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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1898)
TTTE GRATIA DAILY BEE : PUT DAY , SEPTEMlJEH , .1898. § WS ; % % V ' V > K'KO. ' I FOR A BOY'S ROOM. I Simple Pieces of Furniture Tlmt Any lioyCtin Mnke With Tools. ' " " \ & By I1AKRY J. ADAMS. / Hvcry right-minded boy takes an Inter- , cat in the appearance of n room that Is all bis own , hns very decided views ns to how It should bo furnished nnd mnny a handy lad would llko to knock up his own book ( .helves , clothes press or divan If ho only knew how. With proper directions It Is uaay enough to do nnd the following nug- gestlons nro sure to prove helpful. Among the most nvnllablo pieces for use would bo n book case , combination wash stand nnd writing desk , a utility couch , a email divan , nests of shelves for books and several small cabinets that may bo hung on the wall or stood on the floor. The large Illustration Is the view of a corner In a boy's room nnd the several pieces of furniture were made by him from DIAGRAM OF boards , boxes and upholstery material. Be tween the window nnd the doorway the Bpaco Is filled with a divan and a book case. case.Tho The divan Is nothing more than a largo box provided with a cover on hinges that way bo raised nnd in the box there Is ample room for clothing or for storage pur I poses. The divan Is provided with a back made of plno boards , over which some curled hnlr Is placed nnd covered with cretonne or denim. The top of the seat is upholstered in a similar manner and the front of the box is draped with the same , material. Along the front edge of the box a gimp Is fastened with Inrgo headed upholsterers' tncks , and n tack Is driven here and there la both seat and back to give it the tutted appearance characterizing upholstery work. The bookcase that ends up against the divan IB nbout flvo feet high nnd sixteen inches deep , the width depending on the width of the divan. t Dy mnking the case sixteen Inches deep J hooks may bo placed on the shelves from I both aides. P This case can bo made from plno boards f planed on both sides nnd with tongucd nnd grooved edges. The woodwork should bo stained and varnished , or it can bo painted any desirable color. A strip of cornice moulding fastened around the top will Ira- ,1 prove Us appearance and modify the box- i" < llko features that It would otherwise have. Curtains of some light material will look well If hung from small brass rods that can bo nttuched nt top nnd middle of case , as Ehown in the illustration. Such a corner as this will not bo found In every boy's room , but perhaps some epaco will be available where n similar ar rangement could be carried out successfully. A Uneful C'onililiiutlon. Another useful bit of furniture Is shown Dgalnst tbo wall in the Illustration , and , while it appears to bo a writing desk. It is a combination piece that when the desk cover is raised discloses a complete wash stand. Figure 1 shows the construction In a very clear manner , and it will not be a dlfllcult matter for. tbo amateur carpenter to make ono at n slight cost. As may bo seen , It Is composed of two end pieces , a back nud two shelves. The top ono Is cut out to receive nn ordinary wash bowl , and under It will bo found space enough for water pitcher , soap dish nnd other toilet accessories. The top edges of sides are cut In a Blunting manner so the cover when down will have an Inclined posi tion. A curtain of some good material and divided at the middle Is arranged In place to cover the front of the stand so that when in use as a desk the contents may bo con cealed. The curtains should be on a rod , so they can bo easily drawn or closed at will. This woodwork should be painted or stained nnd vnrnlshod to match other finished wood In the room and when completed its use will prove its value. A Ltlllly Couch. For the side of a room a utility couch will bo found n very valuable and comfortable plcco of furniture , and as It may easily be constructed from plno boards , a plan Is shown In figure 2. A glance at this drawing will show that the body part of the couch Is In the shape of a long box , six feet In length , thirty Inches wide and sixteen Inches deep. At one end a head rest Is arranged so that It can bo raised or lowered. This will bo the width of the couch , and not more than eighteen Inches long. Figure 3 shows the manner In which this rest Is built ; It Is secured to the top of the box by means of two large hinges , and at the mid dle of it to the under side a standard Is at tached by a stout hinge. In the standard several boles are tnado at regular distances apart and when provided with a wooden pin the bead rest can bo raised or lowered nnd held securely In any position. The top of the couch not covered by the head rest Is made to raise as shown nnd affords an opening to the Interior of the couch. Hero will be found an excellent place for trousers , long coats and odd pieces of clothing. The Insidn of the sides and one end may be ar ranged with dcnlm or canvas pockets , ns shown , whcro numbers of pairs of shoes , slippers nnd rubbers can find a good resting PUnNITURE. : placo. As shown In the drawing , tbo under side of the couch top Is provided with bat tens to strengthen It and keep the boards together ; but the head rest Is battened at the ends of the boards , ns they would pre vent tbo rest lying flat on top of the couch If they were under side. The top to thla couch should be made so that It will fit flush with the top of sides and ends. A rail Is nailed fast all around the tnsldo of the box an Inch down from the top , so that when the cover Is closed It will fit down Insldo of the box. This coucb can bo upholstered on the seat with hair from an old mattress and A UTILITY COUCH. covered with some strong and desirable ma terial , or a single bed mattress may be cov ered with material and laid on the top of the box. Around the sides and ends B valance of cretonne may bo gathered and tacked at the upper edge , and to finish It off nicely a gimp may be held In place with large headed upholstery tacks. Several other pieces of furnlturft can be made that will follow these , and , with thcsa to begin with , others will suggest them selves as needed. WHAT'S IX A NAMIif It * Mnrlcetnhlc ValueAttmteil by Pnb- Ilxlicrft uiul TliPiitrlcnl MiuuiKcrii. It Is elated In an exchange that Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's divorce has been attended by ono result which she had not expected. She wishes to have her name changed to Mrs. Frances Hodgson , but her publishers are said to object. They say that the name she desires to assume has no marketable value nnd that with It she would have to win fame anew. This Illus trates what has often been demonstrated before , Shakespeare to the contrary not withstanding , that there Is often much In a name. It lstcasy to understand , says the Daltlmoro Sun , that It would bo a dangerous ! experiment from a commercial standpoint , If from no other , for nn established author , llko Mrs. Burnett , to discard the name under which fame has been won , and to assume another unfamiliar to tbo public. A more or less troublesome explanation would bo necessary with every new work and the prestlgo belonging to tbo old name would be lost to n great extent , as far as the marketable value of the product was con- | cerned. Nothing succeeds llko success nnd I the popularity which nn author- has won under a certain title gives currency to suc ceeding works , whether they bo up to the old standard or not. The beauty or appro priateness of a name , It Is true , counts for llttlo or nothing in tbo making of reputa tion and tbo works of an author of talent will bo as successful If ho has an odd or ugly name , as If It were specially selected with reference to his literary calling. | Dickens , Smollet , Haggard , Howells , Long fellow , Thackery , Shakespeare , Kipling , I these and many other names noted In ! literature might bo cited as Illustrative 1 of the point. I'ach of these would bavo been as famous under any other name , had they possessed or selected a different des ignation. Hut having become famous under those particular names , their names have become Indtssolubly associated with their fame , and the public will not suffer them to bo divorced. Dead , as well as living , writers would probably lose much by being deprived of the names by which they are known to the reading world. There Is a certain divinity that doth hcdgo about the thrones on which such literary kings as Homer , Milton and Shakespeare sit , and In spite of the Iconoclastic tendencies of the times wo approach them with a reverence | begotten of the royalty that belongs to their i names. We pass over defects in their works which we would criticise severely In persons of less reputation , because the luster of the name daz/.les us , or at least renders us doubtful as to the soundness of our own Judgment. If the work were presented to us under some unfamiliar name It might Impress us far less. Hut , In the Impressive slang of the day , what Shakespeare and Homer says "goes" while some of the things that they have said might not "go , " If they had descended to us ns the payings of less dis tinguished writers. If dead writers would suffer lu reputation , were It possible to dl- vorco their names from their works , and approach them as 1C they were unknown candidates for our suffrages , the living , who arc not yet canonized nnd are still far from being In the company of the Immortals , would bo likely to suffer yet more- . The change of name would not only tend to pro duce confusion and uncertainty In the pub lic mind as to the Identity of the writer and thus Impair an advertising element of value , but It would bo likely to create an unfavorable Impression with regard to him on his Intellectual side. Headers would wonder whether the change did not Indicate a lack of balance or a change lu literary quality , and might bo tempted to bo more critical of the old author with the new name than they were with their familiar favorite. All of which goes to show that while there may be llttlo In a name when It Is unknown to fame , there Is a great deal In It when It has become a sort of literary trade mark and a thing to conjure by. A remarkable Illustration of the com mercial value of the name of a woman prominently before the public was afforded a year or BO ago In the case of the Shakes pearean actress , Julia Marlowe. When Miss Marlowo married Kobert Taber It was de cided to "bill" the two as Mr. and Mrs. Taber. This aroused protests from many managers of playhouses , who asserted that It would seriously hurt the business of the company. Events afterward proved the shrewdness of this business Insight , for In a suit by one of the managers against the actress It was testified nnd not contradicted that the season's profits were many thous ands behind those of previous years. The aotress now calls herself Julia Marlowe and the managers are pleased again. CocoiitiutN Inxtcacl of Cold. SAN FRANCISCO , Sept. 1. The schooner Sofia Sutherland , which left here eighteen months ago with a party of treasurc-seck- era for the Solomon Islands , has returnee with a cargo of cocoanuts. The men were deceived by the projector of the enterprise L. I ] , Sorcnson , who was put ashore on the Island. The others sailed for Samoa , four o them dying of fever. Captain McLean has a poor opinion of the Solomon Islands , but . ; ys the outlook for trade lu Samoa Is good as tbo people are beginning to raise cocoa The political situation In Samoa was strained when the vessel left , as the death of the king was expected. lllH Kll-Ht CllHC. Detroit Free Press : "Gentlemen , what kind of a bar have you here ? " And the young man who bad Just completed his legal course and was looking for n good opening to practice bis profession posed before the group of men In the hotel olfice while awaiting an answer. "The best there Is west of the Rockies , ' they shouted In chorus , and somehow ho was the center of the rush line that brough up In the annex where It cost him n good round fee to test the quality of the bar. CORNER OF A DOY'S ROOM. BATCH OF TORNADO TALES 'hroo Woaternora Regale an Eastern Tenderfoot - foot with a Choice Lot. TORIES THAT MADE HIS HAIR CURL The Hi-ill Toriiuilnot us Hlnclc nrt It it I'nlnlc'd A Mlnnourl Spec- tucli * nnil n 'IVMIX Ter ror wltliVliiK * . Three men sat on the platform of n west- rn railroad station , waiting for a train. Ono wns from Kansas , one from Missouri and the other from Texas. While they waited they swapped a few tornado stories for the benefit of a New York Sun man , who tells It on himself. The man from Kansas plaintively denied hat every tornndo In the world either msscd through Kansas or started there. le knew one , ho said , that started In Colorado. It was a sort of providential ornado , too. It helped a friend of his out of n very serious dtfllculty. This friend owiKd a valuable silver mine , which was jrlnglng him in a fortune or two a day until a freshet , turning the course of a llttlo stream nearby , emptied It plump Into the shaft. The water naturally stopped all work In the mine , since the miners were neither divers nor very good swimmers ; o he sat helplessly by , watching his fortune slowly disappear before his sorrowful eyes. Uvory effort to drain the mine resulted In llro failure. Ho saw ruin staring him In the face. He was nbout to lose all hope , rthcn along came a tornado , nnd , catching ip nil the water out of the mine , snatched t Into the clouds , whcro It belonged , nnd distributed It evenly across the prairies In welcome showers where It wns most needed. The next day the inlno was in excellent working order nnd the miners were checr- 'ully digging away , unearthing nuggets of niro silver about the size of n man's head. So fortune ngnln smiled upon this friend of his. and , though he himself hnd not been nnterlally benefited thereby , even so far ns he loan of a five , now and then , ho hnd never heard nnybo'dy run a tornado down since that time without experiencing a itrong Inclination to stand up for It. "Tornndoea are llko people , " he nddcd , 'they ' nro not nil ns black as they are painted. " The man from Missouri took his pipe out of bis mouth nnd acquiesced with a nod. [ Io agreed with him perfectly , ho said. He uiow of a similar case himself. It was ils own personnl experience. Ho wns nn engineer at the time , running a western rain from Junction City through Kansas to Poor Man's Gulch In Colorado. IIo wouldn't say that the tornado ho spoke of originated In Kansas , but it certainly was passing through there. Anyway Kansas iccdn't be ashamed of that tornado , because X was a kind of godsend. It saved a hundred or two lives. Ho could vouch for the truth of It , because he had seen the thing with Ills own eyes. He had put on ' extra steam , trying to make up for lost time , be cause the conductor , who was a great ladles' man , had stopped ihe train nn hour or two EO as to let the women aboard get out and ; ilck prairie flowers. They were away bo- lilnd time. However , that old engine wns humping Itself and was going like the wind. Telegraph poles , trees , what few there were on the prairies , miles of desert land nnd clouds skimmed by. If they weren't flying they were doing the next thing to it , when suddenly ho spied a broken trestle ahead of him. His heart leaped to his throat. Ho put on nil the brakes. IIo closed the throttle , making every possible effort to slow up the train , but the rate of speed had been too great. Ua. could not stop It. He shut his eyes. H6 saw death staring him In the face , a terrible death , In which ho would bo crushed , mangled , burned. IIo pictured not only his own death , but that of all those Innocent people In the conches who were unconsciously rushing onward to the same fate. Clinrnioil liy Hie Sc ono. Presently , miles away , he saw a dark , funnel-shaped cloud , small enough nt first , hut growing momentarily larger until , in an Incredibly short space of time , it blackened the whole sky. Ho knew It to be a tornado ; but , strange to say , ho welcomed It. It was better to bo blown Bkyhlgh than to die n lingering death of torture beneath a heap of burning coaches. Ho watched It eagerly , hoping It would arrive in time to prevent the plunging of the train over the trestle , and before ho knew It that tornado had caught the engine with Its ten long coaches , nil going strnlght west , mind you , and turning them around , right about face , started them bnck east ngaln over the same old track The steam wns shut off and the throttle still closed , but the tornado blew the whole train straight Into the station nt Junction City without uncoupling a single coach am left It there safe and sound. Then It shied oft in a different direction , sort of laughing low llko to itself Ix-eauEe It had done suet a splendid thing In saving all those lives nnd was a llttlo nshamed of It. Tornadoes are not In the life-saving business na it general thing. It Is kind of out of their line All the people In tliore coaches would have gone down on their knees to that tornado and thnnked It , only , by the time they had found out what It hnd done , it was clean out of sight. Since then he had been llko the man from Kansas. Ho never could hear anybody run down a tornado without talkIng - Ing up for It. The man from Texas coughed , nnd began his story. "I ain't Bayin' , " ho remarked , glancing apologetically at the man from Kansas , "that every tornado In the world starts In Kansas , but give n dog a bad name and It will bang It. No mntter whar n tornado does start It glta the credit of comln' from Kansas , so It might jes' as well start from thnr ns far's that's consarned. This one must rr film ted from thar because It como mighty strnlght. It como In a bcelino down Into Texas , but It didn't git very far befo It was stopped. It had found Us match for once. " Poponrlon to HIP "What stopped It ? " gasped the man from Kansas , for In nil his varied experiences of tornadoes ho hod never seen one stop brforo It hnd cleaned up everything In sight , am ! just paused naturally of Itself because It was all out of breath. "A herd of peccaries , " answered the Texan , slowly crossing one leg over the other. "And what IB a peccary ? " ask the Svnn- san. san."A "A llttlo wild Mexican hog , " answered the Texan. "The wildest , woolliest , meas liest little hog you ever laid eyes on. " "Well , I'll bo goll darned ! " exclaimed the man from Missouri. "How In tbo world did they manage to stop the tornndo ? ' "I'll tell you , " said the Texan , rolling bis quid from ono Bide of his jaw to the other. "Jess glmmo time. You see Texas Is chuck full of them peccaries. You can'i hardly live for the pesky things. They cat up everything In sight , rail fences , wagon beds , barns , sheep and cows. They don't stop at men , women an' children If they git a good chance. They don't stop at noth- ln' , to tell the truth , and grit ! ihcj'vo got plenty o' that , an' to spare. "This thing I'm a tellln' you hcpponod IT the early 'CDs , bcfo' many to'vnt was laid out In Texas , an' long bcfo' them thar booms ' was started all over tbo state an' busted , befo' they got half n-goln' . .Most of the country "as rolliu' prairie , same as Kansas , ' only fuller of flowers because it's to much further south. Ono day a herd of peccar'ea ' was Eruntla' an' iqueaJln' around iho prairie , huntlu' for somethl.V ter cat ns usual when the tornado come lumberin * lottn on 'em , brlngln' everything It could Hid along with it , houses nn' barns an * chicken coops nn' a plentiful sprlnklln' o' lumnn beluga to sorter liven up things. A tornado uln't very particular. It Jess snatches anything that comes handy. Somo- lincs it picks up a few knives nud whacks hlngs wi.h 'em OH It goes along. Why , at that Towanda tornado , Townnda Is in Kan sas , ain't It ? " with an Inclination of his head toward the Knnaan. "Yes , " replied the Knnsan , wearily , "It Is. " "Well , at that thnr Towanda tornado thar must cr bin as many ns n hundred knives Ilyln' about loose nn' promiscuous In the atmosphere. One cut a baby's head clean oft ; so clean nu * even that when they put : ho llttlo thing In Its collln , nftcr they'd tound the head In one county and the body In another , they jes' fastened a thin gold chain around Its neck , an' you couldn't tell the head had ever bin cut off. Same way with the nnlmnls. Hogs were sliced half In two. You'd cr thought n. butcher had done It ; nn' chickens were curved ready to bo put on the tnble. It wns wonderful ! " " \Vhnt about the peccaries ? " asked the man from Missouri. "That thar tornado como Ilyln' along , black as night thunderin' llko mad , an' caught up the whole herd of peccaries. Them llttlo hogs has got tempers llko greased llghtnln' . It made 'cm tlrlu' mad for the tornado to take such liberties with 'em , an' they slammed back at It right mid let' . Well , they didn't do a thing to that tornado. In the first place the whole herd of 'em began to snap nn' grunt like fury until the nolso of the tornado simmered down Into .1 sort of pitiful whine , an' you couldn't hear anything but the sqtiealln' nn' gruutin' o' them pesky little nnlmals. " "Between squeals they bit into that thar tornado for all It was worth ; tnkln' great chunks out of it , swnllowln * llghtnln' an' catln' big mouthfuls of thunder jes co if they liked It. All the stuff the cyclone was tirlngln' along with It wa'n't nothln' to them. They swallowed it whole , an' pretty soon thar wa'n't tiothln' lef nt all. A little breeze the peccaries had forgotten to cat give up the ghost an * died away mouniful- lllu > across the prairies , an' thar was a herd o' peccaries 'bout live miles from whar they started , settln * down rcstln' an' takln' it easy an' smllln' nt each other , n-congratu- latlu' themselves , I reckon , on the way they had knocked the stuffln * out o' that old tor nado. They must er skcered the rest o' the tornadoes off , too. Thnr ain't bin none o' 'em round In that part o' the country since. " IIo rolled his quid of tobacco to the other side of his mouth , changed legs again , anil watched the other two as they got up , walked meditatively along the platform , and looked down the road to see whether or not the train was In sight. IIUTTI.US AT SUA. Determination of ( CnrruntH of tlic Or rn n nolnur On. The wldq scope embraced by the Hydrographic - graphic bureau of the navy in recent years and the great benefit that has accrued to the merchant service are now being recognized and substantial assistance Is afforded by hundreds of skippers annually In the work of current Investigation of the North At lantic ocean. Kor years every mariner has known that the ocean Is as full of cur rents as any western river , says the New- York Sun , but the direction they take and their general force have been problematical until the simple method was adopted of determining them by tossing bottles over board and trusting that they would be picked up and the fact reported to the of- flco bore. These bottles may bo of any kind , and as many may bo thrown Into the sea as any captain wishes If ho will see that record is mndo of the location , date and month on a plcco of paper securely corked and sealed up EO that salt water canuol reach It. Six years ago the department began Its first experiments with drifting bottles to determine the direction and strength of cur rents , and so biiccessful has the plan proved that It will now bo carried out more ex tensively. When first tried It was the de partment's Intention to furnish a peculiar variety of bottle to vessels crossing the ocean , with Instructions when and whcro they were to be cost adrift , but this plan wns abandoned on account of the expense Involved and lack of funds available. The bottle was to have been a largo affair , white , and constructed so that It would float perpendicularly , showing on Its side a number In black. It was believed such a bottle would attract attention and cause skippers to pick It up , examine the length and course of the drift ns shown from the time it was last reported , and note the facts for the hydrographlo office. Now there nro hundred/I of bottles an nually thrown overboard from all kinds of vessels , both American and foreign , each having Inside printed notices In six lan guages asking the vessel picking It up to report to the department here tbo date and whereabouts In the ocean. Reports during the last flRcal year , which have been re ceive , ! and Indexed , Indicate that valuable results are being obtained and that the experts nro learning much In this primi tive way nbout the currents of the ocean. The distances covered by porno of the bottles found nnd the average drift n day are remarkable , nnd rank two bottles at least almost with the record of the famous derelict Fannie E. Wolston , uhlch , during her career ns nn abandoned ship covering n period of over thrco years , cruised 8,095 knots. The bottle having the longest drift was recovered on March 26 , IPOS , having sailed 4,700 knots since November 16 , 1801 , when It wns thrown overboard. During all this time the average number of knots cov ered a day was 9.5. Another bottle thrown overboard In September , 1891 , nnd recov ered May , ISfl" , hnd sailed 4,600 knots , at an OTeniRo of 4 5 knots n ( lay. The greatest record of nil , however. Is that of a bottle thrown over from the steamer Sutherland , which drifted 4,000 knots between March 11 , 1807 , nnd Septem ber 8 following , a period of 181 days , the average drift a day being 22.7 knots. Fol lowing close upon this is the record of a bottle tossed In the sea from the bark Tlnto Hill. It drifted 3.EOO knots between April 2 ! > , 1807 , nnd December 14 following. An other bottle In fifty-two days drifted 1,200 miles , or nn average of 23.1 knots a dny , while one thrown overboard from the ship Gulf of Lyons dr'fted ' l.DOO miles .In BCV- enty-clght days , or an average of 24.1 knots a dny. The greatest drift a day Is that re corded of the bottle thrown from tbo cteam- shlp Prince Frederlk Hendrlk on May 7 last and recovered on May 13 , having drifted In six days 190 inllcs at an average of 31.7 knots a dny. Out In the Pacific , where the experiments nro being conducted also , the bottlca are not reported so often owing to the light co.nmerco compared with that of the At lantic nnd the enormous number of miles between shores. Ono iottlo picked up out there covered 4,000 miles , however , In less ttan one year and another tbo aamo dis tance In 459 days , the averages being 11.5 and 8.7 knots a day. Kleven hundred inllcs were covered in forty-two days by one bottle at an average rate of 26,2 knots a day. Certain of the bottles recovered present interesting particulars. Ono that was east overboard off Nantucket Shoal was recov ered near Campbclton , on the coast of Kin- tyre , Argyllshire , Scotland , nftcr a lapse of 512 days. The great circle's distance be tween theao places Is 2,587 nautical miles , giving an average dally velocity of B.I rnllea. There Is a close comparison between the trip of this bottle nnd that of the ono ' cast overboard off Capo Cod nnd recovered on the coast of Cornwall , tbo distance tray- ' EIMOWNED ( The Original ) Michelob , Muenchener , Faust , Anheuser-Standard , Pale Lager. Thc"King of Bottled Beers" .holdin/the world's record for output as well as for quality-thc universal beverage- served in every part of the habitable .globe-now in the second half billion bottling , "NOT HOW CHEAP ; BUT HOW GOOD , " is the motto of the cap its brew commands the highest pricebccause of its choice flavor and absolute purity ? the use of the best materials and full maturity before placing on the market. the recuperative food-drink , the great up-buildcr , is prepared by this association. ' 'Biographical Sketch of the ANHHUSOR-DUSCII BREWING ASS'N , St. Lou : * , U.S.A. " Tree to alU ho desire It. OF OMAI-IA. BOILER AND SHEET IRON WORKS Siieei'iiori Wilson A ; Drill. < . Manufacturers bniltii mnoko bta > 1 < H nnd / > roeihlngs , pressure , lendfi-lug , sheep dip , lard uiul water tanks , lolloi tubt-H con- ct.mtly on liiind , ni'ioii'1 hum ! boilers hotiirht nnil sold SnoHul nntl prompt Io repairs In city or country. 19th nnd Pierce. BOOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS. Hand M'frs | Jobbers of Foot Wear WESTERN AOKNTS FOtl The Joseph Bamgau Rubber Co. Spragiso & Rubbers and Mackintoshes. Tor. Ulux'iilh .t I'ariimn St.s. , Omaha. P. KsrtoM & So Boots , Siwcs and Rubbers Bftltiroomi 1IOZ-1104-11M Harnfv Btrwt. CHICORY ne ftmenci ! 8ter # OO. Growers nnd manufacturers of all forms cf Chicory Omaha-Fremont-O'Nell. CREAMERY SUPPLIES The Sharpies Company Creamery J\lachinery and Supplies. DoIIcrfl , Enclnef , reed Cookers , Wood Pul. leys , Shafting , Helling , llutur Pack- ats of all kinds. M7.003 Jones BL DRUGS. § 02-906 Jackson Si * T. O. RICHARDSON. Prcat.J@h a \VKLLEa. . V. Prtat. 60 Sl'frt ( tarvtnrd fliiirntaaeutlcitl tiont. tlpecliil I'oi-xiular I'repared Io Urdvr. Srnilfar Ciitaltiyue. Laboratory , : U2 Howard 6L , Omaha. uce & Co. Druggists and Stationery "QueM Dte" Ppeclaltln. Cl aru , Wlniu und Uramiler. Cornv iOth and Harrier fUroto crsed being the same as In the prelous case and the Interval COO days , th average dally velocity being 1.1 miles a day. Another Interesting group of bottles con- Blots of three , all thrown overboard from the Btcnmcr Dago , Captain Scrogglo , on the sumo day and hour , lu latitude E2 degrees north , lonKltudo degrees west , nnd nil recovered after a drift of 1,200 miles within a bhort distance of each oilier nnd during the same week. The fact that tlicno bottles were recovered nt approximately the same time would Indicate that they were picked up shortly after landing , In which case ' the mean of the three would furnish a good ' value for the actual velocity of the drift In this latitude during the winter season. This i mean Is 0.9 knots a day. | Two bottlea were thrown overboard In I mldoccan. One of them was recovered on the coast of Devonshire , England , nnd the i other on the const of Klorlda. The recovery of the bottles cast adrift in this region , although - ' though It Is creased by several of the most ' I in port ant trade routes , U rare , the records of the hydrographlc office furnishing only BIX cases since 1S8S. The "track of the derelict Kannlo E. Wolston shows th character - ' ' actor of the drift In that nglon , This vcs- < | eel was teportcd forty-six times within a ! DRY GOODS. E , Smith & 80. Importers anil Jobber * of Dry Goods , Furnishing Good * AND NOTIONS. 'ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES7 ESeofrioa ! El ct Heal Supplies. Elcotrio Wiriiiff Nolls mid ( las Q. W. JOHNSTON. Mgr. 1510 Howard St. John T. Brto , \y 7 * ore ELECTRIC LIGHT and POWER PLANTS 42 * South 15th St. FRUIT-PRODUCE. * * * QjFtcyn WHOLESALE Commission Merchants , 8. W. Corntr IJth and Ho war J Sta. Womb of rti National League of Comml * Ion lUrehinU of the United States. HARDWARE. Wholesale Hardware , Omaha. Wholesale Hardware. Bicycle * cd Sportlnj Goods. 1310-3J1.23 Uu ucjr Urout. HARNESS-SADDLERY. H. Kasis 5 JU'frM HS , HAVDLKS AXl > COMMITS Jobber * of Leather , .SudUfrt'j/ Hardware , Eta. Wo solicit your orrierrf1315 Howard St. STEA -V/ATER ane-Church ! ! ! Street. Manufacturers and Jobbers of Steam , Oai anfl Water Supplies of All Kinds. Sfnio 3 SH3g3iy | Go . . iroS-ino J-farnev Si. Steam Puinna. Hnelnea and nolle . PIp\ Material , Bfltlnv , Hose , Ktc. period of three years nnd tlx days , during uhluh llinci Hho covered 8'JK5 inllca. Ai-cMirillnu ; to 1'ioniUc. Chicago Tribune : "Can you build a bridge over tbti. v.uahcmt Ktiong eiioiiKli to talte a train over , " nslted the conductor , looking at his watch , "in two hours ? " "I can , Blr , " replied the section boss. "Then go ahead. " It was then 2 o'clock. At t the conduc tor went down to Inspect the work. "How's this ? " " ' ho demanded. "Didn't you ray you could build a bridge In two hours that I could run this train over ? " "No , blr , " responded the Hfttlon boss. "I said I could build a bridge you could run the train mcr In two hours. It ain't none of my business what you want to run BO thun derin' slow for , but I'm makln' the brldgo all right. It'll bo 'done by tomorrow mornln' . " MarrhorM I'driMMlnrrm In ( ( lilt , I'lTTSIJima. Pa , Sept. l.-Kour hundred striking conl mlnero under District I'resl- dcnt Dolaa marched from Monougahcla City to the Ivcl and Cutsburg nilnea nnd forced the elxty men at work to Join thu camp , A camp will bo established near the mines to prevent their operation by the non union ralnem. The purpose of thu strike Is to compel the pa ) incut of the Chicago scale ) of nrlccs In thu third pool. J