Nebraska Newspapers

    T7IE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 2. 100G.
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Appreciate The
DT'VDKH. Neb.. Nov. r.-To the Krtllor
cf The Hit: At thw last riil.r meeting
of th Dundi Wntmn's c luT the future
policy of The Pee In eliminating frf.tn Its
pages nil obnoxious advertisements and
presenting to the city of Onwhu a (loan
family piinr was generally ri-used. anJ
the action of the editor most li"irtlly com
mended and approved.
We congratulate you upon this advance'
movement In the right direction. Most
sincerely yours,
MAZIK Al.WYX KI.Si.N.
1'1JKENi'E r. lkavitt.
IVmim'ttee.
OMAHA, Nov. 11. To the INIitor of Tl,
TJee: Pirmlt me to express to ynu rny
appreciation of the position taken by ymir
Valuable rP r in eliminating the ohjec.
tlonable advertising matter from" the col
umns of TJie Bee.
I understand that such a decision coMs
NK.nsio nun. Kit diiwa.
The ecclesiastical boss la the enemy's best
ervant.
A HtU warm cheer docii more than a lot
of cold cash.
Th mOFt empty life is the one that think
only of Itself.
FnJtb In Clod is nothing without f'llow-
lilp with man.
He who Ii not rich, having nothing, will
Dot be rich having all.
People who tow no Joy are Mist to com
plain when they reap none.
Many a good deed ha died in intention
for lack of a lit tie appreciation.
Large Ideas of spirituality cannot take
the place of definite Ideas of right.
There are a mlllkm wiy of spelling love
and none of them confined to letters.
A good deal of religious food is spoiling
because It is being used for furniture.
The greatest good is that which leads us
to know the greatness of true goodness.
The creed of a church must be a step
to the divine and not a substitute for It.
Many a man has found the rcul riches of
life by looking into the faces of the poor.
Whatever Is gained at the cost of char
acter gets on the wrong side of the ledger.
It is not the sign of the cross, but the
spirit of the cross, that makes true re
ligion. You are sure to be disappointed In the
Inventory of your blessings If yeu count
only yotir gains.
'The j-eople whose sensibilities ate all on
top of the skin always are pushing Into the
thick of trouble. Chicago Tribune.
SKCl'LAR SHOT AT TIIK PI LIMT.
Washington Post: A New Jersey minister
ajked for a raleo In salary on account ot
'the added expense of a typewriter." The
deacon raised a row about It. until the
pastor meekly explained that he had mar
ried her.
Kansas City Star: In Baltlmoie last Sun
day, Mrs. Susan Askay attended Metho
dist church by way of celebrating her lolst
birthday, and gavo a testimony of her llfo
Interest in the cause of Christianity. Per
sons who may be skeptical on the ques
tion of a future existence have probably
not failed to observe that, at least, re
ligion does not tend to shorten the time
In tills world of persons who practice it.
Chicago Chronicle: There has been no
time since Dr. Crapsey has entertained
heterodox opinions respecting certain doc
trines of tho Kplscopallan church that he
oould not have had full liberty to pro
mulgate thowe doctrines simply by resign
ing from that church; It has been the
case with Dr. Crapsey, however, as it ha
been with several other clergymen, that he
wanted to remain In a church whose doc
trine he repudiated and to teach doc
trines which the church repudiates. Tiii.
Phase of intellectual dishonesty is one of
the niort surprising and discouraging in
modern religion.
Springfield Republican: Tho Agllpay
schism In the Roman Catholic church in
tho Philippines worried the church prelates
at one time, espcclully when there was
some doubt as to whellv r the church edi
fices that the Agllpay followers had taken
jiocaslon of would be restored. There wss
originally a request that tlie govern.i..-uv
evict the AKllpayit s from the property
of the Catholic church, but Mr. Taft was
too wise to proceed In such R way. He
avoided Identifying the government with
one side or the other by Insisting that
the queetion of the ownership of the church
property should be left to the courts. 1 ho
decision now handed down by the Philip
pine supreme court ngulnst Agllpay and
his followers will gratify the Roman Catho
lic hierarchy: and every one else, except
the schismatics, will be. gratified because
the court was ununlmoua.
RAILROAD KAHHIXK".
Grosa and et Recelnta tuerlenp
All Monads.
Fhiladeliila Record.
Tha most striking fart In th statistics of
railway earnings Just issued by the Inter
state Commerce commission is that the
growth of business is now outrunning ex
penses, swelled as the are by rising prices
and wages, and the i et earnings are In
creasing at a rate exceeding the gross. The
lucreaso in grows earnings for the last fiscal
year over the year before Is greater than
the Increase In any previous year, ami this
increase Is added to the almost unbrolt. n
aeries of nnual (ncresses that covers a de
cade. This increase In gross earnings is 10
per cent, and what is more remarkable Is
that tho Increase in tiet earnings 'v"
11 per cent, gr-atur than the Increase in
gro and greater than the Increase 1n net
cf any previous year. '
The yeara lucrai;7in net earnings was
WT.oofi.OK'. Rut dividends were only tM.ntrt.fvo
greater tlian tho year berore. It ha been
a striking feature of our recent railnwd
financial history that all the earnings were
not distributed aiiusi the shareholders,
hlch would have made the managers Kp
ular. aud have promoted speculation by
booming sleeks. A large portion of the net
earnirgs has been applied t Improving the
roads and increasing their equipment and
Increasing the value of the properties.
4f '. V, ) 5e
Ly'.v tvo-tit'ft Hifttculss are uiihecoiiiini;. For a trifle
extra you can li;ivp our Invisible Double Vision Lenses,
ground iu one siugle itve of glass. Xo cement to flake.
Huteson Optical Co.
Agent for the Eastman Kodak.
ractorr as th rrauUea. Ipactacl, U aeeded, $1.00 up.
213 BOUTH SIXTEENTH STREET.
X.0T0T OMASA II4TTL1
Bees Course
;mi money, fur A w hit" at ! a;, hut j-m'i
iM!r. !s one of great moral value t- this
city and Itt every home white your puf-r
I re-id. lteive m. your r-sr-ftr ully.
CHATtLES P. rVHANTUN.
t'OTWVIL ULl'FFH WOMAN 6 CHRIS
TIAN" TUMPEUANf'E UNION. Nov. Z.
To the 1-Mltor of The Pee: As your paer
is extensively circulated In our city, we
arc pbwscd to note your decision to ex
elude fmm the columns of The Fee fell
objei tionabb- advertising matter.
Our tinioTi In regular meeting today
ti!ed n resolution unanimously commend
ing you for the position tnken and desired
that tlieir appreciation and th'Ark be thus
expressed to you. Sincerely your?.
MRP. O. ii. Ol.WIAM.
iTeSideiit.
MR!. L. B. 11A1RD.
Secretary.
PF.RMISII, tl) OTHERWISE.
Pittsburg will have to hurry some to
catch up with San Francisco a a graft
paradise.
A New Torker who drpped four fl-wr
without being Set Inuelv jarred shed copious
tears, for the wreck of a pair of new sus
penders. Out of the wreck on the Southern iail
road comes a statement of doubtful com
fort for friends. The victims did not know
what hit them.
Mr. Caruso could well afford to pay that
measly fine of S10 with one of his celebrated
M.oon note, but refrained lest the tender
would embarrass the court in making
change.
I'nder ordinary circumstances the father
of forty-three children would command
sympathy Instead of a court penally. But
they do things differently In V tali oc
casionally. Recent ' activity againft li lists lias
squeezed J,j.,uun.Ofm of water out of Stand
ard Oil stocks. Young Rockefeller has some
wanant for liis preaching on the charms
of poverty.
Governor Magoon wants considerable new
blood to pump Into Culm's system. Fu-
trlot anxious for a wirjter season in the
tropics are welcome to respond to the cry
of distress.
The old Lincoln cor which reposed for
years In the Junk division of the Fnlon
Pacllla shop yard's in Omaha is now going
the rounds of the country and drawing
considerable money Into the pockets of the
owners.
While a Cleveland Judge Was considering
the sttnlty of a man accused of marrying
five women, without wnltlng for the neces
sary legal formalities, the victim cleverly
Justified himself, in ids own mind, by
quoting a recent book advocating trial mar
riages. Nevertheless, he went over the
penitentiary pike.
It Is difficult for the puritan spirit to
atorb a hit of d-licate humor. The 11
hrarv K. .u r.l .. ,
v ' ui t .vntsaacuusciis town ex-
eluded from the library shelves one
of
Mark Twain s books becaui It contained
an etching showing A.lam and Eve under
the tree of knowledge with Lve In the aet
of handing Adam a lemon.
UOM KTIC Pl.K ASA TIUKS.
hMis Goodli-aou't you admire my new
fory Toney y" t m-rr, me
"Marry you for your mouev! I wouldn't
SianVh-Y ,or y;lw: Yuu "
Dealer. ou? -cievcland Plain
Caller Isn't your mother In, Kthel
Lt liel-No. nmam; she's downtown,
t alter Sliupiung?
Kllicl-oi,. no. J d,llV, llK hp , j
time for that. 8he said she wss going to
Ledger U0 llli"es Uo necJ J-l'hiladclpliia
"So you re In love with that penniless
youngster, eh?" said her father, sternh.
-iw. I prn-iosc In cure you of that.''
"Hut you can't," retorted the willful
young girl. -I'm determined to many
him."
"Kxactlyl That's what I propose Ui let
you do. " Haltlniure American.
"It makes me smile now," said Miss
Auteek, "when I tnlnk how much afraid
or the dark 1 was when I whs very
small."
"o: well.", spiled Miss Knox, "It wasn't
so becoming to you men as it Is now.
lty the way, did you ever try facial mas
sage? "Philadelphia Press.
"How do you keep your husband from
g.ilng to the club." inquired the bride wiio
was Just emerging from the hunevmoon.
"I'insy." replied the seasoned mat rem. "I
keep n club for lilm at hoitie." Ch-veiaiid
Plain Dealer.
"Yer lookin' very mournful these davs.
Mrs. FUrrcn," remarked Mrs. McGetil
gan. "An' no wonder." replied Mrs. Fairen.
"shure. there hasn't been a funeral In Im
parls)! to liven wan up for a month or
more." Indianapolis News.
Having carefully nurtured an orange tree,
tho Agricultural department plucked the
fru't and fuund It to be it ! mini.
Who dared to hand I nch- pi in one of
there?" wua the Inslint Inquire.
Naturally. suf:. 'on fell upon Wisard
Ilurbatik.- Philadelphia Led a r.
M-'AHIMJ Til K I, AST UtiK.
Alice Caiey.
Oh don't be sorrowful, darlli.s'
And don't be sorrowful, prv'
Tuklng the year together, my dear
There Isn't more night than day.
'Tls rainy weather, my darling:
'lime's wavvs they heavily run
Hut taking the year totr.er, my dear
There isn't n.oie cloud thnn sun. '
We are old folks now. mv darling
Our heads they are growing gra ;
But taking the year nil roup I. my dear
You will alwas find the May.
We have had our May. my darling.
And our roses, long ago;"
And the time of ear is coming, my dear.
For the silent iiignt and the snow.
And God is God. my darling
of night ss well as of day: i
And we fee and know that e can go
Wherever He leads the way.
Ave, Cod of the night, mv darling
Of the idght of d-th so grim:
The gale turn Lads out of lue good wife,
Is the gate that leads to Him.
Sho-Not
Invisible
Lenses
ROOSEVELT. AT ISTHMUS
How lbs resident Wi Eeta fjd it tfc
riDiua Caaal Wens.
RECEPTION BY PRESIDENT AMODER
Precedent F.sta ll Used of President f
the tailed Mates Katerlna the
Territory of Another
(Teranteat.
J hen Hi Excellency, Theodora Roore-
velt, twenty-sixth president of the I'nitd
State of America, landed at Cristobal he
made the first presidential visit to non
contiguous I'nited States territory. When
he entered the city of Panama, the geo
graphic capital of the western continent, he
made the first presidential visit to a foreign
nation. Never before baa a president of the
I'nited States trod upon foreign soil, and
this step revolutionizes the possibilities of a
president's movements. Henceforth, tic'
president may travel all over the world and
visit all the rulers and shrines of history.
There Is no reason why the president of
the greatest republic should be Imprisoned
within his own dominion llko the pope of
Rome: and there Is every reason why he
should enjoy the liberty to go out Into ths
world, meet the various executives and
thereby draw the nations closer together
Into a fabric of international felicity and
peace. He has dnred to break a ustom
that might grow like fetters upon t lie na
tional executive, and has prevented hnt
might detrimentally affect the future of
the nation ub does superstition the man.
November li at 12 m.. there were seen
three battleships over tho horizon of the i
Atlantic, ploughing their way Into Lemon
bay as the Kmcke rolled high front their
staeks. Hy 2 o'clock the Louisiana uli
president's ship) was well In the harbor,
and as it bcK'an to drop anchor twenty-one
guns boomed the jiresldent's rtlute from
tho shore batteries, on the morning of the
l'th the president was to land at Cilstibal
and the populace made ready upon pier 11
to receive bin. Marines were drawn up
upon tnc pier una the isthmian CanAI Com-
mission band i layed several airs. 'I lie peo.
pie, however, did hot expect the pres d -at
to arrive until after the salute of the
Louisiana, which boat ai pouring out fire
from both sides." However, before the si
lute was completed a figure in white duck
and a Panama, hat appeared upon the plat
form, which was Immediately recognized
to be the president, and great cheering fol
lowed. Ho was full oT smiles as he was
escorted to the special train by Captain
Shanton. chief of the canal zone police (a
Roosevelt Rough Rider.)
The troops upon the pier were reviewed
by the president, and he also listened to
and congratulated the Anirlcun school
children who sang "America," as they
waved the national flag.
Tho train stood by for about a half mi
hour, a waiting; the arrival or President and
Mrs. Amador of the Panamanian republic.
Messrs. Shonts and wire. Stephens and
wife, and Mr. Hlshop, secretary to the
commission, had already arrived, and when
the president and Mrs. Amador arrived the
train pulled out for the trip across the
Isthmus (or continent.) It was about 8
o'clock when the train pulled out, nmld a
drUxlIng rain, such as Is very typical In
the rainy s- ason. As the train hurled on
Engineer Stephens kept very busy answer
ing questions that were hurled at him by
the president In gatllng gun speed, and
pointed out the various Important points
along tho canal from the observation car,
La France.
The first stop was made at Gatun. where
a crowd had gathered around the car in
spite of the rain and diet red loudly. Puna
manlan and Jamaican children were lined
up here ns they were at the other towns,
waiving American Mags and singing tiio
national hymn. Ilohio, Frejoles, Tabernilhi,
Corgona. La Cascades. Empire and Oilcbra
were the other stopping places and the
program was ouite the same at eeh point.
When the children finished their song the
president congratulated them and the train
moved on, amid cheer. At Culebra. and
Umpire there was considerable blowing of
whistles. W. G. Rierd. general manasrer
of the Panama railroad, rode In the cab
of the engine as an extra precaution to
prevent accident, am! when the president
arrived ot A neon he hiok hands with the
i engineer and congratulated Mr. Hlerd upon
his magnificent management, thanking 1dm
Tor the extra precaution.
president arid Mrs. Amudor left tha train
at Aucon and the party proceed, d to Iji
lloca. the Pacific end of the canal, where
the tug Bolivar was taken out Into the
bay, a,iuld the blowing of whistles and
cheering from sttllora. Several large boats
were out In the buy and as tho tug passed
by they Baluted with cheer after cheer, to
which the president-responded by a wave
of the hat. It had begun to drizzle quite
heavily and everybody came to the center
ot the boit. The president, giving the chain
to the women, sat on the hatchway. After
we got out several miles the tug rounded
a German boat and went back Into post,
where the presidential party stuped for
luncheon at the 1a Hoeu mess.
At t.to the train bft for Anion, from
wiuru the party was driven to the Aucon
hospital and heme to Hotel Tlvoll. The
Tivoli is a Urge, new I. C. C. hotel, which
lias been formally opened for the president, j
At 3 o'clock the otficlala of the I"auama.
government were received by the president
and at 'i.'M the procession started for the
Cathedral plaaa. The president of the
I'nited States and the president of the Re-
i public of Panama rode together. Mr. Ruose-
veil sitting on the light, and were escirted
by mounted Panamanian citizens in Khaki
I uniform. Cheer came from all side as
the presidents liowed right and left.
Arriving at the Plata at 4 o'clock. Presi
; di'iu Amudor addressed President Roose
! velt with words of welcome, to which
; Mr. Roosevelt replied. He reiterated Mr.
Iloet's speech as his sentiment and ad
monishing the people of the right of law
and order declaied In substance that gov
ernment by revolution is nn government
at nil. The t xaet words of the president
will be common property before this
reaches the press, so I shall not Insert
them. Aftir the addresses there was
a parade of Sehool children, passing In
front of the platform, singing the Pana
manian hymn. In the evening president
Roosexelt a as entertained by President
Amador at the palace and fireworks were
viewed from the balcony out in the boy.
November H the piesldeut went through
the Culebra cut from Pedro Miguel to
I Has Obispo, a distance of about ten miles,
covering all the possible trackage which
would not interfere with the woik. It
1 rained considerably all day and the real
DENTISTRY
PAINLES8NB9S,
CLEANLINESS,
RELIABILITY,
MODERATE PRICES,
Arg tha Leading Feature of My
Protle0.
rilling. fVM t'.
DR. FICKES, D'MTK'
Phot Doug la 537. 33S B Bldg.
Jlflicultlts of the wotii ere made very
splMirent.
November IT the president Inspected the
slsht of the great Gatun dam. which l con
sidered to be the next greatest feat to the
(xcavallon of Culebra cut. This dam will
form a lake which will cover about one
half of the distance across the Isthmus
and provide against a great deal of dlgg.ng
Here the president was shown the kite cf
the locks; also the site of the great dam
which will, in fact, bo an artificial hill a
half mile wide and a mile long. This hill
will form a great artlflclal lake, which
may appropriately be called Lake Roose
velt, afier Its maker. We call the highest
mountain on the continent which was made
by the hand of .God, Mount McKlnley; why
not call the greatest lake made by the
hand of man Lake Roeiseevlt?
On the evening of the l?th the president
received formally the employee of the Isth
mian Canal commission upon ller 11, which
was beautifully decorated for the occasion.
Immediately after the reecptlon the presi
dential party left for the Louisiana and as
the three battleships raised anchor and be
gan to moor their way out Into the deep
the epoch-making visit of the president
cumn to a close. Is was a triumphant trip
from all standpoints and particularly from
the fact that Mr. Roosevelt had his own
way; for his natural desire to know all ard
see all did not leave hlui oil the Isthmus,
and all through his visit he had shown the
linKsslbllily of the commission to harness
him. Ills visit here shall give the Amer
ican people great confidence In his utter
ances with regard to oanal affairs and faith
in his crdravurs to. sjeceeef ully carry this
great undertaking through.
Although, in the lipht of engineering im
provements and progress In the last thirty
I Vou r-a IIia l.nil.lit.o- ! ..c,l
j,9 'gM as great a f0Rt RB the bllUuing
of the -Panama railroad In the early six
ties, in which undertaking there was sacri
ficed more life than in many wars, for It
is conservatively said that each cross-tie
represents a Iium.hu body, which was sacri
ficed for Its construction. Although the
building of the stone r.wd across the
Isthmus, from Potto Hello to old Panama
in the sixteenth century, may be
i ili.l tm ft at ill en 1 r iinilrr
tak, ,f cwer the facilities
.,
engineering- and medical knowledge of
th- t day and today. Yet If we were to
ap'ily the same implements of labor, the
pick and Rprule. instead of the modern
steam shovel and steuni car, the under
taking would be a, thousand times greater
than that of the former two. This goes to
show how the burden of the liaaid of maji
has been alleviated by invention.
The existence of tiiese foreruur.eis o
I commerce go to show the great necessity
for a water channel, which was recognised
409 years ago by Christopher Columbus
when he made three unsuccessful attempts
to sail around the world and reach the
Kast Indies. Civilization has swept around
the globe, but the aim of Columbus has not
yet been accomplished, and only after the
Panama canal Is completed can the peoples
of the old world sail directly west to the
"East Indies. Four centuries have passed
since Christopher Columbus had endeavoted
in vain t find an outlet to the west. Acci
dentally he had discovered a new world:
this new continent nursed into greatness a
republic, and this great republic produced
a great man, who will solve the question.
VICTOR H. DC HAS.
Cristobal, Panama, November, K),
WATCH LS Frenxer, 55th and Dodge.
THE SADDEST WAR STORY
Declared to Be that of the Return
ing Soldier Killed by Hla
Father. '
"The saddest war story that ever oc
curred has never been fully told so far as
I know," said a man who followed l.ce to
the surrender at Appomattox. "I believe
that Mrs. Chestnut In her 'Diary from
Dixie' niude a brief mention of the ineldent.
"I had forgotten It until I reud the book.
Then It came back to me as I heard It
from t ne who was at the f uncial. The
man who told it died twenty years ago.
"The soldier had enlisted in Georgia
from his home where his father remained
undisturbed during t lie struggle. Tho
young man hud fought through the war
without a scratch, save a slight wound
which had left him ulightly d-af. Till
arrilctlon he hud never referred to in any
of his letters.
"After the surrender he communicated
with his father, saying he would reach
home on or about a certain date. Travel
then was uncertain and he was not positive
as to when he would arrive.
"His father prepared to receive him.
Believing that Ids son would come as
promised, he arranged a spread such us
the condition of his mirroundings et timt
time would permit. He had brought out
his l st plate that had been secreted for
a long time, and with gold which had been
exhumed he bought such delicacies ami
nubklantialrf as the southern market at that
tiniH afforded.
"Asj many of the old time neighbors as
were living In the vicinity wet Invited
to the home-coming ef the returning sol-j
uier. l ne cx-e.onicucraie armeu on ine
old plantation the night before the earliest
date he had mentioned in his last letter.
It waa Inte und his father and the family
had retired.
"The only creature on the old place that
seemed to be awake was a dog. As the
soldier entered the gate of the grounds tho
dog begun barking.
Ti. K..U.-1 ai ou.eJ the owner of the
manor. The country tat overrun at the moJer" hih "P'"' 'h!ch '" "1T
tlme with stragglers, some of whom had not i tl,e old l'le blnck Powder, even ns
h.s-ttatcd to commit burglary.
-rh r-.ti.er ,,r th, -iin-iii,,. bov ro.e.
He- stood ill his d. airway ..!th hi shotgun
u 1 1 1 1 challenged the approaching stranger,
as he supp feed.
"'1 hn yuutig man being d- af made no re
ply, but continued on Ins way. The man in
the doorway raised his gun and fired. The
strungcr fell dead.
"The father summoned his family and the
f-w- lemuliilng scrvujits of the plantation.
An investigation was held and the tragic
truth will, rc-VEUled.
"The fatln-r. of course, was inconsolable,
lie returned to his house while the Servians
carried ttw- lift less form of his boy to the
liome that had been awaiting Ids coming.
"The luxt day the Invited guests began
to arrive. The father bad given orders
that the tragedy should not be mentioned
until he himself told It.
"1 do not r cull mhat explanation was
muile to the guests aa to the absence of
him whom they were to honor. But after
the repast they were told, and then they
filed past the dead.
"Tho body w as a rapped In the flag for
which the brave young man had fought.
The community was uued to funerals. Every
private burial ground had a giave made by
the unhappy war. Hut ihj funeial Ilia; this
had ever taken place In the viclnlt and
I doubt if it ever ha. I a couigerpait In any
state, north or south. I hope not." New
York Sun.
Kleellnn tssirti kla)ea.
LC6 A NO ELKS. Cal . Dec. I -A to
weeks' postponement of the Injunction suit
brought to restra'n the secretary of slate
from filing the official vole of I he unnena
tion rleetion waa granted yesterday by tha
superior court. The reason for the poet
puneiiieiit was that Attorney Geuernl Wrl.h
was not rmdy to file a demurrer for the
secretary of etate. As a result the racing
keason. whieh opened on Thanksgiving av.
will proli-tbly continue without attempt i-.t
Interruption until Sutt paik, ia l-'f-vlir a.
clared a uart f Una city.
WHERE DEATH LIES IN WAIT
Saoksieu Fuwdtr Mills tlis Uost Can
rtroui of Pnildinci
CEASELESS CARE THE PPlCE OF LIFE I
Only One Man Allowed In the Uan
Cotton Dri'lna; Hnase lie Wears
Rubber Shoes and Rarely
Smiles.
Working In a smokeless powd'r mill Is
like sitting on the lid of Vesuvius, onlj
more dangerous.
The volcano grumbles and rumbles and
quakes, giving ample warning before belch
ing forth Its torrents of fire and lava.
But the powder mill la like a g'gantlc bomb
filled with human creatures, loaded with
tons upon tons of nltro-glycerine and gun
cotton, primed and ready to explode from
a score of known and unknown reasons.
Sometimes when a danger house blows
tip, tearing men within to atoms, rending
the building Into matchstlcks and gouging
a gaping hole thirty feet across Into rucks
and gravel. It Is impossible to tell even
What caused the accident.
Other times the dlsuster is traceable to
the carelessness or disobedience of an
employe. Occasionally the catastrophe Is
due to an unavoidable accidet.t like the
mero stubbing of a toe.
Whatever the cause, when the crash
comes It is the most Inconceivably fright
ful ordeal to which the human nervous
system can 11 subjected.
How human creatures can he Induced to
take the risks of working In such n earthly
Inferno, ready to burst on the Ins-tant In
all Its horror, may seem past understand
ing: still thousands upon thousands of
men work In these mills scittered through
out the I'nited Ptates.
The guncoUon drying house, containing
as much as five tons of the frltthtful ex
plosive, a half teanpoonf ul of which would
be enough to blow you Into smithereens,
stand.-" Isolated on pillars above a marsh
4 yards from the nearest building.
Kver-Preseiit VIrii.
Nothing except the portentois woid
"Danger," point. d in big black letters
over tho entrance, distinguishes this house
from the other structures, yet as yon gaze
at Its very isolation you upproach with
deep respect.
Only one person is permitted In this
house an Italian a. medium-sized, chunky
man he Is, dark mid swarthy, with black
eyes and n blncker mustache. He Is a
man of years of expei ience, so trained to
caution tiiat it has become a habit exer
cised like second nature.
The man in churae will not permit you
inside this house, no matter how favored
a visitor you may be. The most he- will
do is to open the door of one of the dry
ing rooms to give you a peep within.
lie Is tvairicil and has five children.
No. he isn't afraid. If he were he would
not work where he Is working.
He knows, of course, that if lie violates
any of certain rules he and his house
are going to leave together, but he has
no Intention of violating precaution. He
never has been blown up yet and he does
not intend to be. Even his family has
reaped worrying about him.
You notice he is wearing rubber soled
tennis shoes, wherein he walks silent and
ghostlike. As lie opens the door of one
of the drying rooms, heated to a tem
perature of HO degrees, a breath of hot
air from within strikes you.
Y'ou soe what appears to be chunks and
slabs and wads of a dirty white blot
ting paper heaped In metal pans two
by three feet and set in a series of spa
clous racks llko so many big pigeonholes.
Kven now there is nothing In the appear-
j nce of ),ie "tu t,J prevent you from
throwing it out of your way as If It were
an old piece of paper, and yost wonder
afterward whether after all this seeming
i rubbish can be the dreaded explosive, a
mere fifty ismnds of which c-ntild send an
l8.Xi ton Dreadnought to the bottom.
"Tonch Me ot."
Yrt the sllchtest sudden jar against even
a pinch of this insignificant appearing sub
stance and there would be n flash and n
crash that would shake the earth for nilh-s
around, and nothing but u pall of smoke
drifting skyward would remain of house or
man. The slightest grain of Fand underfoot
to cause friction against dust invisible to
the naked eye or a mere spaik. knocked
perhaps from the head of a carpet tack,
and the house and man would be annihi
lated. A spark of static electricity of the sort
with which you can liRht a gas Jet by n
spark leaping from the knuckle of a finger
after sliding your feet across a carpet, and
. 5'ou would have vanished trncelessly, blown
Into atoms too small to find with a micro
scope.
Owing to this deadly sensitiveness, every
precaution for safety is taken by the man
In this building. The Moors are covered
with rubber sheets fastened by brass
headed tacks to prevent danger of sparks.
Dustpans and utensils are of brass or
copper.
When the panfule of cotton are trans
ported In or out of the place the Moors are
covered with sheets of canvas to be re.
moved and shaken clear of possible dust
outside the building. Twice a day the floor
are scrupulously brushed. In short, every
I nceivame precaution is i.m to p.eveni
j catastropne.
I w nai w mis ei-ioaeiess powaer .- it is me
ciecmc.iy nas superseaea gas. anu wnicn
U'J " "'"V tlle " 'or 'porting
purposes, but is used exclusively for the
shoulder arms of the army and the navy
as well as for the machine guns, the rapid
Ac old soldier writes about
AR10SA Coffee: "Your,coffee
is the best and riche&t coffee I ever
drank since Cleft the service, from
p
'61 until I received your coffee
yesterday . A soldier knows coffee
by the Ute, and the way it make him
(eel. and would sooner go will tout
Lis bread than without hi coffee.
ArWUeV AR10SA was th first
roasted, packaged coffee, packaged for
The coming week is exposition
week and all our holiday goods
are ready for your inspection.
We advise our friends and pa
trons to come this week as we
will be better able to take care
of you than in the last few days
of the Christmas rush.
We have everything for
wardrobe of man or boy '
Here are a few suggestions:
Sweaters
Hosiery
Neckwear
Gloves
Jewelry
Overcoats
Shirts
Suits
rowning,
King
R. S. Wilcox. Mgr.
fire gun and the huge riftes on the decks
of our battleships and within tho works of
our fortiricntton.
Harmless' In Certain Ways.
Practically it is nothing but a mixture or
gtmootton and alcohol and ether, or ace
tone, or elso ac-etone with guncotton and
nitroglycerine the two strongest explosives
known and. blended into a new oompoifd
which is at lest double as strong as the
common black owder, explodes without
giving off smoke, and, once linisheel. not
merely loses the dangerous characteristic
or its dreaded Ingredients, but Is so safe
that you might give a hatful of the powder
intended for tho sixteen-lncli Bandy Hook
gun to a baby to play with.
lie might iNiutid It with a hammer to
his heart's content, or you yourself might
place it on an anvil and bring a forty
pound sledge down on it. It would merely
suuasli like so much soap or putty.
So concussion-proof is this puwdt r that
you might drop a house on a heap of tllty
tons of It and It would not explode. So
proof Is It againt explosion by lire that
you might place a stick of cannon powder
on a saucer in your bedroom, light It with
a match and go to bod by a flickering,
slzilinu; light, as burning fat.
In short, you simply cannot explode this
powder unless you go to the trouble of
confining it. and . even then you can x
plodo It only by using a fulminate of mer
cury detonator.
The quickest way to piotnre smokeless
powder is to dismiss all Ideas of the or
dinary black gunpowder so familiar to
everyone. The color of the modern iowiicr
Is not black, but the rhade of dark amlier.
In the sense of a powder being a finely
divided solid, smokeless powder Is no
powder at all. It consists of a waxlike
composition, the siie tif tho grains vary
ing according to t lie calibre of the guns
for which they are designed.
Tor use in revolvers, rifles and sporting
guns the grains resemble the tiny per
forated glass beads of the sort used in
old-time needlework. For the machine
guns, the rapid fire guns and the heavy
rides of battleship and forts, the grains
are cylindrical In shape, varying in sue
from a Uiird of an inch in diamter and half
an Inch In length to three-four! h of an
Inch In diameter and about two Inches In
length each grain, in order to increase
the area exposed to Ignition, being per-
proper tion of ciynurreri, roasted
aod the ores o( each berry sealed with
a coating of fresh eggs and pure sugar,
to hold the goodne in and make the
coffee settle clear and quickly. Better
than "fresh roast." Warming a
litde develops the (Uvor and makes the
grinding easy. Our enormous coffee
business, exceeding the next (our Lsfcest
I firm in the world together, reduces out
v if i n a rt i
Lounging and Bath Robes
Smoking Jackets
Collar and Cuif Doxes
Fancy Suspenders
Suit Casts and Dags
Handkerchiefs
Underwear
Umbrellas and Canes
(Si Co,
fornted equldlBtantly and longitudinally
with from one to six holes, big a knitting
needles, depending upon tha slue of the
grain. A pph ton's Magagine.
POVERTY AFFIDAVIT MADE
I'len of Inability to Hay r ise Ualn
Itelease of Ttanrston t'ooaty
Man.
William L. Johnson was released from the
Douglas county Jail Friday evening under
a poverty uffiduvit, being unablo to pay
the tine lf ll'Hl assessed against him by
the I'nited Blates court for unlawfully cut
ling timber on Illackbird Island, Thurston
county, a pari of tho Omaha Indian
reservation.
Johnson was convicted early lust spring
with one George i'lillllps iu the federal
court fur the offense, and each was fined
li0. to stand committed to the Douglas
county Jail until the same was paid. Sen
tence was suspended for several weeks
to enable the convicted men to raise tho
money. Phiillps paid out. but Johnson
did not, end was sulwequrntly arrested and
locked up for neglect in paying the fin.
He hs been In Jail for nbout three months
and la Just released on a poverty affidavit.
PIATTI INSTEAD OF MOORHEAD
Only tunnae In Kiigllsh's Slate aa
Announced by The Bee
Weeks Aaro.
County Attorney-elect James K English
announced his list of deputies Saturday
morning. They are George A. Miigney, Al
fred G. F.Ilick. Louis J. Piattl and Will J.
Coud. Frank H. Oood of South Omaha la
to be the new messenger and Miss Anna
Prusha the stenographer.
The list of deputies, with the exception
of Mr. PlattI, Is the same as Was an
nounced In The Bee two or three week
ago. At that lime It wo reported on
place would go to Harley Q. Moorhead,
who was a candidate for the legislatut
and who led the delegation at the poll.
Mr. PlattI Is one of the leader of th
Dahlmun Democracy.
All fo-ir of tho deputies are from Omaha,
the uppolntnient being- made from her
J with the understanding South Omaha waa
to have the messenger and the stenogra
ph! i
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average cost per pound, and enables us
to give you better coffee for your
money than you can buy in any otlier
way. There are more packages of
ARUOSA sold in the United States
than all the other Coffee packages
combined.
If your gtocer wifl not supply, write to
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