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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1907)
a THE OilAILV SUNDAY BEE: JULY 23, 1007. HOI TIME IN COUNTY BOARD Ure Ask. Power to Discharge Eoad Graders. SAYS THEIR WORK IS INFERIOR Branln Consider It Die to Inn. perlrnre ullh Marhinri and se cures Pfw (ontut on Conl Bids. Tho V port of the road committee caused emall-slsed srrsp at Saturday's mnettng Of the county lioard, when Chairman Ure asked authority to discharge Ulscn & ' Jjundquist, who have been operating a gradnr for the last two and a half months. Tbe basis of his request was a portion of the report showing that while, the average coat of grading during the first nix months of the year was $m) a mile. Olsen & I.und julat had been paid 4i6 and had graded but two and one-half miles of mad at a ooat of $16.50 a mile. The average cost of tho other graders ran from I'll) to $S3.10 a mill. Mr. L're said that much of the work done would havv to he llnlshcd by someone else and It was causing considerable com plaint among people near the roads. Urunlng said the work was evidently not satisfactory, but he thought it would be nioro satisfactory In the future after the men had learned to use the machine, lie thought they should be Instructed In the Use of the grader. Tralnor sided with him and asked for a delay until lie could go out and look at the road himself. Solomon aid lie was willing to give the aulhority to the chairman of the committee to dis charge the men, but at the request of Itrunlng the matter was laid over a week. Money Hide of Itrport. The report of the road committee for the llrat six months of the year showed the total fund available to be fc6.47J.02, of this tlfi.378.25 was expended, leaving 11,95.77 available In the fund. During the six months thirty-two miles of road has been rounded up. Tho report of Chairman Ure on the condi tion of the general fund was submitted. It shows tl94,139.67 available In the fund for the six months and $177,1115.86 paid out, leaving a balance of $10,94.-,. til in the fund June 30. Since then bills have been Hied mounting to S21.4M.93, leaving an apparent deficit of $4,507.12. It is pointed out. how ever, that the 1907 estimate is available, and this will amount to 2!,1S8, of which $345,809 4s available, leaving available after paying the excess bills tH1.3u2 OS. Illil for Conl. The board opened bids for furnishing coal to tho court house, Detention school, In digent poor and county hospital. Seven firms competed and tho bids were referred to the committee of the whole and tho county auditor for tabulation. The bids showed a wide difference In the price of anthracite coal. Tho highest bid was by A. I Bergquist, who demanded $10.50 a ton, and the lowest by Sunderland Bros, com pany, who offered to furnish It for $9.G0. This price is based 011 delivery by the De tention school. Only "one bid being received for the tu berculosis ward addition to the county hos pital, the board decided to readvertlse. The hew bids will be opened August 81. The board concurred In tho appointment of Dr. L. vender as coroner's physician to take effect when a proper bond Is filed. The latter clause was Included In the mo tion because of a difference of opinion as to whether the bond should be made out to the coroner or to the county. The bond presented was made out to the coroner, ttherlf Most Bit on Ltd. It Is up to Bherlff McDonald to see that no more liquor la sold on Sunday at saloons located outsldo city and village limits. It was put to hint by the county board which referred to the sheriff an opinion by County Attorney Maguey declaring It to be tha duty of the sheriff to see that the Slocumb law la enforced. Mrs. W. K. Murray complained to the board that the saloons on Center street were keeping open on Sunday and as the saloons In Omaha wore closed they at tracted an undesirable class of people. The board asked for an opinion and was told It was tha sheriff's duty to act. Mr. Mag uey said the board oould revoke the license of any saloon keeper who violated the law, but It was not In its province to enforce the law, Mr. Ure suggested that complaint had been made to him that "Dahlman water had been on sale at Pries lake last Sunday. He suggested that complaint be Included In the matter referred to the sheriff, but lirunlng protested there was no use of the county board mixing up In that affair and CO action was taken. MAYOR HAS BUSY WEEK AHEAD Datklnutn Will Confer with Council-, snanlo Committers on I'avlnv Down Town Streets, Next week will be a busy one for Mayor Dahlman, as be will then take up with the councllmanlc committee the matter of lc paving downtown streets. During the ab sence of the mayor Councilman Brucker practically completed the petitions for pav- Tbe Houojsty o( Women Naturally makes them shrink from tha Indelicate quot-lions, tbe obnoxious ex aminations, and unpleasant local treat ments, which some physicians consider isentlal In Xht, treatment of dlseisss of women. Yet, Lf help can he had, It Is better to submit to this ordeal than let the dbjuaso grow and spread. The trouble Is that so often the woman undergoes all the annoyance and shame for nothing. Thousndqf women who have been cured uv Dr. iHrrce' Favorite Prescrip tion wri A. In Joreciatlon of tbe cure which disiiVNvXh the examinations and local treatmeiiLThfrr: Is no other rnedlcJne yi sure sod f. for rica!,) Vfomen as "Favorite Prescription " J I cures dellllUUng drains, inegularltjr and fenuJe weakness. It always helps. It aJmost always cures. It is strictly non alcoholic, lion secret, all Its Ingredient being prlntod on Its bottle-wrapper; con tains no deleterious or habit-forming drugs, and every native mcdlclual root ntertnK into Its coiupoeitiou has the full endorsement of those most eminent In the several schools of medical practice. Some of these numerous and strongest of pro fesaiouaJ endorsements of Its ingredients, will be found In a pamphlet wrapped around the bottle, also In a booklet mailed res on request, by Dr. K. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y. These professional en. donemenU should have far more weight than any amount of tho ordinary lay, or Buo-pru.'ebiottal testimonials. Tie most Intelligent women now-a-dsys rnit 011 knowing what they take as mJ trine instead ot openiug their mouths like a lot ot young birds and gnlping down whatever is offered them. " Favorite Pre acriptiou" is ot avowsi coMi-osiTioa. It makes weak aoatea ttrou and sklc Soils') oU. Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sentnM on receipt of slatnpe to pay espense of flailing only, bend to Dr. K. V. Pierce, lluilalo, N. Y 21 ooe-eent sumps for paper-covered, or 31 turnpt for cloth -bound. If sick eunsuJt the Doctor, free of charge by lotvtr. All surh com moid callous axe hold sacredly couiidenlial. lir, PVuros'e Pl.uuit PelWU InvigoreU 1u wiiUae gsmnisju Bswg h1 Uwsia TOOK PE-RU-NA WITH GOOD RESULTS. Hon. C. Plemp, Congressman from Vir ginia, writes: "J can cheerfully say that I have used your valuable remedy, Fsrnna, with beneficial results, and can unhesi tatingly recommend your remedy to my friends as an Invigorating tonio and an effective and permanent cure for ca tarrh." Kplomlid Apiwtito Mr. J. C. Huffman, ltea. Mo., writes: "It Is now about a year since I wrote Dr. Hartmnn for advice. I followed his ad vice and begun using l'eruna, without much faith at first. By the time 1 had used one bottle I begun to Improve. I huve no symptoms of catarrh whatever now, and feel better than I have for five years. I have a splendid appetite. I givo l'eruna all praise, and believe I am cured. Feruna Is all yon claim for It, and I can truthfully recommend It." "Completely Cured" Mr. Charles Sauerbler, 815 Main Ht., St. Joseph, Mich., writes: "A few years ago I suffered with a severe cold which set tled on .my stomach, causing a loss of appetite and sleep. Peruna was called to my attention. It brought me relief, and within three weeks I was completely cured. I have used It off and on In my family since, and am satisfied that It Is a reliable medicine." trig cn Fifteenth street, but there remain petitions on all other streets east of Six teenth street and on all streets from Har ney to Davenport, Inclusive, to be secured before the plans of the mayor and city en gineer are accomplished. It Is the Intention of the mayor to take the matter up with the committee appointed on each street and moke personal visits to property owners until a legal petition for ropavlng shall have been secured for each street. SOME HOT WEATHER HINTS Thinics It Is Well to Hemember at This Season ot tbe Yosr. How to keep cool these days is very much of a burning question. All feel Its necessity to a greater or less degree and are anxious for the answer. If we could only entirely rid ourselves of our melting flesh and walk about In our bare bones there might be some better chance of in ternal and external ventilation and some hope for cooling bakad tissues which so op pressively consume us by their Internal fires. With heat Inside us and outside us, de ferred hope ot relief meketh the man sick, heartbroken and desperate. Handicapped with clothes, the lightest though they be, we may well envy the primitive man who had no need of them, and strive to ap proach his adaptability by gausy fabrics, open-work stuffs, airy waists and the thin nest and most tflmsy underwear. In such ways we are getting a little sensible In adapting ourselves to nature's needs. As to the clothes question, let us under stand the conditions to be fulfilled. Our summer coverings must not only protect our bodies against the calorio and chem ical rays of the sun, but also favor skin transpiration. The underwear and over wear must accord with each other In this respect. Extra perspiration must be dis posed of by absorption and evaporation. Experience has shown that loose meshed woolens next the skin are most service able to such ends. Next In order are thin cotton stuffs of similar make. Perspiration, far from being an evil. Is an element ot safety, as experiments have proved that the body parts with three times as much heat under such conditions as when the skin Is comparatively dry. To give It a proper vent Is a matter of safety and comfort. A gentle breeze with non humid air helps us amazingly, for which we are always duly thankful. The color of the fabrics has also a great deal to do with protection. Tellow, red. green and blue tints range In the order of their efficiency, while black Is the last on the list, tho latter being a notorious absor bent of both calorio and chemical rays. Armies in the tropics, for Instance, have discovered that helmets with red or yellow linings are the best preventives against sunstroke. The ordinary civilian, however, prefers and sensibly, too the common straw hat, which combines lightness, shade and sufficient ventilation for all practical purposes. Canvas and russet shoes, low cut and roomy, are also popular for like reasons. IJght umbrellas are very service able, esieclally the tasteful parasol variety which Is lined with red and la so popular with the summer girl. Tes. but what shall we eat and drink? Let us understand In the first place that we do not need much fuel for our Internal furnaces with an outside temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit, but only enough energy to keep us going at a very moderate pace. Plain and cooling viands answer both pur poses. Meats once a day should be suf ficient for ordinary needs, while fish, milk eggs, cereals and fresh fruits should con stitute the main diet. As to drinks, we are not so apt to be kept within hounds. With rapid evaporation of fluids thirst keeps apace, and the equtll brlum must be maintained. But this esn be done safely by plain water, and In plenty, which Is nature's only real need While soft drinks and malt liquors may be taken on special occasions, alcohol In ny of Its forms Is not only useless for cooling purposes, but Is generally positively harmful, as tipplers are the ones most liable to sunstrokes. Think of this, good friend; lf you say whisky warms you In winter, what must It do for you In sum merT New York Herald. I'rlee oiulnsi to In Ural States. BORDEAUX. July Prince Wllhelm of Sweden, second son of Crown Prince Qus lave. arrived today on hoard the Swedish armored ouriser Fylgia oa his way to the United Slates. He was received with peclal honors. Last Day tow Absinthe. iiKLBBt-i-s. juiy K. This i the last day that absinthe may be sold In Belgium as the law prohibiting Its manufacture aad sal foe Use a4 tosxirun. f ' x , v i JJ - tfi . s. ....';: v; ; Jflfl V v J'fl k'c N ' ti'i ' ml -Mm u t i , i k - HON. C SLEMP. ( . LAW ENTERS MONEY DRAWER Constable Takes Cash Forcibly from Union Pacific Railroad. AGENT HELD UNDER REVOLVER Employe of Company Falllnar to Pay Bills Coert I'ses Strenaous Means of Satisfying- Ills Greedy Creditors. With his revolver drawn, Thomas Mo- Oulre, constable for Justice Toung's court, forced open the cash drawer of the Union Pacific railway ticket office yesterday aft ernoon and confiscated $34 claimed on a garnishment suit. His deputy constable, O. J. Oalvin, also covered with a revolver the protesting ticket agent, R. D. Speck. McOuire and Garvin had been watching the cashier selling tickets and putting money In the drawer, but did not make themselves known until they walked be hind the counter and ordered Speck to open tlie drawer. The fact that McQuire held In his hand a paper did not convince Speck but that It might be a case of robbery. "These men are thieves I" he shouted. "Call the police. Telephone General Man ager Kalll!" "Count us out the money, for we'll get It anyway," piped McUulre shrilly. He la a spare, old man and his trembly hand caused his revolver to wobble In a way that menaced the safety of the gathering crowd. 'You'd better open It up," echoed Deputy Constable Galvln as he tapped the cash register. "You don't look like officers to me," re plied Speck. "I'm responsible for this money and I know officers don't take money at the point of a revolver. "Well, one of your fellows owed a board bill and his wages are garnlshecd and I'm here to execute the collection." "Then you should levy on some of the company's furniture and not on funds In my hands. Qo In to Assistant Manager Kalll's office and make your explanation there, but get out of this Inclosure." Counts Oat tbe Money. But Instead McOuIro yanked open tha cash drawer, took out what he wanted and started to leave. The report spread that thieves were at work, and according to the deputy con stable 200 people were crowded Into the office, some crying "thieves" and others even "murder" and "fire." The ticket office Is In the Fidelity Trust building. Charles Newell, the crossing po liceman on that comer, stopped the con stables and compelled them to wait until saao Watson, the company's attorney, could arrive. He directed that the policeman release the constables, and went with them to their court on Fourteenth street, near Main. But though he offered to pay for a certified copy of the legal papers, he could not get It nor a reason why. Only the superintendent at Twelfth and Liberty streets and myself had ever heard of this garnishment," he said. "It was an Illegal act to go to the department In an uptown office and raid the money drawer. I answered this justice court that we owed K. E. Klthcart $27, but that their papers were not gotten up In legal form to protect us from Klthcart collecting his wages again lf we paid it. I advised them that an exe cution under the circumstances would not be valid and now that this constable has taken cash from one of our tloket men I shall prosecute him for trespass In office or file charges before the county court to have him ousted from office." A boarding house lien, to satisfy wlch Kithcart's wages from the Union Pacific railway were garnished, was the cause of the levying on the cash drawer. It Is seldom that daylight trafflo down town nas been blocked while hundreds rushed to peep at men with srleaminr r,i.. tols going through a cash box. Hlaht to Draw Itevolver. Prosecuting Attorney I. B. Klmhretl mia last night that under certain -conditions Constable McGulre would have the right to point his revolver at R, D. Speck, the Union Pacific ticket agent. In order to secure property to satisfy the writ of at tachment. "I would not make any definite state ment at this time. Attorner Iflmhr.11 said, "knowing as I do very little about ioe racis in the case. The condition un der which the constable would be author ized to take out his . . ..... n . ,1, A menacing manner would be only one In which the man upon whom he was serv ing the papers had had the papers read to him and then had . n , . ... WIUW the constable to attach the ornnertv i question. "As to the right of the conthi attach the money in the cash drawer, .u,r man rurnnure In the offloe, that uepenas upon the character of h fendant's business and the way the writ wuruea. 1 Know nothing about the papers in this particular c City Journal. Kansas TIPS FROM THE SPIRIT LAND Ghoet of First Wife Knterprlaes of Island Mav Plreets Long tbe Like summer sephyrs. whtsrrin r the spirit world have been plarlna- shout the ears of Silas Edwards of Oreenpolnt, I I., and because he has harkened to these counsels he thanks himself for be ing worm a cool half million of dollars. Little did his neighbors in Manhattan avenue realise, when they saw the modest hotel structure of the ambitious Edwards slowly rear Itself, that It was to hold one so ravored by the kinder destines, fw came the hotel, then a bowling alley, and " wondering neighborhood learned that real estate ventures war. .,...... he proprietor's spars hours. One day several wagon loads k..,. drove up, and It eventually came out that the fortunate proprietor had planned an annex to his hotel which would Increase Its accommodations by 160 rooms. impopslble! ejaculated the n.irhk... "No one In Oreenpolnt ever heard of such a thing. It means failure rn.mi . ,., - -mi.'hw, unmiti gated failure." But when patrons began to multlnlv. nrf new electric lights were put in, all doubts concerning Silas Edwards' lucky streak were dispelled. Like a mushroom the busi ness grew to appalling dimensions. 10 palmist or astrologer ran talk to the proprietor of the Hotel Edwards. He sim ply won t listen. He ran give them points all along the line, and can show In a half hour where all the susceptible psychic phenomena operate best under spiritual Influences Acting on a tlpa he received one day from some considerate spirit, Edwards canceled the lease on his buffet. Some less favored Individual who had possession of i labor. In tea. silk, weaving and oh"rln the buffet had not been selling enouarh du,r1" h labor of women la Invariably heer to pay rent on It. Advisers In th. ' i,.,i!"!d'..w.h"e.. ln P'rln? mining In- pay rem on it. Advisers In . ... . . neah warned Kdwards not to taka r.- iue.a r.u ,rm not IO lake Inv chance on the profits of the buffet, but he did, with the result that he nearly drove the n-ar-by saloon keepers Into South Brooklyn. Edwards' main help, he says. Is the spirit of his first wife, and to It be as crlbes more good advice than to any other of bis spiritual managers. He takes sne- JCia, Date cot in fiffaUfl l Dm la- visible guardians, and he divides his con sultations as equally as possible to Insure perfect harmony In the etheral realms. These days no one In Green point allows himself to become astonished or critical ot what Is said about Edwards' doings, and the more sagacious neighbors are con vinced that If some 111 wind doesn't blow Into the Hotel Edwards' windows before long the whole Oreenpolnt section will bristle with hotels. New York Telegram. ALASKA AND ITS TIN CANS Seme Plrtnresqne Kent res of the Archlteetnre of Boom Towns. While there Is but one camp In Alaska's &O.0U0 square miles designated on the map Tin City because of Its location In the tin-producing district there Is scarcely a settlement that has not more obvious claim to the name, so tangible a part does tin play In the warp and woof of the North land. But It Is not of the tin that goes to waste on the surface of America's most northerly possession, nor the tin that min ing experts tell us lies In untold quantities In the regions of York and Cape Prince of Wales, I would sing, but, rather, of the humblest guise this most useful, prosaic of metals Is wont to assume In the Arctics the tin rani Far more tin In the form of receptacles for preserved foods. Illuminat ing, lubricating and fuel oils has been brought Into Alaska than has yet been taken out of Its mines. Wherever In Alaska the intrepid white man ventures the tin can keeps pace. What the earthen Jar is to the mater carrier of fair Capri, the five-gallon Stan dard Oil tin can Is to the water vendor ot Nome. Fresh water is one of Seward pen insula's scarcest commodities. For drink ing and all domestlo use water la piped in summer across four or more miles ot tundra Into Nome from Moonlight springs, which bubble pure and sparkling all the year round. In defiance of Jack Frost, out of the heart of a neighboring mountain. At a supply station In the camp vendors fill their carts dally and deliver the fluid from door to door. The water wagons of Nome are one of this most northerly sea port's picturesque features. In summer they are two-wheeled carts with a sheet Iron cylinder swaying on an axle. A trough runs on either side. In which stand shining rows of five-gallon tin cans. The driver's seat projects from the left side, and as the cart Jogs along like an Irish jaunting car the driver's effort to hold on suggests a side-saddle equestrian at the mercy of a hard trotter. Where formerly water retailed at the uniform price of one dollar for twelve buckets, the five-gallon tin can at two bits or twenty-five cents Is the standard measure of value. No hab tatlon, from Uncle Sam's caricature of a courthouse or his barn-like official struc tures on Barrack square to the humblest miner's shack or Esquimau Igloo, la with out the five-gallon water can. As roof or house covering the tin can Is equally Invaluable. Many stores and houses are constructed entirely of tin oil cans. Impervious to rain or snow, and proof against wind, they were a godsend when the only other available material was earth, canvas or tar paper. The originator of the first tin-can house In Seward peninsula was Colonel Charles Iheaf, the present superintendent of con struction of the Nome-Artio railroad. "I was employed my first Alaskan -winter In the courthouse," said Colonel Sheaf, re calling the Incident. "Every night, on my way home, I picked up on the beach or in the tundra one or more five-gallon tin cans and carried them to the shack I called home. I beat out each can to a level, and when I had a goodly number I set up the frame work of a cabin. Lum ber was scaroe that winter at 1S0 a thou sand feet. I made my cabin frame of driftwood gathered from the beach. As a woman sews blocks for a log-cabin quilt I continued to collect cans and tack them on to tho frame one at a time. Often weeks would go without my finding a can, then unexpectedly I would stumble upon a half doaen. That was my busy day and the cabin made rapid strides. I kept at ft until the whole was made doubly weather proof by an Inside lining of tin cans. When my can house was completed I banked It with snow and tundra and was snug as a bug m a rug, and the envy of the whole camp." The cabin still stands and Is occupied, but has ceased to be a novelty, so largely have tin-can houses multiplied. When paint Is available, tin-can honses and roofs are thickly coated, often giving a refreshing dash of color to the bleak landscape. Paint Is no longer the luxury It onoe was In the Northland, and so hun gry for verdant hues are the denizens of Nome's treeless waste, that all kinds of habitations are liable to break out In ver itable Finnegan greens. The Increased use of paint has not tended to decrease the tin can wastage, since It Is In cans It reaches the consumer. Despite the coming of corrugated Iron sheeting as a building protector (there Is no fire Insurance In the peninsula). Its costlllness debars Its general use. Even those who have struck "pay" are content to flatten out the discarded cans. Cut In two, the cans are converted Into all sorts of toilet receptacles, serving as washbowls In almost every mining camp of the Arctics Notwithstanding granite and porcelain ware are now to be bought In the shops, and many homes possess them, no kitchen, however well equipped IS without one or more five-gallon tin cans, standing on dresser or bench, or hanging outside the door. The Esquimaux, with the Imttatlveness of their Jspaneae progenitors, have not been alow to reeog nlze their usefulness and the white man'i preference for them. In berry and fishing season they are wont now to discard their vessels of wood, sealskin or walrus hide for the tin can, whose utility they first learned aboard American whaling vessels. Indeed, so broadcast, so varied Is the role of the tin can In the Northland, that no Alaskan would be surprised should the final discoverer of the north pole find one dangling from that long-sought pinnacle. Leslie's Weekly. LABOR AWD IN'DUSTRT. Chief putlstldsn Pidgin of Massachu setts says that the Increase of cost of llv lns: for lftuS xcsedd the average wave In- creasy. Tha statement is made ' that not less than S0.Ua) laborers will be needed In Can ada this season for the construction of new railroads. In the Inlted States l.ROO.OOO servants attend to the wants of .00n,ouo who believe thst the housework should be done by others. The International Typographical union now has a membership of a little mors than 60,tt distributed In the United Slates, Canada and Meslco. - In 1W the International Association of Machinists spent over S.M,00O n establish llshlpv a nine-hour day. Last year the International Typographical union spent over W.OuO.OuO In establishing an eight-hour day. Prom two-thirds to three-fourths of the UUIIIIM l IB Ml 11(1 IIIILMna.nCA. ! i i.v .ininu ., i- . and applicable to the owners of mltis steam and electric railroads, steamships telegraph and telephone lines, gas. electric light. watT and power plants and th-lr employes has Just taken effect In Canada By the provision of this law an employer Is prohibited from causing a lookout and employes are not allowed to strike on ao eount of any dispute prior to or durlna- a reference of such dispute to a board ot oonotllaOoi. N4 UrrWUleitfta WfiyUed b 14 afces I Li U Lfu UJ KdJ We present to the public the greatest array of piano in any piano warerooms in this state. Especially arranged Kimball upright, ebony case, excellent value New England upright, mahogany case, a good practice piano Gem upright, ebony case, looks like new Martin Bros, upright, beautiful mahogany case Hoston upright, ebony caBe, reflnlsbed . . Ftazier & Song, upright, a handsome walnut rase .v......... Llndeman & Sons upright, In perfect condition .. Columbus upright, mahogany caso, now .............. ., bchubert upright, beautiful mahogany case . Jlallet & Davis upright, burl walnut case, practically new .. Schmoller & Mueller upright, burl walnut case Schmoller & Mueller upright, Schmoller & Mueller upright, walnut case, new ......... ........ Schmoller & Mueller upright, mahogany case, new Ivers & Pond, burl walnut caso, large else, looks like new ......... Reed & Sons upright, mahogany case, new ............ , Steger & Sons upright, oak case, a bargain ...., Steger & Sons upright, oak caso, largest size...... , Steger & Sons upright, oak caso, largest size Emerson, walnut case, new, discontinued In catalog........ ............ Emerson, walnut caso, new, discontinued In catalog ...... Emerson, mahogany, latest design Emerson, walnut case A. B. Chase, mahogany, discontinued in catalog For want of floor space, due to the arrival of six carloads of piano3 from eastern factories, we are compelled to sell these instruments just as advertised above. Many of these are brand new pianos of stylos that have been discontinued in tho catalog. Others have been slightly defaced from moving in warerooms. Soma have been returned from renting, and some are socond-hand. All have been removed to our large bargain salesroom (4th floor) and marked at the lowest selling price. Come early and get a choice selection. Sale begins Monday at 8 o'clock A. M. TERMS:-r$3.00, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 to $10.00 monthly. Buyers at a distance should write for complete bargain list. "We ship pianoa everywhere. DP BAD CHECKS RARELY TAKEN Bank Teller Carries Thousand Signa- tores in Mind. IS EEADER OF HUMAN NATtJEE Paul W. Kohns Tlls How the Moner Handler In the Wicker Cane Learns to Headllr Reootv nise Fraad. In the business of Oman a tanks, amount ing to upward of 110,000,000 each week, checks play a leading part. Though thousands of these paper substitutes for money are presented each day at the windows of the several banks rarely is a bad check taken. "A good teller Is the best safeguard against worthless checks." said Paul W. Kuhns, secretary of the Conservative Building and Loan association and for many years with the First National bank. "By a good teller I mean one who has that peculiar intuition which enables a man to read human nature and to fathom human motives. A good teller la the result of native talent supplemented by years of dally observation and study of men through the wicker of a bank cage. "To get a check cashed In an Omaha bank a man must be known or be Identified. Probably not more than a dosen checks are cashed weekly without Identification. If a check Is for a small amount, say under $10, and lf after conversation and questioning and -with the aid of his intu ition or sixth sense, the cashier Is reas onably sure that the person Is all right, he may take a chance on cashing It. This he Is not compelled to do. It Is only the natural desire to be obliging that moves him to give the occasional ac commodation. Mnst Know lnatnrl. "A rood teller has ln his mind a thous and or more signatures. He Is acquainted with their general appearance and with little peculiarities about them. It Is a wonderful faculty which certain men have for retaining these details ln their mem ory. Of course, an Important part ln safeguarding checks lies with the one who writes them. The figures should be made close to the dollar sign so that no figure can be Inserted ln front or back of the figures Intended. For the same reason the written words should begin close to the left hand margin of the check and such space as Is not used should be filled In with a heavy line. The history of check raising Is full of Instances where men nave se cured thousands of dollars by merely Inserting a word or a figure. The sim ilarity between the written words Two' and 'Five' causes some trouble. By putting a cross on the T' and covering the V Into an '1 and a 'v and the 'o' into an 'e' the former word Is converted Into the lat ter. The perforating and punching ma chines sre used to great advantage nowa days and wherever they are used fraud Is rendered Impossible." MAKES CONSPIRACY CHARGE Prominent Cnban Liberal Declares People Are Being; Incited Against Americans. HAVANA, July 27.-Snator Morna Delgado, a prominent liberal who parti cipated ln last year's revolt, has written a sensational letter, which Is published In La Lucha, ln which he charges that Maso Parna, once a Spanish ally, Is planning to work up the Cuban people and Induce them to violence against the provisional govern ment, Purra's object, Pelgado says, la to show tha Washington government that Cubans wish a speedy end of American occupation and a quick withdrawal of their representatives. Parra denies the conspiracy and says he will conspire only when he Is convinced Cuba bag ban da. A Special 1 Opportunity Kill WITHOUT QUESTION st e mahogany case, new, ..... Schmoller & Mueller Pietno Company Phone D.ughi 1625. 1311-1313 Ftroam Si. SOOTHING EFFECT OF COLORS Remarkable Results Noted on Peonle Buffering- from Serious Men. tal Disorders. A physician was Just entering a ward In one of the modern Insane asylums of the day. The attendants were busy; very busy. A patient a fine, athletla man of mlddlo age had succeeded in flghtins . oft the keepers who were struKgllnt; to get a straltjucket on him. lie Hunt; about tho ward, raving, growling deep ln his anger like a wild beast, and the baffled keepers were closing warily upon Mm for the third tlmo when the asylum physlciun up peared. Tho doctor watched the sceno a mo ment. Then he Issued a curt command. "Take him to the blue room," ho or dered. s Five attendants closed In upon tho maniac, five pairs of brawny arms pinioned tho struggling man's arms to his Bides, another watchful keeper fluiiR open tho door of a box like elevator and tho six men were dropped swiftly down to wliera another open door awaited them. In tho midst of hlB k'oepers the lunatic wns hustled Inside, the door dunged nnd the keepers, releasing their hold, mopped their sweating brows. They at leant hnd been in the blue room before and they knew what was likely to happen. It was a singular vision that met the maniac s glaring eyes. From celling to floor everything was blue deeply, darkly, brilliantly blue. Kven the barred win dows were of the uniform blue. What light filtered through tho high panes was of a peculiar soft, lustrous color, nnd the electric globes above reach showed the sunie prevailing glow. The color was everywhere. It was lmpossihl to eseapo It. The Iron cot, the one chair, all were blue. The man, who stood J'ist where the at tendants hnd left lilm, did not move a muscle. Ills eyes, black, largo nnd staring, stole cautiously over the strange room. The attendants watched, him curiously. In a few moments their unspoken predictions were verified. The man sqtinttid on the floor, muttering. Jerking, growling still at Intervals, but apparently quiescent. When the doctor came In four hours later but one keeper remained ln the room, and the patient was lying on the cot with the straltjacket removed, his eyes clear and apparently calm. The doctor walked over to him, cast a quirk glance at his eyes, felt his pulse and, nodding satis faction, ssld a few words to the attendant and left the room. Without doubt light and color act upon the condition of our ndnds, and the Im pression tlius produred can be nothing but the translation of a physiological ac tion. Bed Is the color of strong feeling of any kind. It Is the color of undevel oped Ideas. There Is an Instance of a man who, though totally blind, always saw bright red when he heard the sound of a trumpet. A red color has been em ployed with marvelous success In the treut ment of mental disorders, and the director of a lunatic asylum at Alessandro, lied- inont, has cured violently Insane patients by confining them In rooms, the glass and walls of which are a brilliant red, blue or violet. Patients suffering from suicidal mama, melancholia or gloom are often placed In cottages where the decorations of the walls and the Incandescent electric globes are of a pronounced ruby shade. This makes a broadly cheerful Interior, es pecially at night, as everything In the room reflects this ruby tinting. Placing a cm firmed hyiiochoridrlac In such a room, a remarkable effect was noticed on the pa tient, for the man who but a few hours before was moody, melancholy and Irrit able to the last dugree, suddenly broke nut Into lively song and attempted to execute j rort of dance after being Immured for a few hours. San Francisco Cull. See JVsjit Ads always bring, rssultse .... rTjiL&M ' bargains heretofore shown for display this week: lUquIar Trlco. J225 $250 $230 . $275 $27. ..-,....$385 $300 $275 $:."o $;25 , $325 $:t25 $::25 $400 Sale Trice s r S cSO i is ssuio S KM si7r $1215 spur.s $:ioo SHOO $270 :joo .$400 .$500 ,$400 r ..-...$ 4 30 ......$4 50 $500 $4 75 $500 $475 ..$500 BALDWIN ON KANSAS CASE Union Pacific Solicitor Explains Two- Cent Pare Matter. FIVE HUNDRED-MILE BOOK THEEE Hate Is Two t'rnls nnd Theory Is) This Will Neutrullze Any A p. parent Aihsutuso of Ne brimltu Over Kansas. "We put In a HoO-mlle book at 2 cents ft mllo In Kansas, which wo believe will neu tral izi- uuy apparent advantage claimed or presumed us held by Nebraska over Kan sas by reason of the 2-ccnt statutory Tale ln Nebraska," said J. N. Baldwin, genemtl solicitor of the I'nlon I'aclflo, when usknd ln reference to the press dlsptotcb. suylnil tho I'nlon I'aclflo had refused to put In a 2-cent passenger faro In Kunsa3 pending the trial of the law in the other western states. "We have challenged the validity and constitutionality o tho 2-cent fare ln Nebruska," he added. 'Tending tho legal and constitutional test (f the Nebraska rote, we did not think It was exuetly fair to usk tho carriers voluntarily to adopt a 2-i ent ralo In Kansas. "The Beo says I am boasting abotit mak ing a fight, but such Is not thu case, and I hope nothing I may say may be construed as boasting. Wo ure not dellant about these matters and are sorry wa have to fight, but feel wo must go to court to pro tect our interests. No one would be ex pected to accept a reduction of 83 per cent In his revenues or Income without putting up a light If hu thought there was a chance to win." lOiiulaii-rr Surprise Tests, The results if the surprise tests of en gineers on the, I'nlon I'aclflo and other llariliiinn lines have been made publlo. Out of I.IIM tests covered by tho last monthly reports available, ln only six teen cuses did the engineers fall to ob serve tho signals. Eighteen different tests were applied besides special tests and In no case was the per cent observed less than !)u anil a perfect record wua touda ln twelve of the eighteen classes. These surprise tests have been made for four years on the Pout hern Pncltlo and, three years on tha Union l'aclllo and are made In person by uh division superin tendent on his subordinates. The general superintendent and general manager also are required to make a number of sur prise tes's each month. These tests arc all reported to the director of malntenancs und operation of the llurrlman Unea. The tests cover the use of torpedoes, fuses, slow and red Hags, switch lights out and at danger and nil semaphore signal, (.rest Auiouut of Itallroad Work, 'I believe 1 saw over 2,0oU grading out fits ut work between ilutte, Mont, and the coast," said J. A. .Ellis, general agent of the (Jreat Western, who with Ms family lias been spending Ids vacation on the ancouver islands in lirltlsU Columbia, "I never saw bo much work going on any where as there Is In this wester,, country. Ths west Is a kingdom unto Itself and no longer dep. ndent upon the east. J-ubor Is the great question of the West. In Van couver they have no servant girls, all the work being done by Chinamen and white laborers, who get from 3 to 13.50 a day" Mr. Kills left one of Ms sons at woik on one of the larger boats plying the coast. ST. LOUIS IS COOLING OFF Temperature Drops Thirty-'! ve )e greea. Making Hit Day II r cord-Urea L.er. ST. IjOL'W, July 7. During the last twelve hours the temperature has dropped 36 degrees, registering W this foienoon, and marking the coolest July sver recurUed Ut tit Luuiaa