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n 'I'll K OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: At'ClUST 4. 1007. HinCS TI1ATVEX PORTUGAL A Butterin, a King and New Ideas Make Trouble. DYSPEPTIC PREMIER SURPRISE3 Klaer Carlos' Ale Income and (ham- Appetite Ketarned Bra alllaaa Dlatarb the IMarld National Existence. LIB BON, July 21.--U Is the custom In the domestic economy of Portuguese families that one boy shall become a priest and another a Brasllian. Ai rare suicide In not one of the troubles that threaten the little nation, there Is no serious obstacle to the Observance of this custom. Perhaps It Is renin on the wane as regards the prtest hooW, for the youth of the land here as elsewhere leans nowadays to the' material, to the sceptical side; but It holds still food as regards the Rrazlllan, despite all the fines and hindrances the government has set up against the emigration of the young. The .movement that now disturbs Portu gal and has surprised foreigners Into ask ing what can be the matter has behind It as the prime factor the existence of the returned Brasllian. He Is nor a protagonist In the political fight; but his prosperity and the Ideas he has brought back with him have captured the fancy of the younger generation. The country has been controlled up to Dow by an unbroken sequence of practical politicians. The new man, Joas Franco, la unquestionably another -of them, If of a new kind. Fine Old Polities Ipurt, Ho has broken In upon the old arrange ment by which Ribelro, the conservative leader, and do Castro, the liberal leader. Used to take turns at the premiership by mutual consent. Whether In opposition or In office neither hurt the other very much In tho party strife, because each knew too much about the other. Their system was helped by the fact that no great simple question is or has for some years been before the country. The church issue, particularly the activity of the Jesuits who have large institutions here and were supposed to have tho good will of the queen, was sharply discussed till a dozen years ago, but It Is assuredly not one of the elements In the present sit uation. What many Portuguese believe they are seeing the beginning of now Is the fruc tuatlon of Canning's historic dictum of a hundred years ago when South American states emerged politically into the light, namely, that a new world hud been called Into existence to redress the balance of the old. The hopeful ones are looking to new Brazil to redress old Portugal. The leaders of both political machines fear this new idea. They want Portugal to keep to the old way, the world forget ting, by the world forgot. The present prime minister and tempor ary dictator, Joas Franco, takes a different position. Ho bus chosen to be the storm center of his own free will. His personal ity must be taken seriously; for it Is Im probable that he will have to be locked up in an asylum, as one of his leading polit ical enemies has just assured me will be fc Is speedy end. J? Franco Illustrates a Proverb. The redoubtable Franco Is a good con firmation of the proverb that when the cunning man is thinking the simple man Is also thinking. In the spring of this year the old-time leaders of the Ins and outs, Rlbetro and de Castro, thought thtry could and would finish with Franco. He had a small personal following in the Cortes and was very little known in the country. His policy, if he had any, did not then pretend to be any more high-minded and beneficent than Itlbclro's or de Cas tro's. But he made up for his handicap of being little known and having not much of a machine behind him by showing Indom itable energy and still more by showing no regard at all for the feelings of his oppo nents. The Ribelro and de Castro plan for get ting rid of him was to put him, with only his small personal following for regular supporters in the Cortes, at the nominal bead of the government; then to dictate to htm from both skies until he was so dis credited as. a public leader' that he could safely be discarded. Franco's counter move was to offer de Castro, the leader of the old liberals, three seats In his cabinet as soon as he himself accepted the pre miership. This did not fit In with the plan for ship wrecking Franco and his crew. The offer was refused and it seemed at first to the old-time place holders of both parties that their enemy was delivered Into their hands. To their unmeasured fury they woke up one morning to find that Franco had Inter rupted his attempts at oabinet making by Issuing a notice that th Cortes was sum marily dissolved and that his personal eablnet would continue the administrates f the country. Coa Wm a stunner. Now tha Cortas, as a collection of Por tuguese congressmen, had dune nothing to deserve this sweeping blow. It was as If a man were to explain his violence by say ing: "I never really liked the fellow, bj 1 bit him on the head with a sledge hammer." True enough, tha assembly was not distin guished by any blgh-souled patriotism, but then neither was Franco's group. What Franco could say In his favor was that according to the letter of the constitu tion ha had not broken the law. The con stitution permits the prime minister, with bis sovereign's consent, to dissolve the Cortes by decree, but he must hold elections Within six months of the decree. It was tha method of dispatch that testified to what extent it is war to the knife between Franco and the old gang. He did not take the trouble to summon the house to hear the message; nor did he call a meeting of the fifteen life term coun cillors of state who are the political grandees of the present system of govern ment. He Invited his enemies, to put it plainly, to call him dictator.. Ha faces, the elections, which should be held In September or before, without much popular support. He is rather a morose, dyspeptlo man In early middle life who oocuploa hlmalf more with his work and his health than with creating a politi cal platform. ' Tha foreign shippings and commercial .world are mostly on his side. In spite of tha fact that Portuguese Internal securities have fallen four points since his coup d'etat. They think he has cleared the air. The system hitherto of running Portugueso politics Inspired them with no kind of confidence. It had to coma to an end; and tha disturbance at its finish would likely be worse If it were postponed for a few jr -ars. Klac Supports the Premier. Besides this considerable good will from the bigger business Interests, Franco has tha support of King Carlos. Ha came by It under peculiar circumstances. la tba absence of any constructive policy to supply an Issue for party war.ere, ti.e Cortes has been reduced to criticism of tha national housekeeping account. The antral fact In tha national housekeeping account to tha high rolling King Carlos. War ba sa rd-oarr cUumb one would say: Here is a man trying to reconcile a champagne appetite to a four-ale Income. He likes to posses yachts and royal residences and to have the full limit of what any king may expect. The public j revenues of Portugal don't come anywhere near meeting such tastes. And the people of Portugal, though they are not poor and not overtaxed, are not very willing to Indulge their king. Now. Franco shows a dlsH)Sltln to Indulge the1ilng'a tastes. Here again the Influence of Brazil Is felt. The returned Brazilian Portugese could, if he would, help the royal purse, by get ting himself created a viscount. A good many of tlicm do; but while their subscrip tions are useful they have the effect of antagonizing still further the democratic sentiment of, the younger generation. It Is not so much the republican Idea as Impa tience with the rrake-belleves of a little monarch. Carlos boei In for Fun. The bonhomir.e that surrounds Carlos tti his frequent visits to foreign courts does not prevent him from being a thorough Baxe-Coburg-Gotha man In his stickling for ceremonial. When he went to Kngland to attend Queen Victoria's funeral he sol emnly consigned the regency and the reins of power to his wife. Queen Amelia. It was not enough for C'urlns to do this by domestic parlor arrangement ratllod by his ministers. What he decided the oc casion required was the solemn establish ment of a regency. The queen, attired In gala robes, drove to the Cortes In a state coach drawn by six horses. There she took a solemn oath In the king's presence to. observe the con stitution and maintain tAo Catholic faith. Then Carlos set forth in peace of mind to attend tire funeral. Little wonder that people credit the king with being a sort of good bourgeois repub lican himself, adding with a laugh, "but, don't you see, a republic Is Impossible in Portugal." A frequent remark of the professional person who Is the Insplrer of young repub licans Ib: "We are a republican people; tily a republic is Impossible In Portugal." Most of the other well-to-do, middle-aged, public talk In the fame key. "I'm a re publican; all our own Intelligent people are; but In Portugal a republic Is impos sible." Difference In Disposition. For a small country there Is In Portugal a remarkable diversity, even antagonism, of local sentiment. The northern provinces, which look to Oporto as their center, are still dominated by the Celtic spirit. Their people have the Celtic aptitude for causing political commotion, some of the Celtic quickness of brain, and more than the Celtic untidiness and want of method. In the south there Is a placid population, rather languid and melancholy, and easy to govern. It Is much more akin to the peas antry of central Spain, with a strain of tho Moorish and the African. In appearance the south Is surprisingly tropical. It Is a land of ylde, white sandy riverbeds, with a mere rivulet of water trickling through them even In early sum mer; almost no bird life or game of other sort, for there Is no cover; humble, burned looking dwellings for man and cattle, with low overlapping lid roofs to give a little of the shade that the nearly leafless trees refuse. At the end of June the main occu pation seemed to be stripping the bark, half a foot thick, of the cork trees, which abound In sparsely planted groves. The men, like their goats and oxen, are bmall and quiet. The women are rather bigger, mostly built on sturdy lines and are employed at everything, from signalling trains to breaking stones on the roadside. They go barefoot orj all occoslons, but on the fete days, which are frequent even for a thoroughly Catholic country, they make up for It with an overwhelming. load of headkcrchlefs and earrings. Courtship In Portugal. Around Lisbon and the south the woman Is expected to do most of the courting. In Spain the woman when she Is very young Is counted much the finer type, and the male admirer takes any amount of trouble to plead his case for hours beneath her balcony. Not so In the Portuguese capital. Around the Rlclo and near the Cafe Suisse the beau, both young and mlddle-agd, does his amorous promenade by standing still. His reposefulness Is not so much because of the sultry evenings as from a conscious ness of his personal decoratlveness. There la nothing of the nlmbleness of the Ameri can or Fnsrllsh youth about the Portuguese, t'sually he resembles his King Carlos, In the matter of generous girth about the waist. In his dress the Portuguese man of leisure keeps to the quaint taste of old fashioned hacienda melodramas. The pat tern of his colored shirt is lisnally rather overpowering, nor Is he afraid to please his untamed fancy when he picks his pat tern for a summer suit. And yet, withal, he Is rather a mild, depressed, undecided sort of man. Kven Spain, which Is still. In a rather humble and contrite mood, weighs on him by Its greatness. He doesn't think Portu gal will do anything startling, because the Spanish government would not approve. Even the republican movement Is suspected because of the fear that the disappearance of Portugal's separate dynasty would be the removal of the chief safeguard of Its separate national existence. Look to England, Still more do the Portuguese cling to the rentury-old notion that Internationally their country Is a sort of dependency on England. It was In the memorable Meth uen treaty with England that Portugal found Itself caught most characteristically asleep. England, then at war with France, promised In the good old port-drinking days that It would take all Its red wines from Portugal. There was In fact no other , place In the wide world where It could get j them. In return It asked for and got from ' Portugal a binding contract not to start any manufacturing Industry, but to Import everything of that kind from England. Portugal Is suffering from the Methuen treaty to this day economically, and even politically. It has done It permanent harm i'by destroying confidence In Its capacity to drive an International bargain. And yet these same Portuguese have an amazing megalomania In the way of arithmetic. It ' Is literally true that they count horses by their feet and not by their heads. I They tell me that the carriage Is waiting 1 and I ask what sort of carriage. "Eight horses." Is the answer; but It Is no such sort of circus equipage; s'mply a two-horse conveyance. They say the crowd was dis persed by fifty horsemen; thst means a dozon. I They number every wlndown and door In ! a house. Suppose it be a hovel store, whoso 1 wares are of the kind one sees on push . carts elsewhere and are here displayed in niches In the wsll. each window and door has Its own number, and the entire eaUb , llshment is described as, sa, 71 to 7 such ana sucn street. AMERICAN CARRIAGE HORSE Movement Be gran to Develop a Dis tinct Type. FARMERS INTERESTED IN SCHEME Breeders and Government Working la Harmony Ideal Qualities . stud ( lanslflratloa Agreesl I pan, Abaent-Mladcel 'Gators. An old colored man who la devoutly re ligious returned to Brooklyn recently frorn a trip to Florida, his birthplace, and told his employer about a narrow escape he had friin an alligator. Knowing of tha religious zeal of the darky, the employer sou lit to test his faith. "What were you afraid of an alligator for?'' he asked him. "Don't you know that the lord will take csre of von? Of course you know the story of Jonah and the wha'o' The whale swallowed Jonah, but Jonah came out all safe enough." The darky shook his head dubiously. "Yes, boss; I knows, about Jonah," he said, "but, then, you see a whale's got a mera'ry. A alllgatah ain't got no raem'ry. If a 'gatah swallows you he won't think WASHINGTON. Aug. S.-The Ideal American carriage horse shoujd be not less than fifteen hands high and have a smooth, compact and symmetrical conformation. His neck ought to be of good length and naturally Inclined to arch. He should have sloping shoulders. His legs should be of medium length and well set, with sloping pasterns and good feet; his back should be short and strong. These qualities have been agreed upon by a committee representing the Department of Agriculture and the American Associa tion of Trotting Horse Breeders as requisite for the host carrlnge horse. A classification for the American carriage horse was worked out by the committee on heavy harness horses for the association 'and was approved last May. The committee was organized to represent the Department of Agriculture, the Amer ican Trotting Register association, tho American Raddle Horse, Breeders' associa tion and the American Morgan Register association. The members of the commit tee were George M. Rommel of the Bureau of Animal Industry, chairman; Joseph Bat tell of Mlddlebury, Vt., registrar of the American Morgan Register association; General John T. Caatleman of Louisville, Ky., president of the American Saddle Horse Breeders' association; A. T. Cole of Wheaton, 111., a breeder or carriage horses; Prof. Charles F. Curtlss. director of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment station at Ames, and II. ' K. Devereux of Cleveland, O.. secretary of the American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders. Type at the Fairs. As soon as the classification was adopted by the committee notice was sent to state and national fairs with a view to the es tablishment pf classes for carriage horses at the various fairs and expositions. The new classification was well received. Two fairs, the Interstate fair at Kansas City and the Kansas State fair at Hutchinson, have adopted It for this year, and several othei; fairs announced a willingness to adopt the classification in 1908. The sentiment for the development of a characteristic type of carriage horse has grown rapidly, and on their own Initiative the Iowa State fair at Des Moines, the Kentucky State fair at Louisville and the Blue Grass fair at Lexington, Ky.. have offered prizes for this season for the best American carriage hnrafiu Tim is.. - no t lanoiucti tlons adopted by these fairs are similar In .nam. out many minor differences exist which the Agricultural department desires to harmonize. A uniform, systematic and practical class flcation suitable for the guidance of fairs n general Is a possibility and will tend to bring about uniform exhibitions. If the horses shown under iv, ,,, . ... coo lu.iu.iiuns are Judged by capable men a uniform type can ueunueiy and rapidly, It Is as serted. The adoption ofthe classification by state lairs is especially nrH v., v,- a department for tho reasons that they are in the closest touch with farmers, that the farmers are the breeders- of most of the carriage horses sold on th. i Jcets and that the value of the American .ur carriage purposes Is rarely ap preciated bV the fat-mo... i . ., Hundreds of horses are sold annually by iimo.b i msignineant prices, which after some month's of finishing v,.jii old as carriage horses at prices up Into the iiiuusmius, Furthermore.there la a rantlnn.i ..i. stallions to supply this trade- These horses .o usually or only moderate value as speed producers, but are of excellent rlage type. They could be of inestimable vaiue as foundation sires of the American carriage horse. Classification Adopted. The classification ror American carriage horses adopted by the bureau nf .nim.i i dustry and the horse breeders contains the roiiowing classes: . Class 1. Stallion 4 years old or over. Class 2. Stalllnn . var.,i and under 4. Class J. Stallion S years old unoer a. tiass 4. Etalllon 1 year old and under 2. Class 5. Stallion with three of his get of cither sex; get need not be owned by exhibitor. Class 6. Mare 4 years old and over. Class 7. Mare 3 4. Class 8. Mare 2 years old and under S. iass s. Mare l year old and under 1 Class 10. Mare and foal of either sex. Class 11. Foal under 1 year of either sex. The conditions governing the entries to these classes are stringent. The ci. are open only to horses of American blood. oiauions in me first five classes must be registered In the American Trotting Regis ter as standard, In the American Morgan Register or In the American Saddle Horse Register, and a certificate of such registry must be shown In the ring If required. Entries in all classes for mares, entries s get oj sire In class five and produce of mare in class ten. and entries In class eleven, must be sired by a stallion regis tered In the above lists, but the dams of such entries need not be registered mares. The breeding of dams, as far as known, must be given when entry Is made. No mare having any draught cross will be eligible. Any exhibitor falsifying the breeding of entries will be barred, and entries In all classes must be practically sound The Judging will be based on- conforma tion, style, action and manners as a suita ble type of carriage horse. Special atten tion will be given to trueness of action, and good knee and hock movement are desirable. All the entries should be made to trot and walk straight and true, and Judges are warned to avoid all horses showing any tendency o mix gaits, paddle In front, or sprawl behind. In most classes general conformation and all round suitability as a carriage horse will count 60 per cent, while style, action and manners will make up the remaining 40 per cent. In some classes the horses must be shown In harness and hitched to a suitable vehicle, while in other classes a bridle or halter only Is necessary. Excessive weight in shoeing Is forbidden. Ills Opportunity. Rivers was opening his nialL It consisted of two printed circulars. One was from an investment company offering for sale at tempting figures his choice of the new Issue of South park bonds. The other was a confidential communica tion from a firm of money lenders, assur ing him that if he needed a temporary ac commodation to tide him over a financial difficulty his credit would be good for any reasonable amount. "By Georgn!" exclaimed Rivera. "That's my chance. I ll borrow a thousand from these loan sharks and Invest it in a bond " Chicago Tribune. Reflections of a Darbelor. A child learns to He by being told by Its parents that they never did. The danger cf hugging a thin girl Is she's so awful sharp on tha edges. When a man hasn't any reputation left It's a sign he's in a public office. A great privilege about being engaged Is that people think it s all right for you to be fools. Some women ars so Immodest they won't talk with a man over the telephone unless ILX are drasa A. Usst luk Vxaaa, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOCOCOOGGOO o o o o o o o o o o Q o BSE D LLAK DOJIRI SALE ho magnificent success that attended our great ONE 1WI,I,AK IHVWX NAI.K lia Induced us to ran tlnue it dtirlnir tlie entire month of AtiKii-.!. In addition to the WOMKllKl LLV KASV TKIOIH we are irlv. Inij (luring July and AuguM, we are now offering you goods at MIDSl'.MMKK CI.KAKlNtl HI T PHH K.S. Kverjr article of which we have only one, two or three, N greatly reduced in price. It Is a Sl'ltSTANTlAlj UK IH'tTION to enable n to quickly rlean up our Mock At id iniike room for full goods, .lust how much we have to reduce prices is of no importance to us at this time VK MIST CI.KAH Ol'T TIIK IH'NDI'.KKS AM) Hl'XI)HKIS OK SMALL 1 A)T4--tliHt is the urgent necessity with us. Those contemplating buying furniture and rugs this fall will Tind ample savings during this sale. The lOXCKPTIOXAI J.V KASV TKKMS during August make it easy for you to buy now and get Immediate iKissession of what you need later. K TIU'ST II K PKOPLK. "WE TRUST THS PIOPLX I J Ji H L i JU W I r r r v WHATEVER WE 8111.1m WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION OK TOUS MONET BACK IfllffTilk Ks ) ) -WiH I T ! ii im''i' jUL II JL save 14.75 O o 12.50 O o Q O O China Clo3ets Made of the finest of se lected oak, highly polish ed, bent glass ends of double strength, grooved shelves for plates, dust proof door, an elegant article that is appreciated by every house keeper; special price Terms $1 cash, 2 monthly CLEARING; OUT 3ALE cf go-carts o.ou Uo-Lurls, cteel fccul'liltt clearing out price 1U.UU tio-CariB, reod bodies, cluurlng out price 1 16 Qo-Carts, reed bodies and tancy parasol, clearing price. Iu.ou Jo-Larts, finest of reeu handsome parasol, clearing fl-g o frrv out price ipAO.OU 127.60 Oo-Carts, selected reed bodies, auto tires, best of parasols, PlPr rrr clearing out price pX4tlvr All other Oo-Carts at from one-half to one-third less than regular prices. Peoples Store Pedestal Extension Table (Kxactly like cut.) These massive tables are mane of solid oak, thoroughly and sub stantially constructed, have large 4o-lnch tops anil a massive pedestal or base the rims are heautiiullv uuarter- sawed. These tallies are highly jHilisneil ami extend to six ieet. fecial sale price. . . . Terms, gl cash, ga Monthly Clearing Cut Sale of Refrigerators $15.00 Keingeralor, full zinc lined clearing out price pO s J (17.50 Refrigerator, lull zinc lined, clearing out price 120.00 Refrigerator, lull allic lined, clearing out prjee.... 125.00 Refrigerator, white en ameled, clearing out price.. $8.00 Ice Chests, zinc lined, eleHrlnar out Drice All other Pefrlfjerators at from one-half to one-tnlrd less than former prices. ui'.cii aim 4.90 $10.00 $12.00 $14.75 $4.95 The Peoples Store special Iron Beds (Kxactly line cut.) A fancy designed bed of a very pleasing uppeuiance; hua lour coats of the Veiy uri enamel, thoroughly uoxeu and piillsiicu, mushed in cream and gold, extra well liludu and can ue nail in the 4-6 size only, bpeciul price during tills sale Hearing but tale ui Carpets, hus and Lr aperies $17.00 lirusscls Kua, IiuiiUmoiiiu 01(l patterns, size 8-3x1 o-b, sale price p.VJJV $11.00 Art Reversible Rugs, choice t? Ot2 T, U I r.TTlM Nil 1 I ) I" 1 1 ' f ' I7A'.CJO hoc Tapeatry Brussels Carpets, sale price iiic China Matting, good quality, sale price, per yard $1.50 Snowl'luke Curtains, per pair 75c Ruffled Muslin Curtains, per pair $.'.25 Nottingham I.nce Curtains, full width and length, per pair.., li!)e 12c 70c 39c gl. hum" fas6sc II. People Store Oak Dresser 39 Terms $1 down dur ing this sale $12.90 $ti.50 $9.7ii bodies. Special terms to out fit buyers during this sale . if? a 'ntrttuTii? iYauVv .i-'Jt-rt.j ,vi S..W i i S . I I Xv 16112 & 'fARNAM STREETS. The Peoples' Furniture ami Carpet Co. OMAHA. Kst. 1887 (Kxactly like cut.) Made of solid oak. highly polished, large, roomy drawers. French beveled mirror of oblong shape, trim mings are solid brass, giinriin- ti'i'ii worg manshlp; special price Terms gl cash, S3 Monthly $4.00 Parlor Tables, clearing out price $.".00 Rockers, clearing out prlco $7.00 Kitchen Cabinets, clearing out price $2.00 Iilning Chairs, clearing out - f price )JAAv $12.50 Extension Tables, clearing q" Kt out price V i iOU $25.00 Kideboards, clearing, out price - 8,50 O 91.00 S3.90 13.75 Q AMUSEMENTS. 6- LKR ANOTHER BIO ATTRACTION AT OMAHA'S POLITE BESOJtT UG PA AMUSEMENTS. TODAY AND TONIGHT CALIENDO'S VENETIAN BAND THE SEASON'S SENSATION OP CHICAOO'S WHITE CITT. 4:30 to 6:30 P. at., 0:30 to 1U30 P. M. In Connection With FINN'S GREATER OMAHA BAND 8:30 to 4;30 V. M. 7:30 to 9:30 P. M. " ' BIG BALLOON ASCENSION TODAY. TONIOKT AND EVERY NIOHT AT 8:18 BIBLICAL MOTION PICTURES Over 100 Big Features. A Floral and Foliage Paradise. Wise Memorial Hospital Picnic Wednesday, August 7. ADMISSION Afternoons, 10c; Evenings, 85c Children Under 12, FREE. THE MOVING PICTURE THEATER Story of Its Itemnrkahle Develop ment Darlns- the I.nat Ten Years. The moving picture business has reached enormous proportions. Millions are In vested in It. Tho "motion" pictures are entertaining and Instructing thousands of men, women and children in cities, towns, villages and country schools throuhout the, country. lecture bureaus and their trained experts are throwing the stereoptl con on the scrap heap and Joining the "moving" procession. "Motion" pictures are Invading the homes. Teachers and mis sionaries are using them. The United States navy uses them to draw recruits and lust recently a manufacturer of steel rails used them In showing the Japanese how the work Is done in this country. The , world, from "the beginning" to date, is now In procession before the people of Omaha and the west. All things history, art, science, nature of all times, "reproduced' Into moving pictures, are offered for optical consumption at "anti trust" prices. The moving pictures have come to stay. The moving picture machlne( an invention 10 years old, known by many trade names) has now reached artistic perfection. For a while It was regarded as a curiosity, but now the revelation of Its practical possi bilities Is almost startling. How many of the J3O.0OO people who have entered the doors of the Jewel theater on Douglas street since It orened the 17th of last December would guess that the light which projects the moving pictures on the screen Is a 6,000-candle power arc light? Very few would Imagine It. Yet the light is so strong that If the man who operates the machine, being at close range, were to look at It but a very few minutes, he would go blind. Having to project the picture 117 feet, It 'must necessarily be strong. This big arc light, the 2.100 incandescent lights in the building and the twenty-one electric fans, make a b'g electricity bill for the theater every week. It would be an interesting problem In arithmetic to figure out the cost of electricity used in the electric theaters of New York Cify, where 400 of these Institutions flourish: In Chi cago, where there are JO0, or even In Dal las, Teg., where there are twenty. It is a rare treat to spend a half hour in the box-like apartment where the kino drome, or machine which projects the pic tures. Is operated. There is a machine which could be carried away under the arm and yet you couldn't buy it for love or money. The company which makes It does not sell its machines, but rents them out at $10 a week, or $530 a year. Not a cent's dlseount would It make on Ave years. The films, carbon and other supplies which are necessary cost an additional $30 a week. The visitor sits behind the machine and watches the picture films run through It from a reel. The ordinary story told on the canvas by one run of the machine requires 1.0M) feet of fll.n. which ontalns about H.000 pictures. Marvel also that these pictures were taken by a camera at the rate of sixteen a second. The shows are clean, strictly moral, en tertaining and Instructive. Whole families enjoy them. These little theaters give tha bad places no chauce t live. If you have anything to tr.o aaverttae It In tha For Eaahajwce columns of The Be WaAt Ad paga PICNIC KRUG PARK Wise Memorial Hospital Benefit Building Fund Wednesday, Aug. 7 ADMISSION 25c SPKCIAL CHILOHEX'S EXTKIt TAIXMENT IX THE AFTEKXOOX GLASGOW'S TRAMWAY SYSTEM Froarresa of Scottish Corporation Not as Great aa Fig-urea Shut on Surface. f GLASGOW. Aug. 3.-(Speclal.) The ac- counts of the Glasgow Corporation Tram- ways department ure always interesting In America If for no other reason than the fact that Mayor Dunne of Chicago sum moned to that city the head of tho tram ways system, expecting him to make a re port In favor of municipal ownership which would satisfy the municipal ownership peo ple of Chicago. On the other hand, the official made a report quite to the contrary, intimating that conditions in Chicago were widely different from conditions In Glaa gow In other words, that Chicago was not ripe for municipal ownership. This naturally had the efTet of causing the eyes of advocates and opponents of mu nicipal ownership to focus on the tram ways department of Glasgow. And In this connection It Is Interesting to note that the accounts of the Glasgow Corporation Tramways department for the year ending June 1 last show a large amount of progress, but It is also only fair to state that the progress Is not as great as Is pop ularly supposed. An analysis of the ac counts shows that It has cost $140.00 to earn an additional $370.OiA What la the fashion of the accountants of the depart ' ment to call the "gross balance" has In creased by $'.'23,000, or from $1.8S,oO0 to $2,060,00. This, of course. Is gain, but It has nut been obtained without further tx j pendlture. Nor is the "gross balance" all profit, as is sometimes supposed. Various allocations absorb $l,7o0,oin as compared with $1,600.0X1 a year ago. The additional sum In this case Is chiefly made up of ln created interest on capital expenditures snd larger payments to the permanent i I ways renewal fund. j I In PJmalk sim AUti.V'l FOUT-RASA if Brightest Spot in Town" Jewel Tiealer High Class wiiti Pictnres am t m 1 "That Don't Flicker" Always Moral, Entertaining and Instructive Scenes from every Land. 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