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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: RATUITOAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1007. HAVOC RIDES TIDAL WAVES ipptlllm Tory of the Ooestt Whan Disturbed by Earthquake. RECORD DISASTER IN TIDAL WAVE CLASS Tli Story of Aries's Andl Doom as IVItnfMril hy m aval Officer FoWe mnA Fory of the Fnral flair Sea. Tidal travea lire a common accompani ment of earthquakes. Pplsmle disturbance on land usually extend under the sea, pro ducing an upheaval of water of varying magnitude. Fear of a tlflal wave follnwlnjr the earthquake at Pan Francisco was mani fested by many people who hastened to high ground, nut the neighboring waters were not markedly disturbed, portions of the Island of Jamaica, according to reports, were swept hy tidal waves, hut no serious damage resulted. Coincident with tha Kingston disaster are the tidal waves which overwhelmed one or more Islands cf the Dutch Kast Indies on January 11. On one Island 1,50 natives are said to have perished. It Is evident from the meagre accounts at hand that one or more of these Islands experienced violent earthquake shocks and the disturbance of the ocean produced the engulfing tldnl waves. In the tidal wave class of disasters, that Which obHteratcd the pretty town of Arlca, rear Valparaiso, Chile, In August, ISffl, stands alone In appalling majesty and de structive force. Captain L O. Billings, IT. fi. N., commander of the naval steamer Wttteree, described his experience In that terrifying cataclysm In a late number of the Sunday Magailne. In part he says: Arlca numbered, about 10,000 Inhabitants. I and was the only port of entry for a rich and prosperous region. The town was pic turesquely situated in a cleft or valley running up jnto the sea coast range of the Andes. Threading the valley was a small stream that furnished water for irrigation, whereby the desert coast blossomed with a fertility that never ceased to surprise. It was blocked in on one' hand by the perpen dicular cliff of the Morro, 800 feet high, which, without a single break to mar its Imposing but cruel front, was ever lashed by the long surges of the mightiest of oceans, and on the other y sloping heights, rising one above the other till lost in the clouds. A Inrklnig Fear. Nevertheless, behind its cnarm of climate and scenery lurked the ever present fear In the native mind of another earthquake, Arlca being a sort of rendesvous of such seismic disturbances, having twice been" nearly erased, with dreadful loss of life. In blissful Ignorance of what a west coast arthquake really was, we had celebrated our natlonul holiday and their, the 4th and loth of July, with srtU and burning of powder. Besides the Wateree and Fredonla In- the roadstead, were a Peruvlun, also a Chilean, men-of-war, and several square rlggers, together with quite a fleet of mer chantmen, when on August 8 a storm burst from tho cloudless Bky, overwhelming us in ono common ruin. I was sitting in the cabin when In mid afternoon we were startled by a violent . trembling of the ship similar to the effect produced by dropping anchor. Knowing It could not be caused by that, I ran on deck, where my attention was instantly arrested by a yast cloud of dust rapidly approaching from the southeast, while the awful unusual appearance, but all was as smil ing and serene as before. Orders were given to prepare for the worst. Additional anchors were cast, hatches were battened down, guns secured, life lines rove fore and aft, and for a few minutes all was tho orderly confusion of a disciplined man-of-war preparing for action. Many hands make short work, and In a few minutes we could again gtise shoreward, where the uninjured were thronging the shore and crowding the piers, crying to the whipping to transport them to the appnrent safety of the ships. Of course, this was more than we could witness unmoved, and orders were given to prepare a landing party of forty men. The gig. with a crew of thirteen men, shoved off at onee. . It had reached the shore safely and had landed Its crew, leaving only the customary boat kpe' charge, when our attention was distracted by a hoarse; ominous murmur arising from we knew not where. Looking shoreward presently, to our horror we saw vacancy where but a moment before the pier had been massed with humanity: all swallowed up by an Incoming wave In the batting of an eyelash. Amid the floating wreckage we saw the gig bom by an Irresistible tide toward the bftttlemented Morro, the seaman gallantly struggling to stem the current. Finding his efforts vain and cer tain death awaiting him, he laid In his use less oars and waved farewell to his shlp mstes as the boat disappeared forever In the froth and comb of the wave. Thus the Wateree lost only one of Its crew of 235; hut our troubles were only beginning. Next morning broke on a scene of oesoi Intlon such as we may picture only or Valparaiso and other Chilean cities during the recent catastrophe. We found our selves In a smalU cove or Indentation on the coast line, having been swept five miles up the coast and nearly two miles Inland. The wave had carried us over the sand dunes bordering the ocean, across a valley and over the railroad, leaving us at the foot of the sea coast range of the Andes. On the perpendicular front of the mountain our navigator dlncovered the marks of the tidal wave, and by measure ment found It to have been forty-seven feet high, nof including the comb. Stranded High on Land. There we lay on as even a keel as if still afloat, with our bow toward the sea, our flag still flying and , our starboard anchor and a hundred of fathoms of chain l.rt nut carefully aa we could have placed It there. Was it possible this heavy anchor and chain should hive drifted with us throughout all the mases of our ex traordinary voyage? And why was not the chain parted at least by the last shock. as were the other fourT Vain queries, im possible of solution, We found near by the wreck of a large English bark, the Chanacllla, with one of its chains wound around it as many times as It would go, thus showing It had been rolled over and over. , Fifty rods nearer tho sea lay the America on its bilges, and the sand was strewn with the most heterogeneous mass of plunder that eve sladdened the eyes of a wrecker. Grand pianos, bales of silk, casks of I brandy, cases of win, furniture, clothing, nara ware and solid sliver plate were strewn for half, a mile or more. A rough est! mate placed this emptying of the custom bouse and residences of the destroyed city at $1,600,000. Our first work was to post a cordon of sentries, while a strong working party stove In the brandy casks and shattered the wine casks, as we did not purpose having drunkenness added to the other horrors surrounding us. For again, presently, came the same hoarse, bellowing roar. Once more the mmlillnsr e-rw In lntnitv. And Ylefnre our eyes the everlasting hills nodded and the ; "haking palsied earth waved to and fro. ground swayed to and fro like the short, choppy waves of a troubled sea. The cloud veiled the city completely, and through its Impenetrable texture arose cries, shrieks for help, the crash of crumbling houses and the thousand commingled noises of a great, calamity, while the ship reeled as though clutched by a giant hand. Then the Cloud passed. As the dust slowly settled, we rubbed our eyes and gazed again and again, be lieving we were the victims of a hoax; Xor where only a few moments previously was a happy, prosperous city, we beheld a mass of utter ruin, hardly a house left standing, not one intact, the streets choked with debris through which struggled fran tically the least wounded of the stricken wretches Imprisoned In the ruins of their once sightly homes, while groans, cries and prayers for mercy rent the air.' Over all this horror the sun shone peacefully from an unclouded sky, the sea. rippled sUpreward as gently and musically aa be fore. How long did It last? I cannot tell. No one seemed to take note of time. It was a horrible nightmare, a dream from which we presently were to awaken. But not The agony and suffering before us were too ghastly and vivid to be the product of mere Imagination, conscious or sub ' conscious. The shock may have been four or Ave minutes In reaching us and passing. We anxiously scanned the sea for any This time the sea receded until the ship ping was left stranded, while aa far to seaward aa eye could reach we saw the rock ribbed bottom of the ocean, never before exposed to human gase, with strug gling fish and monsters of the deep left high and dry. While the round bottomed ships keeled over on their beam ends, the Wateree rested easily on Its flatter base, and when the returning sea, not like wave but like an abnormal tide, came sweeping back, roiling the other vessels over and over, leaving some bottom up and others masses of wreckage, our vessel rose easily over the billowing waters unharmed, At that moment the sea began defying the laws of nature. Currents ran In con trary directions, and we were borne here and there, at express speed. At Irregular Intervals the seismic shocks recurred, but none was so violent or protracted as the first. The Peruvian man-of-war America, said to be the fastest ship afloat at that time, had hastily got up steam and at tempted to get- to sea. It was well out when the receding water left It partly afloat and -broke its back. With funnels still vomiting smoke and apparently under full command. It was backed down by the current toward the wrecked Fredonla, then rapidly setting In toward the Morro. The next moment the Fredonla capsized. Not one of Its crew was saved. Facing ths Morro and a short distance away a rocky lalet rose a Yew feet above for iaSM ' ; i rj,i ,x ...uis i i .in "V , . --"", . 1 '' VI rrH if.- ' i-;' I I - I Si v V----" V'--, 1 The Reliable Specialists YOUNG JVIEN We have observed the blighting Influence of neglect and ignorance In the young men and middle-aged undermining the foundations of health; cloud ing brightest minds and destroying all aspirations; family circles disrupted and the poisonous fangs reaching out and blighting even succeeding generations. There are thousands of wrecked constitutions among young men today. Their weakened vitality, shattered nerves and exhausted energies tell a pill able story. Multitudes have brought upon-themselves the horrors of a lifo long disease or weakness through ignorance or neglect, which sap tha very foundation of life, destroying their health and strength, leaving ihem a men tal and physical wreck. Are you pne of the many thousands cf wretched and ailing MEN, and d"o you wish to be cured? We have devoted many veurs exclusively to treating this r!n of troubles, attended with the gretet suctes. and we are thus enabled to give this class of sufferers the benelti of cur extended experiences In treuting diseases of men. The specialists of the mate Medical institute are eminently qualified to advise, direct and treat such cases. We are thor- ' oughly conversant with every minute detail connected with such cases and encourage and counsel the patient by -good adice, while our skill nnd medical treatment restores him back to health, strength and happiness. We treat men only, and cure promptly, safely and thoro ughly NERVOUS DEBILITY, BLOOD POISON, SKIN DISEASES, KIDNEY and BLADDER DISEASES and all SPECIAL diseases and their complications. Utt Consoltalioa and Eximlnittoa K,HX u&ZXl"' STATE MEDICAL INSTITUTE 1308 Farnam St, Between 13th and 14th Sts., Omaha, Neb. the surface of the sea. In It was hewn a fort mounting two flfteen-lneh Dahlgren guns; the garrison numbered about a hund red men.' When a short distance from the Morro the Islet disappeared beneath the waves. Whether It sank or the waters rose, we could never tell; we only knew It disappeared, and when It reappeared after a few momenta like a huge whale, not only was the garrison gone, but tha guns and carriages as well. Imagine, If you can, how the water lifted those Immense masses of Iron, offering no holding surface, from their resting places and tumbled them out of the eight-foot parapet. A Ghastly Krene. As the setting sun gilded the slopes of the Andes, we saw, to our growing horror, that the graves were yielding up their dead. In concentric rows, like chairs In an amphitheater, the mummies of the long burled aborigines rose to the surface. They had been burled In a sitting posture, facing the sea. The soil. Impregnated with niter. had thoroughly preserved them, and the violent shocks, rending the dry earth above had uncovered this frightful city of the dead. Words cannot paint the ghaetllnesa of the scene In addition to what we had already gone through It seemed as If the day of Judgment had come. The earth was passing away. We were tasting the bitter ness of universal annihilation, as It seemed. Having previously lowered one of our large cutters to rescue a number of per sons floundering about on some wreckage, and though there was no sea running, to our astonishment we saw the fast pulling boat could make no headway. Finding he could not reach the victims he was sent to rescue, the midshipman In command at tempted to return to the ship. That, too, was Impossible; and presently his strug gles were ended by his boat being dashed against the America and crushed like an eggshell. Fortunately the crew managed to scramble aboard the America, where they found a scene beggaring description. Officers and men ran about screaming and yelling like maniacs, while others, 'on their knees, were Imploring the saints for succor. With every send of the sea the heavy guns, cast adrift In a vain attempt to throw them overboard and so lighten the ship, crashed from side to side, smashing every thing In their path and strewing the deck with bloody victims. Meanwhile the night had fallen and we had no means of reckoning our location In the absence of the usual beacon and shore lights, and to make our confusion more confounding, the lookout forward hailed the deck, and reported breakers ahead. Sure enough, we saw, first a thin line of phosphorescent light, then, coming nearer and nearer, rolling higher and higher, it seemed to reach the sky and blot out heaven. Its hideous crest gleamed With phosphorescent death light,' revealed sullen masses of water beneath; Its approach her alded by the thunder of a thousand break ers condensed Into one and the dreadful tidal wave was on us at last. Of all the terrors of that awful time, this seemed to be the climax. Chained to the spot, pow erless to escape despite every possible pre caution, we could only watch and watt for the monster to sweep over us. That the vessel could ride through such a mael strom seemed Impossible. We could only grip the life lines with a convulsive shudder while the leaden heeled moments postponed the final catastrophe. It came. With a deafening crash the vessel was overwhelmed and burfed be neath the semi-solid mass of sand and wave. For a breathless eternity we gambled with death, and then, groaning in every timber the stanch ship again strug gled to the surface, with ltsgasplng crew still clinging to the lines, some seriously Injured, but none missing, none killed. A miracle It seemed to us then, and as I look back through the years It seems doubly marvelous now. Presently the motion of the ship appeared to cease, and lowering a lantern over the side we found that we were on dry land. For some time we remained at quarters, until, finding the ship stationary, the order was given to pipe down and stand by the hammocks. Such of the crew as were not on watch took their hammocks and calmly made their way through the reopened hatches to the sodden, bent deck -to sleep. I know not what dreams visited our many 'pillows, but to "me one of the wonders of that Indescribable night was the prompt and cheerful obedience to orders shown by those sorely tried United States seamen. One of the Incidents of the morning was the return of the boat crew from the wrecked America, not a man missing, and the laconic report of the youngster In commanU: "Returned on board, sir. I have to report the loss of the second cutter. twelve oars, and two boat hooks; but we saved the -flag, sir." The surviving Chileans and Peruvians promptly deserted their respective vessels when they were discovered to be on dry land, and were drowned by the next In coming wave, which, though not a breaker, was high and powerful enough to sweep them awav. , Swept Off the Map. What of the stricken cltyT We found only desolation and death there. Where once had stood that pretty metropolis, a flat, sandy plain stretched out before us. Except on tha outskirts, higher on the mountain, not a residence remained. Built to weather seismic disturbances, the houses were low, few boasting a second story, with light roofs and thick walla of adobe brick. The shock first leveled them, and then the waves dissolved and washed them away. On the higher sloper a few houses, part of a church and a hideous mass of debris. Including many corpses, were piled twenty or thirty feet high. This was all that remained on earth of the once flour- I lshlng community of 10,000 Inhabitants. As for the Wateree, a careful survey re vealed It to be practically Intact, though It was Impossible to launch It. Bo, after re moving the most valuable part of Its equipment It was disposed of to a hotel company. Subsequently a yellow fever epi demic crippled that enterprise, and the veteran vessel was used successfully as a hospital, a storehouse, and finally as a target for the Chilean and Peruvian gun ners. But Its gaunt Iron ribs still rise ! above the shifting sands, unless the recent quake, brought In Its wake another wave of ruin to erase it from the earth. 11 J "LET MATMAH fliTlH TOP! WEBJT," j si new OFFICE F0R CLEVELAND Heads the Insurance Presidents' Asso ciation at Baoar Annnal alary. Ex-President Grover Cleveland has been chosen to a new position of prominence la the life Insurance world. By unanimous vote of the executive committee of he Association of Lite Insurance Presidents, at a meeting at the Waldorf, he was chosen chairman of that committee at a salary of 3,000 a year. This Is practically double the salary now paid him as rebate referee for the Mutual, the Equitable and the New York Life. Mr. Cleveland will also act as the chief counsel for the Association of Life Insur ance Presidents, ' which represents ' some thirty life companies, having a greatet volume of assets than any like number ot Institutions In the world similarly banded together. He Is to. continue a trustee of tha majority of the stock ot the Equitable Life under tha .trust deed executed by Thomas F. Ryan when he bought the Hyde holdings in that society, and he will per form also tha duties of rebate referee and tho&a of a general referee between the three great companies. For this work ha will receive no salary In the future. The new association was organised at Um Isounfis t Paul Morton, president of EXTRAORDINARY SAVING OPPORTUNITIES AWAIT YOU IN THIS GREAT FEBRUARY CLEARANCE Omaha Home providers were never privileged to participate in a bargain carnival of equal magnitude never. It is Vonr Monrjr's Worth or Your Money Flack. l greater MUCH GREATER in extent and in importance than any clearing sale ever held by this great home-furnishing institution. It's a clean sweep of EVERY DOLLAR'S WORTH OF GOODS left from the winter season's business. In some cases there are ONLY A FEW PIECES OF EACH DESIGN, but the small lots suffer deepest cut in prices the smaller the lots the greater our desire to dispose of them. Oar one supreme thought being to rloae out all these cxltl and rnd. Von can't afford to pnt off nntil spring the buying of home fur niNhtngs when there's such an absolute certainty that you'll have to pay 80 to 00 more for the goods at that time. SPECIAL LOW TERMS OF. CREDIT DURING THIS GREAT SALE 11158) TV Wonderful Sav ings If ow oa Complete Eotui Outfits. 4rsrnlhea S95 'Cwssirte Terms, 99 Cask and $a Monthly NEW MODEL SEWIXO MACHINE New "Model" High Arm Sewing Machine, haa all the Improve ments, Cabinet Is .of eolld oak, polish finish, all nickel parts heavily plated. A machine with a won derful capacity for a wide range of work hem ming, felling, binding, tucking, ruffling, gathering, hemstitching, seaming, etc. Complete with full Bet of at tachments and accessories. Guar anteed for 10 years, at 18 fr - '- - - - '.c tftg!-V r.n , -.r'-,v mm AsTT THKEE BOOKS TOO WISH Terms, . f7.50 Cash and $6.00 Monthly a niTfjHK.- CAIJIXET8 like cut, larpc ele base, size 26x46 inches, heavy lops, ex tra well-made and finished, . has 2. larfro dust-proof bins, 2 drawers and meat and bread boards. Top has convenient cup board, as shown. Glass doors and row of spice drawers. Clearance of 4 2 only; 10 winer aeaigns must go. Prices up from $2.95. See window display. Those like cut only 28 IRON BEDS Just as Illustrated above. In full or size an entirely new design and one of great beauty, These beds are extra heavily enameled in various colors ana commnations or colors from which you can choose; are ueuuy urnamemea wiin neavy Chills; actual value and former selling Drice of this bed was $6.60, now reduced for this clearance to 5.99 AirrOBS BBTTB8EI.8 BUGS Size 10 ft. 6 In. by 9 ft., no miter seams, made hv ihfK pp 1 nhr I (wl wauia. 1 Ui.fnMi a. Sons, most beautiful patterns to select i nr'ui, muni uepena- aoie coiorinffs, nnes materials, value 118.75. Special price tomor- V-Val M row lful patterns to select 10.75 Grand Sweeping Clearance of Draperies, Carpets, Lace Curtains, Sewing and Washing Machines, Pictures and Crock cry; Discount up to 60 per cent. Come early. v., .kJi-'T irirr.r ltwV U-."' 'JV . I A , -if" I : rn 5-PIECE PARLOR. ' SUITS 12 only, one design, extra well made, fine mahogany fin ished frames, easily worth $80 special clearance price, 18.95 49 OAK CEITrOKIEBS Like cut. 6 drawers, well made and finished, solid oak throughout. Come early, they won t last long, . Clearance price, now , 521 S? !?!,fSJ07, TA". Mke cut, made "oI oak-, r've lara-e legs and fancy fnl. ..tr' SIaW, feol' ,ro"Ky secured, smooth running; extension slides, six feet length, at 3-PIECE PARLOR SUITS Only 18, 4 dif ferent designs, some like cut, all worth 60 per cent more than the clear ance price, fine upholnte r 1 ngs, mahogany fin ished frames, special 15.75 22 GREAT STORES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES 1 flOA ivy H A 1414-1416-1418 Douglas Street 110 HEED BOOXEB.S, like cut, must go, and at this clearance nrice thev sluiuld jarge roil arm gentle men's sixe, extra well made, price now It PI jj the Equitable Life, and It Is Intended to serve as a general clearing house for the life companies of the country In matters affecting their common Interests. It is announced that the association will attend to legislative matters and .will carry on such "educational" work on the subject of life Insurance as may be necessary from time to time. The chairman of the execu tive committee will be the active working officer, and the position is one of much in fluence. ' ' The executive committee has tendered the position of secretary of the association to J. V. Barry, state superintendent of in surance for- Michigan. Mr. Barry will be the general publicity man for the associa tion In presenting the companies' side of matters . that coma before the different legislatures and the general public. It is probable that the headquarters of the as sociation will be In this city. New York Times. "MODERN" ARTICLES VERY OLD Devices Protected by Patent Feisil to Be sis Anetent mm Roman History. Bvery now and then it Is discovered that some extremely "modern" invention Is In reality exceedingly old. For example, the safety pin, far from being a novelty or even of recent orlgn. Is decidedly ancient, a fact made certain by the finding of a great many such pins, fashioned cxictly like those of today, In old Roman and Etruscan tombs, dating back to a period a good deal earlier than the birth of Christ. Tha safety uln in truth was an article ot common use In Italy long before the Roman empire attained the height of Its glory. Borne of them were exactly like those of today, utilising the familiar principle of colled spring and catch, but the material of which- they were made seems always to have been bronse. They took on a de velopment, however, far more remarkable than our modern safety pins, many of them being quite large affairs, ten Inches or so in length and hollow, as If designed to be attached to the gown in front and possibly to contain something or other conceivably flowers. Not Infrequently they were orna mented with gems. Another ancient invention was the collar stud. It la true that the apcient Romans did not use buttons to fasten their gar ments, but for this very reason safety pins were more urgently required; and the latter seem to have been supplemented by studs of bronse, which were In shape exactly like those of today. Of course, people in those times wore no collars; but the little contrivance In question was utilized In other ways. Probably and Indeed the assumption Is not a rash one It had in that early epoch the same habit as noV of rolling under a piece of furniture on slight provocation for the purpose of eluding ob servation and pursuit, with the usual per versity of Inanimate objects. Of all modern Inventions none seems to belong more typically to the present day than the so-called McGUl paper fastener the small brass contrivance used to fasten a number of sheets of paper together. Yet. though It has been patented, it was well known more than 2.0U0 years ago, being ume jm the soldiers of Rome as an lncl- iw" af their costume. The belt of thin worn by tha ancient legionary was del oop fast to elrla of cloth, fur lining. wlUt f " Are you one of the 'Bidn't-have-timeM folks? The man who didn't have time to read the classi fied ads. last week had plenty time since to discuss the "luck" of a friend of his who bought a "bit of land," which he found advertised, and the next day re-sold his bargain at a clear profit of a hundred dollars. The man who DIDN'T HAVE TIME to read the Bee want ads. last week spent an hour yesterday telling his friends about the "good fortune" of a neighbor who , found a better house in a better section of the city and at a lower rent a house that was advertised on one of this man's "busy days." , ' The ' ' DON 'T HAVE TIME ' ' folks are missin g more things this week than last they are missing more oppor- ' tunities to buy arid sell today than they missed yester day; and they are spending enough time wondering why . they "didn't happen to stumble onto a good thing" themselves to read and to answer those of the Beo want-ads. that might appeal to them. Minutes Invested In Dee Want Ad. reading grow Into hours of profit and satisfaction. BEE OFFICE Corner 17th and Farnam Sts. Telephone? DOUGLAS, 238 a series of little bronse clamps exactly like the paper fastener in question. The Smithsonian institution at Washing ton has got together a very Interesting col lection of such ancient Inventions. Among other objects belonging to the same cate gory are thimbles 2,600 years old. They are of bronse and their outer surfaces show the familiar Indentations for engaging the head of the needle. Indeed, these thimbles ars much like modern ones, barring the fact that they have no tops to cover the end, of tHe finger. For that matter, how ever, many thimbles of today are topless. The women In those days had bronse bodkins, made Just like those In use now, and for toilet purposes they ' employed small tweesers of a pattern that has not been altered In 2,000 years. To hold their hair In place they had not hit upon the notion of bending a wire double, but they used for that purpose straight bronse pins made exactly like modern hatpins, with big spherical heads. It Is from this early type of hairpin. In truth, that the hatpin of today la derived. Mayhap the ancient Roman virago, when aroused to rage, plucked an Improvised dagger from her back hair and employed It vigorously. Ja tbs ooUectloa referred to are nam-, ber of Ash hooks not less than 1,000 years old, obtained from ancient Swiss lake dwel lings. They ars of bronse and in shape are exactly like the most Improved modern fish hooks. They have the same curves and the same barbs, with a similar expansion at the top of the shank for the attachment of the line. Barring the metal of which they are composed, they might have been made yesterday. Other curios from the old Etruscan tombs are strainers, ladles, spoons and knives of bronse. Such articles, aa well as bonse daggers and other weapons and utensils, were cast most commonly In moulds that were carved out of hard stone, a pair of stones being required to produce the object, which was afterward polished and otherwise elaborated. Among the most Interesting of the contrivances for ths toilet Is a fine tooth comb of Ivory, which In shape is precisely like the flne tooth combs of today. Bcientlfle American. Cost of Imoks IslMste. Charles A. Btevsna, a merchant of State street. Chtoago, declarea that the smoke nulsanoe costs Chlcagoans more than fw, OJO.OX) annually, and that the damage to the stock of the State street merchants caused, by black swok eeds UOuO,W0 annually. His address was part of a sym posium on the "Smoke nuisance" as a first step In the direction of ths launching by clubwomen of a new crusade to bring about the strict enforcement of the anti-smoke nulxance ordinance. "I have made a careful investigation as to the, amount of reduc tions made necessary In our house during last year because of goods being soiled." said Wr. Stevens, "and you may be sur prised to know that ths reductions that actually occurred In our house last year amounted to nearly (J0O.O0O, and I bolleve I would be perfectly safe in saying that the total reductions In prices mad In State street annuslly because of black smoke would amount to close to 2,000.000." Idols at a DImoiiI. There was a time when missionaries were blamed for venturing to say anything dis respectful against the Idols of China, anil when we have heard some of them preach we must say that, in the main, they hava been very tactful In their dealings with, these things, but the Chinese themselves) are now holding the whole system up ka ridicule. Fhsngtiai Herald. e Want Ads to Business Booster.