THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 20, 1907.
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RUNWITH MADDFAFn CATTLE'
How a Cowboy's Heroic Deed Saved a
Girl of Ten.
DAUGHTER OF AN ENEMY
Didn't Walt for Iter to Grim t o nml
Marry llrr Tki C f t, Imi y of l-'lr-
tloa and tha Cowboy
f Part.
Half a dozen cowboys were strung Ilka
rows on a rail fence along the platform
of the loneoom little railroad station In
Wyoming. There was nothing particularly
picturesque about the outfit. Tha casual
observer would see little to distinguish
them from the platform loafers at every
other wuyslde "depot" along the line. They
wore no uniform. There wasn't a broad
brimmed, leather-bcllcd sombrero on any
one of the six heads. Nearly every other
type of soft head covering was represented,
from a droppy Stetson to an Imitation Pan
ama held on with a string under the chin,
but not a sombrero. There was no girdles
filled with truculent cartridges, nor over
grown revolvers swinging from conspicuous
russet holsters. If any one of the party
carried a gun it was not visible to the
naked eye. There wasn't even a pair of
"chaps" to betray their vocation. They
looked, In short, just as unromantic, as
uninteresting and as respectable as any
group of farm hands to be seen In Ohio or
Pennsylvania. But they were cowboys. No
doubt about that. Their ponies wcra hitched
to the stock pens across the track, and
the pens themselves were filled with cattle
waiting to be loaded Into the cars on the
siding. Except the railroad station and
the shipping accessories, there was no sign
of human Industry visible In all the broad
landscape. It was a cattle country. ,
Tha Heal Article.
"You don't mean to tell me those are
cowboys," exclaimed the tourist from Bos
ton. "Why, I thought "
"Of course you did," put In the redheaded
man In the corner. "Everybody else docs
who gets his Ideas of cowboys from cur
rent fiction, but the cowboy of romance
and the cowboy of fact are different propo
sitions. These broad-brimmed heroes you
read so much about are a good deal like
Cooper's Indians, mighty fine fellows, but
awfully hard to find in the flesh. And the
language they use Is pretty near as strange
to the real cowboy as it Is to a New Eng
land schoolma'am who reads nothing but
Emerson. I'rn not kicking about the stories. .
They're all right. I like to r1 them my- j
elf. But as studies In natural history
they're extremely unreliable."
"But but," stammered the astonlnhed
tenderfoot from Boston, "are all cowboys
like those bock there?"
"Oh, no," admitted the redheaded man.
"once In a while you find a pretty good
Imitation of fiction as to garb, more of
them In the southwest than up here, but
the fellows you Just saw represent tho
average pretty well."
"What you say Is about right." remarked
a livestock buyer from Omaha. "U'b only
once In a while that you see a cowboy, or
a bunch of cowboys that look the part,
according to eastern notions, and nobody
Is more a.ilonlehed or amused at the place
he has Ui In literature than the cowboy
himself. But I want to tell you, gentle-,
nen, that the cowboy, the real cowboy. Is
i fine fellow as a rule. There are good and
bad among them, and some of the bad
nos are mighty bad; but take them as a
UiKa they'll average up pretty high. In
he virtues of coinage, honesty and fidelity
hey should be given an especially elevated
ank."
"And I have no doubt," put in tho red
leaded mm, "that the real cowboy Is
luile often a real hero." i
Hero of tha Itansre. j
"You bet ,e In," leplied the stock buyer
vlth empi.asis. "but not of the kind thut
ajjtures the maiden from Vassal'. There
'as Harry S:i nuela, for instunce, not
Shorty' or 'Stumpy' or even 'Hank,' but
orvmon. ordinary Harry. And Harry was
v common, ordinary cowboy, lie didn't
scape from Harvard, nor he wasn't the,
llslnherlted son of an eastern millionaire,
le was born in Texas and raised In 1
Texas, mostly on a cow pony. The little I
chooling he'd got hadn't gone more than i
kin deep, but there wasn't anything on
our legs he couldn't ride and he knew
bout all there was to know about cattle,
le was working for one of the big cattle
tings up In the Panhandle at the time
when the man with the hoe was just be
ginning to break Into that region. You ro
nember that for a long time' there was
war betwen the stockmen and the farmer.
Tha war Isn't over yet, for that matter,
In soma parts of tho west, but It Isn't what
It used to be. The cattle men, you know,
had used the public lands for grazing pur
poses until they began to think they owned
them and when a farmer came Into their
domain, fenced a piece of ground and com
menced to plow they looked upon him
much as you or I would a burglar who had
broken Into the house. They didn't shoot
him, not often; but they made It so un
pleasant for him that, unless he was made
of pretty stern stuff, he ulled up stakes
and moved hack to a safer country.
Startlaar Faad.
"Well, there was a fellow named Mudd
took up a quarter section of state land on
a little creek within the territory that!
Harry Samuels' boss considered Ms per
sonal preserve. The old man was mad
when he heard about It and he swore that
tha Intruder's name would be Mudd In
capital letters If he didn't get out of the
country p. d. q. But Mudd had sand. When
ths old man's messenger presented the
royal mandate Mudd didn't tremble. He
Just cut off a fresh chew of tobacco, closed
one eye and asked the messenger If h
could discover anything green In the other.
That made the cattle king madder thin a
direct defiance and he Instructed his cow
boys to harass the farmer In every way
they could. They obeyed orders. They
made all kinds of terrible threats, but
Mudd calmly went ahead with the build
ing of his end cshln and the plowing of
bis land. When hbi corn came up they tore
down his fence one nlcht and drove their
cattle Into his field Mudd drove them out.
repaired his fence and replanted Ms corn!
Then they took to shooting at him, rot ti
kill him, but to scare h'm. The farmer
did some shooting, too. and he wasn't
bluffing. Harry 8mnc! rot a bullet
through his left nr-". and (tint made the
feud a personal i yim.
foTrbor Chivalry.
"Mudd had a I'e r"il I'ttie -r a rather
pretty child, shout 10 thm 1i1 with coal
blick ha'r and deer brrwn eves, hut he
kent them so clse to tie rln that the
rowbovs onlv eot rlirnnses of them at long
ranee. Tut their were the onlv women
toll in that section. a"d tha bovs took
consMersble Interest in them. aM from
'.he matter of the fleht on Mdd They
were the enhlect of a nod man conversa
tions around the rimn fires, and there was
an unexpressed aereement that whatever
riannened they should be protected Sam
uels, however, didn't seem to svmnathlre
with this chivalry. His arm was still hurt
nr him.
'T'n went alona to the mtmd-un sea
son without an stens of Modi's evsrua
tlon. Harrv and some others were netting
together a rrettv tmnrh of rsttte a'opg
the creer In the r-et-hnnrhood of t'e ofend-
ln4 farm. Oi.u day, without any apparent
cause, the herd broke Into a stampede, and
3.I-1 head of rattle swung oft Into a mad
race In the direction of Mudd's homestead.
If allowed to run they could probably have
destroyed everything on the farm. Including
Mudd and his family; but If the boys
thought of that at all, they considered the
risk too great. Samuels was nearly caucht
In the press, but he got his pony out to the
side and spurred It to Its highest speed to
reach the hed of the herd. They had
Bono four or five miles before he got along
side the Icmlers. arid commenced pressing
tl;m to mill. They paid no attention to
his efforts to get them to turn than If they
hid been loaded In a cattle train. All he
could do was to keep In line with the lead
ers until they began to waver from exhaus
tion or the other, slower-mounted cowbova
rnrre up to add their weight to the pres
sure. A It sea for t.lfe.
"A rattle stampede Is n terrifying thing.
When JOeo steers lose their senses and go
flying across the country In one compact
mnss. it Is worse than the charge of a
Roman legion. I?o obstacle will stop
them. The leaders could not stop If they
would. They m'ist go straight ahead un
til gradually checked from sheer fatigue,
or they must be turned by the pressure
of the herders on one side until they wind
themselves tip like a watch spring. That,
ns you nil probably know, Is called 'mill
ing.' and that was what Samuels was try
ing his best to do when he caught sight
of a flaxen haired little girl standing alone
on the prairie not more than BOO yards
ahead. Tho maddened cattle were rushing
directly toward her. There was no possl
blo chance of saving her life unless Sam
uels could forge ahead of the herd and
pick up the girl on the run. If he tried
and failed; If his pony should prove un
equal to the speed, or If It should stumble,
It was certain death for him. And It was
Mudd's baby.
"I don't know whether Harry's heart
went Into his mouth when he saw her.
I don't know whether the thought oc
curred to him that by letting things go
the greatest possible blow would fall on
his bitterest enemy. I don't know whether
ho thought ut all. He never would talk
about It. I do know that he didn't hesi
tate an Instant. With a yell he dug his
spurs Into the pony's flanks, and with one
leap was In advance of the herd. But to
reach the child he had to work his way
obliquely across nearly to the center of
the front of the flying column. That,
you can Imagine, required speed. And lie
had to judge distance and location so
accurately that he could stoop and pick
up the girl without checking his horse
for tho fraction of a second. That re
quired both nerve and skill.
Saved.
"But he got her. She was a pretty big
child for her ngo nnd her weight nearly
pulled his sore arm from Its socket, but
he got her. He wasn't out of danger,
though. He was In greater danger than
before, for he was still directly In front
of the rushing cattle, and his pony was
carrying two Instead of one. With such
a load he could not hope to escape to one
side. All he could do was to go stialght
ahead. It was a wild race for life, let
me tell you, gentlemen. I can't think of
anything finer In history or romance thun
that sight. For fully a mile the horns of
the leaders In that bovine charge were
over the heels of Samuels' gallant pony.
Another mile would have been too much for
It. But the other cowboys were at work,
and the herd began to turn under the
pressure, allowing Samuels to get off their
track by continuing straight ahead.
"That child's mother had seen the act,
and when Samuels rode up and restored
the little one to her arms she overwhelmed
him with her gratitude.
" 'Shucks, ma'am," he said, 'that ain't
nothln'.'
"According to my way of looking at It,"
concluded the man from Omaha, "that was
real heroism, and Harry Samuels was a
real cowboy hero, but there wasn't any ro
mance about It. He didn't wait for the
girl to grow up and then marry her. 1
don't know that he ever saw her again,
but he hud a talk with his boss, and Mudd
wasn't bothered any more."-Los Angeles I
l""e"' I
PHAROAH HAD
. TnrTUrutr
A lUUIHACnC,
King's Mammy Shows that Ills Rsv
a are Temper Was Duo to
Suffering.
Truly learned zoologists and paleontolo
gists study the thigh bone of an antedilu
vian animal and from It reconstruct the
creature's skeleton.
With equal. If not greater, precision, a
learned Egyptologist who has studied
Menephtah's mummy declares that the
Pharaoh who ruled when the children of
Israel were delivered from Egyptian bond
age suffered excruciatingly from toothache.
The acuta agony he endured so angered
Pharaoh, so "hardened his heart," as tha
Book of Exodus has It, that It was neoes
sary to Inflict ten plagues on his realm be
fore he would consent to let Moses and the
Israelitlsh hosts go.
In a word, had there been good dentists
ln Efrypt In those days, there would be no
Jewish passover now. i
This Egyptologist writes In tha Berliner
Tagllche Rundschau that he has minutely 1907. It received fees amounting to $84,683. ut, to the protecUon of literary prop
examined the mummy of Menephtah. who. During that period It paid out for salar'es th)g wm not a fun.fie(Jge(j treaty
archeologlsts declare, ruled EavDt when the
twelve tribes departed from It. Menephtah
was a very homely person, thick set and
fat. He was about 60 years old when he
died. Five feet eluht and a half Inches In
height, ha was taller than his contempo-
rarles, the average height of the Egyptian
of his day being only five feet five Inches,
Maner.htah was verv bald: unlv a four w'sna
of white hair circled his poll. He had a threaten to swamp It the better. The "ar- Of all the thousands of Bt. Louis Inhab
....... aA im. ,u. ,i,.ia Hr.r,oiiH" aI tha Mnvrtrht nfflrfl iianti hn will see Cromwell Dixon, the
Semitic type and In this resembled his fa-
mous relative. Ranieses II.
When this Tharaoh s teeth wera at their
best .they were very bad. Few remain, and
these are much decayed. They are full of
cavities. In which exposed nerves mus'
have throbbed, throwing Egypt's ruler Into
savage temper. Just that frame of m'nd
In which a despot would order his slaves
to make brtcks without straw or to build
a pyramid.
Th. r i. kh .,.. ,h
dentists In old Egypt, for bad there been,
thev must have been at their sovereign's j
beck and cull and would have repaired hia
teeth. .
To add to Pharaoh's Irritable nature he
had the gout, most probably, for his blond
vessels and his ribs show unml,t.l,v. I
slrs of chalkv deeneration.
Thus the Egyptologist restores a man
who lived thousands of years ago. But the
savant dr.es not say how It comes that
Menechtah's mummy exists. The Bible
says that the king and all hla horsemen
and charioteers were overwhelmed In the
Red sea. whose waters returned after the
children of Israel had passed dry shod
Probably the klnc's corns was washed
ashore or recovered by divers, for naturally
everv effort would have been made to
find it.
It Is enually Interesting to nota that the
rascals who embalmed Pharaoh's body stole
most of the valuables which should have
been burled with tt. New York World.
The Pond and Kaallah.
The dear 1rl was lende and wlllnwv.
The wealthy suitor lingered by the fond
an fool'sh mother.
"The dear irl (rows more like me every
oy." ' 'tl. '
Th ' ' " -"" I fiwMish mother weliched
ae - -sre rf double rhT.
!"- sn'tor ioi-. t htr an!
i fa Jed ClsvtUnd Plain Dealer.
EXPOSERS WARD OFF PANIC!
Such it Opinion of Eastern Banker
Who Go West i
COUNTRY HAS NOTHING TO FEAR
Rerelatloa of Methods of Freasled
Flaaaclera Redaces Tacsa to
Level of Common Talevea,
Sara J. 9. Ksha.
Only the exposures of the methods of
high financiers which warned tha poPl to
keep out of the stock market, prevented
the country from being plunged Into the
greatest panic of history, but the fact that
the small Investors did not bold stock
which has fallen prevented the hard times
and tho country" is now suffering from
prosperity rather than from a stringency
of any kind.
This is the opinion of prominent finan
ciers of Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Washing
ton and New York who arrived In Omaha
at noon Saturday enroute to Mllner, Idaho,
where they will Inspect 18t,000 acres of Irri
gated land of the Twin Falls North Side
Iond and Investment company.
"Legitimate investors hava suffered from
the shrinkage," said James S. Kuhn, presi
dent of tha Pittsburg Bank of Savings, who
is responsible for bringing the party of
financiers west. "But the common people'
were not In and the panlo was averted
merely because tha money baa been loat
by those who could afford It. The exposure
had to come. Men in whom tha financial
world put trust have been reduced to the
level of common thieves and now the moral
tone of the financial world Is tha beat it
ever has been."
No ranlo In Sight. '
John B. Jackson, president of tha Fidelity
Title and Trust company of Pittsburg, said:
"No panic la In sight. Tha moral tone of
the New York financial world has never
been better. This was illustrated when a
committee of the clearing house associa
tion called on President Helnte of tha Mer
cantile National bank In New York
Wednesday. Mr. Helnte had thrown up his
hands and the committee told him plainly
that the clearing house would not attempt
to make good losses unless every officer
and director of the bank tendered a resit-
nation at once..!' ,
Mr. Jackson said the country had mora 1
business than currency and the men dis
charged from the Westlnghouse plant near
Pittsburg were let out because the com
pany could not secure money to meet tha
pay rolls. Orders are plied up, but rather
than let the men go without wages the
company let out almost 400 of their em
ployes. " j
Wilson II. Shaw, president of tha Bank
of Pittsburg, commented on the situation
In the west, which formerly borrowed
money from the east, but which is now
buvlng eastern paper.
The party was met at Union station at
1 o'clock ' Saturday by John F. Flack, j
president . of the City Savings bank: C. C. j
Kountse, president of the First National j
bank; L. M. Talmage and George E. j
Haverstlck of the United States National
bank, and Frank Boyd of tha Omaha
National bank.
Personnel of tho Party.
Those In the party were James S. Kuhn,
president of the Pittsburg Bank of Sav
ings; John B. Jackson. president Fidelity
Title and Trust company; Wilson A. Shaw,
president of the Bank of Pittsburg; Will
lam Price, president of the Diamond Na
tional bank of Pittsburg; H. M. Landls.
vice president Federal National bank,
Pittsburg; I M. Plumer, vice president
Pittsburg Bank of Savings; F. A. Griffith,
vice president Columbia National bank,
Pittsburg; W. Frederick Snyder, president
Northern Trust company, Philadelphia;
John Donnan, president Washington Trust
company, Washington; J. W. Young,
cashier Second National bank, Pittsburg;
Frank Battles, Philadelphia; D. McKay
Lloydi prefI,dent Peoples Savings bank.
Pittsburg-; E. B. Scull, Dr. R. W. Stewart,
8' Carmack. It. L. McClelland, A. N.
Voegtley, Jerome Hill, J. W. Miller, John
W. Fulton, F. D. Glover, all of Pittsburg.
Mr. Flack of Omaha, Joined the party here
and accompanied them to the west. The
party was In charga of F. C. Bush,
traveling agent of the Northwestern Rail
road company. An automobile trip around
Omaha, visits to the bank buildings and
Omaha club, Hanscom park and the
j Country club, constituted the three hours
entertainment In Omaha.
GOOD YEAR FOR COPYRIGHTS copyright relations with seventeen coun
UUUU Itnn rtm turiniunia tries, counting Great Britain and her pos
Sixteen Thonsaad Books and aa Many
1'hotosrraphs Deposited In
Washington.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. Chalk up a
strike for the hard working author. Then
put htm on a pedestal; for, behold, his
particular government bureau not only
pays Its own expenses but earns a sur-
plus.
The copyright office Is flourishing, thank
you. During the fiscal year ended June 80,
$74,972.37. and for stationery and other
supplies, $1,201.66 This would seem to leave
a snug little balance to the credit of the
office. i
Thanks to the Industrious American au-
thor, the congressional library Is growing
at a rate which will make It at least one
of the largest In the world, though the leas
aald about soma of the objects which
during the year numbered 222,047. of which
a good many thousands went onto ths
shelves of the MUrary of congress. I
Of course a fair proportion of this mass
of material represents things of value. If
It were not for the beneficent author, who
presents, because he was told to do it, two
copies of his work to the copyright office,
the library would have to pay out Uncle
Sam's good money for them. So that the.
author s bureau rot only pays Its expenses, 1
, i. .nrntnuliUnc valuable assets at tha i
same time.
Books ara not the only articles subject
to copyright. The articles are divided Into
nine classes, so that those for the year
1908-07 are scheduled as follows:
Class A Books;
(a) Books (volumes) and pamphlets.. W.851
b) Booklets, leaflets, circulars, cards. 6.16
(c) Newspaper and magaslna articles. 9,033
Total. Class A
B Periodicals (numbers)
C Musical compositions ,
1 Tramatlc compositions
H Maps and chins
F Engravings, cuts and prints..
O Chromos and lithographs
H Photocrsnhs
.Sor
2i-0"8
ol'l
16 67$
I Fine arts: paintings, arawings ana
sculpture $.s60
Total entries for tho year 12$ 1
The discrepancy between tha number ...
entries made and the numbar of "articles
deposited" Is explained by tha fact that
two classes, photographs of works of art
and foreign books, require a deposit of only
one object for each entry, whereas In other
classes two objects must be deposited.
It is a peculiar fact that the applications
have their high and low tides. For In
stance, January Is tha big month in tha
copyright office.
For ten years, which is tha period covered
by tha present reports. January is the
time for an onslaught of authors and com
posers. January X IM. was a rcocrd
.pivt1 ." Ima
3
3 dl
Anniversary
Thirty-three, years of PERSONALLY CONDUCTED business stands for something. Not only was this business established In 1871, but the gam
conductor conduct the tame today as in 1874.. llanos and Organs that were sold by the A. Hosne Company in 1874 are) sold by them in JP07.
This Implies that you don't have to be experimented upon, you know that any make of a piano, tbat has been the success of this bouse handling
it is (rood enough for the high class artist as well as the amateur player.
, In place of celebrating this event of 33 years of business prosperity with a blow-out or a public opening, benefiting only a few, we have do
naea to oner to trie piano buying public for lO (lays, beginning '
Monday, October 21st, Until Thursday, October 31st
A Straight Discount of 10 on Every New Piano in our Retail Stock
As our pianos are and have been plainly marked and sold only at the marked prices (no more, no less) it will be a simple matter for tne
customer to know for himself Just what the Anniversary Price Is and no mistakes of Juggling of figures furthermore this discount Is the same
on tlmo payments as It Is for cash and admits of no Due bills or trades, but stands for the bona fide buyer. We have 200 Pianos on which we
wish to give the piano buyer this cctual saving, which will mean no less than an actual gift of $5,000, providing the 200 buyers In Omaha and
vicinity take advantage of this thirty-third Anniversary Souvenir.
You, Mr. Buyer, who have been contemplating the purchase of a piano for the last year and know exactly that the one-price system prevails at
the A. Hone Company as no where else can testify after a first visit that a real souvenir Is offercd--rcmember our easy payment plan also gets
the advantage of this TEN FEH CENT DISCOUNT from the One Price plainly marked on the instrument. Be It Piano, upright or Grand Piano, or
Piano Player, Cabinet or Inner Player, or any New Organ on our retail floor. This includes the high grade pianos, the medium and cheaper
Pianos, In fact, every new Piano or Organ Cash or Time' you get the discount.
In addition to this Thirty-third Annlversay Souvenir Discount Piano Sale we have placed at a specially low cut Price the used instruments at
moBt tempting offers, which more than off-sets the discount on the ner ones. Just read what you can buy for little money and little payments
in this Thirty-third Annual Ten Days Anniversary Sale,
HERE ARE THREE OF THE SPECIAL, BARGAINS IN USED PIANOS
These special Bargains In Square Pianos and Used Organs are on a line with the above. Square Pianos In beautiful rosewood cases and in
thoroughly good condition from $23.00 up. Used Organs of the best makes, all repaired and overhauled from $10.00 up. Special attention given
to inquiries by mail. ,
HERE ARE A FEW OF
$600 buys a used $800 Kranlch Bach Baby
Grand $25 cash $12 monthly. This Is a modnrn.
up-to-date style in most beautiful San Domingo
mahogany has a wonderful, rich, even tone, a
splendid action guaranteed In every way.
$290 buys a $460 used Krell Upright Grand $10
cash. $10 monthly. Here Is a magnificent" Krell
piano, art cuse In walnut beautiful design, seml
eolontal. TV'e believe It could bo sold for a brand
new Instrument. Don't fall to aee it.
33d
Anniversary
A.
breaker: with a total of $.626 titles regis
tered that day. December Is next to Jan
uary In the amount of buslnese done.
On the other hand, November is closa to
the extreme dullness, being surpassed In
that respect only by July and August
For instance, the low tide of tha year
m-07 came on August 4, when only 164
titles were recorded.
May and June ara good months. Some
years one leads, only to lose to tha other
the following spring.
People who have fallen victims to tha
fashionable foible of forgetting what is In
the constitution may need to be reminded
that the copyright laws hed their origin
In Article I., section , of that document
That article stated that congress should
have the power "to promote the progress
of science and useful arts by securing for
limited times to authors and inventors the
exclusive right to their respective writings
and discoveries."
At the second session of tha very first J
congress ths original copyright act was
passed, and from that time to this there
have been twenty-five acts relating to copy
right oassed by congress. Ws now have
sessions as one country, we hava relations
with all the larger European countries ex
cept Russia, Austria and Sweden.
We have even concluded a treaty dealing
exclusively with copyright matters. It is
with Japan, and Is the first of Its kind con
cluded by this country. An earlier treaty
between the United States and China con
tained an article relating to copyright,
but did not deal exclusively with that sub
ject. In 1892 there was a diplomatic agreement
between the United States and Germany
ratlfled by the senate.
BOY PRODIGY OF THE AIR
Cromwell Dlxon, Fifteen "'or" OId'
Whn Will Rid Hla Bky
Bicycle.
youngest aeronaut In the world, ride a sky
bicycle, his own Invention, In tho Internu-
tlonal balloon races here, beginning Octo-
ber a. none, except posslblv his mother,
will watch him with greater anxiety and
fonder hopes for his success than Mist,
Stella Utt. a pretty young woman resldm.-
at 160S South Compton avenue, whose gues'
he will be during the three days event,
Young 'Dixon is 16 years old ana uveb
with his mother, a wealthy woman ol
Columbus. O. Tha boy's announcement thai
he would enter the dirigible balloon con
test here and attempt to wrest ths aero
nautic honors from the world's best air
navigators and balloon scientists has
caused a sensation In his own city and has
aroused considerable speculation in St.
IaiuIs over the boy prodigy of the sir.
The boy's greatest Inspiration In tha last
threa vears. during which ha has worked
on his invention, was his mother. "Keep
un mv bov. I know you ara on the
i. tha words of reassur-
2114 rs111
" 1.67S anca from her. Not only bar encourage
..12 $ 0 merit but thousands of dollars of her for-
kiiv Inventor aa
tuna, wro giM
h worked away on nm yiana
a soaring bicycle. Tha covering of his
1rst balloon, made out of 460 yards of
whit Japanese silk, was constructed by
Mrs. Dixon he-self. To no other hands
would she entrust tha delicate buoy upon
which depended the life of her son. Bvery
stitch was worked by the mother, and with
it went her hopes and prayars for hla
ssfety and success.
To this apparatus, which was thirty
two feet long and fifteen wide, the bov
attached his old bicycle, minus Its wheels,
and tha queer contrivance was Inflated In
secret. No on knew of tha boy s soaring
ambitions or their successful realisation
until h climbed aboard th seat of the
bk cle, (.edaicd tor his UI. and rot (race-
33d ANNIVERSARY
PIANO SALE
Al. HOSFE CO.
$400 used
Schunian.
This is an
Upright
Grand.
octave,
mahogany
case,, varn
ish slightly
cherked,
otherwise
food as new.
t Is a good
bargain at
19D
THE MANY NEARLY NEW PI A
$165 buys a used $450 Wing Upright Grand $10
cash, $6 monthly. Here la an extra large up
right grand Wing, one of the most expensive
walnut cases, In fine condition. A splendid bar
gain at only $166.
$145 buys a used $260 Pelt Upright Grand $10
cash, $6.00 monthly. This Is the latest, very
largest, new design case with full metal plates,
full length muslo disc, double rolling ltd, guar
anteed ten years.
Some Second Hand
THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER YOU CAN AFFORD A PIANO IN YOU HOME
BUT WHETHER YOU CAN AFt ORD TO BE WITHOU r A PIANO IN YOUR HOME
The special bargains in tqnar pianos and used organs ara on a line with ths above. .Square pianos
la beautiful rosewood casn and In thoroughly good condition from $33 up. Used organs of Uie best
makes, all repaired and overhauled, from 10- up. gptolal attention given to inquiries by mail.
MOSPE CO
fully in the air over the driving park at
Columbua.
The city gasped and stared at the spec
tacle of an odd looking airship manipu
lated by a mite of a boy, who turned,
twisted, dived, and rose at will, last' May.
Dixon is a little lad In short trousers and
weighs only ninety-two pounds. He was
born In Columbus and was graduated from
a grammar school there. He Is ambitious
to perfect his education and Intends to
devote his time during ths evening In
winter to study.
From almost babyhood up tha boy has
shown an Inventive precocity, says Miss
Utt, who knows the family well and wlt
nesssed the first ascensions made by her
young friend. She has ridden for a short
flight In one of his airships and says the
experience was a thriller.
The race beginning on October 21 Is to
be the second long distance flight for the
I In)
International Aeronaut cup, won by L4eu-
tenant Frank P. Lahm of the Aero club
or America in the first International race
from Paris last year. AH International
contests are conducted under the direction
of the International Aeronaut federation
va s 1 a
2000 CLOTH BOUND BOOKS
"NVe have only about 2,000 of these wonderful CLOTH
BOUND EDITIONS OF STANDARD WORKS. They are
strongly made, durable books and look as well as books
three or four tunes their price.
WORLD FAMOUS BOOKS
Over 300 titles of the best works of the world's greatest
authors chosen on account of their popularity and every-day
demand. Substantially bound in cloth. Regular library size
volumes.
Here are some of
Garvlce, Corel!!, Berth
Aug-uata Evans, Mrs.
SPECIAL LoY
At Less thin Cost to Manufacture
We've just picked up a lot of high grade editions from some of the New
York publishers Longrtaos Green & Co., Harper, Century Co., Mac ml lien and
otters, and offer them, while they last, at this extraordinary price.
NEW COPYRIGHT BOOKS
That haive been 98c, $1.08, $1.18, NOW
MASQUERADEK
LADY HOSti'B DAIOHHTEK
HOUSE OK l.OOO CANDLES
LIGHTNING CON" Dl'CTOH
CARDIGAN
KATHEHINE'8 SHEAVES
A TORY LOVER
TOM GROGAN
ST. ELMO
ssmrxmrnmommi
$3B0 used
Hnllt
Davis. Here
Is a splendid
upright
grand In a
fine ebony
case. refln
Inhed like
now, splon
d I d sx'tlnn,
good tone
worthy o f
very special
considera
5 yv
tion at
$175
NO BARGAINS IN THIS 10 DAYS
Uprl jh s at $73 and Up
15
I
i
o Douglas St.
and In accordance with tha rules govern
ing tha cup xaoea. St. Louis Republic.
SQUARE DEAL CORPORATIONS
Three of m Kind Establish and Main
tain
aa Apprenticeship
System.
Among the corporations that have been
far-sighted enough thus to undertake the has a special foreman of Its apprentice de
training of their skilled men a few have partment, who has general charge of all
had remarkable success, and their systems apprentices and who outlines the courses
deserved the thoughful attention of all who of work tha apprentices are to follow. Six
are Interested In Industrial education. I months' work In the drawing room Is re
Tha Baldwin Locomotive works of Phlla- 'quired of each apprentice and a dally re
delphla, for Instance, takes apprentices to port throughout the course. Ralph Albert
the Industry of locomotive building In all son In Charities and the Commons.
Its branches. There has been some form
of apprenticeship In these works since 1865,
but the present system was adopted only
In 1901, when It waa made a distinct de
partment, with Its own superlntedent.
The General Electric company of Lynn
has two classes of apprentices. The regu
lar apprenticeship course covers a period
of four years. Beginners must be 16 years
of age and have a grammar school educa-
rviiniiFnss
the authors: Horatio Alger, Hall Caine,
Claj, Dickens, Cooper, Dumas, Doyle, Eliot, Carey, Emerson,
Holmes, Kip ling, Lyall, Scott, Verne, etc., etc.
REGULAR S1.50 EDITIONS
MY FRIEND THE CHAEFEUR
MARRIAGE OF VM. ASHE
riUNCE&.S MAK1TZA
VIRGINIAN
THE DELUGE
MY LADY OK THE NORTH
VIOLETT
MAIN CHANCE
RICHARD CARVEL
3 dl
Anniver
sary A
7
$400 used
Hush &
Lane, In a
most hand
some ma
hogany case; must
be swn to
b e appreci
ated; will
sell at sight.
An exclusive
bargain at
. i i
t-
ANNIVERSARY SALE
3i
dMk $285
$100 buys a used Marsohali Sc Wendall $10 cash,
15 monthly. This is In a beautiful rosewood
case; haa been carefully overhauled and repaired;
It Is an exceedingly desirable piano at this low
price.
$3i0 buys a used Kranlch & Bach. Here Is a
piano very slightly used, In a beautiful Circassian
walnut case. This Is the very latest style gotton
out by the Kranlch & Bach company. It could
be sold for brand new without a question.
33d
Anniver
sary 13
tlon. In addition to the shop work, six
hours per week of class work Is required
in mathematics, physics, technology and
mechanical drawing. The wages ari
'graded from $4.60 to $9.50 per week, with a
bonus ef 1100. The apprentices become fore-
men, master mechanics and superintendents.
This company also takes high school .r act
uates as drawing office apprentices.
The Westlnghouse company of Plttsburi
It Wouldn't Uo.
Widow (sobbing) We will have to break
off our Intended marriage.
Suitor (dismayed) What on earth is ths
matter?
Widow I told my daughter this morning
I was going to get married again, and she
objected.
Suitor What did she say?
Widow-She said the Idea made her tired
so tired, that she could not and would not
go a step-father. Baltimore American.
Beginning
Tomorrow
.While
They
Last.
Each
EACH
Mrs. Southworth, Chas.
EACH
49 c
P EACH
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PRINCESS PASSES
MAN OF THE HOUR
CONQUEST OF CANAAN
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PROSPECTOR
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