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    THE OMAHA DAILY HEE; SrXDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1901.
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YELLOW JACK'S MESSENGER
Mttqulto Wtrdi of tha GiTornmont Oarad
for at Hanna.
PRIVATE QUARTERS IN THE LABORATORY
Culinn Volunteer to lie lilt teti Como
lu Crowda Seeking tin- Ifllto Ilium
A Fcv Itnpcllril hy lllitucr
v Mutltcs.
(Copyright, 1001, by Edward Marshall.)
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 1. Undoubtedly
tho tnnst remarknblo menagorlo ever gath
ered together Is tho one maintained at the
llttlo vlltago of Quomados, near this city.
Hero lu small glass Jars arc carefully kept
captives moro dangerous than the beasts of
tho biggest circus that over advertised Its
mancatcrs to a gaping public. These are
tho United States army's yellow fevor mos
quitoes; moro highly valued nnd moro ten
derly nurtured tlmn over woro Insects bo
(ore. Each has her own prlvata apartment
It Is only tho fctnalo mosquito that im
parts tho dreaded disease whero oho Is
watchod over, tended, and fed with the re
spect duo to an Individual who may havo
killed her man or men.
It la now nn established fact that Yellow
Jack's oralssary is a certain species ot mos
quito, Stcgomyla fasclata. Without tho aid
of this winged mercury tho pestilence would
soon dlo out, for, so far as can bo ascer
tained, no other living crcnturo becomes In
fected with and transmits tho germ to man.
Not without tho martyrdom to sclcnco ot
valued lived was tho responsibility of tho
mosquito established. No sooner was tho
theory fully confirmed than tho medical au
thorities of Havana set about gathering
their mcnagorlo of theso insects, and the
work has gono on over since. Tho popula
tion of tho mooqulto laboratory, depleted
by deaths by dlseaso, accident or old age,
was supplemented by tho capturo ot new
specimens, who had bitten yellow fever
patients, or by tho Infection ot Insects bred
from tho egc for that purpose.
Jlcmilt of lOxiierlmciitK.
Tho experiment!) providing that yellow
fever Is Imparted, not by contact with In
fected clothing or bedding, but by tho blto
of tho Stcgomyla, aro of such unusual nn
turo as to bo worthy of general attention.
At Camp Lazcar, near Qucmados, named
In memory of tho doctor win. was tho first
victim to experimental tclcnco In this line,
mosquitoes woro deposited after having
bitten yellow fever patients In tho early
stages of tho disease. Theso mosquitoes
wcro kept without food until they were
very hungry and wcro then turned loose
upon flvo nou-lmmuncs who had volun
teered. Tho lmmuncs woro promptly at
tacked 'by tho blood-thirsty creatures and
four of tho flvo dovolopcd light, but distinct,
cases of yellow fever within thu recog
nized period. AH of them had been quaran
tined for a sufficient period before tho test
to render it Impossible that they should
havo contracted tho disease In any other
way. In another building near by a room
was carefully screened off so that no In
sects could gain access to it. It was kept
tightly closed for slxty-threo days, so that
nny unfortunoto mosquito who might have
lodged thoro phould utnrvo to death. Into
this room n quantity of infoctod clothing
nnd boddlng from tho yellow fovor hospi
tal was taken and thrco non-lmmuno vol
unteers spent twenty nights thcro. sleeping
on tho bedding nnd In pajamas taken from
tho bodies ot yollow fover victims. None
of them took tho fover. Twlco afterward
othor groups underwent tho samo test with
tho samo result.
Even moro convincing wcro tho experi
ments carried on nt Camp Luzcar In a soc
ond building. Iluildlng No. 2 was thor
oughly screened nt windows and doors
nnd across Its center from celling to door
ran a doublo ncreon ot flno wlro mesh. In
tno room on ono sldo of this scrcon mos
quitoes known to havo been Infected by
biting yellow fovor patients wcro lot loose.
Tho room nt tho othor Bldo of tho screen
waB thoroughly protoctod against tho cn
tranco of any mosquito whatovor. In tho
sldo frco from mosquitoes a number of
mon who had never had yellow fover slept
night nftor night without developing any
pymptoms ot tho dlseaso. Men who merely
entorcd tho room containing tho mosquitoes
nnd .remained long enough only to bo bit
ten wero promptly attacked by tho dis
ease Thus again It was demonstrated that
tho mosquito acta as tho vohlclo by which
infection is transmitted.
Further Study Ncceunrr.
SHU thcro was much to be dono in tho
study of tho infected Insects and ot the
development of tho fovor through the
ngoncy of their bites. A special dopart-
mont for tbo breeding, raising, infecting
nnd study of tho yollow fevor mosquito
was established nt Las Animas under tho
special supervision of I)rs. Flnloy, Qulteras.
Albortcnl und Majors Qorgas and Hobs, and
experiments aro going on all tho tlmo. Ton
or fifteen glass Jars halt filled with dirty
water and novcrod with gauzo aro tho breed
ing places. Horo tho eggs aro hatched
into tho "wlgglotalls," which In turn bo
como full fledged mosquitoes. In each Jar
thoro aro from twenty to fifty of tho
creatures in nil stngos of development.
Thoso nro porfectly harmlcis, except for
tho slight poison common to all of tholr
LUOKY"
Is often the name given by careless and
thoughtless people to those who arc care
ful and thoughtful. "What a lucky
woman," is said of one whose health and
beauty proclaim her free from womanly
diseases. The luck often consists in her
having thoughtfully considered the mer
its of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
nd proved jts ability to cure the dis
eases peculiar to her sex.
"Favorite Prescription" is a reliable
medicine for the cure of womanly dis
eases. It establishes regularity, dries
weakening drains, heals inflammation
mid ulceration, und cures female weak
ness. "I tud poor health for nine year," write Mr.
Armlutlc Wtitklui, of Acme, Kmiawha Co., W.
Va. "Hail female weaknesi. wai very irregular
cud would wilier untold tuiiery. our family
doctor did not do me any good mul I concluded
to write to you. When I wrote I had no Idea
that I would ever get well, but when your letter
reached me I began to have hope. 1 commenced
UUng Dr. l'lerce' medicines a directed und
begin to improve in rlrencth. I wa boon able
to do the work for my family of tlx. I took
eight bottle, three of favorite Prescription'
nnd five of 'Golden Medical Discovery' nud two
vial of' Pellet.' "
The People's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, ooS pages, In paper covers, is
aentrvon receiptor 21 one-cent stamps
to pay expense of mailing on(v. Address
Dr. tt. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
7VlitfTrtfc HP
For the third tlmo in tho history of the
nation a president ot the United States has
perished at the hands ot an assassin. On
each occasion tho crime was committed
while the president was seeking relaxation
from tho cares of ofllce. President Lincoln
was shot and mortally wounded whllo wit
nessing a theatrical performance. Presi
dent Garfield was shot down In a railroad
station as he was about to take n train to
Join his family at a seaside resort. Presi
dent McKlnley was tho honored guest of tho
city of Iluflalo, receiving tho homago duo
tho chief cxccutlvo of tho nation, wh-jn
mortally wounded by an aeeassln In tho
gulso of a friend.
The first dastardly crlmo was committed
April 11, 1S6G, and tho victim of tho
atrocious deed was Abraham Lincoln. At
noon on that fatal day tho prosldcnt's cabi
net held n meeting and (Irani, who had re
ceived the surrender of Loo on April 9, was
present, and there was general rejoicing In
tho fact that tho war was ovtr. In 'he
evening tho president with his -wife, .Mlrs
Clara Harris, a daughter of Senator Imrils
of Now York, and Mnjor Hathbono qf tho
United States nrmy, occupied n box near tho
stago at Ford's theater, Washington. John
Wllkos Booth, an nctor and a conspirator,
who had ngrecd with several persons that
tho president's life should bo taken at tho
first opportuno moment, approached tho box
from tho rear. It was 10:30 o'clock and nil
thoso present wcro absorbed In tho play.
Dooth crept cautiously to the rear ot tho
box and, holding his pistol within a tew
Inches of tho president's head, fired, tho
ball tnklng effect nt tho baso of the brain.
President Lincoln fell forward, Insensible.
In tho confusion which followed llooth es
caped from the theater. Tho president ns
carried to a house on tho opposite sldo of
the street, where ho lay dying through tho
hours of tho night. At 7:22 o'clock on tho
morning of April 15, 1SC5, ho died. An.lrow
Johnson, the vlco president, was sworn In
during tho forenoon.
Tho funeral of tho president took placo
Wednesday, April 19, a most distinguished
assemblage coming together at tho Whlto
Houso to do honor to the noblo dead. Ills
body was homo to tho capltol, whero It lay
In state In tho rotunda for ono day, guarded
by a company of high officers of tho army
and navy and a detachment ot soldiers. Tho
funeral train loft Washington for Spring
field, III., on April 21 and passed over the
samo routo that had been parsed over by
tho president-elect from Springfield to
Washington flvo years before Nearly 2,000
miles wcro traversed and tho coplo lined
tho entire dlBtanco almost without a break
In tho great procosston that was tho most
unique funeral cortego In history. They
Btood with uncovered heads, silent with
grief, often In the pelting rain, an tho end
procession went by. In tho darkness of tho
night watch fires blazed and tho grief of tho
peoplo was In every way apparent.
James Abraham aarflcld, twontioth prcsi-
Stories About McKinley
President McKlnloy was not much of a
story teller, but ho was nn excellent listener
and possessed n keen eenso of humor.
Stories now going tho rounds illustrato
theso characteristics In official and prlvato
life. Previous to his first inauguration hla
acquaintance with tho members of his
cab)not was n slight one, only Mr. Stierman
being nt all tntlmato with tho chief execu
tive. Tho getting acquainted was rathor ot
slow process, as nil woro engrossed in tholr
new and Intrleato duties.
In the satisfactory ond bo completely ac
complished tho formal cabinet dinners wcro
no Inconaldernblo factor, or, to bo moro
exact, tho informal talks following .the
dlunor proper, after tho cabinet women
had sought n placo to Bpln social chat and
permitted the men to smoko and swap
Ideas.
Ono evening tho conversation chanced to
turn upon tho youthful ambitions of tho
mombors. Each rotated his early plans for
tho future, and when Secretary Wilson's
turn camo tho gonial Iowan said:
"My ambition has not yet been realized.
I wanted to bo worth $1,000,000 and havo
two good pairs ot suspenders at tho samo
tlmo. As yet I havo nolther."
Tho cablnot unofficially laughed at this
frank confession, and Secretary Gago, af
ter a minute, confessed that ho had never
simultaneously possessed two pairs of de
pendable suspenders. Secretary Long re
marked that when he graduated from Har
vard ha had two pairs of new trousers,
each with good now "gallusscs," hut that
tho experience had never responded to an
encore.
Others mado similar confessions, and
finally Secretary D)tss, tho wealthiest man
present, said, with a laugh: "This seems
to bo a strango coincidence Last Saturday
ovonlng Mrs. Illlss camo Into my study
and said: 'Papa, aro you going out at all
this ovonlng?' I replied that I did not bo
lntond, and asked tho reason ot her ques
tion. " 'Oh, nothing,' sho ropllod. 'Only, if you
nre not, Ed, our son, wants to uso your only
good suspenders.' "
As a sort ot final course to this tnlo Mr.
McKlnloy tells that Secretary Wilson re
lated this conversation at tbo breakfast ta
bio tho morning following. Three ot his
children woro present. It wns In the early
holiday season. Each of tho children sat
Interested and obaorvlng. Christmas camo.
and In tho figurative stocking of tho secre
tary of ogrlculturo wero found threo dozen
ralrs of cuspendors of a high degrco of ex
cellence. The children had remembered tho story.
All then that Secretary Wilson needed to
roallzo his boyish ambition was the million
dollars. On tho Bamo Christmas It Is said
that President McKlnloy presented each
momber of his official family with two pairs
ot suspenders.
Oberlln, O., In tho center of tho Connec
ticut western reserve, is probably tbo most
Purltanlo spot In tho entlro United States.
A largo university gives the town Its being,
and so Jealously havo the college fathers
guarded tho morals ot their young pcoplr
that not only Is the sale ot liquor prohib
ited In tbo village limits and for miles
around, but tobacco, whether for smoking,
family. Tholr capacity for serious damago
Is dorlvod from contact with a yollow fever
patient,
In the course of tlmo several of the best
speolmcns uro carefully removed from tho
Jars, token to tho yellow fever hospital
and Introduced to their llrst toBte of hu
man blood. Instinct does not tell tho In
sects that It Is tainted blood. Thoy toed
tholr fill and then retlro, swollen almost
to bursting, to sleep off their debauch.
When they awako thoy havo yellow fever,
Tho poUon hag already begun to work lu
their system; tho germs dovclop and spread.
Ilut though Madame Stegomyla gets yollow
fover, it s very doubtful whether sho suf.
ters from It. So far as known, her tem
perature does not rise, nor Is her pulse
abnormal. Sho exhibits no symptoms ot
discomfort; ebo lives u long as she would
Doc2rlonoxr II Lincoln, Garfield,
dent of tho United States, was tho second
ot the martyred presidents. On July 2, 1SS1,
President Garfield had arranged to attend
tho commencement exercises at Williams
college, and he also expected to make a
rather extended visit through tho New Kng
land Mates. Ho went to tho station of tho
Ilaltlmoro & Ohio railroad accompanied by
his secretary ot stnto, James O. Ulalno.
Tho party passed through tho door of tho
ladles' waiting room, whero a fow peoplo
wero standing. Among them was a man
who was afterward known to bo Charles
Jules Oulteau. Tho president walked nrra-lu-arra
with Mr. Dtalne, and tho man mado
n step ns If to follow them. He drew a
heavy revolver from his pocket and taking
aim, deliberately fired. President Garfield
said nothing, but looked at Gulteau In a
surprised wuy. Secretary Illalno sprang to
tho sldo of the president. Gulteau then re
cocked his revolver nnd fired again. This
time tho president fell to tho floor covered
with blood. Gulteau turned to lice, drop
ping hU pistol, but was Immediately cap
tured. The president neither stirred nor
Fpakc until nn umbulanco was summoned
and ho was driven to the Whlto House,
whero hu was immediately attended by tho
best physicians In Washington. Tho physi
cians, nnd especially Dr. Illlss, considered
that It would bo dnngcrous to probo for tho
ball because of the nature of tho wound.
They thought tho president very near to
death, but tho diagnosis proved not alto
gether correct, as tho president continued
to linger, nnd finally it was decided to re
movo him to Elbcron, near Long Dranch,
and tho sea breczo seemed to bring new llfo
to him for awhile. For eighty days ho
lived and suffered whllo tho whole nation
hung upon tho reports of the dally bulletins
and all tho civilized nations ot tno world
sent out expreislsns of sympathy.
On Monday, September 19, death relieved
him from his sufferings. Tho remains wcro
removed to Washington nnd lay In stato
until September 23. On tho day of tho
Interment at Cloveland thero was a gen
ernl suspension of business In tho United
States, and for tho first tlmo in Europo
thero was court mourning ordered for an
official of tho United States.
Tho attack upon President McKlnley was
mado whllo ho wns receiving tho people
nt it public reception In tho Tcmpla of
Music, In tho Pan-American exposition, on
Friday afternoon. It was tho third day of
tho president's visit to tho fair. Ho went
to Niagara Falls In tho morning, and on
his return ta Duffnlo repaired to tho Templo
of Music and took hla stand with President
Mllburn of tho Exposition company at tho
bend of tho aisle. Tho peoplo wero to enter
tho building from tho Esplunado and fllo
by tho president and pass out at tho western
exit. Exposition police formed an aislo
from the door to near whero tho president
stood, then artillerymen formed a still nar
rower lane, and, finally, thero wob moro
guards to pass the people on out nftcr shak
ing tho presidents hand. Two detectives)
ot tho United States secret service, and
four detectives of tho Buffalo police force,
chewing or snuffing, Is unknown In tho
stores, whllo playing cards aro oven scarcer
than tho proverbial hen's teeth. Ono Mr.
Monroe, formerly a congressman from tho
Oberlln district, was tho leading republican
of the village, nnd usually entertained po
litical orators of tho party when they vis
ited "tho city." During Mr. McKlnloy's
first gubernatorial campaign Prof. Monroo
had tho pleasuro of entertaining tho candi
date. Aftor dinner on tho'ovenlng preced
ing tho address Mr. McKlnley took a cigar
from his pocket and casually remarked:
"You don't mind If I smoke, do you, pro
fessor?" Mr. Monroo was aghast. Ho didn't wish
to appear Inhospitable yet dreaded tho al
most certain social ostracism duo to follow
tho discovery of a smoker on his piazza,
evon bo ho tho proBpoctlvo governor of tho
great state. Ho compromised by conducting
Mr. McKlnley to tho second floor, through
a long hall to a back balcony, whero, safely
screened from public vlow, tho weod was
enjoyed. As tho nmoko curled upward, In
stinctively McKlnloy looked about him for
a cuspidor. "Thero Isn't such n thing In
town," said Prof. Monroe. A coal bucket
was finally impressed into Bcrvlco as a
compromise
Two days after tho Oberlln mooting Mr.
McKlnley apoko lu East Llvorpool, tho great
pottery center. Chancing to mention tho
Oberlln oxpcrlenco to his friend. Colonol
John N. Taylor, tho proprietor of ono of tho
big potteries, ho eatd:
"Dy tho way, Taylor, Just for a Joke, send
a gross of your china spittoons to Prof.
Monroe Don't tell him whero thoy camo
from or ho will suspect that I had a hand
in it."
Following tho suggestion, Colonel Taylor
crated up an assortment of really beautiful
chlnawaro and sent it on to Oberlln. A year
later Mr. McKlnley again was Mr. Monroo's
guest. Forewarned and consequently fore
armed with a liberal supply of good Ha
vanas, ho again sought tho secluded nnd
vlno-drapcd balcony. Lighting his cigar, he
said with n twlnklo of his eye:
"You haven't a cuspidor in town, yet,
have you, Monroo?"
"It's mighty funny," was tho response,
"but a few days after you wore hero last
year somo one sent md n wholo crate of
those things. Ot course, I hadn't any uso
for them and they wero such nlca china
and so prettily painted that my wlfo UBfd
them all for flower pots.. Thero Isn't ono
about tho house not In use."
Stark county, In which Canton Is located,
prides Itself upon bulng tho homo of other
great men and having Bent Into tho world
several embryonic stateemon with the Im
petus which mado them powers In tho po
litical world. Masslllon, a thriving rival of
Canton on tho west, claims tho distinction
of onco having ns nn humblo citizen
Thomas C. Plntt of New York. The sena
tor wns then but 1G years of ago nnd
worked in n" drug store for $3 per week,
sleeping nights on the prescription counter
so ns to get an early start sweeping nut
tho next morning. At least tho oldest Mas
Blllonlan relates thU romance, and Mr.
Piatt has never denied tho soft Impeach
ment of the htrd bed. Hut that Is another
story, to wax Klpllngcsquc. In any event,
otherwise, and far belter, for from tho
time of her Infection sho Is tho object of ns
solicitous enro and Is ns much hedged
about with safeguards as a yacht or ' n
raco horse A commodious nnd comfortnblo
Jar Is prepared for hor and labeled with
her name, for us soon ns sha is Infected
she becomes a new Individuality and takes
tho namo of tho patient whom sho has
bitten. Dread Is fed to her as often as sho
needs it, on whtch diet sho grows larger
and moro active than her compatriots, who
fly wild and hustlo for a living in tbo Cuban
swamps nnd morasses. Vcgetablo food, by
the way, Is tbo natural dlot of most mos
quitoes,' who never get within reach ot a
warm-blooded animal; so blood may bo re
garded as a luxury.
Sum uf Infection.
. This luxury the government's pets get
McKlnley.
constituted tho president's special guard.
Tho reception began at two minutes nftcr
4 o'clock. Several thousands of peoplo ex
pected to greot tho president. After a num
ber had passed by, a mother and her little
girl camo along, then thcro camo, nt 4:07
o'clock, n man dressed Uko a mechanic,
with his hand wrapped In a handkerchief,
ns if tt wero bandaged. It was Leon
Czolgosz, who calls himself Fred Nlcmnn,
a Cleveland anarchist, Inspired by tho
teachings of Emma Goldman. He had a
pistol wrapped In tho handkerchief a short
barreled 32-callbcr revolver. Tho president
glanced at him, nnd stopped toward him
with an expression of sympathy for the
supposed sufferer.
Czolgosz thrust out both his hands,
brushed asldo tho president's right hand
with his left hand, lurched forward
against tho president and, thrusting his
right hand closo against his breast, pulled
tho revolver trigger twice. Tho shots came
In such quick succession ns to bo almost
slmultnnous. At tho first shot tho president
qulvored nnd clutched at his chest. At tho
second shot ho doubled slightly forwnrd
nnd sank back. Quick as was Czolgosz, he
was not quick enough to flro a third shot.
Almost before tho nolso of tho firing
sounded ho wns seized by S. U. Ireland, a
United States secret servlco man, who stood
directly oppostto tho president, and hurled
to tho floor. A hugo negro named J. U.
Parker leaped upon him ns ho fell and they
rolled over on tho floor. Soldiers of the
United States artillery, detailed at tho re
ception, sprang upon tho pair, and exposi
tion pollco and secret servlco dotecttvos
nlso rushed upon them. Czolgosz's pistol
was taken from him, and bo was pinned to
tho lloor.
Tho president, supported by Detcctlvo
Geary and President Mllburn, nnd BUr
rounded by Secretary Ocorgo II, Cortelyou,
Edward It. Itlce, James L. Quackenbush,
John N. Scatcherd, Louts L. Ilabcock nnd
exposition officials, was aided to a chair.
Ho mado no outcry, but sank back with ono
hand holding his abdomen, tho other fumb
ling nt his breast. His eyes wcro open
and ho was clearly conscious of all that
happened. Ho looked up Into President
MUburn's faco nnd gasped tho namo of his
secretary, Cortelyou. Mr. Cortelyou bent
over tho president, who gasped, brokenly:
"Ho careful about my wife. Do not tell
her."
Then moved by n paroxysm of pain ho
writhed to tho loft and his eyes fell upon
tho prostrato form of his would-be mur
derer lying on tho floor, bloodstained and
helpless beneath tho blows of tho guard.
Tho president raised his right hand, stained
with his own blood, nnd placed It on tho
shoulder of his secretary.
"Let no ono hurt him," ho gasped, and
sank back.
For soven days tho peoplo ot tho nation
prayed and watched with heartfelt eager
ness tho bulletins from tho bedstdo of tho
distinguished sufferer, hopo of recovery
growing higher evory hour, finally merging
into coulldonco on tho otrongth of the phy
sicians' reports. Hut tho fates willed other
wise. Seven dayB and ten hours after tho
prcsldcut was stricken down tho assault ot
tho assassin terminated fatally.
Better Listener Than
Teller of Stories.
beforo Mr. McKlnloy becamo a national
tlguro Masslllon wns quite Jealous of Can
ton and declined to accept a bit ot tho re
flected glory of having tho congressman
from tholr county. Indeed, tho town oven
held tho present president up In undignified
contrast with tho astuto Now York boss.
Then Mr. Coxey assumed microscopic pro
portions and Masslllon becamo vainglorious;
but Canton replied by selecting Senator
Charles Mandcrson of Nebraska to success
fully knock tho flguratlvo chip from tho
Maielllonlan shoulder. For Mr. Mandcrson
practiced law in Canton nnd vicinity early
in his career, and ono of his nmuslng ex
periences was so pleasing to Mr. McKlnloy
that ho frequently told It to members of
tho houso when Manderson was senator ond
strolled over to tho south sldo of tho capl
tol to lndulgo In a llttlo luter-lcglslatlvc
repartee
In tho very outset of his career Mr. Man
dcrson was a momber ot tho firm of Man
dcrson & Greenwood, In tho llttlo villago of
Minerva, twelve miles south of Stark's busy
county seat. Mr. Greenwood still lingers
there, but Mr. Mandcrson forsook tho par
ent nest when his wings becamo atroug
enough. At tho tlmo ot this oxpcrlenco tho
fnlr form of prosperity had not visited tho
firm of Manderson & Greenwood to roost on
Its shingle, andt there wns no great monoy
In tho flrm'i: strong box. In short, tho
business was confined chiefly to collecting
bad debts. Even thta business led to em
barrassment of dlvorso nature Onco Mr.
Mandcrson had collected a small bill for a
rather talkative and cnergotlc widow, but
tho offlco rent becoming duo, had applied
tho funds to liquidate this obligation and
keep a roof over tho heads of tho firm.
Tho widow learned that tho bill had been
paid and called frequently to sccuro hor
collateral, but Mr. Manderson Invariably
saw her coming and skipped out of a sldo
door as sho entered tho front, and Mr.
Greonwood sent her away, partially pacified
by a llttlo Judicious flattory. Finally, ono
day her approach was so rapid that tho sldo
exit was imposslblo nnd tho situation was
desperato. Necessity, tho common mother
of Invention and alortnoss, pointed out the
Inrgo wood box and as tho woman enterod
tho offlco the lid ot tho box slammed loudly
nbovo tho bowed back of tho young dtsclplo
of Hlackstone Tho calls of tho widow had
been becoming moro and more extended as
tho supply of flattery had been slowly con
sumed, and this tlmo sho ovldently mado up
hor mind to remain until tho return ot the
rauch-nhscnt Manderson, Tho minutes
meanwhile wcro occupied In heaping abuso
upon tho head of tho recreant collector.
Finally, heat overcoming discretion, stilling
with dust nnd bleeding from numerous
oakon splinters, tho future general, United
States senator and presidential factor arose
from his point of dlsndvantagn and con
fessed his embarrassment and iniquity In
open court. The client, laughing until tho
tears rolled down her checks, permitted tho
sallno dolugo to soften hor determination
and sho accorded young Manderson sufficient
tlmo to liquidate the obligation. Ho al
ways said that this was tho most embar
rassing oxpcrlenco In either his legal, mar
tial or political career and onjoyed tho tell
ing of tho story by Mr. McKlnley and re
taliated In kind and In kindness.
In abundance After our Insect patient
has developed an actlvo caBo ot yellow fover
6ho Is tondeiiy removed from her Jar nnd
Introduced to a voluntcor, who Is willing
to gain future Immunity from Yellow Jack
by Inoculation fmm her sharp bill. Sho
fills up on his blood, and Incidentally in
fuses Into It tho germs. Almost invariably
ho davelops tho fever wlthlu a fow days.
It would seem, to tho averago mind, that
volunteers for this servlco might be diffi
cult to get. I asked ono ot the doctors It
ho wasn't often short of subjects.
"Short of 'cm!" ho said. "Why, tho
Cubans some around hero and howl to bo
bitten! It's all you enn do to keep 'cm
away.
"Aren't they afraid of dying of tho dls
caso?" "Thoy don't tako that into consideration.
Special
Continues with unabated interest, You don't
see prices that are any more of an inducement
than these, but no price means much until
you see the quality,
Big bargains all
through our furniture
department.
Note a Few bonaHde reductions:
fCu for n $11,00 golden oak French plate
hull mirror,
13.75 for a $20.00 golden or Flemish oak
hnll mirror,
J17.C0 for a $:G.OO golden oak hall mirror.
J5.9j for a J3.W onk frnmo hall mirror.
Ji0.1i for a $13 Flemish oak parlor table
$b.G0 for it $8.CO blrd's-eyo mnplo parlor
tnble.
$10.75 for a $15 mahogany library table
$19.o0 for n $27 golden onk library tublc.
i0T i.;' niahognny library tnble
$1S.00 for n $:M.f.O mahogany library tnble.
$20.W for a $27.50 mahogany llbrury table
$1.2j for dining chair that would sell
regularly nt $2.(A
$2.75 for a box framo dining chnir that
September Sale of Garpets
new lino of Smith Axmlnstcr Carpct-i, beautiful goods, nro offered at $1.00 per yard, regular price $1.25 per yard. You can
mako this substantial saving by ordering this month and you havo all tho new goods to select from. This prlco will not bo
oxtended beyond this sale. No ono else can offer such values as wo do lu carpets, wo buy moro nnd rcll more, and havo
tho largest stock to select from. Somo tncclal prices In ingrain nil wool camels.
iii wooi run iwo-piy ingrain ciirpsts at Kc. Tin
i J.,2nJ.n.l:rill.ns'. regular 00c line for ttlits snlc a
811
jiii-iMiuuu maliij ut' iji.uii;i'ji itcduct'd r
IllPHn nrn tmnt rrnn.lu niiM ..n.l. n.t.l ll....l ..II
.,C " ; cww.u, u, .11114 iinnuvu uii, mm inu num. uuur uuvrriimn lur will Iiricu lur lllllis, vcuiuuil.:. iiiu:iiciin,
.,1 i TP0"13' o cos nnd till public rooms. Wo nro ugents In Omnha for tho Htimdnrd Greenwich Inlaid linoleum. Will wear
us long um wood, somo very dcslrnblo patterns for nrtlstlc decorations, bllllnrd rooms und saloons.
if Sale
10 patiorns or
net, swifs
very cheap
week at $1.50.
I EM
25 patterns of parlor curtains,
Scotch not reunalsanco, Ara
bian nud brusselB, worth up to
$7.60 all at, per pair, $3.00.
A largo lino of high grado cur-
Window shades to or
dor, estimates frco.
Orchard St Wilhelm arpet (So.
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What they want in tho $100 bonus gtvon to
evory man who will lot hlmBolf bo bitten.
Dcsldes, they don't look on yellow fever no
wo do. To them It Is nlmost an lnovltablo
thing. Thoy figure that thoy'vo got to havo
It somo time, and tho certainty of good
nurelng, good treatment and comtortablo
quarters would be Inducements enough to
get It over and lono with, oven without tho
$100."
nut If It is a temptation to tho Cubans
thcro nro others who undergo tho test In a
spirit of tho hlghost Eclf-sacriflce, and so
becomo martyrs ta science. Of this clnsa
wns Miss Clara Maas, tho Ited Cross nurso
who died of tho fover Into In August. Sho
workod through ono yellow fovor epidemic
without being affected, and In March nho
volunteored for tho mosquito test. On
March 18 sho was bitten by the mosquito
"Vcrnara," which hi.d been Infected by bit
ing Santiago Vergara. Ills case was n bad
one nnd ho was dying when 'tho mosquito
took tho Infection from him. Sevonteon
days Into "Vergara" bit Miss Maas. Sho
was taken ill and had a light caso of tho
fever. Lntor sho was bitten again, as tho
first attack was not regarded as conclusively
Immunizing. A virulent case of tho fovor
developed and sho died. "Vergara" has
bitten several othor volunteers, all of whom
havp recovered. There have been deaths,
however, from tho bites of others of tho
government Insects.
How greatly valued tho infected speci
mens aro was evidenced recently In tho
caso of an accident at tho mosquito house.
Major Gorgas and Dr. Qulteras were dining
September Sale
$19.73 for a $23 golden onk chiffonier.
would kcII regularly at $3.75.
$9.in) for a $11 round top (lining tnble
$27.u) for a $53.00 solid mahogany round
top table
$I3.W for a $100 mnhognn sideboard.
$50.00 for a $90 solid onk sideboard.
$27.00 for a $12 ouk china closet.
$15.0") for a $50 solid mahogany two
plcce suite.
$5.W for a $7.50 mahogany parlor chnlr.
$8.75 for a $12.30 ouk or mahogany Mu
lshed dlvnn.
$7.60 for a $9.60 mahogany rocker.
$r..) for a $S.0O Morris chnlr.
$20.60 for a $.12 solid mahogany dresser.
J24.W for a $;i5 mahogany dresser.
so uro rcgulnr "cq goods.
re.
rom nur rcgulnr line 60c qunl ty,
Lace (Eurtains T:::::z
' 1 shown so lurjjo or vurloil
nn nssorttnent of lnce curtalna, curtain materials mid iltnpery, ns wo nro sliowhij? nt the pros
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lilKb Krmle goods in the newest do signs nnd makos, nnd nt ns favorable prices 11s nny market
in tho country. For tho bencllt of the ninny strangers visiting our' city dining the coming
week, wo have placed on special selling somo very choice laco curtains, portieres & yard goods.
cnamiier curtains, tains In Arabian Point do
and nottingham. Suxz, brusscls, all reduced to.
at $2.50, ull this per pnlr, $7.50, $10, $12.60 nud
$15.00.
23 pnlrs portieres, Armuro
wenvo mercerized, cord edgo,
up-to-dato goods, worth $7.60,
whllo they ast $1.93.
Hotter portieres in now nnd tip-
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at the Hotel Inglnterra ono evening when nn
nttendont from Las Animas camo dashing in
breathless.
"Pleaso como at onco," ho panted. Wo'ro
nfrnld Carloro la going to dlo."
Iloth men woro on tholr foot instantly,
asking anxiously what was wrong.
"Sho got tangled In tho netting," ex
plained ho attendant, "and her right wing
Is brokon."
Two minutes later tho thrco woro driving
at a furious paco for Las Animas. Thoy
found tho unfortutiato Carlero In n bad
condition. No pnlns wcro spared to savo hor
llfo, for alio was nt that tlmo tho only thor
oughly Infected spocln"n In tho placo. Thoy
put her In a small Ju' treated her with
healing ointments and m. 't an effort to set
tho brokon wing. Ilut pi had thrashod
about too vlolontly, and br uo was against
her. She waB C8 days aid aim 'tad lived
high, having bitten soveral persons. Per
haps, too, tho fover gorras weakened hor.
Sho died amidst general mourning, having
mado n record for Inoculation which has
not slnco teen equaled.
KDWAnD MARSHALL.
I'UATTLH OF THU YOt!.OSTUHS.
"How many teeth has n human being?"
asked tho teacher of a small pupil.
"A mouthful," was tho unexpected ro-
ply.
At considerable length tho superintendent
ot tho Sunday school had set forth the cul
pability ot tho sluggard, who, ho said,
1
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$10.30 for n $22 mnhogany chiffonier.
$1M.0) for 11 $15 bntHS tied.
$29.75 for 11 $33 brims bed.
$17.05 for a $21 all metal mantel folding
bed.
$15.35 for a $21 nil motnl mantel folding
bed.
$22.50 for a $31 ouk or mahogany upright
folding bed.
$X0o for at $IS Turkish leather rocker.
$22.co for a $29 pnntusoto Turkish rockjr.
$5.i) f0r a $19,50 leather rocker
$9.05 for a $10 oak frnmo tapestry scat
nnd back rocker,
$12.73 for $1S.50 mahogany finished chnlr,
$10.75 for a $b onk frumo tnpestry scat
nud back chair.
Somo real bar
gains in now, fresh
coal. Tho entlro
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to-dato styles, Just tho thing
for parlors, now laco effects,
plain with bands, nil now,
prices nlljiow (hiring this week
Tahlo covers, largo nssortmcnt,
our special Mx quarter for
75c each, better ono for $1.50.
9
needed only tho spur ot a worthy motlvo
to bocomo n usoful merabor of Boctoty.
"Now, then, boys," ho asked, In a moro
animated manner, "what Is tho matter
with tho sluggard ?"
"He's all right!" yellod tho boys, In
chorus.
"Mamma, I've asked Jimmy niuo to como
over and won't you ploase lot us havo that
candy?"
"Ilut I don't think thoro Is enough for
both of you."
"That's all right, mamma, Jimmy's got
tho mumps and can't oat.'
Llttlo Hobby was trying to rend and,
looking up from his book, ho asked:
"Mamma, what is a grass widow?'
Ilefore sho could reply his C-yoar-old
slstor exclaimed: "Why, Hobby, nnyjiody
ought to know that. A grass widow lu it
woman whoso husband died of hay fovor."
A teacher was instructing ft class of in
fanta In a London Sunday school nnd was
letting tho children finish her sentences
to mako suro they understood.
"Tho idol had oyes,' sho said, "but It
couldn't "
"See,' cried tho children.
"It had cars, but it couldn't "
"Hear," said tho class.
"It had llpw, but It couldn't "
"Spcnk," said tho children.
"It had a noso, but It couldn't "
"V.'lpo Itl" shouled tho llttlo ones and U16
tenchor hurt to pauao In her lcsnoa is order
to recover her composure.