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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1903)
THE OMAHA DAILY TJE.E: SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1003. SOC VEILINGS AT 15 CENTS 25c and 15c Handkerchiefs at lOc and 5c Ladies' and men's plain hemstitched and hand embroidered initial handkerchiefs, genuine Irish 5 linen, worth 15c and 25c, J.V-CJWl3w All liberty silk and Bilk chiffon veilings with ilk embroidered polka dots, also silk Tuxedo .net veiling, black and colored, regular 50; quality at 15c il ll I l l l . J zzir Splendid Millinery Values 91.75 TRIMMED STREET HATS AT 29c KSSMMgBV On Saturday morninff promptly at eleht. we will sell tbe finest lot of Street Hats at the price ever ehown in Omaha. These bats arq the over-pro-doctions and samples of several of America's, largest manufacturers and were bought by us at about 15c on the dollar the same styles of hats are now being sold by milliners' at $1. 75 , Saturday '. 29 $10 and $12 Dress Hats at. ..... $ r- $10 and $l2.Tailore. Hats at.... O.iU Grand mark-down sale of a large number of ' very, fine Dress Hats which have been $10 and $12. Among these hats are also a very ' choice selection of high grade Tailored Hats, the real smart kind. Your choice Saturday at 675 Beautiful Trimmed Hats We are showing an entirely new line ot Trimmed Hats for ladles and misses burnt shades) white and black, alao light blue hats, In splendid profusion. These lines of hats regulHriy J ftf 1 tft 1 E priced should be 5. and 18 4i7 D'Jt 3U'.4 ) tomorrow Children's Trimmed Hats at $1.49 Several hundred pretty hats for children made of" Cuba braid and trimmed with white silk, A laces and flowers a real 2.60 leTT-Vr value $1 Leghorn and Cuba Hats 39c and 49c Several thousand fine quality Leghorn, and 'Cuba Hats these hats are those soft . braid kinds which can be shaped so easily for in -if ladles, mlsaes and children J1.00 4'C.lvC values-at Tv uw 111 the Busy Flower Section f 1 bandies French Flowers iiile 6O0 Daisy Wreaths lfte COe bonehes Black Flowers IBe 5t anaches Red Popples ISc t)l bnach French Grapes 35c Everything that's good Everything that's new in EVERY WIDTH Oxford Ties EVERY LAST ' More than 250 new styles. More than 200 new ideas. We show more new styles than all the rest of the stores put together. Every pair absolutely new this season, made to our special order by the finest oxford makers in the world. Specials for Saturday selling Surpass Kid Oxfords in thin, medium and heavy soles, hand sewed, with plain or tip toes, in all the new lasts, in all the new heels new Spike Oxfords, new Rocker Oxfords, new Empire Ox fords, new Gibson Ties, new Button Oxfords, Coloniettes, etc. $2.50,$3,s3.50,$4,55 3000 pairs Concinnats Oxfords, made to retail at $2.50 and 3, in over 26 different styles, all sizes $ and' widths, go at... . 2,800 pairs Ladies' Oxford Ties, in eighteen different styles, all sizes and all widths go at 1.98 $1.59 SPECIAL SALE CH. C- HQ. t CS 4 OCT slippers o zc a 1. IJ,1.U CHILDREN'S Saturday Sale of Suits and Skirts Ladies' $20 Spring Suits at $8.90 Extraordinary offeror 200 $19.00 and $20.00 aprnj; uiu, ma (ookni siyies, snaaeg and fabrics, beautifully trimmed at 8.90 V m mm ' M . ladies Spring Suits at $11.90 & perfection In style, workman -g -f afX "V Svi laterlala. very swell novelties I I KJm I I h-jsk i $23.00 suits at LLmZTVJ P,t& New Department On the Third Floor. Hair. Dressing and Manicuring V8 invite ths Udls of Omaha and vMnHv to visit our nw department. The prettiest Hair Dressing and Manjcurlng' Parlors In the-clty. Everything new. EXPERT WORK LADIES. PRICES VERY REASONABLE. WE CARRY A COMPLETE AND BEAUTIFUL, L1INE OF HAIR GOODS Grand Sole of Men's Spring Furnishings ISe Linen Collars at lc-25c Llnn Cuffs. Pair, 3c 10 000 dosen Linen Collars and Cuffs all the new, up-to-date styles an c slses collars worth l&o tomorow only Cuffs linked and round all sixes worth J6o a pair tomorrow " fa?) . SB Tecks and Pour-In- Hands tomorrow luw 50c Tecks and Four-ln- Hands at only ' 23C' and 33c Shield Bows at 10c -Shield Bows latest sad most sensible tie for sprlnjr entire overstock, of New York manufacturer newest Ap patterns of silk-at.' lJ 25c $1.00 Underwear at 35c Famous Williams Bros, Underwear, just the weight you want for lata spring and early summer-great early season bargain chanca 75o and 11.00 quality at OOC $1.00 Negligee Shirts at 80c Fancy figures and stripes of the, swell shirt-. 50c Ing for summer two separata collars or collars attached at. v Big Sale of Shirt Waists at 95c arid 69c Thousands of beautiful shirt waists of all the late dainty and real linen waists swell tailor-mado waists attractive ittractlve patterns llmltv walsta pretty white waists etc Including the FAMOUS GEISHA SHIRT WAISTS 1 worth as high sb 1 nd $2.5 hi 95c-69c Summer Underwear at 25c, 15c, 10c, 5c 25c-15c-10-5c tor- The highest ship and materials $22.90 and $23.00 suits at BIG SALE OF SKIRTS The correct fashionable skirts to wtar with the new shirtwaist, all eptcialty made and lighter than ordinary separate skirts, en tirely new and highly fashionable. Dress and Golf Skirts Cheviots, meltons, etc, ry Qf with and without drop Hnln7 worth up to t6s'vF Voiles and flobalr Skirts with new hip yoke, side pleats and other late novelties, newest colors, worth up A fi toJIO.OO, at 4.VU Voile, Etamlne, Sicilian Skirts highest point cf rect style, with and without drop linings, I Cf worth up to 112.60, at OsVll $15 and $17.50 Jackets, corset coats. Honte Carlos blouses, etc. swell cloths and colors, no H jja two alike, manufacturer's samples, .at OU Superb Display and Sale of Summer Suits and Skirts Wonderful showing of the very newest and prettiest summer effects in wash suits and skirtsbutchers linen, linen crashes, India linens, swisso?. chambrays, foulards, pongees, etc. An elaborate showing of dainty modes. New shirt waist suits at 98c, $1.25, $1.98 and 3.98 j L,r?n.hLrt, Wf,8t u,t" at $M8, 'J'OQ Taffeta and foulard summer suits sCflG'H $7.50, $4.98 and ...O.VO $13. $12.50, $9.98 and O.O .nu.. .men ana swiss suns at s 12.50, A Qft Shantung and pongee suits, $19. ( ftQ $8.98, $6.98 and 4 . V O $ 1 5. $ 12.50 and . 9 V O mmm mm Ladles', misses', children's and boys' light weight underwear Just the desirable weight for late spring and early summer drop stitched Usle Indla gauze etc worth up to 60c at . Special Ribbon Sale Saturday 35c Black Satin Back Velvet Ribbon at 15c-Nos. 12, 16 and 22, result price, 26c, 80c . H and Uoc on pale tomorrow at. a yard luw 15c Black Satin Back Velvet Ribbon at 3k-No. 1, 2, 3 and V jrood giade of black satin back velvet ribbon, all width, tomorrow, ayard ? , 3Ic 35c All Silk Taffeta Ribbon at 15c Strictly all silk, heavy wash taffeta ribbon, the kind you always pay 35ofor, In every colors ? of the rainbjw tomorrow, at ....Ow Hosiery, Fast Black and Tan 15c-10c-6y2c Ladles' men's, children's and boys' hosiery plain and nne heavy ribbed many styles of lace effects worth up to 25c at ........ .......... $1.50 kid Gloves at 59c . -a. " , r'..?r-t '' '' New shipment of the finest kid gloves all the late shades 2 and s-clasp effects many real kid leather i .. . usually Mil at 11.50 Tomorrow, at nvtrr ..v ... 50o AND 75c CORSETS 8tralght Front effects t 1 ' and . girdles laca trimmed at J-j f -' 59 c :.:..25c 25c Fancy Taffeta Ribbons at 5c One biff lot of white and cream fancy jacquard weave, E? iour-inch taffeta rbon, goes tomorrow at, ayard OC $1.50 Shirt Waist Sets at 25c Great Saturday Sale in Jewelry. Genuine Parisian noveltiee in t he extremely fathionable tl of thirtwaiet buttons, very fortunate deal we have secured a . , K Famous Importers Entire Sample Line These dainty pins come in thousands of beautiful designs HAND CARVED BEAUTIFULLY INLAID-CLEVER IMITATIONS Ot BAND PAINTING every set artistically wrought Hundreds of different shades to . match any shirt waist no shirt wat eostum complete without these new pins , - woru u uiuca h ilovbi kivsi, ui(i--w"uurcu -. ' I.OOO Purass and Psckctbooks Worth lOc. TSc and $l-at 2Sc Through a Our New Tea and Coffee Dept. (trashed Boston Java and Mocha Beleot JUo Leader Blend has no equal for .. Boston Blend fine drink Cucuta Blend a delicious drink . Golden Rio lOo WHO 15c lOo 25c 260 Maracalbo SOc Boston Java ' 80c Boston Java and Mocha none .better at any price 35c B. F. Japan, 8. F. Japan. Eng. Breakfast, Golone: and Y. liyson, worth 40c, all go at 30c Boston Blend Ice Tea 46c Our beat Teaa all go at 65c 1-ounca full weight EXTRACTS-ANY FLAVOR-NONE BETTER. 15o 4-ounce full weight , 30c $5 Sofa Pillows at $1.98 Each One big lot of finished Bilk Sofa Cushions some of them are all silk and foulards, others beautiful hand embroidered in floral designs on nne satin ticking some of them burnt leatner an witn Deautuui an siik rumes some of them finished with heavy cible cord all of them tilled with best cushion down nono worth less than 15.00 all complete foi' '. j Lin ucaing some 1.98 75c Porch Cushions 39c Sateen and denim covered fancy rut fled Porch Ciishions, all complete ready for use, at, each 39c Specials in Drug .Dept. Small size Juvenile SDap cake 3o Large size Juvenile Boap, cake 4U1 Soap, cake 10o Elder Flower Boap, eke tc 26c Carter's Liver Pills Hd tie Bromo-8clter ....193 tl Ayer's Hair Vigor.. 74o 25o Packer's Tar Soap.Mo 25o CastaretU lfo -qt. Hot Water Bottle49o L-qt. Fountain Syringe 493 Good Bulb Sy rings ...30o Williams Shaving Soap 5c Colgate's Shaving Soap 5a Peruna J rinkham's Vg. Comp.6o Bath Cabinets complete ...2.j Saturday Candy Specials 1 Sticks Candy for A pound box of fins Marshmallows Snow Drops pound Jelly Beans pound Cream Caramels pound Trilby Cups pound Pure Lemon Drops pound Exposition Mlxed-pound Chocolate Creams pound Home-mad Fudge pound Ice Cream Soda for .. Co .12ic . 1 C . 10c .UH) .It j . Lr. . l ie . VOc . 20C . to BDSCH TELLS OF B00DL1NG Tomer Btate Senator Makes Sweep'ng Confession in St. Lonli. INVOLVES. NAMES OF PROMINENT PEOPLE Destr for Peace from Mental Tortaro Drives Him to Tell All 'Ho Kaows of LegtslatlTO Crookadaess. ST. LOUIS. May 15. Unable to bear th strain of mental torture which he says he baa suffered since the grand jury investiga tion into legislative Doodling was instituted, former Btate Senator Fred L. Busch went before Circuit Attorney Folk this afternoon and made a complete and far-reaching con fession of his connection with corrupt deals extending over a period of eight years. Buach's declarations involve several men of prominence, and ha names those who have boon conspicuous at the state capltol as distributors ot boodle. Later Busch waa taken before the grand Jury, where he remained an hour. When he emerged from the Jury room tears were rolling down his cheeks. With his face burled In his handkerchief, he hurried down the steps and mad his exit. "I will give you. until Monday to tell all jrou know about boodllng," was the ulti matum which Circuit Attorney Folk served on th former senator the other day. "All right. Mr. Folk." replied Busch, "I Will think it all over. It baa worried m a good deal." Most Boodl Or I had to do those things." said Busch In rooitlng hut story to th circuit attorney. Thar were circumstance that either made fellow money or made him get th worst X It." Busch then went on to narrate his con section with legislation four years ago. He prefaced his remarks by saying that all sorts of money waa used at that time to influence legislation. "Money." he aald. "was offered on nearly everything of Im nortanc. Th staam railroads wer very busy and their representative paid us." ' Busch named several, senators who pro fited handsomely from legislation at the 1SJS session and Included one or two who ar members of th present aaaombly. He broke down twic whll conferring with Mr. Folk, and, weeping bitterly, aald "I am telling the things only to as my mind.- Poing back to th thirty-eighth assembly, whan th bill to treat a school book com mission was on ot th principal Issue be for th legislature. Busch said that th school book trust put up a big fund. "I got Sl'.OOO," he said, "and others got just aa much, and some maybe more." "On one occasion," he aald, "there was resolution presented to have all bills held In committee. I got 1250 for holding up that resolution." 'Killing bills by smothering them In com mute was very common." he said. Because of th statute of limitations, which prevents prosecution three years after the crime Is committed, none of th men against whom Busch has testified can be indicted. Makes flS.OOO oa Side. 'I am willing to tell everything," said former Senator Busch to circuit Attorney 'Folk. "I have boodled practically from the first week of the 1889 session, in 1897 I received money for voting for th school textbook bill. ' In 1889 Bchwelckardt paid me 1260 for re fusing to call up a resolution demanding trlat certain bills be reported. I got 1500 for my vote on the St. Louis transit bill. I reoelved a salary from the lobby to take car of th railroad and other legisla tion, usually amounting to about 1700 for the session. As near as I can figure l made about 116,000 out of my legislative experience. No on knows how much I suffered during the past few weelta. 1 am sincerely sorry." This, In substance, la a part of Busch s written statement mad to Circuit Attorney Folk. He has corroborated much of th confession by former Senator Bchwelck hardt. Buach's confession is far more de tailed that than of Bchwelckardt. Ha goes much mor deeply Into th work ings of th corruptionlsts who have fig ured In legislation In the past five years. Busch was first elected to the Stat senat In 188S from the Thirty-third dis trict of St. Louis and served three terms. Schwelckhardt waa before the grand jury again today. Before entering the Jury room h told Circuit Attorney Folk of other money with which he waa familiar during his term as senator. United States," said Poundmaster - Laugh land. "The reason he catches so many dogs Is because he is so kind. ' He never uses force exoept when necessary. Being an ex-cowboy he is an expert with the lariat and It Is seldom indeed that a dog can get away from him." TO HAPPY HUNTING . GROUNDS Ha ad red a ad Slaty-Ma Does Ar Pat Sleep at th City Paaad. Although early In the season no less than 149 dogs have gone to their last sleep by th charcoal ga rout at tho city dog pound. Ninety-four wer dispatched at the first killing and sevnty-fiv at the second reception to the happy'honting grounds held yesterday. Pog Catcher Gilbert has snared a great many more pets than the number of th dead, but they have been ransomed at 11 per bead. So far 1.681 licenses have been lasued. which is a goodly number for so early In th year. 1 "W hav the beat dog catcher In tk REPUBLICANS OF FIFTH .WARD They Will Keep Their Organisation Iataet for Campaign of Next Fall. The leaders and the rank and file of the Fifth Ward Republican, club have decided to keep the organization active and alive during the summer, so that It will be a potent force In the (all campaign. With this end in view President W. R. Christie haa called a meeting for Tuesday night at Young's hall. Sixteenth and Corby atreets. E. J. Cornish is oilled for a lecture, but th subject haa not been announced. JEFFRIES ON WAY TO COAST Big Champion Passe Throagh Omaha to Meet Corbett la Callforala. James J. Jeffries went through Omaha on the Overland Limited yesterday morn ing. He la on hla way to California, where he will prepare himself slowly for his bout with James J. Corbett this summer. He was looking well and hearty and declared that he was feeling eepei-Ully fit ind hopeful. ADROIT METHODS OF DUNNING Women Collectors More Successful Than Men in Securing Money. sra, fed an4 Sparkfing- ftottte Oary at the Brewery ka St LcMiis, Oi4rfrel H. Mar A Casaaaar Yanr flamaier Vacation Will be pleasant snd Invigorating if you spend it at some on of th lake or river resorts of Michigan. Write for booklet, "Michigan Bummer Resorts," or "Fishing snd Hunting Id Michigan," beautifully ll lustrated publications giving details ot th best place at which to spend a delightful vacation. Address all requests to ll. F. Moeller, O. P. A., Per Marquette R. R., Detroit. Mich. aes for Tea Thoaaaa. James Bally haa brought suit against Ihs Omaha Street Railway company for 111,0)0 damagea, the result of personal Injur! re ceived In an attempt to dlmount from a car at Sixteenth and Pine treets. Accord ing to the petition, the plaintiff waa riritns; on a train containing two cxra and when he attempted to dimount from the fl st car the train started and he was thrown to the ground, striking upon his head and right snoulder. While unonnscious from the blow he waa struck so that t lie fingers cf his right hand were dlslocateJ Briefs from tho Coarts. Eva Small haa been granted a dlvorea from Zenaa Small, with custody of a son, Edward. Laura Rleger aalra dlvorc from Louis Rleser, alleging desertion. They wer married In Chicago In l&M. Lllla Mary Mauri haa been granted a dlvorc from Eilward Gerard Maggl and her maiden name, -Baker, reatored. John Flanagan, the negro who has been more or leaa Involved In litigation over lota In Boyd's addition, haa been permanent!. enjoined rrom iniertenng wiin lavld r. Blue la his possession of lots 1. I I. I. I. S and 10 in that addiiua and from dis turbing th crop planted ihertoa by Blue- SOME INSTRUCTIVE EXAMPLES OF NERVE Slowpays of Experience and Wide Repatatlon . Chased Off tho Block and Induced to Settle I p. At 11 o'clock the man on the fifth floor paid the bill. At 12 o'clock everybody In the building knew he had paid it. Also, everybody was surprised, because the man had boasted mnny times that he would never pay It. Finally curiosity got the bet ter of discretion, and one ot his neighbors asked him why he did it. 'Because they sent a woman collector around," was the reply. That did not explain the case to the un initiated, but It explained It to one other man. who also had the habit of running up bad debts. "They've done roe, the same way," he said. "Nowadays the minute I see a wo man collector step inside the door I begin to vrlt checks. I can't help myself." Therein Ilea th virtu of a woman col lector. There la a compelling force about her that makes poopl write checks. Not aU women hav that golden gift. Thos who hav wer born with it. AH women can spend money; only a few can collect It. They who can collect can also earn. They may not-entlrely usurp the place of men aa collectors, but there ar many firms that will gladly glv them a Job. Those Arm generally number several deadbeats among their cuatorajrs. Women hav a special talent for dealing with deadbeats. Cynics affirm that their succesa In that line Is a practical illustration of the theory that it takes a rogue to catch a rogue, but that is a libel.- Women are good collectors because their training in wheedling money out of mankind for generations has fitted them for Just such work. The deadbeat and his forbears have cultivated a typ of femininity capable of outwitting him, and the best thing h can do to squar himself is to pay up. Sot a Wheedler. Still, it is not fair to th woman collector to glv th Impression that she owe her success to wheedling. Bhe makes her points in a strictly legitimate way. but th legltl ma'cy of her methods is often so Impreg nated with her own personality that she leaves a creditor's office with money In her pocket, whereaa a man would be turned away without a hearing. It takes a con firmed sinner to hold out against the fin ished woman collector. Her eye tlx him accusingly. , "You are keeping back money that be longs to widows and orphana." her look aeems to say. "You are sending them drifting about the streets with no food In their stomachs and no shoes on their feet. Aren't you ashamed of youraelf? Come, be a man. Pay up!" And generally he does, becaus h cannot bear to have a woman think sucb ma things bout him. If a man thought them or even said them he . would not care so much, but h Is sensitive as to th opin ion of a woman, even though she be a stranger and a collector. There are some lines of trade in which women have never made their mark as collectors. Furniture houses, for Instance, seldom employ them, especially thos houses that sell good on th Installment plan. "Women." said the manager of one firm, "are too soft hearted for our kind of work. No matter how far in arreara a family may be,. Just let them put up some pitiful tale about the baby's croup or the father's mashed hand or the eldest son's loss of a position, and the collector sits down on the plush couch for which they still ow SS.tO and begin to cry. ' 'Oh, you poor souls! she says, l am so sorry for you. I don't blam you ror not paying for a little thing like furniture when ther ar so many things you hav to have. You must not worry about little bills like this, and don't think of paying us a cent till you get on your feet again. Ws won t bother you.' - 'Naturally, a collector who talks Ilk that Is going to do th firm more harm than good, and by the tlm she hss cod dled a few families for a month or so ws have to send our fiercest man collector around and back him up with a half dozen sheriffs befor we can get any money out of the delinquents." Appeals to Sympathy. Renting agenta raise the earn objection to women in th capacity of collector. A tale of hardship, whether It be true or manufactured for the occasion, arourea her sympathy, and Instead of insisting upon the payments Justly due her employers, she grants an extension of tlm and thus allows th tenant to run atlll deeper Into debt. When It comes to dressmaking and otner feminine trades women collectors develop contradictory tendencies. If employed by the dressmaker, they prov entirely too lenient, but If proceeding sgalnst the modiste for somebody else they become hard aa nails. Again th cynic, who Is al ways masculine, comes to th for, with sn explanation. They are anxious to ab solve the financial sins of their sisters, h maintains, even as they hope for absolu tion, but they hav suffered' so much at th hands of dressmakers on account of wrinkles and crooked seams, that they push her for payment to th very limit of the law, and If they could double th amount and exact it several days before it was due, they would press their extortion ate demands gleefully. Although cynicism runs riot In that explanation of the woman collector's erratic procedure, where dress makers and milliners are concerned. It Is a view of the case worth considering. Many doctors are partial to women aa collectors of old debts. Borne lawyers also Ilk them, and when obliged to gtve their outstanding bills Into the hands of a col lection agency, they stipulate that the work be given to a woman. Ther is on publishing firm In Nw York whose col lectin g is done by a woman, and It Is the boast of the woman and th firm that they hav fewer delinquents on their books than any other houa In th business. On woman who ha been a collector for many year aays sn believe, y chief fac tor contributing to ber uca has ba an Inexhaustible physical strength which enabled her to walk miles of city streets each day and climb an endles chain ot staircases. "I never presume upon th fact that I am a woman," she saya. "I do not sim per. No woman who la a really successful collector ever does. I am always courte ous, but I go and go and go and keep peg ging away at a creditor till he pays th bill Just to get rid of me. Th most hard shelled shirker of honest debts eannot hold out forever agalnat that persistent perse cution. I have been accused of resorting to freakish methods of collecting, but I have never don so purposely. I remem ber on funny instance, however, which, taken at Its face value, would lend color to that accusation. "I was working then for a concern whose Interests wer controlled entirely by women and whose work was done by women from th president down to th errand girl. W had dealings with on man who always seemed awfully hard pushed for money. He never had enough to pay all that was due each month, much less to square old accounts, so finally hla bill assumed alarm ing proportions. At last ws got hold of a report that he had mad a strike in th world, but that having found us a soft snap he still Intended to evade payment. About that time I began to haunt him. I waa much younger then than now, and was particularly fond of red. It might not hav been In good tast for a busi ness woman to adorn herself with such showy colors, but for the time I sacrificed appropriateness to Inclination, and when ever I went I had a touoh of red In my clothes. Sometime I won a red hat, again I carried a red paraaol, or wore a red tie, and now and then I blossomed out In a full red costume. Whll thus attired I ran across our luckless creditor at evtry cor ner. I did not plan to bound him so; chanoe so directed it. The man got to b actually afraid of m. No matter wher he happened to be, if he saw a woman with a touch of red In her gown bearing toward him he felt sure it waa I. and gen erally It was. Naturally he thought I pur sued him through pur devilishne, and he Invested me with clalrvsyant powers which alons could enable m to follow him so mercilessly. "On day I met him down by th poat- offlos. I did not see him, tor I carried my red hat tilted down over my eyes and a red sunshade raised above that, but he saw me a squar away, and In desperation he ran up to meet m. " 'For heaven's sake.' he said, 'tell me how much I ow you and let m pay It on th spot. I am getting tired of this sort of thing. I can't go a squar away from my own horn without running up agalnat you and your infernal red parasol. It makes m feel positively uncanny, and I want, to put a stop to It. What la my bllir "I was so surprised that I could hardly speak,, but I had fired the figures st him so often that they reeled off my tongue wunout mucn effort on my part. "The man looked he, that you are trylni I would rather pay than to run ud against paraaol of yours everr waklna mnmant i went to his offlc with him and got a check for th full amount, which was on of th greatest feats I vr accom plished In my experience as a collector." Philadelphia Ledger. y reeiea ore my tongue t on my part. 1 savage. 'I think,' sald trying to "do" m. butL a tew dollars too mucl rainst that red hat and QUEER MISTAKES OF AUTHOR- i Errors that Hare Crept lato Weill Known Books Blander - that Are Weaders. j W ar all llabl to make mistake. For this reason ws should not ba too critical in th treatment of our fellows. Still ths crit ical part of our nature Is so largely de veloped that w sometimes forget to be charitable, especially when the criticism may cause an error to be righted. Someone has been hunting for errors in th writings of old and new authors. He hsa run down Some funny mmtakes as a result of his quest, too. In "Ivanhoe" Sir Walter Scott makes a knight of Richard I converse with a con temporary of William th Conqueror, who was Richard's grandfather. The new moon appear In th western sky and sets from th moment It becomes visible, but In "The Children of Olbeon" Walter Beaaat caused a new moon to rise In th eaat at t o'clock In th morning. Trollop makes on of hi characters, Andy Scott, com whistling up ths street with a elgar In his mouth. The man must hav had a wonderful grip in hi Hp to mob whll whistling. In "Don Quixote" Sancho continues to rid on his donkey after having lamented th animal's death. In "Th Reign of Law," -by James Lane Allen, one of th character refers to a book which was not published for ten years after th tlm th reference was said to have been made. Hamlin ftarland wrote In 1899 "Th Rose of Dutcher's Coolly," and on of th char acters In the novel Is given sbout three dif ferent names. . Jacob Rlls tells In "The Making of an American" that whll a young reporter, in giving the particulars et a river's overflow, he described a stone floating on the waste of waters. But that was not mor wonder ful than the case of our old friend, Rob inson Crusoe, who, after taking iff his clothes to swim to ths wreck, took th pre caution to fill his pocket full of biscuits. Neither was It mor surprising than th discovery by a Paris reporter, who found in the Seine "the nude corpse of a man with 10 sous in hla waistcoat pocket." Children's Visitor. Figprune Cereal A delicious Cereal CoflTee raadt ot choice California flga kod prunes aod train absolutely frea from artificial natter. SOLO BY ALL QROCKR8.
