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The Omaha Daily Bee. EDITORIAL SECTIOIL Pcges 9 to 1EL A Pspsr for lh Horn THE OMAHA DEC Best & West VOL. XXXVI-NO. 215. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1007. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. (Gtfy' tyf) 30 Telephones j-rjr yy) Douglas 137 4 Some New .n4 Interesting Item in Veiling Neckwear 3-yard Chiffon Veils, assorted colorsr pink, blue, gray, white, champagne and navy, worth 49c, special . .. eC Fancy iy2 yard Drape Veils, assorted colors, worth 25c r special 300 dozen Fancy Embroidered and Hem stitched Turnover Collars, worth 1 fi 19c special lilC a 3 Sweel Violets F i v e t h ou sand of these delightful de licious, fresh picked vio lets, 25 in bunch for 12ic Grocery Dept. v Children's CoaJs Children's Coexts 95c lit Children's Coats 2 to 6 years, made of velour and bearskin, reg ular $2.50 and $3.00 values, for. . . Children's Coats 6 to 14 years, made of cheviots and fancy mix tures, regular $4.00 and $5.00 values, for . Women's Waists 75c Wool Waists for 10c Black, navy blue, red and green; 32, 34 fl A and 36 sizes only; Saturday morning, second floor, each .. ...lUC $5.00 Silk Lingerie Waists for $3.95-Made of fine quality silk; front, sleeves, collar and. cuffs handsomely trimmed in Val. lace and medallions; 'Z95 cluster pin tucked back Saturday special, second floor, each. J - PYrograPhy Combination Package linn PirrnimiKkn ft n 4 f: T 1 , jvgioyujr vuuu viiKe cut;, consist- iyggrr ing of imported rubber bulb and tubing, d;;"""r: tuwuui lamp ana Denzine Dottle, metal union cork, cork handle and genuine-platinum point in a fine wood box with complete instruc- " "TTZ. iewV. oox: on work b0. ono Picture f r.me. two practice panel , , , - - cwum inme, two practice panels ail oi mesa abTve combination? eah T... KT 8aturda " 200 1 7Q XT' J ... ' E. T7 , ru;i"'n" w,tn Purcnasmi. MaU orders on the above goods till Feb. 25th. Watch for Iyrojrrprqr Contest coming soon, i ctare gaming Some new arrivals In fine mouldings and frames Double Green Trad ing Stamps Saturday. Saturday in CROCKERY The Majestic Gas Light, complete, each one with best mantle and Q globe, in separate box, a gas aaver, a great light producer on sale Saturday, complete Kfi The No. 170 Gas Mantle Heavy weave man tie, double wire asbestos, made to sell at . E0c-r-Saturday, each iq Imported Porcelain from Tunville, Franco Herry get. Urge bowl, and six saucers to match, seven pieces on sale Saturday, tor Another Lot of those Beautiful Hand Painted Jugs, Hanson shape, with large floral decor n J!?,d traced- Saturday, each... 49 All Electric or Gas Portables In Stock About " choose from Saturday ail at one third Off B3J Off. Finest Colonial Table Tumblers (like cut), about 42 dozen of these to sell; Jimit, six to a customer at, 6 for 256 m Children's Day in Shoe Section Boys' School and Dress. Shoes In army, calf and box calf, .'pair, at $2.50 and $2 Special lot $1.75' snoes, to clean up, pair, at $1.29, Girl's Kid Lace and Button Shoes with Patent Tips, sites 11 to 2, $1.75 value, pair $1.39 Sizes 8tt to 11, fl.60 kind for $1.29 Lot of ft .25 and S1.BO Misses' and Children's Laced Shoes, pair, at 98 For the Little Tots Soft, easy, hand-turned patent leather lace shoes, a regular 75c kind, sizes 2 to 6, for 43? Misses' Shoes, with spring heels, pair.. 53 Any $2.50 Man's Unllned Seamless Shoe for wura 01 any Kina, pair a 1 ft 7 J 19m ( L v New 49c Books Here's a list of $1.50 Copyrighted Fiction that up-to-date we have been selling at $1.08: "My Lady of the North," by Randall Parrish; "Richard Carvel," by Winston Churchill; "Nancy Stair," by Elinor Lane; "The Leavenworth Case," by Anna Katherine Green; "The Fugitive Blacksmith," by Chas. D. Stewart; "Vaslite," by Augusta Evans Wilson, and many other new ones in this list which sell for the first time at 49 Book Section Main Floor. Id ' CLOTH JN The Vollmer Clothing Company's Closing Out Sale in Clothing. Men's Furnish ing Goods and Hats and Caps Saturday only Choice of any Suit, Overcoat or Raincoat. (fur coats excepted) value to $35, at...., 15 Boys' Long Trouser Suits 10 to 20 years t $10 Suits or Overcoats, for $5 $7.50 Suite for..'..'......'....... $3.75 ' $5.00 Suits for......... ...$2.50 Our Annual Shirt Sale Soft -and stiff bosom, white in-cluded-shirts sold up .to -$1.00, for. . . ..... .39 A Reduction of 50o on any Hat in the Department sold from $1.50 to $3.00. V Mail Orders from This Entire Arfvor. tisement Received Up to Tuesday Morning - S I HJ A eCFO I Gloves SATURDAY MORNING WE WILL SELL 16-button Kid Gloves, in brown and tan, regular $3.50 quality, pair 2.98 8-button, with strap clasp fas tening, $2.50 value, for 1.59 Hosiery Ladies' Fast Black Seamless Hose, double heel and toe, 15c value, for 10 Children's Fast Black Seamless Hose, 15c value for 10 Boys' Heavy Bicycle Hose, 17c value, for..... 12Vid Art Needlework Stamped Pillow Top, with back, for Shadow Embroidery, .with Royal Society Em broidery Floss and Beads, se lected in colors and quantities sufficient to complete the embroidery and with instructions .and full size diagram, show ing just how to do this simple and beautiful needle work all for 50c Bennett's BIG GROCERY! Trade Early to Avoid Delay in Delivery TriAa nf Tipnnflt'l Flour. Back ..." 11!0 And 60 grepn tradlns tamp Bennett's Best Coffee, S lbs. for ..$1.00 And 76 green trading stamps Teas, your choice, lb... 680 And 40 green trading stamps Bennett's CapUol Baking Powder. 5-lb. can... II. 00 And 100 green trading stamps. California Sultana Seedless Halsins, ppund 15o And 20 green trading stamps Fancy Cluster Table RaU- lns, per lb 26c And 10 green trading stamps Navy Beansr 10 lbs.'. ...25c Granulated Sugar DC able Orsen Trading Stamps. Grape-Nuts, pkg ....... lC Kgg-OSee. S pkgs 25e Toasted Corn Flakes, three packages for 25c Japan Bice. 2 pounds... 14o And 10 green trading stamps prunes, 60 to 70 else Cali- fornla' Prunes, worth 10c pound, at .1 sc New York Full Cream Cheese, lb 20c And 10 green trading stamps Domestic Swiss .Cheese, per pound 26c And 20 green trading stamps Diamond 8 Preserves, large jar 2Sc And 20 green trading stamps Bee Hive Pears, can.,.15n And 10 green trading stamps BTTTTE rresh Country Batter, pound so Jell-O, assorted, 8 pkgs.26o And 10 green trading stamps Sour Pickles, quart lOo And 10 green trading stamps Chow Chow Pickles, pt..l5c And 10 green trading stamps Maine Corn, 8 cans, 25c; dosen cans 90o "Best We Have" Tomatoes, large can 15c And 10 green trading stamps Bennett's Capitol Mince Meat, 8 pkgs. for 2 Bo And 10 green trading stamps Shredded Codfish. 3 pkgs.26o And 10 green trading stamps St. Charles Cream, cans for 80c And 10 green trading stamps Bennett's Capitol Oats, 2 packages 20o And 10 green trading stamps Flower and Vegetable Seeds, per package 2 Ho Wiggle Stick Bluing, six stli'fts 2fio And 10 green trading stamps BENNETT'S CAPITOL, COFFEE, lb. pkg 2 80 And 80 green trading stamps BESTXrZTT'B CASTS XX B. Hundreds of Easter Nov elties, at 25c, 15c, 10c, 60 Mixed Candy, pound.... 10c CHOCOLATE BON BON3, pound box 25o And 10 green trading stamps Meats Meats Chickens, fresh dressed spring chickens, lb " lO1 Sirloin Steak, from our native steers, lb Rolled Rib Roast, all bones out, lb., 12V2c and , 10 Pot Roast, lb. 7c and .5 Boiling Beef, 8 lbs. for.. 25 Dam and Bacon Special Cudahy's Rex Bacon, lb 14V Cudahy's Diamond 0 Hams, lb 15 Average 10 to 12 Pounds. SPECIAL IN HARDWARE , SATURDAY Big Sale No. 18 genuine Strans ky Four Coated Sauce Pans, regular price 48c, while sup ply lasts, eacli . 15d Less than half wholesale cost. Basement. r SOME TRAGEDIES OF THE SEA Eiiutsn of Other Part Eorpuain: the Wrsok of the LsnhmoBt APPALLING SITUATIONS IN A STORM toceollaetloBa f Few Shipwrecks AIs- North. Atlutle Cast Trihat lrt4 by Klas; Neptane. Complete details of the disaster - on the northeastern and of Long Island sound affords few Incidents to lighten the gloom that usually envelopes shipwreck. The causes whloh make for disaster on the aea operate to swell the death list. Btorms and fogs constitute the greatest menace to coastwise shipping and these conditions render lire saving extremely difficult, if not hopeless. The steamer Larchmont was fatally damaged and sent to the bottom during a tierce storm, and the wonder Is that a score of the 2U) passengers and crew survived the horrors of the gale, the Icy waters and the gloom of night. That those who go to the sea. In ships take their Uvea In their own hands la shown by the reports of the life saving services of the maritime nations. There are nearly 8,000 wrecks annually and the average num ber of lives lost Is In excess of 4,000. Along the north Atlantlo coast dismal stories of shipwreck, brightened here and there by seafaring heroism, are Interwoven In the annals of the people. Away back In November, IBM, the cholera ridden ship New Era was driven ashore at daybreak on a sandbar near Co riles Creek, on the New Jersey coast. In s few minutes the great vessel swung around and the seas swept over It, tearing away everything on Its decks and pounding it furiously against the beach. There were tt persons on board euid when the ship struck the passengers and crew swarmed up on the deck. Oiling the air with cries of terror and trampling upon each other In their desperate efforts to reach the lifeboats. Wave after wave thundered on the deck, and the passengers climbed Into the rlggtng to save themselves. Captain Henry ordered a boat to be lowered In order to get a line ashore through the wild breakers . The crew of the boat cast off the line, abandoned the Ship and rode ashore. Another boat was lowered, but hardly had It cleared the ship When the cowards who manned it cut the line and saved themselves. The sailors beartlessly turned their backs on the wall ing passengers clinging to the rigging and deserted In the remaining boata, A Desperate Slteatlea. Hour after hour the desperate multitude Shouted and raved, while the life savers on shore tried to shoot a line across the wreck from a mortar. Many of the shots were wild, and several times the wire connected With the ball broke. But every time the Inortar flashed the trembling passengers alternately cheered and groaned. About . noon one of the shots carried a line straight fend soon s lifeboat was hauled from shore. The captain and ten passengers got Into the boat and hauled themselves toward the tach. Twice the little craft was Upeet. KPd it was finally draws up On the sands with the captain and five men who had ciung 10 tne keel. Then the line connect-! Ing the doomed ship with the shore parted. A frightful soene followed. The life sav ers tried to shoot another line across the wreck. The very last ball managed to land the line across the main topsail brace, put no one could reach It There hung the slender thread upon which hundreds of lives depended and not a man stirred to ward It. The cries of the passengers and the encouraging shouts of the wreckers on shore mingled In the roar and swUh of the mountainous waves that shook the vessel and drove the hundreds of terror stricken men and women higher and higher Into the fore, main and mlxsln rigging. . Slowly the useless line was drawn back to the beach. The ship and its passengers were beyond all earthly assistance and were abandoned through the following night In the morning all who were alive were rescued, but 291 lives wore lost Pierce Struargle la Storm. One of the most terrible tm ,m1u. m ,h. Atlantlo coast was the loss of the steamr ship Evening Star with 280 of her passen gers and crew, M0 miles northeast of the Matanlla reef, on October 8. lw. The Evening 8 tar was on her way from New fork to New Orleans, and was rolled about for a long time In a constantly Increasing storm. At one o'clock on the morning of October 8 a vast mountain of water fell on the deck and stove In the starboard for. ward gangway. A bulkhead was hurriedly erected to keep the water out, but It was swept away. Pour Umea the crew rebuilt the bulkhead, only to see the waves tear It away. The rudder was thrown out of gear, and the aea made clean breach over the ship. Men and women alike helped to ball the water out of the vessel, but the sea poured In Irresistibly. The captain told the pas sengers that there was little hope left but urged them to be cool. Among the pas sengers were the members of a French opera company, and the prima donna worked at the buckets like the rest. Just about dawn the captain solemnly addressed the crew and passengers. He told them that the ship must go down. Men and women rushed about the deck yelling, tearing their clothee oft and plurg In Into the seething sea. There were sev eral life boats, but they could not be low ered In such wsves. So the boats remained on the deck and were loaded with people, who waited for he Evening Star to sink. The captain wept and bade farewell to his companions. The crew- maintained good discipline. In an hour the ship gave a lurch and plunged down Into the ocean. The crowded lifeboats were sucked under, and the sea was full of men and women call ing In vain for help. Scores of them were crushed into shapeless masses by the drift. wood that swirled around the wreck. The last person to leave the ship before she sank was an Italian prima donna, who waited calmly until all hope was gone, and when she felt the first convulsion of ths veaael as It prepared to go down she raised her hands, moved her IIds as if In nnv and plunged into the roaring waters, never to se sees again. Only a few were saved; they drifted around without food or Brink, half mad with fear, until they -were pi'ked up. Belles ! Disaster. Bow many people are there who know what the old gray Scotland Lightship stands ior si me entrance to New York harbor! How many know that It is a floating mon ument of a great ocean tragedy? On De. cember L 1866, the steamship Scotland, ot the National Navigation company, col lided with the ship Kate Deyer and sank her with many of her crew. Thanks to her immense strength, the Scotland was not sunk, but her bow was smashed and she leaked badly. The water gained In her until the men at the engines were sub merged to their waists. Captain Hall, of the Scotland, headed the ship under a full head of steam for the Sandy Hook shore. ' There wee nothing tn do but to beach her. Meanwhile the pilot or the lost Kate Deyer swaggered up and down the deck saying that be did not care a d n so long as his own Ufa was saved. . Well, the -Scotland managed to strike the beach just as the water reached her furnace fires, and all on board were saved. To mark the site of the wreck a light ship was anchored there. It -was called the Scotland Wreck Lightship. But gradually the wreck worked Itself down into the sand and disappeared. The name of the light ship was then changed to the Scotland Lightship. And that Is the almost forgot ten story of how It came to be. Of course everybody has heard how sweet Margaret Puller, the American 'authoress who became the Countess Ossllt, was drowned within sight fo her native land with her child in her arms. That was a famous wreck. The ship Elisabeth, bound from Leghorn and Gibraltar to New Tork, had lost Its captain by smallpox. The little daughter of Countess Osslll was also seised with the dlseaes, but recovered, to perish presently on her dying mother's bosom. ' The Elisabeth went ashore about five miles east of the Fire Island lighthouse on July 12, I860, In a tremendous storm. Among those who were lost was a brother of Charles Sumner. The shore was strewn for miles with wreckage, the wind and waves having lltsrally torn the ship to pieces. The statue of John C. Calhoun was washed ashore. Many of the passengers managed to cling to planks until they were picked up. Charles Sumner wandered Up and down the shore for dsys vainly search ing for the body of his brother. Tws Frisk tt el Disasters, Perhaps the most frightful wreck on the American ooast was that of the White Star steamship Atlantlo at Man's Island, near Halifax, at 2 o'clock In the morning of March 81, 1871. Five hundred and sixty perished out of a total of (78 persons. The disaster was so tremendous that the newspapers at first regarded the news as an attempt to perpetrate a cruel April fool hoax. Without the slightest- warning the steamer struck on the rock. The sea car ried away all the port bosU. Before the weather boats could be cleared the ship rolled over. The sounds that arose from below decks were soul stirring. Most of the women and children were down there in the darkness walling pitifully. The captain ordered the passengers to climb into the rigging and to crowd' for ward, where the wreck was highest and out of reach of the waves. The officers of the ship got a line to s rock about forty yards distant and then managed to get four other lines across. . About 800 teople managed to reach the rock. Between the rock and the shore was a gulf of about 800 feet and a rope was stretched over this. Fifty persons reached the Island and aroused the inhabitants, who furnished boats and took the half froxen survivors from the rock. Those who still clung to the side of the ship and the rigging were also rescued. Not a woman was' saved. The first of ficer held one woman In the rigging until she froxe to death, and there she, was left half nude, with protruding eyes and foaniy lips, the spectacle being rendered more terrible by the splendid Jewels which sparkled on her hands A boy who hung onto the Icy rigging near the dying woman was washed away, but he managed to reach a boat The last man In the rigging was the first officer, who was saved through the heroic efforts of Rev. Mr. Ancient Many of the passengers, saloon and steer ago, died In the rigging from cold and fright. The sea washed away the women and children, and the shore of the island was soon thickly strewn with the dead. The natives plundered the bodies and mutilated the hands of the women in order to get their rings. One woman was seen In the waves hold ing two children, while a third had Its little arms around her neck. She went down almost instantly, and the loud, passionate cry cf the poor mother as she sank with her little ones could be heard all over the wreck. Eight years ago the French liner La Bourgogne. running at high speed through a fog oft the coast of Maine, collided with an unknown vessel and both went to the bottom.. The number of deaths In this dis aster was EtiS. Trylnsr to Please Thomas. "Ye,"' tald the expert In heraldry, "I have sMcceeded In fixing up a splendid pedigree for your husband." 'Tm so glad," replied Mrs. Gottalot. "It will be such a relief to the girls. How have you figured It outf "Well, I take him hark thnnrh i generations to the Virginia cavaliers snoH ciaim ror him direct descent from Geof frey Gotalotte, a poet of the sixteenth century." "What? A poet? Thomas will never stand for that Why, he thinks poets are of no more use In the world than humming birds Tou must remember that my hus band Is a business man through and through. Nothing appeals to him that ain't practical. Can't you find somebody else Instead of the poet?" "Oh. very well. It is easy. This Geof frey Gottalotte had a" cousin, Jefferson Gottalotte, who was a swineherd and later the proprietor of the largest butcher shop In his native country. It will be easy to switch him in as your husband's ancestor." "Ah, that will please Thomas. But who were these cavaliers? Did they amount to much in the money-making line?" Brook lyn Eagle. Little Bessie (in church Why do so many people put envelopes on the contribution plate? Little Bobby Oh. that's to keep the pen nies from making so much noise. If you have anything to trade advertise it in the For Exchange column -of The Bee Want Ad page. ODD GEOGRAPHICAL FACTS Peouliaritioi Noted by Ezplsrtrs of Unole Sam'i Territory. HARD COMPLICATIONS IN BOUNDARIES Bis; States, Bis; CoaXles, Bis; Blocks aad the Longest Street Where Four States Meet t'nlqee Situations. The following collection of geographical peculiarities about the United States em. bodies many unique facta which are worth remembering: A novel way to demonstrate the enormity of the state of Texas Is to spread out a map of the United States and stretch a string across Texas the longest way. Then placing one end of your measure on Chicago you will find that the other end will extend into either the Atlantlo ocean or the gulf of Mexico. The two largest counties In the United States are Custer county, Montana, and Ban Bernardino county, California. Each of these Is a little more than 20,000 square miles In extent and the states of Massa chusetts, Rhode Inland, Delaware and New Jersey could be put Inside the boundaries of either of them. ' The smallest county tn the union Is Briston county, Rhode Island, which has only twenty-five square miles. The county In the United States having the largest population is New York, which has more than 2,000.000 people In It At the time of the last census. Bailey county, Texas, which Is about as large as Rhode Island, bad only four Inhabitants. The longest block in any American city is In Watertown, N. T. This municipal freak Is a row of business bouses nearly five squares long. It contains the offices and stores of 146 different firms, forty-five tenants and a hotel with eighty-five rooms. The total valuation of the property In this block Is almost 81.000,000. ' The' longest street In the United States and In the world as well is Western avenue, Chicago, which is exactly twenty-two miles long. Its nearest rival Is Hals'ed street, also In Chicago, which is two-thirds of a mile shorter. Halsted street is so much more closely built up that it Is usually spoken of as the longest street In the world. By traversing Its length one may see all the Indications of the van Ing phases of Amer ican life, from the hovels of outcast sin to the palaces of pork packing millionaires. , Interspersed with the native ' Americans on this one street are six distinct colonies where the people speak other languages than English namely, Germans. Italians, Russian Jews, Bohemians, Poles and Greeks. Halsted Is crossed over and under by twenty railroads. It is estimated to be the . chief buslneas center and lounging place for lTt.d'O people, more than there are In Arisona, Idaho, Nevada or Wyoming. Where Fosr States Meet. About fifty miles from Durango, Co?o., there Is a point where four states meei. At this place by stepping a few feet in either direction one can walk In four differ ent commonwealths tn as many seconds. These states are Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arixona. A nearly parallel case Is at Harper's Ferry, where the train stops a few minutes to allow the passengers to alight and enjoy a view which permits them to look Into three states Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. The highest and lowest elevations In this country are In California, within 100 miles of each other. The loftiest Is Mt. Whitney, 14,409 feet high, and the lowest is Death valley, about 450 feet below the level of the. sea. Two Oceans pass, in Yellowstone park. Is so named because whenever there Is a shower In the vicinity and a certain small creek overflows its waters spread out over the edge of the continental divide and pass Into tributaries of rivers which flow to the Atlantlo and to the Pacific. There are a number of cases where unique eitauttons have developed In cities that happened to be divided by state lines. These oddities are the result of differences in law. The boundary between Texas and Arkansas runs along the main street of Texarkana, and formerly If a fight occurred on one side of the street the combatants had only to cross to the other sidewalk to be out of jurisdiction of the authorities governing the territory where the disturb ance bad taken place. The two sides of Texarkana did not develop equally, because the administration of one state was more enterprising than the other. Bristol Is located on the state line between Tennessee and Virginia. One of these states has a regulation preventing colored people from occupying the same street car seats with whites and the other has not, conse quently the colored people may stay on one side of the car on the boundary street and sit where they please. The dividing line between Missouri and Kansas Is State street In Kansas City. Missouri Is wet and Kansas Is dry, so one side of thai particular avenue Is literally lined with "First" and "Last Chance" saloons. This locality Is supposed to have been the birth place of this original form ot saloon adver tisement, ( Water aed Bnose. North Dakota has a prohibition law and Minnesota has not. The Red River of thu North is the boundary, and It separates the two towns of Fargo and Morehead. Each saloonkeeper In Morehead has a little buck board, and these vehicles are sent for any one on the other side of the river who wants a drink. When a cltlsen of Fargo begins to .have a dry feeling in his throat he telephones the bartender who keeps his favorite brand of liquor, and gets s free ride for the price of his drink I Undoubtedfy the most ' extraordinary boundary complications are those resulting from what are known as the International stores. These places ' are ' scattered all along the line between the United States and Canada from Vancouver to New Brunswick. Most of them are maintained with the- Intention of evading the laws of both countries, especially In the sale of spirituous liquors. One of the most noted of these Is located near Covington. The boundary line runs diagonally through the store and splits the bar. Whea a customer appears the bartender sets the bottle on his side of the boundary line, and the patron draws it across 4 he counter, which I'rlleve the bartender of any fult. ' The proprietor of this place is a genial fellow who has been conducting his busi ness for twenty years without interruption. In order to secure a conviction the govern ment making the prosecution must have an accurate survey made, and prove the exact spot where each man stood and where each bottle was placed. That this Is s...not an Impossibility the governments of both countries have found to their sor row on several occasions. The goods on the shelves of the store are kept on the aide belonging to the coun try In which they aro bought In the course of a day hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise Is disposed of, port from Canada and part from America. ,The pro prietor commands a large trade and secures a greater profit than ordinary .merchants doing business on either side of the line. Little attempt Is msde by the officials to stop the traffic, but there was one occasion when the Canadian government secured a conviction. A careless clerk left a can of American spices on the Canadian side of the counter for a minute whlls he turned his Kh pW tn An RnmuthUv .1,. a i customs officer happened In and found the dutiable goods on the queen's domain. For this, one Instance of carelessness on ths part of his clerk the proprietor had to pay a fine of i:o.-Xew York Sun. NOBODY LAUGHED BUT BABY Domestic Rnetloa Follows ths Heels of Recent BIls- sard. ' . During the extreme cold weather In ths early part of the week the kitchen range In the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stev ens In Milwaukee was blown to pieces by an explosion of the hot water pipes which connected with the tank, the fragments being scattered In every direction Mr. and Mrs. Stevens aad their Infant child wre in the room at the time, and Although the misHlles were thrown all around them they escaped Injury. Without knowing thnt the water In the pipe colls leading to the tank had frozen Mr. Stevens built a fire. Ths baby had been placed In Its chair, close to the range. Mr. Stevens was nearby and Mrs. Stevens was coming from the pantry and was Just In front of the stpve when the explosion took place. The top lids were blown upward, striking the celling, while the front doors were driven through, the wainscoting. A frag, ment of Iron was sent whirling by Mrs. Stevens' head - as she- came out of the pantry, where it wrecked nearly all the dlfihea and crockery. She was thrown to one side by the concussion and her face was covered with soot. A stove . lid was driven directly toward the baby, but passed between Its feet and did not touch the child. Another. lid took s direction toward Mr. Stevens, but missed his hood by a few inches, but It wss so close that Mr. Stevens felt the Impart of the air. A fragment was sent hurling through a window, crash ing both sash and window. The wreck was complete, and the re markable feature of the accident was that the baby and Mr. and Mrs. Stevens escaped Injury with all ths fragments flying about them. A pitcher of cream that was stand ing In the pantry was blown across the room and deposited In a basket without a drop being spill. The house cat was blown out of the window and escaped with only a scare. Ths window curtains were turn Into rags. ,