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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1900)
December 10, 1000, Wheeler & Wil : on Ball-Bearing Sewing Machines. Or miy other tnnko you nmv want for cash or $5 Down and 75c Per Week. Nei-illoM for nil iiiiii-IiIiii-n. We rent niiicliliM-M nt 7."i! per wi-k. We i-i-pulr iiiul Nell piirlN for nil Milken of iiiiioliliu-N iiiiiiiiiritftiiml. Monday forenoon wo will glvo one-half dozen mnchlno needles to nny Indy who asks for them nt our store. Si:(.M)-ll..M) Sinvi(i MACIHXKS. From December 17th to 25th wo will sell sccond-lmnd mnchlnes nt less thnn hnlf their rcgulnr prices. This Is nn opporlun Ity to get your wife a Xnins present thnt alio needs. Below 1b a spcclnl list for Monday: rormcr price. Now. 2 Singers $ 5.00 $ 1.00 1 Wheeler & Wilson No. G..$ 0.00 $ 2.00 1 White $10.00 $ 4.00 Now Home $10.00 $ 5.00 1 Domestic $12.00 $ COO 1 Household $12.00 $ COO 1 Singer, high arm $15.00 $ 7.00 Wheelor & Wilson, No. !)....$lc.00 $ COO Singer, modern $25.00 $12.50 Standard $25.00 $12.50 3 modern drop head machines, STAN DARD and SINOKIl, slightly used, at half regular price. IIICYCMiS. Hurg-ains in Iiioyolea in order to reduce oui' stock. TYPKWKITKRS. 2 Remingtons, No. 2, S.'JO.OO each. 2 Culif-raphs, $12.01) each. Wo ronl typowritor.s at $.'1.00 per month. Nebraska Cycle Co. Cor. 15th and Harney. SUPERIOR ELECTROTYPING We make and quickly furnish on order, a fine line of MISCELLANEOUS CUTS NEWSPAPER HEADINGS SUBHEADS, DATE-LINES CALENDARS, BACKGROUNDS V"H have recently instnllud in our Kloctrotyplnj,' Dupurtniont lnuuhinory of hi,rh snulu and late development, whioh ives ih tins boat if not tlio largest IOleetrotypo Foundry in tlie vo-it. Send for now catalogue Every kind and any quantity of Ulcctrotyplnji done promptly, O. t t GREAT WESTERN TYPE FOUNDRY Thone 1076. Ill Howard St. 1 Tnhan tic Arnlcn. Snvnti Uvntltrlco WArnlca ca. itlfrice. I Arnica s.nnu ftole. The Only International Dentifrice. The Standard (or jo years. ProxprvpH nnil w nitons tlio toctti, BtrenKtlions mi' khiim tiHi'OU'iin urn uruuiu. 25c st All Druggist'. C II.5TKONU &CO,,lrip3.1Clilcaso1U.S,A. (Roc A niYElQV FOR ALL WILLING TO WORK VOnUni LnOl Uold, Hllver, Nickel, MU I rutins. At bomt or trt'.llnt, uIij orutra. using .01 Miuof rroi. vruy't Machine. Pl.t. W.tebti, Jwtfrj, r.bltw.r., Hleyetft aol tit niettl gola. No exprrlrnre. Hcmj put,. MM-rn mrthMt w. do putlog, icoufMiur. oulOn, .11 ill,, Ont.ntf-4 (Inly out. Oil fomplati, .11 tool,, lath, I, matrll.ll, w.i tttit for ork We tecb w tb .rt, furnliCi irorrti .ol fortnu'.ti av. P.mnhlrt. itmnlai ftr I'lll!. IIfET L liliA V & CO- I'Utlnff Work, Cl.NClJiNAl I. O Carpenter's Letter (Continued from Fourteenth Page.) should consider It a compliment If the best of It found Its way to my yumon." Tlio di rectors durcd not affront the groat lceroy. Thoy said they would lie delighted to mnko him such a present, and the furniture fol lowed him to his house. Among thu other troubled that tho com panies have is that every olllclal wants freo transportation, not only for himself, but for his servants. On tlio Pekln-Tlcn Tsln road tho native soldiers have been demand ing free passes, and some wore recently discovered tnklng other passengers with them under tho name of servants and col lecting from said passengers two-thirds tho regular fare. "Truly the heathen Chinee Is peculiar." Miiiili-lliiillth'M mill Public U'iii-Kn. At present the Chincso towns and villages are not allowed to Issuo bonds to construct public works. This Is donu entirely by thu . it TUKHU AUK IIUWDUUnS OF WHKKLHAHHOWS Pl'SlIKD I1V MEN. general government, mid In lnws recently issued ns to foreign loans such bonding U proliiblled. It may bo that the now trontlea will change this, nnd If so China will be a profitable Hold for tho public works pio molcr and speculator. The municipalities aro now practically freo from debt. Thero aro cities hero ranging from 100,000 to 500,000 In population which do not owo a cent. They nro without water works, sowers, gas, electric lights or street cars. They should bo improved and bonded, so you sco tho Held for tho financial mission ary Is large. Tho same methods thnt aro used In tho United States for getting concessions and working tho municipalities will avail here. Tho inlluenco of most of tho olllcinls A for sale, and tho man who expects to suc ceed must spend on tho lobby. Ho will bo wlso If he handles most of tho money him self, for some of it is sure to stick to every Chinese hand through which it passes. livery olllclal will expect his squeeze. As an Instance, take tho concession of tho railroad from Chin Klang to Tien Tsln, a distance of 400 or 500 miles, which was granted to Yung Wing, a Chinese capitalist educated In Boston. Yung Wing agreed to pay his Inlluentlal backers $200,000 at tho start and to give tho government 2.1 per cent of tho gross prollts after deducting tho running expenses. Ho wns to raise tho money for building tlio road and was to urn It and at tho end of thirty years was to glvo it to tlio government for nothing. Ho promised so much, in fact, thnt ho was un able to place tho property in tlio United States, as ho had expected, and when tho olllcinls demanded their 200,000 lie did not have It to give. They were very angry and 1 am told that it was only by tho connivance of tho Interpreter of our legation In I'ekln that he got out of that city allvo. I cite this to show that tlio Chincso hnvo a high idea of the value of their services In such mnttcrs. Such corruption Is found in the very high est circles. Take Hu, who stands next to Shong as tho chief railroad mnn of the em pire. Ho was recently accused by tho cen sors of stealing 400,000 taels (about ?300, 000) out of the 2,400,000 tncls that tho I'ekln Tlcn Tsln lino wns to cost. How ho ex plained tho deficiency I do not know, but ho still holds Ills position In t.lio manage ment of tho Imperial railways. 4 IiIiiii'h 1'IinI I.ik-iiihiiI I vi-. Speaking of tho Tien Tsln railroad, I saw in lis enr shons nt Tout' Slum the first lorn- ! motive that ever ran on a railroad In north China. This was twonty years ago, when It was dlillcult to get tho Chinese to admit steam power, and so tho olllcinls had to go slowly. They built the road from tho Kal plug coal mines to tho sea under tho name of a tramway and had sinnll ears pushed down tho track and back again by coolies, who woro paid about f cents n day for twelve lot.ra' work. Aft'jr a tlmo they manufactured this lo comotlvo nnd cnlled it "Tho Uocknt of Chlnn," Thoy did not dnro to order a steam engine from nbrend. They sent to tho United States for tho wheels and patched up tho remainder out of pieces of scrap Iron and machinery gathered from different parts of tho country. Tho holler was from an old stationary engine, which had been Imported from liuropo, and the cylinders wero from nnother engine which had long since been thrown away. When first put on tho track the locomo tlvo created such a sensation that tho ;ov- THE ILLUSTRATED HUE. eminent ordered It (suppressed. It was used In thu yard and about thu mines for a whlls, and then, tho people seeing that the Kong Shul bad caused neither famine nor pestilence on nctount of It, allowed them to put It to carrying coal. It did the whole work of the line for the llrst year, running 70,000 miles in that time. It was kept at work until other locomotives could be brought frrm lCugUnd, when It was put aside as a curiosity. It stands today In the Tong Shan shops, so near the track that it can hear the whistle of the American Ilald wins us they go pulling by. FUANK (. CAUPICNTKU. Hseape a Bunco "llewaro of the 'hello' man," says tho Huston and Newlou police, "for the wily bunco man's latest scheme will 'get you If yon don't watch out." " It Is a telephone "ilodgo" and one of tho cleverest and most orlglnnl confidence tricks now In use, sny tho police, and It enme very nearly "get ting" In nil probability tho wife of a prom- Inent West Newton citizen who Is ulso one of Boston's leading bankers to tho extent of $500 worth of diamonds on Friday. Only her (tilck wit nnd readiness or mind saod tho diamonds. Her 11111110 Is closely held by tho police on account of tho lady's ivlsli to avoid all undue notoriety. It wns about noontime when tho telephone boll rang In her residence, rolatea the Bos ton Post. "Hello!" cnlled a strange voice. "Is that Mrs. ?" "Yes. Who Is speaking?" "This is Mr. , your husband's partner, you know. Yes, ha! ha! my volco Is strange sounding today. I've got a cold. "Wo all have 'em this weather, you know. Oh, thank you, I expect It will bo hotter to morrow. But whnt I wanted to do Is to do llver a message from your husband, who has gone out to nttend a directors' meeting. "Close friend of his has Imported a lnrge number of diamonds of largo slzo and ex traordinary beauty and your husband wantB you to bring to him or Bend n few of your best Jewels, as ho thinks ho can manngo to exchango them for some finer ones, por hnps." Such wns the messnge. For a moment tho woman pondered It, a trifle doubtfully, nnd yet not ultngcthcr with suspicion as yet. "How ninny should I brlng7" she nsked. "About $500 worth, your husband says, and ho thinks It would save you bother If you sent them In by a messenger." Tills did stir the woman's suspicion. "I really think I'd better bring them In myself," she said. "Oh, very well," said tho other voice pleasantly, and both telephones rnng off. Then tho woman, nfter pondering tho mat tor over, called up her husband's offlco nnd wns answered by himself. Tho wholo nrtalr, tho pollco think, who wero notified at once, was tho clover plan of nn orlglnnl crook and tho dragnets aro spread for him now. May Happen Sonic Day Washington Post: "I can seo a mnrked dtfferenco between tho wnys of tho north and tho south, ' ho said to tho policeman vho had ordered htm to movo on. "Do you know what a New York policeman did for mo only six weeks ngo?" "Hun you In, probably," was answered. "I wns asleop In a doorway, sir, and he awoko mo by clubbing me. He felt It his duty to do so. When I learned how ho felt I had nothing to sny in opposition. Hut, sir before whacking mo with his club ho enro- fully rolled It up in his handkerchief nnd then struck mo on tho back of the head, so as not to leavo a spot to disfigure mo," "That certainly showed n feeling for you." "It did, sir. Ho not only did thnt, hut bo Ilovlng me to bo weary, ho called a wagon nnd gnvo mo a rldo to tho station, Next day tho Judge Kild It would bo a relief for mo to feel settled for thirty days, and ho set tled mo. Cnn I look for nny such outpour ing of sympathy In this cold-hearted city?" "Not by a blamed sight!" shouted tho pollcemnn, ns ho flourished his club, "nnd If you aron't around tho corner in soven Jumps I'll arrest you." "Oillcer," quietly replied tho man with a bow, "I go I hasten I lly. Oood night to you, sir, and should you over coino to Now York nnd I meet you on Broadway and you ask mo whoro tho Bowery Is nnd I recognize your profile, I will lick blazes out of you In Just two minutes!" GREEN The Whiskey without a head ache. Awarded (laid Medal at Paris exposition. Used eulushely by the U. S. MARINE HOSPITALS To introduce this celebrated whiskey, we will send, fur a short time only, One Gallon for $4.00. Charges prepaid. Where dlstiineo Is over i!."0 miles or ders must bo for :t gallons or moro. (loods neatly pack ed In plain boxes. Mall or ders given prompt attention. M. Wollstein & Co., The Remington Typewriter lasts longest. 5o does the Remington Operolorj VWickoff, Seamans Ik Benedict. 327 Uroaclway. New York. - 1619 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb. JOSEPH R. LEHMER RAILWAY and GENERAL SUPPLIES Headquarters for material used by Packers, Con tractors, Railroads, and all classes of Consumers. Complete Stock of Goods Constantly on Hand at New Store. 1212 Farnam St. Telephone 1158. A FEW OF THE IMPORTANT ITEMS: Hnllroad Frogs, Switches. Crossings, Steel Halls, Track Spikes and Bolts, Nut Locks, Tlo 1'lntes, Hall Brakes, Track Tools, Car Movers, etc. Blasting I'owdiT, Smokeless Powder, Dynamite. "Manvlllo" Magnesia Asliewlos Steam Pipe Covering, Hot Wnler and Frost-Proof Covering, Asbestos and Sheep-Wool Cement, Mineral Wool, As bestos (Joods of every description. N. & (J. Tnylor's "Old Stylo" and other celebrated guaranteed brnnds of Hoofing Tin. Peerless Uubber Manufacturing Co's, Packing, Belting nnd Hoso. Pago Belting Co's. Leather Bolting. John A. Hnebllug's Sous Co's. Wire Hope nnd ICIectrlcal Wire, "Columbia" Incandescent Lamps, "American" Circular Loom Conduit nnd "ICIectroduct." "Hoebllng" Fire-Proof Construction nnd Wlro Lathing. J. C. Pearson Co's. celebrated "Cement Coated Nails." Telephone, Telegraph, Stie'ot Hallway and Klectrlc Light Fixtures nnd Ap pliances, Including White Cedar Poles. Alden Spearu's Son's Asbestine Cold Water Paint. M A N U FA VI I J It K K S AM) Steam, Gas and Water Supplies of Crane-Churchill Company OMAHA. (I RIVER Our Christmas Offer: pnep until. Ian. fi, riI-(C( null. A but. tie of lino wlno witli each gallon of whiskey, wine or liquor. A liuudxotno deck of playing cards added If pur cIiiihc 11 1111111 11 1 h to $2.50 or over. (Alcolinl and beer ex cepted.) The Celebrated GREEN RIVER WHISKEY at all Ist-class bars Tamily trade sup plied by CHICAGO LIQUOR HOUSE 402 N. 16th St. Distributors, 522-524 So. Ulh St. Omaha, Neb. JOiJUKKS OF nil U iiuls, SIOUX CITY.