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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1908)
TIIK OMAHA NINPAY HKK: fKHMTAKY 2. 1903. CAUGHT BY THE GRIP RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA. Lb, Grippe Is Epidemic Catarrh THE dlseas known a "grip" used to be tillM "influenza." It very closely resembles cold, but U more tenacious In Its hold upon the ytem and produce more profound disturbance. tJrip la In reality epidemic catarrh. When It one, begin It spread over tha country very rapidly. People do not catch tha grip from each .ether, but each one catchea It from tha atmosphere. "Moat Effective Medicine Ever Tried for La Grippe." TlobL U Madison, A. M.. principal of Cullowhee High School. "Painter. N. C. la chairman of the Jackson County Board f Education. He la a writer of occasional veraea and haa contributed to a number of leading papera and magazines rellglou. educa tional and secular. In speaking of I'eruna, Mr. Madison ay: "I am hardly ever without Pe.runa In my honie. It la the most effective medi cine that I have ever tried for la grippe. "It bIho cured my wife of nasal catarrh. Her conditiop at one time waa such that aha could not at night breathe through her nostrils. . "In consequence, an Inflamed condition of the throat was brought about, getting worse and worse and yielding to no rem edy until I'eruna was tried." Healthy Mucous Membrane. Those who are fortunate enough to have perfectly healthy mucous membranes or dinarily do not catch the grip. The mucoua membranes lining the nose, throat and lungs, when In a normal atate, are an effectual barrier against the Invasion of grip. But, If there happens to be the slightest catarrhal derangement of the mucous membrane, then the victim becomes an easier prey to the grip. Tula in 'part explains why some people get the 'grlr while other do not. The rational tiling to do Is to keep the ysteni free from catarrh. In attempting to do. this must people have found Peruna to be. -.Invaluable. Systewrr ' Catarrh, the Iteult of La (;rtH I'c-ru-na Herelvea Oedlt . for Present tiood Health. Mr, .lane W. Oilmore. Bo 44. White Oak. 4nl. Ter.. formerly housekeeper for Indiana, Iteform School for Boys, writes: 1. years aifo .1 had la grippe, which wsa followed by systemic catarrh. "The only thing I used as Peruna and klanalin. and I have been in better health tiie last i. tree years than for ycara before: "I rve Peruna all the credit for my good lit m 1th." Imriiuz an epidemic of grip I'eruna should be used. Tlu doses recommended on tins' bottle are sufficient. After the grip has oneo been acquired: Dr. Hartman recommends the use of Pe runa In teaspoonful dose every hour dur- OMAHA INTERESTED IN SUIT Hen JSLtrt Speculate on Probable Out ' -come of Earriman Case. OPES J-GATEWAY"" A CEETADSTTf Effect tUstgrsirit at Vaioa Pa- and It abldlarle I Dl4 FtiinH wit at Mirk Concern Dissolution Doahted. J.' The outtoin ut the suit filed Saturday li Halt Lak for the dissolution of what 14 known as the Ilarrtman system will be awaited with considerable Interest by the people of Omaha and Nebraska, for the . . . , . i.i. i . i . . 1 1 - w ri,naha wuat kTUOn I Ul 1 1U 19 raecuiiaiij ' w add has more to do with the upbuilding of t)muiia than any other line. - .The Union Pacific proper begin at Omaha and end at Fait Lake, and from ttiat point -weft lias do outlet of i'a own except vU Portland over the Oregon Short IJne and the Oregon Railway and Naviga tion company linos., which are owned by t$ Vnloa Pacific. Even after a mountain climb of unn-mtie to Portland the freight lj then no nearer to Ran Francisco than l( waa at Ogden. ' rhe avowed purpose of the Union Pacific la .making heiy purchases of Southern ifcciflc Slock In 19H". after Colla P. Hun tington' death, w aa .to secure an outlet the Pacific coast over the old Central sci fie. The government will undertake j.show, however, that these purchase ire made to stifle con-.petitlon with the Southern Pacific by Its southern lini, M ille away, ' I Tins Uyeai Uidra tialewif, Jj")i I'nion Pacilio muel rely on th Souih cr Pacific for its business at the Ogdrn iVifmir. for It haa no other way of getting u,.n-.a at I lie western end of the line. ! BJ.nuld the case In equl.y be declfcd again. t t'nijn Pacific and an abaoldte Separa tum of the' reads ordered. It will throw ofcen the pifdon gateway and give all roads a chance at the business, .nearly all of whlih is now given to the Union Fac'.flo. ttiould te llnea be aeparated the I'nion lvlfic would be able to tnak no rate west t Elastic Stockings, Trusses, Batteries, Crutches, Bed Pans, Invalid Kings, Back Bests, Invalid Chairs, Bed Side tables, Bubber Goods, Douche Pans, 'Water EUils .. H. J. PENFOLD & CO., Hospital and Invalid Supplies. 1403 7ABNAU ST. .. -f i r ' fer j mmo The Medial Profession Recognizes The Qrtp as Epidemic Catarrh. Ing the acute stage, after which the direc tion on the bottle should be followed. Kxperlence has shown that the people who use Peruna as a remedy for grip gen erally recover ooner and are less liable to the distressing and long-continued after-affects of the grip. When Peruna has not been used during the course cf the grip and the patfcnt finds himself suffering from the after effects of this disease, a course of Peruna should be resorted to. Suffered Twelve Years From After Effect of I Grippe. Mr. Victor Patncaude. 328 Madison Pt., Topeka, Kan., member of Knlghta and Ladles of Security, writes: "Twelve years ago 1 had a severe at tack of la grippe and I never really re covered my health and strength but grew weaker every year, until I was un able to work. "Two years "'ago I be gan using Peruna and It built, up my strength so that In a couple of month 1 was able to go to work again. pf Ogden and would simply have to take the business which came naturally t It. On the other hand, Cjilon Pacific official maintain that mosuof the business would fall naturally to it, because of that road being the short line and because It Is one of the best equipped roads of the country, and -because it haa a track unexcelled any where. :' The question naturally arise what would have become of the through business pf the Union Pacific If the Interest controlling the Burlington. Rock Island and Rio Grande or the Missouri Pacific had secured a controlling- Interest In the Southern Pa cific and thrown all the transcontinental busine&a to these lines? It would. It Is maintained, have been in Just the position the Rio Grande finds itself today, having to be satisfied with what through business the Harriman lines permits to be diverted to that road. Gasld Forced Balld. Gould waa forced to build a line from Salt Lake City across the Slerre Nevada ranges to the Pacific ocean In order to gef ny of the transcontinental business. Tins the i'nion Pai-jfic woold probably have been iorced to do If it had not been able to buy enough stock in the Southern Pa cific to force that road to giva It the busi ness at the Ogden gateway. It will be maintained that these were the real rea son for the Union Pacific securing stock In the Southern Pacific and not for any such purpose aa restricting competition with that road. How would the dissolution which it Is believed may never transpire affect OrnahaT That la the question asked here. Under existing conditions the Union Pa cific, the Southern Pacific, the Oregon Short IJne and the Oregon Railway and Navigation company lines are one great system known as the Harriman lines. These have high aalaried officers in the east who look after the welfare of all these line. Judge R. 8. Lovett Is general counsel of all these lines; J. S. Stubba I traffic director. Julius Kruttschnltt la di- rector of maintenance and operation, Erastu. Young I. auditor. H. P. Thrall Is 2!&?-.l??? of Chicago I consulting engineer and W V. 8. Thome i purchasing agent. With the dissolution of the big system these men would have to be apportioned among the Various line and each maintain similar officer of It own. Might not some of these be sent to Omaha, the log ical headquarters of the Union Pacific It la said to be likely that Srubha and Kruttschnltt would go back to the Bouthern Pacific, the road from which they cam. Nartacrm Seearttlrs Different. The Northern Securities case In which th government got the decision that a com bination of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern waa Illegal under the provision of ttw Sherman antt-trust act, it ia pointed out, waa considerably different from th present ca, becajse the Northern Pacific and Great Northern are absolutely par allel lines, starting from t!e same cities and ending at the same cities and running at no point over 1 miles apart, whereaa th Union Pacific and Southern Pacific art over JU miles apart and ere alto gether different territories. One point at Issue In the Northern Set u: ties case waa to deterailn whether or not the holding company wo not created by the principal owners of the two line as a device to evade th Sherman law. The Burlington was a point at Usu in th other rase. Harriman had applied to lb combination to secure Joint Interest in th Burlington because he feared that much of tha Union Pacific traffic would be di verted to the two northern roads by th Burlington via Billings. He wa promptly turned down by Morgan, HU1 and tuelr aaaoclate. and he then made hi famous coup, as a result of which he gained prac tical control of th Great Northern and it sharea went skyward." Tfca rvsult wu a truce and the rival tntereots met ls liax rimaa' own office a few daya after tit luitc ef May 1. 11 It wts tnr'jr-c! th control f th Northern Pacific would b Kt In th hand of Plerpont Morgan and that comtlete harmory existed between him and Harriman. Trytaar t D What RtsaU Mluea. Tb government maintain that Karri- t v mil aitfr M Srf: This winter I had another attack of la grippe, but Peruna soon drove It out of my system. My wife and I consider Pe runa a household remedy." Pneumonia Followed I .a Grippe. lr. T. Barnecolt, West Aylmer, Ontario, Can., writes: "Last winter I was 111 with pneumonia after having la grippe. I took Peruna for two months, when I became quite well, and I can say that anyone can be cured by It In a reasonable time at little expense." Te-ru-na A Tonic After Mrs. Chas. K. Wells, sr Ohio, writes: i Grippe. Delaware "After a severe attack of la grippe. I took Peruna and found it a very good tonic." Mrs. Jane Gift. Athens, Ohio, writes: "Six yesrs n-go 1 had la grippe very bad. I read a testimonial of a woman who had been cured Of grip by Peruna. My hus band bought me a bottle of Peruna. I waa soon able to do my work. I continued using It until 1 w-as cured." man has been trying to do what Hill and Morgan attempted five or six years ago. They first tried to secure control of the Burlington by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific. They did this by issuing securities of the two roads, the same a Harriman did when he Issued bond of the Union Pacific and It affiliated line to buy out th Southern Pacific. ' The Union Pacific built the Oregon Bhort line, which was at first a narrow gauge line from Salt Lake to Butte, Mont., and was afterwarda changed Into standard gauge. The Oregon Short line then bought the Oregon Railway & Navigation company, ao the Union Pacific is absolute owner of these two roads and that matter Is not contested In the present case. It Js the holding of the Union Pacific and the Ore Kon Short lino hi the Southern Pacific, the Hill lines, the San Pedro line and the Bouthern Pacific which the government Is attacking. When the Union Pacific passed out of the hands of the receiver it was suggested by counsel that tile lines to PorVnnd all be bought as one line, but General Solicitor Kelly advised against that move, maintain ing that it might be construed as being In violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, o these other two lines were not bough up under the title of the Union Pacific. Tramr Agreemeat I OIT. Thegovernment has already made the Union Pacific cancel Its traffic agreement wHh the San Pedro line, and now It seeks to make Harriman let loose of his Interests In that line. The San Pedro line Was built originally by W. A. Clark of Butte with his personal funds, but Mr. Harriman stepped In and secured a half interest In the road. In the report of the Interstate Commerce commission It la stated that In the Union Pacific acuul-ed 75O,0iiO shares out of a total or 1.978.493 eharea of the Southern Pacific company, and subsequently ob tained laO.OuO more, making a total of 90u,(K0 or 45.49 per cent. nen the preferred stock of the South ern Pacific company was Issued, the Union , P,rlfh. ,ubwlbeil for ,tJ f , ' " - h.t at tne time of the report the Union Pacific owned l.OSO.cmo share out of a total of II74.1SO shares. PERIL OF THROWING MATCHES Danger la Practice i Called to Pa. Ha Atteatloa by Fir Chief kalter. Chief Salter of the fire department call attention to the dangerous practice of throwing matches and lighted cigar stubs out of upper window In offke buildings. Aside from their liability to alight on the heads of pedestrians, there is the danger that they will fall on awnings of windows lower down. A fire occurred from this very cause at a window of Rlngwah Broa." Insurance office In the Kartwu-h block Thursday. It was eitinpuished without calling the fire department becsine Mr. Ringwalt remembered wht-. the awning on the same window burned vcn years ago and one of the firemen lost Mr. life In re sponding to the alarm. The cause of the fire then wa also supposed to be a lighted cigar stub. MAYOR JIM HOME SUNDAY Will Retara fraaa Karelalvr Sariaas, Wherw II It bm for That Mayor D. iinian ia at tn-elsior Spring's, apparent! t In good health, is the word brought bacit from there by C. C. Valentine, court nfirT In Judge Troup court, who Just returned from there. Mayor Dahbnan has been there several day and has been enjoying rest. He Is accompanied by Mrs. Dahlman. At the mayor office It waa said gatur day he would return to Omaha Sunday. lahc with a Hater, wounded with a gun. or pierced by a rusty ail; Bjcklen Arnica Balve heai the wound. Guaranteed. Sic. For sal by Beatoa Drug Co. BINDING DOWN CAPE COD Sandi of the Cape Are More Dan gerous Than Tidal Wares. , SHUTERS' APPEAL- IS HEEDED aaa Smt . Only , Kadaaaered fthln, hat Drift with Baaer' aaa Blockade Railroads la IV later. PROVINCETOWN. Mass.. Jan. 81. Spe cial.) They have found another moans l? hold down the end of Cap Cod beside building the new Pilgrims' monument, of which the president helped to lay the cornerstone. The need of such a device' 'arise from the drifting" of the sands which compose the extremity of the peninsula. In this shifting of the dunes eveeythln" ia swamped. Farm are burled, houses covered over, forests and roads inundated and the waters from the very rivers and harbors sucked up. Cape, Cod for fully X) years haa been fighting the sand. Most of the time the aand haa had the best of it. The municipal authorities have called In the state and the state haa called In the national government, and after all their efforts and experiments they have found that the simplest defense gainst th sand Is the one that nature has made th most abundant Just plain beaxh grass. This, by th way, la not a recent discov ery, for bark In .the last century, the town crier used every' spring to add to his other admonitions about letting the cow run loose, rutting forest trees and paying the taxes thia. important warning: ."And. now all ye who hear are admonished by th authorities that it Is the time to plant beach grass, and all those good cltiiens. therefore, who respect the law and .itax for the penalty of it neglect will, forth with proceed to the planting of said grass." Beach Urasa to Ilels. Even In those early days thu value of beach grass was appreciated, but the various efforts to have it planted 4a. not seem to have been effective until a few years ago. when tlio state of Massachusetts Itself took over the sand dune desert that lies back of Provincetown and began a systematic process of reclamation. A representative of the Department of Agri culture In Washington who has made a study of gTKss binding In European coun tries, has inspected the work done, and placed his stamp of approval upon It. Where formerly Cape Cod was held up as a horrible example of building on sand after the land had been denuded of tree It Is now referred to as the "best example that this country affords of the extensive utilization of beach grass for the binding of shifting sand, which would otherwise cause great damage by ita encroachment on valuable property." And Cape Cod may yet see farms and forests where now are only sand dunes. The dunes extend over an area of some 6.000 acres and have long been a menace to farms and roads. At times, when high winds have prevailed, they have threatened the destruction of villages and home. Provincetown Itself would be brought, according to government report, "into Immediate peril should any destruc tive force be brought to bear upon the adjacent dune area or in case of tho encroachment of tBe shifting dunes further back but In line with the winter winds." A Menace ta Shipper. The harbor, which ha sheltered in time of storm as many as a thousand vessels, I even more In danger, for it la urrounded on three sides by sand accumulations that have washed around the head of the cape. It was this menace to coastwise shipping and the Ashing Industry more than in thing else that caused the national gov ernment to act. East harbor was made worthies by the encroachment of' sand and is new only a fresh water marsh, while parts of the main harbor have within the last fifty years been filled In 400 or 600 feet. At places where houaes now stand there was not many year ago anchorage for good sized boats. The sand duno area extends from the tip of th cape to Truro, and it was, before systematic grass culture began, as dreary and cheerless as any desert In the world. Even Cape Codders avoided it. It was almost devoid of animal life. The hills and ridge were eearea ana t"furrowed by the winds. At places the rugged tops of trees projected, showing where some forest had been burled forty or fifty years before, while at other places In the depressions between ridges mere evidences of fresh water ponds that had been gradually absorbed by the thirsty dunes. The sand drifted constantly with the winds. It covered up pathe and roads. The single railroad track that extends aloni the edge of the dune area hus had a con tinues to struggle to keep an open way for tra..aa. Bloekadea the Kallroad. Clouds of sand denser than the snowa of the Rockie, and that sting and bite sharper than winter sleet, have been the peril against which trainmen fought. When thin fine sand 1 mixed with froxen mist and anew and packed along the rail the line is Impassible until crew with pick and shovels dig out the wy. It I no won der that the trains on the rape In winter are ofton late and are run with little re gard to schedule. When the sand Is driven by the violent northeasters of winter window panes are soon so etched and worn that they appear like frosted glass. It 1 said that it I often necessary to put In new window panes every two or three weeks If the windows are to be of practical sen-Ice. Once valuable farms along Stout' creek RANCH LIFE IN THE ROCKIES A Beautifully XUustraUd Book Coct.vii.iAf Information About tho Wit Also Map. A FEW BOOKS TBBB TO XHTmODUCS. On of th oilt and bt ktowa publiftilng bouMi ia Ittfr uki iMuJaJ bw o4 taa- , tifully lllvairmted voium briD th? titl. lunch ; lAt ia th Rovkie.. ' A ff ropta will be tU . fre to ix-rfrous writing (or Mtae expUId be low : Tb b-aok con 'in a world of to formation and it Z ! lavtluable t a!l wUo my t- locking to tti buund tM and prodictlvf M t for honfi. 1netmni or plMur trip. The wild and (roe lt of tn row r and ran h ait a grinh all? de-twri tied . Rada iik a ronanc. yH tru. Nearly irtt and !: likr phxo-ugra. ing of raath and otir western x A Wo corrw t county map ct Cwiurad'j. Cot of tha book adlnoni and map A rd . Dtmrlbe many of ta Urg-t raarh-a In lb Rocfcy mouoiara country, telia b w rma hnoa have mad and are at til pillag w roloaaal fortuiir. Tila there t find fre hotneatuda aod how to lerurt tate landa: gir the governiut-nt land and siinls iawa fur arqjtrlDg land. Including a Ital "f I'sitrd Slatra land olWs la all t-rn rata. Tit gaaia and lato lava. nkn lattrtat aori,mn. For want f tna wc iaaoo4 mention t:.-UOlh of '.if aunt'ola ot tint arral oluu.e. Tha above valuabla houa vf Rwar niountain life and laturall a and map will be aat tr. aMlace sate, la mil tmhi lw atuda thirty-Arc ratira la cava r ftampa tor a full -ar'a trial aubei-rtptiuu lu tbe Farm aud Haarn ataaatlna. V 1 a Urpa and bandum?ly iilaairalpd iarm and tanrflv niagailna and lll grl yue earn munlft for a whola ar. Coulaina general Wfaiera Una an4 raa, a llama, labd Mil. ranrn and maiiarr view eat-h bawu.h. atari! aad aneuhea of aarjuira. Nu lM-ai t'te aauer la f In'enae intervwt lg ail. no miliar aiierv fod rtaida. Ta sailor mi. I aii-an Wiier pf lu qui:j. t Ihta Is a af r al !. fitter! ofler ti Intrvdai.e lha : runaaltne a.-.d me bu ,a dea.-rined abur. hrmia- i ber. lor obiy 4 . ; ..u raceive Itie book ai.d a-uip. aUMi Iba bg asomblr weatern fanaj aaaXAatna aaa ' year, all oaiba.d lluba uf tsr-e ana ttirve a oka tr. 4 for II. Tti.a ugr Imiied ftaag at tn e ( ai thia aut. (i.i-ia laaea. Mentioa TUe B- aad uMraa Raaia Uia ta Ta Koc4laa, tLauoa a, lar Cvia. The workmen are already holding; high carnival on our main stock Immediately we .have reduced the prices to rock bottom. 150 New Pianos We offer this number of new up rights of such celebrated makes as A. B. Che. Steger. Emerson, Hard man, anil others, at these prices Cut). 00 Piano reduced to 3350.00 $500.00 Piano reduced - to $250.00 $400.00 Piano reduced o $200.00 $300.00 Tiano reduced to . $150.00 These are all new Instruments, have never been used, and are fully war ranted by us. Out of town Patrons mtv dition of every Instrument sold and agree to pay freight charges both Schmoller (8l Mueller .. BRANCHES: 1.111-131:1 Karnitm St. near Truro have been' covered with sand and today there Is no trace of even the cre-k. SeveraJ years ago It Is said that a colony of artists settled among; the dunes between Provincetown and Truro. After painting; the summer season throunh thi-y closed up their bungalows and went back to their town homes. When they returned the next year there was not a vestige remaining; of their houses, and where these had stood waa only a great waste of sand. While digging in the sand preparatory to building anew they came upon the roofs of their former habitations. , Discouraged they sought out new loca tions for their summer homes, but the next season on their return they found that the sand tide had turned and their dwelling of two seasons before were now perched LlarU on a hill. With a remedy at hand furnished by Na ture htrself It may seem strange that It was not more effectually applied earlier In the history of the Cat. The fact Is It was applied, but lack of system and concentra tion prevented any great success. Besides there was laxity In the enforcement of the law. While the town was paying for beach grass, according to one authority, some of the citizens were Increasing tho size of their property by dumping sand into the harbor, and though a law prohibiting the removal of sod and timber had been uassed it was only feebly enforcod. Mate Took Charge. When the state of Massachusetts took bold of the work the sand dune area waa designed as Provincelands. By mean of public ownership the authorities were en abled to exercise a more effective sur veillance than would have been possible were the areas under private ownership. The Department of Agriculture at Wash ington had in tiie meantime been conduct ing a series of investigations regarding sand grass in the hope of reclaiming not only the- Cape Cod lauds but also other vast areas along the southern coasts and In California and Washington. Repre sentatives were sent to foreign countries to learn what ha been accomplished. They discovered that it was possible to transplant graaacs so that the most stub born and lawless beaches could be held in control. France, as an example, after a -onstant struggle of more than 100 yeara had transformed to desolate plains of Gascony into forest laids and fertile fields, while Holland had rendered Its country by the same means secure against the en croachments of the North sea. Whll there are several grasses that may be used for sand binding and that are at present employed by the government In other territories, it was deemed best to continue the use of beach grass because on the capo It occurs very abundantly near the area where It is required. The stout, coarse stems spring from long creeping roots and rise In tufts from two to four feet high. Mauls Weave Strong; .Mat. As the sand drifts In and around the plants new branches are formed, and In this manner ns the sand piles higher and higher the tufta of grass rise above It. The roots sometimes reach a length of twenty or thirty feet, and apreading In all directions through a drift Join m-ith other plant and become a densely woven, mat like mass that nothing but a pick and shovel can loosen. This grass Is of a green color and the head Is something like rye. As It 1 blown about by the wind while held tight by Its root It describes my raids of circles a accurate If made by a compass. It strong roots have been put to many different purposes ropes are made of them, mats are woven of them and the stems are used for thatch. Paper has also been made of the grass. It Is used when young as food for cattle, while In the Hebrides it ia used for pack saddles, bags and packing cases. , In fact lis utilization for commercial pur pose has resulted in such disturbance of existing industries in some parta of Europ that the authorities were compelled to prohibit Its harvesting. . The work has progressed so successfully on the rape that a state road which was built across the area la In gooJ condition and promises to be fairly permanent. This Is ccnsldered quite a victory in view of the fact that previously a road waa no sooner laid out In summer than It waa destroyed In winter. The road extends from Province town to the Peaked Hill life saving sta tion and provides an easy means of access Into the heart of the sand dune territory. A arbored ta the lleavea. The roqdbt-d was first .graded, then i-overtd with a layer of brush, after which It received a covering of turf aod obtained from the adtacent woods. Ita line was across the district where the shifting sand had been urousht under control. The sides of the rut are still protected by lines of logs and brusu. In spile of the progress made the work that baa been done is only the beginning. Its chief virtue Is the assurance it give of the value of tho plan adopted and the future aecur.ty that Is promised by its systematic working; out, fur the rape is not jet bey end that condition hri forth by Tlrfinau: "'f Cod is anchored to the heavens, as it were, Ly myriads of little cables of beach gras. and If they should fall would become a total wreck and ere long go to th bottom we 4 a. A Decision in Your Favor 111! Some time ago we made plans for extensive alterations in our sales rooms in this city. Healizing that it was simply a question of making room for the painters ami dee.-.rritDrs we seriously dehatetl the ques tion whether to remove a portion of our large Mock of pianos and pay storage; charges thereon, or whether to cut the prices once more in order to move them quickly. Our decision was in your favor hence we inaugurate at this time a February Alteration Sale j Slitfhtlr U.ed Fi.rtoi We have a number of Instru menta taken in exchange fof new Ilanoa during our January Clear ance Sale which we have thorough ly overhauled and offer at a frac tion of ihelr value. . . $650 Krantth & Bach Baby Grand $350.00 $500.00 Hallet & Cumston Parlor Grand $125.00 1700.00 Btlenway Grand Square O.00 $600.00 Chlckering Rosewood Square 975.00 purchase from us In perfect confidence OMAHA South Omaha, Council Bluffs, Lincoln, Terms Nothing Down and 50c to SI n Week Catalogue No. 50 Mailed on Request RUMPUS OVERDURUM WHEAT Secretary McVaan Thinks - Oevern ment Krred In Martlno; Agita tion Over the Mlxtare. When durum wheat flour Is mixed with spring wheat flour Is the flour pure or adulterated? This is the question which is worrying Omaha millers and grain dealers, who hare received the report of the seliure In Chi cago of a carload of Minneapolis flour by the United States marshal because the "spring wheat' flour contained "IS per cent of durum wheat flour." Grain dealers of Omaha are Indignant that the government should cut the throat of the durum wheat market In such a cruel manner, after the Depnrtnient of Agricul ture has worked for five years to get the farmers of the northwest to grow dtirum wheat. Bald Secretary SlcVann of the Grain ex change: "Durum wheat Is the coming crop In the semi-arid lands of northwestern Nebraska, sections of South Dakota and Kansas. It is a Ifhrd wheat and a good wheat. It will certainly be discouraging if the govern ment prosecutes miller who mix tha flour of the durum wheat with flour made from other grades." The flour seized was marked "A X A Highest Patent. Made from the finest se-h-cted spring wheat." But the government claims the flour has IS per cent of durum wheat flour in It, and ia not pur. "This Is tile first Intimation which wo have received that there would be trouble with the Board of Food and Drug Inspec tion," said a grain dealer. "It Is my opinion that the government has made a mistake In starting the agita tion about mixing the durum wheat flour with any other flour which It matches In grade. The durum wheat la simply a va riety of flour. If tile Inspector keep on they will require the miller to label flour "XXX Patent, made from Turkey Red Kansas Wheat,' and people will have vis Ions of a new red fruit cake flour. It Is ure to lessen the demand for durum wheat and the farmers of the northwest, taught to grow the wheat by the gov ernment, will lose money by the action of the government." AMBLER QUITS THE MUTUAL Special l.oaa Agent of "orhetera laaaraare Comaaay of Mil waakee Rralgni. E. H. Ambler, for ix yeara special loan agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company of Milwaukee In Omaha, will leave the employ of the com pany March L During Mr. Ambler's connection with the company several millions of dollars have been loaned on Nebraska real estate, and he eaya he will- turn his office over to the company with less than tlt'iO due as interest on the loans which were due before Jan uary 1, 190. He announced that he will remain In Omaha, as he has an extensive acquaintance with bankers and real estate men In the eastern part of the state and will probably engage in the business of making loans for Individuals, corporations and flrme, though he ha not decided defi nitely. Ilia successor hat riot been ap pointed. Thomas Brentran. financial agent of the National Life Insurance company of Ver mont, announced that his company began Saturday to make loans on Omaha and Nebraska real estate. Several application already have been placed on file and Mr. Brennan made one loan of IS.OMO on a Ne braska farm almost as soon as his com pany authorized hinr to begin making j loans. VAULT WEIGHS SIXTY TONS Bale Depository of ftlgtantla slse Placed la Tha Be Balldlng. The American Sate Deposit and Trust company, is unloading in Ue yards a vault weighing sixty tons, which will be in stalled in the rtfbms on the first floor of The Bee building occupied formerly by the Peter Trust company and opened in a short time as a safe deposit vault for th use of th public. The safe, which Is absolutely burglar and fir proof, when Installed In a fire proof building with numerous watchmen, and whi ch never cloaes, will have 2,000 In dividual boxes of various sixes. Th vault Ij thoroughly modern and the door, which is in one piece, la so heavy that at least ten teams will be neceaary to haul it to the east entrance of (he Bee. building. Bom alterations will be made In the building to accomodate the new safe deposit and trast company. Th room occupied by the new vault is just north of the business office of The Bee on Seventeenth street and will b di rectly under therditurial rooms, whitb ar open day and night. Beneath the safe stands the presses and mailing rooms of The Ute, where men work day and night, making the room occupied by tit safe de posit vault safe without so gocj a jacket of mangariea-e steel. fierce Attach of malaria, liver di rangenirnt and kidney trouble ta easily cured by 'Electric Bitters, the guaranteed remedy, aoc. for sale by B.-aion Drug Cu. of Pianos floor and to move a portion of our Second-Hand Pianos We also Include a number of second-hand uprights In this sale all In first-class order comprla ng Kimball, Emerson, Ste.Inway, ind others, at $75.00 and up. If the prices and terms will do the work these offerings will be snapped up quickly, so don't put off another day, that long post poned visit to our salesrooms. as we guarantee the perfect con ways If not entirely satisfactory. Piano Co and Sionx Cily. KsUMiahed 18.10. WOMEN TIMDE ON TOANCE Fair Onei Bay Grain Despite What Roosevelt Says. 0HX BUYS TEN THOUSAND BUSHEXS loans Women and Old Women Tare Hall of Kxchaaae I.ooklaa; for Tips on the Market. "Buy me 10.OT) bushels of May coni here your lino let me know when you want more. I will wait a few hours." Thl wa a woman voice In the trading, room of an Omaha commission house and not at a bargain sale of silk In a depart ment store. Several women were "trading" Saturday and went to the office to place the order Instead of employing messen gers and telephones. ' All morning a gray-haired woman. In a heavy cloak and veil, kept the halls warm In the Exchange, going from ono office to another to watch the market. In other offices younger women were sitting In the comfortable rocking chair whispering U men who were trading and quietly getting "tip" on th probable result of the paper tape leaking out of the machines on the platforms. Whether the women are "fernlnsf Presi dent Roosevelt or are just mad enough to break his umbrella and pray for rain. Is a matter of deep myatery, but promptly following th presidents message, the women buyer appeared on the floci. It wa not' the first time they had bought corn and stocks, which they never expected to see or l.ave delivered to them, but they usually use the telephone. Saturday they bought "thing uneen" from tho floors of the trading room. President Rap at Gambling. In hi message which tire trader wto reading. President Roosevelt said: ' 1 do not know whether it Is possible, but if possible It Is certainly desirable lt restrain or urevent at least the grosser forms of atanibllnat In securities and com modities, legitimate purchases of com modities snd of stocks and sex-untie tor investment have no connection whatever with purchases of stocks or other securi ties or commodities on a margin for speculative or gambling purpose. Thet is no moral difference between gambling at cards or In lotteries or on the race track and gambling In the. stock market. President Roosevelt's message was not received with very good feeling among some of the traders, but none of the com mission houses would admit that h re fer! ed to ny business In Omaha, wher.j stocks and commodities are sold on mar gins. "But It will be awful hard on the bucket shop," said the manager of a Board of Trade' building commission house. "It will simply pul some of the house out of busi ness." ' THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL Tw People Know mow Useful It b lrmnf Kaaltb aad Beaaty. Cost Bothlng to Try. Nearly everybody knowa that charcoal Is the safest and moat effl.ienr dlalnfeet ant and purifier In nature, but few -realize Its value when taken Into the human' system for the same clearuilng purpoae. Charcoal ia a remedy that the more you take .of It the belter;, it la not. drug at all. but simply absorbs the games and Im purities alway present In th stomach and Intestine and carries them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smok ing, drinking or after eating onions and other odorous vegetables. . Charcoal .effectually clear and Im proves the eomplexlon. It whiten lli teeth and further acta aa a natural and eminently safe cathartic. It absorbs the injurious gases which collect in the stomach and bowel; It dl Infects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh. A:I druggists- sell charcoal In cr.e form or another, but probably the best char coal and the most for the money is In Stuarfs Charcoal Lozenges; they are com posed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal, arid other harmless antiseptic In tablet form or rather -In th form of large pleasant tasting loseogea, th char coal lx-ing mixed wint honey. The' daily use of .these lozenge will oon tell In a much Improved condition of the general health, better complexion. weeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of It I. that no poerble harm can result from their continued ue, but, an th contrary, great benefit. A Buffalo physician. In speaking of th benefit of charcoal, says: "I advise Btuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all patient suffering from gas In stomach and bowels, and to clear the complexion arid purify the breath, mouth and throat; I also be lieve the liver I greatly - benefitted by the dally use of them; they cot but twenty-five cent a box at drug stores, and although In some sense a patent preparation, yet I believe I get mora and better charcoal In htuart s Charcoal Loz enge than In any of th ordinary char coal tablets." Rend your name and address touay for a free trial package and see for yourself. F. A. Stuart Co., 20 Stuart ttldg.. Mar shall, MRU. j