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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1902)
2a TIIE OMAHA DAILY nnE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1002. MKDICAU Piles Cured without pain no rutting, tying or burning All blood, kldrey and bladrisr diseases cured: a guarantee riven In everv case mated by W. (.' Maxwell, M. to.. 6i'4 He Hldg , Omaha. Neb., graduate of Meiieviie Hospital Medical college. New on tity. MARRIED ladles, suffering from erregir larltles errd 4c to Dr. Pnrgcr. Htatlon A New York, for "Parker's Periodical Pills,' an unfailing specific -M6 DR. PRIFB treat sucresnfnlly all dl-rases ano irregiinrmea or women, from any cause. Fxperlenred and reliable. 15U Inlge street, Arlington block, Omaha Neb. Tel. 3233. '.-9 J19 LA I "IKS' Chlcheeter's Knell'h Pennvroval Pills are the beat; safe; reliable. Take no otner. Bend 4o, nimpn, for particulars. 'Relief for ladles' In letter hv return mall. Aak jour rlmgelat. Chichester t. nemieai uo., Philadelphia, I'a. MARRIED liulloe, suffering from Irregu. larltles send 4n to Dr. Parger, Station A New York, for 'Parker's Periodical Pills.' an unfailing specific. MZ36 DR. W. HUTCHINSON, specialist of women and children; 30 years practice. Office. 2205 Cuming. Retldenc telephone, F-27W; office, B-2H36. LADIES, I positively guarantee my Never Falling Krgo-Kolo Compound to safely relleva the longest, most obstinate case uriKe'i mummy sicxness in tnrea to five days without harm, pain or Inter ference with work. Only $1.50. Double alronuth 19 no l',14 ft- . U V. I Remedy ' Co., DP-61S Main' St., Kansas vny, mo. tR. PRIES, Ormn graduate, renowned ior mi skiii and experience In confine ments: cures aterllltv. Ion standing dls eases of uterus and ovaries, cures painful, profuse, retarded or suppressed menstru ation, from any cause, recent or of lonsr standing. Ladles who have suffered for years, hopeless and dejected, can be cured without operation or the hospital. If a personal Interview Is impossible stats your case fully. Inclone stamp and answer and advice will Promptly be given. Address n. v. i-ries, M. u., U13 Uouge St., Omaha, LADIES: Use our harmless remedy for delayed or suppressed menstrua tlon ; It cannot fall; trial free. ParUi Chemical v.o., AiuwauKte, wis. BISTERS In despair. If von have a sun presslon writ and I will send you the remedy which gve me relief. Mrs. Amanaa ureen, 218 state St., Chicago. DR. KRl'MEISTER'a Bo-riioi rio.troti,,. Is a certain, speedy, permanent cure for iirrvuu oeoiiuy in its various forms and from whatever can Be. restores lost vigor. Increases nerve force; price, $1.00, at tlrug- P"1". "r oy man upon receipt of price Valuable booklet free. Neumelster Funv ily Med. Co., Kansas City, Mo. CONSUMPTION, cancer, acute diseases, without knife, on children, man or wife. Prof. Johnaon, loth and Jones, Omaha. . 12i) 21 TYPEWRITERS. WHY pay more? Lambert. $25; superior to $100 machines. Sent on approval. Monroe & Co.. 811 N. 16lh St., Ornaha. 8S9 GOLD ASD SILVER PLATIKO. OM. PLATING CO.. Bee bldg. Tel 2535. 257 STAMMEniXQ AND STl'TTKRINQ. CURED. Julia Vaughn. 430 Ramga Bldg. -121 I'PHOI.STEniNG. OMAHA Furniture Repair. W'ks., KOI Far. nam. Tel. 248L U9 Janl PETERSEN & LUNDBURQ, 115 8. 17th. Tel. L-2368. M7 J7 CARLSON A CO., 2121 Leavenworth. Tel. yn. ms ji FLORISTS. HENDERSON, florist. 1519 Farnam St Tel. 12M. S13 A. NORLANDER. 70S So. 1th at. Cut flowers, bouquets, ferns, dishes, roping, wreath, Xmaa holly! MH39 24 MASdlKRADE COSTUMES. THEO. LIEBEN, 1018 Farnam, costumes. . Mll STATUARY. BUY your Christmas presents; selling out 712 South, mth. M575 23 BIASSAGIC. I FACIAL manages, $1.00. 1711 Dodge. Jan SIi. PAINTING. 6CIIROEDEP Sign Works. 2C9 S. 17th. We also ship signs. Wilte us. 376 JuneS HAND LAI NDRY. FAMILY wsshlng a specialty. 1318 N. 24th at Tel F13.3. O. W. Sampson. M5S5 J9 SIIOEMAKING. SHOES made for lame folk. J. T. Miller. N. lfith. M657 JS Ml SIC. TIIOS. J. KELLY, voice. Davldge Block. 3ttt FIHNISHEII ROOMS AND ROAKD. MERRIAM, comfortable winter home. Tel 83 F 853 LAW AND COLLECTIONS. ETILLMAN PRICE. 21 U. 8. N'l Bk. Bid. 101 NEW SNOW-CHURCH CO.. 1st floor N. Y. Life Bldg., attorneys and collector every where 102 NEB. COLLECTION CO., 305 N. Y. Life. U6i FIR DRESSING. O. K. GILBERT CO., tanners. 1424 8. 13th. 100 IIAIRDREMNU AND M ANICl RING. ADROIT Hair Bazaar. 1520 Douglas St. 64 Jan7 HATS RENOVATED. HATS dyed and blocked, latest style. Itamscr 4k Kerr, 20? N. 17th. Send hats by mall. M01S Jll CANDY AND CIGARS. ALSO school supplies and laundry office. Mrs. L. Dam I. Sro N. 24th st. MSg Jli HORSE RLANKCTS. HARNESS, saddles, suit cases and valises. Cornish, 1210 Farnam at Tel 2314 4 -17$ D2 SEEDS AND POULTRY SUPPLIES. E. II. ULLERY A CO., lfill Howard st. M-kiii .115 COAL AND FEED. J. B. HKAT11, 23t Cuming st Tel. 112569. M90S J19 LIGUTNINQ RODS. , OMAHA Lightning Rod Co., '.51! Webster fit, manufacturer of and wholesale and re tail dealers in copper cable lightning rods. STORAGE. OM. Van blor. Co.. ltU',, Faro. Trls. 15HM63. ji EXPRESSMAN'S Dot Co. Tel. U36-114&. PROPERTIES MANAGED. W. FARNAM SMITH & CO. Manage Estates and Other Properties Act as RECEIVER, EXECUTOR, GUARDIAN AND TRUSTEE for CORPORATIONS, FIRMS, INDIVIDUALS. and fiscal agents of CORPORATIONS. 1320 Farnam St. Tel. 1064. BAKERY. THREE LOAVES home made bread for lOo at Boston Bakery, 420 North 16th street 277-J4 GARBAGE. ANTI-MONOPOLY GARBAGE CO., cleans cesspools and vaults, removes garbage and c"ead animals at reduced prices. 6J1 N. 16th. Tel. 1779. 106 BRASS FOUNDRY. BRASS and aluminum casting, nickel plat ing and finishing. Specialty Mfg. Co., 11 N. Main St.. Council Bluffs. CARPENTERS AND JOINERS. A'.l kinds of carpenter work and repairing Jiromptly attended to. J. T. Ochiltree, uth and Lake streets. $70 I4ILWAY TINE CARD. BURLINGTON STATION 10TH A BIABON Burllnajton A Missouri River. Leave. Arrive. wymore. uea trice snd Lincoln .a 8:40 am bll:5S am Nebraska Expresi, a 8:40 am a 7:48 pm Denver Limited a 4:25 pm a 6:4S am Black Hills and Puget Sound Express all:10 pm a 8:10 pm Colorado Vestlbuled Flyer a 3:10 pm Lincoln Fast Mall b 2:52 pm a 9:17 am Fort Crook and Platta- mouth b 8:20 pm bl :05 am Pellevue & Pacific Jet. .a 7:50 pm a 8:27 am Bellevue A Pacific Jet. .a 3:00 am Kansas City, St. Joseph A Council lllnlTa. Kansas City Day Ex. ..a :4R am a :0S pm St. Louis Flyer a 6:10 pm all:05 am Kansas City Night Ex..al0.30 pm a 6:15 am Chicago, Burlington Jt Qalncy. Chicago Special a 7:00 am a 4:05 pm Chicago Vestlbuled Ex. .a 4:00 pm a 7:S0 am Chicago Local a 9:30 am all:O0 pm Chicago Limited a 8:06 pm a 7:20 am Fast Mall a 2:45 pm WEBSTER DEPOT IBTII A WEBSTER Frrmoit, Elkhorm A Mlasoajrl Valley. Leave. Arrive. Black Hills. Deadwood. Lead. Hot Springs a 2:00 pm a 6:00 pm Wyoming, Casper and Douglas d 1:00 pm 6:00 pm Hastings, York. David City, Superior, Geneva, Exeter and Seward. ...h 1:00 pm b 5:00 pm Bonesteel, Lincoln. Nio brara and Fremont. ..b 7:30 am blO:25 am Fremont Local c 7 JO am Chicago. St. Pant, Minneapolis A Omaha. Twin City Passenger. ..a :30 am a 9:10 pm Sioux City Passengei...a :00 pm all :?o am Oakland Local b 6:45 pm b 8:45 am Missouri Pacific. Nebraska Local, Via Weeping Water b 4:10 pm ol0:25 am a Dally. o Daily except Sunday. d Dally except Saturday. e Dally except Monday, c Sunday only. UNION STATION lOTH AND MARCY. Chicago, Rock Island A Pnclfle. EAST. Arrive, a 6.45 am a 9:35 pm a 5:05 pm bll:l am 1:25 pm a 4.55 am 6:00 pm al2:40 pm a 7:50 pm a 3:25 pm a 6:30 pm a 7:30 am a 3:40 am a 3:40 am bl2:50 pm a 6:15 pm b 9:35 pm Chicago Daylight Lfd .a 5:00 am Chicago Daylight Local. a 7:00 am Chicago Express ;.bll:15 am Dea Moines Express.. ..a 4:30 nm Chicago Fait Express... a 6:36 pm WEST. Rocky Mountain L't'd..a 50 nm Lincoln. Colo. Springs. Denver, Pueblo and West a 1 :3ft nm Colo., Texas, Cal. and Oklahoma Flyer a 6:20 pm Union Pacific. Overland Limited a 9:40 am The Fast Mall California Express a 4:20 pm Paclflo UxDrrsa all:30 nm Eastern Express i ne Atlantic lExprnos... The Colorado Sneclal . a 710 m Chicago Special Lincoln Beatrice and Btromsbiirg Express. .b 4:00 nm North Platte Local a 8:00 am urand Island Loca. b 6:3u pm Chlraan A Northwestern. "The Northwestern T.ln.' Fast Chicago a 8-40 am a 7:00 am a 8:.V) am a 3:50 pm al0:25 pm all :20 pm a 5:10 pm a 9:50 am a 4:06 pm a 8:15 am a 9:20 am a 2:40 pm o 1:50 am Mall a 8:00 pm I-ocal SIojx Cltv. ... a 8?m am Daylight St. Paul a 7:35 am Daylight Chicago a 8:K) am Local Chicago al0:55 am l ocal Carroll a 4:00 nm Fast Chicago a 6:50 pm r oat Ht. t'aul a 7:56 pm Limited Chicago a 8:10 nm Faxt Mall , Local Sioux City b 4:00 pm v anash. 6t. Loula "Cannon Ball" Express a 6:55 nm a 8:20 am al0:30 pm a 6:10 pm a 8:05 am bl0:S" pm alO:35 pm nl. b 8:40 pm a 7:50 am Bt. Louis Local, Coun cil tiium a :ia am Illinois Central. Chicago Express a 7:20 am Chlcseo, Minneapolis A St. Paul Limited a 7:B0 nm Mtrneapills A St Paul Express h T:20 am Chicago Express Chicago. Milwaukee A- St. Pi Chicago A Omshi Eg. .b 7:40 am Chicago Limited Ex a 1:00 pm Mlssnnrl Pnclflv. St. Louts Expres; a10:00 am K. C. and Bt. L Ex al0:60 pm a 6:75 pm a 6:15 am STEAMSHIPS. Raymond&Whitcomb's 19th ANNUAL TOUR OF OLD MEXICO WILL LEAVE JANUARY SI. AND A..B.K,;PND TOUH. VISITING THE MADRI OH AS ALSO LEAVES FEBRUARY 21. -Ae.a Fnt!r ti(n I- - . in . -------- ...o..- ,u Bjt--iKi private vestlbuled train of FINEST PULLMANS. PEXATE CAn TOURS TO CAI.I WINTER. 'RE L'ENTL Y DURING IDA. w EST INDIA CRUISE. January annual tour to egypt and Holy land January jl Writ for hfinklAt manfl..r.lr,. Clark street. ChTcaio DOMINION LINE 8PECIAL NOTICE Resumption of trlpa by the mammoth popular iwir-scrvw steamers Common wealth an New England, to the Mlnr ranitn from Boston, dlraot ta P.n.miir Algiers, Ovnoa, Naples and AiexaiiJr.a. typt. "New England" Jan. 17, Feb. 2 "Commonwealth". .Jan. 3. Feb. 14, March -J To Asorea. Naples and Genoa. "Vancouver" Jan. 19, Feb. 21 "Cambroman" Jan. 41. March il Proceeds through to Alexandria on Ills January and February vovagee. Also sailings Boston to Liverpool; Port land. M.. io Liverpool. For rates, book let etc., apply to Local Agent or COM i AN. X ueiriCU. Uearboru St, Chicago. TROOPS OF BACHELOR C1RLS They Overrun New York in All Their Glory and Aggressiveness. WINNING SUCCESS IN WORK-A-DAY WORLD Why They t ome front the West and South, What Their Experiences Are and W hat They Do. (Cfpyrlght, 1"2, by Kate Masterson.) New York Is tho tome of th bachelor girl. In no other city In the world does a girl dare to live alone and unchapcr oned, Inviting the criticism of friends and foe. The large studio buildings are peopled with three lone girl tenants, living singly and In groups of two and three on the co operative housekeeping plan, which means something weird and terrible in theso Adamless Edens. Beeldes these settlements of girl bach elors hardly an apartment house In the metropolis Is without at least one of theso women wage earners whose home Is perhaps the only Joy of her lonely ex istence. Not that tho bachelor maid Is an unsocial creature, but because one of the first lessons that she learns In her city experience la that she must he wary In the making of close acquaintance ships, which. If she bo In earnest in br work, she will find more of a persistent deterrent rather than a help, unless they are strictly of the right sort. The Bachelor Girl's' Loneliness. The loneliness of the girl bachelor Is a stern discipline to which she must learn to submit, a fact which Is rarely considered by the eager girl who comes to town with the ambition to succeed in a profession. One of the charms with which she Invents her life in the big city Is the congenial companionship, the hoBt of clever friends with whom she will be In touch. In variably she has cbme on from some dis tant city, south or west, with the Idea of pursuing her chosen work In New York. She leaves the safe environment of her home and friends and ventures into a strange world that she has pictured In her Imagination as an enchanted land with genial and open-hearted people. But the reality Is loneliness. The army of girls that come to New York each year, seeking employment which they could frequently find at home, has never been enumerated. It would be a bopelers task to attempt to estimate the thousands that during a year besiege the stage doors, newspaper offices and studio for, as a ruin, they select those profes sions that will best allow the putting forth of what they feel to be within them. The Antnmnnl Invasion of ftlrln. The spring sees a goodly number of these girl emigrants, but the autumn witnesses the strongest charge of the eternal girl on the ramparts of fame and fortune, as they picture them. With neat gowns and pretty hats, often made by their own hands, these girls throng into the avenues of profes sional life, eager-eyed, earnest and enthusi astic In the pursuit of the ideal that pos sesses them. They are vastly interesting and pictur esque, representing, as they do, an entirely new phase of femininity the girl strenuous, eager and anxtous to compete with her brothers In tho strife for place and pelf. Twenty years ago school teaching and dressmaking offered the only two oppor tunities to girls desirous of making a liv ing. Today these two vocations are far In the background from the modern girl's view of desirability. Even manicuring stands ahead of dressmaking In the favor of girls anxious to do things. Typewriting and stenography have displaced school teaching as a choice with girls, for It takes leas tlmo to fit them for the work, while returns are quicker and yield better results. The pretty typewriter, at first taken as a Joke, In re ality opened the door of the strenuous life for women. The Rnah Overdone. But the tremendous rush of girls for the metropolis In search of work has been very much overdone; and besides the coming of girls themselves, bunhels of letters arrive each day to editors and writers, asking for opportunities and chances In various fields. Olrls entirely unequipped for the struggle of work push on valiantly to the citadel, and one out of twenty survives. Very few of these girls are actually poor and In need of work. They start out as a general thing from comfortable homes with the idea that they can study music, art and literature better In the large city than In their native town. Usually these glrla have an allowance, large or small, from their people, and live on it until thoy find opportunities to make money and be self-supporting, although half of them re turn home and many go on the stage as a last resort, rather than as an ambition. The girl who comes to the city to enter the working field and secure a posi tion by which she may make money enough to live la a more legitimate comer on the field. She Is at once put to the test of what Is in her. She does not find it diffi cult to obtain work. These bright young faces and hopeful eyes find ready sympa thies with those who are in a position to help the girl applicant, who, with her southern drawl or western burr, betrays her newness to New York. They Find the Work Hard. Work In the professions in New York la no trivial matter to a woman. It means requirements that not one woman In twenty possesses In conjunction with one another. Physical strength is one of the first neces sities and the girl who has this Is apt to be handicapped by a too great fund of animal splrl'fl, fondness for fun and adventure, which will holp to keep her back If indulged In too much. Endurance, patience, serious purpc?e, keen perception and Intuition ard, above all, steady plodding Industry, with Im mense concentration cf thought a'l thse are required from the girl worker in New York. But ,acyone accustomed to talk to I.KCJAI. KOTICE. STOCKHOLDERS' MEKTINTJ Office of I ee-GlafK-Andreesen Hardware Company. Omaha Neb.. Dee. 13. Ii2 No tice Is hereby given to the stockholders of the Lee-Qlasg-Anrlreeeen Hardware eoin punv that the annua! meeting cf the stock holders of the rompuny will be held at the olTlorr of the ald corr.nany, corner of Nl'ith an.l Harney ureet. In the city of Omaha, In the state cf Nebraska, on Tuesday, jnn uary IS, A. D. )93. at 3 o'clock p. m.. for tho purpn.e jf electing a board of direct ors for the cctnpenv to serve during the ene'ilng yea, nnd to trar:nact such other business as may b presented at such meet- ln5- , . U J I KK- President. V. M. OLA89. Secretary. D18 DSft CITY OFFICIAL SJOTICKS. NOTICK. AIR OF CITY REAL FSTATE. Notice Is hereby given thst ten led pro pomUi will be received at the ciiv clerk's i Wee, ltnotn It, t'lty H.O!, Omaha. Ne branka, liT thn pur !inse of a strip f land ."h fe-t wide and lij fret long, li:-.g south i'f and ad.olnli aj lots 7 and . in blue. t'tty of Omaha, and bounded on the south ly Nicholas tret; mill pmponaN to l marked 'Troroala fer P'.irche of Real Kbtatr." and must b f.!. i on or befote MoniinV, "n'-inlK-r 2U. ::. at 2 o'clock p. m., at whU-h lime all M.ln will be opened. The city of Omalu reserves the right t reject any or all bids. Omaha, December 15, V)Z W. 11. ELBOl'RN". K-s-t City C e.k. 1 Ytf-isrmrtr-i 7V1 aTT In this age a little man's bigness often Is limited only by his ability to keep him self before the public On the other hand, many of the achievements that have con tributed to this nation's greatness and the world's progrees have been wrought out In quiet corners and byways, snd the world has known little of their authors until long after the achievement made the world richer and better, or until after the workee has been dead along enough to get Into the cyclopaedlns. John Frlti, the Ironmaster of Bethlehem, relates the New York Sun, lived long In obscurity before, through a dinner and a medal given to him at the Waldorf-Astoria the other night, the world learned that It was his genius which practically revolu tionized the iron and steel making of the world. But John Frits Is only one of .thou sands of men of genius In this and other landa who have lived and worked and achieved great things and the world has known little or nothing of them and their work. Since the dinner at which Mr. Frit was the gueot of honor the newspapers have made the Nestor of American rolling mills fairly well known to his fellow citiiens out side the iron and steel trade. None of the speeches made at the dinner, however, gave a very satisfactory notion of the kind of man this octogenarian really ta. Like many other great men, Mr. Frlti had few of the advantages of education with which to arslat him In his work. What he was able to accomplish was due largely to natural talents and to a atlck-at-ltlve-ness which knew no such thing as failure. Even with tho extensive latter-day ad vertising which Mr. Frltx ha3 been forced to receive It Is quite likely that few outside his own trade know JuBt why he Is re garded as so great a man by those engaged In Iron and steel manufacture. It seems tnat Isaac Holley, dead many yeans, and John Frltx, are conceded to be tho greatest Iron masters tho world ever produced. What Mr. Fritz did for the Industry was largely in tho way of Inventing rolling mill machinery. For instance, It waa supposed for many years that a steel beam or a steel rail could be rolled only through two rollers. When the beam or the rail had passed through these rollers once It had to be carted back to Its original posi tion and sent through the rolls again and again until it had assumed the required form. Mr. Fritz made up his mind that If two rolls could be used there was no very good reason why a third should not be super posed on the second and some mechanism arranged by which the piece of steel might pass through the first two rollers and be passed back automatically through the sec ond and third. The foreign steel makers laughed at such Lore of Rare Coins The coinage of an American $4 goldplece has probably excited more mall Inquiry from R, E. Preston, director of the mint, than any or all the other coinage of the United States. The minting of the coin, relates the Washington Post, was author ized by the coinage committee of the house of representatives In 1S78, as also what Is termed the golold dollar and gold metric dollar. The golold dollar, so-called, Is com posed of one part gold and twenty-four parts silver, making a total of twenty-five parts nine-tenths fine and weighing 268. The gold metric dollar (of 1878) Is also composed of one part gold, but has 16.1 parts silver and 1.9 parts copper, making a total of nineteen parts, and is in weight 14.2 grammes, while the standard metric dollar of 187!) contains 895.8 parts silver, 4.1 parts gold, 100 copper, making a total of 1,000 and tho weight of the coin 25 grammes. The Stella or $4 gold coin which belongs to this authorized series contains 6 grammes of pure gold, three parta silver and seven parts copper, making a total of seven grammes. There were but 450 of each of these coins struck, and they were distributed among the members of congress and a few officials, the price for the Bcries being $8 75 coin of the realm. It Is easily Inferred that none of the coins are In circu lation, nor will the United States pay their faco value for them, as stated by Director Preston. The presentation of these coins by their several holders In different parts of the country accounts for the numerous mall Inquiries addressed to the director of the mint a.i to their genuineness and also by numismatists, who desire to purchase specimens for the collections. In fact. It Is from this latter class that the greater part of the Inquiries come, as but few people outside the students or de votees of numismatics know aught of the coinage In question. It Is presumed that some of the original holders of the pieces parted with them to friends aa presents, and these presents or souvenirs being ex hibited by the grateful recipients, has given rise to the supposition that the mint lisued them In large quantities as a circulating medium. There Is a popular illusion as to the value of old and rare coins, of which numis matists in the business for profit naturally take advantage. Few know that copper those girls and receiving their letters soon learns that they have sunoylngly vague Ideaa of what Is meant by work In any field. They fancy, a great many of them, that It ia possible to step Into positions that will carry authority, large salary and easy times without serving any apprenticeship. They Invariably associate success with un limited time to play. They have an idea that there Is a quick road to mountain tops, !f cne can only find the way. They learn In time, If they remain in the field, that success built on any but solid foundations. Is no success at all, and that truth must prevail In this as In every other purpose cf life. The Bachelor Girl's Home. The home question the bachelor girl dis poses of at first by settling in a boarding house, a life that Is drearier than any other In a city. Bhe moves In an atmosphere of art that gives her a certain glamor to oth ers as well ss herself. If it were all a Joke, the girl who could afford It would find plenty of real enjoyment out of this debut in professional life. In a short time the boarding house proves uncongenial and the girl bachelor flees to the studio building, which is not always as comfortable even as the hall bedroom that she leaves. But there Is freedom In the new plan, and sometimes a restaurant in the building does away with the necessity for cooking meals. These makethlft homes are always attrac tive In their unconventional furnishing. Llfo In this fashion is picturesque, but It Is an odd Bohemian existence that the business girl gives up for a small apartment as soon as she feels that she can afford the dignity of a real home. But before she reaches this point she has serious work before her, filled with discour agements and disappointments under which none but a sturdy spirit can endure. It It unfair to paint rose-colored pictures of the a proposition and said It not only could not be done, but that It was absurd. While tho foreigners were thus having their fun with the genius of Bethlehem, Mr. Frlti was at work upon the machinery and soon had It Installed and In running order. To day his Invention Is used In every rolling mill of any consequence In the world. Those who know him best say that John Frlti has owed his success principally to the fact that, while he has always recog nlied his own ability, he has known equally well the limitations that have been put upon him by his lack of education. Soveral years ago, before he retired from active business, ho was showtng some meehantcal engineers, all graduates of technical sehoola, through the Bethlehem plant. While the engineers were examining the great engloa In one of the mills, Mr. Frlti said: "When I get a contract for a new engine I always want to have all the educated brains I can get to help me. You know what brains I've got are In the rough. They never had any gr.hool polishing. "I want the best trained draftsmen 1 ran got to draw the plans, and I want the best mathematicians I can get to cipher out the stress and strain of the various parts, and then I want the beat men I can get to set It up. Then, after all the work has been done, I take a walk around her, look her all over and say: " 'Well, boys. Is she all right?' "Then everybody will say that every thing Is all right. I ask the mathematicians If they are sure their figures as to stress and strain are all right, nnd they are abso lutely sure. The draftsmen are sure that their plans were all right and the fellows that set her up are sure that all the parts have been put together properly. Then I say: " 'Well, let's start her up, then, and see why the darned thing won't work." " Another man who has done much to boost along the world's progress and la comparatively unknown outside a very lim ited circle, is Alexander E. Brown of Cleve land. There Is hardly a mine of any kind, anywhere, whose development has not been made possible, or at least much more profitable and easy, because of his In ventive genius. He has Invented and made more heavy labor-saving machinery than any other man In the world. All of his inventions have been wrought out on the principle of saving time and saving money in the handling of materials at mines, docks, Iron and steel plants, shipbuilding yards, structural works and railway terminals. Of his Inventions It has been said that they have so reduced the cost of transpor tation In this country by water and rail, coins of certain dates will sell for 100 times more to the collector of coins than a gold plece of the same date, or that an American cent with the date 1786 will bring a better price than a goldplece of the reign of Tra jan, Hadrian or the Antonlnes. This Is easily aocounted for, so far as the Roman coins are concerned. The ancients secreted their hoardings In the ground, and when ever these hoardings are discovered In mod ern times, large quantities of the same Issue or mintage are obtained at one time. Thus the rarity of the coin, which gives Its value Is destroyed by the quantity found. An American cent of 1786 will readily sell for $200, while a half penny of 1795, bearing ths legend "payable at London, Liverpool or Bristol" Is worth $300. The fancy prices paid for rare coins be came Inducements to the forger and coun terfeiter to go Into the business of coining them, snd It Is only the expert numis matist who can, in a great many cases, detect the spurious from the genuine. This be does with the aid of a powerful magnify ing glass, it Is worthy of note to recall the fact that the Roman laws punished the counterfeiter with death. It waa com paratively easy work for the ancient coun terfeiter to float his spurious coinage, as the genuine, for the government coinage waa a crude pioductlon, at best. The American dollar of 1804 Is about the best specimen of the modern forger's art, and the numismatist alone can detect the fraud. The dollar of 1801 is used by the forger, who removes the figure "1" and Inserts the figure "4." The first mint established In Boston In 1652 was sixteen feet square and ten feet In height, but the first coin was struck for the colonies In 1616, In memory of Sir George Sommers, who was lost off the Bermudas or Sommer Islands In 1612. These coins were made In England, and consisted of brass shillings, slxpennles snd three pennies. In this day of Impoverished Immigrants It Is refreshing. It it is not astounding, to know that an Irish Immigrant to New Jersey In 1682 brought such a quantity of metallic oolns of various denominations that their circulation was authorized by law as the circulating medium of the colony. The Irish Mark Newby shillings In Maasachusetts met with as decided an opposition as they had in Ireland. King Charles had sold the privilege to Newby to coin snd circulate these debased coins struggle that women find In their first at-1 tempts to gain a footing in the professions. Nothing worth while Is gained without ef fort, and the spurious successes of the stage, of literature and other walks, where results are obtained by certain forms of booming, fall to the earth like punctured balloons when their brief authority Is over. Mescaline Characteristic Demanded. The fact that such successes are manu factured and maintained with apparent se curity Is one of the severest trials that the girl, working legitimately, will have to contend with. People talk and writs of the temptations of dramatic life, but the fact Is, that the stage Is no more filled with such opportunities than other vocations. The right-minded girl will learn to value success properly ss she advance and while her progress may aeem slow it will be the surer. 8o it ia not the difficulty in obtaining employment, the poor rate of wages or the drudgery of toll that prove ths real obstacles In the path of the strenuous girl. The chief trouble will be the con stant demands upon her for qualities of character that are rare In women the same qualities which moke the successful man. Women are not pbyilrally fitted for the workaday world, but for the borne life, and the most eminent women lawyers, doc tors snd actors are always women whose health has enabled them to stand th strain. The Girl with the Hardest Row. Perhaps the girl with the hardeat row to hoe Is the young woman with a voice. She gains some fame and reputation at tome In a cburrh choir, perhaps, and, spurred on by stories of sudden fame, aha comes to town with the notion that she will become a Calve, a Melba, or a Pattt. She may have a good but not a powerful voice, and she begins her task of finding a hearing. The atnging girl has always a peculiar mental caliber and big Ideas. 2 I Few Outsiders and have so reduced the cost of labor at blast furnaces and steel works, ship yards and bridge wo. ks, that, although the rate of wages Is the highest, the cost of labor to the ton of produce In the United States Is now the lowest of any like Industry In the world. The only other rival In this or any other country to Mr. Brown In the way of In venting and making labor-saving machinery Is Duane H. Church, the matter mechanician of the American Watch company of Wal tham, Mass. Probably not a dosen people outside those engaged In the making of watches had ever heard of Mr. Church until 100 captains of American Industry were Invited to meet Prince Henry of Prus sia at the memorable luncheon at Sherry's last February. Mr. Church's Inventions, from the very nature of the business which they have revolutionized, are Infinitely more delicate In adjustment than those of Mr. Brown While a piece of Mr. Brown's mechanism will lift a ton of coal, a piece of Mr. Church's mechanism mill pick up a hair. It has been said of Mr. Church's machines that they do everything but talk. Most men of science know about Prof, Albert A. Mlchelson of the department of physics In the University of Chicago. If one were to walk up Broadway, however, during the rush hour and ask every man and woman he met between the city hall and Twenty-third street If he or she had ever heard of Albert A. Mlchelson. It Is probablo that the great physicist would be found to be an unknown personality to 999 out of every 1,000 of whom the question was asked. And yet Prof. .Mlchelson has measured ths speed of light. Investigated the effect of the motion of the earth through space on that speed, showed how many waves of light could be utilized as an exceedingly delicate and accurate method of measure ment as well as a powerful Instrument of research, devised a method whereby a light wave may be made an absolute and In variable ultimate standard of length snd made a new spectroscope more powerful than any hitherto known. These are only a few of the men who have lived and worked for the advance. ment of civilization and the making of progress, and the world, while using the products of their brains every day, has known little or nothing of the personalities which made those producta possible. The fact that they are generally unknown has probably not disturbed any of these men, or others like them, to the slightest degree, but because the fact Is a fact, an other Illustration Is furnished of the truth of the saying of Hon. Tody Hamilton: "If you want to let folks know you're living you must paint It across the sky." Some Freakish Mintage by the United States. In Ireland, but the king was finally com pelled, by the opposition of the people, to withdraw the privilege, and repay Mr. Nowby the sum exscted for the franchise. Newby then cams out to ths colonies and endeavored to circulate his shillings. The governor and the crown's representa tive were Instructed by order of King Charles to aid Mr. Newby, but the coin circulated under Such protest that ths profits of the undertsklng were too small for a profit all round, and the Newby coinage disappeared. The Newby shillings bear on the obverse side a royal harpist kneeling before a crown. The reverse, St. Patrick, with dou ble cross, driving the reptiles before him. It may bo proper to notice that the United States has coined other non-circulating coins besides the $4 and $1 goldpteces men tioned. There was a mintage of 500 silver dollars In 1794, bearing on the obverse side a military bust of Washington and on the reverse side an eagle standing with ex tended wings. There were only sixty quar ter eagles coined In 1796, while the first gold coins struck by the United States were 744 half eagles In 1795, and not until 1807 was the value of the coin struck stamped upon them. The $3 gold coins authorized by con gress In 1853 were minted up to snd ss late as 1889, when their coinage was discon tinued. They are worth but little over their face value to collectors. The confederate silver half dollar, coined In New Orleans will bring a higher price. The half dollars escaped the fate of the coins prepared for the confederacy Im mediately previous to the outbreak of the civil war, and In preparation of that event. The foderal government captured the coin age at the outset, so thst not a single piece (silver half dollars) got In circulation. Uncirculated coins that Is, coins minted Tor numlsmalologlsts or coin collectors are worth only their face value If worn, but If kept bright snd clean will bring fancy prices. Rare coins are classified In numis matics ss "proof," "fine," "good," "fair" and "poor." Proof coins are struck, ss stated, for coin collectors. The planchet and dies srs polished before the coin Is struck, giving it a mirrorlike or burnished surface. The mint makes a small charge for this, but the numismatist can only se cure the favor the year of Issue, or during the coinage of tbs circulating coin for the specified year. She ends by tsklcg s plsc In s choir or else she Joins the chorus. 'The girl reporter who begins at the foot of the ladder has to work right well In order to make a living. She must work In all weathers, must sleep and eat Irreg ularly and lose much of her sensitive re finement In the Inevitable contact with all sorts snd conditions of men. The girl typewriter, the young woman who decorates china, and she who makes cotillion favors, all have their own troubles, great and small. Some lines of work are more sheltered than others, snd theae srs by far ths most desirable. There Is no highroad to success, snd, often ss this Is written, it csnnot b re peated too often. When you hesr a woman state that she has never experienced sny of the hardships and disillusions of life in her work, whatever it may be, you may be sure that she Is uttering a falsehood. Some women make a practice of writing and speaking in this strain. They Insist that a woman can go Into any business field and maintain all her beliefs, her faith In hu manity snd her femininity ss securely ss in her home life, but this la ths exception rather than ths rule. It Is bettor that girls should understand the dangers before embarking en such a sea. If a girl can act. slug, paint or writ with any skill she will do it. If she la required to work for money, she will utilize ber talent; but it Is a mistaken Idea thst tbs woman who turns Into a bsppy domestic harbor and makes wifehood and motherhood her profession abandons her "art." There Is very fine art In the making of a home. Of the host of girls who come on from the south or west bow many survive? And the few who gain a place are always anxious and ready to drop the parchment of the lawyer, the crown of th atage queen or the pen of the' poet to sing the crsdl song of som happy fireside. It Is ss It should b. Tbs woman first snd lastl Nothing can change It, and the girl who realizes this snd keeps thst stsr In view seeks the best career. The women who achieve are tho first to admit this trsth. The girl feverishly striving to lesve her home snd Ita environments to pursue a wlll-'o-the wisp that in reality she knows nothing of will always seem like a butterfly beating out Its life sgalnst s wheel. RAtK WOODS CHRISTMAS. With Christmas In the near future, t go back In memory to the first Chrlftmas spent In "Yankeedom." It was In 1S47 at the home of my uncle in tho backwoods of Ohio. Uncle's house, or cabin, was built of round logs Just ss they wre cut from the foreat. Not many settlers had attained to the position of a hewed log house. In one end of the cabin there was a largo open fireplace, with an Iron bsr extending from one side of it. To this bar, or crane, as It was called, was sttsched chains snd hooks on which were hung iron pots snd kettles used In cooking. Back In the fireplace there were two great iron "dog irons." used for suppoitlng ths logs of wood of which ths fire was made. This one fire snswered ths double purpoM of cooking and heating, there being no other one In the house. It rarely went out at night. Ths chunks being cov ered at bedtime with aehes. were usually in good condition for starting ths morn ing fire. In this fsr bsck time matches were al most unknown to backwoods people, being scarce and very high priced. If by bad luck or mismanagement the fire did go out some members of the family took a ahovel and went to the nearest neighbor and begged a few live coals for a starter. When the wood was damp and thara were no pin knots to light the cabin at night a small iron lamp with a cotton strip for a wick, filled with lard or turkey oil, furnished light. These lamps were queer little things, very small and flat, holding not more than two tablespoonsful of melted lard or turkey oil, and suspended by a chain attached to a small flat Iron bar that was sharp at one end, that It might be conveniently Inserted in the cracks between the logs. The day before Christmas uncle set out to find a turkey for the next day's fesst. Not to any market, or well-filled coop did he go, but into the dense forest that surrounded his cabin. After a few hours tramping through the deep snow he re turned with as fine a specimen of wild tur key as ever gladdened a hunter's heart. Early on Christmas morning tho turkey was prepared and suspended by s strong cord attached to the mantle shelf, so that it hung In front and quite near the fire. The heat soon set the turk?y to revolving and kept It so until It was cooked brown and tender, requiring no care only an oc casional basting from the pan of drippings below. In due time the vegetables, po tatoes, turnips and beans, that were cook ing in the pots suspended over the flro and the nice brown ring of sauBage from the dutch oven on the hearth were lifted from their respective places snd transferred to the table made ready for Its savory bur den. The turkey was taken from Its con spicuous position, the gravy made and all present Invited by aunt to "set up." To the already mentioned substantial were added golden apple sauce, apple butter, cucumber pickles, pumpkin pie, doughnuts snd wild grape preserves. Home made bread, butter and biscuits, with sweet cider, milk, coffee and real cream made the meal one worth remembering. Ths coffee served was a luxury, as it was only used on very extra occasions, being 60 snd 70 cents a pound, and the nearest placs of obtaining it fifteen miles distant. Maple sugar of home manufacture was the sugar In general use In those days. If there was loaf sugar In the house It was kept for babies and sick folk, as It was expensive. One pound of It put up In cone- shaped, heavy, purple paper cost $1. The tablo on which this diuner was served was a stiff home made affair and bunches of the same workmanship were used for seats, the split-bottomed chairs being too low. There waa no use for waiters, every- tning being set on the table. Uncle "cut up" the turkey and helped the plates as they were passed to him. When it was time for dessert Aunt cut the pies and handed them to the one nearest her and they passed them to the next. The dough nuts and preserves were served in the same manner. There were no change of plates and no dessert dishes. The coffee cups hsd saucers which were freely used both for cooling and drinking the coffee from. The steol table knives and forks were very small, especially the two-tined forks, so n eating many kinds of fcod It was necessary to convey It to the mouth with the knife. I cannot do itlntlen to tM nMuilmi Christmas feast without making mention Of th table Cloth, which ndrinit mnr-ti In Its attractivenesa snd gav a delicate finish or refinement to the whole. It was not satin damask nor even Irish linen, but simple home made linen of the huckaback pattern, edged with knit lace, the work of my aunt and her daughter. With their own hands they had assisted In the work of planting and pulling the flax, binding It into sheaves, spresding It on the meadow grass to tender, gathering it In, breaking, scutching, hacklelng, spinning, then boil ing and bleaching tho thread, and afterward weaving the lluen and knitting tho lac that composed the table cloth that th very dalntest lady In our land would be proud to own. Tbs plain way that my uncle and his family lived in those days, "away back in th forties," was s wonderful revelation to me, s young girl, reared In a southern stats where there was no lack of colored serv ants ever ready to do ths bidding of ths "young missus." Sines that far back day I have dined at many fine tables In fio house with fine people, but to my notion the excellence of that dinner served so plainly In a log cabin has not been eclipsed by sny modern style. As I write thla sim ple story I wonder if any who read it will be carried back In memory to the days of their youth snd wonder, ss I do, "are ws sny happier for all the fuss and worrf incident to our present way of living?" MRS. E. J. BP.ITTCN. TUB REALTY MARKET,' INSTRUMENTS placed on record Satur day, December 20: Warranty Deeds. Msry I. Hutchinson and husband to Sarah A. Ulenn, lot 16, block 6, Pad dock Place $2,00$ J. C. Moore and wife to Jan Strlbllng, lots t and 3, Moore's suhdlv SOS D. C. Percy and wife to C. A. Magnu son, s'i of nsiVi feet of wU8 fret of sH lot 20. J. I. Redlck s add., and U of tii2 feet of s4 block 11, subdiv" of J. I. Redick's add j &0 Aetna Trust company to C. B. Prltch- ' ard, block $7 and other property in Florence f ooO Mary C. t'hadwlck and husband to H ' F. Hamann, w22 feet of lots 21 and 5 RoVa t.l uAA J. C. Havemeyer and wlfe'to H.' FrcM- nmn, ny, 101 ju, diocr 7, Kounlle A R.'s add., and a strln adlitt,inv c-n Q. Hrueker and wife to J. F. Wuerth'. m leri 101 j anil m feet of etO feet lot 2, block 2, Campbell's add l.ios Quit Claim Deeds. Commercial National bank to C. A. moiiiuiuii, iiuuivvi or itt or nh.'Vi ten of wllSH feet of sH lot 20. J I Redick's add , and undlvU of s of nv, feet of sH block 11, J. I. Red- PUIJUIV C. 8. Montgomery et al to Aetna Trunt ?mE".1S'' '"1" 4L 4- " n'' 17. b ook 14. and other property In Fior- uw Total amount of transfers .$ 10 ST "V.ai. vWjBtiHrSMaW '