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THE OMATTA RTTNDAY BEE: DECErRETl 8. 1907.
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LXFERT CLOTlIESFtTTEIS
tr i au 11 look like yeu
lived ri tho sunny
i) sido of easy street
when your form is
encased in one of
our $15 hand-tailored
ready tm wear
Clflf. . J l 1
4 feel like you are a
member of the
Rockefeller family.
That's going some.
They are ' so good that
you'll wonder where the
other fellow get his license
to sell suits not a bit better
for $20 to $25. When you
go by this store with one
on he will feel like a 7 spot
in pinocle deck.
Show me $20 or $25 and
I'll trade you a suit or
overcoat for the mazuma
that looks like $50 in gold.
The be3t merchant tailor
couldn't beat them if he
tried, and take my word
for it he is out. Try
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tha faa ratnfnrf- afw
pearance and durability of
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Modelled on graceful, symmetrl-i
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however made, and we guarantee
expert workmanship, finest of ma
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No "breaking- In," and comfort
able from the first day. Made In
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Ths mineral water business lias for
many years been a specialty with our
firm. We buy our waters direct from the
sprint's or If a foreign water, direct from
the Importer. We are thus able to maks
the lowest possible price, and to abso
lutely iruarantee freshness and genuine
ness. Ws sell 100 kinds, Lowest prices
by case or dosen.
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Insult your intelligence
by offering 70a a substitute, whea
you ask for an article you have
sea advertised in The Bee. We
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articles that are not worthy ef
your patronage. When yon ars
convinced by one of these adver
tisements that the article Is what
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' when yo ask tor It at your
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FULL DRESS COATS BRAIDED
The Season's Hrmlty in Men's Evening-
Wear.
SAET0UIA1 IX0UEISH IN V0GT7E
Atts-sapt r ae Dark Blae nk
rr Ponalaelbls fP Dle
Coets Perfeetloa la Mu'i
Attlr for ETenlnn-.
KEW TORK, to. . -There Is no tet
of tha well dressed man more exactlnf
than the attire for evenlnc Of that every
detail must be perfect. Blsck and white
Is the only permissible color schema, and
cut and material decide whether or not
the result has been properly achieved.
The present tendeacy to Inaks men's
drees elaborate has had Its effect on the
evening suits of men. Braid now covers
the morning as well ss the frock coat
when the neglected garment Is worn. It
made Its reappearance on the cutaway or
morning coats two seasons ago. It be
came so popular Immediately that the
frock, the dinner coat and now the evening
coat have succumbed to Its decorative in
fluence. . This does not mean that every evening
coat should be trimmed with braid. Many
Of those made by the smartest tailors do
not show sny of this trimming. But there
has been sn effort to maks the braided
evening suits tha novelty of the winter In
this particular style of dress.
Perhaps thS most unconventional novelty
Is the dark blue evening dress which has so
far figured chiefly In the tailor's fashion
plates, although a few specimens were seen
st the horse show In the crowd of nobodies
that parade around the ring and stare into
tha boxes that oontaln somebodies.
The shads of blue used Is so dark ss to
pass almost as black, and In this regpect
It resembles tha dark plum color which
was suggested several years ago ss a sub
stitute for the conventional hue. Any ef
fort to change the color of evening dress
never departs far from the accustomed
sable.
The materials In demand for evening
wear still show a tendency. to remain dull
In finish and moderately rough. All high
finish Is avoided, as lbs material grows
shiny quick enough.
While the material for the- dinner coat
may be of gray, the dress suit must be
Inky black. Nothing better for this use
can be found than the dressed and un
dressed worsteds, which In looks and dur
ability are the, best for formal evening
dress.
Tha Increasing recognition of the dinner
cost as a very Informal gacment has made
the grsy material to be used In them much
more In demand. These rough English
cloths vary In tone from a black with only
a fine gray thread running through It to
a .pronounced gray with a pattern in tha
weave of with a herringbone atrlpe, over
plald or diamond pattern.
These designs are, of course, Inconspic
uous and visible only on close scrutiny.
Similar Indistinct patterns are sometimes
found In ths worsteds for evening dress,
and ars even less conspicuous on ths very
black ground.
Ths dress ooat shows ons adherence to
foreign styles found In no other fashion for
men. Hers all ths coats ars still mads
loose. Ths well cut coat according to New
Tork Ideas is close at tbs shoulders and
nowhere else.
In England, on. ths contrary, tailors are
following a .fashion that originated on the
continent of - cutting coats tight ' to the
figure. This Influence hss been manifested
only In tbe imported cloths.
It Is proper to have dresaoOats fit snugly
In ths waist and over the hips. Another
difference in the style tor this year Is that
tbe front of the coat Is mors cut away In
order to reveal the waistcoat, which has
gradually become a more Important part
of evening dress, both formal and in
formal. It can scarcely bs said that ths peaked
collar which la seen on all modish dress
coats this winter Is a manifest It ation of tbe
present season. Ths roll or shawl collar on
evening dress passed awsy several years
ago. .
Both en ths dinner coat and ths full
evening dress strictest adherenoa to style
demands ths pointed collar, but ths wearer
with a determination to Have a shawl col
lar ons way or another may with pro
priety bsvs it on a dinner ooat. Padded
shoulders ars also a thing of the past and
the best tailors Insist on leaving the
shoulders ths natural width, which Is
rough on narrow shouldered men but ths
style.
Ths sleeve of tbs dress coat In finished
with a tales cuff which closes with one
button at ths edge. The dinner coat on the
other hand has ths full turn back cuff
which Is rarely mors than an Inch and a
half in width and is not to be made of
tbs sams silk as that which lines the
peaks, although some tailors hsvs tried to
Introduos this flashy Innovation. If ther
is no turn back cuff on ths dinner coat
sleevs ths false cuff may havs as many as
three of four buttons and not bs too ex
aggerated In styls.
When braid is used on ths dinner cost It
not only extends alSng ths dge of ths
collar, but runs down to ths bottom of the
ooat. As a vagary of this year's fashion
of so much braid, nons la put on ths trous
ers whsn It Is used on the coat. For years
It has been oustomary to finish the outside
seam of all trousers with a brsld whloh
sometimes formed an elaborate design.
Now the trousers ars plain whan braid la
used on the cost.
Mors attractive than thee arald edged
coats sre tbe peak collared garments, cov
ered with satin to the edges and having no
suggestion of braid anywhere but on the
trousers. That may not be ths last cry of
chic, as the French would say, but It is the
most tasteful and one least likely to pall
on ths wearer who la not able to Invest in
a new dress suit every year.
In detail the drees coat of the year
avoids extremities. The skirt or tails are
of moderate length and only three buttons
are used on the forebody. There srs but
tons at the top of the tails and the snug
At tends to emphasise the outline of the
figure.
Tha trousers srs of medium width, be
soming narrower at ths ankle.
Toe while linen or meroertaed cotton
waistcoats sre the smartest and they now
bavs rarely mors than three buttons, are
eut to a V In the bosom snd srs still end
ing In two points. Ths patterns of these
may match the shirt front, but It is a bet
ter styls to bavs under all elroumstanoes
a plain shirt front.
A dealer oa Fifth avenue has been mak
ing this winter plaited waistcoats to go
with ths plaited shirt fronts now worn
with dinner coat a
There havs been few plaited shirts seen
st ths opera this year, although men who
havs their shirts msds In Paris brought
soms of them bsck snd were assured that
they were completely full dress, i They
havs not become popular here, and the
man who appeared with a plaited shirt and
a plaited waistcoat as full 'evening drtae
would find himself conspicuous.
Ths best styis of waistcoat has three
buttons. Is made of whits duck er linen
and above all fits well. The buttons are
made of the same material as the studs,
or may svea be covered with whits ma
terial similar to ths waistcoat and bs quite
as much in style.
All the white waistcoats tnr wear with
full svenlng dress sre supplied with col
lars, while those for Wear with dinner
ecats ars oollarlpss. The various silks and
mercerized cottons used for the fancy
waistcoats, now a detail of ths dinner coat,
are usually provided with thre buttons,
ball shaped and made of agate, stonelne or
enameled wood to correspond In shade to
tha material of ths waistcoat. The pre
vailing shsde of these wslstcoats is gun
metal or soms tint of gray.
With his shirt, his cost and his waist
coat according to ths best models there Is
little chance for the well dressed man to
go astray. In details he may carry still
further ths exhibition of his tsste and
knowledge.
In his shoes, for Instsnce, he may go
ao far wrong as to nullify his other excel
lencies. For wear at dinners, danoes and
all full-dress occasions the only appro
priate shoe Is ths pump. As that may
seem to some men too formal for evening
wear at the theater, and the pump la not
comfortable for walking, a buttoned, high,
patent leather boot is admissible.
This Is better styls with the usual cap,
although there are still marry conventional
dressers who believe thet the only appro
priate foowear for full dress on all occa
sions Is a kid top, with a patent leather
shoe having no tip. This may have been
smart In early Victorian days, but now
adays fashion has decreed that only the
pump shall be worn. It Is still the most
popular style of shoe st the opera.
With the pump should be worn silk
socks, which do not admit of any color,
although black with gray and whits pat
terns are In good style. For wear at home
with a dinner coat the line against color
need not be so carefully drawn, and there
Is ample opportunity for the wearer's play
of fancy and Imagination In colors and
combinations.
The useful and convenient opera hat
seems to be a thing of the past. One wears
only the silk hat with Its customary band
about an Inch and a half deep.
New Torkers liavo not yet accustomed
themselves to the foreign habit of always
carrying a cane with evening dress. The
silver headed walking stick Is regarded
as Jr.st ss Indispensable to evening dress
as ths silk hat In Europe. The men who
carry them usually have the round stick
surmounted with a silver head.
For ordinary evening wear the heavy
whits dogskin glove Is most spproprlate,
although men who are going to a dance
seldom care to tajte the trouble to carry an
extra pair of gloves with them; so they
stsrt out with the light weight glove they
expect to wear all evening.
For ths theater nnd opera, where gloves
are to be worn all tho time, the heavier
kid Is more generally seen. Prudent men
protect them on trolleys and elsewhers
with mitts.
The white lawn or linen tie admits of
very little change, the most Important
thing about that detail of dress being the
necessity of tying It one's self and tying It
well.
This winter the best New Tork tailor
have made a determined attempt to revive
ths Inverness coat as a garment for dress
wear. There was a time when this pat
tern of coat enjoyed great popularity, but
that passed nearly fifteen years sgo.
There Is one serious drawback to that
style of coat for this climate. It Is en
tirely unsulted to cold weather. The very
peculiarities that make It spproprlate to
svenlng dress also render it unlit for wear
In any but the mildest weather.
It slips easily off snd on and takes up
little space in an opera box or a dressing
foom. But lis flowing sleeves also serve to
open It to all ths cold breeses and make It
to light and airy for night wear during a
New Tork winter.
Less classic in style, but Intended for
evening wear Is the ulster finished, with a
velvet collar and lined to the edg-e with
silk. This Is, of course, a compromise that
tends to make serve for dress occasions
the sort of garment which from Its nature
la Intended for something entirely dif
ferent. Msds of an ordinary rough ma
terial this overcoat would be no more than
an ulster unsulted for evening dress; made
up In handsome materials and finished care
fully it serves for dress occasions as well
as for dsyttms use.
The best dressed men. In every detail,
however, Is he who can put on with his
evening dress perfect in every particular a
fur coat of suitable quality, Then he has
gained sartorial perfection of something
near It
EASY MONEY- PROLONGS LIFE
Wesaaa ef One Handred Years Grows
OI4 Comfortably aa An
aaltles. Ws bsvs often mentioned the effect
of annuities In prolonging life. Originally,
perhaps, the argument was to a certain
extent a judicious hypothesis, but fact
claps it on the back again and again and
acclaims it as Irrefutable truth. Mrs.
Betsey Gags of Brooklyn, for example,
was 100 last week; and a hundred in
Brooklyn Is nearly as old as 60 in
Manhattan. Shs bought an annuity st 72
and another ons at 78. She has them yet,
and may shs havs them for years to come!
She was, we assume, a sickly woman,
until fortified hy having something to live
for and on.
8o much we may say without incurring
any suspicion of recommending annuities
"as r sn investment." No, we merely
take) hold of one of the deepest rooted
instincts of Insured humanity, seal to
"beat" the Insurance company. As a rule
one can do this only by dying at an
early stage of tha game, a process most
inconvenient for yourself, however en
couraging to posterity. We of the endow
ment brigade have lost, perhaps, most or
all of that exultation which that flatter
ing unction of "past results" used to
give us. "The sirens," says Prof. Seidel
of Bonn, "were ths lifs insurance sgents
of antiquity."
Still nursing ths unconquerable hops
how shall It be achieved? Well, the dream
of the aging philosopher is to buy an
annuity and live to be a centenarlait
Even then the company will use you aa an
advertisement, but you can afford It. You
have lived on velvet for a generation.
New York Eun.
VOCABULARY OF THE ARMY
Pasallar Exprvaaloas Caiamoa Aaaoaa
Soldiers, bat Itrssct to
Oetsldrra.
Is the army there sre xpresslons pe
culiar to Itself. Heard for the first time
by outsiders, they need Interpretation.
Among the most common are "hike," for
"march;" "striker," for a soldier serving
as body servant or bouse man for an
officer; C. O.," for "commanding offi
cer," and "O. D.," for "officer of the day;"
"hop" and "hop room," for "dance" and
"dancing room;" "cits clothes," for "civ
ilian dress;" "commissaries," for "gro
ceries;" "coffee cooler," for an officer who
Is always looking for an easy Job In some
staff position; "found," when an officer
fails to pass bis examinations; "shave
tail." for a youngeater just out of West
Point. Among ths soldiers ths expressions
havs multiplied until quits a vocabulary
of atrangs words has been established.
"Bob-tail" Is a dlshonorabfe discharge.
"Orderly bucker" Is a soldier who, when
going oa guard duty, strives by extra
neatness of appearance to be appointed
orderly to one of ths of fit era. "Dog rob
ber" is the soldier's contemptuous ex
pression Xr "striker." UeUe't Weekly.
ISSIDE THE CUN TURRET
The VLtn that Do the Firing- on Board
Battleships.
IN A TURRET DURING FIRING
tha Crewe rest Hens Settled by
Coraaetltloa Raatd-Flrlna
Oaa Deafaeas.
NEW TORK. Dec 7.-Shlps snd guns
srs not the only features of the navy that
have undergone radical changes In the
last ten years. The men themselves srs
different and so ars soms of tha regula
tions. In the first place, every man now In ths
navy la sn American cltisen. There Is one
old story sbout us which our enemies en
joyed even better than we did, and that's
saying a good deal.
It was a British and sn Amerlcsn naval
officer who were standing together on the
quay, when the Britisher pointed to his
own vessel and exclaimed:
"Isn't that a noble sight? Five hundred
souls aboard It and every one of them a
British subject!"
1 That's nothing," replied ths American.
"There's my ship yonder. There sre 500
men aboard of It and every one tif them Is
a British subject!"
It was a good story In Its day, but It Is
ancient history now. There are no sub
jects of sny nationality whatever aboard
American battleships now. There are only
Amerlcsn cltixens. And though soms of
them sre of ths naturslised variety, most
of them are of American birth.
Old gea liosrs aad the New.
Even of the latter the navy gets a very
different class now than formerly. Ones
most of the men were enlisted at the
seaboard and not a few of them were the
leftovers of other vessels.
They Were men of all sges and pretty
frequently of so limited education that
It was a custom In the navy for ths pay
master to sign all the names on the pay
role! the men merely making their mark.
The custom doubtless persisted for some
time after any real need for it had disap
peared, but It Is a fact that' it was not
until the modern naval recruit came to the
front that a place had to be found In every
sailor man's kit for a pen or a pencil.
Ths recruits of the last few years hall
chiefly from ths northern half of the Mis
sissippi valley. Every ons of them hss to
pass an examining board to make sure
that he Is up to the physical requirements.
As a result the American navy of today
Is being manned by the finest, huskiest lot
of young men that ever walked, a deck.
The age limit Is another rule of recent
years. Aside from the officers there isn't
today on board an American warship of
any class a man over 40. The shellbacks
of other days, with their frosty beards
and their ancient prejudices, have gone.
And with tholr disappearance has come
a new regulation which is of Immeasurable
importsnce to ths navy as a fighting ma
chine. Under the old regime ths captains
of the various gun crews were generally
the oldest of the sailors, without rerard
to ths fact that they might be less efficient
than some men very much their Juniors
both in actual age and In length of service.
The way things are managed now every
member of a gun crew Is chosen for effi
ciency no matter whether he Is the oldest
in the , crew or ths merest youngster of
them all.
Teaching the Yoang-aters to Shoot.
This efficiency Is determined by competi
tive tests, the most Ingenious of these be
ing what Is known as Morris tube practice.
We got it from the British (thank you),
but have elaborated It to Suit Our own
methods and Ideas.
Actual target practice being an enor
mously expensive proceeoSng, It was hardly
the sort of food on which the navy could
bring up Its babes. The Morris tubs pro
ceeding was Invented to fit ths contin
gency. For this reason a Flubert rifle Is attached
Omaha Boy
ORP has Just corns from New
t rl York that Burdette O. Lwia
VL I of thl clty na been appointed
Tork Publio Service commis
sion for the First district.
Mr. Lewis is a graduate of Omaha High
school snd of the University of Nebraaka -and
has done graduate work at ths Univer
sity of Wisconsin snd at Cornell univer
sity. While at Wisconsin hs held the
Johnson speolat scholarship in economics.
He also served for soms time as a special
agent for the Wisconsin State Tax commis
sion. Hs Is ths only man who has ever
held tbe 16W Andrsw IX Walts) follow SU9
BURDETTB
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to ths top of ths regulsr gun, a pigmy on a
giant. Ths target Is placed a certain num
ber of feet In front of the rifle and Is auto
matically manipulated to simulate the roll
ing and heaving of a floating target, dis
tances and motions being proportioned for
the rifle snd small target to agree with
those which would exist in tha case of the
Ms gun and Its target.
Every gun has two pointers. One has the
hortsontal motion of the gun In his charge,
the other the perpendicular.
Ths former swings the gun right or left
though It Is not really ths gun but ths
turret Itself which turns. Ths second man
then elevstes or depresses the gun to Ami
the center of ths target. Every movement
Is controlled by electricity. The process Is
precisely ths same with tho rifle as with
the big gun, and when a man's record at
Morris tube practice Is better than that of
his fellows he next shows what hs csn do
st regular target practice.
Firing a Blsr Omm.
While the two pointers ars ths most Im
portsnt members of a gun crew, ths loader
Is generally its captain. Hs directs the
rest. But It Is the pointer who elevates
and depresses ths gun that Carries most of
the responsibility.
The sighting Is done through a telescope
whose lens is screened with fins lines
which divide the target into squares. Ths
pointer holds In his hand a key resembling
a tuning fork.
. "Just a little higher!" he will say to ths
electrician, keeping his eye glued to the
telescope. "A llttls bit more!" And then
he shuts his hand sharply on ths two
prongs or arms of the key he holds; that
closes the circuit and with a roar the great
gun sends Its shot straight for ths target
That's a perfectly conservative statement
to make, for American gunners rsrely miss
Ten years ago ws thought ths navy-could
shoot straight and fast, but they caa do
a whole better now.
Whereas it used to take from seven to
ten minutes to fire one of the big guns.
they now pop them off st the rate of
thirty seconds to a shot. And that Is while
the ship Is In motion and st a target 1,090
yards distant and only 17x21 feet In slas.
Pointers Are Well Paid.
As tho two pointers of a gun crew receive
HO a month above their regular pay and
are pretty Important personages Into the
bargain, there Is keen rlvslry for ths posi
tion. Sometimes sn experienced mechanlo
getting high pay secures ths coveted place,
Again It goea to a mere boy who Is only
a common sailor.
One of the best pointers In the navy was
a lad only 17. Age mads no difference. It
wss ths ability to shoot straight that
counted. ,
At target practice a vessel steams along
a straight course, marked by flags. A line
drawn from the target toward ths ship's
course would Intersect it st right angles,
and tor battleship practice would be 1,600
yeards, or very nearly a mile, long. Tho
ship's speed Is regulated so that it will
cover the firing course In Ave minutes and
forty seconds. An official whistle blows for
It to begin and to cease firing.
The course la covered, once for, each bat
lery and one loaded gun is sllowed at ths
start. For every succeeding shot tha guns
must be loaded, pointed and fired.
Tet ths forty-eight shots are fired within
ths five minutes and forty seconds. Thst
Is at tha rate of thirty seconds a shot,
and a good crew will almost' promlss to
cat every shot that doesn't go through ths
target. v
Effect of the Flrlnst.
The average civilian has a very indefinite
idea as to ths conditions inside a turret
while heavy firing Is going on. He Imag
ines that the roar and reverberation and
recoil and all the other r's must be terrific.
Of course it Isn't quite so peaceful as a
summer eve In a cemetery, but a gun crew
doesn t get the worst effects of Its Own
firing. A greater shock may be fait by
some of the crew. Moreover It Is possible
to adjust the nervous system to an ex
pected shock; while an unexpected ons
takes the nerves off their guard.
The greatest force of the vibration from
the firing of a gun Is naturally just outside
ths musxls, snd that is outslds ths turret.
So terrific Is this vibration that ths deck
under ths muzzle will be ripped to pieces.
sheet Iron doors will be wrnched from
their hangings and skylights shattered. To
Makes Good
In political science at Cernell university for
two consecutive years.
Mr. Lewis was ons of the first five men
appointed through civil service by the In
terstate Commerce commission to take a
leading part In its Investigations Into the
finances and financial securities of the
railways of ths United States. The greater
part of this work has been completed snd
Mr. Lewis was recommended for the posi
tion he now assumes by his former em
ployers.
Mr. Lewis baa a host of friends In this
city who rejoice at his good fortune in se
curing appointments under aUonal and
scats elYU semoe rules.
Q. LEWIS
gviard aralnst theee effects the de-k under
the gun mussle Is reinforced with steel
plates about an Inch thick, and skylights
sre tsken oft snd replaced with coverings
of srnior plate.
Of course there Is mors or less roar and
Jar felt Inside the turret. Men who are
looking for the refinements of precaution
rccommond that gunners wesr shoes with
rushioned soles snd heels to lessen ths Jnr
of the deck. As for ths air vibrations, dus
either to firing In one's own or soms other
turret, that has caused so many tsses of
gun desfness thst the department has ex
perimented with endless devices for Its
pieventlsn.
To stuff ths ears with cotton Is of course
the commonest expedient, followed by offi
cers and men alike during target practice.
Here Is also what Is called the Cheatham
device, sn English Invention, consisting of
a mixture of clay and wool. It Is very
flexible, csn be molded to sny ear and still
allows Its wearer to hesr orders.
Another with which both ths army and
the nsvy hsvs been experimenting is ths
Elliott device. It is In ths form of a little
celluloid ball which fits Into ths ear and
to which Is attached by a tubular stem a
celluloid wing which fits outslds ths esr.
Ths air vibrations ars broken up In ths
angle of the hollow stem and yet orders
csn bs heard through it.
Oun deafness may come Immediately as
a result of a ruptured ear drum, or grad
ually, owing to an Injury to ths auditory
nerve.
The recoil of a gun Used to be one of tha
worst features of Its firing; that Is to say,
for the man behind It. That recoil Is now
largely taksn up by a cylinder filled with
a mixture of glycerins snd water.
As for ths turret Itself, It la a great core
running down through successive decks till
It reaches what might be called ammuni
tion level. For reasons which are evident,
this level T-well below water line.
The steel csslng of the turret turns on ths
deck; but the roots, so to speak, go deep.
Through these roots tons of powder and of
shot sre hoisted by mesne of electric eleva
tors. They ure first run out of the ammu
nition rooms on little tracks and from them
loaded into the elevators.
From ths first hsnd laid on a ssck of
powder until the pointer closes bis hsnd
on the key thst fires the gun everything is
dons with the most perfect precision. Every
man has his particular Job cut out for him
and there Is no confusion or getting In pns
another's way. At ths same time every
man has his understudy, ready at a mo
ment's notlcs to take his place.
The old picturesque ramming in of the
charge has gone as completely as ths
squally picturesque aroups which watched
ths firing of the gun by hand. Every step
In the process Is made with the help of
electrlolty.
RUBBER TUBE IN HIS LUNG
Long Illness of a Philadelphia tfaa
Had Pnssled Msay Expert '
Fhyslelaaa.
Until yesterday John Devine, a Junk
dealer of Philadelphia, has for twsnty
years been carrying around with him and
concealed In his right lung, a rubber tubs
eight inches long, to which was attached
a long silk thread. ' This tube, was removed
by a skillful operation and pevlns Is ex
pected to be relieved of pais from which
he has long suffered.
During all these years the mail has been
ailing, but until a few days ago It was not
known what was the matter, as sever!
physicians, some of them the most expert
In Philadelphia, failed to discover tbs real
cause for his continued illness. Then a
few days ago he was selssd with pains In
ths breast, but as hs had so often suffered
In the same way he did not pay much at
tention to them at ths time. During the
evening, however, they became unbearable,
and he was taken to the Hahnemann hos
pital. Hs wss treated for a couple of
days, but bscama worse Instead of better.
The patlont did net respond to treatment,
and nothing could be discovered that would
account for the severe pains.
Finally It was decided to try an exam
ination by the X-rays, and a black-colored
aubetsnce around which some flesh had
grown was discovered. Devine wss told
about it and asked if he ever had an
operation performed, and at first he could
not think of any. He thought for a few
minutes and then declared that twenty
years ago he had been taken to ths Phila
delphia hospital to be treated for a fever
and pleurisy and that an operation had
been performed.
To draw away the pus a rubber tubs
was Inserted, to which was attached a
thread. Ons day, hs said, hs felt ths tube
slipping down inside, and he told the doc
tor who was then la attendance upon hlra.
An examination was mads, but ths physi
cian declared that the tube must havs
fallen out, as It certainly did not get Into
the lung or stomach. There were no Xrays
In those days, snd, consequently, ths tube
could not be located.
After the discovery of whst was thought
to bs a growth of some other kind n
operation was arranged for, and Prof. HI
L. Northrop performed It at ths Hahne
mann hospital. The eight-Inch rubber tube
and the thread was drawn out and Devine
Is reported to bs doing nicely.
Prof. Northrop said there is no doubt
but that it was ths cause of Dsvlns's se
rious illness' from time to time, and
that the pains that lie almost continually
suffered were Also dus to ths sams cause.
Ths operation la a very delicate and diffl.
cult one and physicians said that It Is Sel
dom that one like it is successfully per
formed. TRAGEDIES 0JFTHE ARCTIC
Paaalmg af a Man Who Solve Oaa
Mystery of the Ice-Bssad
Rra-toa,
Ths death of Sir, Leopold McCllntock at
the advanced age of 88 recalls his services
In making clear one of tha most mysterious
tragedies of the Arctic But the general
Impression that he was ths first to find
traces of the unlucky expedition of Sir
John Franklin is an error of which ths
correction In no way lessens ths credit dus
to hlra for the achievement of a remarkabU
task. The Franklin expedition, one of ths
largest ever sent to ths Arctic, sailed in
May, 1&4S, and ths ships were last seen In
Baffin's bay on July 26 of the sams year.
The search for the expedition continued
from 1848 to ISM. and entailed upen England
and upon the United States, which shsred
In the work, a total expenditure of more
than tS.0UO.000.
In three years before the McCllntock
party, which was financed by Sir John
Franklin's widow, left England on Its mis
sion, Dr. Raa, at ths head of tha sxpedltlon
dispatched by the Hudson Bsy company,
found traces of ths long and fatal over
land inarch attempted by Franklin's com
panions and survivors. It was reserved for
Captsln MuCllntock, however, to recover
the records left by Franklin, to establish
ths fact of ths commander's death on board
his ship and to maks clesr ths reasons for
ths land march toward ths Oreat Fish river
that ended in the death of Captain Crosier
and hla lue companions.
Ths Arctic holds locked in Its Icy bosom
ens other mystery which may never be
explained. No austaintd effort has bssa
made to find out what became ef Salomon
August Andres and his friends, Btrlndberg
and Frankel. who eleven years ago started
ts drift across ths pole in a' balloon. No
more foolhardy attempt was sver made, nor
is science much poorer from the fact that
no McCllntock has been found to reveal the
late Uist evertuuk It. iirovklyo lj-l.
Open to Everybody
ts ths fullest Informstlon ss to the prop
erties Snd uses of ths several Ingredi
ents entering Into Ir. Pierce's leading
family medicines.' Not only ars sll ths
Ingredients printed In plain English on
each bottls wrspper, but a little book of
extracts from numerous standard author
ities of all the different schools of medi
cal practice, extolling thsse several In
gredients and giving their properties snd
uses, has been compiled by Dr. R. V.
Pierce, and will be mailed free by him
to the address of sny ons sending a postal
card er letter to him, at Buffalo, N. Y,
and requesting a copy of the same.
In this way the afflicted, who may
thtnk favorably of using these non-secret
meoNclnes. sre taken Into Dr. Pierce's full
confidence snd sre Informed aa to ths
properties snd uses of each of the several
vegetable Ingredients of which they are
composed.
Thus you do not havs to rely upon Dr.
Pierce's recommendation alone aa to the
marvelous curative properties possessed
by his ."Golden Medical Discovery" for
the cure of weak stomachs, dyspepsia,
torpid liver, or biliousness; Impure blood
and kindred ailments, nor of bis "Favor
Its Prescription for the cure of weak,
nervous. Invalid women, for you have in
addition ths strongest kind of endorse
ment of esch and svery ingredient enter
ing Into the composition of thess world
famed medicines by numerous leading
medical writers of ths several schools of
practice. In tact nothing which Dr. Pierce
haa ever said in recommendation of thess
medicines in quits so strong and laudatory
of their merits as what has Indirectly
been aald of them through the numerous
unqualified endorsements and recommen
dation of each of their several Ingredients
by the leading writers on Materia Medics.
Of course thete endorsements were
written from entirely disinterested 'mo
tives and are therefore the more valuable.
They were written to Instruct medical
practitioners In ths properties and uses
of the several Ingredients which enter
Into Dr. Prlcs't two leading medicines,
ths writsrs not being aware that they
were extolling and endorsing ingredients
which ars used in these medicines. Hence
ths great value of these highest possible
endorsements, coming, ss they do, from
leaders of the medical profession in the
matter of Materia Medlca.
Among ths well-known authorities will
bs found Drs. Bsrtholow, King, Scudder,
Hals, Cos, Elllngwood and many others.
The Ingredients are all Indigenous, or
native, medicinal roots. Dr. Pierce be
lieves that medicine can cure disease only
as It assists Naturs to overcome the ab
normal or diseased conditions. For thus
assisting Naturs In throwing off disease.
Dr. Plsrcs believes ths best and only real
remedies ars to bs found In Nature's Lab
oratory. In tbs roots of medicinal plants
found In ths country, Providsncs has
stored up meet valuable, active, curative
.principles, which, when scientifically ex
tracted and combined In Just ths right
proportions, as In Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, are most sffectlve in
curing a long list of chronic or lingering
and most obstlnats diseases. r
In chronic, bronchial, throat and lung
affections, accompanied with hoarseness
or loss of voice, cough, profuss expectora
tion and even bleeding from lungs, "Gold
en Medical Discovery" has proven a sov
reign remedy.
In csss of weak stomach, Indigestion,
dyspepsia, . ulceration of stomach or
bowsls. torpid liver, or biliousness, ths
"Ooldsa Medical Discovery" has never
been excelled as a tonto and invlgorator
which puts ths affeotsd organs "in tuna"
and enables them to perorm their proper
functions. It purifies and enriches the
blood, curing all manner of "humors,'
blood taints, scrofulous and skin affec
tions. In all Irregularities and painful periods
to which women are subject, also in leu
corrhosa, or "female weakness," displace
ments, as prolapsus, anteverslon' and te
troverslon of ths uterus, ulceration of
uterus, Inflammation of ovaries and kin
dred maladies. Dr. Pierce s FaJrite Pro
scription has mors real cores to Its credit
than any other mldlolne put up and sold
through druggists for ths cure of this
class of weakness and diseasss.
When a woman takes "Favorite Pre
scription" shs knows just what shs is
using. Dr. Pierce takes his patients into
his full confldencs. His medicines are not
asorst compounds, ars not patsnt medi
cines, but tha favorite prescriptions of
regular, graduated physician Of largs ex
perience In actual practice.
Teu can not afford to experiment with
your health by aooeptlng and taking free
"trial bottles" of Cheap John Fake Medl
Inss, so freely given away In this country.
Health ts a heritage too sacred to be tri
fled with In that way. Take only Medi
cines of Known Composition those made
after formulae so choice that the makers
taka you fully into their confidence and
feel that they can afford to tell yeu Just
what you ars using whsn you employ
their medicines.
Dr. Pierce never believed It necesssry
or advisable to use alcohol In tha prepar
ation of either his "Fsvorlte Prescrip
tion" for weak woman, or his "Golden
Medical Discovery," tbs well-known alter
ative tonic, which Is so largely used as a
remedy for indigestion, torpid liver, had
blood and kindred ailments. Over' forty
years sgo, hs discovered thst chemically
purs glycerine Is a far better solvsnt of
most of ths active principles residing la
our natlvs medicinal plants when used
at a proper and sustained temperature
than la alcohol; and, furthermore, hs
found that a glyosrto extract kept much
bsttsr than an alcohollo one, and that ths
glycerins possesses Intrinsic remedial
value, being demulcent, nutritive and an
sffectlve anti-ferment. Although costing
somswhat more. Dr. Pierce predicts that
glycsrle medicinal extracts will, in tbs
not distant future, largely replace alco
holic ones eo generally prescribed by
physicians and put out by proprietary or
"patent medicine" manufacturers, aa be
ing mors efficient and sntlrely free from
the serious objection of making inebriates
when used in lingering or chronic cases,
where a somewhst protracted uss of
medicine ts necessary no matter how good
or well adapted to the case it may bs la
order' to obtain permanent results.
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again and Wadaeadar, April 4ta, I paaasMl another
tap-orsa M ft. loug au4 ovsir a thouued small
aroraaa. Prr!oua la mf takluf Caaoari I ttdu'l
know I aa4 a, tavora. 1 alwaya baa ft atoaU
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