ministers of Chicago and fevanston aa a successor to Dr. Janus in the presidency of Northwestern univer sity. During the terrlno tornado that swept Into Minneapolis in August the two great tranaept windows ' in the Universaiist Churca of the Redeemer were torn out and dashed to pieces. The windows were among the flnekt in this country or Europe, iioui were memorial window and each cost $6,0W. The archbishop of Canterbury, now on a visit to this country, occupies the highest social position In England next ' to the crown and the immediate deacendanta of the king. He takes precedence after the prlnoe of Walee and his eon ind above ail dukes, earls, viscounts, above the lord chan cellor, the premier and the secretary of atata and all ministers from other countries to tbe court of St. Jamea. I The bill enacted by the French Chamber of Deputies which removes schools of all grades from the control of religious' con gregations will affect l.auO.OOO chtldrtn. Tbe number of the schools to bs closed at once la I.XsiL But 1.8b2 schools will be allow!. ten years of extension. In the closing of these schools the Catholic church will loss a large ana profitable source ot revenue, while thousands of children will be deprived of regular religious instruction. Tbe Methodist conference now being held at Boise City, Idaho, waa given a great chance to draw a moral lesson Bunduy. Tha sheriff of the county made a raid on a number of gambling hells on Saturday and collected a cholue assortment f roulette wheel and other paraphernalia for gamee of chance. Then he sent word to the con ference that there would be a bonfire In front of the court house Sunday morning and tbe Methodlsta gathwed around the flumes and Bans' fcyrnua aa the stuff was I burned. The Initial enrollment of pupils In th Chicago public schools, at the opening ses sion, waa In round numbers 220,000. The total Is expected to reach 23U.O0O during the second week. If the percentage of increase during winter In former years holds good, the' enrollment will reach 285,000 for the year, an Increase of 8.000 over last year. Thla great army of young America is housed In 252 school buildings of which sixteen are Tilgh schools and three normal schools, and ths number of teachers avail able is 6,614. A new course of study for elementary schools, which haa been under consider ation for two years, haa been adopted and put In force. "The spirit of the Change, writes Oeorga C. Howland In the Chicago Tribune, "has been a desire to bring the work of the elementary schools Into closer relation with the life of the pupil. In part thla haa been accomplished by a clearer statement of what Is expected of the teaoher, In part by the elimination of use. less lumber, and In a large measure by utilising the healthy kctlvities and interest of the normal child In new directions. Correct Us of Laarsag. "The moat important thing for any pupil Is the correct use of the English language. In the now outline of the work to be ac complished here the Injunction la constantly repeated that the material shall be related as closely as possible to the interests and experiences of the children. Letters are to be written such as children might have occasion to write, and In other waya read ing and writing are to be a part of real life. Th carefully detailed outline of work for eaoh yeaf shows a natural progression, and ought to be a great help to the faith ful teacher. , In arithmetic the emphasis is again placed on reality. The children will learn tables, but they will also use measures, and will train the eye. Algebra Is Intro duced only so far as to enable the pupil to us simple equations to solve problems which would otherwise be pussies. Enough of geometry is used for the pupil to see why areas and volumes are measured as they are and to manage the simple prob lems of construction which he meets In his manual work. Study of History. "The study of history will begin with the explanation of the meaning of hlstorlo an niversaries and a narration of the lives ot eminent men. In the sixth grade a text book in American history Is introduced and the picturesque outlines followed. "Instead of English history, - the pupils 111 study those features of general Eu ropean history. Including English, which have a direct bearing upon American his tory. Thus, the voyage of Columbus will appear as a natural outgrowth of tbe ac tivity of Europe in commerce and explora tion, and the Independence of the colonies will be shown to be one more step In that atruggle for constitutional guarantees which began with magna charts, fhls study In the seventh grade will be followed In the eighth by a more detailed study of American history. The study of the his tory of Illinois and of Chicago will aid In fitting- the pupil for a more Intelligent par ticipation in public affairs, while the study of public service, which haa been going on from the earllestrades, will appropriately end In a study of the constitutions, national and state, and the city charter underwhich government is organised. ' Restoration of Hand Work. "The hand work, which has heretofore been practically dropped between the kin dergarten and the sixth grade, now appears In' all the grades. Here an Innovation is made In the treatment of drawing. Draw ing Is no longer to be an unrelated study, a mere accomplishment, but Is brought Into close connection with) nature study and manual training. Pupils will make plans of the articles they are to construct and by constantly being brought to see the use fulness of drawing will take up that study either more enthusiastically or almost without, thinking of It as a separate tiling. During the year to come the drawing teach ers, who have given the new project their hearty support, wll work out the neces sary details. "It haa not been found possible in the past to devote more than half an hour at a time once a week to manual training, but the children have been so Interested that they have been In the habit of taking an other half hour from their own time after school for It. Now the work will begin earlier and much more can be accomplished, Far from being a burden, it Is a pleasure. The beat results may be expected, from Its extension. , Nature Stady. "In the field of nsture study the work will differ in the different schools according to the material at hand, and will Include nothing that cannot be brought directly Into the experience of the children. The old course of study was extremely vague here and not distributed according to grades, and here, perhaps, the new course shows th greatest advance. The old days when the three R's constituted, the sum of elementary atudy have long goAe by. "The chief criticism that ia likely to ba made la that a more varied stock of infor mation will be expected of the grade teacher than ever before. However, the standard of entrance examinations hsa been gradually raised and the teaching forcej of the city la well prepared to meet the new demands made upon It. It is not unlikely that both teacher and pupil will find the work easier In view of the greater Interest that they will take In It. It will be difficult to find a system more suited to the varied needa of a cosmopolitan city like Chicago, one more adapted to-, make uaeful and patrlotlo cltlsens of our boys and girls." Tlsaal Defects. "A systematic and what promises to be a scientific examination, baa been undertaken In New York city of the ocular condltlona of school children from the standpoint of refractive errors and their relation to the pupils' health and school progress," relates Amerlcsn Medicine. "At present but one school has been selected, aa, thoroughly Investigated, this would yield more valua ble results than an Immenae maaa of sta tistics loosely gathered from too vague and undigested facts. The rating with thou sands and tens of thousands as myopic, hyperopia, etc., hss yielded little of vale In the elucidation of tha profound problems which are really hidden by the superficial examinations and the glittering generalities. Already It ha been found that thoae pupils in whom the more serious ametropia defects have been found are older than the normal children of that grade. From thla results discour agement, depression, Indifference and al moat Invariably a dropping out of school, half educated. ' The prejudice against glusses. th expense, trouble, etc.. are most Ingeniously snd tactfully overcome. There Is. e. g , much of educational service In ths fprm of notification to parents." Bee Want Ads ' are th Beat Business Booster. Orchard s Wilhelm, arpet 60. The Lace (Burtain Sale $10,000 WORTH TO Our Purchase BE SOLD FOR 85,850.00. Our buy.r, when In New fork, arrange with an Im porter who Is changing his ac- Xunt from one manufacturer to another, to take hi stock left over from the former man- afaoturer at a great discount. ""These goods consist mostly of Arabian curtains, some Brus lels and Irish Pclnt The seo- md shipment arrived last week uid go on sale Monday at price that will move them at once. no $2.50 Ruffled Consist at SUS 0 pairs ruffled bobblnot and bwiss cur tains, 3 yarda long, trimmed with lace U5 and insertion, the Hwhn all have hem stlched ruffles, (2.60 value, at, pair $5.00 Cluny Certains af $2.30 20 styles, over 2"0 patra of choice heavy net curtains with cluny edge and Inser tion, come in both colors, white K r or Arablen and are 16.00 V ) II values, at, pair $5.00 Cable Net Car taint at SJ.73 These are extra fin net and choice de signs, antique, Battenberg, and cluny effects. The most servlcable curtain made and are $5.00 curtains. - Special per 7 J pair y ' $8.7$ Mercerized Portiere at $4 95. This Is an extra value in mercerised portieres, choice designs and colors, with 950 extra heavy fringe top and bottom. We never sold them at less thsn rf $8.75. 4.95 at, pair ' J $15 osble Color PortL-re. $150 These goods are reversible wltn an en tirely different color on either side, come In lrge variety of colors. Special, at, pair Imported Floe Late Curtains In almost endless variety Including a:l th popular kinds. $5.00 Curtains at $J.5 Per Pair Endless vsrlety of brussels Irish Point, cluny curtains, every one a i nr tS.OO value. -S U S at. pair ' ' $10.00 Arabian. Cluny. Battenberg, Brus sels, Irish Point, come in three colors, white. Ivory and Arabian, every rr' pattern Is worth $10.00. h 'S Special, per pair., JJ $15 Lace Cortslni at $10.00 Among thla lot we show the best value tor par.ors and unrarres, mostly Arab ians, five stylos of brussels, all good $1.0U values. Bl, pair $22.50 aud $25 Saxony Brussels and Arabians at $17.50. Our style at this price are the best yon can buy anywhere and when we say they are $25 00 values you ran expect to find a Wo. on curtain at iii.mi. ahow $4 styles, at, pair , A good window shade, Sx ft., tor A good extension rod. snxM We for.. Indies, 10.00 1750 25c 19c Thev'r the his rest values of the season. If you buy them .and they are not satis factory we will cherfully tak than back or exohang for others. Rugs! Rugs! Rugs! Never ha our stock of "made-up rugs" been so large and complete. ' W have put forth our best efforts to make a better rug both la coloring and material than ever before. These goods are made from odkl oarpets left over from our spring business and are marked so very low you cannot afford to let tha oppor tunity pass to buy a first-class "rugrfor solittle" money. These are sll guaranteed the same aa our regular line of goods. We Invite you to Inspeot these ruga, MxlO-t Ex Axmlnster, at 8-3x10 Ex. Axmlnster, at , S-Sxg-3 Ex. Axmlnster, at 8-Sxl0-J Ex. Wilton. at , 8-Sxll-a Body Brussels, at 8-$xl0-3 Ex. Velvet, at 8-Sxll Ex. Axmlnster, at 8-8x11-$ Royal Wilton, at..: 8-xl0-8 Ex. Velvet, at $-8x10-8 Ex. Velvet. at 8-8x8-8 Ex. Axmlnster, at 8-8x9- Wilton Velvet, at 8-3x9 Body Brussels, at 8-3x7 Body Brussels, at 8-3x8-3 Royal Wilton, at ..22 00 24 00 ..14 00 ..28 00 "30 00 21 00 ..21 00 ;25 00 21 00 ...20 00 14 00 15 00 ...22 60 "l4 50 18 50 at 8-3xll- Ex. Velvet, at 8-3x7-5 Velvet, at 8-3x10-6 Velvet. at 8-8x7-1 Body Brussels, at 8-8x8-3 Ex. Axmlnster, at....' 8-8x10-3 Ex. Velvet, at 8-3x7-9 Ex. Velvet, . at -.. 8-8x10-6 Royal Wilton, at 8-8x11 Ex. Velvet, at f. 8-2x10-6 Ex. Velvet. at 8-3x10 Ex. Axmlnster, , at 8-3x10 Velvet, at 9x10 Brussels,. at 8-3x10 Ex. Wilton, at 14 00 26 00 j 60 25 00 20 00 ;,18 60 17 50 .26 00 24 50 .15 00 "l8 00 "IS 00 15 00 "22 00 8-3x9-10 Brussels, jq qq 8-8x10 Velvet, at 8-4x10 Brussels, at 8-8x10-6 Velvet. at 8-8x10-6 Velvet. at 8-8x8-9 Ex. Velvet. at 1-3x10 Royal Wilton, at 10-6x13 Velvet, at 9x11-6 Ex. Axmlnster, at - 10-6x13 Velvet. at 10-6x13 Ex. Velvet, at 9x13 Ex. Axmlnster, at 9x12 Ex. Axmlnster, at 10-6x13 Wilton Velvet. at 10-6x13 Wilton Velvet. - at 20 00 14 40 16 50 16 50 29 00 21 00 29 65 22 00 22 50 29 75 24 00 22 50 27 50 29 75 10-6x11 Ex. Velvet, at 9-9x9-3 Ex. Velvet, at 8.10x13-6, Body Brussels, at , 9x10-6 Velvet, at , 9x10-6 Body Brussels, at 10-6x11 Wilton Velvet, 10-6xi&' Veive'C " ' " At..... 10-6x10-10 Royal Velvet, at 10-6x13 Velvet, at 10-6x10-3 Body Brussels, 28 00 10-6xi3'Royl Wilton. St aa. ... 10-6x11 Velvet. 33 25 10-x9-9 Velvet, - 22 50 10-6xM Velvet, at 10-8x11-7 Brussels. at.... 82 00 18 50 27 50 17 50 21 50 84 50 24 Op 81 50 28 00 83 25 ..21 00 ' 16 00 The September Furniture Sale Judgment can be well exercised by buying now. Hundreds of fine sample of the furniture maker's ar In thla big September Furniture Trad ala A vasl partofthe stock planned and gathered for thla sale. An opportunity you should not miss. Note a few of the specials we have to offer. $3.00 weathered oak den 1 9 f)(V table, Sept. Bale price xc.vvr $20.00 weathered round table, 1 4 50 Sept, Bale price A ' $175.00 Mahogany Chiffonier, 195 00 Bept Sale Price Aw" $160.00 golden oak buffet, 13S00 Sept Bale prioe io' vu (109.00 golden oak buffet, 75 f)f) Bept. Sale price 1 $140.00 mahogany buffet, 1 flf) Art Sept. Sale price -V' w $43 00 golden oak china ' oa fin closet. Sept Sale price OO. $35.00 flat top couch with Qf) nrj pillow. Bept. Sale price QV- vu $16.75 Couch, 1Q KO Sept. Sale price -10' ov $22.00 Couch, 17 00 Sept. Sale prioe 1 1 . UW $9.00 Couch. 7 25 Sept. Bale price $22.00 mahogany upholstered 1 a 00 chair, Sept. Sale price A' w $26 00 gold divan. 17 00 Sept. Sale price A ' ,vv $69.00 3-piece mahogany par lor suit, Sept. Sal. price... $16.00 mahogany parlor chair, Sept. Sale price....... $200.00 mahogany S-plece suit, Sept. Sale prioe.. $65.00 mahogany parlor table, Sept. Sale price...... $45.00 mahogany colonial table, Sept. Sale price 12.00 mahogany colonial tame, Bepi. eaie price.... 46.00 11.00 i20.00 52.00 '45.OO "87.00 $30.00 mahogany colonial 99 00 table. Sept, Bale price $18X0 golden colonial table, Bept. Sale price... $46.00 Iron and brass bed, Sept. Sale price $22.00 Iron and brass bed, Sept. Sale price $30.00 Iron and bras bad, Sept. Sal pric $29.00 Iron and bras bed. r Bept. Sale price...... 13.50 36.00 18.75 .23.00 21.00 r4a IDEAL FACTORY CONDITIONS Sooial Betterment Schemes Banish the Strike Ferer from Workers. RECORD OF SOME NEW JERSEY FACTORIES Clnb Houses, Benaent Association and Other Institutions Have Brought About Co-Operation Between Kmplojrers and Employed. There are a number of larg factorie In and around Newark. N. J., wher atrlke never, or very rarely, occur. A few years ago only twe or three of the larger fac tories managed to conduct tholr business in this faahion, but within three years the number has increased rapidly, and the sta tistics recently gathered by Winton S. Garri son of Newark, chief of the Bureau cf Sta tistics of New Jersey, show that there ar fully a dosen In Nwark alon that provide conveniences anil appliances of one sort or another for their employes and make the factory life so pleasant that dlaturbances among th mployes. ar never heard of now. , The employer ar now working on more different lines than ever before In the past to bring their employes to take a live pe sonal interest in the plant Itself and to look to It for diversion and for littl com fort and nelps that war one deemed foreign and apart from the province of a shop qr mill. The aim of man of these employers seems to be to gather around them a corps of Intelligent men and woman, who, through having certain responsibili ties and advantage in and around the fac tory, shall come to realise that their best Interests are to be served by working for the good of the factory Itself. Many thou sands of dollars have been spent by th Newark employers to bring about such con ditions within the last half dosen yeara Two or three , montha ago Mr. Garrison sent out 1,000 copies of a circular, to em ployers throughout New Jersey asking them to Inform the bureau whether there were lr. their factrlea any or all of the following institutions for the benefit of employes: Profit sharing, hospitals, beds In hospitals, club rooms, libraries, reading rooms, educational classes, lectures, recrea tion hells, gymnasiums, batha, lunch rooms, rest rooms, shop committees, sick benefits, burial funds, etc. s More than 600 answers were received, the majority giving useful and valuable In formation. From seventy-five firms came answer that were so interesting a to call for further correspondence, and as a re sult the statisticians were able to accumu late a mass of information showing that factories here and there throughout th tat were doing much to help their em ploye to help themaelvea. Improving; Industrial Oondtttons. In commenting upon the material thus gathered, the chief of the bureau says: Th Immense growth of manufacturing intereats In New Jersey, which In the defcade between 1(90 and 1900 showed an In crease of 73 per cent almost double that of any other state in the union proves conclusively that in New Jersey such dif ferences as "may exist between capital and labor bve not eertouely affected the pros perity of th tat. "At least some meaaure of credit for this saafactory condition of things 1 du to the constructor work cf a practical kind which If tlng don by liberal and broad minded employers and Intelligent working men, many bf whom are co-operating cor dially and harmoniously In-carrying out plana for making th condition surround ing Industrial life easier, ssfer and pleas enter." It waa found that In Newark some of the most satisfactory work for the benefit of factory employe was being done. In deed, It soon became apparent that the manufacturer of Newark were almost th plonesrs la th new order of yunga whlca seem now to be gaining a firm foothold throughout the entire state. Much of the benefit that is being obtained by the employes Is through associations that guarantee operatives against total loss of wages through - disability and provide a. burial fund IA Ncos of death. In some Instance these societies are supported and managed entirely by the working-men; In others assistance Is given by the employ ers, while the total expense of many ar born by th employers. "In all theae various enterprises," say Chief Garrison, 'no matter what the par ticular kind or plan may be on - which each one Is operated, the practical control and direction of the work they are In tended to accomplish ar entirely in the hand of th working man. Nowhere doe the record show an employer belittling the value of his gifts by assuming a patron ising attitude to those on whom they ar bestowed, and without exception all con cerned express the highest degree of satis faction with th result so far accom plished." Club House for Employes. In one Instance, that of the Celluloid company, the company has given the op eratives, numbering something like 850 men and women, a club house with full equip ment, costing at least 325,000. When the house waa finished and fitted out with every convenience, Including a hall with a stage 'and several seta of scenery, bowl ing alleys, billiard and pool tables, rifle ranges, shower bath, library, etc., It was turned over to th employes. This was three or four year ago, and th club has ' been run by the employe ever since. The company pay the taxes and Inaurance on the club house, but makes no regular provision for It support. It costs. about $2,225 a year to run the club, and the dues amount to approximately' $1,500, fne balance of the running expenses being made up by Income from small fees which members pay for participation In the various games, etc. An Interesting work Is being done at Ferris Bros.' factory, where thirty men and 335 women are employed. In this factory no girl is ever addressed by her name without the use of the prefix "Miss," and all with whom they are brought In contact while they are In the factory are required to regulate their conduct toward them by the aame rules of politeness that are observed by well bred men and women In the ordinary Intercourse of life. The firm keep for the use of the girls a large stock of umbrellas, waterproof cloaks and rubber shoes. These are lent them on valny days, and stockings ar provided In case the girls coma to the factory with wet feet. The girls ore not required to re port for work promptly when the T o'clook whistle blows In ths morning, but have a reasonable period of grace without fine or other deduction of pay. . , Lunches nt Cost. A large, clean and well-appointed dining room Is provided, and the girls may take their lunches there or go home, as they prefer. Tea I served free of cost, and for 3 cent a plat of mock turtle, beef, chicken or ox-tall soup muft had to gether with crackers. A light lunch is served in the morning between starting time and noon to those who deslrs It. There are five bathrooms In the building for the use of the girls, and they are at liberty to use them at any time during th working hour wlthouL deduction of pay for th time taken. The firm haa a woman In constant attendance at the bathrooms, who haa charge of them and furnishes dean towels and other requisites. There is a lounslng and dressing room, with couches and blankets. To this place a girl may retire at any time for reat, and If she Is tuken 111 she may receive emer gency treatment there. There la a recreation hall, furnished at tractively with rugs, easy chairs, etc., and a center table supplied with sll the latest magazines. Tfter. Is also a grand piano. It is the custom to give the free use of this recreation room to the girl for a half hour In th morning and for th same period In the afternoon. The girls do wo bard work tbat require muscular exei tlon. They work on sewing machines run by machine power. Their wages are as high a those paid anywhere for th same work. On of th moat Interesting experiment now being mad In connection with th work of betterment in the condition of worklngmen - 1 that In progress at the works of th Edward Weston Electrical Instrument company at Waverly, Just out side of Newark. Mr. Weston ba spent thousand of dollars In developing his plan, and It haa met with remarkable success. Gettlngr Toajeth. Mr. Weston was convinced that th great est question confronting the twentieth cen tury was th relation between capital and labor, that there must be a drawing to gether or a still further pulling apart, and that it was th duty of every employer to contribute by every reasonable mean to a peaceful and satisfactory solution of the existing difference. ' Pursuant to this policy th company, be fore planning the wprk which it ha slnoe built at Waverly, employed two mechanical and engineering experts to visit ths most notable manufacturing establishments In the United States, studying problems of construction, machinery and other physi cal condition. Another expert trttveled through th country for a year trying, to learn what American employer were doing for their employe outside of the mere question of wage. When th present plant was erected the company reserved In th moat desirable portion of th premises several commodi ous halla and furnished them a recreation room, library, kitchen, dining room, gym nasium, natatoriuni, bloycle depot, hospi tal, etc. AH the different department men tioned ar conducted by the employe, and there ar many little organisations, such as clubs, claases and societies, wholly under the direction of the employes. The heada of the various department confer frequently, and every effort 1 mad to im prove on broad general line. In many other fat or lea work of a simi lar sort 1 being dona In fact, a social betterment wave seems to be sweeping over the factory dlctrict of Newark at present. Half a dosen years ago two or three large concern began experiments, but met with failure. At th Clark O. N. T. thread works a restaurant was started, where th most wholesome food was furnished to the oper atives at cost. The restaurant was a fail ure. Other efforts along the same lines in different factories had to be abandoned because of lack of likerest on the part of tho employes, who seemed to think th firm had planned to get the better- of them. VNow conditions seem to be changing; operative are no longer suspicious of such experiment on tha part of their employers, and ar meeting them half way. New York Bun. PROGRESS IN HALF A CENTURY tesaarkable Strides In the Domain mt Science Possibilities of the Future. ' In connection with the recent meeting of the British Association for th Advance ment of Science, held at Cambridge, the London Telegraph review th advance mad In scientific knowledge sines the last meeting of the association In that city in 1863. "A great majority of Ita foremost Isaders of that dat ar now no more," says the Telegraph. ' Faraday, Stokes, Joile, Tyndall, Huxley, Lyell, Murchlaon, ll'orachel, Sedgwick, are a few only of th name of th Illustrious that have passed away. The scientific advances of the, forty-two year have not been aur parsed, probably; In any equal period of tle world' history- Th theory of th origin of species by natural selection was than only three years old, and was pass ing through the stags of orthodox doubt and ecclesiastical denunciation. - Nowaday evolution has be oom the common batis of all ths sciences. It Is not merely I he soo'otlst and th botanist who wish to uni-'ivri th process by which animals and plaLte survlv a tb fittest for tbsis. en vlronment; but th physicist who Mek to discover bow th ultimate atom, ot matter bava .com to b what they are, and th astronomer' to trace bow th original el.menta of nebula became sung and stars, solar and stellar systems. In telligent person w.re still living thsn who thought this earth Some 6,000 years old. We now consider that th short so journ pf humanity on thla spher haa been at least ten time that length of time; and aa to th age of th world. It la mainly a question of a few score million of year more or less. Reckoning backward, Prof. George Darwin compute that some 80,000,- . 000 year ago wa parted company with th moon, which In ios day circled nimbly around tbe earth much nearer than Is now th case, whil our planet spun about It ' axis In days that were less than s.v.n hour long. Men' thought hav been widened by the process of th sun In thoa forty-two years, aa perhaps never beforev and we live In a larger universe of tlm and space. It would seem that human progress I most rapid when men' ancient and traditional belief ar most shaken. It was so in old Greece, In modern Europe following tbe discovery of America, the invention of the telescope, and th art of , printing; and In these last prollflo forty year old creed hav had a terrible shak ing up. The indivisible atom ha ceased to be. Prof.' J. J. Thomson has Introduced us to matter a thousand time smaller than a molecule of hydrogen.. Step ar being laid, according- to Blr Oliver Lodge, toward a "new prlnclpla" by Thomson and Larmor and ooworkers, men not un worthy to be named after the great Blr Isaac We seem to be definitely approach ing an electrical theory of all things, thank to th X ray of Roentgen, th ra diant matter of Blr William Crookea, Sir William Ramsay's helium, th radio activ ity of Bacquerel, and Madam Curie' epoch-making radium. Not on of these things waa so much a dreamt of when tha association last met at Cambridge. Th spectroscope wa in It veriest In-, fancy. De war's liquid and solid air and hydrogen were beyond the bounds of ex perimental research, and what to human welfare is of higher immediate moment poaslbly than any mar physical dootrtna, tha germ theory of disease and antlseptlo surgery were unknown. Few things would hav seemed more romantic in 1862 than th Idea that we would receive straight through the earth's volume and crust vi brations that tell the tale of earthquakes and earth movements on th other aid of th g'.obe. With Prof. Milne at Shlde and Dr. Chree at Kow, these are commonplace today. If there were degree In imposal- . billty, and anything could seem still mora impossible. It would be the suggestion that electrlo signals should be wafted through space without the aid of wire. That In th year 1904 a message by wireless tele graphy should be received by a ship ' at sea 3,000 miles from the point of emission, would have appeared a mere phantasy, unworthy of practical discussion. Era long we hope to pub'Jsh regularly, day by day, weather report cent by these am etherlo mean from mid-Atlantis with as much confidence sa. w .do now from th coast of Britain." N ' Shy on Sunshine. Sunshine Je so rare In England that th government take great car to measure It. Th official summing up for 1903 as re gards sunshine shows that all districts in ' th British IaltSt with on exception, fell . short of the aversge. Ths exception wa England 'northwest, Including Manchester, that curiously bad an exoesa of fifty-seven , sunny hours. In Scotland north, west and east the deficit waa eighty-one hours, forty eight hours and 133 hours. England north east and east were short by 107 hours and 139 hours, while In England south and southwest th deficit waa sixty-eight hour and 115 hours. Th midland were behind ninety-eight hours. In Ireland north and south th shortage was elghty-on hours snd 113 hours." Commonly ths Islands In th English channel hav a large share uns.iln, but laat y.ar thay war lit 1 hours ihorW liie Zecfe