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
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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
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