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TheWCCZH U it P. 1 r"v (. I dcrt, cuturft. tr Ul'i i (lM ELECTRICITY AT HOME Our Omaha offices, 30$ New York Life Building, are fully equipped with contly and elaborate Instruments fur electrical treatment, but to people ho cannot rome to our utflce fur treat ments, we furnish an electrical battery to be uaed under our directions by the patient at home. It U not a belt, but a scientific Invention of great value. Scores of patl.-nm testify to Us cura tive power. It pr. sci lb. d with "in" without medicine, us each case ue mandH. This electrical battery In Invaluable In the treatment of dleap of women, tiervouK diseases, weaknesses of men, heart diseases, stomach dl.e:iBca, liver and kidney rtlHean-s, tlieum.it him, deaf ness, etc. We alo furnish our patients our new Ozone Atomizer for home use Jn the treatment of lung and catarrhal diseases. Free consultation at office or by mail. Send for a symptom blank and litera ture pertaining to your dlsi ase. C, M. Headrick, M. D. SOS New York Mf- Building, OMAHA, NKI). IK'WeberJnnlof n&V.r&rVS Canal! rtM ecnPflrlflT rctM, tt r-.ni:'.. for otbtt rwr ra GrftLo It. i.'tx: Mo f,rritM4. Other : t upw i'm f. Usui tt.t i- CU, oo. VERY LOW RATES TO Colorado and Utah VIA UNION PACIFIC July I to 13 inclusive $15.00 to Denver and Colorado Fprlnsa and Pueblo and wturn. $25.00 to tllenwood and return. $39.C0 to Salt Luke and return, $30.00 to Ogd.-n and return. The Fast Trains to Denver are via tin; UNION PACIFIC Trains leave Omaha dally 7:10 a. tn. and 4:2". p. in. City ticket ofllce K124 Farnnm St.. phone IJlfi. tTivon K'.ation, loth and Marcy, 'phone 62'J. A veek 'H.rYf iri 5ouih Dakota. Will. Make A New; Man Of You - Good Hotels-Finest Plunge Bath in fheVorld Goif-Tennis-Tallx-Ho Drives-Dancing AoKAny mm iowRaiea. mi PSSes I do not ACCEPT ONE CENT OF PAY u:.ttl a are cured. Gonsiiltation and exannnatioii what it will com you to os curou, anu For particulars, or any information, ad dp, DR. B. E. NEAL, Omaha, Neb. 30. 31 and 32 Douolaa Block, S. E. Cor, 16th and Dodga Sta. I a. to Niaacar TieatT HARRY E. MOQRES, 6. i. PD. I'rvf. Stetaon of the rnlv.-rsliy of Chicago told the student in a lecture on "I'sychology and the Trcadieis" the other day that a minister of the gos pel "should compose his own hymn, words and mui-lc; should be n skilled art critic, have a Kimitterln-r of nrdit ' ecture and be an expert pHycho..lt" ltev. Edmund H. Itousmmil" re, who I i likely to bfl the next re. tor of Ht. .ohn'a, Waahlngton, was botn on the a me day In the came yeur a Tresl Dt nooacvclt-October 27, 1SJS. r-1 UJti rtUt ALL LaE fAiL.j, a kj licM i ,U(b t-jrup. Tuih (,L Cm Eu ln "tI" S..K1 hT 1nKitlt. Sf, An alligator has been caught In Chi cago river. The weary saurian sought that l,mpld Btream, doubtless, with fuI eldal intent. Pain relieved, sickness prevented, by the timely ue of Hamlin's Wizard Oil. Keep it ulways ln the house. Loyal Langdon Wright of Middle bury, Vt., walked three miles on his idst birthday to attend the republican convention in that state. Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnslow's Smoothing Hyrup the best remedy to use for their childreu during the teething p'-rlod. Yankee notions continue blazing the path of civilization. P.ural free deliv ! y has bef-n established along the f hor. s of Lake Winnlpiscoge. The lake Is not in the Philippines, but ln Massa chusetts. It'-ad I)r. Neat's ad. In this paper. Tie guarantees to cure any casi: of piles, and does not accept one cent of pay until the patient is well. The number of lingers lost by small boys in celebrating the Fourth was not a marker to the number of "fln gcia" required by their fathers In thu sinie patriotic employment. We thank you for trying Hamlin's 'v'"::a'd OH for Hh'pmalism or N'euial then you thank us. Ask your drug gin. William C. Whitney of New York h.ia given a handsome house and lot to he physician who attended Mrs. Whit ney In her long illness. A Placa To Spend the Summer On the lines of the Milwaukee Rail way In Wisconsin, Minnesota, and loua are some of the most beautiful places ln the world to spend a summer vacation, camping out or at the ele gant summer hotels. Boating, fishing, beautiful lakes and streams and cool weather. Okobojl Is the nearest of these re ports, but all are easily reached from Omaha, and the round trip rates this summer are lower than ever before. Full information on application. F. A. NASH. On. Western Apt. C. M. & St. P. Ity., M4 Farnam St., Omaha. THE IMPROVED , , . isrp.rsTA KlfiSALL. BROS. CO., Mffia. 10"d ftth St. - - - Council Bluffs, la. Omaha Office. - - 1010 11th St. Country Publishers Co, O.naha, Neb, Vol. 5. No. 29. 1902 at in d TicMAgt. cire 1., nil. "tad, and VCU d.viUo wnen VOU I.-oo nl oiiic or by mitt, t will t:l you Jie.t now ion,; n. wn ui -".o oht, or aooaiaa J60j.aram St1Tmata - ;-J-TK- -" John K. Mllhilland is trying to get the f.derul government to purchase for S'10,000 the lulns of old Fort Tlconder oga and restore It to the (xact status It bore when Kthun Allen demamled Hat surrender. He formerly was editor and proprietor of a Tlconderoga newspnper. Choli niaster Fvana of the Metropoli tan temple, New York, says: "V'estln? dni n awny with all class dlstlnctlona. It enebles the poor boy to stand besldo Die rich and not feel abashed bocauao of a shabby coat." . . . Wi'lt-KVHvV'i!ilM'c-tA 7n Sr3 WWW'- and oil . rM jffji Under a k u OLD CITY OF TUSCON. AN INTEK3TIKG TOWN IN ARIZONA. Once the Home of the Aztec Indian, Later of the Mexican, and Now of the Yankee. Situated on the main line of the Southern Pacific railroad, 500 miles from Los Angeles and 3,000 mile3 fYnm NJrtw V:'l Tn,.Dn rtnli. " v n vi it, i ui ..uu la vjiii uooul id nines i ruin uiu .viexreo, oi which it was originally a part, F.ays a Tucson, Ariz., letter to the Spring field Republican. Once the bome. of the Aztec, later of the Mexican, its poo illation is now 23 per cent Mexican and 75 per cent Yankee, the latter largely from the Eastern states. Having grown from 5,000 soula to a population of 11, 000 since 1S!5. it is now a hustling lit tle city, whose principal stores will compare favorably with those of our beloved Springfield, and possessing the advantages of a city government, mu nicipal water works, sewers, fire de partment, electric lights, street cars, city library, driving park and street watering paid for by the city. Here one can see ancient adobe houses. Hide by side with modern buildings of brick and stone, though one feature, which is shared by bot.l ancient and modern buildings, is tha". both are nearly all one story ln helf.ht. without apparent reason therefor, m this is not a locality visited by earthquakes. However, the Tticsonlan has no use for a flight of i' tali's, and two-story buildings of any kind are very f w, while I think there are none more than two stories. Having fairly good records hack to 1C!M and traditional and corroborative DRAG Lue spectators in ths court room, in New York are amazed at the coolnes displayed by this young1 woman against whom a charge of murder may be found. She listens to the strangely contradictory evi dence as if it had no bearing on her own affairs. material evidence pointing to a settle ment centuries before that time, this city claims to be the oldest in any of the statm or territories which make up the United States of America, a claim, however, which is disputed by Santa Ko. a few hundred miles to the north east. The name Tucson means black vater. taken from the appearance of a spring by the foothills of the Tucson mountains, which was once the sole water supply of the little settlement. Tucson lies at an elevation of 2.40.) feet, and is almost entirely rurrounded by mountains. The Tue.:on mountains are on the west, the Santa Hela to the south, the Cataiina eastward and the San X.ivier to the north. The houses, being only one story, shelter only fam ily each, and this is Hi" biggest city on the ground of any of 11.000 population that I know of. Very many of the com paratively modern houses are built of adobe, especially those of the more well-to-do Mexicans, and the interior of many of these ancient-looking houxes Is a revelation. Fine modern pi. null ing, gas, electric lighting and luxurious furnishings mike beautiful homes In lc!n these walls made of mud blocks ami plastered outside with more mud. Just a word as to what adobe is. From anywhere In this valley u few feet iclow the surface is taken a soil which Is mix.-d with the straw refuse from the stables, and pressed into blocks about 12 Inches long, ten Inches wide and four Inches thick. These are dried In the sun for about three weeks, when they are ready to use in laying up the walls of an adobe house. Ilelng laid double, the walls are 20 Inches or more thick. The mortar used In construc llon Is more of the same mud. These walls are carried up about 15 feet, and a nearly flat roof of more mud 1s laid on sticks or boards tightly placed to gether two or three fret below the top of the wall:, through which are made openings to allow the rain to run through to the outside. The outer and inner surfaces of the walln are then plastered with more mud. and the whole structure noon dries In this climito to be nearly as hard as our brick, and makes a cool house In Hummer and a warm one In winter. Regarding the dryness of the cli mate, let me say that one cannot Imag ine It; It must be experienced. Our pine lumber Is unfit for building purposes here, an It would dry and ahrlnk tre mendously ln the dry season, nnd then swell and hurst Its fastenings when the summer rains come on. Surface water courses are very few In this country, fine atretch of the old road leading from Yuma to the gold fields, (to miles In length, has no water the whole length, and more than '100 graver, of gold seek er" are to be counted along this stretch, where they died of thlr.X O! her travel era have plnced small stones In the f jrm of a c:csn to mark their last rcst- Jng places. No teamster or bicyclist, much less the foot traveler, would not venture a 20-mi!e trip even without his large canteen of water. The draymen, who haul merchandise to the mines, all have small barrels of water attached to the side of the wagon, for a supply en route for man and beast. Though the Indian, with blanket strapped to his back, the Mexican with knife at his belt, and the cowboy mounted on his pony, bridle in one hand, lariat in the other, and a brace of heavy sixshooters at his' hips, are to be seen on the streets any day, the city is very orderly, and only one po liceman, a. id he in citizens' clothes Is needed to keep the peace. The "Legal Tws-i'ir." the finest gambling house in Arizona, in lm ;:t:'d on Main street, and, although I paw it many times each day. I have yet -to- see -anything thai would had me to think it other than a club house, or p'j.,::ihly an opera house of Imposing architectural oe:;ign. Did you ever see a "burro"?- little animals about the size of a Shetland pony. They v-j:k orally well driven in pairs to a v. ,c in : if.n:'ed high on their bacl:.; w '" v.'-'):! :r In? camp out fit of socii- '.criinl": i Mn!;-:i. A sort of sav'.ii;. . f.r i:e :'.:-ft piac"(l on their h-c!j w.i, n 'nad n;; v.:h wood, and ti e the ;;!;;;:; put Li tiveen the X:, :"id la. hed fi::t. Hi" Mesi:':iil h.:.-e. as well as vliev ver lie ia:y rum. is not n :ieh on v.wis. He will '.oaf about the pl.-.za in ll"!:1 sun. and his desire for activity is id'.vays expi'esr.'d in the word "nuinariH," mean:,i tomorrow. He never du. s I-h!;,' v:at can be put off till tomorrow, though iiis wife and chil dren are livii,- z:i the bare ground that serves for a floor m his adobe hut, shiv ering through the cold of the night, and basking in the warmth of the day's sun outside the door, living on beans in winter and melons in summer. Speaking of beans reminds me that I NET AROUND FLORENCE BURNS. i shipped to our mine the other day one jton of beans, costing $70, for the use of ,our 40 miners., who will not work unless I wo provide them beans thrpe times a I day. This little city has a very large trade from the surrounding country. ! Miners and others come in with big wagons, load up, and return, so the trade of this place is phenomenal for jits size. One department store does nearly two millins a year business. Goods are very hih-priced, due to exor bitant freight charges. We bought ten ,' carloads of coke for our smelter in St. ; Iouis a few days ago. costing there ! about $700, and at Tucson $2,700, and at JJS per ton for battling to the mines, (i0 .miles away, tb" total cost laid down at the mine will he about $4,200. Board I here Is from $10 to $20 per week, but even grocers' clerks get $75 to $100 per month wages. Nothing but gold nnd silver is used, no pennies are used, and lnn.l.fn.. ...U, I.. ....1.1 lnK v..,n iioiiuiii; wumevei in wnu 101 icia iuuii 5 cents. CARE OH? CIGARS. How They Should be Kept in Order to Preserve Their Aroma. New York Commercial: Captain Charles A. Hesse, who Is Interested in tobacco raising in Cuba and Is an ex pert on cigars, was talking with a crowd of friends over a poussee cafe In a Broadway restaurant the other even ing, when he took the cigar from his lips and said: "Now that was once a good cigar, but It has been ruined by the way in has been kept. You see how dry the wrnp per Is? its aroma has been ruined. The only place I know of ln New York here cigars are kept right Is at the Waldorf-Astoria. Away oown In tin sfcond cellar of the hotel, underneath everything, are vaulted rooms, the floors of which are brick, and under neath the brick Is a layer of five inches of sand. These vaults are kept exactly the same. Imported and domestic cigars are not kept In the same vault, for whenever they nre kept together the aroma of one penetrates that of the oth er. Of course, no one la ever allowed to carry a lighted cigar into these ftorerooms, nnd every other precaution is taken to prevent anything from in juring that dedicate, peculiar 'second aroma' which good cigars should have, and which they lose ho easily, "When a cigar Is properly kept," he add,!d, "It grows better with age. It ripens. Incomes more fragrant Just as '.'ocs old wine -but bnd keeping makes the value of a cigar lessen with Its age. I "1 would like to be turned in those I Waldorf cigar cellars." concluded the ciptnln. "The value of the goods stored 'there ordinarily Is over $;i00.0O0." WHITE HOUSE INVITATIONS Expert Departmental Penmen Writ the Names on the Cards. Washington Star: The preparation of invitations to the four great social events of the season at the white house the receptions of the president is a work that requires great care and the most expert penmanship. The several thousand people who receive invita tions to each of the four receptions necessarily notice the attractive and beautiful penmanship, amounting al most to engraving. This work is done by some of the most noted penmen in the service of the United States govern ment. The cards of invitation to each re ception"" are engraved, and contain blanks for the name of the person or persons invited. These blanks are fill ed in by the penmen. During the so cial season just closed two penmen were engaged in writing the names on the cards, while two others wrote the ad dresses on the envelopes containing the cards. With all four men, writing beautifully is a profession, and fre quently those invited to a reception would wonder whether the name was engraved or written. This work was done by J. L. Me.Grew, a clerk in the navy department; S. E. Sullivan of the postoflice department, W. W. Mortimer of the interior department, and E. L. Kimmcl of the treasury. The four men, aided by two sten ographers and typewriters, worked un der the supervision of Thomas H. Neth erland of the white house force, himself a noted expert in writing. For three or four years Mr. Netherland has had charge of the invitations to these re ceptions, and his work has been so sat isfactory as to receive the hearty com mendation of Secretary Cortelyou. Mr. 1 Netherland occasional! v drws come of the writing himself, but his dubr con sists of seeing to the preparation and distribution of the invitations, to the care of the lists of those invited, and to the thousand aad one other ttiings that come before him. He dictates the answers to the requests for invitations, and superintends the making up of the lists. The lists are kept from year to year, and Mr. Netherl"jid knows just who were invited to receptions in other years and who were refused invitations. He is a kind of walking encyclopedia of the social and political standing and affiliations of Washington and other people, lie Is so discreet that never a word escapes his mouth about his du ties, and whatever he has to say is put before his chief, Secretary Cortelyou, who is responsible for the way in which the work is done. . The work of writing the invitations is frequently begun weeks ahead of the time fixed. Certain classes of people are invited to every reception, and their Invitations can be written and put aside ready for delivery when others are made out. The handwriting experts are not usually fast penmen. Swiftness and beauty of writing are seldom found to gether, and so the ei'.iierts tf.ke time in affixing the names of society ppople to cards and envelopes. All of the four men engaged the last season are i. Sign ed from other departments, and Mr. Netherland Is the only one belonging permanently on the white house rolls. A DEADLY CLIMATE. Great Loss of Life on the Part of Those Who Have Worked In the Panama Country. A New Orleans man who had spent five years as roadmaster of the Pana ma railroad testified before the son ata committee last month that of a group of 53 men sent to the isthmus as engineers, superintendents and clerks, all but three had died within three months. The mortality among the men employed on the original French Canal company was frightful, It Is not pleasant to think of what might happen to a force of Americans sent down to complete the Panama canal although doubtless the health conditions of the region could bo Im proved. The nearer location of the Nicaragua route, fnrtlermore, ren ders It much more de.'Jrable for our own traffic, especially for our Pacific coast, shippers. All these things must be takni Into account, Review of Re views. Owing to thnir poor condition, It Ih proposed to transfer the care of the trees of Boston rommon from the charge of ho city gardener to that ol the department of parka. UNCLE BILL PASS on, Mrl Cyclone, We don't want yer ter light here Pass on, Mr. Cyclone, Yer've filled us all with fear, With yer dark an' frowsy funnel Yer on a kidnappin' raid. Pass on, Mr. Cyclone, Things look bad where'er yer staid. Pass on, Mr. Cyclone, Yer've been raisin' the ole nick, Pass on, Mr. Cyclone, With yer clouds a 'rollin'thich.. An' droppin' down yer cloud-bursts, Playin havoc o'er the land, Pass on, Mr. Cyclone, Run against a snag an' strand. Pass on, Mr. Cyclone, Don't come back some other day, Pass on, Mr. Cyclone, An' please ter stay away. Blow yer self clean off the earth, With yer kidnappin' raid, Pass on, Mr. Cyclone, See the ruins yer have made. "I hain't got as much use fur a cy clone as a pizened rat has fur a swim min' hole," said Uncle Bill, as he fin ished reading about the havoc one had made. He continued: "Cyclones are like visitors from town, they come whizzin' in jest, when a feller ought ter be busy. But I 'spose we ought ter be thankful that we are here ter kick'bout it" "Yes," replied the editor, "it might have been worse. How much damage did it really do?" referring to the cy clone that had recently visited Uncle Bill's vicinity. "It's hard ter estimate the actual damage done," remarked Uncle Bill. It really done me more good than harm, "cause I'm a barn ahead; it brought one from somewhere an' landed it on my north 80. F- I thought I would come ur an' a(1vcrise fur the owner. It's come frorr txw-y cT, 'cause there never was a br:: :i ri ot:r neishborhood like it." "Is the barn i;: ood order," asked the editor. "Wall, its sort uv second-handed now, yer see I wasn't out ter give eny in structions as ter where it should set, an' it was landed on it's side, an' then tried ter keep up the circus by standin' on its hesd, but the lumber is all there. Cyclones are mighty careless 'bout how they set things down. If they would be a leetle more careful an' not git in such a cosh durn big hurry 'bout settin' things down, it would save a pile uv work an' worry," said Uncle Bill. "They have a terrible twist on' when they pass by," explained the editor. "A feller cant tell jest what they do have on. I'm inclined ter think that some on 'em what pass through Iowa gits a regular drug store jag on, 'cause after they swipe up a drug store, or two. in a prohibition town they git like a drunken Indian, lookin' fur trouble, an' sometimes they git so much that they git laid out. I remember a few years ago a cyclone hit a town an' kept a fumbiin' 'round until it found the drug store an' struck it (fur a drink). The druggist s-hook his head an' said he didn't know he got that fur when the cyclone swiped his store; it took half uv it an' got as fur as the little hill the other side uv town, but I guess it was it's first experience with drug store whisky, 'cause the jag was complete. Mr. Cyclone was knocked out, it stop ped at the hill ter rest, an' toppled over dead drunk, an' had too big a head on next morning ter resume business, so it left nothing but; the memories uv a windy jag behind. The business men chipped in an' helped the druggist stock up again, as a protection ter the town. "I don't know which Is the most ' harmful to a town, a drugstore permit of a cyclone." remarked the editor. "Taking it from example the lesson is plain enough," said Uncle Bill, "for a cyclone don't go to church fur the purpose uv giltin' trade. But speakin' uv cyclones, I was on a train one when a cyclone struck us an' we got inter Chicago four hours ahead uv time an' "Hold on there!" exclaimed the edi tor, "stick to the truth. Now how in the world did you get to Chicago four hours ahead ot time?" "Why." answered Uncle Bill," the cy clone blew us off uv the track an' onto the telegraph wires an' the train an' ptissei.gers went, by telegraph, an' it can bent a cyclone every time; besides, a cyclone is like a revival meetin' yer can't tell what's been done unti It's over." "I have made up my mind," said the editor, "that some people will lie about a cyclone." "Yes. replied Undo Bill, "take a fel ler like yerself, what's never been in one, an' yer apt ter git mixed in yer stories, if yer go ter talkin' 'bout cy clones. Now, with me it's different. I've seen so many uv 'em cut up dldos that I like ter talk about the experi ences I've had with 'em. When 1 was crossln' the plains ln '49, an Indian was a'chasln' uv me, when a 'twister' cum up. I lay down on the ground an' the cyclone an' Indian went whizzin' by: It blew the quill end uv a feather off the Indian's headgear inter a tree an' then it blew him up agin the tree with the feather a'stlckln' down his throat an' Jest as I come tip the Indian dropped ter the ground dead; tho feather had tickled him ter denth an' ' "Say," Uncle Hill," I believe that yon have gone daffy over cyclones," said the editor. Wall, mebby I have," assented Uncle Bill. "When a feller has had every thing blown, or washed away, but hln sins, there's a powerful load on his mind." And fifl ho wept out the door he said, 'There's a queer lookin' cloud over west"