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Monday's Special Barpains Offer Hare Sawing Opportunities for ,he Economical Bayers
The Leadlnj Dress Gjois H?o$g of fie West
Overstocked and Warm Weather Price Cutting Commences RlffM
Now.
60 places of Black and Colored
Dress Goods, sells now at 11.00
yard, at, yard G9
100 pieces of Blacks and Colored,
sells at 91.25 and $1.60, will go,
at 88
75 pieces Blacks end Colored, sells
at $1.75 and $1.98 $1.25
100 pieces Blacks and Colored,
sells at $2.25 and $2.60. .$1.49
100 pieces Blacks and Colored,
sells at $3.00 and $3.50. .$1.03
75c pieces Blacks and Colored,
ells at $4.00 and $5.00. .$2.30
75 pieces of Imported Bearskin,
Leopard skins, etc., all colors
that sell at $3.00, $4.00, $5.00,
$6.00, $7.00, $8.00 and $10.00
yard, all cut In two.
Popular meed Wool Dress Goods
3G-inch all wool Panamas, strictly
all wool 3)s
76c all wool Storm Serge... 49
$1.00 Storm Serge G9
$1.25 and $1.50 Panamas.. 75
60c Storm Serge, $1.25 values,
at 75
$1.00 French Plaids 6t)
$1.00 Scotch Plaids 4JJ
Mail Orders Paid Strict Attention.
Sheetings, Muslins, Cotton Flannels
Tickings, Sheetings and Heavy Domestics. We defy
any other house to beat the following prices:
Lockwood, bleached, 10-4 II Ho
60-in. (Jet-man damask, highly mer
cerized, Hell at 69o; Monday enly B5o
t8-in. mercerized damask, 60c quality,
at i4o
Turkey Red damask, 190 grade... ISo
15c linen crash SVjo
12M;C linen "crash . ..7V0
10c purely all linen crash .Co
Cotton crash, 6c value at 30
100 different bargains too numer
ous to mention.
Mail orders filled until Friday.
tft-lnch good hoar unbleached, 7 Ho
value at . ,.34o
10-lnoh bleached muslin, 7 Ho value,
at 3Ho
Extra heavy unbleached muslin, 8 So
value 6o
Best heavy aableacbed muslin, 10a
value SUo
Fine lOo cambric Bo
Fine liVie cambrlo 7Vo
16o fine bleached sheeting, t yards
wide at 17ito
Lockwood. bleached, - 80o
THK RELIABLE STORE
Exceptional Redactions on all
Sheets': Pillow Cases
In onr High Grade Linen Dept. Monday
$1.10 Sheets, 81x90, each 83
$1.00 Sheets, 81x90, each 794J
89c Sheets, 81x90, each -69
79c Sheets, 81x90, each G5
75c Sheets, 81x90, each 5f)t
69c Sheets, 81x90, each 55f
65c Sheets, 81x90, each 49
90c Sheets, 72x90. each 69
85c Sheets,' 72x90, each t5
79c Sheets, 72x90, each 5J)
75c Sheets 72x90, each 55
69c Sheets, 72x90, each 49t
65c Sheets, 72x90, each 45
60c Sheets, 72x90, each
75 high grade dimity Marseilles Bed
Spreads, full size, cut corners, worth
j. 00 each, special Monday, each... S3. 35
Out-of-town customers should take ad
vantage of our popular mall order department.
$1
at 9 A.
Rousing Rug
Bargains
Biggest Assortment in Omaha for
Selection, Highest Quality Goods at
Less Than Elsewhere,
f 18.00 Brussels Rugs $12.00
9x12 size, big range of patterns lor
eelection.
912.60 Brussels Rugs. ...... .$9.25
9x11 Heavy Brussels Rugs, 11 pat
terns for selection.
$30.00 Best Axminster Rugs. $21.98
9x12 size, more patterns thau in any
other house In the west.
f 50.00 Royal Wilton Rugs. .$34.75
Nothing better made. Immense as
sortment for selection. Look for the
name "Royal Wilton."
$20.00 Brussels Rugs $14.98
18 patterns for selection, 9x12 size,
only one seam. Same quality rug as
above.
8-8x10-6 slse, on sale $12.98
$40.00 Extra Axinlnster Rug 10-6x13-6
size, great snap, sale price
at $31.98
$30.00 Seamless Wilton Rugs $18.98
9x12 size, special, same quality as
above, with one seam, at.. $15.98
80c Quality Linoleums, right from the
roll, square yard ,-39i
7 foot Window Shades, best oil opaque,
on sale 39
T foot Window Shades, best quality,
water colors, at 22 W
"Cm e-Piece" Lace Curtain Stretcher,
made from basswood 085
Mall Orders Promptly Filled. Send for
Linoleum and Rug Catalogues.
25c Articles Monday t2hcHousef'ng Dept.
$1
Skirls Made to Measure
Beginning Monday, Oct 5th
j f ..... . .
M. and continuing for one week we will make you a
skirt to measure
From any material youl d jn ( Twelve elegant new
may select in our great 4) II styles to select from
Dress Goods stock at " H work done by a fir&t-
$1.00 a yard and up J class Ladies' Tailor.
44 yds. 54-in. goods, b yds. 48-ln. goods, 5J4 yds. 42-in. goods
are the auiounU necessary for making. Perfect fit guaranteed or money
refunded. Take advantage of this great offer at once.
Winter Underwear at Less Than Milt Cost
. mm
MM.
The mills offered na a tremendous dlaoount to
reoelve a two-oar-load shipment of men's, ladiea' and
children's winter nnderwsar, shipped too late for use
In oar Jobbing; department. The price concession
enables us to offer them to onr customers while they
last at I.ES3 TIL. IT KAMWAOUVMllSLB' COST
psicra.
1
.adles' fine silk and
wool Union Suits, very
special bargains fur
Aionday's seiiintr, 12. 9S
and 98.60
.adles Wool Union Suits
freatly underprlced at
1.60 and fl.a
Ladles' Tleeced Under
wear, worth lie a gar
' inent, special Monday
at 26o, 3 so and 49o
Ladles' Union Bolts, good
quality, f leeoed gar
ments, all sites, great
bargains, S9o and.. Mo
Children's Wool Union
Bnlts, 11.50 quality, all
size, at 98o
Ladles' Testa or Pants
Heavy fleeced garments,
(Trent snap. 15c and BOo
Children's Union Suits
All elites, special at 85o
Mall Orders Promptly
ruled.
Hen's Shirts or Drawers,
in fine Australian wool
or camel's hair, made to
sell at $2.60 a garment,
on sale at 11.00
Ken's Shirts or Drawers,
In fine, quality natural
wool, $2.00 a garment
values, at fl.SB
Ken's Camel Hair Shirts
or Drawers, natural
gray, slnigle or double
breasted, worth up to
$2.00 a garment, at 8o
Ken's 11.60 All Wool
Underwear, grays, tans,
and colors, at 75o
Ken's Combination Bolts,
ilk and wool, all wool,
or extra heavy cotton,
values to 16.00 a suit.
In three big lots, sale
prices 93.98, f 1.93, 91.60
Ken's Wool r 1 e e o e d
Shirts or Drawers, $1
. garments, greys or fan
cies, at 460, 39o and 89e
The Best Thread
Save SO per rent on every spool of
thread yon use.
It Is a better thread than the one
you're now using.
Is NOT made or controlled by the
Thread Trust.
We have secured for the City of
Omaha and Vicinity the exclusive
ale both Wholesale and Retail
of the
MUTUAL THREAD
Is stronger and better finished
than any other thread on the market,
and VOU SAVE 20 ON EVERY
SPOOL OP THREAD YOU USE.
Remember the price
ONLY FOUR CENTS PER SPOOL
Mail Orders Carefully Filled.
As a Paris made glove fits
your hand, so will this
"Queen Quality" Shoe fit
your foot. But fit is only
one of a dozen reasons
why women prefer "Queen
Quality" shoes. $3, $3.50, $4
$15, $18 to $22.50
Men's Suits
Greatest bargains ever. See
large ad elsewhere in paper for
particulars.
It will not be necessary
for as to explain auality
on theve well known
brands of roods at one
half prioe Monday.
i bo Mrs. Vreoman's Sink
Strainer; genuine 26o
Wilton Bread Toaster,
lt-quart galvanised Wa
ter falls; ISo Folding
launch Boxes, japanned;
2 60 atone or Iron enamel
ed large Cans; one extra
large or two smaller
drip pans; 12-lnch Tur
key Feather Dunters;
t5o strong- Carpet Beat
ers; 2bo enameled Co
landers, large size; No.
t Cold Handle Frying
Pan, worth !5c; heavy
braided 25a clothes lines,
union made Parlor
Broom: large linen or
cotton Mops, 2So quality;
two large rolls 10a Tit
sue Toilet Paper; 125
clothes pins, Monday.
at lavio
Four wire or wooden Coat
Hangers any of tho
above articles for 19V,o
or double the quantity
for 85o
OTKXB BAXOUXI
MONDAY
76a Japanned Mall , Boxes
Monday for 390
Men's S1.2S Handled Axes
for 89o
$1.25 large, heavy Lantern
for 80o
Any brand Food Chopper
nmde for 8 So
11.00 Waffle Irons, bent
made 79o
ClOSIHO OUT WIJTDOW
ax. ass
90 per cent discount on
all Window Ulass Monday,
Klectrlc Wall Paper Clean
er, Gold Paint, Aluminum
Ptove Pipe Knainel, Iron
Knarnel, etc., etc., Monday
J Co per can, and brush
free with everv can.
Monday we will hare the
biggest sale ever held on
Woahlsg Machines, $4.93
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Flour has taken another advance
and will still go higher; we ad
vise, our customers to buy all
they can afford; it means a big
saving- to you In the near future.
We bought five carloads before
the advance and while It lasts we
will give our customers the. ben
efit of this purchase. Tor Mon
day's sale only, per 48-lb. saok.
at , si.iis
This Is the highest patent flour.
10 bars best brand Laundry Soap
for 26o
The best white or yellow Corn
Ml, per sack 16o
1-U. cans Assorted Soups.... 7 40
The best hand picked Navy Beans,
per lb 60
6 1 na. choice Japan Rice for... 25c
The best Pearl Tapioca or Sao.
ficr lb Co
10 best Domestic Macaroni, per
Pkg. 8io
Zest Breakfast Food, pkg 60
Wheat Berries, pkg; 5o
Dinger Snaps, per lb 60
Fresh Crisp Pretzels, per lb 60
Choice Italian Prunes, per lb. ...6c
California Bvap. Peaohes, lb.,.10o
Fancy cleaned Currants, lb. ..8WC
Fancy Seedless Raisins, lb 7 Ho
Fancy Muscatel Cooking Raisins,
per lb 7 Ho
BUTTE AITS CKEZ8B 11X1
MOITDAY
Choice Dairy Butter, per lb. ..lo
Fancy Country Butter, per lb. J 10
Fancy No. 1 Craamery Butter.. 25o
Fancy Full Cream Cheese, lb.,.16o
Neufehatel Cheese, each So
Bap Sago Cheese, each 7 He
rSESn TBTT1T and TEOBTAJBXtB
BAIiB MONDAY
Fresh Spinach, per peck lOo
Fancy Cauliflower, per lb lOo
t heads fresh hothouse Lettuoe 6o
er'f tuaplf
5 bunches fresh Radishes Eo
Large Keg Plant, each So
2 heads fresh Celery 5o
Cape Cod Cranberries, quart.. 7 Ho
Fancy ripe Tomatoes, basket... Bo
Fresh Beets, Carrots, Turnips or
Parsnips, per lb 2o
6 bunches fresh Onions 6o
Fancy Sweet Potatoes, per lb. ..2o
Fancy Hubbard Squash, each... 6c
2 iieads fresh Cabbage So
Fresh Roamed Peanuts, quart.. 5o
No. 1 English Wnlnuts, per lb. ,16o
Fancy Imported Figs, per lb. 12 Ho
Large juicy Lemons, dozen,.., 15o
Fancy Calif. Freestone Peaches,
per crate 75c
Fancy Calif. Clingstone Peaches.
per crate 65o
H-bu. basket Green Tomatoes. 15o
H-bu. basket Sweet Green Peppers
for 26o
Italian Blue Plums, per bu 25o
Fancy Tokay Grapes, per bu....40o
THK RELIABLE STORE
Blanket and Comfortables Dept.
Hera are prices tbat count.
10-4 Cotton Blankets, each...22H
10-4 Cotton Blankets, each 20
lArge $1.00 Cotton Blankets, pr.5)
Large $1.25 Cotton Blankets, pr.7
Large $1.50 Cotton Blankets, pr.y5
Large $1.98 Cotton Bl'kets, pr.$1.10
WOOL BLANKETS
tl.BO Wool Blankets 85
11.98 Wool Blankets t)5
$2.25 Wool Blankets S1.U3
$2.60 Wool Blankets $1.40
$3.00 Wool Blankets 81.75
$3.5.0 Wool Blankets $1.98
$4.00 Wool Blankets. .$2.25
$5.00 Wool Blankets $2.00
HOME-MADE COMFORTABLES
All large size, fine white cotton
knotted and well made.
$2.00 Homemade Comfortables $1.49
$2.50 Homemade Comfortables $1.85
$3.00 Homemade Comfortables $2.10
$4.00 Homemade Comfortables $2.50
$5.00 Homemade Comfortables $U.39
Mall Orders Filled Until Friday.
Great October Silk Sale
$1.50 Silks Monday at 79c
A big shipment of beautiful new dress silk just received,
elegant novelties, plain 6atins, messalines, Louisienea, taf
fetas, etc., regular values to $1.50
a yard in three lots
39c, Wc, 79c
Three Great Black Silk Specials
$1.00 Black Dress Taf
feta, 36-ln. wide.
guaranteed ttO
$1.25 Black Dress Taf-$1.60 Black Dress Taf
feta, 36-lnch wide, feta, 86-lnch wide.
guaranteed ....89H guaranteed ..$1.05
Mall Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention.
Wash Goods and Cotton Dress Goods
In Our Famous Domestic Room.
7 He Apron Checks 3Ht
Genuine Amoskeag Apron Ging
ham 4H
Calcutta and Indigo Blue Prints,
at 3H
82-lnch Percales, 10c values... 5
Baby Flannel, half wool....lO
Shaker Flannel, heavy 2.ls
Amoskeag Outings, 12 Ho values,
at 8H
Amoskeag, 10 to 20 yard ploes.
at GH
'Cotton Sail Outings, 10c grade 5
12 Vac Cloth 8?
Unprecedented Value Giving
In Our High-Grade Linen Depl Monday
10 pieces High Grade Scotch and
German Table Damask, usually
tells at 75c yard, Monday,
yard 48
16 patterns table cloths, size 24
yards, warranted pure linen,
heavy, double damask, worth at
least $5.00, Monday, ea.$2.50
tO doz. full dlnner-slse bleached
napkins, strictly pure flax, worth
$4.00 doz., Monday, 6 for 9S
25 hemstitched dinner sets, pure
linen table cloth, with Vi dozen
napkins to match, regular price
$5.00, Monday, per set.. $2.48
100 doz. strictly high grade linen
towels, good Blze. plain, white
and colored borders; best towel
value in America, well worth 17o,
Monday, each .....9
100 center-pieces and dresser
carfs, plain, hemstitched and
open work, 76c values, Monday,
each 35
Mail Orders Filled With Care and
Promptness.
Four Great Furniture Specials
Values we do not believe can be duplicated elsewhere
in the land. See them Monday and inspect our new and com
plete fall lines.
$14.50 Empire Oak Dresser $7.95
Substantially built, neatly fin
ished and designed, has 3 deep,
roomy drawers and good 6ized
French plate mirror; great snap
Monday at $7.95
$2.50 Arm Rocker Solid wood
seat, six stretcher base and broad
back; roomy, comfortable and
a splendid bargain $1.95
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$26.00 China Cabinet Solid guaranteed
oak with bent glass sides and door, French
plate mirror in back, beautiful ornamental
top; greatest value ever offered, $19.75
$4.25 Sanitary Couch $3.15 Illustration
shows it made up as couch; by lifting sides
can be made into full sized bed; conven
ient, comfortable, cleanly; no home should
be without one at the price $3.15
All mail orders given prompt attention.
Paclflo Flanneletts, best made, 10c
cloth 7M
16c Cloth 10
19c Cloth 12
Arnold's Fine Flannelettes, known
as best made, 15c quality. 8 He
18c quality 10
Arnold's 20c Wrapper Cloth.
at 124
ISo Printed Sateens IOC
25o Plain Black Sateen. ... IOC
$1.00 Eiderdown, 36-ln. wide 490
Eiderdown, 39c, 25c and,..18
Mail Orders Filled Until Friday.
Beautiful
New Laces
An Immense Line of Real and Imi
tation Irish Crochet
LACES SHOWN
The richest and most popular Dress
Trimming of the 'Season. You'll Not
Find Them Equaled Elsewhere At Our
Prices.
Let us show you Monday.
C5c Embroideries, yard. 15
The Greatest Snap of the Season.
You can well afford to buy Embroid
eries in this sale for next season's use.
Corset Covers, Embroideries, Skirt
Flouncing, Embroideries, Fancy
Bonds and Inserting.
Worth up to 35c yard, all at one price,
yard 150
Mail Orders Filled.
Special Sale Monday on Zion City Laces
American Mfg. Co. J.ac-s
We are sole Omaha agents for these,
The Best Wash Laces Manufactured.
Monday Specials
2.00 Hand Bags, at 950
20c Elastic lklts, at 100
fl.OO Silk Elastic Belts -400
Gold Eye Needles, package 10
SOo Wire Hair Itolls. with attached
Combs, each 250
S5c Hair Nets, each 50
85o Silk Ribbons, yard J50
fiOo Fancy Pillow Top 390
The Very Choicest
of the
Fall Season'js Offerings.
Crown Jewel
Tailor Suits, the choice of all
discriminating women at the
prices
$25.00
Scores of new and exclu
sive designs for Monday.
Gossip About Noted People
T
Amdrew Johnson's End.
1KUE was one man of those
whom hs considered his enemtes
whom President Johnson had
not forgiven, relates W. H.
Crook In Tho Century. It was
only a day or two after he took
his Boat 1n the senate that he sent for me
to come to his hotel the old Wlllard, on
Pennsylvania avenue. I found him, on a
nearer view, looking very little changed. H
was older, of course; there was mote gray
In his hair; his whole face looked bleached.
He seemed finer to me, nut less strong, but
nor delicate. There were no more lines
in his face; those that had been there
Vers deeper graven; that was all.
I asked for all the family, and he told
me what there was to U-ll. Mrs. Johnson,
I knew was still living, but poor Robert
Johnson had died soon after his father
returned to Tennessee. He spoke to me
of them both. The grandchildren were
growing up. He told me of his flghta fur
lection.
"And now," he said, "1 want you to tell
tn where I can find notices about Grant
In my sorapbooka. Tou remember where
you pasted them In. I don't." He got the
crapbooks and I put slips of paper In to
mark the references he wanted. As I rose
to go, he said:
"Crook, I have com bark to the senate
with two purposes. One Is to do what I
can to punish the southern brigadiers. They
led the south into secession, and they have
bad their deserts. The othtjr " He
paused, and his face darkened.
"What is the other, Mr. Johnson?" I
asked.
"The other la to make a speech against
Grant. And I am going to make It this
session." .
He made the speech In less than two
weeks from that evening. It was a clever
one, too, and bitter. Every point of Gen
eral Grant's career which inlglit be consid
ered vulnerable was very skillfully at
tacked. The fact that he had t iken Rifts
nd that It was suspected he d.-s red u
third term were played upon. Vi-s; Mr.
Johnson did what he htd Intemled to
do, had been Inteoditg to do ever since
he left the White House. He was the
best btter I ever knew.
He went back home at the end of the
session, and then to vlalt his daughter.
Mrs. Stover, la eastern Tunnessee. There,
given Up to the family assentations he
4uaaj tSk and wlin tua grandchildren he
loved, he was stricken suddenly with para
lysis, and July 31. 11-75, he died. It seemed
as If, with his speech against President
Grant, some spring of action which had
kept him fighting broke. The rest was
peace.
Bnsr Life of thr Kaiser.
The German emperor riss at 6 a. m., and
sometimes earlier, if the press of business
Is unusually heavy. At 0 o'clock he reaches
h's workroom, dr'nks a cup of tea or
bouillon and eats a sandwich, and then he
aeats himself before a great desk and com
mences his labors. At 7 o'clock the em
peror receives reports from his adjutants
and ministers, devoting three hours to tills
task. During this Interval he also audits
bills for household euppltes, scnnrjng the
accounts of tradesmen with great care.
At 10 or 10:30 the emperor breakfasts with
his family, his favorite morning meal con
Utlng of oatmeal, bacon and eirgs. After
breakfast the emperor usually goes for a
strcll, but by o'clock, at l itest, he Is bark
at hla office.
Grant aa President.
A number of striking lncMer-t of iht fllf
fliuitles of General Grant in changing his
poinl of view from that of military rom
n at.dt-r to the chief civil magistrate of the
rnlted States are given In Carl Fchuri's
leminlsrences In McClure's magazine. "Tits
ckakioom of the senate," tays Mr. St hurt,
"where senators amused one arjuther with
the gossip of the day, continued to huts
with anecdotes about President Grant's
curious n"tlor,s of the nature and functions
of civil government. One of these anec
dotes, told by a senator who was consid
ered one of the best ianyers In that body
and one t the moat Jealous of the char
titer of his profession, was particularly
significant. He heard a rumor that Presi
dent Giant waa about to remove a federal
J'.dse In ne of the Lrrltcrli-s of the lnltd
HuteJ. The fen. tr happtm-d to know th-U
Judge aa a lawyer of excellent ability and
uncommon llt:usa for the bench, at-d ha
ent to the presldon to remonstrate
a-u nft so extreme a measure :s the re
moval of a Judge unless there were cogent
reasons for it comedo J with the adminis
tration cf the office.
"President Grant admitted that, as far as
he knew, there was no. allegation of the
ui-tfltneas of the Judge, 'but,' he added, 'the
governor of the territory writes ir.e that
he cannot get along with thai Jud.'S at all,
and is vary aaxloua to be rid at bun; and
I think the governor Is entitled to have
control of his staff. The senator closed
his story by saying that he found It to be
a delkate us well as a difficult Job to make
the great gerjeraj in the chair of the presi
dent of the United States understand how
different the relations between a territorial
governor and a federal Judge were from
those between a military oummander and hla
staff officers. The anecdote waa received
by the listeners with a laugh, but the mirth
was not far from headshuklng apprehen
sion. However, there being sincere and
perfect good will on both aides, things
went on pleasantly In the expectation that
the military hero at the head of the gov
ernment would learn what he need to
know and that the men In political places
rf power would treat him with due con
sideration and fairness."
Rmaka of a Cyale.
Some people are altogether too proper
to bo Interesting.
The fool and his money are soon parted,
but there are lota more.
It Isn't what a man wants but what ha
has, that makes him contented. ,
If the energy that wonmen expend In
making fools of men could be concentrated
but what's the use uf speculating with
Impossible problems? M
There are lots of things we should for
get to remember, or remember to forget.
The fellow wlio lands the first blow gen
erally wins, but If we all waited for tiie
other fellow to begin, there wouldn't bo
any fight.
When a fellow begs a girl for a kiss and
is turned down. It naturally makes h!m feel
peeviali to see the way sue slobbers over
a five weeks' old baby. New York Times.
Wares of the Ambergris King
(Continued from Page One.)
or less of a tradition. In hts thirty
years' experience he has known of
only one lot of ambergris found that
way. In every other case of which
the facts are actually known to him tne
substance was secured from the carcass
of the whale. However, he does not deny
that It Is sometimes found by Itself, es
pecially as Its origin Is rather favorable
to that circumstance.
"We don't know Just what ambergris
Is," he said as he handled some small
pieces reflectively. "We only, know t. at
It Is the result of some disease or Irrita
tion of a whale's digestive organs. Sperm
whales feed chiefly on squid or cuttlefish,
which would perhaps be a better article
of diet If they did not have beaks aa hard
and as sharp as those of parrots.
"Here are some of these Leaks that I
have taken from ambergris. And here
are the eyes aad feelers of squid; all of
them from pieces of ambergris. It Is prob
able that the bony beaks and other In
digestible parts of the squid Irritate the
stomach or the intestines of the whale,
causing the secretion of a substance which
finally becomes ambergris.
"This gradually Increases in amount,
blocking more and mors the Intestines.
Finally the whale becomes so 111 that it
goes Into the little bays or shallow water
along shore. This la the custom with sick
whales.
"There they may be caught, or perhaps
they die and are washed ashore. It it
is a deserted coast the carcass may disin
tegrate and finally be carried out te sea
again by a high tide and the ambergris
become separated from the rest of the
body.
"I am Inclined to think that the whale
does not get rid of the ambergris while
alive. Although some writers speak of
the whale vomiting It forth, I do not be
lieve that happens, for In all esses of
which I know anything th ambergrla was
not found in the stomach, but In the ex
tremity of the Intestinal tract."
Mr. Stull has earned his title of amber
gris king by purchasing more of the rare
substance than any other one man In the
world. But he does not buy on his own
account. He acts as agent for the Paris
dealer who supplies ambergris to the great
French perfumers. He buys therefore on
commission,
Tnefe Is never a glut In the ambergris
market. The variation In price Is due not
to any oversupply, but to the difference In
tho quality of the finds. Although the
whalers are so much more on the alert to
discover the substance there la not a great
deal of It brought In for the simple reason
that the whaling Industry has so fallen off.
It Is picking up again, however. Several
whalers go out of New Bedford now, and
It la to New Bedford that most of the
ambergris Is brought. Mr. Stull runs up
there, names the price he will give and If
he gets It, has the stuff locked up In a
safety deposit vault until he can commu
nicate with his principal In Paris. There Is
another ouyer In New Bedford, but Mr.
Stull gets more ambergris "st first hands,"
as his card says, than anybody or Indeed
everybody rln.
So far nothing ha been Hw.-overd
which will take the place of amltcrifrls aw
a base In the manufacture of perfumery.
It Is the best binder known. Dissolved In
alcohol It holds also In solution the va
rious oils and esaencea of which perfumes
are composed.
The quality of a perfume depends very
largely on the amount of ambergris It
contains. The best Frencb perfumers use
six ounces of ambergris to a gallon. One
or two manufacturers in this country use
the same proportion. Others put In four
ounces.
In cheaper perfumes It Is cut down to
two ounces, and so on sntll the very
lowest grudes are reached, In which there
is not a trace of ambergris. The conse
quence Is that the mixture has no per
manence whatever.
Mr. Stull Is not only the ambergris king,
he la also an oil ruler of some sort, al
though not the sort to make John D.
tremble on his throne. Mr. Stu'l Is the
only man In the world, so he thinks, who
buys porpoises, tries out their oil and
makea It into the extremely delicate
lubricating oil used for clocks and
watches.
Mechanism of peculiarly nice adustment
should not be oiled with the mineral oils
which are really the ony ones now fur
nished by general manufacturers. These
lubricants stiffen with cold or become dry
and hard under other conditions. The
only reliable oil for use on any delicately
adusted mechanism is secured from por
poises and blackflsh.
Years ago black fish were rather plen
tiful. Occasionally immense schools of them
came ashore on Cape Cod and were killed
by the hundred. But the black fish has
become rare Indeed now and 'blackflah oil
Is scarce and costly. Porpoises are now
the chief dependence of Mr. Stull for the
watch and clock supply.
In the top of the head of the porpoise
Is a small cav.ty and In each Jaw bone
there Is another. These yield the finest of
the oil. That from the top of the head is
called the melon oil. From a full-alzed por
poise only half a p.nt of this best oil Is ob
tained. It la secured by trying out and Is then
refined carefully and la put up in small
vlula containing about half an ounce eacu.
This Is watch oil.
From the body of the porpoise a larger
quantity of oil, but of a somewhat inferior
graue, Is secured. Tills is used for clocks.
Not only for ordinary clocks, but for clock
mechanUms, such as those In lighthouses
for the regulation of the light.
The government Is Indeed Mr. Stull s
most Impirlunt customer la this line, buy
ing thoussnds of bottles of oil a year.
Uncle Sam knows better th in to trust ma
chinery upon which dperd the llv.s of
men and the safely of alilpa to anything
but the finest of flab oil.
Samson's Entertaining Ways
(Continued from Page Three.)
platform. The voice of the colored crier
attracts aim to tiie show aad be goes to
hear the coon melodies and see the clog
and buck dancing, and laughs at the old
minstrel Jokes that ara resurrected each
year for the ears of the carnival visitors.
Next oomes Colonel Hall's wonderful one
ring circus, gentlemen and ladles, the most
remarkable aggregation of rare and beau
tiful animals In captivity, the most remark
able collection of trick animals, dogs, ele
phant, monkeys, roaring lions and tigers,
growling leopards, ever offered for the
entertainment of the public Buy your
tickets here at only a quarter of a dollar.
Inside the tent he sees the elephant curl
ing Its trunk around tufts of hay and the
carnal quietly munching its evening meal,
while around the first tent are arranged
the cages containing the rare and wonder
ful collection. The real show he finds
Is In the circus tent proper. There the
trick elephant goes through Its tricks with
Intelligence almost human. Then the troupe
of trained doga do cunning and aagaclous
things and keep the crowd In a roar by
their drollery. Next comes the high school
twenty-two announced as the most wonder
ful ever trained. Finally come the trainers
of savage beasts who enter the dena and
poke their wards up to roaring fury
After witnessing this entertainment his
mind runs to the big Wild West show he
saw aa he entered the grounds and he
wisely decides his trip would be Incomplete
If he did not take this In, too. He Is right
In this wild west direct from Coney Island
he applauds above all else the remarkable
marksmanship of Princess Wenona who
pierces glass balls thrown In the air In
sets of three and four. Even more skillful
than this Is her feat of breaking twenty
glass balls on a swinging frame In Just
twenty shots, no more and no less. Princess
Wenona waa one of the features of the car
nival and her recognition was well de
served. Then of course, there Is the lasso
throwing and the riding by clown and cow
boy of the savage little donkeys that de
fled all comers.
After this there Is time for another
ramble down the Highway. There Is Ba
re no, the wild man, w ho cowers In his deep
den and growls savagely whenever his
keeper punches him In the ribs. There Is
the octopus, the fierce monster of the deep
that used to overthrow ships and devour
sailors aa a before breakfast diversion.
Stranger than thia Is tne No Name freak
with diminutive legs and over-developed
arms which be uses for walking while ha
makea his deformed toes do the duty of
fingera Also In the freak class Is Wild
Hose, the Abyslnnlaa girl, who devours or
threatens to devour live rattlesnakes and
allows the venomous reptiles to run their
fangs ia to bar arm at will. There to also
the fat boy, so big he can pnly ait and
look at the people, the double woman, the
cute little horse, weighing only 76 pound,
when In good health, and reduced to 60
pounds by an Indisposition.
In order to get his mind off the freakish
and back to the true tnd the heaut'ful the
average alght-seer turns thankfully to the
electrlo theater with Its moving pictures of
real life and romance. Instructive as well
as amusing la the Spanish wsr exhll.lt with
Its collections of Spanish and Filipino
weapons, strange garbs and utensils from
other lands and Its many other suggestions
of war times.
After this the mind runs again to the
frivolous and the management evlde:itl;
with an eye to psyoology, has placet
nearby the gaudy tent with the sign in
front announcing "Gsy Pares," with a aug
gestlon of all that goes with a show from
that naughty city. Thla lan't so "awful '
though and the mind turns to the simple
mirth of the Red Mill, where sinuous
ways, wobbly sidewalks, mystic mirrors and
dark and windy passageways carry one
along lrrestlbly but uncertainly until one Is
finally ejected at the exit feeling foolish,
but laughing nevertheless. Almost a tw n
to the Red Mill is the Merry Wld w s
Finish that lures the crowd in with a
promise of mystery and then throws them
out with a shaky feeling about the H'.mn'u.
The smallest performers on the Illghwiy
were the little fleas that gave a continu
ous vaudeville In a tent on the north divi
sion of the street. Trained insects pro vol
to be a novelty and the tent waa crowded
day and night with people anxious to watch
the little fellows rolling balls, drawing
miniature wagons and hopping around at
the command of their trainer. Nearby
was the Phenomenal show, with a large
sign announcing It was for men only, and
the London Show of Anatomy, with grew
some skeletons and skulls pi seed aide by
side with beautiful models of women s
head a.
Impressive in Its warning to young and
old was the Opium Den with Its colored
victim of the dope habit rolling, cooking
and then smoking the elualve drut;. The
crowd looked on the scene and then went
away shuddering at the horror It depleted.
Besides the regular admission shows there
were scattered over the grounds penny pic-ti-re
machines, penny phonographs, booths
and stands where all the desires of the
average man, bent on getting ail the fun
out of Ufa there Is In it, oould snpoy him
self to the limit.
With the list of separata attractions n
nlng above thirty, it would be a fastidious
carnival visitor who oould not find a nu use
men t to bla particular liking on tha King's
Highway thla year.
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