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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1898)
- . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . 20 flhi otATtATt iE : uAZ 3tfT 31 189S. _ _ SAVING LIFE THEIR TRADE i . Thisnes of Bravo Men Who Ar8 Now Entottaining at Exposition. ! ; - I\MONG \ UNCLE SAM'S ' NOBLEST SERVITORS _ _ ¶ Vor1c of the S.irfinn nn.1 it Hkeclt of ( he Ser'rlce in 1'htclt T1ict 1iignge in Hattie vIth I . : _ : . 'rom now tinUl the on o tie exposition , the daily exhibitions of the United States .I Llto Saving service crew under Captain II. w j M. Knowles v11i bo ono of tlio most inter- ) I cstIng features In the estimation at a large proportion ot tim visitors. The work of the 1 . Rorvlco Is so dIstant from most of the trans- , mississippi states that snost of the people have only vogue itkas of its mctho.I . of oper- tIon. rlieso will bo fully Illustrated at the exposItIons even the people will hardly S rippreciato their full value. It. is one thing I to work on tim placid % 'aters at the lagoon I and quito another to go through the same evolutions in a roaring surf that threatens lestruction to the staunchest craft and when the gab sweeps down the coast through a aero atmosphere that freezes the dripping % vorkcrs into animntod ice statues. Under these circumstances thu United States Lifo Having service has made a record that lia no comparison In the world. It has saved thousands of lives and Preserved property S valued at sunny millions and In achieving this result its members hare displayed a do- reo of courage and endurance that Is the admiration of the maritime world. This Is the only great nation that supports - ports a Ilfo saving service as a function of the government. In most. European coun- I tries the same duties are performed through 4 ? the medium of private organizations which have in no case attained the ofilciency that Is displayed by the tratncI ( servants of Undo - S do Sam. The organization of the service In this country was largely duo to the sentiment - , timent inspired by the numerous wrecks that previously occurred on the dangerous I : coasts of Long Island and Now Jersey and . . I wiiich were frequently attended with tern- , * blo loss of life. ' til .1,1st I'lft3 Yenr % Old. 1 The first effort to provide a remedy was ado in 1818 when an appropriation at $10.- 4 , 000 was made for the erection of eight build- . lags on the New Jersey coast which were equipped with such crude life savIng appar- titus as was then obtainable. Tiio next year J congress appropriated $20,000 more aWl six - additional stations were established in New Jersey and eight on Long Island. This was continued until 1S51 , the apparatus being I manned by purely volunteer service. Then a bill was pas.e.l whIch provided for salaried superintendents and keepers to have general change of the work and keep the npparatus S in order and it was not. until 1SGO that crews : t Were Provided for at alternate stations. This I Wfl3 filially accomplished largely through the , t efforts of lion. Sunsct" II. Cox , and after S : his ( lentil a magnificent solid sliver vase was presented to his widow by the eniployes of the service as n testimonial of their appre- elation of his efforts In their behalf. . Meanwhile the etflcicncy of the service as a means of saving life and lroperty , lied been fully demonstrated and every year It was enlarged by the addition of now sta- 'lions ' and crows and Improved apparatus. : For several years In the early ? Os only two or three lives wore lost per year on coasts , that had previously counted their victims S humlrets. ily this time the entire Atlantic - lantic coast from Maine to Cape hatteras : . vas covered by tIm service in addition to S zioveral new stations on the Great Lakes. 5A't the close of 1878 'there ' were 142 stations $ ani the code of signals for communication between the stations and Imperilled vessels ? WflS introduced. In this year the service was transferred from the revenue service flfll became a separate branch of the gUy- ' crnmer.t , and In 18711 two boards were established - tablished to inshiect and recommend new I upphtances in life saving apparatus. In 1884 tlio number of stations ccceecled 200 and cstabishicd. In this year marine property t valued at $9,000,000 was saved , or 90 per cent of the total amount involvel , and out of 4,43 person3 whose lives were endangered - ' gored only tventy were lost. - 1 t. h'reNOIIt Since thou the department. has made ma- S tonal progress both In its equipment and In the degree of emciency attained. At the beginning of 'the ' prcont year IL ineludt.1 . 259 stations , of whichi 1S9 were sitUatCt on I ' the Atlantia coast , ilfty-fire on tIle Great - liakcs , fourteen on the Pacifle coast and S on the Ohio river ijear Touisvillc , Xy. Tie t'til lumbcr of ( lIsa3t' T.ported in S j the previous year was p , the largest nun1- S # ber in tlio history of the service. But the number of vessis totally lost was the I smallest since 1$7P. 'j'fiere were nearly i.,000 lives cntlaniered. of whom all but S flfty-ithreo wore saved. The history of the service during the flfty years of its oxl&tcmcO presents a striking iecor1 of courageous effort , of hardships patiently endured and of thrilling escapes. . , . In view of the great risks that have been taken the loss of life on the part of S aurfmefl is surprisingly small. From IS7C. S to 1StH out of the 28O)2 ) men employed only S 132 died. Of these forty-two wore drowned in the performance of their duty , three were killed by railroad nccideflt5 while on patrol duty , three were killed at boat prac- diseases in- 4 tice , soventySeVeli tileil froiti dueed by cold end exposure , and flV ( ) trainS various accidents , One reason for this S howlng is foun.l in the severe disciihiflO ) of i ( , ; the service. Only men of the staunchest 1ihysical soundness are admitted. They vcar variii clothes , 2iave good food voll ' cooked nail are compelled to ho strictly temperate in their habIts. No case of to- bacon heart Was over known in the service and the IflOli are free from tue excesses that are common among other classes of seagoing S pcople. Iloilt liii , ( IC Ii. ' S.r'iee. S l'hio entire service is divided into twelve districts , each of which is under this dl- reetlea of a suporintendent. There is a S captain or keeper in charge of each station , S who has a crew of frniu six to eight stint- S men. Their life is much like that of a metropolitan tIre company. a ( Icily round of routine broken by occasional dashes Into S danger to save life and property. The great , feature of all station ( hilly , hiwover , is the S contnnt. watch that Is kept on the beach. This never ccase anti at night and on S foggy days the entire coast from station to station Is continually patroled. } arh watcher carries a beach lantern and a case I I of Coston signals. Tlieso burn 'hien ignited I with it red light and either warn the vessel c . to sheer oft the dangerous e0a8t or , if it ' I drives helplessly into thio surf , assures its t \ 1 crew that help is at lined It the ship is 'I agrounth the patrolmen lights hits signal and S hurries away to bring the crew. If the sea will allow the surf boat to live it is quickly launched end the rescue is usuahiy accomphlshied with little ( lltflCtlity , But when the surf is pounding the beach under S ) the impulse of a winter gale the conditions are wore .hinlcult and the work is frequentiy ) r uttonded with the utmost danger and berth- ship. If the sea is too strong to permit the t boat to be used a siender line Is tired over t the vessel with a Iy1o gun. This is caught by thto sailors tied used to haul out a rope I or whip reoveil through a puilcy block , I ' which they attach to a must , 'I'bi , in ( urn , :4 : .iauls OUt hawser , one vnd of which is at- btachicd to the mast about two feet above S jbe whiii ) line. wiilio the other is niado fast Von shore , The life car or tireechies buoy ; S. P or suelL other apparatus as is best adapted . to the conditions is run nut on the hiasvser k a hauled back and fortt by the whip line tse . . b : with Its successive cargoes of human freight until alt are paved , To effect thIs result in a beavy sea is often difficult nail the dif. fhculty Is emphasized when the passengers are too badly frozen to help themselves , as is occasionally the case , In these cases the surfmea must go out. to the wreck and bring in the victims as a fireman rescues occu. pants from a burning building , and this feature of the work causes most of the loss of life among the surtmen , SllIifl Sflhiila ILCMCIICN. One of the most terrible catastrophes that ever befell the service occurred off Point Mix Barqucs station on Lake Huron , of which Jerome C , Kirk was then the keeper. A vessel was sighted that was too far out to be reached with the shot and line and the terrible surf threatened almost certain destruction - struction to any boat. Hut the brave crew made the attempt , Their boat was almost instanthy capsized , but they succeeded in righting it and went on. This was repented - pented twlco more , but the surfmen bad become so nearly frozen that they wore incapable - capable of further exertion , IInally the boat rent over and they were too far gone to .Ighit it. They clung desperately while they were buffeted about by the tremendous waves and then one by one their frozen fingers - gers relaxed and they dropped and sunk beneath - neath the ice cold water. The next day one solo survivor was found standing on the beach , looking out across the still turbuient water and moaning to himself : 'Poor i.oys , poor boys ; thiey are nIl gone , all gone. " This was Keeper Kirk and for days lie raved over the terrible fate of his men , Ito did not know how lie escaped , anti it was weeks be. fore ho was in his right mind. Then ho was presented with the gold medal that the government confers as its highest award for heroism and was transferred to another station. Ono of the most famous rescues of recent years occurred on Lake Michigan , off Fort Sheridan. one stormy Thanksgiving morn- leg sonic years ago. The life saving crow at Evanston , lti. , is CoinloSed of volunteer students from the Northwestern university , with the exception of the keeper , who Is lirovided by the government , On the morn- log in question a message was received that a steamer was aground at Fort Shienl- den , twelve miles away. They hiurried to the spot and found the vessel stranded fully i,000 yards from shore. The wind was blowing - ing a gale and the air was full of frozen sleet. The beachi was a lucre strip of sand , fully exposed to every assault of ( lie wind and wave , and to launch the boat seemed iiko courting death. Three times they made the ntteaipt , hut cccli time the boat filed before they could haunch It. By this time ( lie craft was a mass of Ice and the clothes of tlio nien were frozen so stiff that they could scarcely move. But out across the swirling breakers they could see nearly a score of people clinging desperately to the steamer , whiich threatened every moment to collapse and engulf them in a storm-tossed grave. Over and over again the bravo volunteers - unteers attempted to force their boat through the surf and they finally succeeded. They worked their way under the leo of the steamer and succeeded in taking off six men and landing them safely on the bench. They made thrco trips in all and saved every person on the vessel after hours of unremitting effort. Some of them ihid not recover for some time from the effects of theIr exposure , but no fatalities resulted. CsiiitnI ii 11iosvle' Exjierltiiee. Captain H. M. Knowles , who is in charge of ( lie crew on the exposition grounds , has had fully his share of hazardous experiences during his twenty-two years of service in the ( lepartment. He has been exclusively connected with the Third distrfrt , whiich comprises thirty-eight stations on the coasts of Long Island and Rhode Island. where some of the most notable wrecks have occurred. While he was in charge of thie Point Judith station he won the reputation - tation of being one of the most daring captains - tains on the coast and was famous throughout - out the service for the numerous gallant rescues performed by the crew under his direction. Since lie was promoted to the superintendency of the Rhode Island dls- ( net lie has been equally successful as nn administrative ofilcial and is regarded as one of ( lie best officers In the service. it was while Captain Knowles was in charge of the Point Judith thiat ho and his crew participated in ono of the most perilous and remarkable performances in the historyof the service. Oii Christmas morning , ] SS5 , they launched their boat to go to the rescue of the crews of two ships that vore stranded oft their station anih it was four days hater when they were able to return. Just after daylight Captain Knowles discoycreil a schooner capsized and appar- eiitly wnter-logged about four miles oft shore. A mile further out the maits of a sunken schooner were visible and it was at. once concluded that the two vessels had collided during the night. There was a northeast storm with a dangerous sea , but ( Is the glass ( hiscovere(1 people clinging to the rigging of both vessels the boat was ordered off. After a ternibho struggle with ( ho trenieailouB sea they reached the first vessel only to find that what they hiad taken for people was nortions of the rigging. They hind a similar experience when they reached ( ho second vessel , and then they turned their boat toward shore. But to get back was a different propqsition. They worked steadily , but found that they 'ero losing ground. There was only one hope in sight nail thiat Involved attempting the perilous passage to Block island , ten miles to lee- ward. They reached ( ho island after any number of hiairhroadth escapes and there they found ( ho crow they had attempted to rescue. Meanwhile thio whole coast hind been aroused when they failed to return to tue station and the assistant supenintontlent of the district chartered a small schooner and hiut out to find thorn , They were finally brought back three days later. haying - ing gained nothing by ( heir daring effort but universal coluinendation for their courage. 'Jir- lImo Crt'v Con.lV..i. . . Thin records of the service during the 'SOs contain the brief narratives of numerous elnitiar adventures in whiich Captain Knowles participrttel , In 18S lie was pro- fliOtel to ho assistant supenlntenlent , and has aixico been employed iii an adinloistra. ( lye capacity. Tim remainder of the crow at the exposition grounds is composed of IiCii UOieCtCl front thio various stations on ( lie Great Lakes. where desperate adven- tunes are nearly as frequent as on the At- iantic coast. It consists of Keeper henry Cleary of iackiaaw , Miehi. , and the tolhow- lug surfinen : John McLeotl , Duluth , Minn. ; hoary Sinnigen , .MihwaukeeVis , , ; Jacob van \\'eeitien , Grand Haven , Mich , ; James Scott , Sand Ileach ; Ihenry Walker , Musko- son : Windfiejil Adamsen , Grindstone City ; Frank JohuBon , holland , and Nelson Sims , East Tawes , hliibwo , . Porgt , to 'I'iirjt I t fliT , The question , "W'i'at is Fame ? " will probably never he answered , says the Cr1- tenon , but that is no ronson why It should not have a yearly outing at the mental housecleaning. The epigram of the En- glishinian hiss passed into iniinortality that "Fanio is to die leading a forlorn hope anti to have one's name misspelled In the Ga- zette. " Anthony Hope amusingly contends that this true test of greatness is to nave one's wax 'flgger" iii a museum , antI now v(3 get the inteaning of fame frouii the stand- ioint of the owner of a lress chipiing bureau , who tells the public that before liohisoil went into actiop bia sent vord to aii bureau to have any clippings Cf hiimsehf edit at current rates. Ills inntIverfen'e in not canceling this order when lie made his short and ineniorabie trip has broujht about his ears a debt In the shape of the bihi of the I' . C' . II. . which nloiiu would make a 11151) f.imous it he had done nothing ; o var- rant its existence. hereafter it would be 'eii for embryo heroes to take into account the possibilities of a sudden leap hitto public attention and et a corresponding ticoun ] ( . DANI1NC TIlE RIVER NILE A Modem Wonder to Be feared Bcslao Ancient Temples. WORTH MANY MILLIONS TO EGYPT Sonic Fnet. and VIgiirci About the ( resit Iiiinecrlng iiiterprise- Qunhily nit. ! Aiiienrnnco of ( hue i'roJec. , After sonic centuries of discussion anti planning the Nile Is at Inst to be dammed , The plans have been completed tor sonic time and as soon as the season's floods have subsided the contractors viii have several hundred Inca busy on the stone work at As. SoUan. The man who Is to have the direction - tion of the work , whicli wilt rank as the greatest irrigation scheme over attempted and one of the engineering feat of ( lie age , is Sir l3enjamin linker , whose name is ci- ready associated with many great enter. vrises. Sir Benjamin is hiimseit ready to start. for Assotian , where lie ivill assume personal direction of the undertaking. In discussing the matter a few days ago lie hazarded the prediction that by the beginning - ning of the twentieth century the first steamer would pass through the hocks Into the reservoir , on its way to the tipper Nile. Whatever dimcultics may be encountered in anything more picturesquely beautiful. It contains nil ( ho play of light auth shade , nil the variety of Gothic art with the massiveness - ness and grandeur of the Egyptian style. Titers is no building out of Thebes that gives so favorable an imhresston of Egyj'tian ' art as this , It would have been a great pity if the reservoIr which is to water Egypt lied demanded ucb a sacrifice. At 0110 time it appeared inevitable , and Sir Benjamin linker suggested that ( lie whole groundwork of the temples should bo raised. The cost of this would bayc been 200OQO , vbichi was rather too much for this Egyptian taxpayer , who , Ia Sir flenjnmtri's words , 'does not care a piastro for the temples , " except as a means of attrncing tourists to Assouan , As to the importance of the work , from thie engineer's point. of view , Sir Iheiijatniii says : "The colossal character of tile great ( lam will be apparent when it is stated that ( ho flood discharge of a river a mile wide and thirty feet. deep , flowing at a ] ilgh velocity , must. pass through the dam's sluices at the rate of 1O00 tons of water per second- 9,000,000 toiis a minute-more than 50,000- 000 tons of water an been At tines ( ho water will be damned back thirty-six feet above its pressed hovel and for a distance 144 inies above the dam , Ailrirnuce ( It tue niiiii. "The Nile at Assouan by no meahs fuil- fills ( ho popular conception of a cataract. 'Fiio river Is broken up by ionuimerablo islands-seine of them of considcable acreage - age ; but the great majority niero rocks which am submerged In food time-into myrIad shallow watercourses. At. one or two Poilits the water runs deep aatl fast between the islands , but for the greater part of the width of the river the chian- nels between the islands carry only a trickle of water during ( lie dry season. It is upon this foundation of small islands that ( ho dam wihi be built , So far as strength anti economy of foundation are concerned ( ho site heaves nothing to be desIred , The rock throughout is hard , compact sycaito or quartz dionite and the section of the river is so wide and shallow that the foundations - tions of ( ho larger part of the dam can ho PUt in dry , Tbo under sluices vihi bo built upon reefs projecting over the iwater sun- - - - - taco both in summer and winter so that the foundations will be open to annual In- spection-a most important xudtantage when so many intereata depend upon the eta- bihity anti endurance of the work. It wilt ho a splendid thing to look at-stretching a mile anti a quarter from shore to shore , of compact granite , a huge mass seventy feet high at its lowest point , and its crest 20 toot. above the lowest water level of ( lie river below the cataract. "A carriage road , 10 to 40 feet wide , will be driven across it from the east ( o the west bank of the Nile ; and on the western side wilt stretch a chain of locks , leading from the tipper to ( lie lower river. The locks 'will be 150 feet long cccli , tapablo therefore of taking a good sized simmer , and will be of an average height f fifty feet , Tim archipelago ot islands will disappear - appear , the tops of the bills on the larger islands will just appear above its rurfaco , antI the temples of l'hhino will rise out of a wide placid lake instead of appealing as 00'1 % when tourists visit it at LoW hle , insignificant - significant and in the hollow. " Its hiliporteltee 10 ) . To the Egyptian administrator the chief concern is in the money value of the new dam to the count.ry , and in this respect it makes a most favorable showing , In a lanil which , in Sir Gardner Wilkinson's ihraso "positively screams for water" its worth caii scarcely be overestimated. With its supplementary dams anti barrages at Assiout. and near ICasheshiat , it will increase ( ho present cultivated area of Egypt by 600,000 acres niid bring under constant cultivation - tivation tlio whole of ( bat vroportion of ( ho - . j. , _ . , rg . \ = _ . , . - ' . . . - ' . . \ - . 4. ' TIlE GEE AT LOCK. the work it probably will not take so long as it has for the khedtve and his French advisors - visors to make up their minds to sAnction it. In ( lie industrial world the big nterpniso is attracting a great deal of atteittion , hilt to the average reader thio chief interest of the dam is not in the engineering problems and possibilities which It presents , but Ia its situation anti surroundings. ( rniiite Qunrrleil $ , ( Hfl ) Yenr. Ago. Assouan is ( lie site of quarrle which furnished - nished stone for many temples in the days of the Ptolinies. The granite wfiichi vihi form ( lie masonry work of the new dam was cute out of ( lie hills thousands of years ago and has stood hero ever since. Fhie same quarry which supplied the material for ( ho temples of Philae , now ' 3,000 years later , furnishes granite for a new tWentieth century - tury wonder. These temples of Philac , by the way , have formed one of the chief diiflcultles , though not an engineering difficulty , in respect of ( lie ( lam's construction. The ( Inst. cataract consists of a scattered mass of small Islands and rocks , and it. Is across this scattered et.one heap that the dam , a mile and a quarter wide , forty feet broad anti seventy feet high , is to be constructed. This is a modification of the original plan , which would have made the toll of the dam thirty- six fect. higher. The effect of the ( heal as at. present conceived wilt be to eubmergo thio nearer Islands only , but as originally planned it. wouhth at flood time or "high Nile" have submerged the island of Phutne , a mile UI ) stream , and tue temples on the island or Pliiiae are of immense interest to thio architect and the archaeologist. They are splendId examples of the Ptoletnaic tern- pie. No Gothic architect. in his wildest. mo- monte ever played so freely with hits lines anti his dimensions as the forgotten tie- signer of Pbilae , and none ever produced ' -i- . - - - . - 5,000,000 acres inEgypt which is now under yearly irrigation only. The supply of water needed for this purpose according to Mr. \S'ilicock'a calculation is 3,010,000,000 of cubic centimetres flowing at a maximum rate of 630 metres a second over the whiolo line of district affected. The monetary advantages - vantages of ( lie scheme may be expressed by saying thiat ( lie direct annual return to ( ho state will lie 830,000 ; that ( lie increased - creased value of land In Egypt. will be 46- 195,000 , ; that ( lie increase' to annual produce will be 16,612,000 , anti to annual rent ; ,390.0O0. These estimates heave out of account the increased value of hand and crops owing to increased facilities of navi- gation. Sir Benjamin Baker's view is expressed - pressed In the words : "The profit resultant from the works it is diihlcult to overesti- mate. as the value of the crops will be Increased about 6 per annum over the whole area affected. Cost on the flitterirlNe. The cost of the dam itself was calculated by Sir William Garston antI Sir Benjamin Baker to be seine 1,900,000 , and this was an estimate that has been practically no- cepted by the contractors , Messrs. John Aird. But to this estimate has to be added the cost of supplementary darns and barrages - rages at Assiout and at the other point which Sir Benjamin Baker has indicated 231 miles nearer to Cairo. The exact form of these dams Is not. yet determined ; but. the barrages which vihl be part of them will be similar to that. at Koshesheh already existing. The modern masonry barrages are the substitute for ( lie old time "Khaheegs" or dams of earthwork which were cut. or breached at the top when the water was high eaoughi and which wore dangerous and vasteful. The barrage at Koshieshieh nI icatly existing is 273 yards long and Is prac- t.icaliy a wall of masonry running by the l' - - - - L f- TEMPhES OF PtIThAE AT SITE OF TIlE DAM. ; i.i ; ; of the river and Pierced with sixty double arches. Each of these arches is fitted with an upper and lower iron gate , anti without going Into detail we may say that. they permit the rising Nib to overflow into a r.servoir which is 800,000 acres in extent anti baa a depth of thrco feet. This hake feeds the irrigation canals. 'l'hiis in brief gives a birdseye view of the great. scheme which is to give now birth to Egypt. Its cost nilogehier ( irihi not lie far short. of CiO00.0O0 , which is to he paid by the Egyptian government in yearly install- inents extending over thirty yearn and not beginning until the receipts from the rescr- voir afford a margin of profit. It is a novel arrangenient , but the financiers have risen manfully to meet it , and the days are now nunibored when tue Niio will be able to run riot. in Its disastrous freedom. hraiving iLiiiiiit. Ietroit Journal : "A man is certainly more attractive In a stovepipe hat , " some- hotly remarked. TIto Unconscious ImbecIle clutched ( lie air in his excitement. "S'ehi , a man In a stovepipe bat ought to draw , " lie ebnickeil. The others fehi UflOfl him and beat him tea a imiere pulp , and grounti tiieir ( ceh ( in that they were oweriess to give adequate cx- pression to their resentment. Ills Fiiiiri Cz.iiliig , Chicago I'ost : "have you decided what you are goiiig to make at the baby yet ? " "Oh , repled ( ( be father promptly. ' 'Thitut's all settled. ' ' " 'hnt will ho lie ? " " 'cll , I think his voice qualifies him to be a barker for a niuseum. " It was two whole ( lays after ( lila before the baby's mother consented to get on speak. lag tortils with ( lie haby's father. liiI.uiN ( fly- . . It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern ill the land who are not afraid to bo generous to the needy anti suffering , The proprietors of Dr King's Non' Discovery for Constimptipn , Coughs and Colds , hiavo givea away over ten milion trial liottleb of this great mcdi- cine ; and have ( he satisfaction of knowing it has absolutey cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma , Bronchitis. Hoarseness and all diseases of the Threat , Chest and Lungs are surely cured by it. ( 'all on Kuhn & ( 'So , . druggist , end get a trial btUo tree , Regular Mae , SOc and 1. kyery bottle guaranteed or price refunded , - . 4 4 COST 01 ? SEEINC TilE FAIR Estimate of the Expense for a Molest Pair of Visitor3 , DECENTLY DONE FOR TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS Spensi a Week Comfortably in Ouiinhin , Set , Ihie " , 'hiule ShoW finti liftVU Eycrv 1)n on the Grounils I for ( lint Figure. . . - ' All over the the great west anti pretty well all over the country , for that matter , thousands are asking , "What will it cost to see ( ho exposition at Omaha from start to finish ; to see it all ? " The chances are that if 100 persons were aketl that question 100 different replies would be received and cccli would ho correct. This divergence Is all duo to ( lie "point of view. " The man with plenty of money who is out for a gootl time can easily spend hun- drcds of tiohiars during it week's stay in Oniaha. and spend a large portion of it on the cxposition grounds , while the poor devil who lies an earnest desire to see the wonders of the exposition , with next to nothing in his pocket , can easily get along on what tIm rich man would give away as tips to those who serve him in ( ho course of a single day. Tliero lies never been a great exposition in ( lie United States where the instances of extortIon were so few or where it. was possible - blo to see everything in a decent , comfortable - ble manner , without unnecessary expense or humiliating economy , at a less cost than right hero in Omaha. Suppose a man and lila wife wish to come to Omaha Monday morning and leave Sat.ur- day iiighit , spending every day at ( ho exposi- tioti and seeing everything in each other's company. This couple will be oh enough to be steady and young enough to be curious about what they see , anti to want to see it all. They may come to Omaha early Monday morning , remain during ( ho entire vcck , live comfortably , sco thio exposition every clay and visit nearly every show on the Midway , and when Saturday night comes they again stand at the depot waiting for the outgoIng train , somewhat tired , perhaps , and glad to be going home , but happy. A little calculation - tion vil show the husband that ho and his better half have spent the week pleasantly for $25. This does not Include railroad fare , since there is no way to toll what that would be. hero is the expense account for the week , and bear in mind that every item is figured on the basis of two ieople ; for one It. would be much less : Lodging , $3 ; breakfast - fast , $3 ; lunch , $1.80 ; supper , $3 ; car fare , $1.20 ; adinissioii , $6 ; Midway , $7. Total , $23. hlls. 'l'ltis Is lone There are hundreds of rooms in Omaha where two lC0PIO may lodge for $3 a week. These rooms are airy and clean , in respect- nblo neighborhoods and witnin a block or two , if iiot. directly on , the street car line ; they have every convenience , and while not. palatial , are certainly good enough for any one. The visitor may save trouble by con- suIting the columns of The I3eo and engaging - ing a room before coming , although it will not take long to find a suitable piece after reaching the city. Both will ride to and from ( lie grounds cccli day , going in at any entrance they please and taking any car line. This will take 20 cents a day or $1.20 for the time they are in the city , making the expenses foot up s far $4.20. The admission to the grounds is 50 cents each , $1. a day for the two , or $6 for the week , which runs tfio expense account up to $10.20. Next comes the question of food. There are a number of places In the city and on the exposition grounds , quiet and clean , where a very good meal , nicely served , can be gotten for 25 cents ; thiB will include coffee , meat , vegca- bles and sweets of sonic kind. Allow then our two friends 25 cents each for breakfast and supper and it will be $6 a week for thie two meals for both , and the expense ac- count. hias grown to $16.20. Thirty cents a day for lunch for two 8001115 little enough , yet it. can be managed on the grounds very decently. More ohabor- ate meals may be obtained , but the modest individual can be accommodated at a reasonable - able price. For this calculation the lunch bill is figured at 30 cents a day , or $1.80 for the week. It is Possible to visit every attraction on the Midway for $5.30 , and to spend any amount. of money purchasing the curious and beautiful things exhibited. If , bow- over , tIm stranger and his wife wish to visit. only a few of the principal shows and listen to ( lie music without. imbibing quantities - ties of beer , they can take it all in for $7 easily ; this will include a ride on ( lie lagoon anti reserved seats at the fireworks and band concerts. Of course they are not supposed to visit everything during one ovening. To do so woultl bo wearisome and half the effect of the Midway , which is in tile lights anti shift.- ing cros'ds , would be lost. in tbio rush to get. through the trip. A few attractions can be visited cccli night and thioroughily enjoyed anti thus the fun stretched out thirought the week. All this , mind you , has cost only $25 , ox- elusive of railroad fare , little enough surely , During ( lila time the two visitors have been able to hive comfortably and enjoy themselves - selves thoroughly and if they have any fault. to fintl ' 1thi either Omaha or the Transmississippi antI Industrial Exposition it mallet. lie In themselves and their capacity for appreciation , anti not in Omaha or the show. whTThc' OTITPUS 1'AlL OhLW1/1' 000TGHS Searles & Searles SPECIAUSTS Guaranter to cure .poedilr and mdi- oulhy nil ? CflVOVS , OliflONlO AJiD PrnvATSn di.ei.o. of Men tintS women , WEAK MEN SYMIILIS SlhXUALLY , cured for life , Niuit Emissions , Lost Manhood , 11 droosle , Vericocele , Qonorhea , Olset , Syp - liii. , Btricture , Plies , Fistula and Rectal Ulon. , Diabetes , Bright' . Dhseass cured , Consultation Free. Strioture and GIeot by new method without pain or cutifl. Cahlon or ad1rei , with atamp. Treatment by mail. 'mo orani ro v onini ro 11S. JUe 81 ufto , 0III1LII ) UCEIIIJ.ti. 081411.4 , wgvAdvW.1vvw.iidvvwy LADIES' TRY IT F REE A Fr e Trial Package of a RerneIy That Gives Health , Happiness and Personal Deauty. Do No B9 Baokwarcl buL Write at Otoo and a Trial Will be Mailed in PIah Package , Postage Prepaid. . - - : ' \ \I . . I i - . - - - - : ' If \ \ ' : - \ : J , t1 S ) , ; ji . , . 'i ; 4 , , I . \ I ' I ' ' ' / S , S , I , , , S"s' , ' 0' ' ' -7 ' ' , ' , ( . 5 . 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But all this is done away with in this new form of remedy which nay lady can use herself privately at home and thus secure alt the boneilt antI as complete a cure as her fondest. hopes could wish for. Experience , however , has shown that nearly every woman lies tried many medicines without relief. They have I also been under ( lie care of physicians without - out material benefit , Iiinny have traveled and sought freedom in change of climate , while , sad to reIat , It is not uncommon to read of those who antler the stress of great pain have becoino hysterical amid tree- sPOUsiblO and taken their own lives to end their misery. Considering all these various conditions and circumstances it cannot. be wondered at. that the sufferer gives up in despair and positively refuses to believe that there is a remedy that can turn her life towards the sunshine. It is for this reason that. Ilazehino Is sent free to try. AntI thith free trial 'inings such an emphatic relief , such a feeling of an- usual freedom and hiatt elicIt a remarkable action in loosening the tightness that drags 1' anti tugs at the vitals as to immediately tlo tloe ( that there is the exact reinethy for a condition which seemed incurable , Mrs. M. Beck of 155 William St. , Newark , N. J. , was cured after suffering 30 years with painful menstruation , inihitnieti ovaries , bladder trouble and many other diseases. Mrs. Louise Ilresing of Elberfeid , Warrichi , , Co. , Intl. , says she is so thanl1ul to ho cured after 12 years of frightful sufferflmg that he is willing to do or say anything that helps spread the kiiowletlge of wontler- ful Ilazeline. It cured Mrs. Chins. .Weihi- S much of Sandusky , 0. , after she lied been giveti up to tile and is now the marvel of all her friends ; she lives corner Maple anti Tyler Sta. Miss Minnie Williams , 10417 Avenue M , South Chicago , Ill. , says there is J no reason hiy girls anti married ladies should have painful menstruation when they can use Ilazehine anti be cured. Mrs. Conrad - rad Fniachi of Fresno , Cal. , was cured by Ilazeline anti she declares it. Is the grandest medicine in tIm world. Mrs. hiatt I'ortx of Thayer , Mo. , suffered six years and a single box of Ilnzehino gave lice back the health she enjoyed in her girlhood days. S Mrs. Lion ileazinger , 1029 Broadway , Brook. ' lyn , , N , Mrs. Louisa llaehir , 5144 Came. gie St. , Plttsburg , I'a. , Mrs. F'.L. Priebe , Gaylord , Minn. , Mrs. Fred Stack , Wellsboro , lad , , and Mrs. Margaret Schileffer of Constance - stance , Neb. , are among ninny hundreds of others whiosa cases of long stalitling anti frightful severity wore cured by this mar- vcious remedy. Send' your name anti nil- dress to the Ilazehine Co. , 221 DressIer block , South Bend , Iiitl. , and they will forward by prepaid mail a free trial package of Haze- line. Sent ? for it. Send today. Do so no matter if you are so doubtful ( lint you are utterly discouraged. This remetly vlll cure you and there is absolutely no tiouhit about It. Write today without fail. In ease you pnt. ' for to begin treatment at otice you can nit- tam a full sized package at your druggiut for $1.00. of IJnopprouciied Value for the home , Class-room , Office , or Study. Journal oJ'Etlueattun , Boston : "Thii is a treasure. No onocan conceive the wealth of infornintion , the couvenienco for reference , tue elicniiiatioa of tion.ciwt'ntials which wake this book worth machi more than the vrico to any student , tenclier , or writer. 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