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I 8 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 20. 1903. Why Not a Phonograph For Christmas This Year 7 Nothing yon can think of will give no much pleasure to the whole family child ren, eroun-up", and friend aa m Phono graph. And it's a. permanent pleasure it will add to the Joya of Christmas a Ve Are Headquarters NEBRASKA CYCLE The success of your printed matter depends as .much on its appearance, as upon what it says ' A. t Root, Incorporated, 1210-1212 A TIME TKIED REMEDY THAT NEVER FAILS. prinkle Peerless Group Remedy J Wnat mother has )aoi experienced the harrowing fear of eronp and many hare eeen the times when a hurry-op eaU wu sent for the phrslolan to relleTe a UMle tuflmr from ernap. But all tbls can be obrlsted by keeping a box of Mprtnkle's 'frlm Crtup Remedy In the boats. Thu remedy It from a prescription of a phrslolan that had-oft y years experlenos In prsotloe, and be claims that this remedy iterar failed him la eases of oroup. Mprlatkle'a Peerleae Croap Remedy It peculiar In Itself, as It Is an external application, dolnt ' away" with the necessity of pouring drags down a young ootid, a praotlos that should, not be Indulged In as long as It can be arolded. This remedy has been tnld for yesrs on a positive sraaraate to ear cross en rtce sf rny rofaaaea, and 1 hereby authorise all dealers to refund the yrioe wbers tbe remedy doe not do all that la claimed for It. ' A safe and sure remedy for the cure of Croup and the relief of Coushs, Colds, Catarrh, Asthma, Whooptpi Cough and all kindred ellseanes. For sale by druggists, or mailed on receipt of prioe, 60 cents, by I, A. OFRINKLK, Villa Grave, 111. -Ai C TO CITY mD ST L.OOBS The Burlington's Flyer for Kansas City and St. Louis now leaves Omaha at 4 :40 p. m. '. Arrives Kansas City 11 :20 p. m., connecting with late night trains for the South and Southwest. .Arrives St. Louis next morning and connects with all lines East and South. ' - WINTER TOURIST RATES TO y SOUTHERN AND CUBAN RE SORTS IN EFFECT DAILY. ' Other good trains for Kansas City leave Omaha at 9:15 a. m. and 10 :45 p. m. Tickets, berths and full information at CITY TICKET OFFICE, 1502 Faniam Street C. 'I" iiuissmasssssasswssmissaasiajiSMiisiaia Ji ll. in nilimiiM U n ipuiss) ,.., . a turn., . ..,.l,i.l .ks-im . ... . i. im hhth i siiii ! my xi in sws in jmiisji mi huhbhhis.ioiishiihii vTO-TVinUT I X3 There are no vacant offices, but: If you have been looking for uuch rooms, no doubt you have found desirable space is a rare thing. From time to time changes are made by tenants which would ' make available just the kind of office rooms which you 'desire- , ' THE BEE la occupied from top to bottom, but for reasons above stated we keep a waiting list and would be pleased to have you call and look through the building. By giving ua an Idea of your requirements would place ua In a position to fulfill your wanta along thla line at apme future time. Leave your name and addres with R. W. BAKER, Supt. Room 501 tsBsssaissss - ssrast rsBBssissBrw vflisft Ma.yi.fTf. year from now aa well as thla year. . for Victors and Edisons Como and Hoar the New Records Make up your mind now to-fore you plan any other Christmas expenditure to como In and. let ua show you the Eillaun and Victor. It um defrtoimtrstn to you liow inucli mors pleasure your Chriatmaa money will bring to the whole l'umlly, yourself Included, If ll goes for phonograph. Our atore la headquarters In the west for Victors and Edlsons, and we will I mi delighted to show you all the different models and attachments at prices ritnglng from $10 00 to $200.00. Don't put It off. but come In now. There 1 no obligation In listen ing to the records played. Special Christmas Terms If you are not prepared to pay cash now, you need only pay for the records, and pay for the machine by week or month. The price will be exactly the name an If you paid all cash. Accept thla special offer. CO. XZSZZ Howard Street, Omaha GUARANTEED TO CCRE OR MONEY REFUNDED. s At'sW- MORPHINE sr1 other drns- hsblts are positively onred by HAfUTlNA. For hypodermle or Internal as. Hsmple sent to snj drug; habltne by sisll. Regular price 11 00 per bottle a A rJB your druggist or by msll In plala wrapper. Mall Orders FlUed Ily HAYllKN BKOS.. OMAHA. NKB. BUILDING A FAMOUS BUFFALO HUNT Recollection! of the Chase limned for Grand Duke Alexis. HUNTING PAETY MEET IN OMAHA c JVoled Army Officers and Plalnamea Kacort Royalty and Participate la the "-sort and Festivities. The late Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, uncle of Emperor Nicholas, whose funeral took place In St. Petersburg lust week, was the chief guest in what Is classed In plain's history as the most imposing and distin guished hunting party that ever chased buffalo. Ornaha was the rendezvous of the hunters, the grand duke arriving here January 13, 1872, and was given a reception at the residence of lion. Alvln Saunders. - The origin of tfie hunt and the details of It have been pieced together by James Al bert Hadley from the records of Hie Kan sas HisloVlcal society and reprinted in the New York Evening Post The affair, as shown by the records, , was arranged for the benefit of Alexia, a brother of the then emperor of 'Russia, who came here when the country's appreciation of Russia's attl tltude toward the United Stales during the civil war was still keen and grateful. Alexis was sent as the special ambassador to bear his country's congratulations to President Grant and the United States, and nothing waa too good for him. It was at a dinner at the White Houee that General Phil Sheridan suggested to the grand duke that he should go west to get a real appreciation of the siie of the country, and that while' on the way he should participate In a buffalo hunt to see what American sport really waa. That Idea appealed to Alexis much more than the thought of continuous entertain ment in the eastern cities and the nightly swapping of International compliments at the banquet table, for he waa not only a true sailor, but a sportsman and a great horseman, and he loved adventure. Further more he was only 22, and, doubtless, the thought of going for big game in a new country was as attractive to him as the prospect of a jungle hunt In Africa Is to the young men of today. To General Sheri dan and General Custer was assigned the honor of taking the nation's guest to the plains. General Custer, who Joined the party at Omaha on January 12, 1872, was in command of the field operations, and his following included, beside the grand duke. Vice Ad miral Posslet, commander of the Russian fleet, then in American waters; count Olsenfleff and Count Shouvaloff, and vari ous other Russian nobles of the ducal re tinue. Among the Americans were Generals Sheridan, James W. Forsyth, and George A. Forsyth, General Ord, commanding the Department of the Platte; General Innls N. Palmer, Colonel Michael V. Sheridan, the general's brother, and the great scout, Buffalo Bill. Kvery one of the Americans waa an expert hunter and thoroughly knew the short-grass country between the "Big Muddy"' and the Rookies. Two Troops aa Escort. As an escort for the hunters there were wo troops, B and K, ef the Second cav alry, with the band of the reelment. and there were almost as many servants and valets In the retinue of the Russians as there were troopers in the expedition. Surely an elaborate outfit for a hunting expedition. But yiere was ao much real roughing it that the frills, the band, and the cham pagne wagons could not take the edge off the adventure for the grand duke.. -He and his personal guards were ail fine horse men, and kept to the saddle every day long after the counts had taken to the ambu lances. From Omaha a special train took the hunters to North Platte, where they mounted for the first day's ride, a fifty- mile walk, trot, and gallop, to Camp Alexis, which General Palmer had estab lished for the occasion on Red Willow creek. The camp outfit consisted of two hospital tents. In which the meals were served; ten wall tents, and a tent for soldiers and servants. There was a stock of 10.000 rations each of flour, sugar and coffee, to say nothing of the delicacies and the wine, and 1,000 pounds of tobacco te give to the Indians. The grand duke was Interested In the Indians almost as much as he was In the buffalo, so General Sheridan had a tribe of Brules, under command of Spotted Tall, moved bodily to Camp Alexis, so that the guest might studyj them at hie leisure.. There were fifty warriors with all their squaws and chil dren In this tribe. First Herd Reported. On the first night of camp General Custer sent out scouts to look for buffalo. The report of a herd within three miles was brought, back before midnight, and the duke turned In with as much Joyful anticipation of the morning as a small boy has on. the night before Christmas. fie was up when the cavalry bugler founded reveille, and found General Cus ter down on the picket line, personally Inspecting the horse that was to be rid den by a Russian guest. Before break fast was over the early morning scouts came In with the report that the main herd was between Red Willow and Medi cine creeks, about fifteen miles from camp, and the order to mount was given. Before the start was made, however. Gen eral Custer announced the following rules for the chase: The first attack to be made by Alexis, accompanied by Custer, Buffalo BUI and two Brule Indiana; the main party to remain in the background until the grand duke had made hla first "kill," after which the hunt was to open to all. An experienced buffalo hunter was assigned to ride beside each member of the grand duke's suite, and to Instruct him In the game of getting alongside and kill ing a buffalo. General Custer was instructor to Alexis, and on the way out the latter asked thou sands of questions and practised shooting at many Imaginary buffalo. His hunting costume consisted of heavy gray cloth, trimmed with green, with buttons bearing the Imperial coat-of-arms of Russia, and an Australian turban. His first experience was with an Immense herd that covered several square miles. The hunters approached against the wind and halted in a shallow rsvine, within three-qusrteTs of a mile of the nearest bison, acting as sentinel. The ravine af forded concealment for another half mile. and then it was an open rush. The grand duke, Custer and Cody, all spurring their horses to the utmost, dashed out of the ravine and went full tilt for the herd. Alexis had selected a big bull for lila victim, and, ao well had he been coached before the hunt, that the animal was soon seen to stumble, rise, ' stumble a-raln. and fall the first buffalo, probably, ever killed by a titled marksman. Then the free-for-all chase began, and there was a wild rush of counts and cow boys, troopers and Indians after the stam peded herd. Alexis stopped long enough to cut oft the tall of his first victim as a trophy, and then Joined the rest Four buffalos were taken on that first day. Luncheon waa served la the field and sevral Indian warriors armed with bows and arrows hung about begging for the food scrspa that we're left. Alexia wanted to know why the Indiana carried their ant-lent weapons and was told thst they pre ferred them to their flrenrma for killing buffalo. As the grand duke seemed skep tical, General Custer secretly sent out two Ilrule bucks with orders to find a. buffalo, run It into camp,' and there kill It In the presence of the Russians with an arrow. Within an hour the' Indians, whooping and yelling, rjde back chasing a buffalo cow. In spite of her eTTorts to escape she was guided straight Into the camp, where Two I.ance, one of the bucks, swiftly cir cled to her left and With bow full drawn drove his arrow Into the body behind the shoulder. The animal fell, pierced through the heart, and so delighted was the grand duke with this exhibition of skill that he gave he archer a 20 gold piece and then paid ae much more for Two Lance's bow and quiver of arrows, which he took to Russia as souvenirs of the plains. There was a great dinner In camp that night and the stories of former hunts lost nothing from the champagne which helped In. the telling. . .. . , . As Indian Sham Battle, . After the feast the ' Indians . entertained With a sham battle and then, there was a war dance, and the day closed with a powwow, at which General Sheridan, the Grand Duke Alexis, Spotted Tall and all the rest smoked the peace pipe. The duke would not make a speech, although urged to do so by the hosts, but he pleased the Indians even more with gifts of sliver coins, blankets and hunting knives. That ended the burfalo hunt for which formal arrangements had been made,, and the party went on to Denver, where tl.e e was some sightseeing among the m nes and a grand ball was given in honor 'of. the grand duke. C. M. Beeson, a famous buf fulo hunter and Indian fighter, who hap pened to be playing a fiddle that night in the orchestra, told General Sheridan that a large herd of buffalo had been reported In the neighborhood of Kit Carson, 130 m lee east of Denver The general told the grand duke, who immediately became keen for another hunt. There were no mounts available ex ept tbe troop horses of the cavalry In the Den ver region, and these animals were not used to bison hunting. The general ex plained this, and added that an untrained horse, when confronted by a roaring mass of frightened buffalo, becomes frantic and a very unsafe animal to be astride of. That only made Alexis more determined to go after the herd, so General Sheridan gave the necessary orders and the second expedition set out The herd was located without difficulty, and the same tactics were employed aa be fore, except that General Custer was the grand duke's only Immediate companion when the attack was made. The troop horses were as unruly as had been antici pated, and added mroe than their share to the excitement of the chase. Caster's Fine Horsemanship. When the general and the grand duke approached the thundering avalanche of the herd, their mounta became unmanageable. Bit and spur was useless, and finally, in a frenzy of excitement, the horses ran away, straight toward the herd, and to the hun ters watching from the background it seem ed as thought the son of the czar and an America! general were about to be killed in a stampede. But Custer's matchless horsemanship saved them both. Abandon ing useless attempts at force, the riders lured their mounts away from the herd by strategy. Little by little they were guided out of the danger zone, and when once away from close contact with the excited bison the horses were induced to make a wide circuit over the plains at the top of their speed, and then, by means of whips and spurs, the riders regained control. In the meantime the herd ,had escaped, but after a long chase the hunters again got within killing distance, and the grand duke brought down his second buffalo. Once more the hunt was open for all hands, and the green troop horses were ridden hard toward the herd, with the Inevitable results. One of the Incidents of the flight that followed was the riding Into a prairie dog town at full gallop. Scores of horses stumbled, sending their riders over their heads. In the meantime, everybody was shooting at will and without much regard for the mark. One horse was gazed by a bullet. Another shot went through Colonel Mike Sheridan's coat, and after the ex citement was over Count Bodlsco sheepishly confessed that he had fired it. There was hardly a man who did not return to camp with a cut or bruise of some sort, but the real wonder of the day was that nobody had been killed or seriously hurt. That was the end the the grand duke's Fur Jackets Are Made in all Fashionable Fur Muskrat Jackets, Neerseal Jackets Krimaier Jackets, Astrakhan Jackets Beaver Jacket, Plucked Otter Jackets Persian Lamb Jacket, SeaUkia Jackets 3flE desirability of a fur garment de pend largely upon the freshness of the skia, and the workmanship la the inside construction. We buy only the best skin from first hand; and put into every garment thst bear the Lanpher Isbel '33 year of fui experience. WE ALSO MAKE Hundreds of Styles of NECK FURS Leading Dealer Sell Lanpher Fun. If You Cannot Buy irons Your LValei. Write U Direct LANPHER SKINNER & CO. Far Manufacturers workmanship la ST. FAUL MINNESOTA .V.,tJll.i two hundred Pianos now In our way which would be affected by the grit and dirt made by the builders, this and the low prices quickens the aale of the good pianos now selling nt prices unheard of In the past. Fine $225 Pianos aeltng for f.130 on $6 monthly payments ln'fine mahogany cases. Another lot of oak cased pianos, Just from the factory, the $300 kind selling now at ".ISil on ensy pay ments of $6 and $7. Then there are scores of Pianos for $ 110, $120, Uliio on $5 payments not to forget the high grade $.12.1 to $3SO pianos, which are practically slaughtered at f08, $222, etc., and you pay but $10 down, balance In 2 ft years. " The gTeat variety of factories herewltfi represented gives the Piano buyer unlimited latitude In their elections. Be it a KItAMCH & 11ACH, KIM BALI KltAKAl Kit, BUSH & LANK. CABLK-XKKSOX, HAlr LKT & DAVIS. CRAMEK, WESKIl BUOS., MKLVILLK-CLAKK, 111 HTON or HOSPK piano, at least a dozen other makes, ranging In prices $139, $UH, 9137, f 100, $170, $187, $108, $210, $315, $118, etc., this for pianos, that have always been marked In plain figures and sold at $225, $250, $300, $350, $450, etc., In all the beautiful art, colonial and modern cases In mahogany and walnut, antique oak, golden oak, French wal nut and Circassian walnut. This high quality and range of grades Is not equalled in the west and a saving from $50 to $150 la rea lized. - Note the Grand Pianos, .KRAMCH & BACH, HAL-LET & DAVIS, KIMBALL. KRAKAl'ER and othera which formerly sold for $650, $750, $850 and $1,000, now going at $325, $550, $050 in mahogany and oak cases, the finest ever, on payments to suit. ' USED PIANOS of many descriptions, in ebony, In American walnut, in mahogany finish, in oak cases to match any furniture, selling from $100, $110, $120, $130, $140 and good as new pianos sold at from $275 to $450, on small $5 monthly installments, such bargains are rare and surprising to the many buyers, who invested Friday and Saturday. On Monday we double our Bales. Don't tarry it you want the choicest bargains. Our guarantee is absolute, no piano leaves our warerooms which carries a defect, we hold ourselves re sponsible for the satisfaction your money demands, the 22,000 instruments the A. Hospe Co. sold since 1874 has had the personal supervision of the head of the -house to boast of and money back if not as represented. An interesting feature of this sale is the setting up three dependable instruments to which your bids are Invited, you make the bid you wish to pay and the terms you offer to pay for same, theft at the end of the week the highest bidder takes the piano. The A. Hospe Co., reserves the right to refuse or recognize any ridiculous bids. Th Player Pianos, the Cabinet Players are Included in this ALTERATION Sale. $30, $75, $100, $125, $150, $200, $200, $375, $450 buys Players and Player-Pianos worth from $600 up, including 2 dozen mu sic rolls w ith each. FIFTY ORGANS must be sold, new, used and re-flnished parlor Organs, Chapel and Church Organs, comprising Kimball, Hospe, Story & Clerk, Great Western and Farrand Organs at almost give-away prices, at $10, $15, $20, $25, $28, $35and up. $5 cash and 50 cents per week buys them. PIANOS RENTED at $3, $4, $5. We need the room and they must move. Christmas is soon here, why not make your selection now and have them delivered later, nothing better as a present than a piano for Christmas, and, remember, the first comers. get the choice. Already a dozen Instruments, Players, Organs and Cabinet Players are sold and contracted for, each one made a saving of from one-fifth to one-third tbe price of buying now. In vestigate and be convinced. Every Instrument guaranteed for from 10 to 20 years, besides the factory warrantee. Don't mlsa this big Money-Saving Opportunity. A. HOSPE C hunting- on the American plains. He trav elel afterward in the south with General and Mrs. Custer as his guests, and sailed from Pensacola on board the Russian man-of-war, Bveltana, for Cuba. ODD EXCUSES FOR DIVORCES Qaeer Itrssoas Girts tor Mlsmated Coaples for Seeklasr Leffal Sepa-ratloa. Divorces may be obtained with greater or less ease, depending: on the locality, nature or grievances, unanimity of opinion, prac tice of the 'court and other circumstances and conditions. The grounds for separation are based on reasons and excuses of which the latter are perhaps the more common. After an excuse has been mentally housed for a sufficient period It becomes a reason, or, falling in that, it generates a reason on the other side. Since the result is the same, the variation Is not material. In two cases recently dragged into pub licity, strange as it may seem, the allega tions were that the offending spouse was too religious. It had hitherto been sup posed there could not be too much of that commodity to cement family structure, but In two cases at least, If complaints are to be believed, the devotional atmosphere be came too heavy. In the two cited, Tessle Brennan and John Hancy are alleged to have devoted too much attention to spiritual things, which greatly grieved their matrimonial op posite!. Tessle lives In 8t. Louis and John in South Dakota, and so far as Is known they have never met one another. They are brought Into close proximity merely because of their happening to be In the same boat, as it were. There Is this dif ference, however, that Tes e is complaining because her husband made fun of her de votions, while in the South Dakota case John Is the defendant. John's wife has obtained the separation she asks; Tessle Is awaiting the court's decree. Tessle or Mrs. Brennan, as she should perhaps be called alleges the most surpris ing conduct on the part of Clifton, her husband. It seeme they had been married only six months when he began to become annoying. He would laugh at her when he found her reading the Bible and would tell her it was no better than a novel. At other times he would accuse her of being hypo critical and would mock her. She stood this until one morning he snatched a prsyer book from her hand Just as she was dressed ready for church, and 'that capped the climax. She left hlin. There Is little to laugh at in the home desecration of the Brennans and Clifton shows as no hero according to the evi dence. In the ense of the Hancy Imbroglio there is a humorons side that cannot be rvtrlooked. Mrs. Hancy asked for a dl vorrffbecause she could not stand John's everlasting praying, shesald: "I was the victim of two matchmaking families." she told the court, "but It took me only five weeks to get enough of my husband's preaching." It appears that John Hancy wore a long face about the house whenever he hap pened to be there, which was rather more frequently than desirable. Whenever Mrs. Hncy looked out of the window and re marked that the sky was blue John In a lugubrious tone would reply that all things were vanity and that life was short. If the devoted wife happened to mention mil linery and the pre-ill ng shades John was almost certain to moral'se on the sinfulness of human ornament. On one point, how ever, John Hancy was at least consistent, he gave a thlid of lis Income to th rhuith. That must be true, because Mrs Hancy says it herself. "He did give that much to the church." she remarked tearfully, "but I had to suf fer deprivation because of It. Besides, he prayed every nlgst for the soul of his wicked wife, and I am just as good as he is!" It is understood that aa soon as all the little odda and ends of the proceedings are Many Pianos Selling at Hie Hospe Alteration Piano Sale Nothing like It In the History of Omaha, the Quality and the Prices, com pel the Music loving people of Omaha and the surrounding country to pur chase Pianos, 'even though they don't need them In the next year of two. It Is well known that the alterations at 1513 Douglas Street, where partitions are to be pulled out, departments to be moved, and extensive changes to be made, our forced sale compels ua to sell and move a great portion of 1513 5 Douglas settled up Mrs. Hancy will leave for Sioux City, lav where she and Qua Westfall, an old friend, will be rrarried. There was Indignation in- the veins of Mrs. Caroline' Jones when she testified in a Boston court how her husband. Frank M., had treated her. It seems that Mr. Jones had a little way of his own with regard to the ' support of his wife. Once In a while no of tet er he would slip into Mrs. Jones' room and pin a 13 bill on the pincushion. Mrs. Jones could spend this Just as she liked,' and when it waa gone she could whistle until some more was pinned on. In many ways it la the only authenticated instat ce of real pin money. One day Mrs. Jones grew bold and asked her husband It he couldn't pin something bigger to the cushion, or pin a Uttli oftener. Do you suppose Jones gathered her to his arms and explained that he wss merely teasing her as they do on the stage and to come around to the back yard and ho would show her where he hod a whole barrel of money hid out? By no means. Jones simply threw a clothes wringer, which grazed her coiffure. ; Mrs. Jones that waa now receives a little allowance from her former husband. She gets Jt by mail, and if there Is any Impaling to be done she does it with a hatpin. Mrs. Mattie Holmes, at Bellvllle, III , doesn't allege in her divorce proceedings that John Holmes was stingy or that he beat her she simply declares he "poked fun at her." Malediction on his Jolly soul! lie JuBt couldn't leave her alone. John had a fund of humor for every day, a Joke for every hour, a quip and a grin for every minute; he teased and he tormented. It was unbearable she declared. Finally, one day, it became more than she could stand, so she switched right out of the house and stayed away for sixteen years. This is no typographical error it took Mrs. Holmes that long to decide she wanted separation without any conditions. She admitted In court that It Holmes had made overtures ten years ago there might have been a reconciliation. Indianapolis Btar. TESTING NEW PAVING MATERIAL Comblnatloa of Habber and Asphalt Comlai . Into Ua Ik Frssrs, In the report to the Department of Com merce and Labor, Consul General Robert P. Skinner, describes the experiments, cov ering a period of six years, that have been made with rubuer.asphalt pavement In several cities of France, Including Paris, Marseilles and Lyons. The material Is cheaper than asphalt and has given satis factory service. The consul-general says the product Is claimed to be "more plastic and more adheslne than pure asphalt, and to resist higher temperatures. To obtain the combination of bitumen and rubber they must be energetically mixed In special devices. In which the asphalt, reduced to fine powder, la in the presence of rubber swelled and softened by a solvent. The O Thousands of women have found the use of Mother's Friend robs confinement of much pain and insures safety to life of mother and child. This liniment is a God-send to women at the critical time. Not only does Mother's Frlind carry women safely through the perils of child-birth, but it prepares the system for the coming event, relieves "morning sickness," and other dis- rnm fnrf Bo,d b' druggist s - tlon mailed free. U tUtAD FIELD BEGUtATOR CO. Atlanta. O ii- rasi 'V7 i -iawiiaKr-.ss!.Bw St. material thus obtained Is a brown powdi-r darker than the original asphalt, and it suffices to compress It in order that It shall set and harden rapidly. "It is alleged that when asphalt Is applied hot, the heat of the application coining In'o into contact with a concrete foundation, containing more or less humidity, vaporizes the water contained therein, and the BtenmJ by its force of expansion, escapes, Ui'Va destrplng the compactness of the combina tion. This Inconvenience does not presens itself in tbe system under designation, which permits the application of a much thinnd layer of asphalt and one which mill' s Itseli with the concrete, constituting a solid mass The observations of this form of pavement satisfy those Interested in the subject that the complete surface reslnts ordinary wear more satisfactory than any other." "Rubber-asphalt must be applied upon a foundation of first class concrete, consist ing of 440 pounds of good Portland cement to one cublo meter (Uo.Ul cubic feet) of peb bles and sand, the proportion being one third of sand to two-thirds of pebbles. The thickness of the foundation should vary from fifteen to twenty centimeters (5.9') to 7.87 inches) and it should be rammed witii the back of shovels used In this work, and given the exact form which the roadway Is intended to have, without the necessity of making later additions of concrete to bring the surface to its proper proportions The kurface of the concrete should be regu lar, so that the layer of asphalt may hav a uniform thickness. This foundation should remain three to five dnys, accord ing to the season, until it has acquired sufficient hardness to support the rammlni of the layer of asphalt. The surface of the concrete having been well cleaned, is cov ered with a thin coating of special material, which Is laid on with a brush, upon which the rubber-asphalt powder is slightly sprinkled. Shortly after these preliminary operations the uniform layer of rubber asphalt powder Is spread t the thickness of 3.6 to 4 centimeters (1 37 to 1.57 Inches), which is compressed progrelvely by meins of a rammer. This done, the surface may be opened immediately to travel. It is said that by this process the top-dressing of asphalt, when laid on hot, may be one half the thickness necessary when the as phalt Is laid on cold. It la an easy matter to do business through The Bee Want Ad columns. Amiability Opened Many Doors. A young man of my acquaintance, who became a social favorite in New York and Newport, owed Ids success to the absence of self-assertion which happily distin guished him. Brought up in a quiet family In a small country town, he whs iRimrant of many conventions of life In lurtte cltWis. Nevertheless, his unfailing amiability and natural charm made everyone like him. When some complicated fivestlon of eti quette was discussed In bis presence h- would say. quietly: "O. I really don't know anything about that. I am a coun try boy, you must remember." Everyone was willing to enlighten such an agreeablo pupil, one who "never put on airs." Har per's Bazar. Is an ordeal which'all women approach with dread, for nothing compares to the pain of child-birth. The thought of the suffering in store for ler robs the expectant mother )f Dleasant anticipations. MEE