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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1910)
THE-BEE: OMAHA." SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1010. -I- A Trying Style I "Everyone Is wearing them In New York," remarked a well-known young wo man, who - had Just returned from that city, to a number of envious young friends, a ahe took another glance In the mlrro. at her new white lace curtain veil, "sno they are ao becoming and graceful when one la riding either In a touring car or electric automoble." One of the admiring young listener Im- mediately Invited the other three young women present to ride down town In her electric brougham that she might purchase a similar badge of smartness, The clerk who sold her "the latest In veils" oblig ingly pinned It on, as a graceful flying drapery and the young woman decided to buy some tennis shoes from the same de partment store. With her companions she swept proudly down the aisles to the shoe department, and to her partial pleasure was the cynosure of all eyes. Women stopped their rush for bargains to gase at the young woman with the veil; clerks neg lected their customers and stared. The young woman and her friends became more and more embarrassed. When they arrived at the shoe department their embarrass ment reached an overwhelming stage, and the young man who waited on them was so Interested and evidently amused at the veil that he forgot his duties and Ignored the question of the young woman. Then, too, the giggles of the cash glrla, who paused In their fllttlngs from counter to money changers, to gaze at faBhlon's latest freak; the comments of the unappreclatlvo men who called to companions to "look at the veiled lady" quite completed the con fusion of the recent convert to fashion's belief In ths beauty of "heavy whlta lace vails worn draped over the hat. and al lowed to hang in graceful folda down from the hat and to the shoulders." She whispered to her companions, who were treacherously enjoying the situation, and they all dis carded shopping plans and fled to shelter of the waiting brougham. the Pleasures Past A number of friends of Mr. and Mrs. 12. . Paulsen gave a surprise party Wednes day evening in celebration of the birthday of Mr. Paulsen. Music and gamca were the evening amusements and those present were Mr. and Mrs. R. Relnhardt, Mr. and Mrs.. J. Holmes, Mr. and Mis. W. J. Cu slck. Mr. and Mrs. E. Vahlcamp, Mr. and Mrs. E. Paulsen, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Brandt, Mrs. A. Blanchard, Mrs. M. Paulsen, Miss Mary Williams, Miss May Vahlcamp. Messrs.' George Brandt, William Brandt, LeRoy Paulsen, Theodore Brandt, William Custck. Miss June Young entertained Tuesday venlng at her 'home, when those present were" Misses Marie Dennlson, Nichols, Kate Robertson, Neilsen, Grace Hemple, Mo Henry, Helen Robertson. Messrs. Max Webber, George Johnson, Wallersted, Mould, Nielsen, Qeorge Blerrhan, Hugo Welsen, Max Martin, Jack Corby, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Richards, Mrs. Unltt. Mrs. H. F. Shearer entertained the W. W. club Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. J. Van Doran was a guest of the club. Wednesday, August 81, Mra. bwoboda will entertain the members of the club at the Rod and Gun club. : ! Miss Edna Qwlnn gave an Informal lunch eon and kenalngton Wednesday at her home In honor of Mra. Julso Sarbach, who will leave soon for a two months' visit on the pacific coust, and for Miss Evelyn Franck of New York City. Those present were Misses Evelyn Franck, Rosin a Mandelberg, Bessie Padmore, Edna Gwlnn, Mrs. Judson Sarbach, Mrs. Jesse Rogers. Miss Gladys Peters was hostess at an enjoyable afternoon tea at her home today In honor of Miss Margaret Ritter of Mans field, O., guest of Miss Lioulse Dinning. The rooms were effectively decorated with pink and white asters and assisting through the rooms were Miss Louise Dinning, Miss Alice Carey McGrew. Miss Eunice Howell, Wins Myra Breckenrldge, Miss Martha Dale and Miss Josephine O Ncllt. About liui-ty-five guests called between the hours-of tour and six. The Superior Bex. There Is a lot of vainglorious expression on the part of the men about their being of the superior sex. We hear too much of men's endurance, of his Intellect, of bis executive ability and all that sort of thing. Take a man and make him wear a spotted veil and he will be nearly blind within a year. Pinch a man Into corsets and within a week he will have heart trouble, chronic pleurisy, acuta Indigestion, appendicitis and funeral. , Pile a few pounds of false hair on a men's head and he will succumb to brain fever within a month. Tie a man's ankles in a hobble skirt and he will have rheumatism, followed by par lysls of the legs from lack of exercise. Clamp a man's feet In tight shoes and make him toddle about on high heels and lie -will die of the charleyhcrse. Man loses on the soore of endurance alone. Intellect and executive ability are argued by the capacity to combat these tortures and trials. Man Is undoubtedly the Inferior sex and should retire to the last tew of seats and be quiet. Chicago Post. Veea of Charcoal. Not enough attention la paid to the purl tying effects of criarooal. it should be a household remedy, and will be found equally useful In kitchen, bathroom, gar den, and medicine chest. In this day of germs and much talk of sanitation, no housekeeper should fall to have a dish of powdered charcoal on an upper shelf of her refrigerator. It absorbs unpleasant odors and keeps things sweet smelling. Change the charcoal every other day. A little powdered charcoal should be among the toilet articles. Oddly enough It makes an excellent tooth powder to whiten the teeth and sweeten breath. The teeth must be thoroughly rinsed until no trace of black remr.Ina. Where one Is troubled by dyspepsia noth ing equals a charcoal tablet for quick re lief. One la especially good to remove the taste of onions, cabbage, or other odorl Carious . food. Troth Telling. Tell a child the truth about everything always, no matter how trivial or unimpor tant It may be, and It will soon come to have perfect confidence in everything you say. A little one declines to' go Into a dark room to bring out Its doll that was left there because someone has told It of a great bog. y man that lurks In dark apart ments, ready to spring upon little children. Nurses should be trained to tell the truth regarding the most unimportant happenings and affairs, says Woman's Life. Parents should consider well before putting into words hasty or Ill-advised speech, fur Utile Blinds are quick to grasp the meaning, and i are wondai fully retentive. lEffl -rtf : : rf T7Ar Aid to Preserving tumn HOT An easy way to put paraffin on Jelly is to cut the paraffin fine and put In bottom of Jelly tumblers. The hot Jelly poured over It will melt It and being , an oil the paraffin will come to the top. As the Jelly cools the paraffin will become solid again. It will be more evenly distributed and will take less paraffin than when melted and poured over the top of the Jelly. Discoloring of rrn.lt To prevent fruit from discoloring after being pared or peeled, moisten with lemon Juice. To reel Tomatoes To peel toma toes without hot water, scrape a tomato as you would a new potato, i then peel. The skin comes off easy and clean. nam Batter Take scraps of Jel lies or preserves which cannot be used on the table and boll together with a little water. Then add a few canned or preserved plums to the mixture and rub through an ordinary strainer. Place on the fire again and heat and you will have a most delicious plum butter. The strong flavor of the plums Is reduced by the other' fruits, while the plum flavor alone can be de tected. Jelly Making Prepare fruit Juices At the Clubs At Happy Hollow. Several large dinner parties will be given at Happy Hollow Saturday evening. Mr. A. T. Austin will entertain sixteen guests. W. M. Davidson, twelve; R. C. Peters. sixteen, and A. W. Carpenter, eight. Following a golf match at Happy Hollow this afternoon the members of Mr. John R. Webster's Bible class will have dinner at the club. Those present will be Mr. and Mrs. John R. Webster, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. W, H. Gates, Mr. and Mrs. E. Lan sing, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rhoades. Mr. and Mrs. George B. Powell, Mr. and Mrs. B, S. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle, Mr. and Mra. T. B. Norrls, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sunderland, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Burket, Miss Inez Bolen and Mr. Ralph Sunderland. At the Field Club. Mr. Ed P. Smith will entertain twelve guests at dinner at the Field club Satur day evening. J. A. Munroe will have nine guests, Dr. J. T. Kinsler, six; P. K. Ramey, four; J. O. Slford, four, and Guy Axtell, four. At the Country Club. .Two dinner parties will be given Satur day evening at the Country club. Mr. Stockton Heth will have eight guests, and Mr. Herbert French, four. For the Future Mra. F. A. Hall will entertain at a house party Saturday evening In honor of Mrs. Harry Frazer of Hillsdale, Wyo. Mrs. Frazer was formerly Miss Flora Btemm of Omaha, Complimentary to Miss Ruth Burley of Chicago, guest of Mrs. John L. Kennedy, Mlsa Harper will entertain at luncheon Monday at the Country club. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. E. W. Dixon will entertain Informally at bridge at her home on Soutn Thirty-ninth street. Personal Gossip Mlfs Bleanor Murphy and Miss Mary Bowlby of Creigh. Neb., are visiting Mrs. J. A. Murphy. . Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Martin left Wednes day for a two weeks' outing at Longworth, Clearmate Lake, Minn. Mrs. Robert Lee Hamilton and children of Lincoln arrived yesterday to be the guests of Mrs. Hamilton's father, Mr. P. E. Her, while Captain Hamilton Is attending the army maneuvers ft Fort Riley. Mrs.' Richard Wagner of Denison, la., ar rived today to be the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph W. Thomas. Miss Magdalen Bock Is enjoying a stay at Lake Okobojl for a fortnight Mrs. Wilbur M. Lemon left Tuesday even ing for New York City to visit her sislter, Mrs. Nlckolas R. Corr. They will' spend several weeks at the sea shore. Miss Marian Alperson has returned from a two months' visit In Denver, Boulder and other places In Colorado. Mrs. J. K. Mullen and sister, Mies Neccle Hunter, leave today to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hunter, at Pierce, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. W. .J. McCann of fct. Augustine, Fla., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Dunn for two weeks. Mrs. S. S. Carlisle and children have gone to Lake Okobojl. Mr. Carlisle, who la In St.. Louis, will Join them later. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Benewa of Denver are spending a few days as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Benewa. Miss Nannie Psge returned this week from Prior Lake, Minn., where she spent the summer. Miss Frances Gilbert has returned from a visit with friends at Lake Okobojl. Miss Isabel IbboUon of Montreal. Can., fiancee of Mr. Joseph Barker, who has been spending a few weeks visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Barker, returna to Mont real this evening. , . Mr. W. J. Coad and Mr. J. H. Hamilton will leave this evening for a short stay at Minneapolis. Mr. E. L. Brailey leaves tomorrow for the Pacific coast. Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Hampton and three children leave today for the Big Horn mountains for a two weeks' trip. Mr. F. G. Thomas and Mr. F. F. Martin leave today for a trip to Minneapolis. Rainbow Colors. A learned German scientist, in the course of an exhaustive study of the evolution of the sense of color, recovered that the rain bow has not looked the same to men In all aees. . Ha found that It was at first thought to be all of one color. To Homer, he says, the rainbow seemed purple white. At a later period Xenophon saw in it a purple cloud, red and yellow green." Two cemurlra after this Aristotle distinguished three colors red. green and blue and wns able sometimes to see yellow between the red and green. Three hundred years aftor Aristotle came Ovid, to whom the rainbow waa "a thouxand daszllng colors, which the ey cannot distinguish separately." Out tho tricolor division persisted until the thir teenth century. Ti, v.v in tha hihi.iu.iw Use Want AJs. of any kind as for making Jelly to the point of adding sugar. Can the Juice boiling hot as In canning any fruit. In the winter when a hot fire is ap preciated and sugar often much cheaper It is a simple matter to re heat the Juice, add the required amount of sugar, and have the fresh Jelly the entire year. Juices left over In the spring will be Just as good for the next year. Paves time, glasses, shelf room and no Jelly ever molds or spoils. Tomato kalian One-half peck of ripe tomatoes, peel, cut In small squares, drain two hours; add one cupful of grated horseradish, one cup ful yellow mustard seed, two table spoonfuls of salt, two tablespoonfula of celery seed, two cupfuls of sugar, one tablespoonful of black pepper, two red peppers cut fine, two tablespoon fuls of cinnamon, ground; one quart of cider vinegar; bottle cold and seal. Do not heat or cook any of It. Cuonmber Plokles Fill a two quart fruit Jar with small cucumbers that have been washed.- Fill up with vinegar, put a small cheese cloth bag filled with spices on top and seal. Will keep indefinitely, always retain their crlepness and far surpass those that have been put up in the usual manner. Woman's Work Activities of the Organised. Bodies Along the Zdnes of Vs. dertaklng of Concern to Women, Ranly day at camp describes the enter tainment given at the Gymwick camp, the Y. W. C. A., summer camp at Carter Lake, last evening. The girls enjoyed an old fashioned popcorn party, with a taffy pull and games as supplementary entertain ment. A band concert to be given at the camp by the Benson band Is one of the enter tainments which it la hoped to arrange in the near future. Miss Mary Hammel, who recently died In an asylum In New York City, was a Daughter of the American Revolution of Interesting ancestry. Her grandfather, Phillip Freeman, was the man whom Wash ington Irivlng called the( "Barking Dog of the Revolution." At the time of her death Miss Hamel was 81 years of age. Mrs. Alice Stebblns Wells, formerly of Chicago, whose earnest and persistent work, backed by ministers and clubwomen of Los Angeles, Cnl., caused an ordinance to be passed creating the office of "police woman," will be appointed to the position. Regarding her work Mrs. Wells Is quoted: "My field of work will be chiefly wher ever young people gather for entertainment In parks, penny arcades, moving picture shows and dance halls," she said. "I will deal chiefly with the proprletora of such places, seeing that all the laws are obeyed and that the places are kept clean and moral. In the dance halls I may find It necessary to talk to some of the young peo- .pie personally." Mrs. Estill who has lived In an Ohio col lege town for twenty years, serves meals for students at 8 cents per meal of nourishing food or $1.68 per week. She says: "1 knew It could be done and at a profit, too," and In proof of this she points to her hand some home, paid for by "my students," as she calls them. She has helped hundreds of struggling boys and girls to get through the university, and many prosperous men, when they speak of the Widow Estill, are quick to say, "It waa she to whom I owe my first start," and many a girl reveres her name. Miss Llda Dougherty has been nomi nated for superintendent of schools for Bee county, Tex., and Miss Annie Wise man for district clerk In Wilson county. Both were named by the democratic party. Miss Anna Jones of Wllkes-Barre, Pa., has been appointed by the court as a stand ing commissioner to take testimony, depo sitions, etc, for use In legal proceedings. Women Eat Too Much Candy. Temptation is conspicuous in the windows of the bonbon shop, and It Is but too easy te succumb. Some of us are munching al most all day long. Not girls only, but their mothers as well. Dentists could tell tales about them. Doctors, too, would have much to say. "How many pounds of chocolate creams do you eat In a week 7" asked one of these of a fair patient. "About a pound a day," was the enswer, and then, as If in excuse, "but mother eats nearly as many as I do." It Is fatally easy to set a bad example. Seven pounds of sweets a week bring their own penalties upon the consumer, and es pecially If but little exercise be taken. The confirmed sweet eater Is not fond of walking. She likes to sit In a comfortable chair and read a novel while she discusses the contents of her cartoon. It Is a universal fashion now for young men to give boxes of sweets to girls they admire, to daughters of kindly hosts and hostesses from whom they have received hospitality, also to the said girls after they have married. A very pleasant cus tom, too, but let each recipient see to It that her consumption of these nice things be far below the tupply. Otherwise she will lose much of that bright gayety that Is one of the moat at tractive attributes of girlhood, will sink Into a sort of leaden dullness. Often very often she does not know what causes this. "I feel horrid," she says, "but can't think why." Sweets aVe very well In modera tions. More, they are very good, par ticularly for young people, who have a natural craving for sugar. But In modera tion only. New York American. Alum a. a Healer. Whether your root or your tongue Is tender there are few remedies equal to weak alum water. Alum hardens the cuticle quickly, and so makes an excellent foot bath, especially for summer, when feet are Inclined to burning and are sensi tive. When using It for a sore tongue make a weak solution and do not swallow It. It can be used in stronger proportions on the outside of llrs for fever blisters. Strong alum water Is said quickly to allay the burning of frost-bitten feet, and Is employed effectively for nervous twitch ing, which Is aggravated by hot weather. Do not uhc alum water for dyspepsia, as Is sometimes advocated. It is Injurious when taken Internally. Persistent Advertising is the Road to Big Returna Don't miss the Greatest and Final Clearing Sale of Skirts ever in Omaha Final Our $12.50, $15.00 We call your attention to the final clearance sale of our beautiful -Skirts. The materials include imported Panamas and Altman voiles; also the new mannish materials. All sizes and scores of beautiful styles are to be found. You will also find that our styles are different from those found elsewhere. In this particular assortment there are over 250 to choose from. The majority of these styles are the same as those to be shown this fall, but Orkin's policy is to never carry any garment from one sea son to another, no matter how good the style may be. This will posi tively be. the greatest sale of high grade skirts ever held in Omaha. Just think of buying your unrestricted choice of any skirt in the house Formerly Sold at $12.50, $15.00 and $17.50, XL. y - i Country Gentleman Here . to Please the Connoisseur Sunday Dinner Menu. Tomato broth. Veal birds. Young beets with butter sauce. Spaghetti au gratin. Cucumbers. Peach snow pudding. Silver cake. Coffee. V eal or Beef Birds. A popular dish Is made by taking small pieces ot meat, each Just large enough lor an individual serving, and preparing them In the same way as mock duck is prepared. Sometimes variety is lntroduoed by sea soning the stuffing with chopped olives or tomato. Many cooks prepare their "birds" by browning in a little fat, then adding a little water, covering closely and simmer ing until tender.. Rain In time saves the vegetables! At least the vegetable dealers hope so and certainly a visit to the market this (weak (is encouraging. The gardon and orchard stuff all look much refreshed; their color Is better and disturbing, vexing wrinkles have been smoothed from their skin. In fact, they look fresh and tempting. Moreover, If the weather Is favorable, one optimistic dealer predicts that vegetables may be a little emphasize tue qualifying little cheaper next week. First this week tho green corn is much Improved. You can find your, favorite "Country Gentlemen," the succulent var iety with pearly all kernels, If you pur chase early. The price of corn varies frSui 16 to 23 cents a dor-en. Heme grown cab bages are among the vegetables which most appreciate the recent rain, in fact. If moisture had not come tr ere would have been but few If any cabbages. They are still small and sell for 5 and 10 cents each. The favorite cantaloupe, the Rocky Ford, Is appearing In Omaha, There are also home grown melons." The price varies from 10 to 12hi cents each. There are a few of the home grown grapes, but only a few. The California grapes are 60 cents a basket. Peaches are 26 cents a basket, pears 30 cents a dozen, nectarines and plums, which look very tempting, are 60 cents a basket. Colorado peaches are 11.26 cents a crate. Orapefrult Is 10 cents each. A few cucumbers for pickling are In the market, reminding the housewife that she may get ready to put in the winter supply of cucumber pickles, oil pickles and other relishes In which this Is the chief ingredi ent. The pickling cucumbers sell now for from 76 to 90 cents a market basket Tomatoes are good this week at 40 cents a large basket. Egg tomatoes are 60 cents a basket. The Jersey sweet potato la another fa vorite which Is present 'In good quantity. 5 and 10 cents a pound. . Cauliflower la small and sells for 20 and 25 cent! a head; egg plant, 16, 20 and 26 cents; gooseneck squash, 6 and 10 cents; wax and green- beans, 10 cents a quart; celery, 6 cents a stalk; pickling onions. 16 cents a quart. Chickens are somewhat lower in price this week; small chickens are 20 cents a pound; larger springs 18 cents a pound; hens 17 cents and roosters 124 cents a pound. The meat prices fluctuate little; for Instance, veal steaks are 26 cents, chops 0 cents, roast 12 and 20 cents. The best cuts for beef roasts are 20 and 22 cents a pound. The wholesale chicken prices are: Roost- ers, 10 cents; geese, 16 cents; ducks, 1 cents; tuiaeys, 26 cents; hens, 15 cents; springs, 17 and 20 cents; pigeon, 31.20. The butter prices are the same as last week creamery butter 35 cents a pound, best country butter 23 cents. 30 cents and 2S cents.' Eggs, likewise, show no chanre 24 and 26 cents a dozen. Vae of Gas StoT. After using a gas stove for baking leave the oven open for a little while to allow the gas to escape. This will prevent sweating and rusting. If chops and small steaks are placed in tin pie plates and set on top of the broiling grate they can be well cooked and the tin plates will be much easier cleaned than the broiler grate would be. Keep the range black by wringing out a spongi Kept for that purpose In warm water and rubbing well with soap, wash tho stove while It la not warm. It can thus be kept black and free from greane spots. ITse the oven lighter for articles needing long, slow cooking, as, for example, tapioca and Indian puddings, bread, pies, etc. It will give a slow, even heat when used alone and burn much l"ss g'as. Gas may be saved by remembering that matches are cheap and turning off the gas the moment you no longer need It. By turning off the gas a little before the cook ing is done and finishing by the heat al ready generated, When anything you have been cooking ,.. fcMa Ki tha pnoina- point turn 318-320 Clearance Sale IBeautfiffu! Skirts AND $17.50 SKIRTS, SATURDAY, $ unday Dinner Market Basket the blaze low enough to keep the heat Just at that point. To save gas purchase a piece of firm sheet iron large enough to well cover two burners of your gas range or gas plate. Light one burner. While cooking over that one It will heat the plate enough to warm any canned vegetable or keep warm already cooked victuals. It Is also fine for toasting bread. SUCCESS IN CANNING STUFF Vegetables Should Be Prepared with Especial Care for Sanitary Cleanliness. Absolute sanitary cleanliness and the best materials procurable are the first essentials for success in canning. The vege tables should be as fresh from the garden as possible. They are better picked In the early morning with the dew still on them. As a general' rule young vegetables are tuperlor in flavor and texture to the more mature ones. Corn and beans should be canned as soon as possible after gathering, as sweetness and flavor are absorbed by their pods and hUBks. If for any reason, the canning of spinach or other greens, string beans, asparagus or okra can not be attended to at ence, put In cold water or a cold, damp place until ready to attend to them. All root vegetables and greens must be thoroughly washed. Have the kitchen well swept and clean before beginning canning, and the towels and aprons of the workers beyond suspicion. Even If the cans to be used were clean when put away, sterilize them afresh, together with all the other uter.slls used in the work. The best way to do this Is to put cans and covers, to gether with any other glass that is to bo used, Into a kettle of cold water and bring gradually to the boiling point. Then boll fifteen minutes. Leave the cans In this hot bath until ready to use, then take out one at a time and fill. Be sure tops and cans arc a perfect fit and that the can rubbers are new. Black rubbers are more durable than the white. Glass Is the most satisfactory Jar to use in canning. Not only will a good glass can last Indefinitely with Intelligent care, but tin is more or less soluble in the acids or juices of fruits and vegetables. While there are many kinds of glass Jars, the one with a glass top and spring clamp proves roost satisfactory. In selecting Jar give the preference to those with the wide mouths. The Delineator for August. I DESOLATION CAUSED BY FLY Roosevelt's Pern Picture of the Rav ' age. of Bleeping- 81ckne In Uganda. We passed by many Islands, green with meadow and forest, beautiful In the bright sunshine, but empty with the emptiness of death. A decade previously these Islands were thronged with tribes of fisher folk; their villages studded the shores, and their long canoes, planks held together with fibre, furrowed the surface of the lake. Then, from out of the depths of the Congo forest came the dreadful scourge ot the sleeping sickness, and smote the doomed people who dwelt within the Victorian Nile, and on the roasts of the Nyans lakes and In the lands between. Its agent waa a biting fly, brother to the Ueue, whose bite Is fatal to domestic animals. This fly dwells In forest, beside lakes and rivers; and wherever It dwells after the sleeping sickness came tt was found that man could not live. In this country, be tween and along the shores of the great lakes, 200,000 people died in slow torment. before the hard-taxed wisdom and skill of medical science and governmental admini stration could work any betterment what ever In the situation. Men still die by thousands, and the disease Is slowly spreading into freeh districts. But it hai proved possible to keep It within limits In the region already affected; yet only by clearing all the forest and brush In tracts which serve au barriers to the fly, and which permit passage through the Infected belts. On the western shores of Victoria Nysnza, and lit the Islands adjacent thereto, the ravages of the pestilence wese such, the mortality It caused was so apa l Ing, that the government was finally forced to deport all the survivors inland, to for bid all residence beside or fishing In the lake, and with this end In view to destroy the villages and fishing fleets of the people. The teeming lake fish were formerly a main source of food supply to all who dwelt nearby; but this has now been cut o". and the myriads of fish are left to ' thama.lvfS. to the hnat nf w.l.r birds. South 16th. St. Saturday and to the monstrous man-eating croco diles of the lake, on whose blood the fly also feeds, and whence it is auppoeed by some that It draws the germs so deadly to human kind. Theodore Roosevelt In Scrlbenr's. SHIPA5 WAKE0F PRAYERS Oriental Crew Makes Offerings to Haller'a Comet and Reach Port. For two months, while sailing down the China Sea, the oriental crew of the British freighter, Inverlc, which docked at the Bush stores, New York recently, burned joss sticks and cast propitiatory offerings cf rice, sweetmeats and varl-colored papers into the sea to appease the wVath of Hal ley's comet, which kept company with the hip from Hongkong to Singapore. Below hatches, among other items of cargo were thousands of long, silky queues of Jet black hair, cropped from the heads of dead Chinamen and shipped to New York to be made up into switches for the "white devil" women of America. So the sailors believed that the comet waa a demon sent by the perturbed spirits of their shorn countrymen to wreak vengeance on the ship and all on board." The Inverlo left Hongkong the last of March, and for sixty days cruised along the China coast, picking up at one port and another the odds and enda of curio and other goods which go to make up the usual cargo of a ship coming from the Far East. The first night out from Hongkong at six bells of the middle watch, which would be 3 a. m shore time, the comet made its ap pearance above the horizon. The Chinese sailors of the first officer's watch caught sight of it and huddled In a terrified bunch on the fo'c'sle head.- When the same thing occurred the next morning at the same hour, the watch below tumbled up at a shrill call from the deck and Joined their fellows in offering incense and paper pray ers to ward off the demon. "Every night for two months we had a fine view ot the comet," said Chief Officer McDougall today, "The body of the comet was like a huge ball of fire, while tha tall, curving slightly, trailed dewn to the edse of the horizon, a luminous streak ex panding toward the end like the arm of a windmill. The comet was traveling In a southeasterly direction, and we were fol lowing It down the coast, so that every morning, from t o'clock until daylight, about two hours, we had a good view of it The last vltw we had of It waa the morn ing we reaohed blngapore. Crossing the Red sea, we had another comet for company, for three nights from Aden to the Sues canal. , This was a much smaller affair, but It was brighter and waa more companionable than the big fellow, for we had it In sight all night. The Chinamen took this for a companion to the big demon, and throughout the rest of the voyage the ' watch on deck kept a sharp lookout for a reappearance. "I don't knew what this second comet was, but I took It for the one named after the Frenchman De Arrest. Some of the officers think it waa Temple's, and others believe it waa Peter' comet. We couldn't settle the dispute, for page six of the ship's almanac, which contalna a descrip tion of all the known comets and tha dates they are expected ' to reappear, had been torn out of the book. "We encountered a gale, or tornado forci, June 80, when In mid-Atlantic, which headed the ship off and battered It about' for forty-eight hours, keeping all hands' constantly on deck and forcing Captain Howie to slow down to five knots an hour. Just enough to keep steerage way In the seas that broke on deck and pounded tha ship until its rivets seemed about to start. The Chinese sailors looked on this storm as the work of eky devils and threw more prayer papers and Wee overboard. Purlng the atorm several chickens Intended for the table of the officers' mess disappeared, and It is current opinion that they went to swell the votive offerings to Joes for pro tection (roin the avenging devils. That waa because we had 4,000 crates of human hair on our munlfest, which we had shipped at Hongkong and Shanghai" New York Post. TRIMMED A CAMP GRAFTER Clever Handling of Dice Box Breaks the Bank of a Jay Sport. The New York Stat mllltla and several companies of regulars are In camp at Pine Plains, N. Y. Major General Grant Is In command. The general's cook Is Wild William Erflngham. Gutsldo the camp Is the usual collection of .hark, and graft ers bent on luring the soldiers' coin. This foreword outlines the field of Mr. Effing ham's exploits as detailed by the New York Bun: The noon mess was over and the dlsh.k ere washed when Mr. Effingham fished out a pair of amber dice and shot craps Sw 1 mrr Be here early. Sale Starts SATURDAY MORNING Promptly at 8:30. ofi with himself. Me loft hand against his right. It was excellent practice, but de void of real sport. Presently an idea rapped cookie between the eyes. Ha climbed Into an army wagon which was headed for Great Bend to, get auppllos and was set down in the midst of a little Coney Island just outside tha reservation. Mr. Effingham hunts money guilefully. He did not flush his game. He sauntered over to a pine shack painted green, where a thick-necked grafter from Carthage, In shirt sleeves, leaned over the bar. William eyed the several rows of bottles containing wood alcohol mixed with furniture polish and reckoned he'd take beer. He paid for the drink out of a roll of bills as th'tk as his heavy arm. , It made the grafter's eyes bulge. The gentleman from Carthage follows the county fairs and separates hayseeds from their money, occasionally doing a little second-story work when the regular graft Is bad. His fingers Itched for Effingham's possession. William dawdled at the bar, showing his white teeth in the most inno cent of smiles, taking a drink now and then and always flashing the big roll. "Jlvever gamble, Buckt" asked the grafter. "No, sir," said Mr. Effingham. "I bet on Mlstuh Johnson and frivol with crapa' "I'll Just make you a paaa for said the grafter. He reached under the unpalnted bar and came up with a pair of his own dice. They were, to the eye of the simple, plain bone cubes, but Mr. Effingham was a child of suspicion. - He gave tha grafter plenty of rope, losing three straight beta on natural sevens that rolled up for tha Carthaginian, but when the throw came to him Mr. Effingham put over a bit ot sleight of band they know in the city. The grafter's dice disappeared up hla sleeve and upon the counter rolled a pair xactly like them In appearance. . William threw seven and eleven six times straight, while the Incautious grog dealer doubled hla bets on the doctrine of probabilities. Mr. Effingham switched the dice again while the grafter had his head turned a fraction of a second.' A little of the money passed back, but the publican's bones weren't trained aa well as Mr. Effingham's. They weren't as true to form. William got busy again and In ten minutes he had every cent the taloon man, oould dig 'UP. Mr. Effingham hinted that ha would shoot for wearing apparel, coat, panta, socks or any little thing, but he got no acceptance. It was Just as well, perhaps, that a equad of husky men from the Twenty-fourth came along at that moment. It gave William a chance to retire with 360 In hard caah, two jugs and an armload of bottles full of very hard liquor. Last night the shack was closed and deserted, id, of 4 Mr. Effingham had put its occupant out business. Oboaitful Chanticleer, You'll soon b. grieved I fear; Your teaderest daugh ter It doomed lor slaugh ter When CumpMTt maa draws Dear. No mistake You cannot make a mistake when you point your finger at the red-and-white label ; and ask your grocer for OUPS That label is a distinct and positive guarantee. In fact it is a double guarantee, i All our experience and skill and reputation are put into every can of soup which this label covers. 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