OMAHA PAII/V BIS ISt .SUNDAY , OCTOB13K 1 , 1 7. - : > > > > > A Y7 FTxl r\ WdLD < - TSJtpcctcil his happened. Chalnlcss " ' and the pedaling "wheels arc'abroad In the laeid ing multitude are gazing with becoming tuvo on the fiamlcs shown. The samples com ? from Hartford , Conn. , nnd their arrival In ccch city excites ns much Interest ns a circus. The advance agent of the manu facturers Is a "lulu" In his line and ho has worked the newspapers for copious notices , "top of column , next to pure reading matter , " -with Illustrations neatly wedged In. Yet there Is little that Is new or startling In the ovcnt , except the in-lee $12G. The new wheel Is operated by beveled gear < x principle ns old an mechanics. In general nppcarnnco It Is not unllko the regulation safety , except that the absence of the chain Is plainly noticeable. The gear cosing In front looks like a small , solid uprockct without teeth. The shaft connect ing the crank axle nnd the rear wheel runs Insldo the right rear part of the frame , bolng completely out of sight. A bmall set of togs Is attached to each end of this bar , the for ward set mwhlng Into the cogs of tlio front sprocket and the rear set Into those ot the small sprocket attached to the rear hub. The cogs on the bar ate sat at right angles with It and those on the sprockets ore on the side , nnd not the cdgo , as In the chain wheel , In tills way the power applied to the licdals Is transferred to the rear wheel , and , It Is claimed with much ICES friction than by the chain method. All the mechanism Is enclosed In dust and waterproof cases. The wheel weighs 20 pounds. The Inycitors who have striven for years literally hundreds of strlvers to make n per- feat chalnlcsB bicycle wcro actuated by the Ircoorfectlons of the chain and sprocket. Not only la the old system subject to the In terference of dust and dirt , but the Joints of the chain provide a multitude of placrs subject to wcari and this wear alters the "pitch. " "Pitch" Is a mechanical term which Indicates the distance from center to center. If the wear of the cluiln alters the distance from center to center of each Joint the wear of tlio sprocket teeth must be Identically the EOITIP to produce unison in the transmission of the power. Ilut It Is Im possible for the wear to bo the same , hcn"e the Infinitesimal changes In the pitch of the chain and the pitch of the sprocket teeth cause a loss of power , and this Is why the rider , who doesn't bother nbout what pitch means , wonders why his wheel rides harder otter It Is old than Jiun It was new. The chalnless gear also offo ed the mast am- bltloiui hopes for better hill climbing. The failure of many and most of tlie labirs of tboso tl'cless inventors was duo to the Imperfection of the beveled toothing. Thus , while all kinds of nuchlncTy are driven by beveled gear , the weight ot the cog whceis provides a solid base of resistance that over comes the Imperfe.-tlons In the perfect flttlni ; of one cog Into another ; -whereas , the lighter , bicycle mechanism depends upon , not weight , i tiut absolute perfection of the p r's. ' The rod transmitting the power from the pedals to1 the rear axle , It out of alignment , duo to the Instability of the light bicycle frame , would wreck the machine , and It'would stop like grandfather's clock , that never went again. That's where the bicycle combine came In. For two ycam beveled gear patents have been brought up right and left. The yatents ot the League chalnless wheel that failed were bought , until they beliuvu they possess every passlbla patent which cove s any kind of perfect or Imperfect bevel geared wheel. Tbo work of obscure Inventors was com bined , made Into composite shape and tried and tested ; one failure brought about another - ] other experiment , until , from failure to fall- , uro , a simple contrivance was born which' ' | the bicycle makers , after testing for a year , believe to be perfect. It Is stated that at least twelve factories will make and market wheels made en this model , under license from the Hartford firm which Is said to control the patents. How many patents are thus contioiled Is not known , nor Is It material. A practical monopoly of the principle Is not possible be cause bevel gearing Is long past patent age. Modern Machinery stated In n recent issue that the only substantial patent secured by the Hartford people was on a machine for cutting the gear. There must toe other pat ents of some value , however , for the claim Is made that the firm , In order to block all avenues of competition , paid $30,000 in two years for various patents relating to bevel gear. Hut as the main principle la free to nil , there will bo some rivalry , some law suits and a smashing of prices before that $500,000 is cleaned up. It is Inevitable. With high grade chain wheels a drug In the market , and various chalnless wheels of high and low degree turned out by makers out- eldo the i > : ol , It Is not likely that the so- called "combine" wheels will find many pur chasers at $15vhcn the novelty has worn oft. The history of wheel prices during the past two years will be repeated. Speaking of Its chalnlcss wheels for 189 % on English firm says It in the latest and highest form of bicycle development. Jt marks the utmost possibility of excellence and completeness under present conditions under any conditions that arc likely to arise. 601110 of Its points of superiority over a chain-driven wheel , It c > a > s , are : "It will K ° faster and further with less effort. It Is much easier to keep clean. Every motion Is positive no back lash. It has no links or teeth to 'catch things. ' Its driving mechanism la always thoroughly lubricated. Its motive parts are not affected ly the weather by rain , mud or dust. Its bevel gears actually Improve with use , while a chain deteriorates from the first. U saves repair money , work and worry , and In creases the safety and delight of cycling. U removes the one serious source of danger that every bicycler realizes , and substitutes confidence for dread. The weak part of a chaln-and-sprockot bicycle Is the chain. The bevel gears of the chalnloas wheel will out last any other Important part of the nia- chlno. " Time alone will demonstrate the truthfulness of thcso advance claims. If two or ihrco cogs can withstand the driving pressure which strains n chain covering two-thlrdn of front and rear sprockets , then s will the beveled gear wheel bo set down/ " as a mechanical triumph. One of the ne v r" models has been In experimental u o during the summer In the cast. It Is claimed , , for It that It was ridden 7,000 miles and stood every test placed upon It , proving to run easier at tlio flnkih than at thn start. 'Tests with Instruments as to tha friction In the now gear are also said to have been made demonstrating that the bevel gear Is easier running than the chain , ISx-ChampIou Zimmerman has given the chalnlcss a trial and declares In the New York WorH that It Is not a bettor wheel than prcrent chain mcdels. "I would not ride it In a race , " ho najB. "bc-causo I could not Win on a cl'alnlr 3 wheel. " Ho advances some reasons In support of his opinion that It , ls upt a mii'iTlcr bicycle. These reasons are. briefly , that the new model la heavier , has moro friction , Inasmuch as It has two more eeta of ball bearings ; Is of necessity ex tremely rigid , moro complicated , which ren ders It difficult to overhaul ; and finally that the gearing Is adjusted to ano-thousandth of an Inch , so that the slightest variation from any cauw Is liable to smash the cogs. "It may bo a. success , " concludes ) 5lm ; "but that remains to be demonstrated. Until that demonstration has been made I am going to ride the " cbalu-and-sprocket wheel. There are other racers besides Zlmmer man , and they have found souiu merit In the chuliileta wheel as a goer , Tlio feat of Frank Starbuck hi winning from Jimmy Michael on a chainUaa affair haa been a great boost to the wheel In this country. The chalnlcss wheel has already beaten eoiiio world's records. Huret , the 'French ' rider , recently covered 601 miles and 1,610 yards In twenty-four hours. Ho averaged twenty-three and a half miles an hour. Ho established world' * records from 100 miles up. One hundred miles was covcreJ In .1.30:48 : 1-fi , 200 miles In 7120:18. : 250 miles In 9:28.27 : 2-5 , 350 miles In 13:41:44 : : 1-5 , 400 miles In 15:53:131-5 : , 450 miles In 18:1(1:122-5 : : , 500 miles In 20:54lf : : > 1-5 , 550 miles In 23:71:43 : : 3-5. As a hill climber the chalnless wheel has proved without a peer. At Catford , Hngland , 11. J. Herbert rode up n long hill backwards , a feat which ten of the thirteen starters who made the ascent had the utmost difficulty In accomplishing polng forward. It seems that there Is some merit In the chalnlcss wheel which others 'besides ' the manufacturers have discovered. A fad hns Invaded the Toledo , 0. , wheel ing fraternity. Of course , the women started It. llrlcfly , it Is a code of bicycle bell flirta tion signals , by which a whcelwomnn can dc-claro the state of her heart to male riders If they underutand the code. One short rini ? You Impress me favorably. Let us "dig 'cm up" togqtuer through life. Two pliarp rings I believe I could love you If you have the price of a tandem ; that's my long suit. Ono fa'iat , despairing ring Why arc you BO cold ? Sweaters are selling now at halt price. One prolonged and earsplltttng ring I am rather swift , wear knickers and can scorch a few ; the man who wins me must out- scorch me. Four tinkles If you would win me , raise the mortgage on my wheel. Forty rings ( count 'em lorty ) This Is equivalent to the popular call of "Ice ! " \\hlch , ( interpreted by the love-signal code , uicano "You're not EO many. " There are other signals In the code , but If a young man studies the above carefully he can manage to understand his girl friends tolerably well. If an English exchange Is correct , thin manlla pajer , also , Is now being used for maklog tubes for bicycles. The process of manufacture Is Ingenious , the p-tper being wound upon a mandrel , and coated by means of glue from n epray , thus Insuring the ifcsolute Joining or the paper , which Is made solid by means of great pressure. When the tube has been constructed , some forty layers of paper being required for this pur pose , It Is subjected to great pressure from the inside , after the mandrel has been re moved , and the tube placed In n very strong mold. Thlo pressure Is derived from a hydraulic machine. The outer layers of paper are acted upon by means of a rolling mich'ne , which hardens them , and the tubes are then polished In a lathe and stained the desired color , after which they are varnl&hed and ure ready for use. An up-to-date sheep herder In Meaghcr county , Montana , has forsaken the broncho for the bicycle. Every day ho rides the pas ture , keeping faithful watch over the chargcc committed to his care , and every evening he brings them safely home again , scorning bl- cycle pat is and unornamcnted by a button bearing the legend , "Good Hoads. " For there are no reads where the grass Is best , and he has no use for them. As far as Is known but one effort has over been made to npply the wheel to the kindred industry of sheep herding , the cattle busi ness. It onlcd In disaster the first tlmo the rider attempted to stop the mad career of a wild steer with a rope. The animal after re ceiving the rope over his horns turned sud denly and charged In the opposite direction. Hlder and wheel went down In the dust. The lariat had been attached to the handlebars , as it would luvo been made fast to the sad dle on a horee , and while the owner saved himself from further embarrassment and In jury by rolling off , the machine went cavort ing over the weld , turning impossible somer saults as the steer charged here and there In his fright , not knowing the manner of Impediment - pediment to his progress behlnl him. The owner recovered the fragments one by one , and i brother cowboys , not quite so fin de cycle , went after the steer and brought him In. So ended the attempt to make the wheel a practical adjunct to range riding. But Its Introduction Into pastoral walks was attended with more success , and Its future In that line will bo watched with Interest all over the land. The Mcycle riding sheep herder of Mcagher county affects a Buffalo Bill style of hair dressing and wears Van Dyke whiskers. Ho In said to present an aspect never to bo for gotten as he ride * to and from bis work. .SHOUT SI'L'ltTS. Chicago Tribune : "I presume the reason why the chalnless bicycle Isn't as well known as the-other kind , " remarked Itlvers , "is that it always travels in cog. " Washington Star : "Pedalton used to bo I'cry fond of saying there Is no such thing aa perfection in life. " "Yen. Hut that was before he bought his new bicycle. Indlanapo'ls Journal : "What do you con sider the greatest achievements of the cen tury ? " inquired the philosopher. And , after some thought , the man who iveais bicycle medals , replied : "Tho last ten or twelve rallea. " Boston Transcript : Landlady Are you a Jlcycllst ? Applicant for Board Not I ; never was on a wheel In my llfo and never want to bo. Landlady I only asked , you know , because - cause the men who rldo bicycles are such eaters , and then they take so much exercise : hat they look as though they were starving to death. Detroit Journal : "Let me , " urged the mer chant , "sell you n cyclometer. It will tell you Just how much ground you have cov ered. " The man with the slender legs took the cyc'omotcr In his hands , gazed upon It earn estly /or a moment , and then smiled bravely through his bicycle face. "Havo you none that registers In acres ? " ho asked , with a palpable effort to be bright. Chicago Ilccord : Walker How did you get that black eye ? j Potter Fellow on a bicycle ran Into me. "Keally ? " "Yes. I don't suppose I would have gat It , though. If I had not called him namca nnd , dared him to como back. " Indianapolis Journal : Walker The trouble with bicycling ! s that It dors not develop the arms In proportion to the legs. Wheeler Yes , It docs , If you will only use one of these little two-ounco hand pumps to Inllato your tlrea. of tin * Wlicol. It was announced some weeks ago tint tlio Associated Cycling clubs of Omaha would take an active part In this fall's election and that candidates who would pledge them selves toork for good roads nnd clean streets would receive the wheelmen's sup port , and Incidentally , their vote , This an nouncement waa made after one of the regu lar meetings of the club , but It seems that llttlo Interest has been taken In the- matter since , and the part that wheelmen as a body will play In the election will be decided ! ) a minor one. This only goes to enow the lack of Interest , organization or whatever one might choose to call It , that uxlsts among Omaha wheelmen. Yet they want cycle paths , good roads , clean street ? and every thing that help : make cycling a pleasure but do not seem willing to help get them In any way. This city his a cycling popula tion of cloco to 15,000 , of which probabl ) one-third are women and children who are not eligible to vote , the other two-thirds , or 10,000 wheelmen , are voters and If the } would organize , thenuolves Into a body foi political purposes It can easily bo seen whai a prominent part they would play In city county and even elate elections. The ) would iiavo llttlo trouble then. In getting a boll of cycle paths around the city , Th < Associated Cycling clubs are , however , upon the right track , and if they would call iuat u meetings \vuoelmea , ct regular periods during the year , engage gooJ speaker * to address the meotlpRS and In this way work up Interest nnd enthusiasm among the wheel- non. they would accomplleb Hielr end sooner or later and become the factor In politics that wheelmen arc In Chicago and other eastern cities. Floyd Mcrall has abandoned his proposed southern trip nmllll remain In this city during the winter. With Sager , the Denver rider , iMcCall hopes to lower some world's unpaccd tandem records at Charles Street I'ark during the coming month , providing .ho weather will permit , after which he will go out of training for the season. Frank J. MIttauer , one of Omaha's old- .lino wheelmen and racing men , has been In the city during the past week shaking hands with his old friends and club mates. Mr. MIttauer U now In the Pullman service , oc cupying the position of a conductor , and was on his way to Oklahoma , where he goes to assist In opening up a now line , Secretary Pease of the Nebraska division , caRtio of American Wheelmen , will mall xillots for the election of league- officers for the ensuing year to each member of the di vision on Monday morning. TJO ballots must returned before November 15 , when they will bo counted and the result ot the election announced. As there Is only ere candidate 'or chief consul , D. J. O'Brien , Oinahn Is sure ot having the head official located hero during 1S9S. The six-day race which was finished r.t Charles Street potk on Monday evening last proved to bo a flnanclal failure , and , as 't was conducted upon the percentage plan , the riders got nothing but experience. The race was one of the best of the kind ever seen n this city and had It been held a month earlier would have drawn largo crowds , but , is the writer has always contended , out door bicycle racing after the. theatrical season : pens will never pay In this city , as has > ccn proven tlmo and again. The first of the scries of winter dances to ) e given by the Turner Wheel club was iclJ at Its hall on Thursday evening last , rhero was a large crowd of wheelmen and heir female friends present nnd a most enjoyable tlmo was had. The Turners are noted for their hospitality and any wheel- nan who receives an Invitation to one of heir parties will miss a rare treat by not attending. The- traveling representative of one of the large eastern bicycle manufacturers hns been In the city durlng-the past week exhibiting : hc new chalnless bicycle. Many local wheel men were Invited to try the machine , and all who accepted the representative's Invita tion scemud to think It far superior to the chain wheel In running qualities. George Melerstcln , one of the losal racing men , ga\e It a trial ar < l had the following to say In regard to It from a racing standpoint : "I took a long ride upon the machine and gave It what I considered a good test. It seems to run much easier than the chain wheel after one gets It started. I hardly think It would make a suitable racing machine to compete with chain wheels , as It Is much i rd r to start , and crnsequettly takes a man longer to get under way. 1 tried to Jump on It , but found that a common rider on a chain wheel could start much quicker than I could. The races of today nre nil finished with a Jump from the last quarter , -and I am afraid that the chalnless wheel would got lost In the sprint unless they Improve them so that they will start easier and quicker. " Sunday.last was an Ideal day for cycling and hundreds of wheelmen and women took spins out to the exposition grounds In the afternoon , while many made the run over the cycle path to Florence. The path was not In the best of condition , being badly cut up In places where teams had crossed It. What the wheelmen bhoufil endeavor to do now Is to raise money enough to put a surface of cinders upon It , which would cost but little and make it rldeable In all kinds of weather. You can't cure consumption but you can avoid It and cure every other form of throal or lung tiouble by the use of One Minute Cough Cure. I-EfiAI , I.OUE. Vnrlnnn Pnlittx or Ijjivr Elticlrintcil liy flip CourlN. As the low presumes sanity , It Is held , n State against Scott ( La. ) , 3C L. It. A. r21 , that an accused person who urges his nsanity as a defense , has the burden of proving It. The great number of cases on he presumption awl burden of proof as to sanity are compiled In the annotation to the case. Memoranda made at the time of the sale of tickets nt the office of a railroad com- ) any , although not books of account , are icld , In State against Brady ( Iowa ) , 30 L. It. A. , C93 , to be admissible In evidence when properly authenticated for the purpose of showing when and what tickets were sold. The right to lay a private sewer in the streets of a city. Is held. In Stevens against Muskcgon ( Mich. ) , 36 L. H. A. , 777 , to be one which the city could grant by contract , and when n sewer had been constructor1 in ac cordance therewith , It wns held that a vested right was obtained to its use. A reasonable charge for the detention of a carrier's cars beyond a reasonable time for loading or unloading Is sustained In. Ken tucky Wagon Manufacturing Company against Ohio and M. It. Company ( Ky. ) , 30 L. It. A. , 50 , and It was held that such charges may be Imposed nnd enforced by a car service association. A cashier's check drawn by a banker upon himself "to the order of" another person Is held , ln Henry against Allen ( N. Y. ) 36 L. n. A. C58 , to constitute a negotiable instrument giving the rights of a bona fldo holder to ooo who received It from an agent by mall In re turn for checks arid drafts mailed to the agort for deposit. A license tax on a bicycle used for pleasure is held , in Davis against Petrlnovlch ( Ala. ) . " ! 6 L. II , A 615 , to bo unauthorized by a charter provision for a "vehicle license" to be Imposed on vehicles used in the "trans portation of goods and merchandise. " A claim that a bank was bound to apply to tlio payment of n note which It held n deposit of the first Indorser was denied In First Na tional bank against Peltz ( Pa. ) 36 L. It. A. 832 , where the note was was made for his accom modation so that he , and not the apparent maker , WEB , as between themselves , primar ily liable upon It. Concurrent Jurisdiction In the courts of different states for the garnishment of a foreign corporation which Is domg ! business In each state by agents Irf held , In Lancan- shlro Insurance company against Corbctts (111. ( ) 36 L. R. A. 010 , to exist , and It Is held that the Jurisdiction Is not determined by the situs of the debt , but by the liability of the garnlsheo to be sued at the place. The power of a notary public to commit a witness for contempt In refusing to be sworn or give a deposition Is denied In re Huron ( Kan. ) 30 L. II. A. 822 , and a statute purportIng - Ing to confer such power upon n notary Is held void , The other authorities on notary's power to punish for contempt are compiled in the annotation of the rase. The rule that death terminates an execu tory contract when the peculiar skill or tasin of the pa.rty who dies Is essential to the comp'ctloii of .the contract Is hrld In Cox against Martin ( M ! < s. ) 36 U. L. A. 800. to be Inapplicable to the case of a deed of trust covering crops to bo gronci and some other personal property , although It was neces sary for the other party to make advances and complete the crop. The right of a tenant In common who Is a 13 a lessee of his cotenant to compensation for Improvements made by him enhancing tha value of the proptrty , and made with tlio knowledge , but. without the consent of the cotenant Is denied In Cossrlff against Foss . ( N. Y. ) 30 U. L. A , 753 , when their effect1 i was not to protect or preserve the properly , ' but to aid the business of the tenant , and the Increased Income was not shared with the coterant. The manner o ? delivering messages to railroad employes Is held , In Card against Kddy ( Mo. ) 30 It. L. A. SOG , not to constltuto a ( iart of the master's duty so aa to make him liable for Injuries to an employe by neg > llgenco of another who delivered the mes sage Intrusted to him by attaching It to a weight and throwing It from a moving train. For baggage left on a depot platform by a passenger who arrived at the place after 11 o'clock at night , when there were no conveyances running , by which ho could take It away , the carrier was held , In Kan sas City , Ft. Scott and Memphis Hallway Company against McGahey ( Ark. ) , 36 L. H. A. , 781 , to be liable only as a warehouseman , and not as a common' carrier , It the baggage was burned during the night. Tha authorities u to the liability ot carriers for baggage at For over thirteen ynir.s we'\v prno tlwtl dentistry In OtnalinIn tlint time we've acquired fin cxpccK-ucod skill that otinhlcrt us to do thl Ih-st or work we've nddcd nil the niodiini npitllnnces known to dentistry so Hint our work Is us near painless ns possible In all this time we have Riven particular attention to pre serving nnd nillni : tsetliuntil now wo have n method that does away with a jjro.it deal of Inconvenience of that tedious operation-and at the same time jjlvlnp you a class of work that Is the best obtainable onr small 'JiJ kt. jiold llllliiKM are ? lH-sllver ! ( and jjold alloy lllllnjjs $1.00 a H jjood a set of teeth as yon ever saw for ? lo.K ) nt' only Sii.OO and a set at $1fl.oo-tlilu elastic plates which are the best ever proilucotl let us examine your teeth we have n lady at tendant , i BAILEY , IB Ycuri art Floor Pnxtun Illlc. Experience. Kith ami Kuril mil. Iliwh sale of nil vised or shopworn pianos and orpins three carloads of jjoods comliij ; and no room tells- the reason here's a partial list Upright Weser IJros. ' riant * $7-1 .00 upright Halo & Co. piano $85.00 Upright Hush piano $1)0.00 ) upright Hale & Co. piano $ lliO upright Ilin/.e piano $1-15 upright Kimball - ball , upright Mason & Ilnmlln and 1'nr- lor Grand Kimbull , half valno Ksty or gan , walnut case , $18 Storey & Clark , line style , $ K ! Kdnu piano ease organ nud Kimball parlor oak ease half price. easy payments they will go quickly. A. HOSPE. Music and Art. 1513 as A pleasant jingle , and , as Solomon Isaacs remarked , "an awful Hue ar- rangemnt for these hard times. " You d like to have some'one double your dollars lars for you ? Well , wo assure you wo make this possible for all our custom ers when they buy their wall paper from us for we double dollars for them in giving increased value to that amount on their purchases as well as the op portunity to HcK'ot from a stock which Is in every way equal to any west of New York. Come and bo convinced- estimates cheerfully furnished. Dou't get in the wrong pew. Beard Brothers , PAINTERS nnd DKCOHATOKS. 141O Douglas. Telephone 255 for an estimate. Get your coal bin tilled up buy a pad lock for It we've the padlocks then come here and pick out the stove you want from the best make of stoves in Omaha or anywhere else there's only one and i. the Jewel bo It a cook Move a steel range or aibase burner yon can make no mistake and then If It gets real warm again too warm for a coal lire yon can Invest $ ( J , $ S or $10 in the nicest safest cleanest little oil stove ever put on sale the Primus no wick no odor no smoke a llttlo heat ing stove and cook stove combined burns any grade of kerosene and Is ab solutely safe why you can upset it without any danger our store is Tilled with just such good things all at the small prices so popular nowadays. A. C. BUILDERS' IIAR DWAKE 1514 Farnam St. destination of the passenger arc reviewed In the annotation to the case. A state Inspector of Illuminating oil who brands it to Indicate that he has approved It and that it bears the statutory test , when lu fact It does net. Is held , In Hatcher against Dunn ( Iowa ) , 30 L. II. A. , CS9 , not to be liable for damages caused by the explosion of the oil If he used due care , and used Instruments furnished and approved by the proper author ities , and especially II the explosion was due to a defective lamp rather than the inferior grade of the oil. The right of a telephone company to re quire a telegraph company lo place a telephone - phone Instrument in its olflce for use in re ceiving and transmitting messages on the ground that it has allowed another telephone company to have an Instrument there for that purpOBo is denied , In People ex rel. Cairo Telephone Company against Western Union Telegraph Company (111. ( ) , 3C L. U. A. , C37 , on the ground tl'it the telegraph com pany ctnnotio compelled to receive oral rms- sages and that by waiving Its rlghfts In that respect in favor of one company It Is not compelled to do so in favor of another. OUT OF TUB OHDIXAHV. A man by the name of Wllllston I'alrner Is in the Georgia penitentiary under sentences aggregating 209 years. Tom Paugh of Backbone Mountain , the dis tinguished snake hunter of Harrison county. West Virginia , has done122 rattlers to death In the past summer. Mrs. William J. Olmstcad , wife of a motorman - man on the Troy , N. Y. , city railroad , re cently gave birth to four children , two boys and two girls. An American eagle was in the act of flying off with the son of Michael Moore in Ohio the other day , when a hunter by the name of Ingle came to the rescue and killed the bird , which measured almost ten feet from tip to tip of HB wings. An inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Au gusta. Me. , has been smuggling In bottles of whisky In a hole he carved In his wooden leg. The last time ho disappeared they searched for him until they found him lying dead drunk In a gravejard , with his wooden leg unstrapped and the empty flash In tlio hole In the leg. After having been shot twice without beIng - Ing hurt. In the very act of stealing chick ens , a Maltese cat of I'lkcsvlllo , Dultlmora county. Mil. , was finally dispatched by a citizen who had lain In wait all night for it In the hen house * According to the nolgh- bsi-i' records the cat had carried off 100 chickens In a few waeks. Howard Heed of Mllford , Pa. , started out hunting for i.xirtrldge and woodcock and was followed by the houuo cat. All efforts on the part of the young hunter to drive the cat back home were futllo ; It was bound to go with him , and It Illustrated Its ability as a hunter by Its "pointing" a woodcock , which young Ree4 shot. Then It "flushed" a part ridge , which was also bagged by the hunter. Reed says lie would .not part with the cat for the best bird dog In the country. Anybody who doubts the genuineness < 'f an article of food that he has purchased from a Parisian tradesman may take It to the municipal laboratory for analysis. It will cost him nothing to have It analyzed and the ( act adulterated and If the latter the law deala with the offender without further action on the part cf the purchaser. The shopkeeper la liable 4o be heavily fined and Imprisoned and has to display conspicuously lu his shop window or on his door for a year a largo pla card bearing the words ; "Convicted of Adul teration. " The young lady compositors of the Clover- port , Ky. , News are vindicating the freedom ol speech. Some time ago a notlca was placed under the office clock , which read : "Am I determined whether It Is unadulterated oren on time ? " The young ladles did not like it , but they made no organized protest. A few days ago another notice appeared. This one read : "A still tongue makes a full Stick. " Forthwith the young ladles walked to the business office , demanded that the notices bo removed and on refusal struck. The peculiar case of Mlsd Mary Meehan ot 183 Klmborly avenue. New Haven , Conn. , whose brain was penetrated a month ago to the depth of two Inches * by a falling Iron bar and who Is now rapidly recovering. Is attracting much attention from local physi cians. The bar fell from a fifth-story window and the end broke through the skull , en tering th < } motor area ot the brain. A part of the brain tissue had to toe removed. After the operation the girl's mind was clear and active. Her left side was at first paralyzed , but the paralysis is fast disappearing and the patient Is now able to sit up every A graduate of two European universities and a master of eight languages is shoveling dirt for the Panhandle Railroad company at Logansport , Ind. , for $1.25 per day. The man's ac complishments were disclosed when ho drew his pay. The paymaster was struck by his Intelligence and questioned him closely. HiH name Is W. S. McClelland , and he came to America In the hope of finding employment for which his accomplishments fitted him. Ho holds diplomas from the College - lego do Krance , Paris , and from the Uni versity of Madrid , day. TUB OM1-TI.1II3IIS. ' A younger brother of Cardinal Newman , a liberal of an extreme type , died recently at the ago of U3. A Massachusetts man , 72 years old , wao recently tent for two years to tlib peniten tiary for stealing three hens. It IB a fact that longevity bis been espe cially remarkable among philosophers , law- yeis , writers and teachers. Carlyle , Iluffon , Goethe , Franklin , Herschel , Newton and Halley were all between SO and 90. Michael Angelo , Titled and Locuwenhock painted pictures after they ncro 90. Ma'cs ' Humphrey of Concord , N. II. , who has just celebrated his 90th birthday , has been three times mayor of Concord , was a member of Governor Steam's council , and has been a member of the State Hoard of Agriculture slnco Us organization , twenty- seven years ago. The death of Zebulon Rudolph , father of Mrs. James A. ( larflold , Is announced from Mentor , 0. Mr , Rudolph was 91 years old and died of old ge. Ho Is survived by two daughters and two sons , one of whom Is Captain Joseph Rudolph , who served through the war and vtho lived In Mentor. Miss Mury Ann Crother of Philadelphia , who recently celebrated her 10th ( birthday , elaliro to bo the oldest old 'maid In the world. Notwithstanding her great ago , the Is active and vigorous , doing komo of the light work m the liouto every day. She goes upstairs without help , and up to nine years ago she walked regularly every .Sunday to church , a dletanco of one mile. Henry 0. aud James M. Neville , twins , wore born in. Kentucky In 1S1C end the similarity of their car cere Is eomothlng marvelous. Doth married deters and each Is the father of seven children , each lost a child , each was a county Judge , each en tered the federal army as a captain and' ' was mustered out of service as a coloneli Their father , James Neville , a Virginian , served as a private throuxu the revolutionary war and died lo Fauquler county at the ago oj 09 yeari. \Vo wish to especially Invlto every person In Oiualm to come lu and let us show y \ \ our elegant line of now watches before you fully decide about buying your Christmas presents we liuvo such n Hue Hue of new desirable styles mid nt such reasonable prices we'll be glad to lay one aside for you mid have It engraved nud regulated all ready for Olirlstmas-100 engraved cards nud copper engraved plate , $1.50 wedding stationery engraved In the late t artistic effects10.00 for the llrst 1x.fiO ( ) ! per 100 after that Your mall order will receive our most careful nml prompt attention. C. S , Raymond Co , , Jewelers , iBth ami Douglas Streets. Clone but the bonds are all right so Is Drex U Shoonmn and his dog so are our $ , ' ! . ( )0 ) ladles' welt shoes the shoo In the kid or cloth top too many different styles to speak or they're lu the narrow coin Columbia am ; razor too a foot- lifting shoe In all size * and widths with light or heavy wiles It's a shoe that's easily worth $ l.K-and ( you've paid as high as $ . "i.OO for a shoe that Is no better we put the value In every pair of shoes we sell then mark the price so low that you're gttlng double value every tlme-\vou might shop and shop and never Hud the same value for $ 'U)0 ) elsewhere it's just as dressy as any $ . " 5.00 shoe you ever owned if you're wanting a good shoe and want to save $ 00 this is the place to come. Drexel Shoe Co. , 141 ! ) FAUNA M STKKHT New fall catalogue now ready ; mailed for the asking. Ain't I glad dat I am my dad's kid- cose I won't have ter reslne-but can git a day oil1 Tuesday aud mingle wld do candidates not cose 1 expect anytlng frum dem-bnt jlst ler se how easy it Is fur d , > man ter win dat li.is plontv of de five-cent Stoeckor cigars wld h'ini- dere s no use talken If yer runiiin' fur olllce or In luv ' yer can't win If yer ain't lu wld de kd ! and my da'd's Stooekor cigar I want ter tell yonso fellers dat my dad has supplied all de best diMlcrs wld lots uv dem-so dat Tuesday you can be as big as any of de push by Jlst puttln' up a nickel maybe if yetkvop yer hands out'er vour pockets ready for donations some feller will give yer a Stotvkcr cigar den yer kin ride home on de vestlbuled street cars. 1404 DOUGLAS. Those arx > stirring t lines vest Ibulod street ears polities and resignations and ( you'll overwork your eyes If you try to keep up with the procession we've a remedy for overworked eyes in the lenses wo grind and the spectacle frainas we lit to the nose bring your tired eyes to us for a free scientific ex amination by an experienced optician- he can tell you what they need and ho has a man upstairs that can grind d,0 , lonsis that he will guarantee to relieve that tired feeling none of the work Is cheap and trashy hut the bust that can be produced while you'll say the prices are right for the work you g. t our busi ness is being built up by doing exactly as we say we will and those who have consulted us are our best friends we've some Imported opera glasses that won't tire your eyes when you look at them. Columbian Optical Co AUTISTIC. HCriSXTIFIO AXI ) PIIAC- TIAI. OI'CTICIAXS , DEVVKH , OMAHA , KANSAS CITV , JG43 Champa. 211 S. ICth St. 915 Main. Wo take great pleasure In showing our iK-nv caipot.s and know you will Jiuvo much pleasure In looking at them that's why we Invite you to the store where there are only carpets curtains oilcloths linoleums rugs fixtures etc. , to be seen our n.'w carpets are as exclusive in designs and colorings as our store is an exclusive one of Its kind we only buy what we know Is stand ard and of the best imallty consequently quently have no U.'ic carpets worth § 2 to offer you but we do claim that we make a price on quality carpets that makes It a good Investment for you to buy here you can see all this for your self by coming and looking and you should befriend your pocketbook by availing yourself of the opportunity. Omalia Carpet Co 1515 Dodge St firot in Improvements. fioncot f Conotruction and all fifgb Grade Odritc for typewriter Our J cw flrt 6oocnttalo. Catalogue free. f I J Ioor Durable Machine Nactc' Cbc Smith Premier { Typewriter Co. , , JV. ? . , U. 8. 71. . Omaha Branch Olfice , I7tli and Farnam Sts. CUPIDENE" ? iciftSiv Jnwjiiiiila.J'aliiBlntuoniicU.buinlinil \ 4ml-i. > & , , . . , , , , . , . , , lr , , , . ' " 1 ' jirapli ; i , Unainwa til Marry , J.xluuiliijriJVi.liiiVvurlSxJSS | „ ) . Constlnatlon. J t etoiiii a 1 lossci by iy | or "IB ! L INev , ? rnl ; ness of illacliarec , wlilcU If not cliertcni J ( < to Snermutn/iif , . ! ! Jj,7 J i AFTER nlltlioliorromotlmpotdncy. < 1III > ll KlSKcleaiiacathollvi ? t , i Hdneysond tlio urinaryorBniiaoJulUioi.urllies. ' F.\i : ntrcngtliensand rtstorraimall weakcirrana. lite tfason iLutteren nre not cured ujA'ucttins ' lii liccuu u ninety percent are troubled with l ro l llll . CUl'IJJUNKUtliB only known reroed/to euro winjoutuiiow-ratlon tuooiHlflrnnnr u. A written Buaranteegiven Hid money returnud If nix boxes docs not elloct , { U)0 ) ft box , elx ftr fi.00. by mall. Bend for yusKcircuUr aud testimonial * u pcwunuiul euro. 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