B GREATEST CLOTHING PURCHASE EVER GONSUMATED
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From the Wholesale Stock,
Worth up to $10
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THE ENTIRE STOCK OF OHE OF NEW YORK'S LEADING WHOLESALERS
Whose Name We Withhold as a Special Provision of the Sale
Your Unrestricted
All the Up to -
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and Overc
From the Wholesale Stock,
Actual $12.50, $13.50 and
$15.00 Values
Men's $1.50 and $2
Fancy Washable
Vests, 4
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Men's New Fall Hats
Men of good taste everywhere select the Stetson Hats be
cause they are the very best in quality and workmanship
price Is
Brandcis
Hoys' and
colors,
IS THE PLUG HAT DOOMED?
iirlttt Irsabal f Maacallaa nla-
iT AssalU Has-
From our- sarllest Infancy are lit
graJnsd with vaneraUon for the plus; hat.
This Shiny cylinder has ever been . the
badge of erudition, the livery of dignity,
the imperious insignia of learning. The
world owes a tremendous debt to the pa
triarchal beard, but it -la doubtful If our
obligations to whiskers equal what we
we to the plug hat, We are told that the
tall hat was invented by the Spanish In
quisition as an Instrument of torture, and
that later it was worn to designate the
learned from the unlettered.
With the origin of the plug hat, huw
ever, we have nothing to do. The fact that
this institution is doomed to extinction la
cause for regret. X French scientist with
nothing more to do lias discovered that the
high hat is a veritable furnace and', sn
awful germ culture, lie experimented and
found that when the thermometer was 77
in the street, inside the bat It was M, and
when it was 90 outside it was 108 inside.
The fact vf this intense heat upou - the
hair and mental machinery is disastrous,
od sv lb Frenchman is not only giving
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ANY MAN'S
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Choice of
Date
! Begins SrD
fs
oafs
All Our $3 and $3.50
PflMTS at flit
and because their style is always the
very latest and most becoming. We
have all the nwest blocks In stiff r M
nd soft liats for Fall our i 4 I
Special Soft and Stiff Hats The
latest styles are shown in this splen
did line the best that ever sold at. ,
$2
ach
n the
s hats
Clearing All Our Sample Hats at 08c Each
Balance of all the. sample hats from the
great sale that remain in stock these hats
are in all styles and worth up to
(2.50 each, at, each
98c
or fall
Children's School Caps For fall
and winter wear, in plalnnd fancy
49c
baturaay at, each..
up his hat but lie is getting the academy
whenever anything is done in Paris it is
through some academy he is getting the
hat academy to lace the" nan upon the
plug hat. i
It will be a sad day that, sues the last
of the plug hat. To be aure, its use is
growing more limited as men become bolder
In throwing off the shackles of sartorial
convention. The plug hat is a decidedly
uncomfortable article of wear. But it is
picturesque. Who is there but cau remem.
ber with affection some old childhood
character whose disiinsulshina mark was
a battered plug hat that" had survived the
shocks and the wrecks of half a hundred
seasons? The plug hat is associated with
the village doctor, the lean nnd sallow
minister and the local undertaker. I r
haps the school tencher had one, too, and
it ia certain that we can recall dihtlnctly
the day taut father i elected to the leg.
Islature and was presented with a hat liy
hla admiring friends. And there was the
county attorney who wore a plug hat with
a sack suit and tan shoes. As youngsters
we didn't know very much about the art
of dreseing. but we renumber that our
older sisters snld the county attorney wua
Jay."
it will be a long time liefoie thi plug
hat becomes actually extinct.' The plug hat
Is a thing that uvsei wears tiuU It be
TllK OMA1IA'- DAILY BKK: HATUHDAY. OCTOBEK LU l'JOfi.
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Your Choice of All the
Mens
Fashionable Suits
and
Winter Overcoats
From the Wholesale Stock;
Positively Worth up to
$17.50 and $18.50
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All Our Boys' $4 and $4.50
Suits s Overcoats, 98
Ages 3 to
EXTRA SPECIAL SALE FOR SATURDAY ONLY
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W. L. Douglas Men's Shoes, tl&g
Worth $3.50 and
Also nine hundred pairs of men's box calf, velour calf, kangaroo calf
and vici kid shoes and patent leathers from some of the most reli
able makers in the country single and double 6oles all styles and
lasts a bargain at $3.00 for Saturday onlv at, a pair
A DOLLAR NINETY-EIGHT
comes tattered and generally disreputable,
It Is true, but this Is a condition that
stems to endear it that much more in the
affection of the poaeesaor. The plug hat
has survived the warmii.g pan and the
snuff box. When all things else have suc
cumbed to the tide of time the plug hat
has held Its own on the heads of its devo
tees. It will be a sorry day when it xhall
pa away. Kansas City Journal.
TIDAL WAVE CF LIQUID SAND
I'rr uliarlt Irs ul tlniarroa Hler
t Inorfa Whirs Menace Hall
road t rumlus.
-The fatal Cimarron river flood which
caused the disaster to a Rock Island pas
Piii'r train a few weeks ago is described
by those who saw it as of greater magni
tude than any noted iti many years.
These floods come with remarkable sud
denness and are locally known as "heads."
Many equal and some excetd the wall of
water that wrought such ruin in Johns
town. I'a., but In Oklahoma the towns and
f irm houses are located with a iew of
cktaping such floods. At noon, for in
stance, the Sou ill Canadian may lie a mere
rlulct. meandering over its flooiVke bed,
ut sand. Fifteen uilnutte later the rivei i
Choice of All the Men's
Hand
wer
and
From the Wholesale Stock
Positively worth up to
222 25
16 . . .
$4.00, Mostly Small Sizes,
has changed to a roaring flood ten feet
deeji, the water coming down in a solid
wall. In the big flood of the South Can
adian three years ago three head rises
followed each other In succession, their
combined depth being more than twenty
feet. It was estimated that the first wall
of water was about eleven feet high.
A head rise Is caused by a heavy rain
fall over a large scope of country in the
plains country of the Texas Panhandle
and the region further we'.. Jloudbursts
sometimes add to the natural downpou.
of water, which reaches the headwaters of
the ton tli Canadian from every direction
of its plains watershed at about the same
hour. Once massed In the eiver this
miniature ocean moves downward with
gretit swiftness and crushing power.
gjtid In the river bed mixes wlih the
agitated water until the latter is from
80 to 30 per cent sand, and acts as a batter
ing ram whenever it strikes un obstruction.
It teats away poorly built foundations with
great rapidity. It is aaaerted that as the
big waves broke in the river at the piver
bridgo sand, being heavier than water n1
having a greater Impetus, would fhool up
ward like shot in a hatidful of dust t.ts.ied
upward. The sand lade u water was so
heavy that the trough between the wavrp
as shorter than In water of less sravit;-.
The problem ul controlling lloods lit the
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is rr
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Tailored
oats
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Men's $4 and $5
Mackintoshes.
Small Sizes 198
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Salt Fork, the Cimarron and the North
and South Canadian rivers, alt of them
rising In the plains country and having
flat and sandy beds, baa cost railroad com
pnnles In Oklahoma and Indian Territory
millions of dollars in bridges and dykes.
The estimated cost of the v Km k Island
bridge, now being built across the South
Canadian Is fl.ouo.Apn. The cost and main
tenance of the Santa Ke bridge at PurecT
has gone far In excess of $l,UK.fi. Th.1
"Kiity" bridge at Canadian, I. T., ha
eiHeii up large sums of nion;-
These big steel briuges are as solid r.s
granite hills, letting upon foundations of
cement and stone sunk far below the danger
line of flood., lull the bridge approaches
are constantly menaced. The rivers tear
them out frequently nnd repairs and lm.
provetnenls are almost constantly under
way. The railroad companies employ watch,
men at these bridices to Insure Mie suf -ty
of i heir trains.
In arlior yers w hen there was lack of
telegraph communication with the plain
country where theie "head" rises have
their origin tlies-: floods would appear with
out warning. Altoul two djy la required
for'-a "head" to reach central Oklahoma,
and the moment high water appears in :
Panhandle country warnina-c aie tele.
f,-ruth'd and thu bridge employes are o i
guard. -
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Ma Shirts
Men's Manhattan Shirts, in pleats and
Griffon and Wellington Shirts, pleated
ttureka bhlrt., pleated and atlflr bosoms
Munatnc L'nlon Hults for men, 50
Corr' Klbbd
wear, at
rv .4.50
Wrlirhfs 1.60 Health Fleece Under
wear, at
'ibe extra heavy wool and cotton
Meere Underwear. tl.&O values,....
Manufacturers sumples men's fine
neeoe Underwear, 1.0
values, at
25c -
bol Agents Dr. RufT l German Health
Underwear, per garment
Boys" and Children's 1.60 Wool
Sweaters, at
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Men's Lined Press and Working- r). n
Uloves, at ui' ,w
Mens New hall NerKwear dressy Of fft UC
new fall styles C 10
The rear of these approaching walls of
water can be beard a mile or two. Farm
ers living in the South Canadian valley
declsre that when the monster "head" rise
came three years ago Its growl and roar
could be heard for Ave miles. For many
feet ahead of the walls ot water the bare
riverbed spouts up slender columns of
water because of the sudden impact and
pressure of the flood upon the sand
through which the river when low finds
its mbierranean way.
To bs caught in one of these flood !s a
rln:tlon of great peril. The rising water
lo iaens the sand, and the entire river bed
becomes a . vast quicksand. Once tlnnly
catitihl a wagon und team will disappear
from sight In a short lime. When tl.c
waier begins falling the fond loses lis
velocity, sinks to the bottom and regain
It t;rmness.
'i'lie recovery of objects lost in this
quicksand is practically impoM.'tble. as it
location cannot be ascertained and only
a eostlv dredging machine could surmoant
the difficulties of excavation.
A count Y caiuvan of wagons and their
contents lies buried In tlese rivcra from
tlieir source to their confluence with the
Arkunas In the seventy or eighty yenrs
tit.. lnlt,1 Mtates armv Mas lieen f n lhl
portiua of lite southwest portions) of many 1
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Underwear
stiff bosom, at.
and negligee, at.
..fl.50 and $2
. .91 and fl.SO
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to 2.98
98c
39c-45c
wool and
J9c - 5(lc
4.50
50c-75c
jmmsnaKvmi'him m
wsgon trains have gone down In these
quicksands. Xl-w York Herald Letter.
To Study Itallroad Wrecks.
The German government has taken pos
session of a short strip of track near Ber
lin and is planning to execute a unique
series of railroad "accidents" made to
order. Every variety of misplaced switch
will be tented, every possible defect in
wheels, axlea and car equipment will be
tried out and the grand finale Is to be an
Immense, bead-on collision of locomotives.
Thtae spectacular exhibitions are not
planned by the government as a national
amusement. Tiny are for the purpose of
scientlilc experiment, so that the engineers
and railway experts may study ways and
means to prevent accidents of all kinds In
the future.
Railroad disasteis have occurred with
alarming frequency in the German empire.
It la estimated that the German railwa)s
lose $l,Z6rt.iW annually through damages
After the causes and effects of each
ariety of wreck have been noted It will
be the task of the government officials to
devise snfc guards. Kt. l.ouis Posl-Dif-'
patch.
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It In the Tor L'vhanae culiimn vl lbs
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