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TIIR OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, 'ATOIL 27. 1P07.
HQIiEllAMR AND EER DELP
Ob tf tbs Domsttlo rrsblstns that it
GtUiitr Mich DlmMlra.
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1.0 TWO NEBRASKA WOMEN SOLVED IT
Weak f tae Hon and Groan Henae
kaepias; Two Offered
Relieving til IlflMlUt
lltnatlen. '
. The problem "What shall the fcomemaker
Oo for domestic helpr la pressing (or solu
tion everywhere. Even In tha smallar
town, with a rural population that in
many Instances being of foreign makeup
' has hitherto supplied such help as might
pa needed In tha more limited degree, tha
supply Is growing leu and at tha same
time with tha Increase of larger houses
and incomes to maintain them the demand
Is greater. Isolated efforts show tha trend
in ona direction: Mrs. H., with a house of
eight oY nlna rooms and only herself and
husband, has made arrangements with a
girl of 14 who goes to school to come after
school and wash her dishes, run errands
'. and on Saturdays do the hundred and one
r things that take steps and time. She pays
tha girl a stated sum for a certain num
- bar of hours a week and If she flora not '
call on her for the full time she still pays
this amount By sending her washing out
and doing moat of the Ironing, she gets
along and her time for the other social and
. philanthropic dutlea that she Is so well
; fitted to give' to the life outside of home
that needs lt This shows the tendency
toward work by tha day or hour.
What Hire. D. Aeliievee.
! Mrs. D.. In another town, has given up
trying to keep help, because of the Incom-
petence of those she can get, and being a
family of three and having serosa the
Street a family who take a few boarders
for meals, they have their dinners there
and thus lighten the labor and flnl time
for the necessary social life. Perhaps the
most interesting outcome or an mis is me
way In which the rest of the family learn
' to help and to understand what tha per
petual treadmill of keeping a home homey
' and clean means. This was a family of
I considerable wealth and prominence In the
social and business life of town and even
; state, hut tha husband got up la the morn
ing and went down to take rare of tha fur-
nace. "While I am doing that I might
Just as well make the coffee," ha said, so
he did: and toasted the bread, and when
tha wife came down there was only a bit of
' bacon to fry or broil, or an egg, or both,
i the fruit was on the table and "you didn't
know I had a man chef," she said to her
. guest as they sat down, to tha prettily ap
pointed table In the handsome dining room.
. "To -be sura, be did burn ud the first batch
of toast, and had to make some more, but
v . . . ' .. - . i
art or coo King nacon ana eggs. indeed, ... , . , . ,. . ., , ,
.. .ZL . . fc . . .land then slow down a bit at the last
having by his half-hour of physical exercise '
put himself In fine condition for his day's
, Work, went gayly off to duty, and the wife
and guest discussed club doings and the
lnle mairailner and new books, the laws
' recentlv psssed by the legislature which
applied directly to tha home, aa well aa the
proper method of making a mayonnaise,
the value of vegetable olle In diet and
Coffee grounds as a doodorlser and dlsln-
. fectant, and a few personal Items concern
ing their mutual friends. The little daugh
ter took a small part here and there and
they, all enjoyed It snd knew what effort
their comfort had Cost. The lovely china
' Ws washed nnd wiped without a crack or
'chip. and .the table was all ready for the
evening meal when they finished. They
had even helped to prepare a dish or two
f or a ,r-anrutet that the. church society was
" to serve for a convention of business men
to be held In the little town that was the
topic of the Any. And they were soon ready
for the social duties that the convention
called for.
Group Housekeeping.
Charlotte Perk'lna Oilman has been as
tonishing tha world of homSmakera and
rousing tha antagonism of tha mass of
them who still cling vainly to the old ways
and cannot be made to aee that there must
be changes, because of the Impoaslblllty
f obtaining the wherewithal of workers
to keep up the old, by setting forth tha
situation In very plain and vigorous lan
guage and earning out to Its logical eon
elusion the trend of events which, despite
tholr hanging back and refusing to help
by Intelligent co-operation, is bringing tham
to a readjustment of their homemaklng.
Her latest contribution Is "Homes With
out Housekeeping; a Present Demand."
The general suggestion Is providing a
, home for business women that long for It
and cannot make It with their own work,
by providing suites of rooms larger or
smaller, as they msy ba able to afford, tha
moals served privately, and the domestic
service to maintain the home, aiming to
give It for a less rata than could ba done
In separata rooma, but giving to as great
an extent aa possible the privacy of home
life, with any degree of "the simple life"
desired. "Group housekeeping" It is styled.
Planked Shad and rthnharb.
Mrs. IYovldem is tempted with the array
, of good things In market these times, but
i adheres pretty strlotly to her gvnerat rule
not to buy the thlnga In March or April,
for Instance, that do not ripen In her own
latitude until June or later. Instead, she
ttsea her brain to take the thlnga as they
soma In season and rander them so pal
atable that there is a oonstant succession
of new fruits and vegetables, and when
they do r'lpen out of doors In their own
climate, tha home fruits are so much mora
enjoyed than tha tasteless specimens that
have to ba picked half ripe to bear ship
ping Rhubarb she aeea with a gratified
ami 1, and puts soma In the basket; quite
a quantity of It, In fact, for she thinks
Of saveral ways that It may be served for
different meals. She preparea for a special
delicacy as she approaches the fish counter.
"A nice ahad. If you please," she said
to tha man. "I am going to have planked
shad, and want It Just as good as they
ummI to have tham at Marshall Hall, on
the Potomac."
Tha man looked mystified at Marshall
Hall, but he showed no hesitancy in pick
ing her out tha beat fish possible.
"A little later,' she said, "I will have
another special delicacy some shade roe;
It Is a bit early for that yet."
Planked Bhad To plank shad one must
WHEAT FLASlE CELEny
:0,
is a perfect food, as it contains the
most essential elements to sup
ply energy for the performance
of. the various body functions.
Its dailj use"tends to strengthen
md regulate the bowels.
- 10 cents a package
for aato fcf aUI Grocer
IS
MB
THE LANGE
THE GROCERS, BUTCHERS AND
GROCERY DEPT.
Best Granulated Sugar, 22 pounds
for $1.00
Malta-Vita, Egg-O-Sce, Force, per
package 7 W t
Uneeda Biscuits, 3 packages for
only : 10
Premium Chocolate, prt lb., 2."i
Come early., as w have only a ,
limited amount.
Soda and Oyster Crackers, lb., 5f'
Ginger Snaps, per lb f
Gelatine, per package , . . 5
Fancy Prunes, per lb f
Laundry Soap, 12 bars for. -25 '
Fancy Pears, 3-lb. can 105
Fancy Peaches, 3-lb. can. . . . lf,
Fancy -Apricots, 3-lb. can...
Baked Beans, 8-lb. can f .
PROMPT SERVICE AND
THE LANGE
PHONE DOUGLAS 1530
have a plank, and a hardwood plank oak,
quarter sawed, about a foot and a half
long and a little over half as wide, with a
strip across the ends to keep It from warp
ing under tha heat. Dry out tha ahad In
the sun or a warm place while you are
heating the board In the oven. When well
heated through rub In some salt; tack the
shad on, skin aide down, with soma wire
nails; put It under the broiler, and as soon
as It begins to puff up baste It generously
with a rounding tablespoon of butter, a
level one of bacon fat, a teaspoon of
Worcestershire sauce, a tablespoon of
lemon Juice, a little prepared mustard,
mora or less than a mustard spoon, accord
ing as you like mustard; paprika and salt,
all melted together by a couple of table
spoons of hot water. It should take about
fifteen minute, slow at first, then hotter
fna"er ? tor "J111
family, but the fish must be served from
the plank set on a platter. If desired, and
tha edges hidden with a garnish of parsley
and lemon, or, batter atfll, mashed potatoes,
piped on with a pastry bag and tuba In tha
form of roses; run under tha broiler and
brown slightly. Serve with the fish a
cucumber or lettuce salad with a plain
French dressing, or Just a bit of vinegar
or lemon Juice If oil Is not used. It is
poeslble to plank a fish, fairly wall. In an
oven If there Is no broiler attachment to
your coal rente by making tha oven very
hot and putting the- plank on the, top grate.
Baked Shad If you have no plank a
baked shad Is good enough for anyone. Buy
ona with head and tall on. Be Sura tha in
side Is thoroughly cleaned, head and ' all.
Stuff It with a dressing of bread crumbs,
moistened with melted butter snd seasoned
with paprika, salt, a teaspoonfnl of
chopped parsley and same amount of
onion Juice. Sew It up or wind It with a
thin 'strip of 'muslin and twist It Into a
letter 8, skewering It of sewing It by
means of the cloth bands. Lay It on one
or two strips of salt pork; lay others over
tha top of It; wrap a buttered paper round
the head and the tall, and bake It from
twenty minutes td half an hour, basting It
with hot water in which has been melted
a little butter or pork. When done In
about half an hour remove to a platter,
add a tablespoonful of flour to tha sauce
In the pan; then, when cooked, add, stir.
ring, a cup of water, and Just before serv
ing a rounding tablespoonful of butter put
In n bits snd melted, but not cooked. Than
add two hard-boiled eggs out In small
pieces and tha Juice of half a lemon. Pour
over the fish and garnish with lemon and
parsley.
Rhabarb as a Dainty.
Escalloped Rhubarb Wash rhubarb and
cut In half-Inch pieces, but do iot peel;
put a layer In a baking dish; sprinkle over
a layer of augar, then a, layer of buttered
bread crumbs, then a layer of raisins. Al
ternate until dish Is full, using about half
as much sugar aa rhubarb and about a
quarter as much raisins. Bake, covered,
for ten or fifteen minutes and then uncover
and continue until the rhubarb Is tender.
Serve for breakfast or as a desert, with
whipped cream.
Rhubarb Sherbet Cut four cups of rhu
barb In half-inch pieces; cook with a table
spoonful of water until tender; add augar
to make quite sweat and when tha augar
Is dissolved remove from fire and let atand
until cool; ,add tha Juice and grated rind
of a lemon, stialn It through a sieve and
add a pint of water with enough sugar to
sweeten. Put In the freeser, . having two
parts of Ice to one of salt, and freese to a
mush. When ready to- serve sprinkle some
finely chopped candled pineapple and a
bit of ginger over the top.
LINCOLN AMONG THE WOUNDED
Ills Body Oaard Telia of tha Great
War Prssldeat'a Teadcr
til of Heart.
In tha last weeks of the civil war Presi
dent IJncoln joined tha army before Rich
mond. On tha train to which earn ft.ltnl
with our wounded men had been attached,
Mr. Lincoln looked worn and haggard. Ha
remarked that he had aeen enough of the
horrors of war, that he hoped thla waa tha
beginning of tha end, and that there would
be no more bloodshed or ruin of homes.
Indeed, then and many times after did be
reiterate the same hope with grave aar
uestneaa. I related to him an Incident of that day
when, huvlng received a haversack o(
crackers and a canteen of water, I em
ployed a half hour In going among the
wounded lying on the ground and came
acrots a little red-headed boy In butternut
clothes moanlug and muttering over and
or. "Mahcrl Mother!" I asked him
where he was hurt, when he looked up at
me and turned toward me the back of his
head, where a bullet had plowed a ghatl
furrow, and then with the effort expired.
Mr. Lincoln's eyes 0 lod with tears and
his voice waa choked with emotion, and
ha repeated tha well known expression
about "robbing the cradle and the grave."
We returned slowly by train to City
Point. Mr. Lincoln, overcome by the ex
citement and events of the day, desired to
rest on tha Queen with his family, and
declining the Invitation to take supper at
General Grant s headquarters, llw no one
fiin tbat evening. Captain John S
ttarnea ia Arpletuu's.
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GROCERY GO.
BAKERS Tlie Low Price Makers.
- MEAT DEPARTMENT
Fresh Hamburger, our own make,
per pound : 5
Leaf Lard, 11 pounds for 1.00
Skinned Hams, per lb.... 134
BAKERY DEPARTMENT
Our goods are always fresh
and of the best- quality, as trial
will convince you.
Fresh Bread, per loaf ,3
Pies, all kinds, each; He
Cooklew, per dozen g
js-iayer uaaeB, an navors,
each .' r. . ,
3-layer Cakes, all flavors,
each .
16
24
DELIVERY ANYWHERE.
GROCERY C
TWENTY-FOURTH AND CUMING STS.
3 Heads Lettuce 10c
Large else, extra fresh and young,
wouid be very cheap at 60 each, 3
large heads for 100
Asparagus Home grown, good slie
bunches, young and tender, each.lOo
Bacon X,aan, sugar cured, strips
about S pounds each, per lb.,.18H
Bggs Strictly fresh country, large
sue and clean, per dosen 16o
Chlokms Young hens, our dressing,
tender, fanoy, per lb 14Vso
White Cakes B-layer, sura to suit
your taste and your purse, any fla
vor, each ,30o
A full assortment of the newest and
freshest Tegetables Strawberries.
Tender, Juicy Roast, finest native
Teal, young, delicate Lunb, and all at
lowest prices.
Groceries, Meats and Bakery
Johnson & Goodlett Co.
Tel. 1B75.
80th and X,aka St a.
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CHANGES IN THE MARKET
Home wives Warned to Watch, ai Ifany
Thimei Are Euaninc Oat
VEGETABLES SHOW WIDE RANGE IN VARIETY
Some BaaeKrawa .. Dllnalea . . Are
Making; Thais Appearance, aod
Prices Are Taking on
tha Normal Phase.
Tha housewife who would avoid tha pos
sibility of disappointment or embarrass
ment will do well to watch the market Just
now and watch It carefully. Tha passing
of several things that have bean plentiful
and tha Incoming of the newer things. Is
likely to result In Inconvenience to those
not expecting It.
Homegrown asparagus and rhubarb were
among the offerings of Friday morning's
market, the former selling at 10 cents a
bunch, which Is considerably less than
any sort of asparagus haa sold for before
this spring. It Is easily distinguished
from the shipped product, for the stalks
are shorter and whiter, the growers hav
ing cut it early. The rhubarb also can be
told from the shipped, for It haa a
dwarfed appearance, but It makes up In
flavor all It lacks In appearanoe.
The very last of the celery la In market
now and It looks Ilka the season's rem
nant, too, though It tastes pretty well. It
sells for 10 cents a stalk and Is brown and
ragged. When this lot has been disposed
of there will be no mora until the Michi
gan crop comes In next August.
A very few cranberries were offered Fri
day morning, but they were far, from being
choice, and sold for 10 cents a quart and
could not . ba considered cheap even at
that price. The long white Texas radishes
are here and aell for I cents a bunch, the
same as the round red ones. Beets, car
rots and turnips have been very scarce
and very high, owing to the cold and rain
Id the south. Southern Illinois has begun
shipping now, however, which will greatly
relieve the market. New peas continue to
get batter, larger and fuller, and like the
new beans, green and wax, sell for IS cents
a quart.
A decided drop . In new potatoes and a
corresponding advance In the price of old
potatoes, cama thla week, the new going
from 10 to T cents a pound, and the old
up to 78 centa a bushel, with promise of
going to n a bushel before many days.
Tha new potatoes are coming from Texas,
and while larger are mora Irregular, but
nice and smooth.
Head lettuce ia very acarce and sells
from IS to 20 centa a head, but tha leaf
lettuce, much of which Is home grown, is
very fine and abundant and plentiful at i
cents a head. Tomatoea hve gone down
to IS and 20 centa a nound. ruriimhur.
have also takena noticeable drop, selling
from 8 to lfi oenta each for the best.
Homegrown spinach is also In and st'lls for
20 and 25 centa a peck.
The cold, wet weather In the south has
caused a scarcity of strawberries and the
best brought 20 cents Friday morning, al
though very good ones were to be had at
16 centa a quart box. These cameTrom
Arkansaa. A generous shipment Is ex
pected in Omaha Saturday from tha same
place and thla will bring the price flown
and the supply up for the Sunday demand
Qrape fruit of desirable quality Is
scarce. The Florida supply ia about gone
and California la slow la shipping, though
It is beginning to coma. Tha Florida fruit
la brown and warty and, of course, cheap,
while the western fruit is expensive and
not as good as It will be. The seaion for
the navel orange Is about over alao. An
other week will aee the last of these sweet
standards. Mediterranean Sweets from
California will take their place. Blood
oranges have oome In and sell for 20 to
rcou a aoKeu. commission men are
predicting a scarcity of leniona this sum
mar. Pla&applra are Oae Just now and sell
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CENTRAL
210 North Sixteenth Street
B
est Quality
All our meats are purchased in large quantities beef from corn
fed native steers. Poultry direct from the farm. Specially raised for
our market We are the largest retail dealers In Omahs, big ship
ments mean low prices you get the benefit.
Everything In the meat line you get what you want not what
the dealer may happen to have on hand. Ever think how much better
It Is to deal at a market where the selection is not limited T
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Saturday Specials
Spinach, per peck ,
Rhnbarb, 2 bunches
Asparagus, per bunch ,
Leaf Lettuce, 3 heads. . . . ,
Radishes, 3 bunches. ......
Creamery Butter, per lb . . ,
300
10
10
100
310
Toasted Corn Flakes 3 pkgs.2Se
Shredded Wheat Biscuits,
Per pkg X0
SOMMER. BROS.
Exponents of Good Living. .
28th anal Farnam Sts.
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from 15 to 30 cents each, according to size.
So far as shipped stock Is concerned the
apple season Is over and from now, on the
local market will have to depend upon a
few scattering shipments and the home
crop.
Turkeys sold for 25 cents a pound Fri
day morning, chickens for IB cents and a
few ducks are to be had at It cents a
pound. Squabs sell from 30 to 60 cants and
broilers for 60 cents each.
Creamery butter sold from SS to 5 cents
a pound Friday morning and dairy from
26 to 28 cents a pound. Eggs are It cents a
dosen.
ELECTRIC EYE ON RAILROADS
Morel Meaaa . of Detecting; a Broken
Rail la Devised by
' ' Engineers.
Broken rails and weakened roadbeds
caused mora than 60 per cent of tha rail
road wrecks In the United States tn the
last five years, according to statistics com
piled by New York Central engineers who
have been studying tho caitues of accidents
since the Bronx wreck last month, to
gether with the recent discovery of a num
ber of broken rails between Cheviot and
North Oermantown, on the New Tork Cen
tral lines. This fact, a Central official
said, was what spurred the engineers on
In their search for a device that would
detect a broken rail, and resulted In the
perfection of a system which will be In
stalled on the tracks used by the through
trains between New Tork and Buffalo be
fore the end of April. After that, the of
ficial said, the same equipment would be
added to the main tracks on all of the
other Central Ilnea.
"The broken rail," aald the Central of
ficial, "has been one of the greatest and
most distressing problems ever confronting
railroads. The perfect rail haa not yet
been obtained; the manufacturers confess
that it Is Impossible to make it. That Is to
say, a thousand rails may be perfect, but
the next one may have sorne defect which
cannot be detected before it leavaa the
mill; nothing but, actual uaa can de
velop it.
"In such a rail tha break may occur
where It Is Impossible for the human eye
to see It. The first crack may be no
broader than a hair, and hidden beneath
the top of the rail, which, you know, Is
somewhat like the top of the letter T. It
may not break Immediately; several trains
may go over It without making the crack
perceptibly bigger. One train, then, may
enlarge It, and another rip the two pieces
apart.
"What causes a rail to break? That Is
hard to aay. Sometimes the drive wheels
of a locomotive, unable to start lnstpntly
with Its heavy load, whirl around swiftly
on the track without progressing. That
friction and weight make a small Indenta
tion. Then another train, striking the
same spot with great velocity, cracks the
rail. Knowing thla possible cause, we
have a rule prohibiting englnemen from
sliding their wheels on the track. It Is
vory strictly enforced, and If an engineer.
impatient bereuso his locomotive won't
start right off with a heavy train, pulls
open the throttle and slidim tha wheels on
the tracks, he la auspended Instantly. A
second offense means his discharge.
owiwr cause witn wnicn wa are
familiar la the flaw In the rall.l As I said.
It Is Impossible to detect such a defect;
moat likely It Is hidden in the body of tha
rail, and there la nothing, not even tha care
ful testa ia the foundries, that will re
veal It.
Because of these hidden dangers, the
New Tork Central has made an unusual
effort to devise protective measures. The
first thing, of eourse. Is to find the crack
the moment tt occurs. The human eye be
ing unable to see It. we have perfected an
electric eye.1 All the rails . will be con
nected by an electric wire, which will be
looped into the signal towers. The least
change iji the condition of any rail will
be observed by tha electric aye and the In
formation will be winked Into the near
est tower. Automatically the danger sig
nals In that block will be set against trains
on that track and will remain ao until tha
cause of the danger warning haa been dis
covered and remedied.
. "As yet we have not learned how to
niake tha electric track guard tell ua just
where the alarm originates, so It will be
necessary for employes to hasten to tha
block and examine every rail until tha
defective ona Is located. Until such dis
covery Is made no tralr.s will be permitted
to pass over those tracka"
The off.clal said that the efficiency of the
new device had beta proved by experiment
ansa rv" .. tsx'iniutaiiiai w.iissik.nL.nj
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MARKET
Douglas 2X99
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Mistletoe
Chocolates
A Rick, Milk Chocolate
In a box of Mistletoe Chocolates,
lovers of good candy find their
highest Ideal of a superb package
of sweets the acme of elegance
and excellance. They have an ex
quisite, soft, fluffy center, pure
fruit flavors, coated with a very
fine, rich milk chocolate, fancy
hand dipped and packed In attrac
tive half-pound and pound boxes.
Each box contains an assortment
of eleven flavors, pineapple, maple,
strawberry, orange, lemon, pecan,
peach, vanilla, butter daisies, choc
olate and Roman punch.
Pound box GOO
Half-pound box 300
1518-20 Farnam
on the Hudson division of tha Central.
After the through-train ' tracks between
New York and Buffalo were equipped, he
said, the devioe would be put In on the
main lines of the Lake Shore, the Michi
gan Central, the Big Four, tha Boston &
Albany, the West Shore and the Pitts
burg & Lake Erie. New Tork Times.
NOVEL CURE FOR SNORING
Cnsa of an Offeadlaa; Policeman
Suggests Kemedles for
Dlseaae.
Very many of our readers will ha Inter
ested in the ultimate fate of the unfor
tunate snoring policeman who has been
banished from bis fellow sleepers and
caged at night in sound-proof quarters.
Perhaps the dreadful Infirmity, now that It
has the official recognition of his su
periors, may call for some suitable scien
tific treatment. If so the great army of
snorers can covertly watch the outcome
with all the cunning and complacency of
undiscovered transgressors.
We are glad we can maka the start with
a perfectly fair cajte, for conviction of
the nulsajice Is always most difficult to
obtain. The culprit must bo caught with
the snore on him and 1n the presence of
reliable ear witnesses. No one haa ever
been known to acknowledge bis fault
voluntarily.
On the contrary, one of the aurest signs
of the confirmed malady la his persistent
denial of Its existence. He is not satisfied
to plead lack of premeditation and ab
sence of accountability, but' openly Im
pugns the motives of his clamorous ac
cusers. The worst of it Is that on all other
matters ba Is perfectly reasonable. This
makes tt extremely difficult to obtain his
consent for treatment of any sort.
Wa atieak now of snorers as a class.
The only easy way is to tackle them when
they cannot resist There are various-ap ah
they cannot resist. There are various
approved methods not only ingenious
but effective for temporarily arresting
the sonorous, rasping and vibrating
respiratory spasms. The most popular,
perhaps, la the elbow trust In the
rlbs. Next comes the gentle, pinch
of the nose, whereby part of the wind cur
rent la shut off. Some have advised that
the nose be clasped by a clothespin even
before retiring, but, unfortunately, the
subject of the experiment almost invaria
bly demurs.
Others have recommended sitting on tha
chest, but thla is rather a hazardous pro
ceeding for both parties, and so also is a
temporary twist of the windpipe, unless
performed by a skilled manipulator. But
no matter what Is done the disease la well
known to recur lndegnltely.
In most Instances death appears to be
the only common relief for tha Deaoa dis
turber and his surviving relatives. But
the end should never be hastened. The
poor policeman for the present can be
safe In his cupola, but how long remains
to be seen. Twice last summer the place
was struck by lightning. The main hops
now ia that the man nnd cupoM may ho'h
alter their habits before it be too lata.
Meanwhile the neighborhood must plug Us
ears and wait New Tork Herald.
Hefleettons of a flnrhelar.
The average woman will go without a
aqnare meal to ride in a rah.
A girl seems .to think b-lng engaged Is
so as to he like people In a novel.
Borne people want to be on a Jury so as
to get the testimony that Is not prlnlabln.
A woman can't hip being Interes'ed In
a man who has been divorced without her
krnwing the real retison why.
When a man does well In business his
wife thinks it s because he pls such
g(id meals at home, and probably she Is
riitht.
Most people take more credit to them
selves ovr inherited money than if they
earned It. ......
A woman Is hardly ever happily marrWd
unless her husand will tell her he doesn't
believe anybody else could drees as well
on so little money.
If you have anything to trail advertlae
It In the For Exchange columns ot The
Bee Want Ad page.
E)alduff
OIL' PROMOTER'S LONG HALL
Etrtanoii Fts of a Get-Rich-Quick Con
cern in Kaciat.
MILLIONS TAKEN IN ON OIL STOCK
Tboasaada of Victims Foand la All
Tarts of (be Coantrr Inelrted
for lalnar the Malls to
Defraad.
One of the prominent boomers of the oil
fields of Kansas, Harry H. Tucker, Jr., has
been checked In hla strenuous race for
fortune by a federal Indictment charging
him with using the malls to defraud.
Tucker Is secretary and treasurer of the
t'nele Sam Oil company of Cherry vale,
Kan. The company's namesake took suf
ficient Interest In the affairs of the con
cern to look over the books, and finding
things not up to the real Uncle Sam stand
ard, Mr. Tucker was tucked under the
wing of a federal officer and required to
give a bond of 115,000 for his appearance
tor trial at Topeka, Kan.
The career of Tucker Is sel out with
much Interesting detail In the Kansas City
Star. Formerly a roving newspaper re
porter, he blew Into the Kansaa oil region
In 1904 and got busy. In some way he
acquired a majority of the stock In the
Publishers' Oil company of Cherryvale.
Shortly after this, when tha price of crude
oil declined and the Publishers' Oil com
pany was unable to do business at a profit,
Tuckor conceived the Idea of the organiza
tion of an oil company under the laws of
Arizona.
With James Ingersoll, J. H. Ritchie and
a man named Cooper he organised the
Uncle Sam CHI and Refinery company, with
a capital stock of J50.OO0.O0O. This was In
February, 1M6. There were 60,000.0(10 shares
of a par value of SI each. A little later
Tucker amended the charter, making tha
capital stock 110,000,000, the par value of
each share to be the same. One million
shares were In preferred stock, with a
voting power of eight votes to each shara.
Nine million shares were In treasury stock
with one-half vote for each share.
On the Ground Floor,
All the preferred stock was allotted to
Tucker. He made no payment for this
except to charge himself with 110,000 on
the books of tha company. By thla ar
rangement Tucker had 8,000,000 votes In
the affairs of the company as against 4,500,-
000 votes of those who held the treasury
stock.
The purpose of the corporations, as out
lined by Tucker, was to do a general oil
business. Tucker then acquired : small
tracts of oil land. He was now ready to
take the publto Into his confidence, for
he began most extensive newspaper ad
vertising all over the United States. He
advertised treasury stock In this Arizona
company at 4 cents a share. Tha public
waa ready to Invest. Money began to
pour Into bis hands. He Immediately be
gan the construction of the Uncle Sam re
finery No. 1 at Cherryvale and kept up
the advertising of his treasury stock. He
suggested that the stock would go almost
Immediately to 10 cents, and he Indicated
that he had offers of a larger price for
the stook.
As Tucker acquired oil property he mag
nified the Importance of his holdings and
represented that the Uncle Sam company
was doing a large and profitable business.
As a matter of fact, the Uncle Sam com
panyaccording to H. J. Bone, tha United
Statea district attorney, waa never profit
able, from th moment of Its lnoeption.
Bls Profits' Promised.
Tucker In his advertisements from the
very flra represented that a small sum
Invested . In treasury stock would In a
very short time make a profit of several
hundred per cent. . He also represented
that profitable dividends were being de
clared and paid frequently. In eaoh ad
vertisement he exploited the fact tUat the
great state of Kansas had passed an antl
discrtmlnaUon law against the Standard
Crtl company and that the state was mak
ing a vigorous war against the Oil trust
generally.
In the spring of 1904 Tucker adverUsed
that on midnight on August 11 the Undo
Sam atock would ba advanced from 20
to 40 centa a share. He also said that a
pipe line had been begun and announced
that a dividend to be paid would send the
stock up from 25 to 60 per cent.
In July, 1906, Tucker Induced the same
persons who had Incorporated the Artxona
company, McKInley, his father-in-law.
Tucker's wife and two clerks, to Incor
porate the Uncle Sam Oil company In
Kansas. The capital was 110,0u0. with
shares at 11 each. Of the 10,000 shares 6.100
went to Tucker and the remainder to hla
wife and McKInley. Tucker, controlling
absolutely the Arlsona Uncle Bam com
pany, turned over all the property. In
cluding the treasury stock, to the Kansas
company. It was a sort of a contract of
lease for ninety-nine years. Up to the
time . of the organization of the Kansaa
company Tucker kept all the money on
deprslt to his own credit. After the or
ganization of the Kansas company the
money that came in was credited to the
Uncle Sam company. .
Watering the Stock.
AH of this time Tucker continued his
advertising and began the construction of
the Atchison refinery, known as Uncle
Sam refinery No, 2. He advertised that
on December 20, , 1906, another dlvi.leml
would be paid. Instead, however, of p.'iy-
1 ina cash he issued checks, payable In l'l
' days after date. He then solicited the
', stockholders to take more stock and of-
Eat MoFe
of the most nutritious of flour
foods--Uneeda Discuit the
only perfect soda cracker. Then
you will be able to
Earn More
because a well-nourished body
has greater productive capacity.
Thus you will also be able to
Save More
because for value received there
b no food so economical ai
Unocda Discuit
In a
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
fered to take the dividend checks In pari
payment.
In .the meanwhile he had constructed a
three-Inch plpa line 1.18 miles long from
Cherryrala to tha Missouri river. He sd
Tartlsed thst ba had completed arrange
ments for oil barges to be floated down
tha Mluourt river to St Louis, where a re
finery was to be constructed. The refined
oil was to be sent to New Orleans fnr ex
portation to Bergen, where he aald he had
a branch, instead of advancing the price
of stock he Increased the cnplt.il stock
of the Uncle Siim OH company to 17.onO.iioa
ahnree.
As a trmtter of fact, according to the
United Slates district attorney, there was
no Increnso In the capital stock, but Tucker
went on lxulng treasury stock until there
were i:.pm,fli shares outstanding. None of
the advertisements disclosed the arrange
ments between the Arlsnna and the Kansas
company. In fact the afrnlrs of the Kan
sas and the Arlsona company were so In-J
tertwlned thst It Is almost Impossible t
tell at this time whether this Issuance of
of treasury stock was of tha Kansas or of
the Ariiona company.
Tucker In his circulars and newspaper
advertisements declared that no bonds
would be issued by the Uncle Sam com
pany, hut It Is contended that within sixty
days after this advertisement he was
offering a bond Ismie cf tt.oco.ooo. Tucker
stated in his bond ofVr that he bad
tangible property amounting; to liS.000.000,
consisting of the Cherryvale and Atchison
jeflnerlefl, a refinery at Tulun, I. t.. under
construction, a pipeline of lto miles, and
1,100 acres of oil land In the Indian ter
ritory. He snld that he needed the money
from tha bond Issue to construct 111 65,000
gallon oil tanks for storage purposes. Ha
wished to store 6,000,000 barrels of oil that
he advertised to be purchased at SS cents
a barrel, representing that within a year
this oil would be worth from 12 to 13 a
barrel.
Scooped In Millions.
It Is estimated that Tucker collected
from his sales of 12,000,000 shares of treas
ury stock ll.MO.ono. Of this amount tfcUi.ono
went for advertising. The United States
district attorney says that ha operated
hla plans at an expense of 195,000 and bis
total Income from the. sale of oil was only
101,000. In the two years that he had been
In business It Is contended that ha had
paid only one dividend In cash. 'That
amounted to 110,000. This dividend was
paid out of remittances for -.subscriptions
of stock, as the company has never
made any money, according to the-district
attorney. '
During all the time that he has been In
Tucker has never sold one dollar's worth
of the preferred or voting stock of either
the Kansas or the Arlsona company.
If ths charges made by the United States
district attorney are upheld the operations
of Tucker are remarkable even in this age'
of quick-rich concerns. This man sold
treasury stock to the amount of 11,200,000,
more than half of which, according to tha
district attorney, has been clear profit. His
stockholders csme from all over tha
United States. So far as can be eatlmated
there were fully 10,000 men and women
from New Tork to California who an
swered Tucker's advertisement, all of them
sending money In the hopes of their In
vestments paying them fabulous dividends.
The contention Is made by the federal
authorities that the Uncle Sam company
made no money, but that Tucker failed
to tell his credulous stockholders and
held before them promises of splendid re
turns. Tucker played upon the prejudices of
the people against the Standard Oil com
pany and to those In the east he called at
tention to the successful fight the state of
Kansas was making against the great OH
trust.
A mouse started a stampede in society,
which was attending the free organ recital
In Carnegie Music hall In Pittsburg soma
evenings ago, and now the superintendent
of the Carnegie buildings has received In
structions to get some cata to patrol' tha
music hall and other placea where tha
women are likely to be found day or even
ing. The organist had reached the most In
teresting part of his selection when s so
ciety bud tn one of the end seats saw a
mouse coming right down the middle of
the aisle on the dead run. Ths bud gave
a ahrlek and a spring, landing on top nf
her own chair, with her skirts held tight
around her.
Others saw the mouse snd waited for
nothing more. They sought the tops nf
the chairs, and for a few minutes It looked
aa If there would be a general stampede.
The mouse finally disappeared and tha
women climbed down. Now cata. roam at
will through the music hall dsy and nighty
How It Impressed Htm.
Ex-Senator "Billy" Mason tells of a po
litical campaign In South Dakota wherein
he had been called upon by the state
committee to take a part. When
Maaon arrived at bis first town, where he
was to deliver a speech the next day, ha
found that the two so-called hotels were
crowded to tha doora.
Not having telegraphed for accommoda
tions, the Illinois man, discovered that ha
would have to make shift as best he
could.
He was compelled for that night to sleep
on a wire cot that had only some blankets
and a sheet on It.. As Mr. Mason is a man
of considerable avoirdupois, he found his
Improvised bed anything but comfortable.
"Well," asked the proprietor, when the
politician appeared In the morning, "how
did you sleep?"
"Fairly well," answered TIaaon, 'but I
certainly looked like a wafllo when I got
up." Harper's Weekly.
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