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RDINARY BARGAINS IN FORCE MONDAY AND
THROUGHOUT ALL THE WEEK.
Bought from II. Y. Jobber at Less Than i Price
THAN
l2 PRICE
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For Those High Crado Novelty Oatlsto
S1.25
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THE OMAHA! SUNDAY "DEE: 'AUGTTST 18, 1907.
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LLISra39c-49c
Bought From a Prominent New York Importer
In ' combination shadow and blind designs, or effects in
delicate shades of pink, blue, nile and lilac, on fine white
batiste fabrics medium and wide edges and insertion, also
elegant flouncing up to 17 inches wide many complete sets
of widths to match values actually up to 45c yard on 3
big bargain squares, Monday, at
50c Wide Embroideries at 25c Yard
18 inch Nainsook and Swiss Flouncing and Corset Cover
Embroideries choice new designs in
English eyelet, shadow and blind ef
fects a new shipment actually worth
up to 50c yard, at yard ,
Embroideries and Insertings
Iwo big squares ot snow white Nainsoook and cambric
Embroideries narrow,
medium and wide pretty
new designs, at yard
LACEQ
wwa auu oamuiiu
3ic-7ic
A new shipment of very fine
French and German Val
Laces and Insertions, pret
tiest patterns, worth up to
10c yard in a regular way,
yard.....3V2C-5C
ELBOW LENGTH GLOVES
Women's elbow length lisle
thread Gloves, black only,
all sizes, worth
$1.00 pair, for pair.
Elbow length, pure Bilk Gloves
black, white, tan i25 149
and gray double I al
tipped at, pair
lovelties in Jewelry Department
BRACELETS
We are showing all the newedt
Styles In sold and plated brarelets
from the narrow, gold wire to the 2-
lnch wide all bracelets carry written
guarantee and we replace any unsat-
Infuctory bracelet.
. TIB CABMEBT BBACILET The
kind that wears and fits any arm
'no extra charge for wide widlhH
.. no extra charge for engraving two
Inltlnla on tile
signet top abso
lute guarantee of
satisfaction
3.49
BELTS
TUB FLUFFY RUFFLES BELT
Just received, fine French kid
with large bow, to be
worn front or back,
leading colors
IMPOKTEn KTEEL STUDDED
BELTS all the. leading shades
worth up to
$3.60 each,
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argains m tho Basement
15c
Mercerized Sateens in colors
black,- soft or hard finish
finest lot we have
ever sold, at
yard
White WaJsting, In light or med
ium weight, striped, checked or
corded, fancy open work
'.. effects, worth 15c yard,
at yard
71c
Yard wide Comforter Sateens,
pretty floral and 20 , other de
signs, for maklnar coin- f i
forters, 19c values, In f 'I
long reruants, at yard . ..." 2
36 inch wide White Lawns and
India Llnons, long factory
lengths, bargain
square, at
yard
5c
A Wholo Menagerlo of Teddy Bears
All sizes of bears in white and brown the biggest selection in Omaha,
bring the children and let them choose them
can't keep house without a Teddy Bear
range of price from. .
Bear Sweater and Cap Free with each Teddy Bear.
We have just received by express an entirely new Line ot RDf
Omaha Base Ball Suits for Bears at OUb
I9c 11 7.50
FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE NEW FALL STYLES
An Early Showing and Sale of the Newest Authentic Models in
WOMEN'S TAILORED APPAREL m AUTUMN
This advance showino is awdited every season by Omaha
women, who have come to regard this as the first autkentio
W showina of the settled styles. You will realize the immense
j advantage our own Paris office gives us in selecting the real
if style leaders and sending them direct to us, where we can
$ show them as early as the leading New York houses,
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g Z The fashion in fall suits for 1907 inclines radically toward
k l strictly tailored effects 36-inch lengths coats are the favor-
ites in single and double breasted styles all lengths from 24
to 42 inches are affected. Skirts are made with flare and
) cluster plaits, strappings, wide bias folds, etc.
Wi You will be charmed with the new fabrics for autumn. Rich,
4,500 yards of silk that sells regularly at from 75c to $1.23
n yard. This lot contains Taffetas, Messalines, Pongees,
Louisenes, Silk Voiles, etc. all the new shades for fall in
two wonderful bargain lots for Monday on bargain square
yard
mannish mixtures and stripe effects are prominent, while refln
ed patterns of plain broadcloth and serge are bound to be great
favorites.
Prices in the New Suits Range $19, $25, $30, $50, Up.
A Splendid Assemblage of the New Skirts for Fall
The Skirts are decidedly attractive, In graceful design and in color effects.
The modified flare skirt Is most prominent, fitting snugly over the hips
and falling In graceful folds 25 gore cluster side plaited skirts are
shown; also skirts with the trim pin plaits and 75ft AAA IT
the Individual box plaits the prices are I -J.U lu "Up
AUTUMN'S NEW COAT MODELS
The coats .sent us by our own Paris buyer Indicate plainly that Par
lslan style makers favor the long tourist style for early fall. The regular
full Japanese Bleeve 1b somewhat modified to meet Fashion's requirements.
CLEARING OUT THE LAST OF THE SUMMER SUITS and SKIRTS
Very fine Tailored Suits, that have been
selling: up to $60.00, at S3S.OO
Silk Jumper Suit and Princess Drosses,
worth up to $60.00, at 195.00
Women's $18 and $20 Tailored Suits 17.50
Children's $4 Novelty Box Coats at IU9
Shirt Waist Suits, worth up to I A 00,
at 91.98
Shirt Waist Suits, w'th up to $4, 89o
$1.60 colored and white Duck Skirts
at 690
$6.00 and $8.00 Lingerie Waists fa.93
Silk and Net Waists, worth up to
$7.60, at 3. 98
$40.00 Net and Lingerie Dresses
at 919.00
$12.60 Lawn and Swiss Dresses 94.98
Women's $10 Long- Silk Coat at 94.98
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A Special Sale of RUGS CARPETS
in Our Croat Daylight Department 3rd Floor. New Store
MY rru,
ucn ion joireiuD vx xnu lauo mgs emu auu caipctH ure arriving uaiiy in our newiy
o'stn KlisViPfl dpimrfmPTit rDna xrnratxr a rfrootor fVio-n aitak .. in U I . 4- C a 'In
and in order to make room for these incoming goods we must sell at once all our carpets and A
W rugs on hand at a great sacrifice. These prices will surely sell the goods quickly.
9x13 RrilHHplH T?nir rrnlnr An A vmlncfa, Putra QtI O .l ll if
of floral and ori- f QCQ 1150
ental patterns, at. . . 10 -i-I -
Seamless Wilton Rugs, 9x12 size,
nice patterns and colors, worth
$30.00; Monday, to r
close, at 9U
9x13 Brussels Rug, regular $20.00
value, nice range of patterns
a?.c!0.8.9. .....12.98
Seamless Brussels Rug, 9x12 size,
best quality, worth CI CI
$27.50, Monday at plj
9x12 Wilton Velvet rug, usually sells
ax .-(.tu, nice line or riorai and
Oriental patterns, IJQ
Final clearing of all odd carpets.
Barirains that will not aDDear again:
$1.60 Carpets at 9110 I
$1.26 Carpets at .....85e
$1.00 Carpets at ' :....60
76c Carpets at 6O0 .
Monday's Great Bargains in Linens
Flna pattern Table Cloths, 2 yards
square, all pure linen, extra heavy
welKht, full bleached, very cheap
at $4.00; Monday, each,
$4.00 Napkins to match some
of above cloths, dosen
1.98
72-in. bleached all linen Table Damask,
qualities that are worth up to 08.
$1.60, at, yard OC
20c quality heavy cream Table . 1C-
Damask, yard lC
tV4-lnch bunch Cloths, hemstitched, Ith
open work, worth up to $2.00, OS.
each, at :
46-Inch Lunch Cloths, hemstttrhed, ,
with openwork, worth $1.60, AQ
each . ; OC I
60e Bwlss embroidered Scarfs
and Squares, each
Six-wheel .Tenerlffe Dollies,
each
CANOEBS-lSoston ' Store
D and 4iD I
WHITE JAP SILKS
27 Inch Jap Silk, wash
able at
yard
27 Inch Jap Silk, extra
y.r7'. .'I.. 59C
tt Inch Jap Silk, worth
86c yard kQr
at yard
PEAU DE SOIE
it inch Peau de Sole,
worth $1.(6 4B-I 1A
yd. at yd.
27 Inch Peau de Sole,
worth $1.26 COp
yard, at yard
24 Inch Peau de Sole,
worth 89c yd., RQn
at yard
BLACK SILKS
84 Inch Taffeta Rnp
lan finish worth $1.50
v.m:... $1.10
St Inch Taffeta, dress
finish, worth $1.76
yard special Ji Ofi
yard pX.f
46 inch Taffeta for fall
suits, pure dye. worth
$1.88 yard 2- JJQ
special yd. PA,U'
OUR $1.25 DRESS GOODS at 571c
We have decided to sell, regardless of cost, all our spring
Dress Goods. Our fall stock is coming and we place Mon
day on bargain tables a full assort- 19 ecn f
mcnt of the best weaves, including a a I
Tilnin. fnnfv'nnd blalr tnatpriRla. "wi fl
worth up to $1.25 yard, your choice njj jl 21
at per yam
New Fall Lace Curtains': Portieres
98c
meal Hani Mad Arabia Curtains
worth up to $12.00 pair, 7.08
Brussels Curtains, worth iiA QQ
$7.60 pair, at pair
Olnny Ourtalns, mounted on the best
French net, worth $5.00 CO K(
pair, at pair .OV
Arabian Irish Volnt Ourtalns, worth
up to $4.50 pair. S3.25
go at pair P,U
Portieres, heavy fringe and in all
colors, worth $2.60 pair, C1 flfl
will go at pair iX.tKJ
Oonoh Covers, regular $1.60,
. go at, each r
New line Madras Cloth, worth 1 Kf
26c, go at, yard
Imported Cretonne, worth up " fli
to 85o yard, go at yard .... -J-J
Beat Oil Opaqne Window
Shades, 3x7 complete, each
Big line Curtain Swiss, 86
Inches wide, yard
39c
10c
DIG SPECIAL BARGAINS ALL WEEK IN
HOUSEFURMSffiNGS
We are making room for our fall
and winter stocks which are arriving
dally everything now In stock is be
ing sacrificed, fee that you get soma
of these extraordinary bargains M
day. GAS RANGES
$21.00 Gas Range
for 917M
$11.96 Oas Range
for .... $9.00
$13.00 Oaa Range
for 9.75
$14.00 Oas Range
for $10.60
$15.00 Gas Range
for .... $11.85
$19.60 Oas Range
for glS.SO
$24.00 Oas Range
for 18.7S
$25.00 Oaa Range
for 2000
$27.60 Oas Range
for M1.60
uei reaay ror preserving season.
Every family should have a house
hold scale. Celebrated Trinor Scale
with slanting aluminum face dial.
Weighs up to 24 pounds, waranted ao
ourate, 890
BABY CARRIAGES
$12.25 Carriage for 99.85
$16.75 Carriage for $11.89
$18.00 Carriage for $13.80
$19.85 Carriage for '..$14.85
$20.25 Carriage for .'..$15.85
$27.25 Carriage for $80.60
$28.25 Carriage for $81.85
We are carrying a complete line of
high grade brass and Iron beds.
LAWN
Regular $5.76 grade,
close them out . at .
SWINGS
V... $4.25
HAMMOCK CHAIRS
have left regular
$1.13
Wash Tub made of extra heavy gal
vanized Iron, re-enforced bottom.
Iron drop handles G9C
The few we
price $1.50
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FIFin HAND IN POIiER GAME
Weapon Doesn't Matter if the Wielder
ii Skillful.
60 SAYS OLD HAN GEEENHUT
V9 One . Can Tell, He Asserts,
Jaat . Wkesi He's Golnc
to Klt m. Goai
. Use! al.
"'Cordln to the good book." said Old
Vaa Oreenhut, "there ain't no man c'n
tell tli day, nor the hour when he's goln'
ta ftn4 It handy for to have a weepln' 'thin
reach.
' "I don't have no great use f'r a bung
Vt&rter in the way o' business, so to speak,
fMln' as my trade Is mostly in hard liquor,
a What beer I sells. I keeps In bottles.
t wouldn't feel Ilk the place was fitted
Hp paoper though, 'f -'twa'nt f'r havln' a
.i tiiitai t n r nigh to hand."
"Mow X shouldn't reckon a bungstarter
arag no excellent weepln," observed Mr.
Owen Pepper. "I don't see no advantages
In ban tarter, ruther'n a good gun."
There's a heap more things 't you don't
a, said Old Man Oreenhut, with con
gldorabie asperity, "nor them that you
do see. I don't p'tend to say as a gun
tn't $' good thing. If a man needs a gun.
a,' he's got a gun, an' he knows how to
tia a run. a gun is what he wants, but
van than tt'si more of a gun than It Is a
feungatartar. an' a bungstarter ain't. An'
that' It.
' "Dent . roaJte so much difference what a
snaa e tt a weepln, if he on'y knows how
to WM tt.
"Jlnt Whelpley wouldn't never use
..OoUda tmt a sttok; but, say. 'f you c'4 ha'
pw the pains he took makln' one o' them
tloka an' tryln' It 'fore he'd place de
(.odeoo onto It you'd ha' realised 't
tnoWm likely that these sticks was some
spendable,
TIe lister make 'em 'o hickory wood,
rf b bad hickory logs ' In stock 't he'd
jf Are or ten years aeaaonln". .He
xouldnf use nothln' but the heart o' the
Ir, an" he'd shave that down till 'twa'nt
' o"blggrn your Uttle finger Just next to
b handle, an' f n that It tapered down to
4V p'tnt Ilk a needle, at tot her end.
HJkle U Jat Klght.
The handle was some bigger, an 'all
Carved pretty, ao s he e'd hold tt firm.
Hhoutea tt'a sUppln. but the rest cf It
ras as smooth a glees an' a straight
r streak or light. Alt' he sl ave bad
art can over the p'luted end, fitted
so'st it i wouldn't slip off, but he c'd snap
it off like crackln' a whip.
"He'd work over one o' them sticks,
off an' on, fr maybe a month, an' then
he'd test It. If 'twant stiff enough he'd
throw it away.
"An' if 'twas too stiff, ao's 't he couldn't
bend the pln't round an' touch the han
dle, 'twan't no good. He al'ays had one
on 'era In his hand, an' he kep' some on
'em at home, case of accidents."
"Well, what c'd a man do with a thing
like thatT" asked Owen Pepper, sneer
lngly. "Might be some good f r rldln'
whip or to chase little boys outen the
way, but we was talkln' o' weeplna."
"Jim Whelpley had be'n to school in
New Orleans," continued old man Greon
hut. Ignoring the Interruption, "an' when
he come home - to Greenville he were
oalled the best cddlcated man In Missis
sippi. He c'd box with his feet. He c'd
hit the bullseye nine times outcn ten,
long range, with a rifle or a derringer.
"He c'd throw, a bowle knife an' stick
it in the center of a silver dollar at
twenty steps, an' he'd learned fencin'
fm a French p'fessor, 'till there couldn't
none o' them Creole bloods down to New
Orleans touch him with a raypeer.
"That was what give him the idea of
a hlck'ry stick. 'Tears he looked on
fencin' as the most artistic way o' Oghtln',
and' he'd come to think shoot la" was
foolish, and' boxln' was coarse and vul
gar, an' knife play was a mistake, seelu'
you have to throw a knife 'thouten your
man Is nigh hand, an' when you've
throwed it you ain't got no knife.
Wood Better Thrmn steel.
"Touchln' th use o' hickory sticks In
place of a raypeer Jim Whelpley useter
say't wood was bettern steel If you had
the right kind o' wood, be In' as t'wan't
so liable to snap, an' more'n that, a
walkln' stick wa'n't liable fer to be took
fr a weepln', not till you come to use It.
"But when Jim Whelpley come to use
one o' them p'coollar walkln' stk ks o' hlan,
well, say, he used it, an' he sure did justify
what the Good Hook says as how tt don't
make much dlff'rence what a man's weepln'
la p'vldin' he's skillful.
"They was a poker game on In the back
room of Bill Carter's saloon. - I was
tend In' bar, an' Jim Whelpley set in. Joe
Carter, 't was Bill's brother, had come ta
Greenville with a pal o' hlan fr'ra Arkansas,
't knowed the game some, an' Doctor Pat
terson an' Squire Hasklns 'lowed they'd
take a few lessons, an' a few chips 'f they
c'd get 'em.
"They wanted a fifth hand, an' Jim
Whelpley come ridln' up fr a drink like
he mostly did Just oncet every ptoht afore
goln" home to bed. He had his hlck'ry
walkln' stick In his hand, same's he al'ays
had, when he com In. I says to him.
one est :
"Whelpley,' I
say
you don't never
leave that stick home, do yout' !
"An' he kind o' smiles, an' h says, 'Well,
no, I don't. Tou don't . never see a dog
luavln' his teeth home, do you, when he
goes up the road? The dog don't know Just
when he mought have need of a few
teeth.'
"Well, they ast Jim Whelpley, n' he said
he didn't mind, so he set in with that little
walkln' stick standln' 'tween his legs.
'Twan't usual, o' course, but them that
knowed him knowed what tt meant, an'
them 't dldnt know him, beln' Joe Carter
an' his pal, didn't think nothln' of It.
"They was playin' a tol'able stiff game,
nobody havln' said nothln' about a limit,
an' the home talent beln' tol'able well-to-do
citlsens. If Carter an' his pal'd been soms
slicker 'n they was, more'n likely they'd
ha' did Greenville out o'consld'able money
that night, but they hadn't no Idee, natural
enough, o' the superior eddlcatlon Jim
Whelpley 'd had down to New Orleans.
Didn't, bat He Ceald.
"Beln' as he wa'n't a p'fesaional he didn't
never do no stunts with cards hlsself, but
he c'd ha' did "em, all right, 'f he'd saw fit,
an' he knowed when they was did, all
right. They couldn't no p'fesslonal give
him no p'tnt.
"Them two pikers was consld'able
clumsy. Likely they'd practised on yaps,
an' got more confidence 'n was good for
'em. They tackled the doctor first. '
"Beln Whelpley' ante, the doctor come
In with $2, an' Joe Carter made it $4. Then
when the squire dropped. Carter's pal, I
bllev his nam was Smith, he hlsted It
live.
"Whelpley hadn't nothln' much, an' he
dropped, but the doctor had three kings,
an' havln' consld'able confidence in 'em he
give it another boost, makln' It ten more
to play.
"That made a tol'able good slsed pot. an'
Carter made out he was studyln' hard, but
he come back with ten more, and' Smith
raised It ten.
'O' course that made It plain enough 't
they had the doctor whlpaawed an' was
goln' to raise him out, but he put up the
twenty, just to prove It to his own satis
faction, an' they both raised again, so he
throwed down. Then Carter laid, an'
Smith took the poC
"Whelpley didn't say nothln', but I c'd
see a sort o' glitter in his y 't showed
me he was on. 'n I says to myself "t there
be things a dlddln' soon. 'Twa'nt long
afore there was.
"When It come Carter's deal an the
qulr 'd put up the regular ante. Smith
come In. an' Whelpley stayed.' havln' a
p',- of aces. The doctor trailed an' Carter
i. i it five.
Jim Threw la HU Tea.
"The squire dropped, an' Smith raises, so
Whelpley seen tbey was goln' to try an
other whlpsaw, an" he sot his jaw kind o'
firm like, .an' throwed in his ten, waltln' to
see what the doctor'd do.
"The doctor wa'n't no slouch, an' he
seen plain enough what them two tinhorns
waa at, but he wa'n't no ways sure o' what
Whelpley was liable to do, so havln' three
little ones of his own be trailed again.
"It looked pretty good to Carter, so he
gives It boost f'r ten, an' the Squire beln'
out of It a' ready, Smith makes it ten more.
Whelpley kep' on sayln' nothln', but he put
up his twenty like It was goober peas, an'
the doctor looked kind o' puzzled.
" 'Peared like he must ha' had some kind
of a fool confidence In the draw, though,
f'r he seen the double raise, an' Carter
h'lsts It twenty. Then Smith says:
" That's my bet,' an It were up to
Whelpley to drop or put in forty.
"Well, say, you'd ha' thought 'twere 40
cents. He never give a sign, on'y to look
tired, like he was waltln' f r all this foolish
ness to stop.
, "It looked tol'able strong to the doctor,
an' he seen he'd overplayed a'ready, so he
drops an' I seen that glitter In Whelpley'
eye ag'ln, so I watches.
"Carter says, 'Twenty more.' An' Smith
says 'I'll have to go you once more,' an'
he puts up another forty. Then Carter
says, 'An' three thousand.' An' he peels
of $3,040 fm a wad as big as your wrist,
what he had In some Inside pocket.
"Well, I thought those two 'd ha' fell
offen their chairs, but they .couldn't say
nothln'. There wa'n't no limit, an' neither
on 'era havln' much they didn't feel like
puttln' up ag'ln a man "t was strong enough
to stand all their raise, afore makln' his
own bluff, so they laid. I reckon neither
one on 'em c'd ha' covered the bet, but o'
course they o'd ha' called f r what they
had.
Jest Wanted to Show the Piker.
"Whelpley told me later on 't he waited
till the doctor quit, 'count o' not wantln'
to be the one to bluff him out. All 't he
wanted to' do just then was to show them
pikers, 't a crosscut wouldn't a'lays work.
"There waa more' com In' though, an'
that's where that remarkable weepln' o'
Whelpley'a gave proof o beln' some ser
viceable. "Wa'n't nothln diddin' on the next few
deals, but when It gets 'round to Carter
again he shuffles 'era some careful, an'
gives 'em to the doctor to cut He cut 'era
an' I seen 't Carter picked 'era up so's t
they was the sam a before.
"If a old trick now, but tws'n't so well
known then, o I looked at Whelpley to
see If he seen It, too. 'T wa'n't none o' my
business to speak, special on account o'
It's beln' the boss's brother, but I wa'n't
overly . pleased at bringln' a foreigner In
for to do up the local talent, an' I was f r
Whelpley.
"I needn't ha' fretted. Whelpley'a eyes
was blaxln' this time, so I just stood by,
I knowed -I'd see Suthln', but o' course I
didn't know what.
"Just nachully, there was some good
hands out. O' course Smith come in, beln'
It was the Squire's ante.
"Then Whelpley throwed down his hand,
an' I seen Carter give a little start, like he
was monstrous s'prised, like he sure was,
him havln' gave Whelpley a pat flush. But
he were too good a player to say anythln',
an' I reckon he must ha' thought he'd
bungled It somehow.
"The doctor come In, though, not raisin
f'r fear o' drlvln' some o' the others out,
him havln' three queens. Then Carter
trailed, havln' his own reasons f'r not rais
in' Just yet. t
Up to the Squire.
That put It up to the 'Squire, an' he
raised. Smith ' trailed, the Doctor raised.
Carter stayed an' the 'Squire went back
with another raise.
"Smith seen what was up, even If he
didn't know afore, an' he stayed. The
Doctor didn't feel like goln" no further, so
he made good, an' then Carter raised.
"Him an" the 'Squire had It back an'
forth two or three times, the others stayln',
till there was nigh $800 on the table. Then
the 'Squire 'peered to think that was
enough 'fore the draw an' he Just stayed.
"On the draw he stood pat. Smith took
two cards an' ' the Doctor two, an' Carter
'peered to be studyln' some, 'fore decldln'
what to do, but finally he says he'll take
one. i
"He discards, an' deals one to hlsself,
an' Just as he was plckin' It up, Whelpley j
gives a quick swish to that walkln' stick
o' hts'n an' snaps the little rap offen the
pint of It an' pllnks It square through
the middle o' the card Carter waa plckin
up, fllppln' It outen hi hand like magic
"Then he holds the stick point up in
the air, ao 's 't nobody c'd see the face o'
the card, says, very quick. That
there card'a the ace o' hearts, an' this man
dealt It to hisself offen the bottom o' the
deck. I seen it there.' An' he snaps the
card offen the stick an' It flutters down
on the table, face up, ao ' 't everybody
seen It 'was the ace o' hearts.
Something More Doing;.
"It didn't take long fr that card to
flutter down, but 'fore it struck the table
there was more dldin'. Carter reaches
rr hi gun an" hollers. That' a lie,' but
'fore he c'd get his gun leveled Whelpley's
walkln' stick was run plump through his
right eye, back to where It hit his skull.
'Course, beln' on'y wood. It didn't go
through the bone, but Carter never knowed
whether It did or not."
"Well," said Mr. Owen Pepper, after they
had all waited a little time to see If there
was any more to the story, "I ain't sayln'
but what a wooden raypeer mought be a
good a a Iron on. If 'twas the right kind
o' wood, but what's that got to do with
a bung starter?"
"All depends on whether you know how
to us It," said old man Greenhut.. "See
that chicken out there?"
He pointed through the open Window
and they all saw a half-grown chicken,
scratching for worms.
"See that lamp chimney?" he .continued,
and they looked where he pointed, at a
hanging lamp directly In line between him
and the window.
"That chlmbley cracked, an' I'd cught
for to have A new one. That chicken Is
ready for killin' an' I'm goln' to have it
f r dinner. Now, a man c'n stand where
I be an' sling a bung starter so's the
handle on it'll flip that chlmbley off
thouten touchln' the lamp, an' cut that
chicken's head off thouten touchln' him no
where else."
"Bet you $100 to $5 you can't do It," said
Owen Pepper.
"I won t bet," aald old man Oreenhut,
"my hand not beln' In. But I'll bet you
$100 even I knowed a man onct 't oould
do It."
REGULAR SHOW FEE GOES
Three Handred Dollars the Beet City
Will . Do for rawaee
Bill.
Pawnee Bill's Wild West show will pay
a license fee of $300 or not show In Omaha
Unnl.v aoonrrtlnar to the ODlnion of City
Attorney Burnam rendered Saturday morn
ing after the manager or me snow naa
applied to the city clerk for a license for
which he expected to pay $26.
When the advance agent of the show
was here two weeks ago he objected to
the size of the license fee and at his sug
gestion and that of representatives of other
circuses, an ordinance waa Introduced to
rtduc the fee to $100. This ordinsne
failed of passage. Then It was repre
sented to the mayor and license Inspector
that the Pawnee Bill aggregation waa not
a circus and with this understanding a
promise wa secured that a fee of $26
would be sufficient for license.
City Clerk Butler was not In the city
and was not a party to the agreement
He refused to be bound by It unless It
should be approved by the city attorney.
The city attorney decided that th show Is
a circus In the contemplation of the ordi
nance and that a fee of $3u0 must be ex
acted. There was soma talk Saturday morning
of th management refusing to pay th li
cense fee and pleading guilty if arrested,
with the understanding that It b fined
the minimum penalty, which would b less
than the license fee.
Announcements, wedding stationery and
calling cards, blank book and magazine
binding. 'Phone Aoug. UVi A, I. fleet, Jjm.
STILL LOOKS FOR BUILDING
Eock Island Plow Company Too late
in Warehouse Deal
OTHER CONCERN GETS BUILDING
Rlchardaoa Drsg Compear Bay Uoea
fer Elahty Thousand While Im
plement Hoase Is Making;
lp It Mind.
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Acting Just a little too late to buy th
Richardson Drug company warehouse for
$80,000, th Rock Island Plow company,
which must have larger quarters for It
Omaha branch, must either find another
suitable property shortly or begin t
prepare plans for a new one.
The company's local manager, Vr. John
son, has for some time east longing glanoe
at the wholesale building of the Richardson
Drug company at Ninth and Jackson,
street. This property belonged to th
heir of John H. Green. Ha Interestered
his company, got a price on the building
and took pictures of It. Then the general
manager of the company came from Rock
Island, 111., to look at the building and pro
nounced It pretty good.
Inthe meantime the lease of the drag
company on the building expired. The com
pany looked here and there for another
building, at the same time opening nego
tiations for the purchase of the place which
had been It horn for fifteen years. Pres
ident Weller wa not quite willing to pay
the price asked, however, until the man-
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came to look over the building preparatory
to closing the deal. President Weller wa
away at the time, but Secretary Harry
Weller and Treasurer F. C. Patton got
busy. They telegraphed the president andi-
cot his sanction to the purchase. 1 r
Then In very short order they went to
the office of I. E. Congdon, representing
the Green heirs, and made a contract with
him to buy the building and the adjoining
lot at tfW.OOO. So the Rock Island com
pany, which wants a building In time for
next spring' business, must continue its
search. ,
The building bought-by the Richardson
Drug company Is five stories in height and
la MxlS2 feet In dimension. Th purchase
Include the adjoining lot, $6x132 feet, and
It I th Intention eventually to double the
alz of the warehouse bv bulldlna- on this.
Voaad ea the Street.
When you find something that doesn't be
long to you it should be advertised In Th
Bee want columns. Pretty nearly every
body read Th Bee. and those who don't
read It are not th one who have valued
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