THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, OCTOBEIt 13, 1901.
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ON MANY MILES OF STREETS
Omihii Hm Eptit Millions of Dollari Put-
tinj Dwn PaYimenti.
IMPROVEMENTS ON THOROUGHFARES
City KiiKlnerr'n OHloc Affords Home
Intrrrstlnic Dnta nnd fllvos a
The Naval Spectacle
I'en I'rnctlnnl Sok-Ecstlons.
Did It cvor occur to you that the totil
length of Omaha streets and alleys Is al
most 400 mlloi7 A trip over the entire
mileage, of streets ami allays would bo as
long as a Journey from Omaha to Mlnne
polls. Tho total length of city streets
Is 350 miles, or flvo miles more than tho
distances across tho stato of Iowa from
Council Dlurfs to Burlington. A Journey
over the cntlro length of alloys In the city
would ho almost equal to a railroad Journey
from Omaha to Lincoln.
More than 50,000,000 has heen spent In
paving Omaha streets and alleys and tho
cntlro length of paving now In use Is
elghty-ono miles. Four miles of this pav
ing is in alloys, Tho total numbor of
squaro yards of paving In tho city la 1,998,-
859.70.
Nearly one-half of tho paving In Omaha
Is asphalt. This matorial Is used In streets)
only, not being well adapted to alleys.
Colorado sandstone Is next in popularity
and Is In use on seventeen miles of street
end two miles of alley.
Cedar blocks aro still In uso on twelve
miles of strcot and tho mileago of brick
paving Is about tho same. Sioux Falls
granlto Is tho material used In paving moro
than throo miles of strcot and nearly two
miles of alley. Cypress blocks aro still
doing servlco on two and one-half miles
of street.
Almost two miles of strcot Is Macada
mized and less than half a mile Is paved
with Woodruff (Kansas) stono. One-fifth
of a mile of alley Is paved with Macadam
and brick paving is In uso on a small
fraction of a mllo of alley.
Mltle I'nvlno- Lately l.nlil.
During 1900 3.984 mllca of paving was
laid In tho city. Of this amount 2.728 miles
was asphaltum. Tho brick paving laid
amounted to 0.573 of a mllo and stono was
laid on 0.683 of a mllo of street. The total
cost of the paving laid In 1900 was $148,
948.81.
Tho number of miles of paving In Omaha
laid on streets and alleys with a grado of
less than 1 por cent Is 33.684. A little moro
than seventeon miles of paving Is on
grado varying from 1 to 2 por cent. More
than olght miles of paving Is on a grado
of moro than 2 and less than 3 per cent
Seven miles of paving Is on streets having
a grado of moro than 3 per cent and less
than 4 per cent. Fourteen per cent Is the
stcopoat grade upon which paving Is laid
In tho, city and tho amount of paving laid
at such a grado Is only 0.06 of a mllo.
Tho excessive width of Omaha Btreets
makes the oxpenso of maintaining and re
pairing much greater than In cities whore
tho length of the blocks Is greater and tho
streets aro narrower or aro not paved full
width.
"In tho old part of the city tho area o
streets and nlloys Is greater than tho area
of prlvato property," said George W. Craig,
assistant city engineer. "Fifty-one per
cont of tho land In the business section of
Omaha Is given up to alleys and utrccts
IIloclcs should bo 600 feet long. If Omaha
had been laid out with a view to economy In
municipal oxpenses a great reduction could
have boon made In street and alloy area
In tho residence section of tho city tho
width of paving Is being narrowed as much
ns possible."
Quite Un to the Mark.
"Tho paving in Omaha compares quit
favorably with that In other cities of tho
samo sire," said City Engineer Andrew
llosowater. "Cheap material has been used
In tho Improvement of streets In many
western cities and tho result Is what might
bo expoctcd. Asphalt paving has proved
moro satisfactory than other sorts of pnv
Ing. It does not wear an welt as stone
and granite, but Is so much more satis
factory for driving purposes that a ma
Jorlty of tho taxpayers would prefer to
pay tho expense of maintaining It.
"In many cities municipal asphalt ro
pair plants aro being established and
think It would bo wIbo for Omaha to adopt
this plan and repair Its streets as soon as
they begin to show wear. In this manner
the asphalt could bo kept In excellont con
dltlnn nt much less expeuso than Is Incurred
whero tho paving Is neglected for some
tlmn and then repaired by contract.
"Asphalt offers a smoothor and cleaner
surfneo than other sorts of material.
the resilience, section of tho city wo are
narrowing the width of tho paving to
twenty-two, twenty-fivo or thirty feot. It
was formorly laid forty feot wldo. Th
reduction In tho width of the pavement
will effect n saving of from one-third to
one-fourth In tho cost of construction.
"Machinery may be invented which will
mako grnnlto and other stono blocks so
smooth that thoy can be joined without
giving a rough surface. In case this is ac
coropllthed granite will be very popular.
Scenes and Incidents at the
Court of Inquiry.
Several of tho Washington correspond-
nts engaged at the naval court of In
quiry frankly confess that the spectacle
presented, tho contradictions of naval offi
cers and the amount of red tape In sight,
rudely shatters tho Impression entertained
by landlubbers that the old and young
sOAdogs are very superior people. Corre
spondent Carmlcbael says: "Of one thing
tho navy may be reasonably certain after
tho close of this trial. That Is, It will
cease to be a pampered pet In the estima
tion of tho congress. Congressmen ato
landlubbers and do not know much about
the navy. Thore Is a general disposition
to take the words of tho naval committees
for this and that, and let It pass. Naval
officers have been admitted to de very
superior men. They aro finely educated
at government expense, have had opportu
nities for contact with the peoples of other
countries, which goes as a finishing polish
to academical work, and their advantages,
etc., aro supposed to produce an officer
greatly beyond that of the army officer.
This "doesn't go" any more. So far as
conflict of testimony Is concerned, the offi
ccrs who' have appeared before the Schley
court have produced a moss which com
pares unfavorably with tho evidence in a
neighborhood scandal suit. Admiral How
lson said naval officers have a sscred re
gard for an oath, which an ordinary man
cannot understand. That must bo so. Not
In a long time In a celebrated case has
thero been so many flat contradictions by
hlgh-clnss and Intelligent men. It Is rare
for two men to agree. The records aro in
mony cases admitted to bo wrong, In some
cases It Is charged that they have been
falsified by high orders, In other cases they
havo been altered without authority, in
many cases they are admitted to be In
complete, and tho conclusion Is almost
Inevitable that they aro untrustworthy."
TV, a Hnhlotf mtirt nf Innulrv Is reported
much after the fashion of reporting tho
proceedings of congress, and every day tho
onurt and attorneys are Drovlded with
copies of the previous day's proceedings.
It Is only wnon attempts aro raaao o kci
these copies that some of the peculiarities
of naval routine nre encountered. Onlv
fifty copies of the testimony are printed.
These are for those engaged In the trial,
for no other, secretary nocuous oruers
aro that the testimony Is not to be sont
to newspapers. Tho platos aro being- elec-
trotyped and It is announced tnot lr it is
thmifrhf hont later n'n (rrentor nilhllcttv will
be given the testimony by the distribution
of tho printed copies to newspapers and
others.
Most of the younger naval officers who
havo testified In the court of Inquiry had
severe attacks of stage fright when they
first took tho witness chair. Tho attack
Is manifested by their stumbling over
chairs, dropping their caps or gloves or
grasping spasmodically for their swords.
Somo of tho men who havo received mention
for conspicuous bravery havo bad the most
serious attacks. Admiral Dewey and his
colleagues on tho court aro very lenient
with officers thus afflicted. It took tho ad
miral himself three days to get used to the
craned necks and staring eyes of tho back
ground of spectators. At first he had a
terrible time administering tho oath to wit
nesses. He could not keep his eyo on tho
typewritten copy of the oath which had
bedn provided tor htm and ou tho specta
tors at tho same time. Now the admiral
can rattle off the oath like a clerk of a
naturalization court. Ono officer who was
mentioned for his heroic action during
the battle of Santiago floundered up to tho
witness chair and landed In It after saluting
the court, the counsel on both sides and
finally tho audience. When the admiral
asked him to rise and take, tho oath he
rose to his feet In a dazed way and reached
out blindly for the bible. After ho had
made two or three unsuccessful attempts
to get his hand on It, Admiral Dewey In tho
kindest way Imaginable, said: "Hero It
Is, lieutenant," and reached out and steered
the unmanageable hand to the sacred book.
Then the hero of Manila beamed sym
pathetically down on the embarrassed officer
while ho recited tbo oath.
The witnesses do not attempt to explain
tho cause of their timidity. Ono of tho
older officers, however, asserts that It Is
Admiral Dewey and tho audience a llttlo
admiral nnd a gTcat deal audience. The
admiral Is very pollto and pleasant to the
witnesses. Tho audience, which generally
contains nenrly as many womon as men,
Is deeply Interested In the famous persons
who come to gtvo evidence. The appear
ance of each new character In tho hearing
is greeted by a buzz of comments, which
makes the orderlies frown anil fidget. Then
It is said tho officers aro in mortal fear
that the attorneys will mako sport of thorn
before their personal friends, for tho ap
pearance of each witness brings a new
bevy of women to tho courtroom composed
of those who arc Interested In his par
ticular story. Tho witnesses feel that they
will loso prestige with their fair friends
if the counsel tangles them up or points
out the weakness in their story of tho
action.
Commander James M. Miller, who was In
charge of tho colllor Merrlmao up to the
time Lieutenant Hobson was given tho
ship and an opportunity to mako a world
wide reputation, admitted after ho left tho
stand that ho had had a hot time. The
commander, who Is n middle-aged man,
whose beard is streaked with gray, pleaded
Immunity from fright from tho admiral
or tho audience. "But I would rathor face
an eight-Inch gun than that man Ilaynor,"
he said, In way of explanation. Mr. Ray
ner admits that ho Is afrald-of tho effect
his action would havo on tho court if be
should go at tho witnesses roughshod, so
he questions them In a quiet, apologotla
way, and when ho notices that they ore
becoming uncertain In their nnswers he
fires the questions Into them at a furious
rate, but always In tho same low voice.
About flvo minutes of this kind of work
generally sends tho witness to his pocket
for his handkcrchlof to bo used In absorb
ing tho perspiration brought out by his
efforts to keep track of the counsel's In
quiries. Attorney Itayner Is known as the actor
orator of Maryland. Ills friends say that
had bo chosen tho drama as his theater of
action he could easily have won distinction
ns a tragedian. His colleagues who served
with htm, In congress delight In telling how
he strode up nnd down tho aisles when mak
ing Impassioned speeches.
Unlike many of tho grcot debaters of the
house, Mr. Kayncr B.eldom lapses Into
humor, except when Interrupted. His set
speeches were formidable to his opponents.
A stern, uncompromising earnestness was
his secret of strength In oratorical combat
In the beginning of his congressional ca
reer, relates tho Saturday Kvenlng l'ost,
some of his opponents sought to weaken his
arguments by constantly Interrupting him,
but these tactics served to concentrato his
wit. In his retorts he sometimes departed
from his tatcllor manner and hurled shafts
of satire.
Whllo making a speech In favor of a re
duction of tho tariff ho was Interrupted by
the lato Congressman Dlnglcy of Maine, who
asked Mr. Hayncr If ho favored putting coal
on tho frco list.
"Coal Is not mentioned in this bill," re
plied Mr. Itayner.
"Hut I should like to know If the gentle
man will Join mo and others to put coil on
tho frco list," persisted the Matno states
man. "Will you vote for tho bill If we put coal
on tho frco list?" asked the Maryland congressman.
Mr. Dlngloy replied that he would answer
that question when the bill was completed,
"Well," retorted Mr. Itayner, "when you
answer my question, I'll answor yours. We'll
both answer together."
Iatcr "Czar" Kccd asked him what his
attltudo was as to glass,
"Wo both llvo In glass houses and had
better change tho subject," was Mr. TUy
ner's rejoinder.
Reed and Itayner wcro frequently In some
verbal duel.
"Did not tho gentleman hoar my specoh
Saturday?" thundered tho czar on ono oc
casion. "No," replied Rayner, "I was at home
preparing a speech of my own."
Candor Is ono of Mr. Rayner's strong
points. In a political speech on ono oc
caslon ho made tho statement that the
democratic party In convention had de
nounccd tho purchasing clause of tho Sher
man act and had pledged the party to Its
speedy repeal. "I am In favor," added Mr.
Rayner,, "of keeping democratic promises
according to tho letter."
"AH of them?" asked some one In the
audlenco, ready to spring a discarded plank
of somo previous platform.
"Well, every one of them so far as thev
can bo kept," rejoined tho speaker, and the
crowd, although not all of his political
faith, applauded him for his dexterous es
cape from tho trap set for him.
Mr. Rayner Is of a rovorent turn of mind
and Is unusually liberal In his religious out
look, holding pews in churches of several
denominations.
Art of Window Dressing
Some Recent
Innovations.
A Thing of the Pasi.
The town crier is a thing of the past,
but medical methods as old and as obso
lete as the town crier are still practiced
in many a country town. Women suf
fering from womanly diseases shrink
ironi me onenstve
examinations, in
delicate question
ings, and obnoxious
local treatments,
till in vogue with
Dome local practi
tioners. Any sick
woman is invited to
consult Dr. Pierce,
by letter, free, and
so avoid methods
which are offensive
to her modesty. All
correspondence is
held as strictly pri
vate and sacroclly
confidential. Ad
dress Dr. R. V.
Pierce.BuIfalo.N.Y.
Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription
is peculiarly and
particularly a med
icine for the cure
of womanly dis
eases. It estab
lishes regularity.
dries weakening drains, heals inflamma
tion and ulceration, and cures femalt
weakness.
"You have ray heart-felt thanks for the klud
advice you tent inc." writes Mrv Florence,
Archer, of Kason, Macon Co., Tenn. "Words
fall to exprru wht I endured for about eight
years with female trouble, The awful psln that
I had to endure each month, no tong-ue can
ezpreu. Tlieie hearing-down palnti backache,
headache, dlslrea. in my stomach and sores iu
my bre.it, cramp in llmbj they hare all left
me and health ha taken the place of these dia
IrcMlnp troubles. What caused them to leave 1
It was the beat medicine ou esrlh-Dr. Pierce'a
Favorite Prescription. In one week's time I
began to feel belter. After taking nix bottle of
the 'Favorite Inscription and liking the Jocil
treatment you advised I felt like a new woman."
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should
always be used with " Favorite Prescrip
tion" whenever a laxative is required.
taT'aBLm
nMS.saaaHBBBy
whfn a new store has been completod
nowadays nnd the management If ready to
announce a date for tho opening, ono or
tho tlrst requisites Is an up-to-date "show
window dresser." Without a competent
window dresser tho modern store of pre
tension, be It wares Jowelryor dry Roods,
furhltiire. would no moro
think of opening for business than with-
out a salesman and a cnsnier.
Tho difference is that when the ttmo
comes to hire a cashier or cashiers men
or women aro picked from a whole "woods"
full of applicants, whllo tho dresser Is a
much scarcer commodity and a man for
whom tho owners would frequently bo will
ing to spond what to the lay mind must
seem a ridiculous sum. Frequently tho
drenser Is Imported several hundred miles
from nnother city. More frequently he Is
stolen that Is, he Is lured away from a
rival concern by nn advance In salary.
The art of dressing a show window prop
erly, relates the New York Times, Is
ono that has oomc to the front only In
recent years. Time was when the show
windows were UBed simply as a sort of
storehouse, even ns the sub-collars of tho
bitlldltigB were used. Incidentally tho
goods, crammed In slovenly fashion Into
the windows, were to Hhow the nature of
the merchandise sold In the establishment.
Nothing attractive was to be seen and
those who happened to halt beforo them
were caught, not through anything pleasing
to tho eye, but stopped simply to sco
whether what was wanted was exposed tor
sale.
In time tho chaos of the show window
was recogntzed ns an eyesore nnd then
(the uttempt waB simultaneous throughout
tho city, tho suggestion coming from a
trado publication) storekeepers realised
that in the show window lay a great pos
sibility. Even u that none dreamed of the
tine art to which window dressing would
one day rise, and the prediction that tho
time would come when stores would
nightly dress tholr windows for the follow
Jng day's trade would havo been derided.
However, tho sovere nnd straight heaps of
pieces of silks nnd cloths were mussed Into
a more pleasing disorder, colors vero har
monized and at least twice a year the
make-up of tho window was nltered.
It was not until tho big department stores
appeared, with their wealth of different
merchandise, housed In splendid, light and
airy new buildings, that the full art of
window dressing began to spring up. It
whs then that the owners of the big estab
lishments began to analyze the theory of
window dressing nnd tho tiles of a trade
paper contain tho following as tho conclu
sion arrived nt:
'Tho object of tho show window con be
tnndo to Induce customers to outer Iho
place. To gain that object we musf give
people something to see. To make them
see wo must glvo them something at
tractive In other words, wo must hold up
tho passing pedestrian on tho street, and, If
he has no desire to buy, wo must croato'
In him tho desire."
With that end window dressing was "on"
In earnest and each store presently had Its
own dresser to build up tho attractions in
his own tasteful way. But even then win
dow dressing was in Its infancy.
The acme of window dressing- and tho
key to tho whole situation appeared In a
big storo In Philadelphia, when tho dresser
of that establishment surprised every mer
chant in tho city by n departuro that was,
from, a trade point of view, sensational and
alarming. That year a certain scarf threat
ened to come Into vogue, and It was this
scarf, shown In an original way in tho
men's furnishing department of tho estab
lishment, that caused tho sensation.
The entire window was lined with black
velvet. Tho door, tho wnlls nnd tho celling
were lined with tho samo dark material,
nnd, stnndlng In tho middle of tho window
on n rack, was a single white collar, nnd
In It, neatly tied, tho senrf that threatened
popularity. Tho success of tho movo was
proved In a single day. Crowds stopped
In. front of the flaming tlo In tho midst of
Its somber surroundings nnd even tho news
papers took notice of the strange decora
tion. Tho scarf Jumped Into popularity nt
once, nnd, In modified form, outlived sev
eral seasons.
In that tinlquo decoration lay a lesson
which has been learned by every window
dresser now in the business with big estab
lishments. In the case of tho huge de
partment stores it was realized as simply
Impossible to show off oven ono-tenth of tho
goods or even one-tenth of tho most at
tractive goods that were sold In tho place.
It was realized also that to put too many
different articles In tho window, bo they
ever so attractive, would havo tho effect of
obscuring tho merits of all, oven an nn
"ad" In an elevated car will not bo read
when tho print Is not bold and the litera
ture on It brief ns a glance.
Again, the storo In Philadelphia solved a
problem that still further brought forth a
principle In window dressing. A new shirt
was on tho markot nnd the storo enme out
with a show window loaded with not a
thing but whlto starched shirts, collars and
neckties neatly attuched. The foundlni;
principle of tho art was unearthed on that
occasion,, until toduy It Btands simple and
bald, and thcrcforo probably whero It will
stand In one hundred years from now. No
matter how, from time to time, mere Htyk's
In window flrepslni; change, tho principle
was established that ono slnglr, ntractlvo
article, evon If the pedestrian does not want
It at all, will lead him to expect equally
fine things In tho goods ho does wnnt.
Exactly along the same laws of strength
which apply to literature and to art nnd
to oratory and to every other conceivable
subject, so dressing found its strength In
simple, direct channels.
Another respect In which tho dresser has
wrought changes Is In tho "form," ns It
were, In which ho dresses his window. In
former times, and even in some places at
tho present day, windows aro dressed' from
top to bottom, which, In trado etiquette, Is
more unpardonable than to cat tlsh with a
knife. Tho well dressed window Is dressed
low and It Is dressed nway from the glass
In other words, tho goods aro not Jammed
up hard ngolnst the pane and they do not
extend from top to bottom, but rarely more
than one-third of tho way up tho length of
tho window.
The object of this Is apparent. In the
first place, tho fact that tho goods do not
reach to tho top of tho window allows
light to enter tho store. Also It admits
not only light from without, but a glunce
within nnd far Into the store, whero thero
Is a general building up of goods that Is
nttractlvo and. "catchy" to tho passerby
Another reason Is tho samo nB that which
nppllcs to writing one-third way down on
the tlrst sheet when writing a letter It
looks better. Again, and moro than any
thing else, tho general appenrance of cram
mlng a window full of goods has the effjet
of a woman with her lingers covered wl'h
diamonds tho very quantity causes a de
prcclatlon, a cheap and tawdry effect.
The work of dressing a window properly
Is not tho easiest Imaginable. Day In and
day out men aro required to furnish new
and pleasing effects and In time tho re
sources of tho ordinary man begin to fall
It Is llko drawing a cartoon every day of
tho year. Only tho man born to the art
succeeds in tho lopg run. Wndow dressers
havo their own publications, thoy hav
their own societies and their own meetings
to devise new effects and to act on sugges
tlons.
In Maiden Lane, among the Jewelry
houses, tho are some of the cleverest win
dow dressers to be found In New. York and
many of them aro women. In ono of tho
stores a young woman has dressed tho two
windows of tho plnco every morning for
threo years. She had rough sketches
tho various decorations which she has used
In sotting forth tho goods to advantago dur
ing that time, but no two sketches aro
alike. Tho young woman Is incidentally a
saleswoman In the place, but her salary o
2,GC0 Is paid almost solely becauso of her
tusto In making up the window.
Asked for her opinions ns to modern win
dow dressing sho brought forth her
sketches. "Kxnerlences I have none
really," she said, "but thoy tell mo' here
I am tho 'man behind tho gun' and that
luro the customer Into thp placo with my
handiwork ns If I wero a siren." And that
explains In n word tho duty of the window
dresser "the 'man behind the gun' tho
Hlrcn,"
It Is rumored that a block Is being manu
factured In Europe from a sort of glass
which Is so smooth that an even joint can
bo secured. Concrete blocks aro also being
manufactured which are saia to do so care
fully moulded that when laid In a street
thoy offer a surface almost as smooth as
asphalt."
PliATTI.K OP TUB VOU.NfiSTERS.
Teacher What does s-e-e spell. Tommy?
Qmall Tommy Don't know.
Teacher Why, don't you know what I do
with my eyes?
Small Tommy Yes'm. You squint.
Johnny had been naughty In school and
his teacher reprimanded him, adding:
"What are you going to do about It?"
Johnny's nnswer was ns unexpected as It
was prompt: "The Lord will tako enre of
Ills little lambs."
Marglo Oh, yes, mamma. Wo can buy
one like puna bought Ills bicycle on the
Installment plan,
"Tommy," said tho father of a precocious
5-year-old at tho dinner table, "don't you
think that Is a pretty big piece of cako lor
a boy of your size?"
"It looks big. papa," replied Tommy. "Ij.H
It's sponge cake and nearly all holes."
"Oh! mamma," cried Tommy, "Willie's
pulling his pussy's tail!"
"lie's a very bad boy to do that," said
tnamma.
"Yos, nnd he's selfish, too; 'cos he won't
let me pull It nt all."
Marglo (aged 4)-Oh. mnmmn, you Just (
ought to see tho pretty baby Mrs. Smith's
got. I do wish wn had one like It. Won t
you buy one, mamma?
Mamma I'm afraid we haven't enough
money to buy one, dear. We are too poor.
"Spell ferment and glvo Its definition,"
requested tho teacher.
"F-e-r-m-e-n-t, to work," responded a
diminutive maiden.
"Now place It In a sentence ho that I may
be sum you understand Its mennlng," uu'.d
the teacher.
"In the summer I would rnther play nut
of doors than ferment In the school Iioubo,"
returned the small scholar,
Qeorge is 5 years old, and his father read
him tho Impressive story of George Wash
Ingtou and the cherry trco and tho subsc
quent frank ndmlsston. Noticing the look
of astonishment on tho child's face, hi;
father asked, "Don't you think he was
very good boy?"
"Good, pupa?" said Ocorge Incredulously
"Why, of courso he knew his father had
got wise anyhow."
This reminds us of tho story of th
mother who, after reading "Casablanca'
to her llttlo daughter, remarked: "Now,
wasn't ho u good llttlo boy?"
"Yes." sighed the child. "Ho was aw
fully good, lut he wasn't one bit smart
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We nre prepared to show you the best from
tho foremost, makers. The pleasure of buying
carpets is not alone iu selecting, it is feeling
wit tailed after the selection that you have your
money's worth, the pattern pleases, but will it
wear and give the satisfaction the price demands,
we guarantee our goods and sell nothing but what
If you were to look iu our west window you would see some of the
novelties in Fall Carpets. Two tone and self color effects in Wilton we carry an en
tiro manufacturer's line of these new, novel color effects prices 2.75, ?tt.OO, $3.25 per
yard. Wilton Velvets, in the nobbiest, new Persian Tlug effects, (breadths 1$ yards
wide and ! yards wide) worth seeing nt the prices 1.50 and Ui0 per yard.
VEL VET CARPET wool face) elegant line, very suitable for hard wear,
hall and stair, dining room, library, hotel halls, $1.00 and $1. So.
BRUSSELS CARPET with 5-S borders to match, splendid for any room, easy
to sweep, good for the money, canH be matched in value, 75 cents per yard.
LINOLEUM We carry every grade of linoleum from SSo per square yard up.
We are agents for the real English Inlaid, best in the world.
Rugs
We quote a few from our stock:
Pro Drussels Hugs, 0 fif
largo room size . w
Reed Axmlnstcr Rugs, ft ff
room slzo OU.UU
Smith Axmlnstcr Rugs,
room size
.23.50
Lowell Wilton Rugs, 'JC nn
room slzo OCJ.UU
Bromley Smyrna Rugs, ftfk 1 Amsterdam Smyrna Rugs, OR flfl
room slzo ovr.VJU room size "w,vu
25,00
s.zo IT..!!:. 35.00
Hartford Itody Drussels
Rugs, largo room Rise,
9x12 feet
Imperial Wilton Rugs,
room slzo
Rundhnr Wilton Rugs, A( fr
room slzo 1J. lt
Trench Wilton Rugs, iQ tcf
room size O.OlI
Imperial ,fe Royal Smyrna, rl SEfV
room size jm.j
Klrth Brussels Rugs, 4g: n
room size IO.UU
Fur Rugs
A choice nssortment of fur rugs. Very suita
ble for hearth rugs, chamber rugs, hall rugs,
etc prices a.75, 5.00 and 5.50 very
cheap. Animal rugs, with mounted heads, open jaws; tiger, mountain lion, wild car,
leopard, Siberian wolf and red fox, from 10.00 to 45.00 each.
Plain Colored Rugs, "Novelties" in Mohair and Bigeloxo Awminster Imperial quality,
small sizes only I Mg ?' 9. 50 1 24fx04r ?.m..r.'.a.1;.. 5.00
18xM Mohair, sRft 36x73 Mohair, 1.2K hxG0 Imperial, ; a-rk
xor for
for
2Ix4S Mohair, jgaQQS0x30 Imperial, 3.25 J3636 ImP"lal- 5 50
We Would Like to Show Them to You.
Orchard & Wilhelm
Sarpet GO. aaasas Douglas
TO MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS
Thyroid-Lymph Treatment for Female Weakness
Is a SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT Using no DItUGS and requiring no
operations. These remedies aro taken from the LYMPH GLANDS and
most HIGHLY VITALIZED TISSUES of young, healthy Sheep and Goats,
NATURE'S OWN REMEDY, supplying that which the BODY LACKS.
These animal extracts are endorsed by the most eminent PHYSICIANS
of this and FOREIGN COUNTRIES. The Thyroid-Lymph Tablets feed the
NERVE CELLS and TONE the SYSTEM, while the suppositories reduce
ENLARGEMENT, INFLAMMATION, ULCERATION, PROLAPSUS,
CONGESTION, IRREGULAR MENSTRUATION, FIBROIDS, TUMORS,
NERVOUSNESS and NO N-DE V E LOPM ENT. And the GALL PILLS
prevent CONSTIPATION, BILIOUSNESS, and regulate the LIVER and
LOWER BOWELS and prevent and cure Hemorrhoids. These remedies
are put np in boxes containing one month's treatment, and will be sent
to any address in the UNITED STATES prepaid on receipt, of price,
15.00, and are GUARANTEED. Consultation and advice by our staff of
competent and experienced Physicians will be given free during treat
ment. Others not treating who wish a true diagnosis of their case will be
given the same FREE. Write for symptom blank. Correspondence will
RECEIVE PROMPT AND CONFIDENTIAL ATTENTION. Wanted,
a lady to represent us in each town.
THYROID-LYMPH CO.,
Laboratory and Ccueral Offices,
500, 502 and 504 Bee Building. Omaha. Neb.
SPECIALS
$6 Buffalo and Return $6
on sai.l:
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays,
Tickets good In chair cars and coaches
only.
$13 Buffalo and Return -SI3
OAII.V.
$29 NewYork and Return $29
U.VII.V.
Tho Wabash from Chicago will sell
tli'Kcts at tho aliovo rates.
Attue from these rates tho Wabash
runs ihroUKti ttuins over lis own rmu
(rom Kunsus City, St. Louis and Chi
cago to Uuttalo and offera many spe
cial rates during tho, summer months,
Allowing stop-overs at Niagara Kails
nnd Uuifalo.
Ho bmo your tickets read via the
WAI3AHU HOUTK. For rates, roldeni
and other Information, call on your
nearest ticket agent or write
IIAHIIV 13. MOOIIKS,
den. Agt. Pass Dept.. Omaha, Neb.
Or C. S. CHA.VU,
Q. P. & T. A., St. Louis, Mo.
Howell'
No harking, ncez
Ing or roughing
around tho house
whero Antl-Kawf
Is kept. It Isn't merely a help, It's a euro,
and only ac a bottlo at drug store.
Anii-Kawf
Curse
OF
DRINK
CURED BY
White Ribbon Remedy
Can lie ictveu lu lilus of Water, Tea
or Coffee without ratieut'a
KuiMTlcclice,
White Illbbon Remedy wllj euro or destroy
the diseased appotlto for ulchoha stimu
lants, whether the patient Is a confirms!
Inebriate, "a tippler," social drinker or
orunkura. Impossible for uuyonu to have
an appctlt.. tor alcoholic liquors after using
Whlto Illbbon ItcmeUy.
UnUiimeil by Aieiuilera or W. V. T. IJ,
Mrs, Moore, buperlntendent of the
Woman's Christian Tcmperanca Union,
wutes: "1 havo tested White ltibbon
Hcmeuy ou very obstinate orunkurds, aim
the cures nave oeen many, in many cuscs
tno Hemody was given secrutly. I cheer
fully recommend uud enuorse White ltib
bon Itemedy. Mtrnuers of our Union ur
delighted to tlnd a practical and economical
treatment to aid us in our temperance
WMrs. West, president of the Woman's
fhriutlim 'iVinuerunco Union, states! "1
Know of so many people redeemed from th.
I curse of drink by the use of White ltibbon
Itemedy that 1 earnestly request you to give
, It a trial, for sale by druggists every
whore, or by mall, il. Trial package tree
by writing or culling on Mm, a. m,
Townsenil (for yeais Secretary of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union),
"J18 Tramont ht., Boston Mass, gold In
Omaha by Charles II, Schacfer, ICth and
1 Chicago streets.
MUX.
teiktwed
A. Mayer Co., tut
220 IEE BUILDING t
OMAHA. NEt. ffh
ttou ITU i
Re-No-May Powder
relieves and cures all disorders of th. f.el
4u to excessive perspiration.
Price 50 Cents.
Sold by druggists and glove dealers every
where. Hont by mall for 6c additional to
cover postage.
Wanted . .
A choice $3,000
to $5,000 loan for
private investor.
K. C. PETERS & CO.,
lice Bulldlnc.
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