THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1907." SCHOOL LEVY IS REDUCED Fourteen and Half Mills Authorized by the Board. BQJTDS TOE THE HEW BUILDINGS EilnwBMi o Thta Proaoaltloa la flaeace Aefloa la Catting? Tax Rata On MtU and a Half. At the meeting of th Board of Education t noon Friday th commltte on finance raoomurtndad and ta board ordered certi fied to the CUT cooncfl 14H mill levy f" tha anaulnc fine! year, a. reduction "of m tnfOa from the present l TWs animate M baaed upon tha Idea Of aahmlttlng to tha voter at the election thia fall propoat tlona to VftM tor booda ttrt th arrrpletlon of tbe Vinton achool. btrlldUrB. th erection of acboot buUdlu to tha roreat district, tha araodon'of a mw buildrog In tha north part of tba ctty, tha buiMLng of a wing to tha present Mgh aotiool xudlng and for such other purpoaea aa tha board may datarmiAa. The eomnrtttae estimate reoetp and ex pendttureea an 4 basis of $2X000,0600 relu atlon aa follows i Interest on fundi in treanry....M...$ tWW Liquor lloenae ..t...... lmi ana aamtce w property Miscellaneous licenses ' i 4 .1.11 rr fTUU(WUW i.ii.'i.h...'p."- olioe oourf fine.,.. Jlentala . ) of furniture, Junk, eto Pa) of Men. eonooi suppnee... ...... Htaia ipporuoDimmi pt wosuaruioua Taa collections (14 Si rollli levy) ...... i. ..... 150 18.000 l.S"0 7.0H) J, ico t.ooo tt.OUO 0 Toai - r.n.TM EXtmat of expenditure 3,7F0 Tha eatlmate of probable expandituras la aa follows: For the support of achoole $841,760 For the ereotlon and furnishing of achool buildings ... 1,000 For the creation of the sinking rand 50,000 For the payment of Intereet on bond and waranta..... 40.000 Total MM.7D Eight mei libera were preeent when the racoromendatlona of the finance commu te wae submitted by Mr. Koenlg. tha only rnerobar of the commute preaent at the meeting. The report waa unanimously adopted. Mr. Koenlg then referred to the bond lieu mentioned In the committee report and It recommended that a committee of fiva be appointed to Investigate the ques tion of Issuing bonds and report at the next meaing. Thle recommendation was adopted and the committee will be named later. Through tha aupply committee, the board win Immediately purchase lumber for th maual training department. Kstlmate of Kpndltura. The estimated general fund expenditures tor fiscal year ending June 80, 1909, Is as follows: 'Advertising- $ 110 Architect's services 2.6U) books . 1X000 Cartage 400 Oenaus enumeration l.f)f Construction l.W Drawing supplies 2,000 Klectlon expense &noo Slleotrto power FUamtnlng committee 150 Freight and express SW Ful S.M Furniture end fixtures 4.W0 Improvement 12,ono Insurance 2,(KV Edward, a clerk In Mr. Haverly'e tax de partment and I Xj. Johnson, a real estate man out In Dundee. There la talk, too, of Frank Mahonay, one of th preaent a flic deputies. It la presumed that all of th Justice of th peaoa and constable will atay In the gam for a fre for alt,. FWe member of th school board gt out this year, namely: W. IT. Koenlg, J. O. Phtlllppl. Charles Harding, F. W. Judson and J. C Iindsejr. Koenlg boa an nounced positively that he will not stand for re-election, but th others have mad no public statement J. B. Richardson, who ought th nomination a year ago. la ex pected to try one mora. Interest and exchange Janitors Kindergarten supplies Legal expena Light and fuel gas Maps, charts and reference books Messenger service Muslo supplies Officers and clerks Page Piano rent and tuning Postage Printing Kent Repairs, general Repairs to heating Repairs to plumbing- Stationery , Special taxes 4.nr0 Supplies , t.600 Teachers M 375, f0 lo fioo son 4, M0 40.000 40.010 1,000 40 760 2.9O0 40 15.00 SO 10 8T0 2,0i)O 850 16.OJ0 8.UV) S.000 5.500 COCKTAILS FOR HOT BLOOD A Glass, a Pfcltla, m Bit f Ice, Bat teranllk to tba Brim, QaaS and Rejoice. Lnna befor Fairbanks learned to milk a mw tVn. huttarmlllc cocktail was Invented. Aa a blood cooler' In hot weather it has no equal. Aa a tonla It la superior to every thing alcoholic. Aa an alternative It la without a rival. A glass. A oube of dill pickle. A lump of ic. Buttermilk to trie brim. Quaff and rejoice. Such a drink would not hurt th chances of any prospeo- tlv candldat for president. Thr ar awaet buttermilk ana sour Dut tsrmilk. Let the former severely alone. Give It a few days in the ice box and It will ferment. Then drink It. Tn the old daya In th country no housewife ever thought of churning until the milk was sour, aid the residue aftr the butter waa skimmed off was nectar for th gods. But termilk from the modern creamery Is a fraud. Only a few milk dealers serve good buttermilk. Never touch it unless It Is perfectly whit. Tellow buttermilk Is dan gerous. Lid you know that buttermilk waa a wast product In the north up to about 1870? I have a vivid recollection of a fin specimen of Tank touring the south at that time. At dinner In a roadside Inn be said to the waitress. 'What have you to drink?" "We have some delicious buttermilk," she replied, and fetched him a glassful. "Oh. take that stuff away," he cried; "we only feed it to th hogs in my part of the coun try." At last the therapeutic value of but termilk Is beginning to be understood. If Our hospitals would use more buttermilk and less sweet milk their patients would b less permanent. A buttermilk diet will Invariably cure th gout. It contains more casein than whole milk, cream, skim milk or butter. The fact thut cssnln does not farm uric acid adapts It for the use of the gouty. As gout and rheumatism are first oouslna, TuttermiiK is good medicine for the rheumatic There are men who feel obliged to take an oc casional drink of whisky. Borne of tho cleverer ones take a small glassful of but termilk as a chaser, which ehowa much wisdom. Th most eminent scientist In Europe nent mativ vears trying to understand the merits of buttermilk. He has discovered a few of them. A great majority of men r,rfr nwpft milk. In the good old summer time they should never take a drop of It In a public houfe without the addition or a little lime water. There are 6,00O,OM microbes in every cublo inch of sweet milk left at your door In the morning by the delivery man. A few of these fellows may h hart: most of them are not only harm less, but necessary to help you digest the milk. Be not fearful or micrones. T hi Viaati stated and stated Brain that milk Is the only perfect food. It IS supposed to be meat, bread ana annx. u is aiso stated that the moment a rlasnful of aweet milk reaches your stomach It Is curdled, -htrh mans. of course, that direction Is begun. Why allow this curdling process to occur tn the stomach? Bour buttermilk Is curdled before It enters the alimentary canal, which relieves tha stomach of on Atttv Th hncfrlft are enabled to set to work Immediately to rellev your vitals of sundry distemper. New Torn FTasa. Telephones Typewriter rent .... Gardener Military supplies Miscellaneous Total 8W3.760 Add for bond redemption fund 60,100 Add for Insurance fund LOOO Total amount called for $823,750 Tha county assessorshtp Is more or less up In tha air. Th present deputy, U. B. Baloombe wants It and ao doea Jonathan Btrtklna- Indian Nomenclature. "Muskoka." Clear Bky Lands "Magnate, wan." Smooth Flowing Water; "Kawar- tha," Bright Water and Happy Lands; "Temaftaml," Deep Water, ar Indian words that fittingly describe some of th most delightful spots for a summer' out ing on the American continent. All reached at special low round trip fares via th Grand Trunk Railway System. Double track from Chicago to Montreal and Ni agara Falls. Particulars f fares, descriptive literature, time tables, etc., will be mailed fre on application to Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P. A T. A.. 1 Adams street, Chicago. A CERTAIN SAFE o TMEIO'MEMT S. S. S. 13 the only safe and reliable care for Contagious Blood Poison. It it purely vegetable, made entirely from healinp, cleansing roots, herbs and barks, and in addition to curing this vile disorder, 8. S. S. builds up every part of the system. Mercury and potash cannot cure the trouble, they can only mask it in the system for awhile, and when they are left off the disease returns, usually, in worse form than before, and the patient finds he has damaged his health with these strong minerals, which disease the delicate lining of the stomach, affect the bowels, produce chronic dyspepsia and often set up Mercurial Rheumatism. It will cot do to trifle with a dis ease so powerful as Contagious Blood Poison, for every day it remains in the blood it is progressing toward a dangerous stage, and will in the end get be yond the control of any treatment. S. S. S. cures blood poison in the right way, it goes down into the circulation and removes every particle of the virus, tto bad result are ever experienced from the use of S. S. S. It is gentle and Eleasant in its action, and forty years of cures warrant the statement that . 8. S. is not only a safe but a certain treatment. Home treatment book a this. disease and any medical advice desired sent free to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECITIC CO.j ATLArrrAOA APPEAL TO BUY COAL NOW Urgent Bequest Made by Monroe, Head of Union Pacific. ORDER WHILE CAES AEE HANDY Sajidcrlaad Thinks that Omaha Will Ba Able to Bee tire Plasty of Fuel from tbe Mine la th East. "It doea not seem to me the people In th stat ar buying th coal they should," said W. D. Lincoln, car service agent of th Union Pacific. "We are hauling con siderable coal from this end, but It seems to me to be only enough for present consumption." Railroad officials are still urging the people within the state to All their coal bins, while cars may be easily obtained. J. A. Munroe, freight traffic manager of the Union Pacific, lias Issued this circular to th agents along the line: This Is to urge the coal dealers at your station, and through them consumers, to store all the coal their -heels will hold, and do It now, while the fuel is obtalnablo In Colorado and from the cnal fields eat of the Missouri rlvsr, and while cars ar available to mnv- It. The enforced retirement of transporta tion companies from commercial. Inter state, coal trade by congreHsionaJ enact ment after May 1, 1908, has, of course, stopped all further development work conducted either under ownership or di rection of railroad companies of tha country. This, with tha greatly Increased demand throughout the country, leaves Nebraska and Kansas territory hopeless for very much, If any, coal from Union Pacifies Wyoming fields. Dealers along our line must, therefore, turn to the mines of Colorado and to tli coal territory east of the Missouri river and south of Kansas City as their only dependable source of supply. More than 200,000 tons of eastern coal has been stored at division terminals along Union Pacific lines. We feel safe In the statement that the dealers can protect theniHelve and patrons only by tilling their sheds now. Woud tlmiiK yuu to advise ua the suc cess of your efforts with coal dealers ir. this direction, and state the amount and kind of- soft coal each dealer has in storo In a report to be made to this department September 1, 1907, and where dealers de cline to store, stating why, please. We shall expect this Information from you promptly after clone of business August tl. "While coal is likely to be short In th west, on account of the fact that the rail roads are no longer allowed to do a gen eral coal business, I think we will have plenty of coal from the east this winter," said J. A. Sunderland of the Sunderland Bros, company. "Whether we will have a scarcity of coal before spring will depend largely on the aupply of cars. If the coal consumers would do as they should, there would be no chance whatever of a famine. The consumers are the people that have the storage room for the coal and they ought to be putting it away in their cellars this summer. Neither wholesalers nor retailers can maintain sheds and bins enough to hold all the coal they handle In a season. A coal company which handles 60,000 of 60,000 tons of coal In a year can afford storage room of only about 8,000 or 6,000 tons. The rub cornea when that Is exhausted and a car short age prevails. I wish we could educate the consumers to take their coal id the summer." 0 Wlei in CMeaif Read The Bee For Sale fit the Following News Stands; AUDITORIUM NEWS STAND AUDITORIUM ANNEX NEWS STAND JOS. HERON, 476 S. R0BE7 STREET POST OFFICE NEWS STAND, 178 Dearborn St, GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL NEWS STAND BRIQG3 HOUSE NEWS STAND PALMER HOUSE NEWS STAND GRAND PA01TI0 NEWS STAND STRATFORD HOTEL NEWS STAND. CLEARING OUT SPRING GOODS ITU SOME FIRMS the clearing up of the season's merchandise is a problem which is too often settled by carrying tho goods over to another season. "With Ilartman's it has become an easy task in a sense -wo make just one clean sweep. Everything now in our store and warehouses that is of last season's design is reduced to a price that will soil each article at a price and that's all there is to it. Some interesting price quotations follow. GENEROUS CREDIT AS USUAL. W DRESSING TABLES Reg. Price. Handsome Pressing Tables, solid oak 12.00 Dressing Tables, solid oak, bird's-eye maplo or mahogany 26.00 SIDEBOARDS rig-ur Tour Savlnf Large massive large mirror Quarter sawed tra elaborate Reg. Price. Sideboards, extra $29.75 oak Sideboards, ex- SS.00 Sale Price. $ 8.TS 18.50 Sal Price. 16.78 81.50 Very massive and extra large Side boards 45.S0 88.7S BUFFETS Reg. Sale Price. Price. Handsome Buffets, aoltd golden oak $25.00 914.78 Buffets, artistic weathered oak .... 26.00 15.88 Buffets, very handsome design .... S3. 00 18.78 Buffets, extra large and handsome. . 88.00 83.50 CHINA CLOSETS Reg. Sale Price. Price. China Closets, weathered oak ....122.00 814.75 China Closets, bent end designs .... 16.00 81.75 China Closets, extra large 40.00 36.60 WRITING DESKS Reg. Sale Price. Price. Ladles' Writing Desk, golden oak finish IU.00 $ 7.50 Ladles' Writing Desk, solid oak .... S3. 00 13.85 &4 -vti - a t v, 1 vi Ilartman's Special Brussels Rags, 27x51 $1.15 Ilartman's Saturday Special 15c 9 teEgxsSSSaEfeitt nart- I 3 P 5.75 L CREAM PITCHER Bitra Heavy Metal, Heavily Hiokel Flatod This cream pitcher Is extra heavy nickel plated. The cream pitcher is of neat design snd matches a com- f'lete set of this handsome ware that we are offering n a series of Saturday sales. This Is considered the greatest series of sale specials that this store has ever been able to offer to the buying public of Omaha We know your good Judgment will prompt you to buy and we assure you that you mav look without being urged by us to make a purchase. We want you to see this war. Price of this cream pitcher only . i mar iihjk 15c RUGS AND CARPETS Brussels Rugs, R-txlO-l ft Brussels Hubs, 9x12 ft Axmlnnter Hugs. 8-3xl0- ft Wilton Velvrt Hugs. S :i x 1 " - ft. Wilton Velet IlUK. 12 ft Velvet Bugs, 2-3x4- ft Axmlnster Hugs, 2-3x4-8 ft Ingrain Carpet, jrnrd Brussels Carpet, yard Velvet Carpet, yard , Reg. Trice. . . $ 1 75 ,. 22.25 ,. 3fi 50 , . 3S.0il .. 4(1 10 25 ,. I. AO .45 .92 .. 1.10 Snle Trice. $11.98 18.78 19.78 04.00 88.00 117 8.85 .88 .88 SO MATTING & OIL CLOTH Japanese Msttln Hi st jHpanese Oil Cloth Linoleum &att ttlng Reg. Prl.-n. . .35 . . .45 . . .85 .. .85 DRESSERS PrrsH. r.i Dressers Itressers (oak or mahogany) lireasers (oak or mahogany) Reg. 1'rU. , .$1.1.1") .. 20 25 . . 2H.00 .. 36.75 CHIFFONIERS Reg. Price, Chiffoniers 110.00, Chiffoniers (oak or mahogany) .... 23. T5 Chiffoniers (oak or mahogany .... 0.00 Sale Prlee. J i MO Sale Trice. $ 7.78 10.8 18 78 83.60 Sal Price. .$ B.aa ia.38 I6.es IRON BEDS t HAM "leather your nest Handsome Iron Beds Klegant Iron Beds Fancy Iron Beds Kxtru Handsome Iron Beds Dart man's Special Mnslc Cabinet Reg. 'rlci I4M-I4I6-I4IS DOUGLAS ST 7.50 Pale s. hrioe. 3.25 9 l.as oka aa . ... 1.1 75 778 . ... 24.00 13.85 w IT 47 FOXY CHINAMANJPLAYED TRICK Got Good and Even with the Pros pectors Who Made Him Hunt far Gold. "I waa readln' somewhere th' other day," said the weary pilgrim, "about a man thet located a gold mine In a graveyard. I hed knowed of lots of fellers locatln' grave yards In gold mines, lots of 'em, but this was other way about. "The average man will start out huntln' gold an' he don't know no more about mineralogy then a billy goat knowa about roller skates; an' he'll mess around In cold water an' sleep on a bed of pain an' sage brush) an he'll eat hard tack an' corned mule; an' he'll work like a Kansas far mer; an' if he washes up on an average 28 cents worth of gold a week he wouldn't trade his chances of wealth with the fattest-salaried guy in Chicago. "AH Chinamen are like thet.' But China men are lucky. They find th' dust. Why, chink will wash a bunch of gold outen pile of pine sawdust, sew It In the tall of his empire gown an' be halfway to China with th bones of his Uncle Mike rolled up In a customer's shirt before a whit man has got through 1 oca tin' gold' bearing quarts with th' help of a wilier wand an' a bottle of whisky. Huh! Me! Look not upon th' mine when It Is red clay! "When m an' Bill Pooley was In the Black Hills we met up with a chink thet had Just finished washln' two ounces of gold dust out of 2.500 tons of dirt thet hed been through th Homestake gins. We l)gured thet a practical miner Ilka him was too good to lose. Bo we took him to th hills with us to hunt gold. "I dlsremember now whether he wanted to come or not. Anyhow, we didn't ask him. We roped him to a burro's tail and fondly promised him a klllln' if he hol lered. He didn't say nothln' back Jcs' come patterln' along, an' when we let him loose he lit Into th pantry an' begun eookln" dinner with a headlong gallop thet would hev made the banishment of Ma seppa look Ilk a dump cart watln' fer a funeral to pass. We was right pleased with him. "Me an' Bill located In tha most onllkely place we could find an' began puttln' down a shaft. W worked th' wln'less an' th' celestial did th' pick an' shovel work. An' we didn't let him out only to cook th' meals. "Well, sir, I s'pose wa 'ud been dig gin' yet If somethln' hadn't stopped us. An' thet somethln' was th' chink. He was workln' away like sixty one day an' was down about 16 feet when all of a sudden he let out an awful yell. " 'Oold!' aea he. 'Alle aamee heap mucheet' "Well, me an' BUI waa about craxy. We wa afraid to let th' chink stay down In th' hole fer fear he'd steal th' mine, an' we dasent go down while he was there 'cos they wasn't no on to pull us up. So we pulled John up an' w both got In the bucket an' told th' Chinamen to lower i away. "Wa forget that on little nubbin like him couldn't handle two big men like ua, but we recalled thla fact to mind right away. The bucket went down like whisky down an Injun an' hit tha bottom all In a heap. But th' poor chink! Thet wln'less twisted him up an' spun htm out like a yarn off grandmother's spindle. An' when he let go, ha got slung clean across th' I canyon an then turned handsprings an1 : summersets for about a mil. I wish It had killed him. "WhyT Why, do yon know wot thet abandoned, lost In darkness heathen doneT He cam back aa' cut' th' rop an' let ua In that hols! Tes, sir! An then h went away with everything w had except a few track w had made about th' place. An' It took ua three daya to cut steps an' get out, an two mors days before w got to a feedln place. "Oold! Cours they wasnt. An' how you goln' to get even oa a thing like thett "Me an Bfll all but murdered four China men thet w thought was John, but th nex' minute wa aee four mora as like him aa pea. "But It cured m o' th' proapactto habit. SYMPATHY FOR LAND MEN late Senator Mitchell and Others Be garded as Dupes. OREGON APPROVES PROSECUTION Wallla Nash, President of Portland Board of Trade, Expresses Pleas ure at Visit of Omaha Boosters. Wallls Nash of Portland, Ore., president of the Board of Trade of that city and sec retary of the Co-Operatlv Christian Feder ation, is in Omaha on his way to New York where he goes to close a deal for a larso loan to be used In developing the objects of the association. Speaking of conditions In Oregon Mr, Nash said that the people as a rule aro with tho federal government In Its prosecu tion of land frauds, but sympathize with a number of persona who are Involved with out crlmlnul Intent. In this lint ho placed the late Senator Mitchell, saying the senator was used by designing men and was caught through his effort to do what seemed to him the best thing for Oregon. Other per sons whom the people believe to be in nocent are preBBlng for trials of their suits, but are prevented from early hearing by the activity of Attorney Heney In Ban Francisco. Portland, Mr. Nash declares. Is to become one of the best cities in the United States through the development of the northwest, lie expressed much pleasure over the visit of the Omaha boosters to that city. Sot a Socialist Schema. Regarding the Co-Operative Christian Federation Mr. Nash said a distinction must be made between this movement and socialistic movements, asserting that the former is co-operative Individualism and not communism In any sense. Under the articles of incorporation of the federation no person can acquire Individual owner ship In any property of the corporation, but all Is held by a board of trustees. Active members are to be paid regular wages and then to share with bondholders In all profits which may accrue until bond holders have been paid 5 per cent on their bonds as annual dividends, when any sur plus shall be divided between the active members. Members will be permitted to buy homes on the installment plan in federation towns, but must sell them at cost price when they leave th federation. All possible lines of Industry will be rep resented, but especial attention will first be paid to the development of the lumber trade, creameries and similar work will first be undertaken. Membership In th federation Is limited to those who profess the Christian religion. Free schools and places of worship will be maintained, but no denominational church will be permitted to exist In federation towns. Mr. Nash says that the federation has secured a satisfactory membership, that bonds have been sold to enable tha com pletion of preliminary work and that when he returns from New York he will have sufficient money to place the federation on a aound basis. fighting vessels, threw them Into the ranks of the enemy. An explosion followed which created havoc. They weigh about four pounds and are shaped after the fashion of the bomba used by anarchists, and ar Iron and loaded with gunpowder. Several days after the discovery on of the new recruits at the fort was found trying to dry the powder In one of the missiles by roasting It on the lire. A re port was made by Lieutenant Watson, In command of the post, who stild that he Intended to write to the authorities and ask permission to dump them in the middle of the Chesapeake bay, as they were so old-fashloncd that they would be of prac tically no use whatever In modern war-far. HAND GRENADES0F OLD WAR Relics of the Ruction of 1818 I'aisa ta Famous Fort alc Henry. While examining the contents of the ord nance storehouse at Fort Mcllenry, Lieu tenant J. L. Holcombe of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth coast artillery dis covered several boxes of old hand gren ades which ar supposed to be mora than I years old. The missiles are of the earliest mak used by the United States government, and were probably placed at th historic old fort when It was first erected In 1S12. Owing to th way in which they wer packed, the grenade had only the slightest trace of rust upon them. Th discovery of the weapons recalls a bit of ancient history of the country. In explaining their use. Lieutenant Holcombe said that the grenades wer handled only by the grenadiers of th ship, who, walking JWil PVB (bajaXuMmd at Ui flU-fatUlontvl CLOCK TELLS DEATH IS NEAR Owned by Physician Whose Relative Are the Ones to Lose Lives. Stored away In a dusty attic at the home of Dr. W. T. Porch, the oldest and most prominent physician of Bakervllla, in Humphreys county, Tennessee, is an old fashioned Seth Thomas clock. Dust cov ered and time worn, this old clock many years ago refused to further record the fleeting hours and was stored away In ths attic with cast-oft plunder. Dr. Porch Is quite aged and had been married three i times, and the old clock occupied a promi nent position on the mantel in the family room from the first day he began keep ing house until it was cast away as being worthless. Shortly after the death of Dr. Porch's QrBt wife he was called to see a gentle man residing In the neighborhood who was quite ill. The patient's wife that night dreamed that her husband died and that she afterwards married the physi cian. She also dreamed that she became the mother of twin children and at their birth she died. Strange as It may seem, in after years Dr. Porch and the woman were married. They lived happily to gether for some time, and finally twins were born to the union, but the mother never lived to see the children, death re sulting at their birth. Dr. Porch states that he believes the dream had more than anything else to do with the death of his wife. But now to the story of the old clock. After a lapse of some time Dr. Porch was again married, and the old clock oc cupied its accustomed place on th man tel, aa heretofore, To this last union were born several children, among them being Carrie, John Boy and Porter Porch. One Sunday morning, long after the clock had been discarded and as Dr. Porch and his daughter, Carrie, were preparing to attend Sunday achool, ten plain and dis tinct strokes rang out from the old clock In the attic. But little attention was paid to the incident at the time, and It was believed that a mouse or rat had become entangled In the clock wire and caused It to strike. However, It was noticeable that the ten strokes were as plain and distinct as if the clock had been running. Shortly afterwards Miss Carrie, com plained of not feeling well and stated that she would not attend Sunday school. Bhe rapidly grew worse and at exactly 10 o'clock lapsed Into unconsciousness and died. Then It waa that the striking of the old clock was recalled, but Dr. Porch Is not a superstitious man and would not believe that the clock had anything to do with the death of his daughter. Time wore on, and the next oldest child, John Boy, was taken sick. For a long while he lingered between life and death, and one night, as friends and members of the family sat around the bedside, there rang out, clear and distinct, from the old clock In the attic eight strokes. The puxled look on the faces of tho mem bers of tha family evidenced to the friends present that they feared the worst and recalled the first warning of the old timepiece. Next morning at 8 o'clock John Boy passed Into th great unknown, being unconscious at the tima of his death. Memphis Bclmetar. HOT HUNT FOR TEDDY BEARS Kdltor Joins a Minister In Chasing Fake Bear Ont of the Nnraerr. A minister of St. Joseph, Mich., lias de nounced tho "Teddy bear" from the pulpit. More power to him! This ursine crusade was a long time coming, but it seems to have arrived at last. May the good work go on until the last vestige of this utterly Inane and unnatural fad is swept from the American home. The man who made the first Teddy beer was probably the original "nature fakir." At least, his handiwork challenges th literary output of the most Imaginative un naturalist. But that fact alone would not call for a White House fulmlnatlon, so fer as the children are concerned. The "kid dles" who can create a human being, with Joys and sorrows like their own, out of a sawdust doll with beaded eyes sticking out of a faceless head, may be able to see a real bear In a pudgy little bunch of wool with the proper number of dropsical limbs. But even If they can construe such a mon strosity Into the semblance of a bear, what of It? Is there any special virtue In such a totem? Why not a wildcat, or a mongoose, or a crocodile? There would at least be some suggestion of naturalistic in struction In varying the fetich. Or there might be moral education In giving to each child an Image of the particular wild beast that tho parents think the child ought t emulate. The bear fad Is not merely absurd. It .1 contrary to nature, as the St. Joseph mlr ister has pointed out. In the case of boy, it does not matter so much. The lad dreams of hunting bears. Just as he mus. a of shooting Indians and slaying dragons. As he lives through his savage epoch he may be able to realise more perfectly tha Instinct of the cave dwelling, beast slay ing era that is epitomized In early boy hood. But to make the bear thoroughly adopted to the purpose, the boy ought to beat the sawdust out of him with a club every morning before breakfast, and spend the rest of the day shooting him full of holes with an air gun. As for the girl, there Is doubtless positive harm done by encouraging or allowing her to play with a stuffed beast Instead of a doll made In her own likeness. Dolls have always been recognised by morslists and educators aa a tremendous force in the development of the motherly Instinct. The little girl cares for her doll as her mother cares for her, and the lesson Is never forgotten. It is sad to think of the unnatural and brutaliz ing effect these Teddy bears must have on the sensitive. Impressionable mind of childhood. Some of the other phases of this urstn monstrosity fad awaken only dlKgust. To see a grown girl hugging a stuffed brute to her bosom In simulated rapture, or a woman trundling one along a public thor oughfare In a baby's perambulator, or "social leaders" giving "Teddy bear lunoh eons," each matron lugging with her her ownest darling little umpty bear, should make a full fledged human being sigh for a return to antediluvian simplicity. Cleve land Plain Dealer. Ituildlng l'rrmtta. The following penults have been granted: Q. W. Gurlooh, frame dwelling, 7ti North Twenty-seventh avenue, S2.5UU; sumo, same, IK North Twenty-seventh avenue, 12.600; same, same, 712 North Twenty-seventh ave nue, t2,5ii; C. Hansen, repairs to biilldlnga. w; naipn iviicnen, alterations on fax I ton hotel, $500. Come, Drink Free. You are Invited on Saturday to sample the best wild cherry phosphate made. It Grand Union. Orand Union Tea Co., Ill 8. 16th St. B .Want Ada always brlos! raaurta. DOCTORS for EtfgES a, i, im , Veiittt- tt-- 1 F U V TWI i -. 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