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CHOLERA SCOURGE IS RUSSIA
Morgues Filed to Ceiling1 with Un
identified Corpses.
DISINTECTION NOT PRACTICED
gafferers Often Left for Honrs Wrlth.
'n In IMreet I'neared For
.One lllla-e la Wholly
Hlprd Out.
I.
sr. prrricRsm rj. ct. ':4.-P:cifli
To the happier Inhabitant of iHiids wr.rre
cholera Is either ur known or kept well In
hand, the orgies of death whlrh that terri
ble epidemic Is holding In some of the
amaller Russian towns would be Incredible.
There, thanks to the lack of organisation
ana grossly unhealthy conditions, victims
have been lying 111 In the streets, neglected
In the hospitals and umburted In the rem -terlcs.
I have had reports of mortuaries
so overcrowded that the corpses are
stacked tip from floor to celling. Thoso
coming to claim relatives who died rf
other disease have been obliged, In son'
rases, to spend hours in the pestilential
air. till they could find the bodies they
search and could pull them from amongst
the cholera stricken.
When the cholera was first declared 1n
other provinces a commission was ap
pointed In 6t. Petersburg by M. Hirn,
the president of tha town. Hut the chair
man, M. Oppenhelmar, left for Carlsbad
before any arrangements were made to
combat the epidemic and practically noth
ing was done. There Is no drainage In
St Petersburg worthy the name. AH the
ewaga Is thrown Into the canals, which
are nevr cleaned more than cr.ee a yar.
and send up a most terrible stench ns soon
as the Ice thaws In the spring The first
victims of the epidemic were workingmen,
cab drivers and porters, who dr'nk the
water out of these canals, whlrh is poison
at the best of times, let nlrne when cholera
Is about. Now, the police hive put up
placards at the street corners to forbid
them, under a threat of pnylng IT, penalty,
to drink this water, and the magistracy
has made arrangements for hot ten to be
distributed gratis In all the principal
streets. Tha sole of fruit has been strictly
prohibited, and It, therefore, goes to ether
towns from the cholera Infected districts.
Half Cases Frovc Fatal.
Considering these thirds. It is, therefore,
not surprising to find that 30O and 400 ea-es
occur dally, of which at least RO per cent
prove mortal. Everybody who can afford
to do so has fled from the city. The
dreaded disease has now found Its way Into
the well-to-do houses and Into the Cadets'
college. The hospital and town ambu
lances are quite unable to cope with the
work, for people fall down 111 who felt per
fectly -well a few minutes before. It Is
Siard to believe that most of them are ser.t
In cabs and public conveyances to the
hospitals; but such Is the case, and. what
Is more, these vehicles are net even cleaned
afterwards, to any nothing of being disin
fected. As the poor cabbies are oftn not
paid for taking a sick man to the hospi
tal, because nobody has any time to bother
about them, they whip up their horses and
get away as soon as they see a man or
woman lying on the pavement In contor
tions, and the victim Is left alone till one
of the sanitary Inspectors or a policeman
sees htm. When taken to the hospital tha
patient cannot receive proper care because
they are not half enough doctors; and med
ical students, though offered good pay by
the town, refuse to help. One. doctor has
400 patient to look after in a day. Nurses
are almost unknown; there Is nobody to
give the patients medicine or try their tern
perature. ao that the result is a huge per
centage of . deaths. As one harassed,
worked-to-death doctor said: "rf they get
well they do and If they don't. It's not
my fault, for I've only ono pair of hands
and legs."
Patients suffering from other eompluints
have as bad a time of It as anybody not
only do they get no attention now, but
many of them have been sent away be
cause they must make room for cholera,
cases. Several large barracks are alno full
of thorn but what Is that when hundreds
fall 111 dally?
Hed Tape Follows Death.
There Is In Petersburg a hospital regula
tion to the effect that every patient who
dies within twenty hours of . admittance I
must bo dissected. It la characteristic of' For a" lldU1' or two t"t .evening they
Russian red tape that this regulation was ' ,alked tl'l'y about the dead and then
adhered to for several days alter t'ie i Vl'"t l beJ' Mr' Joueg' uf'er tossing upon
cholera broke out. so that the rm,,;,,!,'.,!1'1" t'"low fl,r a lon tlme- '- '"to
theaters were plied hl?h with dead hc.il -a :
which nobody had anv Urn. to rtl,,.s., i,
lust It struck one of the Inspectors that !
It Is Impossible to dissect 1,0 oorpjes dally I
and tha regulutlon was abolished.
The vlctlme are hurled
o that the coffins must gu by train. !
that the coffins must gu bv train'!
Thirty or forty trucks r .in.,, ,,,. .... i
ao bfcrre and two or three passenger
saloon, ar. put on f,r the dead peo".
fri.rn.ia .n,4 .... ....
-. iu ici.uci. ouca a train started
yesterday by the Mlkolnjcwska railway.
carrying 150 coffins. On arriving at th
cemetery It was found that thirty-four
coffins, bought the day before, were stll:
awaltln hni-inl Thnn.i. k-
gers had worked hard mi r,.-.,.n Z.
impossible to bury all, and the rest i' nd a" ,hut ""l'Pened In tao pre
piled up for the tiliht in th. . ... ! cedl" rur ,a'l, 1,e marched the room for
mourners waiting there till .lnvhvi.t '."r,.'i t
mat, ir iney went away, others would ar
rive In the morn in and get their dead
burled first. These fccenes nre repealed
dally and many wilt f.r a couple of days
feefora they see tiieir (lead relatives nnd
friends burled. s all the coffins are
Bilk., being painted wlih tar, and no In
scriptions are put on them, very few
people know which box really contains the
remains of their dearest ones. The result
Is that the most terrible scenes of des
pair and protestation occur whilst the
wailing of women and children fill the
air.
In the provinces things are no better,
and disinfection Is almost unheard of In
small towns. In one village . ailed Karnkl.
In tha government of Kvar, 470 out of tne
6U0 died. It was decided to burn every-
tning, corpses, houses ajid barns together
Tha police came and. giving the thirty
survivors time to get away, threw fire-
brands Into the place. This rtramtic
measure seemed to be the only way of pre- WB, lryln fetbly to turn over In her nar
ventlng the epidemic spreaJing all over I roW bed' K'le '"""d at lllm wl,l
the province. saw not; site was unconscious of her sltua-
tlon.
LORD MAYOR WELL QUALIFIED Uo pa"";d h" urm" "bout her B(1 imed
tU htr out. Tiie two men ri.move, hr(. frum
w Head of t it, II.. .t-roved Ills e Klavt'- I'l'ed her in the buggy und
Ability to I mlrrtu Vear drove home. Physicians were called in.
of Kruatiag. I'nder close medical care she slowly recov-
.cied. Every precaution was taken to guard
LONDON, Oct. 31.-(8tecial.i-Luiidun ha. i ll,'r f,om thu "ltJe of what had 1iap
another lord mayor. VI. is time it Is S.r ; pt'ned' and a" w,' wer, ,n t,le aecrtl
Georg Wjatt Truscott. who hue been in- l'!tfJK J themselves to sileiue lest the nho.k
ugurated with all tite ceremony, paruphti- : uf ,httt vtlalioii ot her burial anJ resur
nalia and flim-flam which attends n.is I rtvUu,l ilht prove fatal to her. but the
perennial function that lias i. n.a ned prac
tically unaltered for about iai.
One of the chief re oium . mkui ins of Lie
honored and honorable g iitlcinan is his ex
treme youth fulness for l.oud n just 51
J ears. Another recomineudutioii fur which
highest praises have beet, sounded through,
out tha British press consists In the fact
that during the year that be was sheriff
he "attended 184 public dinners without ln
th least endangering his digestion, and."
Mj s U gwWlaf fcocwuut of his (astronomic
achievements. "Sir George Is quite prepared
to undergo the ordeal cheerfully again."
When It Is remembered that the city com
panies of London sre compelled whether
they want to or not, of course to spend
SHO.ono a year In fesstlng. the task before
l lie new lord mayor will not be regarded
as an easy one. It goes without saying
thst Sir George Is neither a vegetarian nor
a. nut rater, neither teetotaller nor tea
fiend. He likes the "cup that cheeis" and
the dinner that satisfies. Therefore, he is
considered by everyone to be one of the
most promising Incumbents who has ever
hud the honor of sitting In the chair once
occupied by Dirk Whltttngton and his cat.
All the London papers recently gave col
umns of space to details of how the lord
mayor was elected by a show of hands
of the aldermen, and how the latter went
to the voting place after It had been
sprinkled with "sweet smelling herbs" In
memory of the plague which occurred In
London hack somewhere In the dark ages.
Though the farce of electing a man whom
everybody knew a year before was sure
to he "it" was duly gone through with, Sir
George responded by a rousing speech ex
pressing his "surprise and gratitude." etc.,
"for the honor which had been forced upon
him," etc.
Despite the fact that Kir George Wyatt
Truscott has been compelled to go through
the perennial puppet allow and In spite of
his mastery of the prandial art, he is a
good man with the best of records. His
grandfather was a "corporator" which has
nothing to do with hoaconstrlctors but In
dicates his connection with the ancient city
companies In an honorable way; while his
late father. Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott,
was alderman In 1871, and became lord
mayor In 1K7S. So, Sir George, In occupying
his present post. Is literally "following In
the footsteps of father."
The new lord mayor has not only been
"something In the city" for many years,
but has really been nearly everything It Is
possible to be In the city throughout his
life, from member of. the court of common
council to sheriff, magistrate and other
dignified things. He Is a member of vari
ous city companies, including the Haber
dashers', Stationers'. Musicians' and Vint
ners'. He is also a distinguished Mason.
As a business man, he has long been
known as a hustler, with a capital "II." He
has Interests In no end of successful firms,
snd Is the principal of James Truscott &
Sons, printers and manufacturing station
ers. He is a director of the City of London
Brewery company we said he wasn't a
teetotaller Chuhb's Safe and Lock com
pany, big life Insurance company and other
commercial enterprises. Naturally enough
he Is a millionaire, and the $51,000 he will
be expected to spend while In office will
not give him neuialgta of the pocket nerve.
Personally he Is a handsome man lord
mayors always are and speaks French flu
ently, for which, by the way, he was dec
orated by Loubet In 1903. He also possesses
an order conferred upon hltn by King Leo
pold. The lord mayor has two sons and
two daughters.
SAVED FROM THE GRAVE
How Dream Rescued a Woman from
n Terrible Death After
linrlal.
Mr. Jones was a popular young business
ii". in in the city of B. His wife was a
woman of strong emotion and most deli
cate perceptions, tetwoen them there ex
isted a rare sympathy which extended to
all tho faculties.
Mrs. Jones fell III and after a few weeks'
agony, during which her husband waited
en her with a constancy not often seen,
f ho died. That Is, she appeared to bo dead.
There was no question about It In the doc
tor's mind. A certificate was Issued and
an undertaker called In. But for the fir
tunate circumstance that Mr. Jones ws
opposed to embalming there would be no
story to tell, unless It were of another per
son apparently deaU who was rovlved for
a moment under the lunge of tho cm
balmer's knife.
Saved from that fate, Mis. Jones wn
lu:d out. in her burial robe, placed In a
col fin and on the third day was burled
in u cemetery some distance away.
Her husband was greatly aflected, so
much that his relatives reared an attack
of nieluiicholia. His uncle, wishing to
urojfao his spirits ur.d divert his attention,
remained In the house the night after the
funeial and was a valuable witness, us it
I proved, of un event so astounding as to
l' a"'"Ht beyo:sd belief.
troubled leen- 111 u" middle of the night
he hear1 vuUe !Wng M name, "George!
, ' tu,lM nut '"" lu
wll". ViL' h'S
UlV,i . , ...
... ..win rii nil, jtiiuseu vieum or a
' ,lie,U8an we"1 " lwK- U was day-
i,r.lU
m. urlu,e 1,10 vult0 wus
' anu nun ume it cuuij not be U'Mured. He
r,fCOB"l'J 11 l - "e tulcc of his
'j. "8lri'"' Ca"""f UP" h"n "h8
' crieu.
"George! Save me! Save me! George!"
she cried.
He sprang out of bed, trembling all over.
That despairing cry still Tang in his ears.
oo real was it that, though he was awuko
a,lJ "mem bored perfectly the death, the
her who ,,aJ thrlce calu'J """.
j-Hiding that he was alone, he rushed
Into his uncle's room, crying: "Get up! ge;
up! You mul(l go to t!le cemetery! She la
alive; she Is calling me!"
The uncle, skeptical us he was by nature,
was carried away by Jones' Impetuosity.
Hoth men threw on some clothing, and.
while one harnessed a horse to a light
buKy. the other procured spades. Thus
i equipped, they drove to the cemetery at a
gallop. The sun rose as they leaped oul ai
the grave and began to dig.
Mrs. Jonea had been burled the previous
afternoon. Her husband shoveled away the
earth in a frenxy of energy. It was firmly
fixed in his mind that she had been buried
i "V tlmt h nilht et be ln l',n 1
""' ln8P,r,!a "y nl nephew s excite.
' ""nt ,he Unct. du wUh a vlgor almost
great aa Jones's.
Begrimed and disheveled, they at last
reached the coffin and wrenched off the lid.
i JO,le" "lll'lukeU- "is wife was moving. She
story U-akeJ out later, when Mrs. Junes
got ahout again. Ilaltliiioie Sou.
Dai hrlor'a llellretlous.
Man begins by expecting tilings to get
better and ends by praying they will gel
no worse.
The reason a woman knows the baby's
hair is going to be curly when It grows up
la I is .1 now .
A hero la a man who can 7ull out a
handerrhlef tvlth a hole In It In a street
car and not thrust It back In his pocket
as if It ei a smallpox flg. JVew lurk
fraa.
WONDERS OF HINDU MAGIC
Skill and Trickery Used to Perform
Their Marvelous Feats.
METHOD OF MAKING TREES GROW
Interesting and Instructive Explana
tion of Fakir Feata Whlrh
Aston! h the I unary
Traveler,
Doubtless we have all heard of the tricks
or feats of the Indian Hindu fakir; we have
been accustomed to regard his powers as
marvelous beyond compare as performing
marvels that no mere Occidental can equal.
He can, we are told, make trees grow from
the ground or the deck of a boat; he can
throw a rope Into the air and, causing It to
be susriended without vlsi'ile support, have
Ills assistants climb up that rope, and his
head and arms and legs falling to the
ground, Join themselves together, and
finally form the original body and come
up whole as at first! He can cause a stone
to sink or swim at will, a boy to vanish
from a basket, and a hundred other tilings,
too marvelous to conceive. Let us examine
some of these powers of the Indian fakir
and see how far they are genuine and how
far they are the result of trickery. We will
first consider the famous mango tree
trick. This has been the marvel of all Or
iental travelers from time immemorial, and
the correct explanation of this trick has
never been made public, to my knowledge.
The Mango Tree.
The performer comes forward and pro
ceeds to make a little mound of earth out
of the soil and some water. Tills can be
done anywhere, on tile earth, on the deck
of a ship, etc. The fakir usually wears
next to no clothes, apparently making this
trick If It is a trick all the more difficult.
When the mound of earth Is complete, the
fakir Inserts his seed of the mango tree,
and waters It to make It grow. He then
covers It with a cloth, and. placing his
hands beneath the cloth, proceeds to manip
ulate the seed for soma time. In a few
moments he withdraws his hands, and
makes passes over the cloth, outside It. A
wait; then the conjurer removes the cloth,
and the seed Is seen to have sprouted. Two
tiny shoots appear above the surface of the
ground. More passes are made, and when
the clotn Is removed for tne second time a
tall mango tree la seen sprouting above the
earth. This trick has probably mystified
more people than any one that The Hindu
fakir performs. It Is accomplished In the
following manner:
The seed that Is placed In the earth Is
hollow, and within it Is placed a branch
of tho mango tree, previously prepared
and folded up. The leaves of the plant
are specially adapted for the trick, and
they are easily compressed into a small
compass. The seed containing the mango
shoot Is placed beneath tho earth, and
when the conjurer places his hands uti
neath the cloth he works out a part of
this folded-up branch, and leaves It stick
ing out above tho surface of the mold.
This Is repeated several times until all
the branch Is showing above the mold,
when quite a respectable sized tree Is seen
to be sprouting. If the seed Is examined
before the trick Is exhibited the conjurer
ha previously exchanged the one exam
ined for tho trick seed at some conven
ient moment before placing It in the
ground.
Sometimes the seed Is seen to grow Into
gigantic proportions Into a regular tree,
bearing fruit. In fact! It Is probable that
much of thiH Is exaggeration pure and
simple, but there Is a manner of working
tho trick, or rather extending It, so that
a very large tree can be produced at the
conclusion. It Is this: The conjurer has
the large tree concoaled beneath a thick
cloth a duplicate of the cloth he uses to
over the seed at first. After uncovering
l no seed several times and showing It
grown more and more, he uncovers it for
the last time and, while the audience Is
gazing at the plant wonderlncly, the con
jurer takes occasion to exchange tho
cloth for the one containing the big tree
underneath It. Now, he quickly covers
over the plant with this cloth, and when
It Is removed there Is the tree, full grown.
It may be several feet In height. It was
compressed benenth the covering cloth.
People do net think of asking to look un
der the cloth tho last time, because they
have often seen beneath it and know
It contains nothing. They therefore as
sume that It contained nothing tho last
time the mold was covered over.
Famous Ilaaket Trick,
Now we come to the famous basket
trick, which has also mystified thousands,
and yet Is simplicity itself. A large oval
be.sket 1 shown, something the same
shape as an egg, laid on Its side, and ' of any of the spectators, Immediately blow
an opening cut In the upper Burface or out of his mouth any one of the colored
top. It la first shown empty. Then a small I sugars desired or called for. This is re
boy Is shown, wearing a Jacket and turban. ' piated until all the colors are blown out
He Is placed In the basket and the opening j jn turn.
Is covered over with a blanket. The basket
Is so small that the boy apparently fills
the whole of the basket. What Is the sur
prise of the spectators, then, to see the
fakir suddenly leap Into the opening of tho
basket and proceed to stamp about as vig-
orousiy as ne can treadtnr on th. ,r..i
and apparently showing that the boy has
disappeared and Is no longer in the basket.
To make assurance doubly sure, however,
he snatches up a sword and proceeds to
run the basket through and through in all
directions. No sound Issues from the bas
ket. There Is an ominous silence. Evi
dently the boy has disappeared. But the
conjurer turns around and shouts, and the
boy, wearing the same Jacket and turban,
is seen In a neighboring tree. He descends.
A tom-tom Is beaten and after a few in
cantations the basket is seen to stir ami
soon the blanket heaves up and Is thrown
aside and the boy is seen standing before
us as sound as ever. This trick, like the
last, can be performed ln any Inqgllty, on
the deck of a ship, etc., thus showing that
trap doors have nothing to do with the
result. How Is it done?
First, as to the basket. It will be seen,
when we think It over, thut the p.culiar
shape of the basket renders it capable of
being employed in the following manner:
The small boy, as ( soon as he Is placed In
the basket, curls up and wriggles his body
eelwlse around the edges of the basket
That is. he coils around the inner surface,
just as a snake might coll up within It
Now It will be seen that It Is possible for
the conjurer to leap intj tha opening, stamp
on the ground, etc., since the open space
I in which he treads is unoccupied by the
boy's body. He steps In the middle cj the
circle of flesh. And when he luns t.Y
sword through the basket, he only runs it
through thoso places w here the boy's b dy
Is not concealed.
go much of the trick is plain; how about
the disappearance and reappearance in tho
tree? There are two boys, dressed exactly
alike. Tne first one never leaves the bas
ket, tie simply remains quiet until he it
eel ye the signal to show signs of 1 i f
again. The second boy climbs up a neigh
boring tree at some convenient moment
and shouts when be sees It is the proper
time to make his presence known. So
much for tha famous basket trick!
Dry ad and Colored sand.
A very clever trick often seen Is the fol
lowing; It Is known as the "dry sand
trie." Th fakir brings forward pail
o
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which he proceeds to fill with water. He
then shows some ordinary sand, quite dry.
To prove its dryness he takes up a handful,
and, blowing sharply upon It, Bcatters It In
all directions. He then takes up another
handful and drops It into the water. We
can all see It lying In the bottom of the
pall, under the water. Next, showing his
hands empty, he places one In tho pail,
and brings out a handful of the sand.
Blowing upon it, It still scatters In all directions-showing
It to be as dry us ever. This
is ic;euU'd several times, until all the nan.l
is again extracted.
Tills is a very clever trick, and would
never be discovered unless its secret were
told. It Is performed la the following man
ner: Klne, clean sand is selected, washed
carefully in hot water several limes and
dried in the sun. Some of this Hand is
then placed in a frying pun with a lump of
fresh lard and is cooked until all the lain
la burned away. The result is that eveij
purticle of sund Is covered with a thin coat
ing of greaae, so that when this sand lb
dropped into the water the sand Is Imper
vious to the water (owing to Its coulj ana
so remains as dry as ever.
Another trick that Indian fakirs perform
is known as the "colored sands trick."
The conjurer eats several colored sands ol
sugar blue, red, yellow, etc. and swallows
them. Nevertheless he can, at the rei.uest
The conjurer really swallows the sugars
In the first case to his detriment, be it
said. But he has concealed In his mouth,
several little capsules, each containing one
Lf .h .,,r. ,.r it.- ..i,.r tht
ealPn. rheK e conC(.aled within the
mouth, between the teeth and the cheek,
In various positions around the mouth In
a certain order, which the conjurer knows.
No., when any color is called for, the
conjurer simply works the capsule contain
ing this color to tho front of the mouth,
breaks It with his teeth, and Immediately
blows out the sand. This is repeated until
all the capsules are broken In turn.
A little trick sometimes shown Is known
as the "diving duck.". A howl Is shown
empty, and then filled with water. In
tho water is now placed a small artificial
duck. I'pon command of the faker It
dives quite naturally of Its own accord
i then It rises to the surface, and this Is
j repeated several times. At the conclusion
of the performances the duck It taken out
: and handed to the spectators, who can ex-
amine it. No amount of examination will
reveal the Her ret, however. It is this:
A fine xiik thread pusm s up through a
small hole in the bottom of the bowl, and
when the conjurer places the duck ln the
water he manages to slip this thread
around the dork. Now, he hub only to
pull tills thread, when the bowl Is filled,
and the duck dives. At the end of the per
formance the thread Is broken and the
duck may be examined as much as d -sire I.
j Scientific Ameritan
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The owner of Lie farm l.ad l. , n chymg
hiiiis. if ai the county fair worn- his hard-
working wile hiuytii at :.onn- lo se- l.iat
l ie faun suli'-ied no toss in Ills absence
"Weil. aiau. ' said the owner upon iiis
retuin, "1 in about all tired out. la tho
cow in the barn'.'"'
"Yes. Iui.lt tln.t," i.-pli.d his wift-, barely
I locking up from the lu.-K then in hand.
the iiosHf unliai lu-ed an
led ;
"Ye."
"i iiicki-ns I nked up'.'"
-Yes."
' w ,od chopped for mornlu'T"
Yes. "
"V agon-wheel mended an' ready t' al.it
in th morning."
"Yes."
"Well, then," concluded the exhaustt-d
owner with a sigh of relief, "let me have
my supper. 1 in goin' t' turn In. Fannin's
beginning t' tell on me." St. Louis Ite
public.
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WHEN
for Omalia." Why shouldn't a magnificent city like Omaha have a clothinir store equal to
any in the country. It should and it has. Th at it is appreciated by the people of Omalia and
vicinity is proven by the excellent trade since we opened. That it is appreciated by other
cities is evidenced by the number of business men from far off cities who make special tri s
to see and profit by this store.
CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENTS
It doesn't make a particle of difference to us what you want whether it be a pair of
overalls or the finest garment that can be made we have them and we make no distinc
tion between any departments we value the trade of all. ,
FIRST FROOR
Great clothing room large,
roomy aisles, where It la a
pleasure, not a task for ladles
to assist their men folks to se
lect nuits and trousers.
A most conenlent ttaber
dashtry department It Is
removed from the clothing
a delightful department.
A hat department without a
peer in the country every hat
or cap kept in'glass cases and in
full view, you can buy quickly
and satisfactorily here.
A shoe dept. Immense in size
and beautifully equipped. It la
every bit as inviting to ladies
wanting boys' shoes as it Is to
men both enjoy privacy in
our shoe dept.
GLORY OF THE CORN BEL1
Melodious Tribute to the King of
American Cereals.
MOST VALUABLE OF GROWN CROPS
Second Only to Wheat as "the Staple
of Lite," and the Itnala of Hun
dred Other I'aeaFlKurea
that Tell.
If America has no other claim to great
ness, still its record ln the production of
maize or Indian corn would cause It to
rank among the foremost nations of the
world. Maize, or Indian corn furnishes
food to a larger portion of the human race
than any other grain except rice. America
gave Indian corn to the world, taught the
people of other nations how to make It Into
brcadstuffs and other products and yet
America produces 75 per cent of the world's
total supply. In America the grain Is
known simply as corn. By botanltts It is
calley lea muys.
Corn is the moat valuable crop grown
on American soil. It amounts to ubout
i.aOO.COO.ta) bushels a year, worth more than
tl,2i0,0u0,000. In quantity and value it Is
greater than all the other cereal crops com
bined. Here are some comparative figures
relating to IhsI year's production of the
different cereals ln the I'nlted States:
Bushels. Value.
Oats '". 0i,0 10 I 2;3,r.nno
Wheat 6i3.ni..r 0 BoJ.tX'O.Oo'
Barley ir.i,iiiO,(AO !7,fii0.0 0
Rye 3:',87&,0 0 H,&x,2jii
Total all other ce
reals except corn.. 1. 434. R75. WO S-S.f.r0
Corn 2.&57,JJO,( $l.i7S,5i,Oi)o
America's corn exports average about
2f,0M,fln0 bushels a year, but aro much
smaller ln years, following a domestic crop
shortage when prices nre high.
The seven great corn states of America
are Illinois Iowa, Kalians, Nebraska, Mis
souri, Indiana and Ohio. These comprise
the territory familiarly known as thp corn
belt. Not only do they grow enough corn
for their home use, but export enormous
qnsntltles each ye-.ir. The soil of the Ohio
valley and the Mississippi basin, seems es
pecially adapted to corn growing, and from
here the great preponderance of the
world's supply of corn Is oh'.alned. Texas
has come Into prominence as a corn state
of late years, but its supply is all needed
at home to feed Its great number of cattle,
hogs and horses.
nistrlhutlns; ( enters.
Chicago is the world's greatest corn dis
tributing center. The cities next in order
of importance are Kansas City, St. I.ouls
and Omaha. These are known to the coin
growers as primary points, and the ship
ment of the corn to these points is the
first step in Its marketing. At these points
the corn is graded, temporarily stored ln
warehouses and thence reshipped by land
and water to all pails of the country and
. Ihe world. 1 ne titeai i.aaes iurnin a vi-iy
i cheap and convenient means of distributing
, , , . ..
t'or" lu Important markets, and to them
I hicugo is largely iniieincu ior me pie-
eminence it enjoys in the jr'ain Industry
lu general.
The annual production of corn in Illinois
is nearly tO'.Oeo.cui bushels from ne.ily lo,
olhj.iKjO aires devoted to corn lalsluu. Iowa
is tecum! In import. i m e, with an annual
production of about o ,') bushels and
an acreage of il.;'7i,.oii. NeXl lu older are
Nebraska. with 7 -III.ojo aciej, ielding
about Jo". 'W'.'ioo bushels a .war; Missouri,
6,i,vi acres, yielding about i'e, i'oi.OjO bush
els; Kansas, 7.7iu,ouO acres, yielding 2'to.uoO,
(.) bushels; Indiana, 4j0.ioJ acres. 1TS.(..
uv bushels; Ohio. iMD.WU acres, 15d.ODO.uio
bushels; Kentucky. 3,5jO,JU acies, 8K.Uiu.ijuJ
bushels; Texas, 6.000, Uw acres, SO.Uki.uou bush
els: Tennessee, 3,!iO.0UJ acres, 78.OuO.Ou) bush
els; Arkansas, 2.5uu.ujO acres, U.UjO.Ouu bun li
tis, Oklahoma, Z.ouO.OOO acis, 52,OtO,0A) bush.
this store was oponoil somo competitors said
good for Omalia. We are still of the opinion
SECOND FLOOR
Acknowledged by all as the
greatest upper floor In the
country. A Juvenile Dept. un
usual in size, convenience and
luxuriousness you couldn't be
ny more comfortable, If we
took the garments to your own
home to show them to you or
your boys.
A Wardrobe section double
the size of all other Omaha
wardrobe sections combined.
They contain the finest business
and evening wear that can.be
made.
You must go to the very
largest cities to find an Over
coat Dept. equal to ours. You'll
not find It In the stores of the
Middle West.
MODERATE
els; Wisconsin, 1,700,000 acres, 50.0no.ono bush
els; Michigan, 1,570.000 acres, t'.Onn.Ooo bush
els; Minnesota, 1.700.000 acres, 46.50v,o bush
els; Pennsylvania, 1,477,000 acres, ij.'dvuo
bushels; South Dakota, 1.50O.0OO acres, ),
OOO.oni) bushels; West Virginia, 770.W0 acres,
19.000,000 bushels; New York, 670.000 acres,
16,(00,000 bushels; California. 66.000 acres.
1,500.000 bushels; Oregon, 2O.CO0 acres, 4W.fm0
bushels, and Washington, 10.GW acres, pro
ducing 250.000 bushela.
Illinois leads all other states ln the yield
per acre, as well us In the amount of acre
age and production.
Second Only to heat.
As a contributor to the "staff of life"
corn occupies a position second only to
wheat and more and more is it gaining ln
popularity as a breadstuff. Corn flour
mixed with wheat flour has proved u bless
ing to the poor ln producing a bread which
Is much cheaper than flour bread und
which many, even among the wealthy, de
clare to bo superior in flavor and more
healthful than all-flour bread.
But this is only one of the more than a
hundred uses to which corn is put. So
extensively does It ent- r Into our daily life,
our commerce and Into the affairs of our
nation generally that no person can let a
day go by without encountering many
things to remind him of the Importance
of this regal American Krain. When you
wash your face and hands in the morning
with soap the chances are that the soap
you use. If it 'Is very excellent, was made
. from corn oil.
When you put on your
clothes ln the morning what are you re
minded of In the gloss of the shirt and
collar? "Corn," for from it the starch was
made.
hen we pick up the morning paper and
read of the cruise of our battleship fieet
around the world and of the superiority
of our navy you may ask what is the one
point that makes our ships superior to all
others. And what will the answer be?
"Corn." for of the pith ln the cvrnstalk is
compressed the com cellulose which forms
the filling between the inner and outer
skins of all the Ainei-iian battleships con
structed within the past ten years. This
cellulose made fireproof and submitted to
powerful hydraulic pressure has almost
made the American battleship invulnerable
to the ordinal y shell, for It has the magic
like property of closing the hole within two
minutes after t lie shell bus entered. This
is caused by the rapid expansion of the
cellulose whenever water cornea ln con
tact with it.
As a War Material.
In future when deadly explosives an
hurled from our forts and battleship into
the forces of the enemy, we may be re
minded that It Is the great chief product
of our soil that is fighting for us. for from
corn the smokeless powder and other ex
plosives now are being made.
Of course you are reminded of corn when
you eat your corncakes for breakfast, and
when you pour the syrup on them the re
minder is strengthened, for corn symp com
prises four-fifths of the syrup served on
the lubles of America.
And wnat Is called lo mind when you
reach the office and write a letter?
"Corn." for mayhap the paper on which
you write was made from mill starch, a
corn product, and very likely the gum on
the envelope and the stamp was made
from dextrine, another corn product.
When ou buy candy for your girl or for
your children, you may know lhal the
great preponderance of all candy cuntuina
corn syrup as its basis. The coloring in
the clothes worn by the housewife In her
household duties is piolaibly ellecled
through the use of dextrine mad.- from
colli, which is used for stamping figures
on gingham, calicoes and numerous oilier
textiles.
We can scarcely eat meat without being
reminded of corn, for It Is principally
through feed of corn products that cattle
and hogs are fattened for the market. Ho
conspicuously does corn enter into the diet
of live stuck that cattle and bogs ar re
Half Minute Store Talk
Whrn we st'll you any kind
of wearing apparel, we assume
all the risk. If our judgment
was bad In selling and your
Judgment was bad in buying
you don't have to puy for both
our errors. Hiing it back we
are more than ready to stand
the loss. We would feel you
had done us an Injustice if you
didn't give us chance to make
good our guarantee of absolute
patisfaction.
it, was "great," but too
"there is nothing too good
BASEMENT STORE
Light as day perfectly vent
ilated easy to get to by eleva
tor or Btalr hih ceilings
conveniently and splendidly
equipped. lx)ts of clothing
stores don't pay as much atten
tion to their main floor as we
do to our basement.
It is devoted principally to
work cloths, Overalls. Cordrroy
Suits and Pants. Duck Clot! Ing.
Fui Coats. Work Shirts. Work
Gloves Etc. Here also is found
our great dept. for the sale of
Trunks, Grips anu Suit Cases.
These dcpis. are a revelation to
all who see them.
PRICES
ferred to' by n noted writer on the subject
as "corn on the hoof."
Corn is the principal grain distilled In
tho t'liited States. An enormous proportion
of the total production Is used In the man.
ufacture of many kinds of alcoholic bever
ages, principally bourbon whisky.
Formerly the potato crop of New Y'ork
state furnished n larc part of the raw ma
terial for Ihe starch industry, but now tha
corn crop furnishes n.ost of th-' wo. Id's su.i
1. October What lo EjI.
FATAL LURE OF SHOPPING
St. I.ouls Woman ( uuM Vnt Hesist
Mealing When She Didn't Have
the Mono).
That she Just couldn't Ke( p lier fingers
off things Is the moaning explanation,
often repeated, of Mrs. Maggie Mathlas of
i".'!3 Odell avenue, mother of five children,
locked up ln the detention room of police
headquarteis on the charge of shoplifting.
"If they will let me go." she udds. "I
will promise nev.r to come down town
again."
It was coming down town thut worked
the undoing of .Mis. Mathlas. Her hard
workin, honest husiiand was a good pro
vider, she says, und gave her the money
that he earned, und she did not need to
steal, but when she rame down town and
saw things that struck her fancy she could
not keep from stealing them.
Nervously wringing her hands, constantly
on the verge of tears Mrs. Mathins, who
says she Is 38 but looks much older, her
marred hands and bent fonn telling a tale
of toll, related how she first fell under
temptation's sp 11 and a year later fell
ngaln.
"1 can't understand why I did It." she
faltered. "I had n '""'n' lo My
husband gave me his earnings. My tastes
were simple. 1 had never cared much for
fine clothing. I h'l a" Hint, I needed and,
indeed, all that 1 cared for. I was down
town shopping. In one of the stores I saw
a black brilliant. ne skirt lying on a coun
ter. I wanted to take It. I could not un
derstand the Impulse. I had never tnken
anything that did not belong to m and
had never had an inclination to do so.
But the temptation to take the skirt was
stronger than I could resist. 1 could not
keep my fingers off It. I took it.
"1 took ot.ier tilings thut I did not really
wont. I was caught st it and arrested. 1
paid for what I had taken and they let m.i
go. To this day my husband does not
know of it.
I never took anything else until two
weeks ago. I was down town again and ln
one of the stores 1 saw a black waist. I
could not keep my fingers off of It. I took
other tilings ami was not detected. I took
them home. My husband supposed 1 had
bought them and asked no questions. I
wore them, but I did not feel right with
them on and was glad to get back home
and take them off.
"I went down town on other days snd
took more things that I did not need. I
did not start on any of these trips with
the Intention of stealing. I hoped that the
temptation to steal would not com over
me. Uut as soon as I got down town I
Just bad to go lo the stores and when I
was there and saw the profusion of articles
about me I could not keep my fingers off
of them.
"H was coming down town that caused
all the trouble. If they will let In go I
will borrow the money and pay for every
thing that I ever stole and will never come
down town araln us long a I live."
Mrs. Mathias' greatest anxiety was to
keep her husband from knowing of her
arrest. She begged that she might be re
leased so that she could go horn before
he cam from his dally work. "Ha will
never forglv me," she moaned. As the
door of the cell room closed behind her
the shadow that fell on Ihe glazed glass
was that of a woman walking back and,
forth, back and forU.-at. luul Tlme,
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