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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1907)
TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEEt SATURDAY, JTJXE 15, 1007. Dd bod tb MYDEN BROTHERS vsr LU Vlin T 8 o'clock Saturday Morning, June 15th, we will place Ware Rooms, the entire stock of the PERFIELD PIANO A We purchased this great stock at our own price, as the telegram states, signed by the SMITH & NIXON PIANO CO., Cinncinati, Ohio, who were the creditors of the Perfield Company. Over $60,000.00 worth Strictly High Standard Make Upright Pianos, Combination Players, Square Pianos and Parlor Organs will be offered at prices less than they cost to manufacture. We mention just a few of the prices below but we have hundreds of bargains and remember that EVERY PIANO is sold under an absolute guar antee of satisfaction or your money will be refunded. The Pianos offered in this GREAT SALE will consist of all WORLD renowned STANDARD MAKES such as Sohmer Wellington Fischer Melville Clark Ebersole Hai to Bidile mtrson .,. ...it. V MOMENTS AMONG NEW BOORS What Publisher Are ProTi-nj for the Summer Reader. FICTION AND PROBLEM STORIES True Lore amd It. Trials with Ro lllon, Selene and Mysticism Torn tho Baala at tho Stories. Balaac celebrated "the woman of ." one of hi dlaclplee and follower, "the woman of 40." and Mm. Wood row has now moved the limit of a woman's attraction still an ' other step forward by writing; In praise of "ths woman of 60." In her new book. 'The Bird of Time." her heroine, Madame Madame Egerta, dlacour.es with much elo quence an "Indian Bummer's Lady" and tier opportunities. Published by McClura, Phillips 4k Co. An Innovation that Is without question ths greatest that sver happened In maga slna publication has com. wltb the first appearance of the newest Munsey Idea for July. Briefly. It Is a magaslne In two volumes under aeparate covers, but under one name. The name ta The Scrap Book. The first section of this largest magaslns ths world has ever seen Is practically an all-Illustrated magaslne not In the sense that It carries no text, but that It Is better and more profusely Illustrated than sny so-called . Illustrated magaslne now pub lished. Every phase of life, every topic of Interest, every subject that has the world's attention. Is told of In picture and story. It deals with thga timely and draws in teresting comparisons with things of ths past. Stories of great disasters, reports of big achievements, comments on famous trisls, side lights on everything of human interest, havs their place In its 192 pages yet this Is only half. The other half is ISO pages of pure fiction the kind that tugs at the heart strings, the characters In which take the form of lif. and become your acquaintance.. K la fiction auch as only Munsey Is famed for as the pioneer In ths publication of the all-Action magaslne. There Is not a picture or a break of any kind In the 160 pages of ths good solid kind of stories that makes such an appeal to tha American love of romance and adven ture. It Is a brand new idea, worthy of tha publisher who lsiues 11 Tha Juns lasue of System, ths Msgaslns of Business (the System company. Chi cago), contains thlrty-nlns features of par ticular Interest to ths business man, whether he be at the head of Ms own establishment or whether he be In ths em ploy of another. These Include not only Illuminative, instructive articles, such ss T. J. Zimmerman's character study of J. J. RlU's son and successor, but also many good business stories, such ss Henry 11. Hyde's "The Making of a Millionaire." In addition there Is a mass of special met ter of Interest to salesman, office men, re tall tnerchanla. manufacturers, wholesalers and men In all lines of buslnesa Almost ut Illustrations ars used In this number, many of them being full page half-tone engravings wltb colored tint blocks. ""Conflict." by Constance Smedley, Is an unususlly strong and fascinating novel of English Itfe In some of Its most up-to-date attitudes. Ths heroine Is a modern busi ness woman who suddenly finds bersc.'f In i possession ,gf large responsibilities without much kaowUdg. of Ufa. She comes Inti Schaeffer Price Chickering Bros. Kimball Crown Bailey Rembrandt Vose Marshall & Wendell $27?.00 Piano for $75.09 $300.00 Piarfo for $90.00 $325.00 Piano for 5110.00 ti; These prices are the very lowest cash prices, but if it is not convenient for you to pay all cash, we will be very matters so you can pay for the piano on our easy payment plan. Our salesmen can explain this to you in a Every Piano in this sale is in perfect condition. Sale begins at 8 o'clock sharp Saturday morning, Omaha's Reliable Piano House mately under tha Influence of a group of persons who attempt to force her to adopt their standards of morals In living, and there follows a conflict of Ideals which finally result In a victory for sound char acter. It Is a strong love story. Tha au thor Is very clever In depicting the efforts of Miss Van Heyten's friends to "broaden" her and the varying tides of conflict graphically portrayed make this a story of uncommon Interest and power. Published by Moffat, Tard Co. 'The Story of Martin Cos," by Ralph t. Paine, author of "The Praying Skipper," Is the story of a young filibuster and de serter from the United States navy. He becomes most conspicuous in a little coun try town in Maine, where he delivers lec tures on his adventures and Relights by subscriptions for Its benevolent project. His friendship with a gentle, refined arid patriotic apinster and her very upright sis ter leads htm to doubt-that his desertion from the United States navy does not de serve ths punishment which ha has been endeavoring to avoid, and when ha cornea to lova a young girl with high ideals hs sees that his only way to happiness Is to give himself up to the authorities and take hla punishment. Published by tha Outing Pub lishing company. "Tha Religion of Cheerfulness," by Sarah A. Hubbard, author of "Catch Words of Cheer," Is a plea for the sunny side of life and for tha banishment of all that makes life dreary, and a better message to a friend could hardly be found. The book is beau tifully printed and put up in a box. Pub llihed by A. C. McClurg Co. A very Interesting magaslne Is Issued by The Brown Shoe company of St. Louis, which goes to between 36,000 and 35.000 ahoe dealera each month. It ta called tha "White House Meassge" and contains a great desl of matter which is of live inter est to shoe dealers. In his "Heroes of the Navy In America" Charles Morris deals with the men who have been prominent In naval affairs from before the time of John Paul Jones to ths present day. It Is a companion volume to 'Heroea Progress In America" and "Heroes of ths Army in America," In his popular series of stories of American life. The former treats of Roger Williams, William Penn, EH Whitney. Clara Barton, and many other worthies; the latter of ths leading generals from Oeorgs Washington down to Nelson A. Miles. They are pub lished by ths Llpplncotta. A Spinner In the Sn," by Myrtle Red. Is very different from her "Love Letters of a Musician." and "At the Sign of the Jack OLantein." It deals with the vengeance of a woman who haa been deserted by her lover because ha thinks ber beauty has been marred by an accident. After her recovery she never appesrs without a veil and leads a comparatively Isolated life. When tlma and circumstances have had a softening In fluence and love comes to claim her for his own, she reveals a face which has but grown more bean Iful as aha roe. above herself. There is some very good character drawing, but It Is a story which should be read on a bright day, as there are soma really morbid portions to tha story. It la an attractively bound book. Published by the O. P. Putnam's Sons. Hon. T. M. Kettle, member of Parliament for Tyrone, rho visited Omaha last Janu ary la behalf of tha Irish nationalist cause, contributes to ths Juns number of Dona hoe's Magaslne a paper on "Ths Making of a Member," In which he details the vsrlous features of election machinery in operation In Ireland. "From Chancellorsvllle to Bull Run" is a war reminiscence of compelling Intc-ree. Other leading features "are: & Teeple Smith & Nixon Steinway Smith & Barnes Stieff Estey Franklin Brewster Standard Howard Schlrmer J. B. Cook HAY "Some Women of a Mediaeval Century," by Dr. Jamea J. Walsh; "The Lata Rev. An thony D. Ubach," by Jamea Connolly; "First Communion Day," by Mary B. O'Sul livan, and "The Regent of Bavaria," by Ben HursU Short stories, poems snd the usual departments complete the number. "Balance of Power," by Arthur Goodrloh, fulfils Its author'a design of showing tho viciously Intimate relation between munici pal politics and corporation business of many species. Its hero triumphs over both political and financial dishonesty, thanks partly to the girl to whom he has all his Ufa been attached, partly to tha friends drawn about him by hla geniality and up rightness. Published by tha Outing Pub lishing company. "The Tariff and the Trusts." by Ftanklln Pierce, a well known member of the New York bar, Is a thorough study of tha tariff queatlon aa it haa been and as It atands to day. Hla treatment of thla aubject dlffere from others accessible to tha reading pub lic In that It Is adequate on the historical side and exhaustive hi its analysts of pres ent conditions, without being too technical for the average reader. Mr. Pierce takes the ground that the tariff la not an acade mic question, but a vital factor In deter mining the social development of tha United Statea. Ita relation to the owier problenvof tha trusts Is particularly significant at thla time. It seems altogether likely that Mr. Pierce's book will provoke considerable dls eu.Mon. Tha Macmlllan company la tha publisher. "The Diamond Key and How the Railway Heroes Won It," by Alvah Milton Kerr, author of "Young Heroes of Wire and Rail," tells In twelve chapters as many deeds of unusual heroism and fertility of resource occurring On the "We.tern Central Railroad," with acenes mostly laid on the "skygrades" In the mountain regions of Colorado and Artsona. Ths "diamond key" Is a badge of honor given by tha superin tendent for conspicuous service, and each chapter tells of tha thrilling deeds of one of ths twelve who won It. Mr. Kerr, who la a gifted writer of railroad stories, wss ones a train dispatcher snd knows thoroughly the skill, bravery and devotion of those who do the actual work connected with tha mak ing and running of great railway lines. They are wonderful tales of honor and courage. Lothrop, Le. ft Shepard company la the publisher. "The Steps of Llfs." by Dr. Carl Hilty, author of the original book "Happiness." which was also translated from the Ger man by Prof. P. O. Peabody, has been de scribed aa "Further Bessys on Happiness." "Ths eteps of Life" deals In almple, plain fashion, with such elementary facts as sin and sorrow, tha Divine Comfort, tha power of understanding human nature, the ele ments of trus culture, the supremacy of goodness and the basis of hope In the life beyond. Tha Macmlllan company Is tha publisher. Aa pusxllng as detective story is John H. Whltson'a new novel. "Tha Castle of Doubt," and almost to Ita very end main tains tha mystery Into which the reader and tho hero plunge together at the mo ment when. Innocently walking tha street In New York City, ths hero Is snatched Into ths csrrlsge of two bewltohlng ladles and borne away as tha wedded husband of one of them. Little. Brown A Co. la tha publisher. In her new novel, Jenifer, Lucy Meacham Thruston , haa for tha central character a young man named Jenifer, who, beginning aa a poor boy, dependent upon himself, discover kaolin, buys the lend from one who la unconscious of Its value and selfishly makes his own fort una on sale In our COMPANY. Wagman Hormandie Haines Bros. HERE ARE A FEW PRICES IN THIS SALE: $350.00 Piano for $125.00 $375.00 Piano for $150.00 $475.00 Piano $550.00 Piano for $265.00 $400.00 Piano for $200.00 $600.00 Piano $575.00 Piano for $300.00 $450.00 Piano for $225.00 $700.00 Piano DEM The awakening of his conscience and the acquisition of deeper conviction of duty and human responsibility give the chief motive of the book. Mrs. Thruston Is best known as the author of "A Olrl of Vir ginia" and "Mistress Brent." She Is a Bal timore author. Published by Little, Brown Co. The covers of the last few numbers of the Nattopal hsve been strikingly beauti ful, but none are more dainty or pleasing than tha June design which Is by W. O. Vpham. Tho Lamson studio furnishes two frontispieces. "Class Day at Harvard," from ths Chickering studio, Is a striking panorama photograph, and these Illustra tions are supplemented with a great va riety of half-tons Illustrations. The Na tional's editor, Joe Mitchell Chspple. leads his readers through Interesting Journeys at the national capflol, and hla "Happy Habit In Graduation Days" Is one of tha best things that hsa appeared In this depart ment. The second Installment of "A Ro mance of Arlington House," by Sarah A. Reed, appears In this number, and there are a number of short stories. Herbert O. McCrillls contributes an Illustrated arti cle entitled, "Britons Who Fought at Bun ker Hill." The home department contains Its usual number of helpful hints, while there are a number of poems reflecting beautiful sentiment. Furniture construction and design ia a leading article In tha June laaue of Wood Craft. A paper on tha practice of the finishing room takes up In turn the hand ling of atock, the filling of hard woods, rubbing down with water and. oil, the fin ishing of elm furniture and the filling and finishing of oak and white maple. There are articles on the choice between veneer and solid stock by the mill man, modern pattern practice, trigonometry in a nut shell, overhauling a planer, tests of tim ber, computing unusual contractions the making of corrugated patterns, the holding force of spikes, belts snd belt lacings, the card Index for storing Information, paint ing veneer, timber demand snd supply, catalpa, etc. The Gardner Publishing Co.. Cleveland, O. "Hesrt Melodies," Is edited by Mary Ayer. editor of "Dall Cheer Year Book, and "The Joys of Friendship." Kiss Ayer's wide research, excellent taste, and unusual Intuition In chooslrg gems of thought In prose and verse that cheer, en courage, and uplift, have become Vnown throughout the country. The beiutlful third volume of choice selection:! I- this gifted woman, who rises superior tc hsr own physical pain to gladden so many, In sure to be sought ss a book to be kett rear at hsnd by those who recognize the valu ofN ministering to the mind by ths nouV and gracefully expressed thought of ot'ners, snd who wish a worthy and pleasing token for friends at Easter, holiday season, or on any occssion for remembrance. Pub lished by Lothrop, Lee A Shepard company. The message of David Stsrr Jordan In his new book "Life's Enthusiasms" Is a call to do things because we love them, to lova thlnga because we da them, to keep the eyes open, the heart warm, and the pulses swift, aa one moves across tha field of life. The book la handsomely printed In two colors throughout on tinted paper and la bound In boards. Published by the American Unitarian association. -Mars aad Ita Canals" by Perclval Lowell, ta a volume which eontatna a popular account of the present knowledge about the planet Mara derived from special study of It during ths past twelve years. It describes and Interprets the observations of ths planet which hsve been regularly carried on at tha Lowell observatory. Flag. the westehw union tulugiiapii coiHPAsnr. 23,000 OFFICC8 IN AMERICA. TMi(yPiiyTWAirrrM paiJTWg n m u i oner ErruracM be ruM-de. mtrmt mly by rnmnn .mmmnbmtk wwMi.iifhiiiTor Diw...n4 lliniiii,bwili i irj u, r.F.i,. VRb Ike CVmpasT tor n-i ill I lm na.a UNiKrlAtlo wsni inl I. ill Ilij mini if SusmIw RECEIVED at 212 Booth IStbStrUOnsha.Is No. 10 OM JB BN 13 Pond 6:45 P M CINCINNATI, OHIO JUNE 6, 1007 Hayden Bros, Omaha, Neb. Your cash offer very low on Perfield Stook, will aooept in view of future business. SMITH & NIXON PIANO CO. BRO THER staff, Aria. Much of the interest of the narrative spring, from the character and location of the scientific station which has made tho observations possible. Indeed, the romance connected with the establish ing of such a post Is second only to the study of the planet Itself. Published by the Macmlllan company. "Through the Sieve," by Addison Ballard, D. P., Is a striking Interpretation of Christ's life and teachings, an analysis of the characters and experiences of the spostles In their bearing upon the religious dogma and spiritual unrest of today, and a plea for the oneness of the Bible both in Its message and Its Inspiration. While the author Is orthodox, he Is not conventional. The contents are ao arranged that after the book haa been read as a whole. Its les sons and suggestions form what may well be considered a "Book of Days" for the year. Published by Robert Grler Cooke, Inc. Without losing any of Its appeal for the Older boys and girls and the grown-ups of tha family, St. Nicholas thia year ta ad ding, more and more, pages especially for the wee ones. Everett Wilson supplies amusement for tha entire nursery this month In his Information, helpfully Illus trated, of "Flat Paper Houses," and there are some charming "Jumping plays" for baby, with pictures by Florence E. Starr. There are four series now running in St N!chola-Mary Catherlns Lee's quaint "A Little Field of Glory," Ralph Henry Bar bour's "Tom, Dick and Harriet," Agnes Mc Clelland Daulton'a charming "Frits!." and Captain Harold Hammond'a wholesomo "Plnkey Perkins: Just a Boy"; but the magaslne seems richer than ever in short stones, pagsa of pictures and jolly Jingles. A happily timely sketch la J. L. Harbour's "Ths Author of The Story of a Bad Boy," a sympathetic study of Thomas Bailey Aldrlch. "In Eastern Wondertands," by Charlotte Chaffee Gibson, is a bright, entertaining and Instructive story of a real trip around the world, made by real children who vis Itsd Japan, China, Ceylon, India, the Red i Sea and Egypt. Any child might ba glad to follow this party In Its joyous course through the land of jtnrlklshas, up the Can ton river whve the boats have eyes, through Ceylon to the1 sweet-sounding town of Kandy, through India, the land of en chai tment, and up the Himalaya moun tatna. Alice. Fred and Charlotte were so well giildid that they ssw, It would seem, everything of note from the far-famed Taj Mahal to the venerable monuments of Luxor and iCsmak. It is a good story and, Incidental), a better lesson In geography than ts 13 be found In text-books. Pub lished b Little, Brown It Co. Baffaloea In Nebraska. I notice that Mr. Lnwton killed a btiff.ilo In Hall county In 1871 and think, thla to be among the last killed in Nebraska. My father moved to Plum Creek (now Lexing ton), Dawson county, In April, l(f3. He settled on tome land about six miles northwest of loon. The fall of '.hut year we csmpd on the faun In putting up our hey. There was not a house wtthm sight, nj it wss not unususl to see deer, elk, ant. lop. and often buffalo In the mornmj rwtween our tent snd the hills to the north, about thrre miles. Of course In thos days we never left the house for any dUiiuic.e without our guns, both rifle and sho'giut. In 1S7S 1, with my brother, was br--.iKlti( soma Dra I rle on a pre-emption about two miles west of the original homtiiMl We I saw a herd of about ono hundred buffnl.t i I .!) 1,1 I. .4 . t J 1 .... ...... ,A I . - ' south. Taking my hunting horse out of the plough and my gun from the wagon I gave chase. The buffalo circled toward the ea.', then north toward the hills from wh'-nre they came, and at a point about two miles east of the ranches of Krelta snd Cramors I overtook them, and picking out ht afterward proved to be a nice, fut young heifer I killed It, one being all I cared for; this was late in ths summer or early fail pt 117k .rest and Bu.ua, INOOItPOKATBD CABLH SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. llu.. If HjKyilr he .lid w hrlVhrolWMV B wHn wwfct.i irn 4 thouompu 4IIMMriMa nM.fvnarJ a ma. p4 IS sw, Is .ey cm. aswuWolsaa)eo.ii Mill la stssm wlUfrsaw 4j ROBERT C.CLOWRY, Praldent and Owtml Muumt. S MARVAL0US NATURE STORIES Latest Contribution to the Subject Dlscu.aed by the President and Dr. Long. A nameless correspondent of the New York Sun, who hankers for a taste of the big stick, contributes the following bunch of nature stories: In 18M I met Mr. Joseph Mulhatton, a journalist of aide repute, and went with him to South Africa, where he studied the habits of Boers and olher wild animals for two years. Among other things we took with us a pocket piano, on which Mr. Mul hatton used to make beautiful music, to the great distress of our dog, which howled solos at every performance. We captured a monkey, an anthropoldean quadrumanous mammal with prehnslle feet and a long tail, well known to the natives. We trained him to watt on the table and perform other domestic services. One day Mr. Mulhatton got out his piano and was about to play "Give My Regards to Brosdway,1' which had not then been written, when the mon key stepped up gravely, pushed him aside, and picked the tune out himself, with both hands, both feet and his nose. He played many times for us, but always labored un der the disadvantage of not being able to stretch an octave. During a trip through East India In 1893 January 13 or 14. I forget which I pur chased from a native a mongoose. The mongoose Is an Ichneumon with a taste for snakes, and I Intended to present htm to the psychopathic wsrd of Bellevue hos pital In New York, but my wife prevailed upon me to keep him, as she said I mlKht some time need him myself. So I took him to our country home In Connecticut. I hsd' there a besutiful garden, which every even ing I watered with an ordinary garden hose. It was my practice to turn the water on at tha aptgot, and then walk to the nnzale end of the hose, some dlstsnce away, which I would pick up and play on my cauliflowers and other planta. On one occasion I turned on the water, but upon going to the nosxle end of the hose was surprised to see my mongoose sslllng through the air In the direction of New York. I afterward Investi gated and found that my mongoose, mis taking the hose for a snske, had started In to swallow It, and had covered four foot when I turned on the water. In 1S97 I stopped at a certain hotel In Denver, and upon registering saw a cock roach crawling over the register. I In quired of the clerk, who Informed ma that the cockroach waa looking for the number of a room occupied by a gentleman from Nebraska. This unusual display of Intel ligence on the part of the cockroach led m. to make further study of the subject. I gsthered several roaches from my room, and aft.r teaching them to march Indian file, thus getting them under control, I pur chased a set of musical glasses, upon which I tsught th. roaches to plsy "God Save the Queen" In A fist major. They pro duced the airs by tapping rapidly with their feet upon ths glssses, six cockroaches to a glass, and the result waa most pleasing, resembling the tremulous mandolin. During a Journey through South American countries In search of revolutionary news I came across a traveling showman, who sold me a shrew (Sorex vulgaris), a mousellks sorlcold lnseetlvore. that feeds exclusively upon small beef, such ss Insects. I am my self a vegetarian, and the hablta of the shrew, sticking to meat, annoyed me, ao I started In to tame tha shrew. By adroitly mixing breakfast food with flies snd fless I -managed to create a taste for vetgetables which soon overcame the shrew's natural Instinct, and within a month I had htm dlelttg on cabbages, onions, garlic, beets, turnips and watermelon.. For a long time ha .'ctned to yearn for meat, but by de gree ba overcame thla unnatural desire. for $235.00 for $350.00 for $385.00 glad to arrange few moments. June 15th. Douglas Street Entrance and I am glad to say that when I last of fered him a young bullock he spurned It. I am prepared to give any number of similar lustances. I have owned mora ani mals, including pink elephanta and two headed monkeys, than any man alive, and I bolleve my animals have been blessed with more Intelligence than any others on earth. STRANGE DOINGS OF ANIMALS Dogs, Cats, Males and Fowl Poll OS Series of Amailag Stunts. The other day the telegraph brought newa of a hen that bit the heads of soma loose matches in a barn, ignited them, sot fire to the place, and then, realising what she had done, pecked at an electric call button until a servant answered It and alarmed the household. A day or two later the telegraph brought news of a cat, which, finding that tha baby In the absence of its mother had swallowed a rubber doll and waa on tha point of choking to death, tickled tha child with tts tall until the child coughed up tha doll and the little one'a life waa saved. Later came newa of a bull terrier, of tha White House breed, which noticed In walk ing along a river bank in Ohio a little pair of trousera thrown careleasly on the ground, which at once suspected the worst, jumped Into the water, and rescued little Johnny Wilson, only child of Obadlah and Rebeoca Wilson, Just as he was sinking with cramps for tha third time. Then came the announcement that pigeons In the home of a widow near Madison, Wla. (Mre. Alvlra Hopkins by name), missing her from her usual place In tha flower gar den, set up a united flutter which attracted the attention of the neighbors, caused them to atart a search, and led to tha dlsoovery that the poor woman waa down with one of her periodical attacks of InflammatorT rheumatism and unable to leave ber bad. Then, day before yestsrdsy, cam tha story of the Missouri mule which helped its former master to break Jail by ateai tng into the county aeat at midnight, lo cating his cell by his snoring, and ktoklng a hole large enough for his body to paaa through. And, aa If to round out tha sertea, 'wa had yesterday the story of a battle be tween bluejaya and a eat. In which tha former, by resorting to tactics which would have surprised and delighted Oenera! Kurokl. came out vtctorloua. All of theae stories are Interesting. If It were not for a certain deplorable phase of the matter we might well congratulate ourselves that wa are at last, apparently, waking up to an appreciation of animal Intelligence. There are few things mors uplifting than la nature study, and It would 1! a distinct gain for all of ua If we would only give more time to tha con tsm plat Ion of the numerous living things around us with a view to understanding them better and of later writing books about then. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Sailing; Over Forty Miles m.m Hoar. While the British government baa an aca demlc sympathy with the disarmament pro posal, it Is by no means neglecting ths navy, and with the view of retaining ths speed pennant of the world In th. British servlc. II has laid down a destroyer In tended to bresk all records. It is to bo called th. Swift and will more than llv. up to the aame If the designers expectation Is realised. Of 1.M0 tons dlsplscement, H will L. a mammoth of Its class and will have 30(00 horst power snd a speed of thirty knots an hour. What thla speed means when expressed in the terms lands men will comprehend is readily understood when it la remembered that a knot, or nautical mile, ia i,0R7 lineal feet. Thus every knot Is f7 feet longer than a land mile, aad the Swift at her maximum apet-d will mak. a little more than 41 & miles an hour, a rate of traveling exceeded by only a few e. press trains U thla country. tteate Transcript.