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Snhiiite Tn1ei of how VorkrJl linve
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4ecia rc1 JTotne tI tunpit lit SPite
or TIime1yeN VIIrlflMIL the
Cu-Opcrsttie 1'Inn.
' ( U i tY to pick flawB 11 % building ftfl(1
lnn aoeIatIoflB. , " snid Simpson Dt1nIa ot
jbo delegates to the United
Sthtes League of Local Building ftnd Loan
nssoiatIons , which met in this cty ( mat
week. Yet It 1mB been demonstrateI they
are the only Institution hich flhla the bill
lii the line of work they arc deatined to per-
form. It Is eaay to organize an aasoclation
tinier existing lawg , and frequetiUy
irreponsibtc men manipulate their affairs.
Tiivs5 CflUO Indescribable distress , juat as
tha national asaoctationR have done , de-
ltberntel ) ' robbing the poor People who have
placed their faith In them. We have some
of these schemers in jail in Chicago , on the
road to the penitentiary. fltit the local as-
soelatton , made up of creditable and reliable
men , with sound capital , is a benefit to the
community , and does great good to the
small saver. Instances of thIs good work
are so many that It bewilders one to attempt -
tempt to select a special case , There am
many widows in Chicago who are today corn.
picting payments tipon the homes vblcli
veme left to them with a mortgage attachment -
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mont , and no one of them Is more worthy of
mention than the others , "
\v. U. Weeks of New Iberia , La. , satd
they had much trouble In IntroducIng the
association In his state. "The southern pea.
pie , " he said , 'are extremely conservatlso ,
aiul In my community there are many
creoles who nm more dlmcuht to interest in
these matters than other southerners. l3nt
I have lived among them nearly nil my life ,
and can talk to them in French , and have
succeeded In getting them started as in-
vestors. The result is that our association
Is now doing a profitable arid stable bust-
ursa , One of our first bommowcrs paid a 17
per cent premium , Ho afterward met a
friend who lied heard of the transaction ,
and who referred to him as a fool for buy-
lag 17 per cent money , The borrower was
disposed to accept his friend's criticism as
true. but concluded to stay with it so long
as be hind startel. Two years later the
critic secured a loan paying 25 per cent
premium , and admitted to his friend that he
was wrong in his first estimate. Tlio first.
borrower has paid out his loan. sold his
property at an advance , bought him a now
home , and has a surplus remaining. lie is
a clerk on a small salary , and would never
have made this accumulation but for the
building anti loan association. "
IIIIIi ( Ilu I hung In Ph llndelj.liln ,
James Clarency of Philadelphia is the
building association editor of the Star in
that city , and has devoted years to the study
of this question , and Is posscsed of a world
of knowledge on this line. lie said the
exnt of the work of the associations in lila
city Is siniply wonderful. Ito related that
when thd national league met there a few
years ago , the delegates were driven out to
the parks. The carriage In which Mr.
Clarency rOlO was driven , he said , by a
slovenly appearing man of about 40 years.
Ills team was equally slovenly. Questioning
him It was found that he did not own the
team , but drove it on a vage of $10 a week.
That was the highest pay he ever received ,
and had Svcrhe'l for 5. Ito had a vife and
three children and expressed the completest
satisfaction with his lot , his only desire
being to have plenty to do at the pay ho
was receiving. It was furthet learned that
ho owned a little home of four rooms ,
which cost about l,2OO , and which ho no-
quired through a building and loan associa-
tlon.
tlon.Mr. . Clarency satti this was but one case
Sn many , adding that a large majority of
the patrons of the associations In I'bbadel-
plila are men working for from $9 to $15
a week.
° The secretary of the Building and Loan
Ashociatlons , " sLihl 11. G.'ascii of Quincy ,
ill. , is the father confessor of the members
of the association , and has many sad and
touching experiences. hero comes the man
1 who has lost his wife , and who requires his
\ * 1 ' savings to pay funeral OXpeflSOS , or another
case where the positions are reversed.
Domestic troubles go a long way toward
wrecking the sayings which nienibors flays
acuinulaed. One man hpd his certifIcate
In his wife's name and wanted to cash It
' In. Although ho paid all tile dues , under
tbo 1aw8 of our state the certificate is payable -
able only to the paity to whom It. is issued.
I know of a case whcra the mother and two
daughters are paying for a lmme. while the
worthless husband and father has not contributed -
tributed a cent toward the PaYment. I was
'once the means of reuniting a husband and
wife , who were about to be divorced by
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t'beir attention
agreement , through calling
to the importance of maintaining the home
for which they had about completed pay-
meats. One case , which seems beautiful to
me , Is that of two young women who are
paying for a home for their aged parents.
But , as I said , wo hear all the troubles of
the members , and are sometimes put to our
wit's end to meet the conditions presented
to us. "
Cosi'vcr' 0. Crilic ,
( 'I. W. Smith of Now Albany , had , , told of
an Irishman who came , with little faith , and
secured a loan of $750 with which to buy a
home , In answer to his inquiries be was
told it would take nbout seven years for
him to pay out , with interest on the basis
of t per cent. lie worked in a woolen mill ,
and every Saturday night , after receiving his
pay , ho dropped into the omen to cttIo his
dues. At the end of siii yearn and eight
months , when making his weekly payment ,
he was intormed that that completed his
accoUnt , and his home was free ftom debt ,
'rho man could hardly credit his senses , and
was not sure of himself untIl the papers
Were placed in his hands. A friend of the
Irishman complImented him upon his good
forh.tne , but added that lie had paid a bIg
price , This prompted Mr. Smith to IlIterfere.
nail offered to figure up the cost. taking a
straight loan of $760 for seven years at 6
per cent as a basis , The building nasocia-
tion loan , for nix years and eight months ,
In the series in which the Irishman held
stock , figured out at 5 1-3 Per cent , with the
total payments being more favorable to the
aasociation than the straght loan. Mr. Smith
Bays the critic forthwith transformed from a
critic to a friend of the association.
"Thero is a business firm in our town
today , " said C , S. hiarbough of Leavenworth ,
Ken , , "which would not be there were it
aoL for our building and loan associatloa ,
During one porioi ( of the panic , a tow years
ago , this firm wan hard prsscd for money ,
and finally reached a point Wherd It could
borrow no more money from the banks.
Three important draft were coming , which
bad to be met , or risk having the business
closed by the creditors. The firm had stock
in our association which it had been pay-
lug for for several years. The investment
was a side issue with these business men ,
and they had given it little thought. In
what was almost their desperatloa , this
stocic was recalled , and without any Idea of
what it was worth , It. was presented at the
ofilee of our company to be cashed. It is
difficult to describe the surprise of these
men when they were informed of the cash
value of their stock. They secured enough
money to pay all their drafts and had $1,000
lott for current oxpenses. This firm Is ono
of the most prosperous In our city at this
time. In fact , this was not the only case of
a business man being tided over in this
manner , and a man decrying building associations -
ciations cannot get a hearing in Leaven-
worth. "
I'oor Stay Becomes Gooti Man ,
"When our association was established In
1875 , " saId Judge Baxter of Elmira , N. Y. ,
"one of the first men to take stock was a
boy whom I now remember as being cia-
ployed as a freight rustier at the depot in
our town. lie came from a poor and almost
worthless family , and his surroundings were
of the most. squalid character. Yet ho was
liked by alt the ernployes about the depot.
lie came in to subscribe for two shares.
Being a minor it was necessary for him to
get some one to act as guardian. This he
did In the person of another railroad nina.
Ho took out the two shares , and at the beginnIng -
ginnIng of our second year ho caine and subscribed -
scribed for three snore shares. He added to
his stock from year to year as his wages
were increased. Later en In life ho cashed
in his stock and bought a farm near town
where he yet resides , and as a citizen stands
high in the community. While I was county
jUlge anti surrogate In our county I
frequently saw his name attached to wills
as executor , and to other papers as ad-
ministmator of estates. I am positive in my
own mind that had it not been for the
building and loan association , this man
V.'ollll iiovcr have occupied a higher Position
than a common wage earner. "
Mr. D. Eidredge of Boston is secretary of
an aszocation which has receipts of about
$1,000 a day. lIe says the feature of his
business Is the great demand for shares In
this association. So great and steady is
the demand that no advertisement of the
snub has been made for several years. Inquiry -
quiry at the office of the association reveals
the ( lay and hour when new shares will be
offered for sale. When that hour arrives ,
Mr. Eidredgo says , the corridor Is full of
people who have waited for one or two
hours , He thinks from this that there
evidently Is no scarcity of money , and no.
lack of confidence.
Tiit' CnptzLlsL'u Econonilcal ' % 'ife ,
In a Massachusetts seaport town there
is a retired sea captain who makes a
frequent boast that he has the "smartest
woman along the shore. " New Instances of
her enterprise are constantly coming to
notice , relates Youth's Companion. The last
one retors to an exploit by which she saved
herself a doctor's bill. The captain tells
the story with great relish.
"She's getting pretty heavy , " ho begins ,
"and now and again ahoil miss her foot-
lag. Well , not many months ago she missed
it on our stairs and fell all in a heap down
three steps on to her side.
"When I got to her , she said , just as
brisk as usnnh 'Don't ask me if I've hurt
rnyelt , cap'n , for of course I have , I reckon
I've unjointed a bone in my left leg. falling
on it. Now don't try to pull me up. Let
me scramble round a minute , and you go for
the doctor. '
"Wc'll , " the doctor's our nest door neigh-
bar , so It didn't take long to get him.
lie looked her over nnl said there was a
bone sornewberes round her left hip that
% 08 out of kilter.
"At that mother rose right up on lior
feet and toppled over the opposite way
from what she'd fallen downstairs , and we
heard a kind of a crack.
"She looked up at the doctor 'with her
mouth kind of whitish , but the same old
twinkle in her eyes , and she says : ' 1 be-
hero I've set that bone myself , doctor , ' and
she had ! "
Saves Faces , Too.
A soap that won't ' shrink wool is best for faces ,
I too. It's a pure soap.
I Wool Soap is the one soap that is absolutely
pure. That's why it is the only soap that won't
shrink wool.
Most soaps eat the skin-redden it-roughen
it-harm the complexion. All soaps save Wool Soap
have enough impurity to shrink a woolen garment.
WOOL SOAP ,
is simply pure soap. Use it on
woolens , because you must use it ,
"
Use it for toilet and bath because
of its luxury.
There are Plenty of other soaps
that are half pure. Wool Soap is
E all pure. , 5 , . "
IT WIMH. '
MI Grocers aild Druggists sell t. , MAMA I WISH MINS .
usia HAD.
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WOOL soAp
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Ever Gratifying Beantics of the Transinis-
Sif.fipp Eipositlon ,
SIDE LIGHTS ON THE GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT
Interesting lescrlptive Sltetch lrnrvn
1. , ' a Most 'I'nleiitcil W't'MICCRL
Atit1iorcs'ho hi000ntl7
' 'islted Cinches ,
( Copyright , 1S , by the Author. )
The Omaha exlosition occupies three sep.
crate tracts , known as "The Main Court , "
"The lhltiff Tract" nail "The North Tract. "
The Main court is built about the central
lagoon ; it Is the Main Court which recalls
( lie lovely delight of the World's fair sky
line. All the architecture is classic and , as
I have saId , the stucco is always white.
The North Tract , however , has a charactcr
of Its own ; the architecture is mainly modem -
em Swiss except in the Midway buildings ,
which are as gaudy and various as they
wore at the World's fair , A blending of
gay coioi' here relieves the daub delicacy
of the larger buildIngs. The Main Court
Contains the principal exposition buildings ,
the ( lovomnniont ( the United States exhibit ) ,
the Fine Arts , Arch of States , Liberal Arts ,
Mines and Mining , Auditorium-these in the
order named on the south nide of the court :
on the north , Agriculture , Administration
Arch , Manufactures , Machinery and Elce.
tricity , Girls' and Bo3's' building.
The North Tract has not only a section
of tim Midway ( the \S'est Midway ) , but a
most interesting exhibit of practical agriculture -
culture , ( hairy auth apiary products and
transportation facilities. Hero are the Ag-
riculturai Implement building , Dairy nod
Apiary and divers individual exhibitors'
buililings , To an eastern observer the irrigation -
rigation exhibit is as interesting as any.
These unobtrusive little ditches show the
triumph of tlm Nebraska farmer over the
cruelest blow of nature , and they hold the
prophecy of far greater triumph In the fu-
turo. They are already stripping the sage
brush plains of their terrors. A little water
is all that Is needed to make the Nebraska
roads as fIne as there are in the world , As
I drove from Council muffs to Omaha. or
was blown over on the electric road , I
longed for that highly civilized day when
dust should be abolished.
The Bluff Tract is the distinctive feature
of the Omaha oxposiUon landscape. Its
green heights in
All the pomp that fills
The circuit of the summer hills ,
Its lovely outlines of hill and dale , its
sumptuous foliage and its rich blending of
the field tiat will linger on the mind of the
visitor just as that wondrous sweep of the
lake beyond the gate lingers on the mind
of the visitor to the World's fair ,
'l'he different states have their buildings
in the Blair Tract. Some of them are very
beautiful. Sonic of them are picturesque
and some of the minor buildings are-start-
flag. For instance , the enormous yellow
wigwam.
'I'Iic Gosernieit finilihing ,
But to return to the mhln court on the
lagoon. The first building Is the macnil-
cent Government building which contains
the United States exhibit. The building
fronts the lagoon , having a frontage of 208
feet nod a htelglittotop of balustrade over
cornice or Sissy-eight feet. It Is of Ionic
order , and color has been used lavishly in
decorating the entrance , which is reached
by a broad flight of stairs and through
a colonnade. Just before it the slender shaft
of the fountain rises out of the lagoon , anti
Neptune flourishes his trident above the
clustering lines of water lilies In which at
night glow 'white electric lights. The colossal -
ossal dome in the center bears a heroic
figure of Liberty Enlightening the World
with an electric torch. , The figure is alas-
nificently simple and far more impressive
than the Golden Goddess that blazed at us
train the Court of Honor , Nothing could
be more harmonious than the proportions
of the buildings of the main court , and the
Government building is perhaps the most
dignifIed and stately of them all.
The interior is decorated with innumerable -
able flags. In this feature of decoration
the exposition is unique and consistent. The
flag alone Is used , but the flag is everywhere -
whore , grouped about the column Bupports ,
draped along the wells , fluttering from
every point , in beautiful and inspirIng liar-
molly. -
The exhibits of the different departments
are more or less interesting according to
the taste of the visitor. There Is a coin
press which has been making money at
Philadelphia for fifty years. It Is now
In operiition , but It was taking a much
needed rest when I saw it. Tue children
always pour into the fisheries exhibit which
tastefully entertains one with a winding
tunnel of caves , cool with green moss and
stalactites. On either side , safe behind their
glass wall , the innumerable fish of America
disport themselves in their huge tanks.
There are all the common varieties which
look like fish , and besides these are the
bizarre suggestions of human or suarian
shapes , the sea horses and the mermaids
and the sea robbins and eels.
"Well , " said a tall farmer , who was
strolling ahead of me , with his heavy black
coat on hi aria , "well , ain't them critters
worso'n delirium tremens ! "
"Don't know , " answered his neighbor
curtly ; "never hind delirium treinens my-
self. "
"I didn't neither ; hut I've heard tell on
'cm ; and these things all mouth and legs
make me think of 'em , Golly , look at that
fellow squirm. I guess he's going to eat
the other fellow now , "
But no tragedy occurred , rather , I think ,
to the crowd's disappointment.
Outside there is an interesting exhibit of
flab culture and fisheries , Including cli
kinds of apparatus and tackle and models
of boats and fishing troughs. Fish batch.
lug goes on all the time this month as It
has gone on during June with tile eggs
of Colorado trout , During September and
October salmon and Lake SuperIor trout
vlli b. . hatched.
The SiiiillioiiIaii } 1IIii ) ) ( ,
Or course the Smithsonian has an exhibit ,
? .lost visitors will find their attention ot-
tracted by the figures ( life size ) represent-
lug the progress of tile primitive arts ; and ,
connected with these , arc the object stories
of the evolution of light end fire and tools
and wcupOllS. No one can examine the
eases containing the tools and utensils , or-
ranged as they are In series , beginning
with Ihie slniples and ending with the high'
eat known form , witiout ) a clearer ileroehi.
tloii of what civilizatIon means , I is ins'
possible tO go Into details , but I would recommend -
ommend this departmetit to every visitor.
I will confess , however , that I left it lilY-
self and sneaked away to stare at the iiiii'
forms and terra cotta soldiers talking over
the Malenn : war , The War department baa
Its own little show , All the gay clothes
that have strutted on the harmless flel of
zilhitta warfare , or marched Up to real cati.
non , have their proxiss hero. There is a
droll , undersized , eeif'satisfled'est Point
cefict hIm I loved fondly and returned to
admire him again and again , ho looked so
) 'ouog and foolish and real in his olive
green uniform , with his stiff blonde hair ;
and tlaio is a brigadier general of the war
of 1612 , 'vim looks like a misfit clcryuau ,
and has a uniform as uncomfortable as the
mint ! of a military tailor could contrive ;
and tbcra is a ruritan who wears a broad
linen collar over his ) uff Coat ( her , long
did It keep clean ? One wonders ) and there
are two deliciously comfortable Maylantl
and Kentucky riflemen , in soft , tlsxi1e
buck4ein , green ani white , who fought dur-
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Lag the revolutioni and there are our boys
In blue today. Looking at them cli , one's
irat reflection is , how much needless dis-
ornfort , beat and risk to hifo oldiors have
endured in order to be fine , The average
military uniform of the first century of the
republic is stiff , heavy. uncomfortable in
every sense. Look at the chimney pots
with cockades which decked their poor patriotic -
triotic and perspiring brows in 18121 Look
at the lace ruffles on our revolutionary tore-
fathers' wristal Then compare the canvas-
shirtetl or woolen-bloused soldier of the
Cuban war , and It is apparent that oven
the finery-loving sex is beginning to feel
the need of rational dress ,
With the war exhibit is an imposing dis'
VIny of ordnance , rifles and guns , shot and
shcll , Always I found a little crowd around
the rapid-fire guns and generally some
patriot was cxplftining their action during
the late naval engagements.
For the pacific , who remember that wars
will co as they came , but letters must always -
ways ho sent , the postofflco exhibit baa
great attractions , Lay figures of the car-
riera of all countries proffer envelopes ,
bearing all kinds of stamps. One group
shows an Indian carrier driving a three-
tandem team of dogs to it toboggan. There
Is a melancholy collection frOm the dead
letter omee , including two cases of photo'
graphs of soldiers which were sent and miscarried -
carried disrlug the civil wet. Looking at
them , I thought how young wore most of
the faces , no younger , however , than the
faces that were so fearlessly turned to the
Sluthisli fire at Santiago.
The naval exhibit shows models of a
number of battleships and cruisers and an
ordnance exhibit similar to that of ( lie
War department.
One may also see pictures of all the postmaster -
master generals , the attorney generals and
others. In general , they are not so welt
painted as to be termed works of art and
the banging is mostly as bad as it welt
can be.
The Department of Justice has a prison
exhibit , showing sonic of the articles nianti-
factured in prisons. I lingered a long white
over the pathetic embroidery made by a
poor dcvii in an Illinois penitentiary and
a silver teakettle made out of U 10-cent
piece and the like painstaking ingenuities
wherein perhaps the makers had found
solace.
501cc Interesting Letters ,
In fact , every time I visited the Government -
ment building I found some now feature
of interest , But were one to pass through
the Government building with only one
morning at his disposal , he should not
neglect the United States Museum. And ho
viIl find in the large collection of letters
shown by the State department some very
curious documents , beginning with a letter
from Louis of France , and continuing
through letters from "representatives of the
French people" ( Robespierre was among
them ) , down through a glittering line of
princes and potentates to the rnodet epistle
of Sanford 13. Dole , announcing his moos-
ama to the presidency of the Hawaiian
republic. There are some very suggesttvo
maps , showing the growth of the territory
of the United States. And there are divers
interesting relics. The morning can be
passed in this one building , taking merely
a cursory survey.
By 1 o'clock the visitor is both tired
and hungry ,
"Do they have any decent restaurants
here ? " is an inquiry frequently heard , "or
is it like the World's fair ? "
At the World's Fair the average American
, , UIn , , tf molst means was reduced to a
shoe box and a sandwich , To judge from
the groups in every collonado he of Omaha
has gone the same way. There is something -
thing particularly repulsive in the luncheon
litter which strews the beautIful lawn and
the gravel of every collnnade. There are
baskets at Intervals ; but the hungry citizen
does not heed them. he flings peanut shells
and baaana skins nd the remnants of ham
sandwiches and the good cookies which
mother makes to the breeze , and goes on
his care free way and wonders why the
Spaniards call him it pig ! And patiently the
exposition police cleans up aster aim au
day and all night. One wonders sometimes
whether a few fliers baskets or cans for me-
ceptacles would not excuse an imperath's
dcmanih that no little whatever be left on
the grounds , with a penalty of arrest and
line in case of disobedience.
There are a large number of restaurants
in the exposition. Markel of the Millard has
the general restaurant privileges. He has
been provided with very attractive roof
gardens and cafes by the management , and
claims to furnish admirable meals at reasonable -
able prices. The Flemish cafe and the
Moorish cafe are clean and cheap , And
there are several little hot beet sandwieh
stands of which I hAve beard much praise.
But the best food on the place is cooked In
the Manufacturers building in the Home
Kitchen , where a most appetizing display of
breads is constantly distributed and at the
big barrel whore Aunt Jomima serves pancakes -
cakes hot f on2 the griddle. Unluckily , one
cannot buy a meal at either place , and , although -
though the portions are liberal , they do not
take the place of a substantial luncheon.
On one side of the Government building is
the beautiful structure given to the fine arts.
Then cornea the Arch of States. This I one
of the finest of the buildings , richly decorated -
ated with a freize composed of the coats of
arms of the Tranamississippi states , tbo
whole surmounted by a great shield of the
nation , Next comes the Manufacturers-but
this demands another letter ,
OCTAVE TIIANET.
orn Echoes
Most of the activity In fraternal societies
is at present centered about the exposition.
Neariy all the prominent ordets in the
country have selected a day for a celebration
at the exposition , and the result is a
friendly strife for the moat successful day
in point of attendance and otherwise.
Fraternal papers in nil parts of the United
States are calling attention to the special
slays and giving the exposition considerable
advertising. Circulars have been sent by
many of the orders to lodges throughout
( lie country anu every possible Inoucement
is hieing held out to prospective viBitors.
Of all the lodges the Odd Fellows expect
to have the greatest attendance on their
( lay , October 17 , The local committees feel
confident that with low railroad rates the
attendance of Odd Fellows will not fall
short of 20,000 , and this estimate does not.
seem large when it is taken into consideration -
tion that the membership of the order in
the United States Is almost 1,000,000.
The Woodmen of the \\'orW place the at-
tenslauce of their members upon Woodmen
of the World ihay , September 0 , at not loss
than 10,000. lied Men's day , August 10 ,
promises to have a large attendance , Sep.
ternber 28 , lnighta of the Maccabees' day ,
is being extensively advertised amh will
doubtless be one of the moat successful
fraternal days , Among the other prominent
days will be Sbriners' day , Elks' day ,
Knights of Pytlaiss' day and Fraternal day ,
which will ho participated in by members
of all fraternal organizations.
Or all the fraternal days none perhaps
will be snore unique than fled Mon's and
Tennessee Rod Men's days , August 10 and
11 respectively. Tim uniform worn by the
htetl Men is so different from that ordinarily
worn by drilled bodies of men that the ef-
feet will be something new. The contrast
between the genuine Indian and his white
brother in red men's clothing may he ob.
served at that. time , for the Indian congress -
gross will also be in session ,
Arrangements are being completed by the
local Red Men for the approaching celebra
tion and ther Is no question but that the
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DAMAGED BY FluE
When our warehouse burlle(1 it WflS filled full of all
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kinds of furniture , from the conunon kitchen chair
to the most Olaborato and expensively upholstered
and inlaid that we have over shown , Now that the
insurance companies have settled with us we are
working night and day to get the stock in shape to
dispose of quickly. There are many hundreds of
dollars worth that was badly damaged-slightly
damaged and not damaged at all-and we can't got
it ready in a day-or oven a week-bitt when we do
Omaha will see such a furniture sale as she has
never seen before-where prices are almost ciphers
and bargains unparalleled. Many of those pieces
' were made for our exhibit at the exposition , and are
unusually fine. This will surely be the sale of the
whole year and it will pay you to wait and watch
' for the opening date
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DOUGLAS STREETS
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days will ha a great success , Delegations
from various parts of the United Ststes have
notified the reception committee that they
will arrive here on August 8 , 0 and 10. The
Continental building at Fifteenth amid Doug-
Ins will be the fleadquartera and wIll be
tastily decorated Ia buntiags , flags and s'm-
bole of the order.
The ir.gratn for August 10 has been corn-
pletely arranged. At 0:30 : in the morning
the parade will form at Fifteenth and
Douglas , moving east on Douglas to Eiev-
entli , south on Eleventh to Farnamn , west
on Farnam to Sixteenth , north on Sixteenth
to the Auditorium at the exposttloa. cloy-
ernor Hoicoinb will iiddreBa the Red Men da
behalf of the'stato , and Great Chief of flee-
ords C. C. Corley of Philndelphlft will me-
spend , Mayor Moores will welcome the
fled Men to the city and Great Incohonee
htebert T. Daniel of Orlmn , GA. , wilt make
the chief address of the morning. In the
afternoon the Tennssee fled Men will give
a sham battle.
Woodineli of use World.
A program Of exerciseS for Woodmen of
the World thay , Setcmbor 9 , at the Tram-
mississippi bus helm arranged by the camps
of Omaha and the Sovereign camp and Is
published in the Sovereign Visitor for Au-
gust. The program will be a very interesting -
ing one to nil Woodmen , It. wlit be par-
ttcipated Ia by thousands of choppers , from
almost every state in ( ho union. Alpha
camp of this city , with Alpha Guards nail
band , will be the honorable escort of the
day. The Sovereign officers of this city will
make nddretaes and distribute prizes in
contests.
In the parade on Bohemian day will be
a number of Bohemian Woodmen of the
World uniformed lodges.
The reports of the sovereign managers
and sovereign finance committee , who met
recently in ; bis city1 show the order to be in
a very progressive state. All losses are paid
to date , iiiembcrahip increasing from ,0D0
to 4,000 per month , emergency fund grow-
log steadily , rpking the order a very de-
siable one to belong to.
lion , C. C. Farmer , chairman of the soy-
ereign managers , recently made a tour
through the states Of Indiana , Ohio and
Pennsylvania , lecturing upon the boneitta
to be derived from fraternal orders ,
Sovereign Vtsitot' for August ontains a
life-like portrait of Captain William O'Neill '
of the Rough Riders , commonly called
"Bucky" O'Neill , who wan killed In the bat-
tIe of San Juan at Santiago do Cuba , IleifIg
the first death of a member of this order
in the present war , the above paper gives
a tuil history of his life as quoted lit the
New York Journal , which is very interesting
reading. lIe vaa a member of Prescott
camp , No , a , Prescott , Ant.
ICuighta of the Maccaieeus ,
Time state convention of the order In No-
lirsskn was bet for March of 1399 , but in
order to bring snore people to Omaha at the
time of Maccaba s' fifly at tue exposition
and make a more general reunion of the
affair it has been changed to September
29 tlio day following Maccabees' day. Coin-
munications received from members of the
order in different parts of the country point
to a big attendance on September 28. Among
the distinguished guests who will be pros-
eat are : N. S. hloynton , B , It , K.1 Binu M ,
\Vcst , S. B. K ; Lillian M. i-bluster , 2 , C , ,
Port Huron , 141db , ; George tV , Siegio , ( I ,
B. K , , of Buffalo , N , 1' . ; J , 13 , McDannell ,
a , C. , of IhulTalo , N. 'I' , ; J , F , Downer , 0 ,
0 , , of Chicago , lii. ; F. It ! . Doig , 0. H. . IC. ,
of fllse lsIand Iii. ; A. M. Patton , 8 , 0. , of
Wavonly , In. ; J. C. Kelly , 13 , C. , of Mm-
neapois ) , Mints ,
The Ladies' of the Maecab es will organize -
ize at l5rcmont , Neb. , on Thursday evening.
( late City Tent No. 60 instAiied the tel-
lowing officers on Friday nighz ; E. E. An-
throws , P. (1 ; C , It. Hewitt , C. ; M. J. Low.
less. 13. 0.S' ; . thrown , C. ; Claus Netison.
S. ; H , UtIle , 14 , A , A , ; flay hiubbarmi , S. ;
A. Hansen , P. ; J. tV , Dodd , B , K. ; Fred
Mengisolt , F. IC ,
Odd Fellow. .
Among the South Dakota press delegation
which visited Omaha last week were several
Odd Fellows. Those who registered at the
information bureau were ltuei Ii. Dana ,
Ilowardi red Atherton , Waubay ; L 2.1 ,
Patton , Abirdeeni 0 , E , Dariow , Flandreau ,
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State lodge No. 10 worked the first sIc-
gree on two candidates last week and
} 3eacoa lodge No. 200 worked the second
degree on one candidate.
South Omaha , lodge No. 148 installed officers -
ficers inst afeek.
.1. E. Arnold of Sehuyler , deputy grand
master of 'Jebraalea , spent several days of
Inst weak at the ekposttion ,
The committee which in arranging for
Odd Fellows' day , October 17. baa sent ot
20,000 clrculara into all parts of the United
States and Is receiving answers which are
encouraging for the success of the day.
Knights of Pythlsss ,
The biennial session , supreme lodge of the
Knights of Pythias , will be held in Indian-
spoils during the week of August 22. in
connection with it will be four lntemna-
tional biennial conventions , the most important -
tant of which In many respects is the meet.
ing Of the supreme lodge of the Knights of
Pythias. There is a proposition on foot to
do away with the supreme body and elect-
lag a small board or executive committee
in its ateud. The biennial session of the
supreme assembly , the higheat tribunal of
the uilifomni rank , will also meet at this
time. The supreme temple of the Uathbooe
Sisters meets on the same date and the
fourth biennial convention is that of the
ICnights of lfhoransan , the imperial palace ,
tim highest body In the order ,
Foreiteri ,
Dr. 3. Id , Aitkin , high chief ranger , baa
made the foliowlog appointments : Rev. J.
0. Staples , Omaha , H. C. Robert A. 2.1cr-
risen , Omaha , H. J. It. ; John Ilayny , Jr. ,
South Omaha , II. S.V. . : P , A , SuniniCr-
lad , Lincoln , U. J , W' . ; It. P. Marshal ,
South Omaha , H. S. B. ; John Schuono-
mann , South Omaha , ' H. J , 13 ; 5. J. Chis-
sell , Omaha , H. 2.1 , ; Dr. William Dane ,
Omaha , H. C , ; P. Dasba , II. 2. ! .
The Companmon of the Foresters of Nebraska -
braska , who have lodges at Omaha , South
Omeha and Lincoln , expect to have a ropre.
sentative tt the supreme court session in
Toronto ,
lIlies ,
The lodge 1108 decided to have a day at
the eaponitlan it satisfactory arrangements
can be madS , A committee consisting of
Law W. flaber , Judge W , D. McIIugu ,
George P. Croak , William Cuadda qn'l Ed
P. Muilen has been appointed to make ar-
rangetfleats and report to the lodge at its
next meeting. In case time lodge decided to
have tIme day all the prominent Ilika in the
United States will be invited and a special
effort will be made to have all the grand
omcers bore at that time ,
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Union Paciflc lodge No , 17 held its an-
aunt picuic at Calhoun on Thursday. The
special train bearing the party started from
the Webster itreet depot at 9 o'Clock , carrying -
rying about 600 jtersons. A delightful day
was spent at Calhoun , The committee in
charge bad arranged a program of various
kinds of athletic contests and damielmig was
continued throughout the day. 1t was the
wish of the etlre party that. Union Pacific
lodge might give more than one picnic 1mm
a year ,
IteynI Oaks.
Under its new organization the floyat
Oaks have the following officers : William
Id. Guiwite , chancellor ; l'rot , Monte Par-
eons , vice chantehior ; P. Merges , past china-
cellar ; ii. F. Seibert , secretary ; W , A. Satin'
dora , treasurer ; S. S. Ihlack , chief fluid mar-
abel ; Jerome 2.1. Keys , 2.1 , B. , medical cx-
niniuci' ; John L Cam , legal counsellor ,
luriog the list week a grove was estab.
lilmed at Plattiniouth by Chancellor Outwits ,
Yrfttevnai and Uuiincspi Association ,
A special delegates meeting will be held
in Omaha on August 15 and 16 , whIch will
be attended by representatives of all the
lodges in Iowa and Nebraska , A local corn-
inittee has the matter in hand and will prep
pare to entertain the visiting members at
a banquet and other social functions ,
Omaha I.odge No , I will initiate nine
members on Tuesday night.
Praq'rnsal * 'nlsn ,
Mondamin lodge baa made elaborate pro.
paratioaa for sU excursion on the river
Wedneidsy evening , Augu. 3 , The boat
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will leave from the foot of Farnism street
at 7:45 : p. m. Thsia bilge bad an interesting -
ing meeting Monday evening which g
well attended.
thinner lodge will give a public or open
meeting 'Thursday evening to which the
friends of the members are cordIally in.
vhtod to attend. Comae one , come all.
John L. Handloy , supreme secretary of the
order , will visit. Omaha lodge and lodges
in this vicinity in the next sixty days.
PURSE SNA1CHER OPENS OUT
Latest Audition to flue Iuielieckej
'l'luIi'ig liegin , , W'orlc In
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A purse-snatchIng thief made his proton-
sional debut in Omaha Friday night , lie did
two daring pieces of work. In one ho wan
sliccoasful and in th'o other his victim's
screams foiled him.
Mary i"alion of 413 South Nineteenth
Street was his first mark. She fIrst saw tim
thief at the corner of Sixteenth and Cap.
itoh avenue and noticed that he oyeii her
very Intently. Thinking ho was one of that
obnoxious class known as "mashers" that
infest Sixteenth ntrt'et after dark , she paId
no attention to him hut continued on her
way north , When half way down the block
she noticed he was following her amid aba
quickened her stops. At. Seventeenth anti
Davenport streets he made a quick run nail
before she could scream for assistance
grabbed her pocket book and ran cant. . on
nayenimrt street , A l'ohiceman was notified ,
hut could not find any trace of the follow ,
The puree Contained $15.
An hour after time fellow attampteil to
grab the purse. of a Mrs. Winfleld , who refused -
fused to give her altIress , at the corner of
Farna.u-m and Thirteenth streets , She
screamed as ho lunged forward toward her
and dropped the liurse , Two man , who wont
to her assistance , causeml the thief to dart
away Sn the darkness on Thirteenth Street.
The roan is uiencritied as being well dressed
in a light suit and brown derby hat , Ills
age iii given as about 30 and his wolaht 145
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'Fiuc fl.5 at Ciuleka Inhluugn lid igluled.
flefore leaving for Chickamauga park , Ga. ,
Lieutenant George P2. nasa , Fifty-second
loiva volunteers , procured a tow bottles of
Chiamhierlain's Colic , Cholera nissi Diarrhoea
flemedy. The boys wore delIghted with the
quick cures of diarrhoea which It effected ,
'I'o rntet this demands Lieutenant fleas or-
doted tour ibsen bottles more by express
and sold the whole of it in one ilay , except
three bottles kept for his own use ansi for
personal friendS. It never fajI to effect a
cure and is pleasant and safe to take , It Is
the most successful medicine in the world
for bowel complaints , For solo by all drug.
giats.
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