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TI1E OMAnA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. MAY
1003.
$2.50 GRIFFIN BRAND SHIRTS, 75c
The greatest bargain sale of fine shirts ever held in Omaha. Wm.
Hasket fe Co.. the makers of the celebrated Griffin Hrand Shirt, have
old ua their entire sample line. No two alike, but all
handsome spring pattern, and worth from $1.50 to $2. 50,
your choice Saturday while they last
Several Other Sample Lines of fine shirts, all new spring pattern. 4,Qp
and worth from 75c up to II. 5t choice Saturday
AN EXCEPTIONAL BARGAIN OPPORTUNITY. . DON'T MISS IT.
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Saturday's Extra Special Shoe Sale
BOO pairs women's f 1.50 to 3 values,
In broken sized Oxfords, patent calf
and colt, vici kid in turns and welts,
nothing like those values has ever
been offered In Omaha CbQ
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before. Haturday
1,600 pairs ladies' .
hlark and chocolate
kid turn and welts.
.98
The entire floor stock of children's
shoes and slippers from II. J. Al
bright & Co. at one-third off, values
up to 2.00. Saturday, Gn
11.25, 98c and UV
Men's and women's fine shoes, includ
ing five lines of the celebrated
$3.50 Ultra 1 OA
shoes O
Agents for the Stetson and Crossett Shoes for Men
and the Ultra and Crover Shoes for Women
SM comfort la a Orovtr Shoe, Slipper or Oxford. If your feel art tender, burn or Mcht, a Grovtr wVI curt Miem
Prices
THAT WILL
FETCH
Your Trade
We will pine on snle Saturday a fine large arm
rocker, hard maple frame, woven splint Beat. The
frame la painted green. A strong, serviceable rocker
with flat anus. Price, $1.50.
ALSO A 3-FOOT 6-INCH SETTEE, Slat seats
and back, light finish, for 85c.
ANOTHER WITH 9 SLATS IN SEAT AND 10 IN
BACK, for $1.25.
AND 'ONE LIKE OUT HERE SHOWN, painted
green, for $1.95.
COMFORTABLE CANVAS CHAIR, reclining, and
has arms, hard maple frame, 75c.
' Durable Bpnt Wood Arm Chair, green, $2.50.
Rocker to match, $2.75.
BENT WOOD SEATS the serriceable sort,
all green with gold stripping:
8-foot for $2.95
4 foot for $3.25
B foot for $3.85
6 foot for $4.25
GO-CARTS Folding Go-Carts. rubber tire
wheels, $1.95. Others at $2.50, $2.85, $3.50 and
$3.85.
The largest line of children's goods In the
city. High Chairs, Youths' Chairs, Nursery
Chairs, Baby Jumpers and Swings.
Sensational Furnishing Goods Bargains
The economical buyer always finds our Saturday sales intensely Inter
esting. This week we offer values that are simply irreslstable to any
Judge of true value. The completeness of our line allows almost unlimited
range In selection, the lowneea of our prices insures a great saving here.
60c to 75c MEN'S BALBRIGGAN UNDERWEAR, made from the finest
Egyptian cotton, drawers reinforced, sateen finish, your choice qk
Saturday, while they last 8!o and OC
MEN'S BALBRIGGAN SHIRTS AND DRAWERS in fancy colors, f t
about 100 dos garments on sale Saturday, while they last at lOl
MEN'S, LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S HOSE in the best standard makes
no better line shown in America at the price, all bright new goods, all
styles, all colors, well worth up to 50c a pair, Saturday, per pair 1
15c. 12Hc and 1UC
LADIES KATSm SILK GLOVES in latest shades, beet values FL(n
shown In Omaha at $1.00, 75c and OVC
LADLES' SILK AND LISLE GLOVES, a special lot at a very QRn
special price, ajl shades, with reinforced finger tips, at choice COk
Regular 50c and 75c values. Come early while we have an assortment
of sixes.
BOc LADLES' RIBBED VESTS AND PANTS Vests with long 1 q
sleeves, special Saturday, per garment AC
75c LADIES' AND MISSES' UNION SUITS Umbrella style, AQn
special values Saturday at rkoC
BOc LADIES' VESTS In Imported Lisle thread, silk taped, comes 4 q
In white, pink and blue, special XJC
LADIES' LISLE GAUZE VESTS in plain and fancy colors, silk.
taped, worth up to 256, In two lots, at 10c and.... OC
Ladles' Muslin Gowns, worth up to $2.00. no
sale price. wOt
Ladles' Muslin Gowns, worth up to $1.00, sale price 09c 40c
LA DIETS' SKIRTS, with deep flounces of embroidery lace and Inserting,
underlay with dust ruffle, worth up to $5.00, divided into three no
lots, Saturday at $1.8, $1.60 and ...7oL
You must see them to appreciate their value.
$1.00 CORSET COVERS in the very newest designs, trimmed with the
finest laces and embroideries, all slr.es, during this sale, great ACln
snap at , rtC
$1.00 TO $2.00 LADIES' DRAWERS, extra full, trimmed with the very
finest lacee aqd embroideries, also clusters of tucks, special ACkn
at 75c and .: fJC
You can't match them for double the price.
FROM 10 TILL 11 A. M. 89c Boys' I FROM 11 TILL 12 M. 15c Ladles'
Waists in light and dark 1 fn Hose In black, with double fc
colors, all sizes, at garment A" sole and high spliced heel..vJl
FROM 2 TILL S P. M. 15c Ladies' Vests, fcr
silk taped, limit of 6 to a customer, at Jl
$3 All-Over Embroideries at 98c
Thursday the Greatest Embroidery Sale ever known in Omaha will be held at Hayden's
Six Great Lots of Magnificent Bargains to Choose from
Lot 1, beautiful Nainsook am'
fine Swiss All Over F.mbrol
dories, worth up to $1
per yard, at. ;
Lot 2. A fine line of Cambric
Nainsook and Swiss All-()vei
Embroideries, worth
up to $1.50 yard, at.
39c
Cambric
All-Ovei
59c
Lot 8, a complete Hue of flm
All-Overs. wrth "PtQ
to $2 per yard, at. . C
Lot 4. finest quality of All
Over embroideries. In great
variety of patterns, worth
up to $3 per
yard, at . . ..
98c
Lot 5. a handsome line of Corset
Cover Embroideries, worth up
to 7.V per yard.
lot C an Immense lot of Em
broideries and Inserting, odds
and ends, worth from 'J
fc to !Wc per yard, at
nu.n tu
GET OUR PRICES ON WALL PAPER.
22.50 SILK SHIRT WAIST SUITS (JQ
BEAUTIFUL SILK REDINGOTFJS One of this season's most popular
garments come in blacks, blues, greens, etc. beautifully f ft
trimmed worth up to $36.00; choice, Saturday IO 3U
$16.00 LINEN SUITS WITH JACKET The latest novelties on the
. market for summer wear; extra special value, fl QA
Saturday .. .. JJ3
Unmatchable Skirt Values
$5.00 WALKING SKIRTS-In splendid fabrics and all col
ors; special, at
Beautiful Panama and Sicilian Skirts, all colors A AO
and black, worth up to $8.00; special t,JO
SILK UNDERSKIRT FREE to each purchaser of one of
our handsome $7.60 Voile Skirts Saturday.
Ladies' Waists
Pretty Lawn Waists, well worth $2.00, at. ........ 85c
$3.00 Walsta, In linens, lawns, voiles, pongees and madras;
all colors and white special 1.45
$5.00 EMBROIDERED LINEN WAISTS Very
dainty and stylish, remarkable bargains;
Saturday, at ... ,- 2.98
Women's Lawn Dresses, at $5.00, 13.08,.. .2.98
8.88 &r
CHILDREN 8 WHITE DRESSES The finest
line shown In the city all splendid values,
at $3.98, $3.60, $2.98, $2.60, $1.50 and... 1.25
Women's $1.60 Percale Wrappers, at. ...&8o
FROM :0 TILL : A. M.-Women's $2.60
Wash Suits
FROM :80 TILL 10:30 A. M.-S8.00 811k
Underskirts (limit of 1 to customer),
MORNING HOUR SPECIALS
"100 I 29c
2QQ I FROM 10 TILL 11 A. M. Women's Waists, nn
,ycj I weU worth tl.M, at .UVC
Every Warm Weather
Requirement
Is met In our magnificent Rtock of spring corsets.
Styles to fit all figures prices to fit all purses.
TO GIVE PERFECT SATISFACTION a corset
should fit the figure as perfectly as a glove the
hand. You are assured of this perfection here for
WE HAVE AN EXPERT FITTER ALWAYS IN
ATTENDANCE. We make fitting a specialty.
Satisfaction Is thus assured.
THE CORSET SHOWN ABOVE Is one of our
most popular straight front white batiste corsets.
Is strong, serviceable and cool, with graceful
princess hip effect, sizes 13 to 80, I AA
price I.UU
WE CARRY ALL STANDARD MAKES In
complete assortment of new spring models, ranging In price from Q
$10.00 down to DJC
Price l.oo.
Hay den's Big Hardware Dept. Sale Prices Cut to Suit the People
(quart White Mountain Ice Cream
Freezer H-W
S-quart Arctlo Ice Cream Freeaer..tl.75
quart White Mountain Ice Cream
Freezer ISM
-quart White Mountain Ice Cream
Freeser t2.M
lee Cream Dipper, medium size Uo
A set of six fanoy Table Mata..,.IBo
Lawn Sprinklers, each.... .....1&4
Oarden Hose, per foot .Bo
Hose Reel 69a
So. t Wash Boiler 8So
rs. Pott's gad Irons, per set Mo
Combination Wash Bench 7to
Challenge Wringer, solid rubber... 11.11
dozen Clothes Pine .6o
60-foot Clothes Line .....Jlg
A food large Feather Duster...... 10o
Galvanised Refrigerator o
No. 1 Oalvanised Wash Tub. Wa
No. Qaivanlsad Waab TubMMM....4lo
Ke. I Oalvanised Waab Tub...,,.,,,,
Cobbler's Ss t.. ...... , , , . . , ,4Se
6-tie Parlor Broom. ........ Mo
High grade Lawn Mower .....tl.M
Bee eur full line e Refrigerators and
Qaeallne Steves,
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Sheet of Music Free With
Each Purchase Saturday.
Special Values in
Men's Hats
PANAMAS In all blocks. The
most complete line we have ever
shown, at $4.98, $4.60, ? AA
$4.00, $3.50 and J.UU
SPLIT AND SENNET BRAID
YACHT HATS In the most ap
proved shapes a complete Uns
et $3.00. $1.60. $1.00 50c
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S
STRAW HAT8, yacht and sailor
styles, from $1.60 lfl
down to . . . IvC
Latest blocks In Stiff and Soft
Felt Hats.
Optical Dept.
YOUR EYES
Should be fitted with the
RIGHT KIND OF
GLASSES.
WE FIT THEM AT THE
RIGHT KIND OF PRICES.
GROCERIES Hayden's Big Grocery Dept. Leads Them All for Quality and Price GROCERIES
48-lb. sack Fanoy High Patent Minnesota
Flour , Il.
10-lb. saok best granulated Cornmeal. .16a
7-pound eack beet Rolled Oatmeal.... 16c
The best Cold Water Starch, pkg 7Uc
Jellycon or Jell-O, pkg VAo
Oil or Mustard Sardines, can ....o
1-lb. can fancy Alaska Salmon ....to
1-lb. Jar Pure Fruit Preserves TV4o
Mb. can Early June Sifted Peas 7o
J-lb. can Sweet Sugar Corn 6c
8-lb. can Golden Pumpkin H
8-lb. can Lye Hominy Ttyo
Bapollo Scouring Soap, bar 6o
Fresh Bread, loaf 4c
STRAWBERRIES. STRAWBERRIES.
Quart boxes fancy, large, ripe Missouri
Strawberries, box 7ftc
FOR SATURDAY, ONLY.
Large Juicy Lemons, dos ....12c
Pure Colorado Honey, raok Wo
tT iTv. a noA it 10a
Large ripe Bananas, dos .....Aio
Large ripe Florida Pineapples, each...7Ho
CANDY DEPT. SPECIAL.
FRESH SALTED PEANUTS, lb 10
FREE. FREE. FREE.
A nice cold drink oT wild Cherry Phos
phate or Root Beer In Grocery Dent.
Take home a brick of Ice Cream for.... 6c
Sheet Music Sensation
We have just received a large shipment of sheet music from the
east that will be placed on SALE Saturday at a very remark
able low price in the Sheet Music Department and Main Floor.
Come in and hear them played. Such HITS as the following:
Ave Maria, Monastery Bells, Simple Confession, Jerusalem, Flower Song, Dance
of the Daisies, Ever Thine Waltses, Maiden's Prayer, Yoaan, Memories Driti
Waltses, St. Louis Exposition sam ous, Loulsoiia Exposition Waltses,
March. Arrival of the Mockingbird, g " Tom the Ne'er-do-Well, Here
Hollyhock, Afterwards. The Wind- jk f Comes Pansy, Blackhawk Walts,
mill, A Porkchop Is the Sweetest U Fighting the Flames, Down the
Flower That Grows Arabola, The Path of Love, Don't Keep Me
Beer that Made Milwaukee Fam- Waiting, and My Little Rag Doll.
ONE CENT EXTRA BI MAIL.
Moon Winks, I'm Trying So Hard to Forget you. Gene v Ire,
T mm DM Tnla font.ln OlmM . j 1 W
Buttercups and palsies. Blue Grass
Echoes, Dixie Doodle, A Message
from Dreamland, Always in the
ONE CENT EXTRA BY
In After Years When
ay. won t Tou Fondle Me.
'here the Sweet Arbutus Grows.
Foolish Dreams, Sandy Beach for
Mine. Topsy, Trixy, Lulu's Dream
ana uat s it.
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Hayden's Great Meat Department !Ks
Round Steak, (prime steer beef), pound . .. fcc
Shoulder Steak, (prime steer beef), pound . ...... . 8c
Round Roast, (very fancy), pound. .. 8c
Boiling Beef, pound , u . 8c
Lamb Legs, pound........
Lamb Stew, pound ................... ............... 3V4c
Fancy Hams, pound. ... ........ - 10c
................ O 7 c
- 10c
California Hams, pound.
Fancy Bacon, pound . . . . .
Saturday Bargain Opportunities
In Our Busy Ladies' Suit Dept.
Startling price reductions on beautiful spring and summer Ladles' Gar
ments. Our buyer is now in New York and we must greatly mime stock
before the new goods begin to arrive. No economically inclined lady should
miss this splendid opportunity.
SILK SHIRT WAIST SUITS In handsome deetgns, daintily trimmed,
tucked, pieatea ana snirrea, great assortment of colors;
garments regularly worth up to $15.00; special....
$22.50 SILK SHIRT WAIST SUITS
TORNADO KING OF STORM
Host Frequent and Severe During tk9
Months of May and June.
FEW STATES ESCAPE ITS RAVAGES
Observations by Weather Sharp and
the Resulting Conclusions
Notable Instances of
DestractlTeness.
Tho disasters at Snyder. Ok!., and
Marquette, Kan., , and the incipient
tornado which leveled an Omaha
factory are melancholy reminders of the
annual rounds of the Storm King. May
and June are his favorite months. In the
change from spring to summer contrast
ing temperatures make the visitations most
frequent and most severe.
Twonty-hve tornadoes per annum is our
average, and this frequency Is quite uni
form from year to year. There are about
three destructive tornadoes of great vio
lence each season and there seems to be
no annual Increase In such phenomena.
The Mississippi and Ohio valleys are the
regions of greatest tornado frequency. The
Rocky mountain plateau and slope are free
from such convulsions, but thence east
ward to the Atlantic there are few states,
If any, not occasionally devastated. There
la believed to be some connection between
tornadoes and sun spots, but our weather
bureau has not yet worked this out to Its
satisfaction.
The tornado Is the most violent wind
disturbance known to man. Its vortex Is
only a few rods in diameter where it
sweeps the earth, whereas that of the
cyclone Is perhaps 1,000 miles and that of
the hurricane somewhat less about 600 to
00 miles. Tornadoes are almost Invaria
bly referred to as "cyclones" in ths popu-
The Misery of Piles
Thousands know it and thousands daily
submit, through their Ignorance, to the
torture of the knife.
They are ignorant of the fact that there
Is an internal remedy that will positively
and painlessly cure.
Dr. Perrin'sPile Specific
The Internal Remedy
Strikes at ths prime causes of piles indi
gestion, congestion of the bver and consti
pation. These causes are removed and
removed for good. Get a bottle today and
see how well it proves the truth of this
statement.
Tor dyspepsia, Indigestion, constipation,
biliousness, catarrh of the stomach and
kindred ailments K is the greatest remedy
thai fees ever yet benefited mankind.
When these troubles are taken care of
nd cured, IMes will be a thing of the past.
Dr. Perrin Medical Co Helena AIocU
lar literature of the day, although the lat
ter phenomena are general storms always
present somewhere within our boundaries.
The tornado cloud is a long, slender funnel
tapering from the sky toward the ground.
In the Innermost part the wind Is blow
ing at a speed of 200 of more miles an
hour. This force will exert against the
wall of a building a pressure of 200 pounds
or more per square foot. The danger xono
Is confined pretty closely to the path of
the funnel. In the northern hemisphere,
for some undetermined reason, tho violence
of a tornado Is always greatest on the
southern side of this path; in the southern
hemisphere the reverse is the case.
Shape like Funnel.
The tornado path Is usually but a few
rods wide and a few miles long. Its total
area being generally lees than a square
mile. The durations of such a storm Is
usually but a few minutes, whereas a
cyclone or hurricane will remain within
our boundaries for days at a time. The
direction of the tornado Is generally from
southwest to northeast. When you see a
funnel cloud, therefore, in the southwest,
the chances are that you are in danger.
All tornado funnels revolve In a direction
opposite to thut of the hands of a watch
laid dial upward. This is the rule In the
northern hemisphere, but below the equator
all tornadoes revolve with the watch hands.
The tornado funnel Is but a few hundred
feet from top to bottom, whereas that of
the cyclone Is a mile or two deep. The
cyclone has the same rule of revolution as
the tornado, turning clockwise in the south
ern and contra-clockwise In the northern
hemisphere.
The first Higna of an approaching tornado
are those ot a thunderstorm, but much ex
aggerated. The funnel cloud approaches
with a roar which has been compared with
inai or iw railway trains approaching at
high speed. Often the funnel cloud cannot
be seen, even at midday. Accompanying or
following it frequently come Intense thun
der and lightning, rain In torrents, o'r even
hail. A waterspout is simply a tornado
oocurring at sea; a sandstorm, one happen
ing in the desert. Sometimes on our lakes,
or on land, tornado funnels form In the
clear sky,' but these "fair weather whirl
winds" are usually small and of little se
verity. Sometimes a small, white funnel
cloud passes over us. high up, In a dry
atmosphere. These are popularly known as
"white squalls." Small waterspouts are ex
perienced at sea or along the seashore in
very calm weather. We often see In the
clouds little whirls with a gyratory motion.
These frequently are newly-born tornadoes.
The tornado Is generally thrown off from
the southeastern edge of some cyclone.
These tremendous cyclone funnels therefore
are the parents of the much smaller but
more active tornado vortices. Very often
a large brood of baby tornadoes is hatched
out In her aerial nest by the mother cy
clone. As many as fifteen tornado tubes
or funnels have been observed descending
from the same cyclone cloud. A warm cur
rent of moist air from the tropics and a
cold, dry current from the northwest meet,
forming a vortex-like that produced by
meeting currents of water. This vortex
may become a cyclone, a hurricane or a
tornado, according to Its six. The typical
tornado Is produced by a cool breeze from
the sea meeting a hot breeze from the in
terior of the country. The two winds meet
and are drawn out into long ribbon-like
bands. From these the vortex goes a-spln-nlng,
toplike, downward to earth. Inside
the tornado Is forming a vacuum. Into
which the outside air discharges Itself.
Up through the tube rushes the moisture
bearing air from the lower levels near the
earth to the colder levels above, where
this moisture Is at once precipitated Into
rain.
Travels sit Ter rifle Speed.
Here we have a typical tornado. The
funnel Is a half mile high, 6,000 feet in dla
ameter at the top, 100 feet in diameter at
the bottom. It travels along the ground
at a speed of fifteen to sixty miles per hour.
The outer edge of the funnel top revolves
at the rate of seven miles per hour, but the
rim near the bottom of the vortex is twist
ing at the terrific speed of 200 miles per
hour. In the tube below is thus
produced tremendous centrifugal force,
hurling things outward from lto center.
Also within this tube Is a partial vacuum,
as suggested, which explodes and chills
objects In its path. This chill Is what
makes the funnel visible in the form of a
cloud. A velocity as high as 600 miles per
hour In the lower tubes of some tornadoes
has been estimated.
The great waterspout which appeared In
Vineyard sound, Massachusetts, August 19,
IKM, had a funnel extending 4,200 feet from
the sea to the clouds. It was 3,400 feet In
diameter at the top and 250 at sea level. At
the narrowest part about one-third the
distance from the sea It was 170 feet thick.
Its' top revolved at the rate of fourteen
miles per hour. This, striking a ship,
would have exerted a pressure ot 330
pounds to the square foot.
It Is beyond man's power to build a struc
ture strong enough to withstand a tornado
in full power, according to the weather
bureau authorities. If the structural
strength of a building Is such,- however,
that It will resist a pressure of forty
pounds to the square foot, applied laterally
like the force of a battering ram It will
stand against such extraordinary storms
as hurricanes and will be proof against such
general storms as cyclones. But there is
not a building In the world today which
could stand against the Vineyard sound
waterspout or any other tornado of Its
power. The great St. Louts tornado of 1896
is estimated to have exerted against the
destroyed Eads bridge and upon heavy
buildings a pressure of from sixty to ninety
pounds per square foot.
Plspel by Cannon Shot.
Cannon shots fired Into their funnels
from ships have dispelled waterspouts at
sea. This fact led a meteorologist some
years ago to suggest that heavy artillery
be mounted at Intervals along the tornado
belt In the middle west. A statement was
publit-hed suggesting that the weather
bureau had Indorsed such a scheme, but
Prof. WUUs L Moore, Its chief, issued a
formal denial, stating that such a schema
wo.ild bo futile. In ths opinion of con
servatlve meteorologists like Prof. Moore
there Is no practical means of warding
off tornadoes where conditions are favor
able to their development.
"Cyclone cellars," excavated near habi
tations of the tornado regions of the mid
dle west, have, however, been the means
of saving many lives. These are gener
ally crowned by low mounds and super
structures of light framqwork, like that of
the wooden Icehouse cellar of the old
time. When a funnel cloud Is seen ap
proaching a community thus fortified the
Inhabitants retreat to the subterranean
asylum and there wait until the wrath of
the king of storms has been appeased.
To escape a tornado, meteorologists have
suggested, persons not fortified with "cy
clone cellars" should run to the north or
northwest of the approaching funnel's evi
dent path, or take refuge In an ordinary
cellar, preferably that of a frame house
where falling walls of brick or stone can
not crush them. Noticeably few deaths
from tornadoes have occurred In cellars ot
wooden houses. The flight should be to
the north of the funnel path because tho
destructive effects are more severe on the
south, as before noted, where there are
strong Indraughts. But the flight should
never be to the northeast, as the typical
tornado travels In that direction. Hence
to the northwest Is a safe direction for
flight.
Forecast Tornadoes Accurately.
Our meteorologists are at work upon a
system of forecasting tornadoes with
greater accuracy. Warnings sent ahead
of the great St. Louis tornado of 1RM
were, however, so well heeded that schools
were dismissed before the funnel plowed
through the city.
None of nature's great destroyers Is so
eccentric in effects as this most dreaded
of storms. While a tornado will one min
ute lift a locomotive from the rails, carry
it a goodly distance and replace It on the
ground practically uninjured. It will the
next grind a stately building to dust. At
another stage ot its progress It will pick
up straws or bits of card and shoot them
uninjured through the bark of trees. Far
ther on, perhaps, It will carry away a
house Intact, leaving the unsuspecting oc
cupants safe but unsheltered. At Klrk
vllle. Mo., during the tornado of 1899 a
piano was taken from one house, carried
1,000 feet through the air and dropped
through the roof of another dwelling.
In a period of fifteen years the weather
bureau recorded &30 days on which torna
does occurred within the United States.
The average loss, as nesrly as can be esti
mated. Is about f2.SO0.0OD per year.
The banner year for frequency was ISM.
Ia one single. day sixty such convulsions
devastated parts of Illinois, Kentucky, Mis
sissippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and
the Carolina. Fully M0 people were killed,
2.600 Injured and 10,000 buildings were de
stroyed on that date, which, strange to
say, was In winter Febiuary t.
Instances of Dntrsrtl veness.
The most notable turnudoes of our his
tory have been that of Louisville in 1W0
and St. Louis, In 1896. Louisville's after
noon papers of March 27, lt-90, published a
weather bureau warning that severe local
storms and atmosphere troubles were ap
proaching. Shortly after nightfall there
came a heavy fall of rain, followed by a
hailstorm and severe lightning. Soon the
wind commenced to blow with a mournful
sound, which Increased to a "frightful
shriek" as It swept over the doomed portion
of the city. The funnel cloud appeared
about 8:30 p. m., and had passed In a few
minutes. But In that brief Interval a fur
row 1,000 feet wide had been plowed through
Kentucky's metropolis, destroying Ave
churches, the union railroad depot, two
public halls, three schools, 206 stores,
thirty-two manufacturing establishments,
ten tobacco warehouses and 532 residences.
Seventy-six people were killed, 200 were In
jured In Louisville alone, and the property
loss there was osttmated at 2,150,000. And
this was Louisville's second visitation of
the kind. August 27, 1854, a similar tornado
tube had passed through the city, killing
twenty-five people and Injuring sixty-seven.
Five hundred people were killed and 1,600
maimed by the terrible tornado which de
vastated Bt. Louis, May 17, 1896. The prop
erty Iobs was 114,348,360.
New England's cooler climate has not
spared It from the ravages of the king of
storms. A tornado destroyed 100 buildings
and killed thirty-four people on August 9,
1878. The property loss was $'.',000,000. A
path 200 feet wide was cut through South
Lawrence, Massachusetts, July 26, 1890, and
had the tornado causing the Vinyard sound
waterspout of August, 1896, passed over
Boston, probably the worst storm fatality
of our history would have resulted. Chi
cago Chronicle.
! STORMY JORDAN'S STORMY LIFE
He nan the "Road to Hell" In Ot
timsi, Iowa Keren t rlet ties ot
a. Spectacular Life.
"Stormy" Jordnn, whose spectacular ca
reer as a saloonkeeper won him a national
reputation, Is dead at his home In Ottumwa,
I a. Jordan was a man of strong character
and marked eccentricities, strictly honest
and generous to a fault. These qualities
made him locally famous, but It was his
successful defiance of the prohibition law
of Iowa that gave him his great notoriety.
Jordan's given name was Kinsley, but the
nickname "Stormy" was the one by which
he was always known.
Jordan came to Ottumwa In 1860. Afte
working some time In the packing house
here he opened a little saloon In a basement
on South Vine street, and over the door of
this he placed a sign which read: "The
Road to Hell."
Many a man who went Into "Stormy's"
dingy little bar room and called for the
best In the house was surprised when
Jordan quietly placed a glass of water on
the bar In front of him.
It was In this little room that John L.
Sullivan met "Stormy." Sullivan called for
a cigar. Jordan placed a box before him
and when Sullivan asked the price
"Stormy," in his usual gruff voice, said:
"A dollar apiece." Ikying down a $'J0 gold
piece, Sullivan said: "I'll take the box,"
and walked out.
Several years later Jordan built the Corn
Exchange saloon, the finest in the city, and
was running It when the prohibition law
went Into effect on July 4, 184. A brewery
In Lawrence, Ky., brought suit in the
United States courts against the stste for
damages, and Judge John Gibbons of Chi
cago, then residing in Keokuk, acting for
Jordan, advised him to do likewise. Suit
was accordingly brought before Judge Love
In the United States court in Keokuk. De
spite the efforts of the state officials here
fo close Jordan's saloon, he was permitted
to run It until the suit was decided. In
this way he was enabled to conduct the
only saloon In Iowa, which he did until a
short time before the prohibition law was
repealed, as the case brought In the United
States court was appealed to the supreme
court and many years passed before it was
decided against him. During his residence
in Ottumwa Jordan served three terms as
city councilman. He was 73 years old and
leaves a wife and seven children. Ottumwa
Courier.
HOW SHE DID THE TRICK
Spectacle of a Woman Poising on Her
Head a Load of I'nusual
Welarht.
"Skilled workmen will handle loads of al
most incredible weight, even though they
may not be particularly muscular," said an
engineer who was conversing with a
friend. "It's all a knack. They have lit
tle tricks of the trade which they employ,
most of It of the balancing order. If
you notice," continued the engineer, "you
will observe that a person who does the
same thing many times soon learns to do
It easily, and that applies even to lifting
and carrying weights. Now, here Is a caan
In point. Do you see that pile of boards
there on the curb? That Italian woman
Is getting firewood from the scraps and
bits across the street. She has, I venture
to say, all of 100 pounds of wood In that
pile. She will put that on her head and
walk away with It, carrying a bigger load
than you or I can lift. Just wait here a
minute and you will see how easily she
docs the trick."
The two stopped beside the boards, and
Just because they stopped and looked an
other man stopped, too. Soon a fourth
man and then a boy Joined the group,
and before the woman had returned with
the rest of her salvage quite a crowd of
curious people had gathered around her
pile of wood.
In nowise disconcerted by her sudden
consplcuousness, the woman plodded across
the street. She lifted one end of the pile,
slipped a piece of rope under it and looped
It around the boards. Then she fastened
the other end In the same way. Next she
drew from under her skirt a cushion, which
she placed firmly on her head.
The engineer pulled his friend forward.
"Now watch her tackle It," he whis
pered, eagerly.
The woman, a spare, lean creature,
moved toward the place where the engi
neer stood. Quickly lifting one end of the
pile of boards, she turned to him and per
emptorily ordered him, "Here, you, tak-a
hold-a here!"
Before he knew what he was doing, the
engineer found himself lifting his end of
the boards, while the woman, stooping,
lifted the other and got under the pile at
the same time. Then she "hunched' her
head forward until she had the boards
poised on the cushion.
"Now let-ago I" she ordered, and stalked
eft
"It's quite a knack," said the engineer's
friend, with a grin, but the engineer was
so busy digging a splinter from the ball
of his thumb that he failed to make any
reply.
LABOR A'D IXDISTRT.
Tiiere has Teen organized In Chicago a
National Promotion of Health club, and to
It an Illinois man has donated 10,000 acres
of land, where an institution Is to be lo
cated for the training of dependent women.
All the Industrial arts and sciences are
to be taught there. Kach woman pupil
will rerelve her board and tuition free of
cost. Already there arc 300 applicants and
as many more are expected. The club
will erect tents for the use of working
girls from the city.
Another steel plant at Pittsburg, starting
out with a burking of $16,0nO,0uo, likely to
run up into the hundreds of millions as
time goes on, will serve to lender that city
more than ever the Iron nn;t steel capital
of the world. A syndicate of Its business
men has Just paid tl,6uO,0O0 for 600 acres
of land near Allegrippa, on the Ohio, about
fifteen miles from the city, and the work
Is to be carried forward with a ruBh. In
addition to steel mills, u l.irge blast furnace
and a plant for the. manufacture of pressed
steel cars are to be built.
The secretary nt tlie 1'nlted Mine Work
ers' union assert that In the month of
March that organization showed the larg
est number of memliers in Its history. It
now stands Iijw.ihij ahead of any other labor
body In this country In point of member
ship, and Is the largest in the world, de
ijjte its fight with the Western Federation
of Miners. The palriup memberships num
ber 29S.379, besides 3u,ii0 who are exempt
from paving dues owing to strikes or slack
work. This would make the total 8z,879.
The next body in order of members Is the
United Brortierhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, with 191, wo names.
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