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.
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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