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Thousand Dollar Bill Passed
Around as $100 Note.
rSeveral Business Men of Hyde Park
and Englewood Do Not Know Value
of Money When They See It
Elusive BUI Trailed.
Chicago. There are eight business
nen in Hyde Park and Englewood
"who do not know a thousand dotfar
bill when they see it Eight of them
.had it in their possession the other
.day.
.day.Each
Each one passed It on to the next
man as a $100 bill. The last to re
ceive it deposited the bill to his ac
count in the Guarantee Trust and Sav
ings bank , 835 West Sixty-third street ,
still believing it to represent only
? 100. The receiving teller discovered
the size of it
Here's the story :
A business man walked briskly Into
the Woodlawn Trust and Savings
.bank , 1208 East Sixty-third street
"Give me § 100 , " he said , tossing a
* check to the paying teller. The teller
snapped a bill from a pile , ran It
through his fingers and slipped it un
der the wicket
The man walked out He made a
purchase.
"Here's 5100 , " he said to the mer
chant with whom the sale was con
ducted. The merchant took the bill ,
.glanced at it , and tossed it into his
till.
About this time the paying teller of
-the Woodlayn Trust made an Invoice
of his cash.
Then he ran for the Englewood po-
Jice station. Detective Edward Dud
ley set forth for the missing 100 bank
note. The cashier had given him the
name of the man who had asked for
-100 in exchange for a check.
"Thousand dollars ? You're kidding
me , " said the man when Dudley found
him. "But anyway , I haven't got it
J gave it to Jinks. " Dudley went to
.Jinks. Jinks sent him to Dinks. From
Dinks he passed to Binks. Finally he
-wound up with August Nelson , 835
West Sixty-third street
"Thousand ? No , you're bunked , "
said Nelson. "I deposited it at the
Guarantee Trust The cashier took
it for a hundred. He ought to know. "
Dudley dashed for the bank. "Gim
me that thousand dollar bill quick , "
said he. He got it
Dudley was asked for the names of
the business men who did not know a
-thousand dollar bill when they saw
one.
one."I
"I have been requested not to give
out their names , " said the detective.
"They are laughing at the error they
made. It turned out all right , so we will
withhold the names. I guess the whole
bunch is making so much money they
.don't take time to look at hundred
.dollar bills. "
'VACUUM CLEANER FOR FLEAS
.Devotion of Big Maltese Cat to Mod
ern Machine Results in Discovery of
Benefit to Pet Animals.
New York Through a discovery
-juade by "Buster , " a large Maltese cat
the flea population of Murray Hill , L.
1. , is fast disappearing. Recently the
.animal's owner added a vacuum cleaner -
er to the household equipment After
-pumping the dust out of her rugs she
applied the nozzle playfully to the
cat's fur. At first "Buster" showed
alarm , but , finding no damage fol
lowed , he lay still while receiving a
-thorough cleansing.
When the vacuum cleaner was
brought into use a few days later
"Buster" promptly ran to the nozzle ,
rubbing against it and purring until
liis coat received another going over.
When the dust bag was emptied sev
eral fleas were seen struggling amid
I BURIED COINS FOUND
-Salvage Crew Successful in
Raising Man-of-War.
-Vessel Sunk In 1799 Carried Gold
Treasure Estimated at $5,000,000
Two Quaint Old Cannons and
Some Balls Recovered.
Tepschelllng , Holland. The search
for $5,000,000 sunken treasure be
lieved to be aboard the old British
.man-of-war Lutine , which was wrecked
dn 1799 while on a voyage from Yar
mouth to Hamburg , gets closer and
- closer to success every day now.
Bit by bit the old wreck has been
uncovered , the National Salvage as-
-sociation's ship Lyons' great vacuum
ipump having worked wonders In clear-
ring away the masses of sand em-
.bedding her. Now she Is practically
-clear on the starboard side.
The port side still remains more or
less covered the Lutine must have
heeled over to port when she went
> down , or else the water gradually
urged her over that way but the
rgreat pump should make little of the
work of clearance.
When this Is done , the exciting and
romantic task of locating and bring
ing up the bullion which has so long
lain on the sea bottom will begin.
Any day now , so the div.ers engaged
- on the wreck say , the sand may be
. cleared and the first real haul of
coins brought up.
Already , although no appreciable
amount .of the wealth borne on her
EXHIBITS SEEN AT MINING CONGRESS.
u
the American Mining Congress opened in Chicago on October 24
WHEN
there was on view an interesting lot of exhibits connected with the
mining industry. Among these were the devices used by the government
rescue corps , which has done such good work in recent disasters. Our
photograph shows a member of the co rps equipped with the oxygen helmet
the debris in the ash can. It was ob
served that the cat was less annoyed
by his tiny enemies than formerly ,
and it became evident he attributed
his relief to the vacuum cleaner.
News of the new flea catcher
spread among other owners of pet ani
mals , and the nozzle of the weapon
was turned on many dogs and cats.
At the end of the onslaught the con
tents of the dust bags were burned.
Hedges which had begun to show the
effects of too much service as back
scratchers , are beginning to thrive
again and the pet animals in the Mur
ray Hill section of Flushing expect to
pass the dog days very comfortably.
NOW HUNTING WILD CATTLE
Descendants of Stock Taken to Wash
ington by Scotch Colony in 1840
Now Prey of Hunters.
Seattle , Wash. Although the state
of Washington has its "No Trespass"
sign tacked on the herds of elk In the
Olympic mountains , and the open sea
son for deer here lasts but three
months each year , guides are returning
from the wild regions with larger game
wild cattle , unprotected by law.
Grant W. Humes has just brought In
last voyage by the old Lutine has yet
been brought to the surface , single
coins , many silver ones , have been
found. Altogether , roughly , a. handful
of silver has been recovered.
And coins are all that the wreck
has yielded. The Lutine's anchor , a
big crusted Iron thing , eighteen by
eighteen feet , with the ship's name
engraved upon It , Is now on the
lighter lying over the wreck , and two
quaint old cannons and some old
fashioned cannon balls have also been
found.
The anchor , which weighs about
three tons , is In a remarkable state of
preservation , as is another anchor
brought up.
One cannon was loaded almost to
the muzzle. The task of taking the
charge out occupied a man practically
a whole morning. Everything about
it is really wonderfully preserved ;
even the cord and the flintlock ap
paratus is intact.
The longer the weather remains
fine the greater the chance of the
gold being found soon. In fine ,
smooth weather the divers can work
uninterruptedly , but on stormy days
all are forced to be Idle.
Rice Crop Prospects Good.
Tokyo , Japan. The outlook for the
rice crop this year Is gratifying , the
yield being estimated at more than
53,000,000 koku (265,000,000 bushels ) .
This is 14 per cent , above the figures
for last year and eight per cent above
the average for the last ten years of
49,000,000 koku (245,000,000 bushels ) .
the shaggy hide and long horns of a
wild bull he killed in the plateau re
gion at the headwater of the Dusewali
lips river. Humes , who has lived in
the Olympics for 15years , says a herd
of several hundred wild cattle Is at
large near the source of the Dusewal-
lips. Other herds , Humes says , feed
on thousands of acres of wild hay In
the plateau regions bordering the
Queets and Hoh rivers. Two other
guides confirm the story.
Indian legend says the stock was
brought to this country by a colony of
Scotch settlers who landed from a
sailing vessel in the early forties. The
colony did not thrive , and its mem
bers returned to civilization.
Guides say the wild cattle and horses
are more timid than deer , and more
diflacult to hunt With a scent as
keen as that of the elk , the wild herds
flee to the almost inaccessible hid
ing places in the hills when alarmed
by the approach of man.
Gotham Death Rate Low.
Nefr York. The death rate of New
York city for the first week of October
was the lowest ever recorded , reachIng -
Ing 12.60 per 1,000. This Is seventy-
two-hundredths less than In any previ
ous week since the records have been
kept
NEW SOUP PLATE IS PRAISED
Noiseless Spoon Inventor Lauds Chit
cagoan's Finger Proof Dish In
vents Ladle for Spaghetti.
St. Louis. Sterling H. Campbell ot
this city , Inventor of the noiseless
soup spoon , hastened congratulations
when he learned that Isaac Allen ot
Chicago had perfected a finger proof
soup plate. They will go well togeth
er , he believes.
Campbell resides at a hotel and he
knows how it | B. Observation in pub
lic eating places has sharpened his in
ventive genius.
A ladle which will enable any one
not Italian born to make reasonable
progress with a dish of spaghetti Is
nearly perfected. He has discovered
that a teaspoonful of olive oil on a
grapefruit will keep the juice from
squirting Into one's eyes.
Penny Lunches for'Pupils.
St. Paul , Minn. Penny lunches will
be provided for the pupils of some of
the St. Paul schools. The board oC
education has voted $3,000 for the pur
pose of making experiments with the
proposition. Malnutrition and lack of
proper food are said by physicians who
have studied the case to be the cause
of a heavy rate of mortality among
the children of the city.
Potatoes Give Fire Alarm.
Spokane , Wash. A fire at the home
of R. Miller the other day burned a
hole in a sack of potatoes suspended
over the rear stairway , and the noise
of the potatoes rolling down the stair
way awoke Mis : Miller. The flre was
discovered and the. family fled for
safety.
ALL OVER NEBRASKA.
New Alfalfa Mill.
Adams County. The first portable
alfalfa meal mill ever invented was
built by the Hastings foundry and
given a thorough test at Hastings.
This mill is built somewhat on the
lines of a threshing machine and can
be hauled into the field and the newly
cut and cured alfalfa put through it
and carried from the field in sacks In
stead of having to be hauled to a mill
as heretofore. A 16-horsepower en
gine will give power capacity for
grinding three tons per hour , where
by the old method a 65-horsepower
engine is required to pull the ma
chinery in a stationary mill at th
same capacity.
The Coming Teachers' Meeting.
Douglas County. The Nebraska
Teachers' association's annual con
vention in Omaha November 8 , 9 and
10 promises to be a great gathering ,
with the best thought of educators or
the state and other states before an
attendance that should be inspiring.
Tekamah will close its schools and
send its teachers and the president or
its board of education here for the
convention. Cities and towns that will
close schools , enabling teachers to
come are : Hastings , Lincoln , South
Omaha , Harvard , Clay Center , Edgar ,
Fairfield , Schuyler , Fullerton , Ash
land , West Point , Columbus and Ne-
ligh , with others to hear 1'rom.
Sues Union Pacific.
Dodge County. William Weeilie ,
who was hit by a Union Pacific train
while crossing the I street track last
March , has brought suit for damages
in the sum of § 9,999 , claiming neg
ligence on the part of the company in
failure to provide a watchman ana
failure to give alarm. He claims a
row of freight cars * obscured his view
of the approaching train , which he
says was running at thirty miles an
hour in violation of the speed ordi
nances of Fremont.
Ranchmen in Penitentiary.
Lancaster County. George and
Alma Weed , Kenneth Murphy ana
Harry Heath , the four confessed mur
derers of Charles Sellers , the CoOy ,
Neb. , ranchman , reached Lincoln and
were taken immediately to the state
penitentiary. They take their places
in the broom factory and begin serv
ing the sentences of imprisonment-
life at hard labor.
Pushing Work on New Line.
Burt County Work is being rushed
on the new Omaha , Sioux City &
Northern railway between Tekama
and Decatur. The surveyors complet
ed the final survey and men have
beeniremplpyed to clear away the
corn and grain from the right-of-way
and move all necessary buildings.
Liveryman Charged with Arson.
Polk County. On complaint of Fire
Warden Randall , Harm Shank of Os-
ceola was arrested on a charge of set
ting fire to the livery barn of his com
petitor , William Everetts , a week
ago. The fire destroyed the large
barn and seven horses.
Working on Deep Well.
Otoe County. The Ingersoll broth
ers are still at work on the deep well
and they are now down to the depth
of 2,703 feet and expect to strike a
flow of natural gas , because they have
found many signs of it within the last
100 feet.
Perkins Will Be Retained.
Lancaster County. A statement Is
sued by the railway commission ana
signed by all three members indicates
that Clark Perkins , who only recently
proffered his resignation to that body ,
would be retained for an indefinite
period. '
Rainfall at Call away.
C'uster County. Postmaster J. H.
Evans , who reports the rainfall for
this locality , reports a fall of 13.35
inches from July 1 to October 1. There
is probably a fall of two inches to be
idded to this since the first of thf
nonth.
New Church Dedicated.
Bisnop John L. Nuelsen dedicated
the new Trinity Methodist churcn
last Sunday. A few minutes berore
the $24,500 necessary 'before the
edifice could be dedicated was raised
by subscription. The new church and
the renovation of the annex or old
house of worship cost § 54,000.
Goes to Muskogee.
Rev. A. G. Rydelott , a former Chris
tian church pastor of Humboldt , who
left for a charge at New Orleans , La. ,
about a year ago , has resigned his po
sition at that place to accept a call
extended from Muskogee , Okla. The
Rev. Mr. Rydelott was engaged in
evangelical work prior to his coming
to Humboldt.
Charges Made Against Judge.
Buffalo County. Charges have been
made against County Judge F. M.
Hallowell , through newspaper ai >
ticle in a Kearney morning daily , that
excessive fees have been collected by
him from litigants in his office.
Has Money Left.
Dodge County. The committee
which has charge of the arrangements
of the Fremont festival , held in Fre
mont , have got their affairs all fixed
up ana have $1.74 in the treasury af
ter paying bills
ABOUT CURING MEAT
PROCESS A MYSTERY TO MOST
CITY HOUSEKEEPERS. -
Good-Sized Piece of Meat May Be
Bought Advantageously and
Corned Pickling and Dry
ing Process Explained.
The method of keeping meats the
year around is well known to farmers'
wives , but a mystery to most city
housekeepers. A good-sized piece of
meat may be bought advantageously
and corned , after cutting off a portion
to be used in its fresh state. The
rump is best to corn. Beef tongue ,
fresh ham , veal or mutton are excel
lent when corned.
A pickle for corning meat In small
quantities is made as follows : Four
pounds of coarse salt , eight quarts
of water , two pounds of brown sugar ,
one-half pound of saltpeter ; stir until
salt and sugar are dissolved ; then
boil and skim , letting the mixture
become cold before pouring over the
meat. Turn the meat in the pickle
every day for a week , which will give
it a fine color and flavor. During
the summer this pickle may be boiled
over with an addition of one cup of
salt and one cup of brown sugar to
one quart of water , when it will keep
sweet for several weeks. A plate or
clean flat stone must be used to keep
the meat beneath the pickle.
A large beef tongue will have to
be kept in the pickle fourteen days
before it is ready for use.
Dried Beef. Select a round of beef
and divide in two parts through the
middle , rejecting the bone. For
twelve pounds of meat allow one-half
pound of fine salt , one-quarter ounce
of pulverized saltpeter , and one-half
pound of brown sugar. Rub this mixture -
ture into the meat every morning un
til it is all used up. At the .end . of
this time hang up in the smokehouse
for two weeks to dry. An excess of
smoke will ruin the flavor.
Few people in the city have a
smokehouse , and this method will be
found a very good substitute. Drive
nails around the top of a tight barrel ,
fill an iron pan or pail half full of
ashes , build a fire on top of these.
Hang the meat by a stout twine on
the nails , place a board over the top
of the barrel , and cover tightly with
an old blanket. This method has been
tried in the back yard of a city resi
dence and found practical for smoking
two hams , two pieces of beef , and two
sausages.
If two or three families will club
together and buy their meat whole
sale at one of the packing houses they
will find that their meat bills will be
about one-third what it usually costs.
Borax water will restore the gloss
to sateen in washing.
Fine ginghams and percales will
emerge from the tub with the gloss
and dressing of new material if
dipped in sweet milk instead of
starch.
Ink stains are sometimes removed
by seeking in sour milk and then
rinsing in a week solution of chloride
of lime.
Try removing mildew by soaking in
a weak solution of chloride of lime ,
then rinsing in cold water.
To erase all traces of scorch stains ,
wet the scorched place , rub with soap
and bleach in the sun.
Use warm water to sprinkle starched
clothes and the effect will be twice as
satisfactory.
To remove stains of blood soak
them in cold salt water , then wash
in warm soapy water and finish by
boiling.
Grass stains may be eradicated by
saturating the stain with kerosene ,
then putting the garment in the wash
tub.
tub.Iron
Iron rust stains yield to the follow
ing treatment : Soak the stain in
lemon juice , sprinkle with salt and
bleach several hours in the sun.
Pepper Rice.
One pound of rice mashed in cold
water thoroughly. Boil in one quart
of water for twenty minutes. Add salt.
Strain through sieve and let cold wa
ter run on it same as for vegetable.
Fry four strips of bacon very crisp.
Add chopped onion , one red pepper
chopped fine , six large tomatoes ,
skinned and chopped fine ; put all into
pot with rice and let cook slowly thre
hours until it is all dry and each ker
nel of rice is red and can be separated
with a fork. This is a recipe for serv
ice for ten persons. Economical and
can be warmed over , and Is better
the second day than when fresh cook-
ad.
To Keep Gas Stoves Polished.
To keep sheet-iron gas stoves pol
ished and looking nice , go over them
occasionally with some heavy oil. pre
ferably lubricating or black oil. ap
plying with a soft cloth. This will last
twice as long as any blackening or
polish. Be. careful to avoid oils con
taining coal oil. National Magazine.
Graham Biscuits.
One and one-half cupfuls of graham
flour , one-half cupful of white Hour ,
one tablespoonful of brown sugar , one
egg. one teaspoonful each of salt ana
eoda. Wet with thin , sour cream
Roll one-half Inch thick. Bake slowly
ARE YOU FREE
-FROM
Headaches , Colds , Indigestion ,
Fains , Constipation , Sour Stomach ,
Dizziness ? If you are not , the most
effective , prompt and pleasant
method of getting rid of them is to
take , now and then , a desertspoon-
ful of the ever refreshingand truly
beneficial laxative remedy Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It is
well known throughout the world
as the best of family laxative reme
dies , because it acts so gently and
strengthens naturally without irri
tating the system in any way.
To get its beneficial effects it is
always necessary to buy the genu
ine , manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. , bearing the name
of the Company , plainly printed on
the front of every package.
TONIC
FOREYES
EYES
W. N. U. , SIOUX CITY , NO. 44-1911.
A LIVING IMAGE.
Mrs. Fondraar There ! Isn't baby :
the image of his father ?
Oldchumme Sure ! Same lack of
expression , same red nose , no teeth to
speak of and , by George ! premature
ly bald head , too !
WAIL OF MODERN BENEDICT
Adaptation That Aims to Set Forth
the Trials and Tribulations
That Beset Life.
1. My wife is my boss , I shall not
deny.
2. She maketh me lie down behind ,
the bed when the swell company
comes , and she leadeth me behind her
up Main street.
3. She restoreth my pocketbook
after she has spent all its contents on
hobble skirts and theater tickets , and
she leadeth me up the main aisle of
church for her new hat's sake.
4. Yea , though I walk more thaa
half the night through dark rooms
with a crying baby , I will get no rest ,
for she is behind me ; her broomstick
and her hatpin they do everything
else but comfort me.
5. She prepareth a cold snack for
me , then maketh a beeline for an aid
society supper. She anointeth my
head with the rolling pin occasional
ly. My arms runneth over with bun
dles before she is half done her shop
ping.
6. Surely her dressmaker's and milli
nery bills shall follow me all the days
of my life and I will dwell in the
*
house of my wife forever. Exchange ,
THE TEA PENALTY.
'A Strong Man's Experience.
"Writing from a busy railroad town
the wife of an employe of one of the
great roads says :
"My husband is a railrgad man who
has been so much benefited by the use
of Postum that &e wishes me to ex-
p'ress his thanks to you for the good
it has done him. His waking hours
are taken up with his work , and he
has no time to write himself.
"He has been a great tea drinker
all his life and has always liked it
strong.
"Tea has , of late years , acted on
him like morphine does upon most
people. At first it soothed him , but
only for an hour or so , then it began ,
to affect his nerves to such an extent
that he could not sleep at night , and
he would go to his work in the morn
ing wretched and miserable from the
loss of rest. This condition grew con
stantly worse , until his friends per
suaded him , some four months ago , to-
quit tea and use Postum.
"At first he used Postum only for
breakfast , but as he liked the taste o
it , and it somehow seemed to do him
good , he added it to his evening meal.
Then , as he grew better , he began to
drink it for his noon meal , and now
he will drink nothing else at table.
"His condition is so wonderfully im
proved that he could not be hired to
give up Postum and go back to tea.
His nerves have become steady and
reliable once more , and his sleep Is
easy , natural and refreshing.
He owes all this to Postum , for he
has taken no medicine and made nc
other change in his diet.
"His brother , who was very nervous
from coffee-drinking , was persuaded
by us to give up the coffee and usa
Postum and he also has recovered his
health and strength. " Name givem by
Postum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich.
Read the little book , "The Road to
Wellville , " in pkgs. "There's a reason. " "
Ever read the above letter ? A nexr
one appears from time to time. , Tbey
nrc Pennine , tree , and full of buiaam
Interest.
