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VOL. XXX1X-X0. 7. OMAHA, SUNDAY MUUNINU, AUGUST 1, VW. S1N0L1,
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Clean-Up in White Goods, Domestics, Etc
The last of the summer lines that remain after several weeks of
strenuous selling, now go at final price reduction.
Figured Waistings and check and stripe Lawns iwA Dimities, 15c and
12V2C goods, at ' 7 Vic
Soft finish Nainsook, for underwear, 36 inches wide, very finest 15c qual
ity, at, yard 10e
35c check and stripe Lawns, a little soiled 1
35c stnpe "Waisting, a little soiled I! a
More Sensationai Embroidery Selling
Three immense lots a large portion of a manufacturer's close-out
stock go in Monday's sale. These are very fine Swiss goods and excep
tionally beautiful patten. Seethe goods in t lie winaow..
8rtc Embroldrri, II
Dainty Swiss Edited. 6 to 12
Inches wide, fine for under
garments; 25c, 29c, 35c
gooda 10
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40c checked and stripe Mercerized Lawns.
Domestics Bleached Sheets, hesvy nn finish, llxo.
Inch. Mc line. 69a
FlUow Cases I2xl Inch, best 15c quality, ciean
up price
Best AmtrlMt rnsts in an m new
patterns and colorings "
16o SUkollnss, choice patterns,
yard o
A Few More
W. L. Douglas
Shoes gC).50
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While they last
Men, here's an opportunity
seldom possible. These famous
guaranteed shoes are offered,
you for much less than ever
they sell for In the regular
Douglas shoe stores. We bought
up a large quantity of this sea
son's nobbiest styles.
Hiah Shoes and Oxfords
in treen metals, patent colt
and tan calf. Crowds of men
bought them Satur- ia CA
day. Plenty more Jedv
for all who come to- j
morrow, pair
o i o
Will please
the most
fastidious.
Clean Up of the Refrigerator Stock
100 lbs. ice
v. . .rinniv nf Rnldlne's White Odorless Enamel Re-
......,. with nic ease. Thev are fitted with sliding adjustable
shelves and have mineral felt Insulators; size 27x18x45;
imiHrltV.
x.- i wa nofriff.ratnr 1 118 Zinc Lined Refrigerator
for for $lo.8.
Quickest Ever Washer One of our best machines. A new Of?
jever was-uer. mite uu, y "---"o
CAPITOL COAL
The advisability of laying in your winter coal supply now It obvl
The continued increased demand in this and other cites, and the
MID-SUMMER
PRICES ON
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Advance Showing
New Fall Suits
Mondav we make a creditable display of the represent
ative stvles as brought out by America's leading designers
of tailored gowns for women. It's a showing of particular
interest for vacationists or those planning a going-away trip.
Every suit Is an ultra-stylish creation in I-Tniansvllle
Worsted UroauVloth or WMcwale Serge. Coat lined
throughout with Skinner guaranteed Satin.
The suits are the simple and plain as severely cut as a
The coats are longer this season-42. 45. 48 and 60 men
. nil inaa nloattn
and toe fkitib bic
ding.
S1.00
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tor space. Take a leisurely stroll through the store. xoull see muum.u -
An0nst Clean-Up Wash Suits and uresses
Lingerie Dresses or Smart Tailored Wash Suits-a large
assemblage of strikingly handsome styles. We have gone
1,,-nn.rh all our line, selected those that have been marked
$7.50, $8.03. $10.00 and $12.50. The time has
re willing V
come in.ti nit- iiiuoi t-v...
to take the losses now. Plenty of hot weather
still ahead of us. The August clean up price is
A Table of Odds and Ends Wash Dresses
Women's one-piece dresses, about 100. and all different. The sample
dresses, the broken lines, the M"lrom" 9 fi
lots shown earlier in the season, $3. 9a and fo.OO l,tj3
dresses, cut to
rfe Embroideries 25o
Another surprise In fine
wide 27 Inch Swiss Kruh.
Flounclnps. Best line we
have had yet. Values
clearly up to 69c. at
yard 25
"3c Kmbroldertes 80c
This lot includes wlda
flouncing and fronting
embroideries and most
all of them are splendid
5e quality. Monday, out
they go In the August clean
up. at 30
for two-dollar
Muslin Garments
We have shopped around until
we found what we were looking
for the best dollar value In sum
mer undermusllns New York could
produce. .
We offer tomorrow better and
more beautiful garments than you
have ever seen at a dollar all In
nn lot.
Kinbd. and lace trimmed
rhoioo for
riTTICOATI Of vry fine Krd
mimlln with Koraeou wide flounces
either In lnce or embroidery, pro
....t.. fini.ha with rliixter ttick;
oeclilly ttractl at M-60
August Clean
up of Silks
Here's the chance to buy $1 and
$1.26 silks for 49c. New Bilks, the
best weaves and colors.
49c
Pongee Silks
Mescalines
Loutsiene8
Plain and Figured
The event you have watted for
perhaps. These are the silks
that will be popular for fall
dresses and suits. This August
clean-up forces the price to bed
rock )1 and $1.26 values. 40
AUgUSt Clean-Up ""or?. Hammocks
OUS. ine conuuuru iuvi.mu ------ ..,, fv,nltnl
limited quantity of this grade coal minea point vo
Coal with a probable advance In price laier.
Pi-lces Now
C.p.tol:t'oal-LumP or $fi CA I C-Pltol 30C
nut ton -. v..-,
f.
100 STAMPS with each ton ordered at any time this week
get your order in early.
-Better
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For fur-
Capitol Coal is equal to any coal selling up to . $8 50 ton
Lapuoi T vnr ranire use CaDitol Nut
nace or beater "Z. n, Onmha. South Omaha. Dundee,
Prompt aeiiwrien i
Florence and Benaon
Bennett's Late
Fiction Library
A circulating library.
A free membership
with a purchase of
any of the late
bcoka at
$1.08
$25,
$29.50, $35
( 8tore Closes at 6 o'clock, except Tuesdays at
S 1 o'clock, Saturdays at 10 o'clock.
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SAMPLES
FANCY
LINENS
3,000 pieces im
porter's' stock
worth 10c to $85,
HALF PRICE
Garbage Cans, $1.50 kinds. 98
Garbage Cans, $1.25 kinds.. fcj5
Garbage Cans. $2.25 kinds $1.50
Preserving Kettles, 42c kinds
for 25
Preserving Kettles, 72c kinds
for 450
Dish Pans, 17-qt. 65c kinds 39
Dish Pans. 21 qt. ). 75c klnds.49
Fly Killers, usual 10c kinds. . -5
Wilson Toasters, 25c kinds. . 15
Rubber Hose. 50-ft. lengths, per
foot 100
Gas Ranges, $19.50 kinds. .$10
Gasoline Ovens, special $1.25
and $1.50
HAMMOCKS
$5 and $6 Hammocks for. $3.85
$2.60 Hammocks for.... $1.75
Screen lKrs
Balance of stock, hardwood, fancy
and plain doors, worth $1.75
for $1.25
Green screen doors 980
Goldsmith Base Ball Goods 30
OFF.
Monday's Best Grocery Specials
Diamond C Soap, 10 bars f or. 23c
Gaillard's Olive Oil. bottle. . .13c
And 20 stamps.
Gaillard's Olive.Oil, large size. 70c
and 40 stamps.
Yankee Cream Corn. 15c can. 10c
Dusky Diamond Tar Soap,
C for 23c
Bayle's Horseradish Mustard
at 12ic
and 10 stamps
Red Alaska Salmon, flat lb. can
2 for 2"c
Queen Olives, Bpc-rlal Large size.
quart BOc
and 20 stamps.
.23c
Yacht Club Salad Dressing.
and 10 stamps
Bennett's Capitol K. J. Peas, regu
lar 12MjC cans for 10c
Bennett s Golden Coffee, lb. .26c
and 30 stamps
Bennett's Assorted Teas, lb..B8c
and tiO stamps
Blue Borax Starch, pkg 10c
and 10 stamps.
Maple and Cane Sugar, lb. . 12c
and 10 stamps
Pure Honey Mason Pint Jar. .23c
and 10 stamps
Diamond C Salt, 2 sacks 10c
end 10 stamps
REMAKING AS OLD COW TOWS
A Milei City of the 70s to Entertain
Visitori.
NOVEL CELEBRATION IS PLANNED
Boca Money l.ed o that All May
(.amble to THetr HarU' Con
,tnt ladlana to Attack,
tk Bottler.
MILES CITY', Mont.. July 31. Alonsslda
the Tongue river they are building a
true copy of the Miles City of the "70s.
when it was one of the wildeel cow town
the plains and before the committee
nnhiir safety hanged a leader of
tn..rh. who had terrorised the place
- j a ... h. mi iwiv. Just now tne
.Jlkl utu.v .
r.iniMnn are Dlaclng an old type
wooden awning in front of what stands
u.n-v nruce'a saloon. In tne oacn
which Noll Chadwlck-Poker Nell-
dr. ed as for the opera, said each evening
soon after sunfown: "Gnts, th games
ih.n drnM throughout me
on
of
the
here.
lana
pen
nenllrai. re to be built also of John
Carter's Drovers' house, the cattleman s
k..Aiiirtri and of Charley Browns
aloon the Charley Brown who held
Justice court In front of his bar, who
struck the flrt blow (with a wheelbarrow
handle) that called out the vigilantes
and purged the town of Ita desperate
malefactors and who became known to
a later generation, along In '99, by taking
a herd ot reindeer to relieve the starving
Diners at Valdea. Alaaka. Cahn Co.'s
general atore U to be represented too.
And elsewhere will be found some more
aaloons-they were plentiful In that dav--..h
niacra whtre can be found
such, amusements as were peculiar to tht
old frontier.
Gambling Is to be wide open In thif
town on August J. 4 and 5. and phony bill,
purporting to represent J10.000.00C have been
I8Ud so that those who aue. ...c
atate roundup may play M much as they
like The mayor of Miles City. Lawyer
George W. Farr. Is the exalted ruler of the
order- Foreman of the Ranch ' 1 h title
OB the phony money. The "Brand Inspector
la A. C. Ltishton. tl.e "Tiall Bj," h-
Stiles, and the city marshal. O. T. Jackson,
ha O K d the counterfeits. Theie will be
at least .0u0 visiting members of the order
They have annual roundups in on
.n,t are exDerlenced rounders-un, but
never has such a etting been provided as
this rwonstructfd Mtlestown.
v'rt oln' to do this thing rigni.
-a K.hmaUU. who was a scout
Custer and Miles and who captured
h.nded Bui Nose George, one ol
the most noted of road agents. -If you're
goln' to do this thing rigni. sa.a . no.
speaking to the carpenters who were try
ing to rebuild Harry Bruce s Rd Eye
saloon, "put that window on t'other side
o' th' door. That's where It was. I know,
and 1 U tell you how I know. Just after
1 caught Big No George out at John
Chinnlck's place I came back downtown
. h-ntm1 for Georges partner.
Bill Carey, and as I cams down Main
street and approached the Red Eys like
vnts'-ha paced a fw stepa. W"
jyly for a man of bis years-' and peeked
this res
-IfSo
etf Fi
'CUffer C
slngK
Into ths window from this side, like this,
I saw Bill Carey there at the bar Just
rakln' in his change after payln' for a
drink, and I know the window was on this
side, and not on that."
pi it rlKht." directed Stiles, the trail
boss, who Is the head of the committee on
amusements. And It was fixed right.
Thi' the wav they're rebuilding Miles-
fown, with great care as to detail. And
when this statfe is set and the roundup
begins they're going to be careful aDout
th. hualness and the lines of the open air
n.rt.,munce. lust the real thing in the
way of arrival and departure of stage
coach, holdup of the same by road agents
and pursuit and capture of highwaymen.
hiK-Jilna and roping contests ry cowDoys,
a foot race arranged by one of those Itin
erant professionals who used to come Into
frontier towns, get up a race, Dei neatuy
and then "throw It" and make a cleanup;
attack by Indians on a settler's cabin and
an old time fight.
For the Indian fight Crow and Cheyenne
Indians are to be brought from their res
ervations near the Custer battlefield, 111
miles southwest of Miles City. Two Moons,
who headed the Cheyennes In the fight
with Custer, will be here, and so will old
Curley, a sure enough "good Indian,"
who scouted for Custer and who Is said
by Montanans to be the only genuine
survivor on the sldf 'of the ,whltes of that
terrible battle. After the Indians attack
. ... ki.. .K... u'lll k. r -
1 the wnue man b
I pulsed, and driven through the main street
t ... -L- . - . k.A ..1... I
of Eikvllte man me name ui u
Mileslown and compelled to Jump from a
high bank into the Tongue river paint,
blankets, tomahawks and all.
If they could set Poker Nell here for
the roundup the local Elks would be
happy. But she has changed her line
now, and won't come. Schmalsle and
John Carter and Jim Sipes and Jim Cole
man and other Miles City men who knew
her In the '70s. say they used to think
she'd never do anything else but run a
gambling house. But the men were mls
. when ihe railroad came Into
l.ai .
Miles City In :S1 she went while her
standing was cJl. She is now in an
othr stale tunning a hotel.
She declined wlirt thanks an Invitation
in rami here for the roundup. She's cut
that sort of thins, and while she'd enjoy
molting some of her old Mllestown
friends, she couldn't .bear to be pointed
out now as a feature of the old life.
It will be hard for ihe visitor to Miles
City fur the roundup who didn't know old
Milestown to realne that the well be
haved, prosperous appearing city of today
grew out of such a beginning. But It
grew from a smaller and a worse begin
ning. It as a tourih piece a very tough
nlaee. old Milestown. Money waa plenti
ful, considering. Fori Keogh, abutting,
had a full regiment and the usual comple
ment of cltuien employes and camp fol
lowers made a .ojd payroll, to which
were added the gainings of a small army
of governnVnt contra. u.- men. high sal
aried clerks in the stores, and the con
tinuous coatiibutlons of the inevitable
tenderfoot who flocked to Miles City.
The town then was one of much conse
quence. It doubtless harbored as manyj
hard characters as ever have gathered;
on the frontier, oui u.uo i
the near presence of the eoldlere-there wa
less of the "man for breskfast" In the his-1
tory of those days of license than In manyi
fw.ntip loa-nL
All men had to meet on a level In that
period of pioneering. Society as then con
stituted demanded It. Prominent Utlsens
played a stack or two against -the bank '
uhni,t .Trltinir a bit of comment. If the
head of an establishment wouldn't or
couldn't accommodate himself to this
situation he uuickly got a partner who
could represent his firm.
The town had 3.0u0 population than. They
slept in two shifts, so there was something
doing all the time. Business men whj
went to bed o' nights met at some early
morning fire or other hasty gathering a
considerable number of men whom they
had never seen before, though they too
were fixed residents of the town.
In that November of '81 when the lust
Northern Pacific train arrived there was
great rejoicing, but a period followed In
which the rough men of the isolated cow
town regretted the change. The "bull
trains'' were eliminated, quicker communi
cation was had with the world without; It
wasn't that which they regretted. It was
the social change.
The crowd that came into Miles City by
train was a cheaper crowd, wholly unused
to the princely style that had been In
vogue there, and was stubbornly Insistent
or a while on the acceptance of a nickel
as an adequate recompense for a glass of
beer. This proposed Innovation was hotly
contested by the adherents of the "two
ki.." ihrv. It resulted finally In a com
promise that established "two for a quar
ter." It would be hard to describe the feeling
of dejection that overwhelmed the old
timers when the decision was reached. It
was accepted by them aa a pronounced and
unmistakable sign of decadence, and though
It doubled the purchasing power of their
n...nv in the channel where most of It
was spent, this seeming advantage was
entirely obscured by the sense of degrada
tion, the sinking from high estate that two
glasses ot beer for a quarter Implied.
European Impressions of a First-Tripper
By Rev. Adolf Halt, rastor sweaisu uunuuii v.
FOULOIS IS KNOWN IN OMAHA
Lieutenant Who Balled wtlh Orville
Wright Waa at Omaha Bal
loon Station.
Lieutenant Benjamin D. Foulois of the
United Stales siguai corps, who made the
recoid flight with OrvilW Wright in the
uii.r i aemiolane at Fort Meyer, Vs., Fri
day, will be remembered by Fort Omaha
vlsiioi'S as the young officer who made
the flight here in the Baldwin dirigible
balloon several weeks ago, with Lieutenant
Frank Lahm. He was In charge of the
motor during the Baldwin dirigible ascen
sion and is an enthusiastic- aeronaut. Lieu
tenant Foulois made a number of remark
able ascensions, both In American and
Europe and ranks only second to Lieuten
ant Lahm as one of the foremost aero
nauts of this age. He will probably re
turn to Fort Omaha with ueuienani unm
for further balloon expert menu and as one
of the Instructors in practical aeronautics.
It Is not yet certain that the Wright
aeroplane, if purchased by the government,
will be brought to Fort Omaha for trial
flights. The facilities at Fort Omaha and
the area of territory on the reservation
are not particularly adapted to aeroplane
work yet, though It Is Intended to make
them so as soon as possible. While Fort
Omaha affords every facility for balloon
ing and Is unequaled In that respect In
the couniry Its adaptability for aeroplane
work Is yet to be determined. Colonel
Glassford, commandant at Furt Omaha,
said: "We are delighted over the success
of the Wright machine, and particularly
that one of our corps was with Mr. Wright
when be made his record flight and we do
believe that some day aeroplanes will be
sailing from Fort Omana."
LONDON (Special Correspondence of The
Bee.) It Is certainly quite safe for a tiuv
cler who makes a first visit to Europe to
speak of his Impressions In the coursa of
his Journey. Only long residence In a place
makes possible a thorough estimate of a
i i i,. a ii.l lis culture. I de.im
simply to' record the menial pictures ere- !
ated In my own mind. If these articles
will fall to convince, they may at least
arouse criticism, and even so they may
serve a purpose.
Quite often the desire of registering at a
hotel under an assumed name comes on
one. Somehow If the traveler returns the
registration slip with an American address
he becomrs the object of so much super
fluous attention to be paid for later that.
L-.n if hp is a clergyman, as the writer,
he feels tempted to put Stockholm or Man
chester Instead of Omaha. We Americans
are a dearly beloved race in Europe, wei
oma .vervwhere. smiled on so graciously
and treated with courtly elegance-for the
mere pittance of doubled prices, mui i win
not quarrel with my European friends, as
I -expect to meet no such costly friendship
as that of my New York cabman In my
own country. And moreover, I comfort my
self with the fact that our brilliant Chicago
traveler, Mr. Hlglnbotham, author of
.Ti..... xv. ol, in F.uroDe." came across
such a kind friend also in New York, not
as In my case at the bcRinnlnt;. but at the
close of a European vacation. Each day I
find it more possible to help my European
friends not to squander their smiles and
favors. To cure them completely of their
Viennese heartiness. I cannot promise ray
self as even Omaha seems to be well
known. "Omaha, oh. yes. Omaha." rays
the porter, or maid, with bow and smile
and a flood of tender txpretslons. Even
Omaha will not h.Ip one lo an Incognito.
After all, I feel a certain sympathy for ihe
pooily paid European servants and like
to put the most charitable construction on
their attentions to me, an emigrant Ameri
can. London, to begin, was my first aim.
From the almost unpeopled ocean "ten
thousand fleets swept over thee In vain"
to the ocean of men In London is certainly
a unique experience. As we speed from
... th metropolis In tne
little English cars that remind one of our
American freight caboose on the outside I
we receive our first European impressions. J
It was a fair typical English May day:
as we hurried on toward great London, j
The absolutely first European impression j
I had was that of the finished look of the j
land; orderly, well-kept streets, lanes and
highways. Oardens as spick and span as
an elegant American parlor. "The old
thatched cottage." even If old. was all
ready for the scenic artist's brush. Fac
tories w.re mantled In Ivy. Railroad yards
were clean as a good housewife's kitchen
uvit.ni marked the farms, tor I
noticed the sheep' owners would fence
off one little geometrical square at
a time for their flocks; and the
vegetable gardens were set In rows
stralghter than some rules you buy In
book stoiys. Landscape color effects, too.
you have here red-tiled roofs and deep
red brick walls In the luscious green of
English vegetation. TO say nothing of the
lovely copper beech tree among the dark
green pinea. a blending of copper red 'and
green Immensely pleasing to the eye.
Tbe next unought-for Impression I sum
up so: This Is the rich man's land. My
own America Is Uie land of Mr. Bryan s
Commoner, and that in spite of the Rocke
fellers and the Harrlmans. Tnere may be
good reasons, and are, for sleepless watch
fulness over the rapacity of "soulless cor
porations" in our land, but one need only
spend an hour or two In a European
train to see that the common man in
America has had and has a chance to live,
provided he is sober. Industrious ana
thrifty. On this one single ride to wnaon
i w mnre rent rv snort, and In the ean
afternoon, than you could witness If you
rode a stretch of 10,000 miles In America.
The estates were in the hands of tne
-.it,.. Tk Knarliah aentleman enjoys
life on his superb country manor tilled by
the hard-working, poor tenant, compare
In that respect England and America and
the difference Is tremendous.' What I saw
that first hour every day In Europe's
countries only confirms:" the American
commoner has a chance to live, at least
so far In our history. Whether the Amer
ican or the European common man get
the most out of life, looked at from a
higher viewpoint, is a question requiring
close study. We Americans have grown
so accustomed to associate money and
happiness that we are biased Judges In this
case. So tar I can tay mai r.uiuy:-u
tlonal economy, in the ranks of the com-
mn man does not exclude a rather ncn.
intellectual and cultured life, as we might
think it possibly would. A later London
observation will illustrate what I mean.
London-What makes this city, after all.
so attractive? Gigantic in else, an aggre
..un ,.f irregular cities, towns and vil
lages, dusky and smoky, busy and ever
busier, full of big .stately mansions ana
rth-tic brick houses, a city of heart
rending contrasts between rich and poor-
why do we still like London? It lacas
.v,,. inra of Paris, the pomp of Ber
lin, the splendidness ot Vienna, ui.
dreamy romance of Venice, and yet we
gladl return to London. London lacks.
It seems to me. beauty, looked at from
the outside. But It has one great asset:
It Is, in a sense, humanity's pulse. Life
in all Its utterances, commercial. Indus
trial. Inltlleclual and religious makes It
self fell in and through Ixindon. Some
how, all eyes of all nations, will ye nill
ye, test on London. The various move
ments of the time in some way or ether
uiove their existence through this strung
metropolitan Dulse. Of all I saw and
heard in London nothing appealed to me
like the evenings out In Hyde park. The
I thnnirhtful. intellectually awake character
! of the English heart and mind revealed It
self here in an amazing manner.
Hyde park Is London's open air forum,
where the questions of time and eternity
are discussed, preached on and debated,
and it would r,eem that the Londoner
never wearied of beginning the debate
afresh. One evening, as I went through
the park, one venerable old man with
flowing hair preached to an Immense
gathering Direct, forcible, with a supero
knowledge. of the thoughts ranging
through the hearts of the London masses,
he held the rapt attention of young and
old. A few rods away a tall London dude.
In silk hat. was engaged In discussion
with a Roman Catholic. The atheist
was a man of culture, the Romanist a
born wit. A crowd gathers and grow.
As long as the discussion lasted there
were listeners In abundance. Only a few
steps away a doctor of medicine discussed
tuberculosis and sanitary problems, and
In a few minutes a listening crowd
pressed about the debaters. Some even
ings later, on a visit to the park, a gifted
layman was preaching to a great gath
ering. A youth of 1R or 19 standing near
the speaker listens solemnly and then off
and on interposes rapid, bitter objections,
blasphemous In the extreme. Yet after
delivering his objections he smokes his
pipe and listens, calmly, as still as a stat
ute, attentive as If he were a devotee.
What shall we do with this Christ?"
cries the preacher as a climax to a longer
series of arguments. "Crucify him," an
swers the young scorner. Next to me
stands a boy of 16. He turns on the
youth and exclaims: "Ah, that's rubbish,
sir, dor.'t you know that he has been
crucified?" And then follows half a min
ute's debate between ' these two, the
speaker continuing composedly with his
address. Whether the problems were so
cialistic, atheistic, Roman catholic, evan
gelical, or political, the Immense Interest
ht them as problems claiming attention
waa very evident. London may be a busy
city, but the Londoner takes time to
think, to reason, to discuss with himself
and others. Compare for a moment In
this respect London and Venire, gay,
happy, pleasure loving Venice, and the
metropolitan Importance of London In
stantly finds Its explanation. A thinking,
sober people will always hold the sceptre.
There are good reasons for the fact that
London and not brilliant Paris, the beau
tiful Paris. Is humanity's capital.
You cannot call dark, sooty London
besutiful. The style of domestic and public
architecture is heavy and cold as a rule.
The tawdry sides of life In cities like
Nuremberg: and Venice, have a uniqueness
and often a nobility that you will miss In
Lordon. London is a commercial and In
dustrial center and not a city with an
artistic population as the case Is In Flor
ence. Italy's slums are filthy beyond
description, and still these romance people
of the south have a certain artistic air
about them that relieves the misery you
witness. Besides, as they think less, brood
less than the deeper northerners, they re
main happy In spite of the squalor they
live In. London's slum regions are gigantio
In size. One evening I walked through the
notorious W hitechapel dlttrlct to see how
the poor of Londtn live. Truly I was
astonished at the sights witnessed, and yet.
I must confess that things were not half
as bad as I thought they would be. The
city keeps, the streets and lanes even in
these slums clean and fresh. By com
parison, Italy's slums are fearfully
malodorous and disgusting. The poor of
London live with a sad and broken heart
In their bosom. Italy's poor seem to lack
those Ideals of life trat would enable them
to feel keenly their sad lot. Therefore, In
a sense, the poverty of wealthy Londoa
makes one Infinitely sadder.
Klcg Edward's sollders if soldiers there
must be are a splendid lot. Calm, digni
fied, silent. Impressive, they look splendid
In their bright red coats. Militarism in
Europe strikes an American as a very
heavy burden on a nation. European
could not conceive a land and a public life
without an abundant supply of the military.
If America glories In the arts of peace,
Europe glories in the achievements and
trt of war. The moment you land In
Europe you feel that and the feeling grows
on you. King Edward's London policeman
blessings on him stands topmost In the
world.. lie Is Intelligent. He knows his
business. He is calm and firm. It seems
unnecessary for him to growl or look fierce,
as the severe German policemen, and yet
he win be obeyed. Ask him for Information
and he replies In a very, very few direct
and helpful words that come from a true
gentleman. I would like to Institute com
parisons with our own policemen, except
for the well known "Comparisons are
odious!" The London policeman Is an
epitome of all England, a calm, sensible,
practical, firm and dignified nation whose
successess In the world's history have their
deep roots In a character of exceptional
worth.
Land Brings
More for Cash
Than on Time
Striking Evidence of the Afflaenc
of Nebraska Farmer i Af
forded by Ibis.
If anyone wished proof aa to bow afflu
ent Nebraska farmers are, the story of a
little real estate deal would convince the
most skeptical. Incidentally the terms of
sale shattered the most sacred traditions
of the real estate business.
August Kruse had twenty acres west of
the city, which he was willing to sell at
$160 an acre. The firm of Benson &
Myers found him a purchaser, who is a
well-to-do Omaha business man, who
wanted a country home. The parties were
brought together and the deed seemed all
reariv to sifirn. ,
The purchaser started to draw a check
for $3,000.
"No, you give me 11,000." said Kruse,
"and a mortgage for the balance."
"Oh, I'll pay you all In cash." said the
other, who thought that according o all
precedence the vendor would like real
money.
"No," said Kruse, "I don't need the
money and I'd rather take a mortgage and
have the 2,00u draw Interest." Finally It
was thus agreed and $100 earnest money
paid. A day for signing the deed was ap
i pointed.
It came and the purchaser appeared
without his wife. "I've been thinking It
over." said he. "and I don't like to sign a
mortgage when I have several thousand
dollars lying Idle in the bank.
Kruse held that a bargain was a bar
gain and a compromise- was effected.
The purchaser drew a check for 2 S0.
This, with the earnest money, made the.
purchase price XI O'O. In other words, a
cash bonus of $ft0 was given. Thus a sals
was made at a higher figure toe eaab tba
on time.
