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THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 190. I v. f 8 .r aa- i, I 5 f1 3- k v. I u 1" 'ii Si -.Drive m v imdtv rrwcn 11.1 in i i. 4111.1 n il in aww v a aveae a a. a w av ' . ' ' " Btrehucras Life of the Modern Locomotive Kikes Its Teeurt Few ia Number. esssss ; EFFECT OF SPEED AND HEAVY PULL J -.What Becomes o( Dltrtritl Ports Eaaiae'a Fofn Pile t Big It pair Bill Freight Cara short j ."What becomes of all the pins?" aad , "What bappna after death to tha splendid piece of mechantam called locomotive?" I ar by no mean similar question. Indeed, tha theory of metempacychoala may well v' ba applied td all railroad rolling- stock. '' Nearly -every 'piece la aaved and put to f some uae: has assurance of a future exlst v enee even aa "scrap' for tha furnace from iwhloh It cornea forth aa new parte. "Re InTerfatlon" the proceea may ba termed, to coin a word for tuch railroad phenomena. The modern locomotive costs $13,000 or lA,0Oft, according to slse and equipment. Tha passenger locomotives In former days ,' were embellished with extra braaa work . and trimmings, the bright parte wera kept ' by the fireman In a state of glittering efful ' gence. and the passenger engjne coat mora t than tha freight engine. Nowadays ttia trimmings are not put on and the passenger engine, being lighter, costs less than the mammoth freighter. When the engine goes Into commission it Is a line piece of machinery, with power to pull long trains over miles' of track, day after day; but with tho strenuous work M . cornea the certainty of deterioration and I"" tha necessity of constant repairs. When y work was lighter, trains not ao heavy, and mileage In lower figures, an angina could he expected to live thirty years! but In locomotives tho tendency Is toward a de t crease of longevity, for the management f strives to get all the service possible out of ' them. The age of expectancy Is only ap i proximate. Bad water that Is, water bad t for the Internal economy of boilers and ! which causea scale 1 perhaps the greatest foe to an engine's hope for an honorable old age. A bad water division uses up Its -' ' motive power far more rapidly than hard if. vork eleewhera. Local conditions on the 1;m largely affect the motive power. A hilly country causes more strain. Then, too, ? housing facilities have much to do with the life of the engine. If it Is possible to keep up with neede In repairs, the power stands a better chance of giving long; rr ice. The demand for engines, however, may he so pressing that tha least possible repair Ing that will answer Is given, with the re eult that tha locomotives constantly de teriorate and lose In efficiency, until com plete overhauling become a positive neces sity. "A stitch In time saves nine." in rail road as well aa in garment repairs. Freighter Oets the Worst ef It. At one time it waa popularly supposed mac ino passenger engin was duuji iw P tk. tiiBpcit train tint tfeat was hfnrwi I the days of long trains and 100,000-pound cars, . me rreignter gees ins worst 01 n ' under, existing conditions. The passenger engine, fairly treated, stands a chance of a '. one-third to one-half longer life, and then prolong Ha daya on a branch line or In some special service. , Repairs .begin almost with the engine'! first trip. If theee could be eliminated rail roading would be simpler for the manage ment. Ordinarily repairs are divided Into five classes, aa follows:. Class 1 means overhauling costing 13.800 or more, Including a fire box and boiler ranewal, i , Claes t, repair costing $3,500, but no new -firebox. r large parts. -. -f . Class t, repalra costing from ISOO to 11,500. Class 4. repairs, costing less than $100. Tn first time ' an ' engine goes' -Into the sf Shop It may have run two or three years without much repair charge beyond Inol- dentate, or It may be 4 "hoodoo" and gat Into trouble every trip. Under normal eon dltlons the first repairing would cost about $1,000 and tha seoondand third over hauling about $1,500 each. In the twenty yeara estimated life of an engine the ex penditure for repairs will reach In all prob ability $30,000, or about, twice the original cost Tha repalra Include every Imaginable TVteeUnar, W. V., May a8, xqoj. ' Soma years ago while at work, I fell over truck and severely Injured both o! my bins. My blood boowto poisoued as a re suit, and the doctw told mo I would harro running sores for life, and that if they w-ro healed up tho result would be fatal. Under tuia discouraHg report I left off their treatment and resorted to Uie use of 8. S. 8. Its effects were prompt and irratifyir.v It took only a short while for the medicine to entirely euro up the sores, end I am hm dead aa the doctors intimated 1 would be, neither have the a-.t .rrr boo out again, and tome twelve yeara have clapjed since what X have described occurred. Having been so signally benefitted by Us use I can heartily recommend it as the one great bKxxi purifier. ' John W. Foudis. - Care ckmu!back Brewing Co, Chronic sores start often from a pimple, scratch, bruise or boil, sad while salves, washes and pewdersare beneficial, the un healthy matter in tht blood must be driven out or the sore will continue to cat and spread. ' " S. S. 8. reaobea thes old sores through the blood, remoTC all iaipoxitie and poi sons, boilda p ; the enure system and strengthen the circulation. 8. 9. 8. Is a blood punier eud combined. Contains ronuncm wnwcrtf but is guaranteed purely regetable. If you bare an old sore write us and our physidsns wilt ad tiao without charge. &ook on the IUood and its diaeasesscnt frre. Tut Swift Specific Conpaay, Atlaata, Gt, SOKES f Saloon Keepers' Friend V '"H. ':..':V at' ) Automatic Electric Pump Co. of Haven rxwt. ia. The aula agent o? our company, ,K",U wl" 1" Omaha Tuday ani H1 tnatatl pun. p. on request. 'Watch lor furyier aanounuMneula. patch or replacement, from renewing a broken glass to providing a new boiler or fire box. Be ale forms Inside and gradually wears the boiler plates thinner, reducing them to a frail ahell; or. if soda ash la used to prevent scale, all the brass taps that can be reached by the soda ash deteriorate rap ;dly and have to ba renewed. Thus It will be seen that the maintenance of power In volves many questions. Everything possi ble la don to keep the engine In commis sion until at last a stage of decrepitude I reached that seems to preclude further repairs. At this point It Is a question ef crapping tha locomotive or selling It for about $2,500 to dealers In second hand equipment, who will repair It for about a much more and sell It to a logging or simi lar road where It may do service for sev eral more years. Talae tha Sera rile. An old locomotive I worth a scrap from $500 to $2,600, as the case may be. the differ enc being due to the availability of the various parts for further us ss such parts. When tha engine Is tamed over to the scrappers It presents a disreputable appear anoe, far removed from that of the days when Its first engineer looked It over. Once dignified as "she," "old kettle" or "mess of Junk" are tha most respectful epithets applied by thoee who have to do with Its operation. Even In the daya of scrapping careful management guards against wastefulness. BtecU braaa and Iron ara taken off separately; everything usable Is saved out, and frames, axles and good parts are set aside for further use. What Is left goes to the scrap bins and ventually to the foundry or Junk dealer. Changing railroad conditions - make It difficult to estimate tha life of a locomotive and tha same is true of passenger and freight cars. There are many passenger coaches In us today which were built thirty or more year ago and are still In good condition If not modern In appearance. The old coaches with solid white oak sills were good ones. Of necessity there have been change In style In passenger eoachea. Tha ears that were lightly built twenty-five years ago have no business In the modern heavy trains, and If placed there soon get knocked out. On short branch roads they serve their purpose. The custom now Is to build with steel underframlng like the Pullmans, so that it almost Impossible to smash them In a wrack. The box car's life 1 shortest of all rolling stock, and this Is owing largely to tha changes In construction. The capacity of oar has Increased from 40,000 to M.ooo or 100,000 pounds each, and usuge Is rougher. The use of the air brake has helped to pre serve them, but It Is hard service at the beat In the present day long, heavy trains. War aae Tear ( Car. There are many box ears running, how sver, which hsv seen more than twenty five year of service, and their life might be averaged at twenty year. There Is no reason why the steel gondolas should not last thirty years or more, ss there Is less llkllhood of their wesrlng out. ,Wbn a box, freight or passenger ear has served Its timet there I little to ba scrapped. Th trucks and rods are taken out and the wooden portion Is burned or uaed for some purpose, such ss tool houses along the line, station, sometimes Improvised dwell-. Ing In fact, for almoat anything from an office to a chapel. The trucks under a box freight oar are worth $7t to $100, and these, with the side rods, sre taken out. The box, which Is considered to have no scrap value ( burned, and whatever small piece of Iron remain ara gathered up afterward. Car equipment I not always discarded because worn out. but It may ba out of style or too small capacity. On of the results constantly sought by railroad man agement is the reduction of hauling ex pense par ton per mile, and no road thinks nowadays of a box oar of less capacity than'flO.000 pound, and SO.OOO or 100.000 I preferred. Monster locomotives and long trains of mammoth ears nowadays carry an immensely larger quantity of freight over tli road In lees time than formerly. Gen erally speaking, ' railroads prefer to sell their old engines and cars, It possible, and save tho expense of scrapping, which nat urally Is considerable. That Is why a num ber of concerns do a profitable business In old rolling stock and there Is a demand from small railroads or self-contained ltnea for engines and ears which the trunk lines do not think It profitable to keep tn stock. In I1 railroad center a constant watch ful warfare Is waged agalnat thelve who, many time In organised gangs, plan the removal of all detachable pleoes of loco motives or ears. These thieves carry wrenches with them, and If great care Is not exercised they will steal bras and other fittings from locomotives in broad daylight where they stand. Tha boldness of some of the attempts I remarkable, and tha arrest and convictions which oo eur from time to time do not suffice to deter these criminals, some of whom are aald to be actually In the employ ef rail road companies as silent partners of those who carry away the spoil. The life of a passenger locomotive may be approximated at twenty-two years; a freight locomotive at fifteen years; a box freight ear at twenty year, and a passen ger coach at twenty-five year. The are tha estimate furntehed by several railroad-departments and 'superintendent, al though In every case they wished the fig ures considered as only approximately cor rctA,' Wy McCoy In Chautauquan. F00LKILLER NEGLECTING DUTY Witless Jakes ( the Practical Jaker .. Wl Manages to Escape -Padded Call. The distinguishing trait of the average practical ' Joker, so-called, are hi utter failure to recognise wit, his complete and hopeless lack of a sens of humor, and, one Is often tempted to add, hla deficiency In ordinary intelligence. On the meat and poison principle. What i on man' Joke may be another man's ruin. Two newspaper dispatches" printed the earns day ara worth reading. In Chicago a medical student so arranged and dis played a skeleton that by working wires the limbs could be made to move aa de sired. The destined victim of the prsnk was the Joker's sister, who, being lured Into the room where the skeleton was kept, found Its bony arms outstretched to her. Rssult, collapse from fear and a severe case of brain fever from which shs may recover, m Fluehln. I, I., a young man mad a hoi In an apple, filled th cavity with cayenne pepper, gave the fruit to a l-year-old boy. who bolted It .and felt Into convulsions, hla nervous system being so deranged that for years he may not grt over the effect of hi experience. Cases which doubtless are. duplicated every day in aay town of any slse, though the public rarely hears of them, and thu ons more Incitement to mob vlolanoo is absent. Nor are those "ptActloal Jokes" attended with bodily pain th most numer ous or serious. The mental suffering they frequently entail la even more to be de plored. , The happlneas of Individual and whole families Is too often disturbed or destroyed by th same pernicious activity of a "Joker" whoa pranks bespeak at one tha callous heart and th empty head. Th existence, In short, of th practical Joker, as th term Is generally employed, 1 most convincing vTdeno of th fool killer neg. lect of duty. Cleveland plain Dealer.- It yu have anything to trade, advertise It ir. the This for That column In The See Want Ad Page. I ' ORGAN GRINDING PAYS WELL Good Money and Lota of it Coaxed by the Turning Oraak. MUSIC BY THE BARREL YIELDS FORTUNE Ta.r I ft of a Teteraa Shows la Laa Parekases Earnlaga fe Day' and t'p Soaa Weoeca Do Tarau Th hand organ drswn by a hors Is. for th first time this summer, perambulating over the Orange mountains snd poking Into remote corners of Long Island and JS'ew England. Thers ars comparatively few of them, for such an organ Is expensive, and the maintenance of the horse argues a do gree of .affluence not alwaya existent among organ grinders, although they are a class of people usually in easy circumstance. A building near tha corner of Park and Mulberry streets. New Tork. changed hand six or seven yeara ago for $SS,000. The man who bought It had ground a hand organ In the streets of New Tork for twenty-five years. Ha waa an Italian and had lived In Bax ter street all that time. The building he purchased is a tenement hone and ha goes out with the organ no more, devoting him self to the more congenial task of collecting of the hand organ grinders In New Tork live In .Baxter street, and they are largely Genoese, particularly th women. There are generally two persons to each organ, occasionally one or three. Every organ, big or little, coats $1 a day to rent. Tha smallest organs, those carried on tho back, coat not lea than. $200; the larger ones, which are far mora numerous', cost more ' In proportion. Therefore, one may set It down that every organ he sees is earning $2 a day, or the Interest on an Invested capital of $200, sometimes $400 or $309. In addition It la supporting from one to three persons, a pretty good Job for one little hand organ. As a matter of fact, In good weather the earnings of a hand organ sre $6 a day,- running up to $6 or $7.' Rainy days ara nearly a dead lfss; but there are not many days when It rains all dsy. On rainy days, also, the organ man I ' out nothing, ss he does not take out tha organ, and consequently does not pay for It. The owner keeps them In repair without extra charge. There are about a dosen men In New York who make a business of renting organs, all Italians. " Bearlaalasr at the Crank. One man who has sn organ ehop on Elizabeth street waa originally a workman In . a piano factory. He learned In the courae of hla trade how to make and re pair hand organs. He decided that tha ac cumulation of capital waa more to him than his pride, and began to turn the crank on the street himself. Aa loorl aa he had aaved enough he opened shop and began to rent organ. He has twenty-flv or thirty now, which net him $ or $40 a day through the sum mer months. two In Baxter street,, one on Second street. There Is another shop In Roosevelt street, one on One hundred and' fifth street and various others scattered sbout th city. The only shops outside of New Tork In this region sr two In Newark. One of theae belong to a woman whose organs perambulate the length and breadth of the Oranges. Thar I a man In Mulberry street" who has ground tha hand organ ' for twenty yeara In New York. Twenty yeara ago he lost an arm working on a railroad) . He took to the organ and haa raised a family in comfort, and none of them playa the hand organ. ' . . The two who go out with the organ are In the. majority of eases husband and wife. It is considered that women are more suc cessful as collectors than men. In -many cases two men go out together, and lately organs hsva been run by two women. Two good-looking glr'a In Marlon street conceived th idea a season or two ago of dressing themselves In Carmen styls. In short bright red skirt, blsck velvet bod ice, white chemisette and a fancy head dress. One of them carried a tambourine to shake while the other girl played, and to serve ss collection box afterward. Instead of going to the factory for $8 a reek theae enterprising young women ere soon making their $4 or $5 a day. Genius alwaya has Its Imitators, snd there are now six or seven similar couple dressed tn the same way perambulating the city. Most of them are Genoese. The cus tom Is not likely to- become general, for not many Italian women have the nerve to go out without a male relative. Tha Day's Grind. Th organ grinder start In tha morning from their homea in tha extreme lower end of the Italian colony. Not many ef them live In Little Italy, en the upper East Side, . ( They begin to play Immediately and walk aa far as their feet will carry them, sometimes as far as Tremont and other station In th Bronx. Then they must walk home. Bom hsvs regular beats, turning up very day or every few days at places where they know they will get money. Some hie them straight to tha seats ef tbs mighty. Others confine themselves to the foreign quarters. The latter are generally those who have some attraction other than straight music calculated to appeal to the populace. The fortune telling birds and mlos appeal much more generally to the foreign quarters than to the precinct further uptown. , On hand organ firm of three Is composed of young Neapolitans. One of them has a fine vote and sing all the Italian operatic air played by tha organ In a manner ex tremely pleaaing to hi Italian andlences. , Another of th trio ia considered th moat accomplished collector In th craft HI ragged cap, outheld with an ingratiating mile, hi ready tongue, equipped with a Joke for each one appealed to, bring In such a. shower of cent that the pocketa of the trio ar weighted down when finally, St bedtime, they go Into some saloon to change their harvest Into bill. Occasionai:y a man who rents an organ will go out into tha country for a day or two, or even for a week's trip. But gen erally they stay In th city, ao aa not to lose tha rent on atormy day. Those who travel far afield own Instruments, Ther ar not many of these, however. Hlttlsigr the Road. Every spring there is an exodus from ths New York Italian colony of 'men Who do not return till fall. Sometimes the wife goes along, .when there are relatives to oare for the children. But generally tha men goes slone, mak ing ths tour of some New England sUts, New York or Pennsylvania, end sometimes even pushing sa fsr aa Canada. One such man made $700 last year by a tour, of Con necticut. Usually such a season clears up between $300 and $400. There is a man on Mulberry treet who ha mad aa much as thst for twenty eesaon past. Thl Is th first sum mar he haa been In the city for twenty years. He la too old to go abroad again. People a miliar with eastern country towns twenty-five or thirty years ago ran remember th wild Juvenile excitement which used to prevail when, once or twice a summer, an Italian organ man came with a monkey. Jocko haa almoat vanished from the business, for It haa been found that he I not profitable In thla climate. He Is, indeed an excellent collector, Millinery New and Dashing Millinery lust received On display In our NEW Millinery Section. We are prepared to show you many pretty and novel Ideas In this fe partment at popular prices. Ladies' . CI oak . Suit Department subdued colorings, cheviots, really a beautiful showing of Skirts made in all the very latest styles prices range, from $20. 00 down to Our Men's and Boys' Clothing Department Our entire Fall line is now ready for your inspection all the latest styles and materials. CASH OR CREDIT Pay While you wear. gleaning crops ot cents from balconies and second-story windows. But he Is almost sure to tske cold and die In tha winter, and then all the time and bother spent In training him Is lost The hand organ men would like much to take cur children as collectors, especially little girls.. They make Ideal collector.. But municipal regulation now Interfere with what waa once a profitable ourc ot in come. The hand organ buslnea is not what It was once, say the old timer, sadly. Twenty-flv years ago the collector earn back with nickels and dimes and quarter In' his hat, and tha firm went home at night with tit or 190 In Its pockets, Instead of $4 or IB. Now only cents are given, and within the last ten year, since the big Immigration began, the number of street musicians has Increased until It la not likely that any more 186,000 tenement houses will be pur chased In the craft.-New York Sun. STORIES TOLD BY FLOWERS I'atqae History of .Westers De velopment Wrltt mt the , . World's Fair. On two strips of ground on th hillside leadl.ig to tha Palace of Agriculture, Just west of th four-acre rose garden, the tory of th sal of the territory of Louisi ana by ' Franc to the United State la uniquely tolLOne of these 210x25 feet strips contains tho French emblem,' the fleur de Us, and th figure '1803" in red flower on a green ground. The other contain the Stars snd Stripe snd th figure "1WH." The first shows French ownership, the sec ond, American ownership. The story Is made more complete by the name "McKlnley," under whose adminis tration the great Louisiana Purchase ex position was projected and successfully embarked, and the union ahleld snd name of Roosevelt," under whose administra tion the- exposition exists. In circles with floral scrolls surround ing th names of "Napoleon." who sold the LouUlana territory, and "Jefferson," under whose . administration It was purchased, appear "L. P." (Louisiana purchase), white In aimllar scrolls surrounding the names of McKlnley and Roosevelt, are "L. P. E." (Louisiana. Purchase exposition). Another story Is told in flowers In an other part of the. ground. The word "Hen derson" I seen In giant floral letters, em blematic of th great work accomplished by Peter Henderson, the seedsman. The word "Meehsn" Is commemorative of th work of Thomas Meehan, whose life wss devoted to plant Industry and whose work on landscape gardening ar famous. Be tween th two name la tha banner of th Louisiana Purchase exposition In Its iol or, red. white, blue and yellow. Next In th mammoth picture appears the nam ''Shaw" In large letters, surrounded by a graceful scroll ef living flowers. This Il lustrates the good work dona In ths In terest of horticulture by Henry Shaw, th philanthropist who founded th Missouri botanical garden, and who gsv St. Lou I th famous Shaw's garden and Tower Irov park. A mammoth fleur d II. bearing th let ters "U P. E." and the figures "1104" and hs word "Morton," la another feature ef the wonderful allegory. This la In recog nition of the eervicea of J. Sterling Morton, who, when secretary of agriculture, was responsible for th establishment of Arbor day. Foliage plant, bulbs and summer blooM Ing plants go to make up th detail of these triumphs In embroidery gardening. Flowers that make up th exposition colors of red, whit, blue and yellow ar em ployed and all necessary colors ara ued to make th pictures historically correct World's Fair Bulletin. ' ' Moamaaewf in Speaker Head. A granite monument haa been erected in Evergreen cemetery, Portland. Me., ever th grave ot ex-Rpeaker Thomas Bracket) Reed. The monument Is cut from white Hallowell granlt and rest n a broad 16-2 & PARNAM ttHK PEOPLES' PIRNITIRE AND CARPET CO.) First Showing of Cravcnetlo Coats for Women. New and novel ideas. We are txclueive agents for these new And stunning garments. We in vite inspection. Our Lender A new Crave nette Coat, made with three box pleats in the back, new box pleated sleeve, new cuff, re-en-forced front, double-breasted, new self-collar effect, buttons of material to match, belt all around, colora, tan and gray latest in every way price only 10.00 Our New Shipment of Walk ing Skirts Includes Every thiiig Up-to-Date. Made in all the new materials, such as mannish mixtures, in broadcloths, plaids, etc. 4.98 base stone of the same material In ths form of a parallelogram. The monument itaeir, which Is about ten feet high, tapers slightly aa' it rises, and Its rugged simplicity Is re lieved only on the side bearing the Inscrip tion There is carved In relief a laurel wreath after a design of St. Oaudens, a seen upon the Bhaw memorial in Beaton. Beneath th wreath Is this Inscription: "Thomas Brackett - Reed. 18S9-1902. His Record I with the Faithful, the Brave and the True of All Nation and All Age.". SPIES ON ; PULLMAN , CARS Ther Make the Life of the Conductor Anything bat Ronsid of Joy. Th Pullman car conductor gets a salary of 175 a month. On each train the conduc tor Is held responsible for the Pullman cars and th porters under him. If the porters divide their "tips" with th conductor, ss some of the waiter In th Chicago hotels do with th head waiter, the company is presumed to know nothing of It. His salary Is supposed to be sufficient for all his per sonal needs and hie expense In the service of the company. Allowing 120 a month for meals bought on the road, and 14 a month for hi uniform, a conductor does well If he get $t0 a month for bis family out ot bis sslary. But owing to th system of Inspection and fines to which the Pullman men must submit the chances sre the conductor will not clear that sum. The conductors and porters sre under the constant surveillance of "spotters," ss th train hand call them, "special agents," aa they call themselves, and are called on the company's pay roll, who report at division headquarters the slightest Infringement of the rules of the company, as a general thing a Pullman conductor can no more tell a "spotter" from an ordinary passenger than a street car conductor In the city can single out the company's spies that are sent around to see thst they do not knock down any fares. If a, spotter sees any Indication of untidiness about the Pullman cars, dust on the window sills, scraps of paper on the floor thrown her and there by some heed less pasaenger, untidy looking berths or seats, soiled wash bowls or towels, he re ports to ths division superintendent, and the conductor has to pay for It. It make no difference that the fault may have been the porter's or the passengers', he con ductor Is held responsible, The usual fine for misdemeanor of all kinds a 12, A conductor constdera himself lucky If ha gets off with Is In fines In ten months out of th twelve. This makes a big hoi In hi salary. He ha no chanoe to explain or contradict the charge. The spotter I believed, and the conductor must submit to It or leavs the service. If th porters sre not promptly on the railway station platforms with stools to assist pas sengers on and off ths conductor gets fined for not looking after them. But th greatest bone of contention and the most frequent source of complaint I with th magazines and newspaper. It a spotUr finds a pile of reading matter turn, bled loosely on an unoccupied seat he re Port It. If th passenger happens to be temporarily chatting with some one In an other seat, or smoking a cigar, snd sees the conductor order the porter to etrslghten out or remove the newspapers, he le likely to make a row about It. Ignorant of the rules, he looks upon It as a place of un warranted offlclousnaaa. Then th spotter reports th conductor for Incivility to pas sengers. This system of espionage hits the porters In a little different wsy. Unless the com plaint against them Is a serious one, In which they are suspended st the pleasure of th company, hla wages ara docked for the articles that sre loat or stolen from the cars. It Is not at all uncommon for a pas senger to walk off with a comb or brush or towels, or carelesaly smash a tumbler. For all this th porter has to pay. If he loses a berth check he also has a fin if pay. If he happen te have a keen appe tite aad ar unfortunate month the porter 6TEEtSa OMAHA, Sept. Firaitare Sale A great monpy-saviug opportunity. A general line of re ductions carried into every department in the house makes this an important event to prospective buyers of home furnishings. EASY PAYMENTS. Extension Tables Solid qunrter-sawed oak highly polished embossed rim henvy legs " Sir. worth 12 September Sale i...T.OU Sideboards Mat.lvo jrolden Oflk heary French Iwvel plate mir rorfancy ornamental carvings worth Jo.0' September 1750 September Sale of Carpets, Draperies, Bedding INGRAIN CABPEJTS-Strlctly all wool, extra super very weave, worth T5c Bep tembtr aala handsome .. 59c BRUSSELS CARPETS A' blf line to select from, with or without "7Qrt borders, worth II Sept. sals - x12 BRUSSELS RUGS In choice pnttorhs and colors Sep- A Kfl tembar sale lsOV Taborets 300 GOLDEN OR WEATHERED OAK TABORETS ON 5 A LB MONDAY 39c frequently finds that, aside from his "tips," he is actually paying the company for the privilege of working. On nearly every trunk line out of Chicago a special detective la employed to watch for graver mistakes or misdemeanors on th part of the conductor which may be con sidered outside the bailiwick of spotter.' Necessarily a Pullman conductor must han dle more or leas money fo'r berths not' pur chased In the ticket office. Usually, a cheok Is. kept on this by a diagram, which must correspond with the reports of tickets col. lected and received from tha regular con ductor on the railway. If ha makes an error In the diagram, a thing likely tu occur at any time when the passengers are dissatisfied with the berths selected and desire transfers, he Is fined for It, and If the offense becomes too frequent he la liable to suspension. Chicago Tribune, HORSES GRAZINGJJNDER WATER The Way In Which Animal Adopt Themselves to Their Sur roundings. While on a cattle station In Western Aus tralia, Henry Taunton had an opportunity ot seeing a remarkable Instance of tba way in which animals can adapt themselves to their surroundings. "On the upper reaches of the river there was a large pool just fordable at most time,, but in a dry season very low," he says. "Among the horses making their run In the vicinity of this pool an old mars and a number of foal and yearling used to come down every day in the long, dry sum mer, when the herbage was scant and corched into dryness. They waded Into the pool until the water nearly reached their heads and stood there for hours, div ing to the bottom for a mouthful of succu lent weeds, which they chewed at lelmir with their dripping head raised above the water. "The first time I witnessed thl strange sight was during a dry season, when I wa riding with th overseer In search of some strayed atock. A we approached th pool my companion bade me keep quiet if I de sired to see something well worth looking at. As w rode quietly. up to the pool I sw a group of horses standing In the water and disappearing from time to time ns then ducked their heads below the sur face, My wonder was soon at in end, whrfn I saw one of their heads suddenly come out with a. mouthful of dripping weeds. 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Here, than, seemed to be a new variety of horse In evolution, which. If left undis turbed, might breed and separate from the run, perhaps to survive through drouths severe enough to exterminate all others." Australind. ... THERE ARE OTHER NATIONS The Vnlted States BetaoUsj to Realise that It la Not tbo Ooly Country. , Up to a few year ago we, the people ot the United States, thought we had the greatest country on earth (which w have), but we were ao swollen by a vain and un justifiable overesttnvatlon of ourselves that we did not give proper credit -and consid eration to other people. ' We looked upon Ourselve as great beyond comparison in the exploits of war and the pursuit of peace, and nothing quite ao much tlcklel our vanity and conceit as to sit snd llstm by .tbs hour to polltlclsns making the eagl scream and extolling cur achievements as ueh ss never had bees and never could be rivaled in the world. ,. . But a very meritorlou change has com ever ns. w hav begun to examine and compare ourselves with other people and we take no offense when we find that what we have done haa been equaled and some times surpassed by the deeds of Quieter and less boastful nations. ' : - Japan ha done In fifty years many thing which it took us tec years to do. Russia has constructed rallroafls through a etretch of territory far more extensive than th old Great American desert,' opened It to set tlement and built big cities th k. But Rue sta did not claim to be t!t greatest nailjn en earth on that account. England is build ing a railroad through th entire length of Africa arid It has developed - mil Hons of seres in the wilderness of that continent but it fs not going Into spasms 1 of self praise over the matter. ' - These Instances mentioned ara only a few of the mighty things accomplished by na tlons other than the Vnlted States. Cur rent history ahow that w hav not much more then shared In the general progress of mankind. Our material ' progress - and prosperity have been rivaled tn almoat every particular elsewhere, while we hav contributed-' only a small portion of the learned and entertaining boohs which hare been written and of tha engines, snd de vices which have been Invented for ths comfort snd hecesslty of the human, race during the last fifty yeara.-Kansa City Journal. ' Bee Wart Ads ars the Best Business Boosters. . ; . Evtry worn in cants hs pely. pretty figure snd many of them deplore) ths Ion of - heir rlrlieh forma after marriage. The bearing , of children ia often destructive . to tbs mother ahapelmen. fC U