The Omaha Daily Bee.
EDITORIAL SECTIOIL
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THE OMAHA DEC
Best & West
VOL. XXXVI-NO. 215.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1007.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
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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
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Grocery Dept.
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Children's CoaJs Children's Coexts
95c
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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' 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.
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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. ,
