Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 26, 1904, PART I, Page 7, Image 7
TUE OMAHA DAILY DEE: SATURDAY, MAHCIT 20, 1001. IARVELS IN MEASURING Btandsrdi Ab' to Distinguish the lores of tb Feeblest BreatL ASTONISHING PRECISION OFINSTRUCTION Remarkable Kqnlpmeat of lb Hen Dareaa of Standard Established bythe Government at Waablngtoa. lurh marvelous achievements aa the measuring- of candla light si miles distant, or the splitting of a human hair Into a thousand width, are among: the accom plishment of the government' llurcau of Standards, recently established at Wash ington, to supersede the office of standard weight and measure. The bureau la under the control of the Department of Labor, and the public's evi dent lack of familiarity with Its functions may be ascribed to the fact thnt It Is the first Institution of Its kind ever authorize 1 on this side of the ocean. , For years Germany has maintained at Charlottenburg. on the outskirts of llerlln, what Is known to scientists the world over as the "Relchsanstalt," or the "Physlkal- Isch-Technlsche Relchsanstalt," an exten nlve laboratory, where standards of weights, neat, force, purity, capacity, Telo city, Intensity affecting; metals, minerals, fluids and chemicals, as well as practically all manner of Instruments and machines, have been determined with mathematical precision. A bureau of similar scope has existed a long; time In Tarla, while another Is to be found In London. Each of these Institutions, although dis tinctive In Itself and Intended primarily to meet local requrements, forms part of a so-called International system of stand ards. The system has for Its fundamental basis a series of unchangeable units. The llureau of Standurds constitutes an addi tion, In the western hemisphere, and II actlvltlej necessarily will be governed, to a large extent, by principles already evolved. Solving- Problems. The experts of this bureau are scientist of wide experience, and they have at their command every approved means for further technical study. II Is claimed that no prob lem within the range of their Investigations Js unsolvable for them. They are able, for example, to tell how many thousandths of an Inch the works of a watch will expand when carried In the vest pocket and sub Jected slightly to the heat of the body; to measure the force of the feeblest breath, and to divide and subdivide 100 times the wave lengths of light, each wave being about fifty-thousandths of an Inch long. Broadly stated, the bureau's functions are as follows To supervise the custody of all stand ards; to compare the standards used In scientific Investigations, engineering, manu facturing, commerce and educational Instl tutlons with those adopted or recognized by the government; to construct, when necessary, new standards', their multiples and subdivisions; to test and ascertain the caliber of standard measuring apparatus; to solve problems which arise In connection with standards, and to deterntlne physioal constants and the properties of materluls A Dlapeaaer of Information. Information concerning standards and the methods employed to secure them will be furnished for the benefit of the United States government, any state or municipal Ity within the United States, scenic socie ties, educational Institutions, firms, cor porattons and Individuals engaged In man ufacturing or other pursuits. Prof. William Hallock of Columbia uni versity, who was a member of the United States Assay commission which met re- cetitly In Philadelphia, and Is identified with the bureau of standards, explained. the Importance of the new Institution. "Many people are at a loss to under. staid." he said, "how the researches and tests of this bureau can be of any practical value to the average citizen. What doer he care, anyway, about standards and decimal subdivisions? Just this much: If he buys a thermometer or an Incandescent lamp or a Bet of scales or a lens or a ma chinesteam, gas, electric, pneumatic or hydraulic or nry one of a thousand con trivance in common use, he wants to know whetl er it Is what It sluiuld be and whether It conform with standards recog nized In other part of the world. "To manufacturers whose product are brought into competition with those of other countries this knowledge la of the greatest importance. If American manu facturers. In offering their goods for Bale In Europe, should represent them to be of a certain degree of fineness, or as fine as slmJUw European products, and expert f Ay"iiim mouw iiumu nnow mm inn IHC'lB in V the esse had been misstated, it is easv to see what would happen. "It has been necessary In the past for manufacturer In this country to pay Indi vidual expert fancy rates to test the qual ity and powers of their output, to make such tests themselves at much trouble and expense, or to ship their goods to France or flermsny for Inspection and measure ment by foreign physicists. Now alt this may be done right here, and Instead of costing from 135 to several hundred dol lars, the needed Information may be had almost for the asking a fee of only JS or W being charged by the bureau to prevent its being deluged with nonsensical re quests. What Standards Mean. "I tow and where do these standards of weights and measurements originate? The shole International system Is built up sys tematically from three fundamental units. These are the unit of time the second; the unit of mass the gram, and the unit of S I WAR ( E M on the system is prevented by drinking GhirardcIIi's Ground Chocolate Tht Breakfast Food that does you good. In Patented Hermetically Staled Cam. VV4seev mi length the centimeter. No other arbitrary units whatever are employed, all other standards being derived, directly or Indi rectly, from these three. 'The notion prevails In many quarters that the bureau is a scheme n compel the use of the metric system. This Is a mis take. The bureau does not determine the standard units to be followed. The.e are prescribed by ropRress. the sclenilsts sim ply testing and constructing the standards already authorized. In 1W? congress defined the meter as being; M 37 Inches, and our yard has been declared to be 3i'i00-3937 of a meter. Similarly the pound has been de fined as a certain fraction of the kilogram, and If you were lo send sixteen ounces of anything to Washington to ascertain If It agreed with the standard. It would be com pared with this fractional part of a kilo gram before bring pronounced a legitimate pound." "In 1S73 there was established at P:irls, through the eo-oreratlon of several coun tries. Including the United Stttes, what was known as the International Metric commission, whose busness was to manu facture copies of the standard meter nnd the standard kilogram. It should be re membered that the meter and the kilo gram were defined long ago by the French academy, the standard meter being one ten-millionth of the distance on the earth's surface from the pole to the equa tor, and now represented by the distance between Iwi lines on a metallic rod. pre served In the archives of the commission referred to. Two of these meter bars nn.t two of the kilometer bars were turned over to the United States for permanent retention, and are now In safe keeping at Washington. "To Illustrate the delicacy of the proc esses employed by the commission: "When comparing two kilogram blocks, their weight was noticeably affected by their relative position on the balance scale. Side by side they weighed exactly the same, whereas, when one was placed on top of the other, the under block was the heavier, for the reason that gravitation de creases aa objecta recede from the center of the earth. That process represented a delicacy in weighing of one part In 100, 000,000, and In order to show the difference represented by moving the blocks as In dicated It would be necessary to weigh to about one ten-thousandth of a grain. Temperature In Millionth. "It is possible to measure temperature to a millionth of a degree. One of the re cent doternilnatlo.n in measuring radiant heat take as the unit the amount of htat thrown off by a candle six miles distant. The instrument used to record these radia tions is an exceedingly simple affair, con sisting usually of a very light mica dink delicately suspended in a bulb from which most of the air has been exhausted. When the radiations from the candle fall on this disk they heat it sufficiently to force It back. "As a rule, light lends Itself very nicely to extremely tlno measurements. It Is no trick at all to calculate accurately to a thousandth part of the width of a minute substance that Is almost invisible to the naked eye, tills being possible through the Interference of waves of light. If we have two systems of waves which come together so that the crests of one system coincide with the crests of the other, the two sys tems are then In step, as we say, and help each other. On the other hand. If for any reason one of them Is a trlflo behind, they come in out of step and neutralize each other. If the movement of a wntch were to expand twenty-five thousandths of an inch In a temperature 15 degrees above the normal, this expansion would be equiva lent to about two of these waves of light. "Suppose you are buying or are manu facturing for sale some Incandescent lamps, which should be, for example, six teen candle power on a 110-volt circuit. You can send one of these lamps to the bureau and tecelve in return an official .certificate stating whether It Is or Is not !up t0 the stnndard. The laws define the 11mlt of electrical strength and resistance. na BU, the resistance or a given column of IC'l mercury. The strength of an electrical rrent Is determined by ascertaining the cmount of silver which a specific current will deposit In a given length of time, as in' liver plating. All we have to do Is to weigh the sliver deposited snd we have the standard of current Immediately. "From time to time I have asked the bureau to test for this laboratory different pieces of electrical apparatus, jch as cells, dynamos, ratio colls, resistance boxes and transformers. Other laboratories, as we'l as manufacturers, have sub.nltted electric motors, steam engines, gas engines, micro scopes, telescopes, photographic lenses, eto. The weight used recently by the Ausay commission were all standardized by the Bureau of Standards. An Aid to Business. "If you are about to purchase some cop per for electrical purposes and have shown to you a quantity of that metal, nnd are told that It Is of a certain conductivity, all' you need to do Is to send It to Washington and find out If It has been correctly rep resented. The same thing is true as to the purity of gold and silver and all other metals. In the course of time the bureau doubtless will be able to test radium, tho rium, actinium, polonium and other radio active substances with the same degree of skill that has characterized Its other ex periments. In fact, In tills field alone the bureau promises to be of immense value to our citizens, since It Is commonly believed that radium and like properties Bcon will be found in abundance in the United States. "The necessity for an institution like the one at Wellington has arisen very largely within the lust few years, and particularly be cause of the striking developments in the application of electricity for commercial purposes. If all measurement today could bo made with the yardstick and the bushel we would not be likely to have much trouble; but when w have tadeal with a '1FI MM pervrp nfnnoofc lJ , J Vm LJ U U . . mr m- ltlpllclty of electrical quantities. Involv ing volts, ohms, amperes and kilowatts, the need of a headquarters, a kind of supreme court, to which we can appeal, becomes ap parent. "The Itelrhsnnstnlt has been a godsend to Germany and the rest of the world for a good many vears. but It will be necessary no longer for Americans to seek abroad In formation relative to weights and measures, since the bureau of stnndards Is thoroughly able to answer all these Inquiries." Phila delphia Ledger. ATTACKS NEW LADING BILL Plan of Eastern ltnllroaal Contested by the Illinois Mannfnrtarers' Association. The legality of the new bill of lading to be put Into us by the railroads running east of Chicago October 1 U attacked In an opin ion given the H'lnols Manufacturers' asso ciation by Levy Mayer, Its general counsel. The effect of the new bill Is to give two rates, one being ar. Increase of 20 per cent if the road Is to be liable for loss or dam age, the second being the present rate, and with liability greatly restricted. Mr. Mayer declares that a railroad, under the common law, cannot, under on express contract, limit Its liability "for gross negligence or willful misconduct or misfeasance com mitted by Itself or Its servants or em ployes." liascd on this opinion, a suit will probably be brought by the association, which Is a corporate body, and capable of legal action, or by some Chicago shippers to test the new bill In court. "We will have to take the matter Into the courts to get It settled," said John M. Glenn, secretary of the association, lost night. "But all that Is in the future, and the association has not definitely decided on any action." Salient points of Mr. Mayer' opinion fol low: "The uniform bill of lading, however, at tempts to greatly limit the carrier's liability at common law. The liability of the carrier at common law Is ordinarily that of an in surer against all losses or damage not arising from the act of God, the public en emy, the act of public authority, the act of the shipper and the Inherent nature of the goods shipped. "This statute does not In terms prohibit a common tarrier from limiting its common law liability by special contract. In many respect a carrier may, by express contract, limit its strict common law liability. It may by special contract limit its liability to such loss or damages a may occur on It own line of carriage or against loss by fire without Its fault or against other loss not attributable to Its negligence or that of Its servants. But a common carrier can not, even by express contract, exempt itself from liability for gross negligence or willful misconduct or misfeasance cDmmltted by Itself or its rervants or employes. The con ditions of the uniform bill of lading, there fore, even if otherwise valid and even It accepted by the shipper, will not abrogate the liability of the carrier for gross negli gence or willful misfeasance. "The shipper is not, however, obligated to accept the uniform bill of lading. He Is en titled to have his goods carried under the strict common law liability of a carrier. The carrier can, aa already Indicated, by special contract limit Its common law lia bility. Where the carrier has two rates for carrying goods, one If carried under a spe cial contract at reduced rates, arid the other, a higher rate. If carried under the common law liability, the shipper must have real freedom of choice in making his selection. If the carrier affords the shipper no opportunity to contract for the transpor tation of freight under its common law lia bility aa an Insurer, but receives It under a restricted liability, a contract containing such restriction is void. The fact that such contract was knowingly entered Into by a shipper and without demand for a different contract makes no difference. And if the carrier accepts freight without notifying the shipper of a provision in the shipping contract limiting the carrier's liability. In consequence of a reduced rate, or that he can pay a higher rate with unlimited lia bility, uch provision limiting the carrier' liability will not be enforced." Chicago Chronicle. PRESERVING MEAT BY STEAM An Australian Method Which Is Sac. eessfally Employed by Steamship Companies, "Keeping meat sweet and pur In a re frigerator by means of steam sounds a bit queer, doesn't it?" I was asked by George L. Cameron, superintendent of a meat packing establishment, who continued in explanation without awaiting my answer. "Vet that is a method now In vogue on the big steamer which carry meats from this country and from Australia to Europe. Meat placed In refrigerators where the at mosphere la kept continually at an average temperature of from 3ti to 40 degTeea will remain fresh, but not entirely untainted, tor an Indefinite frlod. "I think the Australians solved the prob lem first. They worried over the matter for a long, long time, and adopted expedient after expedient, tried experiment after ex periment, hut all without avail, until some one thought of using steam to volatilize the gazes which caused thes annoying conditions and draw them off. A steam pipe was placed in a ""oden duct at the bottom of a refrigerator chamber stored with meat; the gases of this kind ar low lying, and the duct led directly to the brine tanks. Thl experiment occurred at Sydney, and for elghty-nln day th refrigerator com partment wa kept closed, at the end of which time It wa opened, the meat drawn forth and every piece thoroughly tested. It wa as fresh and pure, without the slightest b a btibz a- jrarmv mm m suggestion of bone odor or mold, aa on the) day it was packed. The gases had been volatilized by the steam, carried off by the wooden duct and t!ie entire noxious condi tion purified by the brine tanks. With this aid to the refrigeration process, provided care be taken that the temperature never falls below freezing point, save occasion ally, so that the meat will not become frozen, meat may now be kept for years, and be perfectly fresh when taken forth for consumption." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. MODERN RAPID-FIRE ARMS The Infantry Maaailne Rifle, Machine Gnn and thei l,ona IMstmnce Small Arms Fire. All armies are now at work trying con stantly to perfect the Infantry arm ,and It Is probable that sooner or later the auto matic rifle will replace the magazine arm. The adoption of protective armor shields by the field artillery has led to experi ments for the purpose of giving to the projectiles of the Infantry arm a greater power of penetration. To accomplish this It has been proposed to use In the Infantry bullet a central steel core, or to make th ogive (pointed end) of steel, or finally to make the entire ball of ateel. Effort are also being made to obtain a more powerful powder, which will give a higher muzzle velocity. None of these projected Improve ments, however, will Interfere In any way with the early adoption of an automatic gun. In view of these probable Improvement In the Infantry rifle, the question arises, will the machine gun any longer be reeded when every man Is provided with an auto matic gun capable of a very high rate of fire for at least some seconds. A small number of men armed with auto matic rifles can produce In a given time aa great a hall of projectiles as a machine gun. Hut It is not for this reason that the military world is Inclining to an auto matic Infantry gun. In choosing a new arm for the infantry it Is a mistake, ac cording to the best authorities, to lay too much stress on rapidity of fire. The manu facturers of Infantry rifles, like those of automobiles, have fallen into the error of supposing that an Increase of rapidity alone la the basis of all progressiva im provement. Tlio adoption of nn automatic gun Is not engaging the world's attention because of the possibility of thereby attaining a pro longed rapid rate of fire, but because It will furnish the means of delivering rapidly a comparatively small number of shots with out taking the gun from the sh.-'Ulder. This will Increase tho chancee of hitting a com paratively small or a fleeting target at some distance, because the scldler can fire a series of shots without lowering hi piece or changing his sight. It Is evident, therefore, that along with the automatic Infantry arm armies can still utilize machine guns for obtaining a con tinued rapid fire of long duration. But there Is another difference between the two arms, In that tho automatic firearm of the infantry will always be a light affair, while the machine gun, because of its mechanism, accessories, tripod, etc., is neoessarlly more or less lioavy. In the construction of the Infantry gun the first condition to be fulfilled is that of accuracy, and the ranges to be considered are primarily those at which comparatively small targets (skirmishers kneeling or lying down, for example may be still so clearly visible as to be fired on with effect. This arm Is therefore intended, above all, for comparatively short ranges. The machine guns, on the other hand, are so constructed as to give a prolonged rapid fire, and their cone of projectile Is sufficiently dense to admit of their effect ive us at comparatively long distances. Accuracy is therefore not so Important, end hence this arm Is better for long range fire than the Infantry rifle, and another ad vantage lies in the fact that it may be fired over our own Infantry advancing to the attack, even on level ground. This does not exclude the use of the machine gun at short distances, if the circumstances require It, although in general he well aimed fire of Infantry armed with an auto matic gun is then more effective. The distinction between iong range and short range fire is not new. Indeed history proves it to be very old. Even In the time of Frederlak the Great light guns for firing at the longer ranges were attached to the Infantry, and In several armies since that day specially trained marksmen have been utilized for the longer range. At present It is held that the machine gun will In future actions be charged with the fire at long tange, which recent cam paigns have shown to be so effective. The circumstances In which it will come into play are caay to determine. For example, a body of troops on the defensive should force the adversary to give up his close order formations (which facilitate his ad vance) as early as possible, and should break down the morale of the enemy. In both case the machine gun will prove effective. Mori-over, If the defender forces the enemy to open his fire prematurely he again gains an Important advantage. Hero again machine gun would be of use. In the attack, on the other hand, firing at long range may attract the fire from our own troops advancing in front, which will be an advantage for the attacker, since the advancing troops can thus more readily reach their position for decisive action without too great loss. The co-operation of several firing lines, made possible by the use of machine guns for fire at long range, will also contribute to success in the final assault. The machine gun detachments are to be attached to th Infantry In the future. The fire of machine guns Is Intended to con tribute only Indirectly to the result, th fire at short range by Infantry being still the only direct decisive element in battle. The main use of the machine guns will be to permit the infantry of the attack to advance more rapidly to th principal firing position, and from there to attempt to gain the superiority of fire. This appear to be th latest conclusion of the authorities on th subject New York Sun. NEW YORK'S SUBWAY CITY BlK an Little Store Openlnar Into the Tnnael Mark Daslaes In Cellars. With the approaching completion of th subway system a luxurious city of the under world Is springing into life, at which New York, accustomed as it Is to th un usual, may be astonished. Heretofore un der ground shops lu New York have always been associated with dampness, darkness and even dirt. Now there seem to be a strong tendi-ncy toward them a the sub way system approaches completion. The Idea that because a place of business la beneath the street level it must of neces sity be dark and given over to a cheap class of business I disappearing, and un- durgrouud stores are being fitted up for the flrst lines of trad. A striking illustration of th way this "underground" movement has affected even the arts Is afforded In a new building at Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street, where luxurious art galleries have been fitted up beneath th sidewalks. Th rooms are so well lighted that they have been selected by th Society of Illustrators for its third annual exhibition. On the face of things an underground art gallery seems an impossibility, but a step lnsld th pretty room beneath the sidewalk at Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street will soon convince on that th underground gallery la far from Impossible. Xhs quarters ar entered front th Thirty Silk Petticoats f T f J Fop fins tiooats full accordion pleated flounce, edged with a ruffle and a double ruch, Greatest Sensational Sale of Ladies9 Suits Ever Held in Omaha. The public being well nwnre of the fact that the lowest priced suits we carry on our floor sell for $15 will recognize the values we here offer. We hare bought out no particular manufacturer. AVe state plainly and simply that we intend to make Saturday n banner day in OUIl LADIES' SUIT I ) El A KT Al lu T. c offer you this Saturday your undi vided choice of any $15 ladies' euit on our floor at the unheard-of price of DESCRIPTION: Those nre marie of fine all wool cheviot In black, Mtto nnd brown Eton Jacket style with double capo, notched front, trimmed with I'ersian braid nnd ornaments latest etjle sleeves. Skirts nre trimmed with taffeta bands, plaited, effects full and graceful hanging, perfect fitting. The suits on sale tomorrow, Saturday, only, at fS.08. and novelty I ome nnd iook at these special values for Paturduy only at Just Tell ts!il.y liajgy MM irUUuaaaaiar Japanese War News by Word o Mouth In the April Metropolitan Magazine R. H. Russell, PubUicr, New York A 35-cent Magazine for 1 5 cents All Newsdealers (E65) fourth street Bide. A short flight of steps leads down from tho level of the sidewalk to a small areaway, from which the en trance to the main part of the store opens. Another short flight of step leads from this stors down to that beneath the level of the walk on the Fifth avenue front. From this room one passes through a doorway into the room beneath the sidewalk on the Thirty-fourth street side of tho building. Contrary to what might be expected, the arrangement is not In the least unpleasant. The celling ar so arranged that they ar fully a foot below the sidewalk Itself, and so well has the sidewalk been supported and the celling arranged that there is no vibration and no sound of the constant foot travel back and forth that is going on overhead. At convenient points great sky light run through the celling to the aide walk. Considerable daylight Is also ad mitted through these, and also through small windows opening into the areaway on the Thirty-fourth street Biflo. This, sup plemented by electricity, makes thes un derground shops as light as th rear part of many on the ground floor of downtown skyscrapers. The us to which the rooms are being put as art galleries is the best test which could be applied to their light ing. The only noise from the busy street to disturb the Quiet ot thes subterranean room 1 th occasional rumble of a passing crosstown car a it bowl along through Thirty-fourth street. Heated, lighted, well finished and attractively furnished, no one would think, to step inside them, that just th other aid of the wall Is a conglomera tion of curbston base, sewer pipes, gaa pipe, water main and other thing long ago burled beneath th street surface. A rush for sub-surface stores is predicted, but, as on man put it, "What a 'com down' it would be for a man with an office on the top floor of th Flatlron building to move Into one of them." Among other things. It 1 pointed out that It would be vastly more convenient for a woman going hopping to take a subway car, get oft at a subway station and make her way to th subway entrance of one of th great department stores than to go by way of th present day elevate system, and prals I being sounded over th manifest ad vantage of curb a ytera on a rainy day. Indeed. If all which the advocates of th sub-surface city predict comes to pa, th New York merchant of a few year bene will not only have bl address specified aa to th east side or west side of th city, but th upper or nether side aa well. Nw Tork Tribune. Kot la tha Saasa Mae. "This la eur latest novelty," said th a riFAnrtsToF iViwuiJicrv- IftTM a. rAONAM 5.TPEF.T.S. OMAHA (The People's Fornltor and Tarpet fo. Men's Spring Suits for Easter Wear Nowhere els9 can you see such a vast and sterling fabrics and every garment usually found only In the products of the Men's $15 Suits, Top Coals and Cravencttcs Suits nre single snd long roll double lirensted. In choicest piitterns ot pure ' worsted tweeds and cheviots h:ui lmlr c .Hi fronts, hsnd felled collars and Is sirlctlv hand tailored throughout. TOl COATS ere In Oxford end covurts, are cut In the latest design, Just the thing for Easter. CRAVEN KTTE8 In staple, plain Spring Headwear Stylish Bhapes, new colorings. We carry a large assortment of up-to-date hat. Prices $1.50, $2.00 and $3.00 effects absolutely rHin-prnnr. absolutely rHln-prnnf. 15.00 the Salesperson to Charge It. ' Onoto Watanna, author bf "A Japanese Nightingale" and "The Wooing of Wistaria," writes a lively description of how war news is disseminated in Japan A J5R ETJS TORY P lLJ S HEP TODAyI Uluatratcd in Color by The Kinneys mr 0t--JT NiTXj- Ell WHEN WILDERNESS WAS1KING 1 JOHN WAYLAND Is the hero strong and resourceful, and equal to any thing or anybody except Toinette. As for Toinette, there is no as trying to describe her, but you will be as captivated as everyone else if you read the. love story of these two high-spirited young people, worked out against a dramatic background of frontier courage and savage cruelty. AT ALL BOOK STORES -rfr AnoNERY(e manufacturer proudly. "Good work. Isn't It?" 'Not bad," replied th visitor, "but you can't hold a candle to tha good we make." "Oh, are you in thl line .too?" "No, we make gunpowder." Youth. Sud Fatef a Library. "Ytm," said th citizen, "w had a circu lating library, but it doesn't circulate round here no more. "What's th reason?" "Feller come along en dark night an' circulated It away from here stole the whole business!" "Of what did th library consist T" 'Pilgrim' Progress,' a BlbU with a bras clasp to It, six almanacs, en ten pounds o' Webster's plctlonary the on without bridge to it. aa' I reckon cf It 2 Ladies White 1 Lawn Waists Four splendid styles fronts of fine em broidery, laoe insert tion and tucks, new- ost shape sleeves nnd pretty stock 95c variety of handsome styles has a distinctive appearance most exclusive custom tailors. Swell Footwear Made in many leath ers and th latest styles; fit guaranteed. Frice $1.50 to $5.00 Cash or Credit. nir -s . ilSi.: I v- ' at. A Tale of the Illinois Country by Randall Parrtsh A. C. McClurg a Co.. Publishers FOR SALE BY t ir.08 Farnatn St.. Omaha, INeb. had had a bridg he'd a' took that, too!" 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