a TTIE OMATIA SUNDAY BEEt BETTEfBEll 9, lOOd BUSINESS CHANCES TV A NTH5D Oood blacksmith. tmptrtt habit, to start ehup at thl place; not work sufficient to keep busy nUr year, but hf can secure free homestead within halt mile of sbop. Address, wlta tamp, W. H. Harrison, TuttlycJJ1,0;l WANTED Bulnw mn to minnit hIm and premium show room at Omch (or grocery supply house; salary $' per month and commiioni mpirnc miirv. iTn kl Madison St.. Chlras-o, " Y-4S4 9X WRITE u about furniture and learn of modern 40-room hntl In live county Beat town of 9.W.O. Address, O 64, Bee. Y-604 BEND for "rTuccasful Method"' of trading in rraln with email ruDltal: booklet ana market letter lent free; reference. Corn- stock 4k Co., commerce mag., cnicago. T 4o 9x STOEAT-$12.60 buy five up and fiva I downs, rood for one week: 1 cent advance Vir decline from erica rive 1100 profit TWrlto for particulars. Commerce Grain t"o.. commerce mag., cmoago. i v n FOR BALE, quick, control half million dol lar trust company, eastern city of n0,000. Excellent chance; price right Addreaa Lock Box 43. Council Bluff a, la. . V 460 9x MONItT. do von need Itt We ara In a po- altion to furnish capital for any meritori ous enterprises. We can sell your tooks and bond quickly on communion basis; money advanced on good securities; char ters procured In any state. Do not fell to confer with us. it will be to your Inter. tint. R. Kaata 4k Co., Bankers, Tncoma bldg., Chicago. Y-A a -GUARANTEED- ' Patents Secured or Fee Returned. Band model or sketch for free opinion a t patentability. Pend for Illustrated Guide Bock. Contains 100 mechanical move ment and LIST OF INVENTIONS "WANTED. Particulars NEW TRADE MARK LAW. COPYRIGHTS, etc. Pat- anta advertised free In World Progress. EYANH, WILKEN8 4fe CO., $83 F St Washington, D. C. x YOU can never profit by bustneas chance unless you have om' money; small sav ings are the foundation of large fortunes; start a savlnus account with J. L. Bran- dels Sons, Bunkers, 16th and, Douglas Bt. Aiaets over 4UO,uuo. K CONFECTIONERY, lee cream and cater ing huslnea In city of over 10.000, no com petition, average alea K0 per day, will su ror invoice, writ ror particular. wm. Maagett, Hastings, weo. I WORTHY people started ' in advertising business; capital or experience unneces sary; credit extended, commercial serv ice Co., U Bt James Bldg., New York. Y- FOR BALB First class restaurant, located near two depots; good business; death of proprietor cause of sale. Price very re sonaDie. A.aaress wi bo, lvtn. Y-6irx SPLENDID location for a flour mill In a good wheat country; neareet mill twenty miles; for sal cheap, mill site, water power and race; 'mill doing a good busi ness; burned down; unable to rebuild. Address 1. B. Nolaon, Burwell, jvet. ' . . Y-t96 t FOR BALE Best drtig and J'welry bis in state of Nebraska, cash; real okiate con sidered. Full particulars, 423 Bee Bldg. Y-697 x FOR BALE Rooming houses; close In. Be i. E. Kcyes, 107 S. 17th Bt. x Ma71 10X FOR BALE Life and accident charter; very broad, splendid location, middle west, good laws, business established, ex cellent olana. exceptional opportunity. Terms and prlc very reasonable. P-H Be. X eer ix A SUCCESSFUL high-class theatrical management wants lady or gentleman with capital either as active or silent nartner. This Is a lifetime opportunity to th right party; state qualification and amount of capital you would car to invest, curiosity seekers ignorea. mgn est bank and other references given. J. ' M 602-608 Knickerbocker Theater Bldg., New York City. Y-UB x TIN CANS. . .. . Capital wanted for manufacturing 'only full automatic, continuous operating,, .look. i seam can body-forming and soldering riachln ever Invented; capacity 4.000 to OoO per hour:' oatent one month allowed. Fred J. Ramsey, Inventor, 176 Bduth Fits. mgh Bt, Kocnester, N. , x. ... y all tx LADIES and gentlemen, write and I will tell you how to make 4 per cent a week on money; no risk. 1. M. Levis, Chiio. o. . . . , Y-Ml X HERE Is your chance. We want a good furniture and undertaking stors in hust ling lo wa town. Aaartsa f , care Mea. X S IX W 00 BUYS 100 shares in th Manhattan Gold MJnlna: and Milling Co.: 120 feet of development work on property already completed. Gold values can b planned: aasays show well. Officers are men ef standing. Integrity and responsibility; capitalisation, low: money rieeded for further development work; particular free. Address U. R. Potter. State Bunk and Trust Co.. oGldfleld. Nevada. Y 628 9x Real Estate and Investments we conduct a general real estate and In vestment business along modern and up-to-dat lines. Business lntruxted to ua re ceives prompt and careful attention. HENRY II. GENAU, U. 8. Sale Bureau. 304 Neville Bldg. t Y-629 I CORPORATION controlling old established business desire energetic experienced business man to handle branch ornce: sal ary 32,500 and oommlmlons; investment of xi.ooi) and upward unit unquestionable ref erences required. Address Holilster Drug Co., waoison, wis. xtxm ix PERSONAL PILES CURED WITHOUT AN OPEilATiGN. Alt Llnd ot plies cured internal, external, blind, bleeding or Itching pile. A guarauue given tu every nw treated by Dr. Max wall, who has hud twentv-flve years X- perlenc in treating pile. Hundreds of testimonials given on application. 624 Be oiag., umana, Neo. jruon uougias i. ANY POOR J3IRL In need of a friend call or write to the matron of the Salvation Army Home for Women at 3&24 N. 34lh St., Omaha. Neb. U-tM100 TRY KELLY'S Laundry. t 'IViOn DoUgla u DR. ROY. Chiropody, R. 3 3. lbui Farnam. PRIVATE confinement home. Mrs. Dr. King, JvU N. 21st t Tel. Doug. 8oo. T- PLEATING Dyvlng aud Cleaning. SDontiua and bhrtuk- Ing, ou.y 6c per yard, bend lor price t Goldman pleating co.. MO Douglas Block. Tel. Douglas IXIC. LAUNDRY CITY BTEAM. Tel. Doug. , Hi 8. 11th St U-S30 THE Salvation Armv sollclU cast-oft clothing: in fact, anything ton do cot rieetf. V collect rrpair aud sell, at 114 N. lltli Kt. fur rt tit coli.otlua to the rorthjr duoi: CaU 'Pbon Doug. wagsa will call. U-AU FREE medical and surgical treatment at Citighton Medical College, 14ih and Lj tuport St, iiuecial atteotioa paid to connoeiuent cases. AU rrcaimaoi. vk VU by rollera profeasora 'I'hoae Doug. l.ui. Calls abswcied day or aiht. U 139 THE City Garbage Co.-Omc. 1Mb ImnEorth Kla TL DnuvlMS 127. U-3M PRIVATE im during confinement; ba ll adopted. The Good Samaritan Ban- - irariutn, T!i First Ave.. Council Bluls. la. Tel. 774. C- 6URVETTNQ. Slick ensdarftr, Ot Bee Bldg. PENNELL Millinery Co, formerlv of 16th and Douglas, now located at l-i N. 1U !. ' C W J " losU'.ute, Raioge Bldg. w , DEATH NOTICES LTCK Willi, aged I years. on of Jame Lyck, Bept ember 7, a result of acciaem Funeral will be held from reeldenee. 33 I Bout h Twenty-eighth trC flunday, Sep timbn 9, at I o'clock P. m. Burial at For- at Lawn cemetery. Friend Invited. JOHNSON-Jhn J., husband of Mn. M- role Heal Johnson, and brother or Mr Wirt Hahm. Funeral Sunday, 1 p. m. from St. Phllo- ANDERSON Mra. Martin. Sept a, 1906, axed, 48 year. Funeral klondav. Bent. 10. 10. from resi dence. 614 Florence Boulevard, at I p. m. Interment Forest lawn cemetery. nenue Invited. MONUMENTS Grt Western OranlU Co. Dou1a M1. Oil FLORISTS L. H CKDERAON. tfli Farnam, Tel. Doug. 1263 . "1 PERSONAL SYRINGES, rubber good, by mail; cut prices. Bend lor tree catalogue. mr Dlllon Drug Co., Omaha. U-8S6 Hf A riVTVTTn OBTEOLOOT Mrs. Rlt- xo.uxi4.xw tenhouaa, 410 N. 16th, room 3. second floor. U M437 S24 WE RENT sewing machines at II per ..r.K: ?.WT mc.n:5e JS,1S, tz n . WW 1 , ,WWUU-lilU w . . up. Nebraska Cycle Co., corner lotn ana Harney. Tel. Douglas 1663. U-836 DRS. VnOBL nrrrata bosDltal for women ana for ladies oeior ana auring counn- Blent. BIS B. 13 th Bt, Uraitit. wen. U A1VJV Ol I 1610 Howard. Tel. Douglas 8782. V-6M hi ACORN PEESS SHOULD BLANCHARD'B ECZEMA LO TION not give speedy or satisfactory re sults, notify Prof. I. filancliard, skin SDeeiallst. Minneapolis. Minn. Whole salers supply all druggists. U DLOiU Diva M AnTJF.TTf! treatment and bath. Mme. aiuiiJ.J.cy Bmlth m N lt tA floor CHIROPODIST Dr. Dunbar. 106 Neville block; tuuraressing, etc. jjougiaa w. WANTED Carnival company, who ha open date September 19, 30 and 31. in con nection witn stoca snow ana races, a Pender, Ueb. H. U. Heyne, secretary. U MU( CHAMPION Carpet cUanlng. Doug. 655. 1623 Leavenworth TJ-M926 Oot.l FOR anything In th sewing machine line go to f. jrioaiuan, uit capiioi av. ARCHITECT O. L. Brolln. 613 Bee Bldg. U MSoB U PRIVATE HOME during confinement; spe cial attention given to th boarding oi Infanta. Madame Pickett 2216 Charles Bt. Telephone Douglas 6311. uzot uct ix ELDERLY WIDOWER. no children. wealthy and liberal, wants a good sensi ble wire. Address f. Kicn. z wasn- lngton Bt, Boston, uasa u mo vx 1VK Bmcl tfm. U.. t VT-k.. r ag 40, worth l&.OOO, have son, aged- I years; bachelor, 6i, worth 376,000, strictly reliable, liome Circle, Detroit, Mien. V 480 9X WE SEEK marrlare within 90 days for widow in Nebraska; ngea zt; worm cash. One aged 41. worth iso.oro. write us. A. J. Miller, Detroit, Mich. U 491 9X LIQUOR HABIT cured by Commonwealth institute treatment, witn or witnout in patient's knowledge. A positive and cer tain cure: 3.8U0 persons cured at the in stltute without a single failure. A better our than the 3100 to 33u0 institute and sanitarium treatments, so formulated that th Secret Cure costs but 12.60 and the Non-Secret, 33. Order outright; or, If you desire to try first, aend lO. stamps or coin, for demonstrating treatment to Th Commonwealth Institute, or to Denver Colo. .Book of particulars mailed ire. .. - u ous x DON'T b lonesome. Send 10s for Sept. Matrimonial Register. Join ths inter state Introducing Society. Box 361, Seattle, u an sx GENTLEMAN, high standing, lonely, takes tnis new motnoa to secur congenial cor respondent; object matrimony: referenoea exchanged, 817 North Broad, Phlladel-I phla- U 167 x MORPHINE, opium, laudanum, cocaine nabit myseu curea; will iniorm you oi harmless permanent horn cure. Mary Baldwin, vox uu, cnigo. u I OMAHA Btaam Past Co. manufacture pure Doug. flour paste. 2Z10 Cuming. Tel. 45U. U SUPERFLUOUS HAIR, warts and mole in-ruianciiii j rcmuvcu uy tirvuiuii, - sultatlon free and confidential; all work guaranteed. Miss Allender, N Y. ie. u BUFFER ERS from kidney trouble can b cured by taKing bwann bure cure K.ia- ney Remedy. Bold unoer guarantee. Made onlv of herbs and Dlanta. uunarea oi arrulAfiil (MilmAnlal. 1 r- mi Ihnu h,k j, v. .. . i. , ,ki. . i t .m edy. Particular free. American Herb and Plant Co., iilgh Bridge, K -663 9x YOUR FORTUNE FREE With advice on business, love and health. Bend date oi birth, three questions and Inclose stamp. It. Diaa, uept lu, uriugepori, toiin. U M6S1 15x MIDDLE AOED widow, worth t ,40.000, with Independent income, would UK to corre spond with view to' matrimony. Hot 406, St Joseph. Michigan. U x Nt'RSlOfi Caa vou ere rare food properly ror your paiienist iaa our course vi "Invalid fnnktn.r " The knowledft-a of an Oread gradual at your service: Particu lars free, Th a. Mandalberg Co., V. O. Box 8U. u 1 NO CURE, no pay; any disease, male or female. Enclose 11.00. 1 monlba' medicine state diawase fully. Dr. Brown, 76 Qluuk Block. Niagara Fails. N. Y. U-W x MEDICAL BEST nrv bracer for men. "Gray's Nerve r ooa rms i oox, pusipaja. navrann as MoConnell Drug Co., Omaha. -39 PR. PRIES, specialist women'a disease. WeaKuCSSe. Hn, m.umi (Lea, cured painlessly and safely. Wlthnell block, lath and Harney, room X, Omaha, nn. HUTCHINSON, specialist of women and children, umce, wununa. faun Douelas 367. OSTEOPATHY JOHNSON institute, 41 N. L. Tel DOUg. 1664. lot DR. W. W. BOWSER, over 1600 Farnam. Tel. Douglas torn km o-i MUSIC AND LANGUAGES CHATELAIN School cf Languages- French, uerman, tianisn; rencuig. v vldg Bldg., lSth and Farnam. VTf4 03 AUTOMOBILES WE HAVE a standard make, two-cylinder touring car, nearly new. for sale at a bargain. R, McKay. 1813 Harney Bt 611 Want a Servi. t ns) fuicajr tvt m all aoat. LIFE IN A MODERN I10TEL feme feature that Diitioraiib tha Gnat American CaraTaoiariea, Wl"MH vr suwu n intumni vbh-vi Problems Solved by P- seat Bom laterestlas; Flgarea la Detail aaa Ikew E fleet f Orsjaalsatlaa. NEW YORK. Bept. I. With ths coming of cool weather, ths managers of ths great New York hotel ara making arrangemenia for ths season of dinners and banquets. Ths capacity of ths modern housa of en tertainment Is suggested by th faot that without disturbing ths regular routine, it la possible to give a dinner In a private dining room or banquet ball to a party numbering hundreds of people. Americana, besides being the world's greatest travelers, bay In recant years mastered the art of dining, and those who cater to ths wants of the Inner man In th large cities of this country know that their patrons, while appreciative, ar also exacting. Whether It la a breakfast given by a woman's club as an accompaniment to a lecture on do mestic science, or an after-theater aupper Party, th hotel man must havs ths ma chlnery or nis sstaDiisnmsni running ( wiv equal smoothness. ... ..... . , , . . In th Way of "uppers. Mention of an after-theater supper sug gests a little party of friend who can be accommodated In one small room, and who partake of a few choice viands. But the modern host Is prepared to entertain thea ter parties which may b equal to the population of a good-sized town, and the word "supper" sometimes covers a multi tude of courses. Last year, for Instance, 1.200 men, members of the Order of Knights of Columbus, sat down to what was proba bly .the largest after-theater supper ever given In a New York hotel, or. It may be safe to say. In any hotel In the wide world. The gathering filled both the large and small ballrooms of the Hotel Aitor, the 7,000,000 caravansary In Longacre Square. The "supper" on this occasion was. In reality, an eight-course dinner, and the 1,200 were served in the space of an hour and a half. At the same time a number of other prlvat dinners were In progress In the same hotel, bo important Is this feature of the hotel business be coming thst at the New Astor, on any fairly busy day, from 800 to 1,000 pereons are served Jn the seventeen rooms reserved for private parties and banquets. It Is often mora difficult to arrange and carry through -these affairs than it 1 to take care of even a larger number of Individual guests. People who are giving dinner and supper parties very often do not know ilong In advance Just how many pereons they will entertain or Just what they want. But the hotel people have a carefully worked out system by means of which the Informa tion Is made available as soon as It Is ob tained, and when a party gathers In the room set aside for It everything Is In readi ness, even to the floral decorations which may not have been ordered until half an hour before. Other Bits of Hotel Lit. But the giving of banquet Is only one feature of the hotel life of the fall and wmter In the metropolis. A hotel like the Astor, with It 600 guest rooms and It great dining room, shelters every day thousand of people. To car for them means doing much more than providing something to eat and place In which to RAILWAY TIME CARD VXlOn gTATIOa TBMTH AHO MARCT Vnioa Pact. IiaTi Arrlva Overland LlmlteV a 1:40 am a 1:13 prs The China and Janan Fast Mall a 4:16 pm a 3:10 pm Colo. A Calif. Ex a 4:16 pm a 9:30 am California A Ore. Ex.. a 4:25 pm a 1:10 pm Los Angelas Limited. ...all:30 am a10:45 pm Man ...a 1:Hcm a 3:30 nm Colorado special i: ini a i:m am North Platte lxcal.....a i:io am a 4:w pm Beatrice coej! o s:t pm o i:w pm Cktoago, Ueck Island m, rolg. KAa T. Leave. Arrive. Chicago Limited a 3:2k am a 7:10 am Iowa Local a T:0v am a 4:39 pm Chicago Mail a 8:1 am 10:10 pm fnw, TamI hlz:L nm b i'&A nm Chicago tEastern Fxp.. 4:06 pm al:4Spm i ctilcagu tlow mneo i .a : pm aim pm I WEST Rocky MounUIn Lira... a 7:20 am 3:18 am Colo. & Cal. Kxnias...a Z:fli pm a :SS pm nirl. Texas Exo a 4:40 nm all .06 Dm Colorado Fast Mall aW:16 pm a T am a dally, n daily except Sunday, Chtcaao Crtkt Waster St Paul A Minneapolis. 3:30 pm 7:1 am I Mr Paul Jfr Vf inneauolla. V-.4& am 11 :W i nm Chicago Limited 6:40 pm 9:00 am Chicago bxpreaa 7:4 am 11 M pm Chtc.-o Express 3:30 pm Wabaaku ;ju pm St Louis Exproea. ;30 pm a 9:40 am bt LiOiit ixicai iirom Council Blurts) a :! am ai0:30 pra Council Bluftsl U6;00pro bU:W am etanocrry uicu tuuu -Caicaicv, UUnsakM at. FaaL Chi. A Colo. Special.... a T ie am a 7:30 am caiuoraia u. j...a :e pm a 1UU pm Overland Limited a 3:36 pm a :M aia Marlon A Cfcdar n. Uoo.b l.b am bU: pm lilseeart Paclao. i a, Lout Express. I u- -i u. at t . a 9:09 am a 1:1 nm w. m ,.. ius a ;mi pm Cateaao Kortkiweateva. Cedar Rapid Pass.... a i:6 am a SO nn. Twin City xpreas ....a 7 .60 am alo.uo cm Cluoaaa baynaut ...aieam all: 16 pm ...aU:s am a 3:e pm ...b 3.U pm a 9 6 am ...a 443 pm a9.iuaa ... .... b 1:44 nm caicao i yai . Bioux City Local Cai-roll Local Sioux City Local Chicago tprea a tM pm a Ma) am Fast Mall Fast Mail ,a 9:2 pm a 3:M am a i.oo pm Twin City Limited ...a 9:2b rtA a 1:09 am Overlanu Limited a 9:113 pm a 9:16 am Chicago Limited aU:00 pm all: 14 am Norfolk-Boneateel a 7:40 am liKo6 am Lincoln-Long Pin b am b!0:36 am Dad wood-Lincoln a 3:00 pin a 9:06 pm Casper-Shoshonl a 3:00 pm a .- pm Hadlngs-Superior b 3:00 pm b :uf pra Fremont-Albion b 6:03 pm bU.W pm HUnela Ceatraa, Chicago Kxpreas a 9.-00 am a 3:66 pm vuwav - ....... .m .w tfm i aa BtRLIMGTOS 4AT10J iota A MA90.1. BarUaateau Leave. A rrlva Denver 4k California... .a 4.10 Dm ilkn. Black Hills a 440 pm a t.v pm Nurtawest Bpeciai a 4.iu Dm a , Kortbwo.t txpr aU W cut a tM pm kebraaka Local . I.W aia ....... ..7. Uutoia i.ocai a 9:06 am neolu Fast Mail...... .b 3 0v pm ai:M pm E. i;ruua m w..v ym ui u .m am Uevue A PlalUiu a..a 1m am . am nvir Limited a i-ia an. beltevue A Pae. June.. .a 9: am a 3:30 am bellevue A Pao. June. a 9:19 am a I t pi Lhiuaao coecial a :J am a 7: J an Chicago Lxprca a 9:46 pm a 3.14 pia rhio ruir e.w Dm ai:mam Iowa Looai-, a sue am aiu pi at. Uta A.w,va a .w iu Ji:J am Laasas Ciiy-St Jo. ...: pm a 9:46 am Kana Cltv-8t Jo.. ..a :16 aiu a t.ld nm tinii Cliy-bt Jo a 4:9 pm ,N..., (3IT(I DEPOT-lSIW A WBBSTKR. Cbleas. I at Mlaaeapeli. , Oasaka. Leave. - Anlva fwia City Passenger. . .b :a am b 1.14 pm loux City Pasauna-er...a 3:0 pm allrw am Pmarann Local b6 Mpm b 9 10 am Emerson Local .... Usee art PaelAe, " to pm 4Sbraska Local, via Weeping Vt aier .0 IM pm tdl Japa a Dally, b Dally except Sunday. 41 Dalll xoepl Saturday, e buna ealjr, LaUy excn.i Honiif. OCEAB STEAMER ABICHY Clark's tth Aaaaal Ornlse, Feb. vnitni -07. 70 daye, by chartered BS. "Ara bic." 19,009 tons. 3 Tours Round the world. , r. u ci.au it, 99 way, . x. sleep. From th time h guest hands hi rails to th boy In buttons who meets htm at th door until long after he ties left the hotel, the efforts mad to promote his comfort are never for a minute abated. Perhaps, from the point of view of th guest, th greatest convenience afforded by the modern hotel Is fourd In the fa cilities It offers for obtaining all aort of things quickly and on credit. As oon as a vialtor Is assigned to a room the house open an account with him nd he may charge to It his restaurant ex penses, his laundry checka. telephone call, telegrams, baggage transportation; messen gers, thester ticket, carriages, or what ever els he may desire. More than that, at any hour of the day or Bight he may call for his bill and find It waiting for him. Th vouchers for whatever he has ordered, whether a bouquet for hla buttonhole or a ten -course dinner for twelve friends, ar Immediately sent through pneumatlo tubea to th cashier desk and ar entered at once In a loose-leaf ledger. In which a page already has been Inserted bearing the name of the guest. Every night these Items are put on a bill to be presented In the morn ing If asked for. All that la left to be done when any one comes to th desk to make a settlement I to complete the bill by adding any chargea that may have been Incurred elnc th prevlou night, and thl work take but a few moment. What th Gweet Forccta The modern hotel keeper literally speed th parting guest, because arrangements are made to see that the head baggage man Is notified when the visitor I to leave, After he ha passed out of th building on hi way to train or steamer, the earn care I exerted to see that letter and tele gram and the thing which he ha for gotten mny be promptly ent after him. The average American I a forgetful per son. He leaves about 3,000 article of hi personal property In the Hotel Astor every year. To take care of these things there an elaborate card index system and a special safe In which are kept article of any lntrinslo value. Such an article 1 placed In a bag, tagged and deposited In the afe, and unless Its owner ha disappeared en tirely from the haunt of man he will sooner or later be located and hla property returned to him. The great modern hotel contains magy labor-aaving devices and many kind of machinery. But the telephones and ele vators, the Ice making appliance and the machine which purify the air, the pneu matic broom which capture dust, and germs and the hundred and one other contrivances for other useful purposes can not take the place of th hotel clerk. ' The bell boy may disappear, but the man behind the desk, with his vast fund of inform tlon and hi marvelous memory, Is still In dispensable. It Is no longer possible for the proprietor to meet his guests personally, but the clerk greets them with the old- time cordiality. He Is the connecting link between the barren and cheerless Inn of years gone by and the great establishment of the twentieth century. Where the Clerks Come la. - Now, as In the last generation, the hotel clerk' memory la one of hi chief asset. To the stranger in a strange city It is a gratification when he asks for the room he occupied on a previous visit to hear the clerk reply: "Certainly; number 609. I'll ee If It' vacant." It I the clerk who can tell which la the best part of any one of the theater from which to view th atage, He know all about the actor and the amount of their salaries. In hla many chambered brain are the figures of. the railway time table and the sailing hours of th steamships. He Is. In manj par ticulars, a better city directory than the printed volume. And. above all, he la a born diplomat, able to give confidence to the timid and peace of mind to the wan derer whose longing for home ha made him Irritable. Indication are that this Is to be a record breaking season In the New York hotels. Every year see an Increase In the de mands made upon the hotel men for ao commodatlona for dining and dancing par ties, for gathering of associations and bus tness organisation. At th same time, th number of famine who prefer a hotel to a house or a flat I constantly srawinc. while th great army of ths visitors to th city to steadily growing. New hotel ar going up by the doxen, still the accommo dation do not exoeed the demand. Th Englishman who aaid that New Yorker worked In twenty-story skyscrapers by day and alept In twenty-story hotel by night was not rar wrong. And because Americana ar the world's greatest travelers, they are also the hotel-man's beat customers. They have created a demand which has - mad American hotel the best In th world, UUAINT MODELS FOR PATENTS - i Deslsjns Faahloaed by faveatere Coa- etltate a Mnsam lav the , , . Pateat ORree. There are thousands upon thousahds of models at the patent office of 'Inventions that are of absolutely no use whatever, They represent the blasted hope and often the ruined fortune of Innumerable in- ventora who Invested their time and money In worthies Ideas. The model forwarded by these lnventora to the patent office form a sort of museum by themselves, and those who wish to look a bit beneath the aurfac can find a tory abounding In genuine pathos In pretty nearly every one of these foolish Invention. The star Invention In th wav of real aburdlty Is said to be th "windmill boat. This Is a device intended to supersede the sailboat of today. The motive power furnished by a windmill erected on the deck of the boat which I to take the place of sail. One glance at th model of thl boat Is sufficient to convince gay per son 91 ordinary Intelligence of It absurd' ity. Then there I th Invention of on Helnta. eimann "for floating horses across river. A very funny little model of a strangely shaped horse .with a still more wonderfully fashioned rider, a soldier, accompanies the patent papers. Little bladders filled with air are fastened around the horse. If the model were placed In a tub of water tha little bladders would support ths horse and rider on the surface of th water, but sad to relate ths poor soldier and horse would float with their feet up In the air and the head of both man and beast well sub merged. Mr. Helntxelmann'l Invention w never adopted by the army of thl or any other country. A -very odd exhibit la the pistol and pocket knife combined. A nail file project ing from th under side ot the knife act as trigger. The Inventor, one Mr. Peavey, blandly states In hi description ot the con trivance that "this Invention Da th great merit of being useful in two way If you do not kill the man with tha pistol shot you may then attack him with th knife. Note that It ha several blade. Also you may use U to dig stones out ot a horse's hoof." There ar counties numbers of baby car riages, go-carts and baby chairs. They are so complicated with all aorta of "Im provements" that no person of' only ordi nary human Intelligence can understand how th chain are la tended to be used. Another patent office model In th line ef chair 1 less complicated, but more in teresting, and, perhaps a good deal more absurd. It I a "life-saving chlr." A hol low compartment made of sine gad per fectly air tight constitute the bark ed arma. The rest of the chair la very lm- to any ordinary chair. , Th patent peclflcatlon relate that "when th ateamer la alnking th passengers may su In these chairs and be washed ashore to absolute coaiforf ' JXew York Bun. IRE PROVOKES A JUBILEE MB Baltimore. PUn to OelebraU t& Uplift from It Asbea. WHAT tNERGY AND COURAGE WILL DO astrsjctlv ptatlstlea Aboat th Losses aaa Ik lasaeaae Paid A ttroaarer, Btgg aa Better City, From the 9th to the 16th Inst. Baltimore win have a Jubilee and "Old Home Week" In honor of the triumph of energy, pluck and resource over the devastation of fire. Like Chicago, Baltimore ha risen from th ruin of February T, 1901 atronger, better and bigger, and the people have warrant for rejoicing. How great waa th destruction wrought Is best shown by th report of Chief En gineer George W. Horton, who wa In command of th Baltlmor fir department at that time, and la atlll It head: "On Sunday, February T, 1904, Baltimore waa visited by one of the most disastrous conflagrations (In money loss) thl coun try ha ever known. The fire originated In a 1x-story brick building occupied by E. Hunt A Co. a a Wholesale dry good and notion bouse, located at German trt. Liberty etreet and Hopkins Place. "The thermoatat alarm waa received at 14:41 a. m. and waa responded to by one engine company, one hook and ladder cdm pany, one district engineer and on sal vage corps company. Where the Fire Bearaa. 'On entering the building from German treet the fire wa discovered In th base ment and appeared to be among the pack ing cases. A flame .waa seen drawing acroas th celling toward the elevator haft on th south side of th building. Very little amoke wn seen on the first floor or basement. As th men descended th stairs with two and one-half-inch line of hose and three-fourth of an Inch chemical j hose, th daylight seemed to fade away, caused by the downpour of smoke through the elevator shaft, and Instantly there was an explosion, the impact of which waa upward and outward. Th time between the receipt of the alarm and th xplosion waa about flv minute: th roof waa lifted and every window light above the tint floor was broken, and the flames shot out with a loud, whistling noise. The con cussion broke tha windows In the sur rounding buildings and heavy brands of fire were carried from tha Hurst building Into the adjoining property, and at once aeven buildings were burning fiercely. The wind at thl time wa blowing twelve mile an hoar from . the southwest; tk street at thl point are thirty-five and forty feet wide. "Brand of fire at one began to be blown several squares away, setting Are to rubbish In yard and awning, the flame ot Which Immediately entered broken win dows, mad o by the Intense heat and th explosion of a box containing powder, nearly Opposite the Hunt building. It being Sunday and a commercial district there waa no one to look after the numerous in cipient Ore. Effect of tha Wlad. "The fir followed the direotion of the wind, which remained from the southwest until U o'clock at night, when It changed to almost due west, and at noon on Mon day changed to northwest Bo great waa the wind and the vacuum caused by the beat that deluge stream were torn to fragment and could aot reach th second atoriea. "Th conflagration raged until 11:30 a. m. Monday, February 3. During that time lt had traveled over about 140 acna of ground and destroyed eighty-six blocks, containing 1,626 building and four lumber yards. Total Insurance paid, 329.221,861.- There wen engaged at the Are 460 fire men, 34 steam engine, 8 hook and ladder trucka. 1 fire boat, 1 police boat ail be longing to Baltimore. "Then -wen alio 771 firemen, 13 steam engines, hose Companies and 1 hook and ladder truck from other cities and towns. "Then were about 70,000,000 gallons of water used. "The department lost 1 steam engine, hook and Udder truck and 29,900 feet of hose. "The assessed value of th building ourned waa 91Z.90S.300. Th total loss, ex elusive of office furnishings, etc., waa over 1100,000,000. It Is difficult to conceive how such a disaster can be viewed, a little over two yean later, aa anything but a calamity. At first temporary structures were erected on thirty, sixty and ninety day permits, and th business part of th "Monumental City" resembled Nome or Bad Axe or What Cheer rather than- the commercial center It had been and was to be again to an even greater degree. Aa an example of the -self-reliance of It cltlsen If may be noted that Baltlmon expended only 123,000 of tha quarter of a million do!. Ian voted a a- relief fund by the Mary land legislature.' Thl sum was used to give temporary relief to those whose tools or mesne of livelihood had been destroyed. The remaining $227,000 was returned with thank." Expansion of the City. Not content with regaining th around lost, plans were at once made to recon struct on better lines. A a tint tep it wa epaoted that all buildings over eighty nv feet In height must be fireproof throughout and building under that height be of the leaser grade of protection known imply a fireproof. It waa possible to faoe on such fin cheerfully, but a repe tition was not Invited. Secondly; 700 lot mad vacant wen acquired by the city for Broadening street, laying out one new tnet and Increasing the docking facilities. For this last purpose an appropriation of ti 2.000.000 haa been made, which coven tn cost or dredging the harbor. The na tional cTovernment came to the aid of th stricken city with an appropriation of 11,000,000 for a new custom house, the for mer one being among the buildings de troyed. The massive wall of th court house, which had atnpped th progress, of the flames, were reconstructed, at cost of $160,000. A aewerage system to cost 310,000,000 wa contracted for. In addition to theae sums the city raised 12,009,000 for the improvement of what is called th' Annex." an outlying district of the city; 31,000,000 for the improvement of the park system, 36,000.000 for street paving, 11,000,000 lor th construction of school houses and 91,000,000 for the construction of Are en glne housea The remarkable thing is that money for these and alt other similar and incidental expense waa raised without dif ficulty at SV per oent and that th tax rat, naver high. Is today lower than be fore the fin. The exact figure ar for 1W4, in; ror lata. 3.11; for 19u6, I. It Is con fidently expected that the rate next year will not exoeed L7I. A boom town 1 BaltJ. more, and the exceptional and right kind or a boom town. This increase In trade la not ao noticeable to the casual vhltor a th wonderful change In the 140 acre burned over. Of the 1.313 lot made vacant only eighty parcel remain unimproved. Seven hundred and two new building bav been erected on the reu many of them "sky scrapera" of fifteen stories or more. When the value f those destroyed, as alnady stated, wa til. 90a, 800, today their place la taken by Structures valued at X,6OO,C00. t The chief source of all this prosperity Baltlmon harbor. Oa account of thl ever 90.009 emigrant oUr this country yearly through Paltlmom, which divide the honors of second place with Boston. Grain elevators having a rapacity of 9.000.000 bushel and direct line to many European port appreciably cheapen the handling of grain as compared with other Atlantic porta. MEXICANS ON THEJR GUARD Amerteaa Ranks Maa aaet Varlea Games latereet lb Natives. Hla Even ancient Mexico I not free from th American confidents man, and, aa waa demonstrated by the recent round-up- of a number of swindler In on ot the tower of th old cathedral, the old, old games, worked with uch success In th United State on the unsuspecting, are Just aa suc cessful In the land of th Montesumaa aa In the land of their origin. The smoothest of all the crook I th confidence man. The little game he work en the uninitiated an Interesting to that portion of th publlo that haa already been up agatnat one or more of them, aa well as to th onea who have never been bun- koed. To be bunkoed by a clever group of operator I an experience that haa fallen to many, and many a lesson baa been gained thenby. If you have never been bunkoed don't laugh too heartily at f those who have, for who know but you may be alated tor an experience similar to those who have gone before. In Mexico the ratera Is purely a local product. He Is credited with being about the moat expert lifter of valuables In the world, as many a tourist, with a record of many thousands of miles of travel in for eign land and loada of experience, will at test The ra.tero la endlted by some with being able to take oft your vet nmove your valuable and then replace the gar ment without even you being aware ef the trick. But hi game la a coarse one. In the language of .the "perfesh" when th genuine bunko man appean on the scene. This genius of grafter haa In the past been practically unknown In Mexico, and the easy pny to which many of the unsus pecting have fallen to the Ant onea ar riving' tn Mexico leads to the belief that more of the gentry will soon . leave the original Aelds In the United State and make a tour of the republic. Some of the moothest of th class could doubtless make very profitable tour In Mexico should they so choos. It seems that the simpler the game the easier it Is to take In the average human being. A game that Is too complex Is shunned by all the experts of the business and only the appanntly simple stunt are used. Th confidence men usually work in two and thnes. The beat looking and most affable man of the lot will land the prey and each of the othen will appear at the right time to get In their work, with the reeult that by th time the bunco men get through with their victim he la out a considerable amount, generally about all that he haa, for thee men do nothing by halve, and he 1 much th wiser for his experience. The first gam worked was the old one of matching coin with three In the gam. Instead of proceeding In the usual manner, the victim was lad to think that he waa in with on of th othen and that the two of them wen taking the money ef the third man away, only to return It to htm and to glv him a lesson. Finally, when the big aum waa a atake and every man had hla pile up before him, the grafter got In their work and buneoed It to the victim, In the most approved style among the profession. It worked so easy that the graften must surely have "hated to take tha money." probably acting upon the old aaytng that "th better tha place the better the deed" they chose the cathe dral tower for their scene of operations. But, alas, they rounded up on too many of th Innocent and they an In the handa of the police awaiting trial. . . The confi dence men have many other stunts than the on tried as a starter In Mexico and from time to time It la expected that th unsuspecting will spread the new of new games that are being played. The police of the northern republlo an giving th confidence men such trouble that It 1 only natural that they should drift to another climate. Bewan of , the smooth-talking Individual who become your friend ao easily. If he wants you to learn the little game with the pea under the shell, don't go up against It. Then Is many a man who has bet his' all that the pea la still under the shell when the man put It, but when the shell waa lifted the pea was not there. If a nice appearing young man fall In with you. you have a few drlnka and ha often to how you th town, keep your eyes open. When h gives you his talk about the wonderful prosperity that he has enjoyed In Mexico and telle you of many Invest ments he has made, 'believe It If you want to, but look out. When he leada you through th Mutual building, which he tells you belongs to him, and shows you all Its many Ana points, don't decide to buy It on th spot and glv him a big llc for the option. Just remember about thl time that the Masonlo temple and the Auditorium, In Chicago, the Flatlron and th New York Life building, tn New York, are aold dally In thl manner for aum ranging from 31.000 to 44,000. It all de pends upon how muoh th victim haa. Ot course, the latter game is usually worked off on the members from the rural pre cincts, but because your home is th county seat don't think you ara Immune to the games of a thoroughbred American "buneo ateenr." Mexican Herald. LIVELY WAR ON WHISKERS Valets Propose to Hava s Head la Maklaug tha Faees of Their ' Masters. Th Amalgamated Association ef Valet I nnderatood to have under discussion th right of member to wear on their face such hair as natun provides. In such style a may b pleasing to themselves. Soldier, drawn from th plow to th hardships of th militia eamp of Kansas. have been informed that they must be smooth shavea, and tha length to whieh they may. permit their lock to unfurl I also tated tn th regulation. All over the eountry there la war on th beard. A few year ago th ambition of vry man seemed to be to make a hiraut showing a an evidence of maturity. Now the bald chin-1 th general rule, and faces once mercifully hedged, behind a disguising heaf look out unadorned upon a world that looking back, doe not admire. The prejudice agalnat th beard 1 not nadlly understood. It la one of nature'a glfta and must hav some excuse for ex istence. It protects the throat hides th wavering cnin, nil up tne hollow cheek. buries th mole and th moth patch. Bom men look well by reason of It who, In its absence, call to mind th comle valentine. Yet some men look far better without it and these seem to be having their way. Just how the atyle Is bemg set haa not been explained. The king of England, whese hats and neckties are copied the world over, la bearded. So Is the Prince of Wales, the csar 'likewise. But some one. born with th Inability to raise a beard, has stolen a march. To b sun. a question might b asked to th utility of th . beard, but the earn query applle with even mon fore to rh hair of th head; for If the later I a protection. It 1 rendend superfluous by th habit of wearing -a hat Viewing the change of a decade, ft Is not impoasi. ble to Imagine that In th near future th only man really In style will be the on4 who poll Is aa bar a a blllard ball. Philadelphia Ledger. PEARL FISHING IN PHILIPPINES Maeh Capital Employed aad Maay Llvew Risked Aaaaally la th ladaatry. Pearling at Jolo, which Ilea at the outh westerly extremity of the Philippine group, Is a mysterious Industry. A large amount of capital and thousands of live an rlskea each year In delving Into ocean depth fof the great rough shelled bivalve which oc casionally contains a pearl worth a king"! ransom. Because of the great risk In. volve and the possible fortune to be gained, the Industry has a fascination scarcely to be resisted by those who have once experienced lt. Because of the great variety ot peop'e who search for pearls, the vast area of th hunting grounds, th eenturies-old custom ot the Mo roe and the special laws covering the Industry, n statistics can b obtained which will ap proximate the profit. The business I therefore mysterious. Pearling I a gam of haiard for high takes. The pearler must risk capital and hnman life. H must bnv th aea and go prepared to fight for hla rights with sav age men, and he must pay the taxes and dlvld the profit with th hrwd traden from Ceylon and Slngapon. Sometimes, ay the Far Eastern Review, fortune smile. Three yean ago a alngie pearl waa marketed In the Celebea for 36,000 peaoe. Buch And rarely com to publlo notice. Shrewd tnden an alwaya on hand to natch them away from the Ignorant and fearful diver, and the jewel Is first ex- fposed for ale In London or Parts or a Dutch port. Th Moro have thne waya of getting the pearl ehells out of the sea. One la by actual diving, one by dredging and a third bv a three-pronged catcher let down by a rattan rope. Thla last method can be used only when the sea Is ab.olutfjy calm, be cause the least ripple will prevent th fisherman from seeing th ahell at the bot tom of the sea. When the first method I employed the diver alwaya saya hi pray er before he goe down. In the day when hells were plentiful the diver went down to a depth Of from eight to twelve fathoms, but now there are men who even go as deep aa twenty fathoms. In former times the dtven were aup posed to give the bbjget pearls to the sul tan, but when the nattvea came to learn th value ot money they secretly sold them to the traders. As a consequence, wljcn It came to the knowledge of the sultan that one of hla ubject had, auddenly become rich he concluded that a pearl mut hava been eold, else how did he obtain all these fine thing in o hort a space of time. A messenger would be sent out at once to fine the man a large um of money. Special law have now been made by the Philippine commission covering th pearling Industry. The sultan and hla fol lower have no longer any legal right to colleet One and penaltlea, but th custom haa obtained for ao long that th ignorant people atlll fear the power of the aultan, and have not yet gained aufnclent confi dence In the American government to ac. cept Its guarantee of protection. New York Tribune. CHICAGO'S HUGE TAX ROLL Nearly Two aad a Quarter BUltoas, Real aad Persoaal, Listed la Cook County. The largest amount of taxable property art the book of any city in tn cnneo State Is listed on the books ot Cook county, which Includes Chicago. Th full value of All the taxable property, real and personal, reaches U230.113.686. The actual sum on which th tax rat win be ieviea. which b law 1 one-fifth of the full value. Is $446,023,717. Figuring at a flat rate or 7 per cent thla would yield 331.121.690.3 In nvenue. This information la the result of labor of the Board of Review, whoae booka were closed recently. The board. which went Into session July and closed August 22. added r74.706.a40 to th figures compiled by the Board of Aaessora this year. Thla 1 figuring on th full valuation, which In the case ot the re turn made by tha assessors was 3600, 369,310, while the Board ot Review fixed the total at 3574,987,660. The comparison between the work of the two boards la In personal property - alone. The action in real, estate resulted In a reduction ef th aseeeson' figures to the sum of 114.090,730 In full value and taxed value ot $2,313,146, Then was, however, an increase In th realty assessment of $40,068,746 In full val ues over the work of the Board of Review for last year. The full values returned by the Board of Review for 1908 wa $1,633,461146, aa against $1,698,406,000 for 1906. The tax values for the aame year are $319.G81,60 for 1806, as against $327,0113.829 tor 1906, giving an ex cess of 33,011,149 for the board work this year over that of last year In the, tax value. The full value of the personal property a distributed In th city and the outsid town 1 a follow: ' 1906. 1906. City of Chicago 33M.bl8.944 $477,844,239 Outsid towns U,0S,46 2S,6O6,0b0 City of Chicago excess of 1906 over 1906 Si,22M7f Towns outside of Chi cago excess of 1909 over 1906 11,136,108 Taxed values for same City of Chicago 179,923.7m $06,648,944 Outside towns ,U.7W 4.606.013 City of Chicago excess of 19U6 over 1906 1,346,06S Outside town exoess ot 190 over 19U6 791.32a Tba city will charge that th tax as sessment of $3,000,000 made by the Board ef Review upon th personal property of th tunnel company. Including the tele phone rlghta, railroad track and tunnel company, including th telephone right, railroad track and tunnel construction la "apparently ridiculous and absurd" In pro portion to the real value, and that It be come practically a "fraud upon th public' or an Indication that the Board of Review has had a fraud perpetrated upon It by the tunnel company. The court will be asked to have te board reconvene for th purpose of Increasing the taxation of $7,000,000 for the present year, and impoalpg an additional $7,000,000 for the past year for which th tunnel company waa not taxeu at ail. Chicago Chronicle. nreaktaa It t p. It wa on of those dental parlors when you pay in advance for haying your teeta pulled and await your turn. "Your sign saya," grumbled the customer who had just got out of the chair, " 'We extract without pain or cheerfully re fund.' " "Did It hurt youT" asked the young maa with the forceps. "Hurt? It felt a if you wen taking th whole top of my head off." "Well, lr, you can have your tooth back If you want It." Chicago Tribune. - RrUeetlens of a ISaelirlor. Most men have to be In love with some body, even If it s their own wife. A very rich widow can get very N stout without any on daring to call her fat. If a man did the things he tells his sons ' to do he would think he was a milk-sop. When a man tries to build a chicken house himself to save money It' a sign h 1 going to be broke for aa t year. New York Press.