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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1907)
r 12 OMAHA. DAllT I1EE; SATURDAY, MAKC11 30, 1907. VEGETABLES IN LARGE LOIS i CMM I Trtotioally ETtr7tfcbc.l1 Avaikbl low Ixoept th Green Corn. HOT ALL ! THE MARKET, HQWEYES "tommy ef th staples Am from f'olJ atortff, bat Art Good Just th Bam. rraetlcally everything in th way of fresh vegetables excepting green corn Is 'available Juet now. Available, however, -mud not be Interpreted to mean generally ' In market, although om of th better 'quipped shops and market do carry very- thing available, keeping It In cbid torags ,ntll there U call for It. Tha forced, hot- house appearance that wu characteristic of thla green BLUft a few weeks ago Is rap ,'ldly parsing and everything has a hardy, fresh look and Is of a slse that suggests . the proximity of a thrifty garden. , The dearth of bead lettuce of Inst .week 1iaa been overcome by a recent generous 'shipment which Is being disposed of retail ,'at It and SD-eents a head. There Is also home lettuce at 10 cents and leaf lettuce, at .' cents a bunch. New cabbage Isl and 4 cent a pound. Celery Is 6 and 10 cents a bunch and, besides the Florida celery, new 'a short ttma ago, Colorado Is shipping cel ery now that is especially fine and looks .much Ilka the Bcllevue celery. New peas .are much more subttAnttsl-looklng than they were a week or so aro; thry are de .cldedly something more than pods now. ' though not up to- the standard of the- fru ','gal housewife, who estimates her "mi" .by the quart. They sell at 20 cents a quart. .Wax and green beans are among the most 'tempting offerings of tha market and also sell for 10 cents a quart. Radishes are so large that the CAreful buyer thlnfts twice .'before buying, fearing they may be pethy fir rank, but they ara not and they sell, for t and 10 cents a bunch. New turnips, beets, ' 'carrots and onions are 6 cents a bunch. 'Parsnips are scarce and bring 10 cents a "bunch. Oyster Plant Is Here. Oyster plant la In again after a long ab ence and brings 5 and 10 cents a bunch. lgg plant sells from IS to 38 cents each and green peppers are 10 cents each, or three .for 28 cents. Cucumbers cost a little bit more than 'they did, selling for 20 and 28 j -cents each. Rhubarb Is 10 cents a buireh; tomatoes are 20 cents a pound and are not j . extra nice; mushrooms are 80 cents a j 'pound, asparagus 28 cents a bunch, spinach 1 from 90 to 30 cent a peck, or 10 cents a soup bunch. Cauliflower was scarce Friday morn tnsr and not extra, nice, selling at 10 and '. 4 cents a little head; mint Is to be had at 10 cents m bunch and Is especially nice, and parsley Is 6 cents a bunch. New potatoes are 10 cent a pound, or three pounds for 25 cents; old potatoes are from 70 to 90 cents a bushel. A few sweet potatoes are to be had at 8 cents a pound. Cranberries are from JO to 12H cents a quart. 'Texas strawberries were the most plentl "rul fruit on the market Friday morning. K ,Thy were of various quality and price too. . In th main, however, they are good and sell from 30 to 40 cents a quart (?) box, ut the market Is pretty, heavily stocked and as ft result It will be well for house wives to sea what they are buying. Pine apples are very nice and very reasonable In price, selling from 20 to 40 cents each. Navel oranges sell from 18 to 40 cents a doten according to alse. Grape fruit Is 18 and V) cent each and lemona 20 cent a doaen. , Ella- Question a Problem. ' - Th egg question Is the most bewildering problem that confronts the housewife Just now. Eggs sold at !0 centa a dozen Friday morning In spite of the fact that they con tinue to wholesale at 1SH and It cents a doten Just as they have for more than a week. Until Thursday most of the mer chants retailed egg at 18 cents. Every body has a different explanation 'of this sudden Jump in the. retail price and tha average woman who Inquire Into the rea son Is soon hoplcssly confused with the reply she gets for It' matters little to most women what the "quotations" Is In Chicago or where the eggs come from and In the end she simply pays 20 cents a dozen for the eggs that her partlculnr grocer happen to have to sell. The retailers are predicting , drop In the price the early part of next week. . Many' of the grocers will make a Satur day or an Easter' price on egszs this wo k nd the chances are that some will soli right down to the wholesale price. The best package creamery butter sold for to cents a pound Saturday morning and other grades of butter sold In proportion. Oood dairy butter sold for 2 and J cents pound. . Holy waek brought a demand for fish that the local marhet supplied generously In variety and quality. Catfish Is 18 cents ft pound; pike, 16 cents; trout, 18 cents; halibut. K'cenU; salmon, 18 cants; suckers, JO oents; carp, 10 cents; rrapples, MV, cents; buffalo, 12 Cents, and smelts, 16 cents. Chickens Still Scarce, ChU-ken still continue to be' scare and retail at 14 cents and 16 rents ft pound. Uroll.rs are more plentiful now and are CO sent apiece. Capon ar out of the market this week. Domestic ducks re It cents ft pound; geese, 16 cents, and turkeys 20 to Jf cents a pound. The Homer squab are eelllng at 60 rents apiece. Spring lamb Is In now and sells In quarters. The hind quarters ar $1.60 and the forequarter 11.26. One more month wltl an ' R" In it and oysters will be out of season. At present, however, ther ar enough to supply the demand and the best quality are selling from 46 to 65 cents a quart. Shrimps are out' of season and have been for the last tlx .weeks. lobsters are nice and plentiful, live, ones celling at 46, cents a pound and broiled lobster at 66 'cent. Frosen frog leg of the large variety can now be had QROSSETT cobblers are cunning work men; they sew their still into the shoes. They put their heads and hearts, as well as their hands, into the work. The happy result is the stylish, strong, comfortable SHOE J Hakes Life's WalH Easy ISAM MASS, CaU on our ajent in your city, or writ u LEWIS A. CROSSETT, Inc., No. Abington, Mass. 'WW Ad Ho. 1 Magnificent Array of Choicest AND VEGETABLES FOR EASTER Suggestive of the approach of spring; presenting ft cheerful and gratifying sight, with earth's most toothsome and palatable treasures, that add luster to every dish. ITBAW1IUZS8. Leaf Lettuce. Radishes. Head Lettuce. Water Cress. Fresh Mushrooms. Egg Plants. String Beans. Oreen Peas. Spinach. Cauliflower. New Beets. New Turnips. New Carrots. New Potatoes. Fresh Tomatoes. Cucumbers. Fresh Mint. Celery. IASTEB SPECIALS. 60c large Navel Oranges, dot 85o 26c 7-Crown Large Turkish Figs, per pound .is0 Shredded Biscuits, pkg..., 10c Strictly Fresh Eggs, dozen 16Hc Creamery Butter, pound,, 30c Jell-O and Bromangelon, pkg....7Ho One-half Spring Lamb. $1.50 Sommer Bros. Exponents of Good Living 28th and Farnam Sts, Recommended b?. Physjciang DRAfl OREAD -For Indigestion und Dyspepsia GLUTEI OREAD For Diabetes Made Only By ESTELLA L FEAD, 2202 Farnam St. Telephone) Douglas 3006, at 45 cent a doxn. Fresh pig' feet ftre sold at 6 cents ft pound. POLLARD ON THE PANAMA Bay Entire Delegation Was Sur prised at Proftress mud Sani- tary Conditions. Csngressman E. M. Pollard of the First dlstrlc of Nebraska . returned Friday from Panama, where he had been with th congressional delegation, which went to inspect the work In the canal son. "The entire delegation threw up Its hands In surprise," said Congressman Pollard. "They were truly surprised at tha wonder ful progress which has been made In the work of tha canal. Reports that that la an unhealthy country and a man killer are all erroneous, for the sanitary arrange ment ar complete and tha climate Is just as healthful as hi many parts of the United .State. "House have been built for the work Ingmen and they are furnished accom modation 'vhlch were a surprise to all the members of thi party. Many had expected to find mosquito-infected holes, but tho opposite is the case, for the government has lh work well in hand and is moving along sane , line r in ' providing healthy quarter for the men. The list now In clude 36.000 men and the hospital list is exceedingly tmCl "Predlctlonc and estimates by outsiders that It woulu take from twelve to twenty year to complete the canal ar all dis counted by the committee, who have figured out conservatively that the work will be complete In from five to eight year at the nrot." - JOE WARREN BACK IN Yoatte Comes Back to Await Trial Granted by Snpresa Conrt, JAIL Wew Jo Warren, one of the four youths who held up and killed Nets Lausten in his saloon, 1 back in th county Jail from th penitentiary. He- waa sentenced to fifteen years, bat has been granted a new trial by the supreme court He was the youngest of ' th four. Th others wers J. O'llearh, .who wa entenced to hang and the other two, Nelson and Angus were sentenced to life Imprisonment. Cunning bench MADE, it s Ad wo. la i of the Regular Selling Price From 3 to 4 p. m. Saturday we will Mustard Sardines for. SATURDAY 22 lbs: Pure Cane Granulated Sugar for $1.00 Fresh Country Eggs, per dos....lSo Premium Chocolate, pound 29o Parlor Matches, dos. boxes for...!Oo Gelatine. 10c pkg. for So Vegetable and Flower Seeds, per package . . .i 10 Uncolored Japan Tea. put up in 1-lb. pkgs., high grade, sells everywhere (5c per lb., our price for Saturday only 99o Large bottle Pickles, 16c slxf,. ,7VsO French Prepared Mustard, large Jars, 10c sizs or Be Boston Candy Biscuits, 16c pkg for.4o t-o. bottles Vanilla and Lemon Extract, 10c bottle for Bo Quart can Maple Syrup, 26c can..lBo 20c pkg. Dewey Hand Washed flgs.9o 10c pkg. selected lates for 4o 6e pkg. selected Dates for So 10c can Pure Ground Allspice and Cloves for Bo 7 and 8 p. m. Saturday we will ?lace on sale a number of dozens -lh. cans Baked Beans, with or without tomato sauce, per can... Bo Malta-Vita, per pkg 7o Zest, per pkg , 1M0 Grape Sugar Flakes, per pkg....7V4o The Lange 24th and Cuming St. Ad Ho. 10 Your Easter Dinner will depend upon the quality of meat for its success. We have best qual ity all kinds fine Spring Lamb cholc Roasts. Chickens preserved In cqld room tender toothsome and with rich, natural flavor which can never be found in poultry kept on Ice or in loe water. BATTTKSAT SPECZAXS ' Choice Rib Roast. lOo-lSM, Cholc Pot Roast 6o-7o-8o t Lean Strips Bacon lovo Strictly Fresh Kggs 13o 3 pounds Oood Lard 95o Joe Bath Cash Market 1921 F&rnam St. FORTY LEAN DAYS ARE OVER Time for Entitle' oT reasonable Food in Fleotj Comes Aeain. EASTER FEAST FOLLOWS LENTEN FAST Egi and Other Dainties and Sub stantial Contribute to Breakfast and Dinner Blenn that Tempt In Prospeet. Th forty days Lenten fast reached its culminating day Good Friday, and those who have observed the Lenten fast as a religious rite will be abstaining from food entirely; others less rigorous, may have kept the season from a knowledge of its dietetic value, and knowing that when the heat comes, as In the last week or two, at an unseemly time they should eat less, espe cially of heat producing foods, will have made their rations lighter and of easily digested dishes. Nature as a general rule produces the foods appropriate for the dif fering seasons; In the warm weather, green vegetables and ripe, Juicy fruits, but some times, as in the last two weeks, undue heat appears before these foods come to maturity, at least In the section where they are needed, and then resort must be had to the best substitutes or to the high priced fruits and vegetables from further south, If one would brink' to and keep their bodies in th condition suited to th climate. , Mr. Provldem and the mousands whom she represent, even while tbey fast, have In mind as a part of their duty tha day that comes so shortly after the great fait day, and is one of the special feast days, Easter Sunday, so as the morn of Saturday follows, she takes her market basket to carry the supplies for the two meals always of special importance to those who ob serve th Easter feast, breakfast and din ner. Bag for Breakfast. Eggs seem tha piece d resistance for breakfast, which some question protcstlngly after a Lenten diet of egga: Others, per haps, who have been . obliged) to economize somewhat, have not lost thnlr appetite for this valuable substitute, for meat, and having adopted the sensible rule of no meat for breakfast at any tin. will plan with pleasure for a pleasing and novel way of serving th breakfast egg, or perhaps several ways. In order that every One par taking may be exactly suited. In addi tion, also, it Is well to consider our food somewhat In Its relation to the spiritual as well as the material significance, and the day which celebrates the renewal or. com ing forth of the new life, the higher life, ha always had as one of It material sym bols the egg. 80 Mrs. Provldem'a basket received a supply of eggs, and she may, If she is not In the habit of doing so all the time, se lect those which state on the paper cases which hold tho doaen daintily put up, "Guaranteed not to be aver twenty-four hours eld." Other Item on Bill. And then ther is an embarrassment Of riches to select from of th foods which had bven shipped from th south in extra aMindanc for thl tlm when th fast was over and the spring feast should b ushered In by th Eaatertld. She had planned for a little unusual xtravagance, but where to begin. Ah! ther ar sum lovely red and green , pepper, and one member of her family, a well a herself, 1 so fond of pepprr eggs; she would garnish her omelet with one at each cor ner. "Four peppers, plus two green and two red. and all ths sain sizs." Now a box of that very nicest allued breakfast bacon to garnish with and ft bunch of parsley. Then a loaf of that special baker's brown bread that mukes such fine toast. Some of those specially fine, small cruue fruit to out all lu fin trim by their 9 O si n mi sell H can Oil and lie SPECIALS. X-Celo, rkg. (end 1 free spoon). THo riESI YZOETABX.ES. Radishes. 1 bunches for Bo Onions, bunches for Bo Spinach, per peck lBo lie Plant, per pound 7Ho Peas, per quart Bo trewberrlesl Strawberries Fancy large red per quart IS Ho MEAT DEFABTMEITT. Young Spring Lamb, front quarter 600 Young Spring Lamb, hind quarter , $1.08 Armour's No. 1 Sugar Cured Skinned Hams, 12 to 14 lhs. average, lb. 13140 Armour's Shield Brand Sugar Cured Bacon, per pound 184 Rib Roast of cornfed Steers, per pound, 10c and So Rib Boiling Beef, 10 lbs. for 35o BAIEBT DEFAXTMIiXTT. Bread, 6o loaves 3o 2-layer rakes, all flavors ......... lo 8-layer cakes, all flavors 24o Cup Cakes, per dozen Bo Cream Puffs, with pure whipped cream, per dozen Pies, all kinds.' Fruit Siloes, per dozen 84c .80 .SO Grocery Co. Telephone Douglas 1530 HOKI-l BY (BOTTLKD IN BOND) OLD LEWI HUNTER DISTILLERY Quart Dotilo 1.00 CACKLEY BROS. RKLIABLK LIQUOR MERCHANTS 121 N. 16th St.. Opposite Post Office PHONE DOUGLAS 1.48 tonic bl..er for the feasts of the day. And aome Little Neck clams, sufficient to make a clanr" cocktail for dinner, to be sent up the last-thing In the afternoon. Shall it be asparagus or brussels sprouts? Or shall the asparagus be served as a saladT Bet ter a vegetable and have a fruit salad or some of these new beets that will be tender and sweet. If she finds that she la being tempted with too many of the fresh vegetables, a can of the tiny beet will answer the purpose and few be the wiser. Some head lettuce, some lamb ateaks, two bunches of asparagus. Mast nise Early. Before you begin., to think of Easter breakfast at. all. you must plan so strongly there is no possibility of failing to get up and see the sun dance as it rises above tha horixon, els the year will bear no blessing for you; that mean foregoing the Sunday morning nap, and watching with intent eye for the first dancing rays above the trees or hills and happy are you it the clouds or the smoke do not obscure the vision; thon for a hearty appetite and a sunshiny greeting to the gryj assembled. . First, the few dainty mouthfuls .of grape fruit, taken from the half which has been sunk into th ice in the pretty bowl, each section carefully cut away from it en velopo and the series of envelopes .'then deftly cut cway from the rind, and taken out by the center,- leaving the sections still standing and the center filled with a bit of some spicy Jam. Then comes tho omelette, Spanish, on a hot platter, brown and yellow properly in termingled, puffed -until Just ready to burst open and show Its savory content, diced boiled tongue, a tablespoon of fried, chopped onion, and a few mushrooms, mingled and laid upon the one half Just be fere the other is turned upon It, then rolled out on tho platur and surrounded with a rich tomato USED ROUND 'THE WORLD laker's Cocoa ind Chocolate ABSOLUTELY PURE Registered V. a. 1st office Made by a scientific blendi ing of the best Cocoa beans grown in the tropics the result of. 126 years of suc cessful endeavor. A mmw mm laaaMIy lUubr4A atectp Book mmmt ffe WALTER BAKER & CO, Lti Establish. 1780 DORCHESTER. MASS. Mlgheot Award o ' A r- f . ii E;rndpo ilfillAnr,co u Ad aro. is We Can Supply You with everything you need fn. the eatable line to make your Easter Dinner an enjoyable event. Our prices, quality considered, are the lowest In town; our constantly growing trade Insures freeb, goods always. Our special list (or Satur day la unequaled anywhere. SATURDAY'S SPECIALS Asparagus Monarch brand, fancy tips, square cans, cheap at 85c, for Saturday, per can ....2o Salt Best quality Table Salt, four sacks for 10 Maple Syrup Pint bottles, 2 5c seller, per bottle 17t? Clam Chowder 31b. cans, Bur nam ft Morl-ell's regular 2 5c, per can 18 KjfttAllTtaPInt hnttloa finvHAp'i Bishops or Monarch, bottle, 18 f i-ineappie 3-1D. cans fancy slic ed, in syrup, cheap at 40c, tha best value ever offered by a re tall store, per can 25 Sardines In oil, an extra good 10c grade, 6 cans for ; . . . .25? Cakes Three-layer white, any flavor, ours la best, each. . .30 AnRl Food Cakes, each ...10J Cookies Our make, assorted, crisp and fresh, 3 dog' . . , .25 Pies Home made, each. . .xOt Pot Roaat Tender, Juicy, ateer, per lb, 7c and () Lamb Lejrs Fresh, tender and young, per lb 12b Chickens Our dressing, per pound 12 He Vegetables A good assortment of the best and freshest of all that is In the market at lowest prices. Rib Roast Fancy native steer, at, per 4b., 12 and 10 Johnson & Goodlctt Company TWENTIETH AND LAKE Groceries, Meats and Bakery. Throe Phones Call Douglas 1878. pure to which ha been added bits of sweet Spanish peppers, chopped fine. At each oorner Is a whole pepper, from which the top has been cut, the weeds removed and the skin boiled for twenty minutes or until tender In alted water In an open dish; then put In cold water to cover while a whit sauce waa made of a tablespoon of butter and one of flour cooked together and a cup of milk stirred in, with seasoning, fill tha shells half full with this sauce and cook Until th white la set; two peppers red, two green at alternate corners. If properly blanched and cooked In an open dish they will retain the color. Two of the tx assembled scorned th peppery egg, while the other four ate It telling ' them meanwhile of it delicious flavor, and all united In the appreciation of the omelette, and the odd shaped tomato roll accom panying, a well a th tomato sauce. Shad Roe the Luxury. Then came the dih of shad roe, partaken of so very seldom and so enjoyed when they were the special luxury, and the ending of the fish season. They had. been boiled for five minute in salted water, then broiled after being flipped In melted butter, salt and pepper, for ten minutes; melted butter, lemon Juice and chopped parsley poured over them, and garnished with tiny slices of bacon cooked an Instant in a vary hot frying pan and curled as tbey. were taken out. Toasted brown bread and a cup of coffee left them all bright and alert to don the mysterious contents of th large boxes that had been coming for the last day or two, and to go forth to give thanks and praise. Por the Dinner. When the dinner hour cam they 1 sat down to the following menu: Claim Cocktails. Consomme. Soup Sticks. Broiled Lamb Steaks with Bearnalse Sauce. Souffled Potatoes. Asparagus and Peas on Toast. Aspic of Beets and Carrot. ' Strawberry Mousse. Almond Strips. Coffee. Clam Cocktail Put half a doxen clams In a small glass, pour over a tablespoon of lemon Juice, a drop of tabasco sauce, three or four drops of onion Jnice, salt, and a bit of horseradish if tjked. Serv tc old. Broiled Lamb Steak Broil or pan-broil teak, making th pan very hot at first and then cooking; slightly more slowly, but being careful not to let the pan get cool enough to allow the Juices to run; place on hot platter and salt lightly; then pour over a ' Bearnalse Sauce Put half a cup of vine gar and water mixed over the fire with a level teaspoon of minced onion and two or three tarragon leaves; cook until re duced one-half, let cool and mix with it four egg yolks well beaten; return to th fir and cook very slowly, adding three rounding tablespoons of butter, on at a time and stirring until it thickens Ilk a mayonnaise; add salt and a teaspoonful of chopped parsley. Potatoes Souffled Par and cut In half Inch slices enough potatoes and cover with cold water for an hour. Drain, put In a wire basket and cook in bpt fat until tender, but not brown. Let stand to drain and cool and Just before serving pluojr again , In very hot fat and they will puff up, or sou (Tier. Salt and serve at once. Asparagus and Peas Pee! the tough end of sspiyagus, cut In Inch pieces, keeping out th tip; cover with boiling salted water and cook, uncovered, until almost tender, then add th tip and many pea, either canned or frMh; make a cream sauce, and when sufficiently cooked drain the asparagus and peas and put into th sauce; serve on slice of toast. Aspic of Beets and Carrots When mak ing th consomme, have a double quantity; boll half of It -down untir thick enough to Jelly, put a layer of It in a-border, mold and lay in It small piece of beet and carrot cooked until tender in salted water and out In pretty shape with a vegetable cutter. Cover with a layer of asplo and let harden, continue to add layer of aspic and vegetable until mold I full. . Let tand until firm. Invert on a cold alad dish, lay a hot cloth on th moid If necessary and It will drop out; fill center with mayon naise. Strawberry Mousse Dissolve a level ta blespoonful of gelatin In one-quarter eup of water,, add three-quarters cup. of pul verised sugar and a level teaspoon of salt. When vary cold train gradually Inta two eup of whipped cream and bat with Dover egg beater until very stiff; mash a cup of strawberries and sweeten, t last; add to th cream quickly, put In a mold with a tight cover and sink In equal parts of Ice and salt . Wind a strip of buttered cloth around th sdg whsr th eovr goes on to keep th water from penetrating. A rup of strawberries may be cut In halves If desired and swtnd and served round slice of th mousse. OFFICE FORCE IN THE CLEAR Ron of Metropolitan Rsnploye He netrly Respected of Stranar Robbery ef flafe. After three day Of Inquiry the mystery surrounding th disappearance of Sl.ONf) from th aaf of th Metropolitan Life Insurance company local olflc at 414-tl New Tork Lira building, Monday night, wa even farther from solution Friday morning that ever. It ha been learned that th combination to th safe had not been changed for years, during which time the position of superintendent ha under gons a number of administration. This fact ha Just com to th knowledge of J. E. Roark, th present Incumbent, when h was tinder the Impression that a nw safe had been placed in th offic but a short tlm befor hi arrival In th city about nine month ago. It I now said to be Im possible to estimate tha number of persons who might possibly be In possession of th combination and who also might haye a duplicate key to th Inner atrong box. There la on thing upon whloh Mr. Roark and th detective ar satisfied, whloh is that not th Slightest suspicion can be at tached to th. member of th offlc force. While It waa not a usual thing for Miss Hayes to hold so much money over night In tha safe. It had been don bofore and examination of the books show former cashiers had often done the same thing. From this It is thought possible the per petration of the theft, on this particular night waa merely a conlncldenee. No sus picion whatever has 'been thrown against Miss Hayes because of the unfortunate position In which she ha been placed and both herself and Miss Vanderford have been unhesitatingly retained In their re spective positions of trust. Mr. Toung of the home office of th com pany In New Tork City visited the Omaha office Thursday, but hi call waa not par ticularly In connection with th robbery. Mr. Roark 1 under bond for all fund held by him and the loss of money a well a the discovery of th thief fall upon hi houldera. ORIENTAL TRADE IS GROWING Shipment from America to China Show DecreaseIncrease to Other Countries. WASHINGTON, March 29, Exports to the orient how an Improvement In Feb ruary, wecordlng to figure compiled by the bureau of statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor and ugget a re turn to normal condition of that trade. which howed a falling off In 1M. The re cent reduction In export to Sie orient from the United States occurred chiefly in the trade with China and Japan. The export to Japan during last Feb ruary were $3,402,162, compared with IJ.009. 296 In February, 1908; to China, 21,856,682, as compared with t2,M,21B In th same month of last year. The statement says that this decrease seem to be due, in part at least. to a ailing.. oft In th general import into that country, though th redaction In total impcrt I probably not so great, pro portionately,, a ,n tna import rrom the United State.- In th trad .with other principal seotions of th world the figure for February and "those for th eight monh ending with February, i90T. how an Improvement over the corresponding period of tho preceding year.' ... . In the Name of Sense. that good common sense of which all of us have a share how can you continue ' to buy ordinary soda crackers stale and dusty as they must be, when for 5 you can get Uneeda Biscuit fresh from the oven protected from dirt by a package the very beauty of which makes you hungry. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY ifilji'iij'Jlijlj . ! -.ami Settlers' Rates FAR WEST AliD NORTHWEST ah"3o TO pngei California, . Unite, Sound San Fran Spokane Selena, Country, Cisco, Sail Lake Portland los An- District City, from x. District fleles, Etc. Oflden Omah ...... S25.C0 $25.00 522.50 520.00, Lincoln 525.00 125.00 522.60 520.00 Through Tourist Sleepers to California via Denver with daylight ride via the Rio Grande Route through Scenic Colorado and Salt Lake City. Two Train to the Northwest From Omaha at 4:10 p. m. and 11:10 p. m. Chair Cars, Dining Cars, Tourist Sleepers via Billings, Montana, to Spokane, Seattle, Ta coma, Portland. i Folders and descriptive matter, rates, berths all in formation' of . J. B. EEYIGLOS, City Puten.er Agist, 1502 Finis St., Oufci, Reb. . .... OMAHA JUDGES ARE PRAISED Commanded by Washington C2io:al foi Their Etasd o Divoresi. UNCLE SAM GATHtfilNG STATISTICS SlanlAcaut Has Situation Decern that Government lla Hundred and Fifty Agents la Field.. "I notice th district Judge of Omaha ar taking a firm stand on th matter ol divorces," ssld M. H. Thorpe of the census bureau at Washington, who stopped in Omaha Friday noon to spend a day In sight seeing while enroute to Ssn Franolsoo. "That la a step In the right direction, for t hi divorce lawa of th country aire getting entirely too lax. . "Tha census bureau la gathering statis tics on the question of marriage and di vorce, but la making slow progress. Th bureau ha had, 150 agent In the field since laat July, going over th record In th larger cities. Th task Is larger than was expected, consequently the delay, but a bulletin may be- expected In a short time giving a preliminary report on some of th finding. "A th gathering Of complete statistic necessitates the examination of the court records In every county In the United States, the , bureau plana to make use of county clerks In counties that do not con tain cities ef any considerable slse. Under this plan It waa necessary to get over 2,(X olerks of counties Interested In the Work. In many sections of the country the county clerks have ignored the Invitation from the bureau to examine the records, and so far only about 400 county clerks are en traced In gathering statistics. It is hoped anon to be able to Increase this number to 1,000 or mora and aa soon as the special agent are' relieved from their work In the cities they will be sent to cover such ooutie a hav not been provided for. Flajure from Cities. "After all th statistic from the cities that - will be of greatest Interest, for It Is well known that divorce prevails to a larger extent In the cities than in coun try districts. When completed the statis tics will show the number of marriage and divorces for the twenty-year period from 1887 to 1907. Between the years 18ti7 and 1887 to 1907 can only be approximated at this time, but with the statistics from the larger number of cities before him, the director of the census believes that the number will go to 1,200,000. For the -twenty-year period of 18G7 to 1887 there waa an average of thirty-three divorce for very 100,000 population. It Is now esti mated that for th latter period, from 1887 to 1907, th statistics will show about sev enty divorce to very 100,000 population, or more than double the number for the first period. "Chicago will take the lead In the number of divorces granted in any one city. While th figure for both New York and Chicago ar far from complete they Indicate that Chicago will lead New York about throe to one. "No one seem to know Just what use is to be made of the statistics after they are completed. The Investigation waa author ised -by congress after the president had sent In a special message suggesting that such statistics should be gathered. . It wa assumed then that th Information wa de sired for us In spurring on state to enact more drastic law regulating marriage and dlvorc. but now that th call is for fed eral regulation of everything, it ' may be that the revelation- bf. . the Investigation v wilt lead to a movement for a constitutional amendment which will enabie congress' to regulat marriage and divorce." 1 Now 1 the Urn to, make your waata known through The Bee Want Ad page. . aj One Way t A X. N