THE "omXTIA DAILY r.EE: SATURDAY, AFR1L 4. 10K
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y.lanufaciurer's stock of Silk and Net VJaists
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Greatest Tailor Suit Bargains on Record
500 Handsome Suits Saturday Less Than Half
The greatest Btock and most charming values we have ever had the fortune
to offer to our customers.
Beautiful Silk Waist3, in Japs. .Ios.salinos, Crcpc tic Chines, etc. Scores of
handsome designs to select from. Fine Net Waists, in almost unlimited as
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sortment, regular values from $4.00 up to $15.00, entire stock in three great
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THE RELIABLE STORE.
Bankrupt Stock Sae
Of Leather Goods and Belts
At About 1-3 Actual Value. Saturday.
This stock consists of Ladies', Men's and Children's Belts,
Pocket Books, Hand Bags, Purses, Card Cases, Carriage Bags,
Shopping Bags, Ball Books, Cigar Cases, etc., etc. In fnct
everything included in a regular wholesale stock of leather
goods.
lots; Saturday, your choice,
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A Swell Line of Beaded Coats in the
season's most chnrmjng modes, in
browns Copenhagen?, blacks, etc.,de-
lightful values at 14.90
Children's Spring Dresses, assortment
of styles, material and colors second
to none ever shown in the city; prices,
from 98c to $3.98
Children's Spring-Jackets, all colors,
styles and sizes, delightful assort
ment at $1.98, $2.98, $3.98, $5.00, $7.50
From 8 Till 10 A. M. $1.50 Wrappers
at 98c
From 9 Till 11 A. M. .2..j0 Heather
bloom Underskirts at .'. . .S1.45
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The Belts, worth to 75c, on
sale in f lots at 2Y2c, 5c, 7V2C,
10c, 15c and 25c
The Hand Bags, worth to $1,
go on sale in 4 lots at 10c,
1714c, 25c and 39c
The Purses, Card Cases, Bill Books, etc., go on sale at just
one-fourth regular prices. 2VsC to 39c
The greatest leather goods bargains ever offered. Come
early Saturday morning.
A showing rclipsinji in beauty and variety of design, quality of material and assortment
of fabrics and colorings any ever known in Omaha at thin ncaaon. Kven morp delightful bar
gains titan those shown last week and those no fortunate to procure suits in Inst week's
sale will know the value must he truly wonderful. As
Not a disappointment in the entire 500. Very latent style Ideas, Qjl) a 3
suits In the lot actually worth up to 35.00 fl jrjj I J ,
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Ileautlfiil frown Jewel Suits 150 new. ones Just received, shown for the first time Saturday.
Richest new colorings, materials and designs, more handsome than ever COT
the peer of all tailor suits, at . j) J
A Fine New Line of Dress Skirts In voiles, shadow stripes, etc, nnderprired
t $7.50 $10.00 $12.50 to $20.00
Another Great Shirt Sale
(jriffon brand and other high grade
men's shirts, worth to $-.00. 8oft
pleated or stiff bosom, cuffs attached
or detached, all best colors and pat
terns for spring, 100 dozen summer
shirts with soft collars included, fine
silk ginghams, linens, etc., greatest
assortment yet offered, 59 C
nr. I- en. T 1 am .i.i 1
rT M F7 colors, at ...25c
75c Ribbed Underwear Spring weight, at : . . .49c
Men's Half Hose Importer's samples, worth regularly up
to f)0e a pair, at, pair 12V&C and 25c
SPECIAL FURNISHING GOODS BARGAINS IN THE
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Men's Silk Ties In four-in-hands, tecks, clubs, etc., 25c and
.'Wo values, at i .-. .-. 5c
Men's 50e and 75c Quality Shirts Good colors and patterns,
d t ; 2 J) c?
Men's Hose Fast blacks and tans or heavy Itockfords, 10c
quality 5c
Men's Balgriggan Underwear, all sizes, values to $1.00, 25c
Many other special bargain offerings Saturday.
Good Furniture Pays
a Dividend Daily
in comfort and the satisfaction of know
ing it's going to last. Xo place else
where in the land will you find more
complete assortment fcr selection or val
ues quite the equal of those displayed
here. The truth of this statement is eas
ily proven. Just take the time to look
over ourmaguificent spring lines. Get
our prices on what you need and com
pare them with those asked elsewhere.
We're confident of the result.
Four Saturday Specials
$1.50 China Cabinets In beautiful quarter
sawed golden oak, polish finish, for the one
day at . . . . $10.75
$8.23 Solid Oak Chlffonieres Finely finished,
has five drawers and French bevel mirror, spec
ial Saturday at $6.50
Sample Iron Beds will be clotted at Ichs than
Factory Prices. Just SO in the lot.
All different styles, every one a rousing bargain
at- $1.45 $1.65 $1.75 i f
Woven Wire Springs All sizes, to fit any bed
great snap Saturday at, choice -$1.15
Investigate Our Credit System. It provides
for Payment to Suit Your Own Convenience.
Mall Orders Given Prompt and Care
ful Attention v
Perfection in Corset Style
is certainlv shown
in
the various new AY. R.
Newforra and Beduso models
built on scientific and hy
Rlonlc principles, they not
only conform to nature"
Une9, but shape the form
according to fashion's dic
tates, A properly adjusted
W. B. Newform or Beduso
corset insures perfect set to
new gown.
All. the New Models.
Shown A style for
every figure, perfect
satisfaction assured, at
$1.00, 1.50, $2.00
Expert fitter always
in attendance.
Ladies' and
Children's
I Adieu' IJle Hose, fi9c and
75c values, plain xwbze, em
broideries, all-over lace or
lace boot styles, new shades
at. Pair 33c
3 rair for $1.00
I,ulics' 40c KnibroioVntl and
liHce liinle Hone, all colors,
including the new tan
shades, at, pair.... 25
I ,a dies' Fancy Lisle Hoc
Values to 35c, on sale at,
Hosiery Special
S3
4mm
pair
Ladies' Hose, embroidered lace, or in
lar and out sizes great snap at,
Children's Hoe Fine, medium or
double knee, sole and high spliced
bargain, at, pair
Wayne Knit Hose
for Ladies
Shown here In complete assortment,
duced at the prices.
19
plain blacks, regu-
pair..l2H-10
heavy ribbed, with
heel very special
19K13 Ht
Pony Hose
for Children
Nothing better pro-
Special
Book Bargains
$1.50 Copyrighted QQ
Books yOQ
All the latest fiction published,
regular $1.50 values, choice at,
only 98c
All $1.00 Fiction only 43c
This lot includes such books as
"The Man of the Hour," shortly
to be played in Omaha and
many others.
Dream Books, each 10c
Grand special Ribbon Sale Saturday.
Don't miss it. '
Delicious Candies
The Purest and Best at Less Price Than Elsewhere in Omaha.
Cocoanut Apricot Puffs A
delightful new confection,
special Saturday at, lb., 19c
Chocolate Fudges at, lb 8c
Vanilla Fudges at, lb 8c
Hot and Cold Drinks
Our Soda Fountain -
Chocolate Dipped Marshmal
lows The regular 40c kind,
special at 19c
Chocolate Dipped Chips, spec
ial at, lb 19c
Salted Peanuts at, lb 9c
of All Kinds Served at
The Best in the City
Excellent Coffee
Delicious Soda
.try us-
Read These Grocery, Butter, Fresh Fruit,
Cheese, Cracker and Vegetable Prices tor Saturday
10 Bars Best Brands Laundry Soap..2."o
10 lb. Sacks Best White or Yellow
C.'ornmeal 15c
10 lb. Sacks Pure Buckwheat or Graham
Flour 3fc
Golden Cans Peaches, Plums, Tomatoes,
Apples or Stringiest Ueuns ifm
4 fans Fancy Sweet Sugar Corn. . . .-'Oc
1 lb. Cans Assorted Soups ...7 Vic
Condensed Cream, per can 7 Inc.
Bromangelon, Jellycon, Jello or D'Zerta,
per package 7Vac
011 or Mustard Sardines, per can..3',fcc
3-lb. cans Hominy, Squash, Pumpkin or
Baked Beans, per can iVxC
Choice California Prunes, per b....4Vtc
Fancy Cleaned Currants, per lb .c
Fancy Muscatel Raisins, per lb fu
Fancy Seedless Kaistna. per lb 'c
Fancy Heeded Raisins, per pkg- 7 Vi i
The Best Soda or Oyster Crackers, per
pound tic
The Best Crisp Pretzels, per lb So
The Best Crisp Ginger Snaps Do
Fancy Cookies, reifulur 15c, 18c and ia
sellers, per pound 10c
48 lb. Sacks Best Fancy Hard Winter
Wheat Flour $lii
BtJTTEB AMD CHEESE PRICES
Choice Dairy Butter, per pound lc
Funcy Dairy Butter ner pound "He
Fancy Country Creamery Butter, per
pound 23c
Fancy Full Cream N. T. White or Wis
consin Cream Cheese, per lb 17Wc
Fancy Block Swiss Cheese, per lb.- H'si
Irssh Vegetable Prlosa Tor This Bfcl.
Fresh Spinach, per peck lfo
2 Heads Fresh Leaf Lettuce 6e
6 Bunches Home Grown Unions luo
3 Lareo Bunches Fancy Kadlslies. . . . lUc
Fresh Beets or Carrots, 3 bunches,
for 10c
Fancv Rlne Tomatoes, ner nound lAn
' Fancy Wax or Green Beans, per lb. 20o
r resn i-ie i-iani, per pouna iuc
Fresh Head Lettuce, each IVic
TBAWBEBBIE8 BTBAWBZBBXXS
Quart Boxes Fancy Hipe Louisiana
Strawberries l.ic
OBABOES OBAHOES OBAVOEI
Our 16th Car, the Finest Yet, per dozen,
at . 100, 130, 15c, l'o find 200
our fnl! lino of rSn and.
Bulbs, Onion gt, Bed, Whit or Ysl
low, per quart 1Q0
1,000 Japanese
Plates, Cups and
Saucers
On Special Sale for Saturday
It is one of the most successful
specialties we have ever offered.
Its merits will be quickly recog
nized when you see them.
7-inch Japanese Dinner or Lunch
Plates, worth 50c, at, each.. 23
Japanese Cups and Saucers to match,
worth $3.00 a dozen, at, set. . G5
Dozen $1.30
Japanese Salt and Peppers, each 2)j
Japanese Bread and Butter Plates,
worth 15c each, at, set.... 25
Japanese Chocolate Cups and Saucers
or After Dinner Coffees, worth 25c
each, at, set 39
As a piece of extremely decorative
and artistic china It is a "price mar
vel" which no other store in the city
can offer.
Special Shoes " Special Pfices Saturday
Shoes of all kinds specially priced for quick selling.
Shoes at almost ONE-HALF PRICE.
Women's $3.50. $4.00 and $3.00
Patent Colt Oxfords. Women's
tan Russian ralf, buttonvor blu
chers, worth
$3.50 and
$4.00
Women's patent colt, gun metal
and vlcl kid bluchcr, button and
lace shoes, and same
leathers In oxfords,
worth up to $3.50. .
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Men's $4.00 rlci kid, gun metal
and box calf shoes. Men's $3.50
patent colt and
Russian calf
Oxfords
Men's $3.00 and $3.50 vlcl kid
and box calf shoes, with Good
year welt soles; I'nloii Made.
Men s $3.no Oxfords, in gun
metal, vlcl kid, patent
colt and chocolate and
tan calf
2.45
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Boys' and youth's satin calf, box calf and vlcl kid $1.75 shoes, blucher
or lace, with red book slate $1.10
Misses' and childa' vlt i kid bluchers, the best values in the city, worth
$1.75, with red book slate OStf'
Child's $1.25 i-hoea, sizei 8 to 12, dongola bluchers 75C
All the different styles in the new Ql'KKN' Ql'ALITY oxfords In
blacks or tans, are here and are better than you ever saw them.
Grover shoes and oxfords are made for tender feet. We have them.
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Hardware Dept.
Ths Tamons O. X. Wiito, L 7C
Saturday
Every one knows that llayden's
Is the only store In Omaha where
they can see and buy every willing-
machine made. Tlio Season
Is, we sell them cheHper Satur
day we will sell the famms $H.O0
O K. Washer for 11.75: the famous
Western Yash?r for J J-7T. : the fa
mous 1 F.nsy -r Ak-Sar-Bcn
Wssjier for $7.49 and the host part
Is that wo Rusrantcp our machines
for 3 years or nvmey back. What
mure can we do?
Sl.eo Steal Boiler Skates, Best
Madt -S80
$3.50 Buys' Wood -n Ovister W
ons. only $1 CS
IJ.50 Bovs' -Tricycles, 100 on rtln.
for
35c Parlor Brooms, union lal'el.
for 1 1 ' c
25c Padded Sleeve Board 1 to
Heavy Galvanized Wash Tubs, Sat
urday 41,0
Heavy Galvanlied Water Fails,
Saturday 11)0
50 pound flour cans, decorated. bo
75c Decorated Bread Boxe. . . . . 3fc
Heaviest Braided Clotlms Line la
Umaha lJO
35c -foot Ceilinu Dusters, eet one.
at ,au
Poultry Wlr by tu Boll, Satur
day, at 0o
80 pure white Clothes i'ins, to
morrow )c
"5c Linen or Cotton Mops ..12'rc
Brass or Glass 60j Wsll Boards,
inly
15c Mop Handles, tomorrow c.
1 75 Heavy Wood Handle, Copper
Bottom Boiler, a bla snap, :i-nn-
thing- Koil. tomorrow II. 1
Galvanised Bottom Boiler, to
morrow 4HC
Mrs. Pott's 5-pleee sets Bad Irons,
at ,i;,c
New Spring Style
Men's Hats
Answer the call of the season with
one of the new style spring hats.
Hundreds of them to select from,
thing Just to suit. s
The most critical will find some-
There's dash and style to the new
blocks. You'd look better and feel
better with one of them.
You ran depend on the verjr bent
valors for your money and a style
just to suit; all colors, at $1.2.1
$0.00
Ileudquarters for the celebrated Johj
11. .Stetson lVts.
Hoe the new spring blocks in Mtooney
hats at from g2 to 53
You'll Find It Pays to Send Your
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COMING OF LAW TO FRONTIER
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Strenuous Measures Used in Pioneer
Days in the West.
ORDER BROUGHT OUT OF CHAOS
Examples f t'tvte Tower Asavrtlac
fralalon Over the Forces of Krtl
la WrlM Effective
' Wars.
The bold, reckless life of the frontier of
thirty or forty yeara ago has been often
recalled by the atorles of desperadoes and
bad men; but In the birth and growth of
the frontier cities Is a unique phase of
American clvlo genius which has been lit
tle dwelt upon.
Most of the cities of the far west have
hovered close about the gatherings of
hardy miners as they came or went on a
feverish search for gold. In "49 .' men
froto all parts of the world reached tho El
Dorado of California. Some traveled 2.W0
miles overland through an uninhabited
wilderness, others went far around up by
Panama or dape Horn. In '5 1UQ.W0 gold
seekers stampeded wildly across the sun
burnt plain to Colorado. Only 40.000 stayed
the year through. Of like kind, although
of smaller proportions, were all the- pil
grimages that are more or less responsible
for the cities of the west; the finding of a
atreak of magic yellow the glimpse of
nuggets and specimens and then the grand,
senseless rush to the land of the gri-nch-quU'k.
Thousands Of daring spliils wvre drawn
by the yellw loadstone. Intent on nothing
ut the accumulation of wealth. The neces
sity produced some weird assemblages i t
tents, Chanties and log cabins, many' ot
which grew Into cities. Often full grown
towns sprang up n a few months. Far
from any state or territorial government
and composed' of a conglomerated herd of
excited men, none of whom had time for
civic affairs, these embryo cities existed
and grew under conditions that were unique
and extremely wild.
Our forefathers landed on the eastern
coast full of religious seal and a desire for
freedom of thought and life. Their leaders
and law came "With tham. They prayed
and lived communistfcally aslong as they
could, then Increased, expunded and de
veloped Into a nation. But tins ftold dis
coveries of California, Nevada. Colorado
and Montana brought thousands of Inde
pendent men to the wllderuexs, who were
full of kunger for gold, not homes; who
had no leaders nor laws to which they
could appeal and nolhii.g to hind them to
gether. Then the leudns cam.- out of the
crowd and the luw gtew as it was needed.
It was only after a time that tiny of tliese
men came to ennshh r remaining perma
nently in the country, snd p. was thene
venturesome builders who devel,i;vd the
newer part of our nut ion.
KrItlInK nines.
From the nuture of things wlili so much
at stake with such hard living n n--lliei e
were plenty of flyhts and disputes. There
being no authority to which to appeal dif
ferences were nettled between man and
man. A six-xhooter was the greatest help
a man could get toward physical superi
ority over other men and so everybody
carried a "gun" and Knew how to tme It.
The trlgner finger srew nimble with prac
tice, and there developed a couililiun where
frequent killings and Flm.il.nK.i occasioned
Utile comment or criticism; where men
were almost indifferent to the spilling of
blood and looked deatli square in the lace
with a nonel.alunco that is hardly con
celvable now. Spooling affras were the
froth of a very utrons hrcw tf the liordcr
life and they p it a settlement to questions
quickly and definitely. If whin the smoke
cleaved away some kooi! man lay biting
tiie dust his light had nune out according
to the code of tho tilin g fierce and bul bar
ous as codes must he, when man fust
strupicles with nature.
And yet tliete was always s.ifety In
"leaving It to the crowd." The general
sentimtnt of the community was very par
tial to fairness end honesty during the
early days of most border towns. There
were no locks or keys, almost any man's
credit was good to any amount and stores
and provisions could lay untouched for
months tn wholly unguarded places. It
was the natural, frenk honesty of the
virgin west and a veritable paradise for
thieves and criminals.
And they came hordes of murdering,
plundering adventurers who knew no cdj
of morals or chivalry and resorted to
anything to accomplish thur end-t. They
found plunder rich, crime easy and escnpo
still easier, und drifting ail over the
country levied tribute from each new
camp us It sprang Into being. Often
these men were in such a majority that
a man who believed In honesty and jos
tice was a man, indeed, if lie linrt the
courage to hack his ldeais. nut there
were such men. men as Clod meant men
to be, full of the sense of right and the
fitness of things and unafraid. They
etcprrd right Into the opening and tackled
some of the cussedest crowds in Christen
dom; teaching a wholesome rtspect for
"life, liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness" to bunches of drinking, blasphemous
and unharnessed tempers. The Itun fight
ings, lynching and wanton spiliings ot
blood that spiced the histories of the
time may Tiave been very rinse to sav
agery, but tin y serve now to deepen the
respect we must have for men who har
nes.sed law and order on such conditions.
Some of Hum knew very liltle about law,
but they brought justice and equity to
an uncongenial climate and made lliem
thrive. They mude the border towns
habitable and brought American Institu
tions to the wilderness. They were ineir
of lion, forged in' the heut of fierce,
primal conditions which test' J them se
vere iV
In t lie new mining camps a Judg. re
corder and sheriff usually constitute the
machinery of the Uw. Laws regulating
the size of the claims and tbe method
by which they were to be worked were
adopted by a vote and claim clubs"
ecrved as legal recorders of properties.
;i:ach camp made Its rules and regulations
as best It could and open air referendum
was exploited In barroom, stable or
gulch. The best Judgment of the com
munity or of one of Its members who j
was trusted served as a court, from whose
findings there was seldom an appeal. It
was law In Its crudest form. But when
the law fell into the hands of unscrupu
lous men It sunk us low as villainy, and
no man's life or rights were safe.
I.anlrssness to Mate the Law.
Huch cankerous times as these bred vigi
lance committees and honest men resorted
to secret hangings and other lawlessness to
save the law. I.oi.e pinus and scaffolds ap-
eared In tho gray of vhe morning liurrg
with corpses which the vlgllamv committee
had Invoiced end tugged with a warning.
Then deadly excitement hung quietly In the
air and perhaps mure happened, but In time
order was restored and the committee dis
solved until It was needed anain, Theii ar
bitrary lynchinga are hard to excuse by
word, of argument, btit border conditions
piod eloquently In their behalf. All over
the west they have existed anil even today
the Citizens' alliance of Cripple Creek bears
somcof their eai marks.
Montana of tho early sixties afforded a
fieri e example of what conditions could bo
engendered on the border. A capable, dar
ing fiend named Plumnur had made him
self sheriff In turn of both iiannock and
Vlrg.nla City had protected and encouraged
crlu.e until he had about him a gang of
reckless men so strong as to hold all the
surrounding country In abject terror. Ills
organization was complete and deadly. The
secret watchword was "Innocent," but lft
dead citizens and robberies and thefts In
numerable stood to their discredit before tie
Imit was rea hi d and the community could
stand no more. A man was murdered for
some ili and justice was finally aroused.
Twenty-four brave men of Nevada City or
ganized a vigilante committee, caught the
murderers, and having tried them before
a Judge and jury of miners, banished one,
an imbecile eld man, and swung the other
to the beam. Not without some trouble,
however, for the prisoner had mwny friends
In the crowd. Pistols and knives gleamed
, in the firelight and there was the jostling
threat and curse. It was a time of the Itch
ing palm and bumping heart when nothing
but moral force and nerve could carry.
But they prevailed that night and for many
days and nights thereafter. Through week
of untold hardship In the dead of winter,
members of the committee followed parts
of tho gang till they were caught and
quickly hung. Others were captured In tho
towns and as the evidence accumulated the
"necktie socials" became so popular that
twenty-four In all were hung, the gang
broken up and the reign of terror ended.
Plummer b'-Kged hard for life and went
kicking to his fale. Others took death with
tiie same careless philosophy Willi which
they had taken life. "Boys, I'vu never done
tills before; do 1 slldu off or Jump.'" and
"Oyd bless you fejlows, you're on a good
undertaking and no one innocent has hung
yet." are two of their dying speeches.
The Idaho vigilance committee In sum
ming up Its work for the year ending May,
1SW, recorded twenty-seven thieves ami
murderers hung and many gangs of desper
adoes broken up. There wss a slate gov
ernment existing then, but tho courts had
turned loose guity men till the people could
stand It no lo.iger.
Urliu Justice Quickly Hxecalrd.
It .was a necessity that the community
should deal quick, grim Justice and the
fact that the hangman received no fee Is
somewhat significant. The border wanted
justice and as few forms and ceremonies
in securing It as possible. Crime was desll
with In a characteristically broad way, and
good, honest men sometimes hung guiltless
by the neck because u drunken crowd had
made a mistake.
In the early dealings with crime Justice
hung very close to murder. Man-killers
often went free, while men who stole hones
or money were hung, but the former had.
perhaps, only proved the hetti-r of two men
In an open fight, while ttoJalter had as
sailed the unprotected and distended to mi
act that was 1 raven-aijd that was the cil
terion of the border. It Is surprising that
a murderer should go free and a felon
hang, but equally surprising is a fact that
twenty miners sleeping In a room together
could pile their bags of golddusl on a ta
ble and wake In the morning to find each
in Its place yet such was the- ntse. No
one had to steal money was plentiful and
work was respectable and more generous,
open-hearted men than tiie miners never
lived. A man could always raise a "grub
stake."
When men could and did live In s open
and fair a relation to one another It Is
little to lie wondered that they sliDUld
deal harshly with those who took ad
vantage of them. But ti.ey I anishe.l
many and finding the system of wlilp; lnf
wonderfully effecllve, used It oftc'i, re
sorting to the sterner dealing of Justice
only wlirii tliey were driven to It. Hut
that wus very often and many a lone
gulch In tho hills sleeps p-ai cfu"y tfday
sheltering weird ghosts and phamtomj
that were conceived during the grim and
desperate days of a wild Iron tier.
Succeeding the days when a wild.? com
munity hud to fight crtino came th
period when that fight was left to the
sheriff and his deputies. The coivmea
who came to town after months of -stralnt
to blow off their p nt up in rgt.s.
had added another ulsss of reck lets dare
devils to the element which had to be
soothed V the ways of the law. A sheriff
was usually a man whoso nerve and re
volver were respected, and through tri- ni
he made the law r.spected. Not always,
perhaps, did he appreciate the majesty 1 f
the law tie was upholding, hut he upheld
it with a majesty that was the rtul thing.
The arrests he made, were not always
of bad men whom everybody wanted .to
see behind bars. He often had to tackle
a man who had plenty of friends about
him eager and able to slujot. ami the way
most westcig sheriffs would step right up
to such a proposition jiml see It through
the way '.hey straddled their duties, und
wholly forgetful of odds or the conge
qaeiices to themselves, did what was ex
pected of them, v. as the w holeaom worth
of manhood aboia which Americans love
to know. Outing' Slagazine.
APOLOGIES FOR A THIRST
I roubles of Georgia People Wki
Dodge the Water
Wigon,
When a negro woman, who was arraigned
In the police court at Atlanta for running
a blind tiger, was asked, by the recorder
What she was doing with six quarts of corn
liquor In her house she astounded the
couit and the spectators by replying:
"I hex hit, Jedge Briles, ter bathe wld."
The recorder quietly remurked that he fell
Inclined to believe her, owing to the quan
tity. This brings to mind the. curious excuses
blind tler pepplu have been giving for
having- whiskey on hand since prohibition
went Into effect.
A negro youth was caught last Sunday
afternoon walking on Kdgewood avenuo
with a quart of whisky under his coat, a
,hi.lf pint In his lilp pocket, while in his
Fide coat pocket were a corkscrew and a
whisky glass. When asked what he meant
by making a walking blind tiger ot him
self, he replied:
"Kr frl'nd of mine got on de water wag
gin las' Batur dy an' he lowed dat de unly
way he could stay up dar wus ter git rid
ob dls llcker, an' he glbbed hit ter me.
When de perllce cotched me I was gwine
straight ter home."
The recorder fined him 115.75. and he went
straight to the stockade, minus the whisky
of his water wagon friend.
A negro man was caught selling whisky,
and he had two justs of corn on hand. Ilif
excuse was as follows: ,
"Mr hull ram ly, Jedg Briles, lies d
scruffier by 'larltunce. an' dey is bleeged
ter take pf'I.e'root hitters an' I hex tei
I hab de In ki r ter make de hitters wld."
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"Vliut we want" said I he economist
"Is mine plan by which dollar can b
inuite to do more work."
"That s right." answered Farmer Corn
tiissel: "my experience with a dollar l
like my experience with the horse over
in that field. Kven when I manage tn
get hold of it I find It has kicked up in
heels und run away beforo 1 ran get It
half-way hitched up." Washington Star.