January 22, 1905. THE OMAHA ILM'STTtATKD HKH. 3 SWINDLES IN PLAIN CLOTHES ImiBrtM Variety of Schema Designed to Eesoh the Ewj Harks. HOW THE posTornc: DEALS WITH THEM A Nebraska Proposition Awarded the Prise for Its Mmple, npm Handed Rrarli far l ove lorn fni'kera. "Swlndllrg Through the Postoffire?" I- the title of paper In the New York Inde pendent by Edwin W. Uwipih, assist ant attorney of the postnnVe; dfpartm nt. The poattlon of the writer enables him to give official detail of the many fraudulent ar hemes of tno get-rlch-qulck order with which tht country haa been afflicted In re cent yeara. Many of theae awlndles are familiar to weatern people and Incidental referencea to them will provokn a variety of emotion. Mr. Iawrence writra: By far the greater part of the time of the officials who administer the poatal frauda and lottery law la occupied with cases arlalng under the portion condemn ing fraudulent schemes. This section of the law haa alood since 1S72. From June 103. to September. 1K4, 327 frniitl ordera were Issued. Of these, tlilrty-one were aaalnat forclKit lotteries sttetnritlng to operate In thla country, four against do meatlc lotteries, one against, a pool-selling establishment, and 201 against frmidulrnt chemea. Home of these latter, us hond Investment and diamond contract com panies, embody both fraud and lottery features. Hundreds of endless chain and other schemes have been suppressed with out the Issuance of "fraud orders.' When a business la not Inherently bad and may be conducted legitimately, opportunity Is given the parties to abandon their fraudulent methods or representations, If circum stances warrant auch action. As shown by an outline of some of the schemes, the protection of fraud orders extends to all clusses of people rich and poor, educatd and uneducatod, farmer and merchant, financier, manufacturer and laborer. ' Turf Investment compunlea advertise to receive money to be used In betting on races, the winnings to be paid the patron after deducting 10 per cent fee. The fraud la that the company falls to place tho money on a race, simply paying the patron two or threa alleged weekly dividends In the hope of securing more remittances from him, and. after obtaining as much money as possible, a notice Is sent him that the money haa been lost oil the races. The company pocaetJ the money. It haa been the practica of these concerns to continue payment of alleged prollta until the money in their hands amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars before the losing notices are sent out. The fraud order was of no avail, as the parties Immediately de camped with the proceeds. Bookmakers and other gamblers In conspiracy with them were always ready to furnish manu factured evidence to the effect that these Concerns placed money on the races. It therefore appeared Impossible to obtain satisfactory evidence upon which to base en order until the fraud waa consummated. Race Betting Fraada. The paat year other methods have been adopted by the department, and the schemes frustrated In their Inception. In order to obtain remittances thu concern make false representations of existing fact. In .he advertising statements and tables of the Co-operative Turf Invebtment company of New Orleans, purporting ti show tUia past record of the - company, transactions for every week showed mar velous sutjcesp.ln betMug, 4ut the com pany omitted its report for two weeks, ut which time It had sent notice to In vestors that everything had been bet and lost. This mlBled the reader to believe the company always won and never lost. Maxim & Oay of New York and other titles, represented that they won on races they never bet on, and quoted alleged In dorsements by newspapers of standing. These Ind-jrementa were found to be noth ing more than puld advertisements, uud one of thesa had never been ucveptud and printed. These lucts, coupled with the knowledge Unit, without an exception, the hundreds of this kind of companies which the Postofllce department has failed to Is sue orders agulnst have resulted In tre mendous fraud, warrant tho Issuance of fiumVr cf ordera have recently been Is sued against such companies operating on ihe Pacific coast. Contracta with the same basic principle for the purchase of homes have been used by companies, and hundreds of laboring men. easily appealed to because of the home feature, have been deceived. The remaining few of these are fast being dis poned of. The endless chain coupon scheme, whereby one waa led to believe that a suit, skirt or other article could be oh. talned for l or 15 cents, was operated on the same basis. A person would secure a coprm for 2T rents and nd this to the company with II, receiving four similar coupons. He would reimburse himself with tl by scilltig each coupon fT 2 cents. When the four coupons sold wrre returred to the company with tl. he would receive the article. The four purchasers of cou pons would have u like opportunity, and so on In geometrical progression ad In finitum. Borne wnuld get the article, but aoon coupons would become so numerous that they could not be sold, or, if sold, would not be returned to the company. Thua a large majority lest everything paid by them. This m heme has taken numer ous furme, but all have been condemned, From Held to Field. Swindlers are quick to seise upon a new field for their operations, and, following the development of recent years In mental science, absent treatment, and the like, are resorting to these to defraud the pee- Die. The miDortunltles tn thla line ars vast, for the work Is all done at a dls tsnce, the credulous are ready to grasp at something new, and an attractive mys tery seems to surround these false person ages claiming superhuman powers. In fact there Is little tangible evidence against thern. In passing tipon these esses, tha department assumes that the treatment honestly administered is efficacious. The fraud Is found In false representations as to cures claimed to huve been made, un truthful promises of personal attention, as devoting tlftcen minutes each day to each patient, when it is found that there are 2.000 or more, and other statements of fact, the existence or non-existence of which can be actually ascertained. And from those circumstances, when found, there necessarily follows the further conclusion that, without deciding whether or not a belief or opinion Is correct in these cases such belief or opinion Is not honestly en tertained. The department has Isfued or ders In two notable caaea. vis.: Helen Wllmans Tost. Seabreeze, Fla., and It. E. Dutton, Lincoln, Neb. The former has since been convicted upon an Indictment found against her for fraudulent use or the molls, and the latter sought rellet against the order In the vnlted States dis trict court, but the order was sustained by Judge Hunger. Boldness and Credulity. The boldness of some men and the credulity of others are startling and won derful. Tho following show soma of the representations made to secure a remit tance without Intending to send anything In return: That a court rendered a de cision authorizing the writer to proceed with the distribution of prises awarded in a contest, upon which an attachment had been placed by creditors, and the ad dressee's prize la a "horse, lilly buggy ana harness" worth 275, which will be shipped upon receipt of for freight charges; that men are desired to work In a com pany store at 100 per month, and a pass worth $23 will be sent one desiring to take the work, but only upon advancement ot $10 as a "guarantee of good faith"; that employment at the Worlds fulr will be furnished by "The Bureau" for all sorts of clerks, waiters, etc., at salaries of 1160 per month, but U "good faith money Is required. A person In Blnghamton, N. Y., advertised to loan money on property, to purchase or sell houses, farms, etc., and tipon receiving an answer, he said a per sonal examination ert the property was nec essary and that therefore he must have money sent him for transportation ono way. After remitting, the victim would hear nothing from the company. A con cern in Syracuse, N. Y., advertised to pay 12 a day for meu to distribute circulars, tack signs, etc. To secure work 11 must j fi of a sewing machine thet would cost from i without foundation In fait. I AH winter a be sent. A list of 1,000 numes 01 nrrna doing extensive advertising was the only return. Farmers all over the country are Induced to semi" butter, cheese, cider, ma ple aiiKur and produce of all kinds to cities by professional crooks, who quote a high price, but never Intend to remit for the goods. Such cases frequently reach the department. Men actually seem to have reached the belief thut they can "gather grapes of thorns and figs of thistles." A man In orders. The dapartmont is not awaro of a j Belfast. Mo., advertised that his "business concent of this kind now operating. In many of tho cases the fraud hus been auormoua. The U. J. Arnold company closed Its doors with liabilities ot ,,u was peculiar." that he dealt In money ot several kinds and hud a "money making method" that would enable one to nrqtilro good cash by exchanging bank bills for and assets of $73,000. J. J. Hyan had prac- j coin, if $2 Is remitted he said he would lleally no assets to meet $i,3uo,ooo liabilities. A few weeks ago u man undertook to operate this scheme at Saratoga, under the name of Hiram Stokes & Hon. .Upon receipt 'Of his literature by the, depart ment, the mail was withheld from, deilv rry by telt graph to the postmaster, and the party disappeared. The Inspector learned that the man obtained over $l,0rtt j In the short space of time ueoe.ary elapsing between thu lu;inco of his circa- i lara ai.it t Ita prompt uc.iuii ut the dep-nt- ! ment. Hundreds ul uw.u: were held up by the order. j Alleged wheat and cotton funds are operated in u similar way. It Is even more send samplee of money representing $50. A confederate. $50 bill was sen!. A man tn Minneapolis with greater enterprise ad vertised "$ao for $1 not confederate." I'pon receipt of $1 a book containing directions for removing "kluUs" from negroes' hair, how to mal:e "obesity soup." etc., was rent, with the Information that It "con tains $50 worth of Information nnd schemes, to you get what wo stated." So Kae). The folly und greed of some people Is in., illustrated by the laige number who I emitted, (3. expecting to get a well equipped bicycle, in response to an ad vertisement giving a detailed description or difficult to obtain evidence against these : u, ulni received only a cheap watch charm before they reap their harvest and dlsap- j the design of a bicycle. Also by those pear. ! sending a like amount obtained from seli- Dlamond Bobbles. ! ing bluing for a company, expecting to Diamond or merchandise contracts find 1 Bet return a large and valuable sewing . ,.Av .ale and it is a constant effort fnr 1 machine. They received a smull hand ln- the department to suppress these. The gist of too contract Is that upon iwiyniciit of $1 a week by the contract-holder, when his bccoui'S the oldest outstanding contract, It will be redeemed nt Jl.it or fc! for every dollar paid In. The company Invests no money, but keeps for Itsilf "0 pur cent of all receipts. It simply lakes the money paid on io or three subtctiucnl contracts to pay ,off a former one. It cart pay con tracts only so long us it can obtain u con stantly IncreasiiiK number of new con tracts. As its liabilities incresKe, its as sets decreaae. Ultimately the bubble, must buret, and the greater the succeaa of the company in obtaining contracts the more widespread will bi the disuster. Judge Kohlsaat has characterised this as "a literal demonstration of the old saying, 'Tha devil take tha hindmost.' " A large blrumeiil. labe.ed the "Suc-gy Sewing Ma chine," to .bo fastened on the edge, of a tuhlo. Anticipating complaints, the com pany Inclosed with the machine the fol lowing circular:' We havo your letter, and would advise you to keep cool and not make any riiMh statements before you are sure as to what you bio saying. You seem to think we iiRrced to send you "nn un-to-dute, high grade sewing ma chine with all the jatest a Uaohir.ents." If you can show i.h tu our advertisement where wc mado any such agreement, we will send you such a sewing machine. We wi!! go over the advertisement with von. word for word. You will note the first word Is "free." That means that somethli.g la given sway. Next we see. "an up-to-date, high grade sewing ma chine with all the latest attachments, costs from $50 to 11." This is simply a plain statement of fact, telling you what such n sewing machine would cost you If you went to buy it In a store. We show a picture lu the advertisement of the kind ill Flie Every mother f 1 great dread of the pain end danger attendant upon the moit critical period of her life. Becoming , a mother should be a aource of joy to all, but the suffering and danger incident to the ordeal makea its anticipation one of raiaery. Mother' Friend ii the only remedy which relieve women of the great pain and danger of maternity; this hour which ia dreaded at woman' severest trial tt not only made paipleis. but all the danger ii avoided bv it use. Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent or gloomy; nervousness, nausea and other distressing conditions are overcome, the system is made ready for the coming event, and the serious accidents so common to the critical hour are obviated by the use of Mother's nflsvAfs. AintA Friend. "It I. worth its weight in gold," I 'JftJftP says many who have used .t. $1.00 per 1111 V fi IB JP bottle at drug stores. Book containing valuable information of interest to all women, will FCaTilfrk be sent to any address fret upon application to Iri'EffMf fla CLU7U REGULATOR OO,, Atlanta, 0a. ill .WBati pn to Si'l Then we ssy. "don't throw your money sway." This, you will admit. Is good ad vice, tt simply means that you should nnt waste money on high-priced sewing macbinesx New. havina alven von this sued ad vice, ws go on and say "but take advan tage of our generous proposition": and now you are ready to are what the gener ous proposition is. Next we say. "If you wish to own a sawine machins thst will do excellent sew Ing aend us your name and address, and asree to sell only So packages ot ur washlna blue at 10 rents a package. You have accented our nronosltlon: you have sold the biue; you have sent us the amount received from the sale thereof S3, and fulfilled the terma of our propoal- t on You will find, tipon reading the adver tisement further, thst we distinctly sgreed. on our part, after you had sold the blue and sent us our monev. to simply send you our new automatic tension sewing machine, sa n reward for vour efforts in Introducing our blue among your neighbors and friends. This Is exactly what we have don, as you or anyone with a grain of common fens must readllv ltdmlt. Me hope you will sit down and write ns a letter ann apologise for insinuating inm our object was fraud. You have hurt our feelings very much. we would ailvlae you not to answer any advertisement sgaln until you are abso lutely sure you understand it. All will admit the propriety of the name given tha machine "Hoesv." Nebraska la tbe Raaalag. A Tennessesn at Knoxvllle displayed equal genlua when, under the name of the Button Top Bedeprlng compsny, he sent elaborate circular matter with an offar, aa waa alleged, to Introduce his new In vention eet forth In detail. He said: "We will sepd one sample spring, charges pre paid, on receipt of $1. If you do not like the spring after seeing It. you will be un der no obligation to accept the agency, as we do not want an agent that cannot recommend this spring sbove all others. We will give $2 for esch recommendation wo receive and use. We send only one sample spring t: a firm, "and under no circumstances will we send two or mors springs at this price." The last statement Is doubtless true, for the $1 brought only a small coll of wire. McCook. Neb . has contributed one of the comedy stars on the fraud order stage. The advertisement raada: The Oreat Secret How you can make your lover or sweetheart love you; they Just must love you; they can't help themselvrs. This secret la based on scientific principles and cannot fall. Send 2S cents in silver to Prof. A. H. Thole. McCook, Neb. The proposed secret Is thus divulged: Your letter of recent date at hand, and In reply will sav that to win the woman you love you must constantly think with your whole soul's Intensity that you want her to love you; In addition to that you must not drink. Keep clean and neat In your dress. Be polite and attentive to her. Be generous, for women hate stinginess In men, but dearly love generosity. Be hrave. ror women hate cowards and love bravery. Be firm; women hate trlflers. Walk with your head and shoulders well thrown back; be dignified; be courteous, and every Inch a gentleman Flnttery goes a long ways to win a woman, but don't overdo It. Uon t be bashful, as women hate bashfulness In men. but love bold men. Youra for suck ers, Frof. A. H. 't noie. From Jonah's Gourd. A few years ago an sdvertlsement ap peared In religious papers that the writer, a minister, on his visit to the Holy I-nd. chanced upon some seeds of Jonah's gourd of Bible fame, and secured a few to bring back with him. These few he desired to distribute among Bible students, and on receipt of a dollar would send one. Among the thousands of orders was one from a well known Connecticut authoress. She wrote the seller that she had tried the seed, but feared the severe climate was account able for Its failure to grow, and so she sent another dollar, .hoping she might be suc cessful with the second one. It was sent her with the remark, that, true to the Bi ble description, tt "came up In a night and perished In a night." and probably escaped her observation. She was advised to watch this one closely. Investigation developed that the story of the alleged minister was entlfely false, and that pumpkin seeds, boiled so as to deprive them of their germ inating power, were sent. A scheme, the converse of this, was to advertise "A Book for Gamblers, $1," and tend a Bible. One Individual claimed to send directions and material for drawing a tooth without pain or 50 cents. Paper and pencil were sent, with instructions to draw the tooth on the paper. Home work schemes, appealing to needy widows and the infirm, are In favor with swindlers. A great many of these operat ing in New York City were suppressed last spring. The Majestic Lace company ad vertised that $15 could be earned weekly by working at odd times at home. An order for $50 worth of medallions was sent, bat the applicant was required to remlt$3 for a machine which, cost 38 cents. The com puny offered 3 cents a medallion: It was, however, impossible to make over three an hour. The result was that, out of 1,230 per sons remitting the $2, only $i6fl was received by them as recompense, the victims becom ing tired of their work soon after starting. Schemes of All Kinds. Twenty dollars per LOW for copying letters at home Is another Inducement. A dollar must be remitted for the outfit, .which con sists of a pen nnd penholder worth 5 cents. Not until remitting Is the person enlight ened as to the letter, and It then appears to be of such a nuture that no one would care to copy It, or Is much longer than rep resented. Mushroom growing has been ad vertised In a similar manner. Remittances of $$ are required for apawn coning about 10 cents, and their cultivation, pictured l y the company aa being very easy, la found a tedious task. Numerous advertisements appear in all kinds of publications offering a premium of a "rifle, a solid gold brooch or ring with genuine diamond, a gold watch or aewlng machine for a few houra' work" in selling a doten boxes of pills for '5 cents each. When the $3 from the sale of the pills Is re ceived by the company, It sends a letter s eying the person could not have read the advertisement correctly, aa It ia necessary to sell 100 or more boxes to secure tho pre mium desired. The task dlsgusta the duped peraon and the company, having received $3 for the gooda. heara nothing further from him. To a limited extent the department can proteet the public against fraudulent min ing and oil companies, and has Issued a number of orders against such concerns In the last year. But the extreme difficulty of procuring sufficient evidence, and the fact that such evidence as can be obtained con sists largely of opinions, mitigates against action. A number of alleged brokera tn Wall street who claim to finance corporations, float bonds, etc., havs been investigated by the department and their fraudulent meth ods found to be the cleverest met with. An old rchema has been to secure amounts of from $5 to $60 aa "good faith" money for outftta to be uaed by agents employed, the agency being pictured In rosy colors by the company. The outfits and ageucy would be found to be worthless, so that the work, If begun at all, would soon be abandoned. Another plan successfully operated by a number of New York concerns Is to send s letter expressly or Impliedly stating thst the recipient is entitled to a prlie or pre mium by virtue of some contest entered Into by him. and that, upon receipt of $1 or ao to cover boxing and packing charges, the article won, which Is stated to be a silver dessert set or fruit dish, gold watch or dla mond ring, will be sent. To complete tha deception, the signature of the party, ob talned from lettera purchaaed from con cerna conducting prise or premium rontaata Is Inclosed. Ths so-cslled prse or premium Is a cheap article on which the company makes a large profit. Numerous articles have appeared In tha pre., mauve to the department's action against patent medicines. Most of t?,ea I have becu grautiy JVagg..uU and ara constantly Increasing tendency w:es noticed 10 cover the pages of newspapers and peri odical with fiffenelve and rbtrene adver tisements cf alleged cures fur Inst manhood, vitality, etc. It ws a growing abuse, and the department directed Its attention ti their suppression. It developed that these wers mostly quack medicines of the worst type and that good administration de manded thst fraud orders be Issued. Of course each case has bt-en treated sep arately. Klghteen orders have been I'sueel In the last year In these cases where fraud clearly a. beared. sr. RKLlr.lOl OTKS. The Rev. Hudson Tor says that opium In China "Is doing mure harm In a week than the united efforts of all our Christian missionaries are flolng gm d in a year." Miss I.uella Miner, a graduate ef oberlln In the class of 1M, ami fur many years a missionary In China, has luen made exec utive head of the Brldgnian school for girls In Peking, China. It Is rumored In Rnmklyn that Bishop McIonnell of that cltv will be made coad jutor of Archbishop Williams of Huston. To this promotion would also be added tho right of succession. Rev. William Kirk Hrlee arrived front Kngland this week to take charge of the Fourth Baptist church of Chicago. He was formerly pastor of the Tabernacle church in Nottingham, Kugland. J Several collegea and universities In the western states have big .Young Men's Christian Association bunding enterprises on hand, and many new buildings are al ready started. The association has Invested millions of dollars In new buildings the past year. Cardinal Ingenleux. who has Just died In France, was one of the greatest ec clesiastics on the continent, lie was the one hundred and first archbishop of Khelms n I .I...," nil'i llllll'l l lie I rftiini- . ' n , u . iiv.a i ii' will probably be the last. Mgr. itroderick. auxiliary bishop of Havana, who Is soon to relinquish his post to take up his residence In the I'nlted States, has been especially c harged by the Vatican authorities to interest himself In the collection of Peter's Penias among American Catholics. Rev. K. W. Wottrott. the American mis sionary who for twelve years has been laboring In central Africa, is visiting this country. He works among the people of the Batnamcas sect. He will not return to India until late In the summer. The coal miners In Pennsylvania are forming Young Men's Christian associations ror mutual Improvement. Thirty nt these societies have been formed and the state committee has put five secretarhs In the i field to assist In the work. Thirty-three hundred members are already on the i rolle. I There are said to be In the Turkish em- plre $.120 mosejues. 379 of which are in Constantinople. The Moslem clergy num ber ll.dOO. The American board haa now In Its four missions in Turkey 130 American missionaries. There are over IM.OOi) pupils In Its 4X7 schools connected with the mis- j slons. ! The ceremony of Investiture In the pal- i Hum of the Most Rev. Archbishop Moeller ! will taae place at St. Peters cathedral, Cincinnati, during pontifical mass on Feb ruary lo. Cardinal Ulhbons will deliver the sermon, and it Is surmised that the Ht. Rev. Bishop McCloskey, the venerable Metropolitan of the diocese of I,ouisville, will perform the ceremony of Investiture. uarf 1316-17-10 Farnom JOJAfiV CL I Mm Street m SALE ONLY EIGHT MORE DAYS In Which to Buy Furniture, Carpels, Draperies, Rugs and Curtains at This Great Sacrifice. Laco OIT OF THE ORUIXARY. Capital punishment still exists In Bwitt erland, but all death sentences imposed within tho last half century have been com muted. When an unmarried woman dies In Bra gll the coffin, hearse and livery of the coachman are all scarlet. Strangely enough, the Home for the Aged Atheists, Just opened In New York, is en dowed by Christian believers only. The Sonoma county tCal.) Medical so ciety has decided that after January 1 it will exclude "lodge doctors." The society objects to the system of attending lodge members at so much a mouth. Several large new hotels are being built In Rome. The natives complain that the city la being modernized and Anglicized. Several bars, with barmaids, have recently been opened, and the Cafe de Roma now has a grill room. BUI "Crow-Catcher" I.ang. one of the Greatest long-distance runners the world as ever seen, is an inmate of the alms house ut Balford, England, a decrepit, withered old man. His record of 9:11 for two miles, made In 1MJI, Is-still tha profes sional record. A Japanese statistical pamphlet states that a Japanese may divorce tils wife for talking too much. The latest' annual figures show that, with fewer than 300,000 Japanese marriages reported In the year, there were more than (io.OOO divorces. Removing snow In New Y'ork city is a large Item in the city's annual expense bill. It costs about $35,000 for every Inch of re corded snowfall. Last year it cost tho cltv $7.,5,lH"0 to remove the snnw from the streets. The uverage fall In New York is thirty Inches, but though th snow season hardly haa begun twenty-three inches have, fallen thla winter. There is an establishment in Brussels for teaching the lugubrious art of grave dig ging. It was founded by a cemetery com pany and was so successful that It re ceived official approbation. All candidates for the CHjst of sexton In Belgium must have been graduates at this unique uca demy. Mrs. Patrick Campbell, who has been sick In a hospital in the east, has In r pet log Installed with her on the bed in the hospital ward, and the attendants have strict In structions to provide him with warm cream for breakfast, part of u well-done lamb chop for luncheo: and breast of spring chicken with cream sauce for dinner. He also has a midnight supper, consisting, as a rule, of portions of a bird or game. The five sons of Mr. and Mrs. William I.eroy of Kavette county, Kentucky, cele brated their birthday together. Kuch came Into the world on January 13 th" first on January 15. 1S0. Without exception since then the fifteenth day of the first month of the year has brought a new member of the l.eroy family. Singularly, Mr. Keroy's birthday Is December 15, Just one month earlier, and Mrs. I.eroy'a entrance Into the world was cm February 16, Just a month later. A Big Cut In Couch Covers; All our couch covers oro placed on siilc nt n groat reduction. Vt m slioviinv: niHuy stylos und qtinl-Itl.-s. ll.OO for MAO, Heavy revcTHlblo couch cover, 72 Inches wide, our regtilHr $0.00 cuh1H,v, .In unary sale A Cfl lrkv eiuii TsUU Linoleums 91. WO for 8-4 e. THICK K AUK ONLY EIGHT MOKE DAYS In which you cnu buy a $1.00 linoleum )4t 7Pp for 4Se. THERE A HE ONLY EIGHT M()UE DAYS In which you cuu buy a 75c linoleum for Monday. .Inuuflry SI. we will In.ntignr.it a sale such ns we have) never before attempted. In our IK. 1'liH Y DEPARTMENT. Thin sale Include our entire stock of I'orelint nnd Domestic Tapestries and Drnpery Mat taiIs. I.nce Curtains mid Imported M idrnssfs. Nut even our drapery It'imuiiiiK nre exempt from llila mile. Yc ctin only quote a few of the juices. SEE OUR EAST WINDOW EMBRACE THIS OPPORTUNITf Now is the time to have your old furniture recovered when materials are so cheap. Hdc for lAc. .iiUuch English Cretonnes, never sold for less than -.V I f" .Tan tin ry Snle IOC fj.no for i. m. Silk Gobelin TgstrieM, ."si Inches wide, worth $-.."s - I "JIJ .lantKii'y Sale i It 10 HI. .VI for f.1e. Domestic Tapestries. eV inches wide, nil colors, worih $l.."s OC January Sale UUC Lies Curtains We are showitif; hundreds of style of lace curtains, in nil quali ties and deslgus, ut prices tK) tempting; to be overlooked. We herewith mention a few. M.iW for fl.Zfi. nuffled net cut'inliis. with lace nnd luaertion. 3 ynrds long, regular price per pair jL'.i", I OR IssW 45c Rugt fas.OO Rosa for $18.75. THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT MORE DAYS lu which you cau buy a $35.00 Wilton Velvet or fA0r.ln.8t.e:.rug 18.75 January sale S.rs for $2 54). Heavy corded Arabian ivt cur tuln, 50 inches wjde. ;tia yards long, many styles to select from, worth $3.75. 0 Cf January sale sCaOU 4.0O for X7. Enrge Mock of Irish point lace cur tains, full length and width, worth $4.50, January gale price 1.25 for Kite. All our fl.2." Madras, beautiful de signs, rich colorings, made to harmonlr.e with the wall d'eoiu tlons nnd surroundings, go in this gale at, OC UUU 2.75 "ST, Don't Overlook Our Late Im portation In Madras Drapery. Wo arc showing a very large assortment, our own importa tion nnd exclusive designs, all 50 inches wide. 91.7.1 for 9I.M. All our $1.7."i quality, which comprises many denisim nnd colorings, no In this January sale at, I flfl per yard IsUU per yard OUR FURNITURE DEPARTMENT IS RECEIVING THE SAME TREATMENT AND IN SOME INSTANCES PRICES ARE CUT TO JUST ONE HALF. I. U0K AM) IMHSTItV. A woman whs one of the competitors in a plowing contest lutely held In Derby shire. ICiiglRiid. The world's largest dredger Is now docked at Liverpool. It Is am feet long, nnd run raise l.uuO tons of hard materiul gn hour. Pineapples are now sent successfully frnm South Africa to liurop packed In u special kind of pout, which prevents rot or mold. A fir tree whs cut in Oregon recently whirh m:nlr nine suwlngs uv. raging four teen feet in leeiigtli, scaling 2 MM leet board An on ma rt thli handion I SOLID COLDLY 1 AXrfU hunting om, sum WW M I Vsrl winder a setter, sad oil) or valuable preMiiti aa Mr ogua, br ? lung our ftos Jew Irr. Dnt S a Mat, order tosiay a&d wa will truti you with u of our fast-eelllug noTeitie, sell them at 10 ccjnta earh and return to ue tha ai.ao which you will raotlTe from their sate and we will send you a beautiful Sollg 4al4 (lnlthed Watsh-Ceala and Caarea tha eame day that money la reeelred. Address. UNITED JEWELRY CO., OepU (it. Hi Havtn, Cann. measure. The product of this one tree will bring more than 11, cm. About l.uiO.Otw ttlcgrams ure sent over the world's wires daily. In 1913 the totiil win ;i6!.M8.4i4. Kngmrid sent 92.471.IWO. United States wus second, with yl.litU.UOO. Germu. KuhsIh, Austria. Belgium and Italy id lowed in the order named. There has been pructlcally no demand for Amerlcin agricultural Implements In China up to date, and present Indications art! thut It will .he a long lime, exeept lu Manchuria nnd north I'hinn, before the conditlnv.s will be such that modern farm machinery will be useful to the Chinese with their small garden farms and cheap I labor. ! The cold storage of fruit hns grown to large proportions, nearly 3,U0U,0U0 barrels of ii'inliH the last winter us a result of In vestigations during the last year. It is found that the condition in which the fruit is grown and the- manner of handling it di'tiTiniiie 1o a large extent its keeping quality and ultimate value. The lilting of massive Iron and slecl plates, weighing four, six and twelve tons, by magnetism Is now done every workday lit a number of largo steel works. The magnets nre suspended by chains from cranes, and pick up thn plates by simple contact and without the loss of time con sequent to the adjustment of chain and books In the older method. It Is also found that the metal plates can be lifted by the magnets while still so hot that It would be Impossible for the men to handle them. A magnet weighing 300 pounds will lift nearly live tons. i The total coal production of the I'nlted : States Is now at tho rat of l.OOO.UOe) tons a j clay, and tho consumption of coal by rail- , roads Is piiuul to 40 per cent of this, or i 4if,ju tons a day. The fuel bill or a rstl road contributes about 10 per cent of the total expenses of operation, and to 40 pe-r cent of the total cost of running the locomotives. A leeeomoilve will consume on an average 6,0no worth of coal per annum, and tor a road having an etiutw ment of l,t Ioomotives tho coal bill Is approximately J.i.uoo.uoo. Ii could not be 30 good if ii were not made rid ht GoldTop AGENTS Hugo F. Bllr. 1324 Douglas Street, Omabn. Tel. 1544. I-ee Mitch ell, Council Bluffs, Tel. SO. SOU II OMAHA, THOKB 8. NEWBRO'S HERPIC1DE THE ORIHIXAl. rem?rhat "Utile tbe Dandruff Oertn." CJOING". GOING-!. GONE 111 w &. r CIDEWILL JAVETT I lit: LAUiCb OHjt.wl to a gummy and aticky hair dressing, or one thst la full of sedimentary chemicals Intended to dye the hair. The marked preference for a dlnty dressing, particularly one that over comes excessive oillness and leaves ths hair light snd fluffy, Is reflected HEBP1CIDE WILL SATE II TOO LATE FOR HEHP10DB In the' en. r. nous bino 01 icoros Kerpiclde. Ladies become enthualgath) over Its refreshing ciuality and ex quisite fragrance. It destroys ths mlnroblc growth In the scalp, cures dandruff, stops falling hair and glvea it a silken gloss. BTOF3 ITdllNG instantly; Brat iter. l.tt. Sead c. ittntfft. t HEtplCIDE CO . Deal. H. Dctrelt, Nick., far a aaaisla. SHERMAN Sc JVUCONNFLL DKUU CO.. Special Areata. APPLICATIONS AT PROMINENT BARBER SHOPS. 0 ' " 1 4C 3rae Xkmm, U aTW SWAawa- I jsrs-s 1 m, 1 sag. , . sJfesaWsVHlg HeaJth for Every Womixn. Wine of Cardui makes it unnecessary for any woman to make a charlge of climate to secure health. This has been proved hundreds of times before it was demonstrated in Miss Ferris's case. It was not fresh air that she needed, so much as a healthy and regular working of the functional organs. When Wine of Cardui corrected the functions and strengthened the organs by its tonic action, new life and spirit was the result. Any woman who has not the means to secure the services of a specialist or take a change of climate, can feel sure of quick relief if she will take this great woman's tonic, which is within the reach of all women of moderate means. Don't think expensive treatment is necessary to make you well. Wine of Cardui has brought health to over 1,500,000 suSering woaea. All druggists sell 11.00 bottles of Wine of Cardui. 1023 Emerald St., Madisox, Wis., Sept. 20, 1903.' I was anakls to work for lotus monthi ai mj health seemed to b Terr delicate and I bad bo ambition, to get well. Tbg doctor prescribed a change of climate and added that I bad female weakness which needed treatment. I told Lira that it was impossible for me to leave Wisconsin, as 1 did not hate tbe means. I took bis medicine for same time, but found that it did not help me in tbe least. A friend wbo had used Wine of Cardui for ovarian trouble, augjotted that 1 take it nnd I did so, a I was ao discouraged with tbe doctor's medicine. I found that in a few dart 1 wm beginning to feel better and in two monthi I waa able to go to work again, bad no back- Miss. Bessie E.Ferr.3, 1023 Emerald Street Madison. Wis. acne an more ana no more pains at toe monthly period. r r-y I am pleased with what your medicine did for ue and jJ . fU j-fltAA.l4J congratulate you on having such a fine preparation. (Jt'atu4V raasioasT, raraaaAt, camoa.